as in vampires
a person who habitually preys upon others
measures taken to protect minors against sexual predators
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Recent Examples of predators
That aims to protect aspiring models from fraudulent predators, a decades-old problem that has been amplified by social media, which some imposters use to contact models directly to avoid any contact with their agencies.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
The feed will help the desert dwellers grow from their current stature — about the size of a deck of playing cards and easy pickings for predators — to fully grown and sturdy adults.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
The setup is designed to protect them from ravens, coyotes and other predators, along with the other harms a Marine base might present.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
One of the first responses was to designate the Murchison Mountains as a protected area, ensuring that the bird’s natural habitat remained undisturbed by human activities or introduced predators like stoats and rats, which had decimated native bird populations across the country.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
The elaborate setup on the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center is designed to protect the tortoises not only from ravens, coyotes and other predators, but from rumbling tanks, live explosives and anything else that might put them in harm’s way at the 1,189-square-mile Mojave Desert base.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
The broken skulls of foxes and dingoes have often been found near wombat burrows, eliciting rumors that wombats can even swing their butts to crush the skulls of predators.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Conversely, orcas can grow roughly 32 feet long and are apex predators.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
This ability to evade predators and pathogens could allow mirror bacteria to spread unchecked across ecosystems, with dire consequences for humans, animals, and plants.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2024
Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
The feed will help the desert dwellers grow from their current stature — about the size of a deck of playing cards and easy pickings for predators — to fully grown and sturdy adults.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
The setup is designed to protect them from ravens, coyotes and other predators, along with the other harms a Marine base might present.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
One of the first responses was to designate the Murchison Mountains as a protected area, ensuring that the bird’s natural habitat remained undisturbed by human activities or introduced predators like stoats and rats, which had decimated native bird populations across the country.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
The elaborate setup on the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center is designed to protect the tortoises not only from ravens, coyotes and other predators, but from rumbling tanks, live explosives and anything else that might put them in harm’s way at the 1,189-square-mile Mojave Desert base.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
The broken skulls of foxes and dingoes have often been found near wombat burrows, eliciting rumors that wombats can even swing their butts to crush the skulls of predators.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Conversely, orcas can grow roughly 32 feet long and are apex predators.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
This ability to evade predators and pathogens could allow mirror bacteria to spread unchecked across ecosystems, with dire consequences for humans, animals, and plants.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predators
Noun
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Plus, the Jets are to QBs what Van Helsing is to vampires.—
Michael Salfino,
The Athletic,
3 Jan. 2025
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From killer clowns to ancient vampires and back again, Bill Skarsgård isn’t worried about being typecast.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
2 Jan. 2025
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After all, there are opportunities to see sea turtles, seahorses, sharks, eels, manta rays, and tropical fish in the wild.—
Erik Trinidad,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Dec. 2024
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Why are there sharks in the Colosseum?—
Christopher Nolan,
Variety,
19 Dec. 2024
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Whether that means more realistic phishing expeditions or malware that has been AI-enhanced to evade detection, the results are not good for users.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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And now as millions more users look forward to installing the beta over the next few weeks, they could be disappointed.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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“Predators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predators. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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