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Recent Examples of meow
If a cat is unhappy about their litter box, owners will likely hear more meows.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
After hearing desperate meows echoing from the drain, a 7-Eleven employee in Portsmouth, Virginia, contacted PETA for help.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Peanut reportedly enjoyed his time at the bar, interacting with guests and earning the nickname Screech for his distinctive meow.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Sometimes when his mouth opens in a meow, little to no sound comes out.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
After hearing desperate meows echoing from the drain, a 7-Eleven employee in Portsmouth, Virginia, contacted PETA for help.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Peanut reportedly enjoyed his time at the bar, interacting with guests and earning the nickname Screech for his distinctive meow.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Sometimes when his mouth opens in a meow, little to no sound comes out.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meow
Noun
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At the time, the two girls were seen as rivals, with Debbie’s theatrical voice vs. Tiffany’s countrified yowl.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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Squeeze the throttle pedal firmly to the carpet and the engine room answers with more forward thrust, the 9-speed kicking down several gears nearly instantly, and the car rushing onward with accompaniment of a classic but subtle straight six yowl.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Social media has greatly intensified this process; peep a scene like phonk, which devolved from ‘90s Memphis rap homage to a sewage stream of electronic beats to lift weights and mew to.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
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The second-floor guest bedroom is accompanied by a contemporary marble bathroom, and the third floor is taken up by the primary suite, which encompasses a sizable dark-blue bedroom plus a separate sitting room/office with windows overlooking the mews.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
6 May 2025
Noun
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Small cottony clusters may appear on branches, in cracks in the bark, on roots, or on the undersides of leaves.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025
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While ferrying Camila from playdates to pet psychics, Issa realizes the dog’s bark is worse than her bite—much like Camila’s attractive, yet reclusive owner, Theo (Famous in Love’s Carter Jenkins).—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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They are known to work in teams when hunting, and communicate with chirps, growls, whistles and body language.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Today’s Wordle Etymology The word chirp comes from Middle English chirpen (also spelled chirpyn), which was an imitative verb formed to mimic the short, sharp sounds of small birds or insects.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Listen for the clink of glasses toasting Finland’s most popular cocktail and the squeak of authentic cheese curds atop poutine in Québec in the episodes.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
2 Sep. 2025
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For a while, the only sound in the room was the squeak of a marker on a whiteboard, as Imamura wrote out several potential plot points.—
Matt Alt,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Once upon a time the screech of the dial-up sound signaled our entry into a new realm in the form of the Internet.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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People chatter, kids laugh, seagulls screech and birds chirp.—
Zareen Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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According to outlets Airlive and Travel and Tour World, crews on board issued an emergency squawk code 7600.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Yet, leading up to the show, the squawks from the models sounded more like practical concerns than diva demands.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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How moo moo came to be be The Facebook group and the resulting moo moo movement began with a conversation between Huckins and a friend, according to both women.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Meow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meow. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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