as in vampire
a person who habitually preys upon others measures taken to protect minors against sexual predators

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Recent Examples of predator This perspective can be reinforced by education, informing people about the benefits that healthy populations of apex predators have for the environment as a whole. Michael Benanav, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2025 The Democrats' attempt to tie the bill to child predator empowerment has driven many loyal voters away from the party, Fox News Digital previously reported. Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025 Instead, the paleontologists believe the hole was formed from the bite of a predator capable of taking down the 6-foot-wingspan pterosaur. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025 Conservation efforts now focus on protecting these apex predators in their native habitats, ensuring that their reign in the wild continues uninterrupted by human encroachment. Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for predator
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Noun
  • The third movie also introduces many more monsters to the town of Seabrook, including vampires and merfolk.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Warners also notably set the vampires of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners on the loose in 71 international markets this weekend, alongside domestic.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2025
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  • To see how small businesses are responding, Forbes reached out to 10 Shark Tank entrepreneurs across multiple industries, along with each of their celebrity sharks.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Steve is out to find the jaguar shark who killed his partner, but Klaus finds his own enemy in a Zissou fan (Owen Wilson) who believes the undersea documentarian is his dad. 10.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
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  • Intelligencer The Cut Vulture The Strategist Curbed Grub Street vulture games Apr. 27, 2025 A new Cinematrix drops every morning.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Barring a dramatic comeback, vultures figure to soon begin circling over Milwaukee as long-term questions about Antetokounmpo's future come back into focus.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • To enjoy the game, the child must be sure that, at that moment, there is no wolf.
    Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
  • In free countries everywhere, people are flying the Ukrainian flag — to express solidarity with that country, which has been set upon by wolves, seeking to devour it.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Predator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predator. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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