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cotton

[kot-n] / ˈkɒt n /
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understand
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Wheat, rice, cotton, sugar, cocoa and palm-oil production may be hit the hardest.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Wheat, rice, cotton, sugar, cocoa and palm-oil production may be hit the hardest, Marex analysts wrote in a recent report called “El Niño and Agriculture: Weather Shocks, Supply Risk and Market Pricing.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Respectively done on English paper and Indian cotton, each combines techniques from Qing dynasty bird-and-flower painting, Mughal court art and European natural-history studies, not to mention pigments from England, China and India.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The consul general had been responding to a Times editorial supporting a boycott of products made with cotton produced in the Xinjiang region of China due to the use of forced labor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

The old man chose one lined with soft cotton.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville




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