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paragraphs

  • plural
    of paragraph.
    paragraph
    noun
    a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
  • present tense form
    of paragraph (3rd person singular).
    paragraph
    noun
    a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.

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That was far too many paragraphs without talking baseball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

I am sure of it not because I remember writing this thing in fits and starts throughout Saturday, but because an A.I. detector called Pangram blessed these paragraphs with a “100% Human Written” score.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

"They are already identifying 70% of our hearts attacks from two paragraphs of text," said Swinburn.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

But now and again he produces sentences, sometimes entire paragraphs, that make you sit up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Even in the paragraphs above, for instance, it seemed natural to talk about traveling through a speech “step by step,” or of traveling through “well-known territory.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith