thesaurus
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Look up a thesaurus and you'll find dozens of ways to describe what happened here but, somehow, none of them quite hit the mark.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
As the authors write, he turned to the thesaurus and made lists of traditional “pirating” words.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
She undoubtedly has a thesaurus earmarked and highlighted like a high school student’s SparkNotes copy of “Macbeth.”
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025
At their simplest, these programs mask plagiarism through liberal use of a thesaurus; replace enough words with synonyms and hopefully nobody will ever find the original source.
From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023
In the air around her, Jack laughed, Jack hooted, Jack cackled, Jack snickered, Jack was a whole thesaurus entry of glee, and Hazel could only let the waves batter her.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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