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"\u2014 Cyra McFadden"
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"The 10-year- old , who goes by Ellie, moved from New York City to Manchester, Vt., during the pandemic. \u2014 Ellen Mccarthy, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Back in the waiting room, still crying, the 2-year- old begged his mom, Lauren Von Allmen, to hold him. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 1 July 2022",
"Adele is gearing up for her upcoming shows at BST Hyde Park this weekend, and the 34-year- old gave a peek into her prep for the two-day run at the London festival. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
"The 54-year- old now has a net worth of $3 billion, which is based on his ownership of 6,906.1 million class A shares in the company. \u2014 Yue Wang, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Amid his battle with dementia and late-onset Alzheimer's disease, the 83-year- old was placed under a temporary conservatorship in February 2021 that was made permanent that July. \u2014 Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"The 23-year- old is originally from Horlivka in the eastern Donetsk region. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"The 32-year- old isn't a stranger to being candid on social media (which Todd has since blocked her on). \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 30 June 2022",
"But all things considered, the 30-year- old was feeling OK in the aftermath. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The novel is told from the viewpoint of Davy Ross, a lonely 13-year old who is forced to move in with his estranged mother after his grandmother dies. \u2014 USA Today , 20 June 2021",
"There\u2019s a new old on the market: The early aughts are now vintage. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2021",
"Andrea Vallone, a 27-year old who works at a major tech company, started banking on Hinge after hearing about the idea through Kawahata. \u2014 Kaya Yurieff And Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 2 Nov. 2020",
"Tiz the Law, a majestic-looking colt with a striking white blaze covering most of his face, has established himself as the dominant 3-year old of this year and the heavy favorite in Saturday\u2019s Kentucky Derby. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2020",
"Joi also testified on behalf of a change in state law that eliminated work permits for 16- and 17-year- olds . \u2014 Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 May 2020",
"In 2018, just 25.6% of 16-year- olds were licensed to drive, down from 46.2% in 1983, according to a study by Michael Sivak, managing director of Sivak Applied Research. \u2014 Keith Naughton, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
"This showed that of the 14-18-year- olds who could read fluently, nearly 30% could not apply these reading skills to understand how to use an Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) based on written instructions on the packet. \u2014 Azeez Gupta, Quartz India , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Three 16-year- olds and a 17-year-old were arrested Wednesday in Cleveland, police spokeswoman Sgt. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 12 Feb. 2020"
"Middle English, from Old English eald ; akin to Old High German alt old, Latin alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, deep":"Adjective and Noun"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for old Adjective old , ancient , venerable , antique , antiquated , archaic , obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past. old may apply to either actual or merely relative length of existence. old houses an old sweater of mine ancient applies to occurrence, existence, or use in or survival from the distant past. ancient accounts of dragons venerable stresses the impressiveness and dignity of great age. the family's venerable patriarch antique applies to what has come down from a former or ancient time. collected antique Chippendale furniture antiquated implies being discredited or outmoded or otherwise inappropriate to the present time. antiquated teaching methods archaic implies having the character or characteristics of a much earlier time. the play used archaic language to convey a sense of period obsolete may apply to something regarded as no longer acceptable or useful even though it is still in existence. a computer that makes earlier models obsolete",
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"Phoenix Fire Department said a 17-year- old boy is in critical condition after he was submerged under water in a pool in the area of Peoria Avenue and 28th Drive on Saturday. \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 11 June 2022",
"Since the drug war began, only three police officers have been imprisoned \u2014 for the murder of a 17-year- old boy . \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"A half hour before the 59-year-old man was located, a gunman in North Baltimore shot and injured a 17-year- old boy and 19-year-old man. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 26 May 2022",
"Milwaukee police said the 17-year- old boy had a firearm when he was shot. \u2014 Staff And Wire Reports, cleveland , 16 May 2022",
"The 17-year- old boy who was arrested immediately after the fatal shooting of Seandell Holliday, 16, at The Bean in Millennium Park Saturday night has been charged in connection with Holliday\u2019s death, authorities said. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Two people, a 28-year-old man and a 17-year- old boy , were killed in separate shootings early Sunday morning. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
"Siderio was shot after the 26-year-old Mendoza and three other undercover officers in an unmarked car attempted to stop him and a 17-year- old boy who were riding their bicycles in the wrong direction on a street, authorities said. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 2 May 2022",
"Police arrested a 17-year- old boy in connection with a deadly shooting during a fight that broke out at a Cinco de Mayo carnival in Anaheim. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022"
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"A\u00f1ejo Tequila is old gold in color with slightly coppery flashes. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"Yet since leaving the grind herself, the 51-year- old gold legend who lives in Orlando, has been firmly focused on developing young players and junior golf though her nonprofit, the Annika Foundation. \u2014 Andy Frye, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"To their astonishment, the box opened to reveal a trove of centuries- old gold coins. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Sep. 2021",
"It was declared incomparable yet compared to everything: old gold , the clear autumn air. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 May 2021",
"The remains of a 3,000-year- old gold mask are among a huge cache of over 500 artifacts found at Sanxingdui, an archaeological site outside Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 27 Mar. 2021",
"The old gold -leafing plant on Love Lane was still a construction site when Scott-Miller started cooking and stockpiling groceries to donate to dozens and then hundreds of families. \u2014 Rebecca Lurye, courant.com , 25 Dec. 2020",
"In 2018, a 2,200-year- old gold coin was uncovered in Egypt. \u2014 James Rogers, Fox News , 8 Oct. 2020",
"Last week, two teenagers volunteering at an archaeological dig in central Israel unearthed hundreds of 1,100-year- old gold coins, reports the Associated Press. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Aug. 2020"
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"His fellow Fox co-chair Jim Gianopulos guided Paramount Pictures until being replaced by Nickelodeon\u2019s Brian Robbins last year, representing a chink in the old guard \u2019s armor. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Wednesday also marked the first time DiVincenzo played against his former team, as the 25-year- old guard was traded to Sacramento in a multi-team deal that landed center Serge Ibaka in Milwaukee. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The 24-year- old guard was known for defensive efforts, along with up and down scoring that once culminated in an NBA 30-point game. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Oct. 2021",
"As Di discusses in her video, the D&D old guard is stereotypically known for tearing apart anything that doesn\u2019t resemble the motifs that have come to exemplify their subculture. \u2014 Laurence Russell, Wired , 3 July 2021",
"This old guard will be easily replaced by coaches willing to embrace NIL access in exchange for eight-figure contracts and golden-parachute buyout packages. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 1 July 2021",
"The old guard is represented by honorary chairs Tom Ford, Adam Mosseri, and Anna Wintour. \u2014 Zoe Haylock, Vulture , 3 May 2021",
"Some traditionalists have been concerned that museums are in the midst of an over correction, showing a preponderance of artists of color while neglecting some of the old guard . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Yet some Republicans\u2014those of the anti-Trump old guard , and those still hoping to win over the suburban voters who have soured on Trump\u2014are taking avowedly exceptionalist stances. \u2014 Parker Richards, The New Republic , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"Both of them are an old hand at putting together picnics. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"Forty years later, his 9-year- old hand prints still visible in a preserved chunk of cement set during the institute\u2019s groundbreaking ceremony, nearly everything about diabetes has changed. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"Blatchford is an old hand at traditional barbecue, but wanted to offer the same delicious experience to vegans and vegetarians. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Surely, the youthful Sasaki benefited from a wise old hand at catcher. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In addition, an old hand at the sport, Herbie Blash, has returned from retirement to act as an advisor. \u2014 Brad Spurgeon, Robb Report , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Chevron is an old hand at exploiting the void in independent news. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 21 Jan. 2022",
"To see an old hand like Clark make sparks with a newcomer like Cooley is to feel how quickly the world spins forward. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Dec. 2021",
"In April, a Highland Park spokesperson said an old hand grenade was found at the bottom of the bluff April 6. \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 26 Oct. 2021"
"The kid had only a silly little plastic jacket, fake leather, like some motorcycle moll. Did they call them molls? Or were they something like \" old ladies ,\" as in \"She's my old lady .\"",
