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Recent Examples of would-be
Thornton’s notes do, however, contain one single sentence that would seemingly become the catalyst for Murphy’s salacious take on the Menendez brothers and their would-be relationship behind closed doors.
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Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
On the flip side, critics point out delays in licensing processes, leaving some would-be entrepreneurs stuck in limbo.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
An alleged attempt to rob a Niles bank branch was thwarted after the would-be thief announced having a gun, demanded money, but was told the location didn’t have cash, according to Niles police.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Shooting on location at the relevant Rijeka cites, scenes are staged and choreographed exactingly, using a vast archive of 10,000 photographs that the would-be leader had taken to document his would-be triumph.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
On the flip side, critics point out delays in licensing processes, leaving some would-be entrepreneurs stuck in limbo.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
An alleged attempt to rob a Niles bank branch was thwarted after the would-be thief announced having a gun, demanded money, but was told the location didn’t have cash, according to Niles police.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Shooting on location at the relevant Rijeka cites, scenes are staged and choreographed exactingly, using a vast archive of 10,000 photographs that the would-be leader had taken to document his would-be triumph.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for would-be
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Wide receiver Deebo Samuel is the Washington Commanders' newest offensive weapon.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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But over time, many have raised their standards and grown more critical, while others have become experts at explaining away silence to secure 30 more minutes of guilt-free listening to a new release from their favorite artist.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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Within days, he was appointed as the new, young, untried head coach (and now manager) of former club Arsenal with his work ethic, his ambitions and his non-negotiables.—
Amy Lawrence,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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At the time, states that still practiced the death penalty struggled as their lethal drug suppliers, not wanting to be associated with executions, cut ties and corrections offices experimented with untried methods.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
26 Sep. 2024
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While the German shepherd is politely holding back, his opponent can't wait to tuck in, to the point that his owner has to physically stop him from grabbing the unseasoned spaghetti before the contest even started.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Other human foods that cats can eat unseasoned and without bones are salmon, chicken, turkey, beef, organ meat, shrimp, lamb, pork and canned tuna in spring water only.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
12 Dec. 2024
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In this case, the planetesimal that was the beginning stage of Earth didn’t drop its MVEs at the start of its development.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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One source said that at the beginning Trump was reluctant to hold the meeting, but eventually agreed.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
7 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In reference to Table 1, TRINA 1.0 was able to perform telemedicine and unskilled physical tasks.—
Kris Hauser,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 May 2020
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Consecutive droughts in recent years have devastated livestock populations, forcing hundreds of thousands of herders to give up their traditional lifestyles and move, as unskilled workers, to sprawling towns.—
Mohamed Adow,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Apr. 2020
Adjective
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The past two Episodes of Destiny 2’s post-Final Shape story content have not been amazing, but that has changed with the arrival of Heresy, the final episode before Destiny switches to its new, untested Frontiers model.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Griffin has asked that 65,000 ballots be thrown out, citing untested legal theories.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Feb. 2025
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Red is for load, black is for line, white is for neutral, green is for ground, and blue is for connecting to another switch in a three-way configuration.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
19 Feb. 2025
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Yellow is the easiest, while purple is the hardest, and green and blue are of medium difficulty.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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Star or not, the Leafs stand to benefit if Cowan can come in and help them in the not-so-distant future while making entry-level coin.—
Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Building out its Wi-Fi 7 range, the Eero 7 is the dual-band (2.4-GHz and 5-GHz) entry-level option, which promises wireless speeds up to 1.8 Gbps and two 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports on each router.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Would-be.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/would-be. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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