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as in kitty
a small domestic animal known for catching mice the family's cat did an exemplary job of keeping the house and yard free of all rodents

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Recent Examples of cat Why don’t rabbits show as much morphological diversity as dogs or cats? Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 The friendly cat and her sister were raising their litters together when the shelter realized something was wrong. Simone Jasper july 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2025 According to Pet Circle's website, Waco residents can take stray dogs and cats to any local fire station to be scanned as part of the Fire House to Your House program. Erin Clack, People.com, 20 July 2025 Stock image: An orange cat gets cuddles from his owner on the bed. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for cat
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Noun
  • Who gets what, from the NIL kitty and the new $20 million revenue-share pot resulting from House v. NCAA, is a complicated exercise, period.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • See you soon! — Deb Heise, Sun Cities 4 Paws Catty Perry: Out of this world cute Gorgeous Catty Perry is a 2-year-old, medium coat, tuxedo kitty.
    AZCentral.com, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • However, because the animals are solitary, the males ultimately sing into the void for months on end, throughout the entire breeding season.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2025
  • When lions and tigers mate in zoos, their liger cubs have suffered heart failure and other health problems (and the males seem uniformly infertile).
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • The kitten has now been successfully trapped and rescued.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Three other kittens had gotten stuck inside of her and died.
    Simone Jasper July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • Littell was not only an outstanding pitcher for the Rays, but a great teammate and a go-to guy for media members.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Adkins brings inherent value as a blocker/receiver/fullback/ST guy.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • No gentleman’s agreement that Gibbs-White can move on in the future.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 31 July 2025
  • Daryl McCormack — seen in films like Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and the upcoming Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — will embody the role of the charming gentleman for the show.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • Strange new dude Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) proves an obstacle, and Spidey is rocked with a gut-punch announcement by controversial newsman J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons) revealing his secret identity.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 July 2025
  • Over all these years, dude — gosh, it’s been 15 years — looking back, that money would have benefited a lot of people, my kids being number one.
    Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 25 July 2025

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“Cat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cat. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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