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Recent Examples of molt
Extreme drought is causing breeding grounds, molting spots and migration stopover sites to vanish.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
Except for periods when some birds that are molting, all 16 penguins usually come out for feedings, Waier said.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025
Treatment with contact insecticides after the crawlers have settled down and molted to the second nymphal stage of their lifecycle is not effective.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
Several people from the Greater Cincinnati area have posted photos to social media showing adult cicadas from Brood XIV resting on plants after molting, with their nymph shells nearby.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
Except for periods when some birds that are molting, all 16 penguins usually come out for feedings, Waier said.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025
Treatment with contact insecticides after the crawlers have settled down and molted to the second nymphal stage of their lifecycle is not effective.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
Several people from the Greater Cincinnati area have posted photos to social media showing adult cicadas from Brood XIV resting on plants after molting, with their nymph shells nearby.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molt
shed
Verb
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One woman was paying $600 per month to live in a storage shed in the muddy backyard cluttered with junk and dotted with dog poop.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Alicia Garcia Herrero Chief Economist, Asia Pacific, Natixis Stocks listed in Europe also began their trading day firmly in negative territory, with the pan-European Stoxx 600 index shedding more than 1%.—
Lim Hui Jie,Anniek Bao,Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Molt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molt. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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