as in horse
a large hoofed domestic animal that is used for carrying or drawing loads and for riding
one of the more esteemed equines of modern times was the racehorse Seabiscuit
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Recent Examples of equine
Hotel guests can spend plenty of time with the hotel's horses and even try equine yoga.
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Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Proceeds support the equine therapy programs.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
The 10-year project will add a new education pavilion, equine hospital, cancer center, spay-neuter clinic, raptor center and a primary care hospital — facilities that will allow the school to expand its class size from 600 to 800 students, UC Davis officials said.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
At a quarter to nine, music blasted, and Alex Consani, a slim blond model known for her equine stomp, walked out of one of 30 Rock’s revolving doors.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
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Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Proceeds support the equine therapy programs.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
The 10-year project will add a new education pavilion, equine hospital, cancer center, spay-neuter clinic, raptor center and a primary care hospital — facilities that will allow the school to expand its class size from 600 to 800 students, UC Davis officials said.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
At a quarter to nine, music blasted, and Alex Consani, a slim blond model known for her equine stomp, walked out of one of 30 Rock’s revolving doors.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equine
horse
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Later, the series added a golden retriever, Comet, and showcased a parrot, a turtle, a horse.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Obsessed anglers who lived in Key West, and whose fiction sometimes gravitates toward horses, blood sports, and male protagonists with a masculine swagger counterbalanced by a certain reflective, existentialist temperament—the similarities between the two are obvious, yet go only so far.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Equine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equine. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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