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as in kitty
a small domestic animal known for catching mice the family's cat did an exemplary job of keeping the house and yard free of all rodents

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Recent Examples of cat The cat returned several times when the massive 115-pound female mother snake was gone, snacking on eggs and caching the nest. Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025 This feeder has been super helpful to better track and understand my cats' eating habits. Molly Higgins, Wired News, 9 May 2025 If this is the slow kind of hell, I’m used to it— My hands are folded the wrong way, the cat sits on the bed Like a limpet, the sun drops out of the sky, inexorable As a chandelier earring. Jane Yeh, The New York Review of Books, 8 May 2025 However, volunteers and local officials later recovered 28 dead cats as well as 61 adult cats and eight kittens, according to News 12 Long Island. Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cat
Noun
  • Faux kitties perform all manner of tricks from juggling to acrobatics.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
  • At the end of the clip, the small kitty can be seen drying off inside a cardboard box filled with warm towels.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Where each homicide has occurred so far in 2025 (through May 17) Chicago’s homicide victims in 2025 are often young, Black and male.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
  • Investigators are working with the Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney's Office for a review of any potential criminal charges against the 20-year-old male.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • The team anticipates caring for the kitten for at least 10 months, officials said.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
  • Male kittens, also like most other male mammals, have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome.
    Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Other impact guys include USC RB Quinten Joyner and Miami (Ohio) WR Reggie Virgil. 20.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • Regardless of what anybody tells you, when an offense is struggling, guys feel it.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Hackett London’s window design was transformed into a living sculpture of a gentleman’s necktie.
    Hanna McNeila, Footwear News, 22 May 2025
  • The Wolves controlled both their first-round series against the Lakers and their second-round matchup with the Warriors, notching 4-1 gentleman's sweeps of both LA and Golden State.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Jesus was single, never married; Disciples were all dudes ….
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 14 May 2025
  • Those are three really, really talented, strong, athletic dudes playing outside hitter for these teams.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025

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“Cat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cat. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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