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Recent Examples of kitten
Noun
Among this week's highlights: 👨A man goes above and beyond to save a kitten stranded in a tall tree in an incredible must-see rescue. Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024 After assessing the situation, the firefighters determined the only way to rescue the kitten was with power tools. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Verb
So many unwanted cats and dogs – kitten and puppies – in our country. Gregg Doyel, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2022 Puppy and kitten sales make up more than 80% of owner Suk’s annual revenue, the lawsuit says. Dallas News, 28 May 2022 See all Example Sentences for kitten 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kitten
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Their pupping sites in the shallower northeastern Caspian Sea are shifting and disappearing, as the animals also struggle against pollution and overfishing.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Sightings stretch back to the early 2000s, but the creatures started pupping — having babies — around Point La Jolla roughly a decade ago.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Feifei brought her cat, Sticky Rice, to the exhibition.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Verb
  • This might mean developing a detailed operations manual or even cloning yourself (just kidding, but hiring a great team is almost the same thing).
    Teja Chekuri, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Read: Israel and Hamas are kidding themselves By contrast, the Israeli military and public were eager to end the war with Hezbollah, especially on advantageous terms.
    Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Thanks to Sunday where missed tackles littered every big play from explosive screens to touchdowns to the simplest tackles on checkdowns.
    Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
  • In addition to production equipment, the set was littered with benches and luggage props.
    Esther Kang, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • This Burt’s Bees kit, which over 100,000 shoppers have purchased in the past month, comes with travel-size versions of the brand’s best-sellers, including a cleanser, hand salve, body lotion, foot cream, and lip balm.
    Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • This is not a knife for prying open paint cans or for the apocalypse survivor kit, but my original Opinel is 35 years old and still going strong.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • That played helped jump-start the offense, and later in the same drive, the threat of Fields keeping the ball on the zone read helped Warren burst into the end zone to snap the Steelers’ touchdown-less skid and kindle the rally.
    Mike DeFabo, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Gill says he’s come to realize how many people count on their shows to kindle their Christmas spirit.
    Nancy Kruh, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Jeffs fathered more than 60 children from 78 spouses.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • During his lifetime, Ringo fathered five male pups and one female pup, Leia, who was born in 2022 and still lives at the Milwaukee zoo.
    Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024

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“Kitten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitten. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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