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Recent Examples of sable
Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
This style comes in 13 bright, vibrant colors that are ideal for spring, like raspberry, sable, and kelly green.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
The Economist, 22 Apr. 2020
European, American and Japanese furriers had long purchased sable, mink and otter furs from local hunters, but had never been interested in the coarse fur of the Tarbagan marmot.
—Paul French, CNN, 18 Apr. 2020
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Adjective
Now, a new generation of curators and conservators are working on the Throne, and their cozy laboratory at the museum, filled with magnifiers, sable brushes and purple nitrile gloves, is open to the public a few afternoons each week.
—Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
This style comes in 13 bright, vibrant colors that are ideal for spring, like raspberry, sable, and kelly green.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
Noun
The brush, of sable, which immediately conjures up some semi-mythical creature of the Russian forests.
—The Economist, 22 Apr. 2020
European, American and Japanese furriers had long purchased sable, mink and otter furs from local hunters, but had never been interested in the coarse fur of the Tarbagan marmot.
—Paul French, CNN, 18 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sable
Adjective
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Swift herself opted for Louis Vuitton, clad in the designer’s $5,000 black and gold jacquard knit jacket, with a spark beanie — price $550 — to match,People reported.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Mills didn't notice anything odd – just a yellow jacket on the passenger seat, and some bags in the car including a black briefcase and a blue bag with a Massachusetts logo.—
Emma Steele,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Its name is said to come from the idea that the frosting is as silky as an ermine's white fur.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
22 Nov. 2024
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In June 2023, Theo Bosboom heard about an explosive proliferation of willow ermine moth caterpillars along the river Waal near Boven-Leeuwen, Netherlands, not far from his hometown.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Find it a home with ebony floors and a navy wall that sets it apart in just the right way.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
20 Nov. 2024
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Designed in Thiers, France—known to blade aficionados as the knife capital of the world—the saber features an ebony wood handle and can be engraved with a custom name or date.—
Sophie Dodd,
Bon Appétit,
10 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Last week, Bieber stopped for coffee wearing a faux mink coat from Ralph Lauren’s fall 1995 collection.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
21 Jan. 2025
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The women start to squirm when Silky Johnson (Dave Chappelle) comes out in a mink coat holding a golden goblet.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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To see even more wild locals, cruise the Dora Canal, a verdant passage bordered by cypress trees and home to otters, herons, wood ducks, egrets, and more.—
Susan Hall Mahon,
Southern Living,
17 Jan. 2025
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The aquarium was cited in January for cramped and unsanitary conditions in enclosures for otters, porcupines and other animals.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Wild Robot filmmakers found their look when going over early concept art that had the island’s natural environment and its animals — foxes, bears, beavers, opossums and others — drawn in a painterly way.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
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Parts of the weapon’s leather-and-wood scabbard – and its beaver fur lining – have also survived.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, disconnection reigns and rabbits rule.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
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Educating them on local folklore, as well as his affinity for rabbit hunting, the peculiar kid soon takes a shining to the couple.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
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With their larger competitors out of the way, the smaller, less numerous martens had some breathing room.—
Siddhant Pusdekar,
Journal Sentinel,
5 July 2024
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“Sable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sable. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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