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essay

(n): an analytic or interpretive literary composition

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(n): the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)

(n): a tentative attempt

(n): earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

(v): make an effort or attempt

(v): perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

(v): put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

(v): form a critical opinion of

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2 months ago reesetee said:

In stamp collecting, this term refers to the artwork of a proposed design for a postage stamp. Some essays are rendered photographically; others are drawn or painted. One design is chosen out of many submissions to become the essay for the accepted design.

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geekery, by inviolateandimmobile

b, e, d, g, p and t, by monapdx

Get Schooled, by Lampbane

moving driving words, by fbharjo

Tati's list, by Tati

Philately, by reesetee

A spoonful of sugar, by Prolagus

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