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Recent Examples of mink
The adjacent chamber is in glittering gold tiles and features designs that are themselves mosaics of jewels, silks, sequins and even mink.
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Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Coats of mink, lynx, wolf, sable and ocelot covered the walls of his store, a branch of fashion house Pajaro, one of several high-end fur boutiques in town.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Karrueche Tran paid homage to the late Valentino Garavani, wearing a pair of the designer’s pink mink fur sandals.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
Think floor-length minks sourced on eBay for a steal, paired with sleek, sculpting ski suits, or cozy cashmere layers.
—Mecca Pryor, Essence, 8 Jan. 2026
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Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Coats of mink, lynx, wolf, sable and ocelot covered the walls of his store, a branch of fashion house Pajaro, one of several high-end fur boutiques in town.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Karrueche Tran paid homage to the late Valentino Garavani, wearing a pair of the designer’s pink mink fur sandals.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
Think floor-length minks sourced on eBay for a steal, paired with sleek, sculpting ski suits, or cozy cashmere layers.
—Mecca Pryor, Essence, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mink
Noun
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In March 2023, the Beaver Trust revealed in a press release that the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) took in Fig the beaver after someone found the animal with a gunshot wound on his face in the Perthshire area in January 2023.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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Some backlash is brewing against this beloved beaver chain over a new gas policy.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2026
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Since 2005, Lake Katherine has been a refuge for migrating birds, beavers, muskrats, bald eagles, ospreys, turtles, and more.—
Mikayla Price,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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That includes foxes, minks, muskrats, otters, least weasels and bobcats.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
16 Oct. 2025
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The rabbits were provided by Cuddles for a Cause, and a portion of the proceeds supported the San Diego House Rabbit Society.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Of the animals adopted last year, 2,847 were cats, 1,900 were dogs and 231 were rabbits, guinea pigs and other small animals.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Park staff are checking camera traps, wading out into the park's swampy wilderness and encouraging visitors to share any otter sightings.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
11 Feb. 2026
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But in the small starfish genus observed by Ricketts, an individual’s excision of his or her longest arm happens so slowly that an otter, turtle, or cannibal would probably vanquish anyway.—
Mandy-Suzanne Wong,
Longreads,
5 Feb. 2026
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Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Wolverines are beagle-sized carnivores related to weasels, ermines, badgers, martens, otters, and black footed ferrets, all of which are native to this state.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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What's more, the European Commission is planning to announce a decision on banning the holding and killing of mink, foxes, raccoon, dogs and chinchilla, and marketing of fur products from those animals, according to its website.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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As for that friendly neighborhood chinchilla?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
22 Dec. 2025
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In Toronto, the raccoons are in a race to outwit humans as urban wildlife managers try to design animal-proof trash bins.—
Daniel T. Blumstein,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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If given the opportunity, squirrel and raccoon mothers will take their babies back—but these marsupial mothers are less forgiving.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Dachshunds are clever hunters, bred hundreds of years ago in Germany to sniff out badgers.—
Mindy Schauer,
Oc Register,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Mink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mink. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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