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Recent Examples of capuchin
Howl at the moon, like your new howler, capuchin and spider monkey neighbors!
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Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Fossils indicate that monkeys living on prehistoric Africa’s western coast were inadvertently swept across the Atlantic at least three times during prehistory, including the ancestors of today’s capuchin, howler and spider monkeys.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
And even more chilling, the behavior seemed to spread like a trend among young male capuchins.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 18 June 2025
These capuchins had gotten ahold of at least seven different howler monkey babies, and carried them for stretches of two to eight days.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 19 May 2025
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Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Fossils indicate that monkeys living on prehistoric Africa’s western coast were inadvertently swept across the Atlantic at least three times during prehistory, including the ancestors of today’s capuchin, howler and spider monkeys.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
And even more chilling, the behavior seemed to spread like a trend among young male capuchins.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 18 June 2025
These capuchins had gotten ahold of at least seven different howler monkey babies, and carried them for stretches of two to eight days.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capuchin
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During the Thirty Years’ War, military enterprisers included such figures as Ernst von Mansfeld, who raised an army for the elector palatine, and Albrecht von Wallenstein, who offered his services to Ferdinand II, the Holy Roman emperor.—
Allison Stanger,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
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Queen Camilla’s monochrome attire and choice of mantilla fall under papal protocol, requiring women who meet with the pope to wear black and a veil, symbolizing respect and modesty.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Camilla, 78, followed tradition with her black ensemble, wearing a silk dress by Fiona Clare and a mantilla by Philip Treacy.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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The researchers believe the mantas are using nature's cues such as changes in magnetic field strength, oxygen concentration, temperature and light to navigate themselves onto the right path for the next days' travel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Oct. 2025
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The mantas are still spotted in May and October, but in fewer numbers.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.—
Sarah Khan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2020
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On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.—
Klara Glowczewska,
Town & Country,
30 Mar. 2015
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Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak)—
Robert Garnett,
WSJ,
14 July 2017
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The superstar attended the inaugural British Museum Ball in London last week, wearing a bright red chiffon poncho dress by Stephane Rolland.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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While my style leans minimal, the poncho suits all tastes.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
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Like a domino, the climate changes that would accompany an AMOC collapse could worsen drought in the Amazon and accelerate ice loss in the Antarctic.—
Alexandra A Phillips,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
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Aside from games like volleyball and dominoes, Gach says some children stage fake ambushes on one another while pretending to be government forces or rebel fighters.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
5 Oct. 2025
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The base of the cape will offer views of sea stars, anemones, barnacles, and more.—
Molly Allen,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
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Unlike most superhero costumes, this heroine's look doesn't require a cape!—
Emma Kershaw,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Capuchin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capuchin. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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