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athletes

NOUN

person involved in sports

Synonyms

STRONGEST

animal competitor contestant jock player professional sport

STRONG

amateur challenger contender gorilla jockey shoulders

WEAK

games player iron person muscle person sportsperson superjock

Example Sentences

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"As professional athletes, we take risks with our health innately by what we do. There's nothing healthy about training at the peak of your physical ability for 30 hours a week."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Some even use former athletes to recruit current ones.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

You don’t need to have played in the major leagues to realize how much money athletes make.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Doku has spent time working with Gabriel Deieno, a mental performance coach who works with elite athletes.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

But when he spoke it was in the harsh rhythms of coaches who had once been athletes who had failed in the same arenas they now presided over as adults.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy