prostitutes 1 of 2

plural of prostitute

prostitutes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of prostitute

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of prostitutes
Noun
The only things shaky about Relish are the junkies, prostitutes, suicidal depressives, and sinners who populate Osborne's songs. Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Serial killer Lorenzo Jerome Gilyard was convicted in 2007 for killing six women in Kansas City but is believed to have raped and strangled two girls and 11 women, most of whom had worked as prostitutes, from 1977 to 1993. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025 Many have read Gödel and come away chastened by the limits of certainty—without concluding, as Richardson did, that the logical next step was to spend your life playing cards and paying prostitutes. Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prostitutes
Verb
  • But outside of the ring, Christy hides and represses her lesbianism and winds up marrying her trainer Jim Martin (Ben Foster), who manipulates and physically abuses her.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
    Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Dendrite growth degrades battery performance and can cause internal short-circuits, making fast charging particularly dangerous.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For investigators, that extra time means memories fade and evidence degrades.
    Mercury News Editorial, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This means green signals are inherently weaker, and when outdoor sunlight adds noise, the measurement range shrinks even further, and accuracy deteriorates.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • When trust between boards and CEOs deteriorates, cracks spread quickly.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Task subverts expectations without sanctimony.
    Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
  • At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, a team of researchers revealed how Gemini can be weaponized via Targeted Promptware Attacks—malware that subverts Gemini through its input prompts.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025

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