| 单词 | synonym |
| 例句 | It’s always surprising to me to see how often scientists thoughtlessly use synonyms in comparisons, because the cardinal principle of experimental design is the Rule of One Variable. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Daughters-in-law lived with their husbands’ parents, not their own; a synonym for marriage in Chinese is “taking a daughter-in-law.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Careful writers and discerning readers delight in the profusion of words in the English lexicon, no two of which are exact synonyms. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The usual synonyms—uniqueness, novelty, freshness—do not help us very much, and the dictionaries tell us only that an original work must not be a copy. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if “awkward” was a synonym for “the most painful thing ever” in the fencing world, but I didn’t say anything about my throbbing legs out loud. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The play on words here depends on ‘fact’ being both a synonym for ‘deed’ and ‘act’ but also a word used specifically for unlawful deeds and acts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For family delicacy, Dad coined two synonyms for going to the bathroom in the woods. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, some musicians use the term overtones as a synonym for harmonics. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “It is difficult to give him a rating above a $5,000 plater,” wrote one journalist, using the synonym for claimer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke as if the three were synonyms. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The synonym was official, authoritative; it was the verdict that the culture gave on a person like her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Midas, whose name has become a synonym for a rich man, had very little profit from his riches. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There was graffiti in Webster’s but the synonym wasn’t part of it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the sixties, minority became a synonym for socially disadvantaged Americans—but it was primarily a numerical designation. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What word is a synonym of "amiable"? Ans. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z We looked at a version of this principle when we saw that to help the reader keep track of a single entity across multiple mentions, a writer should not flip-flop between unnecessary synonyms. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But he would not be so bad—nor would he become so successful, a scholarship boy—if he did not accurately perceive that the best synonym for primary ‘education’ is ‘imitation.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I need to know that ramify and bifurcate are synonyms, if they even are? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I wrote down all the synonyms in my journal. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Heath Robinson's drawings of complicated inventions saw his name enter the lexicon in 1912 as a synonym for absurdly ingenious devices. Heath Robinson cartoons 'saved' 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Of course the two aren't necessarily synonyms, but there's bound to be a fair bit of overlap. A triumph for the nerd 2011-07-18T20:00:04Z In a fantastic blogpost this February, Bridget Minamore wrote: “The synonyms of ‘fierce’ are violent, ferocious, brutal, severe, stern, angry, vicious, furious, intense and strong. Feisty, flounce and bossy: the words used to put women down 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z The jet remains a go-to synonym for aerial enormity, one that a “Game of Thrones” director recently deployed to suggest the dimensions of a dragon. As the 747 Begins Its Final Approach, a Pilot Takes a Flight Down Memory Lane 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z We use “naked” and “nude” like synonyms, but there have always been differences between bare bodies, even in art history. From JLaw to Lena: How nudity became the new normal 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z There are at least 200 synonyms for the word “drunk,” as chronicled as early as 1737 in something called The Drinkers Dictionary. ‘Vape’ Joins Pot Lingo as Oxford’s Word of the Year 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Then he dared asked for a synonym: “Oh, please change a word to describe my fate On TV and the media. It would be great...” Style Invitational Week 1410: Legends of the fall 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z And to quote George Orwell: “Almost any English person would accept ‘bully’ as a synonym for ‘Fascist.’ Unite the Right 2 was a failure — but American fascism is not dead 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z “They are offensive and I don’t believe they are synonyms for ‘woman’,” she says. ‘Hussy, baggage or filly’: are these really dictionary definitions of a ‘woman’? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Now his name is a bare synonym for sexual prowess, or worse — Casanova went to bed with his own daughter, and several of his romances fell well short of the contemporary bar of affirmative consent. On the Trail of a Lover Boy in the Age of Enlightenment 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “Einstein” is a word sometimes used as a synonym for genius, often sarcastically, as when you reply to a friend’s obtuse idea with “Nice theory, Einstein.” Why Roz Chast Makes Fun of White Middle-Class New Yorkers 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Less familiar outside Hollywood but ubiquitous in Variety's lexicon are such phrases as "to ankle" as a synonym for "to leave" or "exit," and "boffo" for a modifier describing a robust box-office return or ratings. Showbiz magazine Daily Variety goes out of print after 80 years 2013-03-20T00:41:03Z The answer’s in the synonyms: nurturing, devoted, comforting. My not-so-maternal instinct: I refuse to lie to my kids 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z He called it Le Breton, a Loire synonym for cabernet franc, and, unlike his blended cab francs, which received prolonged barrel age, the Breton was bottled before the next harvest. He’s in a Cab Franc State of Mind 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z We’ve sometimes used “the studios” as a slightly anachronistic synonym for Hollywood. This Year Was a Disaster. We Hope the Sequel Is Better. 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z But my guide and I were grappling for synonyms to describe another defining feature: its vertiginous and ever-twisting mountain roads. High in the Hills of Corsica 2011-08-12T18:55:00Z Because value is not strictly a synonym for inexpensive. Your Next Lesson: Value Bordeaux 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z They weren’t – the most derogatory synonym for “man” given by dictionaries she found were “bozo” and “geezer”. ‘Hussy, baggage or filly’: are these really dictionary definitions of a ‘woman’? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Will does not mean selfishness, however, and autonomy over oneself is not a synonym for nastiness towards others – quite the reverse. Why parents should leave their kids alone 2013-05-04T08:00:00Z Among survivors’ and victims’ families, Ramli’s name has since become, as Oppenheimer puts it, “a synonym for the killings in general”. Joshua Oppenheimer: why I returned to Indonesia’s killing fields 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Boyle worked on more than 80 films as art director or production designer — synonyms for a job that he once defined as “being responsible for the space in which a film takes place.” Robert F. Boyle, Film Designer for Hitchcock, Dies 2010-08-03T19:00:00Z "A Shakespeare sonnet" is almost as much a synonym for "love poem" as "Mona Lisa" is for "beautiful woman". Don Paterson on Shakespeare's sonnets 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z My thesaurus has nearly 40 synonyms and slang variants listed under the entry for laugh. Laugh ? review 2011-01-28T18:36:56Z These are, according to various traditional dictionaries, synonyms for “woman”, which came as a bit of a shock to Maria Beatrice Giovanardi as she typed the word into a search engine one night in January. ‘Hussy, baggage or filly’: are these really dictionary definitions of a ‘woman’? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z “A glass of Charles” became a synonym for Champagne. The Year’s Best Wine Books 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Much like recognizing domesticity as a performance isn't inherently bad, neither is camp, though many people have come to regard the term as a synonym for kitsch or tackiness. If entertaining is a domestic performance, let Thanksgiving be camp 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z I assume “not super-close” with the bride-to-be is a synonym for “not close.” R.I.P. My Whole Family 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z But when children see their parents cringe at the use of their sweary synonyms, they quickly pick up how powerful they are. Weapons of crass construction 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z If "right" is intended simply as an adjective, placed after the noun "grave", perhaps it could be read as a synonym for "rightful". Poem of the week: Sonnet 30 by Robert Sidney 2013-05-20T09:01:27Z Another aggressive and ignorant assumption is the idea that asexual individuals are emotionally immature and unattractive individuals, linking asexual within as a synonym to undesirable, unwanted, and unappealing. What's so "unsexy" about asexuality? 2021-01-17T05:00:00Z While Cartier is now a fixture in every major city, a synonym for international panache, its origins were modest. Can’t Afford a Shopping Spree at Cartier? This Book Is the Next Best Thing 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z “One minute is just a synonym for short,” he offered. 'One Minute Sculptures' Invade the Schindler House 1454-01-03T05:00:00Z Heart disease could transform from a medical ailment to an economic ailment, in which just having heart disease becomes a synonym for poverty. Haider Warraich: ‘We do everything in our modern lifestyle to hurt the heart’ 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z These days, for GOP candidates, it’s a catch-all synonym for liberal cowardice or caution — whatever it is that’s keeping America from being great, or something. How ‘politically correct’ went from compliment to insult 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z She does not argue that the words are synonyms. Isabel Wilkerson’s ‘Caste’ Is an ‘Instant American Classic’ About Our Abiding Sin 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z One such riddle relies on synonyms and homonyms, requiring the solver to climb through both literal and metaphorical definitions to arrive at the eventual answer: poetry itself. What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What! 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Perhaps authors didn’t like to use the word “evil” in the title; perhaps there were other, more common synonyms; perhaps the context points to another subject altogether. Analyzing Literature by the Words, but Also the Numbers 2010-12-03T20:30:00Z “Beginning and end seem synonyms,” Neighbors growled, sure-footed at the center of the sensation. Review | In chaotic times, Mizmor’s heavy metal is a model of composure 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Yet black people have long used it, too, and not necessarily in the way some blacks now use it as a synonym for "dude." High school play seizes power from the N-word 2011-04-30T16:16:06Z Value is not simply a synonym for inexpensive. 20 Wines for Under $20: The Spring Edition 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z We should mention some tracks here because they really are quite beautiful, even if we might be in danger of listing synonyms for sumptuous sadness. New band of the day: Holy Other (No 994) 2011-03-30T15:50:56Z And much like recognizing domesticity as a performance isn't inherently bad, neither is camp, though many people have come to regard the term as a synonym for kitsch or tackiness. If entertaining is a domestic performance, let Thanksgiving be camp 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Or, less approvingly, perhaps "flowery", "high-minded" or "overblown" could be workable synonyms. On Poetry by Glyn Maxwell – review 2012-07-13T21:55:02Z After all, dark suits are essentially a synonym for generic world leader uniform, which is why people freak out when a president makes the rare appearance in beige. Kamala Harris, in Southeast Asia and in Uniform 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The word is a whimsical synonym for fate, the unpredictable forces that lead people to their destiny. In Los Angeles, a Restaurant Equals Parts California and Middle East 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Other than preserving the word “mikado,” which it uses as a synonym for “ruler,” this production avoids any reference to Japan. A ‘Mikado’ for a modern age — minus Japan, but complete with a bar 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Pillsbury owns the trademark for the word, but it became so popular as people grew up with it that it is now a synonym for rainbow sprinkles, the way Kleenex is for tissues. The Funfetti Explosion 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z In truth, being pragmatic has become a synonym for being a wuss. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z In “The Stone Face,” whiteness is not a “racial” trait; it is, rather, a synonym for situational privilege. “How Does It Feel To Be a White Man?”: William Gardner Smith’s Exile in Paris 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Over the years, Bochner’s interest in words, lists, and synonyms developed into a set of iconic works, often called thesaurus paintings. Words, Words, Words: Mel Bochner's Thesaurus Paintings 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Notice that a surprising number of insults that we fling at men are actually synonyms for or references to femininity. American men’s hidden crisis: They need more friends! 2013-12-08T00:00:00Z This wine is 55 percent of moscatel, most likely a synonym for muscat of Alexandria, and 45 percent riesling. 20 Wines Under $20: A Little More Money for a Lot More Wine 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z If I ask you to come up with synonyms of "ask" and you respond with "question" and "inquire", congratulations: you have seamlessly navigated your way through 500 years of English history. A plea for syntactical sanity on US National Grammar Day 2013-03-04T20:32:24Z In the context of foodstuffs, “have” is a synonym for “eat,” as in “let’s have pizza for dinner” — and at any rate, one inevitably “has” anything one consumes, even if only briefly. Style Invitational: We beg you to differ — it’s our compare/contrast contest 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z For a lot of people, it’s a synonym for an idea that’s completely nuts. Save us, Neil DeGrasse Tyson!: The Flat Earth movement is back with a vengeance 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The Hammer's "Thing" used the more alien-sounding synonym for "object" as its title. Object lessons at Torrance Art Museum's 'Another Thing Coming' 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z She was more devoted to the synonym than to the metaphor, for what she saw was the nonhuman that people always reminded her of: Review: ‘The Complete Stories,’ by Flannery O’Connor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z From the 17th century, “millennial” could be used as a synonym for “millenarian”: associated with the belief that the second coming of Christ was imminent and would usher in a 1,000-year era of peace. From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Still, this rejection by the network that became synonyms with the actor’s success and brand represents a key moment in the fall of “America’s dad.” NBC Dumps Bill Cosby Sitcom Plan 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z And since when did “high strung” become a synonym for “playground bully”? Social Q’s: Telling a Co-Worker When a Political Rant Is Out of Line - Social Q’s 2012-11-03T04:00:44Z “Guy” became a popular, if vulgar, synonym for “man”—a guy was not a gentleman—and the association of the word “guy” with Guy Fawkes fell away. The New Pronoun in Town 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z “Everything about their appearance was a synonym for their political background”, says Daigeler. Satin v cheesecloth: how 70s style defines the warring women of Mrs America 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z For many from Louis's generation, survival always trumps passion, and careers like writer, painter and yes, sommelier are all just synonyms for "homeless guy" in their eyes. Netflix's "Uncorked" spills the real truth about rejection and privilege in pursuit of passion 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z A former features writer at The New York Post, Tucker embraces this dominance and effectively treats comics as a synonym for superhero comics, its most famous genre. The Hand of the Comic Artist 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Accent is not a synonym for dialect, but it's related. Do accents disappear? 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Though Faye at one point says “I don’t abide by no rules but necessity,” it turns out — in a perfectly turned final surprise — that necessity is sometimes a synonym for love. Review: In ‘Skeleton Crew,’ Making Quick Work of Hard Labor 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The internet is different from the web but Facebook is rapidly becoming a synonym for both. Facebook and Google spread 'their' net across the mobile world 2013-03-24T00:05:39Z At which point it occurs to you that “friction-free” is a synonym for “dead.” Getting off (line): I’m giving up online porn, and so should you 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z When Il Duce claimed that he would further “clarify” matters, his audience understood that “clarification” was a synonym for violence. A Scholar of Fascism Sees a Lot That’s Familiar with Trump 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Admittedly neither of these examples are quite as extreme as some of the other synonyms we've discussed, but they're hardly very pleasant nonetheless. There's nothing like a good Smurf 2011-03-16T10:42:26Z For instance, Transamerica Prestige Beach Class International, which sounds like a Mad Libs of synonyms for “luxury,” is one of the most comfortable lodgings in Recife. 36 Hours in Recife (and Environs) 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z The title, a somewhat dated synonym for guests, neatly conjures the insularity of a theatrical troupe. Sondheim and the City: In a Rethought ‘Company,’ a Woman Wavers 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Many seemed to regard it simply as a synonym for "cool" or "the latest thing". The death of Web 2.0 is nigh 2011-08-06T23:06:05Z The spoiler warning sent by the Disney empire instructed journalists to “continue to be our partners on this journey,” and of course defiance is unthinkable, even if “partner” is taken as a synonym for “shill.” Review: ‘Rogue One’ Leaves ‘Star Wars’ Fans Wanting More and Less 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z “Her pursuit of Italian is about something far bigger than synonyms or dictionaries or nouns,” Benjamin Moser writes in his review. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The word that judges have used to describe Morrissey’s conduct is “contumacious,” which is a fancy synonym for being willfully disobedient. Scandals usually end political careers. Not Joe Morrissey’s. 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z And there is an apt jibe at broadcast journalists for using the word “unprecedented” until it “seemed a synonym for ‘routine.’ ” Books of The Times: ?Watergate,? a Novel by Thomas Mallon 2012-02-15T20:34:23Z There are an array of fitting synonyms for a man who lived a life of great adventure and distinction. Ben Bradlee was the original swagger master 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Lui knows gossip is typically dismissed as a shallow pastime, described using synonyms for garbage: trash, junk, a waste of time and energy. Gossip explains our culture. And nobody explains it like Lainey Gossip. 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z And Colin Burrow looks at a new work on the man whose name has become a synonym for political cruelty and calculation, Niccolò Machiavelli, Philip Bobbitt’s The Garments of Court and Palace. Your weekend reading: hoaxes and imitations, and a 12ft tall Mr Darcy 2013-07-14T00:50:17Z The worst synonym for “man” Collins could come up with is dude or geezer. ‘Hussy, baggage or filly’: are these really dictionary definitions of a ‘woman’? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z It is also, however, a workable synonym, in the sphere of art and culture, for democracy. A Resurgence in Inequality and Its Effects on Culture 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z “Fancy food” was a synonym for French cuisine, which many Americans regarded with fear and suspicion. The Accidental Wine Educator 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Now it's become a mainstream word, a synonym for sick. Q&A: Author Ralph Keyes on Euphemisms and Comfort Words 2011-01-10T08:35:00Z It’s Steven Spielberg’s fault: he paved the way to Oskars with “Schindler’s List,” a banalization of such appalling success as to turn Nazi Germany into a virtual synonym for cinematic seriousness. When Bad Nazis Happen to Good Directors: Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life” 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z I am going to seed my own work in online forums all over, just waiting for people who rank writers, trawling the Web, to find and tally synonyms. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Finally, a proven method to show just how funny I am 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Watergate has become a synonym for the incomparable abuses of power that Gerald R. Ford, Nixon’s second vice president and successor, accurately described as “our long national nightmare.” In ‘The Nixon Defense,’ John W. Dean Returns to Watergate 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Restaurant critics all struggle with the difficulty of writing about eating without resorting to the word “delicious” and its synonyms. The Allure of Imagined Meals 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z I keep reading about "inappropriate behavior," as if "inappropriate" were a synonym for "harassment." Charlie Rose, Louis C.K., Kevin Spacey: Rebuked. Now What Do We Do With Their Work? 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z But the only thing “Project Runway” managed to do last week was infuriate her because several stars of the reality show repeatedly used the phrase “old lady” as a synonym for dowdy, out-of-date or irrelevant. Perspective | Let’s talk about ‘Project Runway’ stars using ‘old lady’ to describe unflattering clothes 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z I actually now wonder how many really young kids grew up thinking for a while that "Aristophanes" was a synonym for "ridiculous." Review: Building the Wall (Not That One) in Aristophanes’ ‘The Birds’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z It’s a metaphor for Manhattan, a synonym for “Mad Men,” the apex of midcentury modernist New York. Classic Skyscrapers Define New York. Take a Virtual Tour. 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z A large volume of roughly 1,000 pages and measuring 12 inches by 8 inches, it’s called a quadruple dictionary because the definitions include derivations and synonyms in French, Latin and Greek. ‘Shakespeare’s Beehive’ review: Are these notes and scribbles the Bard’s? 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Sam embodies all those synonyms for “tired” attributed to single and/or working mothers: fraught, frazzled, overworked. Bad moms: why messy motherhood is finally being accepted on screen 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z You may wonder, for instance, why they both have names that are more or less synonyms for death. Theater Review: ‘Stockholm,’ by Bryony Lavery, Dissects a Marriage 2014-03-13T02:00:01Z A traditional test question might provide a student with a vocabulary word, and then ask him or her to choose the single best synonym from a list of five possible choices. What Standardized Tests Teach Us About the Future of Testing 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Rather than the bland “Sabbath dish,” Tevye mentions “tsimmes,” a sweet carrot stew eaten on the Jewish Sabbath that has become a synonym for a big fuss. How Do You Say ‘Tradition’ in Yiddish? 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Those words might also be synonyms, but Berman seems to mean the first to describe Hefner's liberal do-gooding, the second for his canny instincts in creating, selling and personifying his magazine's sybaritic viewpoint. A Hugh Hefner Documentary: Airbrushed 2010-07-31T06:45:00Z Which may sound like a fancy synonym for “clothes” but reflects ambitions that go far beyond the casual — and, indeed, the usual branded sports star collaboration. Roger Federer Wants to Win a New Game 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The parlors that opened to great fanfare in the early 1970s had quickly became a synonym for cramped, squalid storefronts with rude employees and zombielike patrons squandering Social Security checks. Belmont Awaits Its Annual Return to Glory 2011-06-09T23:00:12Z Love is a synonym for domination, or maybe for submission. ‘The Favourite’ Review: Scheming for Power in a Kinky Palace Triangle 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z And "fruitful" is by no means a synonym for "soluble". Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z “Infer” is not given as a synonym for “imply,” as modern dictionaries do. Gene Weingarten: The latest weapon in his war on ‘terror’? 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Many people think of it as a synonym for “grape,” as in, “What varietals are in that wine?” Don’t Judge a Wine by the Grape on Its Label 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z There were other factors that made the latest Tonys ceremony the most entertaining I had known since I was a kid in North Carolina, when Broadway was still a synonym for glamour for me. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: What Oscar Can Learn From Tony About How To Put on a Show 2011-06-16T16:54:02Z “Star Wars” is shallow and silly and campy and fun, and a dozen other synonyms that suggest we shouldn’t think about it too hard. The “Star Wars” fandom menace: The glaring emotional blind spots that power “The Force Awakens” 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z "A library," Monson writes, "is a synonym for slow, a silent coil into the past's dust." Ander Monson's 'Letter to a Future Lover' and the lives of books 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z In fact, the word “coffin” appears in medieval recipes as a synonym for pie crust. Thanksgiving, medieval style: Give thanks that “Red Deer testicles” and “living eels in roasted pig” aren’t on the menu today 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Which for them is a synonym for a show. At Louis Vuitton and Valentino, Mapping the Season’s Genome 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The idea for the act under the floor arose linguistically, after he turned to a thesaurus to find synonyms for the word “foundation” and was struck by the poetry of “seedbed.” Vito Acconci, an Artist as Influential as He Is Eccentric 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z And most of the conversations they entail are expository synonyms for, ‘so, we meet again’. Game of Thrones: has this flawed, spectacular show become too big to fail? 