as in man
a member of the human race
is there any person here who knows how to speak Spanish?
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Recent Examples of person
During prison or jail time, the person behind bars can no longer make much money themselves, and often other family members have to adjust — staying home or cutting their hours, for instance, to care for children.
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Meg Anderson, NPR, 3 June 2025
The figures’ heads reach the top corners, and the person on the left seems to have an outstretched arm.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
The fungal disease does not spread from person to person, according to the CDC.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Before Johnson and Eakins exchanged vows, Houser passed their wedding rings along the front row and asked that each person hold the rings and pray or give their blessings over them before passing them down to the next person in what's known as ring warming.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 22 May 2025
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Meg Anderson, NPR, 3 June 2025
The figures’ heads reach the top corners, and the person on the left seems to have an outstretched arm.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
The fungal disease does not spread from person to person, according to the CDC.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Before Johnson and Eakins exchanged vows, Houser passed their wedding rings along the front row and asked that each person hold the rings and pray or give their blessings over them before passing them down to the next person in what's known as ring warming.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for person
Noun
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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
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But even worse is to see the dark lessons of history, the dangerous choices of weaker men, and follow in those footsteps.—
Val Demings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Lawrence is like the orange M&M, or the also-orange wiry guy from Inside Out 2.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
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These two guys have very different perspectives on just about everything.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
1 June 2025
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The Reddit post resonated with thousands, many of whom shared their own experiences of being overlooked or deprioritized in friendships due to differing life paths.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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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
Noun
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The vulpine creature was first described by Charles Darwin in 1834 on Chile’s Chiloé Island.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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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
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Like the Internet Archive’s other databases, individuals can contribute to the Wayback Machine, too.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
23 May 2025
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The parts were all taken from the cadavers of individuals who had donated their body to Harvard upon their death, according to federal prosecutors.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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There are worse things that can be done to good government than junking Humphrey’s Executor, and Trump is busily engaged in many of them.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
29 May 2025
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And doing that amount of blood coming out of Barry’s neck is a one-take thing.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
29 May 2025
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“Person.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/person. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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