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Examples of cotton candy in a Sentence
the beauty pageant is a variety of cotton candy that the public has clearly started to grow tired of
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Fun seekers won't go hungry with a variety of dining options, including pizza and cotton candy.
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Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2024
By Wim’s side through thick and thin is his best friend, Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), a blue elephant boy with a stubby trunk, wispy hair that looks like raspberry cotton candy, and ears that droop down over his shoulders.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
And the installations continue all the way through the gift shop, which is situated between a series of photo backdrops and a food court offering concessions like popcorn and cotton candy.
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Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
One in 100 million cotton candy lobster caught in New Hampshire
Laura spotted this ultra-rare specimen on a New Hampshire local news outlet and interviewed the scientists that received it as a donation.
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Cotton candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cotton%20candy. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
cotton candy
noun
: a candy made of spun sugar
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