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paragraph

[par-uh-graf, -grahf] / ˈpær əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /
NOUN
article
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chapter clause detail item passage piece provision
STRONG
branch division element head heading matter part point portion
Antonyms
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whole
NOUN
clause
Synonyms
STRONGEST
article passage provision requirement section specification stipulation
STRONG
catch chapter codicil condition heading item joker kicker limitation part point proviso rider ultimatum
WEAK
fine print small print string attached to something
Antonyms
STRONGEST
whole
NOUN
indentation
Synonyms
STRONG
arrangement indention section
NOUN
item
Synonyms
STRONGEST
component element feature information piece thing
STRONG
account aspect bit blurb bulletin column consideration detail dispatch entry incidental matter minutia news note notice novelty particular point report scoop scrap specific story
WEAK
conversation piece minor point write-up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
whole
STRONG
heedlessness ignorance neglect
NOUN
passage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clause portion quotation reading section sentence text transition verse
STRONG
extract piece
Antonyms
STRONGEST
whole
WEAK
denial idleness inaction refusal veto wait
NOUN
text
Synonyms
STRONGEST
content document idea passage quotation theme verse wording
STRONG
argument body consideration contents context extract fundamentals head issue line lines matter motive point sentence stanza subject thesis topic vocabulary words
WEAK
main body motify
Antonyms
STRONG
ignorance nothing nothingness

Example Sentences

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It’s right there, the opening sentence of the second paragraph in the Fiscal Year 2027 Topline document just posted on the White House website.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The tone of the marketing campaign bid request itself echoes that message, with its introductory paragraph pulled directly from Newsom’s State of the State speech in January.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

"That paragraph is the Maria Corina Machado paragraph."

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Within a paragraph, Alito then suggested that Scalia would have been “appalled” by the ugliness, the coarseness of the discourse.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

They gave her written exams in Spanish to see whether she could write a sentence, whether she could write a paragraph, whether she could do certain math problems.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

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