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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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Then, in mid-February, Chalamet aired his own disdain for opera and ballet, the precious kitty-cats of the performing arts.—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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Virgie is pursued, in some of the play’s funniest moments, by a slithering cultist in shiny green gloves who purrs like a deadly kitty and moves like an Animaniac.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Younger cats that develop urinary tract infections more commonly develop struvite stones whereas calcium oxalate stones are more common in older cats.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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Suddenly the Shaggs were an ’80s dorm-room favorite, and suddenly — a personal aside here — fans like me were actually naming their cats Foot Foot.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Morris has a history sharing the screen with a feline; his character on New Girl Winston Bishop was known for his close bond with his beloved cat, Ferguson.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2026
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One of the most infamous events occurred in October when a Waymo hit and killed a beloved San Francisco feline named KitKat, sparking community backlash and national attention.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The agency was called out to a home where 25 cats and kittens were living.—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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For weeks, volunteers and town staff led by former Town Manager Josh Kelly provided housing for the cats, collected donations and found shelters and adoption agencies to take the many cats and kittens.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Democracy is a tiger, not a pussycat.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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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
Noun
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The animals produce a strong, fruity musk, can weigh as much as a house cat and can potentially live for 90 years or more.—
Elizabeth Anne Brown,
Scientific American,
4 Mar. 2026
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Researchers also learned that these 7- to 10-pound creatures, which are not much larger than a house cat, are impressively agile and travel about seven miles a day in extremely rugged territory.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Soon a second cat show was organized, this time permitting working men and women to enter their moggies for display.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
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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
Cite this Entry
“Mouser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouser. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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