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Stage names work as synonyms, but that illusion often breaks down live in concert; Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails, until he’s backed by half a dozen people sharing a stage with him. Review | St. Vincent goes it alone and it’s more than enough 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The first word uttered in “Sausage Party” is a popular synonym for excrement, which is a bit counterintuitive. ‘Sausage Party’ Is an Animated Sex Comedy About Food ... and God 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Here, the bar’s elusive rabbit hole hurtles you into a Southern-style honky-tonk where a beer and a shot are the call of the day and taxidermy is a synonym for décor. The Hidden Bars of Sydney 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z This is a common enough aphorism, but it’s usually delivered with a more vulgar synonym. How Nancy Pelosi turned the condescending ‘feisty grandma’ meme into a political weapon 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z He had to work especially hard to correct and understand spelling errors and analyse synonyms. Google and the future of search: Amit Singhal and the Knowledge Graph 2013-01-19T21:59:00Z He is loving and critical, impulses that New Yorkers know as synonyms. Is 9/11 a Day, or Is It an Era? 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z In rural areas I have often heard it used as a synonym for topsoil, sometimes pronounced “loom,” as in “I can bring you a truckload of loom.” How to create a living soil 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Anguish and amusement are neighbors, sometimes even synonyms. ‘The Hand of God’ Review: A Portrait of the Cineaste as a Young Man 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z “To me,” Peirce says, “it was nothing more or less than a synonym for ‘nerd’ or ‘dweeb.’ ‘Dork Diaries’: The book empire built one awkward moment at a time 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Snack time is not a synonym for treat time; snacks should provide nutrients. Perspective | Worried about whether your child is eating enough? Some helpful guidelines and advice. 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Glitter rock – a synonym for glam – comes from Gary Glitter, about which the less said, the better. Genre busting: the origin of music categories 2011-08-25T21:04:01Z I agree, but I am interested: I don’t remember any adults using those coy synonyms before the 1990s and the swear word used to be 10 times ruder, friendship-endingly extreme. What can we learn from a vagina museum? 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Photograph: Barry J Holmes For The Guide Hollywood's Sunset Strip is supposed to be a synonym for debauchery and glamour. Icona Pop put some punk spirit into dance music 2013-06-15T05:00:00Z “Basic” in this sense is a synonym of sorts for “inauthentic”; we recognize the type, or at least we think we do. What Does It Mean to Be a “Real” Writer? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The term is now a conceptual synonym for the idea of “sale,” a Pavlovian cue to get you in the right frame of mind to open your wallet. What Does ‘Black Friday’ Even Mean Anymore? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z They then drew contrasting images of the word that showed opposite emotions, and studied synonyms and antonyms to understand the “shades of meaning.” Why every parent should read to their kids 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z David Fincher called himself that same synonym when accepting his directing award at the National Board of Review. The Carpetbagger: A Swirl of Back Patting on the Statuette Circuit 2011-01-12T23:17:49Z “I prefer any one of the various synonyms in the Queen’s English.” Is it OK to call someone fat? 2014-01-20T14:30:00Z It’s nearly a synonym for South America’s largest country. See Brazil for more than soccer 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Photograph: Fotos International/Rex Features Fleetwood Mac’s follow-up to the blockbuster Rumours, one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, has for a long time been a synonym for excess and artistic hubris. Do Louis CK and Kanye West belong in the pantheon of artistic hubris? 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Funnily enough, when today I looked up synonyms for “hero” on my computer, the top two entries were “brave man” and “male protagonist.” MTV doesn’t think Katniss is a hero 2014-03-11T14:09:00Z I remember a time when Sony dominated the gadgetry business, when it was a synonym for elegant design and advanced functionality, when Walkmans ruled the world. Apple drives another nail into sluggish Sony's coffin 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z Serendipity is essentially a synonym for good luck, but it’s hardly random. How to Up the Spontaneity Quotient on Your Next Trip 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z In general, she said, it is not used as a “simple synonym” for white supremacy, though some who embrace the term do openly acknowledge its usefulness in softening and selling extreme ideas. ‘Post-Truth’ Defeats ‘Alt-Right’ as Oxford’s Word of the Year 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z As a student, when Nascar was a synonym for political regression, he staged a mini Indy 500, calling it “Young Wight Grand Prix.” An L.A. Artist Who Anticipated Our Trumpian Moment 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Shiny, expensive, hoity-toity: these are three of many synonyms I heard from Angelenos describing Santa Barbara, the beach town that has long had a reputation as a weekend escape for Los Angeles’s elite. Confused in California 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z However you calculate it, the word “density” sounds a lot like a synonym for overcrowding and congestion, for too-tall buildings and greedy real estate developers, unwanted neighbors and lost parking spaces. Everything You Think You Know About Housing Is Probably Wrong 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Dear Carolyn: My husband likes to tease me by using a synonym for “delayed” that is an insulting schoolyard taunt. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Husband won’t stop offensive name-calling because it’s ‘too fun’ 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z There are several synonyms for the word "colours" in the poem – "shades", "tints", "tones", "hues", all having a different sound and, indeed, coloration. Poem of the week: The Coloration of Feathers by Ruth Fainlight 2012-02-13T09:34:36Z It’s very thematic, which means it’s basically a lexicon of synonyms. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z Some 98% said the word "gay" was used as a synonym for "rubbish". Lessons on gay history cut homophobic bullying in north London school 2010-10-25T23:01:00Z Suggested synonyms for the word include not only sentimentalism, but mawkishness, maudlinism, melodramatics, mushiness – a host of “m” words to make the whole idea quite unappealing. The lost promise of nostalgia: What modern pop culture gets wrong 2014-03-16T20:00:00Z Slang is a word or phrase that is a synonym for another but that is also used to reference a social group. Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z And, for many Berniecrats, socialism became the name of their desire instead of a synonym for state tyranny. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and America’s Most Liberal Generation 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Each work gathers up the synonyms of some common word that has spawned a vast vernacular – obscene, money, obsolete, no – and runs them into the ground, like speech escalating into a rant. Richard Hamilton: The Late Work; Mel Bochner: If the Colour Changes – review 2012-10-13T23:06:10Z According to Wine Grapes by Jancis Robinson, et al., that is a synonym for verdicchio. This sangiovese is delicious, $13 — and kosher for Passover 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Asked what he was currently working on, he replied simply, “My life” — which to judge from his films may be a synonym for his art. ?Hysterical Excess,? Andrzej Zulawski Films at BAMcin?matek 2012-03-04T04:13:02Z Now the name Sundance is almost a synonym for the possibilities of independent film. Indie time: Sundance sets focus on low-budget film 2013-01-16T15:35:14Z I wanted this middle ranking to be "watchable" or "passable," but couldn't find a workable synonym for those words that started with the letter I in any online thesaurus. Straight to DVD: Beware "Neowolf"! 2010-04-24T13:01:00Z So the Bagger will dutifully occupy her stack of screeners and return after the holidays, rejuvenated, removiefied and rearmed with a fresh list of synonyms for the word “award.” Carpetbagger Blog: 2011: It's a Wrap 2011-12-23T20:23:43Z Using “dillydallying” as a synonym for dalliance is just plain wrong. Book review: Metaphysical novella ‘The Creator’ by Mynona blurs the boundary between dream and reality 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z There was a time when the words “dystopian” and “futuristic” were nearly synonyms, but even the most alarming events in Marcus’s genre-roaming book seem no more than five minutes from now. Are Ben Marcus’s Dark and Disturbing New Stories the Literary Answer to ‘Black Mirror’? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z “Likability is often used as a synonym for nice and safe and dull,” she wrote, “but that’s a corruption of the word: Who really likes that?” Reese Witherspoon Isn't Nice and Wholesome in "Wild," and That’s What Makes it Great 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Despite those advances, though, “period” has mostly remained a synonym for “early.” The Conductor Transforming Period Performance 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Or if a synonym is better than another word. Neil Patrick Harris chats about his choose-your-own-adventure memoir 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Where the foundation of our family identity isn't conformity but belonging, because we believe that belonging is the very best synonym for love. Say gay 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z However unless “illusion” is a synonym for “totally one sided” he is not using the word correctly. JoJo Picks Her Hometown Dates on 'The Bachelorette' 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Once in France, he learned the language, he recalled, by obsessively studying a dictionary of synonyms. The Week in Arts: Sleater-Kinney, Paul Taylor and ‘Synonyms’ 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z At their simplest, these programs mask plagiarism through liberal use of a thesaurus; replace enough words with synonyms and hopefully nobody will ever find the original source. Don’t Blame AI. Plagiarism Is Turning Digital News into Hot Garbage 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The two men used terms like “reset” and “refresh” as synonyms to discuss their vision for the Washington Wizards. Reset and refresh: Wizards avoiding using ‘rebuild’ to describe their rebuild 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The word “august,’’ small a, is defined as “marked by majestic dignity or grandeur,’’ with synonyms like “imposing” and “impressive.” Mariners better get their mojo back as chase for postseason heats up 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Ripstein cites his “contumacy,” a fancy synonym for stubbornness, as a decisive factor in maintaining an uninterrupted career for 60 years. The greatest Mexican filmmaker you’ve never heard of 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z I know “quiet” is loaded — a synonym for normalcy, or what we idealize as normal. Opinion: Why El Segundo, home of the 2023 Little League World Series champs, has winning ways 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z In the abstract, “midget” might well be a synonym for petite, or a sub-genre of athletic theater. California's dwarf community wants to KO the 'M-word.' These wrestlers are pushing back 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Even the occasional rebrand, to aliases including New Jersey Reds and New York Nationals, failed to prevent them from becoming a pop culture synonym for luckless losers. One win, 17,000 defeats - life as a Washington General 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z But few have gone so far as Wisconsin in treating contiguous as a loose synonym for “nearby.” Lawsuit targets Wisconsin legislative districts resembling Swiss cheese 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Compartmentalization, after all, is a pretty good synonym for rationalization, the act of setting aside, or even tucking away, whatever we find morally troubling. ‘Oppenheimer’ doesn’t show us Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That's an act of rigor, not erasure 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z It’s so aggressively neutral, it’s a synonym for boring. Cardboard: Environmental scourge or savior? 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z “For us, ‘devised’ is kind of a synonym for ‘generative.’ Dacha Theatre’s newest play riffs on Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z But Mr. Willner said predators still try to game the system by using what researchers call “visual synonyms” — creative terms to evade guardrails while describing the images they want to produce. The Race to Prevent ‘the Worst Case Scenario for Machine Learning’ 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z You might think of “adjacent” and “adjoined” as synonyms, but they manifest quite differently on the landscape. Here’s What the Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act Ruling Means to You 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Because Harappa was the first major site discovered by archaeologists, the term Harappan often appears as a synonym for Indus valley civilization. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Regarding the election fraud claims, Fox News, citing Butler, could have argued that neither cupidity nor cowardice are synonyms for malice. Opinion | Fox News behaved egregiously, but the settlement was good for the law 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The “college-educated and affluent vote” is not, however, a synonym for the “suburban vote.” Opinion | A classless, socially fluid America? Not today, not in politics. 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z “Shortages are practically a synonym for long wait times.” Consumers and manufacturers wait months for repairs and parts amid pandemic-era inflation, shortages 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z She speaks in perfectly formed paragraphs and deploys what feels like a thesaurus’s worth of synonyms. Esther Perel’s Business Is Your Business 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Both were treating “not since the Great Depression” as a synonym for “impossible.” Opinion | Surprised by interest rate hikes? Really? 