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"omnibearing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the bearing of an omnidirectional radio range station from an airplane usually expressed in terms of magnetic rather than true north":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"omn- + bearing":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0113+\u02cc-",
"\u02c8\u00e4mn\u0259\u0307"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113050",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"omnibus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a book containing reprints of a number of works (as of a single author or on a single subject)":[
"The omnibus contained all of the author's short stories."
],
": a usually automotive public vehicle designed to carry a large number of passengers : bus":[
"took a seat on the omnibus"
],
": containing or including many items":[
"an omnibus bill"
],
": of, relating to, or providing for many things at once":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"an omnibus edition of his more popular stories",
"the president's state of the union speech is usually an omnibus look at the issues that the country is confronting",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"While Democrats have promised to append the aid to a long-term spending deal, known as the omnibus , lawmakers have until March 11 to reach a bipartisan bargain with Republicans, otherwise key federal agencies are set to shutdown. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 3 Mar. 2022",
"All of Fellini\u2019s directorial works, including less-than-feature-length pictures made for European omnibus films, will screen. \u2014 Glenn Kenny, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"But Congress\u2019s March omnibus included a 21% increase for Member\u2019s office budgets. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"The Biden administration requested $22.5 billion in supplemental Covid-19 relief funding in the massive government funding package, known as the omnibus . \u2014 Betsy Klein, CNN , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The omnibus will provide funding through fiscal year 2022, which started in October. \u2014 Maegan Vazquez, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Maybe all that was missing, until this newest movie, was the one-volume omnibus , the career retrospective packed into two hours. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Zelenskiy has proved successful in convincing Congress to push the White House further, as demonstrated by the inclusion of aid to Ukraine in last week\u2019s omnibus appropriations package that was several billion dollars more than originally expected. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The good news is that the omnibus provides $145 billion for military procurement\u2014$12.4 billion more than Mr. Biden\u2019s request\u2014including $26.7 billion for 13 battle-force ships, $8.5 billion for 85 F-35s and $2.3 billion for 14 KC-46 tankers. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Andrew Badger, who is challenging Moore for the GOP nomination, accused him of supporting Build Back Better and voting for the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"However, those flexibilities are set to expire 151 days after the Covid-19 public health emergency ends, outlined as part of the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill signed by President Biden in March. \u2014 Tasnim Ahmed, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
"However, Biden did sign the omnibus bill, which was $1.5 trillion on March 15. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Our email in-boxes are filled with news releases from Members of Congress hailing the passage this week of the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The funding was left out of the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The cause of this defeat was threefold: the lackluster omnibus nature of the bills, incompetence during committee and testimonies, and the absence of even an elementary communications strategy. \u2014 Anthony Kinnett, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
"But there\u2019s some good news on that front: Congress is currently eyeing the passage of a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package to fund the government. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Since the omnibus effort, the Commanders official said, the team has been on standby while waiting for city leaders to act. \u2014 Michael Brice-saddler, Washington Post , 31 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Latin, for all, dative plural of omnis":"Noun and Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4m-ni-\u02ccb\u0259s",
"\u02c8\u00e4m-ni-(\u02cc)b\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"all-in",
"all-inclusive",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"compendious",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"cover-all",
"cyclopedic",
"embracive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"global",
"in-depth",
"inclusive",
"panoramic",
"thorough",
"universal"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110106",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"omnibus box":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a large box in a theater or opera house adapted to contain many persons":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125851",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"omnicide":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the destruction of all life or all human life (as by nuclear war)":[
"As our understanding grows, so does the horror. What we face now is not merely slaughter or genocide, but \" omnicide ,\" the obliteration of all humans and all living species.",
"\u2014 Penney Kome and Patrick Crean",
"Would any-one be inclined to argue that omnicide is in the national interest, is patriotic or is economically profitable",
"\u2014 John Somerville"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"omni- + -cide":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4m-ni-\u02ccs\u012bd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130058",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"omnium-gatherum":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a miscellaneous collection (as of things or persons)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1530, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin omnium (genitive plural of omnis ) + English gather + Latin -um , noun ending":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4m-n\u0113-\u0259m-\u02c8ga-t\u035fh\u0259-r\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094643",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"omnia vincit amor":{
