"Studies have consistently implicated the Siberian Traps igneous event as the ultimate instigator of the end-Permian mass extinction, in large part because of the composition of the rocks in the area. \u2014 Chris Mays, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"The granite was formed as intrusive igneous rock approximately 350 million years ago. \u2014 Walter Nicklin, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Devils Tower is a massive, 867-foot column of igneous rock towering above the Wyoming plains. \u2014 Outside Online , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Those observations revealed large grains of olivine, an igneous mineral that can accumulate at the bottom of a large lava flow. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The castle's outer walls, built from stern igneous rock, and the black-walled keep stand in stark contrast to the 800 cherry blossom trees that paint its gardens pink each spring. \u2014 CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
"While most other diamonds are uncovered in igneous kimberlite rock formed deep within the Earth. \u2014 Jill Newman, Town & Country , 17 Jan. 2022",
"For years, scientists have questioned if the rock in this crater was sedimentary rock, comprised of layers of material deposited by an ancient river, or igneous rock, which forms when lava flows cool. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Certain types of igneous rock, such as the crystalline mineral spodumene and jadarite, are rich in the metal. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 11 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its largest eruption put down a 200m thick layer of ignimbrite \u2014a frozen foam of volcanic ash, rock, and gas\u2014over much of the central north island. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 16 Oct. 2017"
": a light that sometimes appears in the night over marshy ground and is often attributable to the combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The story also helped explain ignis fatuus , a natural phenomenon that occurs in marshlands and bogs\u2014such as those in Ireland\u2019s countryside\u2014producing flickering lights as gases from decomposing organic matter combust. \u2014 National Geographic , 27 Oct. 2020"
"Bears Ears has the potential to ignite the sort of adventurous spirit embedded deep within our DNA thanks to towering mazes of red rock, juniper forests, and cottonwoods. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Pacific Gas and Electric, California\u2019s largest utility, started turning off power to millions of residents in an attempt not to ignite (more of) the state. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Pacific Gas and Electric, California\u2019s largest utility, started turning off power to millions of residents in an attempt not to ignite (more of) the state. \u2014 Elizabeth Weil, ProPublica , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The lawsuit also claimed that the organizers conspired to create the violence in an attempt to ignite a race war in the United States. \u2014 Michael Lee, Fox News , 23 Nov. 2021",
"As more people move into these areas, the opportunity for fires to ignite rises, as does the number of people at risk. \u2014 Alexandra Konings, The Conversation , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Mitchell and Royce O\u2019Neale drove for back-to-back layups to ignite a 13-2 run that snuffed out the Hawks\u2019 comeback attempt. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 Nov. 2021",
"In the last decade, warming temperatures and dry conditions have primed much of the environment for wildfires to ignite . \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The population of California has quadrupled since the 1950s, according to state data, and with that explosion have come more homes, more construction and far more opportunities for wildfires to ignite . \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 9 July 2021"
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"Bears Ears has the potential to ignite the sort of adventurous spirit embedded deep within our DNA thanks to towering mazes of red rock, juniper forests, and cottonwoods. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Pacific Gas and Electric, California\u2019s largest utility, started turning off power to millions of residents in an attempt not to ignite (more of) the state. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Pacific Gas and Electric, California\u2019s largest utility, started turning off power to millions of residents in an attempt not to ignite (more of) the state. \u2014 Elizabeth Weil, ProPublica , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The lawsuit also claimed that the organizers conspired to create the violence in an attempt to ignite a race war in the United States. \u2014 Michael Lee, Fox News , 23 Nov. 2021",
"As more people move into these areas, the opportunity for fires to ignite rises, as does the number of people at risk. \u2014 Alexandra Konings, The Conversation , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Mitchell and Royce O\u2019Neale drove for back-to-back layups to ignite a 13-2 run that snuffed out the Hawks\u2019 comeback attempt. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 Nov. 2021",
