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cotton

[kot-n] / ˈkɒt n /
VERB
understand
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Put this all together and farmers — mainly large-scale row-crop producers of corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice and peanuts — are already set to receive roughly $55 billion from the U.S.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

I always put Q-tips, cotton balls and makeup wipes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Eurenco has also phased out cotton for wood.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Manchester's cotton traders championed free trade and liberal economics, at the same time as the emergence of the co-operative movement, the trade unions and the Suffragettes.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Only, it was not cotton grass, or at least, not all of the white furry stuff was.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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