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Recent Examples of sportsman
The designer and famous sportsman will remain American fashion’s head coach through 2026, as ratified by his peers.
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José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
According to state estimates, there are nearly 300 pheasant lodges and guide services across the state catering to mostly out-of-state hunters, places where sportsmen and women from across the country descend to pay homage to one of America’s favorite game birds.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
While the state's regular firearm season attracts most of the attention each year, sportsmen and women have additional chances to hunt this winter in Michigan.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
The dogs were prized by sportsmen for their obedience and hunting skills.
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
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José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
According to state estimates, there are nearly 300 pheasant lodges and guide services across the state catering to mostly out-of-state hunters, places where sportsmen and women from across the country descend to pay homage to one of America’s favorite game birds.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
While the state's regular firearm season attracts most of the attention each year, sportsmen and women have additional chances to hunt this winter in Michigan.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
The dogs were prized by sportsmen for their obedience and hunting skills.
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sportsman
Noun
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At least, this was what some of the first dinosaur hunters in the West said.—
Caroline Winterer / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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From these and other bits of evidence, Dart concluded that Australopithecus had been a ferocious hunter who had wielded animal bones as clubs.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Felix Sanchez Arrazola / Alamy Stock Photo Cheptegei, who finished 44th in Paris, is the third elite sportswoman to be killed in Kenya since October 2021.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
10 Sep. 2024
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Related article Paris pays tribute to Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei who died after allegedly being set on fire by her boyfriend Cheptegei, who finished 44th in Paris, is the third elite sportswoman to be killed in Kenya since October 2021.—
Reuters,
CNN,
10 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Full of inside references, the script introduces Simba’s mother, Sarabi (Tiffany Boone), as a gifted huntress, reveals baobab-dwelling Rafiki’s roots and even goes so far as to show the formation of Pride Rock.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
17 Dec. 2024
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In the first story, 19-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, only to be dragged to a treacherous magical land by a beast-like creature who demands retribution.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
13 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The drawing room had been wallpapered with pictures of huntsmen, onto whose faces the two eldest boys, Jacob and Wilhelm (born in 1785 and 1786, respectively), would cheekily pencil in beards.—
Jennifer Wilson,
The New Yorker,
4 Nov. 2024
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Her husband of 36 years – and exactly one week – stayed home with their 2-year-old goldendoodle, Orion, named like the huntsman placed among the stars by a god, and their black Jeep in the driveway.—
Sharif Paget,
CNN,
3 Oct. 2024
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“Sportsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sportsman. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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