"In the last decade, warming temperatures and dry conditions have primed much of the environment for wildfires to ignite . \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The population of California has quadrupled since the 1950s, according to state data, and with that explosion have come more homes, more construction and far more opportunities for wildfires to ignite . \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 9 July 2021"
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"Bears Ears has the potential to ignite the sort of adventurous spirit embedded deep within our DNA thanks to towering mazes of red rock, juniper forests, and cottonwoods. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Pacific Gas and Electric, California\u2019s largest utility, started turning off power to millions of residents in an attempt not to ignite (more of) the state. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Pacific Gas and Electric, California\u2019s largest utility, started turning off power to millions of residents in an attempt not to ignite (more of) the state. \u2014 Elizabeth Weil, ProPublica , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The lawsuit also claimed that the organizers conspired to create the violence in an attempt to ignite a race war in the United States. \u2014 Michael Lee, Fox News , 23 Nov. 2021",
"As more people move into these areas, the opportunity for fires to ignite rises, as does the number of people at risk. \u2014 Alexandra Konings, The Conversation , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Mitchell and Royce O\u2019Neale drove for back-to-back layups to ignite a 13-2 run that snuffed out the Hawks\u2019 comeback attempt. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 Nov. 2021",
"In the last decade, warming temperatures and dry conditions have primed much of the environment for wildfires to ignite . \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The population of California has quadrupled since the 1950s, according to state data, and with that explosion have come more homes, more construction and far more opportunities for wildfires to ignite . \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 9 July 2021"
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"Bears Ears has the potential to ignite the sort of adventurous spirit embedded deep within our DNA thanks to towering mazes of red rock, juniper forests, and cottonwoods. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Pacific Gas and Electric, California\u2019s largest utility, started turning off power to millions of residents in an attempt not to ignite (more of) the state. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Pacific Gas and Electric, California\u2019s largest utility, started turning off power to millions of residents in an attempt not to ignite (more of) the state. \u2014 Elizabeth Weil, ProPublica , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The lawsuit also claimed that the organizers conspired to create the violence in an attempt to ignite a race war in the United States. \u2014 Michael Lee, Fox News , 23 Nov. 2021",
"As more people move into these areas, the opportunity for fires to ignite rises, as does the number of people at risk. \u2014 Alexandra Konings, The Conversation , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Mitchell and Royce O\u2019Neale drove for back-to-back layups to ignite a 13-2 run that snuffed out the Hawks\u2019 comeback attempt. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 Nov. 2021",
"In the last decade, warming temperatures and dry conditions have primed much of the environment for wildfires to ignite . \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The population of California has quadrupled since the 1950s, according to state data, and with that explosion have come more homes, more construction and far more opportunities for wildfires to ignite . \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 9 July 2021"
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"There's a problem with the car's ignition .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"More officers responded to the car and noticed a screwdriver in the truck\u2019s ignition . \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"Twelve of those happened while the vehicle was parked and the ignition off. \u2014 Ryan Felton, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Outfitted with a comprehensive grilling system, this gas grill has excellent ignition and heats up very fast. \u2014 Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 May 2022",
"There's also a twist-start ignition located front and center, and a locking lid. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 13 May 2022",
"Not knowing that the vehicle was used by Casey White and Vicky White, Stinson called police instead of 911 to check the vehicle, which still had a key in its ignition . \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 13 May 2022",
"Just activate the build-in gas ignition to get those flames going and adjust the dial for the proper cooking heat. \u2014 Barbara Bellesi Zito, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"The result was a long, tall 3.3-liter block that used single-port intakes and twin ignition . \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 2 May 2022",
"The key to the offense's ignition revealed itself in Tuesday's series opener. \u2014 Evan Petzold, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022"
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": a small charge usually of black powder used to facilitate the ignition of the main charge":[]
"an ignoble child who would one day grow up to be a prince among playwrights",
"such an ignoble act is completely unworthy of a military officer",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Teenage characters tend to become like Will Robinson or cousin Oliver [the ignoble Brady Bunch character who has since become a TV trope]. \u2014 Dawn Ennis, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"The 2016 election gave us the ignoble spectacle of Donald Trump's campaign for president, including two surprise upsets \u2014 first Trump's victory in the GOP primaries, and then his shocking defeat of Hillary Clinton. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Fortunately, the ignoble fate did not come to pass, and the structure has now reopened as a learning center for Arizona State University. \u2014 Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times , 20 Nov. 2021",
"But none is quite as ignoble as being razed to make way for a parking lot. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 16 Nov. 2021",
"In what was a comparatively ignoble end to an otherwise vibrant October at the domestic box office, Dune dropped 62% and still topped the charts with $15.53 million. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"And just like that, Jerry Jones\u2019 California dreaming was about to suffer an ignoble death. \u2014 Barry Horn, Dallas News , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Goff is doing his best to focus on the future, rather than that ignoble playoff drought (the second-longest active streak behind the Cincinnati Bengals, whose last playoff win came Jan. 6, 1991). \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 12 Sep. 2021",
"The latest addition to that ignoble lineup is a popular infusion pump and dock, the B. Braun Infusomat Space Large Volume Pump and B. Braun SpaceStation, that a determined hacker could manipulate to administer a double dose of medication to victims. \u2014 Lily Hay Newman, Wired , 24 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ignoble mean , ignoble , abject , sordid mean being below the normal standards of human decency and dignity. mean suggests small-mindedness, ill temper, or cupidity. mean and petty satire ignoble suggests a loss or lack of some essential high quality of mind or spirit. an ignoble scramble after material possessions abject may imply degradation, debasement, or servility. abject poverty sordid is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and abjectness. a sordid story of murder and revenge",
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ignoble mean , ignoble , abject , sordid mean being below the normal standards of human decency and dignity. mean suggests small-mindedness, ill temper, or cupidity. mean and petty satire ignoble suggests a loss or lack of some essential high quality of mind or spirit. an ignoble scramble after material possessions abject may imply degradation, debasement, or servility. abject poverty sordid is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and abjectness. a sordid story of murder and revenge",
"an ignoble child who would one day grow up to be a prince among playwrights",
"such an ignoble act is completely unworthy of a military officer",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Teenage characters tend to become like Will Robinson or cousin Oliver [the ignoble Brady Bunch character who has since become a TV trope]. \u2014 Dawn Ennis, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"The 2016 election gave us the ignoble spectacle of Donald Trump's campaign for president, including two surprise upsets \u2014 first Trump's victory in the GOP primaries, and then his shocking defeat of Hillary Clinton. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Fortunately, the ignoble fate did not come to pass, and the structure has now reopened as a learning center for Arizona State University. \u2014 Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times , 20 Nov. 2021",
"But none is quite as ignoble as being razed to make way for a parking lot. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 16 Nov. 2021",
"In what was a comparatively ignoble end to an otherwise vibrant October at the domestic box office, Dune dropped 62% and still topped the charts with $15.53 million. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"And just like that, Jerry Jones\u2019 California dreaming was about to suffer an ignoble death. \u2014 Barry Horn, Dallas News , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Goff is doing his best to focus on the future, rather than that ignoble playoff drought (the second-longest active streak behind the Cincinnati Bengals, whose last playoff win came Jan. 6, 1991). \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 12 Sep. 2021",
