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Recent Examples of sportsman
Without allowing time to properly identify and vet lands set for disposal, critical access for sportsmen and women may be lost.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
During this training, like a true sportsman, the robot also got to know its physical limits and to work around them.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
Football star Jalen Hurts won sportsman of the year for the second time in three years.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 June 2025
Applicants must have a valid resident sportsman's hunting license or must be a holder of a lifetime sportsman's permit.
—Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
During this training, like a true sportsman, the robot also got to know its physical limits and to work around them.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
Football star Jalen Hurts won sportsman of the year for the second time in three years.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 June 2025
Applicants must have a valid resident sportsman's hunting license or must be a holder of a lifetime sportsman's permit.
—Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sportsman
Noun
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Under the new Fish and Wildlife interim pintail harvest strategy, hunters in all four flyways are expected to have a three-pintail daily bag limit option for next year's 2026–'27 season based on this year's breeding population results.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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In yet another sweeping tale of two opposites finding common ground (and a lot of chemistry), Robert Redford starred as a hunter opposite Meryl Streep's aristocrat in what is now Kenya in the 1930s.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Basketball star Angel Reese won sportswoman of the year for the third year in a row.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
10 June 2025
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Related article Paris pays tribute to Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei who died after allegedly being set on fire by her boyfriend Cheptegei, who finished 44th in Paris, is the third elite sportswoman to be killed in Kenya since October 2021.—
Reuters,
CNN,
10 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Ephesus also includes the remains of the Temple of Artemis (or Diana) a huntress and goddess of fertility.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Located in a panoramic point of Villa d’Este, the Grotto of Diana, the goddess huntress symbolizing virtue, is a cruciform plan nymphaeum located in the Cardinal’s Walk and was built between 1570 and 1572 by Paolo Calandrino.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Red velvet and leather banquettes call for intimate gatherings while the main room has an eccentric vibe of huntsmen lodge meets medieval garden.—
Christina Liao,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The drawing room had been wallpapered with pictures of huntsmen, onto whose faces the two eldest boys, Jacob and Wilhelm (born in 1785 and 1786, respectively), would cheekily pencil in beards.—
Jennifer Wilson,
The New Yorker,
4 Nov. 2024
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“Sportsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sportsman. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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