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Recent Examples of kitten
Noun
Two days later, a male kitten around six months old was fatally struck on Las Virgenes Road between Mulholland and Lost Hills Road in Calabasas. City News Service, Daily News, 29 May 2026 This month, Rylan was surprised by Make-A-Wish with his new ragdoll kitten Momo, which means peach in Japanese. Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026 On Thursday, tiny kittens at the San Diego Humane Society’s kitten nursery were curled up close together, sleeping. Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026 The idea is to arrive at an image that may, to a human, look like meaningless static or visual noise, but which the models will interpret as representing adorable kittens, smiling families, baby pandas. Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for kitten
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kitten
Noun
  • Newcastle do not operate with a set budget earmarked for transfer fees alone, and their kitty will be affected by outgoing business.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • People of all kinds loved that show, from football jocks to kitty nanas.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Like so many dogs, Tuzi deals with itchy skin, and Shields swears by Prospect Pet’s Skin & Coat Health Booster to give her pup some relief.
    Madison Yauger, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Shelter volunteer Lindsay Kaplan, 34, shared the devastating clip on TikTok (@fablinds) after taking Nikki the rescue pup out for the day.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a vampire and wellness cult, a hellish basement and a bloodthirsty talking cat.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 June 2026
  • One person making a complaint said the dogs killed her cat.
    Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • The connection to nature at Vista Celestial is truly profound, with wildlife waiting for you at the door—I'm not kidding, at one point, a capuchin monkey walked onto our patio to say hello.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 8 June 2026
  • And even while kidding, Kupp couldn’t help but say out loud what many Rams followers are thinking.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • As for the 78 fluffy felines rescued from the residence, the PSPCA said in a Sunday, June 14, update that as of Monday, June 15, some of the adult cats are available for adoption.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • The scene moves inside the shadowy building, where Nero and Rocco interrogate a fellow feline about missing tuna.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
  • The faith of these settlers kindled a fervent Protestant piety, found in the Great Revival of the Ohio Valley frontier.
    Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Another that sort of fits into the category of ‘kit curiosities’ is Brazil, who actually wore white with a blue trim until the 1950s, rather than the yellow that has become iconic since.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • Breed brings together style, function, and travel-ready essentials with an assortment of groom kits, wallets, sunglasses, and watches perfect for summer and life on the go.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • In a sentencing memorandum in the federal case, a defense attorney said Rhone was born in Houston to a man who fathered 27 children with at least three wives while working as an explosives expert building railroads.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • It's been reported that a motivating factor in Princess Anne finally making the split official was the discovery that her husband had fathered another child years earlier.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026

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“Kitten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitten. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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