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Today, cruelty-free beauty practices have taken over, and most lashes are crafted from synthetic materials designed to mimic the look and feel of the real thing—including silk, human hair, and mink alternatives.
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Lily Wohlner, Allure, 9 Sep. 2025
Ksenia, whom Baranov meets at a hedonistic party in the early 1990s as counterculturals rage amid the dawn of a new, post-USSR Russian era, is indicated as a grifting wild thing, the type who always has a mysterious male benefactor to keep her in minks.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
On the smaller side, species like the river otter and mink can be found feasting on fish by the water’s edge, while lucky visitors may catch a glimpse of a wolverine roaming the tundra—and these are far from the only predators that call Katmai home.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Lily Wohlner, Allure, 9 Sep. 2025
Ksenia, whom Baranov meets at a hedonistic party in the early 1990s as counterculturals rage amid the dawn of a new, post-USSR Russian era, is indicated as a grifting wild thing, the type who always has a mysterious male benefactor to keep her in minks.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
On the smaller side, species like the river otter and mink can be found feasting on fish by the water’s edge, while lucky visitors may catch a glimpse of a wolverine roaming the tundra—and these are far from the only predators that call Katmai home.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mink
Noun
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The beaver moon will be just 221,817 miles from Earth, the closest full moon of the year.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Hummingbirds have long beaks for sucking nectar from flowers, polar bears have thick skin and fur to keep them warm from the Arctic tundra and beavers have big, wide tails to propel them through the water.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Now native Spartina grasses have returned, as have muskrats and threatened bird species.—
Kyra Morris,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
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Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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There’s a haunted corn maze, marigold fields, bounceland, Jurassic Fright, a tractor ride and sheep, goats and rabbits.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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The farm is home to goats, Holstein cows, potbellied and kune kune pigs, donkeys, sheep, rabbits, llamas, alpacas, guinea fowl, guinea pigs, geese, chickens, a Shetland pony, and a Shire horse.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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In the first months, several truckloads of household and construction debris were removed; 11 fish species were introduced to the lake; and rare birds and animals—including the Eurasian otter, badger, black stork, merlin, and eagle owl—returned to the area.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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This past month, Swifties helped raise $2 million for the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s otter conservation efforts after Swift sported one of the organization’s vintage T-shirts.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
23 Oct. 2025
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Levi studies the endangered Humboldt marten, a small carnivore that lives on the Northern California and Southern Oregon coast.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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This acquisition will improve the habitat for Wisconsin’s endangered American marten, which has been facing a dwindling habitat.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes,
8 Dec. 2024
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In another video on Kingston's account, Chelsea shared seven facts about the Persian chinchilla breed.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Prime Video released the final season trailer for its sci-fi dramedy Tuesday, and while things still remain up in the air for Nate in Lakeview, fear not — a life-coach chinchilla is here to save the day!—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That’s a sure way to invite not only raccoons but other unwanted guests such as mice, opossums, and skunks.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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Texans may also have run-ins with wildlife, such as raccoons, opossums and squirrels, during the winter months, according to 855 Bugs.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Originally bred in Germany to hunt badgers, these small canines are energetic, bold and stubborn.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Those who are lucky may notice foxes, badgers, otters or deer along the route.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Mink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mink. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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