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The word "dog" is a noun.
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Borges tells us that in Tlön’s Ursprache there are no nouns; instead, there are impersonal verbs, modified by monosyllabic prefixes with an adverbial value.
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Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
The name is related to both the noun satus (seed corn) and the verb serere (to sow).
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 28 July 2025
Hollywood is currently in the midst of an AI insurgency, though even that noun may not do the moment justice.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
Use strong verbs, vivid adjectives, and specific nouns.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
The name is related to both the noun satus (seed corn) and the verb serere (to sow).
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 28 July 2025
Hollywood is currently in the midst of an AI insurgency, though even that noun may not do the moment justice.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
Use strong verbs, vivid adjectives, and specific nouns.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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First Acts: From the symbolic to the substantive, here is a look at what nine new governors elected last year have done in their first weeks in office.—
Maggie Astor,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2023
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With his substantive, agreeably granular bass, David Grogan gave prophetic warnings real authority.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
23 Dec. 2022
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