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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
Welcome cocktail/mock-tail and goodie bag upon arrival; samples and desserts from nine restaurants; music from High and Wides; SPCA brings some furry friends; raffle prizes.
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Staff Report, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2026
Concertgoers bundled up in furry winter coats and beanies while waiting in line to enter the outdoor venue.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
Have a plan for pets Your furry friends need more than food.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 May 2026
The bears should be returned to a local Build-A-Bear Workshop store, and consumers can receive a refund in the form of original payment or a gift card for the original purchase price, redeemable toward any available Make-Your-Own furry friend and any other available merchandise.
—Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
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Staff Report, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2026
Concertgoers bundled up in furry winter coats and beanies while waiting in line to enter the outdoor venue.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
Have a plan for pets Your furry friends need more than food.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 May 2026
The bears should be returned to a local Build-A-Bear Workshop store, and consumers can receive a refund in the form of original payment or a gift card for the original purchase price, redeemable toward any available Make-Your-Own furry friend and any other available merchandise.
—Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furry
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Inside, piles of white fiber extracted from the plants’ leaves awaited combing, destined for everything from handbags to the shaggy chandeliers that have made Damman a rising design star.—
Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
6 May 2026
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Mix with a fork, adding more ice water by the tablespoonful as needed, just until a shaggy dough comes together.—
Andy Baraghani,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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The question of true or false became a sensation in 1967 with the famous film shot by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin in the Pacific Northwest, capturing a hairy figure ambling through a Northern California wood.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Key differences include hollow versus solid stems, branched versus single stems and hairy versus smooth leaves.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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First, the tuna will have a silkier, richer texture.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 May 2026
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Dimethicone gives the formula its silky texture while trimethylsiloxysilicate locks the color in place for long-lasting wear (without drying out the lips).—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
10 May 2026
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Some findings are promising—but more research is needed For other potential uses of medical marijuana, the evidence is fuzzier.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
4 May 2026
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The team's clever simulations traced the journey of various types of gas, carefully avoiding the usual shortcuts in models that can often lead to fuzzy answers.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
4 May 2026
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Like the little brown-furred cub, the animals can easily capture a caretaker's heart — but bonding with humans is not an option when the goal is to eventually return them to the wild.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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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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“Furry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furry. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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