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person

[pur-suhn] / ˈpɜr sən /


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He was the wealthiest person ever to hold that office, as well as the first person of color.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

You’re just one person on a long list of names.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

Matthew O’Brien acknowledged to jurors that no one had witnessed a person starting the Lachman fire and said determining the cause of the blaze required “a thorough investigation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

"It came as such a shock because the person who was renting it from us had called two weeks earlier saying everything was fine," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

The most likely person to want to remind me of that day wouldn’t be a fellow operator, or even the commanding officer whose orders I flubbed.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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