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The top six placers in each event qualified for the CIF State Championships in Clovis on May 24-25.
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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
Batavia’s Ino Garcia, a two-time state placer, turns into medal collector.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
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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
Batavia’s Ino Garcia, a two-time state placer, turns into medal collector.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for placer
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Hall of Fame linebacker Dave Robinson, who played for those Green Bay title teams, said there's no question his Packers were undisputed world champs in pro football for three consecutive years.—
David K. Li,
NBC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Super Bowl champs visiting the White House is a decades-old tradition that began with Jimmy Carter in 1980.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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Dave Roberts, manager of the World Series champion Dodgers, meet Andy Wise, your high school baseball counterpart at Corona High.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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When the race was suspended, defending champion William Byron was leading the pack under caution flags.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The other two finalists in the presidential search are Michael Hartline, the dean of the College of Business at Florida State University, and John Volin, executive vice president and provost at the University of Maine.—
Jessica Abramsky,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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Minnesota had two other finalists at the NFL Honors.—
Alec Lewis,
The Athletic,
7 Feb. 2025
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Manifest destiny plays its part, too, as the struggle between enterprising pioneers and tragic, courageous native tribes ignites nostalgia, at least in some, for a time when Americans were unapologetic conquerors.—
Michael M. Rosen,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Feb. 2025
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Known as a conqueror of the Inca Empire, Pizarro is credited with founding the Peruvian capital city in 1536.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Placer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placer. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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