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Recent Examples of policewoman
Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham had an up-close discussion with a policewoman during the team's playoff win against the Atlanta Dream Thursday night in Atlanta.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
In episode 2, Amanda is admonished by a policewoman for doing the splits in the station.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
She was also found guilty of disorderly conduct for supposedly trying to seduce an undercover policewoman named Margaret Leonard, who’d been assigned to entrap her.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Gugu Mbatha-Raw radiates steely competence as a policewoman overseeing things from a multi-screen control room—any movie of this ilk worth its salt needs that kind of omniscient observer.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
In episode 2, Amanda is admonished by a policewoman for doing the splits in the station.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
She was also found guilty of disorderly conduct for supposedly trying to seduce an undercover policewoman named Margaret Leonard, who’d been assigned to entrap her.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Gugu Mbatha-Raw radiates steely competence as a policewoman overseeing things from a multi-screen control room—any movie of this ilk worth its salt needs that kind of omniscient observer.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for policewoman
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Beijing has been quick to denounce Maduro’s capture, condemning Washington for behaving like the world’s policeman.—
Steven Jiang,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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And Ahmed al-Ahmed, who came to Australia from Syria in 2006, a former policeman who now owns a fruit stand at Bondi Beach, tackled one of the gunmen and wrenched the rifle from him, even as he was wounded himself.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
20 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Would a racist cop murder him later that afternoon in a traffic stop?—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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During the course of deliberately ramming the cop car, the teen’s vehicle was rendered inoperable.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Taking on the city of Minneapolis in the George Floyd case was challenging, but Romanucci acknowledges this case – suing the United States government for the conduct of an immigration officer – is harder.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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The officer grabs Pretti’s hand to bring it behind his back, and deploys the pepper spray canister again and then pushes Pretti away.—
Hannah Fingerhut,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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What is an assault on a police officer?—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Bodycam video shows New Haven, Indiana, police officers inspecting the scene at the bottom of the staircase in the Davis' home.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Something troopers threatened to use to clear the crowd made a lot of ears perk up.—
Derek James,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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State police said troopers responded to the scene and found that no injuries were reported.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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Texas law requires constables to become licensed peace officers with arresting authority within nine months of taking office.—
Tracey McManus,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Ciarametaro was Gloucester’s harbormaster from 2016 to 2024, and asked the shellfish constable to do his assignments between February and October of 2020 while enrolled at Endicott College.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Policewoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policewoman. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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