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Recent Examples of molt
Here, Jaffe softens the borders between his dual interests in electronic music and jazz, crafting compositions that are constantly molting and emerging anew.
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Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 20 Dec. 2025
Almost like a gremlin, the same creature that appears small and tiny then molts its skin and then becomes huge.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Our fish farm worked beautifully right up until the NewCoral molted, growing fins and fangs and one rocky fin, terrorizing the coastline and hunting the NewFish almost to NewExtinction.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Extreme drought is causing breeding grounds, molting spots and migration stopover sites to vanish.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
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Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 20 Dec. 2025
Almost like a gremlin, the same creature that appears small and tiny then molts its skin and then becomes huge.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Our fish farm worked beautifully right up until the NewCoral molted, growing fins and fangs and one rocky fin, terrorizing the coastline and hunting the NewFish almost to NewExtinction.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Extreme drought is causing breeding grounds, molting spots and migration stopover sites to vanish.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molt
shed
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In addition, research has shown cockroach debris, such as feces and shed skins, can cause allergies and asthma in some people.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
4 June 2026
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The Hollywood Reporter senior editors Alex Weprin and Steven Zeitchik came together to shed some light on the mega-murk.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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“Molt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molt. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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