thesaurus
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As the authors write, he turned to the thesaurus and made lists of traditional “pirating” words.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
She undoubtedly has a thesaurus earmarked and highlighted like a high school student’s SparkNotes copy of “Macbeth.”
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025
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
It was helpful the way a thesaurus or Google is, offering inspiration for what to write.
From Slate • Mar. 2, 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
Vocabulary lists containing thesaurus
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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