morphemes

Definition of morphemesnext
plural of morpheme

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Noun
  • Amodei is in talks with Emil Michael, under-secretary of defense for research and engineering, in a last-ditch effort to reach an agreement on the terms governing the Pentagon's access to Anthropic's Claude models, the Times reported, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Fortunately, however, the absolute energy of any individual particle-particle collision is tiny, corresponding to tiny fractions of a microgram’s worth of energy in terms of mass.
    Big Think, Big Think, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • While the first and last phrases are typewritten, fuego is handpainted in much larger, bright-red capital letters.
    Daniel R. Quiles, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The quilt Straughter is making for Woman Made Gallery includes more than 142 phrases inspired by gallery contributors.
    Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
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“Morphemes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morphemes. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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