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as in explorer
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as in gamesman
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Recent Examples of adventurer
For some, a day trip by minibus and camel is more than enough desert – but the true adventurer will want to seek out the untrodden sands of southern Algeria.
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Henry Haselock, TheWeek, 27 Feb. 2026
An adventurer, Harrison stowed away on a cruise ship bound for Waikiki, but was discovered and returned to the mainland.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
She's joined on the climb by Becky Connor (Grace Caroline Currey), a fellow adventurer who's been struggling with depression since witnessing her husband, Dan (Mason Gooding), fall to his death while scaling a mountain the year prior.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
Across four continents, his visionary quests as an entrepreneur, explorer, chieftain, and adventurer were all united by his lack of success.
—Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
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Henry Haselock, TheWeek, 27 Feb. 2026
An adventurer, Harrison stowed away on a cruise ship bound for Waikiki, but was discovered and returned to the mainland.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
She's joined on the climb by Becky Connor (Grace Caroline Currey), a fellow adventurer who's been struggling with depression since witnessing her husband, Dan (Mason Gooding), fall to his death while scaling a mountain the year prior.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
Across four continents, his visionary quests as an entrepreneur, explorer, chieftain, and adventurer were all united by his lack of success.
—Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adventurer
Noun
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For design lovers and many coffee snobs, the vessel makes the drink.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
6 Mar. 2026
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Terroir doesn’t just belong to wine snobs, because apparently Ethiopia owns it.—
John Noakes,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Our travelers are first and foremost explorers!—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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Tommy Thompson, a deep-sea explorer who spent more than a decade in federal custody for refusing to disclose the location of a cache of gold coins from a historic shipwreck, was released from prison.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Also featured: a scene in which Parsons, a gamesman who actually brought his own Connect Four board to Southern California training camp, faces backup quarterback Ben DiNucci in a chess match.—
Jori Epstein,
USA TODAY,
18 Aug. 2021
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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
Noun
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Set in 1969 Palm Beach, the Apple TV series follows Kristen Wiig’s Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons, a spry social climber eager to infiltrate high society.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
7 Jan. 2026
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In classic Brooksian fashion, this simple succession plan becomes complicated by a potential scandal involving her social climber husband (Jack Lowden), the sudden return of her womanizing father (Woody Harrelson), and, well, Ella McCay’s own stubbornly idealistic personality.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
10 Dec. 2025
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Home to over 120 wineries and tasting rooms, Woodinville’s location makes the property an ideal staycation for Washington state locals looking to explore the region’s excellent wines, and a luxurious getaway for travelers seeking to be wined and dined.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Mar. 2026
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All terminals remain connected past security, and travelers can access any gate from any open checkpoint, according to PHL.—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?—
W.E. Gutman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Mick West, a science writer who has published books on how to debunk sensational claims, echoed the comet's discoverer.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
19 Dec. 2025
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Watson ran a lab at Harvard University and was a co-discoverer of messenger RNA, the molecule that carries DNA's instructions to cells' protein-making factories.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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Both the male or the female can choose the nesting site, but because one bird might go rogue and pick the nesting box, the other mate would likely nix the idea.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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The result promises to bolster the intelligence and security of an OpenClaw installation, given that the AI agent software has been known to go rogue, such as deleting emails without permission or collecting sensitive data.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Adventurer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adventurer. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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