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In grammar, the words a, an, and the, which precede a noun or its modifier. The is the definite article; a and an are indefinite articles.

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

It was followed by several told-you-so articles with titles like “Have No Illusion: Islam Is the Enemy.”
Europe’s Islam Haters Say We Told You So|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It upsets me because I used to really, and still do sometimes, love the articles Salon writes.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire|William O’Connor|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“I read articles that say ‘here’s another white girl joining in on the dance party on the grave of hip hop,” she says.
From Church of Christ to Pansexual Rapper|Tyler Gillespie|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Over 900 peer-reviewed scientific articles have adduced evidence that anthropogenic climate change is real.
Extreme Weather? Blame the End Times|Jay Michaelson|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The author of two books and dozens of articles about grizzlies, he is a grequent visitor in high school and college classrooms.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A number of the articles were used in the erection of Edgbaston Vestry Hall, where the curious may inspect them if so inclined.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
There are many articles in the American department of which I would gladly speak, that have attracted no public notice.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
For the said purpose he took nearly a thousand pesos in money, or in stuffs and other articles which are most valued there.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
It is interesting to note that some other articles of customary export showed large declines in 1915 as compared with 1914.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The Tchuktchi of north-eastern Asia are devoted worshipers of tobacco, and is one of the chief articles of trade with them.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.