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as in pelt
the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value
furriers willing to pay good money for a lynx fur
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as in to silt
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Recent Examples of fur
Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Everything That Happened in The Women’s Elimination Chamber Bianca Belair kept her fur coat on in the Chamber pod.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Samuel Ashworth, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2020
At the pool’s edge, mosses fur the stones in newborn green, and white flowers bloom, their perfume carried lightly on the vapor cast off by the waterfall.
—Seija Rankin, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2020
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Noun
Ah Kuhn, a Chinese interpreter known for wearing a fur coat around town, took shelter in a cellar.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Everything That Happened in The Women’s Elimination Chamber Bianca Belair kept her fur coat on in the Chamber pod.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Verb
Whether feathered or furred, all of these animals belong to the same political species: the bird-dogger.
—Samuel Ashworth, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2020
At the pool’s edge, mosses fur the stones in newborn green, and white flowers bloom, their perfume carried lightly on the vapor cast off by the waterfall.
—Seija Rankin, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fur
Noun
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In fact, several TikTok users drew comparison between the curly-haired dog's new hairdo and sheep with their distinctive wool.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Internally, the buds contain 11mm composite wool drivers.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The trestle will require the installation of some 1,200 36-inch steel piles covering an area of 400,000 square feet with the top of the pile being 10 feet above the Patapsco’s mean high-water line, according to the Army Corps.—
Michelle Deal-Zimmerman,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Mar. 2025
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Walmart's push shows how rising geopolitical tensions are set to reshape global supply chains and pile pressure on U.S. consumers already grappling with cost-of-living stresses.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Arsenal’s Leno had just blocked from Christian Eriksen, but the ball was headed out to Moussa Sissoko who thwacked it full pelt from the edge of the box.—
Tim Spiers,
The Athletic,
17 Dec. 2024
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Soon, Siberian fur traders were trapping and harvesting pelts in the Aleutian Islands and around the island of Kodiak off Alaska’s southern coast.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
Verb
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For his big plan, Yu can use them along with geographic information system (GIS) and satellite imagery to track China’s landscape changes as urbanization spreads, as estuaries and deltas silt up, as water starts to move differently across landscapes and cityscapes.—
Erica Gies,
Scientific American,
1 Dec. 2018
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All the while, the Guadalquivir River, which allowed ships into Seville, began to silt up, forcing trade southward to the coastal town of Cádiz.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2023
Noun
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The style icon — on- and off-screen — paired the black and green dress with a simple silver chain and hoops, and added a touch of warmth with her red hair and complementary glam.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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Jumping on to a motorbike and roaring down the road with the wind in your hair is great feeling, brain damage not so fun.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Holidays are for destination-specific activities, not to mention rejuvenating naps.—
Johanna Read,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Mocha, the family’s large yet cheerful dog, sat in a crate a few feet away, shifting between tail-wagging and short naps.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The biggest losses are projected in the case of persisting tariffs by the U.S. and major retaliatory tariffs coming from the other two countries in question for industries like mining, leather and lumber, but also computers, electronics and electronic equipment.—
Katharina Buchholz,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The phone comes in two designs: black vegan leather or iridescent pearl.—
Eric Zeman,
PCMAG,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Trade in your wrap coat for a cocoon silhouette, and set aside your knee-high boots for a modern wedge heel.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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The second suspect was wearing a black winter coat with tan fur on the hood and blue jeans.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Fur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fur. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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