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Recent Examples of house cat
No offense to the humans, but none of these supporting characters are quite as engaging as Sam’s house cat, maybe the most hilariously chill feline in movie history.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 June 2024
These small cats, often mistaken for house cats due to their size and coloration, are capable jumpers and hunters of small mammals and birds.
—Tom Howarth
follow, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
The octopus, the elephant, the great horned owl, the house cat, the giant tortoise, the chimpanzee: who, in all the vast animal kingdom, joins us in having intimations of mortality?
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Then again, that seriousness can also be interpreted as the very thing an anti-suffragist postcard maker was mocking by attaching it to a fluffy house cat.
—Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 June 2024
These small cats, often mistaken for house cats due to their size and coloration, are capable jumpers and hunters of small mammals and birds.
—Tom Howarth
follow, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
The octopus, the elephant, the great horned owl, the house cat, the giant tortoise, the chimpanzee: who, in all the vast animal kingdom, joins us in having intimations of mortality?
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Then again, that seriousness can also be interpreted as the very thing an anti-suffragist postcard maker was mocking by attaching it to a fluffy house cat.
—Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for house cat
Noun
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Feifei brought her cat, Sticky Rice, to the exhibition.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Retail and Wholesale Products Group saw a 10% increase in net sales to $79.5 million, largely due to new crystal cat litter products and stronger demand for co-packaged cat litter.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The big guy in the red suit can probably be found at your local shopping mall. Visit kittens.Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 10 Dec. 2024
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We're obsessed with suede this season, and these knee-high kitten boots are the perfect pick to wear all through winter.Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
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Your recipient will always have something new to bring to play time (even if their kitty’s favorite part is a fresh cardboard box to sit in every month).Sara Coughlin, SELF, 29 Oct. 2024
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Brushing helps spread the oils their skin produces, keeping your kitty’s coat shiny and free of irritants.Lisa Bloch, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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“House cat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house%20cat. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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