EIGHT BALLS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

eight balls

noun

plural of eight ball

as in free spirits

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But outsiders can't be certain that traditional conventions surrounding the public statements of the New York Fed president and the Fed vice chair have survived the leadership transition.

— Matt Peterson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
This has important implications for how outsiders view the Middle East.

— Mansoor Moaddel, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of outsiders

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Lee’s previous films were populated by misfits; there had never been a character like Ben.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Her little acts of rebellion towards her tyrannical teachers attract the admiration of three other misfits and the four girls form an inseparable group.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

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For Jia, who has watched generations of Chinese talents develop in a variety of ways, his hope is for these Chinese mavericks playing in America to stay.

— Fred He, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
Carl Anka Trent Alexander-Arnold’s England career is a fascinating case study in why team sports can prefer the orthodox to the mavericks.

— The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 13 May 2026

Definition of mavericks

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The forty-niners are elemental to our identity as a nation of brave, rugged individualists.

— Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Based on actual events, Eden features a starry cast playing a disparate group of rugged individualists who all find themselves in the Galapagos in the early 20th century, each abandoning society in the hopes of creating a utopia.

— Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025

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