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- noun Plural form of
homonym .
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Examples
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These are just a few of the main homonyms found in everyday English.
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For the uninitiated, I should explain that the seminal sentence in the progression of homonyms is “See the merino standing there, with his long shaggy hair.”
Waldo Jaquith - Christopher Cerf’s “The World’s Largest Cheese.” 2008
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Barring the possibility of a secret revolutionary cabal inside the palace, the problem seems to have stemmed from a common headache in Mandarin Chinese: homonyms.
NYT > Global Home By EDWARD WONG 2011
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Accordingly he lays the greatest stress on the explanation of Scriptural "homonyms," as he calls them, borrowing an
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Isaac Husik 1907
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Marcelo Träsel, in his homonyms blog [pt], analyses the problems of comparing media traditionally linked to the market with Internet individuals, noting that the private nature of the Internet does not allow it to be treated in the same way as mainstream television channels, radio and press:
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Has a free Internet really appeared on the electoral scene? 2009
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I was privy to witnessing her enchantment with homonyms and watched her progress from sounding out words phonetically, to reading every sign on the road, to pulling a Khalil Gibran book from her purse and reading it to me.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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“I know that all of you makeup types are homonymphos, but please—do not pull your homonyms on me.”
A Day in the Life of a Supermodel Armpit Makeup Artist Con Chapman 2011
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I was privy to witnessing her enchantment with homonyms and watched her progress from sounding out words phonetically, to reading every sign on the road, to pulling a Khalil Gibran book from her purse and reading it to me.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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Before you hit the "Send" button, use a spell-checker, and proofread to catch homonyms that are wrong.
A Career Lesson From The Craigslist Congressman Bill Rosenthal 2011
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Before you hit the "Send" button, use a spell-checker, and proofread to catch homonyms that are wrong.
A Career Lesson From The Craigslist Congressman Bill Rosenthal 2011
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