something 1 of 2

as in object
one that has a real and independent existence I heard something fall off the counter

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something

2 of 2

adverb

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Noun
  • Keep a distance from water, wet articles, and metal objects.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2025
  • The discovery marks the first time that such objects, called long-period transients, have been detected in X-rays, the team said in announcing the findings.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 May 2025
Adverb
  • Nobody really changes, nobody really learns anything and at the start of every episode the characters pretty much exactly the same.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 June 2025
  • So after a lot of late-night meetings and pretty loud pushes from Republican members of the SALT Caucus, the bill in the end included an increase on the SALT cap to $40,000.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Different priorities between the two entities were leading to conflicts, such as concerns that the hospital would dominate decision-making.
    Natalie Jones, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025
  • These are very different entities than NPR and PBS—some have roots in the counter-propaganda operations of the Second World War and the Cold War, and all of them are still seen as tools of U.S. soft power—but they are designed to be editorially independent, and often do produce good journalism.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
Adverb
  • Quartz’s Catherine Baab has more on the art of not quite dealing.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 3 June 2025
  • Though the two shows are quite distinct, Wilford, who is curating her final show for MoCA after moving to the Memphis Art Museum in January, hopes viewers will be able to envelop themselves in each.
    DOUGLAS MARKOWITZ, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • So far, most of what’s known about the substance’s effects on the brain comes from studies in rats and in cells grown in a lab dish – not in people.
    Lorne J. Hofseth, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
  • When the substance contains more the 0.3% THC in it.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2025
Adverb
  • And what about billionaire Angeleno Rick Caruso, a relatively recent entrant to the Democratic Party?
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
  • Being more affordable and without a human in the cockpit makes each unit relatively more expendable, adding versatility to how they are deployed in combat situations.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • That signaled bond investors’ willingness to consider whether the decades-long warnings of a looming, but theoretical, US fiscal collapse may be inching closer to reality.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
  • But beneath these praises of innovation can hide the potential to lose control over reality.
    Ashish Sukhadeve, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Adverb
  • On a rather glorious day for terminally online people, The Hollywood Reporter has gathered together some of the best posts that captured the mood of a nation.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
  • Ten years later, Jamie Wyeth remains not only my favorite artist but a rather unexpected style muse for his unapologetically unique dress sense.
    Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 6 June 2025
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“Something.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/something. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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