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Recent Examples of house cat
The show’s storyline centers on Bella, a house cat who orchestrates food heists from the Hangry Petz Hangout, alongside Charlie Bulldog, a tech-savvy accomplice.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025
Several house cats fell ill, and some died, from H5N1 after consuming uncooked meat or unpasteurized milk.
—Sarah Boden, NPR, 22 Jan. 2025
But eyewitnesses to the fire said two house cats may have perished.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
However, house cats and buildings kill far more, according to MIT’s Climate Portal.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025
Several house cats fell ill, and some died, from H5N1 after consuming uncooked meat or unpasteurized milk.
—Sarah Boden, NPR, 22 Jan. 2025
But eyewitnesses to the fire said two house cats may have perished.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
However, house cats and buildings kill far more, according to MIT’s Climate Portal.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for house cat
Noun
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This feeder has been super helpful to better track and understand my cats' eating habits.—
Molly Higgins,
Wired News,
9 May 2025
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If this is the slow kind of hell, I’m used to it— My hands are folded the wrong way, the cat sits on the bed Like a limpet, the sun drops out of the sky, inexorable As a chandelier earring.—
Jane Yeh,
The New York Review of Books,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Toady and her kittens have since found shelter in the woman's garage.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Meanwhile, Ivan was a kitten when he was abandoned outside the shelter in July 2020.—
Simone Jasper,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The figures show that English top-flight clubs, particularly those in the ‘Big Six’, operate far above their Europa League competitors in terms of their transfer kitty and salary budget.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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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
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“House cat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house%20cat. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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