1
as in dodger
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
a card shark
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2
as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a shark at calculus
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as in predator
a person who habitually preys upon others
being a new arrival in Hollywood, she was easy prey for the sharks in the movie business
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Recent Examples of shark
The enormous, extinct sharks, scientists now say, grew to between 54 and 80 feet long and weighed about 94 tons.
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
The vertebrae of this shark are up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) in diameter; another fossil shark specimen from Denmark has vertebrae that are 9 inches (23 centimeters) across.
—Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
The episode ends with the danger shifting from shark infestation to an overflow of Orca activity.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 6 Mar. 2025
Whale sharks are endangered due to threats like fishing, ship strikes, and habitat degradation.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
The vertebrae of this shark are up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) in diameter; another fossil shark specimen from Denmark has vertebrae that are 9 inches (23 centimeters) across.
—Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
The episode ends with the danger shifting from shark infestation to an overflow of Orca activity.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 6 Mar. 2025
Whale sharks are endangered due to threats like fishing, ship strikes, and habitat degradation.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shark
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In contrast, anonymous digital cash is a tax dodger’s dream.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Unlike MoE, where ‘experts’ emerge without explicit specialization, our method dynamically refines representations with true task-specific expertise.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The Athletic’s experts Luke Smith (from Shanghai) and Madeline Coleman break down the season’s second race.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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If female whale sharks give birth in these environments, their newborns could have a temporary advantage, staying in areas where potential predators struggle to survive.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Scientists theorized that this species’ small stature likely made them at high risk for attacks from local predators, like sabertooth cats and giant hyenas.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
6 Mar. 2025
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The downside, of course, is the world now knows their cheat code.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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Technically, this is a cheat: 2018’s Liberation tried this too, but to middling effect.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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Newsweek has reached out to several legal scholars for comment via email on Sunday.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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Her fate remains one of literature’s most haunting unsolved mysteries, drawing the fascination of scholars, writers and literary enthusiasts.—
Patti Callahan Henry,
People.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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When Posey is dropped into the mainstream, her most intriguing qualities are often cast as lightly villainous: girlboss vampire, dog-lady henchman.—
Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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As a result, the sun is blocked out, and humans become pitted against vampires.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.—
David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2022
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Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.—
Eric Stafford,
Car and Driver,
19 Feb. 2021
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This was just the beginning of how young tech masters worked on ways to share music across the internet.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
20 Mar. 2025
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Setting up trekking pole tents takes a little practice to master, but Lanshan’s convenient hook system makes the process easy.—
Alice Bennett,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shark. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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