: a carbonated soft drink colored usually with caramel and flavored usually with extracts from kola nuts
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cost-of-living adjustment
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cost-of-living allowance
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Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Think inky cola-esque bottles; floral, blush rosé vermuts; or even cinnamon-and-licorice-tinged vermut negro.
—Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
Coca-Cola Coca-Cola has been around since the late 1800s, and Southerners can’t get enough of this cola.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Drinking colas at the same time as your supplement isn’t ideal.
—Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 23 Sep. 2025
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Noun
News from the power plant reached them in the early hours of the morning, as two of Zelensky’s aides sat in the bunker’s conference room, drinking whiskey with cola and monitoring the news.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Think inky cola-esque bottles; floral, blush rosé vermuts; or even cinnamon-and-licorice-tinged vermut negro.
—Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
Coca-Cola Coca-Cola has been around since the late 1800s, and Southerners can’t get enough of this cola.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Drinking colas at the same time as your supplement isn’t ideal.
—Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cola
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“Cola.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cola. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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