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paragraph

[par-uh-graf, -grahf] / ˈpær əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /
NOUN
article
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chapter clause detail item passage piece provision
STRONG
branch division element head heading matter part point portion
Antonyms
STRONGEST
whole
NOUN
clause
Synonyms
STRONGEST
article passage provision requirement section specification stipulation
STRONG
catch chapter codicil condition heading item joker kicker limitation part point proviso rider ultimatum
WEAK
fine print small print string attached to something
Antonyms
STRONGEST
whole
NOUN
indentation
Synonyms
STRONG
arrangement indention section
NOUN
item
Synonyms
STRONGEST
component element feature information piece thing
STRONG
account aspect bit blurb bulletin column consideration detail dispatch entry incidental matter minutia news note notice novelty particular point report scoop scrap specific story
WEAK
conversation piece minor point write-up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
whole
STRONG
heedlessness ignorance neglect
NOUN
passage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clause portion quotation reading section sentence text transition verse
STRONG
extract piece
Antonyms
STRONGEST
whole
WEAK
denial idleness inaction refusal veto wait
NOUN
text
Synonyms
STRONGEST
content document idea passage quotation theme verse wording
STRONG
argument body consideration contents context extract fundamentals head issue line lines matter motive point sentence stanza subject thesis topic vocabulary words
WEAK
main body motify
Antonyms
STRONG
ignorance nothing nothingness

Example Sentences

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Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak have pinpointed a winter night in 2016 as the turning point, when the justices “issued a cryptic, one paragraph ruling” on Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

The Washington Post mentioned it in the 36th and final paragraph of its front-page story on McVeigh’s arrest.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

TurboQuant is the opening paragraph — not the conclusion — of the memory-stock correction.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

There are dull stretches in Tennyson’s life, but there is hardly a dull paragraph in this richly detailed book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The paragraph should close, but I can’t stop muttering.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)

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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4

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