persons
Example Sentences
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The families of the three young women had all reported them missing on the evening of 4 March, with Gwent Police receiving the first missing persons report in relation to the group at about 19:30.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
He said seven formal missing persons reports had been filed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Rather, conveyed the Daily News, he was simply “high on their priority list of persons they wish to interrogate.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The Reconstruction Congress wrote this rule into the 14th Amendment and said “All persons born” here are citizens by birth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
She revised the note: I’m needing some space, some time, until my head-slash-heart-slash-soul—No, no, no, she didn't want to divide herself anymore, three persons in one Yo.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
