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Recent Examples of white-faced
Housed in five separate cages, the deceased monkeys included the De Brazza species as well as one common squirrel monkey, cotton-top tamarins and white-faced sakis.
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Reuters, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
The animals, a De Brazza’s monkey, one common squirrel monkey, three cotton-top tamarins and three white-faced sakis, were found dead at the city’s Zoological and Botanical Gardens (HKZBG) on Sunday, Hong Kong’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department said in a statement.
—Reuters, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
This is a truly remote wilderness and a great place to spot rare mammals such as white-faced capuchins, margays, ocelots, and tapirs, an animal related to the rhinoceros species.
—Lily Bunker, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2024
Decades on, Fleur suddenly reemerges — all white-faced and disoriented but not a day older — to enter a newspaper office and ask to place an ad looking for Chen-Pang.
—Nathan Smith, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
The living animals seized included sacred ibises, white-faced capuchins, tortoises and Burmese pythons, while the 28 dead animals included an alligator, a mandrill and a green-winged macaw, according to a search warrant.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
Flocks of white-faced ibises flew overhead, their long beaks and legs stretched elegantly against the sky.
—Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 31 May 2023
The study, published today in Science Advances, adds to another recent finding that Brazilian white-faced capuchin monkeys also produce stone flakes.
—Byvirginia Morell, science.org, 10 Mar. 2023
Reuters, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
The animals, a De Brazza’s monkey, one common squirrel monkey, three cotton-top tamarins and three white-faced sakis, were found dead at the city’s Zoological and Botanical Gardens (HKZBG) on Sunday, Hong Kong’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department said in a statement.
—Reuters, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
This is a truly remote wilderness and a great place to spot rare mammals such as white-faced capuchins, margays, ocelots, and tapirs, an animal related to the rhinoceros species.
—Lily Bunker, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2024
Decades on, Fleur suddenly reemerges — all white-faced and disoriented but not a day older — to enter a newspaper office and ask to place an ad looking for Chen-Pang.
—Nathan Smith, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
The living animals seized included sacred ibises, white-faced capuchins, tortoises and Burmese pythons, while the 28 dead animals included an alligator, a mandrill and a green-winged macaw, according to a search warrant.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
Flocks of white-faced ibises flew overhead, their long beaks and legs stretched elegantly against the sky.
—Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 31 May 2023
The study, published today in Science Advances, adds to another recent finding that Brazilian white-faced capuchin monkeys also produce stone flakes.
—Byvirginia Morell, science.org, 10 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for white-faced
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With two employees and a vault filled with gold nuggets and untanned animal pelts, the bank would soon become an essential part of the state’s economic engine; a year later construction on the Alaska Railroad completed and people turned to First National for banking security.Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2022
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Then the fingers at the ends of those long, thin, untanned arms would attack the keys with the furiously proficient ardor of a Rubinstein or a Rubirosa.Richard Corliss, Time, 28 Oct. 2022
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Their offense was so anemic, another strong showing from Curry was of little impact.Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Among their worries, European leaders are concerned about the possibility that Mr. Trump will impose new tariffs in a period of anemic growth in Europe compared with the United States.Edward Wong, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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Black people make up about 14% of the U.S. population but are three times more likely to face hunger than white people, according to the Agriculture Department.Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2023
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“White-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white-faced. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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