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as in people
a member of the human race
every individual has value
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as in entities
one that has a real and independent existence
our general concept of what constitutes a chair is based on our experience with many individuals that were called chairs
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Recent Examples of individuals
In addition, a 2024 CDCR report finds that people who spent a year or longer in a fire camp have lower recidivism rates compared to fire camp-eligible individuals who did not participate in fire camps.
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Lyanne Wang,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
The consistency and structure the center strives for are qualities treatment professionals say can make a significant difference for individuals entering recovery for the first time.
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Kaitlyn Gomez,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
Approximately 405,000 to 407,000 individuals work in film, television, and audio production.
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Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Over the past three years, there have been a total of 72 disciplinary cases at the BBC, but only 11%, or eight individuals, were fired by the corporation.
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Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
Some were large enough to classify individuals in an entirely different age bracket.
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Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
As traditional pensions have become less common, more responsibility has shifted to individuals to build and manage their own financial futures.
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Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
At Last’s notification to close two sites, the agency worked to find shelter for the residents and most of the 181 individuals have since been rehoused.
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Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Though the national independence be blurred by the servility of individuals, though freedom and equality have been proclaimed only to leave room for a monstrous display of slave-dealing and slave-keeping .
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Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Lyanne Wang,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
The consistency and structure the center strives for are qualities treatment professionals say can make a significant difference for individuals entering recovery for the first time.
—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
Approximately 405,000 to 407,000 individuals work in film, television, and audio production.
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Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Over the past three years, there have been a total of 72 disciplinary cases at the BBC, but only 11%, or eight individuals, were fired by the corporation.
—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
Some were large enough to classify individuals in an entirely different age bracket.
—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
As traditional pensions have become less common, more responsibility has shifted to individuals to build and manage their own financial futures.
—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
At Last’s notification to close two sites, the agency worked to find shelter for the residents and most of the 181 individuals have since been rehoused.
—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Though the national independence be blurred by the servility of individuals, though freedom and equality have been proclaimed only to leave room for a monstrous display of slave-dealing and slave-keeping .
—
Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for individuals
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The golden generation of American men — Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams and the rest of the Group D winning crew — live and surrounded by red, white and blue in the home of the red and gold.
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Grown men hugged one another, and at least one started crying.
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What adds more fuel to this fire is that most financial regulation still operates around the concept of individual legal entities.
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According to the president’s latest financial disclosure, his entities DT Marks Defi and DT Marks SC realized nearly $263 million in net proceeds from the sale.
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After a lengthy, wide-ranging search for their next coach, the Portland Trail Blazers have chosen one of the guys already at the front of the line.
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These guys, everyone has each other’s backs.
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Highlight reels are dominated by exceptional athletes doing exceptional things.
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Welcome back to Kick It, the AJC’s newsletter for all things World Cup.
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The town’s predicament highlights the limits of any ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, and the lingering hardship faced by residents whose lives have been upended by years of conflict.
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The labor of these aging world-builders becomes a blueprint to navigate memory, legacy, and mortality, revealing the divine spirit residing in their daily lives.
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In a bilingual classroom next door to Waits’ class, students made predictions in Spanish on which objects would float or sink — flotar or hundirse — in a bucket of water.
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Betty Kioko, an institutional affairs adviser at ESO, said the United Nations Outer Space Treaty, signed in 1967, states that the responsibility for space launches is with the nation states where those space objects are registered.
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While oysters in space appear to be a newer research opportunity, Harrisburg states that humans have been eating these creatures for 100,000 years, based on archaeology findings.
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The majority are shaped like the animals — turtles, panthers, bear, birds and other creatures — that inhabited the region.
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Some accounts cite an April 23, 2026 effective date, while the FDA’s own docket shows substances still moving through review months later.
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That’s why only seven substances, BPC-157, KPV, TB-500, MOTS-C, Emideltide, Semax and Epitalon, are on that meeting’s agenda even though far more than seven have already cleared the earlier hurdle.
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“Individuals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individuals. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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