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a person with long experience in a specified area
he's a hardened vet of many political campaigns
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Recent Examples of vets
From there, the vets were able to make contact with Rawlings and Bharma.
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Michael Nied, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Team president Leon Rose also inked a pair of talented vets, power forward Guerschon Yabusele and guard Jordan Clarkson, to bolster his bench.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Tributes have since poured in from the likes of General Hospital vets Finola Hughes, Kimberly McCullough and Anthony Geary.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 25 Aug. 2025
If the Knicks hadn’t brought in two quality vets in Yabusele and Clarkson to improve their middling bench, they’d be ranked lower.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
But accidental ingestions still happen—like the Chihuahua who vets discovered had somehow managed to ingest a significant quantity of cocaine, according to a case study published in the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
Joining the four Big Bang Theory vets — Sussman, Lapkus, Posehn, and Ross Bowie — are, well, a few more Big Bang Theory vets.
—EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Here’s how to keep them from overheating, according to vets.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Starters Chase Jurgens and Riley Farrokhi are joined by the likes of varsity vets Detroit Taylor (Diesel’s brother), Rylin Battle, Kruz Barnett (the coaches’ son) and newcomer Grant Goldman.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Michael Nied, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Team president Leon Rose also inked a pair of talented vets, power forward Guerschon Yabusele and guard Jordan Clarkson, to bolster his bench.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Tributes have since poured in from the likes of General Hospital vets Finola Hughes, Kimberly McCullough and Anthony Geary.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 25 Aug. 2025
If the Knicks hadn’t brought in two quality vets in Yabusele and Clarkson to improve their middling bench, they’d be ranked lower.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
But accidental ingestions still happen—like the Chihuahua who vets discovered had somehow managed to ingest a significant quantity of cocaine, according to a case study published in the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
Joining the four Big Bang Theory vets — Sussman, Lapkus, Posehn, and Ross Bowie — are, well, a few more Big Bang Theory vets.
—EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Here’s how to keep them from overheating, according to vets.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Starters Chase Jurgens and Riley Farrokhi are joined by the likes of varsity vets Detroit Taylor (Diesel’s brother), Rylin Battle, Kruz Barnett (the coaches’ son) and newcomer Grant Goldman.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vets
veterans
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The front office acquired a pair of veterans in free agency in Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston, along with nabbing Jaxson Dart on draft night.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Members of the Yurok Tribe waited on the sandbar to greet them, including 90-year-old Lavina Mattz Bowers and other veterans of the struggle to affirm the tribe's fishing rights.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Vets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vets. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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