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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Repetition has an indelible place in Black expressive culture: in the syncopated rhythms of jazz, the phrasal repetitions of the blues and the guttural moans of soul made meaningful by dint of remarkable vocal performances. \u2014 Adam Bradley, New York Times , 4 Mar. 2021"
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": a short musical thought typically two to four measures long closing with a cadence":[],
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": to divide into melodic phrases":[],
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": to express in words or in appropriate or telling terms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Answer the questions in complete sentences, not phrases .",
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"She used the phrase \u201cI strongly believe\u201d too many times in her speech.",
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"Underline the key words or phrases in the paragraph.",
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"To borrow a phrase from my mother, I spend too much time \u201cwatching the boob tube\u201d and not enough time outside.",
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"Verb",
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"He phrased his version of the story in a way that made him look good.",
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"The question was awkwardly phrased .",
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"The singer phrased the music beautifully.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Tony McKnight, chief executive of Big Daddy Unlimited, said in a statement to The Times that the meme was created by a former employee who did not understand the historical significance of the phrase . \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
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"Meanwhile, in the greatest turn of phrase ever, Surf is working at building his catalogue. \u2014 Eric Fuller, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
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"Some social media users are highlighting a particular turn of phrase in the draft. \u2014 Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
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"Each one has at its center a simulated label emblazoned with that phrase , but transliterated into Japanese. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"That stands to be the only connotation of the phrase going forward, because Game 163 isn't going to happen under the new format. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"However, the meaning of the phrase has left some people confused. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"The vague nature of the phrase , in which people could insert their own definition, is just one way in which social media can birth a new term. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"Pay attention to their idioms and their turns of phrase , to their slang. \u2014 Keith Runyon, The Courier-Journal , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"For instance, the team introduced the Google Ngram Viewer, which lets users type in a word or phrase and observe its usage plotted over the centuries. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
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"Or, in this case, maybe a torso cutout is a better way to phrase it. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 16 May 2022",
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"Back in Dallas, Garcia has a go-to phrase to sum up his long-term vision: weeding and seeding. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"She was struck by the way other students relied on their parents, consulting them even about small choices, such as how to phrase an e-mail to a professor. \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Some prefer to phrase this altogether crucial mega-topic as the AI containment problem. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"But be careful not to phrase things in a way where the child must do everything right. \u2014 Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"It\u2019s my early-Sunday-morning-lounging-in-pajamas album, my romantic evening album, and my learning how to phrase a melody album. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"The app also makes suggestions to re- phrase wordy sentences and add transitional phrases that can improve your writing. \u2014 Suzie Glassman, Wired , 16 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin phrasis , from Greek, from phrazein to point out, explain, tell":"Noun"
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"idiom"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200006",
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"phrase book":{
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": a book containing idiomatic expressions of a foreign language and their translation":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In cool, shaded interiors, bookshelves are packed with Stefan Zweig and Arabic phrase books . \u2014 Antonia Quirke, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 22 Aug. 2019",
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"Baldwin\u2019s interest coincided with a growing interest in the language among members of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, which produced its first unpublished Myaamia phrase book in 1997. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian , 19 Apr. 2017"
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"formulate",
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"put",
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": a characteristic manner or style of expression : diction":[],
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": a series of dance movements comprising a section of a pattern":[],
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": a short musical thought typically two to four measures long closing with a cadence":[],
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": a word or group of words forming a syntactic constituent with a single grammatical function":[
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": to designate by a descriptive word or phrase":[],
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": to divide into melodic phrases":[],
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": to express in words or in appropriate or telling terms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Answer the questions in complete sentences, not phrases .",
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"She used the phrase \u201cI strongly believe\u201d too many times in her speech.",
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"Underline the key words or phrases in the paragraph.",
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"To borrow a phrase from my mother, I spend too much time \u201cwatching the boob tube\u201d and not enough time outside.",
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"Verb",
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"He phrased his version of the story in a way that made him look good.",
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"The question was awkwardly phrased .",
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"The singer phrased the music beautifully.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Ohio's law specifically references a fetal heartbeat, but experts say that phrase is misleading. \u2014 Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
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"Boiled down to its essence, the phrase is a justification for awarding a strong voice in government to minority political views. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
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"The phrase that best describes your feelings is in love rather than just love. \u2014 Katie Arnold-ratliff, SELF , 24 June 2022",
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"According to Mosby\u2019s lawyers, that phrase is fundamentally ambiguous and she can\u2019t be prosecuted for perjury under that language. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
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"So unless a gun is truly an assault rifle, an acceptable phrase is assault-style rifle. \u2014 WSJ , 13 June 2022",
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"The phrase is familiar \u2014 both in the sense of being commonplace and of being informal. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Tony McKnight, chief executive of Big Daddy Unlimited, said in a statement to The Times that the meme was created by a former employee who did not understand the historical significance of the phrase . \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
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"Meanwhile, in the greatest turn of phrase ever, Surf is working at building his catalogue. \u2014 Eric Fuller, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"For instance, the team introduced the Google Ngram Viewer, which lets users type in a word or phrase and observe its usage plotted over the centuries. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
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"Or, in this case, maybe a torso cutout is a better way to phrase it. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 16 May 2022",
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"Back in Dallas, Garcia has a go-to phrase to sum up his long-term vision: weeding and seeding. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"She was struck by the way other students relied on their parents, consulting them even about small choices, such as how to phrase an e-mail to a professor. \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Some prefer to phrase this altogether crucial mega-topic as the AI containment problem. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"But be careful not to phrase things in a way where the child must do everything right. \u2014 Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"It\u2019s my early-Sunday-morning-lounging-in-pajamas album, my romantic evening album, and my learning how to phrase a melody album. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"The app also makes suggestions to re- phrase wordy sentences and add transitional phrases that can improve your writing. \u2014 Suzie Glassman, Wired , 16 Oct. 2021"
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"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
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"Latin phrasis , from Greek, from phrazein to point out, explain, tell":"Noun"
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": one given to making fine-sounding but often hollow and meaningless phrases":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Editors could stop soliciting age-war articles by second-rate phrasemakers . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Oct. 2019",
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"During the 1960 presidential campaign, Mr. Goodwin worked alongside head speechwriter Ted Sorensen as one of Kennedy\u2019s most gifted phrasemakers . \u2014 Matt Schudel, Washington Post , 21 May 2018",
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"During the 1960 presidential campaign, Mr. Goodwin worked alongside head speechwriter Ted Sorensen as one of Kennedy\u2019s most gifted phrasemakers . \u2014 Matt Schudel, Washington Post , 21 May 2018"
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"I recognized the writer's distinctive phraseology even before I saw the name.",
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"the unique phraseology of the suspect's answer stuck in my mind",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Dewey\u2019s philosophy was one of communitarian liberalism (in Sandel\u2019s seemingly paradoxical phraseology ), and at its core was the institution of the public school and the process of education for citizenship and democracy. \u2014 Win Mccormack, The New Republic , 20 May 2022",
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"Abercrombie & Fitch usually couched their racist practices in vague phraseology . \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"The British accents and phraseology are an important part of the case, though, as prosecutors seek to prove that Elsheikh is indeed one of the Beatles who tortured hostages, even though the Beatles took great pains to conceal their faces. \u2014 CBS News , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"The new phraseology reflects an even wider embrace of flavor fusions that marry savory spices and heat with sweetness. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
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"While his music often hinges on menace, phraseology like that lets slip the playfulness that underlines so many Drakeo songs. \u2014 Paul Thompson, Vulture , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"His skillful management of the phraseology surrounding the epochal shift in monetary policy will go down as a classic case study in superior message control, and therefore superior public policy. \u2014 George Calhoun, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
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"Hey, Mark, so we`re coming off four years of scorched earth, no one is calling for that, no one is calling for another round of memorable but horrible nicknames that reduced people to tiny school yard phraseology . \u2014 NBC News , 20 Aug. 2021",
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"Rabbi David Tzvi Hoffmann points out that these two sections open and close with similar phraseology , setting them off as distinct units. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 12 July 2021"
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"Underline the key words or phrases in the paragraph.",
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"To borrow a phrase from my mother, I spend too much time \u201cwatching the boob tube\u201d and not enough time outside.",
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"He phrased his version of the story in a way that made him look good.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Ohio's law specifically references a fetal heartbeat, but experts say that phrase is misleading. \u2014 Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
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"Boiled down to its essence, the phrase is a justification for awarding a strong voice in government to minority political views. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
