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Recent Examples of placer
The company acquired 102 federal mining claims in the Lisbon Valley of Utah in November 2021 and expanded its holdings to 743 placer claims over 14,320 acres by July 2023.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 25 Mar. 2025
Hancock was an All-Region football player and two-time Top 3 state placer in wrestling, according to the outlet.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Rancho Bernardo—With returning state placer and Division 1 titlist Mary Snider (140) plus Division champ Maisen Vesco (145) leading the way, the Broncos qualified six wrestlers into the Masters meet.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Tennis Micah Ober, Winters Mill, senior The county boys singles division is wide open after the top three placers at last year’s county tournament all graduated, but Ober could be the player to beat.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2024
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 25 Mar. 2025
Hancock was an All-Region football player and two-time Top 3 state placer in wrestling, according to the outlet.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Rancho Bernardo—With returning state placer and Division 1 titlist Mary Snider (140) plus Division champ Maisen Vesco (145) leading the way, the Broncos qualified six wrestlers into the Masters meet.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Tennis Micah Ober, Winters Mill, senior The county boys singles division is wide open after the top three placers at last year’s county tournament all graduated, but Ober could be the player to beat.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for placer
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As fight night has gotten closer, the champ is now listed at -147, while Lopes is a +127 betting underdog.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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His coach at Texas A&M, Jackie Sherrill, sent a statement recalling that Chet had been a key recruit out of Carter in 1984 and a cornerstone of three straight SWC champs.—
Kevin Sherrington,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Michigan printed and sold the 2023 national champions T-shirts, hats and coffee mugs.—
Mac Engel
January 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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In a matter of eight days, the Hornets (14-26) have gone from pummeling the defending champion in Oklahoma City to losing consecutive games at home to Toronto and Indiana in gut-wrenching fashion to recording the largest margin of victory on the road in franchise history by pounding Utah.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Vigil Those who are regular readers of George Saunders’ Story Club Substack were in for a treat on the tenth of December 2025 (a date chosen in honor of his story collection, a National Book Award finalist and Story Prize winner).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Her debut book The Inheritors, about South Africa, won the 2023 PEN/America John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction and was a 2024 finalist for South Africa's top literary prize, the Sunday Times Award.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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What to know: Cue the eardrum-shattering screams because the K-pop conquerors are back.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
16 Jan. 2026
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Battle of the Champions will see seven returning Broth Belt winners heading back to their cauldrons to determine the ultimate kitchen conqueror.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Placer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placer. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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