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"Time and success have helped quiet those questions as Walden\u2019s world has begun to hum with buzzy shows. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"There\u2019s a moment when the ball hovers beneath DeMar DeRozan\u2019s hand in the fourth quarter that seems to hum with magic. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"The selling and buying of human beings from Africa or descended from Africans",
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"My colleague Hayley Smith has a thorough accounting of the impacts of this uber-drought: including loss of water for wild creatures, like spawning salmon and migrating birds, and for human beings, to grow food, drink and bathe. \u2014 James Raineystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"The pandemic broke everything \u2014 the economy, the businesses that drive it and the human beings who make this whole Modern Capitalist Endeavor move forward. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"Director William Boyd's film takes an unusual amount of care in establishing the characters as distinct, recognizable human beings, making their fate all the more poignant when the carnage finally commences in earnest. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 28 June 2022",
"And they have got used to not connecting as human beings. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 24 June 2022",
"People want to get out and just see other human beings. \u2014 Steve Smith, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"These people are the bravest, most beautiful human beings on the planet. \u2014 Rachael Ray, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
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"Ba subverts heteronormative constructs of beauty, femininity, and sexuality, depicted her human and animal subjects is sometimes surreal settings that challenge traditional notions of nature. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"For those who remembered the earlier days of the war between human and gull, this was the most beautiful truce. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"The legendary fabulist and short-story writer also left readers these meditations on the human and the divine. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"The idea was that if the questioner could not tell the difference between human and machine, the computer would be considered to be thinking. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 14 June 2022",
"The trust built between the human and the horse allows veterans to slow down and be in the moment. \u2014 Madison Scarpino, Fox News , 30 May 2022",
"Bill\u2019s high spirits around Lizzy\u2019s female colleagues, his houseguests swooping in on the wine and cheese without even glancing at the art, or the threat of wreckage caused by human or animal. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"In an era of plague and climatic disturbance, there is no more fertile issue than the inter-wreathing of the human and the natural, and no one better than Garland to give it luxuriant life onscreen. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 May 2022",
"The combined effort between human and machine resulted in a data set containing 1,701 trails in 1,316 Hubble images. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 16 May 2022"
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"For the unfamiliar, HCG stands for human chorionic gonadotropin , a hormone made during pregnancy which has been used, incorrectly, for weight loss. \u2014 Christopher Rosa, Glamour , 22 Oct. 2021",
"After that happens, the body starts to produce human chorionic gonadotropin , a chemical that is detected by pregnancy tests. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Sep. 2021",
"When undercover investigators showed up, posing as potential clients, Lopez allegedly offered them human chorionic gonadotropin , a prescription hormone, as well as meal-replacement powders and syringes. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Oct. 2019",
"Because of her history, Waldron underwent a slew of early blood tests and ultrasounds with her high-risk fertility doctor that showed her levels of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), commonly called the pregnancy hormone, were up and down. \u2014 Kaelyn Forde, Glamour , 28 Oct. 2019",
"The bill also bars terminations of pregnancies confirmed by the presence of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). \u2014 al , 13 Aug. 2019",
"At-home pregnancy tests look for the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which is a hormone from your placenta (the organ that helps maintain and nourish a pregnancy). \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 13 Sep. 2018",
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"The new contract also sets Drake\u2019s salary as Distinguished University Professor in the departments of medicine, ophthalmology and education and human ecology , beginning July 1 through June 30, 2024. \u2014 Emily Bamforth, cleveland , 28 Feb. 2020",
"Planting as many trees as possible would reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by about 9 gigatons each year, according to Pamela McElwee, a professor of human ecology at Rutgers University and one of the report\u2019s lead authors. \u2014 Christopher Flavelle, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Planting as many trees as possible would reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by about nine gigatons each year, according to Pamela McElwee, a professor of human ecology at Rutgers University and one of the report\u2019s lead authors. \u2014 Christopher Flavelle, New York Times , 8 Aug. 2019"
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"But for the new project, human engineering introduced some crucial innovations. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The complications are myriad \u2013 from challenges with funding and public support to questions of whether human engineering simply alters threats rather than removes them. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Learners examine how nature's patterns in plants are mimicked by human engineering \u2013 and then collect and document the plants in their own backyards. \u2014 USA TODAY , 11 June 2021",
"The cliffs and beach today are cluttered with remnants of human engineering . \u2014 Rosanna Xia Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 Nov. 2020",
"One of the most important aspects of Johnson\u2019s mathematical prowess is that her calculations involved real people, real objects interacting at the limits of human engineering . \u2014 Sophia Chen, Wired , 28 Feb. 2020",
"But then the art and science of human engineering began. \u2014 Tom Verducci, SI.com , 13 Aug. 2019",
"Despite its contrived beginnings, Bowie designed a cultural touchstone for a historic moment of human engineering and blind courage. \u2014 Mitch Goodwin, Quartzy , 12 July 2019"
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"Former All-Star pitcher Carlos Martinez was suspended for 80 games under baseball\u2019s minor-league drug program following a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance ibutamoren, which increases human growth hormone . ... \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 27 May 2022",
"As part of the new agreement, the 2022 season is expected to feature the most tests in the program\u2019s history and blood testing for human growth hormone has resumed but with new technology. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Blood testing for human growth hormone , which began in 2012, was suspended because of the pandemic. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The hormones involved include testosterone, human growth hormone , and insulin-like growth factor. \u2014 Joe Friel, Outside Online , 11 Nov. 2020",
"Lira, 41, allegedly obtained misbranded human growth hormone and the blood building drug erythropoietin in advance of the Tokyo Games from sources in Central and South America. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 12 Jan. 2022",
"The results showed use of human growth hormone , and on or about July 30, Athlete-1 was provisionally suspended from Olympic competition, including the women\u2019s 100-meter semifinals, set to take place that same evening. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Athlete-1 was suspended from Olympic competition on July 30, 2021, after she was found to have used human growth hormone , according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Riley Macon, a college coach who has a master\u2019s degree in exercise science, explained the two spikes of human growth hormone (HGH) that occur during a night of sleep. \u2014 Jay Johnson, Outside Online , 16 Mar. 2021"
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"Of course, the real argument for sabbaticals is based not in business but in creating a more humane society. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 23 May 2022",
"The show\u2019s approach to surviving characters is not necessarily more humane . \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"As a result, the collections process becomes more humane for borrowers and efficient for lenders. \u2014 Marc Schr\u00f6der, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"That idea horrified immigration advocates inside the administration, who viewed it not only as a breach of Mr. Biden\u2019s campaign pledge, but also as a retreat from the promise of a more humane immigration system. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Though President Joe Biden campaigned on creating a humane asylum system, his administration has left many restrictive Trump-era policies in place. \u2014 Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Biden outlined ambitious goals during his first days in office to repeal the hardline policies of his predecessor, overhaul the US immigration system and create a better, more humane system at the southern border. \u2014 Priscilla Alvarez, CNN , 21 Jan. 2022"
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"Youngstown police were called to the scene, along with a humane agent from Animal Charity of Ohio. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
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"That idea horrified immigration advocates inside the administration, who viewed it not only as a breach of Mr. Biden\u2019s campaign pledge, but also as a retreat from the promise of a more humane immigration system. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"And last week, she was recognized as 2022 humanitarian of the year at the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony, which is often likened to the food world\u2019s Oscars. \u2014 Emily Heil, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Eckstrom, who was recently honored with promoter and humanitarian of the year awards at the national pageant, says the pageant system has evolved with the times. \u2014 Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Her father, Bernard Kouchner, is a renowned humanitarian who co-founded Doctors Without Borders and served as a senior minister in several French governments. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"Wallen is a British author, entrepreneur and humanitarian . \u2014 Henry Devries, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Outside of his work as a humanitarian and a musician, Chance is also father to daughters Marli, 2, and Kensli, 6, with wife Kirsten Corley Bennett. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Union for Ukrainians is a small, grassroots organization in Portland that\u2019s led by a Polish humanitarian who has been working to help Ukrainian families escape their country, the Szymanskis said. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The physician and humanitarian embraced the world\u2019s most vulnerable people, and saved more lives than can be counted. \u2014 Bill Gates, The Atlantic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"In Friday\u2019s announcement, Blanchett was recognized for her impactful work both on and off the screen worldwide \u2014 as an award-winning actor, producer, artistic director and humanitarian . \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, Variety , 5 Feb. 2022"
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"\u2014 C. G. Bowers"
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"\u2014 Pamela H. Johnson"
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"We appealed to his sense of humanity .",
"These discoveries will be of benefit to all humanity .",
"She was cut off from the rest of humanity .",
"the college of arts and humanities",
"He's taking courses in both the sciences and the humanities .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2015, the enigmatic Army of the 12 Monkeys released a deadly virus that would wipe out seven billion humans over the following two years, with its subsequent mutations threatening the end of humanity . \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"The prize is given for achievement in the study of humanity . \u2014 Fox News , 22 June 2022",
"And all praise to Morton for bringing shocking depths of humanity to a role that's half-Vulcan and half-primal. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
"Debuting on May 17, 2020, Snowpiercer follows the passengers of the Snowpiercer, a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe carrying the remnants of humanity seven years after the world becomes a frozen wasteland. \u2014 Marc Berman, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"As of today, more than 100 million people have been forced to flee their homes \u2014 more than 1% of humanity . \u2014 Jennifer Hassan And Sammy Westfall, Anchorage Daily News , 17 June 2022",
"India and other nations in the region, home to hundreds of millions of humanity \u2019s most vulnerable, are on the front lines of climate change. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"Such is the world Newman constructs in the gap where half of humanity once dwelled. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"His results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1979, transformed scientists\u2019 view of lead as one of humanity \u2019s most potent neurotoxins and helped win him a nomination for a Nobel prize. \u2014 Michael J. Coren, Quartz , 16 June 2022"
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"Back then, the field of public health was optimistic that humankind was exiting the era of infectious diseases. \u2014 Melody Schreiber, The New Republic , 21 June 2022",
"The rover will be up there ahead of humans, and the goal is to have a fully autonomous vehicle that can drive around and map the terrain ahead of humankind 's return to the Moon. \u2014 Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"Aside from the concerns about this health crisis and deep social wounds, the pandemic, unfortunately, also spread uncontrollable fear and, in effect, limited a fundamental value inherent to humankind : freedom. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"From the brain of the one and only David Cronenberg: A deep dive into the not-so-distant future in which humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
"The Showtime series builds on its source material, the 1976 film starring David Bowie, with a hearty dose of optimism about humankind . \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Bears, frogs, bats, elephants, giraffes and more assess humankind as loud, messy and nosy \u2014 but also cute and cuddly. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Migraines have baffled humankind at least as far back as the ancient Egyptians, who blamed the excruciating headaches, and their often-accompanying visual auras and nausea, on the supernatural. \u2014 Jenifer Frank, courant.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Essentially, the treaty assures freedom of exploration and use of space to all humankind . \u2014 CNN , 3 Jan. 2022"
"The commercial products use liquid humate (for more consistency than compost tea) and contain beneficial bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 18 June 2019"
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"Humble though it may be, and about as glamorous as a galosh, it is a fish that has shaped the political and social history of Europe like no other, with the possible exception of cod. \u2014 R. W. Apple, Jr. , New York Times , 30 Oct. 2002",
"She would not come closer to me, as much as I thought she wished to, hungering not for anything like love but for plain, humble succor. \u2014 Chang-rae Lee , A Gesture Life , 1999",
"Women are the organizing soft-centered socialists, the nice people, the sugar-and-spice lot, identifying with the poor and humble ; men are snips and snails and puppy-dog tails, and rampant, selfish, greedy capitalists. \u2014 Fay Weldon , Harper's , May 1998",
"Despite all his achievements, he has remained humble .",
"He is very humble about his achievements.",
"She is too humble to let praise go to her head.",
"Please accept my humble apologies.",
"Her humble suggestion is that we review the data more carefully.",
"He comes from a humble background.",
"She's not ashamed of her humble beginnings.",
"Verb",
"Cuba's reliance on tourism is a somewhat humbling turn for the revolution, which has long prided itself on producing topflight doctors and teachers\u2014not concierges. \u2014 Tim Padgett , Time , 22 Dec. 2003",
"\u2026 audiences loved to see villains punished and arrogant young men humbled , they did not want to fidget and squirm through mea culpas before the final scene. \u2014 Elaine Showalter , Civilization , April/May 1999",
"It frightened and humbled him but also made him feel darkly charmed. \u2014 Don DeLillo , Mao II , 1991",
"Her success has humbled her critics.",
"Last year's champion was humbled by an unknown newcomer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Both viewed education as a means to launch careers and surmount humble origins in Honduras, where endemic poverty, crime and corruption have long choked off avenues of social advancement. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
"The mineral world's champion of diverse origins is the humble pyrite (FeS2), known by many as Fool's Gold. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"As the producers of the James Bond franchise search for the next 007, Miles Teller's grandmother has a humble suggestion: Miles Teller. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 1 July 2022",
"But the movie stays true to the shorts\u2019 spirit, with the story mostly set in Marcel\u2019s humble home and Camp again playing a fictionalized version of himself. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story\u2014which has been adapted into a Netflix docuseries\u2014examines Epstein\u2019s origin story, from humble New York City college-dropout to the elite of Palm Beach. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Town & Country , 28 June 2022",
"These potentially curative therapies have humble origins. \u2014 Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Eva Per\u00f3n was was of humble origins but reached the highest echelon of power and died prematurely, all in the space of seven years. \u2014 Pablo Sandoval, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"The essential element is the humble two-pan balance scale \u2014 a staple of commerce over the millennia that\u2019s still found in bustling rural bazaars in the developing world. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like coach said, football will humble you real quick. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
"Alternately harrowing and hilarious, the book\u2019s drug-consumption-per-page quotient is enough to humble Hunter S. Thompson and William S. Burroughs combined. \u2014 Alan Light, SPIN , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The cheap deaths and dozen or so boss showdowns will humble you, but the stellar fix of early \u201990s nostalgia will keep you glued until the very end. \u2014 Joshua Khan, Wired , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Both books contain an abundance of stories featuring frustrated scientists who seem to live in their labs, who endure ferocious professional battles and who must humble themselves to raise funds for their work. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The Iron Bowl can humble fan bases and players and especially the coaches, but this one showed that maybe Auburn isn\u2019t too far behind its in-state rival after all. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Though Michigan\u2019s players and coaches dedicated only a few words to questions about Lombardi during the week, their desire to humble a player responsible for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns in a shocking upset by the Spartans was clear. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 18 Sep. 2021",
"For the past two weeks, Alabama\u2019s coach has been trying to humble his team in preparation for the Gators. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 15 Sep. 2021",
"If the 9/11 attacks were a failure of imagination by US authorities -- who would have thought a terror gang armed only with box cutters could humble a superpower"
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"Sometimes the homeowners are present to humblebrag about, say, the difficulty of securing the permits for such an extreme build; often enough, however, only the architect wants to talk. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Meanwhile, Tia humblebrags to the rest of the group about her date with Colton. \u2014 Anna Moeslein, Glamour , 13 Aug. 2018"
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"She would not come closer to me, as much as I thought she wished to, hungering not for anything like love but for plain, humble succor. \u2014 Chang-rae Lee , A Gesture Life , 1999",
"Women are the organizing soft-centered socialists, the nice people, the sugar-and-spice lot, identifying with the poor and humble ; men are snips and snails and puppy-dog tails, and rampant, selfish, greedy capitalists. \u2014 Fay Weldon , Harper's , May 1998",
"Despite all his achievements, he has remained humble .",
"He is very humble about his achievements.",
"She is too humble to let praise go to her head.",
"Please accept my humble apologies.",
"Her humble suggestion is that we review the data more carefully.",
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"She's not ashamed of her humble beginnings.",
"Verb",
"Cuba's reliance on tourism is a somewhat humbling turn for the revolution, which has long prided itself on producing topflight doctors and teachers\u2014not concierges. \u2014 Tim Padgett , Time , 22 Dec. 2003",
"\u2026 audiences loved to see villains punished and arrogant young men humbled , they did not want to fidget and squirm through mea culpas before the final scene. \u2014 Elaine Showalter , Civilization , April/May 1999",
"It frightened and humbled him but also made him feel darkly charmed. \u2014 Don DeLillo , Mao II , 1991",
"Her success has humbled her critics.",
"Last year's champion was humbled by an unknown newcomer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Both viewed education as a means to launch careers and surmount humble origins in Honduras, where endemic poverty, crime and corruption have long choked off avenues of social advancement. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
"The mineral world's champion of diverse origins is the humble pyrite (FeS2), known by many as Fool's Gold. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"As the producers of the James Bond franchise search for the next 007, Miles Teller's grandmother has a humble suggestion: Miles Teller. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 1 July 2022",
"But the movie stays true to the shorts\u2019 spirit, with the story mostly set in Marcel\u2019s humble home and Camp again playing a fictionalized version of himself. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story\u2014which has been adapted into a Netflix docuseries\u2014examines Epstein\u2019s origin story, from humble New York City college-dropout to the elite of Palm Beach. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Town & Country , 28 June 2022",
"These potentially curative therapies have humble origins. \u2014 Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Eva Per\u00f3n was was of humble origins but reached the highest echelon of power and died prematurely, all in the space of seven years. \u2014 Pablo Sandoval, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"The essential element is the humble two-pan balance scale \u2014 a staple of commerce over the millennia that\u2019s still found in bustling rural bazaars in the developing world. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like coach said, football will humble you real quick. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
"Alternately harrowing and hilarious, the book\u2019s drug-consumption-per-page quotient is enough to humble Hunter S. Thompson and William S. Burroughs combined. \u2014 Alan Light, SPIN , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The cheap deaths and dozen or so boss showdowns will humble you, but the stellar fix of early \u201990s nostalgia will keep you glued until the very end. \u2014 Joshua Khan, Wired , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Both books contain an abundance of stories featuring frustrated scientists who seem to live in their labs, who endure ferocious professional battles and who must humble themselves to raise funds for their work. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The Iron Bowl can humble fan bases and players and especially the coaches, but this one showed that maybe Auburn isn\u2019t too far behind its in-state rival after all. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Though Michigan\u2019s players and coaches dedicated only a few words to questions about Lombardi during the week, their desire to humble a player responsible for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns in a shocking upset by the Spartans was clear. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 18 Sep. 2021",
"For the past two weeks, Alabama\u2019s coach has been trying to humble his team in preparation for the Gators. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 15 Sep. 2021",
"If the 9/11 attacks were a failure of imagination by US authorities -- who would have thought a terror gang armed only with box cutters could humble a superpower"
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"She would not come closer to me, as much as I thought she wished to, hungering not for anything like love but for plain, humble succor. \u2014 Chang-rae Lee , A Gesture Life , 1999",
"Women are the organizing soft-centered socialists, the nice people, the sugar-and-spice lot, identifying with the poor and humble ; men are snips and snails and puppy-dog tails, and rampant, selfish, greedy capitalists. \u2014 Fay Weldon , Harper's , May 1998",
"Despite all his achievements, he has remained humble .",
"He is very humble about his achievements.",
"She is too humble to let praise go to her head.",
"Please accept my humble apologies.",
"Her humble suggestion is that we review the data more carefully.",
"He comes from a humble background.",
"She's not ashamed of her humble beginnings.",
"Verb",
"Cuba's reliance on tourism is a somewhat humbling turn for the revolution, which has long prided itself on producing topflight doctors and teachers\u2014not concierges. \u2014 Tim Padgett , Time , 22 Dec. 2003",
"\u2026 audiences loved to see villains punished and arrogant young men humbled , they did not want to fidget and squirm through mea culpas before the final scene. \u2014 Elaine Showalter , Civilization , April/May 1999",
"It frightened and humbled him but also made him feel darkly charmed. \u2014 Don DeLillo , Mao II , 1991",
"Her success has humbled her critics.",
"Last year's champion was humbled by an unknown newcomer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Both viewed education as a means to launch careers and surmount humble origins in Honduras, where endemic poverty, crime and corruption have long choked off avenues of social advancement. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
"The mineral world's champion of diverse origins is the humble pyrite (FeS2), known by many as Fool's Gold. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"As the producers of the James Bond franchise search for the next 007, Miles Teller's grandmother has a humble suggestion: Miles Teller. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 1 July 2022",
"But the movie stays true to the shorts\u2019 spirit, with the story mostly set in Marcel\u2019s humble home and Camp again playing a fictionalized version of himself. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story\u2014which has been adapted into a Netflix docuseries\u2014examines Epstein\u2019s origin story, from humble New York City college-dropout to the elite of Palm Beach. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Town & Country , 28 June 2022",
"These potentially curative therapies have humble origins. \u2014 Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Eva Per\u00f3n was was of humble origins but reached the highest echelon of power and died prematurely, all in the space of seven years. \u2014 Pablo Sandoval, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"The essential element is the humble two-pan balance scale \u2014 a staple of commerce over the millennia that\u2019s still found in bustling rural bazaars in the developing world. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like coach said, football will humble you real quick. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
"Alternately harrowing and hilarious, the book\u2019s drug-consumption-per-page quotient is enough to humble Hunter S. Thompson and William S. Burroughs combined. \u2014 Alan Light, SPIN , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The cheap deaths and dozen or so boss showdowns will humble you, but the stellar fix of early \u201990s nostalgia will keep you glued until the very end. \u2014 Joshua Khan, Wired , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Both books contain an abundance of stories featuring frustrated scientists who seem to live in their labs, who endure ferocious professional battles and who must humble themselves to raise funds for their work. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The Iron Bowl can humble fan bases and players and especially the coaches, but this one showed that maybe Auburn isn\u2019t too far behind its in-state rival after all. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Though Michigan\u2019s players and coaches dedicated only a few words to questions about Lombardi during the week, their desire to humble a player responsible for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns in a shocking upset by the Spartans was clear. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 18 Sep. 2021",
"For the past two weeks, Alabama\u2019s coach has been trying to humble his team in preparation for the Gators. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 15 Sep. 2021",
"If the 9/11 attacks were a failure of imagination by US authorities -- who would have thought a terror gang armed only with box cutters could humble a superpower"
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"\u2014 Mary Lindsay"
],
": deceive , hoax":[
"humbugged by their doctors",
"\u2014 G. B. Shaw"
],
": nonsense , drivel":[
"academic humbug"
],
": something designed to deceive and mislead":[
"Their claims are humbug ."
],
": to engage in a hoax or deception":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"tests showed that the \u201cold\u201d map of America was a cleverly made humbug",
"those UFO stories are a lot of humbug",
"Verb",
"humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His bah- humbug to Halloween was in keeping with that tough line. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune , 17 Oct. 2020",
"Like many American holidays, it is now encrusted with humbug and commercialism. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 5 May 2020",
"As the story goes, he is visited by a trio of Christmas ghosts (whom Scrooge accuses of being humbugs ). \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN , 21 Dec. 2019",
"Heroic detective, pilot, poet, magician and victor over all bullies and humbugs , animal or human, Freddy remains a model to us all. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Merriam-Webster defines a humbug as something or someone that is false or deceptive. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN , 21 Dec. 2019",
"Like every state, Colorado has its folklore, hoaxes, tall tales and humbugs . \u2014 Tom Noel, The Know , 24 Aug. 2019",
"The commercial web steams on as a hopped-up, strung-out system of hyperlinks, engineered to mix Barnumesque humbug with authentic reports, and to overlap ads and news\u2014the better to sucker the eye. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, WIRED , 23 May 2018",
"This was familiar big-corporation humbug , custom-built to obscure the real issues. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In its verb form, to be humbugged is to be deceived or be the victim of a hoax. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN , 21 Dec. 2019"
],
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"1749, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"1750, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Noun and Verb"
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"\u02c8h\u0259m-\u02ccb\u0259g"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for humbug Noun imposture , fraud , sham , fake , humbug , counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is. imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine. their claim of environmental concern is an imposture fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth. the diary was exposed as a fraud sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action. condemned the election as a sham fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty. these jewels are fakes ; the real ones are in the vault humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent. creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable. 20-dollar bills that were counterfeits",
"synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"hoax",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220510",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
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": a hard usually peppermint-flavored candy":[],
": a willfully false, deceptive, or insincere person":[
"He's just an old humbug .",
"denounced as humbugs the playwrights who magnify the difficulties of their craft",
"\u2014 Times Literary Supplement"
],
": an attitude or spirit of pretense and deception":[
"in all his humbug , in all his malice and hollowness",
"\u2014 Mary Lindsay"
],
": deceive , hoax":[
"humbugged by their doctors",
"\u2014 G. B. Shaw"
],
": nonsense , drivel":[
"academic humbug"
],
": something designed to deceive and mislead":[
"Their claims are humbug ."
],
": to engage in a hoax or deception":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"tests showed that the \u201cold\u201d map of America was a cleverly made humbug",
"those UFO stories are a lot of humbug",
"Verb",
"humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His bah- humbug to Halloween was in keeping with that tough line. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune , 17 Oct. 2020",
"Like many American holidays, it is now encrusted with humbug and commercialism. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 5 May 2020",
"As the story goes, he is visited by a trio of Christmas ghosts (whom Scrooge accuses of being humbugs ). \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN , 21 Dec. 2019",
"Heroic detective, pilot, poet, magician and victor over all bullies and humbugs , animal or human, Freddy remains a model to us all. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Merriam-Webster defines a humbug as something or someone that is false or deceptive. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN , 21 Dec. 2019",
"Like every state, Colorado has its folklore, hoaxes, tall tales and humbugs . \u2014 Tom Noel, The Know , 24 Aug. 2019",
"The commercial web steams on as a hopped-up, strung-out system of hyperlinks, engineered to mix Barnumesque humbug with authentic reports, and to overlap ads and news\u2014the better to sucker the eye. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, WIRED , 23 May 2018",
"This was familiar big-corporation humbug , custom-built to obscure the real issues. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In its verb form, to be humbugged is to be deceived or be the victim of a hoax. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN , 21 Dec. 2019"
],
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"1749, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"1750, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Noun and Verb"
},
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"\u02c8h\u0259m-\u02ccb\u0259g"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for humbug Noun imposture , fraud , sham , fake , humbug , counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is. imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine. their claim of environmental concern is an imposture fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth. the diary was exposed as a fraud sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action. condemned the election as a sham fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty. these jewels are fakes ; the real ones are in the vault humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent. creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable. 20-dollar bills that were counterfeits",
"synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"hoax",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082916",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"humdinger":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a striking or extraordinary person or thing":[
"That was one humdinger of a storm."
]
},
"examples":[
"The last storm was a real humdinger !",
"I hear we're in for another humdinger of a storm!",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s a bona fide humdinger of a black comedy by Martin McDonagh, that master conductor on the route to bloody ends. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The second son of the former president delivered a humdinger of a performance -- even by his own low standards -- during an appearance on Fox News Channel with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Or\u0161i\u0107\u2019s goal was the fifth in an eight-goal humdinger with Spain, the highest-scoring match witnessed in the competition since the very first: a 5\u20134 win for Yugoslavia over France, sixty-one summers ago. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 2 July 2021",
"Why, goodness gracious, great balls of fire, that\u2019s a humdinger of a show at Osceola Arts. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 8 Mar. 2021",
"That trade was a humdinger ; Wings owner Mike Ilitch sent his private plane to fetch Shanahan and have him in Detroit for that night\u2019s game. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 13 May 2020",
"That was a humdinger , wasn\u2019t it",
"Moby Arena is an old school arena and a must-see venue for basketball fans around Colorado, and Friday night\u2019s tilt between the Rams and Buffs is sure to be a humdinger . \u2014 Jeff Bailey, The Denver Post , 13 Dec. 2019",
"Scotland will face Japan in what promises to be a humdinger in Yokohama on Sunday, and after Ireland plays Samoa in Fukuoka on Saturday. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Oct. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably alteration of hummer":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m-\u02c8di\u014b-\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182049",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"humdrum":{
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
],
"definitions":{
": monotonous , dull":[]
},
"examples":[
"She liked the movie, but I thought it was humdrum .",
"another humdrum day at the office",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The movie, set in a humdrum New Jersey suburbia, unfolds on the moldy bottom rung of the comic-book ladder. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"The plot is, as usual, a slice of humdrum social realism: just an everyday tale of a maniacal, cashmere-wearing bank robber named Danny Sharp (Jake Gyllenhaal), who plans to steal thirty-two million dollars. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The daring mission is rather humdrum , with the pair easily infiltrating the fortress and Fennec killing about three dozen guards in the process. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Senate Republicans are still obstructing humdrum presidential nominations. \u2014 Bill Scher, The Week , 8 Feb. 2018",
"Innovation is also a growth driver in the seemingly humdrum business of fast food. \u2014 Michael Joseph, Fortune , 29 Nov. 2021",
"In it, not unlike Ian Fleming, Maugham falls back on his own experience as a British spy to evoke an espionage centric picture of Geneva of princesses, odd characters (\u2018the Hairless Mexican\u2019), disappearances and the generally humdrum life of a spy. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 18 June 2021",
"Aboard those ships, L\u00ea found not so much the staggering impact of the U.S. superpower on world events, but the somewhat humdrum , ordinary life of sailors occupied with mundane duties. \u2014 Benjamin Lima, Dallas News , 11 June 2021",
"But the restrictions also curtailed the humdrum physical activity that is part and parcel of daily living, the researchers said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Mar. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1553, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"reduplication of hum":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m-\u02ccdr\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214921",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"humid":{
"antonyms":[
"dry"
],
"definitions":{
": containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive":[]
},
"examples":[
"the air was so humid that our beach towels hanging on the line never really got dry",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Temperatures approached 100 degrees in Odessa daily this week as Texas and much of the U.S. faced extremely hot and humid conditions. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
"Temperatures were forecast to approach 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) later Wednesday as Texas \u2014 like much of the United States \u2014 faced extremely hot and humid conditions. \u2014 Chron , 15 June 2022",
"Hot and humid weather will move in briefly on Friday. \u2014 Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Wednesday and Thursday are both partly sunny, hot and humid . \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"Unlike the arid expanse of central and northern Saudi Arabia or the hot and humid Red Sea coast, this mountainous region has a temperate climate, with dry air alternating with misty rains. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 June 2022",
"The hot and humid conditions in Houston were brutal from the get-go, players and coaches said. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
"Relief from the uncomfortably hot and humid weather will begin in northern and central California on Sunday and Monday with the arrival of a pair of cold fronts. \u2014 Haley Brink And Allison Chinchar, CNN , 11 June 2022",
"Arkansas is expected to have hot and humid temperatures next week with heat index values possibly exceeding 105 degrees. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 10 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French or Latin; French humide , from Latin humidus , from hum\u0113re":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for humid wet , damp , dank , moist , humid mean covered or more or less soaked with liquid. wet usually implies saturation but may suggest a covering of a surface with water or something (such as paint) not yet dry. slipped on the wet pavement damp implies a slight or moderate absorption and often connotes an unpleasant degree of moisture. clothes will mildew if stored in a damp place dank implies a more distinctly disagreeable or unwholesome dampness. a prisoner in a cold, dank cell moist applies to what is slightly damp or not felt as dry. treat the injury with moist heat humid applies to the presence of much water vapor in the air. a hot, humid climate",
"It's not the heat that will get you\u2014it's the humidity .",
"The temperature is 67 degrees with humidity at 75 percent.",
"an area of low humidity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The threat of summer thunderstorms in the western US often puts firefighters on the alert because in the dry West, the humidity is often so low that rain falling from thunderstorms evaporates before reaching the ground. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"The average humidity on that date is right around 80%. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Temperatures will top out around 90 degrees, and humidity will be high. \u2014 Greg Porter, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"The lower humidity will be noticeable late in the day or Thursday night. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
"Lighter winds were expected into the weekend there, but low humidity will be a concern, fire officials said. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Plan to stain your deck when there's no rain in the forecast for at least a few days and the humidity is low. \u2014 Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Relative humidity is also down to 5%, with wind gusts as high as 70 mph are possible. \u2014 Byjulia Jacobo, ABC News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Much drier air is in place over the state, and the humidity will be in the 20 percent range, forecasters said. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 8 Apr. 2022"
": to reduce (someone) to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes : to make (someone) ashamed or embarrassed : mortify":[
"hoped they wouldn't humiliate themselves in their next game",
"accused her of humiliating him in public",
"feel so humiliated"
]
},
"examples":[
"I hope I don't humiliate myself during the presentation.",
"He accused her of trying to humiliate him in public.",
"She was hurt and deeply humiliated by the lies he told about her.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The primary objective of this civilian\u2019s pet project was to humiliate his subjects. \u2014 Rachel Gevlin, The Conversation , 17 June 2022",
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit to the city by the U.N. chief, an attack that shattered weeks of relative calm in the capital. \u2014 Inna Varenytsia, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit to the city by the U.N. chief, a deadly attack that shattered weeks of relative calm in the capital. \u2014 David Keyton And Inna Varenytsia, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022",
"During the regular season, the damage inflicted is not quite as glaring because Curry just moves on to his next city to humiliate his next victim. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"His desire not to humiliate Russia has been interpreted as a reference to the severe penalties that were imposed on Germany after World War I, which some historians say created the conditions for the rise of the Nazis and World War II. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
"In their haste to slap restrictions on trans athletes, legislators propose a tool that could be used to humiliate any young woman playing sports in Ohio. \u2014 Peter Greene, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"This says a lot about Russia's true attitude toward global institutions, about attempts of Russian authorities to humiliate the UN and everything that the organization represents. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Fat shaming, O\u2019Neil argues, masquerades as concern-trolling, giving unsympathetic outsiders license to humiliate those with weight struggles and gain attention for themselves. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1534, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin humiliatus , past participle of humiliare , from Latin humilis low \u2014 more at humble":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8mi-l\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"y\u00fc-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abase",
"chasten",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"humble",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"smirch",
"take down"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023911",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"humility":{
"antonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"definitions":{
": freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble":[
"accepted the honor with humility",
"The ordeal taught her humility ."
]
},
"examples":[
"He accepted the honor with humility .",
"The ordeal taught her humility .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her humility underscores the importance of her role at Jefferson County Public Schools. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
"Bryce grew up in Pasadena, wasn\u2019t the tallest athlete but found a way to master the quarterback position while retaining his humility and belief in his faith and family. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
"As the episodes went on, Thompson found his groove and started to become more comfortable onstage, though the judges often praised his humility , predicting that would take him far. \u2014 Emily Yahr, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"His humility and self-deprecating humor will not allow him that indulgence. \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"In addition to her incredible talent as an artist, her humility is another reason Dolly is a beloved icon by millions of fans around the world. \u2014 Sarah Grant, SPIN , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In addition to her incredible talent as an artist, her humility is another reason Dolly is a beloved icon by millions of fans around the world. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Why, then, does Talbot continue to insinuate that her humility must not be sincere",
"Common themes in the speeches were Reid's rise from inauspicious circumstances, his humility , his persistence, and his penchant for ending phone conversations without saying goodbye. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 9 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8mi-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"y\u00fc-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"modesty"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164638",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hummer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": fastball":[],
": humdinger":[],
": hummingbird":[],
": one that hums":[]
},
"examples":[
"A hummer was feeding at the flowers.",
"he's a real hummer when it comes to getting new clients for his advertising agency",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And naturally, the only way to be comfortable was riding a stretch hummer the length of a city block. \u2014 Jodi Walker, EW.com , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The hummers usually find it within a week and keep coming back, often the same date, for years on their migratory routes. \u2014 Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com , 29 Mar. 2020",
"Once in a while somebody catches a snakehead, but these ho- hummers don\u2019t seem to be in any hurry to take over the nation\u2019s waterways. \u2014 Colin Moore, Outdoor Life , 7 Feb. 2020",
"Two summer-flowering shade perennials are sure to draw the hummers . \u2014 Earl Nickel, SFChronicle.com , 18 Oct. 2019",
"Whereas ordinary birds pull themselves aloft with just the downstroke of their wings, insects and hummers generate lift in both directions. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine , 21 June 2019",
"Most of the birds arriving on Fort Morgan are coming from Mexico, Central America, or even South America, even the tiny hummers . \u2014 Ben Raines, AL.com , 20 Apr. 2018",
"Found only in Cuba, the itty-bitty bee hummingbird, the world\u2019s smallest bird, weighing less than a dime, is adapted to drink nectar from flowers too small for any other hummer . \u2014 National Geographic , 18 Apr. 2018",
"But the tiniest of these hummers was the one that elicited the most excitement: a Festive coquette, an extremely rare green-crested bird with a white rump patch, only three inches long. \u2014 James F. Mccarty, cleveland.com , 13 Feb. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-m\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bootstrapper",
"go-ahead",
"go-getter",
"highflier",
"highflyer",
"hustler",
"live wire",
"powerhouse",
"self-starter"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184203",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"humming":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to be busily active":[
"the museum hummed with visitors"
],
": to express by making a vocal sound with the lips pressed together : to affect by humming":[
"hummed his displeasure"
],
": to give forth a low continuous blend of sound":[
"the sound of children's voices with which the house was always humming",
"\u2014 J. M. Brinnin"
],
": to make the natural noise of an insect in motion or a similar sound : drone":[
"listening to the bees hum in the garden"
],
": to run smoothly":[
"the business started to hum"
],
": to sing with the lips closed and without uttering speech sounds distinctly":[
"hum a tune"
],
": to utter a sound like that of the speech sound \\m\\ prolonged":[
"humming along with the music"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The garden was humming with bees.",
"The refrigerator hummed in the background.",
"I was humming to myself.",
"We hummed along to the music.",
"I hummed a little song.",
"By noon, the office was really humming .",
"The restaurant hums on weekends.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Nothing's lost in the luxury department, though, as the G80's cabin remains a swell place to hum the day away. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
"Digital natives are ordinarily ho- hum about digital modes of communication. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Managers at the Glen Canyon Dam often release more water from Lake Powell each morning as air conditioners begin to hum and electricity use increases. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"This vivid, bubblegum-pink specimen is no ho- hum crudit\u00e9-platter filler. \u2014 Sarah Karnasiewicz, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Time and success have helped quiet those questions as Walden\u2019s world has begun to hum with buzzy shows. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
"While recording a hook, Moore altered the tone of his voice to sound like a robot trying to hum the same progression as the synths. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 2 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s a moment when the ball hovers beneath DeMar DeRozan\u2019s hand in the fourth quarter that seems to hum with magic. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"As the sun sets and the sky turns inky blue, the thick, shadowy forests start to hum with an ethereal glow. \u2014 Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure , 21 Feb. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English hummen ; akin to Middle High German hummen to hum, Middle Dutch hommel bumblebee":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8h\u0259m"
],
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"abound",
"brim",
"bristle",
"bulge",
"burst",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"crawl",
"overflow",
"pullulate",
"swarm",
"teem"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072231",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
],
"definitions":{
": extremely large : huge":[
"a humongous building",
"humongous amounts of money"
]
},
"examples":[
"a humongous dish of ice cream",
"I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s a humongous plot of land that used to be a hospital that\u2019s been closed for about 30 years now. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Still, calculating thousands of test orbits for thousands of potential asteroids is a humongous number-crunching task. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"And Salinas has also done well in fundraising for a candidate without humongous personal wealth, bringing in more than $658,000 through the beginning of May. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2022",
"With huge adv booking that was happening for a month, #DoctorStrange In The Multiverse Of Madness is all set to take a humongous opening all over #India tomorrow and this weekend.. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 5 May 2022",
"Compared with many other advanced countries, fuel taxes in the United States are already very low, which is one reason why this country\u2019s carbon imprint is so humongous . \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The walls feature metallic internal gears of the humongous clock, and antique timepieces, watches, and mantle clocks make for interesting and eye-catching decor. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The egg soon grows humongous , hatching a creature that the girl grows close to while keeping it secret from her demanding mom. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 21 Jan. 2022",
"That two-tier investing system \u2013 one of potential humongous gains for the elite and one of more subdued increases for everyone else \u2013 has attracted criticism. \u2014 Simon Constable, Time , 14 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1967, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps alteration of huge + monstrous":""
},
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"hy\u00fc-\u02c8m\u0259\u014b-g\u0259s",
"y\u00fc-",
"-\u02c8m\u00e4\u014b-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170736",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"humor":{
"antonyms":[
"cater (to)",
"gratify",
"indulge"
],
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": a normal functioning bodily semifluid or fluid (such as the blood or lymph )":[],
": a secretion (such as a hormone) that is an excitant of activity":[],
": a sudden, unpredictable, or unreasoning inclination : whim":[
"\u2026 conceived the humor of impeaching casual passers-by \u2026 and wreaking vengeance on them.",
"\u2014 Charles Dickens",
"the uncertain humors of nature"
],
": an often temporary state of mind imposed especially by circumstances":[
"was in no humor to listen"
],
": characteristic or habitual disposition or bent : temperament":[
"of cheerful humor"
],
": out of sorts":[],
": something that is or is designed to be comical or amusing":[
"The book is a collection of American humor .",
"not a fan of the comedian's brand of humor"
],
": that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality":[
"Try to appreciate the humor of the situation."
],
": the mental faculty of discovering, expressing, or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : the ability to be funny or to be amused by things that are funny":[
"a woman with a great sense of humor"
],
": to adapt oneself to":[
"\u2026 yielding to, and humoring the motion of the limbs and twigs \u2026",
"\u2014 William Bartram"
],
": to soothe or content (someone) by indulgence : to comply with the temperament or inclinations of":[
"The only way to get along with him is to humor him.",
"I know you don't agree, but just humor me."
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He didn't appreciate the humor of the situation.",
"Someday, you'll see the humor in this.",
"Everyone likes the gentle humor of his stories of family life.",
"She doesn't care for ethnic humor .",
"The book is a collection of American humor .",
"His humor is one of his most attractive qualities.",
"Verb",
"The only way to get along with him is to humor him.",
"humored her grandfather by listening to his war stories for the hundredth time",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Per the network, the two-part documentary explores the progression of Black comedy and comedians who have used pointed humor to expose society\u2019s injustices. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 26 June 2022",
"And concurring with sentiments expressed by Ornelas to Variety, Schmieding felt more free to explore Native humor in Season 2. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"The adaptation, with a new book by Douglas Carter Beane, has modernized the characters and story and added more humor , but the gorgeous original score remains. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Mainstream movies, as Thompson, Hyde, Brand and their collaborators know, have done more than their part to keep women in their place, treating the complexities of human sexuality as grounds for sniggering humor at best and censorship at worst. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Paltrow observed that her 18-year-old daughter, Apple Martin, may have inherited her grandfather's humor . \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 June 2022",
"This week\u2019s, published late Thursday, June 9, includes more conservative humor from past contests. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Nine percent of it follows humor , and 6 percent follows pain. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"But all the actors are adept at the musical\u2019s combination of dry, dark wit and bawdy humor . \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Noun",
"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English humour , from Anglo-French umor, umour , from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin humor , from Latin humor, umor moisture; akin to Old Norse v\u01ebkr damp, Latin hum\u0113re to be moist, and perhaps to Greek hygros wet":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259r",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for humor Noun wit , humor , irony , sarcasm , satire , repartee mean a mode of expression intended to arouse amusement. wit suggests the power to evoke laughter by remarks showing verbal felicity or ingenuity and swift perception especially of the incongruous. a playful wit humor implies an ability to perceive the ludicrous, the comical, and the absurd in human life and to express these usually without bitterness. a sense of humor irony applies to a manner of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is seemingly expressed. the irony of the title sarcasm applies to expression frequently in the form of irony that is intended to cut or wound. given to heartless sarcasm satire applies to writing that exposes or ridicules conduct, doctrines, or institutions either by direct criticism or more often through irony, parody, or caricature. a satire on the Congress repartee implies the power of answering quickly, pointedly, or wittily. a dinner guest noted for repartee Verb indulge , pamper , humor , spoil , baby , mollycoddle mean to show undue favor to a person's desires and feelings. indulge implies excessive compliance and weakness in gratifying another's or one's own desires. indulged myself with food at the slightest excuse pamper implies inordinate gratification of desire for luxury and comfort with consequent enervating effect. pampered by the amenities of modern living humor stresses a yielding to a person's moods or whims. humored him by letting him tell the story spoil stresses the injurious effects on character by indulging or pampering. foolish parents spoil their children baby suggests excessive care, attention, or solicitude. babying students by grading too easily mollycoddle suggests an excessive degree of care and attention to another's health or welfare. refused to mollycoddle her malingering son",
"synonyms":[
"comedy",
"comic",
"comicality",
"drollery",
"drollness",
"funniness",
"hilariousness",
"humorousness",
"richness",
"uproariousness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094547",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a person specializing in or noted for humor":[],
": a person subject to whims":[]
},
"examples":[
"Mark Twain is perhaps America's most beloved humorist .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tickets start at $57.75 to see why Sedaris is a bestselling humorist . \u2014 Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
"Will Rogers, the down-home Oklahoma humorist and actor, whose popularity and paychecks were enormous, held the title of honorary mayor of Beverly Hills. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"Audrey Atkins is the Director of Community Engagement at Birmingham\u2019s National Public Radio member station WBHM by day, as well as a writer, speaker, and humorist . \u2014 Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, named after the late writer and humorist of the same name, honors those who've had an impact on society. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s the basis of this satirical series, which was created by Quinta Brunson, an Internet humorist , who stars as Janine Teagues, the most optimistic teacher at the Philadelphia inner-city public school \u2014 that means for black kids. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 13 Apr. 2022",
"For a time, Lewis Grossberger, a humorist , wrote a column called Mental Notes, which once offered dating tips from Attila the Hun. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Gelett Burgess, a cartoonist and a humorist who exhibited at the photographer Alfred Stieglitz\u2019s gallery in the nineteen-tens, evolved an entire mock theory for this kind of deliberately amateur art. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Prior to joining Travel + Leisure, Tim was a freelance travel writer, an editor at Architectural Digest, and a humorist , writing for The Ellen Degeneres Show, Mad Magazine, CollegeHumor.com, and National Lampoon. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-rist"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"card",
"comedian",
"comic",
"droll",
"farceur",
"funnyman",
"gagger",
"gagman",
"gagster",
"jester",
"joker",
"jokester",
"wag",
"wit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011935",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"humoristic":{
"antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical"
],
"definitions":{
": humorous":[]
},
"examples":[
"a somewhat humoristic scene in an otherwise dark and brooding drama"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1834, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccy\u00fc-",
"\u02cchy\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02c8ri-stik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humorous",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205518",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"humorless":{
"antonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking a sense of humor":[],
": lacking humorous characteristics":[]
},
"examples":[
"humorless people who can't see the lighter side of life",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jobs don\u2019t have to be grim, humorless determination where sweat equity and burnout are emphasized over job satisfaction. \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Soon the Baxters and the humorless Dutch couple who unwisely joined them are running for their lives, pursued by the evil O\u2019Neills. \u2014 Sarah Lyall, New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"His replacement was Dennis Swanson, a proud and humorless former Marine hired to trim the fat and moderate the often inexcusable behavior of the production royalty. \u2014 Brian T. Brown, Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Despite the unending heaviness of world events, there is still room for inanity; delight doesn\u2019t always need to feel indulgent, and art doesn\u2019t need to be sombre or humorless . \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"But Sontag\u2019s demand for seriousness has often been overblown, her reputation making her out to be humorless . \u2014 Design Art B., Longreads , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The woke left may be the new religious right: preachy, censorious, humorless , judgmental, constantly policing popular culture for impure thoughts. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Of course, without the Fresh Prince references, Bel-Air is almost entirely humorless , a chilly act of over-compensation. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Enter the movie\u2019s hapless antagonist, a pedantic and seemingly humorless zoning inspector named Richard Zopf charged with cracking down on the unauthorized comedy shows. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 5 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259r-l\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"earnest",
"grave",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175707",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"humorous":{
"antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical"
],
"definitions":{
": full of or characterized by that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : full of or characterized by humor : funny":[
"humorous stories",
"shared a humorous anecdote"
],
": humid":[],
": possessing, indicating, or expressive of an ability to be funny or to be amused by things that are funny : possessing, indicating, or expressive of a sense of humor":[
"a humorous writer",
"studied his own life \u2026 with a shrewd and humorous eye",
"\u2014 Harrison Smith"
]
},
"examples":[
"The book is very humorous .",
"the humorous moments in an otherwise somber affair",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Your Audience Stay down to earth, even humorous , but straightforward. \u2014 Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"Now, her comics emerge as a new passion \u2014 even as her humorous tone and emotional dissonance echo her songwriting voice. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The program is designed to be lively, humorous , and engaging. \u2014 courant.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"In contrast to the humorous tone, the cocktails themselves are decidedly serious. \u2014 Christopher Michel, Country Living , 5 Sep. 2021",
"The original ride as envisioned by Walt Disney had a less humorous tone than the attraction of today. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 July 2021",
"When Crew-1 landed on Sunday, SpaceX mission control greeted the astronauts with a humorous tone. \u2014 Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner , 3 May 2021",
"Some leave light letters with a humorous tone and best wishes while others \u2013 like that of Barack Obama to Trump in 2017 \u2013 encourage the importance of civic duty. \u2014 Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com , 20 Jan. 2021",
"Life is still humorous in the most horrible, evil, maniacal spots. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see humor entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fcm-",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fcm-r\u0259s",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-r\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for humorous witty , humorous , facetious , jocular , jocose mean provoking or intended to provoke laughter. witty suggests cleverness and quickness of mind. a witty remark humorous applies broadly to anything that evokes usually genial laughter and may contrast with witty in suggesting whimsicality or eccentricity. humorous anecdotes facetious stresses a desire to produce laughter and may be derogatory in implying dubious or ill-timed attempts at wit or humor. facetious comments jocular implies a usually habitual fondness for jesting and joking. a jocular fellow jocose is somewhat less derogatory than facetious in suggesting habitual waggishness or playfulness. jocose proposals",
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humoristic",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213914",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"humorousness":{
"antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical"
],
"definitions":{
": full of or characterized by that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : full of or characterized by humor : funny":[
"humorous stories",
"shared a humorous anecdote"
],
": humid":[],
": possessing, indicating, or expressive of an ability to be funny or to be amused by things that are funny : possessing, indicating, or expressive of a sense of humor":[
"a humorous writer",
"studied his own life \u2026 with a shrewd and humorous eye",
"\u2014 Harrison Smith"
]
},
"examples":[
"The book is very humorous .",
"the humorous moments in an otherwise somber affair",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Your Audience Stay down to earth, even humorous , but straightforward. \u2014 Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"Now, her comics emerge as a new passion \u2014 even as her humorous tone and emotional dissonance echo her songwriting voice. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The program is designed to be lively, humorous , and engaging. \u2014 courant.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"In contrast to the humorous tone, the cocktails themselves are decidedly serious. \u2014 Christopher Michel, Country Living , 5 Sep. 2021",
"The original ride as envisioned by Walt Disney had a less humorous tone than the attraction of today. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 July 2021",
"When Crew-1 landed on Sunday, SpaceX mission control greeted the astronauts with a humorous tone. \u2014 Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner , 3 May 2021",
"Some leave light letters with a humorous tone and best wishes while others \u2013 like that of Barack Obama to Trump in 2017 \u2013 encourage the importance of civic duty. \u2014 Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com , 20 Jan. 2021",
"Life is still humorous in the most horrible, evil, maniacal spots. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see humor entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fcm-",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fcm-r\u0259s",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-r\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for humorous witty , humorous , facetious , jocular , jocose mean provoking or intended to provoke laughter. witty suggests cleverness and quickness of mind. a witty remark humorous applies broadly to anything that evokes usually genial laughter and may contrast with witty in suggesting whimsicality or eccentricity. humorous anecdotes facetious stresses a desire to produce laughter and may be derogatory in implying dubious or ill-timed attempts at wit or humor. facetious comments jocular implies a usually habitual fondness for jesting and joking. a jocular fellow jocose is somewhat less derogatory than facetious in suggesting habitual waggishness or playfulness. jocose proposals",
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humoristic",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174922",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"hump":{
"antonyms":[
"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
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"the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains",
"the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There\u2019s a lot of talent that\u2019s been around for a long time and maybe has never made it over the hump to that breakout star, but a lot of those films are worthy, and people should be paying attention. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"Suffice to say plenty of candidates will be throwing their hats into the mix, knowing the Sox are built to win and need only a few fixes to get over the hump . \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Boston built a core through the draft by taking Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum during a four-year span from 2014-17 and added the necessary pieces to get over the hump this year to make it to the finals. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"Boston built a core through the draft by taking Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum during a four-year span from 2014-17 and added the necessary pieces to get over the hump this year to make it to the finals. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"Following back-to-back first-round losses to the Clippers, Doncic and the Mavericks finally got over that hump and into the second round for the first time in his career. \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"So once Mexico secures its place in Qatar, the question for the country\u2019s soccer federation will be is Martino the man who can get it over that hump and to the fifth game this year",
"Nick Pivetta starts Sunday\u2019s 1:35 p.m. game, with Rich Hill on the hump at 7:10 p.m. on Memorial Day. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Speed cushions are a type of speed hump that has gaps to allow ambulances and firetrucks to drive through at full speed. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"a humongous dish of ice cream",
"I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s a humongous plot of land that used to be a hospital that\u2019s been closed for about 30 years now. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Still, calculating thousands of test orbits for thousands of potential asteroids is a humongous number-crunching task. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"And Salinas has also done well in fundraising for a candidate without humongous personal wealth, bringing in more than $658,000 through the beginning of May. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2022",
"With huge adv booking that was happening for a month, #DoctorStrange In The Multiverse Of Madness is all set to take a humongous opening all over #India tomorrow and this weekend.. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 5 May 2022",
"Compared with many other advanced countries, fuel taxes in the United States are already very low, which is one reason why this country\u2019s carbon imprint is so humongous . \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The walls feature metallic internal gears of the humongous clock, and antique timepieces, watches, and mantle clocks make for interesting and eye-catching decor. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The egg soon grows humongous , hatching a creature that the girl grows close to while keeping it secret from her demanding mom. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 21 Jan. 2022",
"That two-tier investing system \u2013 one of potential humongous gains for the elite and one of more subdued increases for everyone else \u2013 has attracted criticism. \u2014 Simon Constable, Time , 14 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Organic matter serves as food for earthworms, insects, bacteria and fungi that transform it to soil nutrients and humus . \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Tall grasses grew on the site for millions of years, and their decomposition created a dark, rich humus that would later prove ideal for cotton farmers. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The resulting holes admit water, air, fertilizer and humus -creating organic matter to the root systems. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021",
"Older wetlands in areas surveyed by Delta-X aircraft are more diverse, their soil rich with humus from generations of plants. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2021",
"This is a very aromatic, pungent rum that offers up notes of green sugarcane, lemon zest and chocolate all wrapped up in an earthy/ humus -like aroma. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 29 June 2021",
"If your soil is heavy, coarse sand or humus can be added, and gypsum works well to improve clay soils. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2021",
"Unfortunately, the annual humus sale was canceled this year because KLB coordinators were concerned about maintaining safety protocols. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Decomposition of the leaves enriches the top layers of the forest soil by returning part of the elements borrowed by trees and other plants and at the same time provides for more water-absorbing humus . \u2014 Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune , 8 Oct. 2020"
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"1796, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Traditionally, such a donor must have a close enough human leukocyte antigen , or HLA, match to maximize the likelihood that the stem cell transplant will engraft well. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Researchers have pinpointed a family of genes called the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex as a possible contributor to psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 18 May 2021",
"The most important elements are human leukocyte antigen (HLA) proteins on the body\u2019s cells. \u2014 Ginny Graves, Good Housekeeping , 17 Nov. 2020",
"In addition to genetic variants of the ACE2 receptor, scientists want to see whether differences in the human leukocyte antigen genes, which influence the immune system\u2019s response to viruses and bacteria, affect disease severity. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 27 Mar. 2020",
"Everyone has a human leukocyte antigen (HLA), a gene complex that is related to the immune system that, among other functions, regulates the kind of bacteria that is found on the surface of the skin. \u2014 Elizabeth King, Allure , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Lacking antibodies from vaccines or earlier infections, the human immune system relies on T cells, which attack foreign proteins, and human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) which bind to short pieces of viral proteins. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 29 Aug. 2013",
"Donors must be prepared to undergo extensive medical and psychological screenings, including a check for the human leukocyte antigen HLA, which plays a role in the body\u2019s immune response to foreign substances. \u2014 Deanese Williams-harris, chicagotribune.com , 6 July 2018"
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"1978, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As part of the program, the clinic focused on getting teens and preteens in for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The human papillomavirus is known for causing almost all cervical cancers, and a vaccine for HPV is often touted as a way to prevent those cancers. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
"Wiener said the bill falls in line with current state law that gives minors 12 and older the ability to make reproductive healthcare decisions, such as obtaining the human papillomavirus and hepatitis B vaccines. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Take human papillomavirus , which causes cervical cancer and genital warts. \u2014 Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Vaccines which are currently not considered under SB277 include the flu vaccine, the vaccine to prevent human papillomavirus , or HPV vaccine, and the Covid-19 vaccine. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 2 Oct. 2021",
"The other half of the prize was given to German virologist Harald zur Hausen, for discovering that human papillomavirus can cause cervical cancer. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2022",
"For example, vaccines for human papillomavirus and tetanus induce stronger immunity than the diseases themselves. \u2014 Daniel Funke, USA TODAY , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Under California law, minors aged 12 and older are already allowed to be vaccinated against hepatitis B and human papillomavirus (HPV) and to receive birth control and treatments for STIs, mental health disorders and substance abuse. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 27 Jan. 2022"
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"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 Simon Schama"
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"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u022fid",
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"Adjective",
"The movie is about humanoid aliens invading Earth.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"He's got a humanoid appearance, a terrifying origin story, and is determined to use children\u2019s trauma against them in a Freddy Kreuger-ish way. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 3 June 2022",
"The humanoid monster terrorizes the town of Hawkins throughout the season, psychically linking with teens who've experienced trauma and feeding off their fears before gruesomely killing them. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 May 2022",
"There, flitting between the trees, is a humanoid creature with a plasma cannon and an invisibility cloak that proves more formidable than any guerilla grunt. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"Fans have already been introduced to a host of evils from the ever-present Upside Down, including the Demogorgon, a humanoid creature with a gnashing mouth that rivals Alien's iconic monster. \u2014 Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
"Elsewhere one figure looks like a humanoid bouquet of flowers. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022",
"So many people are disturbed by the toys that there\u2019s even a formal name for the fear of dolls: pediophobia, which falls under the umbrella category of fear of humanoid figures, known as automatonophobia. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022",
"These will presumably be humanoid dragons, fitting the theme of the expansion. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 19 Apr. 2022",
"It was seen as the ultimate act of vanity by a vaguely humanoid android attempting to cheat age. \u2014 Damon Young, Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022"
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"1918, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"\u2014 Jeffrey Kluger"
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"\u2014 Diana Kim"
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"[Stan] Lowe said he's proud of the increased use of alternative-dispute resolution for the type of complaint that can be informally resolved between an officer and a member of the public. \u2026 \"It humanizes the experience from both perspectives. It really does repair a relationship, but you're doing it one relationship at a time.\"",
"\u2014 Louise Dickson"
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"\u2014 Kaylee Harter and Shanti Lerner",
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"It's OK to mess with a creature's \"simple\" parts\u2014the plumbing in its gut, let's say\u2014but we're risking moral crisis when we start to humanize its neural tissue.",
"\u2014 Daniel Engber",
"But other forms of humanized mice, such as mice engineered to have a human immune system, are routine laboratory animals that seem to occasion little angst.",
"\u2014 Nicholas Wade",
"These \" humanized \" cells were then removed and cloned with tumor cells to make a cell line that produced pure human monoclonal antibodies, the researchers said.",
"\u2014 Warren E. Leary"
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"Monoclonals are made by cultivating antibody-producing cells in the immune system of mice, extracting them from the animals' spleen, and then going through an elaborate process to \" humanize \" the antibodies to avoid immune reactions in human patients.",
"\u2014 Gary Stix",
"We're using mice to make humanized antibodies that produce cancer drugs.",
"\u2014 William Saletan"
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"The new publicity has helped to humanize the corporation's image.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For instance, the gang of kids helps humanize the conflict and show that Doan left Zeon to protect and care for them. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"That angle marks a change of pace from earlier tech biopics like The Social Network and Steve Jobs, which sought to humanize and glorify its subjects while also acknowledging their colder, more callous tendencies. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Most of the imagery associated with lynching had the opposite effect of the Till photograph\u2014serving to further distance the viewer from the victims, rather than humanize them. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
"Our goal is not to glamorize it, but to try and humanize it. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
"Fanning, who will probably get an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Carter, works hard and the scripts attempt to contextualize the teen, if not humanize her. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"As in other recent docs that humanize showbiz legends, the involvement of stars\u2019 children lends dimension, clear-eyed and heartfelt. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"Frequent jumps in time help humanize Kathleen, who\u2019s embodied with an earthy warmth and reflexive fair-mindedness by Collette. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"Director Leigh Silverman draws on a deep reservoir of skill to humanize the many, many characters in the play. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Los Angeles, the county's human relations commission operates the LA vs. Hate program, which may offer support to victims. \u2014 Natasha Chen And Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"This is a time where people can support one another, express solidarity with the victims of recent shootings and reaffirm shared goals of peace and compassion in human relations . \u2014 cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"At his darkest, Manto can make the three-way transaction between client, prostitute and pimp look like an eternal triangle that captures the essential geometry of all human relations . \u2014 Boyd Tonkin, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Moreover, Nash says the issue has shown the commission still has work to do in promoting positive human relations and educating each other and the public on how to do so. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"Through the direction of several workshops and day trips outside the center, Vincen Beeckman and Lien Van Leemput dug deep into the everyday life at OpStap, laying the foundation for real human relations . \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The board also approved in their motion Tuesday a requirement to provide training on the bylaws and code of conduct for commissioners, along with a requirement to make the recording of each human relations commission meeting available to the public. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Apr. 2022",
"But the psychological experience of fame, like a virus invading a cell, takes all of the mechanisms for human relations and puts them to work seeking more fame. \u2014 Chris Hayes, The New Yorker , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Rather than take action to remove a controversial commissioner from the San Diego County human relations commission, some county supervisors are instead recommending the commission handle the issue themselves. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"1946, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": a hawk moth (as Hemaris thysbe ) that is often active during the day, is typically tan and reddish brown or black and yellow, has wings more or less devoid of scales except for a dark border, and resembles a hummingbird in darting from flower to flower and hovering while feeding \u2014 compare bumblebee moth , hummingbird hawk-moth":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Landry expressed gratitude to the operators of the vessel from the Chatham Bars Inn for noticing the entangled humpback whale and reporting it. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"The area is an important habitat for blue and humpback whale migration, and is not open to commercial crabbing. \u2014 Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 May 2022",
"The feature follows Vincent, a rebellious teenage humpback whale who must confront his destiny and save the oceans from destruction by an ancient evil. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"California\u2019s commercial fishing season for Dungeness crabs is coming to an end this month following two recent humpback whale entanglements in fishing gear, state wildlife officials announced Wednesday. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The area is home to the beloved but endangered sea turtle as well as the humpback whale and serves as a feeding stopover for many species that migrate from as far away as Alaska and Chile. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Suddenly, a humpback whale emerged, exhaled, then dove, trailing its flukes in the air. \u2014 Christopher P. Baker, Travel + Leisure , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Out in the ocean, a humpback whale and dolphin were swimming together. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"In January, tourists in Maui posted a video of a humpback whale colliding with their 25-foot whale-watching rig. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 12 Mar. 2015"
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"\u2014 E. F. Bacon"
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"His more recent documentaries have expanded beyond the world of climbing but still focus on pushing the boundaries of what\u2019s humanly possible. \u2014 Connor Goodwin, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
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"Unlike your yearly Call Of Duty or Assassin\u2019s Creed games, these franchises seem designed to actively keep you from parting with your money for as long as humanly possible. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
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"With themes of feminism, maternity, humanism and religion, both artists dabble in a spiritual surrealism that is difficult to quantify or estimate. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Life in Germany under the Weimar Republic, and then his years of uncertainty and exile after 1933, had been his schooling in bourgeois humanism and liberal democracy. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The post-war West quickly cut ties with Christian humanism and accepted much of the Marxist critique of bourgeois society regarding education, religion, and the family. \u2014 Richard M. Reinsch Ii, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Over the past 30 years, Darnielle has used the Mountain Goats to expound a sort of small-scale, lo-fi humanism . \u2014 Robert Rubsam, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The demonstrations, during which some protesters have desecrated national memorials and threatened residents, have shaken a country known globally as a model for humanism , peace and serenity. \u2014 The New York Times, Arkansas Online , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"In these examples of stories of unwelcomed white settlers in remote South American pastures, the creators lace their inquisitive studies with humanism or humor. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 10 Dec. 2021"
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"The biggest hurdles to digital transformation are human factors , with departmental politics and lack of leadership ranking far higher than lack of resources or budget. \u2014 Joe Mckendrick, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"In 2019 Don Harris, a professor of human factors at Coventry University in the UK, conducted a focus group and survey on the prospect of flying on an airliner with just one pilot. \u2014 Jacopo Prisco, CNN , 13 Jan. 2022",
"When optimizing customer experience (CX) systems and processes, organizations can lose sight of the human factors involved. \u2014 Matthew Ainsworth, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Leaders keyed into the human factors driving the Great Resignation, and who build a culture of belonging for their existing workers, are best positioned to attract and retain them, a report from Ernst & Young (EY) found last week. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 10 Nov. 2021",
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"The cause of the fire is still being investigated and human factors can\u2019t be ruled out, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai told reporters on Thursday, referring to the possibility of arson. \u2014 Joyu Wang, WSJ , 14 Oct. 2021"
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"The surgery repairs a torn ligament in the elbow \u2014 the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL), which connects the humerus to the ulna \u2014 with a tendon from elsewhere in the body. \u2014 Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In regards to Mayfield\u2019s injuries \u2014 also a fractured humerus in the left shoulder suffered in Week 6, along with left heel, right knee and groin problems \u2014 Stefanski was not forceful enough to save Mayfield from himself. \u2014 Marla Ridenour, USA TODAY , 6 Jan. 2022",
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"Peavy overcame a potentially career-ending injury after tearing the right latissimus dorsi tendon completely off the humerus bone in his pitching arm during a game on July 6, 2010. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Peavy overcame a potentially career-ending injury after tearing the right latissimus dorsi tendon completely off the humerus bone in his pitching arm during a game on July 6, 2010. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Peavy overcame a potentially career-ending injury after tearing the right latissimus dorsi tendon completely off the humerus bone in his pitching arm during a game on July 6, 2010. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The result was a fractured humerus bone in the same shoulder. \u2014 Jim Ingraham, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"On the Watt sack, the shoulder dislocated again, and Mayfield suffered a fractured humerus bone in the shoulder. \u2014 cleveland , 19 Jan. 2022"
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"Robyn Hitchcock plays on hump day this week, with a 9 p.m. virtual performance. \u2014 Gary Graff, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
"In exciting hump day news, Katie Holmes, Emilio Vitolo Jr., and his father Emilio Vitolo Sr. were spotted eating outdoors at Emilio's Ballato in SoHo yesterday. \u2014 Bianca Rodriguez, Marie Claire , 11 Nov. 2020",
"It\u2019s hump day , folks, and what better way to celebrate the midpoint of the week than with some jaw-dropping sales on Amazon",
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"Get ready for extreme cuteness overload that will hopefully get you through hump day . \u2014 Sara Radin, Teen Vogue , 17 July 2019",
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"Ashley Graham just missed the chance to post her camel photo on hump day . \u2014 Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com , 22 Dec. 2017",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For instance, there\u2019s little reason for the entire human resources department to have access to confidential employee files, particularly medical records. \u2014 Anthony Capone, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Since then, Central Florida Transport\u2019s human resources department has fulfilled some of those driver advocacy duties. \u2014 Julie Bykowicz, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Duggan said Mark Stewart, Stellantis' chief operating officer for North America, actually had to overrule the company's human resources department to make the then-unique hiring process happen. \u2014 Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press , 6 May 2022",
"By the end of 2021, the message from her human resources department informed her, she would be required to return to her office full time. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Expand and improve their human resources department and institute clear protocols for investigating workplace misconduct. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Levykin tasked Skyrora's human resources department with figuring out how to make good on that pledge. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 17 Mar. 2022",
"At that time, San Jose State\u2019s human resources department conducted an investigation that found no wrongdoing. \u2014 Rachel Axon, USA TODAY , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The human resources department also received a tweak requested by the mayor. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 26 Jan. 2022"
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"We appealed to his sense of humanity .",
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"In 2015, the enigmatic Army of the 12 Monkeys released a deadly virus that would wipe out seven billion humans over the following two years, with its subsequent mutations threatening the end of humanity . \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"The prize is given for achievement in the study of humanity . \u2014 Fox News , 22 June 2022",
"And all praise to Morton for bringing shocking depths of humanity to a role that's half-Vulcan and half-primal. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
"Debuting on May 17, 2020, Snowpiercer follows the passengers of the Snowpiercer, a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe carrying the remnants of humanity seven years after the world becomes a frozen wasteland. \u2014 Marc Berman, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"As of today, more than 100 million people have been forced to flee their homes \u2014 more than 1% of humanity . \u2014 Jennifer Hassan And Sammy Westfall, Anchorage Daily News , 17 June 2022",
"India and other nations in the region, home to hundreds of millions of humanity \u2019s most vulnerable, are on the front lines of climate change. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"Such is the world Newman constructs in the gap where half of humanity once dwelled. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"His results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1979, transformed scientists\u2019 view of lead as one of humanity \u2019s most potent neurotoxins and helped win him a nomination for a Nobel prize. \u2014 Michael J. Coren, Quartz , 16 June 2022"
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"Nathaniel was a nice, generous, courageous man, a humanitarian . \u2014 Scott Dalton, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 July 2022",
"And last week, she was recognized as 2022 humanitarian of the year at the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony, which is often likened to the food world\u2019s Oscars. \u2014 Emily Heil, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Eckstrom, who was recently honored with promoter and humanitarian of the year awards at the national pageant, says the pageant system has evolved with the times. \u2014 Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Her father, Bernard Kouchner, is a renowned humanitarian who co-founded Doctors Without Borders and served as a senior minister in several French governments. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"Wallen is a British author, entrepreneur and humanitarian . \u2014 Henry Devries, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Outside of his work as a humanitarian and a musician, Chance is also father to daughters Marli, 2, and Kensli, 6, with wife Kirsten Corley Bennett. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Union for Ukrainians is a small, grassroots organization in Portland that\u2019s led by a Polish humanitarian who has been working to help Ukrainian families escape their country, the Szymanskis said. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The physician and humanitarian embraced the world\u2019s most vulnerable people, and saved more lives than can be counted. \u2014 Bill Gates, The Atlantic , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Trapped, Ryder does that dancing- hummingbird thing with her eyes, trying hard to maintain her secret identity while also getting exasperated. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 29 June 2022",
"The pufflegs all have teensy fluffy dandelion-like hummingbird socks! \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Is there anything as enchanting as glimpsing a hummingbird flitting about your garden",
"The matching two-piece was emblazoned with a colorful hummingbird pattern. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
"Even a hummingbird hovered curiously in front of the nest box for a moment wondering what was going on. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"Cleaning a hummingbird feeder involves disposing of old nectar, washing and rinsing the feeder, and refilling it. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
"Other special hummingbird plants to consider are cape honeysuckle, zinnias and milkweed. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 27 May 2022",
"In this species, called Anna\u2019s hummingbird (Calypte anna), only males have an iridescent face and neck. \u2014 Leslie Nemo, Scientific American , 8 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But as cryptocurrency markets crumble beneath an unstable global economy and a series of embarrassing episodes, the sector could benefit from a nice slice of humble pie . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"But the players who don't back it up and ultimately lose eat the biggest slice of humble pie . \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
"What better place than the Bengals' home of Paul Brown Stadium to give Joe Burrow a serving of humble pie ",
"For all those who for so many years were skeptical about the idea of a luxury prestige brand such as Rolls-Royce ever getting into the SUV game, the Cullinan represents a rather large slice of humble pie . \u2014 Kyle Edward, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
"The Razorbacks and Rebels scarfed down some humble pie last week. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Coach Steve Sarkisian admitted Arkansas served up a heaping slice of humble pie to Texas last weekend. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Sep. 2021",
"His analysis was carefully mixed with a touch of special pleading and a large slice of humble pie . \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 18 Aug. 2021",
"The exacting standards of these pizzaioli are responsible for changing the perception of the fare from a humble pie into a deeply respected cuisine. \u2014 Francesco Lastrucci, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Feb. 2021"
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"human spaceflight"
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"\u2014 Clifton Fadiman"
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"\u2014 P. E. More"
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"character",
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"cooky",
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"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
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"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
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"wight"
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"problems that have occurred throughout human history",
"She is a very kind and human person.",
"The dog's expression was almost human .",
"The assembly line was a human machine.",
"Everyone held hands and formed a human chain.",
"Noun",
"humans are the only mammals not endowed with a natural defense against the elements, such as fur or a thick hide",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The selling and buying of human beings from Africa or descended from Africans",
"The dark forest is a trial, but human beings excel at surviving in inhospitable environments. \u2014 Michael Mcmullen, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"My colleague Hayley Smith has a thorough accounting of the impacts of this uber-drought: including loss of water for wild creatures, like spawning salmon and migrating birds, and for human beings, to grow food, drink and bathe. \u2014 James Raineystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"The pandemic broke everything \u2014 the economy, the businesses that drive it and the human beings who make this whole Modern Capitalist Endeavor move forward. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"Director William Boyd's film takes an unusual amount of care in establishing the characters as distinct, recognizable human beings, making their fate all the more poignant when the carnage finally commences in earnest. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 28 June 2022",
"And they have got used to not connecting as human beings. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 24 June 2022",
"People want to get out and just see other human beings. \u2014 Steve Smith, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"These people are the bravest, most beautiful human beings on the planet. \u2014 Rachael Ray, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ba subverts heteronormative constructs of beauty, femininity, and sexuality, depicted her human and animal subjects is sometimes surreal settings that challenge traditional notions of nature. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"For those who remembered the earlier days of the war between human and gull, this was the most beautiful truce. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"The legendary fabulist and short-story writer also left readers these meditations on the human and the divine. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"The idea was that if the questioner could not tell the difference between human and machine, the computer would be considered to be thinking. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 14 June 2022",
"The trust built between the human and the horse allows veterans to slow down and be in the moment. \u2014 Madison Scarpino, Fox News , 30 May 2022",
"Bill\u2019s high spirits around Lizzy\u2019s female colleagues, his houseguests swooping in on the wine and cheese without even glancing at the art, or the threat of wreckage caused by human or animal. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"In an era of plague and climatic disturbance, there is no more fertile issue than the inter-wreathing of the human and the natural, and no one better than Garland to give it luxuriant life onscreen. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 May 2022",
"The combined effort between human and machine resulted in a data set containing 1,701 trails in 1,316 Hubble images. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 16 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With themes of feminism, maternity, humanism and religion, both artists dabble in a spiritual surrealism that is difficult to quantify or estimate. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Life in Germany under the Weimar Republic, and then his years of uncertainty and exile after 1933, had been his schooling in bourgeois humanism and liberal democracy. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The post-war West quickly cut ties with Christian humanism and accepted much of the Marxist critique of bourgeois society regarding education, religion, and the family. \u2014 Richard M. Reinsch Ii, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Over the past 30 years, Darnielle has used the Mountain Goats to expound a sort of small-scale, lo-fi humanism . \u2014 Robert Rubsam, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The demonstrations, during which some protesters have desecrated national memorials and threatened residents, have shaken a country known globally as a model for humanism , peace and serenity. \u2014 The New York Times, Arkansas Online , 8 Feb. 2022",
"In that book, Dewey regarded humanism as the culmination of humankind\u2019s religious quest. \u2014 D.g. Hart, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Watching Moratto\u2019s student short films, Bahrani encountered impressive humanism and poetry. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 22 Nov. 2021",
"In these examples of stories of unwelcomed white settlers in remote South American pastures, the creators lace their inquisitive studies with humanism or humor. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 10 Dec. 2021"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The plan has met fierce criticism from human rights organizations including the UNHCR, as well as from British politicians and sectors of British society. \u2014 Frey Lindsay, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The commission envisions sweeping reforms to the country\u2019s justice system, calling for greater independence for the attorney general\u2019s office and more robust investigations into human rights violations. \u2014 Diana Dur\u00e1n, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"In the wake of the Pegasus scandal, human rights organizations called for an investigation and Reporters Without Borders further downgraded El Salvador\u2019s ranking on its annual press freedom index. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"The Colombia ruling wouldn't be possible without the human rights organizations on the ground that put political pressure on the court justices. \u2014 Paula \u00c1vila-guill\u00e9n, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"The case drew international attention amid mounting allegations of war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine, some of which have been documented by international human rights organizations. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 23 May 2022",
"These diaries included details about Wang\u2019s private conversations with prominent dissidents, as well as the activities of pro-democracy activists and human rights organizations. \u2014 Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"During those nine years that historians call the darkest period in Philippine history, more than 3,000 people were killed, and around 34,000 people were tortured and 70,000 imprisoned, according to human rights organizations. \u2014 Anthony Esguerra, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 May 2022",
"Rusesabagina\u2019s conviction has been condemned by the U.S. government and human rights organizations. \u2014 Melissa Noel, Essence , 5 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The interior ministers of France, Britain, and several other European countries were set to meet in Calais on Sunday to discuss joint efforts to combat human trafficking in the region, after France called for more support from its neighbors. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
"The platforms exacerbated body-image issues among teenage girls, and helped enable human trafficking in the United Arab Emirates. \u2014 Noreen Malone, Vogue , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Held in jail on $90-million bail, Garcia faced charges ranging from human trafficking and rape to forcible oral copulation of a minor and possession of child pornography. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Pushback came from some parts of the government, as well as from groups fighting human trafficking . \u2014 Miriam Berger, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
"Is human trafficking at the Indy 500 a concern for local officials? \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 28 May 2022",
"Hayes and Gonzales were later arrested on felony charges including human trafficking and use of a computer to violate Oklahoma Statutes. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 23 May 2022",
"Glass was charged with first-degree human trafficking and second-degree possession of marijuana. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
"Lack of immigration enforcement and a porous southern border have led to suffering from gangs like MS 13 who terrorize our District, opioid and fentanyl deaths, and increased human trafficking . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the past, balls were allowed to go directly into the humidor . \u2014 Jared Wyllys, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"One obvious reason is that Truist Park, home of the Braves, now has a humidor , which has become as universal as the DH. \u2014 Dan Schlossberg, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"If a possibly unintended extra drag on the baseball lingers, the universal humidor , as the lone remaining new variable on the landscape, may prove an easy culprit. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
"The humidor dampens balls used in dry locales and dries them out in humid stadiums. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
"This team uses a two- humidor switcheroo scheme to over-humidify the baseballs, in a scandal called Soggyballsgate. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In addition, many of Havana\u2019s new releases for 2022 have yet to be seen on dealer\u2019s humidor shelves. \u2014 Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Parkside on Fifth will have a humidor and sell cigars, Burt says, but for outdoor smoking only. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 31 Mar. 2022",
"One attendant made the rounds with a wood humidor to offer guests brown and gold cigarillos. \u2014 Marc Malkin, Variety , 26 Mar. 2022"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like a swarm of rattlesnakes trying to escape their den, the first rat launches itself off the hummock toward the safety of the Roseau cane, revealing five or six others beneath. \u2014 Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life , 21 Apr. 2020",
"The SoHo townhouse is packed with hummocks of clothes and sundry stuff, much of it to be donated to charity. \u2014 Karen Heller, Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Now the potholed muddy track meandering among the hummocks barely resembles a road. \u2014 Neil Macfarquhar, New York Times , 4 Aug. 2019",
"As the permafrost thaws across Yakutia, some land sinks, transforming the terrain into an obstacle course of hummocks and craters \u2014 called thermokarst. \u2014 Neil Macfarquhar, New York Times , 4 Aug. 2019",
"Beneath the sandy hummocks are riprap and cobblestones, substances that were already in the area before the project began. \u2014 Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2019",
"A year later, plants such as woolgrass bulrush, brome hummock sedge, giant bur-reed, marsh marigold, queen-of-the-prairie and spike gayfeather are attracting dragonflies and monarch butterflies. \u2014 Patrick M. O'connell, chicagotribune.com , 22 June 2018",
"For those with no immediate job up the valley, beds were tundra hummocks a few hundred yards from the beach. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 May 2018",
"The atypical placement of the bunkers was a function of the distinctive topography of the site \u2014 hummocks , gorges, hills and dales that slanted and dipped. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 14 June 2017"
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],
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"y\u00fc-",
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8mid-\u0259-\u02ccstat, y\u00fc-",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My first thought is that the dehumidifier should be hooked up to a humidistat , and my second is that running a dehumidifier all the time seems excessive. \u2014 Mark Philben, BostonGlobe.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The Elechomes Humidifier is equipped with the brand's humidistat system, which self-regulates the humidity to match your customizable range. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Basic humidifiers will have a smaller tank and no frills while a high-end model will typically include a larger capacity and extras like a timer or humidistat . \u2014 Bre Richey, chicagotribune.com , 2 Apr. 2021",
"The humidifier has a 1.6-gallon tank, three fan speeds and an adjustable humidistat . \u2014 Cameron Fields, cleveland , 14 Oct. 2020",
"Our favorite feature about this humidifier is the humidistat . \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 8 July 2020"
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"a snort articulated as a syllabic m",
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"verb"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Depending on the season, choose between either warm or cool mist to humidify spaces up to 753 square feet. \u2014 Health.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Breathe through your nose: Many people turn into mouth breathers when their heart starts pumping, but nose breathing will warm and humidify air more than your mouth will. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, SELF , 26 May 2022",
"From a capacity standpoint, this sleek humidifier can hold about one gallon of water and is said to humidify a space up to 400 square feet for up to 36 hours \u2014 a feat none of the other humidifiers on this list can do. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"This team uses a two-humidor switcheroo scheme to over- humidify the baseballs, in a scandal called Soggyballsgate. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Your nose helps to filter, humidify , and warm the air that gets into your lungs, the Cleveland Clinic explains. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Alternatively, there's bypass humidification, which uses the natural airflow of the building\u2019s HVAC system to humidify the air and requires little to no maintenance. \u2014 Karl Pomeroy, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
"This will humidify your drive and give you a calming effect. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 1 June 2021",
"Dyson\u2019s newest tower fan does it all: purify, humidify , and cool. \u2014 Popular Science , 3 Dec. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Behind the doors of the grill\u2019s kitchen in the early afternoon, Leila Chahine stood over a metal table near the oven and pulverized chickpeas in a food processor, mixing the legume with olive oil and and ladles of tahini to make a creamy hummus . \u2014 Sarah Parvinistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The menu begins with shareables ranging from $1- to $16, including mussels, calamari, chicken and waffles, wings, chilaquiles, a Brazilian steak appetizer, sesame ribs, meatballs, Brussels sprouts, sliders and a hummus -feta-pita plate. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Appetizers include a hummus platter, Greek nachos, mini spanakopitas, garlic shrimp, crab cakes, falafel and stuffed grape leaves. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"The menu has items like poblano chilaquiles and quesadillas, chipotle queso, Old World hummus , Spanish paella and Egyptian falafel. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 4 Sep. 2021",
"Start with the mini elk tacos, black-eyed pea hummus or fried green tomatoes, while enjoying tunes from the patio. \u2014 Sarah Bahari, Dallas News , 26 Aug. 2021",
"The obvious solution: selling his hummus in grocery stores. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2021",
"Transfer hummus to serving bowl, top with fresh pico de gallo and crumbled cojita cheese (optional, but delish!). \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 12 May 2021",
"Carpenter Hotel, a stylish haunt in an old union hall, serves fresh-baked kolaches (pastry) in its caf\u00e9 and innovative dishes like Tex Mez, a white bean hummus with pecan baba ganoush, golden beets, and feta, at its restaurant, Carpenters Hall. \u2014 Ashlea Halpern, Marie Claire , 5 May 2021"
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"Arabic \u1e25ummu\u1e63 chickpeas":""
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"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"The size of a humidifier is important for two reasons. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"Unlike a humidifier , which adds moisture to the air, a dehumidifier removes excess water from your environment, preventing mold, mildew and other issues that can harm your health \u2014 or your home. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"Use a humidifier or mist the leaves several times a day (especially during the drier months). \u2014 Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 May 2022",
"Every home could use a humidifier to combat stale, dry air from winter\u2019s heating or summer\u2019s air conditioning. \u2014 Paige Szmodis, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Beginners usually start with a 4-by-4-foot grow tent that blocks external light, a fan to simulate wind and a humidifier to regulate moisture. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Some of us want nine solid hours of sleep in a room with the golden trifecta: a humidifier , an air purifier, and a diffuser. \u2014 Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Consider also using a humidifier in your home and doing something as simple as wearing gloves, which can protect your skin against drying environmental elements during the colder months, adds Dr. Tiernan. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 29 Mar. 2022",
"This compact humidifier is small enough to prop on a nightstand or even take on a trip, but still plenty powerful to relieve sore throats and coughs. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"adjective"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Depending on the season, choose between either warm or cool mist to humidify spaces up to 753 square feet. \u2014 Health.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Breathe through your nose: Many people turn into mouth breathers when their heart starts pumping, but nose breathing will warm and humidify air more than your mouth will. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, SELF , 26 May 2022",
"From a capacity standpoint, this sleek humidifier can hold about one gallon of water and is said to humidify a space up to 400 square feet for up to 36 hours \u2014 a feat none of the other humidifiers on this list can do. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"This team uses a two-humidor switcheroo scheme to over- humidify the baseballs, in a scandal called Soggyballsgate. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Your nose helps to filter, humidify , and warm the air that gets into your lungs, the Cleveland Clinic explains. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Alternatively, there's bypass humidification, which uses the natural airflow of the building\u2019s HVAC system to humidify the air and requires little to no maintenance. \u2014 Karl Pomeroy, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
"This will humidify your drive and give you a calming effect. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 1 June 2021",
"Dyson\u2019s newest tower fan does it all: purify, humidify , and cool. \u2014 Popular Science , 3 Dec. 2020"
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"\u02c8h\u0259m-\u02ccb\u014dlt",
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": an Alaskan whitefish ( Coregonus nelsoni )":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Researchers later determined it was caused by HIV \u2014 human immunodeficiency virus \u2014 which weakens a person\u2019s immune system by destroying cells that fight disease and infection. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The global fight against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) offered important \u2014 yet largely unheeded \u2014 lessons for anticipating and addressing the behavioral and social dimensions of the Covid-19 pandemic. \u2014 Judith D. Auerbach And Andrew D. Forsyth, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In 1986, the virus that causes AIDS, known by Americans as H.T.L.V.-III and the French as L.A.V., was officially given one name, H.I.V., for human immunodeficiency virus . \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Separately, researchers at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute have been working to develop a universal vaccine against HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. \u2014 Jacqueline Howard, CNN , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Nearly 38 million people worldwide -- including about 1.3 million in the U.S -- are living with HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus , which can lead to the potentially fatal disease AIDS. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 27 Jan. 2022",
"If untreated, the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV can progress to AIDS. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Forty years ago, as the world struggled with the untamed global epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the commentary went in the exact opposite direction. \u2014 Kent Sepkowitz, CNN , 2 Nov. 2021",
"The article alleges that the vaccine may have been contaminated with a monkey virus and is the cause of the human immunodeficiency virus , later known as HIV/AIDS. \u2014 Cnn Editorial Research, CNN , 6 June 2021"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are also numerous depictions of a humpbacked flute player known as Kokopelli. \u2014 Gina Rae La Cerva, Outside Online , 1 Feb. 2022",
"These close low humpbacked shapes must be the fishermen\u2019s boats, hauled high and tarped. \u2014 D. Nurkse, The New Yorker , 7 June 2021",
"The new humpbacked , shaggy-haired wild ox were brought from the Northern California ranch where they were born. \u2014 USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2020",
"The deal came weeks after Delta Air Lines Inc. parked the last of its 747 aircraft, marking the end of U.S. passenger service for the iconic humpbacked plane nicknamed the Queen of the Skies. \u2014 Julie Johnsson, chicagotribune.com , 1 Feb. 2018",
"Then prepare to be startled as a very large visitor, a humpbacked whale, heaves into view. \u2014 Andres Viglucci, miamiherald , 4 May 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fulvic and humic acids have been used in traditional and folk medicines for centuries, and do exhibit antibacterial qualities in large quantities. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Dec. 2021",
"This is made by aerating sugars, compost and humic acids in non-chlorinated water and then spraying the brew on plants and soil. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, idahostatesman , 23 Aug. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-071146"
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"noun"
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": a liquid sesquiterpene C 15 H 24 in hop oil and clove oil":[]
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"International Scientific Vocabulary humul- (from New Latin Humulus ) + -ene":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-094625"
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": of, relating to, or being a body part analogous to the humerus or shoulder":[]
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"\u02c8hy\u00fcm-(\u0259-)r\u0259l",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-r\u0259l"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The labrum is fibrous tissue that deepens the glenoid (socket) to help hold the humeral head (ball) in place. \u2014 Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com , 16 June 2017",
"A bone on the back side of his humerus was elevated two centimeters out of position, and the humeral head sagged out of its socket. \u2014 Matt Giles, New York Times , 3 Jan. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Consumers have the option of dozens of products \u2014 in drops, tablets, powders and pastes \u2014 that claim to provide the healing power of fulvic and humic acid . \u2014 NBC News , 2 Dec. 2021",
"As humic acid is made more bio-available, weed seeds are much less likely to germinate. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 28 Dec. 2020",
"All of it has darkened somewhat because of the development of humic acids . \u2014 Rodrigo P\u00e9rez Ortega, Science | AAAS , 18 Feb. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
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"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
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"slog",
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"struggle",
"sweat",
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"Noun",
"failing her A-levels has certainly given her the hump",
"a cloud-capped hump straddles the border separating the two countries",
"Verb",
"the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains",
"the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"All of us were there for seven months, busting our hump . \u2014 Ramin Setoodeh, Variety , 3 Feb. 2022",
"It is said that the massive hump of Mount Greylock, the region's highest peak, reminded him of a whale breaching the ocean's surface. \u2014 Christopher Bollen, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 20 May 2021",
"There\u2019s a lot of talent that\u2019s been around for a long time and maybe has never made it over the hump to that breakout star, but a lot of those films are worthy, and people should be paying attention. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"Suffice to say plenty of candidates will be throwing their hats into the mix, knowing the Sox are built to win and need only a few fixes to get over the hump . \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Boston built a core through the draft by taking Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum during a four-year span from 2014-17 and added the necessary pieces to get over the hump this year to make it to the finals. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"Boston built a core through the draft by taking Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum during a four-year span from 2014-17 and added the necessary pieces to get over the hump this year to make it to the finals. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"Following back-to-back first-round losses to the Clippers, Doncic and the Mavericks finally got over that hump and into the second round for the first time in his career. \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"So once Mexico secures its place in Qatar, the question for the country\u2019s soccer federation will be is Martino the man who can get it over that hump and to the fifth game this year? \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"akin to Middle Low German hump bump, Dutch homp lump, chunk, Frisian homp, himp":"Noun"
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"1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1785, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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"verb"
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"circa 1867, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"noun"
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"\u02c8h\u0259mp-\u02ccbak",
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"-\u02ccbak, for 1 also -\u02c8bak"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thirty feet to starboard, a humpback is pounding out a message on the surface of the ocean. \u2014 Darrell Hartman, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Mayo, like Robbins, could not recall a similar situation in which a diver ended up in a humpback 's mouth. \u2014 Evan Simko-bednarski, CNN , 11 June 2021",
"Though scientists think that singing plays a role in breeding displays, a lot remains unknown about humpback songs. \u2014 Dyllan Furness, Outside Online , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Marine biologists speculated that the whup and grumble sounds of humpback whales at Vema Seamount may indicate the location\u2019s importance to the whales, who were also observed making previously unheard gunshot sounds. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Alaska\u2019s Glacier Bay, a sanctuary for humpback whales, was half as loud as the previous year, as were cities and rural areas throughout California, New York, Florida, and Texas. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"The suit comes weeks after all Dungeness crab fishing zones off the California coast were closed to protect humpback whales during their migrating season. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"Not to be upstaged, giant humpback whales, dugongs and manta rays are waiting for introductions here, too. \u2014 Anabel Dean, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"At the national park, guests can gaze upon the glaciers and spot the plentiful wildlife that thrives in these extremely cold conditions, including bears, moose, sea otters, and both humpback and killer whales. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 9 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hyaluronic acid, a water-binding humectant , and ceramides, moisture-retaining lipids, are both found naturally in the skin (and in countless creams and serums). \u2014 Jolene Edgar, Allure , 24 June 2022",
"This fast-absorbing formula uses an HA that's most similar to the type that's naturally occurring in skin, plus a peptide that boosts skin's own production of the humectant . \u2014 Health.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"This humectant boosts the skin\u2019s moisture-absorbing capacity to deliver deep hydration. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"As a humectant , this molecule improves the skin\u2019s ability to absorb and hold water, enabling deep and lasting hydration with a non-greasy finish. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Aloe vera acts as a natural humectant , holding hydration in the skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Triple strength hyaluronic acid, a powerful humectant , helps the skin to hold on to moisture for longer. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"There's urea, which is both a humectant and an emollient, vitamin B6, which promotes healthy oil production, hyaluronic acid, and sodium DNA. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The formula uses glycerin, a gentle and hydrating humectant that nourishes the skin. \u2014 Tamim Alnuweiri, Health.com , 19 Jan. 2022"
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"\u2014 Jeffrey Kluger"
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"[Stan] Lowe said he's proud of the increased use of alternative-dispute resolution for the type of complaint that can be informally resolved between an officer and a member of the public. \u2026 \"It humanizes the experience from both perspectives. It really does repair a relationship, but you're doing it one relationship at a time.\"",
"\u2014 Louise Dickson"
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"In this period of rapid change, the city began putting money back into the neighborhood. Over time, there was a conscious effort to invest in humanizing the landscape, including the reinstallation of the now-famous seven steel arches and street trees.",
"\u2014 Kaylee Harter and Shanti Lerner",
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"\u2014 William S. Lynn"
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"\u2014 Gary Wills"
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"It's OK to mess with a creature's \"simple\" parts\u2014the plumbing in its gut, let's say\u2014but we're risking moral crisis when we start to humanize its neural tissue.",
"\u2014 Daniel Engber",
"But other forms of humanized mice, such as mice engineered to have a human immune system, are routine laboratory animals that seem to occasion little angst.",
"\u2014 Nicholas Wade",
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"\u2014 Warren E. Leary"
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": to modify (a nonhuman antibody) by genetic engineering to contain mainly human protein sequences":[
"Monoclonals are made by cultivating antibody-producing cells in the immune system of mice, extracting them from the animals' spleen, and then going through an elaborate process to \" humanize \" the antibodies to avoid immune reactions in human patients.",
"\u2014 Gary Stix",
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"\u2014 William Saletan"
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"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz",
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"The new publicity has helped to humanize the corporation's image.",
"They promised to humanize conditions at the company.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The story lines are what humanize the competition and with the group that will be assembled at The Country Club, there is much to embrace. \u2014 Jim Mccabe, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"For instance, the gang of kids helps humanize the conflict and show that Doan left Zeon to protect and care for them. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"That angle marks a change of pace from earlier tech biopics like The Social Network and Steve Jobs, which sought to humanize and glorify its subjects while also acknowledging their colder, more callous tendencies. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Most of the imagery associated with lynching had the opposite effect of the Till photograph\u2014serving to further distance the viewer from the victims, rather than humanize them. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
"Our goal is not to glamorize it, but to try and humanize it. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
"Fanning, who will probably get an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Carter, works hard and the scripts attempt to contextualize the teen, if not humanize her. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"As in other recent docs that humanize showbiz legends, the involvement of stars\u2019 children lends dimension, clear-eyed and heartfelt. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"Frequent jumps in time help humanize Kathleen, who\u2019s embodied with an earthy warmth and reflexive fair-mindedness by Collette. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022"
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"1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-211314"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a yardman who rides and brakes cars in hump yards not equipped with car retarders":[]
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"\u02c8h\u0259m-p\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Southeast Alaska humpy landings had topped 40 million on a forecast of 28 million fish. \u2014 Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Aug. 2021",
"The humpy , droopy greenery, covered in furry moss, might\u2019ve been drawn by Dr. Seuss. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2021",
"The track's hilly topography\u2014there's 1000 feet of elevation change across its distance\u2014and humpy surface throw every type of corner at the cars and their drivers. \u2014 Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver , 10 Nov. 2020",
"The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is forecasting a total humpy harvest of just over 70 million, down by half from last year. \u2014 Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2018",
"The humpy value of $169 million was the third highest for fishermen. \u2014 Joe Eckdahl, Alaska Dispatch News , 7 Oct. 2017",
"This summer's humpy haul at the three prime producing regions all is in the low end of the forecast ranges, with Southeast on its way to 28 million, Kodiak at 19 million and Prince William Sound nearing 42 million pink salmon. \u2014 Laine Welch, Alaska Dispatch News , 26 Aug. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1708, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-224920"
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"adjective"
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"\u2014 H. D. Skidmore"
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"verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-005936"
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"definitions":{
": a bitter crystalline antibiotic C 21 H 30 O 5 obtained from lupulin":[]
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"-\u02ccl\u014dn"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary humul- (from New Latin Humulus ) + -one":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015549"
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"plow",
"plug",
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"Noun",
"failing her A-levels has certainly given her the hump",
"a cloud-capped hump straddles the border separating the two countries",
"Verb",
"the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains",
"the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"All of us were there for seven months, busting our hump . \u2014 Ramin Setoodeh, Variety , 3 Feb. 2022",
"It is said that the massive hump of Mount Greylock, the region's highest peak, reminded him of a whale breaching the ocean's surface. \u2014 Christopher Bollen, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 20 May 2021",
"There\u2019s a lot of talent that\u2019s been around for a long time and maybe has never made it over the hump to that breakout star, but a lot of those films are worthy, and people should be paying attention. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"Suffice to say plenty of candidates will be throwing their hats into the mix, knowing the Sox are built to win and need only a few fixes to get over the hump . \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Boston built a core through the draft by taking Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum during a four-year span from 2014-17 and added the necessary pieces to get over the hump this year to make it to the finals. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"Boston built a core through the draft by taking Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum during a four-year span from 2014-17 and added the necessary pieces to get over the hump this year to make it to the finals. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"Following back-to-back first-round losses to the Clippers, Doncic and the Mavericks finally got over that hump and into the second round for the first time in his career. \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"So once Mexico secures its place in Qatar, the question for the country\u2019s soccer federation will be is Martino the man who can get it over that hump and to the fifth game this year? \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"akin to Middle Low German hump bump, Dutch homp lump, chunk, Frisian homp, himp":"Noun"
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"1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1785, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023155"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": something that once damaged can never be repaired or made operative again":[
"the exchange crisis \u2026 that brought the Humpty-Dumpty of currency stabilization tumbling",
"\u2014 Atlantic",
"people fled into their suddenly Humpty-Dumpty world",
"after Humpty-Dumpty , egg-shaped nursery-rhyme character who fell from a wall and broke into bits":""
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"John 1937\u20132020 Irish peace activist":[]
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"\u02c8hy\u00fcm also \u02c8y\u00fcm"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the speed of a seaplane during takeoff at which the water resistance reaches a maximum":[]
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"\u2014 Dorothy Sayers"
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"perhaps after Humpty -Dumpty":""
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a mineral FeC 2 O 4 .2H 2 O consisting of ferrous oxalate":[]
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"-lt\u1d4an",
"\u02c8h\u0259m\u02ccb\u014dl\u02cct\u0113n"
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"French humboldtine , from Baron Alexander von Humboldt \u20201859 German naturalist and traveler + French -ine":""
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"in sense 1, from Alexander von Humboldt + English -ite ; in sense 2, from German humboldtit , modification of French humboldtine":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-125548"
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"\u2014 Hugh McCrae"
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"probably from hum entry 4 + dudgeon":""
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"definitions":{
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to reduce (someone) to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes : to make (someone) ashamed or embarrassed : mortify":[
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"accused her of humiliating him in public",
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"hy\u00fc-\u02c8mi-l\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
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"shame",
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"smirch",
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"canonize",
"deify",
"elevate",
"exalt"
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"examples":[
"I hope I don't humiliate myself during the presentation.",
"He accused her of trying to humiliate him in public.",
"She was hurt and deeply humiliated by the lies he told about her.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The primary objective of this civilian\u2019s pet project was to humiliate his subjects. \u2014 Rachel Gevlin, The Conversation , 17 June 2022",
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit to the city by the U.N. chief, an attack that shattered weeks of relative calm in the capital. \u2014 Inna Varenytsia, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit to the city by the U.N. chief, a deadly attack that shattered weeks of relative calm in the capital. \u2014 David Keyton And Inna Varenytsia, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022",
"During the regular season, the damage inflicted is not quite as glaring because Curry just moves on to his next city to humiliate his next victim. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"His desire not to humiliate Russia has been interpreted as a reference to the severe penalties that were imposed on Germany after World War I, which some historians say created the conditions for the rise of the Nazis and World War II. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
"In their haste to slap restrictions on trans athletes, legislators propose a tool that could be used to humiliate any young woman playing sports in Ohio. \u2014 Peter Greene, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"This says a lot about Russia's true attitude toward global institutions, about attempts of Russian authorities to humiliate the UN and everything that the organization represents. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Fat shaming, O\u2019Neil argues, masquerades as concern-trolling, giving unsympathetic outsiders license to humiliate those with weight struggles and gain attention for themselves. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"Late Latin humiliatus , past participle of humiliare , from Latin humilis low \u2014 more at humble":""
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"circa 1534, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-231803"
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"adverb"
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": extremely destructive to one's self-respect or dignity : humbling":[]
},
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"y\u00fc-",
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8mi-l\u0113-\u02cc\u0101-ti\u014b"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In one group, six weeks into hearing about each other\u2019s horrifying, humiliating experiences with abusive partners, the women all showed each other photos of their exes and were roaring with laughter. \u2014 Janey Starling, refinery29.com , 28 June 2022",
"Gurnah did not have to is dhiib, or give himself up, as Somalis call the humiliating act of submitting yourself for asylum at the airport. \u2014 Nadifa Mohamed, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"In the closing days of the race here in Alabama, Brooks has been accusing Trump of ditching his political movement to pick a winner after humiliating defeats in other states. \u2014 Hannah Knowles, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
"Early in the film, for instance, ink is tossed in the young man\u2019s face to reflect his humiliating status as a lowly printer. \u2014 Kyle Smith, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Chile\u2019s qualifying campaign ended in March, with a home defeat to Uruguay, after which there was the predictable hand-wringing, along with savage post-mortems of the team\u2019s humiliating decline. \u2014 Daniel Alarc\u00f3n, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"Moscow sought to paint the pullback as a good-faith gesture ahead of peace talks with Ukraine, but the veterans characterized it as humiliating . \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"Instead, the Russian military lost the battle for Kyiv and experienced the humiliating sinking of its flagship Black Sea cruiser, leaving Putin to oversee subdued Victory Day celebrations on May 9, 2022. \u2014 Lowell Barrington, The Conversation , 23 May 2022",
"Her friends have not adjusted to the fact of her illness \u2014 idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis deteriorates her lung capacity \u2014 and that manifests in a humiliating skittishness and avoidance. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022"
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"Hubert H(oratio) 1911\u20131978 American politician; vice president of the U.S. (1965\u201369)":[]
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"\u02c8h\u0259m(p)-fr\u0113"
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": to destroy the power, independence, or prestige of":[]
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"Adjective",
"Humble though it may be, and about as glamorous as a galosh, it is a fish that has shaped the political and social history of Europe like no other, with the possible exception of cod. \u2014 R. W. Apple, Jr. , New York Times , 30 Oct. 2002",
"She would not come closer to me, as much as I thought she wished to, hungering not for anything like love but for plain, humble succor. \u2014 Chang-rae Lee , A Gesture Life , 1999",
"Women are the organizing soft-centered socialists, the nice people, the sugar-and-spice lot, identifying with the poor and humble ; men are snips and snails and puppy-dog tails, and rampant, selfish, greedy capitalists. \u2014 Fay Weldon , Harper's , May 1998",
"Despite all his achievements, he has remained humble .",
"He is very humble about his achievements.",
"She is too humble to let praise go to her head.",
"Please accept my humble apologies.",
"Her humble suggestion is that we review the data more carefully.",
"He comes from a humble background.",
"She's not ashamed of her humble beginnings.",
"Verb",
"Cuba's reliance on tourism is a somewhat humbling turn for the revolution, which has long prided itself on producing topflight doctors and teachers\u2014not concierges. \u2014 Tim Padgett , Time , 22 Dec. 2003",
"\u2026 audiences loved to see villains punished and arrogant young men humbled , they did not want to fidget and squirm through mea culpas before the final scene. \u2014 Elaine Showalter , Civilization , April/May 1999",
"It frightened and humbled him but also made him feel darkly charmed. \u2014 Don DeLillo , Mao II , 1991",
"Her success has humbled her critics.",
"Last year's champion was humbled by an unknown newcomer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Both viewed education as a means to launch careers and surmount humble origins in Honduras, where endemic poverty, crime and corruption have long choked off avenues of social advancement. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
"The mineral world's champion of diverse origins is the humble pyrite (FeS2), known by many as Fool's Gold. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"As the producers of the James Bond franchise search for the next 007, Miles Teller's grandmother has a humble suggestion: Miles Teller. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 1 July 2022",
"But the movie stays true to the shorts\u2019 spirit, with the story mostly set in Marcel\u2019s humble home and Camp again playing a fictionalized version of himself. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story\u2014which has been adapted into a Netflix docuseries\u2014examines Epstein\u2019s origin story, from humble New York City college-dropout to the elite of Palm Beach. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Town & Country , 28 June 2022",
"These potentially curative therapies have humble origins. \u2014 Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Eva Per\u00f3n was was of humble origins but reached the highest echelon of power and died prematurely, all in the space of seven years. \u2014 Pablo Sandoval, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"The essential element is the humble two-pan balance scale \u2014 a staple of commerce over the millennia that\u2019s still found in bustling rural bazaars in the developing world. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like coach said, football will humble you real quick. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
"Alternately harrowing and hilarious, the book\u2019s drug-consumption-per-page quotient is enough to humble Hunter S. Thompson and William S. Burroughs combined. \u2014 Alan Light, SPIN , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The cheap deaths and dozen or so boss showdowns will humble you, but the stellar fix of early \u201990s nostalgia will keep you glued until the very end. \u2014 Joshua Khan, Wired , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Both books contain an abundance of stories featuring frustrated scientists who seem to live in their labs, who endure ferocious professional battles and who must humble themselves to raise funds for their work. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The Iron Bowl can humble fan bases and players and especially the coaches, but this one showed that maybe Auburn isn\u2019t too far behind its in-state rival after all. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Though Michigan\u2019s players and coaches dedicated only a few words to questions about Lombardi during the week, their desire to humble a player responsible for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns in a shocking upset by the Spartans was clear. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 18 Sep. 2021",
"For the past two weeks, Alabama\u2019s coach has been trying to humble his team in preparation for the Gators. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 15 Sep. 2021",
"If the 9/11 attacks were a failure of imagination by US authorities -- who would have thought a terror gang armed only with box cutters could humble a superpower? \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Sep. 2021"
],
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin humilis low, humble, from humus earth; akin to Greek chth\u014dn earth, chamai on the ground":"Adjective and Verb"
},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
