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I wasn’t sure of the right noun to use to capture his feelings: Excitement?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
It’s shorthand for “maximize” and is often used alongside a noun or a specific aspect of life that needs improving.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
In a republic, the noun, supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, constrained by law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
The species name populi is a Latin singular noun in the genitive case meaning "of the people."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026
Definiteness can be marked by other th-words such as this, that, these, and those, or with a genitive noun, as in Claire’s knee or Jerry’s kids.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
He had both humans and AI large language models complete a standard test for measuring creativity: Think of 10 nouns that differ as widely as possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Unlike languages such as French and Spanish, Yautja has no grammatical gender, so nouns aren’t assigned gender categories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
The demeanor in the chat of Hegseth, until recently a weekend cable news host, is one of insecurity; here’s a guy who wants to show off how many acronyms and proper nouns he knows.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2025
"We started with the basics - the alphabet, nouns, verbs, present continuous," she says.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
It’s time to admit that data has joined agenda, erotica, insignia, opera, stamina, and other technically plural Latin and Greek words that have become thoroughly Anglicized as singular nouns taking singular verbs.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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