": a European yellow-flowered perennial Saint-John's-wort ( Hypericum perforatum ) that is naturalized in North America especially in rangelands":[]
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"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a steel-gray mineral Cu 6 Bi 4 S 9 consisting of a sulfide of copper and bismuth":[]
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"his klatch of friends hasn't changed all that much since college",
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"And a klatch of daddy bloggers was trying to cajole the nation\u2019s leading online retailer into making its parent-discount program more inclusive for men. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"Gridiron great Ronnie Lott and his wife, Karen Lott, scored a touchdown by joining forces with the Vault to host the 555 California Street Tree Lighting Celebration and culinary klatch benefiting All Stars Helping Kids. \u2014 Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com , 10 Dec. 2019",
"There are the Democrats \u2014 a klatch of women in white, black legislators in African stoles, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with her colorful headwrap swirling high. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2020",
"In the klatch of voters watching from their lawn chairs, a woman in a blue windbreaker, maybe in her late twenties, sat ramrod straight, the phone tightly gripped in her hand forgotten for the moment. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 4 Oct. 2019",
"Everyone has a favorite; just ask the guys down at the weekend coffee klatch about the Vector, the Ferrari Enzo, or the Porsche Carrera GT. \u2014 Hannah Elliottbloomberg, Los Angeles Times , 9 Sep. 2019",
"In another, Cannes jury president Melita Toscan du Plantier hobnobbed with Isabelle Hupert and a klatch of distinguished international actresses, and Nicolas bonded with Connelly, Emma Stone, and Sienna Miller. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 30 May 2018",
"The boss, who resembles a softer Steve Ballmer, saunters past a klatch of employees chowing down on Aussie-style meat pies. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 26 Feb. 2018",
"Come gametime Sunday, every football klatch buzzed with talk of Trump, tweets, disrespect. \u2014 S.l. Price, SI.com , 27 Sep. 2017"
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"1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"German Klatsch gossip":""
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"\u02c8klach"
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"gang",
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"his klatch of friends hasn't changed all that much since college",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And a klatch of daddy bloggers was trying to cajole the nation\u2019s leading online retailer into making its parent-discount program more inclusive for men. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"Gridiron great Ronnie Lott and his wife, Karen Lott, scored a touchdown by joining forces with the Vault to host the 555 California Street Tree Lighting Celebration and culinary klatch benefiting All Stars Helping Kids. \u2014 Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com , 10 Dec. 2019",
"There are the Democrats \u2014 a klatch of women in white, black legislators in African stoles, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with her colorful headwrap swirling high. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2020",
"In the klatch of voters watching from their lawn chairs, a woman in a blue windbreaker, maybe in her late twenties, sat ramrod straight, the phone tightly gripped in her hand forgotten for the moment. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 4 Oct. 2019",
"Everyone has a favorite; just ask the guys down at the weekend coffee klatch about the Vector, the Ferrari Enzo, or the Porsche Carrera GT. \u2014 Hannah Elliottbloomberg, Los Angeles Times , 9 Sep. 2019",
"In another, Cannes jury president Melita Toscan du Plantier hobnobbed with Isabelle Hupert and a klatch of distinguished international actresses, and Nicolas bonded with Connelly, Emma Stone, and Sienna Miller. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 30 May 2018",
"The boss, who resembles a softer Steve Ballmer, saunters past a klatch of employees chowing down on Aussie-style meat pies. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 26 Feb. 2018",
"Come gametime Sunday, every football klatch buzzed with talk of Trump, tweets, disrespect. \u2014 S.l. Price, SI.com , 27 Sep. 2017"
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"1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German Klatsch gossip":""
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"\u02c8klach"
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"type":[
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": a local unit of the Klan":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The 22,000-square-foot hall could hold some 2,000 people, and it was designed to be a space where the klavern -- a local unit of the Klan -- could practice marches and perform minstrel shows. \u2014 Brandon Tensley, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"According to testimony in the 2005 murder trial, Killen served as a kleagle, or organizer, of the Klan in Neshoba County and helped set up a klavern , or local Klan group, in a nearby county. \u2014 CBS News , 12 Jan. 2018",
"Other homeowners might be more inclined, as is Rake\u2019s good-for-nothing brother-in-law, to pull on their white hoods and attend a meeting of the local Klan klavern in the basement of the Congregational church. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, New York Times , 13 Sep. 2017"
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"1928, in the meaning defined above":""
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"blend of Klan and cavern":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German, from French clavier":""
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"kl\u0259\u02c8vi(\u0259)r",
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"German":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-020957"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-023145"
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"city in southern Austria west-southwest of Graz population 94,000":[]
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