as in panther
a large tawny cat of the wild
adult pumas can sometimes weigh over 200 pounds
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Recent Examples of puma
However, the puma species overall, Puma concolor, is the most widespread land mammal in the Americas, ranging from Canada to Patagonia.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
That led officials to import eight female Texas pumas to Florida to breed with males, helping boost panther numbers and improving their genetic diversity.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2025
After two decades of re-wilding and conservation efforts to mitigate the damage caused by livestock grazing, the area is home to around 3,000 guanacos (a cousin of the llama), 25 adult pumas, 150 Darwin’s rheas (similar to an ostrich), and a small but growing population of endangered guemal deer.
—Mary Holland, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Silver puma grows up to three feet tall and spreads as much as eight feet.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 9 May 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
That led officials to import eight female Texas pumas to Florida to breed with males, helping boost panther numbers and improving their genetic diversity.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2025
After two decades of re-wilding and conservation efforts to mitigate the damage caused by livestock grazing, the area is home to around 3,000 guanacos (a cousin of the llama), 25 adult pumas, 150 Darwin’s rheas (similar to an ostrich), and a small but growing population of endangered guemal deer.
—Mary Holland, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Silver puma grows up to three feet tall and spreads as much as eight feet.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puma
Noun
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Ancestors and descendants dance at the perimeter of Harjo’s poems, and her definition of relative is wide enough to hold every living thing—panthers, raccoons, tobacco plants.—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
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The country proves to be an African Shangri-La, where science and spirituality comfortably coexist, with T’Challa the heir to powers of superhuman strength and agility conferred by his ancestral connection to Bast, the powerful panther god.—
Ekow Eshun
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
Noun
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In 2018, a cougar was spotted peering through the front window of a Brookfield home.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
27 July 2025
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Here's how far visitors should stay back from animals at Yellowstone, per NPS: Bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, moose and coyotes: Stay more than 25 yards, or 75 feet, away Bears, wolves and cougars: Stay at least 100 yards, or 300 feet, away How many bison are at Yellowstone?—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
11 June 2025
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“Puma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puma. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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