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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ermine
Noun
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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
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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
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Prue especially loves his Chinese five-spice Florentines, and Paul likes his chocolate-sable biscuits.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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Hummingbirds have long beaks for sucking nectar from flowers, polar bears have thick skin and fur to keep them warm from the Arctic tundra and beavers have big, wide tails to propel them through the water.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
1 Oct. 2025
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The name comes from Native American and early Colonial traditions, when beavers are most active in building their dams and lodges ahead of winter.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Endurance wasn’t crushed all at once, but instead ground down into a twist of wood and metal over the course of several weeks, like a rabbit in the clutches of a boa constrictor.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
7 Oct. 2025
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There’s a haunted corn maze, marigold fields, bounceland, Jurassic Fright, a tractor ride and sheep, goats and rabbits.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As the two boys leaned over the dock to watch, Lee threw his arm down into the water and the otter jumped up and bit his hand.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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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
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Now native Spartina grasses have returned, as have muskrats and threatened bird species.—
Kyra Morris,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
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Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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In another video on Kingston's account, Chelsea shared seven facts about the Persian chinchilla breed.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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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 16 Oct. 2025.
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