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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.
—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
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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Set fair terms and document decisions, and avoid dramatic ultimatums.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The March 17 election includes primary races for Illinois’ secretary of state, attorney general and treasurer — and while all those positions are held by incumbent Democrats who are running for new terms with no primary challengers, Republicans are duking it out in one of the contests.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As Hathaway spoke about the importance of costume design, Wintour looked about the audience with a sort of bored expression before putting on her signature sunglasses.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
16 Mar. 2026
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The poignant Moon spins into your 5th House of Drama, inspiring hands-on expression that reconnects you with your inner child.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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.—
Cathleen O'Grady,
Ars Technica,
14 Mar. 2018
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“Morpheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morpheme. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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