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Recent Examples of chinchilla
Viscachas, which are a type of chinchilla the size of a rabbit, are a good omen for astronomers at the Rubin observatory.
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Harry Goldstein, IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2025
Other unusual animals that can be legally owned in the state include ferrets and chinchillas, llamas, alpacas, giraffes, bison, antelopes and marsupials like kangaroos.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 9 June 2025
Those liposomes were then added to a temperature-sensitive hydrogel, which was applied to the eardrums of chinchillas with middle ear infections.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 6 June 2025
Ace, a seven-year-old, had spent time around cats, dogs and even horses, but the mouse-sized chinchilla under Clark’s tent made the boy uneasy.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
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Harry Goldstein, IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2025
Other unusual animals that can be legally owned in the state include ferrets and chinchillas, llamas, alpacas, giraffes, bison, antelopes and marsupials like kangaroos.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 9 June 2025
Those liposomes were then added to a temperature-sensitive hydrogel, which was applied to the eardrums of chinchillas with middle ear infections.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 6 June 2025
Ace, a seven-year-old, had spent time around cats, dogs and even horses, but the mouse-sized chinchilla under Clark’s tent made the boy uneasy.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chinchilla
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Ksenia, whom Baranov meets at a hedonistic party in the early 1990s as counterculturals rage amid the dawn of a new, post-USSR Russian era, is indicated as a grifting wild thing, the type who always has a mysterious male benefactor to keep her in minks.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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On the smaller side, species like the river otter and mink can be found feasting on fish by the water’s edge, while lucky visitors may catch a glimpse of a wolverine roaming the tundra—and these are far from the only predators that call Katmai home.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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His real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio; his stage name, as fans later learned, was inspired by a childhood photograph that captured him, scowling, in a rabbit costume.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Butterflies and other pollinators are common visitors, while deer and rabbits leave this plant alone.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2025
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Have fun sticking it to the man—or the raccoon, as the case may be.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Both viruses are highly contagious and often fatal to mammals, such as dogs and raccoons, according to information from the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine and the American Veterinary Medical Association.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Around that same time, English merchants began offering Caribbean rum to the Shawnee and other Native groups as part of the trade in deerskins and beaver pelts.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Aug. 2025
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Similarly, beaver populations dramatically declined in much of the park by the mid-20th century due to trapping.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
29 Aug. 2025
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Now native Spartina grasses have returned, as have muskrats and threatened bird species.—
Kyra Morris,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
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Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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And all of a sudden, an otter comes right up to the glass and begins interacting with them, soon joined by a second otter.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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The otter’s work in the wild presents unique dangers, most notably from alligators that aren’t present in Splash’s training pools.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Aug. 2025
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While intentionally bred to be independent hunters of badgers, dachshunds can be brave, yet rash and stubborn.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Those who are lucky may notice foxes, badgers, otters or deer along the route.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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As The Times described the day: In white and black tie, in sequins and sables and clouds of perfume, Republican revelers stepped out tonight to the most lavish series of inaugural balls ever held in the nation’s capital.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Madison gives you 100-percent of this on a fake silver platter, dressed up in real Russian sables.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2024
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“Chinchilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chinchilla. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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