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a reference book that groups words with the same or similar meanings together
Struggling to find just the right word, she took to the thesaurus for ideas.
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Throughout the thesaurus series there is a recurrence of words in Yiddish, a language Bochner—whose parents were first-generation Jewish immigrants—was raised hearing at home.
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Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Everything that Coltrane ever played was in that thesaurus.
—David Marchese, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Appropriate uses of generative AI include spell and grammar check or as a thesaurus.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024
The Sacramento Kings coach might need a thesaurus with the type of season his high-scoring guard is having.
—Joe Reedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
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Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Everything that Coltrane ever played was in that thesaurus.
—David Marchese, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Appropriate uses of generative AI include spell and grammar check or as a thesaurus.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024
The Sacramento Kings coach might need a thesaurus with the type of season his high-scoring guard is having.
—Joe Reedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thesaurus
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How different to the NASA equivalents at Cape Canaveral (then Cape Kennedy) and Houston, which were already well established in the national lexicon by the late '60s.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
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For travelers stepping into their first Parisian pâtisserie, a few of the treats on offer might already be familiar — some famous French pastries have long since entered the world’s collective culinary lexicon.—
Jen Rose Smith,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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Conservatives had criticized the ADL for including Kirk's organization in a glossary on extremism.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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See The Athletic’s fantasy baseball glossary.—
Derek VanRiper,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Thesaurus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thesaurus. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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