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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
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
"Wolfsburg and Volkswagen - it's kind of a synonym," explains Dieter Landenberger, the VW Group's in-house historian, as he looks lovingly at an early model Beetle.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025
Also, some musicians use the term overtones as a synonym for harmonics.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
“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
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
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
He spoke as if the three were synonyms.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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