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[tekst] / tɛkst /
NOUN
subject matter of document
Synonyms
STRONGEST
content document idea paragraph passage quotation theme verse wording
STRONG
argument body consideration contents context extract fundamentals head issue line lines matter motive point sentence stanza subject thesis topic vocabulary words
WEAK
main body motify
Antonyms
STRONG
ignorance nothing nothingness
NOUN
book used in education
Synonyms
STRONGEST
handbook manual textbook
STRONG
assignment reader reference schoolbook source syllabus workbook
WEAK
class book course book reference book required reading

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I wish the show’s wall text and labels weren’t so overloaded with jargon, verbs like navigating, negotiating, interrogating, decentering, decontextualizing, disrupting and destabilizing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

By nature, a play changes from performance to performance, depending on the director, players, designers and so forth, while keeping the text intact.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

The court’s approach cannot accommodate that text without rewriting it.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

The note amounts to only seven lines of text, leaving uncertainty over its purported meaning.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

I’m about to reply when a third text pings through.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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