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synonym

noun as in analogue

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In those shows, multimillionaires and billionaires adopt this style of “quiet luxury,” defined by Vogue as “a look that will stand the test of time, as it’s essentially a synonym for elevated basics,” in order to subtly express their status among others in their peer group, but otherwise retain the freedom to blend in among the masses.

From Salon

Second thing: “fruit” was then in pretty free use as a synonym — now it’s regarded as a slur — for a gay person.

This was around the time of the nation’s centennial, and the vogue was for everything Washington, though it does sound a little disrespectful to put the godlike name of ”Washington” and a synonym for “belly-button” in the same phrase.

To be clear, that is in no way a synonym for storytelling that is inert or hopeless or dull.

I don’t want the new Twitter to know what’ll keep me “engaged,” which, in my history on the site, has been a synonym for “annoyed but having difficulty looking away.”

From Slate

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

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