Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 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

We all sat around a large table full of etymological dictionaries and thesauruses, and the children were discussing a line about being born in Mexico.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2018

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

From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2017

Pundits exhausted their thesauruses in the search for new synonyms for doleful, dreary and vacuous.

From Time Magazine Archive