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Recent Examples of morpheme
Important, too, was the morpheme a-, which referred to the mouth and, more broadly, to origins.
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Anvita Abbi,
Scientific American,
16 May 2023
Those words are made up of morphemes, small elements that change their meaning depending on how they are combined.
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Ian Austen,
BostonGlobe.com,
22 Apr. 2023
Each of the, say, two hundred and fifty passengers on each flight hanging unwittingly on each morpheme.
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Gregory Pardlo,
The New Yorker,
12 Feb. 2017
Anvita Abbi,
Scientific American,
16 May 2023
Those words are made up of morphemes, small elements that change their meaning depending on how they are combined.
—
Ian Austen,
BostonGlobe.com,
22 Apr. 2023
Each of the, say, two hundred and fifty passengers on each flight hanging unwittingly on each morpheme.
—
Gregory Pardlo,
The New Yorker,
12 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for morpheme
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Hearing this jab of monosyllables is like being poked in the eye.
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But where the two Stegosaurus brothers speak in Jurassic monosyllables, Stegothesaurus has the gift of a bountiful vocabulary.
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Both parties have accused each other of violating the terms – which envision the eventual withdrawal of Israeli soldiers, the full disarmament of Hamas, the deployment of an international force and a new Palestinian governing body.
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Personal terms had not been expected to be an issue for Manchester United, but Tottenham’s salary offer was also viewed as beyond what the Old Trafford hierarchy were willing to commit to.
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Unlike traditional sports chants, Jama blends music, rhythm and movement into an expression of community that exists well beyond the soccer field.
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While much of the source material comes from elsewhere, the cumulative mood is extremely personal to an artist who has spent his life helping the greats find true expression.
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And comparing more recent historic forms of English and Sranan to get at centuries-old linguistic forms isn’t ironclad, Creanza pointed out.
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“Morpheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morpheme. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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