- plural of meaning.
meanings
Example Sentences
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The work’s more resonant meanings emerge organically as Jean and Berenger battle over Jean’s willing resignation of his human form.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Spend enough years standing behind pyramids of hamburgers, posing at fry stations and inserting yourself into the iconography of American restaurant chains, and eventually the props begin to accrue meanings of their own.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
There are many meanings that have been inscribed to “Cut Piece,” in which Ono invited the audience to come on stage and, with a pair scissors, cut off a small piece of her dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The Washington monument is both architecture and sculpture, a powerful symbol with layered meanings for different generations from Washington’s time to ours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The word sleeping was layered with a thousand different meanings, and I was pretty sure I would never understand half of them, but I knew the most important one.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
