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as in person
a member of the human race
we must try to be kind to our fellow creatures
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as in animal
one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings
a saint who is celebrated for his love of birds and other small creatures
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Recent Examples of creature
See it In icy waters near the South Sandwich Islands, researchers have discovered a fascinating creature known as a pycnogonid, or sea spider.
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Read More: The Permian Extinction: Life on Earth Nearly Disappeared During the ‘Great Dying’
Success in Warm Waters
Applying evidence from experiments on extant marine animals, the team populated their model with the modern relatives of the creatures of the end-Permian era.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega escape a murderous mythical creature in an exclusive new clip from Death of a Unicorn, in theaters March 28.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
Those smart, tool-using creatures then conceived of machines to take them into the edge of space.
—ArsTechnica, 26 Mar. 2025
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Read More: The Permian Extinction: Life on Earth Nearly Disappeared During the ‘Great Dying’
Success in Warm Waters
Applying evidence from experiments on extant marine animals, the team populated their model with the modern relatives of the creatures of the end-Permian era.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega escape a murderous mythical creature in an exclusive new clip from Death of a Unicorn, in theaters March 28.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
Those smart, tool-using creatures then conceived of machines to take them into the edge of space.
—ArsTechnica, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creature
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The attack set fire to a car on a highway in the Rostov region, with one person inside the vehicle killed, said Yury Slyusar, the region's acting governor.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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After a boat carrying eight passengers capsized in Florida, one person was found dead and four were taken to safety.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Cutting-edge visual effects create a world of talking photorealistic animals that might as well be a nature documentary, and attention is paid to livening up the humor, with Billy Eichner’s funny, overdramatic meerkat Timon showing up everybody, including Beyoncé. 9.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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The farm is home to a small flock of sheep, chickens, pigs, cows, and other barnyard animals.—
Pamela Brown,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2025
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Nash retired from basketball in 2014 but then served as the general manager for the Canadian men's national team and became the coaching consultant with the Golden State Warriors.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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The woman told police a man arrived at her residence around 5:30 p.m. that day, provided the correct passcode and collected the cash.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2025
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The former is a crime thriller about a former baseball player (Austin Butler) who gets caught up in New York City’s underworld in the 1990s, while the latter is a romantic fantasy that follows two middle aged people who step through a magical portal into their past lives.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
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Lego toy for the little ones in your life, plus save on fabric storage bags to keep off-season clothes and bedding organized and dust-free.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Had the pleasure of traveling, talking, crying, arguing, eating and hanging with this guy all over the globe on a project called 'Better Late Than Never'.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Had the pleasure of traveling, talking, crying, arguing, eating and hanging with this guy all over the globe ...—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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As Forbes had previously reported, a trial of the technology had actually created more work, because any requests processed by AI had to be double checked and often redone by humans before being released to law enforcement.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The group sets off in search of the legendary final colony of humans.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Creature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creature. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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