A, e.g., but not A+ (7)

I believe the answer is:

article

(Other definitions for article that I've seen before include "Newspaper piece" , "thing required" , "Thing - composition - item" , "It could be the" , "Possibly the" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.

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