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as in boyfriend
a male romantic companion
I'm going to see my man again tonight
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as in person
a member of the human race
every man has a responsibility to safeguard the planet
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as in husband
the male partner in a marriage
I now pronounce you man and wife
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as in police
a body of officers of the law
the crowd of onlookers quickly scattered when the man arrived on the scene
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as in male
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men
hoisted the duffel bag and heaved it over the railing with a humorous, manlike grunt
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as in masculine
having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman
all the little girls at the lunch table laughed uproariously when one of them emitted a manlike belch
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Recent Examples of man
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 1 May 2025
Spacewalks with more than one astronaut were conducted with only men or with mixed-gender teams until 2019, when NASA conducted the first all-female spacewalk.
—CBS News, 1 May 2025
Things take a turn when the notorious Harland Rust (Baldwin), a man who has killed many, rides into town and breaks Lucas out of jail taking him on the run with him.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 1 May 2025
Dolton, Riverdale deaths The medical examiner’s office also reported a homicide in Dolton involving a Chicago man.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
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Noun
Trump has used the Act to remove more than 130 Venezuelan men to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 1 May 2025
Spacewalks with more than one astronaut were conducted with only men or with mixed-gender teams until 2019, when NASA conducted the first all-female spacewalk.
—CBS News, 1 May 2025
Things take a turn when the notorious Harland Rust (Baldwin), a man who has killed many, rides into town and breaks Lucas out of jail taking him on the run with him.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 1 May 2025
Dolton, Riverdale deaths The medical examiner’s office also reported a homicide in Dolton involving a Chicago man.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for man
Noun
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Defending – defending these – this guy who is in El Salvador, who’s not an American citizen.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2025
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Enter Johnson and a new era, and a draft class full of guys who ooze competitiveness.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Read, 45, is accused of hitting her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her Lexus SUV and leaving him for dead outside the home of a fellow cop in January 2022.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Investigators, however, ultimately alleged that Read struck her Boston cop boyfriend with the back of her Lexus SUV and fled the scene, leaving him to die in the cold, on Jan. 29, 2022.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The former vice president, who lost to Trump in the November election, will give her most extensive public remarks since leaving office during the keynote at the San Francisco gala, according to a person familiar with the program.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Ever since Donald Trump nominated Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense, critics have called the former Fox News weekend host the most underqualified person to ever hold the position.—
John Ficarra,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article 4 min Christina Haack has settled her divorce from her third husband, Josh Hall.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
4 May 2025
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Taylor Mosley and her husband were in the car getting gas when their son, Easton, spotted a fire truck beside them.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Progressed photo used to show what Ava could look like Ava is a 9-year-old Hispanic female with straight brown hair and brown eyes, Austin police said.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Video from the scene shows several dumpsters on fire as police moved in to regain control of the building after the demonstrators had locked themselves inside.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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The Stray Kids’ member is not the first formal male ambassador for Damiani, which has a long track record of linking with male celebrities, most notably tapping Brad Pitt for its campaigns.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
8 May 2025
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Two suspects, also believed to be male students at the school, fled the scene.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Andrew Durand, as McCurdy, lends him a square-jawed masculine resentment and entitlement.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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The clever exploration of contrasts — marrying delicate fabrics, soft palettes, and masculine silhouettes — was the label’s unique formula for winning over fashion’s insiders, including powerhouse Moda Operandi.—
Angela Lei,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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One, the foreman, is a gentleman who was born in the Dominican Republic and came to NYC in 1996.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2025
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The foundation is named for its ingenious couturier-founder, a gentleman whose love for fashion history inspired him to collect the historic and modern work of the masters of haute couture.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/man. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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