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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailbirds
Noun
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Bush described this as a way to support employment, family ties, and stability, recognizing that reentry affects not just former prisoners but also public safety.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025 -
The church, which served unhoused people, recently released prisoners, and other vulnerable populations, left an unofficial halfway house in its wake.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In other states across the country, convicts were funnelled into a range of different facilities, but in Aragua the system was more centralized, and the main prison was Tocorón.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Whether exploring the Royal Botanic Garden or watching sunset from Mrs Macquarie’s Chair—hand-carved by convicts in 1810—the city feels luminous, expansive, and just a little wild.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Condemned inmates in Utah can opt to die via lethal injection or firing squad.—
Amanda Castro
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Except for nearly the 133,000 inmates and their families and loved ones none of these places have been obscured.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Jailbirds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailbirds. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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