as in monograph
a written work that discusses a subject carefully and thoroughly
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a treatise on capitalism that is standard reading in university economics classes
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Nietzsche’s treatise criticizes philosophers who rest their moral framework on the assumption that good and evil are opposites.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
The contents of the treatise could be described as a form of dandyism for idle samurai, and Mishima was a modern samurai dandy.
—Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Trump tried to distance himself from the policy treatise during the 2024 campaign.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
History of Peanut Butter Cookies In his agricultural treatise on peanuts, How To Grow the Peanut: And 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption, George Washington Carver, with the assistance of Tuskegee students, included three recipes for peanut butter cookies.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
The contents of the treatise could be described as a form of dandyism for idle samurai, and Mishima was a modern samurai dandy.
—Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Trump tried to distance himself from the policy treatise during the 2024 campaign.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
History of Peanut Butter Cookies In his agricultural treatise on peanuts, How To Grow the Peanut: And 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption, George Washington Carver, with the assistance of Tuskegee students, included three recipes for peanut butter cookies.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treatise
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The first two drafts of that monograph received harsh peer reviews from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.—
Karen Kaplan,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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Her monograph, Literature in Motion: Translating Multilingualism Across the Americas is published by Columbia University Press (2022).—
Yásnaya Elena A. Gil (Tr. Ellen Jones),
The Dial,
26 Nov. 2024
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Listen to this article GLENDALE, Ariz. — Noah Schultz made the journey from the bullpen to the mound for the top of the fifth inning Wednesday against the San Diego Padres.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Source: The National Weather Service This article was generated by the CA Weather Bot, software that analyzes structured information, such as data, and applies it to articles based on templates created by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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The ability of sperm to properly swim through the female reproductive tract to reach and fertilize an egg is called motility.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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About 90% of the mood-boosting hormone and neurotransmitter serotonin is produced in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, making a healthy gut important for its production.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
26 Feb. 2025
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Events that used to lead to days or weeks of heated discourse now fade into nothingness almost instantaneously; nothing matters enough to break the internet anymore.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2025
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The play is an extravagant metaphor for political discourse, disputes between nations, nationalist feelings and more.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2025
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Her feelings on the country’s hard-right swing were not articulated during the discussion, but they were certainly alluded to.—
Mikey O'Connell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar. 2025
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Gender must be at the core of climate finance planning and national accountability, not an afterthought or token discussion.—
Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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In a 2022 essay for Proceedings, the professional journal of the U.S. Navy, analyst Mark Schneider concluded Russian missiles are often a tenth as accurate as their makers claim.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Selection criteria include academic performance, school or community involvement, a letter of recommendation and an essay submission.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Around 99% of its students rely on federal funding in some way, whether loans, grants or federal work study programs.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Mar. 2025
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Multiple studies have shown that the health benefits of work done by EPA outweigh the costs by more than 30 to 1.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Treatise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treatise. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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