IRREGULARS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

irregulars

noun

plural of irregular

as in guerrillas

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Noun

About 70% of them are former FARC guerrillas, 29% are former members of the security forces and the rest are civilians.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Cepeda had participated in and continued throughout the campaign to promote negotiations with guerrillas and cartels.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 June 2026

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Noun

The soldiers killed in Jordan were identified by the Defense Department as Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
With 18 deaths and nearly 100 soldiers injured, the Pentagon is also under pressure to address the impact to US troops.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of soldiers

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The numbers are outstanding and there is sure to be more to come, with players such as Fermin Lopez — who missed this tournament through injury — and Marc Bernal tipped to be national-team regulars for the next generation.

— Pol Ballús, New York Times, 24 July 2026
All the regulars head inside, but then a loud boom shocks viewers.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 23 July 2026

Definition of regulars

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Collectors won’t want to miss The Adobe Fine Art, an award-winning 10,000-foot space filled with oil paintings of cowboys and gunslingers, fiber sculptures of Native American warriors, traditional Pueblo pottery, and much more.

— Allison Savage Bates, Denver Post, 19 July 2026
The film follows Johnny Cage, a martial arts actor who is recruited by the thunder god Raiden and Sonya Blade to join his fellow Earthrealm fighters in an inter-dimensional tournament against the Outworld warriors.

— Arushi Jacob, Variety, 17 July 2026

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The Alaska State Medical Examiner’s Office identified the remains as belonging to Patrick Orville Dearth, who was reported missing to the Fairbanks Police Department in November 1993, state troopers said.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
Towering flames and thick black smoke swallowed a New York State Police cruiser after a chain-reaction crash on a rural highway Tuesday morning, leaving two troopers injured, according to authorities, as dramatic photos captured the fiery aftermath.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026

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