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thing

noun as in aspect, characteristic

noun as in idea, obsession

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That will probably be a theme for the whole year, but it is good timing for us to reset, focus on our game, get some key guys back and get other guys back who are nursing some things.

That almost cost me my life, but it’s also the things that saved my life.

“Probably more can be done than just masks and distancing because we are doing all those things and if that alone was enough, we wouldn’t be in this situation,” he said.

If you’ve been struggling to give your business the boost it deserves, implementing these strategies will go a long way in turning things around.

To say that a certain percentage of our population is not able to do these things in this day and age is not morally right, it’s not fair, and it is has to be dealt with.

There is no such thing as speech so hateful or offensive it somehow “justifies” or “legitimizes” the use of violence.

“They sure took the Sony thing seriously,” Attkisson said dryly.

But the other thing that needs to be done is for us citizens to do.

No one seems to know who that is—or why they would want to do such a thing.

When I was in Holland, this is the kind of thing people feared.

"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.

That it is a reasonable and proper thing to ask our statesmen and politicians: what is going to happen to the world?

Of course the expression of this value is modified and characterized by the nature of the thing spoken of.

It is only just to say, that the officers exhibited a degree of courage far beyond any thing we had expected from them.

And is this a mere fantastic talk, or is this a thing that could be done and that ought to be done?

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On this page you'll find 235 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to thing, such as: anything, business, concept, concern, element, and everything.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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