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North America's fastest land animal and the world's second fastest land mammal after cheetahs, pronghorns are ungulates (hoofed animals), and are related to goats and antelope, according to National Wildlife Federation.
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Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
Artifacts, including tools, and rock art depicting hunters, antelopes, goats and more tell the story of the Archaic people, who inhabited these lands from 2500 B.C. to 200 B.C.
—Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Now throw in a couple of buffalo and lions, some antelope and hyenas, an elephant calf, and a giraffe.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2025
With fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild, this mysterious antelope has become a symbol of both Southeast Asia’s rich biodiversity and the dire conservation challenges confronting the region.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
Artifacts, including tools, and rock art depicting hunters, antelopes, goats and more tell the story of the Archaic people, who inhabited these lands from 2500 B.C. to 200 B.C.
—Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Now throw in a couple of buffalo and lions, some antelope and hyenas, an elephant calf, and a giraffe.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2025
With fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild, this mysterious antelope has become a symbol of both Southeast Asia’s rich biodiversity and the dire conservation challenges confronting the region.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antelope
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It is believed that this snake preyed on large vertebrates, such as crocodiles, and used constriction to overpower its prey, similar to modern-day anacondas.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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During the early morning hours, one of the two crocodiles, a female, wandered toward a resident’s doorstep.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2025
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Florida has more than 60 such crossings, to protect panthers, alligators, bears, bobcats and deer.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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The owners have also realized that the 550-acre tract that includes the Sportatorium, once home to little but marsh birds and alligators, is now smack in the middle of a building boom that is sweeping southwest Broward.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Bibs are aerodynamic, don’t bind in the waist, stay up, and have a chamois to keep your undercarriage from getting chafed.—
Stephanie Pearson,
WIRED,
31 May 2021
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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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These goatskin leather gloves are a match for heavy-duty garden work.—
Nora Taylor,
Architectural Digest,
24 Mar. 2025
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Its glossy goatskin leather fabrication adds to the sumptuousness of it all.—
Alexis Bennett Parker,
Vogue,
7 Jan. 2025
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Each fixture looks like a big gray Lego block, with a round socket holding a bulb the size of an ostrich egg encased in a thick glass globe, like a gumball machine.—
Diego Lasarte,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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To a wild-card berth highlighted by Hedges’ smashing of an ostrich egg on the final weekend of the regular season, with yolk flying everywhere.—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The nonprofit provides underprivileged kids with a custom birthday cake free of charge.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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With kids living far away, couples become cohabitants without much reason for romance, or the excitement love creates, making two people as one.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2025
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Lopez’s ban does not outlaw leather, cowhide or deerskin products.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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Shearling was also rendered in a hooded bomber jacket design and as a detail on the collar of deerskin leather flight jackets.—
Sandra Salibian,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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The snakeskin leather stripes represent luxury and Atlanta’s high-end influence, while a peach on the tongue and a map of Atlanta on the insole nod to the city’s neighborhoods.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Try out snakeskin with Dries Van Noten and Wales Bonner, or a playful cow print with Adidas.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Antelope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antelope. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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