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- noun Plural form of
express . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
express .
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Examples
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Yet the word expresses a crucial truth—for the psychotherapist, not for the patient.
Shrink Dreams WAYNE A. MYERS 1992
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Yet the word expresses a crucial truth—for the psychotherapist, not for the patient.
Shrink Dreams WAYNE A. MYERS 1992
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Yet the word expresses a crucial truth—for the psychotherapist, not for the patient.
Shrink Dreams WAYNE A. MYERS 1992
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In these typical cases the title expresses Jesus 'consciousness of heavenly authority as well as self-sacrificing ministry, of coming exaltation as well as present lowliness; and the suffering and death which were the common lot of other sons of men were appointed for this Son of Man by a divine necessity.
The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rush Rhees
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A man who owns a dog is, in every sense of the word, its master: the term expresses accurately their mutual relations.
Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others Helen M. Winslow
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If it be said that they are theatrical, we know not but that the term expresses their merit; for as
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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The term expresses at once the greatness and the nature of the change.
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They are, as the term expresses it, transubstantiated.
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While this platform is not in strictness a terrace, the term expresses this architectural feature with sufficient clearness.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849
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The phrase expresses the belief that constitutional restrictions on governmental power must be balanced against the need for survival of the state and its people.
The Guardian World News Richard Adams 2011
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