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Recent Examples of synonym
Human rights and its synonyms have received 71 mentions so far this quarter in the U.S., compared with 129 a year ago.
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Dasha Afanasieva/ Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 2 June 2024
But is Google’s reign as a synonym for ‘search’ nearing its end?
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Just the opposite—even as the company has turned its product into a synonym for its category, the way every MP3 player was an iPod, Amazon keeps steaming ahead, making new devices.
—David Pierce, WIRED, 5 May 2016
Earlier, the term had generally been taken as a dramatic synonym for nuclear weapons or weapons of similar destructive capacity that might be developed in the future.
—John Mueller, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2013
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Dasha Afanasieva/ Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 2 June 2024
But is Google’s reign as a synonym for ‘search’ nearing its end?
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Just the opposite—even as the company has turned its product into a synonym for its category, the way every MP3 player was an iPod, Amazon keeps steaming ahead, making new devices.
—David Pierce, WIRED, 5 May 2016
Earlier, the term had generally been taken as a dramatic synonym for nuclear weapons or weapons of similar destructive capacity that might be developed in the future.
—John Mueller, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synonym
Noun
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The notices of firings and leaves come on top of hundreds of USAID contractors receiving no-name form letters of termination over the weekend, according to copies that the AP viewed.—
Ellen Knickmeyer,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Film footage taken of the flag-raising in action proves the photo’s authenticity, though the original copy has been lost.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Our 1949 and 1950 trips were duplicates of the 1948 hunt.—
Tom Stacer,
Outdoor Life,
20 Feb. 2025
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This data will mitigate the ongoing Medicaid duplicate discount issues by allowing J&J to more effectively track and prevent duplicate discounts.—
Rita Numerof,
Forbes,
22 Nov. 2024
Noun
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This motivated the study to find an asteroidal analog for [...] an angrite.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The legislation has endorsements from various state and federal law enforcement associations, but critics argue that reclassifying fentanyl analogs will do nothing to address the demand-side factors of the opioid epidemic.—
Gabrielle M. Etzel,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Synonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synonym. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
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