as in veteran
a person with long experience in a specified area
he's a hardened vet of many political campaigns
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Recent Examples of vet
The officers have a shift schedule in place and a vet on standby to make sure their mounts don’t overheat.
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Many of the vets had been exposed to Agent Orange, a blend of herbicides that the military used to peel back dense foliage during the war.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
With four adoption locations, three of which are outside of Denver, and one vet care facility at the innovative CSU Spur campus, the name Humane Colorado fits its broader mission.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
Nutt, an exhibition vet who has served as chief executive officer for the past nine years, will play an active role in helping the board of directors find a replacement.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Many of the vets had been exposed to Agent Orange, a blend of herbicides that the military used to peel back dense foliage during the war.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
With four adoption locations, three of which are outside of Denver, and one vet care facility at the innovative CSU Spur campus, the name Humane Colorado fits its broader mission.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
Nutt, an exhibition vet who has served as chief executive officer for the past nine years, will play an active role in helping the board of directors find a replacement.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vet
veteran
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The play, like the movie, is loosely based on a robbery that took place in 1972, on a boiling-hot August day, when an eccentric, deep-in-debt Vietnam veteran named John Wojtowicz entered a Chase bank in Brooklyn with a gun and two accomplices, hoping for a quick score.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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Tickets are $15, general admission; and $10 for veterans, students, seniors, and PWD.—
Christina Mayo,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Vet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vet. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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