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a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)
the topic of his poem is the love that is shown in quiet actions rather than expressed in words
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Recent Examples of topics
Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to Arkansans.
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Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2025
The chat was part of a day-long event, Hollywood & Mind, which focused on an array of topics at the intersection of music, the music industry and mental health.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
The bundle includes six courses covering topics like leash training, excessive barking, and healthy diets.
—Christine Persaud, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Other topics that came up were youth gun violence and neighborhood crime.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
The appointments follow a controversial policy that seeks to ban all books containing transgender topics from county libraries has been proposed, and rejected, multiple times by the current library board.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Assessments, which take place every two years, have become one of the county’s most volatile political topics.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
The forum’s dozen sessions span topics including variety formats, IP development and AI applications.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Back in August, OpenAI published an update to ChatGPT with stronger controls on the bot’s responses to certain conversational topics amid mounting concern that some users are building harmful emotional attachments to chatbots.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2025
The chat was part of a day-long event, Hollywood & Mind, which focused on an array of topics at the intersection of music, the music industry and mental health.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
The bundle includes six courses covering topics like leash training, excessive barking, and healthy diets.
—Christine Persaud, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Other topics that came up were youth gun violence and neighborhood crime.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
The appointments follow a controversial policy that seeks to ban all books containing transgender topics from county libraries has been proposed, and rejected, multiple times by the current library board.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Assessments, which take place every two years, have become one of the county’s most volatile political topics.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
The forum’s dozen sessions span topics including variety formats, IP development and AI applications.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Back in August, OpenAI published an update to ChatGPT with stronger controls on the bot’s responses to certain conversational topics amid mounting concern that some users are building harmful emotional attachments to chatbots.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for topics
Noun
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And next year, the party gets even bigger with new themes every season of the event.—
Megan duBois,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Early in the year, the department-run Foreign Service Institute eliminated over 1,200 courses with DEI and other diversity themes.—
Paul du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Because the integrity of league competitions, built around the simple principle of teams playing each other at home and away, matters.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Dale Ellis covers the federal courthouse beat for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, reporting on criminal and civil matters that impact Arkansans.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Oct. 2025
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The macroscopes featured in the exhibit and companion book combine high-quality datasets, computational power, and data visualization techniques to provide a big-picture view of subjects that are often too large and too complex to comprehend from an individual perspective.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Oct. 2025
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At the event, Vonn takes pictures with a group of former scholarship recipients who now serve as youth ambassadors; in that role, these young women talk to adolescent girls about subjects like self-confidence, body image, and emotional intelligence.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Despite the epic length, Kinds of Kindness ultimately comes across as a lark, riffing on pet motifs with the help of a game ensemble on triple duty.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Throughout that time, Frédéric Boucheron was fascinated by the natural world — a passion Poulit‑Duquesne and Choisne continue today, visible in collections featuring feather motifs, fluid forms and other designs.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Patience will be afforded from all sides, yet the danger is that the longer Elliott goes without playing, the more questions will be asked about the decision to sign him and the further away the threshold will seem for his move to become a permanent one.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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This has raised questions about whether the huge tax incentives and infrastructure investments these sites demand from state and municipal governments (such as power stations, transmission lines, water supply upgrades, and roads) will pay off for local communities.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Topics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topics. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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