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as in articles
a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view
school essays on what it means to be a patriot
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as in tests
a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty
a little homemade essay to determine the easiest way to strip the paint from the bookcase
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as in tries
to make an effort to do
he had been in gymnastics for some time before he even considered essaying that move
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Recent Examples of essays
Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
And when, a younger generation comes up that has spent their school years using AI to help with their studying and help write their college essays or whatever, are those folks going to be much more comfortable with this kind of thing?
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Jordan himself wrote a forward, which is followed by essays for the introduction and each section.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Regarding the subject of cheating and whether students might use AI to write essays, edX told Fortune that GradyAI has cheating detection built into its algorithms that can be turned on or off depending on the application.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
In her essays, Rallo takes on universal quarter-life quandaries, like how to keep relationships or how to face the OB-GYN.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Raol Muong, a creator who shares video essays about internet culture, made a TikTok video analyzing why books have seemingly become the new accessory in public spaces, as well as in literary circles online.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
There's a familiar pattern to how those essays unfold, Duns said.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
In their new book, The House of Beauty (out October 14th and available for pre-order now), writer and Allure contributor Arabelle Sicardi unearths the less-talked about—and less glossy—aspects of the beauty industry through a series of essays.
—Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
Schwartz is the author of thirty books of fiction, essays, and poetry, including her novels Leaving Brooklyn, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Rough Strife, a finalist for the National Book Award.
—Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
And when, a younger generation comes up that has spent their school years using AI to help with their studying and help write their college essays or whatever, are those folks going to be much more comfortable with this kind of thing?
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Jordan himself wrote a forward, which is followed by essays for the introduction and each section.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Regarding the subject of cheating and whether students might use AI to write essays, edX told Fortune that GradyAI has cheating detection built into its algorithms that can be turned on or off depending on the application.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
In her essays, Rallo takes on universal quarter-life quandaries, like how to keep relationships or how to face the OB-GYN.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Raol Muong, a creator who shares video essays about internet culture, made a TikTok video analyzing why books have seemingly become the new accessory in public spaces, as well as in literary circles online.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
There's a familiar pattern to how those essays unfold, Duns said.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
In their new book, The House of Beauty (out October 14th and available for pre-order now), writer and Allure contributor Arabelle Sicardi unearths the less-talked about—and less glossy—aspects of the beauty industry through a series of essays.
—Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
In the film, Bajpayee plays the police officer while Jim Sarbh essays the role of the killer who goes by the fictional name Carl Bhojraj.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for essays
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What happens when those chatbots write articles themselves and those articles are then cited by the chatbots?—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.—
Time,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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The city said the suit followed months of attempts to obtain voluntary compliance in response to numerous public records requests for Blain’s messages on private email accounts, text messaging and other applications, which are all subject to disclosure if discussing city business.—
Susan Gill Vardon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The offense marched down the field drive after drive following those first three failed attempts, taking advantage of short fields presented to them by punt returns and takeaways.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Davenport is running on a platform of academic achievement, inclusivity and teaching for college, career and AI readiness, as opposed to teaching toward standardized tests.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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Other patient populations may be more litigious than those served by the clinic, which could pressure providers to order extra tests and unnecessary referrals.—
Helen Ouyang,
The Atlantic,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Detroit automaker allocated the electric commercial vans into its Chevrolet brand last year in a bid to boost its performance as GM tries to gain ground against competitors, including Ford and Rivian, in the market.—
Jackie Charniga,
Freep.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Rohde, a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, will join MSNBC under Versant, the new company slated to be spun off from NBCUniversal in coming weeks as corporate parent Comcast tries to separate an eroding cable business from its broadcast and streaming assets.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These nation-wide country-goes-city celebrations of agricultural bounty, mechanical innovations and skilled handcrafts have been drawing crowds since the first fair was held in upstate New York in 1841.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Additional experiments showed that certain signals from the cells’ environment — including one molecule called KIT ligand, which promotes cell growth — helped determine which way the cells went, the release stated.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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In research, the new Clinical Trial Unit Balgrist accelerates clinical experiments by supporting physician scientists.—
Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Farshad,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Every athlete faces the fear of failure and strives to uphold a standard.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
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Unity strives for timely payment processing, typically aiming to complete clean claims within about a month, with accountability built into its agreements.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Before these hometown endeavors, Zinner founded Harvard’s Center for Surgery and Public Health.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Poppe said the tech industry had the perception that PG&E didn’t have sufficient capacity to provide the power needed for an array of cutting-edge endeavors.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Essays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essays. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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