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the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality
the orchestra's musical director has a very stately presence
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Recent Examples of presence
The way their presence reinforced the structural work on the silhouette struck him.
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Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
His presence in the boat was palpable.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Demonstrators have been protesting ICE's presence in the area for weeks.
—Emma Bussey , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Beyond these new flights, Delta is expanding its presence across Europe.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
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Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
His presence in the boat was palpable.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Demonstrators have been protesting ICE's presence in the area for weeks.
—Emma Bussey , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Beyond these new flights, Delta is expanding its presence across Europe.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presence
Noun
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Because of the two storms’ proximity, experts are watching for the possible occurrence of an unusual phenomenon called the Fujiwhara effect.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Other researchers took a look at the data and found that inorganic processes or terrestrial contamination could replicate all the evidence from the meteorite.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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In writer-director Christian Ditter’s glossy take on the fantastical story about the preciousness of time, an enigmatic red-haired girl named Momo (Alexa Goodall) lives inside the amphitheater of an unnamed European city (perhaps closest in look to Rome).—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Moving away from YouTube, Yang has his sights set on expanding his talents as a writer, director and storyteller.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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In any case, Loan may have felt justified in executing the prisoner on sight.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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Stewart made three appearances on a minor-league rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City last week and joined the Dodgers in Arizona for the series against the Diamondbacks.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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Slaten entered Friday having pitched in the seventh inning or later in 32 of his 35 appearances this season.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The athletic department hired Davonte Higginbottom on July 16 as its new NIL strategist, and Yurachek said collegiate sports marketing company Learfield is further helping with agreements.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Sep. 2025
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The company is one of the world’s fastest-growing gold producers, with interests in eight mines located in regions across Central Asia, South America, Oceania and Africa.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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The policies largely have support from the public, reflecting a major shift in the attitude of Florida residents and their priorities in recent years.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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As of right now, Järnkrok’s efforts will be aided by his attitude.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Beneath her white coat and calm demeanor lived a woman weathered by trauma, grief, and emotional abandonment.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Bryan Medina Hernandez, Gallatin High Described as a strong student, musician, and leader who is respected by peers and teachers because of his respectful demeanor and work ethic, Bryan participates in the marching, concert, jazz band and pep bands.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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In a throwback to the warts-and-all silliness of the family’s legendary MTV reality show, The Osbournes, Coming Home appears to lean into the domestic comedy of the Osbourne clan, opening with a jittery Ozzy begging Sharon to stop driving in a herky-jerky manner.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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In August, Hron says the online research tool Westlaw unveiled Deep Research, an agentic workflow that can plan, review, and strategize legal research in a manner that emulates human work.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Presence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presence. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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