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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
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Zoom in: Hawley has been quietly circulating draft legislation that would prevent employers from stalling union contract negotiations — keeping the process to months, not years, according to a copy obtained by Axios.—
Stef W. Kight,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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Many of the results were published in his 1991 book Watercolours, which is now out of print but available to intrepid online shoppers happy with a second-hand copy.—
Allie Merriam,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This leads to more clutter and unnecessary duplicates that are lost again.—
Amy Slenker-Smith,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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While the pharmaceutical companies plod along the long drug development and regulatory process required of new medications, some pharmacies have already leapt into the oral market by categorizing their products as duplicates of the injectable meds.—
Kate Knibbs,
WIRED,
20 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The magnetic analog switches are the TKL Rapid's main calling cards, and actuation customization is just one selling point.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
17 Jan. 2025
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Users reported that their analog sticks would display movement without input from the player, kind of like a cursor moving on a computer screen without moving the mouse.—
Ash Parrish,
The Verge,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Synonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synonym. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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