Kleenex
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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After scouring the Earth for two decades, Kimberly-Clark, the maker of Scott, Cottonelle, Kleenex and Huggies brands, says hesperaloe could replace wood fiber in paper-based products, Natasha Khan reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Kimberly-Clark, which makes Kleenex tissues and Cottonelle toilet paper, agreed to buy Kenvue in November in a more than $40 billion deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
These so-called inertial navigation units, which range from the size of a matchbox to that of a Kleenex box, can be made for use in the air, on land, underground or underwater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Her history of Kleenex tissues is a tour de force: We learn that the Kimberly-Clark Corp., which owns Kleenex, played on the fear that reusable handkerchiefs were essentially wads of tuberculosis germs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Half the population of Epiphany is convinced that Luke Potter will become so famous that his name will become a noun like Kleenex or Coke.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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