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Recent Examples of morpheme
Important, too, was the morpheme a-, which referred to the mouth and, more broadly, to origins.
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Anvita Abbi, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
Those words are made up of morphemes, small elements that change their meaning depending on how they are combined.
—Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
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.
—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
Anvita Abbi, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
Those words are made up of morphemes, small elements that change their meaning depending on how they are combined.
—Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
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.
—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
Noun
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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.—
Stephen Birmingham,
Town & Country,
10 Aug. 2023
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Hearing this jab of monosyllables is like being poked in the eye.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2023
Noun
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Trump has embarked on one of the most consequential and controversial opening stretches of any presidential term in modern memory – striking Iran's nuclear facilities, overhauling the federal government and pursuing mass deportations.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
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The people around Gladys want to marry for love, in terms of Marian (Louisa Jacobson) and Carrie Astor (Amy Forsyth).—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
Noun
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And all of it demonstrating how food exists as an evolving cultural expression of identity and community.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Pure speech is afforded broad protection, but the rules for regulating mixed-conduct expression are complicated.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
8 July 2025
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“Morpheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morpheme. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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