"type":[
"Latin phrase"
],
"definitions":{
": love conquers all":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u022fm-n\u0113-\u00e4-\u02c8wi\u014b-kit-\u02c8\u00e4-\u02ccm\u022fr"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154517"
},
"omnicompetent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4m-ni-\u02c8k\u00e4m-p\u0259-t\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Facebook memes to poison the debate among America\u2019s political class, half of whom went on to portray him as an omnicompetent master of world events. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 26 Jan. 2022",
"His rejection of the omnicompetent state seemed attended by a notion of an omnicompetent papacy, something perhaps encouraged by the First Vatican Council\u2019s declaration of papal infallibility and supreme and universal Church jurisdiction. \u2014 David P. Deavel, National Review , 24 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162238"
},
"omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis":{
"type":[
"Latin phrase"
],
"definitions":{
": all things change, and we change with them \u2014 compare tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u022fm-n\u0113-\u00e4-m\u00fc-\u02c8t\u00e4n-\u02cctu\u0307r \u02ccn\u014ds-\u02ccet-m\u00fc-\u02cct\u00e4-mu\u0307r-in-\u02c8i-\u02ccl\u0113s"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165246"
},
"omnidirectional":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-(\u02cc)d\u012b-",
"-\u02ccn\u012b-",
"\u02cc\u00e4m-ni-d\u0259-\u02c8rek-shn\u0259l",
"-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The omnidirectional chaos of this steady liquidation can feel indiscriminate, but a rationale guides it. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Einstein has a weathered face, a gap-toothed smile, and a tremendous head of omnidirectional white hair, which is perhaps the reason for his nickname. \u2014 Katie Bernstein, The New Yorker , 18 May 2022",
"The microphone\u2019s capsule has cardioid and omnidirectional pickup patterns and 24bit/48kHz high-res sampling rates. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Their omnidirectional songs mix splashes of psychedelic rock, cumbia rhythms, Black Caribbean traditions, freeform jazz structures, electronic thunderbolts, and more. \u2014 Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone , 9 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s a richness that permeates from behind the speaker grille and fills the room with music that\u2019s omnidirectional and fulsome but without ever distorting. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Other enhancements include a maximum control range of 15km, new Intelligent modes for creating and editing photos, a more accurate color palette, Advanced Pilot Assistance System 5.0 omnidirectional obstacle sensing system, and ActiveTrack 5.0. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 4 Nov. 2021",
"This features an omnidirectional mic that picks up your voice with clarity. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The omnidirectional 360-degree microphone is surprisingly good at picking up voices from almost any direction. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200918"
},
"omni-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": all : universally":[
"omni directional"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, from omnis":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002810"
},
"omneity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the state of being all-comprehensive : allness":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4m\u02c8n\u0113\u0259t\u0113"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin omne (neuter of omnis all) + English -ity":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065353"
},
"omne ignotum pro magnifico est":{
"type":[
"Latin quotation from Tacitus"
],
"definitions":{
": everything unknown is taken as grand : we exaggerate the importance or difficulty of the unknown":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u022fm-ne-ig-\u02c8n\u014d-\u02cctu\u0307m-pr\u014d-m\u00e4g-\u02c8ni-fi-\u02cck\u014d-est"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091222"
},
"omn-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": all : universal : universally : without restriction":[
"omni meter",
"omni present",
"omn ist"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English omni- , from Middle French, from Latin, from omnis all":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092136"
},
"omnidirectional radio range":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": omnirange":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165635"
},
"omnirange":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a system of radio navigation in which any bearing relative to a special radio transmitter on the ground may be chosen and flown by an airplane pilot":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4m-ni-\u02ccr\u0101nj"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174701"
},
"omnipotent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": almighty sense 1":[],
": having virtually unlimited authority or influence":[
"an omnipotent ruler"
],
": arrant":[],
": one who has unlimited power or authority : one who is omnipotent":[],
": god sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4m-\u02c8ni-p\u0259-t\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-powerful",
"almighty"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Rockefeller mostly left the uncertain task of drilling to thousands of independent producers, who then competed furiously to sell him crude oil at the cheapest possible price. As a result, he was loathed by the drillers, who saw him as an omnipotent deity shadowing their lives. \u2014 Ron Chernow , Vanity Fair , May 1998",
"Whether or not the Big Bang truly implies that the universe was created out of nothing by an omnipotent deity in a wholly gratuitous act of love, it does demonstrate that the universe is, as philosophers say, contingent\u2014that is, it need not have existed. \u2014 Jim Holt , Harper's , November 1994",
"Tad fixes another round and by the time you all troop out of the bathroom you are feeling omnipotent . \u2014 Jay McInerney , Bright Lights, Big City , 1984",
"the nearly universal religious belief that God is omnipotent and omniscient",
"Noun",
"He pursued his own thoughts without heeding me. 'Jane! you think me, I daresay, an irreligious dog: but my heart swells with gratitude to the beneficent God of this earth just now. \u2026 I did wrong: I would have sullied my innocent flower\u2014breathed guilt on its purity: the Omnipotent snatched it from me.' \u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb , Jane Eyre , 1847",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"While Wajsbrot cannot confirm that the Living Tribunal, an almost omnipotent celestial being from the comics, or Savage World are really in the MCU, there is no doubt that Marvel is tipping its hat to the possibilities the multiverse opens up. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"No human is truly omnipotent , so holding yourself to this standard isn't healthy. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The show deals with the emergence of a seemingly omnipotent gossip columnists, and maneuvers the slings and arrows of Regency-era high society. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Dubbed Yellow Trip Road the experience riffed on rave culture and its attendant cosmos of narcotics, in homage to both the collective compassion of the scene but also depression\u2019s omnipotent black holes. \u2014 Katie Baron, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Future Feeling is a genre-defying trip into a futuristic world where everyone\u2019s emotional frequencies are monitored through Bio-meters and a semi- omnipotent trans health-care agency, the Rhiz, beams Operatrixes into homes to provide aid. \u2014 Sadie Gennis, Vulture , 8 July 2021",
"The supposedly omnipresent and omnipotent Communist Party is well aware of the power of the media and public opinion. \u2014 Nectar Gan, CNN , 25 June 2021",
"But incentives are powerful even if not omnipotent . \u2014 Bill Conerly, Forbes , 19 June 2021",
"The fact campus security cameras had missed the death in a nation with an increasingly omnipotent surveillance network was, for some, a reason for outrage. \u2014 Nectar Gan, CNN , 14 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In a world that has no access to its history, nothing will stand in the way of men who feel both omnipotent and immortal. \u2014 Cristina Florea, CNN , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Here, Leatherface is just Jason or Michael, lumbering and omnipotent . \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Over time, evolved societies realized that the Infinite was none other than God: singular, invisible, and omnipotent . \u2014 Ian Beacock, The New Republic , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Too many leaders buy into the image of leaders as omnipotent and all-knowing. \u2014 Dana Brownlee, Forbes , 7 Nov. 2021",
"The likes of Facebook, Instagram, and Google can feel omnipotent , inextricably linked to modern social life and business. \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Unfortunately, modern society is not free from such magical thinking, putting too much confidence in omnipotent algorithms, without critically questioning their logical or ethical basis. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 20 Oct. 2021",
"This isn\u2019t to say that directors should be omnipotent on set; there are some people at the helm of TV shows and films that need to be gathered. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Meaningful connection to other people, and meaningful connection to an omnipotent and benevolent God. \u2014 Alan Jacobs, Harper's Magazine , 28 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin omnipotent-, omnipotens , from omni- + potent-, potens potent":"Adjective and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221910"
},
"omnipresent":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": present in all places at all times":[
"the museum's omnipresent security apparatus",
"big-city crime dramas, with omnipresent gloom and seedy, nocturnal settings",
"\u2014 R. F. Moss"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4m-ni-\u02c8pre-z\u1d4ant"
],
"synonyms":[
"ubiquitous",
"universal",
"wall-to-wall"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The problem is omnipresent and unavoidable.",
"seeking some much-needed relief from the omnipresent noise of the big city",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Birth, life and death are omnipresent , and often brutal. \u2014 Sebastian Modak, New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"This idea of digital transformation is omnipresent in the minds of strategic leaders such as Steven Bandrowczak, President and COO of Xerox, who emphasized the rapid pace of change that is being driven by customer digital buying behavior. \u2014 Robert Reiss, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Sarajevo is a special place and the unique founding spirit of the festival is omnipresent here. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"But with today\u2019s plethora of new media sources and nearly infinite content choices, instantly available to second screens omnipresent in the TV viewing environment, watching linear content - and the embedded ads \u2013 is increasingly a rarity. \u2014 Gary Drenik, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Emblazoned on the presidential seal and printed on the dollar bill, the bald eagle is omnipresent in American culture. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Classics like Hank Williams and Tex Ritter were omnipresent in his youth. \u2014 Niko Stratis, SPIN , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The transcription of the cello suites for violin is another of Gandelsman\u2019s many projects, and his version of them brings out the bright dance quality omnipresent in Bach\u2019s music. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Feb. 2022",
"China\u2019s power is now so omnipresent that Chan Tat Ching, once a hero of Hong Kong\u2019s democracy movement, has spent the past year urging friends not to challenge Beijing. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1595, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014401"
2022-07-15 11:16:05 +00:00
},
"omnifarious":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of all varieties, forms, or kinds":[
