as in vampire
a person who habitually preys upon others measures taken to protect minors against sexual predators

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Recent Examples of predator With cars and predators like coyotes lurking, free-roaming cats risk getting run over or caught in altercations that can prove fatal. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025 Vanishing protectors and predators In November 2022, a research expedition by the environmental nonprofit Monaco Explorations took one of the largest and most advanced research vessels in the world to Saya de Malha. Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025 Some of the most outspoken critics have been ranchers, who’ve already lost dozens of animals to the predators, and big-game hunters and outfitters, who worry about the effects those wolves will have on deer and elk populations. Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025 The app has a private messaging feature that can lead to inappropriate conversations with predators. Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for predator
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Noun
  • The vampires are presented as extensions of the racist white culture that wants to stop the party.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The Republican panelist, 53, dramatically swooned into the back of her chair after Jordan, 38, chose to lean forward and give her his best vampiric growl while discussing the Prohibition-era vampire horror film on Monday.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Saya de Malha Bank offers safe haven to an unprecedented biodiversity of seagrass habitats for turtles and breeding grounds for sharks, humpback and blue whales.
    Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
  • This elusive shark, previously known only from fish markets, was recorded at depths of over 1,700 feet.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Avoiding those problems, Feinberg carved out a niche as a distressed investor, less politely referred to as a vulture, who knew how to find meat on the bones of decaying businesses.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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    Britina Cheng, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The wolf has a big representation for Shakira’s identity.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Ranchers complain about predation on their herds and city dwellers fear having wolves living too close for comfort.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025

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“Predator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predator. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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