as in nose
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity
dogs and their owners must grow to resemble one another, as that man and his basset hound have remarkably similar snouts
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Recent Examples of snout
Use everything, snout-to-tail, and not just bones for glue or stomachs for drink-bags, either.
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New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2025
The TikTok video gradually zooms in on the cushions, only to reveal Marlo’s snout sticking out from between the cushions after all.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Then, the researchers used a computer imaging program to measure the length of the specimens’ snouts, from the tip of the nose to the tear duct, and total head length, from the tip of the nose to where the ear attaches to the head.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
The dogs curled up and jammed their snouts into their haunches, to defend against the wind.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2025
The TikTok video gradually zooms in on the cushions, only to reveal Marlo’s snout sticking out from between the cushions after all.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Then, the researchers used a computer imaging program to measure the length of the specimens’ snouts, from the tip of the nose to the tear duct, and total head length, from the tip of the nose to where the ear attaches to the head.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
The dogs curled up and jammed their snouts into their haunches, to defend against the wind.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snout
nose
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Under the noses of her family, Kelly’s business team, and the revolving door of yes-people in his recording studio and homes, the book details how Kelly stealthily groomed the middle-schooler in plain sight.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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Through this sly trick, where doorknobs rise to noses and walls tower high above the hairline, Argento sketches a vision of witchy terror akin to early works of German surrealism.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Snout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snout. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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