"omnifarious interests"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4m-n\u0259-\u02c8fer-\u0113-\u0259s"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin omnifarius , from Latin omni- + -farius (as in multifarius diverse) \u2014 more at multifarious":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1653, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-102522"
},
"omnific":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": being all-creating : omnificent":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)\u00e4m\u00a6nifik"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin omnificus , from Latin omni- omn- + -ficus -fic":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-163608"
},
"omnificence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being omnificent":[]
},
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"\u00e4m\u02c8nif\u0259s\u0259n(t)s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"from omnificent , after such pairs as English benevolent : benevolence":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-212506"
},
"omnipotency":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": omnipotence":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-si",
"-ns\u0113"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English omnipotencie , from Late Latin omnipotentia":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-220235"
},
"omnipotence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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": an agency or force of unlimited power":[]
},
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"\u00e4m-\u02c8ni-p\u0259-t\u0259n(t)s"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Willis Tower was built with cutting-edge technology and ageless chutzpah, a word that could be translated as an intoxicating sense of omnipotence . \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"Needless to say, there is no longer any single television impresario with that kind of omnipotence . \u2014 Lisa Birnbach, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Today feels like a rude awakening, given that the machine\u2019s omnipotence and hair-trigger use was on display only a short while ago. \u2014 Paul Swartz, Fortune , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Russia analysts who are of the (prevailing) view that Putin approaches omnipotence ask what his realpolitik long con in Donbas can be. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Jan. 2022",
"Perhaps the biggest cause for optimism is that this time people don\u2019t have much cause for faith in the omnipotence of the state. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Those illusions died extremely hard, but the events of this past weekend should put to rest any lingering beliefs in American omnipotence . \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 17 Aug. 2021",
"But Chutkan's ruling shows that as an ex-President, Trump's belief in his own omnipotence and right to flout the rule of law is on even weaker ground than during his four tumultuous years in office. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 10 Nov. 2021",
"This near omnipotence poses distinctive risks, with the potential for unintended consequences from malicious and unethical use. \u2014 Deborah Wince-smith, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Facebook now offers many of those services, but none remotely approach the omnipresence of tools within WeChat. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Below, Falquez spoke to ELLE.com about the process of creating Gods That Walk Among Us, the omnipresence of spirituality in her work, and the role of art in the revolution. \u2014 Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE , 16 June 2022",
"Giacchino\u2019s writing is so skilled and varied the omnipresence seems anything but oppressive. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Together, these roles earned him a minor omnipresence in the world of comedy and, with the help of Splett especially, the beginnings of mainstream recognition as an offbeat Everyman. \u2014 The New Yorker , 29 May 2022",
"ICA San Diego continues its solo exhibition by this interdisciplinary Mexican artist that explores the history and future of the petroleum industry\u2019s omnipresence in the world. \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"What\u2019s more, the omnipresence of social media has created new venues for bullying. \u2014 Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"His celebrity portraits and his Interview magazine both anticipated and pushed along this shift \u2014 one that also was being accelerated by the omnipresence of television and by the Hollywood star who moved into the White House in 1981. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s the most satisfying kind of history: an account that demystifies the forces responsible for the chain\u2019s omnipresence . \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 25 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Short of a magical homunculus watching the activities of all the neurons in the brain with the omniscience of the experimenter, the neurons that take this all in are unaware of the events that caused these changes in their firing patterns. \u2014 Gy\u00f6rgy Buzs\u00e1ki, Scientific American , 14 May 2022",
"Well and good, but the author sometimes seems to want to turn Stettheimer into a tidy 21st-century urbanista, and in so doing takes on a dubious omniscience . \u2014 Tim Page, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Knowing how any of this will definitely pan out requires an omicron omniscience even the Academy\u2019s best soothsayers can\u2019t manage. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 6 Jan. 2022",
"And no algorithm seems closer to omniscience than TikTok\u2019s, which is reportedly helping users discover their sexuality and unpack their childhood trauma. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, Wired , 3 Jan. 2022",
"But for spectators, Mr. Orenstein\u2019s invention offered a degree of omniscience seldom afforded in life, when the ending of a story can scarcely be seen at the beginning. \u2014 Emily Langer, Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2021",
"The film\u2019s narrative hops back and forth through time, but the Eternals themselves don\u2019t appear to have the power of time-travel or the virtual omniscience that would go with it. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 5 Nov. 2021",
"What holds it all together isn\u2019t his omniscience so much as his curiosity, his historian\u2019s hunger to figure out why what happened happened. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Aug. 2021",
