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verb

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Recent Examples of kitten
Noun
Yet there have been many tall, slender prospects who played like tigers in the minors and like scared kittens against big-league pitching. Chuck Murr, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 Read Next Florida Florida panther gave birth to 3 kittens, officials say. Mark Price, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
So many unwanted cats and dogs – kitten and puppies – in our country. Gregg Doyel, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2022 Puppy and kitten sales make up more than 80% of owner Suk’s annual revenue, the lawsuit says. Dallas News, 28 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for kitten
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kitten
Noun
  • Watch cat rescuer save elusive kitty stuck in a tree for eight days below.
    Kendall Malinchock, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Sunny-Loo, an orange kitty from Washington, went missing during her family's move to Colorado.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Since January, Drakes Beach Road has been temporarily closed for the elephant seal pupping season until further notice.
    Emese Maczko, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Two harbor seal pups born at Children’s Pool Two harbor seal pups were born recently at La Jolla’s Children’s Pool, possibly the first of this year’s pupping season.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The cat, named Wheels, was found unmoving on the road on January 2, before being taken to the SPCA of Brevard Adoption Center in Titusville, Florida.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Photos shared of the cats show that the mother is an adult tortoiseshell, and the kittens are orange, black and calico.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Huang may have been kidding, but Nvidia spent much of its event detailing just how much better its Blackwell chips are.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2025
  • After a day on the slopes at Lost Trail, make your way to the tiny town of Jackson, which will make Philipsburg and Anaconda seem like large metropolitan areas (kidding, kinda).
    Will McGough, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Catch up quick: 23andMe, widely known for its at-home DNA testing kit, filed for bankruptcy last week.
    Yacob Reyes, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The kit campaign is to alert soccer fans and the public about the environmental crisis caused by the algae, that has most likely arrived in Spanish waters through the ballast waters of merchant ships.
    Claire Poole, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Why not just accept that this coastline is kindling and move on?
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Musk has reportedly fathered 14 children with four separate women, including singer Grimes.
    Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Following the passing of his previous mate, Zeus fathered five cygnets in 2019.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The alpha male was a foster, and his mate whelped — or gave birth — during the same week, making the pack an ideal candidate to receive pups.
    Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
  • When a captive mother whelps, or gives birth on her own, managers match her pups with a wild den using GPS coordinates from radio collars placed on packs’ breeding alpha male and female.
    Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024

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“Kitten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitten. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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