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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
Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
By the turn of the 21st century, many newspapers had expanded the role of the op-ed page to their editorial pages, sometimes surrendering space normally reserved for the newspaper’s editorials for essays and letters from contributors and readers.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Her reviews and essays about art and life also appear in The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Book Review.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
In these essays, our columnists follow their curiosity, and explore important but not necessarily answerable scientific questions.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
Students in Imam’s classes on the Old and New Testaments do tutorials in his office, reading essays aloud while Imam wears full academic regalia.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Morris curated her image through more than 50 books, as well as many hundreds of essays and quite a few Panorama films.
—Sara Wheeler, Big Think, 17 Apr. 2026
The list features short essays authored by other celebrities explaining why the subject made such an impact on them.
—Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Her book—only the third to be published on Somali cuisine since 1978—provides a detailed overview of her home country’s history, pays homage to the chefs and writers who came before her, and intersperses thoroughly researched essays about the Somali diaspora.
—Jamie Feldmar, Saveur, 15 Apr. 2026
Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
This is the latest edition of The Critics, our weekly roundup of critical reviews, essays, and conversations.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
By the turn of the 21st century, many newspapers had expanded the role of the op-ed page to their editorial pages, sometimes surrendering space normally reserved for the newspaper’s editorials for essays and letters from contributors and readers.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Her reviews and essays about art and life also appear in The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Book Review.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
In these essays, our columnists follow their curiosity, and explore important but not necessarily answerable scientific questions.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
Students in Imam’s classes on the Old and New Testaments do tutorials in his office, reading essays aloud while Imam wears full academic regalia.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Morris curated her image through more than 50 books, as well as many hundreds of essays and quite a few Panorama films.
—Sara Wheeler, Big Think, 17 Apr. 2026
The list features short essays authored by other celebrities explaining why the subject made such an impact on them.
—Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Her book—only the third to be published on Somali cuisine since 1978—provides a detailed overview of her home country’s history, pays homage to the chefs and writers who came before her, and intersperses thoroughly researched essays about the Somali diaspora.
—Jamie Feldmar, Saveur, 15 Apr. 2026
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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Lai, an outspoken critic of China’s ruling Communist Party who founded the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily, was convicted in December of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
20 Apr. 2026
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Not many fans would have bet, even a few weeks ago, that a return to the Bentancur and Bissoma pairing could be integral to Spurs’ attempts to stay up.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Hawks missed all nine of their 3-point attempts in the quarter.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Arize tests and monitors RAG pipelines as well as the agents and applications built on them—debugging and hunting down errors and hallucinations.—
Erik German,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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In early tests, the device successfully captured either electrons or calcium ions—proxies for positrons and antiprotons—in the same setup.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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Jane tries to give it a bit of meta humor, milking laughs from throwing money at Juicy and doing little jazz hands.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2026
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But with the ground rules in place, the Andon Labs team tries to be as hands-off as possible.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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Does this mean those pop-goes-punk comp albums are coming back?—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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Except then there’s the chance of being FUNNELED, placed on the rails and headed for a very specific destination, instead of the OPEN-WORLD anything-goes of traditional D&D.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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The theoretical paper was published in Physical Review Letters, and the team is expected to conduct laboratory experiments to verify the same soon.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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Look for lots of experiments in months to come.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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The executive said Kraken strives to make advanced trading strategies typically reserved for professional investors available to individual investors, according to Semafor.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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Telemundo strives to stay out of the political fray, Garcia said.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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In the promo trailer for Episode 2, slated for April 19, Cassie resumes her OnlyFans endeavors wearing a revealing baby costume, prompting Kelly's criticism.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Max Space has unveiled a large sub-scale version of their expandable habitat, giving viewers a real look at how best to offer far greater habitable volume for future space endeavors.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Essays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essays. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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