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player

[play-er] / ˈpleɪ ər /


NOUN
person who produces music
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Goldthorp, England's best player on the night, carried on despite a nasty blow to her wrist.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The researchers also developed a scenario explaining how this mixing could have occurred, with Jupiter emerging as a key player.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

“And then playing against guys that kind of taught you the game, kind of molded you as a player, and just sitting across from it, it was really weird for me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

He has given up precisely zero runs, emerging as perhaps the most important player of the entire postseason.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Craps offered the player the illusion of control—after all, he rolled the dice—and a surface complexity that masked its deeper idiocy.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Canada does not have a professional women's domestic league and their players had to launch a crowd-funding campaign before the last World Cup to cover the cost of their training camps.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Those are affirmations Rams players and coaches have utilized during a season of great expectations mired in major underachievement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Since the start of last season, only eight players have made more errors leading to Premier League goals than Donnarumma and Guehi with three each.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Luka Doncic is the Lakers star opposing players love to hate, but his energy and reputation for perturbing players and fans is what makes him great.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The eight tables, with chess sets and boards, were at the ready for the players.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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