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kitten

[kit-n] / ˈkɪt n /
NOUN
young cat
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This is not a photo of a kitten saying “Believe in yourself!”

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

When Roo was first adopted by 22-year-old Alana and her partner, both from Cardiff, the little kitten was meant to be an indoor cat.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“In this case, the data showed the kitten would not survive on its own, and intervention was appropriate.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

When we arrived back in Serbia with no further travel plans for the first time in a decade, I found an abandoned kitten under a pile of firewood in our shed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

I stayed home and I learned and I had more fun than a kitten with twenty balls of yarn and three pretend mice.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan