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Recent Examples of morpheme
In a multistage process of evolution, words describing diverse body parts had changed into morphemes referring to different zones and fused with content words to yield meaning.
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Anvita Abbi,
Scientific American,
16 May 2023
The slips of paper contained the morphemes, which are the building blocks for the entire language.
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Ian Austen,
BostonGlobe.com,
22 Apr. 2023
Each of the, say, two hundred and fifty passengers on each flight hanging unwittingly on each morpheme.
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Gregory Pardlo,
The New Yorker,
12 Feb. 2017
Anvita Abbi,
Scientific American,
16 May 2023
The slips of paper contained the morphemes, which are the building blocks for the entire language.
—
Ian Austen,
BostonGlobe.com,
22 Apr. 2023
Each of the, say, two hundred and fifty passengers on each flight hanging unwittingly on each morpheme.
—
Gregory Pardlo,
The New Yorker,
12 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for morpheme
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And so, while the two talked at and around Andy Warhol and to each other, Warhol sat with his tiny dachshund, Archie Bunker, in his lap and snapped the reporters’ pictures with his new Polaroid camera, answering direct questions with shrugs or vague monosyllables.
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Hearing this jab of monosyllables is like being poked in the eye.
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Mysaria is skeptical of the generous terms of surrender that Alicent sets to Rhaenyra.
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Researchers noted a decline in the mortality rate for infants born at full term, at 39 to 40 weeks.
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Now in its 38th edition, the annual issue is a record of the highest expressions of craft, ingenuity, creativity, pleasure, and wonder across 15 categories and from around the globe.
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Cancer season brings focus to your creative expression, dating life, hobbies and self-expression.
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And comparing more recent historic forms of English and Sranan to get at centuries-old linguistic forms isn’t ironclad, Creanza pointed out.
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“Morpheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morpheme. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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