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"Vigna":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of vines or erect herbs (family Leguminosae) found in warm or tropical regions and having trifoliolate leaves, yellowish or purplish flowers with an eared vexillum, and a linear and 2-valved pod \u2014 see cowpea":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vign\u0259"
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, after Domenico Vigna \u20201647 Italian botanist":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210721"
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},
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"Vignola":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Giacomo da 1507\u20131573":[
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"Giacomo Barozzi \\ b\u00e4-\u200b\u02c8r\u022ft-\u200bs\u0113 \\"
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],
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"Italian architect":[
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"Giacomo Barozzi \\ b\u00e4-\u200b\u02c8r\u022ft-\u200bs\u0113 \\"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u0113n-\u02c8y\u014d-l\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135138",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"vig":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": vigorish":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"These percentages eclipse 100 due to the vig , which is the cut a bookmaker takes for facilitating bets. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
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"The market strongly endorsed under 7 wins, as judged by a vig as high as -140. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 19 Oct. 2021",
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"The vig is the financial magic that powers sportsbooks. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 1 Sep. 2021",
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"These percentages eclipse 100% due to the vig , which is the cut a bookmaker takes for facilitating your bet. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
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"In other words, the U.S., frustrated by Chinese behavior, has stooped to Chinese tactics, dictating without due process how businesses should operate\u2014shamefully and inexplicably asking for a vig in the process. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 28 Aug. 2020",
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"Trust me, BetMGM factored in the Heats\u2019 O/U record when making their total and still have extra vig on the Under. \u2014 Geoff Clark, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire , 20 Dec. 2019",
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"Odds last updated at 9 a.m. ET. Prediction Nuggets 131, Pelicans 109 The Nuggets (-182) are fairly heavy favorites on the road. Instead of laying the larger vig here, look to the line instead, which is a much better value. \u2014 Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire , 31 Oct. 2019",
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"In sports betting, the vigorish, or vig , is typically -110 for spread and total bets. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 17 Sep. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vig"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115023",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"viga":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one of the heavy rafters and especially a log supporting the roof in American Indian and Spanish architecture of the Southwest":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Built in 1927, this three-bed, three-bath home has a gorgeous interior with hardwood floors and viga , or wooden beam, ceilings to complement the beige walls. \u2014 Alex Bazeley, Curbed , 15 Aug. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish, beam, rafter":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u0113-g\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124733",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"vigil light":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a candle lighted devotionally (as in a Roman Catholic church) before a shrine or image":[
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"\u2014 compare votive"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1931, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003251",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"vigilant":{
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"antonyms":[
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"asleep"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": alertly watchful especially to avoid danger":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Over the years, as tension between pitchers and hit batsmen heightened to the point that hitters began rushing the mound, umpires have had to become far more vigilant about keeping the game from degenerating into a dogfight. \u2014 Buzz Bissinger , Sports Illustrated , 21 Mar. 2005",
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"At the Ch\u00e2teau de Wideville's magnificent seventeenth-century gates, guests have their names ticked off by vigilant staff and then snake through a lugubrious park \u00e0 l'anglaise. \u2014 Hamish Bowles , Vogue , September 2002",
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"And as a foreign tourist in North Korea, under the care of vigilant minders who wanted me to see only the best, I had enjoyed the finest fare available. \u2014 Christopher Hitchens , Vanity Fair , January 2001",
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"A vigilant hand had, as usual, kept the fire alive and the lamp trimmed; and the room, with its rows and rows of books, its bronze and steel statuettes of \"The Fencers\" on the mantelpiece and its many photographs of famous pictures, looked singularly home-like and welcoming. \u2014 Edith Wharton , The Age of Innocence , 1920",
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"When traveling through the city, tourists should be extra vigilant .",
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"They were vigilant about protecting their children.",
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"We remain vigilant against theft.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Indeed, my company, for example, regularly audits the usage of its product and is vigilant in preventing bad actors from violating TCPA. \u2014 Jonathan Rosenberg, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
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"The Wolverines are equally vigilant in vetting the families. \u2014 Casey Brogan, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Ultimately, the authors of the latest studies said the findings reveal the need to be vigilant in situations in which wild animals and humans interact closely on a daily basis. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"Separately, Canadian officials have called for the public to be vigilant in the face of cyber threats. \u2014 Sean Lyngaas, CNN , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"Bingaman reminded people to stay vigilant in rainy weather. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Jan. 2022",
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"In the meantime, public and private health officials are asking that people remain vigilant in protecting themselves and others from catching COVID-19. \u2014 Terry Demio, The Enquirer , 4 Jan. 2022",
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"Native American tribes have been especially vigilant in encouraging COVID-19 vaccines and enacting stringent safety protocols. \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 2 Jan. 2022",
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"The mayor asked residents to be vigilant in looking out and making sure to take care of themselves. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 16 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English (Scots), from Latin vigilant-, vigilans , from present participle of vigilare to keep watch, stay awake, from vigil awake":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vi-j\u0259-l\u0259nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vigilant watchful , vigilant , wide-awake , alert mean being on the lookout especially for danger or opportunity. watchful is the least explicit term. the watchful eye of the department supervisor vigilant suggests intense, unremitting, wary watchfulness. eternally vigilant in the safeguarding of democracy wide-awake applies to watchfulness for opportunities and developments more often than dangers. wide-awake companies latched onto the new technology alert stresses readiness or promptness in meeting danger or in seizing opportunity. alert traders anticipated the stock market's slide",
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"synonyms":[
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"alert",
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"Argus-eyed",
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"attentive",
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"awake",
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"observant",
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"open-eyed",
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"tenty",
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"tentie",
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"watchful",
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"wide-awake"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171203",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"vigilante":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"the danger of these self-appointed vigilantes is that they sometimes go after innocent people",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Some resort to vigilante scambaiting, posing as potential marks to lure scammers to authorities or into public shame. \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"The movement is now a decade old, and that means that people have been marching in the streets demanding an end to police and vigilante violence against Black bodies since our students were in elementary school. \u2014 Ashley Lisenby, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Oct. 2021",
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"In the Dark: The series about a blind vigilante (not Daredevil) will also end with season four. \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 13 May 2022",
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"Maclay also belonged to a San Francisco vigilante group, and became a state legislator as well as a self-dealing opportunist who bought up the de Celis land on behalf of his patron, the railroad bigshot Leland Stanford. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
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"This time around, the self-defense movement -- now known as United Towns, or Pueblos Unidos -- sprang up in 2020 in the avocado-growing regions that were not the epicenter of the 2013 vigilante uprising. \u2014 The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online , 14 Nov. 2021",
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"Between 2015 and 2018, vigilante groups killed dozens of people -- many of whom were Muslims -- for allegedly consuming or killing cows, an animal considered sacred by Hindus, according to a report from Human Rights Watch. \u2014 Rhea Mogul And Swati Gupta, CNN , 14 Jan. 2022",
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"India\u2019s Christian community has long faced pressure, particularly under periods of BJP rule when Hindu vigilante groups feel more emboldened. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Dec. 2021",
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"Toxin becomes a new ally vigilante that joins with Venom to hunt Xenophage. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1856, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish, watchman, guard, from vigilante vigilant, from Latin vigilant-, vigilans":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccvi-j\u0259-\u02c8lan-t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"avenger",
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"castigator",
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"chastiser",
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"nemesis",
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"punisher",
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"scourge"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075217",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"vigilantness":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality or state of being vigilant":[]
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210757",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"vigintennial":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": vigentennial":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"Latin viginti twenty + English -ennial (as in centennial )":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6v\u012bjin\u2027\u00a6ten\u0113\u0259l"
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010515",
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"type":[
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"adjective or noun"
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},
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"vigintillion":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Physics theories suggest that sometime between 10^34 (1 decillion) and 10^64 (1 vigintillion ) years from now, the protons found in the nuclei of all atoms will decay. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Dec. 2017"
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"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin viginti twenty + English -illion (as in million ) \u2014 more at vigesimal":""
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccv\u012b-\u02ccjin-\u02c8til-y\u0259n"
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141127",
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"type":[
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"vigneron":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": winegrower":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Since 2017, winemaker Elizabeth Bourcier has earned multiple 100-point scores for Bionic Wines in the Walla Walla Valley of Washington state\u2014quietly working in collaboration with founder and French vigneron , Christophe Baron. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"Here was another grand cru Burgundy, from Henri Jayer, a legendary vigneron who died in 2006. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 10 Dec. 2020",
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"Olivier Paget, Bob\u2019s age, was born in Beaujolais, father a plumber, grandfather a vigneron , cooking since age sixteen; normal chef stuff, including stints making fancy food with grands chefs, like Georges Blanc, with whom Boulud had trained. \u2014 Bill Buford, The New Yorker , 6 Apr. 2020",
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"Certainly, the vignerons have no complaints about La Paul\u00e9e de New York. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
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"Jean-Luc Terrier and Christian Collovray, brothers-in-law vignerons from Macon, in Burgundy, expanded their business into the mountains of southwestern France near Limoux. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"Tricot and his wife settled here in 2003, part of a small group of natural vignerons who are recapturing the lost winemaking tradition of the area. \u2014 Stephen Heyman, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 11 Nov. 2019",
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"Even though Jackson\u2019s knowledge and passion for good champagne is legendary, for vignerons of the finest bubbly in the Champagne region of France, Jackson\u2019s prestige wasn\u2019t enough. \u2014 Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle , 6 Dec. 2019",
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"But vigneron and co-owner Fran\u00e7ois Morissette\u2019s low-intervention vineyards make up just one element of a regenerative agriculture ecosystem aimed at increasing biodiversity, both for all-important soil health and sheer idealism. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 Nov. 2019"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English (Scots), from Middle French, from Old French vineron , from vine, vigne vine, vineyard":""
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"\u02ccv\u0113n-y\u0259-\u02c8r\u014dn"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201413",
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"vignette":{
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"definitions":{
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": a brief incident or scene (as in a play or movie)":[],
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": a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper":[],
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": a short descriptive literary sketch":[],
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": the pictorial part of a postage stamp design as distinguished from the frame and lettering":[],
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": to finish (something, such as a photograph) like a vignette":[]
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"The play's program features a little vignette about each member of the cast.",
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"The film is a series of vignettes about living with cancer.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The 8:42-long video is a surrealist feast that puts Swardlick\u2019s longtime mascot, Morne Diablotins, in a funky dream sequence \u2014 each stylish vignette soundtracked to another snippet from the companion Compact Objects LP, released June 7. \u2014 Kat Bein, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
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"Kaphar\u2019s film is a rather quiet vignette , mostly filmed inside his gallery, where large oil canvases show Black mothers with cutout children\u2014blank space where a child should be. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 May 2022",
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"In one vignette , the woman dreams of being a cat, then, as a cat, dreams of being a woman. \u2014 Zo\u00eb Hu, The Atlantic , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Like so many moments in Adlon\u2019s free-form FX dramedy, the vignette is sad and funny, blunt and tender all at once. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"Both moods are combined in what\u2019s perhaps the film\u2019s longest vignette , when EO shows up at a regional Polish soccer game and winds up playing a hand in the local team\u2019s victory. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
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"MLB Network, swinging for attention from younger fans, is producing a baseball-news vignette just for them. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Instead, the Treasury Department announced that a vignette of suffrage movement leaders would appear on the back of the currency \u2014 a redesign that will not enter circulation until 2026. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Jan. 2022",
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"Perhaps the most didactic and poignant vignette was conceived by Dash (Daughters of Dust), who made history as the first African American woman to direct a feature film shown in wide release. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 10 May 2022"
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"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
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"French, from Middle French vignete , from diminutive of vigne vine \u2014 more at vine entry 1":"Noun"
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u0113n-",
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"vin-\u02c8yet"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"definition",
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"delineation",
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"depiction",
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"description",
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"picture",
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"portrait",
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"portraiture",
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"portrayal",
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"rendering",
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"sketch"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024725",
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"vigor":{
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"antonyms":[
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"lethargy",
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"listlessness",
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"sluggishness",
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"torpidity"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": active bodily or mental strength or force":[],
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": active healthy well-balanced growth especially of plants":[],
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": effective legal status":[],
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": intensity of action or effect : force":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She defended her beliefs with great vigor .",
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"she was picked to lead the volunteer group because of her vigor and enthusiasm",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This narrative vigor is deepened by audiovisual asides that conjure memories and musings by way of flashbacks, animations, interpolations, and allusive montages. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 23 June 2022",
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"And each time would-be borrowers find loan rates prohibitively expensive, the resulting drop in spending weakens confidence, job growth and overall economic vigor . \u2014 Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
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"And each time would-be borrowers find loan rates prohibitively expensive, the resulting drop in spending weakens confidence, job growth, and overall economic vigor . \u2014 Paul Wiseman, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
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"Holding a meeting beginning with some spontaneous play and laughter can relieve stress and bring back revitalized vigor . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
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"His vigor has to be suppressed for an exhausted husk of a man like George. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
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"But the global economy bounced back with unexpected vigor , and with it, the need to fuel thousands of cargo ships and millions of delivery trucks. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
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"Opening up the interior of the shrub by pruning can improve air flow and restore vigor . \u2014 Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune , 21 May 2022",
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"How can an album of so much honesty, vigor , and empathy also be delivered with a shrug"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English vigour , from Anglo-French, from Latin vigor , from vig\u0113re to be vigorous":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vi-g\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"beans",
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"bounce",
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"brio",
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"dash",
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"drive",
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"dynamism",
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"energy",
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"esprit",
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"gas",
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||
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"get-up-and-go",
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"ginger",
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||
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"go",
|
||
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"gusto",
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||
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"hardihood",
|
||
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"juice",
|
||
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"life",
|
||
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"moxie",
|
||
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"oomph",
|
||
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"pep",
|
||
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"punch",
|
||
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"sap",
|
||
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"snap",
|
||
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"starch",
|
||
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"verve",
|
||
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"vim",
|
||
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"vinegar",
|
||
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"vitality",
|
||
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"zing",
|
||
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"zip"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164609",
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||
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
||
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]
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||
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},
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"vigorish":{
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||
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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||
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": interest paid to a moneylender":[]
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},
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||
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"examples":[
|
||
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
"Businesses might decide to absorb some wage increases and other costs, such as fuel, without passing them all on to consumers and tacking on additional vigorish . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
|
||
|
"In sports betting, the vigorish , or vig, is typically -110 for spread and total bets. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 17 Sep. 2019",
|
||
|
"Moreover, Ernst is on record as favoring the privatization of Social Security, which means turning over the most successful government program in history to Wall Street, so that bankers can extract their vigorish . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Sep. 2019",
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||
|
"In terms of building regular traffic, state lawmakers have every urgency to ensure that customers pay no more than the usual 10 percent vigorish . \u2014 Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com , 17 May 2018",
|
||
|
"Fezzik said the sports betting math works like this: 52.4% is breaking even (because the casinos keep a small percentage of each bet as a service charge known as the vigorish ). \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 26 Dec. 2017",
|
||
|
"Our guest on Beyond The Stripes tonight is rising star LB Nick Vigil (pronounced Vig, as in vigorish -il). Rhymes with squiggle. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 31 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
"There was no need for a credit card reader, cutting point-of- sale system providers \u2014 and their vigorish \u2014 out of the equation. \u2014 Daniel Roth, WIRED , 22 Feb. 2010",
|
||
|
"A more modern way to adjust the odds without the danger of a middle is adjusting the extra money, or vigorish , that bettors must pay. \u2014 Victor Mather, New York Times , 27 Jan. 2016"
|
||
|
],
|
||
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"first_known_use":{
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||
|
"1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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||
|
},
|
||
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
"perhaps from Ukrainian vygrash or Russian vyigrysh winnings, profit":""
|
||
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},
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
"\u02c8vi-g\u0259-rish"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130117",
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
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]
|
||
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},
|
||
|
"vigorous":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"dull",
|
||
|
"lethargic",
|
||
|
"listless",
|
||
|
"sluggish",
|
||
|
"torpid"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
": done with vigor : carried out forcefully and energetically":[