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z He was also a nudist — the genteel synonym back then was “naturist.” How the deadly Long Beach earthquake in 1933 propelled California's seismic safety rules 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z It was the home of Richard Nixon, the cradle of Ronald Reagan’s career and, for decades, a virtual synonym for the Republican Party of California. DeSantis leads Trump by wide margin in California as primary race starts, poll finds 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Bowdler’s work fell out of print, his name forgotten except as a synonym for all the purse-lipped virtue vandals who would “bowdlerize” great books in the name of protecting children. Opinion | Why it’s wrong to rewrite Roald Dahl’s children’s books 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The neologism refers to folks who trace their heritage to Latin America and is thus a rough synonym for “Latino.” Column: I don't call myself Latinx, but the conservative war against it is ludicrous 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z “Burt Bacharach. The very name is a synonym for pop-music success in the 1960s,” wrote Leonard Feather, The Times’ former jazz critic. Composer Burt Bacharach has died 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z The line between broth and stock has become so blurred, it might seem the two terms are synonyms. Broth vs. stock: What’s the difference and does it matter? 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z It’s a category; it’s an umbrella; it’s a reclaimed slur; it’s a synonym; and in many cases, it’s a dodge. Is Celebrity ‘Queer Baiting’ Really Such a Crime? 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Though some consumers view “organic” as a synonym for “healthy,” the science on whether organic food is healthier is mixed, with many studies showing only a small increase in some nutrients. USDA moves to crack down on ‘organic’ fraud 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z A synonym for “winsome” is “cheerful,” but she is in medium dudgeon about the latest strangeness from the public schools of Fairfax County, Va., an affluent Washington suburb. Opinion | In some Virginia schools, ‘equity’ seems to mean hiding achievement 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “It’s tough, it’s disappointing — all those synonyms that you can add to it,” linebacker C.J. Jets begin focusing on next season after late collapse 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z In American political jargon, “bailout” is a pejorative synonym for the taxpayer-funded rescue of an insolvent bank or other institution that at least partly brought its predicament on itself. Opinion | The great American bailout goes on ... and on 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Language includes a variety of taunts that mostly offer synonyms for “weak” or “worthless,” and a song featuring potty language. What to watch with your kids: ‘Matilda: The Musical’ and more 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The agency, she adds, is working to replace the cables — but “change order” and “general contractor” are not synonyms for speed. Public art in Seattle’s light rail stations has a deeper backstory than you’d think 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z "Quantum" in this context is a synonym for discrete: a photon is a quantum of light, for example, meaning a discrete packet of energy or matter. Is the brain a quantum computer? A remarkable pair of studies suggests so 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z “Bauer does not present any compelling argument as to why Thiagarajah’s using a synonym of the court’s own language misstates the court’s findings.” Judge rules twice against Trevor Bauer, allows his accuser to continue her countersuit 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The appeals court used a synonym to identify the Marine in its ruling. Navy SEAL wins appeal of sentence in soldier’s hazing death 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z And constructing is the operative term — as are synonyms like building, fabricating and erecting. Review: The peculiar appeal of Rebecca Morris' paintings, on view in L.A. 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z The word “snowmageddon” and its colorful synonyms may be more hype than meteorology. Weird Weather: How to Tell a Williwaw from a Haboob 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Now, it’s a common misapprehension that “editing” is a synonym for “deleting.” Opinion | Writers, be wary of Throat-Clearers and Wan Intensifiers. Very, very wary. 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Sullivan was there to help, whether it was with a synonym or the act of reporting and writing. Dan Sullivan, longtime Times theater critic and one of the nation's most read, dies 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Bauer does not present any compelling argument as to why Thiagarajah’s using a synonym of the court’s own language misstates the court’s findings. Trevor Bauer's defamation case against accuser's former attorney could be thrown out 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z To the Mughals, who commandeered the land four centuries later, Kashmir became a synonym for paradise, its splendor a testament to the presence of a divine will on earth, enshrined in verse and myth. The Kashmiri Chef Foraging on Precarious Soil 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z “I found in my interviews over 40 different synonyms or descriptions of chutzpah,” says Harris, who grew up in New York City, the son of Holocaust survivors. Perspective | Chewing over chutzpah with two ace practitioners of the craft 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z “Popular” is not a synonym for right, smart or morally correct. Opinion | Polls are useful. They just can’t predict elections in swing states. 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z In fairness, both parties are devoted synonym hunters when it comes to replaying their greatest historical hits. Opinion | The GOP’s ‘Commitment’ is to total political warfare 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z He said that his spirituality long “felt fake” and that he previously equated art, love and God as synonyms — and that acting made him feel godlike. Not so fast, Olivia Wilde. Shia LaBeouf wants to clear the air: 'I quit the film' 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Solons is an ancient Greek name that became a synonym for “legislator,” a word beloved by headline writers but a mystery to almost everyone else. Los Angeles, land of the misnamed sports teams 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z In Judeo-Christian philosophy, the “good” is no longer just a synonym for the nobility but a spiritual virtue and is represented by powerlessness. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z A search for synonyms for leaves yields foliage, fronds, and stalks. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Though we all know what the word means, if you look it up, you would find some interesting synonyms for the word. Opinion | Fallout from the FBI’s search of Trump’s residence 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, while neither the word “bureaucracy” nor its synonyms appear in the text of the Constitution, the document does establish a few broad channels through which the emerging government could develop the necessary bureaucratic administration. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z To counter this, the researchers went through lists of synonyms and vernacular names of species to identify the plant or animal being referenced. Surveys commissioned by 16th century Spanish king provide unprecedented ecological snapshot 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z But for our purposes, we will use these terms as synonyms. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Be sure you understand the meaning of each synonym so that you can choose those that best capture the concepts you seek to research. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Without looking for the humor in those words, all synonyms for “unprecedented,” several of them also describe the unprecedented presidency of Mr. Trump. Opinion | Fallout from the FBI’s search of Trump’s residence 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z The title of Mir’s essay treats “media” and “newspapers,” his primary subject, as synonyms. Opinion | How the news business’s economics altered the news itself 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “Catamount” is a wonderfully exotic synonym for mountain lion. How California went from paying people to hunt mountain lions to spending millions to protect them 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z The term landslide is often used as a synonym for mass wasting, but mass wasting is a much broader term referring to all movement downslope. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Try different combinations of the key terms and synonyms to help you find as many sources as you can. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Broadly speaking, what Shim is doing isn’t new, but it’s unusual in an age when “Kickstart” is a synonym for “crowdfund.” Jeeyon Shim carved a new path in crowdfunding for her keepsake games 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z I understand “simple” is in the eye of the beholder, so let's define it as a synonym of “straightforward” for our purposes. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Friends pressure cancer survivor to push past physical limits 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Search within the Mail app is also getting an update to correct typos and use synonyms, because words are hard sometimes. Apple’s design is getting a little more human-friendly — sort of 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z During the next round, spellers were asked to choose a definition, an example of a word given without the definition, or a synonym. Seattle-area teen places fourth in Scripps National Spelling Bee 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z A search for synonyms for fall yields harvest, autumn, and autumnal equinox. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Every time he was about to say “woke” he’d look at them and stammer his way into a synonym. Column: From activist to troll. What happened to the L.A. County sheriff's campaign manager? 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Many give wildly different outputs after small tweaks to their inputs, such as replacing a word with a synonym, or asking “what’s” versus “what is.” Computers ace IQ tests but still make dumb mistakes. Can different tests help? 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z And yet it is unclear whether he recognized the gap between popular conceptions of the word’s meaning — used as it often is as a synonym for mass murder — and its more limited legal definition. Opinion | What the Inventor of the Word ‘Genocide’ Might Have Said About Putin’s War 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z It was discontinued after two years, costing Ford an estimated $250 million, the name remembered as a synonym for business failure long after the car itself was forgotten. The Edsel, Quibi and CNN+? New addition to business failures 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Ask yourself: Why does the author use this word or phrase instead of a synonym for it? Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Do they mean this as a synonym for disorganization? Poem: ‘When My Gender is First Named Disorder’ 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Doolittle said Wednesday, offering all the synonyms he could muster while avoiding that dirty R word. Perspective | Pay no attention to those clouds beyond Nationals Park 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z He replied that he deplored “the abuse that scientists and doctors have faced for working on COVID, whatever their point of view. Accountability is not a synonym for violence.” Column: The anti-vaxxers' campaign against public health advocates gets scarier and more extreme 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Up until now, I thought that “lettuce” was just another synonym for salad greens. Your guide to salad greens, plus tips to pick, prep and store them 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z English prejudice against Africans was especially strong, for black was the traditional color of the devil and a powerful synonym for “sinful,” “wicked,” and “base.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z It can be injected or administered as a nasal spray called Narcan, a brand name that has become a synonym for saving lives. This white box can save a life. L.A. County pushed to hand out 50,000 of them 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z I checked for synonyms and found “publicity” and “advocacy” but also “brainwashing” and “indoctrination.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Confusing use of the word ‘propaganda’ 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z From Guernica to Sarajevo, European cities have been made into synonyms for slaughter wrought by aircraft and artillery in the wars of the 20th century. Opinion | Striking hospitals is vile. For Russia, it’s standard operating procedure. 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z “It neither mentions the privilege by name nor uses any identifiable synonym, and its only reference to the subject of privilege reflects a desire to avoid the alteration of privilege law.” Supreme Court Sides With F.B.I. in Case on Spying on Muslims 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Today’s national psyche is one of fatigue and frustration - synonyms for the malaise of the 1970s. On cusp of Biden speech, a state of disunity, funk and peril 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Today’s national psyche is one of fatigue and frustration — synonyms for the malaise of the 1970s. On cusp of Biden speech, a state of disunity, funk and peril 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Wilson mistakenly assumed that “nations” and “peoples” are synonyms, or that they designate coterminous entities. Opinion | Putin, in his feral cunning, is Bismarckian, with a dash of Lord Nelson 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z When strength becomes a synonym for extremism, bullies prevail. Opinion | Tucker Carlson lectures on media weakness. That’s rich. 