cone
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Human color vision is based on three types of cone cells, which are centered around red, blue, and green.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
The prices are particularly eye-catching for an expensive city like New York—a $1.19 cone of soft-serve or $3.79 milk tea, for instance.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
The bottom of the backlight is roughly 5 feet off the ground, making a typical traffic cone invisible from closer than about 35 feet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
"Of course I have to be the leader of the group, but I'll pick up a cone."
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Immediately Cat peeled the wrapper from the cone, because it was always the first thing she did.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Vocabulary lists containing cone
Stump Speech: Tree Terminology
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Middle School Geometry, List 1
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Geometry - Introductory
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