Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ermines
Noun
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Throughout history, kings, queens and other members of the royal family have donned luxurious fur stoles, floor-length fur coats, capes with mink trims and cloaks with ermine edges (that's weasel fur).—
Jennifer Hassan,
USA Today,
14 June 2026 -
The tension is thicker than mink.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Keep Out Host Animals Ticks love to catch a ride on host animals like deer, rabbits, and chipmunks.—
Heather Bien,
The Spruce,
23 June 2026
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The sea urchin omelette is unexpected and satisfying, as is the rabbit sausage.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 June 2026
Noun
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Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Wolverines are beagle-sized carnivores related to weasels, ermines, badgers, martens, otters, and black footed ferrets, all of which are native to this state.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Over the next several decades, a roll call of Pennsylvania’s native animals would be extirpated, including mountain lions, wolves, wolverines, badgers, pine marten, and fisher cats; whitetail deer were nearly wiped out of the state, as were black bears and turkeys.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Honey Badgers’ Bodies Are Built Like Armor Honey badgers are also physically difficult animals to injure in the first place.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Noun
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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,
14 June 2026
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Here's what to know about Splash the otter.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Never use abrasive scrubbers or harsh chemicals when cleaning a skylight, as these can scratch the glass and damage its seals or special coatings, says Rapinchuk.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
18 June 2026
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That protein keeps the seals between your gut cells closed by silencing the genes that would otherwise loosen them.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
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Moreover, the official mascots succeed in spotting various varmints — foxes and possums, to be specific, but thankfully, no vultures.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
16 June 2026
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The aliens’ ability to take on the forms of stags, foxes and cardinals is also in line with what experiencers have reported about their visitations.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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These passages are called portages, a term derived from English and French trappers who, alongside Indigenous nations like the Ojibwe and the Dakota, collected pelts for the lucrative fur trade from the late 17th century to the early 19th.—
John Bowe,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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The beautiful array of their divergent sizes and pelts coalesced as oils on canvas and rendered their exploits almost dreamlike.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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“Ermines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ermines. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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