"The latest addition to that ignoble lineup is a popular infusion pump and dock, the B. Braun Infusomat Space Large Volume Pump and B. Braun SpaceStation, that a determined hacker could manipulate to administer a double dose of medication to victims. \u2014 Lily Hay Newman, Wired , 24 Aug. 2021"
"some of his friends considered the job of janitor to be an ignominious fate for the laid-off executive",
"the prison guards degraded themselves with their inhumane, ignominious treatment of the prisoners",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sixers coach Doc Rivers is dragging the weight of ignominious NBA history with him through customs. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Jake Arrieta\u2019s second stint with the Chicago Cubs was as ignominious as his first go-round was glorious. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The attempt by Wolff to saddle Stelter with this apparently ignominious legacy shall not go unnoticed. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 July 2021",
"The remaining members of The Clash, with three ringers rounding out the new lineup, only managed to release one widely reviled album before the once-great band sputtered to an ignominious end. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 14 May 2022",
"And generations of Clintonians \u2014 like me \u2014 can close their eyes and easily conjure up images of old schoolboy glory \u2014 or of ignominious defeat \u2014 that played out here. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"For some, serving at all in the Trump administration was ignominious , a perspective both unfair and dangerous. \u2014 John Bolton, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"That average inched up to 6.3 points per first half (38 first-half points in the past six games), but that number is ignominious . \u2014 Steve Svekis, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Sep. 2021",
"For the legendary trainer, this will be a comedown of the most ignominious stripe. \u2014 Guy Martin, Forbes , 3 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
"After becoming the first Carmel swimmer to make a U.S. Olympic team, Drew Kibler endured the ignominy of being on the first U.S. relay team ever to miss a medal. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 17 June 2022",
"Having addressed their quarterback needs last year with Lawrence\u2014yet still suffering the ignominy of being bad enough to pick first again\u2014the Jaguars picked someone nobody saw coming just a couple months ago. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The most compelling of these cars, for me, are ones that conjure the domestic automotive ignominy perpetrated on the public during my Malaise Era Detroit childhood. \u2014 Brett Berk, Car and Driver , 28 Mar. 2022",
"But few Congressional leaders seemed preoccupied with reveling in Facebook\u2019s ignominy ; most were busy with bill markups and holding hearings, with an eye on the calendar before the midterms this fall. \u2014 Benjamin Wofford, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In his ignominy , he's become the ruler of London's darkest corners and a prize bareknuckle boxer. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"His position of strength will transform to a place of historical ignominy . \u2014 Jack Devine, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"QB Russell Wilson has lost three in a row for first time in his 10-season NFL career after a record 150 consecutive starts without such ignominy . \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Arsenal's back-up left back, Nuno Tavares, suffered the ignominy of getting substituted in the 34th minute against Forest because of a poor display. \u2014 Steve Douglas, ajc , 9 Jan. 2022"
"Middle French or Latin; Middle French ignominie , from Latin ignominia , from ig- (as in ignorare to be ignorant of, ignore) + nomin-, nomen name, repute \u2014 more at name":""
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ignominy disgrace , dishonor , disrepute , infamy , ignominy mean the state or condition of suffering loss of esteem and of enduring reproach. disgrace often implies humiliation and sometimes ostracism. sent home in disgrace dishonor emphasizes the loss of honor that one has enjoyed or the loss of self-esteem. preferred death to life with dishonor disrepute stresses loss of one's good name or the acquiring of a bad reputation. a once proud name fallen into disrepute infamy usually implies notoriety as well as exceeding shame. a day that lives in infamy ignominy stresses humiliation. the ignominy of being arrested",
"Is there a list of protocols that I would be marked as a real ignoramus for ignoring",
"Could Field & Stream take a hunting know-nothing, a gun ignoramus -in other words, someone like me\u2014and send her on one of the toughest hunts in North America",
"But his vocabulary infuriated some word nerds who say irregardless is an invention employed by ignoramuses . \u2014 Ephrat Livni, Quartz , 19 Dec. 2019",
"But onto the upper film Of supple, silky snow The blush, breaks and bleeds The purity of the sky That has landed unscathed Betrayal is like the ignoramus of a leech Amber McCrary is Din\u00e9 zinester, feminist and writer. \u2014 Arizona Republic, azcentral , 28 June 2018",
