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essay

[es-ey, es-ey, e-sey, e-sey] / ˈɛs eɪ, ˈɛs eɪ, ɛˈseɪ, ɛˈseɪ /




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No doubt some readers will disagree with our decision to run the essay by Iran’s foreign minister nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal

Carney’s speech referenced a landmark 1978 essay by Czech dissident and later president, Václav Havel, called “The Power of the Powerless.”

From Salon

“This is the big one,” political scientist Barbara F. Walter explained in an essay exploring the dangers of institutional sabotage.

From Salon

And I am so critical, I know I would have torn my own essay apart if someone had handed it to me.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, Verbeek essays a familiar Dardennes type — the defiantly unsympathetic character in peril — as Jessica stubbornly forces her way into her mystery mom’s orbit, demanding answers she thinks might give her closure.

From Los Angeles Times