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{
"onrush":{
"antonyms":[
"recess",
"recession",
"regress",
"regression",
"retreat",
"retrogression"
],
"definitions":{
": a rushing forward or onward":[],
": onset":[]
},
"examples":[
"a sudden onrush of development in an area that was rural until very recently",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Along with the media onrush and charitable response came another, far more malevolent form of attention. \u2014 Elizabeth Williamson, The Atlantic , 2 June 2022",
"Not nearly enough venue doors were open, and attendees mistakenly believed the band was starting early when, according to the Who\u2019s manager, the arena speakers blasted the film trailer for Quadrophenia, leading to a brutal onrush of fans. \u2014 Asawin Suebsaeng, Rolling Stone , 18 May 2022",
"Was, in this vision, Maoism experiencing an onrush of popularity, and so experts, ones like Adam, were being tapped to give high-profile public lectures on the nuts and bolts of this important yet undercovered political theory",
"For the past half-century, the NRA has eagerly cultivated a pseudopopulist image of an armed and angry battery of righteous culture warriors of the right, beating back the faithless onrush of big government liberalism one armed citizen at a time. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Clearly, humanity must learn to befriend AI, and be prepare for the onrush of technological advancements. \u2014 Calvin Mackie, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"There is no proof that this drastic course of treatment is right for any, let alone all, of the onrush of children claiming to be transgender. \u2014 Nathanael Blake, National Review , 10 June 2021",
"Obviously, much of that mighty onrush would flow unstoppably downstream, there to pass under the arches of the area\u2019s many bridges. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2020",
"White likewise said medical patients should not be displaced by the onrush of recreational customers. \u2014 Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic , 5 Nov. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4n-",
"\u02c8\u022fn-\u02ccr\u0259sh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement",
"furtherance",
"going",
"headway",
"march",
"passage",
"process",
"procession",
"progress",
"progression"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170720",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"onroll":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a rolling forward or onward":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"on + roll , noun (after the verb phrase roll on )":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171655"
}
}