"The part of the problem of the president has is his dealing with ignoramuses spoken inside his party and outside of his party and some whom are dressed up as lawyers. \u2014 Fox News , 4 May 2018",
"His racist attitudes were born out of ignorance .",
"an appalling ignorance about other cultures",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In England, Gurnah and many of his lonely characters\u2014refugees, teachers, academics\u2014would meet a tribe even more na\u00efve in their expectations of ignorance , amnesia, and forgiveness. \u2014 Nadifa Mohamed, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Anyone with a shred of modesty will admit to having asked a bad question or 10 over three decades plus, whether due to ignorance , ineptitude or momentary brain-lock. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
"Miss Manners thoroughly disapproves of this guest, whose transgression may have been made out of ignorance but who followed it with insolence. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The rest of the face-off continues to ignore the production strings at hand, giving it an air of willful ignorance . \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Tellingly, Bird-Wilson uses Cree without italics, forcing the reader to put their own ignorance into perspective. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"And as Audrey said, I was shocked by my ignorance towards this subject that is so taboo and shrouded in silence. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"The most troublesome hurdles the public must clear in getting public information are ignorance and stonewalling. \u2014 Jennifer Peebles, ajc , 18 Mar. 2022",
"At its heart was an ignorance of the long tendrils of history, how those loops and coils wind through the everyday. \u2014 Eric Boodman, STAT , 21 Dec. 2021"
"\u2026 the World Series of the wild-card era is the pull of a slot-machine lever, a game of chance ignorant of form. Regularly populated now with second-place clubs or flavor-of-the-month teams more than dominant regular-season franchises \u2026 \u2014 Tom Verducci , Sports Illustrated , 30 Oct. 2006",
"That may be especially true for today's \u2026 13-year-olds, whose own moms and dads grew up largely ignorant of car seats, bike helmets, antibacterial soaps and childproof locks \u2026 \u2014 Nancy Gibbs , Time , 8 Aug. 2005",
"The joke is that the film was not his work. To refer to a producer's oeuvre is, at least to me, as ignorant as to refer to the oeuvre of a stockbroker. \u2014 David Mamet , Jafsie and John Henry: Essays , 1999",
"He is an ignorant old racist.",
"She was ignorant about the dangers of the drug.",
"The explorer was ignorant of tribal politics, land mines and P.K.K. hide-outs. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"For years, Michigan used coal or nuclear fuels to generate electricity and moved vehicles with fossil fuels, through an era blissfully ignorant of climate change. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
"But many don\u2019t, leaving an uneven patchwork of local regulations and many renters ignorant of specific fire risks, or what to do when a wildfire erupts. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 May 2022",
"Oz also seems willfully ignorant of the notion that 2 weeks is far too short a time to assess the value of a weight-loss treatment. \u2014 Steven Salzberg, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"At the time, the panelists presciently warned of an impending crisis, even as most people remained blissfully ignorant of the threat. \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 5 Mar. 2022",
"In the planning process, the U.S. military was very concerned about the family living on the first floor, ignorant of the fact that an ISIS leader was living two floors above, officials said. \u2014 CBS News , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Campion\u2019s incongruous plot twists can pass for profundity in an era ignorant of both American history and film history. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Their minds are somehow trapped back inside the Matrix, the virtual world projected into the minds of humans by machines far in the future to keep them ignorant of their apocalyptic reality. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 24 Dec. 2021"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ignorant ignorant , illiterate , unlettered , untutored , unlearned mean not having knowledge. ignorant may imply a general condition or it may apply to lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular thing. an ignorant fool ignorant of nuclear physics illiterate applies to either an absolute or a relative inability to read and write. much of the population is still illiterate unlettered implies ignorance of the knowledge gained by reading. an allusion meaningless to the unlettered untutored may imply lack of schooling in the arts and ways of civilization. strange monuments built by an untutored people unlearned suggests ignorance of advanced subjects. poetry not for academics but for the unlearned masses",
"Their impact on the sector has been hard to ignore . \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
"Still, the pattern of high-profile defeats is hard to ignore . \u2014 Jill Colvin And Jeff Martin, Chron , 26 May 2022",