"\u2014 B. J. Oliphant"
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"Adolescence can be defined as that time of youthful ignorance in which we presume that we are morally superior to our parents. \u2026 The worst part of growing up is the painful realization that you are no better than your old man or old lady .",
"\u2014 Christine Nelson"
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"\"Uh, before I get into that, where's your wife now?\" \"My old lady ? Workin'.\"",
"An old maid at six and twenty, Kate arrives in London with her mother, Lady Mary Sharma (Shelley Conn), and younger half-sister Edwina (Charithra Chandran). \u2014 Katie Rife, Rolling Stone , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Higgins also noted that Mary\u2019s fate as an old maid in this alternative universe, portrayed as hideous and sad, is presented as perfectly fine, appropriate and desirable for Annie in the real world. \u2014 Christopher Wilson, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Dec. 2021",
"As Beres laughs and tries to decipher who has the old maid , MacDougall starts to laugh, too. \u2014 cleveland , 8 Mar. 2021"
"When he had everybody around him, all of us, all the kids, my old man was in heaven.",
"\u2014 Philip Roth"
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"\"You see the back of that house with the broken porch rail. Mrs. Danaker lives there. She takes in washin'. Her old man was killed on the railroad.\"",
"\u2014 Jack London"
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"river in southern Alberta, Canada, that rises in the Rocky Mountains near the border with British Columbia and flows 200 miles (320 kilometers) east to unite with the Bow River, forming the South Saskatchewan River":[]
"Their collection of old masters will be sold at the auction.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Perhaps your feelings for your old master have left you weakened. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"His skill at exploiting that new marketplace, says Woolery, could be a crucial weapon that even the the old master can't summon. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The original kitchen was gutted and turned into a mudroom and walk-in pantry, and the old master bedroom became the new kitchen location. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 16 Apr. 2022",
"By joining up with the Rebellion, she was eventually reunited with her old master , who had since donned the iconic black helmet and sold his soul to the Dark Side. \u2014 ELLE , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Zion resident Doug Ower said all of the savanna should remain forest preserve property, and the district should follow its 10-year- old master plan to restore wetlands there, rather than destroy them. \u2014 Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Baca is realistic yet sanguine about the end of the old ways of thinking, the old master narratives of history. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Jocelyn Maher, a 24-year- old master \u2019s student in upstate New York, said her friends and younger sister have mocked her for exchanging texts with potential paramours using Android phones. \u2014 Tim Higgins, WSJ , 8 Jan. 2022",
"In the film, shot in the early \u201870s, Bogdanovich played a young film director paying respect to an old master , played by John Huston. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 6 Jan. 2022"
": a light olive color that is greener, stronger, and slightly darker than citrine, deeper than grape green, and redder and duller than average willow green":[]
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"The second valley location takes inspiration from the old style beer halls of Germany and the Czech Republic. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 23 May 2022",
"The old style of leadership was coming to an end, and a new one was being adopted. \u2014 Chris Cebollero, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"But now there\u2019s this resurgence of the old style , as surfers turn back to single-fin longboards, showing the real finesse of nose riding and traditional footwork. \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 20 Mar. 2020",
"From 1900 to 1910, old style duplexes and cottages continued to expand throughout the city. \u2014 Erin Caughey, jsonline.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"In photography, everything old is new again, and there is not much older than the tintype, an old style of photograph that creates an image on a thin sheet of metal that has been coated with a dark lacquer or enamel. \u2014 Pat Mcdonogh, The Courier-Journal , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Isaac Newton, for example, marked his birthday as falling on Christmas Day, December 25, 1642 under the old style , but many sources now give it as January 4, 1643 in the new. \u2014 Chad Orzel, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Lager is an old style often made by large brewing companies \u2013 think Budweiser, Miller Lite, Coors. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Jessica Camerata, a 34-year- old style blogger in Atlanta, is trying to navigate romantic life without alcohol for the first time. \u2014 Sophie Vershbow, Vogue , 22 June 2021"
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},
"examples":[
"Frogs won't give you warts. That's just an old wives' tale .",
"the old wives' tale about the full moon causing people to act crazy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An old wives' tale that keeping raw, unpeeled onions out will keep your family safe from illnesses such as the flu is making the rounds on Facebook. \u2014 Katie Landeck, USA TODAY , 16 June 2020",
"The myth, which is partly based on an old wives' tale that claims that every year on the vernal and autumnal equinox, eggs are able to balance on their ends, appears to have surfaced annually since at least 2012. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Feb. 2020",
"The supposed toxicity of this Christmas classic is nothing more than an old wives' tale , Dr. Wismer says. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 14 Dec. 2018",
"Many doctors perceive the use of cod-liver oil for joint pain as an old wives' tale . \u2014 Houston Chronicle , 1 July 2018",
"When to Go to the Doctor Despite the old wives' tale , cranberry juice will not cure your UTI. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 12 Feb. 2018"
": national insurance under the U.S. government providing retirement benefits at age 65 and payments to survivors upon death of the insured \u2014 compare social security":[]
": of, relating to, or being a forest characterized by the presence of large old trees, numerous snags and woody debris, and a multilayered canopy and that is usually in a late stage of ecological succession":[]
"In my generation, you were considered an old maid at 25.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An old maid at six and twenty, Kate arrives in London with her mother, Lady Mary Sharma (Shelley Conn), and younger half-sister Edwina (Charithra Chandran). \u2014 Katie Rife, Rolling Stone , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Higgins also noted that Mary\u2019s fate as an old maid in this alternative universe, portrayed as hideous and sad, is presented as perfectly fine, appropriate and desirable for Annie in the real world. \u2014 Christopher Wilson, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Dec. 2021",
"As Beres laughs and tries to decipher who has the old maid , MacDougall starts to laugh, too. \u2014 cleveland , 8 Mar. 2021"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The usnea\u2014also called old-man's beard \u2014looked ethereal in the dappled afternoon sunlight. \u2014 Hannah Wallace, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 6 Aug. 2021"
"Going old school in the era of spread offenses is wise, considering the Tigers are uncertain at QB and don\u2019t have a receiver on the roster that\u2019s emerged as an elite pass-catcher. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 31 Mar. 2022",
"After kicking it old school with fedoras, head over to The Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches to see beautiful masterpieces including timepieces from around the world that date back more than 300 years. \u2014 Vicki Salemi, Chron , 23 Mar. 2022",
"When in doubt, says Digital River\u2019s Mr. Cheung, go old school . \u2014 Heidi Mitchell, WSJ , 19 Mar. 2022",
"In a scene old school fans will immediately recognize, the teaser kicks off by recreating the sitcom\u2019s opening credits. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 8 June 2022",
"With a nod to the merrymaking atmosphere of old school Grateful Dead shows, HAYS Fest features more than 40 local art vendors, food vendors and two stages of music and other performing talent such as fire performances and other circus-type acts. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 25 May 2022",
"How about pursuing colleges old school and writing them letters? \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Ruth listening to only old school hip-hop is an obvious example. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The state funded two contracts \u2014 the first for about $9 million to build portable classrooms at the site so students could go to school while the old school was demolished and replaced. \u2014 Dave Altimari And Andrew Brown, courant.com , 13 Feb. 2022"
"There's an old saying that good fences make good neighbors.",
"a new approach to an old problem",
"She wore a T-shirt and an old pair of jeans.",
"I wish you would stop wearing that dirty old hat!",
"The hotel was old and dingy.",
"the oldest known civilization in the region",
"The house we live in is 50 years old .",
"We went back to visit our old neighborhood.",
"Noun",
"Young and old alike will enjoy the movie.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The 10-year- old , who goes by Ellie, moved from New York City to Manchester, Vt., during the pandemic. \u2014 Ellen Mccarthy, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Back in the waiting room, still crying, the 2-year- old begged his mom, Lauren Von Allmen, to hold him. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 1 July 2022",
"Adele is gearing up for her upcoming shows at BST Hyde Park this weekend, and the 34-year- old gave a peek into her prep for the two-day run at the London festival. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
"The 54-year- old now has a net worth of $3 billion, which is based on his ownership of 6,906.1 million class A shares in the company. \u2014 Yue Wang, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Amid his battle with dementia and late-onset Alzheimer's disease, the 83-year- old was placed under a temporary conservatorship in February 2021 that was made permanent that July. \u2014 Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"The 23-year- old is originally from Horlivka in the eastern Donetsk region. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"The 32-year- old isn't a stranger to being candid on social media (which Todd has since blocked her on). \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 30 June 2022",
