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as in males
an adult male human being
several men will be needed to dig up the old tree stump in the backyard
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as in boyfriends
a male romantic companion
I'm going to see my man again tonight
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as in guys
a member of the human race
every man has a responsibility to safeguard the planet
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as in humanities
the human race
man is always coming up with new advances in science and technology
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as in husbands
the male partner in a marriage
I now pronounce you man and wife
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as in police
a body of officers of the law
the crowd of onlookers quickly scattered when the man arrived on the scene
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Recent Examples of men
Both men have been released from jail while the case is pending, records show.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
That drives pocket-protector wearing water engineers a little crazy, because steady outcomes are what these men and women live for.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
The armed men also hit a 23-year-old man in the head during the incident.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
There are two main communal baths here with indoor and outdoor onsen pools (separate for men and women at certain times of the day, and swapping over so every guest gets to experience both), as well as private baths in all suites.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
What men should know about fertility Stress may play a bigger role in men’s reproductive health than many realize.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Police believe both men may have worked in the telecommunications industry in the early 1990s, but say no official employment records exist, deepening the mystery.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
The Royals were 5-for-21 with RISP and left 16 men on base.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
For many years, young men were handed clear scripts.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
That drives pocket-protector wearing water engineers a little crazy, because steady outcomes are what these men and women live for.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
The armed men also hit a 23-year-old man in the head during the incident.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
There are two main communal baths here with indoor and outdoor onsen pools (separate for men and women at certain times of the day, and swapping over so every guest gets to experience both), as well as private baths in all suites.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
What men should know about fertility Stress may play a bigger role in men’s reproductive health than many realize.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Police believe both men may have worked in the telecommunications industry in the early 1990s, but say no official employment records exist, deepening the mystery.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
The Royals were 5-for-21 with RISP and left 16 men on base.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
For many years, young men were handed clear scripts.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for men
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The dirt eating was widespread, with males and females from different groups of monkeys partaking during multiple times of the year, and was generally associated with areas where there were more tourists.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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That gender balance, Hatters-Friedman said, makes filicide unique among murders, which are mainly committed by males.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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There was a bit of screaming by girls, but the boyfriends who went along wanted to listen to the band.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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Heated Rivalry breakouts Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams have parlayed their overnight fame into voiceover work for the audio erotica app Quinn, also home to dirty talk from internet boyfriends like Christopher Briney and Andrew Scott.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
15 Apr. 2026
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All these guys, including our President, are going to live forever.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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You guys really pride yourself on sequencing.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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And his insistence on cutting funding for pretty much everything that creates and sustains a civilization — including the arts and sciences, the humanities and health care, the environment and education — doesn’t bode well for our nascent nation.—
Melody Moezzi,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Brady teaches peace studies, world cultures, anthropology, world religions and the STEM/humanities capstone.—
Steve Metsch,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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The show follows two upper-crust friends, Julia (O’Hara) and Jane (Byrne), who discover their former lover Maurice (Mark Consuelos) has touched down in London while their husbands are on a golf trip.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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With the husbands off for a golf outing, Julia and Jane (well attended to by Chimo’s martini-mixing maid Saunders) get decked out in their evening finest and wait impatiently at Julia’s luxe apartment (Jane lives upstairs) for the mystery man Maurice to arrive.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
19 Apr. 2026
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Thomas then claimed police later told her that Kierra may have been dating another man.—
Aya Al-Hakim,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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He was taken into custody and transported to Norwalk police headquarters, where he was charged with two counts of criminal attempt at assault on a police officer, two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and first-degree threatening.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
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Joshua Jackson has long been one of the cooler gentlemen on television.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Apr. 2026
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His father was the fourth generation in a long line of gentlemen ranchers—weekend cowboys who’d made their fortune in Austin as attorneys for large oil companies, but whose identity was still tied to the thousands of acres that the family owned near Marfa.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Students in schoolyard as gunfire starts Bassam Abu-Assaf, the principal of the all-boys school that came under fire, said at least five armed settlers had approached the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, around noon.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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Officials said the children who died — three boys and five girls — ranged in age from 3 to 11 years old.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Men.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/men. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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