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Recent Examples of sable
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
Prue especially loves his Chinese five-spice Florentines, and Paul likes his chocolate-sable biscuits.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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Noun
On Saturday, May 30, Forrest Galante, a wildlife biologist and tracker, shared a video of a wild sable being airlifted for treatment after the adult antelope was discovered with its horn growing backward into its own head.
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Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
Prue especially loves his Chinese five-spice Florentines, and Paul likes his chocolate-sable biscuits.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sable
Adjective
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From here, there’s a plush formal living room, outfitted mostly in neutral tones, and a darker, moodier sitting room, where the black walls feature a studded pattern.
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Nike first made a limited run of 100 all-white Air Force 1 with black Roc-A-Fella branding in 1999 as promotional items.
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Courtesy of Julie Montagu She’d found the Earl’s coronation robe and waistcoat, complete with ermine.
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Further complicating the mustelids’ lexical family tree, the Haida ermine, found on islands off the Pacific Northwest coast, was also once considered a subspecies of the common stoat, but is now recognized as its own species.
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The color palette included ebony, black and oak tones.
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The venerable patriarch is leaning heavily on an ebony cane, and is followed closely by his personal assistant, a bald gnome of a man, armed with a notebook and pencil.
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The water vole was nearly wiped out in Britain by the 1990s via habitat destruction and the introduction of American minks (Neogale vison).
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Throughout history, kings, queens and other members of the royal family have donned luxurious fur stoles, floor-length fur coats, capes with mink trims and cloaks with ermine edges (that's weasel fur).
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There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.
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Here's what to know about Splash the otter.
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There’s the yellow, blue-nosed beaver Norb (Nick Bakay) — witty, sophisticated, sarcastic, and opinionated.
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In recent years, however, beaver reintroductions have started to become more popular in the country because these semi-aquatic rodents are amazing natural engineers.
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Keep Out Host Animals Ticks love to catch a ride on host animals like deer, rabbits, and chipmunks.
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The sea urchin omelette is unexpected and satisfying, as is the rabbit sausage.
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Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.
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Wolverines are beagle-sized carnivores related to weasels, ermines, badgers, martens, otters, and black footed ferrets, all of which are native to this state.
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“Sable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sable. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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