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Recent Examples of policewoman
Nonetheless, the position of policewoman was such a resounding public relations success that Los Angeles soon expanded its roster to three female police officers and three police matrons.
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Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
In Andrea Gets a Divorce, hope turns into a whole set of emotions as a countryside policewoman yearning for a promotion faces a moral quandary after accidentally killing her soon-to-be-ex in a hit-and-run accident.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
But once there, an overly law – abiding British policewoman drags him deep down into the mysterious disappearance of a foreign billionaire, and the most complicated case of murders in his entire career.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Feb. 2025
Boyd’s meeting with the policewoman, Acosta, bugged me as well.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
In Andrea Gets a Divorce, hope turns into a whole set of emotions as a countryside policewoman yearning for a promotion faces a moral quandary after accidentally killing her soon-to-be-ex in a hit-and-run accident.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
But once there, an overly law – abiding British policewoman drags him deep down into the mysterious disappearance of a foreign billionaire, and the most complicated case of murders in his entire career.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Feb. 2025
Boyd’s meeting with the policewoman, Acosta, bugged me as well.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for policewoman
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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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
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The person’s name was not made public, but he was identified as the ship’s second officer.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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Occupations Spanberger worked on narcotics and money laundering cases as a federal law enforcement officer in the Postal Inspection Service and then at the CIA as a case officer.—
Morgan Kromer,
The Washington Examiner,
27 May 2025
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Matthew Johnson executed in Texas for murder of beloved grandmother who was set on fire Indiana executes Benjamin Ritchie for young police officer's murder.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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For months, the 11 members of Ramsey County’s Appropriate Responses Initiative planned and trained around how to teach police officers, school principals and 911 operators to de-escalate tense situations, with the greater goal, when possible, of avoiding police response altogether.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Despite several lights on inside, no one answered the door when a trooper knocked multiple times.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 May 2025
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State troopers said the remains were transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for identification and autopsies, and that next of kin had been notified.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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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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“Policewoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policewoman. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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