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Whereas the play only obliquely references the character’s successful new novel, this version presents Eileen’s manuscript — co-written with her mousy lover Thea (Imogen Potts), a former schoolmate of Hedda’s — as a revelatory treatise on the future of human sexuality.
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Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
For hundreds of years, physicians and scientists wrote treatises on its health benefits.
—Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
The ancient Romans and Greeks never really wrote treatises about how to lie well.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Thomas Ady, the 17th century author of a skeptical treatise on witchcraft A Candle in the Dark appears to refer to Vincent without naming him directly.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
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Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
For hundreds of years, physicians and scientists wrote treatises on its health benefits.
—Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
The ancient Romans and Greeks never really wrote treatises about how to lie well.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Thomas Ady, the 17th century author of a skeptical treatise on witchcraft A Candle in the Dark appears to refer to Vincent without naming him directly.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for treatise
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“Treatise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/treatise. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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treatise
noun
trea·tise
ˈtrēt-əs 
: a book or article examining a subject carefully and completely
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