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sirs

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plural of sir

as in gentlemen

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There’s a resident big band that sets the tempo for dancing—there are even gentlemen hosts available for ladies—and a DJ rocks the small disco late into the night.

— Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
The ladies shimmered in champagne, gold and blush, while the gentlemen wisely remembered that the safest way to stand out at Miss Swift’s wedding was, in fact, not to.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026

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The company has cultivated relationships with prop masters, costume designers and production designers, whose decisions often determine which watches appear on screen.

— Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Nolan, of course, is one of the masters of building a faithful following over more than two decades.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of masters

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With all due respect to today's NASCAR, these fellas ain't touching those guys.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
The fellas are also working on finishing up the upcoming Bone Thugs-N-Harmony album, but that one is proving to take a little more time than originally anticipated.

— Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of fellas

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That team is something that will always be special — a special group of guys who had the grit and truly knew how to grind it out no matter what the circumstances were.

— Tim Britton, New York Times, 24 July 2026
The Lacobs are just guys who like hearing themselves speak at conferences.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Definition of guys

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Or is a ‘good’ World Cup actually one in which none of your lads featured, or their country got knocked out early, and are therefore going to be fresh heading into the 10 gruelling months ahead?

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 24 July 2026
This intensive five-day retreat welcomes only America’s dudes, bros, lads, sons and fathers.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 21 June 2026

Definition of lads

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As of this year, majority of NBA and WNBA team owners are white males with women listed explicitly as principal owners or co-owners for four WNBA teams, and six NBA teams.

— Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Research into how space radiation can affect the central nervous system, including differences associated with males and females, shows why the people studied and the questions asked matter when designing future missions.

— Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026

Definition of males

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Still visibly laboring through the pain, Dias pulled on a pair of chaps that once belonged to Lane Frost, one of the most iconic figures in bull riding history.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
The brown leather chaps, Orchid said, are still stuffed in her office.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of chaps

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Elsewhere, winemakers are adopting misters and low-water irrigation systems, replanting their rows in directions that avoid the peak of the afternoon sun and even experimenting with heat-tolerant grape varietals.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
There are other cooling spots as well as seven water misters on the fair grounds.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated July 17, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

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