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Emmett was just 14 when he was kidnapped from his great-uncle’s house by two White men who later admitted to beating and torturing the teen before shooting him in the head and throwing his body into the Tallahatchie River, weighed down by a 75-pound cotton gin fan.
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Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Does the ratio of five spinning wheels to one cotton gin feel right?
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2025
With the invention of the cotton gin, that crop became the dominant export, and one on which a great part of the national economy hung.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
The efficiencies of the cotton gin, for instance, saved on labor but made slavery even more lucrative.
—Tim Wu, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Does the ratio of five spinning wheels to one cotton gin feel right?
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2025
With the invention of the cotton gin, that crop became the dominant export, and one on which a great part of the national economy hung.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
The efficiencies of the cotton gin, for instance, saved on labor but made slavery even more lucrative.
—Tim Wu, New York Times, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for cotton gin
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“Cotton gin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cotton%20gin. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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