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cotton

[kot-n] / ˈkɒt n /
VERB
understand
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Wheat, rice, cotton, sugar, cocoa and palm-oil production may be hit the hardest, Marex analysts wrote in a recent report called “El Niño and Agriculture: Weather Shocks, Supply Risk and Market Pricing.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

The consul general had been responding to a Times editorial supporting a boycott of products made with cotton produced in the Xinjiang region of China due to the use of forced labor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

"We can use cotton, we can use wool, we can use leather," he says, of CreateMe's adhesive-based process.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

He made it his profession at a time when flying meant filtering automobile gasoline through a chamois skin and landing in cotton fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

It wound up like a dark cloud of cotton candy behind her head.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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