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Howl at the moon, like your new howler, capuchin and spider monkey neighbors!
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Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Fossils indicate that monkeys living on prehistoric Africa’s western coast were inadvertently swept across the Atlantic at least three times during prehistory, including the ancestors of today’s capuchin, howler and spider monkeys.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
And even more chilling, the behavior seemed to spread like a trend among young male capuchins.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 18 June 2025
These capuchins had gotten ahold of at least seven different howler monkey babies, and carried them for stretches of two to eight days.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 19 May 2025
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Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Fossils indicate that monkeys living on prehistoric Africa’s western coast were inadvertently swept across the Atlantic at least three times during prehistory, including the ancestors of today’s capuchin, howler and spider monkeys.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
And even more chilling, the behavior seemed to spread like a trend among young male capuchins.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 18 June 2025
These capuchins had gotten ahold of at least seven different howler monkey babies, and carried them for stretches of two to eight days.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capuchin
Noun
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During the Thirty Years’ War, military enterprisers included such figures as Ernst von Mansfeld, who raised an army for the elector palatine, and Albrecht von Wallenstein, who offered his services to Ferdinand II, the Holy Roman emperor.—
Allison Stanger,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
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Paredes poses in a black dress whose style imitates that of a classic Spanish mantilla shawl.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
30 July 2025
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Some women donned a mantilla, a veil that typically signifies more traditionalist Catholic belief and practice.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The mantas are still spotted in May and October, but in fewer numbers.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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Also in the Tuamotus, on the atoll of Tikehau, divers head out to Tuheiava Pass with Tikehau Diving for regular sightings of mantas at a cleaning station (pinnacles that draw large fish to have their gills, teeth, and carapaces cleaned by smaller ones).—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.—
Sarah Khan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2020
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On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.—
Klara Glowczewska,
Town & Country,
30 Mar. 2015
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Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak)—
Robert Garnett,
WSJ,
14 July 2017
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While my style leans minimal, the poncho suits all tastes.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
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Maybe a small, packable rain jacket or poncho, but that’s about it.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Oct. 2025
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Like a domino, the climate changes that would accompany an AMOC collapse could worsen drought in the Amazon and accelerate ice loss in the Antarctic.—
Alexandra A Phillips,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
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Aside from games like volleyball and dominoes, Gach says some children stage fake ambushes on one another while pretending to be government forces or rebel fighters.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
5 Oct. 2025
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Even Super Dog makes an appearance — cape, mask and all — ready to leap into action the moment a snack bag rustles.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Kaia Gerber in Givenchy by Sarah Burton Palm Royale co-star Kaia Gerber dazzled in a cape-back dress in white Lyon lace, a custom look by Givenchy by Sarah Burton.—
Laurie Brookins,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Capuchin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capuchin. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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