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Recent Examples of reliever
He was acquired, along with closer Victor Vodnik, in a July 2023 trade with the Braves for reliever Pierce Johnson.
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
Cora also announced that Harrison will remain in the rotation the rest of the way and that fellow rookie Payton Tolle will be used as a reliever.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Tylenol is a brand name for the pain reliever acetaminophen.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Like Soto, the Mets acquired reliever Ryan Helsley in a trade before the deadline.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
Cora also announced that Harrison will remain in the rotation the rest of the way and that fellow rookie Payton Tolle will be used as a reliever.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Tylenol is a brand name for the pain reliever acetaminophen.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Like Soto, the Mets acquired reliever Ryan Helsley in a trade before the deadline.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliever
Noun
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Gone are the days of having your assistant call around to try to get you on a flight.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Bobenmoyer spent seven years as a dental assistant.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Within seconds of inhaling the foul odor, the white dog springs back in disgust and hastily shuffles to the other side of the bed, as though trying to escape the smell altogether.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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An entire Python program, for example, can be produced in a few seconds or minutes, instead of handwriting code that might have taken hours, days, or weeks to devise.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The recording was apparently not disclosed to defense attorney Barnett, who could have used it to discredit Neary’s testimony.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s attorneys on Thursday had submitted an emergency request to pause a lower-court ruling, which barred Cook’s firing from taking effect while her lawsuit against the president’s action continues.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Daughter Esti Maxine arrived in January, and the pair welcomed their son, Wren Alexander Stephens, via surrogate in June.—
Clare Fisher,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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She had not been permitted to run against the strongman president, Nicolás Maduro, in the summer of 2024, but by the tallies of electoral observers (an official count is still unavailable), her surrogate garnered a majority of the vote.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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One of the fundamental factors influencing the sustainability of this withdrawal rate is the manner in which retirement funds are invested.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Authorities say the act was premeditated and carried out in front of a crowd that included children, a factor that could carry serious sentencing implications.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Mills and Stockey think the extraordinarily high temperatures reached in Tierney’s reconstructions could reflect subtle biases in some of the proxies that skew hot.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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But new evidence shows that boards frequently grant activists more influence in settlements than activists could achieve in a proxy contest.—
Kai Liekefett,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Thurston County Sheriff's Office said deputies were responding after a possible helicopter crash near Joint Base Lewis–McChord in Washington State.—
Jessica Gorman,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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David Forman, deputy commandant of midshipmen, a midshipman who mistook authorized law enforcement as a threat engaged and was injured in the process.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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In a video taken by a security camera at his mother's driveway, obtained by ABC News, a federal agent can be heard asking Gamez Lira to turn off the engine and to not resist.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Blackhawks and Kaiser’s agent had been negotiating for some time this offseason, but neither side had been in a rush, with the 23-year-old Kaiser having no arbitration rights.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Reliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliever. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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