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Recent Examples of sable
Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
This style comes in 13 bright, vibrant colors that are ideal for spring, like raspberry, sable, and kelly green.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
The Economist, 22 Apr. 2020
European, American and Japanese furriers had long purchased sable, mink and otter furs from local hunters, but had never been interested in the coarse fur of the Tarbagan marmot.
—Paul French, CNN, 18 Apr. 2020
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Adjective
Now, a new generation of curators and conservators are working on the Throne, and their cozy laboratory at the museum, filled with magnifiers, sable brushes and purple nitrile gloves, is open to the public a few afternoons each week.
—Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
This style comes in 13 bright, vibrant colors that are ideal for spring, like raspberry, sable, and kelly green.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
Noun
The brush, of sable, which immediately conjures up some semi-mythical creature of the Russian forests.
—The Economist, 22 Apr. 2020
European, American and Japanese furriers had long purchased sable, mink and otter furs from local hunters, but had never been interested in the coarse fur of the Tarbagan marmot.
—Paul French, CNN, 18 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sable
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Officers searched the vehicles and found: black Nike nylon gloves, a black ski mask and three large Amazon freight tote bags and black t-shirts.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Proenza Schouler black mesh bag; proenzaschouler.com.Daniel Arnold, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2025
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Its name is said to come from the idea that the frosting is as silky as an ermine's white fur.Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
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In June 2023, Theo Bosboom heard about an explosive proliferation of willow ermine moth caterpillars along the river Waal near Boven-Leeuwen, Netherlands, not far from his hometown.Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Designed in Thiers, France—known to blade aficionados as the knife capital of the world—the saber features an ebony wood handle and can be engraved with a custom name or date.Sophie Dodd, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024
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The characters—ebony, sandalwood, ceiba, redwood and so on—quickly come to feel like old friends, their long life histories carefully told and the stakes of their uncertain futures in the Anthropocene clearly laid out.Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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Shortly after 8:15 pm, Ross took the stage, donning a forest green tuxedo, mink coat, and a cane fit for royalty.Okla Jones, Essence, 31 Dec. 2024
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Another exception to this rule is when Hedwig goes through a selection of nice clothing, obviously the property of the dead, and selects a mink coat for herself, posing before a mirror.James Verniere, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2024
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Healing the ecosystem so the otters could come back had the win-win effect of helping manage an invasive species.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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The department said that while encounters with otters are rare, the animals can be territorial.Brie Stimson, Fox News, 14 Sep. 2024
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Homeostasis and Stability: Like beavers and wolves, leaders create balance by managing both innovation (growth) and stability (process).Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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The short-faced bear went extinct around 11,000 years, at the end of the Pleistocene, along with most of the large mammals that lived alongside it, including all the large carnivores listed above, as well as giant ground sloths, mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, camels, and giant armadillos.Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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It is known for its slightly maniacal logo of a rabbit with pink ears and its teeth hanging over a skull-and-crossbones and offers men’s and children’s wear in a variety of categories including polos, T-shirts, pants, sportswear and accessories.Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
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For fine dining, head to Forklift, where your rabbit will be cooked three ways and paired with cauliflower cream.Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
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This acquisition will improve the habitat for Wisconsin’s endangered American marten, which has been facing a dwindling habitat.Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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With their larger competitors out of the way, the smaller, less numerous martens had some breathing room.Siddhant Pusdekar, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2024
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“Sable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sable. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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