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"system":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a form of social, economic, or political organization or practice":[
"the capitalist system"
],
": a group of body organs that together perform one or more vital functions":[
"the digestive system"
],
": a group of devices or artificial objects or an organization forming a network especially for distributing something or serving a common purpose":[
"a telephone system",
"a heating system",
"a highway system",
"a computer system"
],
": a group of interacting bodies under the influence of related forces":[
"a gravitational system"
],
": a group of related natural objects or forces":[
"a river system"
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": a major division of rocks usually larger than a series and including all formed during a period or era":[],
": a manner of classifying, symbolizing, or schematizing":[
"a taxonomic system",
"the decimal system"
],
": a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole":[
"a number system"
],
": an assemblage of substances that is in or tends to equilibrium":[
"a thermodynamic system"
],
": an organized or established procedure":[
"the touch system of typing"
],
": an organized set of doctrines, ideas, or principles usually intended to explain the arrangement or working of a systematic whole":[
"the Newtonian system of mechanics"
],
": an organized society or social situation regarded as stultifying or oppressive : establishment sense 2":[
"\u2014 usually used with the"
],
": harmonious arrangement or pattern : order":[
"bring system out of confusion",
"\u2014 Ellen Glasgow"
],
": such as":[
"a number system"
],
": the body considered as a functional unit":[]
},
"examples":[
"The players like the coach's system .",
"Under the new system , students will have to pass an exam to graduate.",
"She devised a new filing system .",
"We need a better system for handling incoming e-mail.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last week, the rail system averaged 270,000 daily trips on weekdays, or 43 percent of trips taken in January 2020, two months before the pandemic began. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"The nation\u2019s eurobonds have traded at distressed levels since the start of March, the central bank\u2019s foreign reserves remain frozen, and the biggest banks are severed from the global financial system . \u2014 Giulia Morpurgo, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"Elsewhere, Washington was expected to announce the purchase of an advanced surface-to-air missile system for Ukraine. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"If the system doesn't include data integration, that customer still might be granted access. \u2014 Joe Oprosko, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Eventually, the phone lines became so overloaded that the building\u2019s system crashed. \u2014 Bracey Harris, NBC News , 27 June 2022",
"But the current system clearly isn\u2019t working, Shanklin said. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"Boeing and some independent safety experts argue that the existing system has been proved safe over decades of use in the 737 family. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Ukrainian power companies have in recent weeks launched a rapid overhaul so the country\u2019s generators can dispatch electricity without destabilizing the European power system . \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 26 June 2022"
],
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"circa 1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Late Latin systemat-, systema , from Greek syst\u0113mat-, syst\u0113ma , from synistanai to combine, from syn- + histanai to cause to stand \u2014 more at stand":""
},
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"\u02c8sis-t\u0259m",
"\u02c8si-st\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for system method , mode , manner , way , fashion , system mean the means taken or procedure followed in achieving an end. method implies an orderly logical arrangement usually in steps. effective teaching methods mode implies an order or course followed by custom, tradition, or personal preference. the preferred mode of transportation manner is close to mode but may imply a procedure or method that is individual or distinctive. an odd manner of conducting way is very general and may be used for any of the preceding words. has her own way of doing things fashion may suggest a peculiar or characteristic way of doing something. rushing about in his typical fashion system suggests a fully developed or carefully formulated method often emphasizing rational orderliness. a filing system",
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"network"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013815",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"disorganized",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"immethodical",
"irregular",
"nonsystematic",
"patternless",
"planless",
"systemless",
"unsystematic"
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"a systematic scholar"
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": presented or formulated as a coherent body of ideas or principles":[
"systematic thought"
],
": relating to or consisting of a system":[]
},
"examples":[
"We used a systematic approach to solve the problem.",
"She made a systematic study of the evidence.",
"the systematic production of cars",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The masks have come off, the restrictions have eased, systematic testing and reporting regimes are increasingly a thing of the past, and most of the world has turned its attention to the next thing. \u2014 Gayle Smith, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Other players, including Ortiz, tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs when the league began to impose systematic testing in the early 2000s. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The agency also was criticized for being too slow to recommend people wear masks, to recognize that the virus can spread through the air and to ramp up systematic testing to detect new variants. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, ajc , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Deportees, however, said no systematic coronavirus testing has been conducted, and several reported testing positive for the virus upon arrival in Haiti. \u2014 Miriam Berger, Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2021",
"One way a manager can avoid this is to go around the room and with remote participants in a systematic way, as well as monitor chat, Q&A and raise-hand functions. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"To poke at the theories, the team needed a more systematic way of analyzing the data. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 7 Feb. 2022",
"International experience from other eruptions shows that tackling ash in a systematic , coordinated way has benefits. \u2014 Stephen Wright, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
"No one tracks and reports the number of nonrefundable hotel rooms in a systematic way. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 15 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1666, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin systematicus , from Greek syst\u0113matikos , from syst\u0113mat-, syst\u0113ma":""
},
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"\u02ccsi-st\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik",
"\u02ccsis-t\u0259-\u02c8mat-ik"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"methodic",
"neat",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematized"
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"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"hit-or-miss",
"immethodical",
"irregular",
"nonsystematic",
"patternless",
"planless",
"systemless",
"unsystematic"
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"a systematic scholar"
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": relating to or consisting of a system":[]
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"examples":[
"We used a systematic approach to solve the problem.",
"She made a systematic study of the evidence.",
"the systematic production of cars",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The masks have come off, the restrictions have eased, systematic testing and reporting regimes are increasingly a thing of the past, and most of the world has turned its attention to the next thing. \u2014 Gayle Smith, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Other players, including Ortiz, tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs when the league began to impose systematic testing in the early 2000s. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The agency also was criticized for being too slow to recommend people wear masks, to recognize that the virus can spread through the air and to ramp up systematic testing to detect new variants. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, ajc , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Deportees, however, said no systematic coronavirus testing has been conducted, and several reported testing positive for the virus upon arrival in Haiti. \u2014 Miriam Berger, Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2021",
"One way a manager can avoid this is to go around the room and with remote participants in a systematic way, as well as monitor chat, Q&A and raise-hand functions. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"To poke at the theories, the team needed a more systematic way of analyzing the data. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 7 Feb. 2022",
"International experience from other eruptions shows that tackling ash in a systematic , coordinated way has benefits. \u2014 Stephen Wright, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
"No one tracks and reports the number of nonrefundable hotel rooms in a systematic way. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 15 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1666, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin systematicus , from Greek syst\u0113matikos , from syst\u0113mat-, syst\u0113ma":""
},
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"\u02ccsis-t\u0259-\u02c8mat-ik",
"\u02ccsi-st\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik"
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"neat",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematized"
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"systematize":{
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"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"mess (up)",
"muss (up)",
"rumple",
"upset"
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"the need to systematize their work"
]
},
"examples":[
"The country is systematizing yearly exams for high-school students.",
"The computer program systematizes the data and enters it into a table.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Time\u2019s Up will hire an outside consultant, one that hasn\u2019t been chosen yet, to help work through its problems and systematize the conflicts of interest that have caused the current uproar. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 23 Aug. 2021",
"The nineteenth-century idea of domestic science was an attempt to systematize the tasks and duties of the housewife. \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Johann Joachim Winckelmann, scholar of the German Enlightenment, who in the late 18th century was the first to systematize the art of the past. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2021",
"Because innovation can resemble an evolutionary process, attempts by both economists and policy-makers to systematize it are unlikely to succeed anytime soon. \u2014 Philip Cross, National Review , 30 Dec. 2020",
"What at first feels artificial to us gradually proves its function as Majella\u2019s effort to systematize the chaos swirling around her. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
"As the field has become increasingly specialized and systematized in the modern era, these figures have stood out more conspicuously, coming to represent a tradition of their own. \u2014 Christopher Beha, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Big employers like Google and Unilever are trying to systematize the process as much as possible, to eliminate hiring bias and to ensure prospects are evaluated only on the background and attributes relevant for the job. \u2014 Oliver Staley, Quartz at Work , 24 Oct. 2019",
"European migration policies have turned slavery, extortion, monetized torture\u2014and for women, systematized rape\u2014into a thriving economy valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. \u2014 Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic , 17 Oct. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1751, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u02c8si-st\u0259-m\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for systematize order , arrange , marshal , organize , systematize , methodize mean to put persons or things into their proper places in relation to each other. order suggests a straightening out so as to eliminate confusion. ordered her business affairs arrange implies a setting in sequence, relationship, or adjustment. arranged the files numerically marshal suggests gathering and arranging in preparation for a particular operation or effective use. marshaling the facts for argument organize implies arranging so that the whole aggregate works as a unit with each element having a proper function. organized the volunteers into teams systematize implies arranging according to a predetermined scheme. systematized billing procedures methodize suggests imposing an orderly procedure rather than a fixed scheme. methodizes every aspect of daily living",
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"arrange",
"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"lay out",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093404",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"systematized":{
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"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"mess (up)",
"muss (up)",
"rumple",
"upset"
],
"definitions":{
": to arrange in accord with a definite plan or scheme : order systematically":[
"the need to systematize their work"
]
},
"examples":[
"The country is systematizing yearly exams for high-school students.",
"The computer program systematizes the data and enters it into a table.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Time\u2019s Up will hire an outside consultant, one that hasn\u2019t been chosen yet, to help work through its problems and systematize the conflicts of interest that have caused the current uproar. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 23 Aug. 2021",
"The nineteenth-century idea of domestic science was an attempt to systematize the tasks and duties of the housewife. \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Johann Joachim Winckelmann, scholar of the German Enlightenment, who in the late 18th century was the first to systematize the art of the past. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2021",
"Because innovation can resemble an evolutionary process, attempts by both economists and policy-makers to systematize it are unlikely to succeed anytime soon. \u2014 Philip Cross, National Review , 30 Dec. 2020",
"What at first feels artificial to us gradually proves its function as Majella\u2019s effort to systematize the chaos swirling around her. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
"As the field has become increasingly specialized and systematized in the modern era, these figures have stood out more conspicuously, coming to represent a tradition of their own. \u2014 Christopher Beha, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Big employers like Google and Unilever are trying to systematize the process as much as possible, to eliminate hiring bias and to ensure prospects are evaluated only on the background and attributes relevant for the job. \u2014 Oliver Staley, Quartz at Work , 24 Oct. 2019",
"European migration policies have turned slavery, extortion, monetized torture\u2014and for women, systematized rape\u2014into a thriving economy valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. \u2014 Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic , 17 Oct. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1751, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8si-st\u0259-m\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for systematize order , arrange , marshal , organize , systematize , methodize mean to put persons or things into their proper places in relation to each other. order suggests a straightening out so as to eliminate confusion. ordered her business affairs arrange implies a setting in sequence, relationship, or adjustment. arranged the files numerically marshal suggests gathering and arranging in preparation for a particular operation or effective use. marshaling the facts for argument organize implies arranging so that the whole aggregate works as a unit with each element having a proper function. organized the volunteers into teams systematize implies arranging according to a predetermined scheme. systematized billing procedures methodize suggests imposing an orderly procedure rather than a fixed scheme. methodizes every aspect of daily living",
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"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"lay out",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043110",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"systemic lupus erythematosus":{
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"definitions":{
": a chronic, inflammatory, variable autoimmune disease of connective tissue that occurs chiefly in women and is typically characterized by fever, skin rash, fatigue, and joint pain and often by disorders of the blood, kidneys, heart, lungs, and brain (such as hemolytic anemia, nephritis, pleurisy, pericarditis, cognitive dysfunction, or meningitis)":[
