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Recent Examples of house cat
Place the feeder where it cannot be easily accessed by house cats who will prey on the cardinals.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
In Sunnyvale, California, another animal found itself in a similar predicament — this time a house cat stuck high on a telephone pole.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 2 Dec. 2025
But beside possible starvation, many other dangers threaten house cats when out in the wild.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
The Burmese python is a nonvenomous predator and has exhibited an appetite for birds, small mammals, reptiles, and even house cats and dogs.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
In Sunnyvale, California, another animal found itself in a similar predicament — this time a house cat stuck high on a telephone pole.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 2 Dec. 2025
But beside possible starvation, many other dangers threaten house cats when out in the wild.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
The Burmese python is a nonvenomous predator and has exhibited an appetite for birds, small mammals, reptiles, and even house cats and dogs.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for house cat
Noun
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This relative of catnip (Nepeta cataria) has some of the same bewitching effects on cats, but this species has more attractive flowers, blooming from May until September.—
Angela England,
The Spruce,
22 Feb. 2026
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The cat jumped up onto the bed and lay with him.—
Mary Gaitskill,
New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Child creates adorable new feeding ritual with pet kitten.—
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FOXNews.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Self-defense items such as mace, kitty claws, or brass knuckles will be detected and surely require additional screening.—
Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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One of Bernhardt’s pets, Uriah, is the shop cat, and spends her days greeting and playing with customers and basking in the sunshine in her kitty hammock, which overlooks the parking lot from a plate glass window.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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“House cat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house%20cat. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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