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also wooly
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as in hairy
covered with or as if with hair
still had a water bed and a woolly coverlet on top of it
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Recent Examples of woolly
The most recent discovery prior to this one was uncovered in 2020, when a preserved woolly rhino emerged from muddy, thawing permafrost.
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
The beginning of sheep in the West dates to the 1500s, when Spanish explorers first brought the woolly mammals to the Colorado Plateau.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
For instance, sticking a fragrant woolly bluecurls (Trichostema lanatum) next to a rose might feel like a pretty choice, but the rose needs far more water than the woolly bluecurls, which tolerates almost no summer water once it’s established.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
However, roughly 10,000 years ago the woolly rhinoceros vanished.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2024
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
The beginning of sheep in the West dates to the 1500s, when Spanish explorers first brought the woolly mammals to the Colorado Plateau.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
For instance, sticking a fragrant woolly bluecurls (Trichostema lanatum) next to a rose might feel like a pretty choice, but the rose needs far more water than the woolly bluecurls, which tolerates almost no summer water once it’s established.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
However, roughly 10,000 years ago the woolly rhinoceros vanished.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woolly
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Style insiders are going all in on the look, too; fashion month’s crowds were awash in brushed knits, and New Yorkers of all stripes have pulled out their shaggiest jumpers as sweater weather has descended upon the city.Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sofia’s haircut is an early sign of her rebellion; a shaggy mullet that calls back to Jane Fonda in the 1970s thriller Klute.Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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The violence is pretty hairy, and now and then it’s used for routine purposes of establishing a character’s depths of ice-cold pathology.Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2024
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Prince William is experimenting with a new look this summer, one that has been at the center of a hairy situation before.Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024
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There is a fuzzy line between healthy and unhealthy digital consumption.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
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Combined with a trendy silhouette, the fuzzy material lends any look a relaxed elegance, making these picks the GOAT.Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2024
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The ladybug begins life as a spiky black crawler; the garden tiger moth starts out life as an extravagantly furred caterpillar.Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
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Many furred mammals have apocrine glands, including camels and donkeys, as well as chimpanzees.Jeff Goodell, Time, 6 July 2023
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What Klay Thompson’s return to the Bay really meant to him, the Warriors Curry, on a rough shooting night, took a charge on Jake LaRavia and then swiped Jaylen Wells in the backcourt before hitting a 3.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Woolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woolly. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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