Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hairlike
Adjective
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The lack of dihydrotestosterone receptors across the rest of our bodies explains why these areas can remain hairy even after our hairlines have lost their fight against these hormonal changes.—
RJ Mackenzie,
Popular Science,
20 Mar. 2025 -
Detailing includes a hairy suede upper paired with golden accents which elevate the shoe.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Enter the woolly mouse: a rapidly reproducing, genetically malleable model organism that could confirm whether these genetic edits function as expected before applying them to larger animals.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Back to the future The woolly mice have hair that grows three times as long as that of typical lab mice.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And yet the series is less a document of careful sleuthing and more a shaggy chronicle of teen-like longing for revelation and salvation.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2025
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Another farm experience is Kitchen Coos & Ewes, a safari-like tour of a farm in southwest Scotland with shaggy Highland cows and a record-breaking flock of beltex sheep.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Brownlee used the same vehicle, equipped with a fuzzy blue steering wheel cover, to drive to and from each of the robberies, according to a statement.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Mar. 2025
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In briefings for reporters earlier this week, administration officials were fuzzy on their plans.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, it was strangely decorated with long downy feathers—making the newborn bird look like a dangerous caterpillar.—
ByErik Stokstad,
science.org,
20 Mar. 2025
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Its large, wall-size windows, their casements painted a downy shade of white, look out across Bedford Street onto a row of old and characterful brownstones, including number 75½, whose façade, at nine and a half feet across, is allegedly the city’s narrowest (and therefore most charming).—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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It was styled with a skirt that sprouted furry black polka dots, which close up were unnervingly reminiscent of body hair.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025
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Stuck for eight days in an Elm tree in Worthington, Ohio, one furry fugitive was finally nabbed by a professional cat rescuer.—
Kendall Malinchock,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Hairlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hairlike. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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