as in monographs
a written work that discusses a subject carefully and thoroughly
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a treatise on capitalism that is standard reading in university economics classes
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Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.—
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This is the second in a series of articles about transnational romance fraud.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Proponents of the plan argued that these states were already majority white and contained large tracts of undeveloped land, making the territory ideal for white-only settlement.—
Paul J. Becker,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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Most of those heavily Latino census tracts are concentrated in Southeast Nashville, and that night THP didn’t venture far beyond that sector.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
29 Aug. 2025
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As Calhoun summarizes, the first part takes up the subject of magic and necromancy, the second treats of witchcraft and sorcery, and the third discourses of all kinds of spirits and specters.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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But the best advice remains to ignore these texts.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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In October 2020, Lauryn and Owen began receiving threatening texts from a series of unknown numbers, which escalated up to 40 to 50 texts a day.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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The publication also includes several essays on topics confronting colleges today.—
Bruno V. Manno,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Once a writer can articulate some answers (and these answers will change over time, with life events, and with artistic failure or success), only then can the writer best determine the trajectories of stories, novels, essays, and of a literary career.—
Douglas Unger
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
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Furthermore, numerous studies have shown how different aspects of society such as social interactions, the environment, access to healthcare and the presence and absence of various economic resources can affect the spread of infectious diseases.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Stern is perhaps best known for being the principal investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission, which was the first to fly by Pluto in 2015 before venturing on to do studies of other small bodies in the Kuiper Belt.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Treatises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treatises. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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