reliever

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Recent Examples of reliever The 26-year-old Connecticut native began this season as a short reliever and then migrated to longer relief, winning four games in five appearances in late April and early May. Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 10 Aug. 2025 Much has been made of how short Clay Holmes’ starts are in this season when he has been transformed from a reliever to a starting pitcher. Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025 San Francisco asked Matt Gage, normally a reliever, to make his second career start as the team’s opener. Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025 Tamura received prescriptions for various medications after first trying over-the-counter pain relievers, according to ESPN, which spoke with a person close to his family. Ksnv Staff, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reliever
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliever
Noun
  • Paul Dean, a former acting assistant secretary of State who oversaw arms control and led the U.S. delegation to the New START implementation body, emphasized that the treaty’s enforcement measures also keep the world a safer place.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
  • How’s Nick Rolovich fitting in as Cal’s senior offensive assistant?
    Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • With less than 30 seconds on the clock, cornerback Ethan Robinson blitzed Lions quarterback Henson Hook and managed to come down with a game-sealing interception.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The Miami Dolphins ventured to Detroit for their second preseason game and won, 24-17, as rookie cornerback Ethan Robinson had the play of the game with a dramatic leaping interception with 22 seconds left at the Dolphins’ 20-yard line.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • At the hearing on Aug. 6, attorney Andrew Joel Golden, who represents the victim in the Milwaukee case, said the woman objected to the trial postponement.
    Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The order is temporary, since arguments in the case are still pending Plaintiffs presented witnesses Wednesday and Thursday in support of the injunction, while attorneys for the state and federal government were scheduled to present next week.
    DAVID FISCHER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The pair welcomed a daughter, Royce Lillian, via surrogate in 2022.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
  • There are businesses that act as matchmakers, connecting surrogates to people who want to have children.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Even though Singapore's inflation has recently cooled to a four-year low, the country still has one of the highest costs of living, according to multiple surveys, due to structural factors like expensive housing and import costs.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
  • A number of factors contributed, including de-institutionalization without provisions for housing or social services starting in the 1950s, government cuts to housing, and an underfunded, patchwork mental health care system.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That number excludes exports, imports, and inventory changes and is a good proxy for the overall growth rate of the economy.
    Robert Barone, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Third, many computer pricing algorithms look at your location, since location is a good proxy for income.
    Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • As the girl turned to walk away, the deputy then tried to grab her hair, Muir said.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Ming spent nearly nine years with the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department, serving as a training officer and acting sergeant in addition to being a deputy.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Producer Berman got a call from Washington’s longtime WME agent, Andrew Finkelstein.
    Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Florida Keys deputies arrested a Miami man on DUI and child neglect charges Wednesday who identified himself as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, according to the sheriff’s office.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Reliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliever. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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