dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/lun_MW.json

{
  "lunacy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a foolish act":[],
      ": insanity sense 1":[],
      ": intermittent insanity once believed to be related to phases of the moon":[],
      ": wild foolishness : extravagant folly":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Quitting her job was lunacy .",
      "His idea was considered total lunacy .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "From the late 19th and well into the 20th century, a host of conditions, which included lunacy but also feeblemindedness, epilepsy and pauperism, were believed to be caused by an inborn hereditary taint impervious to any and all treatment. \u2014 Siri Hustvedt, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "In the basement of Baltimore\u2019s Sinai Hospital, Michel Mirowski and Morton Mower began working in the late 1960s on a project that struck some of their colleagues as lunacy . \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
      "As the lead thug, Rossi dials up the sadistic lunacy without generating a trace of menace. \u2014 Rene Rodriguez, Variety , 17 May 2022",
      "All of this is just very inefficient and frankly, in a lot of cases, just lunacy and completely illogical, to rely on mass chaos as a distribution strategy. \u2014 Dave Knox, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "This content can be found in both quick sight gags and elaborately staged lunacy \u2014along with out-of-body camera-angle trickery new to the series. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Even the set dressing occasionally succumbs to lunacy . \u2014 Amy Nicholson, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Hader and Berg, who split directing duties on the first six episodes, continue to make refinements to the show\u2019s love of extended gags that blend action and lunacy . \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "College football remains the premier home for lunacy . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 18 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "lunatic":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00fc-n\u0259-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "absurdity",
      "asininity",
      "b\u00eatise",
      "fatuity",
      "folly",
      "foolery",
      "foppery",
      "idiocy",
      "imbecility",
      "inanity",
      "insanity",
      "stupidity"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195602",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lunatic":{
    "antonyms":[
      "balanced",
      "compos mentis",
      "sane",
      "sound",
      "uncrazy"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane":[],
      ": designed for the care of mentally ill people":[
        "a lunatic asylum"
      ],
      ": wildly foolish":[
        "a lunatic idea",
        "lunatic behavior"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He hatched a lunatic plot to overthrow the government.",
      "another of his lunatic ideas",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Meanwhile, mom Linda (John Roberts) cheerleads with lunatic optimism. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Variety , 23 May 2022",
      "Having long since given up on reigning in the enormous lunatic wing of their party, Republican leaders had, particularly after the rise of Donald Trump, began actively catering to it. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The point of such a response would be to portray the Democrats as the reasonable party upholding moderation and decency in the face of a lunatic assault on the rights and freedoms of the female half of the population. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum [sic] receiving psychological treatment. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum [sic] receiving psychological treatment. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Marjorie Taylor Greene, the lunatic Georgia MAGA congressman who only recently stopped loving QAnon and thinks that Jewish space lasers might be starting wildfires out west, is one of the right\u2019s biggest stars. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "After the trial, Tyler was sent to [a] lunatic asylum receiving psychological treatment. \u2014 Michelle Toh, Nectar Gan, And Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum [sic] receiving psychological treatment. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 7 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English lunatik , from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French lunatic , from Late Latin lunaticus , from Latin luna ; from the belief that lunacy fluctuated with the phases of the moon":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00fc-n\u0259-\u02cctik",
      "\u02c8l\u00fc-n\u0259-tik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "balmy",
      "barmy",
      "bats",
      "batty",
      "bedlam",
      "bonkers",
      "brainsick",
      "bughouse",
      "certifiable",
      "crackbrained",
      "cracked",
      "crackers",
      "crackpot",
      "cranky",
      "crazed",
      "crazy",
      "cuckoo",
      "daffy",
      "daft",
      "demented",
      "deranged",
      "fruity",
      "gaga",
      "haywire",
      "insane",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "loco",
      "loony",
      "looney",
      "loony tunes",
      "looney tunes",
      "mad",
      "maniacal",
      "maniac",
      "mental",
      "meshuga",
      "meshugge",
      "meshugah",
      "meshuggah",
      "moonstruck",
      "non compos mentis",
      "nuts",
      "nutty",
      "psycho",
      "psychotic",
      "scatty",
      "screwy",
      "unbalanced",
      "unhinged",
      "unsound",
      "wacko",
      "whacko",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "wud"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065935",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lunch time":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the time at which lunch is usually eaten : noon":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "It was nearly lunchtime when we got there.",
      "They enjoyed the lunchtimes they spent together.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Indians turn the most forgetful during lunchtime , between 1pm and 3pm, according to Uber\u2019s findings. \u2014 Niharika Sharma, Quartz , 7 June 2022",
      "Many were closed when a Wall Street Journal staffer walked through several busy commercial and office areas of the city Wednesday lunchtime . \u2014 Rachel Liang, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
      "Drivers experienced heavy traffic on Thursday night, and will experience it once more come lunchtime on Friday as the freeways, especially Interstate 17, will be crammed with motorists. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
      "More than 100 Oxford High School students walked out of class Thursday about lunchtime , filing out of the double doors of the school to congregate on the football field. \u2014 Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press , 26 May 2022",
      "At about lunchtime , Godbolt decided to head home, a few blocks away. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Every Tuesday to Thursday there\u2019s a new lunchtime -only pho shop popping up in Koreatown. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "The collegiate spirit of unrest still manifests as bullhorn protests, about anything from far-flung conflicts to local issues, during lunchtime on the campus\u2019s central drag. \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Students from first to sixth grades mostly use the Retreat (formerly a parent resource room) before school, during recess and at lunchtime . \u2014 Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times , 7 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1859, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u0259nch-\u02cct\u012bm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101237",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lunge":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a quick thrust or jab (as of a sword) usually made by leaning or striding forward":[],
      ": a sudden forward rush or reach":[
        "made a lunge to catch the ball"
      ],
      ": to make a lunge : move with or as if with a lunge":[],
      ": to perform a lunge exercise (see lunge entry 1 sense 3 )":[],
      ": to thrust or propel (something, such as a blow) in a lunge":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He made a lunge at me with his knife.",
      "He made a desperate lunge for the ball.",
      "Verb",
      "He lunged at me with his knife.",
      "She lunged across the table.",
      "The crocodile lunged at its prey.",
      "The dog lunged for his throat.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Both pitchers use a devastating off-speed pitch that can make a hitter lunge at the plate. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 15 June 2022",
      "The Instagram clip also includes footage of one of Bruno's other famous clients trying out the exercise: comedian and TV host Chelsea Handler, who feeds Bruno some tongue-in-cheek lines about the other benefits of this particular lunge variation. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 12 June 2022",
      "Aguilar hit a bouncer that La Stella had to go hard to his left for, knocking it down with a lunge and then throwing off balance to narrowly get the out and end the inning. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Apr. 2021",
      "Curry hurt the same ankle on a similar play in a late-season game against Boston on March 16 after Marcus Smart made a diving lunge and landed on his lower leg. \u2014 Larry Starks, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
      "At the bottom of the lunge twist your torso to the left, and then to the right. Press back to start, and perform the move to the left. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
      "Why: The lunge targets the quads, glutes and lower back while also working the core. \u2014 WSJ , 21 May 2022",
      "Also known as an inner grind lunge stretch, get your knees wide, bend one knee, shift your weight while keeping one leg straight and touch the ground and then shift to the other side. \u2014 Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health , 11 May 2022",
      "That includes the second Austin score \u2013 a scuffed shot by (unmarked) Alex Ring, which forced Kann into an awkward lunge . \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "At one nest, a trio of gawky heron chicks hiss and lunge when Ms. Garner reaches out her hand. \u2014 Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
      "Around 20 million years ago, as the Arabian plate drove under the Eurasian, a belt of sedimentary rock lunged, as fast as rock can lunge , into the Miocene air. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Thrust forward off the front foot and lunge with the opposite leg, keeping your arms raised. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 18 Apr. 2014",
      "The men both lunge out of view of the camera, which shows motorists, including a tractor-trailer, pulling over. \u2014 Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Taylor stopped and tried to lunge forward at the last second but couldn\u2019t get his glove on the ball. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Such a beast will not necessarily lunge at humans, though this can still happen if provoked or otherwise the taming strictness is overcome. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Most props that promise to lunge and jump end up moving with the spunk of a tortoise in a race. \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Most props that promise to lunge and jump end up moving with the spunk of a tortoise in a race. \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 20 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1748, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1772, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "modification of French allonge extension, reach, from Old French alonge , from alongier to lengthen, from Vulgar Latin *allongare , from Latin ad- ad- + Late Latin longare , from Latin longus long":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u0259nj"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "dab",
      "dig",
      "jab",
      "poke"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014553",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "lunitidal interval":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the interval between the transit of the moon and the time of the lunar high tide next following":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183717",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lunkhead":{
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stupid or dull-witted person : dolt":[
        "\"Where I lived, in Central Square, Cambridge, you had the working class and the university life\u2014you'd have to be a lunkhead not to be keenly aware of it,\" says [Ben] Affleck.",
        "\u2014 Steven Daly",
        "[Bruce] Willis played the lunk who ran a down-and-out detective agency that came to life when model Cybill Shepherd became his partner.",
        "\u2014 Stephen Dubner",
        "In the onscreen romance department, actress Shelley Fabares has seen her share of hunks and lunks .",
        "\u2014 Cynthia Sanz and John Griffiths"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "don't let that lunkhead anywhere near your work tools",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The walls are booklined: Charlie is no lunkhead but an avid reader. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "The fun throughout, the payoff, is in seeing Beth yank the rug out from one misunderestimating lunkhead and authority figure after another. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Nov. 2020",
      "The fun throughout, the payoff, is in seeing Beth yank the rug out from one misunderestimating lunkhead and authority figure after another. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Nov. 2020",
      "The fun throughout, the payoff, is in seeing Beth yank the rug out from one misunderestimating lunkhead and authority figure after another. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Nov. 2020",
      "The fun throughout, the payoff, is in seeing Beth yank the rug out from one misunderestimating lunkhead and authority figure after another. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Nov. 2020",
      "The fun throughout, the payoff, is in seeing Beth yank the rug out from one misunderestimating lunkhead and authority figure after another. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Nov. 2020",
      "The fun throughout, the payoff, is in seeing Beth yank the rug out from one misunderestimating lunkhead and authority figure after another. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Nov. 2020",
      "The fun throughout, the payoff, is in seeing Beth yank the rug out from one misunderestimating lunkhead and authority figure after another. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1851, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably alteration of lump + head":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u0259\u014bk-\u02cched"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022606",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lunkheaded":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of a lunkhead : stupid , doltish":[
        "The past includes bad mortgage loans, collateralized debt obligations and all manner of other lunkheaded lending decisions.",
        "\u2014 Justin Fox"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1857, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "lunkhead + -ed entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u0259\u014bk-\u02cche-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022018",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "lunar equation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the correction of the epacts by +1 every 300 years 7 times in succession and then by +1 after the next 400 years made because of the error in the lunar cycle in relation to the Gregorian calendar \u2014 compare solar equation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155839"
  },
  "lunar module":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a space vehicle module designed to carry astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And the effort required to lope stiff-legged across the powdery surface guzzled the air and cooling water in his backpack, limiting his time outside the relative safety of the lunar module . \u2014 Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
      "Linklater takes the appealing concept of putting a kid in the lunar module , teased right there at the outset, and sets it aside for more than 52 minutes. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "The three-man crew successfully uses the lunar module as a lifeboat, circling the Moon and then returning safely to Earth. \u2014 CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "For the last decade at least, the second man to walk on the Moon \u2014- Apollo 11 lunar module pilot Col. Edwin \u2018Buzz\u2019 Aldrin \u2014- has frequently been photographed with a \u2018Get Your A\u2014 To Mars\u2019 t-shirt. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "After returning to the lunar module , Armstrong and Aldrin tossed their overshoes from the hatch to save weight for lunar samples. \u2014 Devon Link, USA TODAY , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "The lunar module , where two astronauts lived from July 30 to August 2, 1971. \u2014 William Harwood, CBS News , 5 Aug. 2021",
      "Fifty years after the Apollo 15 crew visited the moon, members of the family of astronaut Jim Irwin, the lunar module pilot who also drove the lunar rover, unveiled his NASA Ambassador of Exploration Award at The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature. \u2014 James A. Jones Jr., orlandosentinel.com , 7 Aug. 2021",
      "Notations include the location of the lunar module and the Hadley Rille. \u2014 William Harwood, CBS News , 5 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1967, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164524"
  },
  "lunar mansion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of the 28 ancient astronomical and astrological divisions of the ecliptic each of which contains the moon on successive days":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171907"
  },
  "lunar ecliptic limit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a distance along the ecliptic averaging about 11 degrees on each side of either of the moon's nodes within which the sun must be at full moon in order for a lunar eclipse to occur":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174529"
  },
  "lunette":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": something that has the shape of a crescent or half-moon: such as":[],
      ": an opening in a vault especially for a window":[],
      ": the surface at the upper part of a wall that is partly surrounded by a vault which the wall intersects and that is often filled by windows or by mural painting":[],
      ": a low crescentic mound (as of sand) formed by the wind":[],
      ": the figure or shape of a crescent moon":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u00fc-\u02c8net"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Preliminary plans for an outdoor exhibit replicating the 1836 main gate/ lunette of the Alamo are in production, with plans to be presented to the commission in time for a public opening by the end of 2022. \u2014 Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "The sand kicked up by the sheep began to scarify one lunette , stripping the native vegetation that bound it together. \u2014 David Maurice Smith, Smithsonian , 23 Aug. 2019",
      "For less eccentricity and fancier pastries, such as almond kouign-amanns, hazelnut lunettes and Earl Grey scones, hit Le Petit Outre. \u2014 Dina Mishev, Washington Post , 11 Sep. 2019",
      "Along the walls of the arcade are 26 lunettes with symbolical designs and subjects such as Agriculture, Art, Justice, Knowledge, Music, Navigation, Peace and Thrift. \u2014 Dan Austin, Detroit Free Press , 1 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Old French lunete small object shaped like the moon, from lune moon":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1639, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193636"
  },
  "lunar letter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": moon letter":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205849"
  },
  "lunarium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a device for illustrating the motion and phases of the moon":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8ner-",
      "l\u00fc\u02c8na(a)r\u0113\u0259m",
      "-n\u0101r-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin luna + New Latin -arium":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211149"
  },
  "lunar month":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the time between one new moon and the next, one full moon and the next, etc.":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211819"
  },
  "lunes":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fits of lunacy":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00fcnz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sus probabilidades cayeron a cero a partir de las 2 p.m. del lunes . \u2014 Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Aug. 2021"
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      "French, plural of lune crazy whim, from Middle French, moon, crazy whim, from Latin luna":""
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      "1601, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Perhaps one of the most notable is the Greensboro Four: four students from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT) who staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. \u2014 Airielle Lowe, CNN , 31 May 2022",
      "Civil rights activists 59 years ago photographed staging a sit-in to protest segregation at Woolworth's lunch counter in Jackson, Mississippi. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 28 May 2022",
      "Since their debut in 1944, this lunch counter and grocery store crossover has been a staple of Galveston\u2019s culinary scene. \u2014 Adrianne Reece, Chron , 12 May 2022",
      "The restaurant\u2019s named for the pioneering businessman who ran a cigar shop and lunch counter in the same space many years ago. \u2014 Leslie Kelly, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "On Thursday morning, the first person at the lunch counter ordered 30 sandwiches. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "Sitting at a lunch counter , T\u00e9rcia is trying to ignore the ranting of a homeless man behind her. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Murray also spearheaded an effort to desegregate restaurants in Washington, D.C., in 1943 \u2013 17 years before the Woolworth lunch counter sit-in. \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "In Bakersfield: Architectural studio Page & Turnbull is working on resuscitating the last Woolworth lunch counter . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022"
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      "1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "commune in northeastern France on the Meurthe River southeast of Nancy population 19,740":[]
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      "town on the Atlantic in southern Nova Scotia, Canada population 25,164":[]
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      ": one of many variations in the moon's motion from a true ellipse caused by the perturbation of the sun or the planets":[],
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At Chanel's luncheon yesterday, Boynton enjoyed French bites alongside her fellow Chanel hosts, film director Pippa Bianco and actress Rebecca Dayan. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 June 2022",
      "Guest Dresses Not too short, not too long, a midi dress feels right for almost any wedding event\u2014from a celebratory brunch and garden luncheon to an evening reception or buffet dinner. \u2014 Andrea Navarro, Glamour , 6 June 2022",
      "The Rancho Bernardo Republican Women Federated hosts guest speaker State Senator Brian Jones at its luncheon /meeting 11 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. June 17 at the Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Pkwy. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
      "The in-person salad luncheon and annual meeting of the Friends of the South Windsor Public Library will be held at the Wapping Community Church, 1790 Ellington Road. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
      "The event ends with a ceremony at Grand River Avenue and Oakland Street, followed by a free community luncheon hosted at the American Legion. \u2014 Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press , 27 May 2022",
      "From a man walking into the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, just a day after Buffalo, and opening fire during a luncheon being held after service, filling one man and wounding five others. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 26 May 2022",
      "Jerry Chen, 72, who was at the church Sunday, told The Associated Press the luncheon was being held for former Pastor Billy Chang. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
      "The luncheon will celebrate HRC\u2019s achievements in safeguarding all individuals within Jefferson County from all forms of discrimination. \u2014 Eleanor Mccrary, The Courier-Journal , 26 May 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps alteration of nuncheon light snack, alteration of Middle English nonshench midday refreshment, from non noon + schench drink":""
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      "circa 1652, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": out of touch with reality":[],
      ": to eat lunch":[],
      ": to treat to lunch":[]
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      "Noun",
      "I like to eat a healthy lunch every day.",
      "We took a picnic lunch to the park.",
      "They've brought their own lunches with them.",
      "I had just a sandwich for lunch .",
      "I bought her some lunch .",
      "Verb",
      "She often lunches in the park.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "About a half-hour before his lunch break one June morning, Travis Mudry was operating an excavator and digging through permafrost in the Klondike gold fields of the Yukon in Canada. \u2014 Christine Chung, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
      "But my lunch there \u2014 Black Forest ham sandwich with salad for $17 \u2014 was tasty and ample. \u2014 Christopher Reynoldsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
      "Barr\u2019s statements made to The Associated Press prompted Trump smashing his lunch against the wall, Hutchinson testified. \u2014 Nomaan Merchant, Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
      "Aside from dribbling on your lunch , visitors may be reading your screen. \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
      "Cassidy Hutchinson alleged that President Donald Trump threw his lunch at the wall in response to statements his attorney general made about the 2020 election. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
      "Some people have their lunch standing up while looking at their phone. \u2014 Adam Morganstern, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "Their giggles occasionally drew the attention of German retirees enjoying a glass of wine with their Thursday lunch . \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
      "On Father's Day Sunday, Barker and Kardashian shared a series of pictures via Instagram Story from their outing with Landon, Alabama and Atiana, during which the group enjoyed their lunch in an intimate and beautiful backyard setting. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The teens, all students at Tishomingo High School, were reportedly on their way to lunch off-campus when the incident occurred at the intersection of U.S. Highway 377 and State Highway 22, NBC News reported. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "At Sant Feliu de Gu\u00edxols, the northern terminus of the impossibly photogenic Road of 1,000 Bends, I am tempted to lunch at one of the many outdoor restaurants overlooking the town\u2019s beach and harbor. \u2014 Dina Mishev, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
      "The singer was out to take Max and Emme to lunch at Hotel Bel-Air, a significant spot for Lopez and current boyfriend Ben Affleck. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Later on, though, Gina and Emily asked Heather to lunch to explain their side of things, and Heather seemed more than receptive to Gina's apology. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Though Bush would lunch on a weekly basis with the president, Baker would be with him every day, plus control access to and information flow to him. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
      "The latter is enough to get you through dinner and then lunch the next day. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Jan. 2021",
      "Nearby, several people lunched under cover at Margaritaville, which had its patio doors opened. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 15 May 2020",
      "Buford marvels at the school lunches his boys eat: a unique three-course meal every day, never to be repeated throughout the calendar year, plus yogurt or cheese. \u2014 Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic , 30 Apr. 2020"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably short for luncheon":"Noun"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1811, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090508"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a box in which a lunch can be kept and carried to school, work, etc.":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092433"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": cooked meat (such as sliced meat or canned meat) that is usually eaten cold":[
        "bought lunch meat for sandwiches"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092953"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": having no lunch":[
        "so anxious to be on time, they had been waiting lunchless",
        "\u2014 Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u0259nchl\u0259\u0307s"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104405"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": lunate sense 1":[],
      ": a carpal bone probably representing the radiale":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u00fc\u02c8n\u0101t\u0259m"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin, neuter of lunatus lunate":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105323"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": cooked meat (such as sliced meat or canned meat) that is usually eaten cold":[
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111837"
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  "lungfish":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": any of an order (Dipnoi) of bony fishes that breathe by a modified swim bladder as well as gills":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u0259\u014b-\u02ccfish"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Australian lungfish are one of the few fish species that can breathe both underwater via gills and in the air with lungs. \u2014 Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
      "Methuselah is a 4-foot-long, 40-pound Australian lungfish that was brought to the San Francisco museum in 1938 from Australia. \u2014 Haven Daley, USA TODAY , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Methuselah is a 4-foot-long, 40-pound Australian lungfish that was brought to the San Francisco museum in 1938 from Australia. \u2014 Haven Daley, USA TODAY , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Methuselah is a 4-foot-long, 40-pound Australian lungfish that was brought to the San Francisco museum in 1938 from Australia. \u2014 Haven Daley, USA TODAY , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "The first vertebrate animals to crawl onto land were relatives of the modern lungfish . \u2014 David George Haskell, Wired , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "After Methuselah the Australian lungfish made headlines for being the oldest living aquarium fish, Jonathan the Seychelles tortoise is reminding people of his record. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Methuselah is a 4-foot-long, 40-pound Australian lungfish that was brought to the San Francisco museum in 1938 from Australia. \u2014 Haven Daley, USA TODAY , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Salamanders and a lungfish were close behind amphiuma, with the next-largest cells. \u2014 Douglas Fox, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1883, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112122"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a usually cotton cloth used especially in India, Pakistan, and Burma for articles of clothing (as sarongs, skirts, and turbans)":[],
      ": a piece of cotton cloth usually 2\u00b9/\u2082 yards long that is folded about the body and tied at the waist and that is worn especially in India":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hindi lu\u1e45g\u012b , from Persian":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112605"
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  "lung":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": one of the usually paired compound saccular thoracic organs that constitute the basic respiratory organs of an air-breathing vertebrate":[],
      ": any of various respiratory organs of invertebrates":[],
      ": a device enabling individuals abandoning a submarine to rise to the surface":[],
      ": a mechanical device for regularly introducing fresh air into and withdrawing stale air from the lung : respirator \u2014 compare iron lung":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u0259\u014b"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He filled his lungs with the clean. fresh air.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Among people with advanced lung cancer, offering or providing palliative care early on lowers the symptom burden, reduces depression by half, and improves quality of life when compared to standard care. \u2014 John Mulder, STAT , 3 July 2022",
      "The recent rally in MRTX stock was led by its positive findings from an early-stage clinical trial of Adagrasib, a treatment for patients with lung cancer harboring the KRAS mutation. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "But with cannabis, users essentially eliminate risk of death by liver cirrhosis, delirium tremens, lung cancer and respiratory depression. \u2014 WSJ , 27 June 2022",
      "For example, pain from a fractured rib, which can heal, will feel different from pain due to metastatic lung cancer after a lifetime of smoking. \u2014 Jessica Dulong, CNN , 27 June 2022",
      "Katz died Wednesday at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys following a long battle with lung cancer, his family announced. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
      "Other health issues, including a scare over an acute lung -damaging illness, have also been linked to e-cigarettes. \u2014 Jonathan Roeder And Fiona Rutherford, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
      "The situation is compounded by the region\u2019s perpetually sunny climate, which effectively cooks vehicle exhaust and industrial emissions into lung -damaging smog and a mountainous terrain that confines the toxic haze over the region. \u2014 Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
