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a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view
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Recent Examples of articles
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Reuters, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
From newspaper articles and photographs to detailed life timelines, Ancestry is incredibly thorough.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Enhance your media literacy by learning the differences between news and opinion and, further, how to differentiate between advertising, news articles, letters, columns and editorials.
—Brenda Looper, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Lai, who pleaded not guilty, was convicted in December of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
According to its Texas articles of incorporation, the company is based in Colorado.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
There are more than 7 million articles in the English-language Wikipedia alone, which have attracted billions of visitors in its lifetime.
—Imogen West-Knights, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
In its entirety, the declaration reads like the articles of impeachment Congress should consider today.
—Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
The Post launched with a daily print edition, along with a web app and online articles.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Feb. 2026
Reuters, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
From newspaper articles and photographs to detailed life timelines, Ancestry is incredibly thorough.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Enhance your media literacy by learning the differences between news and opinion and, further, how to differentiate between advertising, news articles, letters, columns and editorials.
—Brenda Looper, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Lai, who pleaded not guilty, was convicted in December of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
According to its Texas articles of incorporation, the company is based in Colorado.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
There are more than 7 million articles in the English-language Wikipedia alone, which have attracted billions of visitors in its lifetime.
—Imogen West-Knights, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
In its entirety, the declaration reads like the articles of impeachment Congress should consider today.
—Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
The Post launched with a daily print edition, along with a web app and online articles.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for articles
Noun
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Her essays and criticism have appeared in the New York Times, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Esquire, The New Republic, and more.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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For this year’s installment, Vogue partnered with the publisher 831 Stories on a collection of essays and excerpts celebrating the art of romantic fiction.—
Catie Disabato,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2026
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During the last fall semester, Theo Nash, an instructor for the class Great Books 191, accused the student three different times of using AI to write course papers, according to the court document.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Public school teacher Jeromie Whalen will soon pull papers to begin his campaign to unseat the longtime Democratic incumbent.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Articles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/articles. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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