: a subdivision of a written composition that consists of one or more sentences, deals with one point or gives the words of one speaker, and begins on a new usually indented line
The introductory paragraphs were written by the editor.
b
: a short composition or note that is complete in one paragraph
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: a character (such as ¶) used to indicate the beginning of a paragraph and as a reference mark
Noun In the second paragraph from the bottom, you've misspelled “their” as “thier.” Please refer to section 2, paragraph 4 for the appropriate information. The two introductory paragraphs were written by the editor.
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Noun
There is no financial burden of proof to get an instrument — just a paragraph from the child on what impact music has had or will have on them. Pam Mcloughlin, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2022 This is in contrast to a hard return, inserted by pressing the Enter key, which would start a whole new paragraph.Wired, 13 Aug. 2022 Additionally, Goodlett added a paragraph to the affidavit stating investigators verified, through databases, that listed Taylor's address as Glover's as of February 2020, which the indictment states was misleading. Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2022 Sharma approached each page of the new version with extraordinary vigor and care, and there is scarcely a paragraph that hasn’t been improved, and if unnecessary, cut.New York Times, 12 July 2022 As several users pointed out in response to Midler's subsequent tweets, Paul's op-ed also contains rhetoric that can be seen as anti-trans — particularly a paragraph that takes issue with trans-inclusive words. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 6 July 2022 Somewhere in the companies' policies — never revealed on the web page when travelers had to make a choice — was a paragraph that said the companies didn't cover pandemics. Peter Greenberg, CBS News, 24 June 2022 The writing assignment was exceedingly simple: a quick paragraph to introduce myself. Rachel Feintzeig, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2022 The Daily Times ran only one paragraph on the newspaper’s seventh page — 18 lines of newsprint — about the flight. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English paragraf marginal sign marking a paragraph, from Anglo-French parogref, from Medieval Latin paragraphus, from Greek paragraphos line used to mark change of persons in a dialogue, from paragraphein to write alongside, from para- + graphein to write — more at carve