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Recent Examples of molt
Almost like a gremlin, the same creature that appears small and tiny then molts its skin and then becomes huge.
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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
Except for periods when some birds that are molting, all 16 penguins usually come out for feedings, Waier said.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025
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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
Except for periods when some birds that are molting, all 16 penguins usually come out for feedings, Waier said.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molt
shed
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Sembcorp Marine was contending with COVID-era disruptions and a legal hangover from corruption investigations in Brazil; Keppel, meanwhile, had decided to reinvent itself as an asset manager and was eager to shed its manufacturing business.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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The division in the first quarter lost 322,000 video customers, compared to 245,000 video customers shed during the fourth quarter, and Comcast lost another 65,000 domestic broadband subscribers.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Molt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molt. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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