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  1. noun A distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new, usually indented line, consists of one or more sentences, and typically deals with a single thought or topic or quotes one speaker's continuous words.
  2. noun A mark ( ¶ ) used to indicate where a new paragraph should begin or to serve as a reference mark.
  3. noun A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
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  • This paragraph is the key one: [Shit] is, I believe, ready to be heard unbleeped (uncensored) on the government-regulated airwaves in America.
  • Indenting a paragraph is a little tricky, but that's a later post. —  MSDN Blogs
  • Each section also states where the snake can be found (geographically) and this paragraph is accompanied by a map. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • This paragraph is an exercise on Emphasis. —  The Ontario High School Reader
  • Another translation of this paragraph is as follows: “All the people have formed a god in the world of thought and they worship that form of their own imagination, while the fact is that the imagined concept is comprehended by the mind which is comprehensive. —  Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
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chapter ·  sentence ·  essay ·  verse ·  text ·  article ·  pamphlet ·  narrative ·  publication ·  lecture ·  sketch ·  clause

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  1. Middle English paragraf, from Old French paragrafe, from Medieval Latin paragraphus, from Greek paragraphos, line showing a break in sense or a change of speakers in a dialogue, from paragraphein, to write beside : para-, beside; see para-1 + graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Earlymod. English paragruffe, from Middle English paragraf, paragraffe, also paraf, paraffe (see paraph), also pargrafte, pylcrafte, pilecrafte (whence pilcrow, q. v.), from Old French paragraphs (also paraphe, etc.), French paragraphe = Spanish parágrafo, párrafo = Portuguese paragrapho = Italian paragrafo, parafo, from Middle Latin paragraphus, from Greek παράγραφος, a line drawn in the margin, also, like παραγραφή, a marginal note, a paragraph, a brief summary, an exception, demurrer, from παραγράφειν, write beside, from παρά, beside, + γράφειν, write.
  2. from paragraph, n.
 

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