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person

[pur-suhn] / ˈpɜr sən /


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Because love, for a person, a people, God, is all that matters and in the end all that’s left.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“It’s helped me be a better person off the court,” Klugo said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

These help a person develop physical characteristics associated with their identified gender rather than their biological sex.

From BBC • 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

Then every morning Luc would quiz me in person before my shift began, correcting my pronunciation, having me repeat the terms until they rolled off my tongue smooth as marbles.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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