talcum powder
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of talcum powder
1885–90; < Medieval Latin talcum talc
Example Sentences
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J&J said Monday it has agreed to settle the remaining suits accusing the company’s talcum powder of causing ovarian cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Thousands of UK claimants have filed legal action against US pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson alleging people diagnosed with cancers were exposed to asbestos in its talcum powder, lawyers said Thursday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
At 19 he joined the Polka Tulk Blues Band, named after the brand of talcum powder favored by his mother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Packed in my picnic basket beside my chair, Banana Cake joined me while watching sunsets on some of the most beautiful, sugar white, talcum powder soft beaches in the world.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
And these shelves were loaded with little articles, soap and talcum powder, razors and those Western magazines ranch men love to read and scoff at and secretly believe.
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
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