Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cottoning (to)
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As a result, the crowd is a mix of everyone from brunching neighborhood residents and locals on staycations to international tourists and older couples enjoying the city for the weekend.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026 -
Sowah enjoying life in the Bay Mielah Sowah is a long way from her hometown of Brisbane, Australia.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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Back to the present day, and Greifender is relishing what’s to come.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
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Sitting a few rows from the stage during the trio’s set, Jeane Capelli Pen and her adult daughter Gabriella Pen were relishing their chance to hear the blues played live as a bonus of Jeane’s business trip to Chicago from their home in São Paulo, Brazil.—
Kevin McKeough,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2026
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The Marlins had yet to score when Gusto pitched his final inning, flipping the script for an offense that has often been tasked with digging Miami’s pitching staff out of an early hole.—
Tyler Carmona
June 11,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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This isn’t See’s first time digging through archives to interrogate the truth of the place where her great-grandparents Fong See and Letticie Pruett settled in 1897.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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“Cottoning (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cottoning%20%28to%29. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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