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Recent Examples of pussycat
One resident replied to the post with a picture of the pussycat asleep on a wicker chair between two smiling children.
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Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
That pussycat outfit was originally made for Chinese New Year celebration for the Year of the Rabbit, and it was supposed to be finished in January.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2024
Compared to the truly hateful male drivers that scream at her on the road all day, however, the dude is a pussycat.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024
Dawn is not wearing a pussycat wig, and her outfit seems like Dawn on autopilot.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
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Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
That pussycat outfit was originally made for Chinese New Year celebration for the Year of the Rabbit, and it was supposed to be finished in January.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2024
Compared to the truly hateful male drivers that scream at her on the road all day, however, the dude is a pussycat.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024
Dawn is not wearing a pussycat wig, and her outfit seems like Dawn on autopilot.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pussycat
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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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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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
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“Pussycat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pussycat. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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