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as in shaggy
covered with or as if with hair
a furry teddy bear that would be so nice to cuddle up with
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Recent Examples of furry
It was handled by ILM (led by VFX supervisor Craig Hammack and animation supervisor Matthew Shumway), which had to address the furry dog-like character’s unique shape and size, and iconic large eyes.
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 7 June 2025
Pet parents will go to great lengths to give their furry friends the best life possible.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 7 June 2025
Other humans can tell us about their dreams, but our furry friends have no way of expressing what goes on behind closed eyelids.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2025
The hotel provides bedding and food bowls for your furry friend during your stay.
—Margaret Jackson, Denver Post, 3 June 2025
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 7 June 2025
Pet parents will go to great lengths to give their furry friends the best life possible.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 7 June 2025
Other humans can tell us about their dreams, but our furry friends have no way of expressing what goes on behind closed eyelids.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2025
The hotel provides bedding and food bowls for your furry friend during your stay.
—Margaret Jackson, Denver Post, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furry
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Head out onto the water to sail around the archipelago, keeping your eyes peeled for breaching minke whales and bearded seals, as well as shaggy muskoxen—one of the few megafauna to survive the Ice Age—and Arctic wolves patrolling the shoreline.—
Chloe Berge,
Outside Online,
17 June 2025
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For the occasion, Taylor-Johnson kept his curls shaggy.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
16 June 2025
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The larvae are usually about an 1/8-inch long, tan and covered in hairy bristles.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
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This isn’t the first time that forest-dwelling creatures inspired by Nordic folklore have become a global pop-culture sensation in the form of collectible hairy figurines that are grotesque and cute at the same time.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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Victoria Beckham’s kajal eyeliner—whether in a bronze, cobalt, or bordeaux hues—plush a wash of Tom Ford’s silky eyeshadow quad will add a bit of flair to les yeux.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
16 June 2025
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Made from 100 percent Peruvian pima cotton, the tank has a light, silky texture that feels like a cool hug on a hot day.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2025
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Sometimes the mission has been fuzzy or concealed: not long after the White House deployed seven hundred marines to Los Angeles, purportedly to help quell the protests against immigration raids, photos spread of them detaining a protester.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
17 June 2025
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Awards prognostication is similarly fuzzy too, although technical noms will be its strongest play.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
17 June 2025
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Hares are also born fully furred and with their eyes open, a trait called precocial, whereas rabbits are born hairless, blind, and vulnerable, needing more parental care in the early stages of life.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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But the felt’s furred obscurity conjured novel mysteries.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Everyone plodded along, trying desperately to avoid rough that hasn’t been cut and greens that never seem to lose their speed.—
Doug Ferguson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2025
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More Getty Images Clark, the 2023 U.S. Open champion, had a rough week.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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“Furry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furry. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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