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Recent Examples of domestic animal
Under state statute, the owner of a dog is liable for the full amount of damages their animal has caused by injuring or causing injury to a person, domestic animal or property.
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The Pets Room features more domestic animals in a park and home environment—dogs and cats, a bearded dragon and goldfish.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
In Connecticut, animals are tested for rabies virus when people or domestic animals might have been exposed to the virus.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2025
Indiana law states that a person who forcibly enters a vehicle to remove a domestic animal is responsible for half of the cost of repairing the vehicle damage directly caused by the person's forcible entry if certain criteria aren't met.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 20 June 2025
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The Pets Room features more domestic animals in a park and home environment—dogs and cats, a bearded dragon and goldfish.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
In Connecticut, animals are tested for rabies virus when people or domestic animals might have been exposed to the virus.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2025
Indiana law states that a person who forcibly enters a vehicle to remove a domestic animal is responsible for half of the cost of repairing the vehicle damage directly caused by the person's forcible entry if certain criteria aren't met.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic animal
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Take every precaution to never leave young children and pets alone in vehicles, especially in extreme heat when car interiors can quickly become hazardous.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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The police department said the mountain lion did not display aggressive behavior, but the agency encouraged residents to avoid the area and keep pets indoors.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Since 2003 there has been a 16 percent average annual increase in the numbers of lions and an average 7 percent for elephants, and a general fivefold jump in nonmigrating herbivores.—
Tom Vanderbilt,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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Rhynchosaurs were among the most successful land herbivores at that time, living alongside the earliest dinosaurs.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
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For too long, Wyoming has been an outlier in tolerating extreme cruelty toward its wild carnivores.—
Wendy Keefover,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
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Salty Parmesan, spicy baby arugula leaves, and creamy white beans combine to form a hearty salad perfect for vegetarian guests or carnivores craving greens.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
5 Mar. 2026
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Moreover, in every case, the ancestors were either insectivores or carnivores, with insect-eaters making the shift about three times more often than carnivores.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
ArsTechnica,
20 Aug. 2025
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Belonging to the same group of mammals as sloths and anteaters, armadillos are voracious insectivores that eat large numbers of beetles, grubs, ants, termites, and other insects, grabbing them with their sticky tongues.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 July 2025
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“Domestic animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic%20animal. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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