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Adjective
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Housed in five separate cages, the deceased monkeys included the De Brazza species as well as one common squirrel monkey, cotton-top tamarins and white-faced sakis.—
Reuters,
CNN,
21 Oct. 2024 -
The animals, a De Brazza’s monkey, one common squirrel monkey, three cotton-top tamarins and three white-faced sakis, were found dead at the city’s Zoological and Botanical Gardens (HKZBG) on Sunday, Hong Kong’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department said in a statement.—
Reuters,
CNN,
14 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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With two employees and a vault filled with gold nuggets and untanned animal pelts, the bank would soon become an essential part of the state’s economic engine; a year later construction on the Alaska Railroad completed and people turned to First National for banking security.—
Anchorage Daily News,
Anchorage Daily News,
28 Jan. 2022
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Then the fingers at the ends of those long, thin, untanned arms would attack the keys with the furiously proficient ardor of a Rubinstein or a Rubirosa.—
Richard Corliss,
Time,
28 Oct. 2022
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But why are so many of Orlando’s players — most notably free-agent acquisition Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, a career 36.9 percent 3-point shooter before this season who is shooting an anemic 30.7 percent this season — struggling?—
Josh Robbins,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump was right to criticize Germany, during his first term for its anemic defense spending, reliance on Russian natural gas, and loose stance on migration.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Whey-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whey-faced. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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