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“Brazil can join the regional transformation that, in recent years, has allowed Latin America to shed its image as a land of romanticized poverty,” Milei said, “and become a synonym for progress.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
At the time, the word actor was “a synonym for airhead. Well, Reagan was no airhead,” Cannon said in a 2008 interview at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2025
Smug, as we use it as a synonym for conceited or self-righteous, emerged from its earlier sense of “neat and trim,” which is exactly the ideal of a pert bump.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
"Wolfsburg and Volkswagen - it's kind of a synonym," explains Dieter Landenberger, the VW Group's in-house historian, as he looks lovingly at an early model Beetle.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025
People use that word as a synonym for great intelligence, but that’s not what I mean.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Because they’re synonyms — they are one and the same.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
"Heating and warming are synonyms, in some sense, but not always. Sometimes 'heating' relates more to temperature change rather than simply the temperature itself, and that's where some of the confusion arises."
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024
Global warming and climate change are often used interchangeably as synonyms, but scientists prefer to use “climate change” when describing the complex shifts now affecting our planet’s weather and climate systems.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 14, 2024
The word “august,’’ small a, is defined as “marked by majestic dignity or grandeur,’’ with synonyms like “imposing” and “impressive.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
He spoke as if the three were synonyms.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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