dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/spe_MW.json

{
  "Speenhamland system":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a system of supplementing rural wage payments from local taxes first used in England in the latter part of the 18th century":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from Speenhamland , England, where it was first used":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)sp\u0113n\u00a6haml\u0259nd-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200900",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "speak":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": describe , depict":[],
      ": signal":[],
      ": testify":[],
      ": to address one's remarks":[
        "speak to the issue"
      ],
      ": to be friendly enough to engage in conversation":[
        "still were not speaking after the dispute"
      ],
      ": to be indicative or suggestive":[
        "his gold \u2026 spoke of riches in the land",
        "\u2014 Julian Dana"
      ],
      ": to be interesting or attractive : appeal":[
        "great music \u2026 speaks directly to the emotions",
        "\u2014 A. N. Whitehead"
      ],
      ": to express feelings by other than verbal means":[
        "actions speak louder than words"
      ],
      ": to express oneself before a group":[],
      ": to express orally : declare":[
        "free to speak their minds"
      ],
      ": to express thoughts, opinions, or feelings orally":[],
      ": to extend a greeting":[],
      ": to give a recitation of : declaim":[],
      ": to indicate by other than verbal means":[],
      ": to make a characteristic or natural sound":[
        "all at once the thunder spoke",
        "\u2014 George Meredith"
      ],
      ": to make a request or claim":[
        "\u2014 used with for \u2014 usually used in passive constructions the seat was already spoken for"
      ],
      ": to make a written statement":[
        "his diaries \u2026 spoke \u2026 of his entrancement with death",
        "\u2014 Sy Kahn"
      ],
      ": to make known in writing : state":[],
      ": to serve as spokesperson":[],
      ": to use or be able to use in speaking":[
        "speaks Spanish"
      ],
      ": to use such an expression":[
        "\u2014 often used in the phrase so to speak was at the enemy's gates, so to speak \u2014 C. S. Forester"
      ],
      ": to utter with the speaking voice : pronounce":[],
      ": to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice : talk":[],
      ": worthy of mention or notice":[
        "\u2014 usually used in negative constructions no progress to speak of"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Have you two spoken since yesterday",
      "She and I spoke this morning.",
      "He never speaks at the meetings.",
      "Without speaking , she walked from the room.",
      "They were speaking in Japanese.",
      "When I said you were my best friend, I was speaking sincerely.",
      "She must be speaking the truth.",
      "Not a word was spoken between them the whole time.",
      "He has laryngitis and can't speak .",
      "She speaks with a Southern accent.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "She\u2019s a Brit who co-starred in his most recent film, with bright-red hair and no accent to speak of. \u2014 Bryan Washington, The New Yorker , 4 July 2022",
      "When Welsch was born in Sheboygan in 1967 there was no charter fishing industry to speak of. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 3 July 2022",
      "Among them is Paul Bixler, sitting, listening, waiting for her turn to speak . \u2014 Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic , 3 July 2022",
      "Not on the way to a bank, anyway, when Mickelson will be laughing too hard to speak . \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 July 2022",
      "Part of the problem, however, is that there isn\u2019t great data on lightning bugs to be able to speak quantitatively or with specificity. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022",
      "Torkelson, who wasn't made available to speak after the game, was plunked by an 88 mph pitch from Royals starter Brad Keller. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 2 July 2022",
      "Her oldest daughter has a rare genetic disorder called Angelman syndrome that deprived her of the ability to speak , and seven years ago, Schiller\u2019s husband suffered a bilateral stroke that left him severely disabled. \u2014 Ellen Mccarthy, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
      "The couple was supposed to speak this month on the date of their fourth anniversary, but a logistical error with the American Embassy reportedly failed to connect their call. \u2014 Erik Ortiz, NBC News , 1 July 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English speken , from Old English sprecan, specan ; akin to Old High German sprehhan to speak, Greek spharageisthai to crackle":"Verb",
      "newspeak":"Noun combining form"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsp\u0113k",
      "\u02c8sp\u0113k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "articulate",
      "bring out",
      "enunciate",
      "pass",
      "say",
      "state",
      "talk",
      "tell",
      "utter",
      "verbalize",
      "vocalize"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001910",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun combining form",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "speak out":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an event in which people publicly share their experiences of or views on an issue":[],
      ": to speak boldly : express an opinion frankly":[
        "spoke out on the issues"
      ],
      ": to speak loud enough to be heard":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "it's a free country, so anyone can speak out"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1968, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113k-\u02ccau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "pipe up",
      "shoot",
      "sound off",
      "speak up",
      "spout (off)",
      "talk up"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161522",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "speak up":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to express an opinion freely":[
        "speak up for truth and justice",
        "\u2014 Clive Bell"
      ],
      ": to speak loudly and distinctly":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "she's never been afraid to speak up at town meetings"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "pipe up",
      "shoot",
      "sound off",
      "speak out",
      "spout (off)",
      "talk up"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055123",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "speakable":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": describe , depict":[],
      ": signal":[],
      ": testify":[],
      ": to address one's remarks":[
        "speak to the issue"
      ],
      ": to be friendly enough to engage in conversation":[
        "still were not speaking after the dispute"
      ],
      ": to be indicative or suggestive":[
        "his gold \u2026 spoke of riches in the land",
        "\u2014 Julian Dana"
      ],
      ": to be interesting or attractive : appeal":[
        "great music \u2026 speaks directly to the emotions",
        "\u2014 A. N. Whitehead"
      ],
      ": to express feelings by other than verbal means":[
        "actions speak louder than words"
      ],
      ": to express oneself before a group":[],
      ": to express orally : declare":[
        "free to speak their minds"
      ],
      ": to express thoughts, opinions, or feelings orally":[],
      ": to extend a greeting":[],
      ": to give a recitation of : declaim":[],
      ": to indicate by other than verbal means":[],
      ": to make a characteristic or natural sound":[
        "all at once the thunder spoke",
        "\u2014 George Meredith"
      ],
      ": to make a request or claim":[
        "\u2014 used with for \u2014 usually used in passive constructions the seat was already spoken for"
      ],
      ": to make a written statement":[
        "his diaries \u2026 spoke \u2026 of his entrancement with death",
        "\u2014 Sy Kahn"
      ],
      ": to make known in writing : state":[],
      ": to serve as spokesperson":[],
      ": to use or be able to use in speaking":[
        "speaks Spanish"
      ],
      ": to use such an expression":[
        "\u2014 often used in the phrase so to speak was at the enemy's gates, so to speak \u2014 C. S. Forester"
      ],
      ": to utter with the speaking voice : pronounce":[],
      ": to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice : talk":[],
      ": worthy of mention or notice":[
        "\u2014 usually used in negative constructions no progress to speak of"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Have you two spoken since yesterday",
      "She and I spoke this morning.",
      "He never speaks at the meetings.",
      "Without speaking , she walked from the room.",
      "They were speaking in Japanese.",
      "When I said you were my best friend, I was speaking sincerely.",
      "She must be speaking the truth.",
      "Not a word was spoken between them the whole time.",
      "He has laryngitis and can't speak .",
      "She speaks with a Southern accent.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "She\u2019s a Brit who co-starred in his most recent film, with bright-red hair and no accent to speak of. \u2014 Bryan Washington, The New Yorker , 4 July 2022",
      "When Welsch was born in Sheboygan in 1967 there was no charter fishing industry to speak of. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 3 July 2022",
      "Among them is Paul Bixler, sitting, listening, waiting for her turn to speak . \u2014 Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic , 3 July 2022",
      "Not on the way to a bank, anyway, when Mickelson will be laughing too hard to speak . \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 July 2022",
      "Part of the problem, however, is that there isn\u2019t great data on lightning bugs to be able to speak quantitatively or with specificity. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022",
      "Torkelson, who wasn't made available to speak after the game, was plunked by an 88 mph pitch from Royals starter Brad Keller. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 2 July 2022",
      "Her oldest daughter has a rare genetic disorder called Angelman syndrome that deprived her of the ability to speak , and seven years ago, Schiller\u2019s husband suffered a bilateral stroke that left him severely disabled. \u2014 Ellen Mccarthy, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
      "The couple was supposed to speak this month on the date of their fourth anniversary, but a logistical error with the American Embassy reportedly failed to connect their call. \u2014 Erik Ortiz, NBC News , 1 July 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English speken , from Old English sprecan, specan ; akin to Old High German sprehhan to speak, Greek spharageisthai to crackle":"Verb",
      "newspeak":"Noun combining form"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsp\u0113k",
      "\u02c8sp\u0113k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "articulate",
      "bring out",
      "enunciate",
      "pass",
      "say",
      "state",
      "talk",
      "tell",
      "utter",
      "verbalize",
      "vocalize"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162539",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun combining form",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "speakeasy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Pan-Asian fusion restaurant and speakeasy Sei Less accomplished in two (mostly) post-pandemic months what most restaurants aspire to achieve within their first five years of opening. \u2014 Nishat Baig, Billboard , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Heed my advice, people: Never start a conversation with a trio of Lufthansa flight attendants at a speakeasy . \u2014 Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "If it's been a hard time to get people to meet out at some secret-door speakeasy bring some of the class and fun home with this bottle. \u2014 Adam Morganstern, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Downtown Indianapolis may be getting a new restaurant, a speakeasy and an event space. \u2014 Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s like a speakeasy , but instead of cocktails in a dark bar, there are oat milk lattes and vegan doughnuts served out of a shipping container in a Mission District alleyway twice a week. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "The Coachella sushi speakeasy will be, in essence, a version of the couple\u2019s Sushi by Scratch, where the Lees and their team will present a freewheeling interpretation of an omakase meal, complete with sake pairings, for $375 a person. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "After Newton Roads\u2019 death, Clara turned the house into a dual brothel and speakeasy . \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "Bowman described the speakeasy 's atmosphere as dark and intimate. \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1889, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113k-\u02cc\u0113-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130026",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "speaker":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": loudspeaker":[],
      ": one who acts as a spokesperson":[],
      ": one who makes a public speech":[],
      ": the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly":[
        "Speaker of the House of Representatives"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I disagree with the last speaker .",
      "He is an excellent public speaker .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bean and his wife put the call on speaker and listened. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "So, from 1,200 miles apart, as the first hearing played on TV last week, Petersen was on his phone in Orlando, while Harris, in her den in Tulsa, had her cell on speaker . \u2014 Andrea Eger Canfield, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "After imbibing, the women laid on mattresses on the floor and put on eye shades as soothing music played on a speaker . \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
      "In the wheelhouse, Casto flipped on the speaker to talk to the crew. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Logitech\u2019s Spotlight Presentation Pointer is designed to help audiences focus on the speaker . \u2014 Alex Salkever, Fortune , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Lee is in demand as a conference speaker and clocked more than 100 nights on the road in 2021. \u2014 Everett Potter, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
      "Scott won election as senator in 2018, Oliva was reelected that year and was chosen as Florida House speaker for his last term, and the law has remained intact under Gov. Ron DeSantis, R, and subsequent GOP legislatures. \u2014 Mike Debonis, Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022",
      "After serving as majority leader, Bass replaced Nunez as Assembly speaker , becoming the first Black woman to hold this position. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chair",
      "chairman",
      "chairperson",
      "moderator",
      "president",
      "presider",
      "prolocutor"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184801",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "speakeress":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "speaker + -ess":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-k\u0259r\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125608",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "speaking":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a population that speaks a specified language":[
        "\u2014 usually used in combination English- speaking countries"
      ],
      ": highly significant or expressive : eloquent":[],
      ": resembling a living being or a real object":[],
      ": that involves talking or giving speeches":[
        "a speaking role",
        "a speaking tour"
      ],
      ": that speaks : capable of speech":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the Netflix adaptation of The Dirt, Corabi is reduced to a non- speaking extra who gets about three seconds of camera time. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Since no one mentions kids in Sondheim\u2019s lyrics or Furth\u2019s book scenes, Elliott has to add a non- speaking nightmare sequence, showing Bobbie\u2019s tug-of-war between the attractions and repulsions of having a baby. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Can Legendary make a Hobbs & Shaw-style team-up flick with two non- speaking kaiju",
      "City women are uniformly portrayed as drunk idiots, and the nearly nonexistent BIPOC appear in non- speaking roles in the service industry. \u2014 Genevieve Angelson, Town & Country , 16 Dec. 2020",
      "That includes speaking time, the length of pauses between speakers, the frequency of questions and the amount of overlapping talk. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2020",
      "The White House\u2019s press briefings are full of executives from companies like Walmart and underwear manufacturer Jockey International Inc, who often get even more speaking time than the medical professionals on the White House virus task force. \u2014 Ol\u00faf\u1eb9\u0301mi T\u00e1\u00edw\u00f2, The New Republic , 3 Apr. 2020",
      "Lizzie Williamson, a 31-year-old who drove up from North Easton, Mass., to knock on doors for Ms. Warren, had watched the debate and was frustrated with how little speaking time Ms. Warren received. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Feb. 2020",
      "In last night\u2019s Democratic debate, of the six presidential candidates onstage, the two women had the most speaking time. \u2014 Jameelah Nasheed, Teen Vogue , 20 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113-ki\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115028",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "spear":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sharp-pointed instrument with barbs used in spearing fish":[],
      ": a thrusting or throwing weapon with long shaft and sharp head or blade":[],
      ": a usually young blade, shoot, or sprout (as of grass)":[],
      ": paternal sense 3":[
        "the spear side of the family"
      ],
      ": spearman":[],
      ": to catch (something, such as a baseball) with a sudden thrust of the arm":[],
      ": to jab (an opposing player) with the blade of one's stick":[
        "All game, the Caps held, hooked, slashed, speared , chopped, and bopped \u2026 the Rangers' European players.",
        "\u2014 Stu Hackel"
      ],
      ": to pierce, strike, or take with or as if with a spear":[
        "spear salmon",
        "speared a chop from the platter"
      ],
      ": to ram (an opposing player) with one's helmet":[
        "\u2026 defensive end Ben Davidson set off a sidelines-clearing scrum when he speared Dawson from behind after he was down.",
        "\u2014 Jim Trotter"
      ],
      ": to thrust a spear upward":[],
      ": to thrust at or wound something with or as if with a spear":[],
      "\u2014 compare distaff":[
        "the spear side of the family"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1573, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1647, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1861, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English spere , from Old English; akin to Old High German sper spear, Latin sparus hunting spear":"Noun",
      "alteration of spire entry 1":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spir"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072152",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "special":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a featured dish at a restaurant":[
        "the specials of the day"
      ],
      ": being other than the usual : additional , extra":[],
      ": designed for a particular purpose or occasion":[],
      ": held in particular esteem":[
        "a special friend"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or constituting a species : specific":[],
      ": one that is used for a special service or occasion":[
        "caught the commuter special to work"
      ],
      ": readily distinguishable from others of the same category : unique":[
        "they set it apart as a special day of thanksgiving"
      ],
      ": something (such as a television program) that is not part of a regular series":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "This is a special case and I want you to handle it personally.",
      "Only under special circumstances will you be allowed to retake the test.",
      "Your many years of service put you in a special category.",
      "Why should you receive any special treatment",
      "It takes a special quality to do what he did.",
      "This is a very special occasion.",
      "Are you doing anything special over the holidays",
      "We have a special guest tonight\u2014the mayor.",
      "No one is more special to me than my wife.",
      "He always made her feel special .",
      "Noun",
      "a one-hour special on whales",
      "Today's lunch special is chili.",
      "The specials are on the board.",
      "They were having a special on paper towels so I stocked up.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Knobloch knew all the elements added up to create something special . \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
      "Every year, Midleton releases the latest of its Very Rare series, which allows its master blender (currently the excellent Kevin O\u2019Gorman) to pick the best of the casks in the warehouse to create something special . \u2014 Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "Also it was brought to our attn that our song Paris is trending on tik tok right now around women supporting each other in different states in regards to abortions rights which really is something special to witness. \u2014 Wilson Wong, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
      "FRNCH Amande Maxi Dress, $154, Free People Lisbon MJ Platform Sandals in verbena, $142 Poppy & Stella Look and feel beautiful at that special occasion in a lightweight fabric with a vibrant print paired with platform cork heels. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 27 June 2022",
      "This weekend\u2019s three-game set against Detroit, then, is a special occasion for Lovullo. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 26 June 2022",
      "This summer, skip those boring hotel rooms in favor of something more special . \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s something special about being surrounded by my pieces. \u2014 Ann Abel, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
      "So to have my son now caddying for me is something special . \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Will Television Academy members find something as good as a two-scoop special of mango and coconut gelato served over coconut sticky rice",
      "It\u2019s conceived by Parker as a Christmas family special and a fresh merchandising opportunity for nerdy sweaters. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
      "The show was recorded as a special for Netflix in 2018 and won an Emmy. \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 24 May 2022",
      "Go for the barbecue, stay for: the pastrami, which is offered on Thursdays only as a special at both locations. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 18 May 2022",
      "The Rodgers and Hammerstein version of the beloved fairy tale first aired on television as a TV movie special in 1957 with Julie Andrews in the title role. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 11 May 2022",
      "These days, the brisket and short rib birria exists as an occasional special . \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Keith was the one to bring the horrific story of Betsy's murder to viewers back in 2019 as a special on Dateline. \u2014 Country Living Staff, Country Living , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The one-hour special , which drops on Magnolia Network and discovery+ on June 12, brings together talented cooks who will compete for more than one enticing prize. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French especial , from Latin specialis individual, particular, from species species":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spe-sh\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for special Adjective special , especial , specific , particular , individual mean of or relating to one thing or class. special stresses having a quality, character, identity, or use of its own. special ingredients especial may add implications of preeminence or preference. a matter of especial importance specific implies a quality or character distinguishing a kind or a species. children with specific nutritional needs particular stresses the distinctness of something as an individual. a ballet step of particular difficulty individual implies unequivocal reference to one of a class or group. valued each individual opinion",
    "synonyms":[
      "alone",
      "lone",
      "one",
      "one-off",
      "only",
      "singular",
      "sole",
      "solitary",
      "sui generis",
      "unique"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000755",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "special duty":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And our special education students were largely left behind. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
      "Amid complaints, Alabama officials recently removed links to a popular questionnaire for special education students after Tuscaloosa County leaders notified the department of recent changes to the survey. \u2014 Rebecca Griesbach | Rgriesbach@al.com, al , 4 May 2022",
      "Johnson was a standout during the Unified basketball season, comprised of three special education students and two general education students on the court for each team. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "DiPaolo has made a particular impact on the special education students. \u2014 George Castle, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "My daughter, who graduated with a degree in early childhood and special education , just accepted a teaching position at an elementary school in Baltimore. \u2014 Michelle Singletary, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "School officials wanted the council\u2019s approval to shift nearly $33 million in leftover funds that were allocated for areas including student transportation, teacher salaries and special education . \u2014 Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun , 7 June 2022",
      "The seven-page counterproposal touches upon a range of issues, including special education , transportation, and low-performing schools. \u2014 James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
      "Collibee also noted that in addition to the extra funding for child care, the new budget also includes almost $47 million for school desegregation initiatives, special education , charter schools and bilingual education programs. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 17 May 2022"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Like that earlier piece, Bowles employs exaggeration and special pleading to make her case. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "Ultimately, Kirk is engaged in nothing more noble than good old-fashioned special pleading . \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "The preponderance of Civil War and Robert E. Lee memorabilia in the Richmond time capsule suggests not just items pertinent to a statue of Lee, but at least a little special pleading . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "His analysis was carefully mixed with a touch of special pleading and a large slice of humble pie. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "Friedersdorf quotes are plainly engaged in special pleading . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 23 July 2021",
      "There\u2019s the aspect in these petitions of special pleading \u2014 Khan appears to be un-capturable, which is why her targets have the knives out. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 15 July 2021",
      "This is a cad\u2019s special pleading , but most cads don\u2019t have Roth\u2019s mountains of evidence. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "And the other almost entirely on feelings, personal preferences, and special pleading . \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 18 Aug. 2020"
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      "1684, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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        "\"What does Dr. James Mortimer, the man of science, ask of Sherlock Holmes, the specialist in crime",
        "\u2014 Arthur Conan Doyle"
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      "She consulted a marketing specialist when she decided to go into business.",
      "He saw a specialist for his foot problem.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sean Clifton, a policy and program specialist at the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas, echoed those concerns. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 3 July 2022",
      "Several things advanced the early-season wildfires, according to Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at University of Alaska-Fairbanks. \u2014 Payton Major And Judson Jones, CNN , 29 June 2022",
      "David Torrance, a constitutional specialist at the House of Commons library, wrote in a blog post that the prevailing legal understanding is that holding the vote would be outside the scope of the Scottish Parliament\u2019s powers. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
      "No recent projection has been made on the effect of the port\u2019s closure, but John Ratcliffe, a Yemen specialist at the U.N., told me in October that the dire calculation was still valid. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 25 June 2022",
      "At least 118 cases have been reported since June 10, said Joelle Baird, a public affairs specialist at Grand Canyon National Park. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
      "But some people may not experience any symptoms of Lyme disease at all, meaning it\u2019s possible to be infected and not know it, Scott Weisenberg, MD, an infectious diseases specialist at NYU Langone, tells SELF. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 23 June 2022",
      "The virus was also recently detected in a coyote pup in Michigan, said Dr. Megan Moriarty, the wildlife veterinary specialist at the state\u2019s Department of Natural Resources. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
      "In Seattle, the district asked staffers to work overtime to help do that cleaning, said Ian Brown, a resource conservation specialist at Seattle Public Schools. \u2014 Kaiser Health News, oregonlive , 14 June 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sternberg, a veteran producer of unscripted TV, aims to expand the company\u2019s activity in the true-crime arena, which is a speciality of Strong Island principles Rob Dorfmann and Cindy Dorfmann. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 23 June 2022",
      "If a bottle of this speciality rum isn\u2019t enough, surprise dad with a trip to the hacienda to turn a singular gift into the trip of a lifetime. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Leavitt\u2019s office on Friday, compared to about 58% in 2018, the year before Leavitt became county attorney and the speciality unit was still operating. \u2014 Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
      "Rewards Club through the app and get a free speciality milkshake. \u2014 Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
      "Depending on their speciality , many do additional drilling every one to five years to keep their skills sharp. \u2014 Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 May 2022",
      "The actress plans to integrate her Senegalese roots with Frankel\u2019s Jewish background, likely through a speciality menu. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 11 May 2022",
      "For example, speciality products could mean less vendors. \u2014 Kwame Christian, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Reid\u2019s speciality is lekker beef kroketten, a thick meat gravy rolled into a log with breadcrumbs and then deep-fried. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "specialty",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112959",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a body part or an organism adapted by specialization":[],
      ": a making or becoming specialized":[],
      ": structural adaptation of a body part to a particular function or of an organism for life in a particular environment":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Diplomats contend their job requires specialization and expertise acquired over years in posts around the world \u2014 and has no room for amateurs. \u2014 Elaine Ganley, ajc , 2 June 2022",
      "Larger organizations will have to balance standardization and specialization against the need to keep talent engaged. \u2014 Spiros Xanthos, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "The percentage is even lower in health care, given the additional barriers of security, accessibility, specialization , and regulation. \u2014 Vivian Neilley, STAT , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Rather than take stroke patients to any hospital, the crews will take them to a hospital with a stroke- specialization unit. \u2014 George Castle, chicagotribune.com , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Bands swelled to tribes, and increasing scale required increasing organization: stratification, specialization ; chiefs, warriors, holy men. \u2014 William Deresiewicz, The Atlantic , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "Some key things to look for are their education, certifications and areas of specialization . \u2014 Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, the degree of software specialization continues to rise and the cost of software developers (to build and maintain custom code) has skyrocketed. \u2014 Sayer Martin, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "Ben & Jerry\u2019s is well known for its specialization in developing new flavors engineered to join top sellers, including Half Baked, Cherry Garcia, and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. \u2014 Louis Biscotti, Forbes , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1831, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "\u02ccspesh-(\u0259-)l\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccspe-sh(\u0259-)l\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095858",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": to apply or direct (something or someone) to a specific end, use, or specialty":[
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        "\u2026 media are evolving so quickly that education of the future will probably be forced to specialize students in one or another media-type, no longer producing a single \"literate\" man.",
        "\u2014 Henry G. Burger",
        "Even some small police departments have seen fit to specialize their investigative units \u2026",
        "\u2014 Daniel S. McDevitt"
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      ": to concentrate one's efforts in a special activity, field, or practice":[
        "a doctor who specializes in pediatrics",
        "an attorney who specializes in estate planning",
        "Everywhere, the pressure is on young people to specialize .",
        "\u2014 Donald Kaul"
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      ": to have a characteristic, habitual way of behaving, speaking, etc.":[
        "\u2026 the halftime commentator on ESPN 2, who specialized in inanities throughout the tournament \u2026",
        "\u2014 Jonathan Wilson",
        "\u2026 a computer industry that seems to specialize in simultaneous hype and obfuscation \u2026",
        "\u2014 Walter S. Mossberg",
        "The anti-environmental presidency was orchestrated by administration insiders who have specialized in being out of touch \u2026",
        "\u2014 Gregg Easterbrook"
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      ": to make particular mention of (something) : specify , particularize":[
        "\u2026 Edward dares not specialize what alone he dreads.",
        "\u2014 Edward Bulwer-Lytton"
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    "examples":[
      "Some carpenters do a wide range of jobs, while others specialize .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Cuell will specialize in documentary and factual entertainment at Dreamchaser, coming with more than 20 years\u2019 experience in the genres for Australian TV, public broadcasting and subscription TV. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
      "The 11th Airborne Division, based in Alaska, will specialize in arctic warfare. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 9 June 2022",
      "The company, in this location, will specialize in flexible packaging, such as pouches. \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
      "The older Molinari will specialize in statistics and analytics for Stenson. \u2014 Andrew Dampf, ajc , 30 May 2022",
      "The restaurant debuted April 12 and will specialize in takeaway dishes that are easy to reheat. \u2014 Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "For example, our company resolves this by collaborating with other partners who specialize in certain security solutions. \u2014 Arturs Kruze, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "This is the organization's 10th year anniversary and will feature designers from across the state who specialize in children's fashion, couture looks, fashion accessories and menswear. \u2014 Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
      "Some investors who specialize in the normally placid agency market are raising new funds to buy up bonds on the cheap. \u2014 Matt Wirz, WSJ , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1616, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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      "\u02c8spe-sh\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213325",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[
      "general",
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      "untechnical"
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      ": designed, trained, or fitted for one particular purpose or occupation":[
        "specialized personnel"
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    "examples":[
      "specialized regions of the brain",
      "specialized gear for deep-sea fishing",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One of their biggest needs is for specialized medical care and equipment, Holcomb said. \u2014 al , 23 June 2022",
      "Veterinarians need to be able to move from crisis to crisis at AMC, which treats more than 50,000 animals a year and has a 24-7 emergency room and highly specialized care. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, ajc , 18 June 2022",
      "Pediatric palliative care is specialized care that supports young patients and their families, providing symptom relief, counseling and referrals to services. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "Such facilities would provide safe spaces and case management for people who need specialized care. \u2014 Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
      "Long Covid clinics, which some medical systems have set up to coordinate specialized care, have different thresholds for entry. \u2014 Sumathi Reddy, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
      "Ahead of the birth, Ciss\u00e9 and Arby were flown to Morocco by the Malian government so Ciss\u00e9 could receive specialized medical care. \u2014 Toyin Owoseje, CNN , 7 May 2022",
      "The two patients were experiencing light symptoms, including fever, headaches and muscle aches, but were not ill enough to require specialized medical care, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "In the future, the company hopes to be able to expand into other types of healthcare providers including life science organizations, fusion centers and clinics that offer specialized care. \u2014 Rebecca Szkutak, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1852, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spe-sh\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bzd"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012527",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": specialist":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130017",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[
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      ": especially sense 2":[
        "makes a specially fine curry",
        "was specially pleased with the gift"
      ],
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      ": in a special manner":[
        "treated her friends specially"
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      ": in particular : specifically":[
        "made specially for you"
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      "dresses made specially for a wedding",
      "The speech was written specially for the occasion.",
      "The room was specially designed to be used as a library.",
      "I was specially pleased with your gift.",
      "people who are not specially gifted",
      "I don't want to be treated specially .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Dyson Ball Animal 2 Exclusive is specially made for the furry pet owner. \u2014 Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al , 14 June 2022",
      "The air duct features a fluid mechanic design that's specially made to reduce noise without compromising wind strength. \u2014 Nicol Natale, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
      "And like last season, Barca are expected to have up to four of them with a third kit on offer and another specially -made for the Champions League. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "For this reason, underpasses in Finland are equipped with hooks specially made for quickly hanging antitank mines, and bridges have charges pre-inserted into supporting beams. \u2014 Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 May 2022",
      "Receive an electronic consultation on your computer, tablet or phone; then a prescription formula is made specially for your skin's needs. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
      "Presented in a gorgeous and intricately hand-woven flask, this cologne is made specially for the man who values his individual style. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
      "There are also covers specially made for kettle grills, smokers, and custom-fit covers for particular brands. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 4 May 2022",
      "Likewise, the manually adjustable \u00d6hlins dampers that are normally included with the Performance pack are said to be specially tuned for the BST, and they're supplemented by auxiliary adjustment chambers under the hood. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "specifically"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173704",
    "type":[
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      ": a legal agreement embodied in a sealed instrument":[],
      ": a product of a special kind or of special excellence":[
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      ": a special object or class of objects: such as":[],
      ": something in which one specializes":[],
      ": the state of being special, distinctive, or peculiar":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Buttermilk pie is a Southern specialty .",
      "a doctor with a specialty in dermatology",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Parents who need EleCare or specialty formulas should contact their doctors or Abbott at 1-800-881-0876. \u2014 Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "The ongoing formula shortage has been most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. \u2014 Tom Murphy And Laura Ungar, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
      "The ongoing formula shortage has been most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. \u2014 CBS News , 16 June 2022",
      "The shortage has been most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. \u2014 al , 4 June 2022",
      "The shortage has been most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
      "The shortage has been most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, ajc , 4 June 2022",
      "The shortage has been most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
      "The shortage has been most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems, and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English specialte , from Anglo-French especialt\u00e9 , from Late Latin specialitat-, specialitas , from Latin specialis special":""
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "sphere",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081520",
    "type":[
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      ": a category of biological classification ranking immediately below the genus or subgenus, comprising related organisms or populations potentially capable of interbreeding, and being designated by a binomial that consists of the name of a genus followed by a Latin or latinized uncapitalized noun or adjective agreeing grammatically with the genus name":[],
      ": a particular kind of atomic nucleus, atom, molecule, or ion":[],
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      ": belonging to a biological species as distinguished from a horticultural variety":[
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      ": the consecrated eucharistic elements of the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Eucharist":[],
      ": the human race : human beings":[
        "\u2014 often used with the survival of the species in the nuclear age"
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    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "There are approximately 8,000 species of ants.",
      "All European domestic cattle belong to the same species .",
      "laws that protect endangered species",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "As the 1960s approached, there were much fewer observations of red wolves, which were declining as a species as coyotes were expanding, VonHoldt said. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
      "Recently, a once-rare species has appeared more frequently in and around the waterways: young people, looking for alternative activities with many of Beijing\u2019s bars still closed and travel out of the city restricted. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
      "However, since the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department considers the the alligator snapping turtle a threatened species worthy of being protected by the state, Broomhall decided to release the turtle back into the water, unharmed. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 23 June 2022",
      "Also gathered there and likely to have high levels of saxitoxin were butter clams, a species known for holding the toxins for extended time periods \u2014 and also an important food source for personal-use harvesters. \u2014 Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
      "This individual is an ebony jewelwing, a native species well-named for its dark wings and beautifully iridescent green-blue body. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
      "The base spirit of the new gin is made with a native rice species called Ginotome and Kuji chose Joboji urushi for the aromatic. \u2014 Akiko Katayama, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Another is to use proteins or RNA that only target a specific fungal species and then rapidly degrade in the environment. \u2014 Jonathan Margolis, Scientific American , 20 June 2022",
      "The findings offer a glimmer of hope for a species that, without intervention to halt climate change, will be trending towards extinction by the end of the decade. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "According to officials, this type of cross- species infection is uncommon. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "This is a call for cross- species solidarity and to consider veganism alongside other social justice movements on the left. \u2014 Longreads , 5 May 2022",
      "Researchers said not all viruses will spread to humans or become pandemics the scale of the coronavirus but the number of cross- species viruses increases the risk of spread to humans. \u2014 Drew Costley, Chicago Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Researchers said not all viruses will spread to humans or become pandemics the scale of the coronavirus but the number of cross- species viruses increases the risk of spread to humans. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The researchers suggest at least 15,000 new cross- species viral transmissions are forecast to happen by 2070, driven by climate change of 2-degrees Celsius, which is the worst-case scenario highlighted under the Paris Agreement. \u2014 Byjulia Jacobo, ABC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Exactly why and how these inter- species kill rates balance out remains to be discovered. \u2014 CBS News , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "To curb this cross- species disease transfer, the International Union for Conservation of Nature issued a set of guidelines in 2015 for scientists, tourists and other people who might encounter great apes. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "The likely ancestral origin of OC43 is a bovine coronavirus; the nearest neighbor for 229E is a llama coronavirus; and the others probably arose as inter- species jumps from the vast global reservoir of bat coronaviruses. \u2014 Donald S. Burke, STAT , 18 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1899, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin, appearance, kind, species, from specere to look \u2014 more at spy":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113-sh\u0113z",
      "\u02c8sp\u0113-(\u02cc)sh\u0113z",
      "-s\u0113z",
      "-(\u02cc)s\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bracket",
      "category",
      "class",
      "classification",
      "division",
      "family",
      "genus",
      "grade",
      "group",
      "kind",
      "league",
      "order",
      "rank(s)",
      "rubric",
      "set",
      "tier",
      "type"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072318",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "species counterpoint":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a traditional method of instruction in 16th-century counterpoint based on five increasingly demanding types of two-voice contrapuntal writing based on a preexisting cantus firmus":[
        "The discipline of species counterpoint was first put forth by Johann Joseph Fux in Gradus ad Parnassum (1725) as a tool for teaching composers.",
        "\u2014 Markand Thakar , Counterpoint , 1990",
        "\u2014 compare first species , second species , third species , fourth species , fifth species"
      ],
      ": counterpoint that follows the rules of species counterpoint":[
        "More recently, Schubert's exercises in species counterpoint and fugue for Salieri and Sechter have attracted attention \u2026",
        "\u2014 R. Larry Todd , Mendelssohn's Musical Education , 1983"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1947, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202807",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "specific":{
    "antonyms":[
      "cure",
      "drug",
      "medicament",
      "medication",
      "medicinal",
      "medicine",
      "pharmaceutical",
      "physic",
      "remedy"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a characteristic quality or trait":[],
      ": a drug or remedy having a specific mitigating effect on a disease":[
        "used as a specific against malaria"
      ],
      ": being any of various arbitrary physical constants and especially one relating a quantitative attribute to unit mass, volume, or area":[],
      ": constituting or falling into a specifiable category":[],
      ": details , particulars":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural haggling over the legal and financial specifics of independence \u2014 Time"
      ],
      ": exerting a distinctive influence (as on a body part or a disease)":[
        "specific antibodies"
      ],
      ": free from ambiguity : accurate":[
        "a specific statement of faith"
      ],
      ": imposed at a fixed rate per unit (as of weight or count)":[
        "specific import duties"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or constituting a species and especially a biological species":[],
      ": relating or applying specifically to or intended specifically for":[
        "gender -specific"
      ],
      ": restricted to a particular individual, situation, relation, or effect":[
        "a disease specific to horses"
      ],
      ": sharing or being those properties of something that allow it to be referred to a particular category":[],
      ": something peculiarly adapted to a purpose or use":[],
      ": specification sense 2a":[],
      "\u2014 compare ad valorem":[
        "specific import duties"
      ]
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    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Is there anything specific you want for dinner",
      "There is a specific word for this kind of feeling.",
      "a bird species that requires a specific environment",
      "We were each given a specific topic to talk about.",
      "The doctor gave the patient specific instructions on how to care for the wound.",
      "Can you be more specific ",
      "He gave her a ring\u2014or, to be more specific , he gave her an engagement ring.",
      "She was very specific \u2014you have to use a certain kind of tomato in the sauce.",
      "an education plan specific to each student's interests and abilities",
      "problems specific to this one housing project",
      "Noun",
      "quinine is a specific for malaria",
      "although the speech was long on rhetoric and platitudinous generalities, it lacked specifics",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Her films reimagine characters borrowed from politics, mythology, geology or science and travel across different dimensions of time and space, addressing the issues of an uncertain future through specific narratives and poetics. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 25 June 2022",
      "Others worked their phones to strategize with colleagues beyond Ojai about how to respond on all fronts, fundraising for tight races in local, state and federal midterm elections and for specific nonprofit and advocacy organizations. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 June 2022",
      "Bowie was never shy about acknowledging his influences, and many of his albums contain a cover or two, but Pin Ups has a specific aim: a sort of salute to a teen idol\u2019s teen idols. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 25 June 2022",
      "The constant tap into the information firehose means that Gen Z kids know something about a lot of niches of culture, or have gone super deep on a few specific topics that deeply fascinate them. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
      "Endgame in a specific way that\u2019s unlike most movies, Deadpool 2 included. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 25 June 2022",
      "Makolo did not respond to the specific incidents Ingabire spoke about. \u2014 Nimi Princewill, CNN , 24 June 2022",
      "The court's decision was about a specific law in New York, but it's being described as turning point for how the court looks at gun rights more broadly. \u2014 Benjy Sarlin, NBC News , 24 June 2022",
      "The Supreme Court's Thursday ruling which found unconstitutional a New York law requiring gun owners to show a specific need to carry a handgun in public has sent leaders scrambling to respond. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 24 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Roar\u2018s reach for the universal comes at the cost of the specific . \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Having previously turned movement into an ideal, almost abstract form, Yeoh is now bringing it back to the specific \u2014 a particular aging, female, Asian body housing a human being with complex emotions. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Jepsen\u2019s great trick is invoking the communal over the specific . \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The history is the specific to time and place elements. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "But her smaller-scale series showcase even better Winfrey\u2019s gift for breaking down the boundaries between the elites and the masses and for locating the universal in the specific or even the exceptional. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "In the hands of the Rodr\u00edguez brothers, this at times unbearably claustrophobic movie is constantly pushing us into the specific so as to get at something bigger, something more universal. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "His life is in many ways unique, but good writers can locate the universal in the specific . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "The fact that this came from that one weird specific is comedy gold, through and through. \u2014 Luke Kelly-clyne And Graham Techler, Vulture , 30 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "circa 1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin specificus , from Latin species":"Adjective and Combining form"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "spi-\u02c8si-fik",
      "sp\u0259-\u02c8si-fik",
      "spi-\u02c8sif-ik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for specific Adjective special , especial , specific , particular , individual mean of or relating to one thing or class. special stresses having a quality, character, identity, or use of its own. special ingredients especial may add implications of preeminence or preference. a matter of especial importance specific implies a quality or character distinguishing a kind or a species. children with specific nutritional needs particular stresses the distinctness of something as an individual. a ballet step of particular difficulty individual implies unequivocal reference to one of a class or group. valued each individual opinion explicit , definite , express , specific mean perfectly clear in meaning. explicit implies such verbal plainness and distinctness that there is no need for inference and no room for difficulty in understanding. explicit instructions definite stresses precise, clear statement or arrangement that leaves no doubt or indecision. the law is definite in such cases express implies both explicitness and direct and positive utterance. her express wishes specific applies to what is precisely and fully treated in detail or particular. two specific criticisms",
    "synonyms":[
      "concrete",
      "distinct",
      "especial",
      "express",
      "peculiar",
      "precise",
      "set",
      "special"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210550",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "combining form",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "specific volume":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the volume per unit mass of a substance : the reciprocal of the density":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141137",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "specific weight":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the weight of a substance per unit volume in absolute units equal to the density multiplied by the acceleration of gravity":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011918",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "specifically":{
    "antonyms":[
      "generally"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a specific manner : in a definite and exact way : with precision":[
        "instructed them specifically on how to proceed",
        "the people specifically named in the report",
        "The reasons for the change were not specifically mentioned.",
        "I specifically told her not to bother you.",
        "Knead the bread dough for several minutes, or, more specifically , until it forms a smooth ball."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "spi-\u02c8si-fi-k(\u0259-)l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "especially",
      "notably",
      "particularly",
      "specially"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170211",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "specificity":{
    "antonyms":[
      "generality"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the condition of being peculiar to a particular individual or group of organisms":[
        "host specificity of a parasite"
      ],
      ": the condition of participating in or catalyzing only one or a few chemical reactions":[
        "the specificity of an enzyme"
      ],
      ": the quality or condition of being specific : such as":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I was impressed by the specificity of her instructions.",
      "the specificity of your description of your medical condition was a bit more than I needed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Part of making something feel real is steeping it in the specificity and details that are intimate to someone who lives in a place, is from a place. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
      "The second is specificity , which refers to how well a test identifies people who don\u2019t have the markers of a disease (accurately identifying someone without Lyme disease). \u2014 Carley Millhone, SELF , 17 June 2022",
      "So, a lot of the little cultural specificity and authenticity is part of my DNA. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
      "Whether interacting or riffing solo, the fine Solas Nua actors deftly capitalize on both their characters\u2019 specificity and the heightened language. \u2014 Celia Wren, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "And while Disney has made similar inroads in other fare, nor should the significance of a Muslim-American hero and the show's cultural specificity be overlooked. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "Neuromodulation comes with a remarkable specificity , Hughes says. \u2014 Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics , 12 May 2022",
      "The writers have fabricated resonances, but these only elide the specificity of each woman\u2019s life. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "In the specificity of your storytelling, season two becomes this universal ride. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1875, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccspe-s\u0259-\u02c8fi-s\u0259-t\u0113",
      "\u02ccspes-\u0259-\u02c8fis-\u0259t-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "explicitness",
      "particularity"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162235",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "specify":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to include as an item in a specification":[],
      ": to name or state explicitly or in detail":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Can you specify the cause of the argument",
      "Specify the color and quantity when you order.",
      "He clearly specified California wine.",
      "The instructions do not specify what kind of screws to use.",
      "All subscriptions are for one year unless otherwise specified .",
      "At the specified time, we rang the bell.",
      "She agreed to the terms specified in the contract.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The committee debated but did not specify which formulation might work best. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
      "The family would not say whether Pegula remains in the intensive care unit of a Florida hospital or specify the medical issue in asking to continue respecting their need for privacy. \u2014 John Wawrow, Sun Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
      "The lawsuit is related to a HK$862.5 million ($110 million) financial obligation, which Evergrande doesn\u2019t specify in detail. \u2014 Yue Wang, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "The port authority plans to transfer more than $11 million to its infrastructure fund as well, which provides loans for building projects, although the budget doesn\u2019t specify any projects. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
      "One intriguing thing is that the current craft doesn\u2019t specify a way to strap any pilot or passengers on. \u2014 Rohit Jaggi, Robb Report , 16 June 2022",
      "Sabin did not describe the social media post in detail or specify the type of weapons seen in the post. \u2014 Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "The attorney general did not elaborate or specify whether Uhde had a previous connection to Roemer, saying the homicide investigation is ongoing. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
      "Ortega and the officer were not injured, though Planalp did not specify whether Ortega surrendered to police. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English specifien , from Anglo-French specifier , from Late Latin specificare , from specificus":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spe-s\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "define",
      "lay down",
      "prescribe"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090552",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "specimen":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a plant grown for exhibition or in the open to display its full development":[
        "specimen trees"
      ],
      ": a portion or quantity of material for use in testing, examination, or study":[
        "a urine specimen"
      ],
      ": an individual, item, or part considered typical of a group, class, or whole":[],
      ": person , individual":[
        "he's a tough specimen"
      ],
      ": something that obviously belongs to a particular category but is noticed by reason of an individual distinguishing characteristic":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The church is a magnificent specimen of baroque architecture.",
      "Her dance partner is a superb physical specimen .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This adult specimen photographed in Florida is approximately the size of a quarter or a little bigger. \u2014 Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American , 8 June 2022",
      "This vivid, bubblegum-pink specimen is no ho-hum crudit\u00e9-platter filler. \u2014 Sarah Karnasiewicz, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
      "Although the real Stan specimen is privately owned, the Black Hills Institute still retains the rights to make and sell casts of Stan's bones, according to National Geographic. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "The first specimen , Silutitan sinensis, is a new species of sauropod, an herbivore characterized by having a very long neck, long tail, large body and small head, according to study. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "The Psittacosaurus specimen with the belly button was unearthed in 2002 in China, found lying on its back. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 June 2022",
      "But some species, such as the male specimen from Fernandina, have a saddleback-style carapace in which the front of the upper shell above the head and neck arches upward, Jensen said. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 10 June 2022",
      "The car was recently announced and renders revealed; DeLorean says a physical specimen will debut in August at Pebble Beach, with production slated for 2024. \u2014 Bill Roberson, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "However, perennial herbs will eventually crowd each other out after a season or two, so my preference is to grow a single specimen in a container and surround it with some annual flowers to give it some color. \u2014 Susan Brownstein, cleveland , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from specere to look at, look \u2014 more at spy":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spe-s\u0259-m\u0259n",
      "\u02c8spes-m\u0259n",
      "\u02c8spes-(\u0259-)m\u0259n",
      "\u02c8spe-s\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for specimen instance , case , illustration , example , sample , specimen mean something that exhibits distinguishing characteristics in its category. instance applies to any individual person, act, or thing that may be offered to illustrate or explain. an instance of history repeating itself case is used to direct attention to a real or assumed occurrence or situation that is to be considered, studied, or dealt with. a case of mistaken identity illustration applies to an instance offered as a means of clarifying or illuminating a general statement. a telling illustration of Murphy's Law example applies to a typical, representative, or illustrative instance or case. a typical example of bureaucratic waste sample implies a part or unit taken at random from a larger whole and so presumed to be typical of its qualities. show us a sample of your work specimen applies to any example or sample whether representative or merely existent and available. one of the finest specimens of the jeweler's art",
    "synonyms":[
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      "being",
      "bird",
      "bod",
      "body",
      "character",
      "cookie",
      "cooky",
      "creature",
      "customer",
      "devil",
      "duck",
      "egg",
      "face",
      "fish",
      "guy",
      "head",
      "human",
      "human being",
      "individual",
      "life",
      "man",
      "mortal",
      "party",
      "person",
      "personage",
      "scout",
      "slob",
      "sort",
      "soul",
      "stiff",
      "thing",
      "wight"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082549",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "specious":{
    "antonyms":[
      "aboveboard",
      "forthright",
      "nondeceptive",
      "straightforward"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic":[
        "specious reasoning"
      ],
      ": having deceptive attraction or allure":[],
      ": showy":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Forty years ago I was not yet thirty, and my father still held to the hope that I would come to my senses, abandon the practice of journalism, and follow a career in one of the Wall Street money trades. As a young man during the Great Depression he had labored briefly as a city-room reporter for William Randolph Hearst's San Francisco Examiner , and he knew that the game was poorly paid and usually rigged, more often than not a matter of converting specious rumor into dubious fact. \u2014 Lewis H. Lapham , Harper's , February 2004",
      "By and large, they made these changes with specious explanations or no explanation at all. Today, when curricula list rhetoric as a subject, it usually means simply the study of how to write effectively. \u2014 Walter J. Ong , Orality and Literacy , (1982) 2002",
      "One must always guard the interests of one's constituency in the public forum even when its claims are weak or perhaps specious , lest one's opponents steal the march in the never-ending battle for resources or public support. \u2014 Robert Jackall et al. , Image Makers , 2000",
      "He justified his actions with specious reasoning.",
      "a specious argument that really does not stand up under close examination",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "However different the particulars are from the current American show trial, The Confession still goes to the heart of specious judicial behavior \u2014 and the nightmare of a country and its media accepting it as normal. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 15 June 2022",
      "But how the studies arrive at these error rates is dubious and without anti-expert experts to explain why these studies are flawed, courts and juries can and have been bamboozled into accepting specious claims. \u2014 David L. Faigman, Nicholas Scurich, Scientific American , 25 May 2022",
      "Trump had demanded audits and trumpeted specious findings as evidence of voter fraud. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
      "Because Lamar has his heart set on pleasing sociologists and pundits (the kind who mention his Pulitzer Prize as bona fides rather than a jinx), The Heart trades sincerity for specious authenticity. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 May 2022",
      "That argument is specious at best, though there\u2019s nothing wrong with the show allowing a fictionalized Betty to impart her belief. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "House and Senate map drawers defended their maps as constitutional and insisted the governor was leading lawmakers toward a court fight with specious legal footing. \u2014 Steve Contorno, CNN , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "The hospital has rejected some requests that relied on specious religious reasoning. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "The latter is what happened with a famous and specious claim about female fertility. \u2014 Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American , 23 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1513, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, visually pleasing, from Latin speciosus beautiful, plausible, from species":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beguiling",
      "deceitful",
      "deceiving",
      "deceptive",
      "deluding",
      "delusive",
      "delusory",
      "fallacious",
      "false",
      "misleading"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181029",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "specious present":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the time span of immediate consciousness : interval within which what is earlier may be distinguished from what is later though both are directly present to consciousness":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013421",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "speck":{
    "antonyms":[
      "blotch",
      "dapple",
      "dot",
      "fleck",
      "freckle",
      "marble",
      "mottle",
      "pepper",
      "shoot",
      "speckle",
      "splotch",
      "spot",
      "sprinkle",
      "stipple"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay":[],
      ": a very small amount : bit":[],
      ": something marked or marred with specks":[],
      ": to produce specks on or in":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "There was not a speck of dust anywhere.",
      "Soon the balloon was only a speck in the sky.",
      "She writes without a speck of humor.",
      "Verb",
      "dirt that had specked the windows of the factory for ages",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In fact, the pores in the cell membrane get so large that the speck conformation of the adapter protein can leave as well, along with other key particles necessary for cell survival. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
      "The Left Fork Fire is but a speck among them, yet its resilience may bode ill for a country under multiple red flag warnings and facing historic heat before the meteorological summer. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
      "But Alpine County, set in the far eastern reaches of the state, is a notable exception \u2014 a Democratic speck bobbing alone in a sea of red. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
      "By last week, Kritsky had received only 85 reports of stragglers, an infinitesimal speck when compared with the billions of bugs that swarmed us last year, right on schedule. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
      "Her contribution: Kummerspeck, which comes from the German kummer (grief) and speck (bacon). \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 June 2022",
      "Conklin has long enjoyed \u2014 even taken pride in \u2014 its speck -on-the-wall anonymity, a town unnoticed by and unconcerned with most of the outside world. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
      "These coalesced into droplets roughly one micrometer in size, or about the size of a speck of dust. \u2014 Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Everyone else in my family has a clear, classic Vietnamese complexion\u2014silky smooth, without a speck in sight. \u2014 Julie Tong, Vogue , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The 656-foot vessel, called the Golden Ray, has been lying since early September off a slice of the Georgia coast specked with resorts and sprawling high-dollar homes. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Nov. 2019",
      "Now, their territory has fewer than 1,000 residents and consists of about 7,300 acres, with roads wandering through woods specked with modest family homes. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2018",
      "For all its strengths, though, the series proves a bit of a slog, at times, as the wheels turn along the dusty, blood- specked road to wherever this maze leads. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 19 Apr. 2018",
      "To get into the spirit, order a ginger beer and rock shrimp fritters, fried balls of doughy goodness specked with bell pepper and spices that come steaming hot with a side of spicy mayo. \u2014 Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press , 12 Feb. 2018",
      "Moonchild is specked with obvious glitter, which could be a deterrent for some. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 15 Sep. 2017",
      "The majority of it, however, was specked with red SALE signs, noting that the red, white, and blue a-line miniskirt was 40 percent off (from $80 to $53.40) and white sculpting mid-rise skinny jeans (from $89 to $36.60). \u2014 Emily Jane Fox, vanityfair.com , 10 Aug. 2017",
      "The majority of it, however, was specked with red SALE signs, noting that the red, white, and blue a-line miniskirt was 40 percent off (from $80 to $53.40) and white sculpting mid-rise skinny jeans (from $89 to $36.60). \u2014 Emily Jane Fox, The Hive , 10 Aug. 2017"
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      "In fact, the pores in the cell membrane get so large that the speck conformation of the adapter protein can leave as well, along with other key particles necessary for cell survival. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
      "The Left Fork Fire is but a speck among them, yet its resilience may bode ill for a country under multiple red flag warnings and facing historic heat before the meteorological summer. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
      "But Alpine County, set in the far eastern reaches of the state, is a notable exception \u2014 a Democratic speck bobbing alone in a sea of red. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
      "By last week, Kritsky had received only 85 reports of stragglers, an infinitesimal speck when compared with the billions of bugs that swarmed us last year, right on schedule. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
      "Her contribution: Kummerspeck, which comes from the German kummer (grief) and speck (bacon). \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 June 2022",
      "Conklin has long enjoyed \u2014 even taken pride in \u2014 its speck -on-the-wall anonymity, a town unnoticed by and unconcerned with most of the outside world. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
      "These coalesced into droplets roughly one micrometer in size, or about the size of a speck of dust. \u2014 Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Everyone else in my family has a clear, classic Vietnamese complexion\u2014silky smooth, without a speck in sight. \u2014 Julie Tong, Vogue , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The 656-foot vessel, called the Golden Ray, has been lying since early September off a slice of the Georgia coast specked with resorts and sprawling high-dollar homes. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Nov. 2019",
      "Now, their territory has fewer than 1,000 residents and consists of about 7,300 acres, with roads wandering through woods specked with modest family homes. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2018",
      "For all its strengths, though, the series proves a bit of a slog, at times, as the wheels turn along the dusty, blood- specked road to wherever this maze leads. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 19 Apr. 2018",
      "To get into the spirit, order a ginger beer and rock shrimp fritters, fried balls of doughy goodness specked with bell pepper and spices that come steaming hot with a side of spicy mayo. \u2014 Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press , 12 Feb. 2018",
      "Moonchild is specked with obvious glitter, which could be a deterrent for some. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 15 Sep. 2017",
      "The majority of it, however, was specked with red SALE signs, noting that the red, white, and blue a-line miniskirt was 40 percent off (from $80 to $53.40) and white sculpting mid-rise skinny jeans (from $89 to $36.60). \u2014 Emily Jane Fox, vanityfair.com , 10 Aug. 2017",
      "The majority of it, however, was specked with red SALE signs, noting that the red, white, and blue a-line miniskirt was 40 percent off (from $80 to $53.40) and white sculpting mid-rise skinny jeans (from $89 to $36.60). \u2014 Emily Jane Fox, The Hive , 10 Aug. 2017"
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      "The brief summary of her life, written by daughters Barb Harvey and Mary Knotts, is just a tiny speckle of who Harvey was. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star , 24 Apr. 2020",
      "Sando\u2019s larger-than-life photographs of the beans luxuriate in their every curve, speckle and wrinkle, much like the high-definition photos of wheaten loops and marshmallows on cereal boxes. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "Males can have orange and red speckles on their front legs and bright green or yellow heads. \u2014 Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "Durat Available in over 300 colors including speckle options, Durat is a solid material that contains recycled post-industrial plastics. \u2014 Sally Kuchar, Sunset Magazine , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "One records the white speckle of aphid eggs on a patch of leaves. \u2014 Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times , 1 Oct. 2019",
      "Mites, of course, will be quite small and are often hard to see with the naked eye, but speckles left from their feeding can give the plant a bronzed or yellow look. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Nov. 2019",
      "Grown in small quantities in the Pacific Northwest, Forelle tells you it\u2019s ripe when the skin under its red speckles turns from green to yellow. \u2014 Robin Mather, chicagotribune.com , 23 Oct. 2019",
      "According to Shape, Lopez owns these Beyond Yoga leggings in three different shades, including black gunmetal, sandstone gold speckle , and blush rose gold. \u2014 Braelyn Wood, Health.com , 16 Oct. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Native oaks, evergreens, yew woods, and shrubs speckle in this UNESCO Biosphere Reserve \u2014 and the flora works in tandem for a mind-blowing sea of green. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Hot spots continue to speckle the U.S. map, many of them in line with low vaccination rates, but others in areas where vaccinations are among the highest. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Trickling water, guitar strings strummed ever so slightly, and what sounds like a buzzing insect or two speckle the prolific Blur and Gorillaz frontman's piecemeal musings on the natural world. \u2014 Jason Lamphier, EW.com , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "In Burkina Faso, for instance, farmers speckle still-empty fields with shallow pits known as zai that trap rain and can soak future roots. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Hester, Wired , 21 Aug. 2021",
      "Hundreds of firefighters raced across miles and miles of forest land, often outnumbering the populations of the small towns that speckle southern Oregon. \u2014 New York Times , 22 July 2021",
      "Reuters Towering wind turbines already speckle seas across Europe and Asia and a boom in construction is expected to bring an economic bonanza to the US East Coast. \u2014 Clarisa Diaz, Quartz , 28 June 2021",
      "Coho salmon, hundreds of them, speckle the upper bay\u2019s glassy surface. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Oct. 2020",
      "Either way, a $25,000 project is officially underway and set to speckle the length of Pleasant Street in 2021. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer , 5 Aug. 2020"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The brief summary of her life, written by daughters Barb Harvey and Mary Knotts, is just a tiny speckle of who Harvey was. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star , 24 Apr. 2020",
      "Sando\u2019s larger-than-life photographs of the beans luxuriate in their every curve, speckle and wrinkle, much like the high-definition photos of wheaten loops and marshmallows on cereal boxes. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "Males can have orange and red speckles on their front legs and bright green or yellow heads. \u2014 Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "Durat Available in over 300 colors including speckle options, Durat is a solid material that contains recycled post-industrial plastics. \u2014 Sally Kuchar, Sunset Magazine , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "One records the white speckle of aphid eggs on a patch of leaves. \u2014 Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times , 1 Oct. 2019",
      "Mites, of course, will be quite small and are often hard to see with the naked eye, but speckles left from their feeding can give the plant a bronzed or yellow look. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Nov. 2019",
      "Grown in small quantities in the Pacific Northwest, Forelle tells you it\u2019s ripe when the skin under its red speckles turns from green to yellow. \u2014 Robin Mather, chicagotribune.com , 23 Oct. 2019",
      "According to Shape, Lopez owns these Beyond Yoga leggings in three different shades, including black gunmetal, sandstone gold speckle , and blush rose gold. \u2014 Braelyn Wood, Health.com , 16 Oct. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Native oaks, evergreens, yew woods, and shrubs speckle in this UNESCO Biosphere Reserve \u2014 and the flora works in tandem for a mind-blowing sea of green. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Hot spots continue to speckle the U.S. map, many of them in line with low vaccination rates, but others in areas where vaccinations are among the highest. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Trickling water, guitar strings strummed ever so slightly, and what sounds like a buzzing insect or two speckle the prolific Blur and Gorillaz frontman's piecemeal musings on the natural world. \u2014 Jason Lamphier, EW.com , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "In Burkina Faso, for instance, farmers speckle still-empty fields with shallow pits known as zai that trap rain and can soak future roots. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Hester, Wired , 21 Aug. 2021",
      "Hundreds of firefighters raced across miles and miles of forest land, often outnumbering the populations of the small towns that speckle southern Oregon. \u2014 New York Times , 22 July 2021",
      "Reuters Towering wind turbines already speckle seas across Europe and Asia and a boom in construction is expected to bring an economic bonanza to the US East Coast. \u2014 Clarisa Diaz, Quartz , 28 June 2021",
      "Coho salmon, hundreds of them, speckle the upper bay\u2019s glassy surface. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Oct. 2020",
      "Either way, a $25,000 project is officially underway and set to speckle the length of Pleasant Street in 2021. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer , 5 Aug. 2020"
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        "\u2014 Garrison Keillor"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mark Gurman mentioned these specs in a new Power On newsletter. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 27 June 2022",
      "After more than five years of user feedback, the docking station has been redesigned from the ground up, incorporating plenty of new features and improved specs , while still providing three additional 4K displays with compatible laptops. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Blacks are inky and whites are luminous, with 2,400 lumens of brightness and a contrast ratio of up to 200,000:1, significantly higher than specs on the lower-cost projectors featured here. \u2014 Paul Schrodt, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
      "More Blazer EV specs will be released in July, including range estimates, horsepower and torque ratings, and possibly even pricing. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 13 June 2022",
      "Diving into specs , all the liquid products provided by the brand include 99% natural ingredients or are of natural origin and are biodegradable. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 6 June 2022",
      "From Princess Anne's sporty specs to Meghan Markle's enviable collection of sunnies, the royals are experts at choosing just the right pairs to blend classic elegance and cool. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 6 June 2022",
      "DeLorean hasn\u2019t shared more traditional vehicle specs such as horsepower and weight. \u2014 Diego Mendoza-moyers, San Antonio Express-News , 31 May 2022",
      "But the product looks poised to challenge the Alienware 34 QD-OLED, which offers similar specs . \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 24 May 2022"
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      "the multimedia spectacles that have become established parts of the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympic Games",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Played by a jowly and insistently unappealing Tom Hanks, Parker is the grandmaster of the tragic spectacle to follow. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
      "Five of the planets in our solar system were set to appear in a line across the early Friday morning sky, astronomers said, in a sky spectacle that won't be seen again for nearly 20 years. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
      "Still, some modern wrestlers cultivated fan bases in the late 1990s and early 2000s by treating beer consumption as spectacle and performative subversion. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
      "That includes violent rape to brutal whippings, castration, public spectacle lynchings, mob violence, convict leasing, false convictions and socio-economic marginalization, just to name a few. \u2014 Nai Ya Maji, Essence , 18 June 2022",
      "Also understand: My focus here is on the impact of the committee hearings as a national-television spectacle , not on their propriety. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 18 June 2022",
      "For fun and spectacle , this one can\u2019t be beat \u2014 and the food is top-notch, too. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "Welcome to the great transition, a spectacle that eclipses the Industrial Revolution. \u2014 Bill Adams, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Today\u2019s young stars still create pop-star spectacle with their clothes, stage shows, and, yes, videos. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074222",
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      "Some called for the return of the green- spectacled guy, others lamented how flat and generic the scheme looked. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz at Work , 15 Jan. 2020",
      "At Wild Geese Bookshop, a (sometimes) spectacled skeleton sits by the window with a stack of books, boning up on everything from survival skills to Queen Victoria. \u2014 Elizabeth Depompei, Indianapolis Star , 18 Oct. 2019",
      "For the banker\u2019s gift, Kuhl came up with a bright-orange collage-style image: a mashup of elements taken directly from scans of Indian paper money, the most prominent feature of which is the spectacled visage of Mohandas Gandhi. \u2014 David Wolman, WIRED , 18 May 2012",
      "With his spectacled face, cozy sweaters, and dry, endearingly sincere style of delivery, comedian Joe Pera is a bit of an enigma in the modern stand-up scene. \u2014 Nick Vadala, Philly.com , 16 June 2017"
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      "The non-ursine bears, the giant panda and spectacled bear , split off the line earlier. \u2014 Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine , 10 Nov. 2017"
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      "Five of the planets in our solar system were set to appear in a line across the early Friday morning sky, astronomers said, in a sky spectacle that won't be seen again for nearly 20 years. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
      "Still, some modern wrestlers cultivated fan bases in the late 1990s and early 2000s by treating beer consumption as spectacle and performative subversion. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
      "That includes violent rape to brutal whippings, castration, public spectacle lynchings, mob violence, convict leasing, false convictions and socio-economic marginalization, just to name a few. \u2014 Nai Ya Maji, Essence , 18 June 2022",
      "Also understand: My focus here is on the impact of the committee hearings as a national-television spectacle , not on their propriety. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 18 June 2022",
      "For fun and spectacle , this one can\u2019t be beat \u2014 and the food is top-notch, too. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "Welcome to the great transition, a spectacle that eclipses the Industrial Revolution. \u2014 Bill Adams, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Today\u2019s young stars still create pop-star spectacle with their clothes, stage shows, and, yes, videos. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022"
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      "It\u2019s not a quick drive \u2014 about 310 miles from L.A. City Hall to Mammoth via 395 \u2014 but parts are spectacular . \u2014 Christopher Reynoldsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
      "While these outputs can be spectacular , however, a growing chorus of experts warn that companies aren\u2019t adequately tempering the hype. \u2014 Karen Hao And Miles Kruppa, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
      "Winner Chase Elliott\u2019s celebration there was spectacular last year. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
      "This is a must-see as the waterfall is spectacular and there are many rainbows in the canyon on sunny days. \u2014 Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine , 24 June 2022",
      "The fashion weeks in other countries are just as spectacular . \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Curry has been spectacular offensively, averaging 31.3 points in the Finals, but Boston\u2019s stout defense has limited the rest of the Warriors through three games. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
      "While the final details of this year\u2019s menu remain under wraps for now, with these three steady hands in the kitchen, this year\u2019s Met gala menu is set to be just as spectacular as the fashion on the red carpet. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "It\u2019s a spectacular set of functions for one molecule to handle, and Karsenty thinks they\u2019re all linked to a stress response that early vertebrates \u2014 animals with backbones \u2014 evolved for survival. \u2014 Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Eight other friends and family members join Don and Tarrie on the Fourth of July at Huntington Beach, rubbing the sleep from their eyes at 6 a.m. to prep for the spectacular . \u2014 Li Anne Liew, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
      "This three-day spectacular will feature delicious food from vendors such as Sweets & Meats BBQ, Turkey's R Us, Big Dog's Pizza, Graeter's, and more. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
      "Home to the world's tallest building and the world's deepest pool, Dubai is a hub for the spectacular -- from its architecture all the way down to its food. \u2014 Chelsea Lee, CNN , 21 June 2022",
      "The celebratory spectacular will illuminate the New York City skyline on Monday, July 4th, beginning around 9:25 PM ET. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 16 June 2022",
      "The Donna Summer Musical, the show will no doubt to be a Broadway spectacular . \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 12 June 2022",
      "Bruce Willis is the hero, Gary Oldman the villain, Chris Tucker the comic relief and Milla Jovovich the only one who can save Earth from annihilation in Luc Besson\u2019s eye-popping 1997 sci-fi/action spectacular . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "This spectacular -looking audio system brings together the superb new K2 version of Focal\u2019s bestselling Aria 926 floorstanding speakers with Naim\u2019s award-winning Uniti Star streaming amplifier. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Basically, all the trite notions that eventually would give way to superstars offering the spectacular during the penultimate round of the postseason. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 18 May 2022"
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      "Yet the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran may prompt an already tenuous security situation to spiral, raising the specter of a nuclear arms race in the volatile region. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 12 June 2022",
      "Prolonged drought gripped equatorial eastern Africa, raising the specter of famine for millions of people in the Horn of Africa. \u2014 Paul Duginski, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "Friday's report confirmed that all five patients whose samples were sequenced showed signs of the same virus type, raising the specter of a possible causal link. \u2014 Bloomberg, Arkansas Online , 2 May 2022",
      "Friday\u2019s report confirmed that all five patients whose samples were sequenced showed signs of the same virus type, raising the specter of a possible causal link. \u2014 Bloomberg News, oregonlive , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Crucially for the association\u2019s future, the ruling also made the N.C.A.A. more vulnerable to antitrust litigation, raising the specter of more legal battles for a group that has spent tens of millions of dollars defending itself in recent years. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "On Saturday, Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry tried to counter the dominant international narrative by again raising the specter of Ukraine planting false flags and misinformation. \u2014 Adam Schreck, Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "On Saturday, Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry tried to counter the dominant international narrative by again raising the specter of Ukraine planting false flags and misinformation. \u2014 Adam Schreck And Cara Anna, chicagotribune.com , 9 Apr. 2022"
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      "There is Roblox Charli XCX, unintentionally haunted by a T-posing specter of herself. \u2014 Kayti Burt, refinery29.com , 22 June 2022",
      "Yet the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran may prompt an already tenuous security situation to spiral, raising the specter of a nuclear arms race in the volatile region. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 12 June 2022",
      "Prolonged drought gripped equatorial eastern Africa, raising the specter of famine for millions of people in the Horn of Africa. \u2014 Paul Duginski, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "Friday's report confirmed that all five patients whose samples were sequenced showed signs of the same virus type, raising the specter of a possible causal link. \u2014 Bloomberg, Arkansas Online , 2 May 2022",
      "Friday\u2019s report confirmed that all five patients whose samples were sequenced showed signs of the same virus type, raising the specter of a possible causal link. \u2014 Bloomberg News, oregonlive , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Crucially for the association\u2019s future, the ruling also made the N.C.A.A. more vulnerable to antitrust litigation, raising the specter of more legal battles for a group that has spent tens of millions of dollars defending itself in recent years. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "On Saturday, Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry tried to counter the dominant international narrative by again raising the specter of Ukraine planting false flags and misinformation. \u2014 Adam Schreck, Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "On Saturday, Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry tried to counter the dominant international narrative by again raising the specter of Ukraine planting false flags and misinformation. \u2014 Adam Schreck And Cara Anna, chicagotribune.com , 9 Apr. 2022"
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      "Enlarge / Nickel, sulfur, and chlorine elemental distribution maps of one side of King Tut's dagger, analyzed with portable XRF spectroscopy . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "One step was to analyze the chemical content of the fossil through scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS). \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
      "Enlarge / NIST used a spectroscopy technique called photothermal induced resonance to identify the metal soaps in the paint sample. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The next parameter is tissue oxygenation in the leg muscles, as measured with near-infrared spectroscopy , which basically involves shining infrared light through the skin and measuring how much is absorbed by oxygen-rich hemoglobin. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 25 Nov. 2020",
      "Scientists like Hasson hope to advance a third approach using airborne imaging spectroscopy , essentially mounting a fancier version of the laser on his sled to planes, a more efficient research method. \u2014 Lois Parshley, Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2022",
      "That includes a process called nanoimprint fabrication and a kind of spectroscopy to analyze the saliva sample, which is using laser light to look at amplified molecules. \u2014 Meredith Cohn, Baltimore Sun , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy (O-PTIR)\u2014ideal for rapidly identifying chemical compounds at resolutions of around 500 nanometers\u2014uses a green laser light in combination with pulses of infrared light to heat a sample. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Armed with this data, the researchers then looked at high-resolution spectroscopy data about the elements in the \u03b1 Centauri A and \u03b1 Centauri B stars\u2014which provided them information about 22 elements. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 11 Mar. 2022"
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      "The more comprehensive documents might be worthwhile to facilitate tax planning (or on the opposite end of the wealth spectrum Medicaid planning). \u2014 Martin Shenkman, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "Colorescience's sunscreen stick has it all: Broad spectrum SPF 50 protection, a mineral, water resistant formula and several hydrating ingredients including jojoba and squalane. \u2014 Catharine Malzahn, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
      "CBDfx Joint and Mobility Pet Treats are sold in a 30-count bag with 15 mg of broad spectrum CBD per serving. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "Where along the extinction-event spectrum the present warming will place us is, for the first time in Earth's history, up to just one species. \u2014 Chris Mays, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
      "The real strength of the show is the workplace relationships, most notably the surprising bond that forms between Nicholas and Howard, who are at opposite ends of the personality spectrum . \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Since all wireless data is carried via electromagnetic waves, governments have carved up the entire spectrum and auctioned off radio frequencies measured in hertz for specific services including satellite communication. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
      "The coalition members spanned the Israeli political spectrum , with little binding them together beyond opposition to Netanyahu. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 21 June 2022",
      "Telus and Bell share spectrum , so in general, where Telus installs its network, Bell customers will get access, and vice versa. \u2014 Sascha Segan, PCMAG , 17 June 2022"
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      "After Gronkowski's Tampa Bay teammate Tom Brady decided to return for another NFL season after initially announcing his retirement, fans began to speculate whether the tight end would play for another year. \u2014 Robin Raven, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
      "Historians say this brick building is likely the oldest structure standing in Charleston, but local residents speculate over whether anyone was ever killed at the site. \u2014 Maya Eaglin, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
      "With each new fight, Twitter\u2019s stock price has fallen, causing Wall Street to speculate that Musk may not go through with the deal. \u2014 Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Just days before, the 28-time Grammy Award winner scrubbed her profile pictures across all of her social media accounts, prompting the BeyHive to speculate that new music may be on the way. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
      "Along the way, MicroStrategy transformed itself from a middling software company into a stock-trader vehicle to speculate on the future value of bitcoin. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 14 June 2022",
      "Although Apple was mentioned in a few sessions where an Apple entrance into the virtual market could impact the demand for virtual reality, very few were even willing to speculate on what Apple was doing in this space. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "That prompted Pasley, 44, an Iraq veteran, to speculate that the Army\u2019s priorities were shifting away from the Middle East and Afghanistan. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 10 June 2022",
      "Sightings by military personnel have been especially high, leading some to speculate that military equipment and facilities may be of particular interest to whomever is behind the unidentified craft, including a foreign military. \u2014 Shane Harris, Anchorage Daily News , 17 May 2022"
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      "1599, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":""
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for speculate think , cogitate , reflect , reason , speculate , deliberate mean to use one's powers of conception, judgment, or inference. think is general and may apply to any mental activity, but used alone often suggests attainment of clear ideas or conclusions. teaches students how to think cogitate implies deep or intent thinking. cogitated on the mysteries of nature reflect suggests unhurried consideration of something recalled to the mind. reflecting on fifty years of married life reason stresses consecutive logical thinking. able to reason brilliantly in debate speculate implies reasoning about things theoretical or problematic. speculated on the fate of the lost explorers deliberate suggests slow or careful reasoning before forming an opinion or reaching a conclusion or decision. the jury deliberated for five hours",
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      ": assumption of unusual business risk in hopes of obtaining commensurate gain":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He dismissed their theories as mere speculation .",
      "The book is just a lot of idle speculation about the future.",
      "Her speculations leave many questions unanswered.",
      "He lost everything in foolish land speculation .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But 14 years after the publication of the paper that sparked the blockchain revolution, this remains pure speculation . \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
      "This post was originally published on June 25 Apple's iPhone 14 design changes leaked months ago, but speculation around their performance has proved much more controversial. \u2014 Gordon Kelly, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "Thurston was first to confirm her split from Hersey, 28, after fan speculation . \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
      "Several sites have Irving, who has a player option and has NBA trade speculation swirling around him, ranked as the No. 1 point guard in 2022 NBA free agency. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022",
      "Also on the panel, Jon Cunliffe, a deputy governor at the Bank of England, likened the market crash to the dot com bubble, where excessive speculation led to U.S. tech stock valuations ballooning in the 1990s before the bubble burst in 2000. \u2014 Camomile Shumba, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
      "Those marketplace constraints were further compounded in Boston where speculation had been swirling for weeks about a potential front-runner, which many observers feared may have dampened candidate interest. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "However, all of that is nothing more than reasonable speculation , as Marvel has yet to announce any new plans for the Avengers franchise. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 23 June 2022",
      "Despite speculation that the team might trade one of its stars or rotation pieces away, or at least purchase a pick in the second round, the front office stands pat aside from two minor moves. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012037",
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      "His conclusions are highly speculative .",
      "a writer with a speculative mind",
      "a speculative boom in housing construction",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As interest rates rise and an array of economic hardships have dragged down highflying companies, investors have also fled speculative assets, like cryptocurrencies. \u2014 Hamza Shaban, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
      "As the Federal Reserve has been unwinding its easy-money policies to fight inflation, investors have been dumping more speculative assets. \u2014 Vicky Ge Huang, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
      "By contrast, beware highly speculative assets like cryptocurrency. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 20 June 2022",
      "For example, rising interest rates, high inflation and geopolitical risks have weighed on all speculative assets this year. \u2014 Krisztian Sandor, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
      "Since their value has plummeted over the past month, NFTs have been criticized by major news outlets as scams and speculative assets. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "High interest rates have a particularly big impact on speculative assets. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 12 May 2022",
      "The Federal Reserve is starting to pull back on monthly bond purchases and other stimulus which could be bad news for all sorts of speculative assets. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 9 May 2022",
      "Tightening monetary policy to combat runaway inflation and ebbing liquidity are turning investors away from speculative assets across global markets. \u2014 al , 9 May 2022"
    ],
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "She has to make a speech at the convention.",
      "a graduation speech about embracing future challenges",
      "I was so flustered that I momentarily lost the power of speech .",
      "Slang is used mostly in informal speech .",
      "Many words are more common in speech than in writing.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Kross gave 89 participants five minutes to prepare a speech . \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
      "King, just 39 years old, made his last soaring public speech on the night of April 3, 1968. \u2014 Fox News , 2 July 2022",
      "Immediately after Xi\u2019s speech , thousands of protesters gathered for an annual march demanding greater democracy. \u2014 Austin Ramzy And Vivian Wang, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
      "Gayle Manchin had some questions when a woman commented in a recent speech that those who speak with a twang or drawl face some assumptions about their intellect. \u2014 Bo Erickson, CBS News , 30 June 2022",
      "Though its supporters deny it, speech has also been curtailed in the name of national security. \u2014 Karson Yiu, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
      "In one of those cases, the court said a public school football coach's prayers on the 50-yard line after games is private speech protected by the First Amendment. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
      "Xi is due to attend Lee\u2019s swearing-in ceremony on July 1, where analysts will pick over details in the president's speech for indications of how Beijing expects Hong Kong to develop over the next five years. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
      "In a short speech upon arrival, Xi declared Hong Kong a testament to the principle\u2019s success. \u2014 Stephanie Yangstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
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      "Middle English speche , from Old English spr\u01e3c, sp\u01e3c ; akin to Old English sprecan to speak \u2014 more at speak":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053517",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114120",
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      "noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202704",
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      "noun"
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      "noun"
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      ": any of the organs (such as the larynx, tongue, or lips) playing a part in the production of articulate speech":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185525",
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      "noun"
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      "noun"
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      ": an electronic instrument for speech analysis that halves the speed of recorded speech and avoids the reduced or lost intelligibility of reduced pitch by doubling the halved pitch":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081411",
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      "noun"
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      ": therapeutic treatment of impairments and disorders of speech, voice, language, communication, and swallowing":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1912, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094737",
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      ": the usually abbreviated name of a character in a play written or printed before each of his speeches in the play":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084436",
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      "noun"
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      ": to make a speech":[]
    },
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      "We had to listen to him speechify about what a wonderful governor he would be.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That\u2019s less the case in the equally unproductive covid-era, where the co-hosts, broadcasting from their homes, are now given minute-long soapboxes to speechify on the issue du jour. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "There is a good deal of speechifying \u2014 indeed, the finale is made up of literal speeches \u2014 to make big points and to let the actors run. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2020",
      "Senators now have a chance to speak in the Senate chamber for the first time during the trial, with 10 minutes allotted to each of them to speechify . \u2014 Noah Weiland, New York Times , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "In years past, realignment was fraught, as caucus-goers would (often loudly) cajole and speechify in an effort to convince their friends and neighbors to join their preferred candidate. \u2014 Time , 2 Feb. 2020",
      "Of all the candidates, Warren had the easiest time answering questions directly and briefly rather than speechifying . \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2019",
      "Which brings me back to Papou Pete, who didn\u2019t like speechifying politicians. \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 25 Sep. 2019",
      "The blocking is formal, with the actors often in stand-and- speechify mode. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Sep. 2019",
      "Families sob and squabble and speechify to camera, but there are also educational infographics and maps showing responses sailing in from all over the world. \u2014 Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED , 16 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1723, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115628",
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      ": unable to speak : dumb":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I was speechless with shock.",
      "Your story left me speechless .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Blair was made speechless by the gesture, this time from gratitude. \u2014 Wendy Kaur, ELLE , 18 May 2022",
      "The label is known for its head-turning dresses, like the viral Fairy Dress which is leaving users speechless during try-ons, or its crossbody floss halter number. \u2014 Andrea Navarro, Glamour , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Keith Urban \u2014 temporarily speechless after a performance by H.E.R., Lenny Kravitz, and Travis Barker \u2014 presented the award at the top of the third hour of the ceremony to the superduo otherwise known as Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Chris Rock and Will Smith had a tense moment at the Oscars \u2014 one that caught the comedian off guard, leaving him momentarily speechless . \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "This week\u2019s preview is no exception, as Japanese Breakfast singer Michelle Zauner is left speechless as two SNL vets go ham on the signature vocal stylings of this week\u2019s host, Russian Doll star Natasha Lyonne. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 20 May 2022",
      "People get paralyzed, perplexed, almost speechless and cannot answer well at the moment\u2014and so, the innovative topic or new idea is off the table. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Head coach Roy Corona was almost speechless after winning his first ever state title and in such thrilling fashion. \u2014 Austin Nicholson, The Arizona Republic , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "While her counterpart might have been speechless about Watkins, Mitty coach Sue Phillips had plenty of praise to heap on the Trailblazers\u2019 multi-faceted dynamo. \u2014 Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022"
    ],
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "mute",
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      "silent",
      "uncommunicative",
      "wordless"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112058",
    "type":[
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      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[
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      ": unable to speak : dumb":[]
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      "I was speechless with shock.",
      "Your story left me speechless .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Blair was made speechless by the gesture, this time from gratitude. \u2014 Wendy Kaur, ELLE , 18 May 2022",
      "The label is known for its head-turning dresses, like the viral Fairy Dress which is leaving users speechless during try-ons, or its crossbody floss halter number. \u2014 Andrea Navarro, Glamour , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Keith Urban \u2014 temporarily speechless after a performance by H.E.R., Lenny Kravitz, and Travis Barker \u2014 presented the award at the top of the third hour of the ceremony to the superduo otherwise known as Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Chris Rock and Will Smith had a tense moment at the Oscars \u2014 one that caught the comedian off guard, leaving him momentarily speechless . \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "This week\u2019s preview is no exception, as Japanese Breakfast singer Michelle Zauner is left speechless as two SNL vets go ham on the signature vocal stylings of this week\u2019s host, Russian Doll star Natasha Lyonne. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 20 May 2022",
      "People get paralyzed, perplexed, almost speechless and cannot answer well at the moment\u2014and so, the innovative topic or new idea is off the table. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Head coach Roy Corona was almost speechless after winning his first ever state title and in such thrilling fashion. \u2014 Austin Nicholson, The Arizona Republic , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "While her counterpart might have been speechless about Watkins, Mitty coach Sue Phillips had plenty of praise to heap on the Trailblazers\u2019 multi-faceted dynamo. \u2014 Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022"
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014151",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181033",
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      "She is the President's principal speechwriter .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Former speechwriter Reid Lidow failed to make the runoff in his bid for city controller. \u2014 David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "Keeping an open mind, the speechwriter asks to see both. \u2014 Douglas Brinkley, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "Entangled with these riveting accounts is the history and anatomy of the political speech as a genre and of professional speechwriting and its peculiar self-effacing power: the speechwriter as witness to and author of great events. \u2014 Priya Satia, The New Republic , 20 May 2022",
      "Goodwin now had a hot hand, and Johnson sought to bring him to the White House as his domestic affairs speechwriter . \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Bacchus was a reporter for the Sanford Herald from 1964 to 1968, a reporter and columnist in Florida and Washington, D.C. for the Orlando Sentinel from 1968 to 1973, and a spokesman and speechwriter for Gov. Reubin Askew from 1974 to 1976. \u2014 Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
      "They were introduced by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., the historian and presidential speechwriter . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
      "Hills, who previously worked as a reporter, anchorman and speechwriter , is a lecturer in public policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. \u2014 Rusty Hills, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Since Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine began, the entire staff of Mr. Schr\u00f6der\u2019s parliamentary office resigned in protest, including his chief of staff and speechwriter of 20 years, who had been with him since his days as chancellor. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Apr. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064946",
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      ": the time during which a camera shutter is open":[],
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      "Noun",
      "This instrument measures wind speed .",
      "The machine was operating at high speed .",
      "traveling at nearly the speed of light",
      "Under the right conditions the car can reach speeds over 200 miles an hour.",
      "The vehicle maintained a speed of 40 miles per hour.",
      "The work was done with remarkable speed .",
      "This computer works at a much faster processing speed than my old one.",
      "The machine chops up tree branches and leaves with speed and ease.",
      "Verb",
      "A group of kids sped past us on their bikes.",
      "They jumped in the car and sped away.",
      "A car was speeding down the street.",
      "An ambulance sped her to the hospital.",
      "I got pulled over twice last month because I was speeding on the highway.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Sign up to receive ProPublica\u2019s biggest stories as soon as they\u2019re published, and sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on essential coverage of Texas issues. \u2014 Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
      "The delays have caught the attention of Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, who said he\u2019s spent the first months in office getting up to speed on the issue. \u2014 Dylan Jackson, ajc , 29 June 2022",
      "After overcoming initial challenges\u2014including getting suppliers up to speed , and two battery fires that led to a three-month grounding\u2014Boeing has delivered more than 1,000 of the jets, with firm orders for about 400 more. \u2014 Andrew Tangel, WSJ , 26 June 2022",
      "First of all, just finding guys who were available and wanted to do it and then getting them up to speed as actors",
      "Malley appeared to speed -read it, entered a kind of trance, and started talking in voices that were not his own. \u2014 Chris Heath, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
      "All that has led to a feeling of uncertainty over not only whether, but also how fast, Germany can get its military up to speed . \u2014 Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
      "First of all, just finding guys who were available and wanted to do it and then getting them up to speed as actors",
      "Brown and Murray have spent much of the offseason working out together in the Dallas area, going over the Cardinals\u2019 offense and play signals to quickly help bring Brown up to speed . \u2014 Bob Mcmanaman, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Which automated trucking company is poised to speed ahead in terms of innovation and market share",