|
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"vigorous exercises"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
": possessing vigor : full of physical or mental strength or active force : strong":[
|
||
|
"a vigorous youth",
|
||
|
"a vigorous plant"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"She remained vigorous into her nineties.",
|
||
|
"His speech was met with vigorous applause.",
|
||
|
"She gave a vigorous defense of her beliefs.",
|
||
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
"His charges initially triggered a wave of sympathy and a vigorous debate over whether the heartbroken father should be punished. \u2014 Amir Vera, CNN , 22 June 2022",
|
||
|
"Then engage in more vigorous debate about the implications of the results. \u2014 David Hessekiel, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
"More recently, worries about inflation and the path of interest-rate increases have provoked turmoil in markets as well as vigorous debate over the right valuations for stocks in the current environment. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
"The usefulness of booster shots in Americans younger than 50 was a topic of vigorous debate in the fall. \u2014 Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
"After a vigorous debate, the Mobile City Council opted to delay for two weeks a vote on funding for an affordable housing development in the old Gayfers department store building downtown. \u2014 Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
"And that's where the vigorous debate is going to be. \u2014 ABC News , 8 May 2022",
|
||
|
"That\u2019s also why the vigorous competition between returning starter Haynes King, transfer Max Johnson and five-star freshman Conner Weigman is by far the most captivating storyline of spring drills, rolling right into the steam of summertime. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
"Since achieving independence in the early 1990s, the former communist nations of Eastern Europe have developed lively political scenes, with vigorous competition between left and right. \u2014 Lyman R. Stone, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
"Middle English vigorous, vigrous , from Anglo-French, from vigour":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
"\u02c8vi-g\u0259-r\u0259s",
|
||
|
"\u02c8vi-g(\u0259-)r\u0259s"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vigorous vigorous , energetic , strenuous , lusty , nervous mean having or showing great vitality and force. vigorous further implies showing no signs of depletion or diminishing of freshness or robustness. as vigorous as a youth half his age energetic suggests a capacity for intense activity. an energetic campaigner strenuous suggests a preference for coping with the arduous or the challenging. the strenuous life on an oil rig lusty implies exuberant energy and capacity for enjoyment. a lusty appetite for life nervous suggests especially the forcibleness and sustained effectiveness resulting from mental vigor. full of nervous energy",
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dynamic",
|
||
|
"energetic",
|
||
|
"flush",
|
||
|
"gingery",
|
||
|
"lusty",
|
||
|
"peppy",
|
||
|
"red-blooded",
|
||
|
"robust",
|
||
|
"vital"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170734",
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"vigorously":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
": in a vigorous manner : with force and energy":[
|
||
|
"He vigorously denied the accusations.",
|
||
|
"In a medium bowl, vigorously stir together the remaining ingredients, except for the pine nuts, to make the filling.",
|
||
|
"\u2014 Mei Chin",
|
||
|
"Last fall, Democratic congressional staffers vigorously researched what options they have \u2026",
|
||
|
"\u2014 Jonathan Schwarz"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
"\u02c8vi-g(\u0259-)r\u0259s-l\u0113"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193001",
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"vigorousness":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"dull",
|
||
|
"lethargic",
|
||
|
"listless",
|
||
|
"sluggish",
|
||
|
"torpid"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
": done with vigor : carried out forcefully and energetically":[
|
||
|
"vigorous exercises"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
": possessing vigor : full of physical or mental strength or active force : strong":[
|
||
|
"a vigorous youth",
|
||
|
"a vigorous plant"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"She remained vigorous into her nineties.",
|
||
|
"His speech was met with vigorous applause.",
|
||
|
"She gave a vigorous defense of her beliefs.",
|
||
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
"His charges initially triggered a wave of sympathy and a vigorous debate over whether the heartbroken father should be punished. \u2014 Amir Vera, CNN , 22 June 2022",
|
||
|
"Then engage in more vigorous debate about the implications of the results. \u2014 David Hessekiel, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
"More recently, worries about inflation and the path of interest-rate increases have provoked turmoil in markets as well as vigorous debate over the right valuations for stocks in the current environment. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
"The usefulness of booster shots in Americans younger than 50 was a topic of vigorous debate in the fall. \u2014 Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
"After a vigorous debate, the Mobile City Council opted to delay for two weeks a vote on funding for an affordable housing development in the old Gayfers department store building downtown. \u2014 Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
"And that's where the vigorous debate is going to be. \u2014 ABC News , 8 May 2022",
|
||
|
"That\u2019s also why the vigorous competition between returning starter Haynes King, transfer Max Johnson and five-star freshman Conner Weigman is by far the most captivating storyline of spring drills, rolling right into the steam of summertime. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
"Since achieving independence in the early 1990s, the former communist nations of Eastern Europe have developed lively political scenes, with vigorous competition between left and right. \u2014 Lyman R. Stone, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
"Middle English vigorous, vigrous , from Anglo-French, from vigour":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
"\u02c8vi-g(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
|
||
|
"\u02c8vi-g\u0259-r\u0259s"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vigorous vigorous , energetic , strenuous , lusty , nervous mean having or showing great vitality and force. vigorous further implies showing no signs of depletion or diminishing of freshness or robustness. as vigorous as a youth half his age energetic suggests a capacity for intense activity. an energetic campaigner strenuous suggests a preference for coping with the arduous or the challenging. the strenuous life on an oil rig lusty implies exuberant energy and capacity for enjoyment. a lusty appetite for life nervous suggests especially the forcibleness and sustained effectiveness resulting from mental vigor. full of nervous energy",
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dynamic",
|
||
|
"energetic",
|
||
|
"flush",
|
||
|
"gingery",
|
||
|
"lusty",
|
||
|
"peppy",
|
||
|
"red-blooded",
