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Recent Examples of white-faced
Expect to see monkeys (both howler and white-faced), koatis, and perhaps even a leopard.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
The howler and white-faced monkeys grew active with the heat, entertaining beachgoers who had made the Sunday trip to the park’s inviting blond strands.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Nov. 2025
Trail cameras documented white-faced partridges four times in 2018 and once in 2021, the study said and photos show.
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Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
So the image of an infant howler monkey clinging to the back of a white-faced capuchin confused Zoë Goldsborough, a behavioral ecologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany.
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Elizabeth Landau,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
The howler and white-faced monkeys grew active with the heat, entertaining beachgoers who had made the Sunday trip to the park’s inviting blond strands.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Nov. 2025
Trail cameras documented white-faced partridges four times in 2018 and once in 2021, the study said and photos show.
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Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
So the image of an infant howler monkey clinging to the back of a white-faced capuchin confused Zoë Goldsborough, a behavioral ecologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany.
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Elizabeth Landau,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for white-faced
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Economic growth is anemic, taxes are high, public services are creaking and successive governments have been unable to stem the flow of migrants who wash up on the English Channel coast in inflatable boats.
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Larvae can rupture arteries, causing severe bleeding and leaving the animals severely anemic.
Adjective
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One of the details described the placement of Guthrie's Apple Watch with a white wrist band that was left on the floor next to her bed.
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Paltrow wore a black, strapless gown and buckled slippers, while Martin sported a two-tone brown-and-blue sweater over a white T-shirt, with brown corduroy pants and a stylishly thin belt.
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“White-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white-faced. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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