      "In fact, one supplement, beta carotene, was found to be more harmful than beneficial; the use of it to prevent cardiovascular diseases or cancer actually increased the chances of lung cancer and death. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English lunge , from Old English lungen ; akin to Old High German lungun lung, l\u012bhti light in weight \u2014 more at light":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121439"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a chronic progressive pneumonia of sheep consistently fatal and of unknown etiology":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131846"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": snack bar":[
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        "\u2014 John Galsworthy"
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143454"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": murre":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u0259\u014bi"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Norwegian langve, langvi, lomvi , from Old Norse langv\u0113 , from langr long + -v\u0113 , a bird; akin to Old High German w\u012bo kite and perhaps to Old Norse veithr hunt, hunting, fishing":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151132"
  },
  "lunging rein":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": longe":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "lunging from gerund of longe entry 2":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165915"
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  "lunate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": shaped like a crescent":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00fc-\u02ccn\u0101t"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin lunatus , past participle of lunare to bend in a crescent, from luna":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1777, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170337"
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  "lunation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the period of time averaging 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 2.8 seconds elapsing between two successive new moons":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u00fc-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This lunation marks a fresh start -- so don't look to the past! \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
      "At this lunation , the luminaries are activating the Jupiter-Uranus sextile, a rare aspect that will not happen again until 2026! \u2014 Narayana Mont\u00fafar, refinery29.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "This lunation can bring out everyone's inner animal. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "This lunation also precedes what is known as the luckiest day of the year, which arrives on 5th March as the Sun meets Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system. \u2014 Narayana Mont\u00fafar, refinery29.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "While eclipses are often strikingly intense, the upcoming lunation on December 4 is bringing a much more positive, optimistic tone to the astrological world. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "This lunation is taking us back to the Saturn and Uranus aspects of 2021 that occurred on February 17, June 14, and December 24. \u2014 Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "There\u2019s excitement in the air \u2014 and a sense that anything could happen around this lunation . \u2014 Athena Antares, refinery29.com , 3 Jan. 2021",
      "These encouragements are echoed in the aspects that make up Thursday's lunation , a tight crossing of oppositions between the moon and the Sun, Venus in Cancer and Pluto in Capricorn, and a looser opposition between Mars and Saturn. \u2014 Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com , 24 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English lunacioun , from Anglo-French lunaison , from Medieval Latin lunation-, lunatio , from Latin luna":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175537"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having no luncheon":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u0259nch\u0259nl\u0259\u0307s"
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193124"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a genus of herbs (family Cruciferae) having cordate leaves and broad siliques":[],
      ": any plant of the genus Lunaria":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u00fc\u02c8na(a)r\u0113\u0259"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Late Latin, henbane, from Latin luna moon + -aria (feminine singular of -arius -ary)":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194607"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": luncheonette":[],
      ": a room (as in a school) where lunches supplied on the premises or brought from home may be eaten":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccru\u0307m",
      "\u02c8l\u0259nch-\u02ccr\u00fcm"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Before the big stages, TV shows and movie soundtracks, there was an elementary school lunchroom . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 26 May 2022",
