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Recent Examples of guy Cleveland has multiple guys vying for the starting job, with veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett leading the way. Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025 The guy is four-time Ted Lasso Emmy winner Jason Sudeikis, and the uncle is six-time Cheers Emmy nominee George Wendt, who died last month. Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 1 June 2025 These two guys have very different perspectives on just about everything. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2025 Other impact guys include USC RB Quinten Joyner and Miami (Ohio) WR Reggie Virgil. 20. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for guy
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Noun
  • The figures’ heads reach the top corners, and the person on the left seems to have an outstretched arm.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
  • Having said that, there are resources for the average person.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Police records obtained by Fox News Digital show that Kroll, a male, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm, obstructing a public officer and vandalism.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
  • The suspect, who was confirmed by police to be an adult male, was also struck by gunfire and was transported to a local hospital in stable condition.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Aaron Rodgers is the new man in town for the storied franchise and will look to make one more run at a Super Bowl.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
  • The two men were friends and allies, but only to a point.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • One thing Lewis has never been accused of is being dumb — or, probably, being a good dude.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2025
  • To work with Sly [Stallone] now, that dude is a beast.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • Celeste Dalla Porta stars as the titular Parthenope, a young woman attending college who starts an illicit relationship with a professor that leads to a number of striking choices in her life.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • Narrating this account of her brief life, Emily provides a sharp perspective on the penury and isolation that created such anguish — and such inspiration — for the Brontë sisters.
    Alida Becker, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Both gentlemen are pumped for the respective task ahead, especially one that involves the super stringent world of Formula 1.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • In what seems like a parody of a ritual that exists mostly in the imagination of cartoonists, the proposal requires the gentleman to be on his knees offering an astonished lady a box containing a ring.
    Judith Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The vulpine creature was first described by Charles Darwin in 1834 on Chile’s Chiloé Island.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
  • Stone Age hunter-gatherers may have been particularly interested in sperm whale skeletons, because the creatures are the only toothed species of the group, featuring long, straight jaw bones—perfect for crafting hunting tools, the researchers write in the paper.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025

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“Guy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guy. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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