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: a machine for removing linters
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linters plural
: the fuzz of short fibers that adheres to cottonseed after ginning
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Cotton linters—the short fibers left on cottonseed after ginning—can be processed into nitrocellulose, a highly volatile, nitrogen-rich material known as guncotton that’s used as a primary ingredient in solid rocket propellants for ballistic missiles.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 27 Apr. 2026
Enterprises are now embedding linters, security scanners, and deterministic workflows directly into the agentic loop.
—Mohith Shrivastava, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
The Nobeoka plant is the sole production site for Bemberg, the trade name for cupro, a regenerated cellulose fiber made from cotton linters.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
It's made of durable EVA plastic and features a microsuede linter and water-resistant zipper, plus there's a carabiner for attaching it to a bag.
—Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
That’s where CodeLingo sits, combining the generic functionality of linters—tools that analyze code in a particular programming language for errors—and the specificity of code reviews to allow software development teams to scale without sacrificing code quality.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2019
Cupro, for example, is a regenerated cellulose fiber made from cotton linter — the silky fibers that stick to the seeds of the cotton plant after it has been ginned.
—Rosemary Feitelberg | Wwd, latimes.com, 25 July 2017
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 27 Apr. 2026
Enterprises are now embedding linters, security scanners, and deterministic workflows directly into the agentic loop.
—Mohith Shrivastava, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
The Nobeoka plant is the sole production site for Bemberg, the trade name for cupro, a regenerated cellulose fiber made from cotton linters.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
It's made of durable EVA plastic and features a microsuede linter and water-resistant zipper, plus there's a carabiner for attaching it to a bag.
—Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
That’s where CodeLingo sits, combining the generic functionality of linters—tools that analyze code in a particular programming language for errors—and the specificity of code reviews to allow software development teams to scale without sacrificing code quality.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2019
Cupro, for example, is a regenerated cellulose fiber made from cotton linter — the silky fibers that stick to the seeds of the cotton plant after it has been ginned.
—Rosemary Feitelberg | Wwd, latimes.com, 25 July 2017
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“Linter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/linter. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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