Unknown's article replaced by vacuous story expressing same idea (10)

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synonymous

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'expressing same idea' is the definition.
(synonyms express the same meaning)

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(Other definitions for synonymous that I've seen before include "Having the same meaning" , "It could describe best and worst" , "with the same sense" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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