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as in shaggy
covered with or as if with hair
a furry teddy bear that would be so nice to cuddle up with
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Recent Examples of furry
Designed specifically to care for both your floors and to pick up after furry family members, the third generation of the Dyson Ball is powered with a detangling motorbar that simultaneously detangles and picks up long hair and pet hair.
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2025
Yastremska decorated her Yonex bag with cute furry bobbles and ribbons in Ukrainian flag colors.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Partygoers wandered the streets, drinks in hand, wearing Scrim costumes made from furry onesies.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 5 July 2025
Watermelon is the perfect summer snack for your furry friend.
—Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 12 July 2025
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2025
Yastremska decorated her Yonex bag with cute furry bobbles and ribbons in Ukrainian flag colors.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Partygoers wandered the streets, drinks in hand, wearing Scrim costumes made from furry onesies.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 5 July 2025
Watermelon is the perfect summer snack for your furry friend.
—Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furry
Adjective
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The Saja Boys are memorable creations of their own, an over-the-top collection of shaggy haircuts, dewy faces, and bright streetwear that instantly invokes the heartthrobs of BTS or Stray Kids.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
11 July 2025
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The researchers found that climate shifts that underwrote the spread of grasslands allowed big sloths to arise, the shaggy mammals then altering those habitats to maintain open spaces best suited to big bodies capable of moving long distances.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Carpet beetle larvae are usually about 1/8-inch long, tan, and covered in hairy bristles.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
30 July 2025
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The smelly, hairy animals with terrible eyesight are actually a type of mammal known as a collared peccary.—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
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Imagined herself back in her closet, throwing the silky dress over her head, her arms slipping into the sleeves, the skirt falling over her like water.—
Mona Awad,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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Think of dry body oil mists as the 2.0 version of regular body oils—maintaining the same nourishing benefits, while drying down at lightening speed to a weightless finish that leaves skin feeling silky smooth.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
17 July 2025
Adjective
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One of Yakovenko’s managers showed me a fuzzy black-and-white video, taken in April, of a night operation behind enemy lines.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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But Lavigne recalled that this grandmother wasn’t exactly warm and fuzzy.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Hares are also born fully furred and with their eyes open, a trait called precocial, whereas rabbits are born hairless, blind, and vulnerable, needing more parental care in the early stages of life.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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But the felt’s furred obscurity conjured novel mysteries.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Here are several other Twins takeaways from a rough weekend in Denver, which ended on an encouraging note: Ryan shows confidence after first All-Star Game Making his first start since delivering a dominant inning in the All-Star Game on Tuesday, Ryan was outstanding in the series finale.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
21 July 2025
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Devin Williams has settled down after a rough beginning of the year, and Luke Weaver remains superb despite some hiccups before the All-Star Break.—
Daniel R. Epstein,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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“Furry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furry. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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