Example Sentences

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“People here don’t identity with margaritas! Who, around the world, does not think of Seattle synonymously with coffee?”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

It should be said that grilling and barbecuing, though the terms are often used synonymously, aren't technically the same thing.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2021

Now, teens on Reddit or Twitch chat use boi synonymously with guy, apparently unaware of its recent history.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2020

Developing leukemia in the summer of 1962, Davis tragically died at 23 without playing an NFL down, while Mitchell, as the first African American to play here, is happily and synonymously associated with Washington football.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2019

The back settlements and back slums are used synonymously.

From Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George