as in fighter
one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists
that boxer is quite famous for being the youngest heavyweight champion ever
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Recent Examples of boxer
This parallel resonates with artist Cheryl Pope, who is both a visual artist and a boxer.
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Jonel Juste, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Next up, he’ll be seen playing boxer Sonny Liston in Prime Video’s series The Greatest on Muhammad Ali.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
Six weeks and a cappuccino later, Shiffrin spoke with the satisfaction of a boxer who had landed the ultimate knockout punch.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Fuqua had been pleased to discover, during the research for his film, that Mandela was an amateur boxer.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Jonel Juste, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Next up, he’ll be seen playing boxer Sonny Liston in Prime Video’s series The Greatest on Muhammad Ali.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
Six weeks and a cappuccino later, Shiffrin spoke with the satisfaction of a boxer who had landed the ultimate knockout punch.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Fuqua had been pleased to discover, during the research for his film, that Mandela was an amateur boxer.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boxer
Noun
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State-of-the-art drones, and the technology needed to intercept them, have become as important to national weapons arsenals as missiles, Patriot systems, fighter jets, and warships.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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The teens were also said to have been involved in online groups recruiting fighters for IS militants in Syria and shared a fascination with violence and hatred against Jews, LGBTQ+ people and others, officials said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The former sent out an oversized black and white polka dot skirt—a wink to the retro print—styled with a textured top and gladiator sandals, while Dries Van Noten’s red and white abstract set evoked Mediterranean nonchalance.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2026
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Female gladiators were so rare there was no name for them in Latin or Greek.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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The explosive jazz‑rock pianist – known for redefining piano performance with the physicality of a prizefighter and the swagger of a rock guitarist – is set to turn the DIA’s auditorium into something closer to a sonic combustion chamber.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Mustafa Fteja, 54, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court Thursday to obstructing justice, admitting to playing a key role in the bribery plot, which threw Gogic’s trial into disarray and landed the prizefighter’s lawyer in the crosshairs of a federal investigation.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
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The true-life sports biopic unleashes Leo as Alice, the loud, over-the-top matriarch of a large Boston family and manager mom to Micky Ward, a championship boxing contender trained by his drug-addict pugilist half-brother Dicky.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 Mar. 2026
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The Boricua pugilist rode a prolonged winning streak heading into his match with Mexican fighter Salvador Sánchez in August 1981.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Boxer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boxer. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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