"But all things considered, the 30-year- old was feeling OK in the aftermath. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The novel is told from the viewpoint of Davy Ross, a lonely 13-year old who is forced to move in with his estranged mother after his grandmother dies. \u2014 USA Today , 20 June 2021",
"There\u2019s a new old on the market: The early aughts are now vintage. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2021",
"Andrea Vallone, a 27-year old who works at a major tech company, started banking on Hinge after hearing about the idea through Kawahata. \u2014 Kaya Yurieff And Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 2 Nov. 2020",
"Tiz the Law, a majestic-looking colt with a striking white blaze covering most of his face, has established himself as the dominant 3-year old of this year and the heavy favorite in Saturday\u2019s Kentucky Derby. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2020",
"Joi also testified on behalf of a change in state law that eliminated work permits for 16- and 17-year- olds . \u2014 Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 May 2020",
"In 2018, just 25.6% of 16-year- olds were licensed to drive, down from 46.2% in 1983, according to a study by Michael Sivak, managing director of Sivak Applied Research. \u2014 Keith Naughton, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
"This showed that of the 14-18-year- olds who could read fluently, nearly 30% could not apply these reading skills to understand how to use an Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) based on written instructions on the packet. \u2014 Azeez Gupta, Quartz India , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Three 16-year- olds and a 17-year-old were arrested Wednesday in Cleveland, police spokeswoman Sgt. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 12 Feb. 2020"
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"Stalking the herd is easier than stalking the old and wary lone bull, which has been expelled from the flock by the young bloods, or stalking an old bull with an askaria young bull that serves as stooge and bodyguard to the oldster . \u2014 Robert Ruark, Field & Stream , 1 Dec. 2020",
"While Rivers was plotting and plodding his way to victory Sunday, another oldster threw five touchdown passes with his new team. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Oct. 2020",
"The radical difference between the median and the mean means that there are some very, very rich oldsters out there, but Bill Gates and Bruce Springsteen are eligible for Social Security and Medicare simply by virtue of their age. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Hipsters in groups, oldsters in couples, crowds of post-church patrons on Sundays and, almost always, families with very cheerful children. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 23 Jan. 2020",
"The old folks had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 28. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 17 Dec. 2019",
"In a field of oldsters , the 37-year-old stands out. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Elderly dogs and cats may be too frail to interact safely with a rambunctious puppy or kitten despite the belief some people have that a younger animal may spark some life into the oldster . \u2014 Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 16 Nov. 2019",
"Four tales include a bigot, oldsters who find youth in playing kick the can, a misunderstood boy, and a terrified man on a plane. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2019"
"The interludes make for juicy lampoons of that unfortunate Western export, oleaginous showbiz faux-intimacy. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"The French state is represented effectively here by oleaginous High Commissioner De Roller (Magimel), a European long based in Tahiti. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"The latest incident of the Trump coterie casting new light on previously routine corruption in Washington came earlier this month, courtesy not of Trump himself, but of his oleaginous son-in-law. \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"After tapping the oleaginous Gaetz, Biden said that crude from the Florida congressman could start flowing throughout the United States by the end of the week. \u2014 Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2021",
"The same goes for the oleaginous Uriah Heep (Ben Whishaw), the legal clerk who can worm into people\u2019s brains, as if into their guts, with his show of humility. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 28 Aug. 2020",
"And there is the womanizing Mr. Mantalini, whose gift for oleaginous flattery always persuades his long-suffering wife to take him back. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2020",
"The administration\u2019s effort to promote Saudi Arabia as a regional proxy, to help effect its withdrawal, is also somehow oleaginous . \u2014 The Economist , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Critics described him variously as pompous, sycophantic, unctuous, oleaginous and obsequious. \u2014 Jo Craven Mcginty, New York Times , 2 Mar. 2020"
"The dogs sniffed samples of human sweat in an olfaction cone. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
"The scientists determined that the missing genes were related to olfaction , or the rat's sense of smell, and the animal's immune functions. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The results suggest some regions of the brain connected to the olfaction system may shrink slightly in the wake of an infection, although the effect is minor and its consequences are unclear. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022",
"After all, the study of avian olfaction is not straightforward. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 23 Feb. 2022",
"As a result, the neurons are forced to avert their attention from olfaction , resulting in a dramatic loss of production for the components needed for smell, culminating in anosmia. \u2014 Robin Lloyd, Scientific American , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Excited by the finding, Prof. Sobel thinks this is just the beginning of investigating olfaction as a driver of human aggression. \u2014 Susan Pinker, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Until the end of the twentieth century, the problem for any theorist of olfaction was that no one had really been able to study the olfactory receptors, or even prove their existence. \u2014 Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Such light evolutionary constraints at the receptor level probably impose substantial selective pressure downstream on the neural circuits for olfaction : Nervous systems need good mechanisms for decoding the messy patterns of receptor activity. \u2014 Jordana Cepelewicz, Wired , 27 June 2021"
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"An oligarchy rules their nation.",
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"Unlike the evil oligarchy of ancient Athens, the A.I. oligopoly set out to do good. \u2014 Wendell Wallach, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Suffice it to say that the overwhelmingly white professional-class women who don these costumes don\u2019t inhabit a country on the verge of becoming a theocracy or even a patriarchy, but an oligarchy \u2014the harms of which they\u2019ll be relatively spared from. \u2014 Natalie Shure, The New Republic , 5 May 2022",
"After the United States overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893, white settlers formed an oligarchy of sugar production companies, known as The Big Five, that controlled the Hawaiian islands in the first half of the 20th century. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Owning a superyacht, the ultimate status symbol, is practically a prerequisite for joining Russia\u2019s oligarchy . \u2014 Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Page acknowledges that American oligarchy is different \u2014 it is embedded in the political system. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Yet the Cardinals are the team in this year\u2019s quartet of powerhouses that has generally been the most overlooked, a reminder of the oligarchy still lingering in a sport seeing more parity every season. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Except that the framers had no way of anticipating that a novel form of oligarchy would soon emerge to challenge constitutional democracies: moneyed aristocracies ruling by virtue not of formal titles but of concentrated wealth. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The seeds of Russia\u2019s oligarchy were sown between 1992 and 1994, when the newly independent Russian Federation ran a voucher privatization effort. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"The same oligosaccharides on red blood cells also appear on the surface of cells that line the small intestine. \u2014 Patricia L. Foster, The Conversation , 10 Jan. 2020",
"Norovirus and a few other viruses use these oligosaccharides to grab onto and infect the intestinal cells. \u2014 Patricia L. Foster, The Conversation , 10 Jan. 2020",
"In short, this concept tries to explain why oligosaccharides \u2013 which are indigestible to babies \u2013 are the third-most prominent component in milk, are complex in structure and are variable between species. \u2014 Enea Rezzonico, Scientific American , 17 Feb. 2015",
"As studies uncovered the importance of human milk oligosaccharides , so began attempts to mimic them in infant formula. \u2014 Alice Callahan, Smithsonian , 25 Oct. 2019",
"These include lactose, fructose, sugar alcohols and specific types of fiber \u2014 the oligosaccharides \u2014 found in many wheat, rye barley, beans, nuts and many vegetables. \u2014 Carrie Dennett, Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2019",
"Bovine milk, which most formula is based on, however, contains a negligible oligosaccharide component. \u2014 Steven Townsend, Philly.com , 9 May 2018",
"By contrast, certain strains of gut bacteria delight in oligosaccharides , multiplying in the guts of nursing infants. \u2014 Carl Zimmer, STAT , 30 May 2018",
"One third of human milk is composed of sugars called oligosaccharides , but babies cannot digest them; the sugars are food for microbes, which furnish infants with essential nutrients that grow their brains and proteins that seal their guts. \u2014 Jason Pontin, WIRED , 15 June 2018"
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"Does the suit come in olive ?",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The English translation rocketed around the world, was even printed on Zelensky-syle olive -green T-shirts. \u2014 Susan J. Wolfson, The Atlantic , 18 June 2022",
"The olive -green Nautilus is now selling for an average of $497,000, according to information published by the market monitor Watch Charts. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
"This oil is a blend of olive , lavender, almond, and grapeseed oils. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"In a medium skillet over medium heat, heat the olive and vegetable oils until shimmering. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The shea butter, olive and sage oils in this conditioning cleanser give curls, kinks and coils a boost while depositing hydrating goodness. \u2014 Essence , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Invigorating cinnamon oil and Moroccan lava clay combined with olive and argan oils exfoliate without stripping or drying out the skin\u2014and Nature of Things products never cease to impress me with their olfactory design. \u2014 Zoe Ruffner, Vogue , 23 Dec. 2021",
"With a bushy black beard, olive skin, and Arabic lilt, Essaibi stood out in the sea of Polish immigrants that filled the neighborhood\u2019s triple-deckers. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Mae still looked like a newbie herself\u2014those bright dark eyes, that olive skin, as smooth as a river stone. \u2014 Dave Eggers, Wired , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Today, like violence inflicted in South Africa\u2019s apartheid, killings continue, crops are burned, olive groves are uprooted, homes are demolished, aquifers are stolen and children are abducted. \u2014 Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Reportedly valued at $70 million in 2008, the property came with its own private vineyard, olive groves, lake, moat, fountains and a forest. \u2014 Emily Weaver, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"Heading back to Palma by the MA-10 takes you along a portion of the mega-windy and gorgeous road that is lined with olive groves behind stone walls. \u2014 John Oseid, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Christian worshipers reenacting the event by carrying palm fronds and olive branches marched from the top of the Mount of Olives to the Old City of Jerusalem. \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The rustic-chic spot is surrounded by pine trees, olive groves, and ocean views, plus there are plenty of ancient ruins to explore throughout the day. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Their hypoallergenic moisturizer soothes dry skin with olive polyphenols, neuropeptides, and tocotrienols. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022",
"International competitions are about togetherness and extending olive branches, but Russia\u2019s athletes cannot be welcomed in Alabama while Ukraine fights for its survival. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 26 Feb. 2022",
"But there are so many little steps along the way that are olive branches. \u2014 Ramin Setoodeh, Variety , 5 Feb. 2022"
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"The winner extended an olive branch to his opponent by calling him a great player.",
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"This matte vinyl wallpaper comes in three different colors and features a playful olive branch design that works with a variety of decor styles. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 27 June 2022",
"And Bowman, of all people, offered an olive branch by backtracking on a reprimand directed at Crawford. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 23 May 2022",
"Check the point above about extending that inclusion olive branch and note opportunities to improve our inclusive leadership skills. \u2014 Simone Morris, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
"The boycott officially ended in 2005, without so much as an olive branch from Burbank. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Whaley, in a speech at her Dayton headquarters, extended an olive branch to Republicans who voted for DeWine\u2019s primary opponents, including ex-U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci and Columbus-area farmer Joe Blystone. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 3 May 2022",
"And while key lawmakers hope for a compromise between the administration and the State Contracting Standards Board, an olive branch from the governor \u2014 beefing up the state auditors of public accounts \u2014 isn\u2019t likely to solve the dispute. \u2014 Keith M. Phaneuf, courant.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The move would serve as a sort of political olive branch to the mining industry, which feels it has been shunned amid the Biden administration\u2019s push to embrace the green energy transition and on-shoring of domestic production capabilities. \u2014 Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Israel first authorized the sale of the system to the U.A.E. as something of an olive branch , after Mossad agents poisoned a senior Hamas operative in a Dubai hotel room in 2010. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Jan. 2022"
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"a teaspoon of olive oil",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most affected are almonds, olive oil and other specialty produce from California\u2019s Central Valley, as well as citrus, grape and salad farms elsewhere in the state. \u2014 Alex Knapp, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"With blender or processor running, drizzle in olive oil and pulse or blend to combine. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
