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or thesauruses
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Struggling to find just the right word, she took to the thesaurus for ideas.
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But more variations of Austronesian languages have been identified in Taiwan, accompanied with more intricate grammatical structures and expansive vocabularies, which has provided insights for linguists.
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“Thesauri.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thesauri. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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