"\u2014 abbreviation SLE"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates about 200,000 adults in the United States have common lupus, called systemic lupus erythematosus . \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"The most common form of lupus, medically known as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is an autoimmune disease, a condition in which the body\u2019s immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys healthy cells and tissues. \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The physical symptoms of ME can be as disabling as multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus , rheumatoid arthritis and congestive heart failure, according to the campaign group Action for ME. \u2014 Lucia Osborne-crowley, refinery29.com , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Cleghorn lives with systemic lupus erythematosus , a serious autoimmune disease, far more frequent in women than in men, that can attack various organs and is challenging to diagnose and treat. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 July 2021",
"This self-attack can be directed against one organ \u2014 like the thyroid in Hashimoto's thyroiditis \u2014 or multiple organ systems simultaneously \u2014 like systemic lupus erythematosus . \u2014 Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY , 28 May 2021",
"There are four forms in all: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), lupus confined to the skin, lupus caused by some prescription drugs and a rare lupus that affects infants of women with the disease. \u2014 Matt Villano, CNN , 10 May 2021",
"It can also be used to treat discoid lupus erythematosus and systemic lupus erythematosus . \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 22 May 2020",
"Lupus, aka systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is an autoimmune disease that affects the body\u2019s ability to tell the difference between foreign invaders (think: the flu) and healthy tissue. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 9 Sep. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccer-\u0259-\u02ccth\u0113-m\u0259-\u02c8t\u014d-s\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192828",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"systemic risk":{
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"definitions":{
": the risk that the failure of one financial institution (such as a bank) could cause other interconnected institutions to fail and harm the economy as a whole":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its role in facilitating liquidity has attracted the attention of the federal government, which views stablecoins as a potential systemic risk to the broader crypto market. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"Asian equities were mostly higher on Thursday as concerns about the systemic risk presented by Evergrande eased. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"This report provides an understanding of climate change as a systemic risk , its effects on the business, and how to mitigate it. \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Such a modification of capital adequacy risk-weights would simply join a colossal jumble of regulatory complexity that can be easily gamed with sizable unintended consequences for systemic risk . \u2014 Christian Lundblad, Fortune , 17 Mar. 2022",
"And while the systemic risk may have been significant, the shutdown has angered many metals traders. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 16 Mar. 2022",
"How is the hedge fund\u2019s investment loss the source of systemic risk ",
"So as climate change gains mainstream recognition as a systemic risk , what exactly is the administration, and the Roadmap, committing to",
"Some officials fear these digital tokens could become a systemic risk , threatening the wider financial system. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1977, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"sis-\u02c8te-mik-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202221",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"systemless":{
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": a form of social, economic, or political organization or practice":[
"the capitalist system"
],
": a group of body organs that together perform one or more vital functions":[
"the digestive system"
],
": a group of devices or artificial objects or an organization forming a network especially for distributing something or serving a common purpose":[
"a telephone system",
"a heating system",
"a highway system",
"a computer system"
],
": a group of interacting bodies under the influence of related forces":[
"a gravitational system"
],
": a group of related natural objects or forces":[
"a river system"
],
": a major division of rocks usually larger than a series and including all formed during a period or era":[],
": a manner of classifying, symbolizing, or schematizing":[
"a taxonomic system",
"the decimal system"
],
": a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole":[
"a number system"
],
": an assemblage of substances that is in or tends to equilibrium":[
"a thermodynamic system"
],
": an organized or established procedure":[
"the touch system of typing"
],
": an organized set of doctrines, ideas, or principles usually intended to explain the arrangement or working of a systematic whole":[
"the Newtonian system of mechanics"
],
": an organized society or social situation regarded as stultifying or oppressive : establishment sense 2":[
"\u2014 usually used with the"
],
": harmonious arrangement or pattern : order":[
"bring system out of confusion",
"\u2014 Ellen Glasgow"
],
": such as":[
"a number system"
],
": the body considered as a functional unit":[]
},
"examples":[
"The players like the coach's system .",
"Under the new system , students will have to pass an exam to graduate.",
"She devised a new filing system .",
"We need a better system for handling incoming e-mail.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last week, the rail system averaged 270,000 daily trips on weekdays, or 43 percent of trips taken in January 2020, two months before the pandemic began. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"The nation\u2019s eurobonds have traded at distressed levels since the start of March, the central bank\u2019s foreign reserves remain frozen, and the biggest banks are severed from the global financial system . \u2014 Giulia Morpurgo, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"Elsewhere, Washington was expected to announce the purchase of an advanced surface-to-air missile system for Ukraine. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"If the system doesn't include data integration, that customer still might be granted access. \u2014 Joe Oprosko, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Eventually, the phone lines became so overloaded that the building\u2019s system crashed. \u2014 Bracey Harris, NBC News , 27 June 2022",
"But the current system clearly isn\u2019t working, Shanklin said. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"Boeing and some independent safety experts argue that the existing system has been proved safe over decades of use in the 737 family. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Ukrainian power companies have in recent weeks launched a rapid overhaul so the country\u2019s generators can dispatch electricity without destabilizing the European power system . \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 26 June 2022"
],
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"circa 1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Late Latin systemat-, systema , from Greek syst\u0113mat-, syst\u0113ma , from synistanai to combine, from syn- + histanai to cause to stand \u2014 more at stand":""
},
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"\u02c8sis-t\u0259m",
"\u02c8si-st\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for system method , mode , manner , way , fashion , system mean the means taken or procedure followed in achieving an end. method implies an orderly logical arrangement usually in steps. effective teaching methods mode implies an order or course followed by custom, tradition, or personal preference. the preferred mode of transportation manner is close to mode but may imply a procedure or method that is individual or distinctive. an odd manner of conducting way is very general and may be used for any of the preceding words. has her own way of doing things fashion may suggest a peculiar or characteristic way of doing something. rushing about in his typical fashion system suggests a fully developed or carefully formulated method often emphasizing rational orderliness. a filing system",
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"network"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045035",
"type":[
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"noun"
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": of, relating to, or common to a system : such as":[],
": affecting the body generally":[
"systemic diseases"
],
": supplying those parts of the body that receive blood through the aorta rather than through the pulmonary artery":[],
": of, relating to, or being a pesticide that as used is harmless to the plant or higher animal but when absorbed into its sap or bloodstream makes the entire organism toxic to pests (such as an insect or fungus)":[
"Neonics \u2026 are what is known as \" systemic \" pesticides. That is, the neonics are applied directly to seeds, and those treated seeds then grow into the crops that contain neonicotinoids in their pollen, their nectar and, indeed, their every fiber.",
"\u2014 Joel Bleifuss"
],
": fundamental to a predominant social, economic, or political practice":[
"systemic poverty",
"Our nation faces a fork in the road and a decision to either continue down the same path of systemic racism or to confront our past honestly.",
"\u2014 Bree Newsome",
"People are tired of marching. People are tired of hashtag protests. People want some systemic change.",
"\u2014 Rev. Tiffany Thomas"
],
": a systemic pesticide":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The company made some systemic changes to the way it operated.",
"The problem seems to be systemic .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"And no one is talking about solutions, as the country whipsaws between talk of police reform and the symptoms of entrenched, systemic issues increasingly erupting in violence. \u2014 Petula Dvorak, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"But Vanderbilt has not been penalized for its failures, nor for several of the systemic issues that many argue contributed to the tragic sequence of events. \u2014 Carolyn Barber, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"ThousandEyes WAN Insights provides the ability to identify systemic issues across the network and generate the necessary recommendations to remediate those issues before the problem impacts users. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The systemic issues that drive migration out of Haiti are expected to come up during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Pampers has committed $250k to tackling systemic issues in Black Maternal health, and a $100,000 partnership with the National Birth Equity Collaborative (NBEC) is part of the initiative. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 9 June 2022",
"Okay, so there\u2019s something sort of glass-half-full in there, that the conversation, the debate around inflation can ultimately affect some of the systemic issues that are important in all kinds of other ways. \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 31 May 2022",
"Sam Geisler, an attorney representing more than two dozen families who say their children were sickened after consuming formula made by Abbott, said the reports are evidence of systemic problems at the Sturgis facility. \u2014 Laura Reiley, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
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"The second lists all the hassles and headaches of your job, from the petty to the systemic . \u2014 David G. Allan, CNN , 6 Sep. 2021",
"But experts are weighing possible explanations for at least a few of these trends \u2014 some biological, some behavioral and some systemic . \u2014 Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2021",
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