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as in pelt
the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value
furriers willing to pay good money for a lynx fur
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as in to silt
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Recent Examples of fur
Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 27 May 2025
Instead, most female cats with orange fur have patchy patterns — calico or tortoiseshell — that may include black and white.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020
Whether feathered or furred, all of these animals belong to the same political species: the bird-dogger.
—Samuel Ashworth, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2020
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Noun
Throughout the ages, Chimney Rock has stood as an important marker amid the unending grassland, first for Native Americans and later for Western emigrants and fur traders.
—Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 27 May 2025
Instead, most female cats with orange fur have patchy patterns — calico or tortoiseshell — that may include black and white.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
Verb
Without the companion app, FurReal is still a responsive robot who makes calm, happy noises when kids pet it on its furred back, or barks a warning when its tail is tweaked.
—USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020
Whether feathered or furred, all of these animals belong to the same political species: the bird-dogger.
—Samuel Ashworth, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fur
Noun
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Ibex is deservedly legendary for its wool, especially its base layers (see below, and in our merino wool guide).—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
12 June 2025
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At Gabriela Hearst, texture and contrast took center stage as linen was paired with unexpected fabrics like wool and silk, creating the illusion of separates for a modern, polished feel.—
Lauren Alexis Fisher,
Footwear News,
12 June 2025
Noun
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So Julie has become the master of this realm inside the cave and inside this enormous pile of bones.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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Add a small pile of firewood to keep the soil cool and damp and provide a spot for firefly egg-laying. Plant more native plants from your climate zone, like goldenrod, Joe Pye weed, milkweed, or switchgrass.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Vanderbilt’s win adds another pelt in the team’s stretch of dominant home-court performances this season.—
Grant Salsman,
Kansas City Star,
2 Mar. 2025
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Hunted nearly to extinction for their pelts, they were later branded a nuisance for flooding farmland and chewing through timber.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Verb
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For his big plan, Yu can use them along with geographic information system (GIS) and satellite imagery to track China’s landscape changes as urbanization spreads, as estuaries and deltas silt up, as water starts to move differently across landscapes and cityscapes.—
Erica Gies,
Scientific American,
1 Dec. 2018
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All the while, the Guadalquivir River, which allowed ships into Seville, began to silt up, forcing trade southward to the coastal town of Cádiz.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2023
Noun
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Lake pulled her hair away from her face to show there was no visible scarring as a result of her face and neck lift.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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Cali Hegeman from the Chicago Reserve Roastery trained at least four hours each week and dyed her hair a deep red to match her signature drink, a layered drink with espresso and cold milk called the Undertow.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
Noun
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If napping interferes with your nighttime sleep, keep naps short and earlier in the afternoon.—
Karen Berger,
Verywell Health,
5 June 2025
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Catch an afternoon nap, grab a lawn chair and the June star map.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Artisanal leather designer Marie Bernadette Woehrl was tucked away in Ganterie Boon—one of Europe’s last surviving family-run glove stores.—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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What to do when your parents don’t like pets, and your father, who owns a shoe store, loves crocodile leather?—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
10 June 2025
Noun
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The English cream is a variation of the standard and much-loved golden retriever, characterized by a coat that ranges in color from light cream to almost white.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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Two bulls, each weighing over 1,300 pounds, ram heads and jab horns as their muscles ripple under velvety coats.—
Chang W. Lee,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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“Fur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fur. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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