thesaurus

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And now you can break out the thesaurus.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

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

A charge against you isn't merely false, it's totally false or completely bogus, or some such, from the liar's well-thumbed thesaurus.

From Salon • May 6, 2023

A deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol is so close that the negotiating teams have been consulting the thesaurus to help pick a name, in scenes reminiscent of the '80s political comedy, "Yes Minister".

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2023

“Were you using a thesaurus when you wrote this?”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline