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purr

noun as in noise

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An exhausted Colantoni dropping a couple of Alka-Seltzers in a glass, pressing the glass to his cheek and softly saying, “Purr,” felt like the year’s greatest inspiration.

Even at the sluggish pace of—what was it now?—107 miles per hour, I began to purr as I rolled down the open road.

Even the Pokémon noises are gently mellowed out in contrast to the coarser, more caterwauling sounds of the games; here the creatures purr, cry, coo and sigh like docile house pets.

Victoria Monét, “Jaguar II” Impeccably appointed throwback R&B brought cleverly up to date by Monét, a prolific songwriter-for-hire now showing off a throaty purr of her own.

He wanted to take the sports car out on the highway and see if it could really purr, believing that amping up the business was either valuable for its own sake or necessary to unlock more of OpenAI’s potential.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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