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  • plural of return.
  • present tense form of return (3rd person singular).

returns



NOUN
emolument
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG








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Following a procession at the shrine of Imam Ali, Shia Islam's first imam, ceremonies will continue in Karbala before the body returns to Iran.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

The superior returns of what Hartnett calls the “red, white and boom,” compared with Britain, is all the more startling considering that nearly all of that came in the past century and a half.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 3, 2026

Sharon D. Clarke returns on Acorn as a specialist sleuth working her way through the whodunits in the show’s second season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

Two of his six punt returns that day went for touchdowns, of 75 and 84 yards.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

When he opened his fund, in 2000, he released only his quarterly returns, and told his investors that he planned to tell them next to nothing about what he was up to.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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