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discourse

[dis-kawrs, -kohrs, dis-kawrs, -kohrs, dis-kawrs, -kohrs] / ˈdɪs kɔrs, -koʊrs, dɪsˈkɔrs, -ˈkoʊrs, dɪsˈkɔrs, -ˈkoʊrs /




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Maron’s been the king of anxious discourse for decades.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

“What I think is a little bit misleading about this K-shaped discourse is it’s not new,” Hsu said.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

But this did not mean that any new space for political discourse was allowed.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Whether civics institutes will support discourse across ideological lines or mimic the ideological conformity they decry remains to be seen.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

It’s better to understand a few principles that govern time, tense, and discourse than to try to memorize a list of regulations that are tailored to the sequence-of-tense phenomenon itself.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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