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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
Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Steinem also hopes to get to more writing, especially essays.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
Critiques from the American right, which lament the film’s timely depictions of a police state, immigrant internment camps and leftist revolt, read like ChatGPT essays programmed to write in the voice of Karen.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
One of my classes involved many different types of student work, including software projects, essays, and formal exams.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Also included are essays that focus on Pueblo history, culture, the impact of colonization on the diet and the healing powers of food.
—Chrystle Fiedler, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
There’s lore recaps and reviews, or essays about how disappointing the sequels were.
—Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Soyinka’s body of work includes more than 20 plays, as well as essays, memoirs, poetry collections and fiction.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 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
Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
There are love letters to the dead in Lasky’s life interwoven into these essays, including to her father (a judge who died, slowly, from Alzheimer’s), her artist mother, her dog Lucy, beloved poet friends, Mayer herself.
—Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Steinem also hopes to get to more writing, especially essays.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
Critiques from the American right, which lament the film’s timely depictions of a police state, immigrant internment camps and leftist revolt, read like ChatGPT essays programmed to write in the voice of Karen.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
One of my classes involved many different types of student work, including software projects, essays, and formal exams.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Also included are essays that focus on Pueblo history, culture, the impact of colonization on the diet and the healing powers of food.
—Chrystle Fiedler, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
There’s lore recaps and reviews, or essays about how disappointing the sequels were.
—Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Soyinka’s body of work includes more than 20 plays, as well as essays, memoirs, poetry collections and fiction.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 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
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
Noun
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Keep a distance from water, wet articles, and metal objects.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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While Grokipedia is dwarfed by Wikipedia’s more than 7 million English-language articles, Musk said in a post on his social media platform X that Grokipedia will exceed Wikipedia by several orders of magnitude in breadth, depth, and accuracy.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Even on low volume from deep (seven attempts), that’s a recipe for offensive success, and it was reflected in Mizzou’s 50 first-half points.—
Scott Chasen,
Kansas City Star,
10 Nov. 2025
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Her clarion voice slices through the show’s labored attempts to be both fable and fabulous.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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Both companies have completed initial tests showing that their approaches work, at least in mice, and both have started tests in larger animals — pigs and monkeys — to see whether their gene therapies can work in larger animals.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Early tests show the system can deliver peak power over 300 kW and more than 200 kW under steady conditions.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The Israeli titles include Netalie Braun’s Oxygen, about a single mother who awaits her son’s army discharge, and Shai Carmeli-Pollak’s The Sea, which tells the story of a Palestinian boy who tries to reach the Mediterranean Sea for the first time in his life.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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Saito tries to keep his pack as light as possible.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 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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During their stay, the astronauts conducted various scientific experiments and added two of a planned 23 experimental modules to the station.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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In their experiments, the researchers showed that the plasma lens could focus light across a wide range of XUV wavelengths, with its focal length adjustable by tuning the plasma density.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The development comes as Netflix strives to become more competitive with its peers in the battle to win ad dollars from Madison Avenue.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Everyone strives for that state and pours their love into it.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Cherie Jimenez and Sean Faris proudly support each other’s acting endeavors.—
Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Bezos went on to marry journalist Lauren Sánchez, and Scott focused on her charitable endeavors, vowing to donate most of her money in life.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Essays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essays. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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