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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
Torrential monsoons inundate the rainforest with water, hindering your movement and giving aquatic creatures a massive advantage.
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Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2025
On Sunday, the Ford House Visitor Center & Museum in Mendocino will hold a gray whale symposium with tips on how to spot these creatures, with binoculars provided (10 a.m.-2 p.m.).
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
The creature lived 68 million years ago, just before a massive asteroid hit Earth and doomed the dinosaurs to extinction.
—Daniel Wine, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Sten Lennart Jakobsen/East Zealand Museum About 66 million years ago, just before the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, a fish chewed up and spit out some sea creatures.
—James Doubek, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
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Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2025
On Sunday, the Ford House Visitor Center & Museum in Mendocino will hold a gray whale symposium with tips on how to spot these creatures, with binoculars provided (10 a.m.-2 p.m.).
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
The creature lived 68 million years ago, just before a massive asteroid hit Earth and doomed the dinosaurs to extinction.
—Daniel Wine, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Sten Lennart Jakobsen/East Zealand Museum About 66 million years ago, just before the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, a fish chewed up and spit out some sea creatures.
—James Doubek, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creature
Noun
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Measles virus spreads when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks and another person inhales droplets, Mayo Clinic said.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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But a veteran prosecutor stepped up out of concern for the jobs of the younger people in the unit, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details of the private meeting.—
MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER AND ERIC TUCKER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Many animals that are regularly found in yards and gardens give birth to a large number of babies at once.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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If matching animals is more important for you though, Crystal Palace is nicknamed the Eagles and the team have one as part of their logo.—
Eduardo Tansley,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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The officer repeatedly instructed the elderly man to drop the gun, and when backup officers arrived and issued the same command, the man continued to aim the weapon at them.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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The original Captain American, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), was defined as an relentlessly motivated and deeply moral man whose slender physique stopped him from fighting for justice.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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Watts stars as Iris, a woman who finds her comfortable New York life upended when her friend and mentor Walter (Murray) bequeaths her his Great Dane, Apollo.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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After enduring his mother’s lies, Kanan assumed control of his life and took matters into his own hands by orchestrating the plan that ended in the deaths of Ronnie and Detective Howard.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Once there was a guy, who, as an experiment, only ate at one restaurant and one kind of food.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
14 Feb. 2025
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Finer gives me glance, as in: Why rattle on dash of guy with no baby?—
George Saunders,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
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If a human felt threatened by one, the creature would be easily scared away if the person made a loud noise or threw a stick or rock at it, the agency added.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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The chances of a human being bitten by a shark are incredibly low, according to the International Shark Attack File.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Creature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creature. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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