as in man
a member of the human race
is there any person here who knows how to speak Spanish?
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Recent Examples of person
Police allege the pair targeted young men through dating apps, convincing them to meet in person before robbing and assaulting them.
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Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
This season, Sugar takes on a new missing persons case, searching for the older brother of an up-and-coming local boxer, while continuing his desperate hunt for his own missing sister.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The disagreeable object proved no match for the most fertile person in Montana.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Four people in the Acura were killed, along with one person in the Suburban.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 1 June 2026
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Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
This season, Sugar takes on a new missing persons case, searching for the older brother of an up-and-coming local boxer, while continuing his desperate hunt for his own missing sister.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The disagreeable object proved no match for the most fertile person in Montana.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Four people in the Acura were killed, along with one person in the Suburban.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for person
Noun
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The scene was genuinely awful to watch, but the movie—a story of plague, passion, period costumes, and an unwashed man in a tunic skipping town to cure writer’s block—ended up thrilling us; the portrayal of two creative minds working together (and apart) was, oddly, familiar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Images from a Ring security camera show a man, whom the restraining order request identifies as Applegate, at Carpenter’s front door and being confronted by a security guard with a flashlight.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Take Danielle, for instance, who dated Robert and a number of guys who barely appeared during her time on the show.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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In the past few months you guys have been all over both social and traditional media.—
Carita Rizzo,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Today, there are nearly 100 million people descended from those immigrants, and a visit really brings their story to life.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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Still, there are pleasures to be had in the slow build and, as Con and Doane have found, in the comfort of lives lived in just the particular way these men have decided to live them.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Female screwworms lay hundreds of eggs in the wounds and openings of warm-blooded creatures, allowing their larvae to feast on the living animals, causing deep, festering, life-threatening wounds.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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But Hilton is likely to hammer Becerra as a creature of the state’s Democratic establishment.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
3 June 2026
Noun
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The Bakersfield Police Department said two hostages had been safely released and that all remaining individuals were in good health as of Tuesday evening.—
Greg Wehner , Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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O’Farrell’s inclination for narratives propelled by brutal coincidence and fatally poor timing tenders a Hardy-esque vision of the world, one that emphasizes the rigid, often cruel limits of an individual’s jurisdiction over the course of their life.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Noun
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How about the little things, like the mini bar, or shower goodies?—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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Instead of trying to calm things down, Dolan escalated the situation.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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“Person.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/person. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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