thesaurus

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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

Ms Ain said that experts are also looking to create a legal thesaurus in Indian sign language that would help the deaf lawyers and litigants.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2023

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

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

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