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One comes in a gallon-sized resealable plastic bag; the other is tucked into one of those sweet little Kraft paper bags with a quaint cellophane window.
From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025
“Copy of Final Check Enclosed,” said one, and in the cellophane window was what looked like a check for $437.18 that said “Pay to the order of …”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2024
At the end of her roughly 15-minute speech, Walz held up a small cellophane bag filled with cookies.
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2024
A 2,100-foot roll of cellophane costs $45; it was $25 in 2019.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024
And the soldiers wore the girls’ hats, one a tiny yellow straw boater with a bunch of daisies on the crown, the other a white knitted half-hat to which medallions of blue cellophane adhered.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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