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Recent Examples of sloth The animals include Maple the sloth, Casper the albino iguana and Aphrodite the boa constrictor. Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025 The sanctuary also has two bobcats, six sloths, lemurs, capybaras, a caracal, a Geoffroy’s cat, birds of prey — and three kangaroos. Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025 Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news What do horses, armadillos, sloths, and tapirs all have in common? Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025 The aquatic sloth Thalassocnus even evolved marine adaptations similar to manatees. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for sloth
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inertia
Noun
  • One example of imprudent inertia is sitting on excessive cash instead of investing it.
    Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • When the prince brings boyfriend Dev to meet his royal family, their aristocratic inertia threatens the young love.
    Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 27 June 2025

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“Sloth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloth. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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