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  2. Wikipedia:It should be noted - Wikipedia

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    If something should be noted, then just note it. Do not note that the item you wish to note should be noted: It should be noted that Beethoven was deaf when he wrote the Ninth Symphony. Beethoven was deaf when he wrote the Ninth Symphony. The use of "It should be noted that" here is unnecessary. We are not teaching content, but simply ...

  3. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  4. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  5. Norwegian language conflict - Wikipedia

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    Their efforts were particularly noted in Oslo, where the school board had decided to make radical forms of Bokmål the norm in 1939 (Oslo-vedtaket). In 1951, concerned parents primarily from the affluent western neighborhoods of Oslo organized the "parents' campaign against Samnorsk" ( foreldreaksjonen mot samnorsk ), which in 1953 included ...

  6. Circumlocution - Wikipedia

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    Circumlocution (also called circumduction, circumvolution, periphrasis, kenning, [1] [dubious – discuss] or ambage [citation needed]) is the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea.

  7. Quorum - Wikipedia

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    Then-Representative Mark Hass participated in the walkout and later noted that although the tactic worked, Democrats "got beaten up pretty hard." [ 65 ] Beginning in May 2019, Republican state senators in Oregon made a series of walkouts in opposition to an emissions trading bill .

  8. Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars/Names - Wikipedia

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    (not to mention "wee" as a synonym for "small", or "diminutive") Just some of the hard-hitting issues that provoked in excess of 1500 edits in the space of two weeks – long before the console was even released, and shortly before a massive war breaks out over "non-official external links" that leads to a huge strawpoll to end the issue, and ...

  9. Wikipedia : List of citogenesis incidents

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    The term "Sproftacchel" was added as a synonym for photo stand-in on 15 February 2021 by an anon with no other contributions. No trace of the term before that date has been found, but as of July 2022 the term has been used by The New Zealand Herald , [ 46 ] Books for Keeps , [ 47 ] the Islington council, [ 48 ] the Hingham town council, [ 49 ...