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polar bear
noun
: a large creamy-white carnivorous bear (Ursus maritimus synonym Thalarctos maritimus) that inhabits arctic regions
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On Svalbard, humans are outnumbered by polar bears — Svalbard's tourism bureau says the species' population on the archipelago and Barents Sea is around 3,000 — and people carry firearms for their safety whenever venturing outside the settlements.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025
Pregnant female polar bears typically build their dens in snow drifts on land or sea ice around October or November.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
The archives of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) hold countless intriguing artifacts, including souvenir soaps shaped like polar bears, an ostrich egg from the 1930s and—as employees recently discovered—more than 200 mysterious film reels.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
His pole-dancing polar bear — a legless white beast posed like a defeated stripper — disarms the familiar.
—Petala Ironcloud, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025
Pregnant female polar bears typically build their dens in snow drifts on land or sea ice around October or November.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
The archives of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) hold countless intriguing artifacts, including souvenir soaps shaped like polar bears, an ostrich egg from the 1930s and—as employees recently discovered—more than 200 mysterious film reels.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
His pole-dancing polar bear — a legless white beast posed like a defeated stripper — disarms the familiar.
—Petala Ironcloud, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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“Polar bear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polar%20bear. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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