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Recent Examples of cat
The move also prompted the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to step up oversight of turkey slaughter, after a bird flu strain detected in raw pet food and an infected cat was linked to a turkey flock.
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2025
Juggling life and work as an artist feels like trying to juggle a live, squirming human child and Schrödinger’s theoretical cat.
—Liana Finck, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
This will keep your cats safely in and other animals out.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Overstimulated cats can retreat to a visitor-free area through a small door to recharge their social batteries.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2025
Juggling life and work as an artist feels like trying to juggle a live, squirming human child and Schrödinger’s theoretical cat.
—Liana Finck, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
This will keep your cats safely in and other animals out.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Overstimulated cats can retreat to a visitor-free area through a small door to recharge their social batteries.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cat
Noun
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Plus, her cute kitty outfit adds an extra layer of charm.—
Jacquelyn Smith,
Parents,
30 Jan. 2025
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People were blown away by the cats' physical similarity and how big the kitty looked.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Randall cries at the tribute to his birth father and spontaneously dances with glee at no longer being the only male in the family.—
Tanya Melendez,
EW.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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There were a total of 10 persons that would identify as Black to start with and there was one black male, being me.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But everything changes when Petey, fed up with his assistant Butler (Poppy Liu), clones himself, and out pops an adorable orange kitten, Li’l Petey (Lucas Hopkins Calderon).—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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Petey’s latest plan is to clone himself, creating the kitten Lil Petey, to double his ability to do crime stuff.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Luka being a guy that everybody has claimed is untouchable and untradeable.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
2 Feb. 2025
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The guys who are up there on the on the stage just keep us all energized.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Zhou was the epitome of a kind, loving and compassionate gentleman, in addition to his academic drive, Barker Little wrote.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
31 Jan. 2025
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On the count of three, the golden retriever inhales the entire pasta portion, as the German shepherd watches the scene in disbelief while chewing his small bites of food like a gentleman.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Of course, there's one dude who's absolutely jacked.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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Obviously a great dude, somebody who still comes to my charity golf tournament to this day.—
Cam Inman,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Cat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cat. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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