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1. Sherlock Holmesnoun

   Synonyms:
   Sherlock, Holmes

2. Sherlock Holmesnoun

   A series of novels by Arthur Conan Doyle about a male consulting detective with astute logical reasoning and professional forensic skills, and related media based on the books, such as movies.

   Synonyms:
   Holmes, Sherlock

3. Sherlock Holmesnoun

   The fictional detective who is the protagonist of the series.

   Synonyms:
   Sherlock, Holmes

4. Sherlock Holmesnoun

   By extension, any person who has or is considered to have great powers of observation and deduction.

   Synonyms:
   Holmes, Sherlock

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1. • Fictional Character

Princeton's WordNet

1. Sherlock Holmes, Holmesnoun

   a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle

How to use sherlock holmes in a sentence?

1. Kroum Batchvarov:

   We the archaeologists are in the role of Sherlock Holmes, we're gathering the clues, and the more accurately we gather them and the relationship between the clues, the more probable it is for us to reverse-engineer what happened.

2. Robert DePalma:

   One piece of evidence after another started stacking up and changing the story. It was a progression of clues like a Sherlock Holmes investigation, it gives a moment by moment story of what happens right after impact and you end up getting such a rich resource for scientific investigation.

3. Frederick Buechner:

   It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.

4. Sara Saracino:

   Similar to Sherlock Holmes tracking down a criminal gang from their missteps, we are looking at every single star in this cluster with a magnifying glass in one hand trying to find some evidence for the presence of black holes but without seeing them directly.

5. Eric Schiffer:

   Fiorina used Sherlock Holmes-like tech marketing research at HP, this ear-to-the-ground excising of consumer talking points helps connect her with voters by feeding them what they want, but her reputation as CEO was a disaster – and this will shove her over the Republican plank.

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