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Just the opposite—even as the company has turned its product into a synonym for its category, the way every MP3 player was an iPod, Amazon keeps steaming ahead, making new devices.
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David Pierce, WIRED, 5 May 2016
Earlier, the term had generally been taken as a dramatic synonym for nuclear weapons or weapons of similar destructive capacity that might be developed in the future.
—John Mueller, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2013
And though sustainability is occasionally a synonym for sacrifice, as pointed out by Chua, Philips doesn’t think of Proclaim as making compromises but rather making intentional choices.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 2 Oct. 2024
More recently, however, both the manosphere and the alt-right have adopted the term cuck as a more general synonym for weakness, desperation and foolishness.
—Brooke Scelza, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
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David Pierce, WIRED, 5 May 2016
Earlier, the term had generally been taken as a dramatic synonym for nuclear weapons or weapons of similar destructive capacity that might be developed in the future.
—John Mueller, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2013
And though sustainability is occasionally a synonym for sacrifice, as pointed out by Chua, Philips doesn’t think of Proclaim as making compromises but rather making intentional choices.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 2 Oct. 2024
More recently, however, both the manosphere and the alt-right have adopted the term cuck as a more general synonym for weakness, desperation and foolishness.
—Brooke Scelza, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synonym
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The company provided me copies of the current edition for review.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Those members of Congress would have to review the document under supervision from a Justice Department official and would not be able to keep a copy of the report, take notes or take photographs of its pages, government lawyers said.DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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When one version of Mickey dies, a duplicate is created to replace him that retains most of his memories.Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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Fix those messy duplicates, prune the unused fields, and resolve to keep your data fit for purpose.Sarah Elk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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By the 1980s, the Soviet Union was still stuck in the analog age, producing only a few thousand computers annually, while American firms were manufacturing millions and spearheading the digital revolution.Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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This is a modern alternative compared to uncomfortable traditional analog impressions—which consist of patients biting into trays filled with impression material resembling a gooey-like texture and holding while the material sets.Cindy Roark, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Synonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synonym. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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