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Recent Examples of person Some can be bought ready-made, while others can possibly be pulled together from what the person already owns. Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025 The person is set to get richer after trying their luck on Red Hot Numbers, a Fast Play game that features a progressive jackpot. Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2025 Joshua Smellie, 34, of Hartford, has been arrested and is charged with first-degree assault, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal use of a firearm, risk of injury, first-degree reckless endangerment, and third-degree assault on an elderly person, according to the Hartford Police Department. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025 The cost is $65 per person in a group, or $85 per person for a private hike. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for person
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Noun
  • As Rusby talks of finding god and becoming a better man, Kev screws a silencer onto his pistol.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 26 May 2025
  • The Field of 64 will be revealed Monday. UConn, which staved off elimination on Thursday and Friday, left 11 men on base, went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left the bases loaded in the second, third and seventh innings.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • When the politician begins to speak of evacuation plans the guy immediately shouts him down.
    Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
  • And on the West Coast, our country-star cover guy charmed on the L.A. set.
    Charlotte Triggs, People.com, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Celeste Dalla Porta stars as the titular Parthenope, a young woman attending college who starts an illicit relationship with a professor that leads to a number of striking choices in her life.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • Narrating this account of her brief life, Emily provides a sharp perspective on the penury and isolation that created such anguish — and such inspiration — for the Brontë sisters.
    Alida Becker, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The vulpine creature was first described by Charles Darwin in 1834 on Chile’s Chiloé Island.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
  • Stone Age hunter-gatherers may have been particularly interested in sperm whale skeletons, because the creatures are the only toothed species of the group, featuring long, straight jaw bones—perfect for crafting hunting tools, the researchers write in the paper.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Lawmakers of both parties have expressed intense anger over the hospital funding cut, saying that individuals with mental health issues are languishing in emergency rooms and jail cells due to a shortage of psychiatric hospital beds.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
  • Like the Internet Archive’s other databases, individuals can contribute to the Wayback Machine, too.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Viewed from within China, things had been looking up after the world’s two largest economies agreed to dramatically roll back steep tariffs – a conciliatory step in a trade war that had threatened the entire global trading system.
    Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
  • There are few things more frustrating than having your workflow derailed by glitchy or confusing software.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025

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“Person.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/person. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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