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Recent Examples of pussycat
That pussycat outfit was originally made for Chinese New Year celebration for the Year of the Rabbit, and it was supposed to be finished in January.
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Stephen Daw, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2024
Compared to the truly hateful male drivers that scream at her on the road all day, however, the dude is a pussycat.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024
And there was never a bigger pussycat.
—Vulture, 22 June 2022
The book’s events—which track the elderly, prosperous, stingy Ebenezer Scrooge’s psychic transformation from grouchy bear to purring pussycat—unfold in the course of one night.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022
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Stephen Daw, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2024
Compared to the truly hateful male drivers that scream at her on the road all day, however, the dude is a pussycat.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024
And there was never a bigger pussycat.
—Vulture, 22 June 2022
The book’s events—which track the elderly, prosperous, stingy Ebenezer Scrooge’s psychic transformation from grouchy bear to purring pussycat—unfold in the course of one night.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pussycat
Noun
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Don’t be surprised if your cat claims it as his own.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
26 Apr. 2025
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Gripe of the Week Bright red Hostas, deep blue strawberries, roses that glow magenta at night, orchids with cat and panda bear faces, ears of corn with tiny human ears.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Subsequent scans revealed that the kitten had fluid on her lungs and showed signs of a hiatal hernia, which is when part of the stomach bulges through the diaphragm.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Thankfully, the kittens were discovered and rescued right in time before something worse fell on them.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Yet 12 league games into the season, having been handed an £80million transfer kitty, Cooper was gone.—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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This '70s campy classic tells the story of an extraterrestrial kitty on the run from Earth's government. 19.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Pussycat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pussycat. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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