noun
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Then "grünen" indicates that the noun will be plural and green in color.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026
The noun in “Is This Thing On?” is a marriage, not a microphone, although a microphone turns out to be a novel way to restart a relationship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
But, despite his best efforts not to dwell on the stakes of his work, the noun “rebellion” was never far from his mind.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
Although it is obsolete in this sense, the verb survives in Welsh English in the sense of to scratch, especially with claws or fingernails, along with the noun use, to scratch.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025
Take this entry on noun plurals, from, of all books, The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: Nouns derived from foreign languages form plurals in different ways.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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