treatise

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 The contents of the treatise could be described as a form of dandyism for idle samurai, and Mishima was a modern samurai dandy. Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025 Trump tried to distance himself from the policy treatise during the 2024 campaign. Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024 History of Peanut Butter Cookies In his agricultural treatise on peanuts, How To Grow the Peanut: And 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption, George Washington Carver, with the assistance of Tuskegee students, included three recipes for peanut butter cookies. Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025 Ross’ film, like Whitehead’s novel, refuses to serve as a one-note cinematic treatise on Black trauma. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for treatise
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  • Her monograph, Literature in Motion: Translating Multilingualism Across the Americas is published by Columbia University Press (2022).
    Yásnaya Elena A. Gil (Tr. Ellen Jones), The Dial, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Gannaway’s monograph, Remember Me, was published last year by GOST Books.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2024
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  • Listen to this article GLENDALE, Ariz. — Noah Schultz made the journey from the bullpen to the mound for the top of the fifth inning Wednesday against the San Diego Padres.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
  • This article has been updated to include a statement Democracy Forward President and CEO Skye Perryman and to note the Merit Systems Protection Board declined to comment further.
    Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
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    Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
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  • Events that used to lead to days or weeks of heated discourse now fade into nothingness almost instantaneously; nothing matters enough to break the internet anymore.
    Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The play is an extravagant metaphor for political discourse, disputes between nations, nationalist feelings and more.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2025
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  • Following Trump's conversation with Putin last week, Trump floated a potential meeting between U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia to kick off ceasefire discussions.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Back in the olden days, all discussion surrounding individual players involved boxcar statistics (games, goals, assists, points) and the eye test.
    Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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  • In a 2022 essay for Proceedings, the professional journal of the U.S. Navy, analyst Mark Schneider concluded Russian missiles are often a tenth as accurate as their makers claim.
    David Axe, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • In a personal essay, Undergaro shares his tips and tricks for welcoming a baby a little later in life 1966 was the year the TV series Batman premiered — my favorite version of the caped crusader.
    Keven Undergaro, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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  • Adults who are highly playful are also more positive about the future and more resilient in the face of challenges, according to a new study released February 9 in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
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    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025

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“Treatise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treatise. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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