cos
noun
cos
1 American
[kos, kaws]
/ kɒs, kɔs /
noun
cos
2
American
abbreviation
cos.
3
American
abbreviation
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companies.
-
consul.
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consulship.
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counties.
C.O.S.
4
American
Or
c.o.s.
abbreviation
cos
1
British
/ kɒs /
noun
cos
2
British
/ kɒz /
abbreviation
COS
3
British
abbreviation
Cos
4
British
/ kɒs /
noun
cos
Scientific
Etymology
Origin of cos
1690–1700; after Kos, where it originated
Example Sentences
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He said he was with Annie when she died, a moment referenced in the song with the line: "I stayed all night till you left this life cos that's just love."
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024
In brief, the TerS subunit initiates packaging when it encounters a specific site called cos in the genome.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
"I saw him again years later, cos we hadn't particularly left on good terms after Hammersmith, and it was good," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2023
From the figure, we see that the vertical component of the normal force is N cos θ , and the only other vertical force is the car's weight.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
“Dad was dead chuffed . . . thought I migh’ not be a wizard, see, cos me mum . . . well, anyway.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Bro cos. become corporate frat houses, where employees are chosen like pledges, based on “culture fit.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2017
A., T., N.Z. =vt. cos. bird. c. lagoons, bays 60 White; wings, tail black; bill pink, pouch yellowish; f., sim.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert
Varnum's Regt. is to take fort Box & the Oblong redoubt for their alarm posts, fort Box 6 cos., oblong redoubt 2 cos.
From The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Johnston, Henry P.
Eur. denotes that the Australian bird is closely similar in form, habits, &c., to the corresponding European bird. =vt. cos. denotes that it is the equivalent or representative of a cosmopolitan group of birds.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert
Caps. are directed to examine the arms of their cos. immediately.
From The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Johnston, Henry P.
And this time C.O.S. did not even "remain" in the plural.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 by Various
Take a class in a college settlement, make some bibs for a day nursery, give tramps a C.O.S. card, with one's compliments, and attend about six lectures a year on Philanthropy—the lectures very good indeed.
From The Warriors by Lindsay, Anna Robertson Brown
Of course, to give pennies in the street is much less trouble than to run the C.O.S.
From The Human Machine by Bennett, Arnold
As a method of producing a quick, inexpensive, and pleasing effect on one's egotism the C.O.S. is simply not in it with this dodge of giving pennies at random, without inquiry.
From The Human Machine by Bennett, Arnold
Oddly enough she was actually employed in the C.O.S.
From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh
I’ve dug out perfectly wearable A.P.C. sweaters and COS shirts, and a family friend told me about finding a Ferragamo bag with leftover cash inside it.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
"I feel the accessibility is there," Ffion Mon Roberts from COS said.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2022
COS, the higher-end sister brand of H&M, is partnering with the Renewal Workshop to repair clothes that were damaged in production or returned by customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2020
Another document, dated Feb. 23, 2018, read simply: "Clearance downgraded to Interim Secret per COS direction" — then-chief of staff John Kelly, according to Axios.
From Fox News ● Mar. 11, 2019
COS, or COOS, one of the islands called the Cyclades, in the Ægean sea, famous for being the birth-place of Apelles; now Stan Co.
From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius
“The race to capture market share may have led to overinvestment,” said Pablo Hernández de Cos, general manager of the BIS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Recent earnings reports from off-price and discount retailers, such as TJ Maxx parent TJX Cos.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025
The Swedish fashion giant, which also operates Arket, Cos, Monki, & Other Stories and Weekday, says it has more than 4,000 stores worldwide across 75 markets.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2025
Thrifted and gifted to my beau before I took it back, a silk men’s tee by Cos big enough to serve as a micro-dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2024
Cos x = 1 when x = 0, so the whole expression equals 1/1 = 1.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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