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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
The Fur Ball is also a small reminder of the love and joy our furry family members can bring.
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Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
If your family is preparing to welcome a pet or adding a new furry friend to the crew, this video will help reinforce important pet-care concepts like exercise, love, and gentleness.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 13 Mar. 2026
Before arriving, Warr also used Google Lens to search through the listing photos, and is confident that the Birth of Venus painting—recreated this time with furry cats—is worth $20 at most, even though the seller will optimistically tap her for $50.
—Zoey Goto, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2026
From furry outerwear to bags and accessories, this rich shade is a classic that harmonizes well with nearly everything.
—Amanda Le, InStyle, 9 Mar. 2026
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Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
If your family is preparing to welcome a pet or adding a new furry friend to the crew, this video will help reinforce important pet-care concepts like exercise, love, and gentleness.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 13 Mar. 2026
Before arriving, Warr also used Google Lens to search through the listing photos, and is confident that the Birth of Venus painting—recreated this time with furry cats—is worth $20 at most, even though the seller will optimistically tap her for $50.
—Zoey Goto, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2026
From furry outerwear to bags and accessories, this rich shade is a classic that harmonizes well with nearly everything.
—Amanda Le, InStyle, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furry
Adjective
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The look was completed with a side part and shaggy bangs.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Velasquez says that shaggy layers are a great way to give natural curls movement and life.—
Audrey Noble,
InStyle,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Obviously, there’s trauma and loss, but there are also memorable characters at the margins (Dona Sebastiana, one of the great characters of 2025) and magical absurdity (that hairy leg) and a shift in perspective from past to present that pull it all together.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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Poison hemlock, unlike Queen Anne’s Lace, has a smooth, not hairy stem.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The cream cheese, sour cream, and mayo team up to create a lusciously silky filling that was just rich enough, thanks to a punch of fresh flavor from the lemon juice and chives.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Mar. 2026
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Taylor’s voice, as guileless and elegant as ever, ties together what could have been a random-feeling assemblage of tunes in a silky bow.—
Molly Mary O’Brien,
Pitchfork,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In the movie’s fuzzy metaphysics, Shelley wills herself into the consciousness of a character named Ida (also played by Buckley), a young woman angling for survival in 1930s Chicago — a colorful, dangerous world of bawdy lotharios and lethal gangsters.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Block squirts out a capturing of Dreyfuss as a fuzzy-haired neurotic ping-ponging mood changes around the set.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The videos showed Chicago kissing and hugging a sable-furred puppy in the family's living room while Psalm shuffled around on his hands and knees trying to chase one of the dark-haired dogs around the room.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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Her current companions are a pair of dark-furred rescues named Bear and Pharrah.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Furry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furry. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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