"About 70% of children in the UK and more than half of children in the US have tested positive for adenovirus 41F in their blood, making the association hard to ignore . \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"But the skin that surrounds them\u2014which is loose to begin with to allow for proper movement, and can grow ever slacker thanks to wear and tear and gravity\u2014is hard to ignore come summer, when temperatures and hemlines are up, up, up. \u2014 Jancee Dunn, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"The story has some consistency issues that are hard to ignore . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 11 May 2022",
"In this case, however, there is likely to be a countervailing pressure that will be hard to ignore . \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2022",
"Zappe is coming off a prolific college career, and his ability to adapt and adjust as well as his exquisite ball placement are hard to ignore . \u2014 Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com , 4 May 2022",
"The visual similarities are hard to ignore : In each video, Laroi and Tree stick their heads out of a vehicle while driving, get hit by identical ambulances, and lie flat on the ground \u2014 in exactly the same position \u2014 as a camera zooms in from above. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022"
"obsolete ignore to be ignorant of, from French ignorer , from Latin ignorare , from ignarus ignorant, unknown, from in- + gnoscere, noscere to know \u2014 more at know":""
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ignore neglect , disregard , ignore , overlook , slight , forget mean to pass over without giving due attention. neglect implies giving insufficient attention to something that merits one's attention. habitually neglected his studies disregard suggests voluntary inattention. disregarded the wishes of his family ignore implies a failure to regard something obvious. ignored the snide remark overlook suggests disregarding or ignoring through haste or lack of care. in my rush I overlooked a key example slight implies contemptuous or disdainful disregarding or omitting. slighted several major authors in her survey forget may suggest either a willful ignoring or a failure to impress something on one's mind. forget what others say",
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"attend (to)",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ignore neglect , disregard , ignore , overlook , slight , forget mean to pass over without giving due attention. neglect implies giving insufficient attention to something that merits one's attention. habitually neglected his studies disregard suggests voluntary inattention. disregarded the wishes of his family ignore implies a failure to regard something obvious. ignored the snide remark overlook suggests disregarding or ignoring through haste or lack of care. in my rush I overlooked a key example slight implies contemptuous or disdainful disregarding or omitting. slighted several major authors in her survey forget may suggest either a willful ignoring or a failure to impress something on one's mind. forget what others say",
"examples":[
"She tried to ignore him but he wouldn't leave her alone.",
"I'll ignore that last remark.",
"If we continue to ignore these problems they will only get worse.",
"They ignored the warning signs.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their impact on the sector has been hard to ignore . \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
"Still, the pattern of high-profile defeats is hard to ignore . \u2014 Jill Colvin And Jeff Martin, Chron , 26 May 2022",
"About 70% of children in the UK and more than half of children in the US have tested positive for adenovirus 41F in their blood, making the association hard to ignore . \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"But the skin that surrounds them\u2014which is loose to begin with to allow for proper movement, and can grow ever slacker thanks to wear and tear and gravity\u2014is hard to ignore come summer, when temperatures and hemlines are up, up, up. \u2014 Jancee Dunn, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"The story has some consistency issues that are hard to ignore . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 11 May 2022",
"In this case, however, there is likely to be a countervailing pressure that will be hard to ignore . \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2022",
"Zappe is coming off a prolific college career, and his ability to adapt and adjust as well as his exquisite ball placement are hard to ignore . \u2014 Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com , 4 May 2022",
"The visual similarities are hard to ignore : In each video, Laroi and Tree stick their heads out of a vehicle while driving, get hit by identical ambulances, and lie flat on the ground \u2014 in exactly the same position \u2014 as a camera zooms in from above. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022"
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": a mercury-containing rectifier tube in which the arc is struck again at the beginning of each cycle by a special electrode separately energized by an auxiliary circuit":[]
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