figure
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Fernandes was a key figure for United during the 2025-26 campaign, helping the club secure a third-place Premier League finish and a return to the Champions League after a two-season absence.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
But Hun Sen is still president of the Senate, remains an influential figure in national politics, and is acting head of state while King Norodom Sihamoni receives medical treatment abroad.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
Now, said Turbé, staffers’ time can be spent “doing the baking rather than staring at the paper trying to figure out what they’re supposed to be doing.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Thirty-five years after his death, jazz giant Miles Davis, who would have turned 100 years old Tuesday, remains a truly larger-than-life figure in music and well beyond.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
Traveler’s Rachel was supposed to be some abstract figure, some girl who was probably perfectly nice and missed out on the most wonderful boy in all existence.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Vocabulary lists containing figure
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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