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persons

NOUN

people

Synonyms

STRONGEST

community crowd family folk nation population public society

STRONG

bodies bourgeois citizens clan commonality folks heads herd horde humanity humankind humans inhabitants kin masses mob mortals multitude nationality plebeians populace proletariat race tribe

WEAK

John/Jane Q. Public body politic common people general public hoi polloi human race person in the street rabble rank and file riffraff

Antonyms

WEAK

animals plants

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Birthright citizenship is rooted in the plain text of the Fourteenth Amendment, which declares that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” are citizens.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

“It is of fundamental importance to us that all persons involved in crimes against Ukraine be held accountable,” Kravchenko said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Several policing or missing persons experts and former senior officers have voiced concerns to the BBC about Buzzard-Quashie's treatment.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

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

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

She revised the note: I’m needing some space, some time, until my head-slash-heart-slash-soul—No, no, no, she didn't want to divide herself anymore, three persons in one Yo.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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