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as in pelt
the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value
furriers willing to pay good money for a lynx fur
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as in to silt
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Recent Examples of fur
Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
Colvin didn't see Oreo again for almost a week, but he was eventually found unharmed, although his blond fur was covered in dirt and ash.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Samuel Ashworth, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2020
At the pool’s edge, mosses fur the stones in newborn green, and white flowers bloom, their perfume carried lightly on the vapor cast off by the waterfall.
—Seija Rankin, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2020
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Noun
While wearing a faux fur coat in the snow isn’t exactly groundbreaking, the streets of Aspen have offered a bounty of inspiration over the past few weeks.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
Colvin didn't see Oreo again for almost a week, but he was eventually found unharmed, although his blond fur was covered in dirt and ash.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
Whether feathered or furred, all of these animals belong to the same political species: the bird-dogger.
—Samuel Ashworth, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2020
At the pool’s edge, mosses fur the stones in newborn green, and white flowers bloom, their perfume carried lightly on the vapor cast off by the waterfall.
—Seija Rankin, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fur
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Amid the sea of dark suits, Melania was difficult to pluck out of the crowd, unlike, say, Second Lady Usha Vance, who dressed in a pastel pink wool coat, her hair tucked in a chignon to show her face.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
20 Jan. 2025
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However, many wool coats and all leather and suede jackets should be professionally cleaned.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps the elder Buffett has softened his opinion on dividends as Berkshire’s cash pile continued to smash records.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
19 Jan. 2025
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My 8-year-old pointed out the piles of windblown ash by the curb.—
Katharine Gammon,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Soon, Siberian fur traders were trapping and harvesting pelts in the Aleutian Islands and around the island of Kodiak off Alaska’s southern coast.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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The hatmakers of Europe, buried in the pelts of otters and beavers from the lush New World, experimented with various substances to create felt.—
Sallie Tisdale,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
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For his big plan, Yu can use them along with geographic information system (GIS) and satellite imagery to track China’s landscape changes as urbanization spreads, as estuaries and deltas silt up, as water starts to move differently across landscapes and cityscapes.—
Erica Gies,
Scientific American,
1 Dec. 2018
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All the while, the Guadalquivir River, which allowed ships into Seville, began to silt up, forcing trade southward to the coastal town of Cádiz.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2023
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The Ordinary’s hair density serum is formulated with peptides (amino acids are all the rage) to help make hair fuller, encourage new growth, and strengthen the hair cuticle—and shoppers are attesting to its effectiveness.—
Christina Shepherd McGuire,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2025
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Known for his sharp, professional style — often opting for a suit and a clean-shaven face — the surprised fans by wearing a casual button down shirt, jeans, and, most notably, facial hair, along with a longer hairstyle overall.—
Jane LaCroix,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Ann Hodges was taking a nap on her sofa in November 1954 in her home near Sylacauga, Alabama, when a grapefruit-sized rock came through the ceiling, bounced off her radio and hit her on her side.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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And the music videos, as usual, will be bursting full of bright colors and energy similar to a children’s pizza party right before nap time.—
Sopan Deb,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The faux leather also has a woven, braid-like appearance that’s pretty mesmerizing to look at.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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For those who like the look of leather, but without the animal component, their faux leather covers are vegan.—
Cora Harrington,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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In an Instagram Reel, the star is seen dramatically taking off a fur coat to reveal the ensemble.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Already, when choosing what coat would be most appropriate to wear, Peter signals an awareness that his E 12th St. address (above what is now the Village East movie theater) would be perceived as having less cred than Ginsberg’s Lower East Side place on E 10th.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Fur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fur. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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