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as in kitty
a small domestic animal known for catching mice the family's cat did an exemplary job of keeping the house and yard free of all rodents

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Recent Examples of cat The cat is showing vulnerability by closing their eyes slightly. Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025 Later during the discussion, a rogue cat attempted to climb up cohost Sara Haines' shoulder, while one being held by Sunny Hostin tried to verbally join the conversation multiple times. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025 Cuddly companions, Onyx and Loki, are 6-year-old cat brothers seeking a very special new home. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025 Two cats in different households in New York City were infected with bird flu, the city’s Health Department announced. Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cat
Noun
  • Yet 12 league games into the season, having been handed an £80million transfer kitty, Cooper was gone.
    Rob Tanner, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • This '70s campy classic tells the story of an extraterrestrial kitty on the run from Earth's government. 19.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One said a young male on the tracks appeared agitated as an older male approached and followed him while speaking on the phone.
    Jo Ciavaglia, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Her only loss was against males, losing by a head setback to Fierceness in the $1.25 million Grade I Travers Stakes on Aug. 24 at Saratoga.
    Bob Wisener, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The bond between Sergi and Nirvana is quite moving, but it's taken up a notch when Sergi adopted a kitten named Goku.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The death comes shortly after FWC biologists handled a litter of three kittens whose mom lost all three of her kittens from her last litter, McClatchy News previously reported.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Too many guys have sweat and bled and laid it on the line on that field to ever become that kind of program.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Burden has the tools to be an elite receiver in the NFL, especially next to a guy like Amon-Ra St. Brown. 29.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The flip side My elderly mother and I were stunned and pleasantly surprised yesterday when a gentleman at the pick-up window at Beefy King sent in money to pay for our lunch!
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Another gentleman coming down the beach, Crane Cantrell, jumped in.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • His size doesn’t exactly blow you out of the water — not exactly the biggest dude at 6-foot-3 and 250 pounds — but the natural talent is special.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2025
  • That includes the dude competing with one arm and the other dude who when not falling repeatedly off a balance beam into the ocean was losing his grip 15 seconds into a challenge.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Cat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cat. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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