killings

Definition of killingsnext
plural of killing

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of killings The crisis caused by Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier. Joey Cappelletti, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026 Crisis after Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier. Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026 Some of these killings infuriated local residents, many of whom believe killing bears should be the last resort. Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for killings
Noun
  • Now amid the Greeley strike and other slaughter plant capacity reductions — including the closure of a major Tyson Foods’ plant in Nebraska — JBS and other companies are seeing profits increase, Martin said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Novartis warned earlier this year that profits would decline in early 2026 as some of its best-selling drugs, including heart medicine Entresto face generic competition.
    Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • He and Flores also are accused of ordering kidnappings, beatings and murders of those who owed them drug money or undermined their trafficking operation.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Initially a ‘soldier’ and then a ‘captain’ of his own crew, Pitera was suspected by law enforcement of as many as 60 murders.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Early military gains give way to a larger strategic mess.
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • During key periods like the pandemic boom and another surge in 2025, trading card indexes tracking Pokémon sales posted gains that far exceeded the S&P 500's long-term average annual return of 10% to 12%, according to trading card valuation tool Card Ladder.
    Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Despite these risks, the five-year plans governing the expensive and time-consuming cleanups at the sites often failed to account for damage posed by flooding from sea-level rise and more frequent storms and wildfire, the IG’s review found.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • These monthly group cleanups, called Nothin' But Sand, are the last defense against marine pollution.
    CBS LA Staff, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • At the Church of Saint Andrew in Bucha, after viewing dozens of graphic photographs and a video display of the massacres with his EU counterparts, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski was grim.
    Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Gran Grif also was blamed for an attack in the central town of Pont-Sondé in October 2024, where more than 70 people were killed in one of the biggest massacres in Haiti’s recent history.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • First, the software giant is doubling down on capital expenditures as Wall Street increasingly asks when investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure will produce more dramatic payoffs in revenue growth.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Showrunner Dario Scardapane expertly crafts each hour to move the plot, characters and themes toward both their blowout conclusions and larger narrative payoffs.
    Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Then 2024 was the third consecutive year of decreasing homicides in Chicago, and 2025 was the fourth.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Two of Wednesday’s three major money Florida Lottery draw games — Florida Lotto, Powerball, Fantasy 5 — brought financial windfalls to three players around the state.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Our pants had been ripped from brush and windfalls, and wads of insulation were hanging out of mine.
    Elwyn "Bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026

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“Killings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killings. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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