synonyms
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"Repair" and "fix" may be synonyms, but your trustworthy Midwestern TV dad understands the difference.
From Salon • Aug. 7, 2024
Because they’re synonyms — they are one and the same.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024
Pedrosa, however, speaks about celebrating the foreigner and the historic waves of migration across the planet, offering a catalog of synonyms — “Immigrant, émigré, expatriate” — even as he expands the concept.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2024
Global warming and climate change are often used interchangeably as synonyms, but scientists prefer to use “climate change” when describing the complex shifts now affecting our planet’s weather and climate systems.
From National Geographic • Feb. 14, 2024
You think he'd have a stronger grasp on synonyms.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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