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Recent Examples of mice
Stained clothing, furniture, and rugs, anything that smells musty or mildewy, and items stored in spaces with termite, bedbug, or mice infestations should be thrown away rather than donated.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2026
In our marketing, the Get-Ready Yeti and the gifting mice Lenny, Berry, and Merry have become breakout stars.
—Cara Sylvester, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
This year, scientists in China fed mice diets prepared on boards made of different plastic types.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
Obese mice that were treated with the gene therapy, which Fractyl calls Rejuva, lost about 20% of their body weight within three weeks.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Shows promise in mice models The brain is metabolically demanding, depending on a complex vascular system to supply energy and remove waste.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2026
In our marketing, the Get-Ready Yeti and the gifting mice Lenny, Berry, and Merry have become breakout stars.
—Cara Sylvester, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
This year, scientists in China fed mice diets prepared on boards made of different plastic types.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
Obese mice that were treated with the gene therapy, which Fractyl calls Rejuva, lost about 20% of their body weight within three weeks.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Shows promise in mice models The brain is metabolically demanding, depending on a complex vascular system to supply energy and remove waste.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mice
Noun
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And Trump calls ’em almost like cowards.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
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Put beaks on the helmets, you cowards.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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When this occurs, the snow on the roof melts and refreezes, creating icicles and ice dams on the roof and eaves.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
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Large icicles are a sign of ice dams on a home.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The approach was tested using real satellite observations of icebergs calved from Petermann Glacier and other locations in north-west Greenland.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Visitors can see massive icebergs while taking boat trips and going on nearby hikes.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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While the design here is emphatically traditional, a dose of modern whimsy comes through with a dangling, multi-floor chandelier loosely inspired by jellyfish.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
6 Feb. 2026
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The team also documented an extremely rare phantom jellyfish (Stygiomedusa gigantea), which is known to grow as long as a school bus.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Beyem Seo pack killed more than 92 calves and sheep in just over six months, ranging close to ranches, homes and schools and terrifying local families.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The spotlight, however, seems fixated on Estelle Manor, which technically resides in a region where there’s more sheep than people.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The hippos carve the winding channels of the Delta, breaking through blockages of reeds and water lilies and opening floodgates for the rain that flows down from Angola each year.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Dozens of kayakers lined up beneath the West Mission Bay Drive Bridge on a clear, chilly Saturday morning, preparing to paddle through the San Diego River Estuary’s shallow reeds in search of trash threatening one of the region’s most important wildlife habitats.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Mice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mice. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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