as in noses
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 snouts
The characters’ snouts are more pronounced.
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snouts
noses
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Some are found lurking in remote corners of the world, while others have been hiding right under our noses.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Avid cyclists tend to look down their noses at e-bikes, but that’s starting to change.—
Denny Lee,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Snouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snouts. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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