as in monograph
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 treatise
Part academic treatise and part how-to guide, her book has already been adopted in music programs that teach mariachi singing.
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Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
An 11th-century treatise on Muslim love. Describe your ideal reading experience.
—New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Out went the names, and in came a sweeping, elegiac — but life-fostering — quality that operates as a sonic treatise on the nature of love itself.
—Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
In the weeks before the election, former President Barack Obama gave moral sermons and philosophical treatises on behalf of the Harris-Walz campaign, his speeches suggesting that politics still existed in a social atmosphere of contemplation and debate.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
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Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
An 11th-century treatise on Muslim love. Describe your ideal reading experience.
—New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Out went the names, and in came a sweeping, elegiac — but life-fostering — quality that operates as a sonic treatise on the nature of love itself.
—Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
In the weeks before the election, former President Barack Obama gave moral sermons and philosophical treatises on behalf of the Harris-Walz campaign, his speeches suggesting that politics still existed in a social atmosphere of contemplation and debate.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treatise
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Martin Becker, a professor of environment science and a paleontologist at William Paterson University, had planned to collaborate with a colleague on a comprehensive monograph featuring his fossil collection, according to the civil suit filed last week in Superior Court in Passaic County.—
Terry Dickerson,
NBC News,
17 Mar. 2025
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Solis Betancourt & Sherrill works on residential projects across the country and internationally, and the firm’s timeless work has been celebrated in the monograph Essential Elegance.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
5 Feb. 2025
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Portions of this article were included in another piece published on June 1, 2023.—
Dennis W. Jansen,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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In a 2022 article in Daedalus, Erik Brynjolfsson argued that today’s key challenge is steering A.I. development toward augmenting the efforts of human workers rather than replacing them.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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According to the Cleveland Clinic, E. coli is a group of bacteria that can cause infections in your gut, urinary tract and other parts of the body.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The National Academy of Medicine also confirms sufficient evidence linking indoor mold exposure to upper respiratory tract symptoms in otherwise healthy individuals.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
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Just two decades ago, traditional media companies and regulated broadcasters dominated public discourse.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
14 Apr. 2025
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In previous generations, national figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall and James Baldwin played critical roles in helping to guide public discourse on the subject of race.—
Anne Tapp Jaksa,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Apr. 2025
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In a new Good Hang podcast discussion with Abbott Elementary's Quinta Brunson, Poehler discussed developing Leslie as a character ahead of the show's 2009 pilot episode, right down to the strikingly blonde hair on her head and what that said about the character at the time.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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During the discussions, hitting coaches Troy Snitker and Alex Cintrón encouraged Smith to get more into his legs and start his swing quicker, hoping the 22-year-old phenom could drive the baseball with more authority.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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In his dozens of novels, plays and essays, Vargas Llosa told stories from various viewpoints and experimented with form, moving back and forth in time and switching narrators.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Bonhoeffer scholars and relatives warn the German pastor is being transformed by varied sources — filmmakers, Metaxas’ writings and statements, and essays from conservative scholars evoking Bonhoeffer to support the MAGA movement — into a Christian nationalist warrior.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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Khalil finished his graduate studies at Columbia in December and is set to graduate in the spring.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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There's less water in the mantle beneath the farside of the moon than in the mantle on the nearside, according to studies of the precious lunar samples brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e 6 mission.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Treatise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treatise. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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