persons
- plural of person.
Example Sentences
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The investigation triggered one of the UK's biggest missing persons operations.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
"Search and Rescue Advancing. 67 persons, inclusive of 15 children rescued so far," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
This is a fictional story, provoked by historical estimates that, from 1829 to 1865, between 4,000 and 10,000 enslaved persons sought freedom in Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Rather, conveyed the Daily News, he was simply “high on their priority list of persons they wish to interrogate.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
So avoid persons who are likely to do those things.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
