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"Verb",
"My sister plucked a white hair from my head.",
"The hunter plucked the bird's feathers.",
"plucking petals off a flower",
"Firefighters plucked the child from the top floor of the burning building.",
"He'd been plucked from obscurity and thrust into the national spotlight.",
"a cat that was plucked off the city's streets last winter",
"He plucked a stone out of the river.",
"Noun",
"It takes pluck to do what she did.",
"She showed pluck in getting up on stage.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In a lab, the cells are then placed into a concoction of enzymes to pluck out the DNA. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In the front, there is a sushi-style conveyor belt of red-hot accessories where guests can pluck a Gucci bum bag or a Balenciaga City bag at their leisure. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 27 May 2022",
"People with trichotillomania may pluck from their scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, or other body hair. \u2014 ELLE , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Doctors had no choice but to pluck the bloodsuckers out, one by one, using forceps. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The filmmakers pluck quite a few story threads from director Shawn Levy\u2019s early-aughts adaptation, including bullying, athletic frustrations, an absentee parent, a forbidden sleepover and a climax involving a runaway child. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The avid fishers also pluck young chicks from the nests of great blue herons and ospreys, which are driven away by the eagles. \u2014 Lilly Price, baltimoresun.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"With such ever-hungry megaherbivores around, however, the grazers pluck up many of the low-lying plants and young trees before the shoots and saplings have much of a chance to become established. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
"TikTok's filter that makes eyebrows look pencil-thin is convincing some youths to pluck theirs down for real. \u2014 Allure , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The six pack hasn\u2019t had the same pluck , especially at playoff time, since the loss of free agent Torey Krug to the Blues following the 2019-20 season. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo pluck spikey, percussive riffs, Steve Shelley switches from open hi-hat thrashing to sparse grooves with maracas, and Kim Gordon perfects her Nico sprechstimme. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 11 Mar. 2022",
"But now distant relatives of Darger \u2014 tracked down by a collector of vintage photography \u2014 are making a legal claim to that legacy, asserting the landlord did not have the right to pluck and profit from Darger\u2019s art. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2022",
"My muscles, which had tensed the second before the pluck , relaxed. \u2014 ELLE , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Child services pluck Loquareeous out of his house and place him in foster care. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Lives turn out through some admixture of genes, environment, luck and pluck . \u2014 Michael Shermer, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Expect an alluring stream of virtually unknown Olympians, athletes with back stories for the ages, no chance at winning and indomitable pluck . \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"And, as is often the case with stories about people surviving ecological turmoil, the hugeness of the problem feels diminished by the ability of the heroes to get through it via a combination of luck and pluck . \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"We were able to plug the hole with cement.",
"One of the DJs on the local radio station has been plugging the band's new album.",
"He plugged him right in the chest.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Stolar built 990 machines, then pulled the plug on the project. \u2014 Matt Gardner, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"But the network pulled the plug on renewing the show for additional seasons, ending it after 13 seasons. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Investors pulled the plug on the lender amid questions over why roughly half of the value of its loan portfolio, or around $1.1 billion, consisted of unpaid interest, which the company still hasn\u2019t explained. \u2014 Alexander Saeedy, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"After the model was downloaded more than 1,000 times, Clem DeLangue, co-founder and CEO at Hugging Face pulled the plug . \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"So with stocks tumbling, the IPO market drying up and increased regulation around the corner, several high-profile SPACs have recently pulled the plug on their merger plans. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"He was charged with four runs in three-plus innings before Maddon pulled the plug after 75 pitches. \u2014 Jake Seiner, Hartford Courant , 2 June 2022",
"Twitch pulled the plug less than two minutes after the shooter opened fire. \u2014 Nathan Grayson, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Top state transportation officials recently pulled the plug on a $6-billion interstate widening in L.A. County and are pledging to funnel billions of dollars toward mass transit and road repairs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Use the end of the HDMI cable that was plugged into your PlayStation 4 and plug it into your TV. \u2014 Toby Grey, BGR , 28 June 2022",
"One of the most pressing problems any organization will have to overcome is learning how to recognize gaps in the skills of their human workforce and finding ways to plug them. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Good on her for using the moment to plug her next movie, though. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 15 June 2022",
"Though Wright acknowledged Strange could have played defense, the decision was made to plug him in on the offensive line, where his rare mix of size, strength, and athleticism could be utilized. \u2014 Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Still, voluntarily allowing surgeons to carve into your otherwise healthy body to extract an organ and plug it into someone else is \u2026 what\u2019s the word, magnanimous",
"Simply remove the nozzle to fill the steamer at your tap, plug it in and turn it on. \u2014 Sarah Bogdan, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
"Higher trim levels come with a plug -in gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain that tacks on 94 horsepower to the bottom line for a total of 494 horses. \u2014 Nicholas Wallace, Car and Driver , 7 June 2022",
"About 3% of all vehicles sales last year were electrics, and plug -in vehicles represent an even smaller share of overall vehicles on the road. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 25 May 2022"
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"1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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": a device for splitting stones consisting of two tapered pieces and a wedge-shaped key":[]
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"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
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"gangsta",
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gupta says a team of traders scrutinizes any updates tweeted by the NFL\u2019s most knowledgeable and plugged -in newsmakers to ensure nothing is missed. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
"If an aerator is still plugged , use a pin or needle to poke out grit, or buy a new aerator for a few dollars. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Be aware, a television can be unplugged but a cable box, with a DVR/TiVo that archives your shows for you, will need to stay plugged in, of course. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Only his hip oldest sister Vicky (Natalie L\u2019Amoreaux) seemed plugged in to what was going on in the world beyond their doorstep. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"For chargers which charge extra to remain plugged in once full, the car owner would actually be very happy to be unplugged. \u2014 Brad Templeton, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Bob Roney, a retired Yosemite ranger, told CNN that the problem is younger generations are too plugged in for the outdoors. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 24 Mar. 2015",
"People always want to keep pace with news and to stay plugged into popular culture. \u2014 Curtis Sparrer, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Even with foreign talent, the gap is far from plugged . \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 23 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1694, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"plugged away at her homework"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We were able to plug the hole with cement.",
"One of the DJs on the local radio station has been plugging the band's new album.",
"He plugged him right in the chest.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Stolar built 990 machines, then pulled the plug on the project. \u2014 Matt Gardner, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"But the network pulled the plug on renewing the show for additional seasons, ending it after 13 seasons. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Investors pulled the plug on the lender amid questions over why roughly half of the value of its loan portfolio, or around $1.1 billion, consisted of unpaid interest, which the company still hasn\u2019t explained. \u2014 Alexander Saeedy, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"After the model was downloaded more than 1,000 times, Clem DeLangue, co-founder and CEO at Hugging Face pulled the plug . \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"So with stocks tumbling, the IPO market drying up and increased regulation around the corner, several high-profile SPACs have recently pulled the plug on their merger plans. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"He was charged with four runs in three-plus innings before Maddon pulled the plug after 75 pitches. \u2014 Jake Seiner, Hartford Courant , 2 June 2022",
"Twitch pulled the plug less than two minutes after the shooter opened fire. \u2014 Nathan Grayson, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Top state transportation officials recently pulled the plug on a $6-billion interstate widening in L.A. County and are pledging to funnel billions of dollars toward mass transit and road repairs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Use the end of the HDMI cable that was plugged into your PlayStation 4 and plug it into your TV. \u2014 Toby Grey, BGR , 28 June 2022",
"One of the most pressing problems any organization will have to overcome is learning how to recognize gaps in the skills of their human workforce and finding ways to plug them. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Good on her for using the moment to plug her next movie, though. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 15 June 2022",
"Though Wright acknowledged Strange could have played defense, the decision was made to plug him in on the offensive line, where his rare mix of size, strength, and athleticism could be utilized. \u2014 Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Still, voluntarily allowing surgeons to carve into your otherwise healthy body to extract an organ and plug it into someone else is \u2026 what\u2019s the word, magnanimous",
"Simply remove the nozzle to fill the steamer at your tap, plug it in and turn it on. \u2014 Sarah Bogdan, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
"Higher trim levels come with a plug -in gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain that tacks on 94 horsepower to the bottom line for a total of 494 horses. \u2014 Nicholas Wallace, Car and Driver , 7 June 2022",
"About 3% of all vehicles sales last year were electrics, and plug -in vehicles represent an even smaller share of overall vehicles on the road. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 25 May 2022"
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"1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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": a clingstone peach":[]
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": brown pine sense 2a":[]
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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"\u2014 Harper's Weekly"
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": to examine minutely and critically":[
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"\u02c8pl\u0259m"
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"dead",
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"due",
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"fathom",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for plumb Adjective vertical , perpendicular , plumb mean being at right angles to a base line. vertical suggests a line or direction rising straight upward toward a zenith. the side of the cliff is almost vertical perpendicular may stress the straightness of a line making a right angle with any other line, not necessarily a horizontal one. the parallel bars are perpendicular to the support posts plumb stresses an exact verticality determined (as with a plumb line) by earth's gravity. make sure that the wall is plumb",
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"He set the board plumb .",
"I plumb forgot about the party.",
"Verb",
"The book plumbs the complexities of human relationships.",
"a scientist who spent her life plumbing the minds of criminals",
"The play plumbs the depths of human nature.",
"The plumber is almost finished plumbing the apartment.",
"The new house has been wired and plumbed .",
"All the bathroom fixtures have been plumbed .",
"Adjective",
"The carpenter made sure that the wall was plumb .",
"a horror movie that's plumb trash and further evidence of the deterioration of popular culture",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Set the new prehung entry door into the opening from the outside (D), check it for plumb with a 4-ft. level on all sides, then tap shims between the doorframe and rough opening. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 28 Feb. 2021",
"That doesn\u2019t mean an end to Shipt\u2019s distinctive green - but the introduction of secondary colors such as plumb , yellow and teal. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 6 Feb. 2020",
"The Gallery of Kings\u2014the line of statues above the three massive doorways\u2014was almost a foot (.3 meters) out of plumb . \u2014 Andrew Tallon, National Geographic , 16 Apr. 2019",
"In the olden days, woodworkers needed a range of measuring tools, plumbs and levels. \u2014 Alexandra Samuel, WSJ , 14 Dec. 2018",
"The toppling tower inclined slowly to about fifteen feet out of plumb . \u2014 sandiegouniontribune.com , 19 Mar. 2018",
"Hold each post plumb and drive nails through the anchors into the wood. \u2014 Rick Peters, Popular Mechanics , 1 May 2016",
"Thankfully the technology used today has advanced beyond dangling plumb lines over the side of the ship. \u2014 Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian , 13 July 2017",
"In other cases, the off- plumb spaces were turned into a narrow alley so that the rest of the parcel would have 90-degree corners. \u2014 Richard Campanella, NOLA.com , 10 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Even so, there\u2019s fertile thematic ground to plumb here, and together with co-writers Maud Ameline and Sophie Filli\u00e8res, Maury goes all in. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 1 Mar. 2022",
"There will be time aplenty to plumb the West\u2019s misjudgment and mishandling of Vladimir Putin up to now. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The film doesn\u2019t shy from attempting to plumb the seemingly bottomless depths of Hawk\u2019s motivational wellspring to invent and perfect skateboarding tricks. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Flanary\u2019s escalating popularity is all the more notable because his jokes, delivered in short skits, plumb the inane depths of American health care. \u2014 Damian Garde, STAT , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Once upon a time, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to plumb the depths of the ocean and scale the heights of space with Vladimir Putin. \u2014 Megha Mandavia, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Northam appointed a commission to plumb the depths of state code and find racist language that persisted, in many cases, from the time of Jim Crow. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Jan. 2022",
"All the while, Dickinson and Lucca plumb some of the deepest issues raised by the movement, including the role consumer behavior played in creating the current situation and the very nature of ownership. \u2014 Harper\u2019s Magazine , 23 Feb. 2022",
"But some prosecutors today are willing to have that second trial, precisely to plumb motive. \u2014 Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Season 1 ended with Harper choosing her boss Eric Tao (Ken Leung) over Sara Dhadwal (Priyanga Burford), who wanted to change Pierpoint's toxic culture, in order to land a plumb full-time gig. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
"Inspectors determined 78% of headstones and niche coves at the Birdeye cemetery were installed in proper height, plumb and alignment, falling short of the 90% target. \u2014 Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
"Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. \u2014 Stacker.com, al , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Taste: Oranges provide a brightness, plums plumb fruity depths, milk chocolate accounts for the richness and texture, while the strong smoky bottom layer is a combination of white pepper and soot that becomes medicinal. \u2014 Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The social credit system, a method of scoring people based on their behavior, could link child-rearing to bank loans or plumb jobs. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 1 July 2021",
"One of the hooks went plumb through his ring finger. \u2014 John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News , 24 June 2021",
"That said, this trade helps bring the Falcons back into plumb , at least financially, and that matters. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 8 June 2021",
"Tip the 4 x 4 post ends into the holes, and brace the screen so that the posts are plumb . \u2014 Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics , 15 May 2021"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French plum, plomb , from Latin plumbum lead":"Noun"
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"a hat with bright ostrich plumes",
"the Nobel Prize for Literature is the plume that all authors covet",
"Verb",
