as in thieves
one who steals
the Internet has simply provided stealers and scammers with a new venue for their crimes
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Recent Examples of stealers
Their only hope is that more bubble teams lose, zero bid stealers lose, and maybe the committee even feels bad for leaving Darian DeVries out of the field last year, when DeVries’ West Virginia team was a shocking exclusion.
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Jim Root, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
But the real scene stealers are the massive gains (60% to 70%) in graphics performance, and the huge AI performance boost.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
But give people a chance to ditch these sneaky little time-stealers for a night, and most will take it.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
Behind the plate, Narvaez became an offensive upgrade and has thrown out more potential base-stealers (30) than any other catcher in the sport.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Jim Root, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
But the real scene stealers are the massive gains (60% to 70%) in graphics performance, and the huge AI performance boost.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
But give people a chance to ditch these sneaky little time-stealers for a night, and most will take it.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
Behind the plate, Narvaez became an offensive upgrade and has thrown out more potential base-stealers (30) than any other catcher in the sport.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stealers
Noun
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It had been snatched from Gerald Ross, 70, by two thieves who followed him home from a trip to a bank and a post office.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Depending on the ebbs and flows of the bubble during championship week — and potential bid thieves — 22 teams fit this distinction.—
Scott Phillips,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The play, which officially opens March 30 at the August Wilson Theatre, stars Bernthal as Sonny and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Sal, the Brooklyn bank robbers played by Al Pacino and John Cazale, respectively, in the film.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
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Windley and his family did their own investigations after his conviction to pin down the identity of the two robbers and pressure them to do the right thing and confess, hiring a private investigator to help them.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Stealers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stealers. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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