Thesaurus results for MARES

mares

noun

plural of mare

as in foals

an adult female horse

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Recent Examples of mares The mares are now shunning poor Valentine, which Puckett hopes is only temporary. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026 Five older fillies and mares were entered in the 61/2-furlong sprint on the main track. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026 Insulin can come from pig pancreases, estrogen from the urine of pregnant mares. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 But those first few crops of kids exceeded expectations in their 2-year-old seasons, and so owners started bringing him higher-class mares. — Graham Cornwell, New York Times, 19 June 2026 Music is one way the mares, part of Nodiff-Netanel’s nonprofit called Mini Therapy Horses, comfort people, especially hospital patients, in Southern California. — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 9 May 2026 The day before the Kentucky Derby each year is known as Ladies’ Day, with several stakes races for fillies and mares, highlighted by the Kentucky Oaks. — Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026 The royal also got to see some breeding mares and foals up close, gently petting some horses and feeding one a carrot. — Helen Murphy, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026 The organization sends its team of nine mares to support hospital patients, first responders and schoolchildren through animal visits. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Down at the bottom of the hill, Butch was sitting in the grass among a dozen or more stallions.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Mares use this land as a nursery, stallions retreat there to recover from injuries caused by fighting, and old horses go deep into the marsh to lay themselves to rest.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026

Definition of stallions

Noun

Five older fillies and mares were entered in the 61/2-furlong sprint on the main track.

— Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
The Alcibiades and Jessamine are also worth watching because both are for two-year-old fillies, meaning the field is making its first serious appearance on a big stage.

— Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of fillies

Noun

From guiding the station steeds to standing watch while firefighters battled flames, Dalmatians became loyal partners in some of America’s earliest fire stations.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Here, such extended sequences of cowboys steering their steeds and working their land feel rushed.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 May 2026

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