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
Walker isn’t the only person in Wade’s orbit who credits the NBA Hall of Famer with providing an opportunity.
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Jason Jones, New York Times, 15 June 2025
The person could not publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.
—Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
Officers found that a person sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle had been shot by an unknown suspect.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2025
In all versions, the same person in a red coat and beanie appears, and a 63rd Street sign is visible—confirming the location.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
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Jason Jones, New York Times, 15 June 2025
The person could not publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.
—Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
Officers found that a person sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle had been shot by an unknown suspect.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2025
In all versions, the same person in a red coat and beanie appears, and a 63rd Street sign is visible—confirming the location.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for person
Noun
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Sturdy men work with their hands, forging arrows with which to kill zombie interlopers.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
19 June 2025
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Reinhart, who scored in Games 3-5, was a man on a mission from the beginning of this one as evident by his first goal of the game, which gave the Panthers an early lead.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
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Usually, all these guys are practicing before the set in the evening.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
26 June 2025
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While the fan messages did make the guys laugh, a lot of it was thanks to their ribbing of each other and themselves.—
Anna Chan,
Billboard,
26 June 2025
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More pre-authorization controls spending and premiums but makes patients' lives harder; less pre-authorization will raise premiums while easing the burden for some patients.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, SAP helps the world run better and improve people’s lives.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Pollinators Matter As National Pollinator Week continues, embracing trends like pollinator pots, promoted by TikTok creators and supported by organizations like Bee Cups, offers an easy and meaningful way to help these crucial creatures thrive.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 June 2025
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These creatures are all instinct: hunt, kill, eat, and, in one of the film’s biggest twists, reproduce.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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Now, in the court’s final order, while the defense may cross-examine law enforcement on investigating and ruling out other leads, they are not permitted to ask about specific individuals as potential alternate perpetrators.—
Jean Casarez,
CNN Money,
28 June 2025
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Access to public water is even more essential for unhoused individuals and communities without the disposable income to purchase bottled water — and for many reasons that shouldn’t be their only option.—
Rachel Bustamante,
Baltimore Sun,
28 June 2025
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Miranda is so full of possibility and adventure and what’s going to come next, and Ada is trying so hard to be that way and to fill the deep well of her sadness and her loneliness and her bereavement with things like the Temperance movement.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
23 June 2025
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The other company members all said more or less the same thing: everyone respected Matthew’s great passion for the play, for the character, but why should the company put itself in legal jeopardy for what was, essentially, one man’s fancy?—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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“Person.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/person. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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