      "The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the city\u2019s public buses, wants to speed them up in Queens, in part by getting rid of stops and adapting to modern traffic patterns, making routes straighter and more direct. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "The city will also reduce taxes on car purchases, expedite approvals of construction projects, and speed up the issuance of government bonds in order to boost the local economy. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 29 May 2022",
      "The deal will see the two countries work together to develop and deploy technologies that will speed up that clean energy transition, particularly in the area of offshore wind power, zero-emissions vehicles and hydrogen. \u2014 Frank Jordans, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
      "Assembly Republican leader James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) criticized state Democrats for the decision to speed up the review of bills in the wake of this week\u2019s Texas attack. \u2014 Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Five years ago, the Food and Drug Administration launched a new program with the best of intentions: to speed the development and review of cutting-edge and potentially lifesaving medical devices, all in the name of getting them to patients faster. \u2014 Katie Palmer And Mario Aguilar, STAT , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Waterproof, protecting a train that would speed between San Francisco and Oakland in just 11 minutes",
      "There is also good reason to believe that the upheaval brought by Russia's war will speed the transition to clean energy in the long run. \u2014 Ella Nilsen, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3a":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7":"Noun"
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      "Middle English spede , from Old English sp\u0113d ; akin to Old High German spuot prosperity, speed, Old English sp\u014dwan to succeed, Latin spes hope, Lithuanian sp\u0117ti to be in time":"Noun"
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      "\u02c8sp\u0113d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for speed Noun haste , hurry , speed , expedition , dispatch mean quickness in movement or action. haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness. marry in haste hurry often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion. in the hurry of departure she forgot her toothbrush speed suggests swift efficiency in movement or action. exercises to increase your reading speed expedition and dispatch both imply speed and efficiency in handling affairs but expedition stresses ease or efficiency of performance and dispatch stresses promptness in concluding matters. the case came to trial with expedition paid bills with dispatch",
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      "haste",
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      "speediness",
      "swiftness",
      "velocity"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170240",
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": acceleration":[],
      ": an employer's demand for accelerated output without increased pay":[]
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    "examples":[
      "I'd like to see some speedup in the selection process.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Qiskit Runtime improvements created a 100x speedup in iterative circuit execution workloads. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Qiskit Runtime and Runtime primitives will continue to play an essential role in IBM\u2019s future plans and it is expected to increase speedup from today\u2019s 120x to 200,000x sometime in the future. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Yet that task was contrived to show a speedup and was of no inherent interest. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "Despite the speedup of its vaccine rollout and a drop in daily new infections, Japan continues to see close to 100 deaths from Covid-19 every day. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 3 June 2021",
      "Many aspects of modern finance, such as complex securities pricing, portfolio optimization and forecasting, rely on algorithms that are susceptible to potential quadratic or exponential speedup using quantum computers. \u2014 Paul Lipman, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "Perhaps the most famous quantum speedup comes from Shor's algorithm, which can find the factors of numbers (e.g. 5 and 3 are factors of 15) almost exponentially faster than the best classical algorithms. \u2014 Ian Durham, Scientific American , 20 Feb. 2021",
      "Without a significant speedup , vaccinating enough people in the United States to achieve herd immunity will take years, not months. \u2014 Isaac Stanley-becker, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Dec. 2020",
      "Hamlington and colleagues first reported signs of the speedup in 2018 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. \u2014 Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS , 18 Nov. 2020"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "\u02c8sp\u0113d-\u02cc\u0259p"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073117",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a box containing a speed-changing device for the main drive of a lathe or similar machine":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140910",
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      "noun"
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      ": a dose of cocaine mixed with heroin or morphine or an amphetamine and usually taken by injection":[],
      ": a game which resembles soccer but in which a ball caught in the air may be passed with the hands and in which a score is made by kicking or heading the ball between the goalposts or by a successful forward pass over the goal line":[],
      ": one that is outstandingly fast":[],
      ": to take a speedball especially by injection":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Some 18 months later, the 27-year-old Neo-expressionist master died from a speedball overdose. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "One of the latest transplant recipients is the 2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye, a 797-hp speedball of nostalgia and excess. \u2014 Maxwell B. Mortimer, Car and Driver , 23 Nov. 2020",
      "One of the latest transplant recipients is the 2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye, a 797-hp speedball of nostalgia and excess. \u2014 Maxwell B. Mortimer, Car and Driver , 23 Nov. 2020",
      "One of the latest transplant recipients is the 2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye, a 797-hp speedball of nostalgia and excess. \u2014 Maxwell B. Mortimer, Car and Driver , 23 Nov. 2020",
      "One of the latest transplant recipients is the 2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye, a 797-hp speedball of nostalgia and excess. \u2014 Maxwell B. Mortimer, Car and Driver , 23 Nov. 2020",
      "One of the latest transplant recipients is the 2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye, a 797-hp speedball of nostalgia and excess. \u2014 Maxwell B. Mortimer, Car and Driver , 23 Nov. 2020",
      "One of the latest transplant recipients is the 2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye, a 797-hp speedball of nostalgia and excess. \u2014 Maxwell B. Mortimer, Car and Driver , 23 Nov. 2020",
      "One of the latest transplant recipients is the 2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye, a 797-hp speedball of nostalgia and excess. \u2014 Maxwell B. Mortimer, Car and Driver , 23 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1970, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113d-\u02ccb\u022fl"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211801",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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  "speedboat":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fast launch or motorboat":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "From here, tourists take either a speedboat or a seaplane to their resort on the island of choice. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 4 June 2022",
      "Whereas a conventional speedboat \u2019s displacement hull creates small waves that can causes erosion to shorelines, beaches or reefs, the Voyager will barely leave a trace on the water\u2019s surface, according to the company. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
      "Gunrunners move illicit items across the St. Lawrence River via speedboat during the summer and snowmobile in the winter. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 12 June 2022",
      "A year later, the pair was spotted soaking up the sun aboard a speedboat and waterskiing in the Caribbean ahead of Prince William's training for the special forces. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
      "Jumeirah Maldives Olahali Island is accessible by speedboat or a quick 15-minute seaplane ride from the international airport, which makes traveling with little ones easier. \u2014 Sandra Ramani, Robb Report , 7 May 2022",
      "Belt emerged from the left-field corner, at Oracle Park, standing in the back of a speedboat pulled by a truck along the third-base stands. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "The brainchild of Arc\u2019s co-founders Mitch Lee and Ryan Cook, the speedboat takes cues from aerospace design. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Guests fly in the hotel's eight-seat plane to its private airstrip, then finish up the journey on a speedboat to the hotel. \u2014 Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure , 27 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "\u02c8sp\u0113d-\u02ccb\u014dt"
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      "motorboat",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073254",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "speedily":{
    "antonyms":[
      "slow"
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    "examples":[
      "They wished her a speedy recovery.",
      "a speedy worker but not a very careful one, unfortunately",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thanks to rising prices, Biden hasn't gotten much credit for the nation's speedy economic recovery, and a slowdown will likely be even harder to explain and convey to voters. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 4 June 2022",
      "The 6-foot-4, 241-pound Walker is a speedy , playmaking linebacker who ran the 40-yard dash in 4.52 seconds at the NFL Combine in February. \u2014 Rob Reischel, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Since then, there\u2019s been a Boss Wagon about every decade, with the most recent being K.C. Colwell\u2019s Mazda 5 made speedy . \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The speedy running back is expected to fit right in for the Cardinals, who are still looking for their home run threat at running back. \u2014 Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Also moving to wideout is speedy defensive back Marquez Beason, who had a summer hamstring injury. \u2014 Terry Towery, chicagotribune.com , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "Fast-food restaurants have been supplementing servers and cashiers with self-serve kiosks for about a decade, in a bid to bump up profit margins and keep the ordering process speedy . \u2014 Katie Deighton, WSJ , 30 June 2021",
      "Celebrity hairstylist Clariss Rubenstein loves T3 hair dryers for their speedy dry time and frizz-free results. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
      "Durable nonces on Solana are designed for token-holders with complex offline signing setups that can\u2019t always prep their transactions fast enough for the speedy network. \u2014 Austen Erblat, Sun Sentinel , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113-d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for speedy fast , rapid , swift , fleet , quick , speedy , hasty , expeditious mean moving, proceeding, or acting with celerity. fast and rapid are very close in meaning, but fast applies particularly to the thing that moves fast horses and rapid to the movement itself. rapid current swift suggests great rapidity coupled with ease of movement. returned the ball with one swift stroke fleet adds the implication of lightness and nimbleness. fleet runners quick suggests promptness and the taking of little time. a quick wit speedy implies quickness of successful accomplishment speedy delivery of mail and may also suggest unusual velocity. hasty suggests hurry and precipitousness and often connotes carelessness. a hasty inspection expeditious suggests efficiency together with rapidity of accomplishment. the expeditious handling of an order",
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      "fleet-footed",
      "flying",
      "galloping",
      "hasty",
      "hot",
      "lightning",
      "nippy",
      "quick",
      "rapid",
      "rapid-fire",
      "rattling",
      "snappy",
      "splitting",
      "swift",
      "whirlwind",
      "zippy"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093359",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
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  "speediness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "slow"
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    "examples":[
      "They wished her a speedy recovery.",
      "a speedy worker but not a very careful one, unfortunately",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thanks to rising prices, Biden hasn't gotten much credit for the nation's speedy economic recovery, and a slowdown will likely be even harder to explain and convey to voters. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 4 June 2022",
      "The 6-foot-4, 241-pound Walker is a speedy , playmaking linebacker who ran the 40-yard dash in 4.52 seconds at the NFL Combine in February. \u2014 Rob Reischel, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Since then, there\u2019s been a Boss Wagon about every decade, with the most recent being K.C. Colwell\u2019s Mazda 5 made speedy . \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The speedy running back is expected to fit right in for the Cardinals, who are still looking for their home run threat at running back. \u2014 Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Also moving to wideout is speedy defensive back Marquez Beason, who had a summer hamstring injury. \u2014 Terry Towery, chicagotribune.com , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "Fast-food restaurants have been supplementing servers and cashiers with self-serve kiosks for about a decade, in a bid to bump up profit margins and keep the ordering process speedy . \u2014 Katie Deighton, WSJ , 30 June 2021",
      "Celebrity hairstylist Clariss Rubenstein loves T3 hair dryers for their speedy dry time and frizz-free results. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
      "Durable nonces on Solana are designed for token-holders with complex offline signing setups that can\u2019t always prep their transactions fast enough for the speedy network. \u2014 Austen Erblat, Sun Sentinel , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113-d\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for speedy fast , rapid , swift , fleet , quick , speedy , hasty , expeditious mean moving, proceeding, or acting with celerity. fast and rapid are very close in meaning, but fast applies particularly to the thing that moves fast horses and rapid to the movement itself. rapid current swift suggests great rapidity coupled with ease of movement. returned the ball with one swift stroke fleet adds the implication of lightness and nimbleness. fleet runners quick suggests promptness and the taking of little time. a quick wit speedy implies quickness of successful accomplishment speedy delivery of mail and may also suggest unusual velocity. hasty suggests hurry and precipitousness and often connotes carelessness. a hasty inspection expeditious suggests efficiency together with rapidity of accomplishment. the expeditious handling of an order",
    "synonyms":[
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      "breakneck",
      "breathless",
      "brisk",
      "dizzy",
      "fast",
      "fleet",
      "fleet-footed",
      "flying",
      "galloping",
      "hasty",
      "hot",
      "lightning",
      "nippy",
      "quick",
      "rapid",
      "rapid-fire",
      "rattling",
      "snappy",
      "splitting",
      "swift",
      "whirlwind",
      "zippy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071904",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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      "blast",
      "blaze",
      "blow",
      "bolt",
      "bomb",
      "bowl",
      "breeze",
      "bundle",
      "bustle",
      "buzz",
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      "hotfoot (it)",
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      "hurtle",
      "hustle",
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      "jump",
      "motor",
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      "pelt",
      "race",
      "ram",
      "rip",
      "rocket",
      "run",
      "rush",
      "rustle",
      "scoot",
      "scurry",
      "scuttle",
      "shoot",
      "step",
      "tear",
      "travel",
      "trot",
      "whirl",
      "whisk",
      "zip",
      "zoom"
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    "definitions":{
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        "\u2014 usually used in combination a ten- speed bicycle"
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      ": fast , rapidly":[],
      ": get along , fare":[],
      ": impetus":[],
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      ": the light-gathering power of a lens or optical system":[],
      ": the magnitude of a velocity irrespective of direction":[],
      ": the sensitivity of a photographic film, plate, or paper expressed numerically":[],
      ": the time during which a camera shutter is open":[],
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      ": to cause to move quickly : hasten":[],
      ": to further the success of":[],
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      ": to increase the speed of : accelerate":[],
      ": to make haste":[
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      ": to move, work, or take place faster : accelerate":[
        "the heart speeds up"
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      ": to prosper in an undertaking":[],
      ": to send out":[
        "speed an arrow"
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      ": to wish Godspeed to":[],
      ": velocity sense 1":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "This instrument measures wind speed .",
      "The machine was operating at high speed .",
      "traveling at nearly the speed of light",
      "Under the right conditions the car can reach speeds over 200 miles an hour.",
      "The vehicle maintained a speed of 40 miles per hour.",
      "The work was done with remarkable speed .",
      "This computer works at a much faster processing speed than my old one.",
      "The machine chops up tree branches and leaves with speed and ease.",
      "Verb",
      "A group of kids sped past us on their bikes.",
      "They jumped in the car and sped away.",
      "A car was speeding down the street.",
      "An ambulance sped her to the hospital.",
      "I got pulled over twice last month because I was speeding on the highway.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Sign up to receive ProPublica\u2019s biggest stories as soon as they\u2019re published, and sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on essential coverage of Texas issues. \u2014 Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
      "The delays have caught the attention of Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, who said he\u2019s spent the first months in office getting up to speed on the issue. \u2014 Dylan Jackson, ajc , 29 June 2022",
      "After overcoming initial challenges\u2014including getting suppliers up to speed , and two battery fires that led to a three-month grounding\u2014Boeing has delivered more than 1,000 of the jets, with firm orders for about 400 more. \u2014 Andrew Tangel, WSJ , 26 June 2022",
      "First of all, just finding guys who were available and wanted to do it and then getting them up to speed as actors",
      "Malley appeared to speed -read it, entered a kind of trance, and started talking in voices that were not his own. \u2014 Chris Heath, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
      "All that has led to a feeling of uncertainty over not only whether, but also how fast, Germany can get its military up to speed . \u2014 Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
      "First of all, just finding guys who were available and wanted to do it and then getting them up to speed as actors",
      "Brown and Murray have spent much of the offseason working out together in the Dallas area, going over the Cardinals\u2019 offense and play signals to quickly help bring Brown up to speed . \u2014 Bob Mcmanaman, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Which automated trucking company is poised to speed ahead in terms of innovation and market share",
      "The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the city\u2019s public buses, wants to speed them up in Queens, in part by getting rid of stops and adapting to modern traffic patterns, making routes straighter and more direct. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "The city will also reduce taxes on car purchases, expedite approvals of construction projects, and speed up the issuance of government bonds in order to boost the local economy. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 29 May 2022",
      "The deal will see the two countries work together to develop and deploy technologies that will speed up that clean energy transition, particularly in the area of offshore wind power, zero-emissions vehicles and hydrogen. \u2014 Frank Jordans, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
      "Assembly Republican leader James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) criticized state Democrats for the decision to speed up the review of bills in the wake of this week\u2019s Texas attack. \u2014 Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Five years ago, the Food and Drug Administration launched a new program with the best of intentions: to speed the development and review of cutting-edge and potentially lifesaving medical devices, all in the name of getting them to patients faster. \u2014 Katie Palmer And Mario Aguilar, STAT , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Waterproof, protecting a train that would speed between San Francisco and Oakland in just 11 minutes",
      "There is also good reason to believe that the upheaval brought by Russia's war will speed the transition to clean energy in the long run. \u2014 Ella Nilsen, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3a":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English spede , from Old English sp\u0113d ; akin to Old High German spuot prosperity, speed, Old English sp\u014dwan to succeed, Latin spes hope, Lithuanian sp\u0117ti to be in time":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for speed Noun haste , hurry , speed , expedition , dispatch mean quickness in movement or action. haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness. marry in haste hurry often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion. in the hurry of departure she forgot her toothbrush speed suggests swift efficiency in movement or action. exercises to increase your reading speed expedition and dispatch both imply speed and efficiency in handling affairs but expedition stresses ease or efficiency of performance and dispatch stresses promptness in concluding matters. the case came to trial with expedition paid bills with dispatch",
    "synonyms":[
      "celerity",
      "fastness",
      "fleetness",
      "haste",
      "hurry",
      "quickness",
      "rapidity",
      "rapidness",
      "speediness",
      "swiftness",
      "velocity"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062458",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "speedster":{
    "antonyms":[
      "barrel",
      "belt",
      "blast",
      "blaze",
      "blow",
      "bolt",
      "bomb",
      "bowl",
      "breeze",
      "bundle",
      "bustle",
      "buzz",
      "cannonball",
      "careen",
      "career",
      "chase",
      "course",
      "crack (on)",
      "dash",
      "drive",
      "fly",
      "hare",
      "hasten",
      "hie",
      "highball",
      "hotfoot (it)",
      "hump",
      "hurl",
      "hurry",
      "hurtle",
      "hustle",
      "jet",
      "jump",
      "motor",
      "nip",
      "pelt",
      "race",
      "ram",
      "rip",
      "rocket",
      "run",
      "rush",
      "rustle",
      "scoot",
      "scurry",
      "scuttle",
      "shoot",
      "step",
      "tear",
      "travel",
      "trot",
      "whirl",
      "whisk",
      "zip",
      "zoom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a transmission gear in automotive vehicles or bicycles":[
        "\u2014 usually used in combination a ten- speed bicycle"
      ],
      ": fast , rapidly":[],
      ": get along , fare":[],
      ": impetus":[],
      ": operating at full effectiveness or potential":[],
      ": prosperity in an undertaking : success":[],
      ": rate of motion: such as":[],
      ": someone or something that appeals to one's taste":[
        "just my speed"
      ],
      ": swiftness or rate of performance or action : velocity sense 3a":[],
      ": the act or state of moving swiftly : swiftness":[],
      ": the light-gathering power of a lens or optical system":[],
      ": the magnitude of a velocity irrespective of direction":[],
      ": the sensitivity of a photographic film, plate, or paper expressed numerically":[],
      ": the time during which a camera shutter is open":[],
      ": to cause or help to prosper : aid":[],
      ": to cause to move quickly : hasten":[],
      ": to further the success of":[],
      ": to go or drive at excessive or illegal speed":[],
      ": to increase the speed of : accelerate":[],
      ": to make haste":[
        "sped to her bedside"
      ],
      ": to move, work, or take place faster : accelerate":[
        "the heart speeds up"
      ],
      ": to prosper in an undertaking":[],
      ": to send out":[
        "speed an arrow"
      ],
      ": to wish Godspeed to":[],
      ": velocity sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "This instrument measures wind speed .",
      "The machine was operating at high speed .",
      "traveling at nearly the speed of light",
      "Under the right conditions the car can reach speeds over 200 miles an hour.",
      "The vehicle maintained a speed of 40 miles per hour.",
      "The work was done with remarkable speed .",
      "This computer works at a much faster processing speed than my old one.",
      "The machine chops up tree branches and leaves with speed and ease.",
      "Verb",
      "A group of kids sped past us on their bikes.",
      "They jumped in the car and sped away.",
      "A car was speeding down the street.",
      "An ambulance sped her to the hospital.",
      "I got pulled over twice last month because I was speeding on the highway.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Sign up to receive ProPublica\u2019s biggest stories as soon as they\u2019re published, and sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on essential coverage of Texas issues. \u2014 Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
      "The delays have caught the attention of Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, who said he\u2019s spent the first months in office getting up to speed on the issue. \u2014 Dylan Jackson, ajc , 29 June 2022",
      "After overcoming initial challenges\u2014including getting suppliers up to speed , and two battery fires that led to a three-month grounding\u2014Boeing has delivered more than 1,000 of the jets, with firm orders for about 400 more. \u2014 Andrew Tangel, WSJ , 26 June 2022",
      "First of all, just finding guys who were available and wanted to do it and then getting them up to speed as actors",
      "Malley appeared to speed -read it, entered a kind of trance, and started talking in voices that were not his own. \u2014 Chris Heath, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
      "All that has led to a feeling of uncertainty over not only whether, but also how fast, Germany can get its military up to speed . \u2014 Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
      "First of all, just finding guys who were available and wanted to do it and then getting them up to speed as actors",
      "Brown and Murray have spent much of the offseason working out together in the Dallas area, going over the Cardinals\u2019 offense and play signals to quickly help bring Brown up to speed . \u2014 Bob Mcmanaman, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Which automated trucking company is poised to speed ahead in terms of innovation and market share",
      "The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the city\u2019s public buses, wants to speed them up in Queens, in part by getting rid of stops and adapting to modern traffic patterns, making routes straighter and more direct. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "The city will also reduce taxes on car purchases, expedite approvals of construction projects, and speed up the issuance of government bonds in order to boost the local economy. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 29 May 2022",
      "The deal will see the two countries work together to develop and deploy technologies that will speed up that clean energy transition, particularly in the area of offshore wind power, zero-emissions vehicles and hydrogen. \u2014 Frank Jordans, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
      "Assembly Republican leader James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) criticized state Democrats for the decision to speed up the review of bills in the wake of this week\u2019s Texas attack. \u2014 Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Five years ago, the Food and Drug Administration launched a new program with the best of intentions: to speed the development and review of cutting-edge and potentially lifesaving medical devices, all in the name of getting them to patients faster. \u2014 Katie Palmer And Mario Aguilar, STAT , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Waterproof, protecting a train that would speed between San Francisco and Oakland in just 11 minutes",
      "There is also good reason to believe that the upheaval brought by Russia's war will speed the transition to clean energy in the long run. \u2014 Ella Nilsen, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3a":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English spede , from Old English sp\u0113d ; akin to Old High German spuot prosperity, speed, Old English sp\u014dwan to succeed, Latin spes hope, Lithuanian sp\u0117ti to be in time":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for speed Noun haste , hurry , speed , expedition , dispatch mean quickness in movement or action. haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness. marry in haste hurry often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion. in the hurry of departure she forgot her toothbrush speed suggests swift efficiency in movement or action. exercises to increase your reading speed expedition and dispatch both imply speed and efficiency in handling affairs but expedition stresses ease or efficiency of performance and dispatch stresses promptness in concluding matters. the case came to trial with expedition paid bills with dispatch",
    "synonyms":[
      "celerity",
      "fastness",
      "fleetness",
      "haste",
      "hurry",
      "quickness",
      "rapidity",
      "rapidness",
      "speediness",
      "swiftness",
      "velocity"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211713",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "speedup":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": acceleration":[],
