as in vets
a person with long experience in a specified area
as a veteran of overseas travel, she gave us solid advice about planning our trip
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Recent Examples of veterans
Up, a supplier of family-friendly and uplifting programming on linear networks like UPtv and AspireTV and subscription streamer UP Faith & Family, will now be run by company veterans Philip Manwaring and Reta Peery.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
The agency, which oversees health care and other benefits for veterans, is not operating as usual due to a lapse in federal funding appropriations.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
In a 2022 research brief from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, researchers found gaps in how Black and white veterans experienced the benefits, including a racial wealth gap into the next generation.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The ease with which people could contact MI6, even from inside the United States, has raised concerns among intelligence veterans.
—Adam Bearne, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
And Apple has hired a number of TV advertising veterans over the past couple of years.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Maybe a couple veterans get traded off at the deadline.
—Nick Suss, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2025
The top-four right side isn’t pretty with Gudas and Trouba, a couple of physical, hard-nosed veterans who are serviceable, but likely to get caved in with high-leverage roles.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
McDaniel gave both Grant and Savaiianaea credit for being steadfast in their commitment to improvement yet also encouraged his veterans to be better to avoid the rookies’ struggles being so magnified.
—Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
The agency, which oversees health care and other benefits for veterans, is not operating as usual due to a lapse in federal funding appropriations.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
In a 2022 research brief from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, researchers found gaps in how Black and white veterans experienced the benefits, including a racial wealth gap into the next generation.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The ease with which people could contact MI6, even from inside the United States, has raised concerns among intelligence veterans.
—Adam Bearne, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
And Apple has hired a number of TV advertising veterans over the past couple of years.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Maybe a couple veterans get traded off at the deadline.
—Nick Suss, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2025
The top-four right side isn’t pretty with Gudas and Trouba, a couple of physical, hard-nosed veterans who are serviceable, but likely to get caved in with high-leverage roles.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
McDaniel gave both Grant and Savaiianaea credit for being steadfast in their commitment to improvement yet also encouraged his veterans to be better to avoid the rookies’ struggles being so magnified.
—Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for veterans
Noun
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Our own Stream Team is made up of diverse backgrounds, age groups and areas of expertise, from ex-military vets that are now security managers to recent graduates that become technicians.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Hollywood vets Jerry Bruckheimer, known for high-octane action thrillers and the Top Gun movies, and Scott Stuber, who ran film for Netflix and is tied to UA, have boarded the project as producers.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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Trump officials have repeatedly cast public schools as dangerous even as the agency canceled about $1 billion in training grants for more school mental health professionals — money that had been authorized by Congress to help prevent school shootings.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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The nominations honor the contribution of casting professionals in television, theater, commercials, short film and short form series.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Veterans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veterans. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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