"Their sulfate-free bar claims to treat damaged strands with oat amino acids, sunflower oil and olive oil . \u2014 Chiara Butler, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
"In this recipe, the tomatoes are mixed with capers, stone-ground mustard, olive oil and seasonings for a punchy dressing. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Sprinkle each with 1 tablespoon olive oil and a sprinkle of salt and black pepper. \u2014 Claudia Catalano, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"The final product is then dressed in olive oil and lemon juice and topped with a whole can of chickpeas. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
"The partners wooed him with dinner\u2014the kelp strands cut a little thicker than spaghetti, served with olive oil and butter and a heap of mussels, clams and North Atlantic shrimp. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"The classic combination of pasta with rich olive oil and sharp garlic calls for a very specific sort of incisive white wine, with lively acidity and no distracting oaky flavors. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022"
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"The assignment was simply to go to Mexico and see the arribazon\u2014the arrival of hundreds of thousands of olive ridley turtles, which were endangered at the time, lay their eggs on the beach. \u2014 Elizabeth Hightower Allen, Outside Online , 28 Dec. 2021",
"After the garbage was removed, olive ridley turtle hatchlings were spotted on the beach in 2018 for the first time in decades. \u2014 Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY , 4 June 2017",
"In a two-year research project that began in 2017, Pheasey deployed 101 fake eggs in the nests of olive ridley and green sea turtles across four beaches in Costa Rica, to test their effectiveness in tracking trade routes. \u2014 Nell Lewis, CNN , 15 Dec. 2020",
"According to National Geographic, olive ridley sea turtles are commonly found in warmer waters, and the reptiles can live to be 50 years old. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 5 Nov. 2020",
"The researchers then went to four Costa Rican beaches, where green sea turtle and olive ridley sea turtles come ashore to make their nests. \u2014 Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS , 5 Oct. 2020",
"Scientific Reports detailing a northward shift of 67 species, including bottlenose dolphins and olive ridley sea turtles, during the marine heat wave that occurred between 2014 and 2016. \u2014 Nick Rahaim, SFChronicle.com , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Her team placed InvestEGGators in 101 different nests of both green sea turtles and olive ridley sea turtles across Costa Rica. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Oct. 2020",
"The team received tracking data for five other decoys, three of which had been hidden in olive ridley nests and two of which had been concealed in green turtle nests. \u2014 Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS , 5 Oct. 2020"
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"The 26-year- old rose to fame acting in Disney franchises like Liv and Maddie and Descendants. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 2 June 2022",
"Long before the 38-year- old rose to fame in the theater world as Elphaba in the long-running musical Wicked, Vosk worked at a boutique investor relations firm in New York City. \u2014 Michael Gioia, PEOPLE.com , 29 Oct. 2021",
"In his family apartment in Paris, the textile designer Manuel Canovas uses yellow, old rose and green alongside the spirited patterns that made his name. \u2014 Marie-no\u00eblle Lanoote, House Beautiful , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Their absence, alas, allows a bit of blush to remain on the old rose . \u2014 WSJ , 16 Sep. 2021",
"In the 1980s, MacKenzie was down in the Mosaic Terrace, there was still some statuary, and old rose bowers and irises were in bloom. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021",
"The 73-year- old rose from humble beginnings working in garment factories to eventually become a billionaire at the helm of an apparel chain Giordano that spanned across Asia. \u2014 Zinnia Lee, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
"And these gifts will last a lot longer than the same old rose bouquet. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 12 Mar. 2021",
"The 56-year- old rose from the humble roots of an avocado growing family, dropped out of primary school to work in the fields, to become one of the most potent drug lords on the planet. \u2014 Hollie Mckay, Fox News , 23 Dec. 2020"
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": a market situation in which each of a few buyers exerts a disproportionate influence on the market":[]
"olig- + Greek ops\u014dnia purchase of victuals, from ops\u014dnein to purchase victuals, from opson food + \u014dneisthai to buy \u2014 more at venal":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152334"
},
"old school tie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an attitude of conservatism, aplomb, and upper-class solidarity associated with English public school graduates":[],
": a necktie displaying the colors of an English public school":[],
": clannishness among members of an established clique":[]
