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as in object
something material that can be perceived by the senses
can you hand me that thing over there?
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as in product
something produced by physical or intellectual effort
just the latest thing from her fertile imagination
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as in entity
one that has a real and independent existence
the thing to which the subject of the sentence refers
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as in feat
something done by someone
one of the things you can do is to help me clean up
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as in event
something that happens
the accident was just one of those things that can happen anywhere
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as in purpose
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
the important thing is that we get the project back on schedule
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as in matter
something to be dealt with
I have lots of things to do this afternoon
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as in stuff
things plural
transportable items that one owns
gather your things and get out
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as in specialty
something for which a person shows a special talent
math just isn't my thing
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as in person
a member of the human race
you poor thing, you must be exhausted
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Recent Examples of thing
Go figure, the whole thing was a matriarchy from the start.
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
Still, the brand management companies are saying the right thing and making the right investments, winning over the likes of Marc Jacobs.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
For Ukraine, the real prize is not merely digging things out of the ground.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
The house changed things up with the release of the 2023 vintage, which was offered to retailers and restaurants—in addition to club members—during the annual Louis Jadot barrel tour; the 1,200 available bottles (out of 5,316 made) were snapped up in no time flat.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 17 May 2026
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
Still, the brand management companies are saying the right thing and making the right investments, winning over the likes of Marc Jacobs.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
For Ukraine, the real prize is not merely digging things out of the ground.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
The house changed things up with the release of the 2023 vintage, which was offered to retailers and restaurants—in addition to club members—during the annual Louis Jadot barrel tour; the 1,200 available bottles (out of 5,316 made) were snapped up in no time flat.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thing
Noun
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Three-dimensional ads that look like physical objects in the road?—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
14 May 2026
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Many of the looks on display come from a collection of around 1,500 fashion objects and historical costumes from two Swiss collectors, Martin Kamer and Wolfgang Ruf, that the KGM acquired in 2003; Kamer was a costume designer and Ruf ran a gallery trading historical textiles.—
Cathrin Schaer,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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Misiorowski, a product of Crowder College, a junior college in Neosho, Missouri, threw forty-three pitches at a hundred miles per hour or faster during his recent outing against the Nationals.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The company’s most recent product, Vengrove said, is a six-year-old corn whiskey, in honor of the United States’ 250th birthday.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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The 2016 act authorizes the president to impose economic sanctions and visa bans on foreign individuals or entities worldwide responsible for gross human rights abuses or significant corruption.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
18 May 2026
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Gender distress plays a more pronounced role in the film later on, as two crucial scenes frame it as the insurmountable obstacle that prevents the entity’s targets from returning to a version of their previous lives.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
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This journey culminated in the 2018 production at Glyndebourne, which accomplished the feat of finally reducing (most of) the London critics to abashed admiration.—
Russell Platt,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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But in February a team from Iceberg Quantum in Sydney, Australia, dramatically reduced that estimate, calculating that with careful optimization and error correction, hackers might need fewer than 100,000 qubits for the feat.—
Zeeya Merali,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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Food and drink There is daily breakfast service in Aujourd’hui, as well as the occasional special event such as the beloved Teddy Bear Breakfast during the holidays.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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Indeed, the tapping of an individual button is perhaps the least significant event on the planet, shifting nothing apart from the dust beneath it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Each object was made by someone, with a precise intention—to embody a necessary purpose, once held in relation to a community.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Iran, which says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, was said to have included some nuclear concessions in its latest proposal to end the war.—
Michelle L. Price,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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To make matters worse, Haliburton dealt with shingles during his recovery this season.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The Stanford-within-Stanford Baker exposes matters to you even if this exclusive core feels impossibly distant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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The Mets want to see better results with his stuff in the zone before giving him another start.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2026
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In fact, one of my chief complaints about some contemporary thrillers is the feeling that characters are required to do dumb stuff by the unseen hand of the author, just so more crazy twists can happen.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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“Thing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thing. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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