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person

[pur-suhn] / ˈpɜr sən /


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She would have seemed to me like a great person for that kind of role.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

"He's the same person he is now as he was back then," Allan adds.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Ask the average person what homelessness looks like in America, and the answer invariably involves urban encampments—people with severe mental disabilities or serious addictions living in tents and squalor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

When E. multilocularis infects a person or animal, it can produce cancer-like cysts in the liver and, in some cases, other organs.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Sela’s hair had made her into a new person.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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