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Moral vocabulary has been absorbed into the language of force, and grief now shares its grammar with the machinery that manufactures it.
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Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Third, unsettle the colonial grammar of center and periphery, local and global.
—Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Terence Davies’s first three shorts are among the most accomplished debuts in film history, profoundly personal in theme and with a preternatural grasp of cinematic grammar.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
So what if your grammar ain’t great?
—Todd Harmonson, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
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Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Third, unsettle the colonial grammar of center and periphery, local and global.
—Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Terence Davies’s first three shorts are among the most accomplished debuts in film history, profoundly personal in theme and with a preternatural grasp of cinematic grammar.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
So what if your grammar ain’t great?
—Todd Harmonson, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grammar
elements
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A shade structure in the picnic area has been ripped away by the elements, and the wear-and-tear from all that play is obvious on other features.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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While the crumb tray is drying, use the pastry brush to brush away any crumbs on the interior of the toaster and on the heating elements.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Grammar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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