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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The sentence within a paragraph or discourse that states the main thought, often placed at the beginning.
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- noun A sentence at the beginning of a
paragraph indicating the general matter to be discussed later in that paragraph.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sentence that states the topic of its paragraph
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