synonym

Example Sentences

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Affordability isn’t a synonym for inflation, which is the rate of change in the overall price level.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

But cortisol is not a synonym for stress.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025

It is vital not to use "conspiracies" as a synonym for "conspiracy theories," or for "conspiracism."

From Salon • May 7, 2025

"Wolfsburg and Volkswagen - it's kind of a synonym," explains Dieter Landenberger, the VW Group's in-house historian, as he looks lovingly at an early model Beetle.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

In the sixties, minority became a synonym for socially disadvantaged Americans—but it was primarily a numerical designation.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez