grammatical

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Recent Examples of grammatical More than this, Smart’s project, an ongoing one, seems to have transcended the grammatical and become devotional. Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026 Epstein emailed current and former political figures on all sides, sending news clips and discussing strategy or gossip often in short, choppy emails laden with spelling and grammatical errors. Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025 The Wild Faith to Take Over America — all of which had titles and paragraphs similar to her work but full of spelling, factual, and grammatical errors. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025 Tender Buttons is a celebration of mutability, a rejoinder to rules, where words are set free from the shackles of meaning and grammatical function, made unfamiliar, and charged with power to make the world afresh. Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grammatical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grammatical
Adjective
  • Sullivan Street recently acquired another literary IP in a competitive situation, Kirsty Greenwood’s upcoming novel Romantic Hero, which will be adapted as a movie by Peter Chiarelli.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Amin Ahmad puts his own immigrant twist on an American literary classic.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • At every major-league park, the league employs a Ball-Out-Strike System (BOSS) operator who is responsible for ensuring the correct strike zone is used for each hitter – as opposed to say, the 5-foot-11 Trent Grisham getting stuck with the zone of the 6-7 Aaron Judge.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • This article has been updated to reflect the correct speed limit for e-bikes in New York City and that Olto deliveries began this year.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Configured for 16 passengers – with room for up to 20 – the cabin rocks thick carpeting, proper seats with ample legroom, a coffee bar, Wi-Fi, USB-C charging at every position, and ambient ceiling lighting for evening crossings.
    Omar Kardoudi April 09, New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2026
  • With proper care and maintenance, most mosses will double in size in about a year, filling in bare soil and colonizing your garden space all on their own.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.
    Paul Sanchez Ruiz, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Employers report rising demands for creativity and critical analysis while simultaneously expressing frustration that traditional academic pathways aren’t developing those traits.
    Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • One of this play’s many delights arrives when down-market, undereducated Becky comes face-to-face with the aristocratic Susan, their similarities soon as peculiar and glaring as their differences.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The tourbillon version encases an appealing tension between the 270-piece complication’s visceral architecture and Roth’s flair for aristocratic typefaces and theatrical curves.
    Adam Erace, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Education also plays a role, with more educated women tending to have fewer children.
    Manuela Castro, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Various strands of the opposition—ethnic minorities, leftists, and educated technocrats—appeared determined to block him, even at the price of leaving the regime in place.
    Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Calgary, Alberta The third-largest city by population in Canada, Calgary offers a vibrant destination for literary enthusiasts that is a refreshing change of pace from the often sleepy, romantic bookish towns.
    Lara Kramer, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Those making more bookish and insular styles of the genre, like the Magnetic Fields and Belle and Sebastian, weren’t being worshipped as critical darlings; in some cases their records hadn’t made it to America yet.
    David Glickman, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026

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“Grammatical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammatical. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.

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