      ": an employer's demand for accelerated output without increased pay":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I'd like to see some speedup in the selection process.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Qiskit Runtime improvements created a 100x speedup in iterative circuit execution workloads. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Qiskit Runtime and Runtime primitives will continue to play an essential role in IBM\u2019s future plans and it is expected to increase speedup from today\u2019s 120x to 200,000x sometime in the future. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Yet that task was contrived to show a speedup and was of no inherent interest. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "Despite the speedup of its vaccine rollout and a drop in daily new infections, Japan continues to see close to 100 deaths from Covid-19 every day. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 3 June 2021",
      "Many aspects of modern finance, such as complex securities pricing, portfolio optimization and forecasting, rely on algorithms that are susceptible to potential quadratic or exponential speedup using quantum computers. \u2014 Paul Lipman, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "Perhaps the most famous quantum speedup comes from Shor's algorithm, which can find the factors of numbers (e.g. 5 and 3 are factors of 15) almost exponentially faster than the best classical algorithms. \u2014 Ian Durham, Scientific American , 20 Feb. 2021",
      "Without a significant speedup , vaccinating enough people in the United States to achieve herd immunity will take years, not months. \u2014 Isaac Stanley-becker, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Dec. 2020",
      "Hamlington and colleagues first reported signs of the speedup in 2018 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. \u2014 Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS , 18 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113d-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215227",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "speedway":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a racecourse for automobiles or motorcycles":[],
      ": a sprint race for motorcycles":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Like the women at the speedway , Webster said the women who left Holly at the church in Arizona also wore robes. \u2014 Julian Mark, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "At the speedway , law enforcement officers and Special Olympics athletes ran the entire 2.5-mile track before triumphantly crossing the finish line, escorted by six Daytona Beach motorcycle officers. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
      "In New Orleans, people showed up at a $10 comedy show and a $25 car race at a local speedway . \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
      "How to get around Consider that the speedway could house the USS Enterprise-D and Millennium Falcon racing inside its 253 acres. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
      "The convoy is hosting a rally Tuesday evening at the speedway , which is located about 80 miles northwest of D.C. \u2014 Ellie Silverman, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
      "Historical and biblical allusions are tossed around loosely at the convoy\u2019s speedway headquarters. \u2014 Charles Homans, BostonGlobe.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "The seven-time NASCAR champion \u2014 and four-time Indianapolis winner in a stock car \u2014 went 227 mph around the speedway . \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 1 May 2022",
      "Historical and biblical allusions are tossed around loosely at the convoy\u2019s speedway headquarters. \u2014 Charles Homans, BostonGlobe.com , 20 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113d-\u02ccw\u0101"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013514",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "speedwell":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This link from University of California gives more information about Persian speedwell . \u2014 OregonLive.com , 6 Apr. 2018",
      "Another weed with blue flowers sometimes confused with henbit is Persian speedwell (Veronica persica). \u2014 Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star , 9 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1578, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113d-\u02ccwel"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174323",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "speedy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "slow"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "They wished her a speedy recovery.",
      "a speedy worker but not a very careful one, unfortunately",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thanks to rising prices, Biden hasn't gotten much credit for the nation's speedy economic recovery, and a slowdown will likely be even harder to explain and convey to voters. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 4 June 2022",
      "The 6-foot-4, 241-pound Walker is a speedy , playmaking linebacker who ran the 40-yard dash in 4.52 seconds at the NFL Combine in February. \u2014 Rob Reischel, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Since then, there\u2019s been a Boss Wagon about every decade, with the most recent being K.C. Colwell\u2019s Mazda 5 made speedy . \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The speedy running back is expected to fit right in for the Cardinals, who are still looking for their home run threat at running back. \u2014 Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Also moving to wideout is speedy defensive back Marquez Beason, who had a summer hamstring injury. \u2014 Terry Towery, chicagotribune.com , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "Fast-food restaurants have been supplementing servers and cashiers with self-serve kiosks for about a decade, in a bid to bump up profit margins and keep the ordering process speedy . \u2014 Katie Deighton, WSJ , 30 June 2021",
      "Celebrity hairstylist Clariss Rubenstein loves T3 hair dryers for their speedy dry time and frizz-free results. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
      "Durable nonces on Solana are designed for token-holders with complex offline signing setups that can\u2019t always prep their transactions fast enough for the speedy network. \u2014 Austen Erblat, Sun Sentinel , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113-d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for speedy fast , rapid , swift , fleet , quick , speedy , hasty , expeditious mean moving, proceeding, or acting with celerity. fast and rapid are very close in meaning, but fast applies particularly to the thing that moves fast horses and rapid to the movement itself. rapid current swift suggests great rapidity coupled with ease of movement. returned the ball with one swift stroke fleet adds the implication of lightness and nimbleness. fleet runners quick suggests promptness and the taking of little time. a quick wit speedy implies quickness of successful accomplishment speedy delivery of mail and may also suggest unusual velocity. hasty suggests hurry and precipitousness and often connotes carelessness. a hasty inspection expeditious suggests efficiency together with rapidity of accomplishment. the expeditious handling of an order",
    "synonyms":[
      "blistering",
      "breakneck",
      "breathless",
      "brisk",
      "dizzy",
      "fast",
      "fleet",
      "fleet-footed",
      "flying",
      "galloping",
      "hasty",
      "hot",
      "lightning",
      "nippy",
      "quick",
      "rapid",
      "rapid-fire",
      "rattling",
      "snappy",
      "splitting",
      "swift",
      "whirlwind",
      "zippy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205247",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "speedy cut":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an injury to a horse's foreleg below the knee that is caused by the shoe of the opposite foot in running":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183050",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "speedy recovery":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a quick return to health":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225518",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "speel":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": climb":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1513, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203014",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "spell":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a period of bodily or mental distress or disorder":[
        "a spell of coughing",
        "fainting spells"
      ],
      ": a period of rest from work, activity, or use":[],
      ": a period spent in a job or occupation":[],
      ": a shift of workers":[],
      ": a spoken word or form of words held to have magic power":[],
      ": a state of enchantment":[],
      ": a stretch of a specified type of weather":[],
      ": a strong compelling influence or attraction":[],
      ": one's turn at work":[],
      ": rest":[],
      ": to add up to : mean":[
        "crop failure was likely to spell stark famine",
        "\u2014 Stringfellow Barr"
      ],
      ": to find out by study : come to understand":[
        "\u2014 often used with out it requires some pains to spell out those decorations \u2014 F. J. Mather"
      ],
      ": to make up (a word)":[
        "What word do these letters spell "
      ],
      ": to put under a spell":[],
      ": to read slowly and with difficulty":[
        "\u2014 often used with out"
      ],
      ": to rest from an activity for a time":[],
      ": to take the place of for a time : relieve":[
        "we spell each other every two hours"
      ],
      ": to work in turns":[],
      ": to write or print the letters of in a particular way":[],
      ": write sense 1b":[
        "Catnip is spelled as one word."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4":"Verb",
      "1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1593, in the meaning defined at sense 4b":"Noun",
      "1595, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "circa 1623, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English spelen , from Old English spelian ; akin to Old English spala substitute":"Verb",
      "Middle English, talk, tale, from Old English; akin to Old High German spel talk, tale":"Noun",
      "Middle English, to mean, signify, read by spelling out letters, from Anglo-French espeleir , of Germanic origin; akin to Old English spellian to relate, spell talk":"Verb",
      "probably alteration of Middle English spale substitute, from Old English spala":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spel"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174029",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "spell out":{
    "antonyms":[
      "obscure"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make plain":[
        "spelled out the orders in detail"
      ],
      ": to write or print in letters and in full":[
        "numbers are to be spelled out"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the dating applicant spelled out exactly what she wanted in a man"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "clarify",
      "clear (up)",
      "construe",
      "demonstrate",
      "demystify",
      "elucidate",
      "explain",
      "explicate",
      "expound",
      "get across",
      "illuminate",
      "illustrate",
      "interpret",
      "simplify",
      "unriddle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013718",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "spellbind":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to bind or hold by or as if by a spell":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the tale about pirates and their buried treasure had completely spellbound the children",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The scene, which jolts and spellbinds with the affecting draw of a Last Poets cipher, is just one of several fluorescent currents from HBO\u2019s dynamic and dynamite six-episode series A Black Lady Sketch Show, which debuts tonight on HBO. \u2014 Wired , 2 Aug. 2019",
      "Bey's portraits\u2014and the subjects within\u2014coolly spellbind the senses. \u2014 Jason Parham, WIRED , 27 June 2019",
      "Stella Tennant, who dropped by for a cocktail, was clearly spellbound by their handiwork. \u2014 Vogue , 5 Mar. 2019",
      "The implications are obvious, the action spellbinding , the characters perfect. \u2014 Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ , 18 Oct. 2018",
      "The effect is particularly spellbinding on a pair of statement earrings, lending a soft halo to guava rose quartz orbs that appear to float in midair. \u2014 Chioma Nnadi, Vogue , 11 Sep. 2018",
      "The troupe that performed at Dar Ahlam's desert encampment after the helicopter flew off was all male (the guedra would have to wait till next time) but likewise spellbinding in its relentlessly rhythmic, propulsive, trance-like energy. \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 30 Mar. 2015",
      "It\u2019s as spellbinding in its way as the stunts the cast pulls off during the rest of the show. \u2014 Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2018",
      "Rodriguez is spellbinding as Marisa, mixing humor and emotion as her internal psyche and external circumstances begin to unravel. \u2014 Marissa Oberlander, Chicago Reader , 14 June 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1808, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back-formation from spellbound":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spel-\u02ccb\u012bnd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "arrest",
      "bedazzle",
      "catch up",
      "enchant",
      "enthrall",
      "enthral",
      "fascinate",
      "grip",
      "hypnotize",
      "mesmerize"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235359",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "spellbound":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": held by or as if by a spell":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The children were spellbound by the puppet show.",
      "She's a storyteller that will hold you spellbound .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Following Miss Anthony\u2019s address, Rev. Anna Shaw of Philadelphia was introduced, and for an hour the audience was spellbound under her rapid delivery of logic and witticism. \u2014 Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "The audience can look forward to seeing their favourite stars don new and intriguing characters that will leave them spellbound . \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Television viewers worldwide were spellbound for the hour-long live chase, and thousands more people lined freeways and overpasses to cheer as Simpson passed in a white Bronco. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "A week on the Amalfi Coast will leave your teenage kids spellbound and not wanting to come home. \u2014 Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure , 5 May 2021",
      "Bullock shows up at a black-tie benefit looking absolutely beautiful, and Grant is clearly spellbound . \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 12 Mar. 2021",
      "Readers interested in theater and movies will be spellbound . \u2014 Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020",
      "Simon is spellbound , but his meeting with Doris is brief as the Colonel and his family are on their way to San Antonio, Texas as part of the occupying forces of Reconstruction. \u2014 Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Nov. 2020",
      "They are spellbound by her talent and one man asks Beth to play a game, taking her all the way back to playing with Mr. Shaibel (Bill Camp) in the basement of her Kentucky orphanage. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 26 Oct. 2020"
    ],
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      "1785, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "\u02c8spel-\u02ccbau\u0307nd"
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      "bewitched",
      "charmed",
      "enchanted",
      "entranced",
      "magic",
      "magical"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093842",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Unique and innovative dishes include swede, Morel mushrooms and wild garlic, Shitake mushrooms with peas and spelt and halibut with seaweed, sea leeks. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
      "The breads are made from whole wheat, rye, ancient grains such as einkorn and spelt , and Red Fife, a heritage wheat. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "Use the spelt to make these blueberry muffins and the hard white and hard red flours for breads. \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 Jan. 2021",
      "The dish is served with a spelt (farro) pilaf (recipe not provided). \u2014 John-john Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com , 1 Nov. 2020",
      "Olive oil and spelt , a grain with an earthy flavor, offset some of the sweetness of the filling. \u2014 G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post , 16 Sep. 2020",
      "Quinoa, amaranth, millet, farro, spelt , Kamut (a wheat grain said to be discovered in an Egyptian tomb) and teff (an Ethiopian grain about the size of a poppy seed) are some examples of ancient grains. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 20 May 2020",
      "For that reason, when substituting it for all-purpose, use 50 percent whole-wheat, and 50 percent of another flour, preferably all-purpose, pastry flour or spelt , to avoid a dense result. \u2014 Erin Jeanne Mcdowell, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "Some to try: wheat berries, barley, spelt , quinoa, buckwheat and oats. \u2014 Justin Ward, ExpressNews.com , 14 May 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
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      "Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin spelta , of Germanic origin; perhaps akin to Middle High German spelte split piece of wood, Old High German spaltan to split \u2014 more at split":"Noun"
    },
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      "noun"
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        "the hurricane gradually spent itself"
      ],
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      ": to cause or permit to elapse : pass":[
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      ],
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        "the waters are not ours to spend",
        "\u2014 J. R. Ellis"
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      ": to have an orgasm":[],
      ": to use up or pay out : expend":[]
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      "I spent $30 on his birthday gift.",
      "They spend a lot on clothes and cars.",
      "I want to buy a new car, but I don't have much money to spend .",
      "Her willingness to spend freely made her popular among her friends.",
      "He spends lavishly on vacations.",
      "I spent my summer at the beach.",
      "She spent eight months living in New York City.",
      "Relaxing with friends is a great way to spend a weekend.",
      "Our cat spends most of his time sleeping.",
      "Too much of my time is spent arguing with customers.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There's no better way to spend some quality time with old friends than with a plethora of key lime pie and conch fritters before heading off on a parasailing adventure. \u2014 Terri Huggins Hart, Woman's Day , 14 June 2022",
      "There was so much aid to governments that many struggled to find a way to spend it all under the original regulations. \u2014 Jennifer Mcdermott And Geoff Mulvihill, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
      "There was so much aid to governments that many struggled to find a way to spend it all under the original regulations. \u2014 Jennifer Mcdermott And Geoff Mulvihill, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
      "What better way to spend some quality time with the Dad in your life than a road trip",
      "All of which is to say that the outdoors exist for everyone, and exploring nature by foot can be a wonderful way to spend some of your vacation. \u2014 Rachel Walker, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "Declining company revenues can lead to workers being laid off and wages stagnating or falling, which further exacerbates the problem because workers now have even less money to spend . \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "One factor that can help cause stagflation is a spike in the cost of raw materials, causing inflation and leaving people with less money to spend . \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
      "When to Avoid the Crowds For a more secluded way to spend your time on the water, Davis recommends heading to the bay (western) side of the island, which is less frequented by crowds. \u2014 Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English -spendan , from Medieval Latin expendere to disburse, use up, from Latin, to measure by weight, pay out \u2014 more at expend":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spend"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "disburse",
      "drop",
      "expend",
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      "give",
      "lay out",
      "outlay",
      "pay",
      "shell out"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114201",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
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      "Stephen Harold 1909\u20131995 English poet and critic":[]
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      "\u02c8spen-d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233418",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
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    "antonyms":[
      "economizer",
      "penny-pincher"
    ],
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      ": a person who spends improvidently or wastefully":[],
      ": given to spending money freely or foolishly : wasteful with money":[
        "In advanced economies, austerity rules, with the wealthiest nations promising to mend their spendthrift ways.",
        "\u2014 Daniel Gross",
        "As spendthrift baby boomers retire, they will endeavor to turn their meager savings into maximum retirement income.",
        "\u2014 Jonathan Clements",
        "In newspaper op-eds, on television talk shows and at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill, critics have assailed public broadcasting as elitist, spendthrift and irrelevant in the cable era.",
        "\u2014 Betsy Carpenter"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the spendthrift managed to blow all of his inheritance in a single year",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Despite her misgivings about her spendthrift compatriots, Shumovitch became an education consultant. \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
      "But the Federal Reserve\u2019s accommodation of his spendthrift policies is now creating inflation taxes that are hitting ordinary Americans in their pocketbooks. \u2014 William F. Ford And Daniel J. Smith, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The 1999 book Final Cut \u2014 an account of the making of the $44 million Heaven\u2019s Gate by United Artists executive Steven Bach \u2014 also cemented Cimino\u2019s reputation as an irresponsible spendthrift . \u2014 Gregg Kilday, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Many in Wall Street also are pointing out that rising house prices could make today\u2019s higher inflation less temporary than assumed, by making households more spendthrift and pushing up shelter costs. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 19 June 2021",
      "This man only wanted to buy a home for his irresponsible son and his spendthrift wife. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "This man only wanted to buy a home for his irresponsible son and his spendthrift wife. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "This profile in cowardice comes from two Democrats whose party is facing a possible midterm wipeout thanks to high inflation that has been made worse by its spendthrift policies. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "This unfortunate young woman, the daughter of a spendthrift , arrives in New York with new friend Peggy (Den\u00e9e Benton), whose ambition, and whose identity as a Black woman, further agitates the world of the van Rhijn-Brooks. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1584, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1607, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
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      "\u02c8spend-\u02ccthrift",
      "\u02c8spen(d)-\u02ccthrift"
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      "fritterer",
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      "prodigal",
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      "spender",
      "squanderer",
      "waster",
      "wastrel"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041551",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": expensive":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spen-d\u0113"
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      "big-ticket",
      "costly",
      "dear",
      "expensive",
      "extravagant",
      "high",
      "high-end",
      "high-ticket",
      "precious",
      "premium",
      "priceless",
      "pricey",
      "pricy",
      "ultraexpensive",
      "valuable"
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      "inexpensive"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Seattle is generally credited with transforming coffee from a workaday drink to a trendy and spendy beverage.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Retailers and brands such as Target, Best Buy, Samsung, and many others are offering major markdowns and promos to shoppers who are already in a spendy mood. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
      "Two-ish years of staying home means that some people have saved up money and can now splurge on a fancier hotel, a first-class airplane ticket or a spendy once-in-a-lifetime experience. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, CNN , 16 May 2022",
      "Less spendy digital nomads can choose Selina, a co-living and coworking subscription service that combines the cost of accommodation, office space and dependable Wi-Fi into one monthly bill. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The best rebooking resource\u2014albeit a spendy one\u2014is ExpertFlyer\u2018s pro subscription. \u2014 Kelly Bastone, Outside Online , 4 Nov. 2014",
      "In addition to Dermstore's killer Winter Clearance sale\u2014full of brands like NuFace, Caudalie, Est\u00e9e Lauder, and Wander Beauty\u2014the retailer is offering 15% off the entirety of Skin Medica's spendy line. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "The intersection of Northeast Martin Luther King Boulevard and Fremont Street is just blocks away from the spendy New Seasons Market. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Oct. 2021",
      "Grocery shopping is not typically a daily activity, but Miele is not an anomaly among Erewhon\u2019s extremely devoted and spendy customer base. \u2014 Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Purchases that not long ago looked foolish and spendy , such as paying a monthly fee to listen to music or driving a Mini, can be rationalized when everything is expensive. \u2014 Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver , 4 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1984, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190502"
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    "antonyms":[
      "unwearied"
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      ": drained of energy or effectiveness : exhausted":[],
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        "spent nuclear fuel"
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      ": exhausted of spawn or sperm":[
        "spent fishes"
      ],
      ": used up : consumed":[]
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      "he plopped down in his chair, completely spent , and then fell asleep",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the issue of debris has moved beyond spent rocket stages. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 25 May 2022",
      "His garden was littered with spent shell casings, shell holes and other detritus of battle. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Weeks of fierce combat transformed the airport into a dystopian post-battle debris field, strewn with spent ammunition, rockets, Russian ration boxes, gas masks, and burned and tattered uniforms. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Choosing the wrong platform can be a big mistake in spent dollars and lost time. \u2014 Ketan Pandit, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Nuclear regulators said a fire alarm went off at Fukushima\u2019s Dai-ichi nuclear plant, and that water pumps used to cool spent fuel pool at the Dai-ni plant were halted, although there was no imminent danger. \u2014 Kana Nishizawa, Fortune , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "It\u2019s most likely a spent stage from the Chinese rocket Chang\u2019e-5. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "But we were clearly attracted to each other and spent time talking outside of class. \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Water lingers in pools below sheer cliffs and in glassy rivulets flush with spent cottonwood leaves. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from past participle of spenden to spend":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spent"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "all in",
      "aweary",
      "beat",
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      "bleary",
      "burned-out",
      "burnt-out",
      "bushed",
      "dead",
      "done",
      "drained",
      "exhausted",
      "fatigued",
      "jaded",
      "knackered",
      "limp",
      "logy",
      "loggy",
      "played out",
      "pooped",
      "prostrate",
      "tapped out",
      "tired",
      "tuckered (out)",
      "washed-out",
      "wearied",
      "weary",
      "wiped out",
      "worn",
      "worn-out"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180241",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
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  "spew":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dribble",
      "drip",
      "drop",
      "trickle"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": material that exudes or is extruded":[],
      ": matter that is vomited : vomit":[],
      ": to come forth in a flood or gush":[],
      ": to ooze out as if under pressure : exude":[],
      ": to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity":[
        "a volcano spewing out ash",
        "\u2014 often used with out"
      ],
      ": vomit":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Exhaust spewed out of the car.",
      "Smoke and ashes spewed from the volcano.",
      "The volcano spewed hot ash.",
      "The faucet started spewing dirty water.",
      "The dog spewed vomit on the rug.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The politicians who won\u2019t budge on gun laws spew platitudes or stay silent until the latest wave of outrage ebbs. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
      "However, a lesion in the mouth could lead someone to spew viral particles when talking or coughing, though it is not typically considered a respiratory virus. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
      "Now a new experiment has given us a more exact sense of just how many aerosols a single person can spew during an intense workout\u2014and the results aren\u2019t pretty. \u2014 Tara Law, Time , 23 May 2022",
      "In no other context would a terrorist sympathizing news anchor be allowed to continue to spew this nonsense as the body count continues to mount. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 16 May 2022",
      "The accident caused radioactive fallout to spew into the atmosphere. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Every minute, a pair of pumps powered by old Chevrolet 454 engines loudly spew 20,000 gallons into a network of ditches on Brian Wong\u2019s southern Arizona farm. \u2014 Erin Patrick O'connor, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
      "Weapons spew toxic gases and particulates into the air and leak heavy metals into soil and water. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Those flames, of course, also spew invisible and odorless carbon dioxide at an unprecedented rate; that CO2 is already rearranging the planet\u2019s climate, threatening not only those of us who live on it now but all those who will come after us. \u2014 The New Yorker , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Smoke stacks for a nickel-refinery spew sulfur dioxide into the environment July 21, 2002, in Norilsk, Russia. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "Normally placid people get enveloped by the emotion and for 90 minutes morph into someone else: voices are lost, tempers flare, every decision contested with a spew of profanity. \u2014 Emmet Gates, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "Meanwhile, Chinese propagandists and the Iranian dictator spew threats and hateful lies on these platforms with impunity. \u2014 Donald J. Trump, WSJ , 8 July 2021",
      "Suddenly, gray tubes in the room spew jets of fire at the two mannequins, lighting the entire frame ablaze in orange and white and consuming him. \u2014 Rachel Lance, Wired , 6 Dec. 2020",
      "Vehicles on Interstate 10, Loop 101 and U.S. Highway 60 spew pollutants that build up in the nearby homes, parks and businesses. \u2014 Erin Stone, azcentral , 12 June 2020",
      "Untreated, raw sewage spews into the river when heavy rains overwhelm the city\u2019s wastewater system, which is less frequent today than in years past. . \u2014 Kari Lydersen, Washington Post , 21 June 2019",
      "As their vintage rig coughs black smoke, a plug\u2014a greasy amalgamation of mud, sand, and rust\u2014 spews from the depths and into the light. \u2014 Bill Hatcher, National Geographic , 12 Nov. 2019",
      "His spew of hatred delights the guy on the other end of the line, Walter Beachway (Ryan Eggold), who invites Stallworth to come on down to meet some of the guys. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 15 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English sp\u012bwan ; akin to Old High German sp\u012bwan to spit, Latin spuere , Greek ptyein":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spy\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "gush",
      "jet",
      "pour",
      "rush",
      "spout",
      "spurt",
      "squirt",
      "swoosh"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163928",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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  "specification":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the act or process of specifying":[],
      ": a detailed precise presentation of something or of a plan or proposal for something":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": a written description of an invention for which a patent is sought":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccspe-s\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccspes-f\u0259-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Realize performance improvements by breaking down the objectives into smaller tasks and setting milestones based on targets, control limits and specification limits. \u2014 Prashanth Southekal, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "The Porsche 963 will compete in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, as it's built to new-for-2023 LMDh specification . \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 24 June 2022",
      "Reliably construct bug-free code of more than 10,000 lines from natural language specification , or by interactions with a non-expert user. \u2014 Gary Marcus, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
      "This car\u2019s optional Vantage tuning specification increases compression and boosts power to 325 hp. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 23 May 2022",
      "Thompkins faces at least 18 years in prison as a minimum, but there is a mandatory life specification meaning he will be held in prison until a parole board deems he should be released. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 26 May 2022",
      "Because the threat isn\u2019t caused by a traditional bug or error in either the Bluetooth specification or an implementation of the standard, there\u2019s no CVE designation used to track vulnerabilities. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 19 May 2022",
      "Bas Steunebrink, Co-founder and Director of Artificial General Intelligence at NNAISENSE, says digital twin is constructed or learned through AI techniques from data regarding the specification and operation of real-world things. \u2014 Jennifer Kite-powell, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "The sweet timepiece was crafted in Mexico under the specification of Rolex back in 1969 and has remained in the same family collection for more than half a century. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145518"
  },
  "special pleader":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a counsel who formerly devoted himself to drawing special counts and pleas":[],
      ": a lawyer whose occupation is to draw pleadings, give opinions on matters submitted to him, and prepare the papers in various proceedings out of the usual course":[],
      ": a public officer, notary, barrister or solicitor occupied by such activities":[],
      ": one advocating a specific proposal (such as a law) because of self-interest or on other bases than independent disinterested impartial judgment":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150219"
  },
  "spelter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spel-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "It is likely made of spelter , a cast base metal with a bronze finish, and the glass globe is Italian. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably alteration of Middle Dutch speauter":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1661, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150722"
  },
  "specifying":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to name or state explicitly or in detail":[],
      ": to include as an item in a specification":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spe-s\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "define",
      "lay down",
      "prescribe"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Can you specify the cause of the argument",
      "Specify the color and quantity when you order.",
      "He clearly specified California wine.",
      "The instructions do not specify what kind of screws to use.",
      "All subscriptions are for one year unless otherwise specified .",
      "At the specified time, we rang the bell.",
      "She agreed to the terms specified in the contract.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The committee debated but did not specify which formulation might work best. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
      "The family would not say whether Pegula remains in the intensive care unit of a Florida hospital or specify the medical issue in asking to continue respecting their need for privacy. \u2014 John Wawrow, Sun Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
      "The lawsuit is related to a HK$862.5 million ($110 million) financial obligation, which Evergrande doesn\u2019t specify in detail. \u2014 Yue Wang, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "The port authority plans to transfer more than $11 million to its infrastructure fund as well, which provides loans for building projects, although the budget doesn\u2019t specify any projects. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
      "One intriguing thing is that the current craft doesn\u2019t specify a way to strap any pilot or passengers on. \u2014 Rohit Jaggi, Robb Report , 16 June 2022",
      "Sabin did not describe the social media post in detail or specify the type of weapons seen in the post. \u2014 Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "The attorney general did not elaborate or specify whether Uhde had a previous connection to Roemer, saying the homicide investigation is ongoing. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
      "Ortega and the officer were not injured, though Planalp did not specify whether Ortega surrendered to police. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English specifien , from Anglo-French specifier , from Late Latin specificare , from specificus":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another wears a tiara created out of a speculum \u2014a device Sims invented for vaginal exams. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 May 2022",
      "Some said the doctor did not use a speculum or gloves during exams. \u2014 Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 May 2022",
      "The classification attributed to this size speculum is an historic [sic] name and used industry-wide in and outside the UK. \u2014 Sophia Smith Galer, refinery29.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The classification attributed to this size speculum is a historic name and used industry-wide in and outside the UK. \u2014 Sophia Smith Galer, refinery29.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Some women said the doctor did not use a speculum during exams. \u2014 Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Sims is also credited with developing the modern speculum and procedures for examining women. \u2014 al , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Because my gynecologist has mastered the art of warming the speculum . \u2014 Kristen Mulrooney, The New Yorker , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Vaginismus is an automatic response, so Molly can\u2019t relax her muscles when a gynecologist tries to insert a speculum . \u2014 Laken Brooks, Forbes , 7 Nov. 2021"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Covid delay did at least allow for extra time in the writing process, which had the occasional speed bump . \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
      "Investors remain largely optimistic that the Netflix news is more of a speed bump than a change of course for the business. \u2014 Kate King, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
      "In Galveston Bay, Stokes\u2019 group supports a similar idea: shoring up a natural wetland that would act as a sort of speed bump , absorbing storm surges. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Remember that kindness will ultimately be less of a speed bump than a fight. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Cold fronts a speed bump for Lake Erie walleye: The chilly weather returned this week along the Lake Erie shoreline, making the walleye and smallmouth bass fishing difficult at times. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Is this just a speed bump in the Bulls\u2019 turnaround or a course correction that was due to happen over the grind of an 82-game season",
      "The Massachusetts job market hit a speed bump in April, with the pace of hiring slowing and the labor force barely expanding as the Federal Reserve attempts to cool off the economy. \u2014 Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
      "The smooth curve in battery pricing towards electric and internal combustion vehicle price parity may have hit a speed bump , but the general direction of travel remains the same. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 16 Apr. 2022"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
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      "The analysis showed the Legislature remains hesitant to act quickly on water conservation or on a scale that fully reflects the region\u2019s dire situation, in part due to the influence of a rotating cast of special interest groups. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
      "The analysis showed the Legislature remains hesitant to act quickly on water conservation or on a scale that fully reflects the region\u2019s dire situation, in part due to the influence of a rotating cast of special interest groups. \u2014 Mark Olalde, ProPublica , 22 June 2022",
      "In the series, the powerful, dark unseen powers behind the walls represent a metaphor for those special interest groups and lobbyists who work in the shadows trying to influence and shape every aspect of people\u2019s lives. \u2014 Emiliano De Pablos, Variety , 6 June 2022",
      "Also in the Place 2 race is Robert McCollum of Dadeville, who also accuses the PSC of being tied too closely to special interest groups. \u2014 al , 21 May 2022",
      "The Council must be diligent to ensure that appeals are handled with the community in mind and not the developers, donors, or big-moneyed special interest groups as is currently the case. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
      "In South Carolina, Trump appears to have taken a special interest in defeating Rep. Nancy Mace, who was a vocal critic of Trump on and immediately following Jan. 6 but has since softened her critiques. \u2014 Jonathan Karl, ABC News , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "There, an older couple, Howard (Stephen Ure) and Pearl (Mia Goth in prosthetics), take a special interest in their young guests. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Klarman said Fox News Books is not depending on bulk purchases by special interest groups or institutions, which are frequently used to drive the sales of conservative political books. \u2014 Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Its success underlines the importance of strategic partnerships, whether that's through technology or specialism . \u2014 David Tuck, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "The anti-corruption prosecutor completed her Master\u2019s degree last year, with a specialism in criminology. \u2014 Zahra Nader, Time , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "On the strength of the IOC profile, Harper was invited to work toward a Ph.D. at Loughborough, an English university with a sports-science specialism . \u2014 Nicola Williams, National Review , 24 June 2021",
      "The body and mind were separated into different systems and specialisms : psychology and psychiatry for the mind, cardiology for the heart. \u2014 Fay Bound Alberti, Quartz , 25 Nov. 2019",
      "For Mr Merton\u2019s specialism is the mathematics of time applied to finance. \u2014 The Economist , 15 June 2019",
      "Academics have either been captured by identity politics or else have chosen to retreat into tiny specialisms . \u2014 The Economist , 19 June 2019",
      "Higher education in this period was much more far-ranging than the specialism of a modern university. \u2014 National Geographic , 9 Apr. 2019",
      "This should lead to a serious discussion in Europe over how the allies can best pool military resources, spread risk and exploit national specialisms to take more responsibility for their own defence. \u2014 The Economist , 12 July 2018"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015121"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024533"
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      ": an event at which each participant converses individually with all the prospective partners for a few minutes in order to select those with whom dates are desired":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Recruiting from the transfer portal is more akin to speed dating than the exhaustive, laborious process of wooing high school players, which often drags over two or three (or more) years. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "First up will be speed dating , followed by potential mahjong nights. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Local businesses will host Galentines Night, speed dating , mask-erade ball, chasing cupid 5K and a charity date auction. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Along with the support from Miguel (Jon Huertas), the Pearson matriarch went speed dating and was reintroduced to Matt (Matt Corboy) \u2014 the salesman and single father from season 3 whose kids attended middle school with the Big Three. \u2014 Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Your Next Ex will be held on Feb. 12 with a night of specialty drinks, speed dating and animal interactions. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "ONSeries Lisboa also features production panels and workshops, speed dating sessions with Portuguese screenwriters and directors and an international pitching session. \u2014 Martin Dale, Variety , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "Following each performance, the disguised celebrities did some speed dating with the panel, rounded out by Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy and Robin Thicke. \u2014 Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "During speed dating , Mallard named Olivia Newton-John as their first celebrity crush and called their dimples their favorite physical feature on themselves. \u2014 Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com , 13 Oct. 2021"
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      ": one of the haploid cells that are formed by the second division in meiosis of a spermatocyte and that differentiate into spermatozoa":[]
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      "New Latin, from A. Speyer , 19th century German lepidopterist + New Latin -ia":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041635"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": bearing spermatia":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043917"
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    "first_known_use":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051331"
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      "noun"
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      ": a partner who may share in the profits of a general partnership registered under law, who contributes property to the capital thereof but must not exercise control over or be active in partnership affairs, and whose liability for partnership debts providing certain rules of law are observed is limited to his capital and interest in the firm assets":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053949"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055453"
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      "noun"
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      ": a place where sperm are collected, stored, and then used to help women become pregnant":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060344"
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      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": one who looks on or watches":[],
      ": a shoe having contrasting colors with a perforated design at the toe and sometimes heel":[]
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      "spek-\u02c8t\u0101-",
      "\u02c8spek-\u02cct\u0101-t\u0259r"
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      "observer",
      "onlooker",
      "viewer",
      "watcher"
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      "The s pectators lining the road cheered the racers on.",
      "The accident attracted a large crowd of spectators .",
      "I wasn't a participant in the preparations, merely a spectator .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His first game as a spectator at Fenway was in the 2018 playoffs Boston beat Houston in the ALCS. \u2014 Kyle Hightower, Chron , 17 May 2022",
      "Aliy Zirkle showed up in Nome this year as a spectator . \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Kalik had been at the Waukesha Christmas Parade as a spectator . \u2014 Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "However, Irving would be able to attend home games as a spectator . \u2014 Eric Levenson, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Bobcats coach Brent Compton could not risk his leading scorer and rebounder picking up his third foul before halftime, so Teague spent the remainder of the first half as a spectator . \u2014 Chip Souza, Arkansas Online , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Images of restaurant and cafe tip jars with each of their names attached are doing the rounds on social media as passing judgement on the intimate details of their relationship becomes a spectator sport. \u2014 refinery29.com , 16 May 2022",
      "Crypto\u2019s transparency has turned money laundering into a perverse spectator sport. \u2014 David Uberti, WSJ , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Running in Cincinnati is totally a spectator sport with enthusiasts lining the streets to lift up the runners and reach out with water. \u2014 Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer , 1 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from spectare to watch":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064647"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": an injunction on motion granted to prevent threatened and irreparable injury : a temporary or preliminary injunction : a prohibitory injunction against specified acts or conduct":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065313"
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  "spermatozoan":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": spermatozoon":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsp\u0259r-m\u0259-t\u0259-",
      "(\u02cc)sp\u0259r-\u02ccmat-\u0259-\u02c8z\u014d-\u0259n",
      "(\u02cc)sp\u0259r-\u02ccma-t\u0259-\u02c8z\u014d-\u0259n",
      "\u02ccsp\u0259r-m\u0259t-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1900, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075520"
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  "Spengler":{
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      "biographical name"
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      "Oswald 1880\u20131936 German philosopher":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spe\u014b-",
      "\u02c8shpe\u014b-l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080807"
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  "spermatoxic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": poisonous to spermatozoa":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6sp\u0259rm\u0259+"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "sperm- + toxic":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082010"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": a telephone function by which a selected stored number can be dialed by pressing only one key":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a phone with speed dial",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The celebrity nail guru has mastered the art of maintaining gorgeous, healthy nails, so this treatment is almost as good as having her on speed dial . \u2014 Jillian Ruffo, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
      "To barely lead, thanks to the Morgan goal at the wire before halftime, kept the win-loss drama on speed dial . \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Some marvel at having their American counterparts on speed dial . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Arguably, however, Kim looks more like Kim before Kanye came along and Demna (who has exiled his surname, Gvasalia, like his collaborator Ye) was on speed dial . \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Instead, buyers should be prepared to have general contractors and experienced repair services on speed dial to prioritize repairs and comparison-shop for remedies. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "The current state of the market underscores the value of having a good charter broker on speed dial . \u2014 Doug Gollan, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "They stiff-armed national indifference and late-game theatrics that begged for cardiologists on speed dial . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Dec. 2021",
      "Stallcop reached for her desk phone and hit a number on speed dial . \u2014 Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News , 26 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1982, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091127"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a routine order issued by an authorized military headquarters that includes matter concerning individuals but is not of general interest \u2014 compare general order":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1547, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092038"
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  "sperm count":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the number of active sperm produced by a man's body":[
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093022"
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  "special revelation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": religious revelation accessible only to a particular people or group of people":[
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        "the special revelation of God's purposes in the history of Israel"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare general revelation":[
        "the special revelation available to Christians through faith",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102601"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": of or relating to a cave":[]
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      "sp\u0259\u0307\u02c8l\u0259\u014bk\u0259(r)",
      "(\u02c8)sp\u0113\u00a6l-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "Latin spelunca cave + English -ar":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103851"
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  "SpEd":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
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      "special education":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104306"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a rule obtained from a court upon motion of counsel and not issuing as a matter of course : an interlocutory order made in a particular case \u2014 compare general rule":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113115"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": one who makes a hobby of exploring and studying caves":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113-\u02ccl\u0259\u014b-",
      "spi-\u02c8l\u0259\u014b-k\u0259r"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After acting as the scanner-in-chief for the company that invented the eFit, Borodin is now the lead ear spelunker for NextSense, which was born at Google and spun out of Alphabet\u2019s X division. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Three days later, Vernon Unsworth, a British spelunker on site outside the cave, persuaded government officials that if the boys were to be saved, consummate cave divers would be needed. \u2014 Howard Schneider, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Noted software spelunker Jane Manchun Wong found bits in Facebook\u2019s Android app to allow hidden like counts. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 3 Sep. 2019",
      "In 1968 a group of amateur spelunkers realized that falling rocks many centuries before had sealed an opening of a cave. \u2014 Chiara Goia, National Geographic , 14 Dec. 2019",
      "Deep in the bowels of a cave system on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, in a dim chamber accessible only to the most intrepid of spelunkers , lies a red-tinted painting depicting what appears to be a vivid hunt or ritual. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "The caves that comprise Kartchner Caverns State Park were discovered by spelunkers Gary Tenen and Randy Tufts in 1974. \u2014 Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral , 13 Nov. 2019",
      "An amnesiac spelunker joins a rescue team to explore underground caves where bloodthirsty creatures dwell. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "In another rescue operation in the Tatra Mountains, TOPR emergency workers have been searching for two spelunkers who went missing in a cave on Saturday after being trapped by rising water. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin sp\u0113lunca \"cave\" (borrowed from Greek sp\u0113lynk-, stem of sp\u00ealynx \"cave\") + -er entry 2 \u2014 more at speleology":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114751"
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      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of a group (Spermatophyta) of higher plants comprising those that produce seeds and including the gymnosperms and angiosperms":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)sp\u0259r-\u02c8ma-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bt"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ultimately from New Latin spermat- + Greek phyton plant \u2014 more at phyto-":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124013"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125526"
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      "noun"
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      ": the quality or state of being spendthrift : improvidence , wastefulness":[
        "an almost incredible spendthriftiness of energy and talent",
        "\u2014 Carlos Baker"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-ft\u0113n\u0259\u0307s",
      "-ftin-"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131241"
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  "spell doom":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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      ": to lead to the failure or end of something":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131606"
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      "adjective",
      "noun plural",
      "plural noun"
    ],
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      ": any of various difficulties (such as a physical, emotional, behavioral, or learning disability or impairment) that causes an individual to require additional or specialized services or accommodations (such as in education or recreation)":[
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "According to its website, Drag Story Hour NYC so far this year has produced 49 Drag Story Hour programs for 34 individual public schools and special needs schools in English, Spanish, and Cantonese. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 12 June 2022",
      "As it is inscribed on its website, Friendship Circle\u2019s unique approach brings together teenage volunteers and children with special needs for hours of fun and friendship. \u2014 Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel , 7 June 2022",
      "The annual event that supports children with special needs in Kentucky and Indiana took place Saturday and Sunday, with various fire departments bringing back in-person events and donation collections this year. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
      "Sotomayor wrote that money from the legal settlement was placed in what is known as a special needs trust, which can pay expenses not covered by Medicaid. \u2014 Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
      "His siblings found homes, but the owners didn't know what to do with Joey due to his special needs . \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Leann Alferio, who approached city officials in January 2021 with the idea for a playground that would incorporate both traditional and special needs -accessible equipment. \u2014 Brian Lisik, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
      "Those of us who have special needs family members understand that sometimes the relationship can unlock qualities that will put a person in touch with their own deeper humanity. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
      "Those of us who have special needs family members understand that sometimes the relationship can unlock qualities that will put people in touch with their own deeper humanity. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Washington Post , 15 May 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1899, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134501"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a character distinguishing one species from another or from every other species of the same genus":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134635"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135534"
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      "noun"
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      ": one of a series of linear images formed by a spectrograph or similar instrument and corresponding to a narrow portion of the spectrum of the radiation emitted or absorbed by a particular source":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His team also recognized that a red spectral line which supposedly arose from oxygen is actually a blend of oxygen and nickel; subtracting nickel\u2019s contribution led to a lower oxygen abundance. \u2014 Ken Croswell, Scientific American , 1 July 2020",
      "At the same time, the spectral lines became objects of mathematical interest. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 20 Mar. 2018",
      "The \u2018hydrogen line\u2019 is the electromagnetic radiation spectral line that is created by a change in the energy state of neutral hydrogen atoms. \u2014 James Hill, Washington Post , 20 June 2019",
      "The enormous clouds emit large amounts of ultraviolet light with a spectral line produced by hydrogen ions, known as a Lyman-alpha line. \u2014 Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics , 21 Sep. 2016",
      "The investigators were hoping to analyze the spectral lines \u2014essentially the chemical fingerprints\u2014of the gasses in Uranus\u2019s atmosphere. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 24 Apr. 2018",
      "He and his colleagues looked for Doppler shifts in the spectral lines of the stars' light that would be caused if a planet tugged them back and forth. \u2014 Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS , 11 Apr. 2018",
      "Such light encodes deep insights in the form of spectral lines , which betray the compositions, temperatures and motions of cosmic denizens. \u2014 Ray Jayawardhana, WSJ , 16 Oct. 2017"
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      ": excessive indulgence in forms of amusement in which one is a passive spectator rather than an active participant":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The most successful living things pass these variations throughout generations, causing the eventual speciation of a creature perfectly suited to its environment. \u2014 Borya Shakhnovich, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "However, as in evolutionary speciation , many unknown enterprises will emerge and thrive, while the existing ones will be altered with new business models. \u2014 Chandra Gundlapalli, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Others, like Tautz and Mallet, decided to focus on the speciation process. \u2014 Ben Crair, The New Yorker , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Eventually, the differences between the traditionalists and the molecularists were judged insurmountable, and, in an intellectual version of speciation , Harvard\u2019s biology department split in two. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "Wolf has come to think that this might be the mechanism of their speciation . \u2014 Ben Crair, The New Yorker , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "At other times, extinction crises cut back life on Earth, and speciation did not immediately follow. \u2014 Riley Black, Scientific American , 14 Jan. 2021",
      "In one, rapid diversification in some aspect of body morphology produces a burst of new species at first, and then speciation slows as the available niches fill up. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The result, in the first half of the book, is a dense but lucid guide to the history and biology of speciation on Earth. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 May 2021"
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        "In spear phishing , hackers first identify a target. Unlike basic phishing , which casts a wide net, spear phishing focuses on a specific person or group.",
        "\u2014 eMazzanti Technologies",
        "The hyper-personalized emails known as spear-phishing can use information from your LinkedIn profile, including your connections.",
        "\u2014 Leslie Collins",
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      "respelling of spearfishing (gerund of spearfish entry 2 ), after phishing":""
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        "The special sauce is their software that enables the computers to tell whether a call has reached a live person or an answering device \u2026",
        "\u2014 Tiernan Ray"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Slicing across cultures is The Beat\u2019s special sauce . \u2014 Jacqueline Schneider, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Bush's music has been the special sauce for many soundtracks over the decades, often subverting what's on screen or taking on new meanings. \u2014 Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 June 2022",
      "That relaxed air hid the duo\u2019s special sauce : absolute mastery. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
      "Beef up already hearty platters of brisket, boudin and ribs (which come with their homemade special sauce ) with sides like spicy rice and some of the best macaroni and cheese in town. \u2014 Adrianne Reece, Chron , 12 May 2022",
      "Its Cuban sandwich, made with marinated pork, ham, salami, pickles, Swiss cheese with special sauce on Cuban bread, is another mainstay. \u2014 Gary Stern, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "One ingredient in that Zion special sauce is that the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert all converge here to create a landscape of geologic wonders. \u2014 Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert, Outside Online , 19 Dec. 2019",
      "That's not exactly the special sauce any of us were hoping for. \u2014 Marta L. Tellado, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Part of the special sauce of Yuga Labs stems from the simple fact that the company owns the IP underlying the three most valuable NFT collections. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 25 Mar. 2022"
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      ": a division of higher plants that is coordinate with Bryophyta and Pteridophyta and coextensive with the classes Gymnospermae and Angiospermae":[]
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      "New Latin, from spermat- + -phyta":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There, the ocean is filled with Pacific blue marlin, tuna, mahi-mahi, and spearfish . \u2014 Stephanie Granada, Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018",
      "Recent studies have shown that gelatinous animals feature prominently in the diets of spearfish and two different types of tuna. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 31 Mar. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In a day, most will stay in their shanties for as long as they're allowed to spearfish \u2014sun up until 1 p.m.\u2014 and then head off to socialize and celebrate into the evening. \u2014 Amanda Ogle, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "People that haven\u2019t seen each other all year get together to spearfish for sturgeon. \u2014 Amanda Ogle, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "Born and raised in Santa Barbara, Coleman learned to spearfish and sail as a boy, according to the website for his company, Lovewater Surf Co., which offers lessons and rentals in Santa Barbara. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Taylor started diving at just 21, learning to spearfish before turning her focus toward the mysteries of sharks and marine conservation. \u2014 Kate Hogan, PEOPLE.com , 22 July 2021",
      "The Vilas County Sheriff's Office said that shots fired on Little Saint Germain Lake Saturday night were not meant to frighten tribal harvesters spearfishing at a pier nearby, but a tribal agency has countered that claim. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2020",
      "In August 2017, a week after telling the U.S. to shed its embassy staff in Russia, Putin shed his shirt and braved the cold waters on a spearfishing vacation in southern Siberia's mountains. \u2014 Greg Norman | Fox News, Fox News , 21 Feb. 2020",
      "The fish and wildlife commission also gave further consideration to a highly controversial move to restrict angling, trapping and spearfishing in Biscayne National Park in South Florida to boost sizes and numbers of fish. \u2014 Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com , 2 Oct. 2019",
      "The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources says 39-year-old Jacob Hansen broke the state record for spearfishing a tiger muskie fish June 13 at Fish Lake in southern Utah. \u2014 USA TODAY , 15 July 2019"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1882, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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      "Her hobbies include hiking, biking, and spelunking .",
      "They love to go spelunking .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The arc of Ancestor Trouble ends up being a subtle move from a process of genealogical spelunking to one of gentle exorcism. \u2014 Colin Dickey, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The upshot, Butler writes, is that the Method has been diluted by other acting styles that don\u2019t privilege psychological spelunking or total authenticity\u2014think of the Brat Pack, or Bruce Willis. \u2014 Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "None of this would be possible without a lot of juridical spelunking . \u2014 Luke Winkie, Wired , 19 Oct. 2021",
      "Choose a place that was once wet\u2014and Mars\u2019s now-dry riverbeds, sea basins and ocean floors offer plenty of those\u2014and do your spelunking there. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "This is one of the great strengths of fiction: to identify a question that\u2019s vexing, go spelunking , and sort of \u2026 hang out. \u2014 Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic , 15 May 2020",
      "Adventure activities such as heli-skiing, off-trail snowboarding, bungee jumping, wakeboarding, Jet Skiing, spelunking , rock climbing, and scuba diving are almost always excluded from coverage in most travel insurance plans. \u2014 Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "Hop in the car and head to Mauckport in Southern Indiana for an afternoon of spelunking . \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 12 July 2019",
      "Some have seen their task as psychic spelunking , deep exploratory work that can only be undermined by literary preciousness. \u2014 Christopher Beha, Harper's magazine , 10 Mar. 2019"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163723"
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      ": a computer program or function (as in a word processor ) that identifies possible misspellings in a block of text by comparing the text with a database of accepted spellings":[]
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      "1981, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163820"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170835"
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      "modification (influenced by English spear, eye ) of Afrikaans spierhaai , from spier muscle, blade (from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English sp\u012br blade) + haai shark, from Middle Dutch haey":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173147"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In November 1937, nearly 200 members of the Klan, wearing spectral robes, publicly burned a cross during an induction ceremony. \u2014 Brandon Tensley, CNN , 15 June 2022",
      "Haddad explained the same mystifyingly vast median space at Highland Avenue on the 101, the spectral leftovers of where the Whitnall Freeway was to have crossed the Hollywood. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "These measures of connectedness can be quantified by a number called the spectral gap. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 June 2022",
      "Sikander\u2019s autobiographical subject\u2014a young, spectral figure dressed in white\u2014weaves in and out of rooms and family gatherings, appearing in multiple places at once, as though defying time, space, and the restrictions of the domestic sphere. \u2014 Naib Mian, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022",
      "Seeing Bush, who trained in contemporary dance, twirl and wave her arms through a spectral white mist in a floaty batwing dress, her eyes wide with urgency, I was mesmerized. \u2014 Vogue , 30 May 2022",
      "Hanna and a research team of UCF students are working to print a map of possibilities by creating spectral instruments for a NASA satellite capable of scanning and producing high-resolution maps of water on the moon. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
      "Using spectral graph theory, mathematicians have solved a decades-old problem. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 16 May 2022",
      "This Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece, adapted from Daphne du Maurier\u2019s novel of the same name, tells the eerie story of a young woman who marries a widower only to be haunted by his first wife's spectral presence. \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 23 May 2022"
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      "1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175625"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175702"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the special master , a Carnegie Mellon fellow named Jonathan Cervas, isn\u2019t a partisan hack. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
      "Under the special master \u2019s plan, Mr. Jeffries and Representative Yvette Clark would live in the same central Brooklyn district, and Mr. Bowman and Mondaire Jones would reside in the same Westchester County seat. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
      "The special master \u2019s plan has 19% of seats firmly Republican, and another 19% competitive. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
      "Now, an outside expert known as a special master , will draw maps for a primary that will likely need to be kicked to August, NBC News\u2019 Jane C. Timm reports. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Justice McAllister has already appointed Jonathan Cervas, a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, as special master to draw the congressional and State Senate lines by late May. \u2014 Nicholas Fandos, New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "That task, the judges said, should be handled by a politically neutral special master , who would be overseen by a trial court. \u2014 Nicholas Fandos, New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "But that process, too, was mired in partisanship, with each party accusing the other of nominating partisan figures with conflicts of interest for the special master role. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "The $34 million settlement figure first appeared in a report by a special master , an outside judge tasked with deciding how the sum should be split among the 195 claimants. \u2014 Lulu Ramadan, ProPublica , 7 Feb. 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1953, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180801"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180815"
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      "verb"
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      ": to be present as a spectator (as at a sports event)":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Stop by the Alaska State Fairgrounds to compete in the games or to spectate . \u2014 Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
      "Stop by the Alaska State Fairgrounds to compete in the games or to spectate . \u2014 Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022",
      "Sunday\u2019s taut game did not let a manager sit back and spectate . \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Often, as the president said, as their families were forced to watch, and as crowds gathered to spectate . ... \u2014 Kathryn Watson, CBS News , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, the Noteworthy Conversations space will allow visitors to spectate in conversations and new perspectives, tying together all the elements of nature in the Samsung | Billboard Galaxy House. \u2014 James Dinh, Billboard , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "This is usually a pattern that astronomers use to spectate stars from Earth. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Athletes\u2019 families and friends were not allowed to travel to Tokyo to spectate , and athletes were more or less quarantined in the isolation bubble of the Olympic village. \u2014 Johanna Gretschel, SELF , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "That match could actually be the perfect one to spectate to see the difference between LAN and online play. \u2014 Sean Collins, Dallas News , 29 June 2021"
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      "noun"
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      "\u02ccsp\u0113-l\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113",
      "\u02ccspe-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And Slovenia, which photographer Robbie Shone calls the birthplace of speleology , is famous for its river caves. \u2014 National Geographic , 23 Sep. 2020"
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      "borrowed from French sp\u00e9l\u00e9ologie, earlier sp\u00e9l\u00e6ologie, from Greek sp\u1e17laion \"cave, cavern\" (derivative of a base sp\u0113l-, whence also sp\u00ealynx \"cave,\" probably of pre-Indo-European origin) + French -o- -o- + -logie -logy":""
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      "1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181313"
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      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      "(\u02cc)sp\u0259r-\u02c8m\u0101-sh(\u0113-)\u0259m"
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      "New Latin, from Greek spermation , diminutive of spermat-, sperma":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1856, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181345"
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      "noun"
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      ": the maximum or minimum speed permitted by law in a given area under specified circumstances":[]
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      "The speed limit here is 55 mph.",
      "She got a ticket for breaking the speed limit .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Police were sent looking for a 35-mph speed limit sign that appeared to have been knocked or dragged about 100 yards away as it was found in the Moreland Hills Town Center parking lot around 9 a.m. on March 8. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "By chance, the City Council\u2019s transportation committee would soon be holding a hearing about a bill to cut the speed limit in residential neighborhoods to twenty miles per hour. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
      "Using his in-car radar unit, the officer clocked the car at 46 mph in a 60 zone, with a 50 mph minimum speed limit . \u2014 cleveland , 27 May 2022",
      "This is a machine for pushing your personal speed limit . \u2014 Joseph Carberry, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "The pit stop process takes longer, because the driver must not exceed the 60 mph pit road speed limit when entering pit road and leaving the pit box. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
      "The speed limit approaching the stop sign at the intersection is 55 mph. \u2014 Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
      "Considering that speed was to be the calling card of the class, such a speed limit would appear to be a major handicap. \u2014 al , 13 May 2022",
      "At the end of the village, the speed limit increased from 20 to 55 mph to signify the beginning of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, which encompasses the entire island outside of town. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1902, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183016"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": linguistic form":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1863, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183419"
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  "special theory of relativity":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
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      ": relativity sense 3a":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1920, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183700"
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      "transitive verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185100"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": an electronic flash lamp : flashtube , strobe":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185335"
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      "noun"
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      ": someone who speculates : such as":[],
      ": a person who thinks or guesses especially in an idle or casual way about something that is unknown or uncertain":[
        "I sat Friday night in the dining room in front of my laptop, the TV in the next room flitting among experts and speculators about what happened in Paris \u2026",
        "\u2014 Scott Martelle",
        "\"\u2026 All that we ought to ask, therefore, is, that the witnesses of our conduct, and the speculators on our motives, should be capable of taking the highest view which the circumstances of the case may admit. \u2026\"",
        "\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne"
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      ": a person who makes a relatively risky investment in something (such as stocks or real estate) in the hope of making a large short-term profit from market fluctuations":[
        "futures/currency speculators",
        "By the late 1870s Edward Pray was living in New York City, still interested in mining but instead now as a speculator in mining stocks.",
        "\u2014 Willa Kane",
        "Over the years, many houses have been bought by speculators or real estate companies and rented out.",
        "\u2014 Margaret Gillerman"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8spe-ky\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101-t\u0259r"
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      "speculate + -or entry 1 ; in earlier sense \"observer, lookout,\" borrowed from Latin specul\u0101tor \"scout, spy, sentinel,\" from specul\u0101r\u012b \"to keep a close watch on, spy out, watch for\" + -tor, agent suffix \u2014 more at speculate":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1555, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190732"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": money in coin":[],
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sp\u0113-sh\u0113, -s\u0113",
      "\u02c8sp\u0113-sh\u0113",
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from in specie , from Latin, in kind":"Noun",
      "back-formation from species (taken as a plural)":"Noun"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1617, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1647, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191717"
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  "speaking part":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a dramatic role containing lines to be spoken":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192432"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": someone or something that moves or works very fast":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195016"
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  "sperm center":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a sperm-aster presumably derived from the middlepiece of the fertilizing sperm : the aster of the first zygotic division":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195656"
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      "noun"
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      ": a group organized for choral speaking":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203249"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C 14 H 24 N 2 O 7 produced by a bacterium ( Streptomyces spectabilis ) that is used clinically especially in the form of its hydrochloride to treat gonorrhea":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccspek-t\u0259-n\u014d-\u02c8m\u012bs-\u1d4an",
      "\u02ccspek-t\u0259-n\u014d-\u02c8m\u012b-s\u1d4an"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The only antibiotic the strain showed susceptibility to in the lab tests was spectinomycin , which doctors prescribed next. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 31 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "spect- (from New Latin spectabilis , specific epithet of Streptomyces spectabilis ) + act inomycin":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1964, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203301"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English spedeles , from spede success, speed + -les -less":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204643"
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      "noun"
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      ": insignia worn on an enlisted man's uniform that reveals his specialty or rating \u2014 compare rating badge":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204933"
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      "noun"
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      ": an exaction paid under ancient Welsh law to an injured person by a wrongdoer":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "translation of Welsh ceiniog baladr":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213458"
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  "spectral owl":{
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221318"
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      "noun"
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      ": a very large toothed whale ( Physeter macrocephalus synonym P. catodon ) that has large conical teeth in the lower jaw, a single blowhole, and a massive squarish head with a closed cavity containing a fluid mixture of spermaceti and oil, and that may reach a length in the male of nearly 60 feet (18.3 meters)":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mesopelagic fish, squid and crustaceans turned up in the stomachs of tuna, swordfish and blue sharks, while sperm whale stomachs contained the indigestible beaks of deep-sea squid, including the giant squid Architeuthis. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "The brain of the sperm whale is the largest on Earth, at a hefty 20 pounds, while your three-pound brain is seven times as large as expected for the average human body. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Female emperor moths emit pheromones that can be detected by males more than 15 kilometers away, which, correcting for size, is a distance comparable to the one traversed by even the most resonant sperm whale \u2019s click. \u2014 Justin E. H. Smith, Wired , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Or consider the clicks of a sperm whale , which, it is now thought, can sometimes be heard by familiars on the other side of the world. \u2014 Justin E. H. Smith, Wired , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Owens is currently working on a 60-foot sperm whale . \u2014 Kaitlin Mccallum, courant.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Sharing the tank were two warty seadevils, one of which, collected from the stomach of a sperm whale in the nineteen-seventies, had a parasitic male attached. \u2014 Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "In the 1970s, a fledgling group in Hartford formed the Connecticut Cetacean Society, concerned about the plight of whales, particularly the sperm whale , which had been hunted almost to extinction for its oil. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "By comparison, Gero\u2019s Dominica Sperm Whale Project has collected less than 100,000 sperm whale codas. \u2014 Christoph Droesser, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Oct. 2021"
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      "short for spermaceti whale":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1700, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224228"
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      ": a fundamental physical constant that is the speed at which electromagnetic radiation propagates in a vacuum and that has a value fixed by international convention of 299,792,458 meters per second":[
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1823, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225522"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225644"
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      "\u02c8sp\u0259rm\u0259t\u0259\u0307n"
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      "International Scientific Vocabulary spermat- + -in ; probably originally formed as French spermatine":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231323"
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      "noun"
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      "(\u02cc)sp\u0259r-\u02c8m\u0101-sh(\u0113-)\u0259m"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek spermation , diminutive of spermat-, sperma":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1856, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231741"
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  "special traverse":{
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233056"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233859"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235656"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004722"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French espence, spence , from Medieval Latin expensa victuals, from Late Latin, outlay, compulsory supply of food \u2014 more at expense entry 1":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004938"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005057"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010838"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021401"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021626"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021733"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022614"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a defect in oral speech (such as lisping or stuttering)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-023232"
  }
}