prefixes
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The Paris and Geneva families settled their dispute in 2018, agreeing to add prefixes or additional names in marketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
She closely reads passages from their textbooks, breaks apart prefixes and suffixes and identifies root words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024
To boost comprehension, students learn about prefixes, root words and suffixes — for example that “bene” means good or “audi” means hear.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2022
The SI currently only really needs new prefixes for large numbers, she adds, but introducing corresponding terms for the small end of the scale makes sense.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 23, 2022
Once he had swallowed a good portion of the English vocabulary, he began to taste the familiar ingredients, the Greek seasoning in the roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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