Currently almost every paper seems to feel that its readers ought to be interested in the newspaper's own comments on the news, while of the news itself the reader would want merely some gistings or highlights […]
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Gisting
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Noun(19 words)
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concernconnotationconsequencecorecornerstonecrisiscritical pointdenotationdirectiondistillatedistillationdriftelixiressenceessentialessential matterextensionfabricflowerfocus
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focus of attentionfocus of interestforcefundamentalgeneralitygrammatical meaninggreat pointheadheadinghearthigh pointhypostasisideaimpactimplicationimportimportant thinginner essenceintensionissuekeystonelairlandmarklexical meaningliteral meaningliving issuemain bodymain ideamain pointmain thingmajor partmajoritymarrowmass
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Noun(7 words)
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materialmaterial pointmattermatter in handmeaningmeatmediummilestonemostmotifmotivename of the gamenitty grittynubnubbinnucleusnuts and boltsovertonepertinencepith
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pivotpluralitypointpoint at issuepoint in questionpostulatepractical consequenceprincipleproblempurportquestionquidquiddityquintessencerange of meaningreal issuereal meaningrecaprecapitulationreferencereferentrelationrelevanceresumerubricrun throughrun-throughrundownsalient pointsapscopesemantic clustersemantic fieldsenseshortsignificancesignificationsignificatumsignifiesine qua nonsoulspan of meaningspiritstrengthstructural meaningstuffsubjectsubject mattersubject of thoughtsubstancesubstantive pointsumsum and substancesummarysummationsymbolic meaningtenortextthe bottom linethe nitty-grittythe pointthemethrusttopictotality of associationstransferred meaningturning pointunadorned meaningundertoneupshotvalue
Verb(3 words)
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