thesaurus
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And now you can break out the thesaurus.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
At their simplest, these programs mask plagiarism through liberal use of a thesaurus; replace enough words with synonyms and hopefully nobody will ever find the original source.
From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023
A charge against you isn't merely false, it's totally false or completely bogus, or some such, from the liar's well-thumbed thesaurus.
From Salon • May 6, 2023
A deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol is so close that the negotiating teams have been consulting the thesaurus to help pick a name, in scenes reminiscent of the '80s political comedy, "Yes Minister".
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2023
After a few weeks of what she called "endless pestering" and what I called "repeated badgering," my mother bought me a pocket thesaurus, which provided me with s-free alternatives to just about everything.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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