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This tag is for questions about choosing the best word FROM A GIVEN SELECTION for a particular context or meaning. The selection to choose from must appear in the question. If you do not know the word already, use single-word-requests.
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Using landslide in a sentence and paraphrazing it
Did they mean here to the first meaning?
Answer: no. It still means the second meaning of which you indicated: A percentage of votes greatly exceeding the required margin of victory.
Let's see the se …
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'Evenest' vs 'most even' word usage and its history
When I am looking for the superlative form of 'even' which would be evenest, I was surprised that it's rarely used.
[This 'even' which means something smooth and regular]
The only source that I found …
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What do you think when these words come up: "populace", "population", "people", the "mass", ... [closed]
When would be the best usage of those words?
When do we do/don't use it?
What is the message conveyed when we use Populace/Population; People/Mass; Mass/Public?
1.Populace vs Population
2.People vs …
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Anaylsis of Text and Words choice between 'Calumniate vs Asperse vs besmirch'
I stumbled upon these intriguing sentences and words when reading the text:
That passion which in common life is termed, anger, fury, vengeance or delirium, becomes zeal as soon as its object is reli …
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