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Recent Examples of puppy
The dog was found abandoned as a puppy with a broken leg in the Gardens at Lake Merritt and is now a loving full-time reminder of Cobbledick’s time there.
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Pj Bremier, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
In the lab, their puppy power is coupled with artificial intelligence to detect cancer in the breath sample.
—Felicia Faber, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The complacent faces of phony mediums swirl in my head, along with unsettling spirit photographs and images of puppies that had died with a sudden yelp for no apparent reason.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Now, the ‘resilient’ little one needs a home Pluto, a mixed-breed puppy, was found alone on a street in Sanford, North Carolina, after surviving a savage animal attack that left him with serious injuries and the loss of an eye.
—Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
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Pj Bremier, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
In the lab, their puppy power is coupled with artificial intelligence to detect cancer in the breath sample.
—Felicia Faber, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The complacent faces of phony mediums swirl in my head, along with unsettling spirit photographs and images of puppies that had died with a sudden yelp for no apparent reason.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Now, the ‘resilient’ little one needs a home Pluto, a mixed-breed puppy, was found alone on a street in Sanford, North Carolina, after surviving a savage animal attack that left him with serious injuries and the loss of an eye.
—Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puppy
Noun
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After weeks of voting and several adorable contenders in our Cutest Dog in Fort Worth contest, one pup stood out among the rest.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
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The video shows Victoria (@viccttoorriia) driving home after just having adopted her pup.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the other people who live nearby may not be so easily swayed by those adorable puppy dog eyes or precious purrs and might get very irritated.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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The sorrowful puppy dog eyes were all because the owner’s tuxedo cat was curled up among the blankets in Rocky’s crate (despite having a bed of his own).—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Puppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppy. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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