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as in shaggy
covered with or as if with hair
a furry teddy bear that would be so nice to cuddle up with
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Recent Examples of furry
The diehard fans who showed up wore ski gear, some wore goggles, and one fan was seen wearing a furry bear suit with an Argentina Messi jersey.
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Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Males have longer antennae, and females have furry cowboy chaps on their hind legs for pollen gathering.
—New York Times Games, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Woot Presidents' Day Pet Tech Deals If the cat distribution system has awarded you with multiple furry overlords, then this Wopet Automatic Cat Feeder deal has your name on it.
—Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 15 Feb. 2025
Here's how to check if your furry friend's chip may be impacted.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
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Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Males have longer antennae, and females have furry cowboy chaps on their hind legs for pollen gathering.
—New York Times Games, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Woot Presidents' Day Pet Tech Deals If the cat distribution system has awarded you with multiple furry overlords, then this Wopet Automatic Cat Feeder deal has your name on it.
—Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 15 Feb. 2025
Here's how to check if your furry friend's chip may be impacted.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furry
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The lab mice, which have been modified to have shaggy fur and golden coats, are a demonstration of the kind of gene edits that the company hopes to perform on a much larger scale, modifying Asian elephants to more closely resemble their woolly mammoth ancestors.—
Matt Reynolds,
WIRED,
4 Mar. 2025
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It was filled with spare, ’60s shapes and saturated colors and included a trenchcoat done in aubergine, bordeaux and beige, shaggy bouclé coats and soft hobo bags.—
WWD,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
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Flying your favorite spacecraft is as simple as plopping down in the captain’s chair to engage in some hairy dogfights and clandestine patrols over strange worlds or the inky cosmic blackness as the gameplay shifts from a standard FPS to a third-person perspective.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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Then with 1:34 left in regulation, things got really hairy when Koepke was called for a high-sticking double minor on Rakell.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
1 Mar. 2025
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Mattifying Primer $36 Sephora This Fenty primer has a transparent, silky texture that glides onto the skin and doesn’t leave a white cast—something that can’t be said about many other primers.—
Brigitt Earley,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2025
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Squalane oil, glycerin and peptides reduce fine lines and improve skin texture while delivering silky hydration and boosting your nighttime skincare routine.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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What makes these plants unattractive to deer—prickly or hairy stems or leaves, a pungent scent, or a covering of fuzzy hairs—is a win for your garden, adding charm to your landscape.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Mar. 2025
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Something happened online, but the details are fuzzy because all the context has been flattened into nonexistence.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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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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While New York City as a whole is safer than most other metropolises, pockets of especially rough neighborhoods are unsafe, particularly for young men.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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The results, while still a little rough around the edges, show how much extra longevity can be wrung from simple tweaks to existing gameplay.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Furry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furry. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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