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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
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Prosecutors previously told jurors that some of the dogs had blood on their faces, fur or paws.
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Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
15 June 2026
USA TODAY,
27 Mar. 2020
Whether feathered or furred, all of these animals belong to the same political species: the bird-dogger.
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Samuel Ashworth,
Washington Post,
24 Feb. 2020
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Noun
In the footage, the larger male bear latches onto the smaller bear with its mouth, sinking its teeth into the animal, repeatedly ripping at the female bear's fur and skin.
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Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Prosecutors previously told jurors that some of the dogs had blood on their faces, fur or paws.
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Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
15 June 2026
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.
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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
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Favor natural fibers like cotton, wool, linen and silk over thin synthetics.
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With heat-sensitive fabrics like wool or polyester, dampen a cotton pressing cloth and place it on top of the clothing, then iron.
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Remove brush, leaf, and firewood piles that provide shelter to animals and attract fleas.
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Instead, the pile keeps growing and the mornings keep getting harder.
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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.
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Maradona, for his part, repeatedly backheeled the ball while sprinting at full pelt, leaving England defenders unsure whether to follow the player or the ball.
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But the estuary, which had been silting up since the 11th century, had different ideas.
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The rock was originally silt on the seafloor that, it's argued, hosted early microbial life that was buried by more silt, leaving the carbon as their remains.
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In the stage-show memoir the movie keeps cutting to, Asher, now in his early eighties, with sparse red hair and tortoise-shell glasses, describes all of this in his mild and menschy way.
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While the director tears his hair out, the producers see the footage and sign the Minions on the spot, but their fame is short-lived with the arrival of the talkies.
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Sereed Toddler Balance Bike Say goodbye to your little one fighting nap time.
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Or at least squeezed in a solid couch nap with baseball/golf/soccer/primo history programming murmuring in the background.
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Walking into a recording studio, Swift was seen clutching a cognac shoulder bag, and this leather version from Quince comes in the same color and has a similar silhouette.
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Pair the surprisingly elegant, wrinkle-resistant getup with Mary Jane flats and a leather bag for a refined finish.
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For example, swap heavy coats and boots for lighter layers and store the off-season items elsewhere.
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The last step is to burnish the wood with a small torch and then apply a top coat.
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“Fur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fur. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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