|
||
|
"robust",
|
||
|
"vital"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101046",
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"vigilance":{
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
": the quality or state of being vigilant":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
"\u02c8vi-j\u0259-l\u0259n(t)s",
|
||
|
"\u02c8vi-j\u0259-l\u0259ns",
|
||
|
"\u02c8vij-\u0259-l\u0259n(t)s"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"alert",
|
||
|
"alertness",
|
||
|
"attentiveness",
|
||
|
"qui vive",
|
||
|
"red alert",
|
||
|
"watch",
|
||
|
"watchfulness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"eternal vigilance is the price of freedom",
|
||
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
"But none of that vigilance mattered when my son slipped off that couch. \u2014 Damon Young, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
|
||
|
"The film honors those people and raises awareness of the necessity of vigilance and exercising one's civic responsibilities. \u2014 Dwain Hebda, Arkansas Online , 5 June 2022",
|
||
|
"The hard level is akin to being seated in an examination hall under a proctor\u2019s vigilance , according to Mr. Kawai. \u2014 Jerry Weissman, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
|
||
|
"Yet France has maintained strict vigilance over its language. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
"This creates a delicate balancing act for policymakers between inflation-fighting vigilance and the risk of destabilizing the economy. \u2014 Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
"Foxworth recalled of his unconscious return to his old world of nonstop vigilance . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
"While the threat from CVE-2022-21449 appears limited to new Java versions, its severity is high enough to warrant vigilance . \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
"Such vigilance requires adequate staffing so that nurses like Lisa have enough time to observe the patient. \u2014 Ann Macdonald, STAT , 15 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
"1533, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155016"
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"vigil":{
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
": an event or a period of time when a person or group stays in a place and quietly waits, prays, etc., especially at night":[
|
||
|
"a candlelight vigil",
|
||
|
"kept vigil at her bedside"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
": a watch formerly kept on the night before a religious feast with prayer or other devotions":[],
|
||
|
": the day before a religious feast observed as a day of spiritual preparation":[],
|
||
|
": evening or nocturnal devotions or prayers":[
|
||
|
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
"\u02c8vi-j\u0259l"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"lookout",
|
||
|
"surveillance",
|
||
|
"watch"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"kept vigil at their ailing son's bedside the entire time he was in the hospital",
|
||
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
"Winters High School is holding a candlelight vigil at the football field Friday night, the coroner\u2019s office said. \u2014 Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
"Lalin's family has been holding a vigil outside the Broadway Station calling for justice, CBS Boston reported. \u2014 CBS News , 3 May 2022",
|
||
|
"By evening, the Square was crammed with people holding a vigil more crowded than any previous event. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
"Congressional leaders also marked the date by holding a prayer vigil at the US Capitol. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 8 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
"Ramin Sarwary, a 30-year-old doctor, kept vigil at the gate for word of his friend\u2019s brother. Through his family, the brother had managed to get permission to go to the U.K. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
"Lois holds a vigil at Superman\u2019s bedside; Jonathan and Jordan worry about their father; and John Henry and Natalie collaborate to find a way around Ally Allston\u2019s powers. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
"Lowell residents wrote messages of support to the family of 3-year-old Harry Kkonde, at a vigil Friday evening at City Hall. \u2014 Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
"The distraught widow has posted flyers across north Florida and organized a vigil to keep his memory alive. \u2014 Fox News , 14 June 2022"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English vigile , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin vigilia watch on the eve of a feast, from Latin, wakefulness, watch, from vigil awake, watchful; akin to Latin vig\u0113re to be vigorous, veg\u0113re to enliven \u2014 more at wake":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170953"
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},
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"vigorless":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": lacking vigor : listless , weak":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vig\u0259(r)l\u0259\u0307s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194718"
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},
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"vigia":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mark made on a nautical chart indicating a dangerous rock or shoal and used chiefly on Spanish charts":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u0259\u0307\u02c8j\u0113\u0259",
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"v\u0113\u02c8h\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish vigia watch, vigil, rock, reef, from Portuguese vigia , from vigiar to watch, keep vigil, from Latin vigilare":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214002"
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},
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"vigesimo-quarto":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": twenty-fourmo":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)v\u012b\u00a6jes\u0259(\u02cc)m\u014d+"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, ablative of vigesimus-quartus, vicesimus-quartus twenty-fourth, from vigesimus, vicesimus twentieth + quartus fourth":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221136"
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},
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"vigoroso":{
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"type":[
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"adjective or adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": energetic in style":[
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"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-(\u02cc)z\u014d",
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"\u02ccv\u0113-",
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"\u02ccvi-g\u0259-\u02c8r\u014d-(\u02cc)s\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian, literally, vigorous, from Middle French vigorous":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1724, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191206"
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}
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}
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