as in policeman
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level
a crime novel set in the days when policemen were coppers and safecrackers were "yeggs"
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Recent Examples of copper
Zelen explained that the printmaker would have laid the appendix of a sheep or goat out flat and used a copper plate with the inked etching on it to print the design onto it.
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Jack Guy, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
From there they must be sent on to Philadelphia along old copper telecom lines — a situation that introduces latency into the system and can cause outages.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
The generic copper futures are above their 50-day, or ~10-week, moving average MA) in a pending breakout from a triangle pattern.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Next spring, spray your tree three times according to label directions with liquid copper fungicide.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
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Jack Guy, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
From there they must be sent on to Philadelphia along old copper telecom lines — a situation that introduces latency into the system and can cause outages.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
The generic copper futures are above their 50-day, or ~10-week, moving average MA) in a pending breakout from a triangle pattern.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Next spring, spray your tree three times according to label directions with liquid copper fungicide.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for copper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for copper
Noun
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The Snitch and played a sympathetic policeman in the alien drama Glitch.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Bush came to office determined not to act as the global policeman.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
Noun
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As chief human resources officer at BrightStar Care, a national home health care agency, Heather Brazik Smith understands all too well the labor shortage in her industry.—
Adam Stone,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Ukrainian fighter jets have struck a base belonging to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in the Belgorod region, killing intelligence officers, according to a report.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Plaza plays a cop who Qualley has a passionate love affair with until things turn sour.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
27 May 2025
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Here, cops can decompress after a stressful event or take a brief time-out during a draining shift.—
Katja Ridderbusch,
NPR,
26 May 2025
Noun
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The victim went back to the police six months later, and local detective constable, Mike Smith, led an investigation into what exactly occurred.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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Law enforcement agencies would have to create department files on any employee holding a Texas Commission on Law Enforcement license, which includes police, sheriff’s deputies, constables, corrections officers and others.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Copper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copper. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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