How to Use Paralympics in a Sentence

Paralympics

plural noun
  • Tokyo is the first of what could be as many as five Paralympics.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Aug. 2021
  • While these Games may be at an end, the Paralympics in Beijing are still ahead.
    Saphora Smith, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Her husband, Hunter, also won a gold medal in the Paralympics.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The Olympic content will include daily stories at the Olympics and Paralympics and more.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2023
  • After the Paralympics, they’re supposed to be refurbished and reused by the supplier.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Olympics Paralympics Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, adorns the Olympic medals.
    Álvaro Valiño, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
  • That will be followed the next month by the Paralympics, another event expected to bring thousands of athletes and spectators to the city.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Mayo’s short-term goals are to get accepted to Arizona and compete in the 2028 Paralympics.
    Matty Wasserman, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
  • Athletes who win medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Paris won’t just win gold, silver or bronze.
    Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Russian athletes competing at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris will not be allowed to use their nation's flag.
    Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The last decade or so has seen the movement taking a few steps back from the 2012 London Paralympics, regarded as the most-successful ever.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The hosts brought along examples of the gold medals that will be handed out at both the Olympics and Paralympics, each of which has a tiny piece of the Eiffel Tower embedded in them.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The Olympics are scheduled to begin July 23, with the Paralympics to begin a month later on August 24.
    Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2021
  • Each 52-minute part will air on France Télévisions, the first three episodes just ahead of this year’s Games and the final two after the closing ceremony of the Paralympics.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 21 May 2024
  • Those individuals will also face exclusion from the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
    The Hill Staff, The Hill, 5 Aug. 2025
  • But the preparations for the event must go on and the search is open for volunteers from around the world, ages 18 and older, who speak English or French and want to work behind the scenes during the Olympics or Paralympics.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Coverage of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics was highlighted as both profitable and cash flow positive, underscoring what Nine described as the strength of its Integrated Audience Platform.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025

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