as in panther
a large tawny cat of the wild in many regions, suburban developments have encroached upon the habitat of the cougar

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Recent Examples of cougar More than 250 species of birds have been sighted in the park, along with grizzly bears, wolves and cougars. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025 In 2018, a cougar was spotted peering through the front window of a Brookfield home. Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 27 July 2025 Following the attack, park rangers immediately began searching for the collared cougar, which was located and dispatched Monday morning, park officials said. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 July 2025 Wildlife officers took the cougar back to the wild and collared it for tracking purposes before releasing it, a spokesperson told McClatchy News in an email. Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cougar
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panther
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  • Roughly 70% of panthers killed by vehicles are under 3 years old, according to FWC data.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The survey sought to assess the public pulse of restoring pumas in Eastern states except for Florida (which has its own panther population).
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Cougar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cougar. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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