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Recent Examples of sportswoman
Felix Sanchez Arrazola / Alamy Stock Photo Cheptegei, who finished 44th in Paris, is the third elite sportswoman to be killed in Kenya since October 2021.
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Reuters, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
Constant travel for competitions and games and the consistent training required, there are so many aspects of being a sportswoman that can take you away from home and away from your children.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 5 Aug. 2024
The movie’s silence is so loaded with the anxiety, obstinance, inchoate anger and desire for anonymity of the traumatized teenage sportswoman that the constant thwack of her racquet hitting the ball cuts through the tension like violent shocks.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
But Chinese sportswomen, academics and women from the film industry have since shared their experiences, under the hashtag #WoYeShi.
Middle East
Mona Eltahawy launched the hashtag #MosqueMeToo in 2018.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 8 Mar. 2024
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Reuters, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
Constant travel for competitions and games and the consistent training required, there are so many aspects of being a sportswoman that can take you away from home and away from your children.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 5 Aug. 2024
The movie’s silence is so loaded with the anxiety, obstinance, inchoate anger and desire for anonymity of the traumatized teenage sportswoman that the constant thwack of her racquet hitting the ball cuts through the tension like violent shocks.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
But Chinese sportswomen, academics and women from the film industry have since shared their experiences, under the hashtag #WoYeShi.
Middle East
Mona Eltahawy launched the hashtag #MosqueMeToo in 2018.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 8 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sportswoman
Noun
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Her father was the entrepreneur and sportsman Harry Payne Whitney; her mother was a Vanderbilt who had a career as a sculptor, winning large public commissions in the United States and Europe.—
Fiona Donovan,
Vanity Fair,
30 Dec. 2025
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Published in 1939, Rogue Male follows an unnamed English sportsman who attempts to assassinate a European dictator, strongly implied to be Adolf Hitler.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
27 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The big animals were still swimming as night fell and the hunters returned home.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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These toxins are sourced from the gifbol — a plant that local hunters continue to use today for its potent lethal properties.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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
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“Sportswoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sportswoman. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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