"that jerk plumes himself on his supposed athletic skills",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Just one plume of smoke \u2014 an indication of an artillery strike \u2014 had appeared on the horizon all day. \u2014 Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Within about 15 minutes, a nearly invisible, odor-free plume of the metofluthrin mixture wafts out. \u2014 Kelly Bastone, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Satellite images taken by NASA's Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9 on May 14 now prove the eruption, with volcanic plume from underwater, visible on the ocean's surface. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"Photos showed a huge, churning plume of thick smoke. \u2014 David Keyton, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Photos showed a huge, churning plume of thick smoke. \u2014 David Keyton, Chicago Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Moments later, an artillery shell landed to the north, striking something that released a dark, angry-looking plume of smoke that rose for miles, darkening the skies above the city. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"An enormous plume of smoke hovered over the military training reservation Saturday afternoon as the fire continued burning. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Dressed in their velvet robes and hats with an ostrich plume , Prince Charles and Prince William did the ceremonial walk to St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Its most interesting ideas plume briefly, only to fizzle out like far-off firecrackers. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"The map becomes distorted, and the insect no longer associates that plume with the flower. \u2014 Jennifer Clare Ball, Wired , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Toilet plume aside, Winner says the steel surfaces, doorknobs, and toilet handles in a public restroom pose the greatest risk. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, Health.com , 16 June 2020",
"Patrick still painted, filling the family home with idyllic landscapes: a single cabin in the mountains with smoke pluming from its chimney, or a lone figure in a canoe paddling through the wilderness. \u2014 Alex Perry, Outside Online , 24 July 2019",
"While the video describes that the engine fire test duration went as expected, fire continued to burn around the Starhopper until a massive fireball exploded around it a few minutes after pluming up high over the test area into the night sky. \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 15 July 2019",
"Ash plumes shooting thousands of feet into the sky from the summit have raised concerns about air quality. \u2014 Heidi Chang, latimes.com , 1 June 2018",
"Winds blew much of the 30,000-foot (9,100-meter) plume away from people. \u2014 Fox News , 18 May 2018",
"An early morning 18-wheeler crash Sunday (May 13) on eastbound Interstate 10 in St. Martin Parish has left lanes closed and smoke pluming into the air, according to Louisiana State Police. \u2014 Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com , 13 May 2018"
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"\u02c8pl\u00fcm"
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"distinction",
"honor",
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"fleshy",
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"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
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"\u2014 H. D. Thoreau"
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"examples":[
"Adverb",
"there was a squirrel on the sidewalk plump in front of us",
"Adjective",
"His aunt pinched his plump cheeks.",
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"1533, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"1569, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
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"1726, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
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"booty",
"loot",
"pillage",
"spoil",
"swag"
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": to take by force or wrongfully : steal , loot":[
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]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The village was plundered by the invading army.",
"Thieves had long ago plundered the tomb.",
"The soldiers continued plundering for days.",
"Noun",
"the plunder of the village",
"All evidence suggested that the plunder of the tomb had happened long ago.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Now, Mike settles for watching the squirrels plunder his apple trees. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022",
"Paranoid and provincial \u2014 and outrageously ironic considering the United States is built upon centuries of displacement and plunder \u2014 the theory proposes that white people are endangered by interlopers intent on ousting them. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Gaming for adults, players will create their characters together at the first session before joining the crew of Pirates of Palm Beach to plunder and pillage the lands of fantasy. \u2014 Cindy Kent, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In an act considered audacious even at the time, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, ordered his agents to plunder sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece and bring them back to England in the early 1800s. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Roger Ng, a former Goldman Sachs banker, was convicted of helping to plunder billions of dollars from Malaysia\u2019s 1MDB sovereign-wealth fund in one of the world\u2019s largest financial scandals. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Interviews with dozens of people on the front lines, including five state auditors, shed new light on the poor planning and missed red flags that allowed scammers to plunder billions of dollars intended for people who lost jobs during the pandemic. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"But the new-model Viking had considerably more on his mind than plunder . \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"No call out of centuries of British bloody conquest and plunder . \u2014 Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Though there is little sentimentality here about the death of any particular creature\u2014everything, whether plankton or fish or mollusk, is always eating or being eaten\u2014there is a sense of horror at human plunder . \u2014 Anelise Chen, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
"The first reports of grain plunder emerged in mid-March. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Marcos Jr is the son and namesake of former authoritarian leader Ferdinand Marcos Sr, whose 21-year rule was marked by human rights abuses and plunder of the state coffers. \u2014 Helen Regan, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"In the 1800s, one of Egypt\u2019s rulers pried stones off the pyramids to erect new mosques (though, as far as pharaonic plunder goes, European visitors were greedier). \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Power structures were in flux, with petty lords calling themselves kings; sailing far and wide in search of plunder , trade routes or fertile agricultural land; and often losing power to internal feuds. \u2014 Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In 1978, West Germany succeeded in diverting UNESCO\u2019s new committee from colonial plunder to contemporary smuggling\u2014a serious issue, especially during Nigeria\u2019s 1967\u201370 civil war, but also a convenient distraction from earlier crimes. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
"There is no net value to society in plunder , however dashingly accomplished. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Leissner, the key witness against the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker, admitted to telling a raft of personal and professional lies in the multibillion-dollar plunder of 1Malaysia Development Bhd. \u2014 Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg.com , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"1643, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"verb"
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": to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly into something":[
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"pitch",
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"Verb",
"Her car plunged off a bridge.",
"The stock market plunged yesterday.",
"The President's approval rating has plunged to 20 percent.",
"The moose population has plunged in recent years.",
"The rocky cliffs plunge into the swirling rapids below.",
"The road plunges down the mountain.",
"Noun",
"Amazingly, the cat survived its plunge from the building's roof.",
"Market analysts predicted a price plunge .",
"The store experienced a sharp plunge in sales.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"After experts said a section of barrier erected by We Build the Wall next to the Rio Grande could plunge into the river, even Mr. Trump expressed disapproval. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Russia continues to threaten European countries by shutting off their energy shipments, which could plunge EU economies into a recession. \u2014 David Goldman, CNN , 14 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, analysts at investment bank UBS have warned the looming prospect of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and the end of pandemic-era stimulus measures could plunge cryptocurrencies into a crypto winter bear market as happened in 2018. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
"But observers caution that claims of voter fraud or irregularities, which have already led some to pick up arms once again, could plunge the country back into conflict. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The Biden administration\u2019s decision to waive privilege on the documents held by the National Archives could also plunge the committee\u2019s work into a legal battle. \u2014 Alex Leary, WSJ , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Amazon reported its slowest rise in quarterly revenue since the early 2000s, causing its stock to plunge 13% in mid-day trading Friday. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Last month, the government floated the Sri Lankan rupee, effectively devaluing it by causing the currency to plunge against the US dollar. \u2014 Rukshana Rizwie, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Morgan Stanley later offered a block at $40, causing the stock to plunge even further when markets reopened. \u2014 Gillian Tan, Bloomberg.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Arizona's neighbors to the west already have taken the plunge in an effort to prop up the Southwest\u2019s supply stored in Lake Mead and elsewhere. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 4 May 2022",
"But Badanin insists he's got the scoop on good sourcing and apparently much of the Russian elite, starting with the Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, have taken the plunge . \u2014 Fox News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Of course, there are still plenty of people who have not taken the plunge , and Disney wants to give them a cheaper way to do so. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 19 Mar. 2022",
"But overall store traffic hasn't taken a plunge , though some stores are reporting dips in big city locations. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Dec. 2021",
"But overall store traffic hasn\u2019t taken a plunge , though some stores are reporting dips in big city locations. \u2014 Paul Wiseman And Anne D'innocenzio, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021",
"But overall store traffic hasn\u2019t taken a plunge , though some stores are reporting dips in big city locations. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Multiple companies have taken the plunge to claim their stake. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Although many large enterprises have already taken the plunge and are harnessing the power of data to make smarter decisions, there are many who are still way behind. \u2014 Deepak Mittal, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021"
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": to push (something) into something quickly and forcefully":[
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],
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},
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"You've been plunking that banjo all afternoon!",
"She plunked out a little tune on the piano.",
"plunking away on a guitar",
"The pitcher plunked the first two batters of the game.",
"She plunked a mug of coffee on the counter.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Investors who plunk all their money down at once are more likely to feel regret and bail out in a bear market. \u2014 Jason Zweig, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Hancock keeps a couple of toy pianos in his music room, where his grandson likes to plunk away, looking to his grandpa for cues. \u2014 James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"That sufficed to draw these hockey players together, transport them halfway around the globe and plunk them down in a new country. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The proposal unveiled by House leaders uses, for now, about $2.5 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds and another $1.15 billion from a state surplus to plunk money into an array of programs and priorities. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Oct. 2021",
"And for anyone who has ever channeled their inner Schroeder to plunk out a melody with two fingers and a lot of heart, the Toy Piano Festival is a sweet reminder that great things can come in unexpected little packages. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Sep. 2021",
"With a 4-0 lead, Counsell said the Brewers weren't trying to plunk the Cubs catcher. \u2014 Matt Carlson, Star Tribune , 6 Apr. 2021",
"The program can plunk users in virtual seats around a digital space and use the headgear\u2019s internal motion sensors to track participants\u2019 head movements. \u2014 Stan Horaczek, Popular Science , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Too often, retailers plunk their private-label products in their stores and don't update the assortment or the look very often. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 3 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This tower fan is ideal for anyone with pets who wants fresher air indoors and doesn\u2019t want to plunk down $399 for a Dyson. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 13 Apr. 2021",
"Of course, most entry-level collectors can\u2019t plunk down hundreds of thousands of dollars for a first edition. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2022",
"The children who flock to Disney movies and theme parks and wear the costumes and princess dresses don\u2019t plunk down the money to do so. \u2014 WSJ , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Now may be the perfect time to plunk down $37.5 million and say yippee-ki-yay to this once-in-a-lifetime property. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 2 Mar. 2022",
"For buyers who can\u2019t afford to plunk down a 20 percent down payment \u2014 the threshold at which buyers avoid costly mortgage insurance \u2014 a shared appreciation agreement might be an option. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Fisker is now accepting reservations for the Pear, and interested customers need to plunk down $250 for the first reservation and $100 for a second reservation at a later date. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Bundle yourself up in blankets and PJs, mix up that hot cocoa, and plunk down on the sofa with a good movie or book. \u2014 Matt Jancer, Wired , 12 Jan. 2022",
"The Oregon Humane Society\u2019s upcoming annual fundraiser provides a chance for local businesses and other small groups to plunk down some cash in exchange for a little stress reduction around the holidays. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Dec. 2021"
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"You've been plunking that banjo all afternoon!",
"She plunked out a little tune on the piano.",
"plunking away on a guitar",
"The pitcher plunked the first two batters of the game.",
"She plunked a mug of coffee on the counter.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Investors who plunk all their money down at once are more likely to feel regret and bail out in a bear market. \u2014 Jason Zweig, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Hancock keeps a couple of toy pianos in his music room, where his grandson likes to plunk away, looking to his grandpa for cues. \u2014 James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"That sufficed to draw these hockey players together, transport them halfway around the globe and plunk them down in a new country. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The proposal unveiled by House leaders uses, for now, about $2.5 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds and another $1.15 billion from a state surplus to plunk money into an array of programs and priorities. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Oct. 2021",
"And for anyone who has ever channeled their inner Schroeder to plunk out a melody with two fingers and a lot of heart, the Toy Piano Festival is a sweet reminder that great things can come in unexpected little packages. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Sep. 2021",
"With a 4-0 lead, Counsell said the Brewers weren't trying to plunk the Cubs catcher. \u2014 Matt Carlson, Star Tribune , 6 Apr. 2021",
"The program can plunk users in virtual seats around a digital space and use the headgear\u2019s internal motion sensors to track participants\u2019 head movements. \u2014 Stan Horaczek, Popular Science , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Too often, retailers plunk their private-label products in their stores and don't update the assortment or the look very often. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 3 Mar. 2021"
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"a plural verb such as \u201care\u201d or \u201cwere\u201d rather than a singular verb such as \u201cis\u201d or \u201cwas\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first photos of Britney Spears' wedding dresses\u2014 plural \u2014have been released following her intimate wedding last night. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 11 June 2022",
"The answers to exactly how the Celtics pulled off a staggering shift in momentum and a stirring victory in their first Finals game since 2010 are plural and plentiful. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Similarly, in the second portion of the Shema recited morning and night, reward and punishment are in the plural (Deuteronomy 11:13-21). \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"But a truly plural society cannot abide the deliberate attempt to undermine, and even destroy, churches and synagogues. \u2014 Nr Staff, National Review , 10 Sep. 2020",
"Singular or plural , give me more heat waves (in song titles, not in temperature, please). \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 8 Mar. 2022",
"This was followed by the hosts, plural \u2014 Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes \u2014 one for each year that the awards had aired hostless since Jimmy Kimmel last held the stage in 2018. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"As Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faces her fourth Senate confirmation hearing, this one holds the powerful significance of just what a plural democracy means. \u2014 Maya Wiley, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Kody is still maintaining his plural marriages to Janelle Brown, Robyn Brown and Meri Brown, though his relationship with Meri, 51, is no longer romantic. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 20 Feb. 2022"
],
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French plurel , from Latin pluralis , from plur-, plus more \u2014 more at plus":""
"eats alone, a hot beef sandwich plus a BLT plus apple pie",
"\u2014 Garrison Keillor"
],
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"\u2014 used chiefly in speech and casual writing plus all this, as a sedative it has no equal \u2014 Groucho Marx"
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": falling high in a specified range":[
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": greater than that specified":[],
": having, receiving, or being in addition to what is anticipated":[],
": in addition to which":[
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"\u2014 Nikki Giovanni"
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"principal plus interest"
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": relating to or being a particular one of the two mating types that are required for successful fertilization in sexual reproduction in some lower plantlike organisms (such as a fungus)":[],
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"Noun",
"The apartment isn't perfect, but the fact that it has new appliances is a plus .",
"The job doesn't pay well, but the convenient hours are a definite plus .",
"Preposition",
"The hotel has two restaurants, plus a bar and a swimming pool.",
"Conjunction",
"He works a full-time job during the day, plus he goes to school at night.",
"I enjoy gardening, plus it's good exercise.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"On the plus side, all this anxiety around cybersecurity has led to some positive developments in the corporate world, both in technological improvements and collaboration across companies to combat threats. \u2014 Dan Reilly, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"On the plus side, the study found that either type of immunity offered lasting protection against serious illness, hospitalization and death. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"On the plus side, though, economists say that consumers, while pessimistic, have far more savings overall on the sidelines that can shore up some purchases. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
"My aunt said that on the plus side, the economy in the area is vibrant due to tourism. \u2014 Cheryl Casone, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
"On the plus side, the low wattage of the tentpole star turns the evening into a more pronounced ensemble affair that is always gently engaging, and through which one actor does wring a briefly shattering degree of pathos. \u2014 Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
"To the plus side for Lamont, the state is in its third year of revenue growth, surpluses, and a fat rainy day fund. \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant , 31 May 2022",
"On the plus side, ABC came with control of the cable sports network ESPN, whose full value wasn\u2019t yet recognized. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"On the plus side, technologies are readily available to ease the energy transition. \u2014 Karina Rigby, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Tickets for the music festival go on sale on Tuesday, with general admission, general admission plus , and VIP tickets available at different price points. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"Having one of the top pitchers in the nation in Dutkanych is an obvious plus , but his presence brings numerous MLB scouts to each of his starts. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
"The other plus was that the ship was small enough to enter ports that big hulking cruise ships cannot. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"But this fake-out turns into a longer con when Kian suddenly becomes Hudson's plus -one to the wedding of the season. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
"Bonnet\u2019s story fell very neatly into act breaks, another plus . \u2014 Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"On the plus , or possibly minus side, this ice cream does look exactly like a deviled egg. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 June 2022",
"Yet Philadelphia hasn't made the playoffs since 2011, hasn't won the World Series since 2008 and has watched fan interest plummet through a decade- plus of mediocre baseball. \u2014 Dan Gelston, ajc , 3 June 2022",
"Crypto traders and analysts have been monitoring the Fed's actions because many see the U.S. central bank's $4 trillion- plus of money-printing over the past couple years as having stimulated prices for risky assets. \u2014 Parikshit Mishra, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"In documents filed last year, Stovall tallied damages at $25 million plus attorney fees. \u2014 Ken Ritter, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"In documents filed last year, Stovall tallied damages at $25 million plus attorney fees. \u2014 Ken Ritter, ajc , 11 June 2022",
"In documents filed last year, Stovall tallied damages at $25 million plus attorney fees. \u2014 Ken Ritter, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"In documents filed last year, Stovall tallied damages at $25 million plus attorney fees. \u2014 CBS News , 11 June 2022",
"Profitable assets held for less than one year lose this tax shield and are obligated to pay ordinary income tax on the gain, which could be as high as 39.6% plus the surtax for those with incomes over $1 million. \u2014 Gil Baumgarten, Forbes , 23 June 2021",
"Virginia has offered the Washington Commanders $1 billion plus a cut of sales tax revenue. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022",
"This plus a conversation with my best friend just now ... \u2014 Katherine Faulders, ABC News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"This plus a conversation with my best friend just now... \u2014 Jamie Gangel And Zachary Cohen, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Conjunction",
"Plus , kids receive a free 4-inch-by-6-inch photo download of themselves with their catch. \u2014 Laura Daily And Bryan K. Chavez, The Know , 9 June 2017",
"A total of 29 states plus the nation\u2019s capital have legal medical cannabis. \u2014 Luis G\u00f3mez Romero, The Cannabist , 18 May 2017",
"This year there will be two Easter egg hunts, one at 9 a.m. and one at noon, with additional activities taking place from 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Cost is $5 per child for an Easter egg hunt only, $10 for the hunt plus other activities. \u2014 Daily News Staff, The Mercury News , 27 Mar. 2017",
"Of course, even Shanahan might balk at paying a double-premium for Cousins\u2013a big, multi-first-round trade price plus a huge contract extension\u2013who is, after all, not young any more and has had his shaky moments throughout his career. \u2014 Tim Kawakami, Talking Points , 7 Mar. 2017",
"Plus , there are nights when the announced attendance figure at Nuggets or Avalanche games triggers chuckles because so many sold or accounted-for tickets appear to be going unused. \u2014 Terry Frei, The Denver Post , 25 Feb. 2017",
"The After Midnight Group owns several Cowboy Jack\u2019s, plus Cowboy Slim\u2019s, Sally\u2019s Saloon, the Cabooze and the Joint Bar; CPM developed the University of Minnesota DoubleTree by Hilton and University Inn. \u2014 Mary Divine, Twin Cities , 18 Jan. 2017",
"Club fees are $200 per year, plus the cost to travel to and play those members-only tournaments. \u2014 Brian Whitehead, Orange County Register , 4 Jan. 2017"
],
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"1537, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Preposition",
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1756, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
"circa 1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Conjunction"
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"Latin, adverb, more, from neuter of plur-, plus , adjective; akin to Greek pleion more, Latin plenus full \u2014 more at full":"Adjective"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": loose sports knickers made four inches longer than ordinary knickers":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
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": indicating a quantity whose algebraically positive and negative values serve to bracket a range of values either alone or when added to and subtracted from a given number":[
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"a dance for singles plus or minus age 30"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"I have plus or minus five dollars in change.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The results were statistically significant by plus or minus 4.3 percentage points. \u2014 Eve Sampson, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"The poll of 1,117 adults, taken online Friday to Monday, has a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points. \u2014 Susan Page, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Planck mission scientists arrived at a Hubble constant of 67.5 plus or minus 0.5 kilometers per second per megaparsec. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 23 May 2022",
"The survey has a modeled error estimate (similar to a margin of error in a standard telephone poll) of plus or minus 2 percentage points, so differences of less than that amount are statistically insignificant. \u2014 Ben Casselman, New York Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
"The data showed a period of excessively heavy rains between 4,345 and 4,324 years ago, plus or minus 30 years. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Overall results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points. \u2014 Tara Bahrampour, Scott Clement And Emily Guskin, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"Overall results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points. \u2014 Emily Guskin, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"The poll surveyed a random sampling of more than 1,000 adults over two full weeks in May, with a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points, according to WSJ. \u2014 Andrew Marquardt, Fortune , 6 June 2022"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"How to use Android for regular documents: Open the Google Drive app and at the bottom right, tap Add (the large plus sign ). \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"The compact mini bag sealer set heats up in three to five seconds and closes plastic bags in one quick movement\u2014simply press the plus sign and swiftly slide the sealer along the bag's edge to create an airtight seal. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 May 2022",
"On a countertop or large cutting board, crisscross two 12-inch pieces of string to make a plus sign . \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Center the remaining knot piece atop the first to form a plus sign . \u2014 Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Open the Sengled app and hit the plus sign to add your hub as a new device. \u2014 Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics , 15 Oct. 2021",
"As the newest streaming service with a plus sign on the end of its name, Paramount+ is not winning any originality awards. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The jobs have a starting pay of $18 an hour plus sign -on bonuses up to $3,000 in a bid to compete in a tight labor market, the company said in a news release. \u2014 Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star , 18 Oct. 2021",
"In the Focus section, there is a plus sign in the top right corner to add your own custom areas of focus. \u2014 Tyler Hayes, Wired , 1 Nov. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1820, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114044",
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"thin",
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"weakened"
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"the plush sound of his saxophone playing",
"a plush , ripe wine"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The hotel accommodations were plush .",
"a particularly plush and buttery chardonnay",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As with typical bed pillows, travel pillows range from soft ( plush ) to medium to extra-firm. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 27 June 2022",
"Past the walls of purple plush and faux alligator club chairs, there is a bar where guests can order margaritas, a bottle of SweetWater 420 local beer, premium bourbon, gin and other adult beverages. \u2014 Mike Jordan, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"These plush throw pillows have accumulated more than 23,800 five-star ratings and instantly elevate your living room or bedroom with their simple look and elegant pom-pom trim. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 13 June 2022",
"Kids can command the playground in this two-in-one Cubcoats Storm Trooper hoodie, which folds into an adorable plush . \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 May 2022",
"Designed for side, stomach, and back sleepers, the plush pillows are filled with a down alternative that provides comfortable support. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Hot sleepers, rejoice: Buffy\u2019s cloud-like comforters, plush pillows, and other best-selling bedding items are 20% off for a limited time. \u2014 Malia Griggs, SELF , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Think plenty of plush pillows, oversized throw blankets, and scented candles to create a warm and inviting ambiance. \u2014 Samantha Driscoll, Better Homes & Gardens , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Instead of the tense, structured yet restrained wines that Mr. Jensen preferred, critics lauded plush , powerfully fruity pinot noirs that were high in alcohol content. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Without the drama of the Academy Awards \u2014 and in far less time \u2014 the program held in the still plush King High School auditorium, literally shined a positive light on the full extent of STEM involvement and more across the district. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 12 June 2022",
"At San Ysidro Ranch, in the Santa Ynez Mountains foothills, plush private cottages include fireplaces, gardens, and sunken spas. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
"Think: mega- plush sleeves a la Oscar de la Renta or a larger-than-life skirt, courtesy of Ines di Santo. \u2014 Marykate Boylan, Town & Country , 7 June 2022",
"From camping tents to plush bathrobes, these options will delight your dad, no matter his style. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 1 June 2022",
"Filled with natural latex and organic cotton and surrounded by a cotton sateen cover, this pillow feels extremely plush and cozy to the touch. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
"This pillow feels fairly plush and is ideal for stomach or back sleepers that need a flatter design. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"For something more plush , these tufted outdoor cushions are an excellent choice for your furniture. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 16 May 2022",
"Your luxury-loving brother-in-law will swoon over this super plush bathrobe. \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022"
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"1594, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114546",
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"The hotel accommodations were plush .",
"a particularly plush and buttery chardonnay",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As with typical bed pillows, travel pillows range from soft ( plush ) to medium to extra-firm. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 27 June 2022",
"Past the walls of purple plush and faux alligator club chairs, there is a bar where guests can order margaritas, a bottle of SweetWater 420 local beer, premium bourbon, gin and other adult beverages. \u2014 Mike Jordan, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"These plush throw pillows have accumulated more than 23,800 five-star ratings and instantly elevate your living room or bedroom with their simple look and elegant pom-pom trim. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 13 June 2022",
"Kids can command the playground in this two-in-one Cubcoats Storm Trooper hoodie, which folds into an adorable plush . \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 May 2022",
"Designed for side, stomach, and back sleepers, the plush pillows are filled with a down alternative that provides comfortable support. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Hot sleepers, rejoice: Buffy\u2019s cloud-like comforters, plush pillows, and other best-selling bedding items are 20% off for a limited time. \u2014 Malia Griggs, SELF , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Think plenty of plush pillows, oversized throw blankets, and scented candles to create a warm and inviting ambiance. \u2014 Samantha Driscoll, Better Homes & Gardens , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Instead of the tense, structured yet restrained wines that Mr. Jensen preferred, critics lauded plush , powerfully fruity pinot noirs that were high in alcohol content. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Without the drama of the Academy Awards \u2014 and in far less time \u2014 the program held in the still plush King High School auditorium, literally shined a positive light on the full extent of STEM involvement and more across the district. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 12 June 2022",
"At San Ysidro Ranch, in the Santa Ynez Mountains foothills, plush private cottages include fireplaces, gardens, and sunken spas. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
"Think: mega- plush sleeves a la Oscar de la Renta or a larger-than-life skirt, courtesy of Ines di Santo. \u2014 Marykate Boylan, Town & Country , 7 June 2022",
"From camping tents to plush bathrobes, these options will delight your dad, no matter his style. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 1 June 2022",
"Filled with natural latex and organic cotton and surrounded by a cotton sateen cover, this pillow feels extremely plush and cozy to the touch. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
"This pillow feels fairly plush and is ideal for stomach or back sleepers that need a flatter design. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"For something more plush , these tufted outdoor cushions are an excellent choice for your furniture. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 16 May 2022",
"Your luxury-loving brother-in-law will swoon over this super plush bathrobe. \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022"
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"Middle French peluche":"Noun"
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"a plushy Parisian hotel where a night's stay commands a king's ransom",
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"One shoe trend that has taken off in recent years, and now undoubtedly has become a closet must-have: a cushy, plushy , and best puffy sandal. \u2014 Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue , 1 June 2022",
"The small dishes are the standouts, like the plushy pretzel focaccia ($5) topped with garlic, and a seasonal asparagus Caesar salad ($15) with a jammy egg yolk. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
"Made from a plushy sponge material, this blending sponge is quite soft when damp and doesn't feel rough on the skin. \u2014 Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
"Chemist David Schwaber invented a soft, plushy kind of foam, which arguably set up the 80s running boom by inviting average people to take up jogging: Who wouldn\u2019t want a bouncy, comfortable ride from the first mile",
"If innersprings are your preference, the Saatva Classic hybrid mattress layers responsive innerspring with a three-inch plushy , cushiony pillow top that works to ease aches and pains along your pressure points. \u2014 Malia Griggs, SELF , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Shoulder bags have been a big hit this year, but TikTok was especially smitten with Coach\u2019s plushy Tabby bag. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The rapper tried out a red-carpet ready puffer coat, showing how a cozy, plushy outerwear piece can still be dressy and cool for the paparazzi. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 21 Nov. 2021",
"This over-ear noise-canceling set is our favorite pair of headphones on Amazon for the padded material on the ear cups that felt light, compact and plushy on the head during wear. \u2014 Jon Winkler, USA TODAY , 4 June 2021"
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"If only the wealthy can afford to run for public office, are we more a plutocracy than a democracy",
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"Social equity pits people with very little wealth and clout against the plutocracy that runs the world, with billions of dollars at stake. \u2014 Amanda Chicago Lewis, The New Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The battle against plutocracy isn\u2019t going to be won in a single piece of legislation, certainly not one against which Manchin and Sinema hold an effective veto. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Alas, Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer seem to be at home in the backroom, even as the Democrats squander the opportunity to break the plutocracy -- government of, by, and for the super-rich. \u2014 Jeffrey Sachs, CNN , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Within 40 years, California had created a new plutocracy of Eloi, whose wealth exempted them from all worries about the mundane problems of the distant and despised Morlock others. \u2014 Victor Davis Hanson, Arkansas Online , 13 Sep. 2021",
"In recent decades, as the stock market has soared, the vast fortunes amassed by some members of the plutocracy have largely escaped taxation. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 8 June 2021",
"Once before, in the aftermath of the Great Depression, similar rhetoric about the dangers of plutocracy helped cement a Democratic majority that endured for decades. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2021",
"Inequality is one of the biggest barriers to a functioning democracy: To turn around a slide into plutocracy , Democrats need to address the fact that two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck right now. \u2014 Clio Chang, The New Republic , 9 Jan. 2021",
"This odious walled vertical suburb is a civic embarrassment, the embodiment of a runaway plutocracy that places its own interests over the commonweal \u2014 and common decency. \u2014 Mark Lamster, Dallas News , 18 Dec. 2020"
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"Social equity pits people with very little wealth and clout against the plutocracy that runs the world, with billions of dollars at stake. \u2014 Amanda Chicago Lewis, The New Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The battle against plutocracy isn\u2019t going to be won in a single piece of legislation, certainly not one against which Manchin and Sinema hold an effective veto. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Alas, Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer seem to be at home in the backroom, even as the Democrats squander the opportunity to break the plutocracy -- government of, by, and for the super-rich. \u2014 Jeffrey Sachs, CNN , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Within 40 years, California had created a new plutocracy of Eloi, whose wealth exempted them from all worries about the mundane problems of the distant and despised Morlock others. \u2014 Victor Davis Hanson, Arkansas Online , 13 Sep. 2021",
"In recent decades, as the stock market has soared, the vast fortunes amassed by some members of the plutocracy have largely escaped taxation. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 8 June 2021",
"Once before, in the aftermath of the Great Depression, similar rhetoric about the dangers of plutocracy helped cement a Democratic majority that endured for decades. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2021",
"Inequality is one of the biggest barriers to a functioning democracy: To turn around a slide into plutocracy , Democrats need to address the fact that two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck right now. \u2014 Clio Chang, The New Republic , 9 Jan. 2021",
"This odious walled vertical suburb is a civic embarrassment, the embodiment of a runaway plutocracy that places its own interests over the commonweal \u2014 and common decency. \u2014 Mark Lamster, Dallas News , 18 Dec. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Called a pluton by geologists, the Barre granite formation is calculated to be four miles long, two miles wide and 10 miles deep. \u2014 Walter Nicklin, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"In Nevada, for instance, geologists find fibers associated with jagged landscape formed by plutons , which are huge rock formations caused by liquid magma forced upward into the cooler crust and then solidifying. \u2014 Deborah Blum, WIRED , 17 Jan. 2014"
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"The morning of April 1, 1976, Moore announced on a BBC radio station that at 9:47 am, Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, creating the Jovian- Plutonian Gravitational Effect. \u2014 National Geographic , 31 Mar. 2016",
"His most recent discoveries, the two tiny Plutonian satellites, were named with the help of a popular vote. \u2014 Nadia Drake, WIRED , 15 July 2013"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Panthers made an unsuccessful bid for Deshaun Watson and would like to replace Sam Darnold, but there probably isn\u2019t a quarterback in this class who\u2019s ready to plug and play . \u2014 Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Mary Kay Cabot, Doug, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe dig into the option on today\u2019s podcast -- and then discuss if the Mac Jones option is -- drafting a player to plug and play -- is an option. \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Villains such as the Lizard (voiced by Rhys Ifans) and Electro (Jamie Foxx) appeared on screen less than a decade ago, but there were no plug and play reference files to assist in their re-creation for 2021. \u2014 Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times , 12 Jan. 2022",
"This is how much a drama, this is how much a comedy is, and it\u2019s a lot of plug and play . \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The centerpiece is a rotary-wing aircraft simulator/mock-up with a digital backbone architecture that allows plug and play flexibility for different capabilities and systems integration combinations. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
"The platform because of its rapid plug and play technology can be easily adapted to deal with mutations in the virus, such as those already occurring. \u2014 Ramakrishnan Narayanan, Forbes , 29 Aug. 2021",
"More important, both \u2014 ready-made, plug and play stars \u2014 would continue to thrive after he is gone. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Lack of plug and play with commercial off-the-shelf solution accelerators. \u2014 Chandra Gundlapalli, Forbes , 14 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Simon O\u2019Neill unleashed a gleaming, live-steel tenor, and Franz-Josef Selig\u2019s plutonic bass made for an imposing Hunding. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jane Tanaka, 60, and her husband, Greg Chick, 67, retired a year ago and are enjoying their free time after working 12-hour days for years as a psychiatrist and plumber , respectively. \u2014 Jeanne Sahadi, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"As a plumber and HVAC mechanic in Calgary, Canada, Jaeson Cardiff didn\u2019t have a lot of experience with entrepreneurship or technological innovation. \u2014 Anne Field, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"However, routine maintenance on these types of toilets can be challenging, so work with a plumber to design an aesthetically pleasing access door or valve. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 May 2022",
"Another consumer favorite, the litter box installs easily in your bathroom or laundry room, using a cold-water hookup and a drain to flush the waste \u2013 no plumber necessary. \u2014 Lynn Redmile, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
"According to the Red Cross and other home maintenance websites, if safely heating your pipes doesn't work, reach out to a plumber . \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Stebbing, 40, was a plumber for 14 years, then went to work at a furniture company in Frederick. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"As a third-generation plumber , Saliba said trade workers are good at adopting new technologies. \u2014 Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The pie-to-the face roll call includes San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, New York Mayor Abraham Beame, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, and Watergate plumber G. Gordon Liddy. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Funded by the Crown (the Whigs and Tories refused to use public funds), there were more ox roasts, tonnes of plum pudding and lakes of ale served to her delighted subjects. \u2014 Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country , 15 May 2022",
"Sporting impish expressions, the cats eat plum pudding and sing carols. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The authentic-to-the-14th-century celebration includes homemade mince pie and plum pudding . \u2014 Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Though Anne was partial to plum pudding , most islanders \u2014 and visitors \u2014 prefer to fill their bellies with Malpeque oysters, which appear on raw-bar menus around the world. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Amarena cherries and plum pudding aromas are sweet and effusive, with just the suggestion of toastiness to the oak in the background. \u2014 Brian Freedman, Forbes , 3 June 2021",
"Distinctly chocolatey on the nose, with touches of espresso beans, vanilla, and cassis, all of which prepare the palate for flavors of blueberry cobbler, round and rich brambly berries, plum pudding , and melted chocolate. \u2014 Brian Freedman, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
"Minty and perfumed with cedar, but with a solid core of huckleberries and kirsch, before a palate that glides across the tongue with plum pudding , cracked pink peppercorns, Chinese five-spice powder, dark cocoa powder, and cinnamon stick. \u2014 Brian Freedman, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
"This Christmas, my British relatives will be eating a plum pudding , which has been the pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance of holiday dinners since the Victorian era. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 Dec. 2020"
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"The village was plundered by the invading army.",
"Thieves had long ago plundered the tomb.",
"The soldiers continued plundering for days.",
"Noun",
"the plunder of the village",
"All evidence suggested that the plunder of the tomb had happened long ago.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Now, Mike settles for watching the squirrels plunder his apple trees. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022",
"Paranoid and provincial \u2014 and outrageously ironic considering the United States is built upon centuries of displacement and plunder \u2014 the theory proposes that white people are endangered by interlopers intent on ousting them. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Gaming for adults, players will create their characters together at the first session before joining the crew of Pirates of Palm Beach to plunder and pillage the lands of fantasy. \u2014 Cindy Kent, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In an act considered audacious even at the time, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, ordered his agents to plunder sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece and bring them back to England in the early 1800s. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Roger Ng, a former Goldman Sachs banker, was convicted of helping to plunder billions of dollars from Malaysia\u2019s 1MDB sovereign-wealth fund in one of the world\u2019s largest financial scandals. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Interviews with dozens of people on the front lines, including five state auditors, shed new light on the poor planning and missed red flags that allowed scammers to plunder billions of dollars intended for people who lost jobs during the pandemic. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"But the new-model Viking had considerably more on his mind than plunder . \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"No call out of centuries of British bloody conquest and plunder . \u2014 Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Though there is little sentimentality here about the death of any particular creature\u2014everything, whether plankton or fish or mollusk, is always eating or being eaten\u2014there is a sense of horror at human plunder . \u2014 Anelise Chen, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
"The first reports of grain plunder emerged in mid-March. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Marcos Jr is the son and namesake of former authoritarian leader Ferdinand Marcos Sr, whose 21-year rule was marked by human rights abuses and plunder of the state coffers. \u2014 Helen Regan, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"In the 1800s, one of Egypt\u2019s rulers pried stones off the pyramids to erect new mosques (though, as far as pharaonic plunder goes, European visitors were greedier). \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Power structures were in flux, with petty lords calling themselves kings; sailing far and wide in search of plunder , trade routes or fertile agricultural land; and often losing power to internal feuds. \u2014 Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In 1978, West Germany succeeded in diverting UNESCO\u2019s new committee from colonial plunder to contemporary smuggling\u2014a serious issue, especially during Nigeria\u2019s 1967\u201370 civil war, but also a convenient distraction from earlier crimes. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
"There is no net value to society in plunder , however dashingly accomplished. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Leissner, the key witness against the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker, admitted to telling a raft of personal and professional lies in the multibillion-dollar plunder of 1Malaysia Development Bhd. \u2014 Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg.com , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"Nelson\u2019s now nonexistent pillar, that paradoxical monument to oblivion, was, for me, an image of both the evanescence of the past and the way that odd parts of it linger and persist\u2014an image, too, that had a beautiful color and a sharp taste: plum . \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"Plum Plump Hyaluronic Serum is infused with juicy plum and five different weights of hyaluronic acid that work to fill the skin with intense deep hydration for a visibly plump effect. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Things may have changed since the oxen and plum puddings of George III. \u2014 Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country , 15 May 2022",
"Dense, velvety and sensual, the palate opens like black cherry cordial, plush but bright (the Carm\u00e9n\u00e8re talking) with plum and anise flavors laced through fine tannins. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Brooding nose with black plum and blueberry preserves with dusty earth and muscular tannins with tobacco and cigar box. \u2014 Cathrine Todd, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Freshly cracked pepper 4 medium-ripe plum tomatoes, cored and cut into 1/4-inch rounds. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 22 May 2020",
"Ultra HD Face Essentials Palette and the shade 204, a creamy plum . \u2014 Elle Turner, Glamour , 20 May 2022",
"Its addictive scent comes from a blend of cinnamon, vanilla, apple, plum , woods, florals, and vetiver. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Possible uses included: a plumb bob or a loom weight, a liquid sprinkler, a fire starter, a lamp, a smoking pipe, or parts of an apparatus for distillation. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
"Where many competitors use surveying equipment that\u2019s accurate to within a thousandth of a degree to orient their robots on startup, Coordinated often relies on a plumb bob (cost: a few bucks). \u2014 Tom Vanderbilt, Wired , 1 Feb. 2022",
"For holes deeper than three feet, drop a plumb bob (a conical weight attached to a string) into it to give you some sense whether the hole itself is plumb and uniformly shaped. \u2014 Ryan D'agostino, Popular Mechanics , 24 Oct. 2020",
"For a long time, the tools used to measure medieval buildings were nearly as old as the buildings themselves: plumb bobs , string, rulers, and pencils. \u2014 Andrew Tallon, National Geographic , 16 Apr. 2019",
"The plumb bob will hang at the angle reading for your latitude. \u2014 Rhett Allain, WIRED , 3 May 2018",
"Accurate to within 1/4 of an inch per 100 feet of range, the kit comes with a tripod with quick-adjust legs, a heavy-duty 8-foot aluminum grade rod (feet-inches-eighths), a plumb bob , and a kit box to safeguard the laser during transport. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 17 Jan. 2018",
"Cake pans, coffee pots, cash registers, and a white ElectroChef stove appeared amid scientific instruments such as steel calipers and a brass plumb bob . \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 7 Sep. 2017"
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"examples":[
"The house has old plumbing .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Live roaches and a plumbing system in disrepair caused a Boca Raton restaurant to temporarily shut down last week. \u2014 Amber Randall, Sun Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"Maddon\u2019s late father, Joe, was an infantry soldier in World War II who returned home to Hazelton, Pa., and ran a plumbing business until his death in 2002. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2022",
"The Alms, who own a plumbing business, built a walkway from the original main cabin with one bedroom, one bathroom and a fireplace to another structure, a former shophouse, that sat on the side of the original property during the world\u2019s fair. \u2014 Alina Dizik, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Palmer shares the space with his father, Kenya Jones, who operates a plumbing business. \u2014 Emma Stein, USA TODAY , 22 Mar. 2022",
"His father had a plumbing business and Malinowski learned construction. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Buddy married his high school sweetheart, Mitzi, launched a plumbing business and plunged into the community, a gregarious man who seemingly knew everyone in Oxnard and could recite tidbits about every top athlete in town. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
"He was born Kenneth Bruce Gorelick in Seattle, Washington, a quiet Jewish kid who was expected to take over his father's plumbing business one day. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Her father, Manuel Grandes, had a plumbing business; her mother, Benita Hern\u00e1ndez, was a homemaker. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2021"
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"type":[
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If the clog remains after plunging and cleaning the trap, then buy or rent a drain-cleaning tool called a hand auger ( plumber's snake ). \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 10 Aug. 2021"
],
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"a bowl of peaches and plums",
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"That deal is a real plum for the contractor.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nelson\u2019s now nonexistent pillar, that paradoxical monument to oblivion, was, for me, an image of both the evanescence of the past and the way that odd parts of it linger and persist\u2014an image, too, that had a beautiful color and a sharp taste: plum . \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"Plum Plump Hyaluronic Serum is infused with juicy plum and five different weights of hyaluronic acid that work to fill the skin with intense deep hydration for a visibly plump effect. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Things may have changed since the oxen and plum puddings of George III. \u2014 Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country , 15 May 2022",
"Dense, velvety and sensual, the palate opens like black cherry cordial, plush but bright (the Carm\u00e9n\u00e8re talking) with plum and anise flavors laced through fine tannins. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Brooding nose with black plum and blueberry preserves with dusty earth and muscular tannins with tobacco and cigar box. \u2014 Cathrine Todd, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Freshly cracked pepper 4 medium-ripe plum tomatoes, cored and cut into 1/4-inch rounds. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 22 May 2020",
"Ultra HD Face Essentials Palette and the shade 204, a creamy plum . \u2014 Elle Turner, Glamour , 20 May 2022",
"Its addictive scent comes from a blend of cinnamon, vanilla, apple, plum , woods, florals, and vetiver. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 May 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214955"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220304"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of several Asiatic herbs of the genus Macleaya (especially M. cordata ) widely cultivated for the showy plumy panicles of flowers":[]
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"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to connect (something) to a water supply":[
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"\u02c8pl\u0259fi"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230155"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": capable of being plundered : worth plundering : subject to plunder":[]
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"-d\u0259r\u0259b\u0259l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232438"
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"first_known_use":{
"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233544"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Every two weeks, a dam employee enters one of the four concrete intake towers and lowers a plumb line down to the water level to take an exact measurement. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
"Since that's often not the case, Rees recommends drawing a plumb line , basically a guideline to ensure your wallpaper is aligned. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 4 Dec. 2020",
"Make sure the paper's edge is flush with the plumb line to start, then align subsequent strips with the strip before them. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 4 Dec. 2020",
"Four weighted plumb lines hung from the ends of the arms. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 7 Dec. 2019",
"Then gently unroll the paper strips onto the wall, working your way from top to bottom, and keeping the edge of the paper aligned with the plumb line . \u2014 Daniel Bortz, sacbee , 15 June 2018",
"My father\u2019s simple existence has been like a horizontal plumb line for me, one to gauge myself against. \u2014 R. Daniel Foster, WSJ , 14 June 2018",
"Thankfully the technology used today has advanced beyond dangling plumb lines over the side of the ship. \u2014 Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian , 13 July 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Use a meaty, firm, plum tomato , such as Roma or similar varieties. \u2014 Anna Voloshyna, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Next, finely chop \u00bd small white onion and 1 plum tomato and add to the bowl. \u2014 Shayma Owaise Saadat, Bon App\u00e9tit , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Whole plum tomatoes are best but diced or pur\u00e9ed are good, too. \u2014 Melissa Clark, New York Times , 1 Apr. 2020",
"If desired, top with more sea salt, cracked black pepper and a drizzle of olive oil. ***** (Photo: Orry Leon) Gregory Leon recommends Roma or Amish Paste tomatoes (an heirloom plum tomato ) to make this traditional Spanish cold soup. \u2014 Joan Elovitz Kazan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Aug. 2019",
"When her garden was bursting with ripe plum tomatoes , my Sicilian grandmother would make this quick, delicious lunch. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Sep. 2019",
"Do not use plum tomatoes , which contain less juice than regular round tomatoes and will result in a dry gratin. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 July 2019",
"The raviolo alla Norma, with ultra-creamy almond ricotta, plum tomatoes , dates and eggplant cream, sheds the dish\u2019s well-worn Sicilian roots and tastes very of this moment. \u2014 Michele Parente, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 July 2019",
"Ingredients \u2022 18 small spring onions, white part with \u00bd inch of green only \u2022 12 baby fennel bulbs, trimmed, or 2 fennel bulbs, trimmed and cut into 6 wedges \u2022 8 plum tomatoes \u2022 1 8-lb. \u2014 Daniel Boulud, ELLE Decor , 7 Apr. 2010"
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"Stock prices plummeted 40 percent during the scandal.",
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"Temperatures are expected to plummet this weekend.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Critics have blamed the potential shortages on Illinois Gov. Jay Pritzker\u2019s vow to move the state to 100% renewable energy by 2045, which has caused investment in traditional sources of energy generation to plummet . \u2014 Fox News , 4 July 2022",
"The rise in prices faster than incomes caused the savings rate to plummet . \u2014 Robert Barone, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"The decline may be related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused demand for Uber rides to plummet 80%, the company said in its second safety report, released on Thursday. \u2014 Prarthana Prakash, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"The Mekong has the third-most diverse fish population in the world, according to its River Commission -- though overfishing, pollution, saltwater intrusion and sediment depletion have caused stocks to plummet . \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"An aggressive campaign by pediatricians to promote safer sleep practices has caused the number of SIDS deaths to plummet since the 1990s. \u2014 Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
"I\u2018d done well on the standardized tests (before my drinking caused my grades to plummet ), and a San Francisco university had granted me early acceptance. \u2014 Ed Kressy, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"Exxon\u2019s Woods stressed that the industry weathered a steep drop in crude prices -- which briefly went negative in 2020 -- after the pandemic caused demand to plummet . \u2014 Kevin Crowley, Bloomberg.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The two recorders should help investigators determine what caused the plane to plummet from 29,000 feet and into a forested mountainside in southern China. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Available to watch at midnight tonight on Paramount+, this season features the contestants making strategic alliances based on brand new competition rules\u2014one of which involves a platinum toilet plunger \u2014as well as the no-elimination clause. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 June 2022",
"The Guardians pushed their lead to 3-1 in the in the sixth and guess who pushed the plunger in the inning",
"The two-piece system suctions to the roof by repeatedly pressing a plunger until the cup is sealed. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 8 June 2022",
"The Aeropress is a coffee brewer made of a plastic tube with a filter on one end and a removable plunger on the other. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 28 May 2022",
"For one of her looks (above), Gerber, 20, wore an oversized coat adorned with large buttons while holding a Loewe handbag \u2013 and a toilet plunger . \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Readers are able to follow a plunger \u2019s dream and journey to being a vase. \u2014 Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"Vance Zuehlsdorff is a frequent cold plunger who teaches orchestra for the Anchorage School District. \u2014 Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"Secure the French press lid onto the cylinder with the plunger all the way up. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 12 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The decline of plumeria plants, also known as frangipani, is kind of sneaky. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, Orlando Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
"Start watering plumeria when leaves appear toward the end of the month. Start fertilizing roses with slow-release fertilizer this month. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Allow the ends of the affected plumeria , also known as frangipani shrubs, to shrivel a little and die back to healthy plant portions. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Feb. 2022",
"But the lobby's main tree is all about authentic Polynesian culture with bright red 'ohi'a lehua garland, multi-colored plumeria flowers, and puka shell star ornaments. \u2014 Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens , 7 Dec. 2021",
"For decorative flowers in the shade this winter, consider planting cyclamen or plumeria . \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Plus, the distinctive fruity-floral plumeria scent will virtually transport you to the lush, tropical islands. \u2014 Katie Chang, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Carissa Moore wore a white and yellow plumeria pinned next to her ear for her victory-lap interviews after making history as the first Olympic gold medalist at surfing\u2019s historic debut. \u2014 Sally Ho, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 Aug. 2021",
"At its heart is a musky, lush vanilla, like a Palermo window box bursting with fragrant plumeria . \u2014 Heather Eddy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 15 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is to ensure no candidate advances to the general election with only a plurality of their party's vote. \u2014 Monica Brich, Arkansas Online , 23 June 2022",
"Views break down along party lines, with most Democrats in support (along with a plurality of independents) and most Republicans opposed. \u2014 Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, CBS News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"That means that a new governor could be elected with a simple plurality . \u2014 Maeve Reston, CNN , 7 Sep. 2021",
"The vast influx and plurality of ethnicity that has arrived over just a few decades is rapidly changing the demographics of a nation. \u2014 Emiliano Granada, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"Britt handily grabbed the plurality of votes in the primary Tuesday, unofficially garnering 44.73% of the vote, according to the Alabama Secretary of State\u2019s office. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 25 May 2022",
"That can sometimes result in a plurality that will propel someone to the general election in a crowded primary race, but isn\u2019t exactly evidence of a resounding victory. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
"One of the most significant changes in Mr. DeSantis\u2019s map was the dismantling of the plurality -Black Fifth Congressional District, which extends from Jacksonville in the east to Tallahassee in the west. \u2014 Alexa Corse, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"But whites would remain a significant plurality even if ethnic identification remains constant \u2014 and there's reason to think that won't happen. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 18 May 2022"
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"Her car plunged off a bridge.",
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"Noun",
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"Market analysts predicted a price plunge .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"After experts said a section of barrier erected by We Build the Wall next to the Rio Grande could plunge into the river, even Mr. Trump expressed disapproval. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Russia continues to threaten European countries by shutting off their energy shipments, which could plunge EU economies into a recession. \u2014 David Goldman, CNN , 14 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, analysts at investment bank UBS have warned the looming prospect of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and the end of pandemic-era stimulus measures could plunge cryptocurrencies into a crypto winter bear market as happened in 2018. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
"But observers caution that claims of voter fraud or irregularities, which have already led some to pick up arms once again, could plunge the country back into conflict. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The Biden administration\u2019s decision to waive privilege on the documents held by the National Archives could also plunge the committee\u2019s work into a legal battle. \u2014 Alex Leary, WSJ , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Amazon reported its slowest rise in quarterly revenue since the early 2000s, causing its stock to plunge 13% in mid-day trading Friday. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Last month, the government floated the Sri Lankan rupee, effectively devaluing it by causing the currency to plunge against the US dollar. \u2014 Rukshana Rizwie, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Morgan Stanley later offered a block at $40, causing the stock to plunge even further when markets reopened. \u2014 Gillian Tan, Bloomberg.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Arizona's neighbors to the west already have taken the plunge in an effort to prop up the Southwest\u2019s supply stored in Lake Mead and elsewhere. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 4 May 2022",
"But Badanin insists he's got the scoop on good sourcing and apparently much of the Russian elite, starting with the Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, have taken the plunge . \u2014 Fox News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Of course, there are still plenty of people who have not taken the plunge , and Disney wants to give them a cheaper way to do so. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 19 Mar. 2022",
"But overall store traffic hasn't taken a plunge , though some stores are reporting dips in big city locations. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Dec. 2021",
"But overall store traffic hasn\u2019t taken a plunge , though some stores are reporting dips in big city locations. \u2014 Paul Wiseman And Anne D'innocenzio, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021",
"But overall store traffic hasn\u2019t taken a plunge , though some stores are reporting dips in big city locations. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Multiple companies have taken the plunge to claim their stake. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Although many large enterprises have already taken the plunge and are harnessing the power of data to make smarter decisions, there are many who are still way behind. \u2014 Deepak Mittal, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021"
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"He spoke of the benefits of cultural pluralism .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Real educational pluralism means allowing schools to truly be different from one another. \u2014 Mike Mcshane, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"On the whole, though, a conservative reconquest is even harder to imagine than successful educational pluralism . \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 14 July 2021",
"Perhaps the best lesson from McGraw and Tiernan\u2019s book is that cheap sloganeering and simplistic solutions are insufficient to tackle the real issues of educational pluralism . \u2014 Mike Mcshane, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"In India, the ruling party\u2019s Hindu nationalist agenda is eroding a democracy long anchored by the country\u2019s religious and ethnic pluralism . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"The deal was welcomed by Jewish American leaders and seen as a significant breakthrough in promoting religious pluralism in Israel, where the ultra-Orthodox authorities govern almost every facet of Jewish life. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Given the religious and ethnic pluralism of many claimant countries, restitution might even be a boon to the promotion of intercultural understanding. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Staking space for pluralism requires dedicated effort. \u2014 Annie Abrams, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
"In itself, this brings a considerable nuance to an archive: of pluralism and diversity of interests. \u2014 Hallel Yadin, Longreads , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"a bowl of peaches and plums",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nelson\u2019s now nonexistent pillar, that paradoxical monument to oblivion, was, for me, an image of both the evanescence of the past and the way that odd parts of it linger and persist\u2014an image, too, that had a beautiful color and a sharp taste: plum . \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"Plum Plump Hyaluronic Serum is infused with juicy plum and five different weights of hyaluronic acid that work to fill the skin with intense deep hydration for a visibly plump effect. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Things may have changed since the oxen and plum puddings of George III. \u2014 Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country , 15 May 2022",
"Dense, velvety and sensual, the palate opens like black cherry cordial, plush but bright (the Carm\u00e9n\u00e8re talking) with plum and anise flavors laced through fine tannins. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Brooding nose with black plum and blueberry preserves with dusty earth and muscular tannins with tobacco and cigar box. \u2014 Cathrine Todd, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Freshly cracked pepper 4 medium-ripe plum tomatoes, cored and cut into 1/4-inch rounds. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 22 May 2020",
"Ultra HD Face Essentials Palette and the shade 204, a creamy plum . \u2014 Elle Turner, Glamour , 20 May 2022",
"Its addictive scent comes from a blend of cinnamon, vanilla, apple, plum , woods, florals, and vetiver. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 May 2022"
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"Russia continues to threaten European countries by shutting off their energy shipments, which could plunge EU economies into a recession. \u2014 David Goldman, CNN , 14 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, analysts at investment bank UBS have warned the looming prospect of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and the end of pandemic-era stimulus measures could plunge cryptocurrencies into a crypto winter bear market as happened in 2018. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
"But observers caution that claims of voter fraud or irregularities, which have already led some to pick up arms once again, could plunge the country back into conflict. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The Biden administration\u2019s decision to waive privilege on the documents held by the National Archives could also plunge the committee\u2019s work into a legal battle. \u2014 Alex Leary, WSJ , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Amazon reported its slowest rise in quarterly revenue since the early 2000s, causing its stock to plunge 13% in mid-day trading Friday. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Last month, the government floated the Sri Lankan rupee, effectively devaluing it by causing the currency to plunge against the US dollar. \u2014 Rukshana Rizwie, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Morgan Stanley later offered a block at $40, causing the stock to plunge even further when markets reopened. \u2014 Gillian Tan, Bloomberg.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
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"Arizona's neighbors to the west already have taken the plunge in an effort to prop up the Southwest\u2019s supply stored in Lake Mead and elsewhere. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 4 May 2022",
"But Badanin insists he's got the scoop on good sourcing and apparently much of the Russian elite, starting with the Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, have taken the plunge . \u2014 Fox News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Of course, there are still plenty of people who have not taken the plunge , and Disney wants to give them a cheaper way to do so. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 19 Mar. 2022",
"But overall store traffic hasn't taken a plunge , though some stores are reporting dips in big city locations. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Dec. 2021",
"But overall store traffic hasn\u2019t taken a plunge , though some stores are reporting dips in big city locations. \u2014 Paul Wiseman And Anne D'innocenzio, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021",
"But overall store traffic hasn\u2019t taken a plunge , though some stores are reporting dips in big city locations. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Multiple companies have taken the plunge to claim their stake. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Although many large enterprises have already taken the plunge and are harnessing the power of data to make smarter decisions, there are many who are still way behind. \u2014 Deepak Mittal, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021"
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": lead poisoning especially when chronic":[]
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"But that happens to be my topic here \u2013 plumbism is the old-fashioned term for lead poisoning, which plagued the Roman empire and continues to plague us today. \u2014 Deborah Blum, WIRED , 8 Mar. 2012"
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"Verb",
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"Adjective",
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"a horror movie that's plumb trash and further evidence of the deterioration of popular culture",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Set the new prehung entry door into the opening from the outside (D), check it for plumb with a 4-ft. level on all sides, then tap shims between the doorframe and rough opening. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 28 Feb. 2021",
"That doesn\u2019t mean an end to Shipt\u2019s distinctive green - but the introduction of secondary colors such as plumb , yellow and teal. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 6 Feb. 2020",
"The Gallery of Kings\u2014the line of statues above the three massive doorways\u2014was almost a foot (.3 meters) out of plumb . \u2014 Andrew Tallon, National Geographic , 16 Apr. 2019",
"In the olden days, woodworkers needed a range of measuring tools, plumbs and levels. \u2014 Alexandra Samuel, WSJ , 14 Dec. 2018",
"The toppling tower inclined slowly to about fifteen feet out of plumb . \u2014 sandiegouniontribune.com , 19 Mar. 2018",
"Hold each post plumb and drive nails through the anchors into the wood. \u2014 Rick Peters, Popular Mechanics , 1 May 2016",
"Thankfully the technology used today has advanced beyond dangling plumb lines over the side of the ship. \u2014 Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian , 13 July 2017",
"In other cases, the off- plumb spaces were turned into a narrow alley so that the rest of the parcel would have 90-degree corners. \u2014 Richard Campanella, NOLA.com , 10 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Even so, there\u2019s fertile thematic ground to plumb here, and together with co-writers Maud Ameline and Sophie Filli\u00e8res, Maury goes all in. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 1 Mar. 2022",
"There will be time aplenty to plumb the West\u2019s misjudgment and mishandling of Vladimir Putin up to now. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The film doesn\u2019t shy from attempting to plumb the seemingly bottomless depths of Hawk\u2019s motivational wellspring to invent and perfect skateboarding tricks. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Flanary\u2019s escalating popularity is all the more notable because his jokes, delivered in short skits, plumb the inane depths of American health care. \u2014 Damian Garde, STAT , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Once upon a time, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to plumb the depths of the ocean and scale the heights of space with Vladimir Putin. \u2014 Megha Mandavia, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Northam appointed a commission to plumb the depths of state code and find racist language that persisted, in many cases, from the time of Jim Crow. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Jan. 2022",
"All the while, Dickinson and Lucca plumb some of the deepest issues raised by the movement, including the role consumer behavior played in creating the current situation and the very nature of ownership. \u2014 Harper\u2019s Magazine , 23 Feb. 2022",
"But some prosecutors today are willing to have that second trial, precisely to plumb motive. \u2014 Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Season 1 ended with Harper choosing her boss Eric Tao (Ken Leung) over Sara Dhadwal (Priyanga Burford), who wanted to change Pierpoint's toxic culture, in order to land a plumb full-time gig. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
"Inspectors determined 78% of headstones and niche coves at the Birdeye cemetery were installed in proper height, plumb and alignment, falling short of the 90% target. \u2014 Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
"Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. \u2014 Stacker.com, al , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Taste: Oranges provide a brightness, plums plumb fruity depths, milk chocolate accounts for the richness and texture, while the strong smoky bottom layer is a combination of white pepper and soot that becomes medicinal. \u2014 Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The social credit system, a method of scoring people based on their behavior, could link child-rearing to bank loans or plumb jobs. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 1 July 2021",
"One of the hooks went plumb through his ring finger. \u2014 John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News , 24 June 2021",
"That said, this trade helps bring the Falcons back into plumb , at least financially, and that matters. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 8 June 2021",
"Tip the 4 x 4 post ends into the holes, and brace the screen so that the posts are plumb . \u2014 Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics , 15 May 2021"
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"The plummy tone is almost my lip color, but so much prettier. \u2014 Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour , 7 June 2022",
"Codigo 1530 ages its tequila for one month in Napa Valley Cab barrels to give the tequila a plummy -pink hue and a tannic bite from the grapes. \u2014 Kate Dingwall, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"LuPone is not just a showstopper here, not just a gravitational force, not just a plummy , hammy delight, dressed (by Bunny Christie) in a fur coat as subtle and spherical as a Hostess Sno Ball. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The musical posits Britain as a land of fancy chandeliers, postcard palaces and plummy accents \u2014 what, no beefeaters",
"This, the penultimate vintage of the Rojo Grande, is floral and plummy , with a refreshing bitterness and a jolt of acidity that carries across the palate. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Watson himself speaks in the plummy tones of a broadcast announcer or audiobook narrator. \u2014 Star Tribune , 21 July 2021",
"Now overhauled in a far more refined style, this Portuguese ros\u00e9 made from a blend mostly from Baga and Shiraz grapes along with others has a plummy richness with a dry, slightly tropical finish. \u2014 Amanda Schuster, Forbes , 20 May 2021",
"The last of the trio of lipsticks is the plummy Stacey. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 22 Jan. 2021"
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"My other plumbago in a separate pot does not have them. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 27 May 2022",
"This year the list is longer and includes more cold-hardy plants such as oleander, rosemary, blue plumbago , viburnum, lantana, roses, shrimp plant, roses and Turks cap. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Mar. 2021",
"While popular perennials, such as lantana, salvia, plumbago and shrimp plants, have all died back to the ground, the roots may still be alive. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Feb. 2021",
"Among the virtual rainbow of plants are foxtail agave, sea lavender, society garlic, blue chalksticks, lantana, Texas sundrop, paddle plants, butterfly bush, cape plumbago , agapanthus and a small bougainvillea bush. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Sep. 2020",
"Outside the fence along the sidewalk, blue plumbago and yellow melampodium dominate the plantings. \u2014 R. Stephanie Bruno, NOLA.com , 10 Sep. 2020",
"Scaevolas spread as ground covers, plumbagos grow into blooming shrubs, and the sculptural succulents thrive in full sun. \u2014 Grace Haynes, Southern Living , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Cape plumbago This is a tropical annual that grows to 18 or 20 inches tall. \u2014 Neil Sperry, star-telegram , 28 June 2018",
"For May through July have zinnias, mistflower, milkweed, pentas, pavonia, cosmos and plumbago growing in your yard. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Apr. 2018"
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"Now, Mike settles for watching the squirrels plunder his apple trees. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022",
"Paranoid and provincial \u2014 and outrageously ironic considering the United States is built upon centuries of displacement and plunder \u2014 the theory proposes that white people are endangered by interlopers intent on ousting them. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Gaming for adults, players will create their characters together at the first session before joining the crew of Pirates of Palm Beach to plunder and pillage the lands of fantasy. \u2014 Cindy Kent, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In an act considered audacious even at the time, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, ordered his agents to plunder sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece and bring them back to England in the early 1800s. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Roger Ng, a former Goldman Sachs banker, was convicted of helping to plunder billions of dollars from Malaysia\u2019s 1MDB sovereign-wealth fund in one of the world\u2019s largest financial scandals. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Interviews with dozens of people on the front lines, including five state auditors, shed new light on the poor planning and missed red flags that allowed scammers to plunder billions of dollars intended for people who lost jobs during the pandemic. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"But the new-model Viking had considerably more on his mind than plunder . \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"No call out of centuries of British bloody conquest and plunder . \u2014 Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Though there is little sentimentality here about the death of any particular creature\u2014everything, whether plankton or fish or mollusk, is always eating or being eaten\u2014there is a sense of horror at human plunder . \u2014 Anelise Chen, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
"The first reports of grain plunder emerged in mid-March. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Marcos Jr is the son and namesake of former authoritarian leader Ferdinand Marcos Sr, whose 21-year rule was marked by human rights abuses and plunder of the state coffers. \u2014 Helen Regan, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"In the 1800s, one of Egypt\u2019s rulers pried stones off the pyramids to erect new mosques (though, as far as pharaonic plunder goes, European visitors were greedier). \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Power structures were in flux, with petty lords calling themselves kings; sailing far and wide in search of plunder , trade routes or fertile agricultural land; and often losing power to internal feuds. \u2014 Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In 1978, West Germany succeeded in diverting UNESCO\u2019s new committee from colonial plunder to contemporary smuggling\u2014a serious issue, especially during Nigeria\u2019s 1967\u201370 civil war, but also a convenient distraction from earlier crimes. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
"There is no net value to society in plunder , however dashingly accomplished. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Leissner, the key witness against the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker, admitted to telling a raft of personal and professional lies in the multibillion-dollar plunder of 1Malaysia Development Bhd. \u2014 Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg.com , 8 Apr. 2022"
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": lead":[
"\u2014 symbol Pb"
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"\u02c8pl\u0259mb\u0259m"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": finely plumose":[]
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"-l\u0259\u0307t",
"\u02c8pl\u00fcmy\u0259\u02ccl\u0101t"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": of or relating to the plovers":[]
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"\u02c8pl\u00fcv\u0113\u0259\u02ccl\u012bn"
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"New Latin Pluvialis + English -ine":""
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": plump , chubby":[]
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"\u02c8pl\u0259mp\u0113"
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"plump entry 6 + -y":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-135143"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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": the business or work of a plumber":[]
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"\u02c8pl\u0259m\u0259r\u0113"
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"Middle English plomerye , from Middle French plommerie leadwork, from plommier dealer or worker in lead + -ie -y":""
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"Plumulariidae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
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": a large and widely distributed family of calyptoblastic hydrozoans \u2014 see plumularia":[]
"New Latin plumulosus , from plumula + Latin -osus -ose":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-152605"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": spirited , brave":[]
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"\u02c8pl\u0259-k\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The charming story about a plucky shell (voiced by Jenny Slate) will expand into additional markets in the coming weeks. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 3 July 2022",
"In the third section, the pieces start to connect, thanks to a new narrator\u2014a plucky Brooklyn woman hired as a ghostwriter by the memoir\u2019s author. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"The best thing about Lightyear is how Buzz and Izzy make the most of a clich\u00e9 action-movie archetype, where a plucky , inexperienced recruit shows the stubborn, crotchety leader something new about themselves. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 16 June 2022",
"In Seasons 1 and 2, his attempts to fit in among plucky Millennial thespians showcased Hader\u2019s impressive deadpan and elastic face. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"Periodically throughout the day, an air horn interrupted the plucky slide-guitar music on the speakers, a signal for spectators to rush the stage to check out the latest weigh-in. \u2014 Matt Carney, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
"There's family tragedy, struggle with drugs and deep poverty, but there's also children with a plucky spirit, adults who grapple for purchase against all odds and an abiding love that will stay with you for a long time. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"Boston had Miami on the ropes in Game 6 but couldn\u2019t close out this plucky foe. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
"The Netflix hit Stranger Things is a cultural phenomenon, combining plucky teen adventures, paranormal mystery, and '80s nostalgia into a prestige series that leaves fans clamoring for new episodes. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": an Australian grass of the genus Dichelachne with showy feathery flower panicles":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-173838"
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"plutonic rock":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an igneous rock (as granite) of holocrystalline granular texture regarded as having solidified at considerable depth below the surface":[]
": a valve or cock opened or closed by the turning of a usually conical plug":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a mineral PbAl 3 (PO 4 ) 2 (OH) 5 .H 2 O consisting of a hydrous basic phosphate of lead and aluminum":[],
": a group of isostructural minerals consisting of plumbogummite, gorceixite, goyazite, crandallite, deltaite, florencite, and dussertite and related to alunite and other sulfates isostructural with it":[]
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"\u00a6pl\u0259m(\u02cc)b\u014d+"
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"plumb- + gumm- (from Latin gummi gum) + -ite":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-194203"
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"pluck up (the) courage":{
"type":[
"idiom"
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"He finally plucked up the courage to ask her out on a date."
