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Each is a lone wolf, however, and as the grammatically incorrect title Wolfs suggests (justice for proper pluralization of nouns!), being saddled with a partner is not their preferred state of being.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
As a noun, McCarthyism was a mode of politics rather than an ideology.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The term is an adjective that has also become a noun, describing one of the most common analgesic procedures available in modern medicine.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
Purple: Words that precede a noun that describes a large rodent.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
As a noun, McCarthyism was a mode of politics rather than an ideology.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The term is an adjective that has also become a noun, describing one of the most common analgesic procedures available in modern medicine.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
Purple: Words that precede a noun that describes a large rodent.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Noun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noun. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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