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Recent Examples of bearskin
The royals and their guests observed rows of guards in bearskins on the quadrangle, and the U.K. and U.S. national anthems played.
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Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
The color of Princess Kate's outfit exactly matched the teal plumes worn in the bearskin caps by the Irish Guards.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 16 June 2025
The sun coming in through the window at the back projects jagged bands of light across the bearskin.
—Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
Prince William is the honorary Colonel of the Welsh Guards, and wore the regiment's red uniform with a leek symbol on neckline and a traditional bearskin cap with white and green plume.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
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Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
The color of Princess Kate's outfit exactly matched the teal plumes worn in the bearskin caps by the Irish Guards.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 16 June 2025
The sun coming in through the window at the back projects jagged bands of light across the bearskin.
—Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
Prince William is the honorary Colonel of the Welsh Guards, and wore the regiment's red uniform with a leek symbol on neckline and a traditional bearskin cap with white and green plume.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearskin
Noun
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Wool was sent to Britain in commercial quantities from 1821, although until 1834 the products of the fisheries, whale oil, and sealskins formed the principal exports.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
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But among the 62 artifacts is an Inuvialuit sealskin kayak from the western Arctic, which was the last to come off the plane in its own cargo box, CBC reported.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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With his yellowy eyes, sadistic laugh and coonskin hat, Farkus looked every bit the villain in this childhood favorite.—
Mike Miller,
People.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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The heads of Max, Melvin and Buff (deer, moose and buffalo, respectively) still hang on the wall and comment on the proceedings, while Sammy the Raccoon also is still around — but is no longer acting as a living coonskin cap.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2024
Noun
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Before the lean-to was finished, Tom crawled into it and wrapped the deerskin around his feet without taking his boots off.—
Elwyn "Bud" Myers,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
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Down on the edge of the forest, the young men were preparing masks made from bark cloth—very light material, almost like deerskin—on frames.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The decor with sheepskin rugs and arm lamps for reading lights is neither flashy nor overtly quirky, but simple and homey, as if it were designed by a tasteful Scandinavian grandmother who relocated to the wilds of Patagonia.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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Cushy seating is ideal for napping, reading, working from home, or avoiding the news of course, especially when done up in decadent velvet or plush sheepskin.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Because George, portrayed by Hugh Jackman, routinely read mysteries to his charges before his sudden demise, these sheep aren’t complete novices, said Wilson Chapman in IndieWire.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
18 May 2026
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Sheep in the Box takes its terrible title from the second chapter in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, in which the narrator, frustrated at his drawings of sheep being deemed inadequate by the character of the title, draws a box and says there’s a sheep inside.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Get Tough Purchase ones made from cowhide, goatskin, or pigskin leather or abrasion-resistant canvas that will be harder for thorns to penetrate.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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The first violins were strung with sheep intestines, while early timpanis bore heads made from goatskin.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Courtesy of Julie Montagu She’d found the Earl’s coronation robe and waistcoat, complete with ermine.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Further complicating the mustelids’ lexical family tree, the Haida ermine, found on islands off the Pacific Northwest coast, was also once considered a subspecies of the common stoat, but is now recognized as its own species.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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See where the beaver is going nextNeed a news break?—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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Video of the incident shows the boy trying to scramble up the bank to safety as the beaver chases him before biting him on the thigh.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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“Bearskin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearskin. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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