: a large creamy-white carnivorous bear (Ursus maritimus synonym Thalarctos maritimus) that inhabits arctic regions
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He was charged by polar bears twice.—Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025 Other billboards facetiously showed polar bears roaming the streets of Stockholm.—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025 Occasionally a curious polar bear meandered near camp, which was always changing as the ice floe buckled and drifted across the Arctic Ocean.—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 In addition to showcasing the Arctic’s raw, austere beauty and wildlife encounters such as sightings of polar bears, walruses, wolves, giant musk ox, narwhal, and snowy owls, the voyage shines a spotlight on the Indigenous people who have stewarded the region’s unusual ecosystems for 5,000 years.—Robin Catalano, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for polar bear
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