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Recent Examples of hunter
Holding noses, the oyster hunters climbed over to the far side, with a clear view of the Amboys and the mouth of the Raritan.
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Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Hoping to earn food for their freezers and bragging rights, too, hundreds of thousands of hunters will be heading into the Michigan woods soon for firearms deer season.
—Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Rather than hanging out in one location, aurora hunters zip across the Yukon to catch the natural phenomenon.
—Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2025
The crews of the agency’s decades-old WP-3D aircraft have now missed two paychecks due to the shutdown, according to a NOAA employee with knowledge of the hurricane hunter operations, who spoke with CNN on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
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Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Hoping to earn food for their freezers and bragging rights, too, hundreds of thousands of hunters will be heading into the Michigan woods soon for firearms deer season.
—Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Rather than hanging out in one location, aurora hunters zip across the Yukon to catch the natural phenomenon.
—Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2025
The crews of the agency’s decades-old WP-3D aircraft have now missed two paychecks due to the shutdown, according to a NOAA employee with knowledge of the hurricane hunter operations, who spoke with CNN on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunter
Noun
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Standing tall in individual cases are a kneeling archer, a standing archer, an armored warrior, a high-ranking officer and a young attendant.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
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The archers were amazed at how strong the bow was for its size.—
Clare Conley,
Outdoor Life,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Red velvet and leather banquettes call for intimate gatherings while the main room has an eccentric vibe of huntsmen lodge meets medieval garden.—
Christina Liao,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The drawing room had been wallpapered with pictures of huntsmen, onto whose faces the two eldest boys, Jacob and Wilhelm (born in 1785 and 1786, respectively), would cheekily pencil in beards.—
Jennifer Wilson,
The New Yorker,
4 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The only move Lazio have made, apart from the sale of Loum Tchaouna to Burnley, was to move out their falconer.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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The falcon no longer hears the falconer.—
Alaa Alqaisi
August 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Hunter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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