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For example, when a doctor wants you to stop taking a medication, they’ll often instruct you to “hold” it, as a synonym for a temporary pause or delay—like asking someone to hold the elevator.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 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
Affordability isn’t a synonym for inflation, which is the rate of change in the overall price level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
It is vital not to use "conspiracies" as a synonym for "conspiracy theories," or for "conspiracism."
From Salon ● May 7, 2025
The play on words here depends on ‘fact’ being both a synonym for ‘deed’ and ‘act’ but also a word used specifically for unlawful deeds and acts.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
“Abstruse,” “obscure” and “obtuse” are perfectly good words, but only the first two are reasonably close to synonyms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
No-fault divorce currently allows spouses to file over "irreconcilable differences," "incompatibility" or because their marriages are "irretrievably broken," among other synonyms, with specific language depending on the state.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2024
Because they’re synonyms — they are one and the same.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
When was the last time you looked at the exquisite list of synonyms for the word “baffled”? They may be among the best in the English language: puzzled, nonplused, discombobulated, flummoxed, stumped, fogged, wildered, buffaloed.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Of course Cassiopeia actually meant synonyms, but it was all lost on Mrs. Clarke.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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