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cotton

[kot-n] / ˈkɒt n /
VERB
understand
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The testing method is simple: a patient breathes into a cotton mask for about 10 minutes, and the mask is then sealed in a bag and taken to the lab.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

Because these tears smell like cotton after a rainstorm in rural Georgia.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

It's handmade, from Ghana, and Betty, who sells it to me, says it's made of cotton.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

Not since Eli Whitney’s cotton gin had the Southern economy and its terrain been so changed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Ella wanted to taste its sugar tuile basket and cotton candy belly.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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