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Stevens raised challenges in dozens of school districts over the Bible, dictionaries and thesauruses.

From Seattle Times Apr. 16, 2024

Critics thumbed thesauruses for hyperboles to rhapsodize about her pyrotechnics.

From New York Times Jan. 30, 2024

Amin said because some countries, particularly poorer ones may see phase-out as too restrictive, negotiators could even hit their thesauruses for alternatives to the much discussed phase-out or phase-down wording.

From Seattle Times Dec. 5, 2023

Take a good look as they don 10-ounce thesauruses packed full of slander.

From The Guardian Jun. 20, 2017

Nor do its plural forms, the highfalutin thesauri, or thesauruses, which sounds like a prehistoric creature.

From Time Magazine Archive