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"noun"
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": a dark red to purplish red":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-211101"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a radioactive metallic element similar chemically to uranium that is formed as the isotope 239 by decay of neptunium and found in minute quantities in pitchblende, that undergoes slow disintegration with the emission of an alpha particle to form uranium 235, and that is fissionable with slow neutrons to yield atomic energy \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table":[]
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"pl\u00fc-\u02c8t\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259m"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Such reactors use heavy water as a coolant and produce plutonium as a waste product, which can be used in nuclear weapons. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Jay Coghlan, director of the environmental group Nuclear Watch New Mexico, wants a more thorough evaluation of the lab's current fire risks and questions whether plutonium pit production is appropriate. \u2014 Morgan Lee, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 May 2022",
"Jay Coghlan, director of the environmental group Nuclear Watch New Mexico, wants a more thorough evaluation of the lab's current fire risks and questions whether plutonium pit production is appropriate. \u2014 Morgan Lee, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"Crews also were battling a smaller fire near Los Alamos National Laboratory, a key government facility for nuclear research that has been tapped to ramp up production of plutonium components for the nation\u2019s nuclear arsenal. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"Crews also were battling a smaller fire near Los Alamos National Laboratory, a key government facility for nuclear research that has been tapped to ramp up production of plutonium components for the nation\u2019s nuclear arsenal. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
"Crews also were battling a smaller fire near Los Alamos National Laboratory, a key government facility for nuclear research that has been tapped to ramp up production of plutonium components for the nation's nuclear arsenal. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan, ajc , 12 May 2022",
"Another fire was moving closer to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is one of the nation's key facilities for nuclear research and future production of plutonium components for nuclear weapons. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 7 May 2022",
"Another large wildfire burning in New Mexico was within 5 miles (8 kilometers) of Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of the nation's key facilities for nuclear research and future production of plutonium components for nuclear weapons. \u2014 CBS News , 7 May 2022"
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"New Latin, from Pluton-, Pluto , the planet Pluto":""
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"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": given to plundering":[]
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"\u02c8pl\u0259n-d(\u0259-)r\u0259s"
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"first_known_use":{
"1797, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": of, relating to, or containing lead":[
"\u2014 used especially of compounds in which this element is bivalent"
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"\u2014 used especially of compounds in which this element is bivalent"
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"noun",
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": to take by force or wrongfully : steal , loot":[
"plundered artifacts from the tomb"
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": something taken by force, theft, or fraud : loot":[],
": personal or household effects":[]
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"\u02c8pl\u0259n-d\u0259r"
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"despoil",
"loot",
"maraud",
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"ransack",
"sack"
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"booty",
"loot",
"pillage",
"spoil",
"swag"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for plunder Noun spoil , plunder , booty , prize , loot mean something taken from another by force or craft. spoil , more commonly spoils , applies to what belongs by right or custom to the victor in war or political contest. the spoils of political victory plunder applies to what is taken not only in war but in robbery, banditry, grafting, or swindling. a bootlegger's plunder booty implies plunder to be shared among confederates. thieves dividing up their booty prize applies to spoils captured on the high seas or territorial waters of the enemy. the wartime right of seizing prizes at sea loot applies especially to what is taken from victims of a catastrophe. picked through the ruins for loot",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The village was plundered by the invading army.",
"Thieves had long ago plundered the tomb.",
"The soldiers continued plundering for days.",
"Noun",
"the plunder of the village",
"All evidence suggested that the plunder of the tomb had happened long ago.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Now, Mike settles for watching the squirrels plunder his apple trees. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022",
"Paranoid and provincial \u2014 and outrageously ironic considering the United States is built upon centuries of displacement and plunder \u2014 the theory proposes that white people are endangered by interlopers intent on ousting them. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Gaming for adults, players will create their characters together at the first session before joining the crew of Pirates of Palm Beach to plunder and pillage the lands of fantasy. \u2014 Cindy Kent, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In an act considered audacious even at the time, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, ordered his agents to plunder sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece and bring them back to England in the early 1800s. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Roger Ng, a former Goldman Sachs banker, was convicted of helping to plunder billions of dollars from Malaysia\u2019s 1MDB sovereign-wealth fund in one of the world\u2019s largest financial scandals. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Interviews with dozens of people on the front lines, including five state auditors, shed new light on the poor planning and missed red flags that allowed scammers to plunder billions of dollars intended for people who lost jobs during the pandemic. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"But the new-model Viking had considerably more on his mind than plunder . \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"No call out of centuries of British bloody conquest and plunder . \u2014 Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Though there is little sentimentality here about the death of any particular creature\u2014everything, whether plankton or fish or mollusk, is always eating or being eaten\u2014there is a sense of horror at human plunder . \u2014 Anelise Chen, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
"The first reports of grain plunder emerged in mid-March. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Marcos Jr is the son and namesake of former authoritarian leader Ferdinand Marcos Sr, whose 21-year rule was marked by human rights abuses and plunder of the state coffers. \u2014 Helen Regan, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"In the 1800s, one of Egypt\u2019s rulers pried stones off the pyramids to erect new mosques (though, as far as pharaonic plunder goes, European visitors were greedier). \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Power structures were in flux, with petty lords calling themselves kings; sailing far and wide in search of plunder , trade routes or fertile agricultural land; and often losing power to internal feuds. \u2014 Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In 1978, West Germany succeeded in diverting UNESCO\u2019s new committee from colonial plunder to contemporary smuggling\u2014a serious issue, especially during Nigeria\u2019s 1967\u201370 civil war, but also a convenient distraction from earlier crimes. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
"There is no net value to society in plunder , however dashingly accomplished. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Leissner, the key witness against the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker, admitted to telling a raft of personal and professional lies in the multibillion-dollar plunder of 1Malaysia Development Bhd. \u2014 Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg.com , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"German pl\u00fcndern":"Verb"
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"first_known_use":{
"1632, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1643, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"type":[
"idiom"
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": to cause (a place) to suddenly become dark":[
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-234703"
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"plug center bit":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a center bit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-001340"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"\u02c8pl\u00fct"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"by shortening & alteration":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-005858"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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": having or resembling plumes":[]
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"\u02c8pl\u00fc-m\u0113"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to wikiHow, blow dry separate sections using a round brush to pull, curl and smooth those tresses away from your face and into two gorgeous, thick plumy wings. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Jan. 2022",
"In the midst of the album\u2019s plumy melodies is ruthless posturing. \u2014 Max Cea, Billboard , 17 June 2018",
"On the coffee table, next to some vitamin pills and a water bottle, was a 160-million-year-old Anchiornis, its dinosaur tail and its plumy smudge of feathers preserved in exquisite detail. \u2014 Stefen Chow, Smithsonian , 19 Apr. 2018"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-005907"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a niobite of complex composition resembling samarskite but containing lead and found in dark brown to black masses in pegmatite veins or massive slate":[]
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"\"+"
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"German plumboniobit , from plumb- + niobit niobite":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-013945"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
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": a large conspicuous or showy feather":[],
": contour feather":[],
": plumage":[],
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": a token of honor or prowess : prize":[],
": something resembling a feather (as in shape, appearance, or lightness): such as":[],
": a plumose appendage of a plant":[],
": an elongated and usually open and mobile column or band (as of smoke, exhaust gases, or blowing snow)":[],
": any of several columns of molten rock rising from the earth's lower mantle that are theorized to drive tectonic plate movement and to underlie hot spots":[],
": to provide or deck with feathers":[],
": to array showily":[],
": to indulge (oneself) in pride with an obvious or vain display of self-satisfaction":[],
": to preen and arrange the feathers of (itself)":[],
": to preen and arrange (feathers)":[]
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"\u02c8pl\u00fcm"
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"synonyms":[
"accolade",
"award",
"blue ribbon",
"decoration",
"distinction",
"honor",
"kudo",
"premium",
"prize"
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"pride"
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"Noun",
"a hat with bright ostrich plumes",
"the Nobel Prize for Literature is the plume that all authors covet",
"Verb",
"that jerk plumes himself on his supposed athletic skills",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Just one plume of smoke \u2014 an indication of an artillery strike \u2014 had appeared on the horizon all day. \u2014 Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Within about 15 minutes, a nearly invisible, odor-free plume of the metofluthrin mixture wafts out. \u2014 Kelly Bastone, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Satellite images taken by NASA's Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9 on May 14 now prove the eruption, with volcanic plume from underwater, visible on the ocean's surface. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"Photos showed a huge, churning plume of thick smoke. \u2014 David Keyton, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Photos showed a huge, churning plume of thick smoke. \u2014 David Keyton, Chicago Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Moments later, an artillery shell landed to the north, striking something that released a dark, angry-looking plume of smoke that rose for miles, darkening the skies above the city. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"An enormous plume of smoke hovered over the military training reservation Saturday afternoon as the fire continued burning. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Dressed in their velvet robes and hats with an ostrich plume , Prince Charles and Prince William did the ceremonial walk to St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Its most interesting ideas plume briefly, only to fizzle out like far-off firecrackers. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"The map becomes distorted, and the insect no longer associates that plume with the flower. \u2014 Jennifer Clare Ball, Wired , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Toilet plume aside, Winner says the steel surfaces, doorknobs, and toilet handles in a public restroom pose the greatest risk. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, Health.com , 16 June 2020",
"Patrick still painted, filling the family home with idyllic landscapes: a single cabin in the mountains with smoke pluming from its chimney, or a lone figure in a canoe paddling through the wilderness. \u2014 Alex Perry, Outside Online , 24 July 2019",
"While the video describes that the engine fire test duration went as expected, fire continued to burn around the Starhopper until a massive fireball exploded around it a few minutes after pluming up high over the test area into the night sky. \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 15 July 2019",
"Ash plumes shooting thousands of feet into the sky from the summit have raised concerns about air quality. \u2014 Heidi Chang, latimes.com , 1 June 2018",
"Winds blew much of the 30,000-foot (9,100-meter) plume away from people. \u2014 Fox News , 18 May 2018",
"An early morning 18-wheeler crash Sunday (May 13) on eastbound Interstate 10 in St. Martin Parish has left lanes closed and smoke pluming into the air, according to Louisiana State Police. \u2014 Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com , 13 May 2018"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pluma small soft feather \u2014 more at fleece":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a large grape hyacinth ( Muscari comosum plumosum ) with a branched raceme of sterile flowers that have the petals very irregular, curled, and crisped forming tufts of narrow violet-blue segments":[]
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"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":{
": to make plural or express in the plural form":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1750, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-025611"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-063842"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of Charadriidae including the golden plovers":[]
},
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"The peacock has colorful plumage .",
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"All of them brought an exacting eye to their designs; each worked in concert with a fashion industry that was built on social rules, gender dictates and the notion that attire was fundamentally a kind of feminine plumage . \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s also a 223-foot-long mural by artist Jane Kim that shows the year-long transformation of the area\u2019s migratory birds, whose plumage changes seasonally to attract mates. \u2014 Rebecca Treon, Chron , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The Lilac Breasted Roller is named for the flashy African bird whose plumage just happens to bear the Carnival colors of green, purple and gold. \u2014 Robin Catalano, Robb Report , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Known for their golden head and black plumage , the species flies with a sort of herd mentality, the ornithologist said. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The brilliantly incisive hypothesis of the late sociologist Charles Tilly was that the tyrant merely represents, in more vivid plumage , the nature of leadership in any modern state. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"But my favorite parts focused on specific domestic pigeon breeds and on the colors, patterns and the genetics of their plumage , eyes \u2014 and even their toenails. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Now, some new research suggests flying creatures that dominated prehistoric skies millions of years ago had colorful plumage , too \u2013 and were even able to change those colors. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Scientists were able to find indisputable proof that females did not have this ornamental plumage . \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 20 Sep. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"adjective"
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": lacking pluck : feeble in courage or moral stamina":[]
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"-kl\u0259\u0307s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-114619"
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"noun"
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": a mineral PbFe 6 (SO 4 ) 4 (OH) 12 consisting of a basic sulfate of iron and lead isostructural with jarosite":[]
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"-k\u0259t",
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133419"
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"noun"
