persons

Example Sentences

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Despite the damage, "all persons were accounted for and no injuries were reported", a spokesperson added.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

He explicitly warns against “paternalistic or welfare-based management of societal life” and insists that decisions should be made “at the closest level possible to the persons involved.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

In the United States, states grant artificial persons powers as part of an agreement that allows those artificial persons to operate in the state.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

Healthy persons infected can experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Thus Mr. MacQueen and Colonel Arbuthnot provided alibis for each other—two persons between whom it seemed most unlikely there should be any prior acquaintanceship.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie