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Noun
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Furniture, pets, and the residents themselves infuse the images with both ambiguity and meaning, creating a rich mosaic of city life across ages, backgrounds, and boroughs.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026 -
Emily Adams, a PetSmart public relations specialist, said the Ramona store will span about 17,000 square feet and contain an assortment of pet care essentials for cats, dogs, fish, birds, reptiles and small pets.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2026
Noun
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This included smaller herbivores like iguanodontians and early ceratopsians, formidable predators such as spinosaurids and carcharodontosaurians, and pterosaurs soaring above the waterways.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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Voles, which are herbivores, construct surface or underground runways in areas of heavy ground cover.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Nagatitan would have lived with smaller plant-eating dinosaurs, including iguanodontians, some cousins of the Triceratops called ceratopsians, as well as large carnivores, and flying pterosaurs.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
14 May 2026
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Manure from animals that don’t consume meat (rabbits, cows, horses) is fine, but do not use waste from carnivores.—
Jessica Damiano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Domestic animals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic%20animals. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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