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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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Appropriate uses of generative AI include spell and grammar check or as a thesaurus.
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Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024
Make sure to fold the letter correctly and use the Jane Austen thesaurus to keep your language historical.
—Annalise Frank, Axios, 12 July 2024
At their simplest, these programs mask plagiarism through liberal use of a thesaurus; replace enough words with synonyms and hopefully nobody will ever find the original source.
—Charles Seife, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
But the band’s coolness has been constantly called into question by male rock critics high on their own thesaurus finds, and lazy SNL skits about lesbian culture.
—Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 July 2023
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Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024
Make sure to fold the letter correctly and use the Jane Austen thesaurus to keep your language historical.
—Annalise Frank, Axios, 12 July 2024
At their simplest, these programs mask plagiarism through liberal use of a thesaurus; replace enough words with synonyms and hopefully nobody will ever find the original source.
—Charles Seife, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
But the band’s coolness has been constantly called into question by male rock critics high on their own thesaurus finds, and lazy SNL skits about lesbian culture.
—Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thesaurus
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This trend is also coinciding with a wider shift within the beauty lexicon where people are breaking down body hair stereotypes.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
9 Aug. 2025
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For those who have added the term to their lexicon, satire and seriousness blur together.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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To avoid this, look to centralize your transcription process with a unified workflow that includes linguistic QA and terminology glossaries tailored to your firm.—
Beth Worthy,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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There are a number of terms that appear in both this article and other online discussions of the Spelling Bee; a glossary of those terms compiled by Monicat, a Times reader, can be found below.—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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“Thesaurus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thesaurus. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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