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Recent Examples of cat
The cat returned several times when the massive 115-pound female mother snake was gone, snacking on eggs and caching the nest.
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
This feeder has been super helpful to better track and understand my cats' eating habits.
—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 9 May 2025
If this is the slow kind of hell, I’m used to it—
My hands are folded the wrong way, the cat sits on the bed
Like a limpet, the sun drops out of the sky, inexorable
As a chandelier earring.
—Jane Yeh, The New York Review of Books, 8 May 2025
However, volunteers and local officials later recovered 28 dead cats as well as 61 adult cats and eight kittens, according to News 12 Long Island.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
This feeder has been super helpful to better track and understand my cats' eating habits.
—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 9 May 2025
If this is the slow kind of hell, I’m used to it—
My hands are folded the wrong way, the cat sits on the bed
Like a limpet, the sun drops out of the sky, inexorable
As a chandelier earring.
—Jane Yeh, The New York Review of Books, 8 May 2025
However, volunteers and local officials later recovered 28 dead cats as well as 61 adult cats and eight kittens, according to News 12 Long Island.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cat
Noun
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Ginger kitties are known among cat owners for being particularly friendly and feisty.—
Amanda Schupak,
CNN Money,
23 May 2025
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The transfer kitty will be topped up with money from sales.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Where each homicide has occurred so far in 2025 (through May 17) Chicago’s homicide victims in 2025 are often young, Black and male.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025
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According to the park, grizzlies have black to blonde fur with lighter tips, can stand about 3 feet at the shoulders, and males can weigh between 216-717 pounds.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Male kittens, also like most other male mammals, have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome.—
Gayoung Lee,
Scientific American,
15 May 2025
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The team anticipates caring for the kitten for at least 10 months, officials said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2025
Noun
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And on the West Coast, our country-star cover guy charmed on the L.A. set.—
Charlotte Triggs,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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Regardless of what anybody tells you, when an offense is struggling, guys feel it.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Hackett London’s window design was transformed into a living sculpture of a gentleman’s necktie.—
Hanna McNeila,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025
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The Wolves controlled both their first-round series against the Lakers and their second-round matchup with the Warriors, notching 4-1 gentleman's sweeps of both LA and Golden State.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
Noun
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One thing Lewis has never been accused of is being dumb — or, probably, being a good dude.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
26 May 2025
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To work with Sly [Stallone] now, that dude is a beast.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 May 2025
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“Cat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cat. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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