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  1. 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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This massive dataset contains more than 20 billion words from English-language news articles published in 20 countries.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

It soon filled up with so much generated content that the real articles were buried.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

Muniz and Kaczmarek were the breakout stars of the original series, featured in numerous profiles and magazine articles.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The company used to have long articles about its products and how all their features work together.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

I could tell you about all the articles on the contest that appeared in newspapers and magazines.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

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