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z A funeral committee would then have to be formed - sub-committees in charge of hospitality - a synonym for food and drink, which always takes the largest chunk of the funeral budget. Letter from Africa: Desmond Tutu's funeral re-imagined Ghana-style 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z The porridgey mess also became a synonym for "swamp" and thus gave its name to Loblolly pines and Loblolly Bay. London's callings: Odd, obsolete and old jobs in the capital 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z In the meantime, here are some handy synonyms for “plummet,” courtesy of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Crash, crater, decline, descend, dip, dive, drop, fall, lower, nose-dive, plunge, sink, skid and tumble. Trump revs up his new media empire, TRUTH Social 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z One of the key words in the contemporary lexicon is “performative,” which functions in the more heavily polemicized zones of the internet as a fancy synonym for “insincere.” Hollywood Still Matters. These Actors Showed Why. 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Next, Jones moved to Los Angeles, working with similar clients in a neighborhood whose name has become a synonym for deprivation: Skid Row. Perspective | At Bread for the City, they hope to meet immediate needs — and future ones 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z As president, Trump repeatedly promised his own massive infrastructure plan but never produced one, making the phrase “infrastructure week” a Washington synonym for “pipe dream.” Death threats, tweets jolt GOP infrastructure supporters 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z For me, those words in Arabic — mit warde — have since become a synonym for goodness and positivity even amid the presence of great evil. Opinion | Why ‘Squid Game’ reminds me of my years in a Syrian prison 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Republicans accuse Democrats of being woke, trying to make the word into a synonym for un-American and implying some imaginary threat to Whites posed by African Americans and other people of color. Opinion | Wake up to these ‘woke’ distortions 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z George Custer’s army at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, he became a synonym for Indigenous resistance. Lock of Sitting Bull’s hair confirms grandson’s identity 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Simultaneously, in the 1880s, the term “xenophobia” began to appear “during the heyday of newspaper publishing” as a synonym for “nationalism gone utterly mad.” Review | The surprisingly modern origins of ‘xenophobia’ 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Köln, usually little more than a synonym for chaos. Cherish the Feel-Good Stories. They Won’t Last. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Even the phrase "rice bunny", a Chinese synonym for the #MeToo campaign, has been removed from Chinese social media. Xianzi: The #MeToo icon China is trying to silence 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z It might be a fun game to connect the most apt synonym with specific members of the House or Senate. Why has Republican rhetoric gotten so unhinged? It's pure projection 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z As a medievalist, however, I could not help but notice the use of the term “medieval” in both essays as synonym for “crude, violent, barbaric.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Are only dog lovers hired as editors? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The attention-grabber was that the opulent wine country restaurant is ultra-expensive and named the French Laundry, the words practically a synonym for elitism. Newsom's big problem in the recall election? Likability 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z “Almost every interlocutor the Study Group consulted used the word ‘catastrophic’ or a synonym thereof to describe the effects of this option.” Opinion | Biden is wrong. There was nothing inevitable about the disaster in Afghanistan. 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Not every Norwegian sees "Quisling" as a synonym for traitor. 'My night in notorious Nazi collaborator Quisling's cabin' 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z My students use the phrase “begging the question” as a synonym for “raising the question.” What Is a Question? 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Warren’s confidence was that “evolving” is a synonym for “improving.” Opinion | Pursuing ‘equity’ over equality reveals the nation’s moral regression 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z It’s also, notably, a synonym for “Prelude,” the name of Honda’s iconic sports coupe from the 1980s. Honda’s first electric SUV in the US will be called "Prologue" 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z It is important for Post readers to understand the term “UFO” is not a synonym for alien spacecraft. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Enough shoving cicadas down my throat 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, another of the several Republicans who spoke, claimed that “cancel culture is a synonym for fascism” and needs to be recognized as such and handled accordingly. House Republicans rail against cancel culture ahead of ousting Liz Cheney from leadership role 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z On the one hand, it is universal, “everybody” as a synonym for “everyone.” Review: Where Malcolm X meets the Marquis de Sade: Olivia Laing's intense new essays on freedom 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z After my recent column on different synonyms for flip-flops — zories, go-aheads, thongs, etc. — readers wrote in to share terms they learned growing up. Perspective | There’s a word for that. It may just not be the word you learned growing up. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z It was a disquisition on the vagaries of memory, and it dredged up plenty of memories — and synonyms — in readers’ minds. Perspective | Rubber sole: More adventures in what most people call ‘flip-flops’ 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z In fact, “eminently dangerous” is a synonym for unreasonably risky. Chauvin received three guilty verdicts for one crime. Here’s why and what it means for his sentence. 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z "Vocabularies, dictionaries of synonyms and antonyms, encyclopaedias are educational tools of reference and Treccani.it, as such, is consulted in schools, libraries and in all of our homes." Italian dictionary Trecanni urged to change 'sexist' definition of 'woman' 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z But perhaps he intended the other definition of the word: “Applesauce!” the slangy synonym for “nonsense.” Panda cub: Did he just say “applesauce!” and what did he mean? 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Not that you'll hear Biden saying much about a Green New Deal, since commentators on Fox News have turned the slogan into a synonym for "socialist plot that'll take away your hamburgers." Biden’s Civilian Climate Corps comes straight out of the New Deal 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z He wrote, “ ‘Inclusive’ is obviously a synonym for ‘progressive,’ ” deriding both words. Opinion | Inclusive education is basic education 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z This semantic sleight-of-hand reflects the board’s belief that people are too dimwitted to recognize a distinction without a difference: “Inclusive” is obviously a synonym for “progressive,” given the high-octane progressivism that saturates CRTL. Opinion | The worst-governed state now turns to indoctrination 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z To his supporters, Mr. Trump was able to turn his vices into virtues, his corruptions into selling points, his cruelty into a synonym for strength. Opinion | The End of Trump Can Be the Beginning of America 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z It should not, she insists, be used as a synonym for strength. A grieving mother's follow-up memoir asks: What now? 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Bridget became a synonym in 19th-century American English for housemaid because so many women with that name worked in domestic employment. Bad Bridgets: podcast reveals Irish emigrants' tales of poverty and prison 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Before he was elected president, Trump’s name had long been used in rap lyrics as a flattering synonym for extreme wealth. Trump reportedly considering pardons for rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z He said he used the word as a synonym for “human being” or “person” in the context of the tweet. Michigan professor placed on leave after racist remarks 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z The apprehension of the term as a synonym for Democrats is laughable given that as many Republicans as Democrats fit that term. Opinion | What the 2020 vote says about America 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z You might be forgiven for assuming fracking is simply a synonym for "American industry," as that's how it's used in a lot of political rhetoric. Are Pennsylvanians as obsessed with fracking as Trump and Biden think? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z There are only so many synonyms for “corrupt,” “narcissistic” and “stupid.” I’m endorsing a candidate for the first time in this column’s history 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z It is not a synonym for “disqualify” or “punish.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Plenty of faults — and not just with tennis 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z After Facebook's crackdown, some groups are using the word "icehouse" or other synonyms that may not be as obvious. Militias’ warning of excessive federal power comes true — but where are they? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Lewandowski used a vulgar Spanish anatomical reference that is often used as a synonym for "courage" or "audacity." Corey Lewandowski praises Goya Foods CEO: 'This guy stood up to the left' 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z Which is one reason the term “politically incorrect” became a synonym for “cool.” Column: 'Cancel culture' is not the problem. The Harper's letter is 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z In Hilton Head and other vacation spots along the southern Atlantic coast, the word has also become a synonym for a large residential development. Southern neighborhoods have been named ‘plantations’ for decades. That could be changing. 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Some, for example, use synonyms to emphasize what they wish without sounding repetitive: “I hope you’re staying healthy and well.” Opinion | How the pandemic has changed the way we greet each other 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z There are appropriate synonyms for “president,” including “chief executive.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Sportswriters in and out of bounds 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z There’s a habit among some liberals, partly imported from Europe, to use the word “populist” as a synonym for “authoritarian.” Opinion | Trump needs to be called out for his huckster brand of populism 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z They run through generations like I run through synonyms for “pandemic.” If you're not paying attention to late-night TV right now, you should 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z At the heart of it all, of course, is self-interest, which in this case is a synonym for money. Soccer Arrives at a Fork in the Road 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z “Vivarium,” the word itself a synonym for terrarium, opens with a montage illustrating the evolution of the European cuckoo, a brood parasitic species whose life cycle closely mirrors the film’s plot. 'Vivarium' nails the feeling of social isolation. Its creators never expected it to feel so real 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Other instructive synonyms for women include: “delectable bohemian little kumquats”; “little amuse-bouche”; “willowy lingerie models”; “cute little bluestockings”; “stacked miracles”; “dynamite blondes”. Brought to book: Woody Allen's memoir is the most damning indictment yet 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z One tip is to use synonyms and make your word choices more specific. 50 life skills you can learn online — for free! — during self-quarantine 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z C.S.P.I. argues that companies flout the rule by using synonyms for low sugar that are known under F.D.A. regulations as “implied” nutrient content claims, such as slightly sweet and lightly sweetened. Are Foods Labeled ‘Low Sugar’ Misleading Consumers? 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z His statements at rallies and on Twitter are often tasteless, tacky, vulgar – pick a synonym – but they normally aren’t descriptive of his political positions.” Bernie in the barrel for South Carolina debate 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Crane acknowledged that the Astros “broke the rules” but refused to use the more emphatic synonym. The Nationals Beat the Astros. They Still Feel Overshadowed. 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z One of Parham’s tasks is getting players not to view mental wellness as a synonym for mental illness. Column: NBA has obstacles to hurdle with mental health awareness 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z “Late” and “far ahead of schedule” are not synonyms. Trump pushes back against Bolton report with more bogus claims 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z She joked about how outdoor-swimming enthusiasts use cheery synonyms for “cold”—“bracing,” “invigorating”—in order to make the activity “seem like something you want to embrace, rather than something you want to shy away from.” The Subversive Joy of Cold-Water Swimming 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z I could be even more honest and use other synonyms that even better describe what has been going on”. 