thing
Example Sentences
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"With the game you are able to focus in on one thing, which kind of blocks all the other distractions out - it's a pure form of meditation."
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
“I still have a thing about yellow flowers in open fields,” she admits.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Except that those don’t exist, and the only thing reliably added are fees.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
And he’s been doing this kind of thing every month, for the past three years.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
All I know is, every first place and new PR I get under my belt is one more thing to show colleges next year.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.