      "For the video, Auerbach played a cigar-puffing janitor and Carney a lunchroom cook serving horse meat to vegan students. \u2014 Bobby Olivier, Billboard , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Her father drives a cab; her mother is a lunchroom attendant. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "But that doesn\u2019t account for the lunchroom , which Ferrell and West both said was already too small for the school. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "These days, lunchroom conversations and coffee breaks regularly turn into stress sessions over inflation. \u2014 Etta Money, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "For about two hours, Alan Schott listened as a teacher, the principal and the lunchroom supervisor from his daughters\u2019 school detailed their concerns. \u2014 Molly Parker, ProPublica , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "For years, school counselors have asked for a job description at the state level, since many end up proctoring tests, on lunchroom duty, substitute teaching and other tasks that aren\u2019t aligned with their skills and education. \u2014 cleveland , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The lunchroom changes have also been welcomed by the staff and the parents. \u2014 Allison Moses, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022"
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      "1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hours before some games, the team would show up at the luncheonette . \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 5 June 2022",
      "In America, her father built a new life and owned a Brooklyn, New York, luncheonette , Ziff said. \u2014 Bobby Ross Jr., chicagotribune.com , 24 Oct. 2021",
      "At Richy\u2019s, a Hyde Park luncheonette , general store, and staple among mayoral candidates, the mood Monday swung from apathy to excitement. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "There may be no more emblematic culinary pivot of the last 18 months in Portland than Mama \u0110\u00fat, a vegan Vietnamese luncheonette whose origin story reads like a film script. \u2014 Jordan Michelman, Los Angeles Times , 13 Aug. 2021",
      "Sister and brother, chefs Corinna Mozo and Pabolo Monzo, modeled the restaurant after their grandfather's luncheonette which operated in the 1940s and 1950s in Cuba. \u2014 Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure , 5 Aug. 2021",
      "Other subway-adjacent businesses had followed the barbershop in the space: a grocery store, a luncheonette . \u2014 Willy Blackmore, Curbed , 14 Apr. 2021",
      "On the second Saturday in March, the owners of Gertie, a Jewish-American luncheonette in Brooklyn, finalized a last step in the makeover of their year-old restaurant. \u2014 Matthew Haag, New York Times , 1 Nov. 2020",
      "On Howie, Harold, and David\u2019s watch, the Fairway store grew, expanding into Tibbs luncheonette next door, then into the adjoining drugstore, and then into the D\u2019Agostino supermarket to the north. \u2014 Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic , 17 June 2020"
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      "1913, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "An Executive Council meeting at the college, where the state was to formally accept $27 million in federal vaccine aid, was canceled after it was hijacked by a bunch of lunatic fringe antivaxxers. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
      "Davis endured nasty and sometimes threatening letters from a true lunatic fringe . \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 May 2021",
      "And yet, in recent months, the lab leak thesis has inched its way from the lunatic fringe towards the credible center of American public discourse. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 25 May 2021",
      "Republicans disavow their lunatic fringe just enough to create a prophylactic of plausible deniability, while allowing the tumors to metastasize. \u2014 Alyson Cole, Fortune , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "Some Democrats may regard such olive branches as na\u00efvely ineffectual or as pandering to the lunatic fringe . \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 11 Jan. 2021",
      "Farhan Zaidi, the Giants\u2019 president of baseball operations, should not make decisions based on the moods or desires of the lunatic fringe . \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 15 Aug. 2020",
      "Even a coach like Frost, who grew up a football hero in Nebraska and quarterbacked the Cornhuskers to a national championship during the program\u2019s heyday, isn\u2019t immune to the noxious negativity created by the lunatic fringe . \u2014 Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com , 25 Oct. 2019",
      "The panic in Peshawar showed that concerns are not limited to a lunatic fringe , however. \u2014 The Economist , 4 July 2019"
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        "\u2014 Alexander Pope"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Total lunar eclipses aren\u2019t exactly rare, happening once a year. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 May 2022",
      "About two lunar eclipses occur each year, and the next will be a total lunar eclipse in November, Petro said. \u2014 Katie Hunt, Megan Marples And Ashley Strickland, CNN , 16 May 2022",
      "Total lunar eclipses occur when the Earth lines up between the moon and the sun, hiding the moon from the star's light. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 13 May 2022",
      "Next year will also see two lunar eclipses as well. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
      "This will be the first of two lunar eclipses in 2022, Space.com said. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 9 May 2022",
      "One of two lunar eclipses this year will cross over skies and be visible in the United States this month. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 9 May 2022",
      "However, there will be two total lunar eclipses in 2022 will both will last for 84 minutes. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "From Maryland, observers will be able to catch two lunar eclipses, two planetary conjunctions and some meteor showers in 2022 \u2014 all with the naked eye. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 2 Jan. 2022"
    ],
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      "Middle English, from Latin lunaris , from luna moon; akin to Latin luc\u0113re to shine \u2014 more at light":""
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