ermine

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Recent Examples of ermine An example: a steel-gray satin duchess coat lined in white ermine, with the black ermine tails falling from inside of the cuffs. Ralph Rucci, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2025 Others, meanwhile, took notice of the speedy critter’s unique shape and coloring, and correctly identified it as an ermine. Bailey Richards, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025 In June 2023, Theo Bosboom heard about an explosive proliferation of willow ermine moth caterpillars along the river Waal near Boven-Leeuwen, Netherlands, not far from his hometown. Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 As the Pages of Honor knelt to adjust the ermine and velvet robe, one reached for a section of the robe by the monarch's hand before pulling away. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for ermine
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Noun
  • One side has faux fur with a bubble texture, and the other has a soft micro mink lining.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Ksenia, whom Baranov meets at a hedonistic party in the early 1990s as counterculturals rage amid the dawn of a new, post-USSR Russian era, is indicated as a grifting wild thing, the type who always has a mysterious male benefactor to keep her in minks.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As The Times described the day: In white and black tie, in sequins and sables and clouds of perfume, Republican revelers stepped out tonight to the most lavish series of inaugural balls ever held in the nation’s capital.
    Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Madison gives you 100-percent of this on a fake silver platter, dressed up in real Russian sables.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Along the way, visitors may spot signs of the sanctuary’s most visible resident, the beaver, from impressive dams to cleverly constructed dens and lodges, as well as birds such as the snow goose, lapland longspur, and chimney swift.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
  • In this case, the engineers did not reshape logs that had been carved by a beaver.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Levi studies the endangered Humboldt marten, a small carnivore that lives on the Northern California and Southern Oregon coast.
    Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This acquisition will improve the habitat for Wisconsin’s endangered American marten, which has been facing a dwindling habitat.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Deer and rabbits won't eat them.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Today, Romulus and Remus are reportedly healthy, weighing more than 120 pounds each, and consuming over five pounds of meat daily, which includes venison, beef, and whole rabbits.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.
    Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
  • And all of a sudden, an otter comes right up to the glass and begins interacting with them, soon joined by a second otter.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Now native Spartina grasses have returned, as have muskrats and threatened bird species.
    Kyra Morris, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In another video on Kingston's account, Chelsea shared seven facts about the Persian chinchilla breed.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Prime Video released the final season trailer for its sci-fi dramedy Tuesday, and while things still remain up in the air for Nate in Lakeview, fear not — a life-coach chinchilla is here to save the day!
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Ermine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ermine. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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