as in monograph
a written work that discusses a subject carefully and thoroughly
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a treatise on capitalism that is standard reading in university economics classes
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Recent Examples of treatise
Love Streams was possibly Cassavetes’s greatest treatise on his philosophy of love and altogether one of Rowlands’s most complex performances.
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Emma Madden, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
Such is the world in which Amy Berryman’s intelligent and compassionate climate-disaster drama — named for Thoreau’s treatise (though not, as the title might suggest, an adaptation of it) and now receiving its New York premiere under Whitney White’s graceful direction at Second Stage — takes place.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
Such would-be scientific treatises in fact functioned more like manifestos, and decisively influenced Eliot and Ezra Pound’s generation to favor a poetics of the objective sensuous image over one of the dramatic declamatory mood.
—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
For many years, historians knew of only ten first-edition copies of Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince—the controversial 16th-century political treatise—all held by institutions.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
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Emma Madden, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
Such is the world in which Amy Berryman’s intelligent and compassionate climate-disaster drama — named for Thoreau’s treatise (though not, as the title might suggest, an adaptation of it) and now receiving its New York premiere under Whitney White’s graceful direction at Second Stage — takes place.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
Such would-be scientific treatises in fact functioned more like manifestos, and decisively influenced Eliot and Ezra Pound’s generation to favor a poetics of the objective sensuous image over one of the dramatic declamatory mood.
—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
For many years, historians knew of only ten first-edition copies of Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince—the controversial 16th-century political treatise—all held by institutions.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treatise
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Gannaway’s monograph, Remember Me, was published last year by GOST Books.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
2 June 2024
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The most comprehensive study of Hokusai to date joins a monograph of David Hockney’s works on paper.—
Jeanne Malle,
airmail.news,
14 Dec. 2024
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The article notes that keeping respect for each other and not reacting in the heat of the moment can help create better relationships in the long run.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Parts of an article in The Mail on Sunday about Prince Harry‘s legal claim against the British government’s Home Office was defamatory, a High Court judge in London ruled in 2022.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Jan. 2025
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Fink acknowledged the challenges of antibodies getting to the GI tract and said the company’s actively monitoring that as part of its development process.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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These organs absorb nutrients from food and move the contents along the GI tract.—
Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH,
Verywell Health,
9 Jan. 2025
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Influencers, niche creators and independent journalists now shape public discourse as much as—or more than—legacy institutions.—
Jeffrey Herzog,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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After the lukewarm reception to Star Wars Outlaws (which itself was at the center of the exhausting online discourse), and a divided fan base, Shadows’ value for the company can’t be understated.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025
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Crypto has been a priority of discussion and debate both during the 2024 election and run-up to the 2025 inauguration, and 2025 is set to be a positive year for crypto, but might have more bumps than some forecasters expect. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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The council did not discuss why this decision had been made, but a resident in the meeting raised concerns that Cobb had had multiple discussions with the defendants regarding the litigation.—
Rachel Royster,
Austin American-Statesman,
19 Jan. 2025
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Notice in her essay, there was not one representative from the Imperial Valley cited to support her criticism.—
Jim Shinn,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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In a 1961 essay for THR, writer Allan Hersholt recalled how his father, Jean Hersholt, landed his first acting gig at Inceville in 1915.—
Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Jan. 2025
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According to one study, even in the extremely dry Martian atmosphere, the climatic conditions inside the volcanoes' craters are such that frost can form even though it's never been found elsewhere on Mars – even at the poles.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
18 Jan. 2025
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In 2023, a study by the International Journal for Educational Integrity found that AI detection tools produced inconsistent results, including false positives.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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