condoning

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The general public may finally be cottoning on to the failed promise of AI more generally.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

This is cricket’s American Dream, with the sport finally cottoning on to the beauty of a global competition coming from the teams we never see, rather than those we always do.

From BBC • May 31, 2024

Other teams are cottoning on and Slovenia’s performance was the latest example of a smaller nation believing they have realistic aspirations of exposing England’s delicate mentality.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2016

This time, Wall Street analysts may be cottoning on to the usual move by companies to lower earnings expectations.

From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2013

When in Congress, he was a conscience Whig, as opposed to the cotton ones--that is, for the anti-slavery doctrine and not "cottoning" for the South.

From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn