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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
Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
Colvin didn't see Oreo again for almost a week, but he was eventually found unharmed, although his blond fur was covered in dirt and ash.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 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
While wearing a faux fur coat in the snow isn’t exactly groundbreaking, the streets of Aspen have offered a bounty of inspiration over the past few weeks.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
Colvin didn't see Oreo again for almost a week, but he was eventually found unharmed, although his blond fur was covered in dirt and ash.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 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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Add two or three wool dryer balls or new tennis balls to help break apart clumps and maintain the loft in the insulation.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2025
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What to Consider This is not a 100 percent merino wool style, but rather a blend with synthetic lyocell.—
Matthew Medendorp,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Jan. 2025
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If not suitable for propagation, branch trimmings can be kept for a wildlife-sheltering brush pile or added to a compost pile.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Jan. 2025
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What was promised as a more disciplined Trump 2.0 has actually emerged as a completely predictable pile of improvisations.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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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
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The hatmakers of Europe, buried in the pelts of otters and beavers from the lush New World, experimented with various substances to create felt.—
Sallie Tisdale,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
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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
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Elsewhere, beauty this week was equal parts femme and freaky: nail art was sculptural, flipped and reversed, hair was piled high to make a poncy French monarch proud, and conceptual makeup took inspo from nature’s most ornate creatures.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2025
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Our answer: Wet hair will dampen your pillows, pillowcases, and sheets for hours at a time, creating a perfect environment for bacteria and mold to grow.—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Feb. 2025
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Ann Hodges was taking a nap on her sofa in November 1954 in her home near Sylacauga, Alabama, when a grapefruit-sized rock came through the ceiling, bounced off her radio and hit her on her side.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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And the music videos, as usual, will be bursting full of bright colors and energy similar to a children’s pizza party right before nap time.—
Sopan Deb,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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For those who like the look of leather, but without the animal component, their faux leather covers are vegan.—
Cora Harrington,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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The square camera bump is also wrapped in faux leather, which gives the handset a coherent appearance from top to bottom.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
30 Jan. 2025
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In an Instagram Reel, the star is seen dramatically taking off a fur coat to reveal the ensemble.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Already, when choosing what coat would be most appropriate to wear, Peter signals an awareness that his E 12th St. address (above what is now the Village East movie theater) would be perceived as having less cred than Ginsberg’s Lower East Side place on E 10th.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Fur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fur. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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