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Recent Examples of mouser
Bishop herself appears in the belly of an especially large robot that very vaguely resembles a mouser with arms and feels a lot like a hint at Krang, the evil brain from Dimension X that terrorized the Turtles in the 1987 cartoon series.
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Wes Davis, The Verge, 9 June 2024
Aoshima, after all, hadn’t always been a cat island; once, it had been populated mostly by people, fishermen, who brought the cats over to work as mousers.
—Hanya Yanagihara Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 10 May 2023
Though cats had been employed as chief mousers for centuries, Larry was the first to be given the official title.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2023
Koudounaris learned of an army tomcat named the Colonel, for example, who was stationed at San Francisco’s Presidio in the 1890s and was said to be the best mouser the army ever had.
—Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2020
This cat, the man remarks, may make a good mouser.
—Rebecca Curtis, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
The 12-year-old tabby is the government’s official chief mouser to the Cabinet Office.
—Washington Post, 24 July 2019
Wes Davis, The Verge, 9 June 2024
Aoshima, after all, hadn’t always been a cat island; once, it had been populated mostly by people, fishermen, who brought the cats over to work as mousers.
—Hanya Yanagihara Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 10 May 2023
Though cats had been employed as chief mousers for centuries, Larry was the first to be given the official title.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2023
Koudounaris learned of an army tomcat named the Colonel, for example, who was stationed at San Francisco’s Presidio in the 1890s and was said to be the best mouser the army ever had.
—Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2020
This cat, the man remarks, may make a good mouser.
—Rebecca Curtis, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
The 12-year-old tabby is the government’s official chief mouser to the Cabinet Office.
—Washington Post, 24 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouser
Noun
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In a viral social-media post, a cat owner cuddles up with her feline—and what the kitty does to her face while snuggling melts hearts among viewers.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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What is life like for cutest kitty in Boise area?—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Sarah Lungwitz has fretted over feeding not just her two teenage daughters with SNAP payments disrupted, but her family’s cat and two dogs.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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No-kill is about giving every pet in a shelter a fair chance and proving that with the right policies and practices in place, managing animal shelters doesn’t require killing dogs and cats simply to free up space.—
Scott Giacoppo,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Rebecca had probably gotten used to being the only feline in Noelle Lundrigan’s home in Lodi, California.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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If KitKat, the beloved feline hit on Monday, had been struck by a human driver, the outrage would’ve been relatively tempered.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some even suggested to Polnitz that the school should get therapy kittens for staff and students.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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Raise the kitten and puppy together.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Neckties and pussycat bows remain a Bella Freud signature, and Ruspoli also helped Freud secure her first clothing commission—by introducing her to his friend Keith Richards.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Joining the two this year is a 5-foot pussycat, which comes poised to pounce in a crouching position with adjustable glowing eyes.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An article from PetMD reported that most house cats have about three to six kittens per litter, with the average being four.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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Many photos are sent in of bobcats, house cats, coyotes, dogs and other animals from trail cameras that are blurred or have no reference to determine true size, and later analysis concludes that the subject of the image is not a mountain lion.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Trucker reunited with cat A US trucker was reunited with his cat after the moggy fled from his vehicle during a pit stop at a truck stop in Nevada.—
Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK,
theweek,
9 Jan. 2024
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Diodorus Siculus, a Greek author who wrote in the first century A.D., recounts the tale of a Roman soldier who made the mistake of killing a sacred moggy in Egypt.—
Sean Mowbray,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2022
Cite this Entry
“Mouser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouser. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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