Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifers
Noun
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Whether exploring the Royal Botanic Garden or watching sunset from Mrs Macquarie’s Chair—hand-carved by convicts in 1810—the city feels luminous, expansive, and just a little wild.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
While the death penalty is legal in Arkansas, no one has been sentenced to death since 2018, and the state hasn't executed anyone since 2017, when state officials used lethal injections to execute four convicts within the period of a week just before the drugs used expired.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Aug. 2025
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As this beat writer has previously pointed out, Evero’s history has been partial to playing veterans early on in a season.—
Mike Kaye
September 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Four people will testify at the hearing, including three military veterans and one journalist.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Ejections ensued for Freeland and Giants third baseman and shortstop Matt Chapman and Willy Adames, the most physical combatants in the skirmish.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Its figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants and cannot be independently verified by TIME.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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Those logical advantages for the pros column can outweigh some of those in the cons column, such as the perception of new sources of stress.—
Elizabeth Baskin,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The cons aren't just in Michigan.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The course accepts recruits whose body fat is up to 8% higher or whose scores on the Army's aptitude test are as much as seven points lower than the requirement to become a soldier.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Both students were dubbed three-star recruits, and university president Kimo Ah Yun wrote in a letter to the community that they had each been named BIG EAST All-Academic Team athletes for their work as students.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Last month, Hamas accepted Qatari and Egyptian mediators’ most recent offer for a 60-day temporary ceasefire, during which 10 of the living hostages would be returned in exchange for a mass release of Palestinian prisoners.—
Ibrahim Dahman,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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Elsewhere there will be Waiting For the Out, the adaptation of Andy West’s memoir written by Dennis Kelly about a philosopher teaching prisoners concepts such as dominance and free will only to have his own past unravel.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But quarterback development in the NFL is hardly linear, especially for draftees who are tossed into the fire.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
30 Aug. 2025
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The others are rookie draftees, with Grant being the first-round pick, Phillips a fifth-rounder and Biggers a seventh-rounder.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Israeli military has a relatively small active-duty force, comprised mostly of conscripts.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Lifers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifers. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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