persons

Example Sentences

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“When sufficient admissible evidence exists to charge persons involved in public corruption, as required by the Justice Manual, the Puerto Rico U.S. Attorney’s Office will aggressively pursue such charges,” she wrote.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

According to the ICRC, there are at least 11,000 missing persons in Sudan.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Callan’s school and the family had at one point last year filed missing persons reports for them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Last week Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control eased sanctions when it issued a new general license to let U.S. persons engage in dollar transactions with some Venezuelan state financial institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

“Madame Ionesco, if a person—two persons to be precise—are not actually dead, but merely absent, would your soothsaying powers still enable you to send them a message?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood