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Recent Examples of huntress
Pure Evil dispatches Fianna (Rachel House), a huntress who shoots fire lasers from her eyes, to secure the map by any means necessary.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
Are Antlers Horns? (Credit:Chamois huntress/Shutterstock) Frequently used interchangeably, antlers and horns are quite different.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
Yet even as Daisy Ridley acts with a wary urgency, the upshot is that Helena, raised not by wolves but by a kind of human wolf, is supposed to be a huntress to her bones.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
Feyre is a 19-year-old huntress who kills a wolf in the woods.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2023
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
Are Antlers Horns? (Credit:Chamois huntress/Shutterstock) Frequently used interchangeably, antlers and horns are quite different.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
Yet even as Daisy Ridley acts with a wary urgency, the upshot is that Helena, raised not by wolves but by a kind of human wolf, is supposed to be a huntress to her bones.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
Feyre is a 19-year-old huntress who kills a wolf in the woods.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for huntress
Noun
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Plesiosaurs were considered among the most successful marine hunters of their time.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2025
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The nation’s nearly three million pheasant and quail hunters, according to one study, delivered nearly $10 billion in economic impact across America in 2024.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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These organizations harness the passion millions of American sportsmen have for their favorite game species and transform it into a currency to fund habitat protection and restoration efforts.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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There’s so much research and evidence to say that this can affect outcomes, all the top sportsmen do it and visualise success for a reason.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The drawing room had been wallpapered with pictures of huntsmen, onto whose faces the two eldest boys, Jacob and Wilhelm (born in 1785 and 1786, respectively), would cheekily pencil in beards.—
Jennifer Wilson,
The New Yorker,
4 Nov. 2024
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Her husband of 36 years – and exactly one week – stayed home with their 2-year-old goldendoodle, Orion, named like the huntsman placed among the stars by a god, and their black Jeep in the driveway.—
Sharif Paget,
CNN,
3 Oct. 2024
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“Huntress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huntress. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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