737 Max scandal: the internal Boeing messages and emails 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z A patriotic synonym for America’s most popular fossil fuel. Birth strike, flygskam, Pyrocene: The words that defined our planet in 2019 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z In a country without mandated paid parental leave or affordable child care, where motherhood and martyrdom are often seen as synonyms, more often than not, moms are not taking care of themselves. Moms are putting off care for themselves, and our tough-it-out culture isn’t helping | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z “The biggest fear today, not only in Europe, is that people think that liberalism is a synonym for vulnerability and disorder and chaos and weakness,’’ he said. What Should Europe Do About Viktor Orban and ‘Illiberal Democracy’? 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z We shouldn’t assume that joy, gratitude and kindness are synonyms for weakness. Opinion | Christian Doomsayers Have Lost It 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Critical thinking shouldn’t just be a synonym for doubting or debunking something, and the point of research isn’t simply to poke holes in a story. How to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Unlike American-style crosswords, in which clues are usually synonyms or bits of trivia, a cryptic contains clues that are small puzzles in and of themselves. Reintroducing The New Yorker’s Cryptic Crossword 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z I wish the media would stop using “devout Christians” as a synonym for “evangelical and fundamentalist Christians.” Feedback: Heated opposition plus a few strong defenders of LACMA's expansion plan 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Moralizing and wish fulfillment aside, history teaches that cinema and art need not be synonyms. Opinion | Scorsese’s Lament About Movies Today 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z In this setting, “writer” and ”author” are not synonyms but actually mean two different things–as reflected in a 2001 email from a medical communications firm to a drug industry client. What’s in a name? Ghostly spirits stalk the medical literature 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z “That would neutralize the word ‘tax’ because it would remind people that a tax is a synonym for a premium, and then at that point you are quibbling over words.” Economists rush to help Sen. Elizabeth Warren solve Medicare-for-all tax puzzle 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z There’s really only one synonym for the latter—“kernel”—but there are many for the former. Reintroducing The New Yorker’s Cryptic Crossword 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, in a separate lexicological dispute, tens of thousands of people are petitioning the Oxford Dictionary of English to strike derogatory synonyms from its definition of “woman.” When Dictionaries Wade Into the Gender (Non)Binary 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z This is what the app economy, often a synonym for the new economy, demands. It’s time to regulate tech platforms with laws, not fines 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z And this is not merely a synonym for low confidence – impostor syndrome is the logical outcome of a world that was never designed for women to be successful. Impostor syndrome is a response to a world that doesn’t believe in women 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Yes, this is a synonym for "How will we pay for it?" but I am saying it much more affably than that phrase is usually said! Opinion | And here is what happened in Night 2 of the first debate, as seen by me 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z As synonyms for inaction, my word processing software offers me “procrastination, dithering, laziness, and sloth”. Upset about the plastic crisis? Stop trying so hard 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z “And, on the other hand, people are upset by all these injuries and so on, the synonym of authoritarianism.” Can Emmanuel Macron Stem the Populist Tide? 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z “The simple fact is that Trump isn’t a populist, unless we redefine populism as nothing but a synonym for racism,” Krugman asserts. Paul Krugman: How President Trump’s “populism” hurts working-class Americans 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Prince-iest moment: The title is one of his unlimited supply of synonyms for sex. Prince ‘Originals’ puts the sex back into songs he gifted to protégés and pals 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Technically, the word is a synonym for stoning, but it sounds much less violent. Facebook should do more to stop malicious propaganda videos 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Its title came to define a calendar year, while the word Orwellian has turned the author’s own name into a capacious synonym for everything he hated and feared. Nothing but the truth: the legacy of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z But I don’t mean “progressive” in the sense of “more palatable synonym for liberal.” Opinion | Warren’s free-college-and-debt-forgiveness plan may be liberal, but it isn’t progressive 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z “I mean Python’s had quite a resurgence owing to politics recently,” said Palin, who added that “a Python situation” now is a synonym for “ridiculous.” Monty Python celebrate ‘Life of Brian,’ honor ailing Jones 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z We need strong bans, including those that prohibit companies from sharing their customers’ personal informationA synonym for "personal data." Opinion | How Capitalism Betrayed Privacy 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z And “solution” is a synonym for “business” or “product.” Perspective | When it comes to highfalutin euphemisms, it’s the war of the words 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The president also meets most of the criteria of Orwell’s 1944 definition of fascism: “Something cruel, unscrupulous, arrogant, obscurantist, anti-liberal and anti-working-class… almost any English person would accept ‘bully’ as a synonym for ‘fascist’.” Nothing but the truth: the legacy of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z It’s not necessarily offensive to use “hijab” as a synonym for “headscarf.” Perspective | Five myths about hijab 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Years before the U.S.-Mexican border wall became a synonym for anti-immigration measures pursued at all cost, Australia embarked on its own, deeply divisive experiment. The winner of Australia’s biggest literary prize is an asylum seeker confined by the government on a remote island 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z “To lead a life that demonstrates that public service is a synonym of honesty and justice, and opposed to all forms of corruption.” Pope brings World Youth Day to Panama’s detained youth 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z “Concept” — and its opaque sibling “experience” — are now synonyms for “restaurant.” Perspective | When it comes to highfalutin euphemisms, it’s the war of the words 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z To develop your own style, try thinking about synonyms for “authoritative.” How to take charge when you are not a take-charge person | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z They include 10.8 million who are in an “emergency” phase of food insecurity, roughly 5 million who are in a deeper “crisis” phase and 63,500 who are facing “catastrophe,” a synonym for famine. AP Investigation: Food aid stolen as Yemen starves 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z They include 10.8 million who are in an "emergency" phase of food insecurity, roughly 5 million who are in a deeper "crisis" phase and 63,500 who are facing "catastrophe," a synonym for famine. AP Investigation: Food aid stolen as Yemen starves 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Befuddled readers in Denver realized their city was now a synonym for gentrification — at least, among cities not yet expensive enough to worry about San Francisco-ization. Happy New Year! May Your City Never Become San Francisco, New York or Seattle 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Another big news story included yet another meaning of the word justice, as a synonym or title for ‘judge,’ used frequently during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court,” the dictionary publisher explained. Inside the Beltway: GoFundMe outreach for Trump wall races past $1 million 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Sisi didn’t elaborate on what he meant by rumors, but it was widely interpreted as being a synonym for fake news. In 'fake news' crackdown, Egypt is a world leader on jailing journalists, bloggers and social media users 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Ever since the 2016 election, it’s been common for some people to refer to whatever year we’re in as a synonym for dystopian weirdness. Opinion | The Year Justice Caught Up With Trumpworld 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The Harvard Law School professor emeritus told Fox and Friends that a word like “wrong” in this case is erroneously being used as a synonym for “illegal.” Alan Dershowitz: Michael Cohen falsely conflates ‘wrong’ and ‘illegal’ while bashing Donald Trump 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Bush became the synonym of a decent and well-meaning leader following his retirement from frontline politics, with many belatedly appreciating his four-year presidency that provided much-needed stability in a turbulent world at the time. With George H.W. Bush's passing comes belated appreciation for his tenure 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Since Trump’s election, the Times has also shown a particularly creative and maddening penchant for submerging the plain facts about the president’s consistent and unabashed lying under a deluge of watered-down synonyms. How the New York Times buried racism in its Mississippi election coverage 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The auto-da-fé took place in 2006, and the publicity turned Frey’s name into a synonym for memoir fraud. Literary Hoaxes and the Ethics of Authorship 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z “It’s a lousy feeling,” he added, although he used a locker-room synonym for “lousy.” Another late blown lead leaves Dolphins, Gase feeling lousy 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Both bills were regarded with suspicion, if not outright hostility, by liberal environmental groups, which view “forest management” as a synonym for “clear cutting” and “propping up the logging industry.” Bruce Westerman faults forest-management bill blocks on Democrats 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z They are often used as synonyms for each other. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The Trump administration is hardly the only entity to try to use sex and gender as synonyms. Trump’s efforts to redefine gender and sex 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Let’s be fair—maybe he simply means that he’ll find synonyms for the word “choke” because of the heavy connotation. When Paul Azinger starts with NBC, he must free the choke - Golf Digest 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z They issued a 200-page report that basically consisted of trying to use every synonym other than “toxic” to describe the Maryland football program. LOVERRO: Regents’ decision on Durkin will define their legacies 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Once a synonym for conservatism, this wealthy overwhelmingly white region is now one-fifth Asian and one-third Latino. What Could Hold Back a Democratic Wave? Economy, Confidence, Independence 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Nature becomes a secular stand-in for God, and the word “natural” a synonym for “holy.” Perspective | Why LaCroix calls its seltzer ‘natural’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The whole thing is not just an exercise in social media mastery for LaValle, who seems to be a walking thesaurus of synonyms for “fat.” America’s fattest bear has now been crowned 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z In Christian parlance, “father of lies” is a synonym for the devil. U.S. archbishop criticized over sex abuse resigns with papal praise 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z In Christian parlance, “father of lies” is a synonym for the devil. Pope praises U.S. archbishop who steps down in sex abuse crisis 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z While the term “foreign agent” is often used as a synonym for lobbyist, part of the work performed by the Kingdom’s paid representatives here resembles public relations activity far more than straightforward lobbying. The royal touch: The Saudi lobby juggernaut 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z And it is also a sometime synonym for a cosmopolitan view of global interconnectedness, and the notion that the common good sometimes outweighs nations’ narrow self-interests. Trump denounced 'globalism' at the U.N. — but what does that word really mean? - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z When they longed for meaningful work, “’meaningful’ was just a synonym for ‘helpful,’ and ‘valuable,’ for ‘beneficial,’ ” he writes. Two new books examine the world of work — and why it’s so often unsatisfying 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z When they longed for meaningful work, “ ‘meaningful’ was just a synonym for ‘helpful,’ and ‘valuable,’ for ‘beneficial,’ ” he writes. Review | Are you stuck in a pointless job? You are not alone. 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The scientists who think Tucson is a synonym for stupid and terrible? Out of their minds: wild ideas at the ‘Coachella of consciousness’ 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z We have watched as that former synonym for excellence has become a term of derision and disparagement. Opinion | President George H.W. Bush is an extraordinary example for our times 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The real question in analyzing the May jobs numbers released Friday is whether there are enough synonyms for “good” in an online thesaurus to describe them adequately. We Ran Out of Words to Describe How Good the Jobs Numbers Are 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z However, a style manual for the federal government calls for capitalizing “Nation” and “Federal” when the words are used as a synonym for the United States. ‘OMG This Is Wrong!’ Retired English Teacher Marks Up a White House Letter and Sends It Back 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z He uses the word as a kind of synonym for racist tyranny, and in his account populist politicians are villainous in ways that go beyond the profession’s conventions. Forget Trump – populism is the cure, not the disease 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Through good looks and good luck, this village transformed itself into a synonym for glamour, a favored destination for movie stars and a movie star in its own right. Beautiful People in European Villas: a Film Genre of Its Own 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z As of this writing, 'negative' is not yet a synonym of 'fake.' Analysis | The Daily 202: Why John McCain opposes Gina Haspel leading the CIA — and why it matters 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Then there are other thesaurus synonyms for “good” that we don’t normally use in reference to employment numbers, but which are apropos this month. We Ran Out of Words to Describe How Good the Jobs Numbers Are 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z They want a picture of him poring over a thesaurus, looking for a synonym for “Doesn’t she look lovely?” The red tops' obsession with Meghan Markle’s father is a warning of the abuse to come | Zoe Williams 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z "I was beyond emotional. Beyond mad. Frustrated. Pretty much any synonym you can add," Beal said. NBA: Spurs silence the sweep talk “When they initially called me for my sixth, I was beyond emotional, beyond mad, frustrated. Pretty much any synonym you can put on that list,” Beal said. Wizards claw back to win Game 4, 106-98, head back to Toronto with series tied 2-2 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z But “less awful” is not a synonym for good. Reclaim the might, not the myth, of Martin Luther King 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z First, the word “millennials” is not a synonym for “young people”. Does anyone even know what a millennial is any more? | Jack Bernhardt 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z If this were another president, it might be possible to dress up his silence as strategic patience, or some other grand synonym for doing nothing. What is Donald Trump hiding? The answer may bore you 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Barcelona said Castro was “a synonym for goals” and “one of the best strikers in Europe in his time.” Castro, former Sporting and Barcelona player, dies at 68 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, doctors and scientists proffer scientific facts amid all the synonyms for number two, with random moments and videos peppering the film's loose structure. In the grand, gross tradition of 'The Aristocrats' comes the Sklar brothers' 'Poop Talk' 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Is gentrification a synonym for "better"? It seems so. When ‘Gentrification’ Isn’t About Housing 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z "We must be clear: 'stabilisation' is not a synonym for open-ended nation-building or a synonym for reconstruction. But it is essential," he added. US plans open-ended presence in Syria 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z “Some synonym of the word ‘epidemic’ is the best way to describe it,” said Ellison Anne Williams, a former senior researcher at the NSA who left in 2016 to start her own data-security firm, Enveil. NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, slumping morale and unpopular reorganization 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z "Having a pulse "and "having a life" are not synonyms. A Better Kind of Nursing Home 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Dictionary.com defines sycophant as “a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite,” and provides “toady, yes man, flunky, fawner” and “flatterer” as acceptable synonyms. Dictionary.com calls Mike Pence a ‘sycophant’ for Trump 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z When you think of “Yankees” and “Americans” as synonyms, like much of the world does, you understand why the team stirs such passion at both ends of the spectrum. Giancarlo Stanton deal revives the ‘Evil Empire’ 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z In New York on Tuesday, both Mayor Bill de Blasio and immigration professors said “family reunification” could be a less pejorative synonym for “chain migration.” Terror Suspects Become Ammunition in War Over Immigration 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z "Normal" is a synonym for "usual" or "common." What If Our Current State of Affairs Is Actually ‘Normal’? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z "Insane" is not a synonym for "incomprehensible" and anger is, sadly, a pretty common human emotion. Are Mass Murderers Insane? Usually Not, Researchers Say 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Pastor Curry, if prayer offers you and your congregants solace and peace, that's terrific, but let's not use prayer as a synonym for action, for prevention of these horrors. Opinion | Living, Loving and Dying in Church 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z He coined the term “alt-right” – a synonym for the extreme right. Why interviewing Richard Spencer was a risk worth taking | Gary Younge 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z He was puzzled by oddities such as a growing preference for the word “clarity” over its synonym “clearness.” How the English language has evolved like a living creature 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z An oversimplication is that “inner city” is a synonym for poor urban dwellers in general and black Americans in general. Memo to President Trump on the meaning of ‘inner cities’ 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z We already know that "depression" is the product of "anxiety" in most cases, and that both antiquated terms are synonyms for the true culprit: "Stress". Opinion | The Anxiety of John Stuart Mill 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Once Trump was sworn in as president, conservatives started using it as a synonym for various “black bloc” or “antifa” groups who frequently oppose white nationalists at their public rallies or other events. Donald Trump is right: There really is an "alt-left," but it's even weirder than he thinks 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Rejection of ‘Islamist’ as a synonym for Islamic fighters or extremists, on the basis that not all who view the Koran as a political model support violence. Fake news, language bias must be spotted and avoided 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Voicing doubt has been allowed to become a synonym for admitting you were wrong. How climate scepticism turned into something more dangerous 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Then you go to the synonyms like ‘slash,’” he said. Health Bill Does Not ‘Cut’ Medicaid Spending, Republicans Argue 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z In new Tory use, synonym for mayhem, walking dead, lame duck and weak ’n’ wobbly. Andrew Rawnsley’s A to Z of Brexit 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Do not use as a synonym for homosexual unless it appears in the formal, capitalized name of an organization or in quoted matter. How The Times Gave ‘Gay’ Its Own Voice (Again) 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Aficionados of organized crime also will recall that in English, Cosa Nostra, once a familiar synonym for the Sicilian Mafia, translates as “Our Thing.” Comey got in the face of Trump’s “Godfather” fantasy 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z That’s what happens when you use “territories” as a synonym, or euphemism, for “Muslims.” The Ninth Circuit Rejects Trump’s Travel Ban Again 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Don’t say — and don’t let your son say — that someone throws or runs like a girl, or use “sissy” or any of its more offensive synonyms. How to Raise a Feminist Son 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z A “meltdown” - synonym for nuclear catastrophe - was indeed a possibility. AP WAS THERE: Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z “Sugar for the Pill” is why dream pop is a shoegaze synonym while “Everyone Knows” showcases Goswell’s delicate singing below the layers. Review: Slowdive flourish on comeback after 22-year break 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Above all, and as a result of these successive accretions, English is rich in synonyms, making the language a peculiarly subtle medium for the expression of fine shades of meaning. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 65 – Thesaurus by Dr Peter Mark Roget (1852) 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z I think probably synonyms are compassion and lovingkindness in the Buddhist tradition and forgiveness almost. Anne Lamott: ‘I just think mercy is our only hope’ 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z In the eyes of many, it became a synonym for racism and anti-Semitism. Marine Le Pen: France ‘not responsible’ for deporting Jews during Holocaust 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z While the couple were perusing synonyms for “restaurant,” Jodi came across the word “bistro” and looked up the word. Restaurant becomes a reality for Brazil couple 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z From winemakers who tout the tininess of their yields to retailers, sommeliers and collectors who wield the “boutique” word, small is a synonym for quality. Can You Judge a Wine By the Size of the Winery? 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Stewart said he was unaware of the racial overtones and meant it as a synonym for a “RINO,” or a “Republican In Name Only.” Republicans running for Va. governor make starkly different pitches 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Thus did Bannon invoke the trendy lefty term “deconstruct” as a synonym for “destroy.” Opinion | Bannon’s dangerous ‘deconstruction’ 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z “Petrified truth” might be an apt synonym for young Sam Clemens’s brand of nonfiction. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 56 – Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883) 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z A thesaurus may list the two words as synonyms, but Day does not consider them interchangeable. Top Golfers Decline to Speed Up Play, Despite Shrinking Attention Spans 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z What it shouldn’t be is a synonym for “revolving door” when the public health is at stake. Editorials from around New England 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z “Sweat,” in this case, is just a ticklish synonym for “steam.” These Mexican tacos are unlike any others in Washington 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Bantu speakers often get around this restriction by borrowing synonyms from other languages spoken nearby. Talking to In-laws Can Be Hard. In Some Languages, It’s Impossible. 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z In an effort to defend himself, he sent a message Thursday on Twitter listing synonyms for the word “accident” — tragedy, loss, disaster, disgrace and misfortune. Dozens of Inmates Killed as Prison Violence Escalates in Brazil 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Now let’s look at some synonyms for extravagant: In praise of penny-pinching, a most American trait 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z That is a gentle synonym for steady tax revenue. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z But whatever some liberals think, “conservative” and “bigot” are not synonyms. The dangers of liberal campus echo chambers 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Lauren Southern, a host on the right-wing Canadian media site Rebel Media, explicitly rejected its use as a synonym for globalization in a video she posted online in September. Globalism: A Far-Right Conspiracy Theory Buoyed by Trump 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z For many, the National Front is a synonym for that taboo. Can Trump’s win boost France’s far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen? 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Trump is a synonym of uncertainty and ambiguity, of the old logical and axiological constructions being demolished, of a moderate, however temporary, demoralization of the American political class and of Washington’s allies. ‘A Moment of Great Peril’: Foreign Observers on Trump’s Success 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z No wonder the synonyms for the word “vulnerable” are so bleak: “defenseless,” “helpless,” “exposed,” “in danger,” “at risk.” You Took an Emotional Risk, Now What? 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z It was the home of Richard Nixon, the cradle of Ronald Reagan’s career and, for decades, a virtual synonym for the Republican Party of California. Orange County, long the GOP's crown jewel, stands on the verge of turning blue 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z No teams remain undefeated, leaving some to wonder whether parity is a synonym for mediocrity. Mediocrity on turf: the NFL is stumbling, but will it recover? 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Bias is not a dirty word., rather, some synonyms are perception & preference. How ‘Bias’ Went From a Psychological Observation to a Political Accusation 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Being conservative politician should not be a synonym for making problems worse, having no solutions, and then lying about the roots of these problems. This small Indiana county sends more people to prison than San Francisco and Durham, N.C., combined. Why? 