as in cadet
a man who solicits clients for a woman who is willing to engage in sexual activities for money
the sting operation nabbed 15 prostitutes and two pimps
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as in to use
to take unfair advantage of
a movie actress who pimped everybody she ever met as she clawed her way to the top
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
The film takes several liberties with the real-life story, most notably with the addition of 50 Cent as an unsavory pimp, though the part about Hansen killing his victims Most Dangerous Game–style comes from real life.
—Emily Heller, Vulture, 12 July 2024
Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
Vana also accused Shipps of pimping her out to a colleague across state lines.
—Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
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Noun
However, the blaxploitation films in question progressively included civil rights and Black Power movement storylines (along too with plots of pimps and drug dealers), and became box office hits.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
The film takes several liberties with the real-life story, most notably with the addition of 50 Cent as an unsavory pimp, though the part about Hansen killing his victims Most Dangerous Game–style comes from real life.
—Emily Heller, Vulture, 12 July 2024
Verb
The deal dropped additional charges of pimping, money laundering and violating a protection order from his case.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
Vana also accused Shipps of pimping her out to a colleague across state lines.
—Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
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Noun
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Ramona cadets performed better in the Marine Corps JROTC Raider Challenge in April at Fallbrook High School.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Moore was a United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) cadet candidate and part of USAFA's Class of 2029, according to the military school.—
Stepheny Price , Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2025
Verb
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The initiative draws water from the L.A. River in downtown L.A., cleans it and uses it to irrigate Los Angeles State Historic Park.—
Lucy Handley,
CNBC,
1 June 2025
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In 2024, Summers performed an Off-Broadway show about his life titled The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers, which used Double Dare to tell his life story.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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As the procurers of finances and managers of staff, they’re often seen as the hard-nosed businesspeople behind the whimsical auteurs.—
Serena Dai,
The Atlantic,
6 May 2025
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The government remains a major economic actor in the U.S., although now as more of a procurer of goods and services than a provider or employer.—
Nathan Meyers,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2025
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The bill was named after Trey Carlock, a Dallas native who died by suicide in 2019 at the age of 28 after being abused by a Missouri summer camp director.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 May 2025
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Two tribal nations filed a lawsuit saying that the federal government used the trust fund money of tribes to pay for boarding schools where generations of Native children were systematically abused.—
Graham Lee Brewer,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Our own threat research labs (CTRL) revealed five trends defining how bad actors will further exploit AI to advance their malicious intentions.—
Etay Maor,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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But their glaring weakness is in goal, and few teams are better equipped to exploit Skinner’s shakiness than Dallas, which sends line after line of scorers over the boards.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Relations have only worsened in recent years, as Beijing has leveraged its budding economic and military power to ramp up pressure on its neighbor.—
ELY RATNER,
Foreign Affairs,
27 May 2025
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Lennar is well positioned to capitalize on this trend, leveraging its extensive land inventory and efficient construction processes.—
Joe Cornell,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Attackers can design prompts that insert malicious instructions through seemingly innocent prompts, manipulate the model to reset its understanding of its role or subtly influence the model's output by feeding misleading information or context.—
Etay Maor,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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All platforms manipulate users to keep them scrolling.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
23 May 2025
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“Pimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pimp. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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