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thesaurus

[thi-sawr-uhs] / θɪˈsɔr əs /


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She undoubtedly has a thesaurus earmarked and highlighted like a high school student’s SparkNotes copy of “Macbeth.”

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

And now you can break out the thesaurus.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

At their simplest, these programs mask plagiarism through liberal use of a thesaurus; replace enough words with synonyms and hopefully nobody will ever find the original source.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

A deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol is so close that the negotiating teams have been consulting the thesaurus to help pick a name, in scenes reminiscent of the '80s political comedy, "Yes Minister".

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2023

I have looked in the thesaurus for the right word and it is ‘gleeful’.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd




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