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plural of page

pages

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of page

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pages
Noun
London — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s upcoming return was plastered across UK’s front pages Thursday, as Britons woke to the surprise news that the couple will move back to the country after six years in the United States. Max Foster, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Now both sides are releasing those background reports, with the defense going first by going over 20 pages of Austin Metcalf's behavioral history. J.d. Miles, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 The overheard conversations, the fresh air, the smell of coffee — all this can enrich your journey through the pages. Adele Chapin, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026 René designed the molding, doors, and cabinetry with architect Ken Pieper, working from more than 20 pages of custom millwork plans. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026 An exact timeline has not yet been announced, but updates will be posted to Lubellas’ social media pages. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Aug. 2026 What is significant about these marginally publishable literary acts, these ten pages in the body (of the email), is not how they are read but their conspicuous unreadness. M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026 Dozens of pages of documents describe agents secretly infiltrating meetings, monitoring activist chat groups and using license plate numbers to compile names of people who attended gatherings. ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 As Wired reported, glitches can happen when workers move too quickly, including disembodied hands obscuring pages. Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pages
Noun
  • Find the right messengers Local, trusted messengers outperform national campaigns, and the most recent Yale and George Mason polling suggests the field has been solving the wrong problem.
    Jamil Wyne, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The ancient route was first traveled by hunter-gatherers, before being used by Indigenous traders, Inca messengers, Spanish colonists, and railway workers, among others.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • But for anyone who remembers the subprime housing meltdown — which preceded the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession — turning real assets into complex securitized vehicles inevitably rings a few alarm bells.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The comeback saga rings ever so true for those in the movie theater industry, and for those millions of moviegoers who love to watch dazzling images on the huge silver screens of theaters.
    Adam Aron, Variety, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • Official couriers carrying an imperial passport could exchange horses rapidly, allowing messages and travelers to move across the empire with remarkable speed.
    Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
  • According to Maria Palladini, former special agent for the Fish and Wildlife Service, Molt had a habit of taking couriers and dealers under his wing only to betray them.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The person asked for gas money and Bitcoin, requests the family found suspicious because Goods doesn't drive and didn't have a car in Las Vegas.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Districts have to abide by Wisconsin’s open records law, meaning that reams of records are available to anyone who formally requests them.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • That turned out to be Chicago's only hit in the contest, and followed a walk to Miguel Vargas that put two runners on.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Vibram is targeting the territory between road and trail with an outsole compound designed for runners whose routes move across pavement, dirt, gravel and light trails.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Wayne orders Priscilla to shoot Lucky, who is preparing for the worst and apologizing to God.
    Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Consider earlier in Episode 8, when Patricia orders a delightful takeout dinner (chicken parm, slice of pie), only to discover she’s been given a dry turkey patty and a single sausage link.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Out-innovating China demands the Silicon Valley mindset of constant churn—launches, failures, acquisitions, and redeployment of capital and talent—rather than the traditional contractor reflex of taking their losses to Congress or the press.
    Doug Beck, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Tehran demands that vessels take a northern route through its territorial waters instead.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

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