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cone

[kohn] / koʊn /
NOUN
circular-shaped object with pointed end
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"Of course I have to be the leader of the group, but I'll pick up a cone."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

And recently, the restaurant chain gave the chatbots a big job: taking orders across one of the days where the chain ran a promotion for customers to get a free ice-cream cone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

He'll go to the World Cup as chief cone organiser, perhaps.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The cone of possible outcomes from here is wide.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Take a cone and cut it up; you get circles, ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas, depending on how you slice it.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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