individuals

plural of individual

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of individuals The sweeping changes have caught private individuals and veteran exporters alike in a customs conundrum. Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025 The drugstore chain Walgreens says that COVID shots are available at locations nationwide without a prescription for individuals ages 3 years and older. Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 9 Oct. 2025 The misuse of new technologies carries consequences that reach far beyond entertainment and media, posing serious and harmful risks to individuals, businesses, and societies globally. Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025 Every year, six prizes are awarded to individuals or groups for outstanding contributions across fields including physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace, and economic sciences. Connor Greene, Time, 9 Oct. 2025 Neuralink has a backlog of 10,000 individuals interested in having its N1 device drilled into their skulls, according to President and Co-Founder Dongjin (DJ) Seo. PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025 The count is an annual nationwide event where volunteers survey and count individuals experiencing sheltered or unsheltered homelessness every January. Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025 Workers' compensation wages is financial compensation paid to individuals who suffer injuries on the job that prevent them from working. Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025 Disruptive individuals will be asked to leave. Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for individuals
Noun
  • China has its tight controls on all online activity, maintaining bans on top American digital entities such as Google Search, Facebook, Instagram and Reddit.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • By separating, the two new entities should trade at multiples closer to their industry peers, and their combined values should be worth more than what DuPont currently trades at, which was around $76 per share on Monday for a market capitalization of about $32 billion.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While Abigail Spanberger stood with her running mate Jay Jones and his murderous fantasies, and evaded every direct question including equivocating over men being in locker rooms with girls.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Polymarket for its part has drawn in younger users with a better platform and by seizing upon the pandemic-era gambling trend especially prevalent in Gen Z men—not to mention with a little help from a newly friendly regulatory environment.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Channing Tatum’s Raw Physicality on The Tonight Show Channing Tatum is, above all things, a dancer.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In 2022, life circumstances prompted her and her husband to make things official quickly.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The new guys have not been good, and too often Arch has no time to breathe.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025
  • What these guys really care about is decoying ducks in and seeing the show.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some of the gusty winds could last into Tuesday morning along the Northeast coast and could down tree branches and send unsecured objects flying.
    Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The cameos could be read as objects, pieces conveying a subversion of Victorian values.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Israel unleased a ferocious response that has claimed the lives of more then 67,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
  • More than 6,800 buildings burned, and many are starting to rebuild their lives and businesses.
    Pilar Arias , Matt Finn , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Harmful substances, such as alcohol and narcotics, are typically regulated and controlled.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Investigators believed that, during the procedures, Adame and Galaz — who allegedly presented themselves as specialists — injected Rajpaul with substances used by qualified cosmetic physicians but combined them with dangerous chemicals, ABC7 reported at the time.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Oysters are cold-blooded creatures that hibernate if the water is too frigid.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
  • These solitary, hulking creatures are protected by conservation efforts, and to see them among the wetlands and grasses is a spell-binding experience.
    Marion Miller, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Individuals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individuals. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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