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Key Takeaways After 17 years underground, an enormous brood of loud, molting cicadas is emerging this spring in parts of the southern and northeastern United States.
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Hunting, mating, molting and laying eggs — all of it happens inside (or near) its diving bell.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Billions of cicadas claw their way to the surface after spending nearly their entire lives underground, waiting for the moment to molt, mate and vanish.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Some scientists think that whales might also migrate to molt their skin in those same warm, shallow waters.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Hunting, mating, molting and laying eggs — all of it happens inside (or near) its diving bell.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Billions of cicadas claw their way to the surface after spending nearly their entire lives underground, waiting for the moment to molt, mate and vanish.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Some scientists think that whales might also migrate to molt their skin in those same warm, shallow waters.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molt
shed
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Lawmakers like Representatives Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) argue that full transparency is necessary to rebuild public trust and shed light on how prosecutors handled one of the most high-profile criminal investigations in recent memory.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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Those in Waller and Bowman’s camp fear middling growth will cause the U.S. to flatline, forcing businesses to cut costs, including by shedding employees.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune,
18 July 2025
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“Molt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molt. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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