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Key Takeaways After 17 years underground, an enormous brood of loud, molting cicadas is emerging this spring in parts of the southern and northeastern United States.
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Hunting, mating, molting and laying eggs — all of it happens inside (or near) its diving bell.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Billions of cicadas claw their way to the surface after spending nearly their entire lives underground, waiting for the moment to molt, mate and vanish.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Some scientists think that whales might also migrate to molt their skin in those same warm, shallow waters.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Hunting, mating, molting and laying eggs — all of it happens inside (or near) its diving bell.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Billions of cicadas claw their way to the surface after spending nearly their entire lives underground, waiting for the moment to molt, mate and vanish.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Some scientists think that whales might also migrate to molt their skin in those same warm, shallow waters.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molt
shed
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Further examinations indicated that the debris shed by the star in that time ultimately shaped the supernova’s light emissions.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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By looking closely at how people navigated these decisions in real time, the study shed light on the subtle mental trade-offs that can influence whether empathy comes to the surface or stays tucked away.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Molt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molt. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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