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somebody
[suhm-bod-ee, -buhd-ee, -buh-dee]
pronoun
some person.
noun
plural
somebodiesa person of some note or importance.
somebody
/ ˈʌəɪ /
pronoun
some person; someone
noun
a person of greater importance than others
he seems to be somebody in this town
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
“The 4th Amendment as well as governing immigration regulations do not permit immigration agents to detain somebody against their will, even for a very brief time, absent reasonable suspicion,” he said.
He was gangbanging in junior high and “thought I was somebody big because my friends would protect me,” he said.
Didion once wrote that “writers are always selling somebody out,” but her husband and daughter were, for her, not among them.
Juries do a fairly good job of deciding certain questions of fact — is somebody guilty or not? — but they are dominated by the more educated people, the more advantaged.
“But now, this new administration is seeking to get a list of potential people who are undocumented, and the easiest way to find somebody who’s undocumented is by looking through I-10s.”
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