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as in hairy
covered with or as if with hair
still had a water bed and a woolly coverlet on top of it
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Recent Examples of woolly
Back to the future The woolly mice have hair that grows three times as long as that of typical lab mice.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
Since the woolly mice are just a few months old, the company also has no data on how the genetic modifications might affect their long-term health and survival, reports Nature News.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
To be clear, there was not a prehistoric, or even historic woolly mouse.
—Susan Young, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Other researchers say the woolly mice are exciting.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
Since the woolly mice are just a few months old, the company also has no data on how the genetic modifications might affect their long-term health and survival, reports Nature News.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
To be clear, there was not a prehistoric, or even historic woolly mouse.
—Susan Young, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Other researchers say the woolly mice are exciting.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woolly
Adjective
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This romantically rustic wreath weaves shaggy swags of greenery with white tulips and stalks of berries, then ties it all together with a neat black-and-white bow.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Apr. 2025
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Hashing things out with his tech wizard brother-in-law Maury (a shaggy Guy Pearce), Karsh wonders if ecological protesters or religious groups or competitors are upset with his global expansion plans, which include a lava field in Iceland.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That seemed like a big, hairy, audacious goal, and one that would motivate me.—
Shimite Obialo,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Flying your favorite spacecraft is as simple as plopping down in the captain’s chair to engage in some hairy dogfights and clandestine patrols over strange worlds or the inky cosmic blackness as the gameplay shifts from a standard FPS to a third-person perspective.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Seen in New York City on April 21, Cyrus showed off her long, wavy shag with baby bangs and completed the retro-inspired look with a black fuzzy 2000s tank and oversized aviator sunglasses.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
22 Apr. 2025
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And Gachot’s apartment only adds to the lore: decorated in her firm’s warm minimalist style, Robert Rauschenberg lithographs hang alongside Noguchi lamps, Eames swivel chairs, and fuzzy sheepskin throws.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The ladybug begins life as a spiky black crawler; the garden tiger moth starts out life as an extravagantly furred caterpillar.—
Rivka Galchen,
The New Yorker,
31 Aug. 2023
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Many furred mammals have apocrine glands, including camels and donkeys, as well as chimpanzees.—
Jeff Goodell,
Time,
6 July 2023
Adjective
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His season started on a rough note in Australia, where a late mistake on the wet track sent him sliding off, struggling to recover and tumbling down the order.—
Kanzah Maktoum,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Two paratroopers were injured after a rough landing that was caught on video at a baseball game in Arizona.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Woolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woolly. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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