lint

as in fur
a soft airy substance or covering it's important to clean the lint out of the dryer every time you use it

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Recent Examples of lint Additionally, emptying the lint trap will help your appliance run at maximum capacity. Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2025 Unlike traditional lint rollers, this one is designed specifically to lift thick pet hair off soft surfaces. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025 The compact machine has three fan speeds and multiple layers to capture particles like dust, dander, and lint. Isabel Garcia, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025 Artistic Milliners’ regenerative program started in 2023 with 92 farmers producing 300 metric tons of cotton lint. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lint
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Noun
  • Photo: Getty Images Later on in the evening, Ortega slipped into a maxi faux fur greige coat and a Barbie pink mini-dress—how very Carrie.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 May 2025
  • During the event, Megan wore a cleavage-baring, sparkling silver gown custom-designed by Michael Kors with an extravagant white fur coat.
    Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 14 May 2025
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  • Warren Buffett's life in pictures 1 of 43 Buffett discusses Berkshire’s cash pile Buffett addressed Berkshire sitting on hoards of cash.
    Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
  • There was a two-and-a-half-hour wait in the sports hall for a nervous Campbell to be declared winner but observers of the count, held on a series of long tables by council staff and volunteers, had seen one pile of forms growing higher than the others.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 2 May 2025

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“Lint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lint. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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