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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

Example Sentences

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"Persons may wish to consider leaving Israel while commercial flights are available," the embassy said on its website.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

BirdLife has been collaborating with disabled workers from the Ocean View Assocication for Persons with Disabilities, training them to make the bird scarring lines.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

And to make it all the more worrisome the sector now faces the ‘front cover curse’ after Time Magazine named a group of AI proponents as its Persons of the Year.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

Treasury’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, which makes it hard to do business internationally and limits access to the dollar-based payment system, among other restrictions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

We end up at the Office of Missing Persons to report what is now being described as the disappearance of Enrique Mirabal.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez