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Recent Examples of placer
Here’s the thing with California’s oranges: The California gold rush, smack in the middle of the 19th century, was an enormous splash in the placer pan.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
The top six placers in each event qualified for the CIF State Championships in Clovis on May 24-25.
—Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
Mitchell Nguyen, junior, C. Milton Wright Nguyen placed sixth in the state tournament, helping set a school record as one of four Mustangs state placers.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
But the highest placer of the group is Paris’ Charles de Gaulle (CDG), in sixth.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
The top six placers in each event qualified for the CIF State Championships in Clovis on May 24-25.
—Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
Mitchell Nguyen, junior, C. Milton Wright Nguyen placed sixth in the state tournament, helping set a school record as one of four Mustangs state placers.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
But the highest placer of the group is Paris’ Charles de Gaulle (CDG), in sixth.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for placer
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Dancing With the Stars MC Julianne Hough returns as co-host, but her 2024 co-host Vanessa Hudgens will be replaced this year by former NFL champ and current Bachelor franchise host Jesse Palmer.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Should those tweaks occur, Cruz could emerge as a high-leverage weapon for Aaron Boone and the defending American League champs.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Seattle's sports scene offers a professional football team, an NHL franchise, a major league baseball team (which ended its 21-year playoff drought recently), and the four-time WNBA champions, the Seattle Storm.—
Melissa Santos,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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Alex Walsh was a champion in the 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 breast, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay and 400 free relay.—
Casey Murphy,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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After all, at the Australian Open last year, Andreeva, as a sixteen-year-old, dismantled Ons Jabeur, a former Grand Slam finalist, by a score of 6–0, 6–2.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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Every finalist walks away with something; fourth place is worth $5,000 and the remaining four finishers receive $2,500 each.—
Michelle Bruton,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Theirs is the other grand story from would-be California conquerors.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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Infinitely worse is Kenneth Marshall, the leader of the expedition and the wannabe conqueror of Niflheim.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Placer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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