the thing
Example Sentences
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But if that was the thing that you hated doing and weren’t good at, then you can get some help with that.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
“It is distracting. Often you’re just buying the problems of the thing that was there.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
But TurboQuant doesn’t look like it will be the thing that kills the momentum.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
"I think the thing about me in the oversharing is that the sharing always feels like so much more important than any privacy," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
It was just the thing they all wanted and, ironically, just the thing they all deserved.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
