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
The company continues to focus on developing its Implantable Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) for persons with Type 1 diabetes and insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Here are a few key details about each person, who are my coworkers, my buddies, and my family members.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
Tia is her biggest inspiration, the person who drives her to be a better person.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Don't confuse it with face recognition, however, which identifies multiple images of the same person.
—PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Here are a few key details about each person, who are my coworkers, my buddies, and my family members.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
Tia is her biggest inspiration, the person who drives her to be a better person.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Don't confuse it with face recognition, however, which identifies multiple images of the same person.
—PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for person
Recent Examples of Synonyms for person
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Following the historic political comeback by Trump — a man who won the 45th presidency, lost his first bid for reelection, was found guilty on felony charges in a hush money trial and faced two assassination attempts — here's how people around Louisville are feeling.Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2024
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Both men have at times drawn criticism from health experts for spreading misinformation.Maya Goldman, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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Not necessarily as the guy who’s getting the ball, but boxing out, being in the right spot.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The guys had so many good words to support me from the first day.Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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Private equity now dominates sectors essential to daily life, from housing to health care.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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China has effectively become a lifeline for North Korea, supplying essential goods such as food, clothing, fertilizer, machinery, and construction materials—nearly everything that sustains the daily lives of North Koreans and the country’s industries.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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The horror-novel-inspiring creatures survive entirely on the blood of their victims.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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The Complicated Story of Hawai‘i’s Pigs (Hakai Magazine) by Brendan Borrell Hawaiians’ relationships with the islands’ pigs have changed dramatically over the 1,000-plus years since Polynesian people first brought the creatures there.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 Nov. 2024
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Many Democrats campaigned on a tax-the-rich agenda and advocated paying for other tax cuts by targeting those provisions, as well as rolling back the law’s tax cuts for corporations and individuals making more than $400,000 per year.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Webster-Bass is interested in using investigative storytelling through audio reporting to amplify the voices of individuals from diverse backgrounds.Talia Buford, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
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Long-term, things look better for Nix and the Broncos by the week.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Those things don’t have much precedent in U.S. history or in the U.S. system.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Person.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/person. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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