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cornets

noun

plural of cornet

as in horns

something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container cornets of pastry dough that were baked and later filled with cream

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Recent Examples of cornets Nevertheless, Gadson’s father, Harold, bought him and his brother, Thomas, cornets to play in their school’s drum and bugle corps, Gadson recalled in author Jim Payne’s The Great Drummers of R&B, Funk & Soul. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026 While recovering from cancer, Jackson pursued his lifelong dream of designing and measuring the acoustical properties of woodwind instruments, particularly Renaissance-era flutes, crumhorns, and cornets. — IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2025

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But the band’s sonic palette has gradually expanded to include synths, horns, and strings, with McCaughan’s lyrics getting more personal as well as more pointedly political over time even as his voice remains an eternally youthful yelp.

— Charles Moss, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
In 2022, poachers in Namibia had taken 14 white rhinos from private farms in six weeks, so farm owners started removing their horns.

— Rhett Ayers Butler, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

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In Castillo’s case, the six tubes were hidden in pockets that were sewn into his underwear, Homeland Security Investigations agents said.

— David Goodhue October 7, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Dyson later confirmed the failures traced to a manufacturing process issue affecting one batch of jet tubes, which created potential for water seepage, per Dentistry IQ.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

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