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treatises

noun

plural of treatise

as in monographs

a written work that discusses a subject carefully and thoroughly

—often + on a treatise on capitalism that is standard reading in university economics classes

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Recent Examples of treatises The ancient Romans and Greeks never really wrote treatises about how to lie well. — JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025 Skyhorse has since published a dozen or so books by Kennedy, including a memoir and several more anti-vaccine treatises. — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026 One way to reduce the risk of this happening is to connect the AI model to a body of legal material, such as case law and treatises. — Ellen Sheng, CNBC, 19 May 2026 Physiognomic treatises reappeared in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, then took off in the eighteenth and nineteenth. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 The text consists of 10 treatises on architecture, engineering and urban planning, and is the oldest surviving work written on the subject. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026 Apart from its famous Devil portrait (more on that later), the codex contains an entire Bible, other historical texts, an encyclopedia, and medical treatises. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025 The collection, now over 40,000 volumes, includes Greek and Arabic manuscripts, early cartographic works and rare scientific treatises gathered from across the Iberian world. — Navya Verma, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026 Some of the earliest respect for the power of observation comes from the ancient Indus Valley, where close astronomical observations and unit measurements were required for ritual, and these traditions bore fruit in early treatises on astronomy, linguistics, and logic. — Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025

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On the walls, black-and-white printouts of newspaper articles, magazines and book pages looked like they were plucked from a Pinterest board on scrapbooking.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
The internet is swarming with articles and videos decrying the decision.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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Once coal closure tracts are identified, the list grows as new closures and data corrections are rolled in.

— Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
The land was among the biggest tracts left in the area that had not been at least partially preserved, and the good news, conservation-wise, was that Soloviev had agreed to sell the development rights to the town for 75 percent of the land, meaning that most of it would remain farmland for good.

— Reeves Wiedeman, Curbed, 22 June 2026

Definition of tracts

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The disagreements begin with what each document protects first, and the four texts pull in different directions from there.

— Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Without getting too focused on the game side of it, what Sean said about the story pulling you into emotions through texts and calls is important.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 30 June 2026

Definition of texts

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Only 13% of it ends up at food banks, according to a 2026 report produced by ReFED, a nonprofit that studies and tries to prevent food waste.

— John Lowrey, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
The American Kennel Club cites studies showing that dog ownership can reduce loneliness, lower stress and improve cardiovascular health.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

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