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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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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 episode title is a reference to a Happy Days episode in which Fonzie jumped over a shark while water-skiing.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Annabelle Carlson isn’t going to let a brutal shark attack keep her from living her fullest life.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Taxonomic charts on the walls borrow the aesthetic of science but are populated with terms from the history of art and absurd twists: a bird is labeled with the names of 20th-century avant-garde movements, a shark is juxtaposed with a rolling pin and a cola bottle.
—Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Unless Jordan got eaten by a shark or something like that, there was no catching him — and even the shark would've probably had a tough time catching him.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Annabelle Carlson isn’t going to let a brutal shark attack keep her from living her fullest life.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Taxonomic charts on the walls borrow the aesthetic of science but are populated with terms from the history of art and absurd twists: a bird is labeled with the names of 20th-century avant-garde movements, a shark is juxtaposed with a rolling pin and a cola bottle.
—Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Unless Jordan got eaten by a shark or something like that, there was no catching him — and even the shark would've probably had a tough time catching him.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shark
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While the move aimed at keeping counterfeiters and tax dodgers on the back foot appears at odds with the growing popularity of cash-free transactions by consumers and businesses, central bank and finance ministry officials continue to flag the enduring importance of paper money.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune Asia,
3 July 2024
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Indictment details In the indictment, the department’s tax attorneys portrayed Rotta as a perennial tax dodger.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2024
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Currently, experts say, AI’s performance is bottlenecked by these two factors, especially power capacity.—
Billy Perrigo,
TIME,
22 Jan. 2025
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Other experts pointed out that the order could have a chilling effect on relations between government agencies and tech platforms, potentially harming national security.—
Hadas Gold and Liam Reilly,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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Keep your property well-lit, as lights act as an easy deterrent to predators.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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In the latest days of the Triassic, early dinosaurs lived alongside giant amphibians, gharial-like phytosaurs and an array of crocodile relatives that took forms ranging from armadillo-like to apex predators.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich, a fugitive tax cheat whose ex-wife generously donated to Clinton and the Democrats, and Clinton also pardoned his half-brother.—
Abdallah Fayyad,
Vox,
17 Jan. 2025
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Prioritize physical excellence Being in peak physical condition is a cheat code for success.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Most presidents have tried the same thing Historically, most presidents and their advisers – and indeed most scholars – have agreed that government bureaucracy is not designed in ways that promote efficiency.—
Jennifer Selin,
The Conversation,
24 Jan. 2025
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Although a sharp debate broke out among scholars, and the courts soon got involved, the program, in its essence, survived the controversy.—
Stephen L. Carter,
The Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Count Von Count Count Von Count is a friendly vampire who enjoys counting anything and everything in sight, from bats to sheep.—
Casey Clark,
Parents,
16 Jan. 2025
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The date was January 11, 1972, and Darren McGavin debuted as Carl Kolchak, an investigative reporter who, in this instance, suspected that a serial killer in the Las Vegas area was actually a vampire.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 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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Vahe was an English major at the University of Pennsylvania and earned his master’s degree at Mizzou.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2025
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Hiba had graduated from a Turkish university and was working toward a master’s degree; she had been summoned for citizenship during her studies and was naturalized.—
Alia Malek,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shark. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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