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The word "dog" is a noun.
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The name is related to both the noun satus (seed corn) and the verb serere (to sow).
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 28 July 2025
Queries phrased as full sentences, especially those that include both a noun and a verb, triggered summaries 36% of the time.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 24 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
In a press, Dior defined its newest menswear collection through the lens of one central noun: joy.
—Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 28 July 2025
Queries phrased as full sentences, especially those that include both a noun and a verb, triggered summaries 36% of the time.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 24 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
In a press, Dior defined its newest menswear collection through the lens of one central noun: joy.
—Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes.com, 1 July 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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“Noun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noun. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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