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Recent Examples of sir
How dare you, sir — but she is once again reminded of how lovely the Bridgerton family is.
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Saying ‘ma’am’ and ‘sir’ also makes assumptions about someone’s gender.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 18 July 2024
Apes and apes’ toes, yes, sir … See, this isn’t your standard ape, sir.
—Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
But she’s made of iron, sir, and no matter how much Biden and his supporters work those pumps — and this press conference is one of those pumps — this ship will founder.)
20 Minutes Before Presser: Biden is currently at the NATO summit where the press conference will be held.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2024
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Saying ‘ma’am’ and ‘sir’ also makes assumptions about someone’s gender.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 18 July 2024
Apes and apes’ toes, yes, sir … See, this isn’t your standard ape, sir.
—Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
But she’s made of iron, sir, and no matter how much Biden and his supporters work those pumps — and this press conference is one of those pumps — this ship will founder.)
20 Minutes Before Presser: Biden is currently at the NATO summit where the press conference will be held.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sir
Noun
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The rooftop has plenty of cushioned seating under misters, several bars and a hookah menu with more flavors than a Baskin-Robbins.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
15 Aug. 2025
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That includes natural bodies of water like creeks and lakes, as well as cooling towers, fountains, humidifiers or misters, hot tubs, and even the tanks that hold windshield wiper fluid in cars.—
Alice Park,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Bettany played English poet and writer Geoffrey Chaucer in the medieval action-comedy, which starred Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, who forges a new identity for himself as a knight when his master dies.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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The show, starring Ricardo Gómez and Óscar Jaenada, explores the friendship between a shy young man preparing for the application tests for public office while working as a part-time taxi driver and a master bullfighter.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Mid-Century Modern follows three gay gentlemen of a certain age (Lane, Bomer, Graham) who, after an unexpected death, decide to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs, where the wealthiest one lives with his mother (Lavin).—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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Matisse dressed the part of a British gentleman and gazed at his conversation partners with a serenity that bordered on a trance.—
Christopher C. Gorham
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His boss seems unusually chill with the deception, mostly because this lad might be helpful for sniffing out other moles and double agents in their field.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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Rather than figuring out whether or not the young lad did it, Adolescence explores the complexity and psychology of how an earnest student from a respectable family committed such a crime.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Sir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sir. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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