corpora

Definition of corporanext
plural of corpus
1
as in outputs
the complete works of an author Jane Austen's corpus is modest in number but magnificent in achievement

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as in corpses
a dead body international conventions requiring that the corpus of the enemy combatant be treated with respect and dignity

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Noun
  • Inputs divided by outputs established a unit-cost baseline that CFOs could optimize, benchmark and defend to the board.
    Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • A lot of the creative industries are dismissive of AI and AI outputs right now.
    Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • There are cases of Jewish corpses being abused on their way to the cemetery; and even one instance of a father watching as his son was stabbed to death in the street.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Homecoming aside, there’s still the Trawler to worry about, a fact we’re reminded of when another victim turns up on a playground, this time with a pentagram carved into his back and fish corpses shoved into his wounds.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Then, in March of 1992, some forty godwit carcasses were seized from a poacher in New Zealand.
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Their charred carcasses litter the steep lanes leading to the villages, while the houses have been reduced to nothing more than piles of smoking ashes.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In one glass case sits a face shield, a vaccine vial and a large bottle of hand sanitizer — already considered relics of another time.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The ancient container was discovered among other relics at an underwater site on Old Earth by a team of worker bots.
    Jim Greer, SPIN, 3 Sep. 2026
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“Corpora.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpora. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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