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[tree-tis] / ˈtri tɪs /


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Researchers in Italy announced in June the first complete virtual unrolling of a scroll, which turned out to be a treatise on ethics.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

With yet another treatise on this topic having been published, Slate book critic Laura Miller declares that it’s time for the discourse to evolve.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026

The book shows Edgeworth as a gifted translator of economic ideas, carrying the arguments of Smith, Malthus and Ricardo to readers young and old who would never open a treatise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The book jacket features a prominent blurb from Johnson calling the doctor’s treatise: “A gripping tale of corruption and courage that will open eyes and prompt serious questions.”

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025

Through it all, he continued to read deeply in philosophy, mathematics, and physics as he worked on a sprawling treatise he calls the “CTMU”—the “Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe.”

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Researchers worked with Le Chat, a generative AI tool developed by the French start‑up Mistral, training it on Moliere's body of work, as well as dialogues and philosophical treatises.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

The older cases and treatises turned not simply on place of birth, but on protection, allegiance and the sovereign’s acceptance of the parents’ presence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Some scientists want stricter enforcement of existing space treatises or more regulation of space debris.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

Rather than mentioning those supposed practical considerations, treatises from the early Christian centuries draw from biblical inferences, contemporary understanding of time and calendrical math to argue for its case.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024

Apart from the treatises on farming and the cultivation of various crops, there were rows and rows of histories.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead


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