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cotton

[kot-n] / ˈkɒt n /
VERB
understand
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In the Chinese zodiac I am a rabbit, and during your zodiac year you need to wear red for good luck, so I had my daughter buy 30 red cotton T-shirts from Costco.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Made from soft cotton with a realistic denim print, these loungewear pants don’t need to be relegated to the couch.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

On and around the dry lake bed, water gushes from wells into ditches to fields of tomatoes, cotton, almonds, grapes and other crops.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

But the perfect moment under cotton candy skies happened during the band’s penultimate song, “A Long December” off 1996’s “Recovering the Satellites.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

She tried each flavor, even though cotton candy bubble gum twist hurt her teeth.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn




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