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someone

[suhm-wuhn, -wuhn] / ˈsʌmˌwʌn, -wən /


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These include your wife’s expected longevity — someone who anticipates a longer retirement may benefit from higher monthly payments later on — as well as whether you need the additional income immediately.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

She told the outlet that, as it was happening, she hoped someone on the production side would call a halt to it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

And, for someone with 40 million Instagram followers, she seems resolutely unbothered by other people's opinions of how she should behave.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

By tacit agreement, everything Charles did or didn’t do was definitionally something someone with cooties would or wouldn’t do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"Come on, Sir Governor! Fear doesn't let you move," someone taunted.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios




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