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as in person
a member of the human race
we must try to be kind to our fellow creatures
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as in animal
one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings
a saint who is celebrated for his love of birds and other small creatures
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Recent Examples of creature
See it In icy waters near the South Sandwich Islands, researchers have discovered a fascinating creature known as a pycnogonid, or sea spider.
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Read More: The Permian Extinction: Life on Earth Nearly Disappeared During the ‘Great Dying’
Success in Warm Waters
Applying evidence from experiments on extant marine animals, the team populated their model with the modern relatives of the creatures of the end-Permian era.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega escape a murderous mythical creature in an exclusive new clip from Death of a Unicorn, in theaters March 28.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
Those smart, tool-using creatures then conceived of machines to take them into the edge of space.
—ArsTechnica, 26 Mar. 2025
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Read More: The Permian Extinction: Life on Earth Nearly Disappeared During the ‘Great Dying’
Success in Warm Waters
Applying evidence from experiments on extant marine animals, the team populated their model with the modern relatives of the creatures of the end-Permian era.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega escape a murderous mythical creature in an exclusive new clip from Death of a Unicorn, in theaters March 28.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
Those smart, tool-using creatures then conceived of machines to take them into the edge of space.
—ArsTechnica, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creature
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Had Melanie Robinson survived, the 38-year-old mother would have been arrested on capital murder of a person under 10 years old in the death of her baby, Jonas Allen.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2025
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More than 200 attendees in person and online showed up March 24 for the launch of the EndurANT Movement, founded by Encinitas residents Neal and Samara Tricarico one year after their 16-year-old son Anthony died by suicide.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Trump has not previously been counted among the zoo’s critics, who tend to lament the life of captivity suffered by its animals, not their potential indoctrination.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
6 Apr. 2025
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From more types of materials players could use to build and decorate to more animals that inhabited the world to more biomes for players to explore.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025
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However, most of the damages (as much as 90%) will be allocated to football and men’s basketball due to the revenue generated by the respective sports.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The film explores Ian’s romantic relationships with men and women and her evolving sense of her sexuality.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2025
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The former is a crime thriller about a former baseball player (Austin Butler) who gets caught up in New York City’s underworld in the 1990s, while the latter is a romantic fantasy that follows two middle aged people who step through a magical portal into their past lives.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
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Lego toy for the little ones in your life, plus save on fabric storage bags to keep off-season clothes and bedding organized and dust-free.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The guy who shot that, Louis Powell, one of our South Africans, has been with the show for a very long time.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Our sport needs more people that celebrate the awesomeness of what these guys can do.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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But regardless of the legal standing of this NAD precursor, doctors are more broadly divided on what form of NAD is optimal, how said supplement should be administered for maximum absorption, and whether supplementation is effective (or safe) in humans at all.—
Fiorella Valdesolo,
Allure,
2 Apr. 2025
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However, more research in humans is necessary.4 How to Use It There isn’t enough evidence to recommend taking papain supplements for digestion, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms, or other digestive disorders.—
Sarah Anzlovar, MS,
Verywell Health,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Creature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creature. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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