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paragraph

[par-uh-graf, -grahf] / ˈpær əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /


NOUN
indentation
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The framework’s first paragraph declares “the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.”

From Slate Jun. 17, 2026

The first paragraph of the agreement notes that the US, Iran and allies will declare an "immediate and permanent" termination of military operations on "all fronts" - including Lebanon.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

I had to pause momentarily while writing this paragraph just to wipe a tear from the corner of my eye.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2026

SpaceX also described what it called the “the largest actionable total addressable market” in human history, totaling $28.5 trillion, in the first paragraph on Page 11 of the filing.

From MarketWatch May 22, 2026

Then, about a paragraph into Heather’s reading, he gets up and grabs a lav pass from Mr. Shunk’s desk.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

That was far too many paragraphs without talking baseball.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

I am sure of it not because I remember writing this thing in fits and starts throughout Saturday, but because an A.I. detector called Pangram blessed these paragraphs with a “100% Human Written” score.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

She calls cows to breakfast with a holler, extemporizes on the Bible in full paragraphs and keeps a collection of high-vibration crystals.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

"They are already identifying 70% of our hearts attacks from two paragraphs of text," said Swinburn.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

I really doubt a couple of paragraphs can change how people think or act, but I guess the school has to do something.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

Her work was spelled and periodic, phrased and paragraphed.

From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Will Levington Comfort

They are very brief, follow a prescribed form and, if necessary, are paragraphed in the same way as the letter.

From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker

One day Field said to Bok: "I am going to make you the most widely paragraphed man in America."

From The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after by Edward William Bok

I am sneered at by all my acquaintance, and paragraphed in the newspapers.

From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education

The magnificent copes and vestments, of which there are some score, are merely tabulated, paragraphed, and photographed, and there is an end of them.

From Chats on Old Lace and Needlework by Emily Leigh Lowes

Determine how genre conventions for structure, paragraphing, tone, and mechanics vary.

From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

Identify how genre conventions for structure, paragraphing, tone, and mechanics vary.

From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

It's a massive book, littered with obscure references, and is written almost entirely in unattributed speech, with no chapter breaks and very little paragraphing.

From The Guardian Jan. 22, 2013

Caro now says that Shawn agreed to restore all the changes he cared most deeply about, but the magazine version nevertheless differs from the original and changes Caro’s punctuation and paragraphing.

From New York Times Apr. 12, 2012

Among the many dumb rules of paragraphing foisted on students in composition courses is the one that says that a paragraph may not consist of a single sentence.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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