kitties 1 of 2

plural of kitty
as in cats
a small domestic animal known for catching mice delighted to adopt a stray kitty from the pound

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kitties

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural of kitty

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Recent Examples of kitties
Noun
There are store cats everywhere that are hanging around, and the store kitties are very friendly. Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 Owners looking to adopt one of these sweet kitties should be prepared to give them their attention, and lots of it. Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 12 June 2026 The show also figured out better than any show in recent memory how to adapt itself for a TV broadcast, with the kitties, as costumed by Tony winner Qween Jean, flitted all over the Radio City Musical Hall in New York, this year’s venue for the ceremony. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026 There is production design and a few props, but not to any overwhelming purpose, other than perhaps to suggest the house where a lady who loves rescue kitties might be thinking all these alternately independent and co-dependent thoughts about love and trust. Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026 African wildcats didn’t evolve around water and probably would be just as wary of a bathtub as our domestic kitties. Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2026 The latest kitties to captivate us? Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026 Another reviewer mentioned that even kitties enjoy watching it from indoors. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2025 For a moment, the kitties stayed in the bed, snuggling with one of the mothers. Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kitties
Noun
  • When the cats were in the mood for physical contact, the researchers found that 41 percent of the time cats groomed another cat.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026
  • The only thing that seems to be going well is the abundance of cats.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • Georgia’s Okefenokee, meanwhile, sits in the subtropical climate band, where peat deposits are more scarce — and where most that do remain have been altered by humans.
    Drew Kann, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
  • Tock focused on inventory, deposits and experiences that often had to be paid for before service.
    Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • Summer is usually the busiest season for shelters, officials said, as more stray animals, owner surrenders and vulnerable kittens arrive across the five boroughs.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
  • Although the Cuyahoga County Animal Shelter primarily cares for dogs, Wenz couldn’t leave behind a mother cat and her eight kittens, which were enduring the same sweltering temperatures.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • Rarely have the donors or recipients of narco funds been prosecuted, let alone convicted.
    Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Schmitz had also proposed a microzoning project in La Guaira in 2018, but couldn’t get the funds to do it.
    Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Noun
  • Maintenance budgets basically include the current year’s budget with any one-time funding increases removed.
    Clark Corbin, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2026
  • There were plenty of women, but they were mostly slotted into supporting roles—managing budgets, spreadsheets, and schedules, making the machine run.
    Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026

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“Kitties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitties. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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