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as in addictions
a physiological need for certain drugs
I've got this monkey on my back, and going to detox is the only way to get it off
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as in devils
an appealingly mischievous person
come back here, you little monkey!
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Recent Examples of monkeys
Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
Adult golden monkeys, Jinbao (male) and Jindou and Jinhua (females), were transferred from Shanghai Wild Animal Park to Beauval in April 2025 as part of an international conservation and research partnership with China.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Villas are set among 475 acres of pristine golf courses and land-before-time-style vegetation inhabited by the property’s namesake monkeys.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2026
Primates Primate, in zoology, any mammal of the group that includes the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Glen Powell gets his Han Solo moment as the slick pilot Fox McCloud, and mischievous monkeys known as Ukikis threaten to steal the show with their pickpocketing antics.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Stephen Johnson Neuropsych Even monkeys choke under pressure Choking under pressure seems to have deep evolutionary roots.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
The walls disappeared into a forest of trees, where live monkeys and at least one bear lurked behind the trunks.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
Residents built the stadium, packed the stands, and cheered with their rally monkeys all the way to a World Series title in 2002.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
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The same is true for other mammals such as monkeys and mice.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
Adult golden monkeys, Jinbao (male) and Jindou and Jinhua (females), were transferred from Shanghai Wild Animal Park to Beauval in April 2025 as part of an international conservation and research partnership with China.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Villas are set among 475 acres of pristine golf courses and land-before-time-style vegetation inhabited by the property’s namesake monkeys.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2026
Primates Primate, in zoology, any mammal of the group that includes the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Glen Powell gets his Han Solo moment as the slick pilot Fox McCloud, and mischievous monkeys known as Ukikis threaten to steal the show with their pickpocketing antics.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Stephen Johnson Neuropsych Even monkeys choke under pressure Choking under pressure seems to have deep evolutionary roots.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
The walls disappeared into a forest of trees, where live monkeys and at least one bear lurked behind the trunks.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
Residents built the stadium, packed the stands, and cheered with their rally monkeys all the way to a World Series title in 2002.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monkeys
Noun
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This grouped gambling with alcohol use disorder and other addictions.—
Alex Hogan,
STAT,
10 Apr. 2026
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Newer ones such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, broadly known as GLP-1s, have exploded in popularity for weight loss and have shown promise for treating other conditions, such as addictions and neurodegenerative and liver diseases.—
Anjeanette Damon,
ProPublica,
3 Apr. 2026
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Other propaganda compared Native people to buffalo, cats, dogs, and devils.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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There are sounds and shadows in the forest; the Devil, or devils, may be walking the earth.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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More importantly, this origin story of a movie and a movement apes the joie de moviemaking and the jazzy looseness of the original to an absolutely amazing degree, replicating an off-the-cuff feeling that’s more than a second-hand buzz.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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There are high columns crawling with ivy, nearly 12 acres of rolling lawns, teensy windows with teensy shutters, and a diminutive pool house that apes a fairy-tale cottage.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
16 Sep. 2025
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Cala Gaetano is the most breathtaking of all, both in awe and anxiety, where slippery steps without any barriers bring you to a secluded cove speckled with urchins.—
Kristina Kasparian,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2026
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On a party count, that is 4-3 for the Dems and the one-for-you, one-for-me bipartisan staffing copies the Board of Elections.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Every time the virus copies itself inside a cell, its genetic material mutates.—
Kyle B. Enfield,
The Conversation,
28 Mar. 2026
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Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.—
Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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Ben Hania’s film before that, 2020’s Oscar-nominated The Man Who Sold His Skin, parodies the art world’s fetishization of refugees.—
Alexander Durie,
Time,
3 Mar. 2026
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Newsom has been trying to raise his national profile, adopting a combative style that parodies Trump’s social media strategy with similar all-caps posts, memes and merchandise.—
Adriana Gomez Licon,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Monkeys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monkeys. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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