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Recent Examples of placer
Brooke Strauss of Glastonbury (CT) was the top placer from New England, finishing 22nd overall at 18:32.7.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 14 Dec. 2024
Leadville materialized in 1860 with the discovery of placer gold (gold extracted from eroded rock), and the mining boom was on.
—James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
Each polling placer will keep staff on hand to monitor the area and enforce the no-photo policy.
—Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Here’s the thing with California’s oranges: The California gold rush, smack in the middle of the 19th century, was an enormous splash in the placer pan.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 14 Dec. 2024
Leadville materialized in 1860 with the discovery of placer gold (gold extracted from eroded rock), and the mining boom was on.
—James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
Each polling placer will keep staff on hand to monitor the area and enforce the no-photo policy.
—Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Here’s the thing with California’s oranges: The California gold rush, smack in the middle of the 19th century, was an enormous splash in the placer pan.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for placer
Noun
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The conference is still likely in the driver’s seat as long as the champ gets through with two or fewer total losses, but that is anything but a guarantee.—
Eddie Timanus,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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Last year’s Big 12 champs topped this year’s Big 12 front-runners 26-22 after Leavitt led a game-winning, 75-yard touchdown drive, capped with 34 seconds left, throwing the conference race into flux.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This new health setback for the 15-time major champion has sparked intense debate in the golf world.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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After the Wild just missed a chance to end the game in overtime with Brock Faber and Eriksson Ek on a 2-on-1 rush, Cates — who was a 2019 NCAA champion at Minnesota Duluth — fired a shot that beat Wallstedt on the goalie’s right side.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Lauded for his business acumen and conservation efforts in Western North Carolina, the video game maker was a finalist for The Raleigh News & Observer’s Tar Heel of the Year award, the Observer reported.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Oct. 2025
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The last time a defensive lineman was a finalist came in 2021, when Michigan’s Aidan Hutchinson finished runner-up to Alabama quarterback Bryce Young.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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King Minos, conqueror of Athens and stepfather of the Minotaur, has traveled to Sicily in pursuit of Daedalus, his chief architect and erstwhile prisoner.—
Seamus Sullivan
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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The American conquerors of Hawaii wanted this game banned.—
Matt Negrin,
Rolling Stone,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Placer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placer. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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