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a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 19 May 2026
Cuba Press, a news agency with six typewriters located in the house of the poet Raúl Rivero, managed to report on the national hangover, as did Habana Press, an agency directed by Joaquín Torres, who dictated his articles over the phone to the exiles running Cubanet and Radio Martí.
—Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
Keep a distance from water, wet articles, and metal objects.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft in 2023, alleging that millions of Times articles were used to train AI systems without permission.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Torkildson, 73, has been writing these poems — and sending them to the articles’ authors — since 2014.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 May 2026
For example, school staff can edit student articles in school newspapers, according to the policy.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026
Patel has criticized the articles and sued The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick for $250 million but has not specifically denied at least some of the allegations in the two articles.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Insights does not appear on any news articles.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 19 May 2026
Cuba Press, a news agency with six typewriters located in the house of the poet Raúl Rivero, managed to report on the national hangover, as did Habana Press, an agency directed by Joaquín Torres, who dictated his articles over the phone to the exiles running Cubanet and Radio Martí.
—Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
Keep a distance from water, wet articles, and metal objects.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft in 2023, alleging that millions of Times articles were used to train AI systems without permission.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Torkildson, 73, has been writing these poems — and sending them to the articles’ authors — since 2014.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 May 2026
For example, school staff can edit student articles in school newspapers, according to the policy.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026
Patel has criticized the articles and sued The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick for $250 million but has not specifically denied at least some of the allegations in the two articles.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Insights does not appear on any news articles.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for articles
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The researchers divided people into three groups, and asked them to write essays using either ChatGPT, Google’s search engine, or their own brains.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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In the 1760s and ’70s, these two men collaborated with a secret radical network to counter the King—laying out the case for the restoration of British liberties in a series of newspaper essays under the pen name Junius.—
Danielle Allen,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Turns out, researchers have already noticed this and have also written research papers about it.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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The associate professor at Columbia University’s School of Nursing had grown accustomed to having artificial intelligence tools help polish scientific papers for grammar, formatting, and other details.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
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“Articles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/articles. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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