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adventurer

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as in snob

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Recent Examples of adventurer In 1754, Pennsylvania adventurer Arthur Buchanan bought 200 acres in an Indian village from a Lenape chief. — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026 His Ian is a man who loves life — the life of a British celebrity, an erotic adventurer, and an actor who’s gifted and ambitious enough to think of himself as an artist. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 This was one aspect of Parton, the adventurer whose insistent self-respect would carry her beyond any limitations others tried to impose on her. — Ann Powers, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026 Their quest is complicated by Hampton Squib, an inexperienced and wildly underprepared adventurer whose dream of heroism far exceeds his abilities. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for adventurer

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While the house might not have fully captured the buying power of watch snobs just yet, Arnault was prepared with a mic-drop moment just a few months later.

— Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2026
Clever and ambitious, Debicki’s snob is itching for an excuse to leave this hamlet for the city.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of snob

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For example, sections of French explorer Henri Duveyrier’s 1861 map of the Sahara owed much to the maps drawn in the sand by his guide, Cheikh‐‘Othmàn.

— Thomas J Bassett, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
Fast forward to 2455, when a group of space explorers — led by Professor Brandon Lowe (Jonathan Potts) — discover the research facility and the frozen bodies.

— Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of explorer

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Friedlander’s style of photography is usually cool, winking, and gamesman-like, but his pictures of his wife thrum with gentle affection.

— Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2019
The weapon-wielding gamesman responded by repeatedly punching Grayson, the younger man said.

— Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, OregonLive.com, 20 Mar. 2018

Definition of gamesman

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Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector will be back as the ambitious social climber Bertha Russell and her railroad tycoon husband George Russell, though their relationship hit some rough waters in Season 3.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026
Radziwill tells the girls Maxwell was never interested in the real Carole Radziwill, only her name, because Maxwell was a chronic social climber.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of social climber

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The classic example of a fluorescent protein, which won its discoverer a Nobel, is GFP, the green fluorescent protein.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026
The Draconids are also referred to as the Giacobinids in honor of that comet’s discoverer, Michel Giacobini, who spotted the celestial object in 1900.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of discoverer

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An alligator with a sense of humor knocked on a North Carolina woman’s front door in the middle of the night, and the rascal got a rather rude response.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2026
Even though the Feeneys have gotten more competitive under the junior Michel’s management, the rascal-on-the-field ethos of the original team still prevails.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

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