noun
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The Spanish noun for them is “desaparecidos,” and English has adapted the word as “the disappeared.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026
Then "grünen" indicates that the noun will be plural and green in color.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026
Medieval English speakers got matière from the French, then verbed the noun into “to matter.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
It can also be used as a noun.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025
The noun phrase containing view is the subject of the third is-phrase, is not based on a lack of understanding.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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