synonym
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It is commonly used as a synonym for small: Kegs are a half barrel of beer, while pony kegs are a quarter barrel, Purser said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
At the time, the word actor was “a synonym for airhead. Well, Reagan was no airhead,” Cannon said in a 2008 interview at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2025
But cortisol is not a synonym for stress.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2025
It is vital not to use "conspiracies" as a synonym for "conspiracy theories," or for "conspiracism."
From Salon ● May 7, 2025
“Perhaps you’d care for a synonym bun,” suggested the duke.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
Bowling’s history is a reminder that money and value are not synonyms.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Because they’re synonyms — they are one and the same.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
Pedrosa, however, speaks about celebrating the foreigner and the historic waves of migration across the planet, offering a catalog of synonyms — “Immigrant, émigré, expatriate” — even as he expands the concept.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
Global warming and climate change are often used interchangeably as synonyms, but scientists prefer to use “climate change” when describing the complex shifts now affecting our planet’s weather and climate systems.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 14, 2024
I wrote down all the synonyms in my journal.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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