morphemes

Definition of morphemesnext
plural of morpheme
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Noun
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated Wednesday that Moscow’s fundamental terms are unchanged, with Putin insisting that Ukraine pull its troops from the four regions — Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia — that Russia illegally annexed in September 2022 but hasn’t fully captured.
    Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • The White House has very little control over the regional Fed presidents, who are hired to five-year terms by the board of each regional bank and then approved by the Fed's Board of Governors.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • Wright’s approach to the saxophone is often cubist in nature, reducing the music to isolated phrases and sounds and then battering them from every conceivable angle.
    Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
  • The three phrases below aren’t dramatic declarations.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
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“Morphemes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morphemes. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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