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coffee cup

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noun

  1. a cup from which coffee may be drunk, usually smaller than a teacup

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And, Crowe says, he still uses the first coffee cup he created.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

“I would walk around with that coffee cup as if it was a gold medal. I made it out of the house. Every one of these kids has shoes on. Nobody’s dead.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

"When he saw it, Max nearly dropped his coffee cup," Prof. Archer says.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025

Consider your single-use coffee cup — the one holding the latte you’re going to drink as you drive to work.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

I just had these pictures of him walking along with us on patrol or sitting in the mess area, looking down into his coffee cup.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

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