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"The phrase that best describes your feelings is in love rather than just love. \u2014 Katie Arnold-ratliff, SELF , 24 June 2022",
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"According to Mosby\u2019s lawyers, that phrase is fundamentally ambiguous and she can\u2019t be prosecuted for perjury under that language. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
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"So unless a gun is truly an assault rifle, an acceptable phrase is assault-style rifle. \u2014 WSJ , 13 June 2022",
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"The phrase is familiar \u2014 both in the sense of being commonplace and of being informal. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Tony McKnight, chief executive of Big Daddy Unlimited, said in a statement to The Times that the meme was created by a former employee who did not understand the historical significance of the phrase . \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
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"Meanwhile, in the greatest turn of phrase ever, Surf is working at building his catalogue. \u2014 Eric Fuller, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"For instance, the team introduced the Google Ngram Viewer, which lets users type in a word or phrase and observe its usage plotted over the centuries. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
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"Or, in this case, maybe a torso cutout is a better way to phrase it. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 16 May 2022",
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"Back in Dallas, Garcia has a go-to phrase to sum up his long-term vision: weeding and seeding. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"She was struck by the way other students relied on their parents, consulting them even about small choices, such as how to phrase an e-mail to a professor. \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Some prefer to phrase this altogether crucial mega-topic as the AI containment problem. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"But be careful not to phrase things in a way where the child must do everything right. \u2014 Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"It\u2019s my early-Sunday-morning-lounging-in-pajamas album, my romantic evening album, and my learning how to phrase a melody album. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"The app also makes suggestions to re- phrase wordy sentences and add transitional phrases that can improve your writing. \u2014 Suzie Glassman, Wired , 16 Oct. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin phrasis , from Greek, from phrazein to point out, explain, tell":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fr\u0101z"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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||
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"expression",
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||
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"idiom"
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112222",
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||
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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"phrasing":{
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
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||
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"definitions":{
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||
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": style of expression : phraseology":[],
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||
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": the act, method, or result of grouping notes into musical phrases":[]
|
||
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},
|
||
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"examples":[
|
||
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"The phrasing of the instructions was confusing.",
|
||
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"a singer known for her elegant phrasing",
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
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"In the first case, Ruppert admitted to killing his family but pleaded innocent by reason of insanity, the official phrasing used at the time. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That phrasing recalls Facebook's contentious Senate hearings last year, when lawmakers accused the company of putting profits over safety, a charge the company denied. \u2014 Musadiq Bidar, CBS News , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The dynamics change from forte to pianissimo in seconds, the phrasing from legato to staccato. \u2014 Tim Page, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Headlines that blare out the latest in AI are bound to toss around the Machine Learning or Deep Learning phrasing and catch your attention. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Though executives have used similar phrasing before, the inclusion of that line in the culture memo is a marked change for a company once known for its lavish spending. \u2014 J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the Middle Ages, Aristotle\u2019s phrasing was translated into Latin as petitio principii. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Many fans felt the phrasing rang true, given Naomi's openness about her struggles with depression and suicidal ideation. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Sometimes people refer to dying as being called home, but for her, that phrasing doesn\u2019t work. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8fr\u0101-zi\u014b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"articulation",
|
||
|
|
"expression",
|
||
|
|
"formulation",
|
||
|
|
"statement",
|
||
|
|
"utterance",
|
||
|
|
"verbalism",
|
||
|
|
"voice",
|
||
|
|
"wording"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221944",
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"phrenology":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": the study of the conformation and especially the contours of the skull based on the former belief that they are indicative of mental faculties and character":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"To broaden Kelso\u2019s story, the author takes every opportunity to look beyond the man, with cogent discussions of national political and cultural trends and enlightening digressions on everything from phrenology to dueling. \u2014 Gerard Helferich, WSJ , 19 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"In M\u00e9canisme de la physionomie humaine, Duchenne laid important foundations for both Darwin and Ekman, connecting older ideas from physiognomy and phrenology with more modern investigations into physiology and psychology. \u2014 Kate Crawford, The Atlantic , 27 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Microclimate and phrenology are explained with clarity and sufficient depth. \u2014 Sally Peterson, oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"With its title mocking the attempts of phrenology to diminish the worth of African Americans, Smith paints dignified portraits of everyday black people\u2014a bootblack, a washerman\u2014as examples of the unique personalities inherent to every human being. \u2014 Bryan Greene, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But others disliked the stench of charlatanism that clung to any ideas associated with phrenology . \u2014 Grace Huckins, Wired , 17 Aug. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Some of these were fads, such as phrenology (the idea that personality or psychology could be determined by the shape of the head). \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 22 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"One of Mensa\u2019s co-founders, Roland Berrill, believed in the pseudoscience of phrenology , which involves measuring skulls to predict mental ability. \u2014 Cat Zhang, The New Yorker , 9 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Paton, a practitioner of phrenology , a pseudo-science that makes inferences about mental faculties and character traits based on the shape of the skull, took particular interest in Adie\u2019s cranium. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 3 Sep. 2019"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"Greek phren-, phr\u1e17n \"midriff, seat of the passions, mind, wits\" + -o- + -logy \u2014 more at frenetic":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"fri-\u02c8n\u00e4l-\u0259-j\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"fri-\u02c8n\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122834",
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
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|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"phrase marker":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a representation of the immediate constituent structure of a linguistic construction":[]
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
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"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1945, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151745"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"phrasemonger":{
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":{
|
||
|
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": phrasemaker sense 2":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccm\u00e4\u014b-",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8fr\u0101z-\u02ccm\u0259\u014b-g\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
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|
||
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
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"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1611, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160909"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"phrenocardiac":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, or constituting the region between the heart and the diaphragm":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u00a6fren\u014d+"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"phren- + cardiac":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162502"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"phrenosinic acid":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": cerebronic acid":[]
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
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|
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|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"phrenosinic International Scientific Vocabulary phrenosin + -ic":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170743"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"phraseogram":{
|
||
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|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a symbol for a phrase : a conventional combination of signs or letters representing a phrase in certain shorthand systems : phrase":[
|
||
|
|
"described the \u2026 pleasure he experienced on seeing the first phraseogram in a letter",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 Pitman's Phonographic Phrase Book"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8fr\u0101z\u0113\u0259\u02ccgram",
|
||
|
|
"-aa(\u0259)m"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"phraseo- (as in phraseology ) + -gram":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181207"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"phrenic":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to the diaphragm":[],
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to the mind":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8fren-ik",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8fre-nik"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"There are few concrete medical cures for the hiccups, but experts know that stopping them ideally involves the diaphragm, the vagus nerve and the phrenic nerve. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In general, things that irritate the diaphragm or the nerves that connect to the diaphragm (called the phrenic and vagus nerves), can lead to hiccups. \u2014 Jessica Migala, Health.com , 16 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The phrenic nerve controls the diaphragm, while the vagus nerve helps control the lungs and other internal organs. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"All of that effort distracts the nerves that are responsible for the diaphragm and epiglottis, called the phrenic and vagus nerves. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"For severe cases, your doctor might even try injecting an anesthetic to influence how your phrenic nerve behaves. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, SELF , 4 May 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Those include drugs that target serotonin receptors and a device that electrically stimulates the phrenic nerve to force diaphragm movement and maintain breathing. \u2014 Max Blau, STAT , 10 Apr. 2018"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"borrowed from new Latin phrenicus, from Late Latin phren-, phr\u0113n \"midriff, diaphragm, mind\" (usually in plural phrenes ) (borrowed from Greek phren-, phr\u1e17n ) + Latin -icus -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at frenetic":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
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"first_known_use":{
|
||
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"1685, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
||
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},
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204153"
|
||
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|
},
|
||
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"phraseograph":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
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|
||
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"noun"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"definitions":{
|
||
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": phraseogram":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-r\u0227f",
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"-\u02ccgraf"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"phraseo- (as in phraseology ) + -graph":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195215"
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}
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}
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