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"noun"
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": an American weevil ( Conotrachelus nenuphar ) that is very destructive to plums, cherries, nectarines, peaches, and other stone fruits and to apples, the adult feeding on the leaves of these trees and laying its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made in the fruit and the larva migrating inward and feeding upon the pulp around the stone or core":[]
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"adjective"
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"New Latin plumaceus , from pluma + Latin -aceus -aceous":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145341"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a branched feathery moss ( Hypnum crista-castrensis ) that commonly grows on decaying wood":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145927"
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"plumweb-spinning sawfly":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": a sawfly ( Neurotoma inconspicua ) of the family Pamphiliidae with a larva that feeds on the foliage of plum and sand cherry":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-151222"
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"plum wine":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a dark reddish purple that is stronger and slightly redder and lighter than royal purple (see royal purple sense 1 ), redder and paler than imperial, and redder, lighter, and stronger than average plum (see plum sense 6a ) or violet carmine":[]
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170415"
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"adjective"
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": divided into fusils marked in a manner supposed to represent feathers":[]
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"\u02c8pl\u00fcm\u0259t\u0113",
"\u00a6pl\u00fcm\u0259\u00a6t\u0101"
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"Middle English plumte , from Middle French plumet\u00e9 made so as to resemble a feather, probably from plumete small feather":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170454"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": one that prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers":[]
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"pl\u00fc\u02c8mas\u0113\u02cc\u0101",
"\u00a6pl\u00fcm\u0259\u00a6si(\u0259)r",
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"Middle French, from plumasse large feather (from plume feather) + -ier -er":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the condition of one that is plucked : bareness , nakedness":[]
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": courageous readiness to fight or continue against odds : dogged resolution":[]
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"bleed",
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"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
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"draw",
"haul",
"jerk",
"pull",
"tug",
"wrench",
"yank"
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"Verb",
"My sister plucked a white hair from my head.",
"The hunter plucked the bird's feathers.",
"plucking petals off a flower",
"Firefighters plucked the child from the top floor of the burning building.",
"He'd been plucked from obscurity and thrust into the national spotlight.",
"a cat that was plucked off the city's streets last winter",
"He plucked a stone out of the river.",
"Noun",
"It takes pluck to do what she did.",
"She showed pluck in getting up on stage.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The flight profile allowed about 10 minutes for the helicopter to match speeds with the booster and get its cable to pluck the drogue line. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG , 3 May 2022",
"Grogan\u2019s own startup is developing marine robots that would hover above the ocean floor to pluck individual metal nodules from the seabed, rather than vacuuming them up along with biodiversity-rich sediment as other mining companies do. \u2014 Aryn Baker, Time , 13 Apr. 2022",
"In a lab, the cells are then placed into a concoction of enzymes to pluck out the DNA. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In the front, there is a sushi-style conveyor belt of red-hot accessories where guests can pluck a Gucci bum bag or a Balenciaga City bag at their leisure. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 27 May 2022",
"People with trichotillomania may pluck from their scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, or other body hair. \u2014 ELLE , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Doctors had no choice but to pluck the bloodsuckers out, one by one, using forceps. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The filmmakers pluck quite a few story threads from director Shawn Levy\u2019s early-aughts adaptation, including bullying, athletic frustrations, an absentee parent, a forbidden sleepover and a climax involving a runaway child. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The avid fishers also pluck young chicks from the nests of great blue herons and ospreys, which are driven away by the eagles. \u2014 Lilly Price, baltimoresun.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Emily DeForest plays ingenue Ellen Tree, the Desdemona to Aldridge\u2019s Othello, with an appealing blend of pluck , humor and curiosity. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Petrakov is a perfect example of the pluck , spirit and determination of the Ukrainians, who have risen to the occasion in both war and soccer. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"The six pack hasn\u2019t had the same pluck , especially at playoff time, since the loss of free agent Torey Krug to the Blues following the 2019-20 season. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo pluck spikey, percussive riffs, Steve Shelley switches from open hi-hat thrashing to sparse grooves with maracas, and Kim Gordon perfects her Nico sprechstimme. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 11 Mar. 2022",
"But now distant relatives of Darger \u2014 tracked down by a collector of vintage photography \u2014 are making a legal claim to that legacy, asserting the landlord did not have the right to pluck and profit from Darger\u2019s art. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2022",
"My muscles, which had tensed the second before the pluck , relaxed. \u2014 ELLE , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Child services pluck Loquareeous out of his house and place him in foster care. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Lives turn out through some admixture of genes, environment, luck and pluck . \u2014 Michael Shermer, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English pluccian ; akin to Middle High German pfl\u00fccken to pluck":"Verb"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"type":[
"noun"
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": any of several Caribbean sparid porgies (genus Calamus )":[]
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"\u02c8pl\u00fcm\u0259",
"\""
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"New Latin, from Latin, small soft feather":"Noun",
"American Spanish, from Spanish, feather, from Latin, small soft feather":"Noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a hydrozoan of the family Plumulariidae":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of herbs or subshrubs (family Compositae) of warm regions comprising the marsh fleabanes and having small corymbose heads of tubular flowers and often aromatic or fetid foliage":[]
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"New Latin, from N. A. Pluche \u20201761 French naturalist":""
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"pluck entry 1 + buffet , noun":""
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"\u2014 often used in combination a white- plumed egret"
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"\u02c8pl\u00fcmd"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gros painted the extravagantly uniformed general, swathed in gilded sashes and crowned with a red- plumed hat, closer to 6 feet 8. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Pat Cleveland spun for photographers in head-to-toe sequins, Susanne Bartsch arrived in a fully plumed look, and Jordan Roth brought out his pearls. \u2014 Lauren Sanchez, Vogue , 18 Feb. 2020",
"Like the Celtic myths that she was told during her childhood, Mexico is full of stories of ancient sorcery, plumed serpents, jaguar gods and the like. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Dec. 2019",
"The desperation re the gorgeous raw material\u2014earth\u2014the sensation of last night, storms spilled, plumed , odor of looking for the various directions. \u2014 Jorie Graham, The New Yorker , 22 July 2019",
"The sleek, dark- plumed birds with striking red crowns fly on command, scoop up a pinch of raspberry from your hand (and use your palm as a napkin to wipe their beaks). \u2014 Terry Demio, Cincinnati.com , 30 May 2019",
"And while the blacklight obscured all but the collection's fluorescent plumed mini-dresses, geometric-print jackets, and sculptural plastic eyewear during the show's grand conclusion, up until that point, there was lots to take in above the neck. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 26 Feb. 2019",
"Well, not so much the eyes themselves, but the eye region: the plump cheeks, the bold brow, and the plumed lashes offset by all that dewy, sculpted skin. \u2014 Elissa Strauss, Glamour , 8 Oct. 2018",
"The other piece de resistance was a completely plumed black feather minidress that looked like a ball of exploding quills. \u2014 Roxanne Robinson, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 July 2018"
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": a stonecutter's percussion drill":[]
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"noun"
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"\u02c8pl\u0259k"
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"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
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"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
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"jerk",
"pull",
"tug",
"wrench",
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"Verb",
"My sister plucked a white hair from my head.",
"The hunter plucked the bird's feathers.",
"plucking petals off a flower",
"Firefighters plucked the child from the top floor of the burning building.",
"He'd been plucked from obscurity and thrust into the national spotlight.",
"a cat that was plucked off the city's streets last winter",
"He plucked a stone out of the river.",
"Noun",
"It takes pluck to do what she did.",
"She showed pluck in getting up on stage.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The flight profile allowed about 10 minutes for the helicopter to match speeds with the booster and get its cable to pluck the drogue line. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG , 3 May 2022",
"Grogan\u2019s own startup is developing marine robots that would hover above the ocean floor to pluck individual metal nodules from the seabed, rather than vacuuming them up along with biodiversity-rich sediment as other mining companies do. \u2014 Aryn Baker, Time , 13 Apr. 2022",
"In a lab, the cells are then placed into a concoction of enzymes to pluck out the DNA. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In the front, there is a sushi-style conveyor belt of red-hot accessories where guests can pluck a Gucci bum bag or a Balenciaga City bag at their leisure. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 27 May 2022",
"People with trichotillomania may pluck from their scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, or other body hair. \u2014 ELLE , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Doctors had no choice but to pluck the bloodsuckers out, one by one, using forceps. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The filmmakers pluck quite a few story threads from director Shawn Levy\u2019s early-aughts adaptation, including bullying, athletic frustrations, an absentee parent, a forbidden sleepover and a climax involving a runaway child. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The avid fishers also pluck young chicks from the nests of great blue herons and ospreys, which are driven away by the eagles. \u2014 Lilly Price, baltimoresun.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Emily DeForest plays ingenue Ellen Tree, the Desdemona to Aldridge\u2019s Othello, with an appealing blend of pluck , humor and curiosity. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Petrakov is a perfect example of the pluck , spirit and determination of the Ukrainians, who have risen to the occasion in both war and soccer. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"The six pack hasn\u2019t had the same pluck , especially at playoff time, since the loss of free agent Torey Krug to the Blues following the 2019-20 season. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo pluck spikey, percussive riffs, Steve Shelley switches from open hi-hat thrashing to sparse grooves with maracas, and Kim Gordon perfects her Nico sprechstimme. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 11 Mar. 2022",
"But now distant relatives of Darger \u2014 tracked down by a collector of vintage photography \u2014 are making a legal claim to that legacy, asserting the landlord did not have the right to pluck and profit from Darger\u2019s art. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2022",
"My muscles, which had tensed the second before the pluck , relaxed. \u2014 ELLE , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Child services pluck Loquareeous out of his house and place him in foster care. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Lives turn out through some admixture of genes, environment, luck and pluck . \u2014 Michael Shermer, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English pluccian ; akin to Middle High German pfl\u00fccken to pluck":"Verb"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": an electric fuse that screws into a socket \u2014 compare cartridge fuse":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105428"
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"noun"
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": a fine lightweight dress fabric of cotton, wool, or rayon that is woven with raised dots or figures on a plain background producing a feathery or embroidered effect":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-141723"
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"noun"
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": the world as conceived according to a theory of pluralism \u2014 compare multiverse":[]
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"definitions":{
": capable of or suitable for being plugged":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-150741"
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"adjective"
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"\u00a6plu\u0307r\u0113+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-163638"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-170439"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"definitions":{
": a Chilean evergreen tree ( Prumnopitys andina synonym Podocarpus andinus ) with an edible, plumlike, yellowish white fruit":[]
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or used in the measurement of rainfall":[]
": nominating or electing more than one representative":[
"plurinominal district"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-004644"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"Just like embryonic stem cells, these reprogrammed cells seemed capable of becoming any of the 200-plus cell types in the human body, an ability called pluripotency \u2026",
"\u2014 Patrick Barry",
"\u2026 pluripotency has long been the elusive core of germinal development that, if properly controlled, could lead to organ and tissue regeneration in humans.",
"While pluripotency is an amazing attribute of cellular biology, studies have also found that inducing a transformation from that be-anything state can increase the chances of a malignant mutation that causes a cancerous tumor to form. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-023918"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"plu\u0307-\u02c8rip-\u0259t-\u0259nt",
"plu\u0307-\u02c8ri-p\u0259-t\u0259nt"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Aspen has developed a procedure for turning these pluripotent stem cells into dopamine-releasing neurons, which then would be introduced back into the patient in hopes of replacing neurons damaged by Parkinson\u2019s. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"Church\u2019s lab recently published a massive library of transcription factors \u2014 the recipes for nudging pluripotent stem cells into becoming almost any type of cell. \u2014 Matthew Herper, STAT , 16 Sep. 2021",
"His landmark findings about creating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have only recently been applied to studying mental illness as the field has matured. \u2014 Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American , 27 Feb. 2018",
"The beating heart cells, called cardiomyocytes, featured in the experiment were grown from pluripotent stem cells. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 25 June 2021",
"It was taken in 2008 by the Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, and its meaning is remarkably pluripotent . \u2014 Nic Rowan, National Review , 29 May 2021",
"The cardioids begin as pluripotent stem cells, which have the potential to turn into any cell in the body given the right instructions from the environment. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2021",
"The tissues researchers generate from pluripotent stem cells can provide a unique source for personalized medicine from transplantation to novel drug discovery. \u2014 Mo Ebrahimkhani, The Conversation , 7 Dec. 2020",
"The same has been true of TSC-like cells created from cultured embryonic stem (ES) cells and from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells\u2014mature cells reprogrammed to an ESlike state. \u2014 Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS , 30 Sep. 2020"
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"Latin plur-, plus more + English potent":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-024836"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the theological notion of presence in more than one place at the same time":[
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-033253"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": utterly perfect or complete":[]
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"\u02ccpl\u00fc-\u02c8p\u0259r-fikt"
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