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also wooly
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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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With their thick, shaggy fur, the 5-month-old wolves are better adapted to the cold.—
Emily Mullin,
Wired News,
7 Apr. 2025
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In the first, the sheepdog appears engulfed by a thick coat of long white fur, his face nearly obscured by the shaggy mass.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 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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The bad news is that, for now, the details are a bit fuzzy.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
8 Apr. 2025
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Gomez opted for her signature almond shape to lean into the soft vibes, while her fuzzy teddy bear coat and shiny gold hoop earrings made everything feel very quiet luxury.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
7 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 23 Apr. 2025.
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