suffixes
Example Sentences
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The suffixes “ist” and “ism,” as I’ve said before in these pages, assume conscious belief.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
She closely reads passages from their textbooks, breaks apart prefixes and suffixes and identifies root words.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024
"For those who want .ai suffixes, I'm seeing sales in the low five-figures, and sometimes in the six figures," he says.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023
German street names mostly end with suffixes like Straße, weg, allee, gasse, which are variations on street, way, lane, boulevard, or alley.
From Scientific American • Jun. 1, 2023
Once he had swallowed a good portion of the English vocabulary, he began to taste the familiar ingredients, the Greek seasoning in the roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
