sables

plural of sable

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sables
Noun
  • Adding social services, mental health services and job training would go a long way toward helping far more people than banning mink coats.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Out stepped the Queen of Soul in a full-length mink coat.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead — are lacking, 96% of the region’s kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea star collapse.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Also the forests are vital for the other creatures living there—native brook trout and a rare mammal called a fisher, which is related to weasels and otters.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At the same time, marten populations shot up and the researchers began to see their scat in new areas.
    Siddhant Pusdekar, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2024
  • This acquisition will improve the habitat for Wisconsin’s endangered American marten, which has been facing a dwindling habitat.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Other offerings include pig feet, pig ears, pig tails, frozen rabbits, quails, frozen sardines, black swordfish and octopus, many of which mainly come from Europe.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Among those, there were only four rabbit strikes reported, including one at the Denver International Airport, according to the FAA.
    Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Painter and Jensen have seen beavers, muskrats, pond turtles, deer and black bears roaming the grounds.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Even in her early twenties, Long held staunch opinions on stocking colors and children’s frocks, Christmas cards and muskrat coats.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This is then gently buffed in using a chamois (a natural leather) tool.
    Tori Crowther, refinery29.com, 12 July 2024
  • These subtly slim joggers are the perfect swap for my chamois on the drive back home—soft, stretchy, and stink-resistant, thanks to their 85 percent merino wool construction.
    Lily Ritter, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Sables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sables. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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