persons

Example Sentences

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Protests are expected around the stadium throughout the day, including demonstrations by the teachers’ union and groups representing the families of missing persons.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

According to Ituri's military governor, the province counts around 61 displaced persons camps housing nearly 970,000 people.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Yet an overly centralized administrative approach may simply relocate concentrated power from private elites to managerial bureaucracies operating at even greater distance from ordinary communities and persons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

In the United States, states grant artificial persons powers as part of an agreement that allows those artificial persons to operate in the state.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

In his manuscript about the war, he only said, “I opened a private correspondence with some persons in New York....”

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen