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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

Princeton's WordNet

1. Sherlock Holmes, Holmesnoun

   a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle

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1. • Fictional Character

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1. 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.

2. Sir Arther Connan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes:

   And once again Mr. Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complexity of human life so pletifuly presents.

3. 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.

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. 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.