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Recent Examples of house cats
The Burmese python is a nonvenomous predator and has exhibited an appetite for birds, small mammals, reptiles, and even house cats and dogs.
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Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for house cats
Noun
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Terrassa is home to an estimats 9,800 cats, including 12 black cats awaiting adoption in the town's shelter.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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More than 50 cats were submitted for The Star’s cutest cat contest, from tortoiseshells to Birman cats and everything in between — and your submissions have definitely stolen the hearts of the cat lovers in our newsroom.—
Eden Dinneen,
Kansas City Star,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Middleburg Humane Foundation welcomed a 2-year-old cat, Cinnamon, and her kittens into its care in May.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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Two kittens in Texas are on the lookout for a comfortable home together after being separated at a Texas shelter — well, sort of separated.—
TJ Macias,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Oct. 2025
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“House cats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house%20cats. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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