the pros
plural noun
US, somewhat informal
: the professional level of competition in a sport
He is playing in the pros now.
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Even so, the United States won all three gold medals – the seniors (50 and over), the juniors (16 and under) and the pros.
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
Watching the pros skate up and down those 14-foot walls and whirl through midair was an eye-opening experience and interesting to see that even the most gifted skaters can fall.
—Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Roosevelt let newspaper editorials hash out the pros and cons of the voyage before making an official announcement, and the leak represented the first time congressmen (and the public) heard about the fleet’s plans to circumnavigate the globe.
—JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2025
Buzz Hays wants to make sure his colleagues in Hollywood understand the pros and cons of generative AI, in particular, fine-tuning models.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
Watching the pros skate up and down those 14-foot walls and whirl through midair was an eye-opening experience and interesting to see that even the most gifted skaters can fall.
—Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Roosevelt let newspaper editorials hash out the pros and cons of the voyage before making an official announcement, and the leak represented the first time congressmen (and the public) heard about the fleet’s plans to circumnavigate the globe.
—JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2025
Buzz Hays wants to make sure his colleagues in Hollywood understand the pros and cons of generative AI, in particular, fine-tuning models.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the pros
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“The pros.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20pros. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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