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Recent Examples of gamesman
Also featured: a scene in which Parsons, a gamesman who actually brought his own Connect Four board to Southern California training camp, faces backup quarterback Ben DiNucci in a chess match.
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Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021
Friedlander’s style of photography is usually cool, winking, and gamesman-like, but his pictures of his wife thrum with gentle affection.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2019
The weapon-wielding gamesman responded by repeatedly punching Grayson, the younger man said.
—Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, OregonLive.com, 20 Mar. 2018
Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021
Friedlander’s style of photography is usually cool, winking, and gamesman-like, but his pictures of his wife thrum with gentle affection.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2019
The weapon-wielding gamesman responded by repeatedly punching Grayson, the younger man said.
—Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, OregonLive.com, 20 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamesman
Noun
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The modern health insurer is regarded as either a knave or a pawn and is seldom regarded as a knight.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Alex has two choices: Linger at Union Station and see what rascals cross her path, or take up an invitation to join her British guardian angels at their home in Winnetka.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2025
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After their car is stolen, the group of rascals must resort to some hilarious hijinks to get past the finish line.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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With tariffs on pharmaceuticals, the mountebank of Mar-A-Lago wants to punish a small democracy of 5.3 million people that for the past 60 years has worked its way into the top table of drug research and production: Ireland.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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Gould observed that Jerry Falwell had taken up the mountebank’s mission of William Jennings Bryan.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
26 July 2024
Noun
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No, the danger is what those charlatans exploit, namely our vulnerability to the narrative of natural healing, the irresistible allure of conquering cancer with a simple, intuitive approach that lies entirely within our power, no chemo or surgery required.—
Alan Levinovitz,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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There was too much history for anyone to dismantle, let alone a charlatan like Hitler.—
Luke Berryman,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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But who among Mike White’s gallery of rogue, evil gays reigns supreme?—
Samantha Allen,
Them,
25 Mar. 2025
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Here, Snow White, played by Rachel Zegler gains the courage to take back her father’s kingdom from the Evil Queen, played by Gal Gadot, with the help of seven dwarfs and a crew of rogue bandits.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Famous athlete revealed as Fuzzy Peas on Masked Singer while Ken Jeong shocks with Lord Farquaad look on wild Shrek Night With a final dramatic flourish of his cape and a quack, Lucky Duck departed, and it was revealed that Coral would be joining Paparazzo in the final six.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Milla — a young woman who feels disillusioned by doctors that treat her like a recalcitrant child, directing even conversations about her treatment to her father instead of her — finds false security in quacks selling enemas and juice cleanses.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Chasten passions and impulses, the Indian texts counsel, in order to be able to distinguish opportunity from danger, friend from pretender, good advice from folly.—
John Nemec,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2025
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In college basketball, what separates contenders from pretenders is a strong bench—a reliable sixth man, role players who know their purpose, and a culture that emphasizes development across the roster.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Later Baby Shark and Pinkfong, the name of a pink fox character, ride on SeaWorld attractions.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2025
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Sightings of Bon Secour’s resident nesting sea turtles, endangered Alabama beach mice, more than 350 species of migratory birds, foxes, armadillos, and more are common.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Gamesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamesman. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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