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z His drawings of complicated inventions saw his name enter the lexicon in 1912 as a synonym for absurdly ingenious devices. William Heath Robinson museum set to open - BBC News 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “I think it’s actually very useful, and it’s useful as a synonym for ‘black,’ ” said N. D.B. Actually, Many ‘Inner Cities’ Are Doing Great 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most tantalising possibility is that Resident Evil 7 augurs a future for video gaming’s blockbuster franchises where horror is not simply a synonym for violence. Can Resident Evil 7 save survival horror games? 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z “Predict,” in common English usage, is not a synonym for “correlate” — though it is often used that way, as Poundstone employs it, in the world of surveys and statistics. In the Google age, knowledge (without clicking) still matters 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z In the current atmosphere, compromise is a synonym for weakness, cowardice and submission. North Carolina editorial roundup 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z On Monday morning, Noah wrote on Twitter: “Jah,” a synonym for God, “will guide and protect me.” Knicks Open Camp With Rose Looking to Complement Anthony 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Was he, in this case, using Einstein as a synonym for “genius”? Or was it more specific than that? Manchester United’s José Mourinho: no longer the bright young iconoclast | Jonathan Wilson 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z But there is no demure synonym that captures the man with such crystalline accuracy. Donald Trump is a ‘BS artist’ 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Merkel said: “We want to put a brake on the worries of our people and for Europe to once again be a synonym for hope and the future.” Hollande, Merkel Propose Simpler Mission for Post-Brexit EU 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Photographs of starving children, disseminated by the news media, catalyzed an international relief effort, Live Aid, and inspired the pop hit “We Are the World,” making Ethiopia a worldwide synonym for hunger. Once a Bucknell Professor, Now the Commander of an Ethiopian Rebel Army 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z She became part of the collective imagination as a casual synonym for goodness: “Who do you think you are? Mother Teresa?” Mother Teresa may deserve to be made a saint. But why now? | Paul Vallely 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z A federal judge in June allowed the latte plaintiffs to pursue damages because the company may mislead “a significant portion of the latte-consuming public,” which must be a new synonym for the proletariat. Starbucks Sippy Cups for Lawyers 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z A picture of moi is worth a thousand words... and most of them are synonyms of "flawless." Introducing 1,000 Words, a podcast that describes internet pictures in binaural audio 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z In certain society and celebrity circles in the 1970s and ’80s, the phrase “vacation in Brazil” became a synonym for a restorative visit to his plastic surgery clinic. Dr. Ivo Pitanguy, Pioneering Brazilian Plastic Surgeon, Dies at 93 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Years ago, my editor was a female human named Emily to whom I filed a piece that used the L-word as a synonym for women. A master class in sexist language 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z The election is going so badly that I have had to buy a whole thesaurus full of synonyms for “garbage fire.” Yay, Olympics — but also ewwwww! 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z “In the way people use the word ‘orphan status,’ it’s almost becoming a synonym for a monopoly price. High prices make once-neglected ‘orphan’ drugs a booming business 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Viewed that way, “struggling,” ”declining” and their synonyms accounted for the biggest chunk of words, from about one-fifth of answers. America in one word? 'Free,' 'great,' or 'divided,' 'broken' 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z In general Israeli parlance, “peripheria” is often a synonym for governmental neglect. How Do You Say ‘Hashtag’ or ‘Shaming’ in Ancient Hebrew? 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Derided for years as “The Mistake on the Lake,” Cleveland is often used as a synonym for urban decline. “The Mistake on the Lake”: What Trump and the GOP could learn from Cleveland 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z That sounds about right for 2016. Just add it to the synonyms for “garbage fire.” Yay, Olympics — but also ewwwww! 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Nor is “links” as a synonym for "golf course." Linksland is not called linksland because it "links the town to the sea" - Golf Digest 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Pollsters say grouping people’s answers together with synonyms and related words is a better reflection of public sentiment. America in one word? 'Free,' 'great,' or 'divided,' 'broken' 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z "Difficult" becomes a synonym for "stimulating," which in turn means "more valuable." Shura's debut album Nothing's Real feels like comfort amid chaos 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z There are only so many synonyms for “delicious” — maybe an indication that our predecessors were generally smart enough to sincerely give thanks, eat and move on to the next thing. Why you should stop using the word ‘foodie’ — and 21 other awful food terms 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Would that be a synonym for “grossly negligent”? Apparently not. Laws Are for Little People 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z But neither adjective is a synonym for “criminal,” and neither ethical nor aesthetic considerations are dispositive when determining legality. The McDonnell decision and the corrupting crusade against ‘corruption’ 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Why not characterize killers such as the one in Orlando for what they are: criminals, or savages, or scum, or any other synonym that fits? Comparing terrorists to wolves is an insult to wolves 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z In Britain and much of Europe, the Somme came to be a synonym for the horrors of modern warfare. French and British Leaders Mark Battle of the Somme Centennial Amid Brexit Chaos 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z But in the years that followed it became "very normalised to hear it as a synonym for a woman", she says. What's so bad about being called a "bitch"? - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Remo, my father explained, was an “immigrant,” a word he uttered as if it were a title of nobility and a synonym for sacrifice. I watched my dad work, and I learned about life 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The word "quisling" later entered the English language as a synonym for traitor. The GOP's Disgrace 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z In other words, “white” and “American” were essentially synonyms. White America’s sad last stand: This is why Donald Trump attacks “Mexican” judge 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z I'm also surprised that people wouldn't realize that all those listed terms would be synonyms for sugar. You’d Be Surprised at How Many Foods Contain Added Sugar 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Among the synonyms for “valiant” are “heroic,” “gallant” and “lionhearted,” which defined Washington; “bold,” “daring” and “audacious,” which defined the man who betrayed him. Washington as contemplative hero, and Benedict Arnold as narcissistic danger 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z I associate conservatism with optimism and its synonyms—hopefulness, sanguinity, positivity and confidence. The Optimistic Conservatism of Passover 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z But to me it seems excessive and absurd, and accept is not a synonym for agree.” 'Female' Is Now a Dirty Word 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z While "Oculus Rift" was no longer a synonym for "virtual reality," Oculus remained a central player, especially after Facebook purchased it for an estimated $2 billion. Oculus Rift review: Virtual reality is always almost here 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z The problem with “From Silk to Silicon” is Garten’s assumption that globalization is a synonym for history, not just the tumultuous process preceding the end of the Cold War. Was Genghis Khan really a driver of globalization? 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z She reminded me about the importance of synonyms. 'After everything I went through, Jian is free': Lucy DeCoutere on the trauma of the Jian Ghomeshi trial 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z “For many, it is also a kind of synonym for freedom.” Border Checks Return to Where Europe’s Open Borders Began 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z "Anti-gravity is a kind of synonym for saying, 'I'm trying to do the impossible, yeah'. But always be ready for the surprise," says Tajmar. Project Greenglow and the battle with gravity - BBC News 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z The term “transparency” is used these days as a synonym for “government in the sunshine.” Recent Missouri Editorials 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z The name eventually got shortened on the basketball courts, where “book” became a synonym for “sprint.” What’s in a Nickname? Ask Scoochie, Yogi or Tubby 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z This shift coincided with a government effort to alter the perception of “Made in China” as a synonym for “cheap and shoddy.” China’s Homegrown High-Fashion Designer 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Heck, the thesaurus shows synonyms for busy include overloaded, buried and swamped. Atlanta airport eases off the ‘b’ word in tagline 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Brady saw taxing trades as a way to discourage “short-term time horizons” on Wall Street, a centrist synonym, you might say, for “speculation,” Mr. Sanders’s preferred term. Would Mr. Sanders’s financial transaction tax work? It depends on a lot of ‘ifs.’ 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Here’s a list of the top 15 synonyms used for Trump, from the expected to the absurd. From surprising synonyms to expected insults, the top nicknames for Trump 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z I should add, however, that February, in movie parlance, is a synonym for "settling." Just in time for Valentine's Day, 'How to Be Single' treads a familiar path 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Do you still do synonyms in this university? “Intelligent people know that the empire is on the downhill”: A veteran CIA agent spills the goods on the Deep State and our foreign policy nightmares 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z This is an attempt to plant the word ‘mole’ in the public’s mind as a synonym for traitor. Rightwing Israeli group accused of McCarthyism over anti-artist campaign 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z “How many synonyms ARE there for ‘balding’?” says Giamatti with a chuckle. With ‘Billions’ at stake, Paul Giamatti is rich in new drama 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z If a Democratic President is in office, there is often talk of new frontiers, new challenges, new covenants, or another synonym for “new deal” that White House speechwriters have wrung from their thesauruses. Obama’s Darkly Optimistic State of the Union Address 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Some are closet partisans who get a personal sense of satisfaction from the independent label, using it as a synonym for being “open-minded” or a “free-thinker.” A Declaration of Independents? 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Cloning, of course, is not a synonym for living forever. I considered cloning myself – but I’m having second thoughts | Stephen Moss 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z GOP pollster David Winston says the word establishment is being redefined in this campaign as a synonym for the status quo, which carries heavy baggage in a time of voter discontent. Trail Translator: 'The Establishment' gets lots of blame in this year's presidential race 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z “No peace, no...,” their chant goes, using an alliterative synonym for a part of the female anatomy. 'Chi-Raq': Spike Lee tries to change the gun debate, with comedy and anatomy 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z This is called price discrimination—in which discrimination is not a synonym for bad. The Broadband Future Has Enemies 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z So their current status, as a synonym for ennui, is not in keeping with a culture established over 141 years of toil, and accordingly, the people are not happy. Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City: Premier League – as it happened 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z It might sound innocuous to the Western ear, even simply a synonym for “modern.” The perils of secularism in the Middle East 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z But measuring is not the same thing as teaching—a distinction that is too easily elided when “assessment” is understood to be a synonym for administering a test. Obama’s Change of Heart on Testing 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Fast food has become a synonym for bad food. Can Fast Food Get Healthy? 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z When pressed, they agreed that unlocked was a synonym for found. House comes up with 6-year, $325 billion transportation bill, with a catch 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z So their current status, as a synonym for ennui, is not in keeping with a culture established over 141 years of toil, and accordingly, the people are not happy. Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City: Premier League – as it happened 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Instead I only found synonyms like “plush,” “soft,” “supple,” “round” and, a particular favorite, “easy to drink.” What Do Wine Lovers Mean by ‘Smooth’? 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z |
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