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Recent Examples of would-be
At the 2025 Venice Film Festival Julia Roberts and Amanda Seyfried wore carbon copy looks from Versace’s then creative director Dario Vitale, offering a would-be sneak peek at the incoming designer’s debut collection.
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Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026
Thiel, whose Founders Fund invested in a nuclear fuel startup and an advanced reactor company, quizzed the would-be official about deregulation and how to rapidly build more nuclear energy capacity, said sources familiar with the conversation.
—Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
But the would-be tech and creative tenants never arrived — at least, not enough of them to make the office buildings a going concern.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 24 Mar. 2026
While high prices at the grocery store might entice would-be farmers to start herds, rising input costs and farmland decimated by drought have made entering the profession nearly impossible.
—Anthony Pahnke, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
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Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026
Thiel, whose Founders Fund invested in a nuclear fuel startup and an advanced reactor company, quizzed the would-be official about deregulation and how to rapidly build more nuclear energy capacity, said sources familiar with the conversation.
—Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
But the would-be tech and creative tenants never arrived — at least, not enough of them to make the office buildings a going concern.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 24 Mar. 2026
While high prices at the grocery store might entice would-be farmers to start herds, rising input costs and farmland decimated by drought have made entering the profession nearly impossible.
—Anthony Pahnke, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for would-be
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Mullin will also face congressional Democrats’ wrath as lawmakers on Capitol Hill have already begun to investigate DHS for the massive contracts to individuals and companies that were inexperienced, had connections to Noem’s staff, or contained other irregularities.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2026
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Schaeffer won over most of the Rockies players quickly, but, fielding a young, inexperienced team, Colorado limped toward the finish line, going 4-21 in September.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Carson Benge homered in his first career game, going back-to-back with Francisco Alvarez at the bottom of a new-look lineup, and Freddy Peralta (1-0) won his Mets debut as New York improved to 42-23 on opening day before a sellout crowd of 41,449.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Brewers are looking to the Blue Springs native to be their new ace and lead them back to the National League Championship Series, and maybe even further.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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Originally hesitant about using the relatively untried medium of radio in this way, The King was reassured by a visit to the BBC in the summer of 1932 and agreed to take part.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
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The hitch is that Florida is dependent on an untried product.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
18 Nov. 2025
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Jamie Lee Curtis stars as mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher, the role that Angela Lansbury originated on the long-running CBS show.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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Today, the idea of turning any random passerby into an amateur botanist may not seem extraordinary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Even if your sauce is properly seasoned, your dish will taste flat when unseasoned noodles are added.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
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Where girl dinner is a charming (if not a little bit dumb) smorgasbord of snacky things like cheese and pretzels and salami, boy kibble (🤢) consists of unseasoned ground beef and white rice, consumed for the protein of it all.—
Li Goldstein,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Feb. 2026
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Dugger served as a backup through the beginning portion of the season before being dealt to the Steelers at the NFL trade deadline.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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New York’s own ban, which went into effect during the current school year, has been widely praised by educators during its beginning months.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Women worked as domestics; men served as unskilled laborers, canal diggers and later as mill workers across the river.—
Paula Kane,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, the women faced with that pool of socially unskilled men have largely been overlooked.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2026
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At issue was whether Reed waited too long to file a lawsuit arguing that untested crime scene evidence could prove his innocence.—
Faith Bugenhagen,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Mar. 2026
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The issue before the high court then was whether Reed, sentenced to death more than 25 years ago, waited too long to file his lawsuit claiming that untested crime-scene evidence would exonerate him.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Would-be.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/would-be. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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