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- noun Plural form of
sleuth . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sleuth .
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Examples
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HILL: And the word sleuths at Lake Superior State University have unveiled their 35th annual list of words they say should be banished -- 35 years running -- 15 words making the cut this year.
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The existence among us of these aesthetic sleuths is good evidence, I think, that the enjoyment of art is not altogether a simple, intuitive reaction in the presence of a masterpiece.
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Mattel, the Willy Wonka-esque makers of most board games, has relented under the pressure of unimaginative word sleuths by allowing nouns onto the checkered boards.
Gizmodo Kat Hannaford 2010
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Mattel, the Willy Wonka-esque makers of most board games, has relented under the pressure of unimaginative word sleuths by allowing pro-nouns onto the checkered boards.
Gizmodo Kat Hannaford 2010
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The Washington Post reports today that "nearly every major printer manufacturer" over the last ten years has secretly encoded color printers with microscopic dots that enable 'sleuths' to track any printed page back to the individual machine source.
Is Your Printer Spying On You? Beach Blogger 2005
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The Washington Post reports today that "nearly every major printer manufacturer" over the last ten years has secretly encoded color printers with microscopic dots that enable 'sleuths' to track any printed page back to the individual machine source.
Archive 2005-10-01 Beach Blogger 2005
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Suspects will be available at Nye Beach business locations until 5 p.m. so "sleuths" may interview them and also collect clues in their effort to solve the mystery.
Oregon Coast Travel, Tourism, Science, Entertainment News - Breaking News from the Oregon Coast 2009
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Suspects will be available at Nye Beach business locations until 5 p.m. so "sleuths" may interview them and also collect clues in their effort to solve the mystery.
Oregon Coast Travel, Tourism, Science, Entertainment News - Breaking News from the Oregon Coast 2009
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Online sleuths can analyze artifacts and examine the skeleton for the tell-tale forensic clues that bring the deceased to life and establish the cause of death.
‘Written in Bone’ | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
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What the would-be sleuths won't find is Obama's "long-form birth certificate," a confidential one-page document containing his original birth records kept on file in the first floor of the Department of Health.
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