"But don't mistake insight for omniscience ; Alderton is still figuring life out too. \u2014 EW.com , 2 Aug. 2021"
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"For an American public that had largely accepted the omniscient posture of mainstream political reporters, the book provided a messy but savory view of journalistic sausage making. \u2014 Alex Traub, New York Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
"In the Lord of the Rings franchise, the 'Eye of Sauron' is an omniscient , fiery eye belonging to the story's main villain, Sauron. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Your films generally don\u2019t rely on omniscient narration. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2022",
"In April 2021, Shondaland TV, Shonda Rhimes's production company, tweeted a special message from the show's omniscient narrator and gossip columnist Lady Whistledown. \u2014 Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Bulawayo shifts among omniscient narration, first-person plural, oral history and even chapters written as Twitter threads. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Like a good 19 century omniscient novelist, Butler hops seamlessly among his characters\u2019 points of view while recounting their lives and times. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Plus, with the lack of her usual omniscient narration throughout most of the episode, fans are starting to wonder: did Rue just die? \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Finally, in today\u2019s climate in which digital is often first, brands will need to make sure that any omniscient forms of social media or digital tools do not distort the authenticity of relationships. \u2014 St\u00e9phane Jg Girod, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022"
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"She is an omnivorous reader.",
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"Perhaps without Guidara\u2019s attention to the front of house or because Humm believed his facility with omnivorous cuisine would seamlessly transfer to the meatless world, Eleven Madison Park has struggled in this new iteration. \u2014 Alicia Kennedy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 July 2022",
"Bat stars are omnivorous and frequently feed on carcasses that fall to the ocean floor. \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"Gators are the semiaquatic equivalent of coyotes, said Ian Recchio, the zoo\u2019s reptile curator: canny, omnivorous , adept at snatching food and avoiding predators. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"But where ancient cats had only flesh-tearing teeth, omnivorous canids had both cutting teeth in front to kill and eat small mammals and flatter molar-like teeth in the back of their mouths used to crush plants, seeds and berries. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"The omnivorous species hibernates in the bottom sediments of freshwater settings and older snapping turtles usually are covered in algae, resulting in a greenish and gray appearance. \u2014 Ian Lenahan, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In the 1990s, a three-year study of Loch Ness\u2019s food chain revealed that the loch\u2019s food sources probably couldn\u2019t support any sort of population of massive, omnivorous animals. \u2014 Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics , 29 Mar. 2022",
"But this time when the omnivorous 10-piece band hits D.C.\u2019s Union Stage, those rounds will cover a lot more ground. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Even its voluminous subtitle is a witty expression of Tokarczuk\u2019s irrepressible, omnivorous reach. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022"
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"Fifty years ago, David Bowie released The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, his concept album about an androgynous, omnisexual rock-star alien sent to Earth to save its inhabitants from the apocalypse. \u2014 Jason Lamphier, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"In addition to the usual Pride collection gear, Walmart is offering flags in specific colors for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, omnisexual and non-binary pride. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
"Overall, 9 percent of respondents identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual or asexual; for Generation Z, the figure doubles to 18 percent. \u2014 NBC News , 9 June 2021",
"Identifies: As nonbinary, omnisexual and omniflirtatious. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Sep. 2019",
"The battle enfolds his long-suffering wife, Rachel (G\u00e9raldine Pailhas), and his journalist daughter (St\u00e9phane Caillard) and reveals Barr\u00e8s as a lizardy, omnisexual manipulator. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 10 May 2016"
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"An omnivore eats what is closest to a human\u2019s diet, but an animal doesn\u2019t have to look remotely human to classify. \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"The iPod zapped all the boundaries of genre or era, creating a new breed of pop omnivore . \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 13 May 2022",
"The Spanish pop star Rosal\u00eda is the rarest kind of modern musician: a relentlessly innovative aesthetic omnivore who also happens to have a decade of Old World, genre-specific formal training under her belt. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Rosal\u00eda, a musical omnivore who is deeply grounded in tradition while also enamored with the possibilities of technology, embodies this moment. \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Weisman \u2014 cinephile, polyglot, cultural omnivore , and avid connector \u2014 somehow becomes involved. \u2014 Heidi Julavits, Vulture , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The sunfish is an omnivore that can measure 14 feet vertically and 10 feet horizontally. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Britell is a stylistic omnivore who specializes in churning, off-kilter riffs on familiar forms. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
"The nitrogen isotope signals can show if an animal was an herbivore, carnivore or omnivore . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 8 Nov. 2021"
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