"New Latin, from Emballonura , type genus (from Greek emball\u014dn \u2014present participle of emballein to throw in\u2014+ New Latin -ura ) + -idae ; from the loose appearance of the tail":""
"region of northern Italy that has Bologna as its capital and is bounded by the Po River, the Adriatic Sea, and the Apennines area 8543 square miles (22,126 square kilometers), population 4,342,135":[]
": a small family of heathlike shrubs (order Sapindales), having small diclinous flowers and drupes that resemble berries \u2014 compare crowberry sense 1a":[]
"without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many were emaciated , unlike the examples in the current study. \u2014 Joshua Sokol, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
"Three of them were severely malnourished and the rest were emaciated , according to the Sheriff's Office. \u2014 James Carr, azcentral , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Detectives noted that much of the food in the home was locked away and that James' body was emaciated when found. \u2014 Sarah Sarder, Houston Chronicle , 18 Feb. 2020",
"Scores of common murres, one of the most prolific seabirds, washed up on beaches, and many were emaciated , the researchers said. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Jan. 2020",
"The 6-month-old calico and her sibling were found to be emaciated , with low body temperatures and stomach issues. \u2014 Arizona Republic, azcentral , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated , police released him in a wooded area nearby. \u2014 Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2019",
"Rocket was an owner surrender that came to Wizard of Paws Wildlife emaciated , with a collar growing into his neck. \u2014 Kelly Wilkinson, Indianapolis Star , 27 Aug. 2019",
"Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated , police released him in a wooded area nearby. \u2014 Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2019"
": a means or system for transmitting messages electronically (as between computers on a network)":[
"communicating by email"
],
": an email message":[
"sent him an email"
],
": messages sent and received electronically through an email system":[
"receives a lot of email"
],
": to communicate by email":[
"As I write this, a colleague who takes an amateur interest in tracking the weather emailed to say it would be \"among the hottest days of 2019 so far, if not #1.\"",
"\u2014 Nina Metz"
],
": to send (something) by email":[
"I'll email the documents tomorrow."
],
": to send email to (someone)":[
"She emailed her mom."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1979, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1983, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
"The plan drew significant opposition from neighbors, who objected to the bright light that would emanate from the tower at night and to the increased traffic and noise from delivery trucks. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Crowd noise can overwhelm the low-fidelity sounds that emanate from the stadium speakers. \u2014 David M. Zimmer, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The goal of leadership is to inspire relevant conversations, even when those conversations do not emanate from us. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"And finally, when Professor X uses his telepathic power to show Doctor Strange what happened to their Stephen Strange on Earth-838, circular ripples emanate from his forehead, just like when the character used his powers in the cartoon. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 May 2022",
"Battlefield directions will no longer emanate from the Kremlin or Moscow but from a field headquarters. \u2014 Mark Kimmitt, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2022",
"While shooting stars will emanate from Lyra, to see the best meteors trailing away from that spot, don\u2019t look directly into the constellation, but toward the northeast. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The disconnect sometimes extends to immigration and climate, too, amid concerns about border security in the Latino community here and anxiety about some Democrats' embrace of the Green New Deal in a region where jobs emanate from oil and gas. \u2014 Tamir Kalifa For Cnn, CNN , 27 Feb. 2022",
"The show will emanate from its usual home, the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, for the first time since 2019. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 8 Apr. 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for emanate spring , arise , rise , originate , derive , flow , issue , emanate , proceed , stem mean to come up or out of something into existence. spring implies rapid or sudden emerging. an idea that springs to mind arise and rise may both convey the fact of coming into existence or notice but rise often stresses gradual growth or ascent. new questions have arisen slowly rose to prominence originate implies a definite source or starting point. the fire originated in the basement derive implies a prior existence in another form. the holiday derives from an ancient Roman feast flow adds to spring a suggestion of abundance or ease of inception. words flowed easily from her pen issue suggests emerging from confinement through an outlet. blood issued from the cut emanate applies to the coming of something immaterial (such as a thought) from a source. reports emanating from the capital proceed stresses place of origin, derivation, parentage, or logical cause. advice that proceeds from the best of intentions stem implies originating by dividing or branching off from something as an outgrowth or subordinate development. industries stemming from space research",
"Over the course of a week-long session at the camp, Whistler butts heads with Jordan (played by Germaine), a trans and nonbinary teen who made a deal with their parents to legally emancipate themself after attending the camp. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"Alexander Hamilton, Edmund Randolph, John Jay\u2014indeed, just about every one of the Founders who went on record\u2014affirmed that under the law of nations belligerents could emancipate enemy slaves in an effort to win a war or suppress a rebellion. \u2014 James Oakes, The New York Review of Books , 12 May 2022",
"As the season unfolds, Edwina finds a way to emancipate herself from her older sister's opinions, just as Kate will learn to want things for herself. \u2014 Sheena Scott, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"If money just gushes out of the ground in the form of hydrocarbons or diamonds or other minerals, the oppressors can emancipate themselves from the oppressed. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The Christmas Princess springs from the same need as my memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey \u2014 to emancipate the little girl in me. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Over the past months, Spears has been using Instagram to communicate with fans and thank them for their continued support in her battle to emancipate herself from her conservatorship. \u2014 Ruth Kinane, EW.com , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Over the past months, Spears has been using Instagram to communicate with fans and thank them for their continued support in her battle to emancipate herself from her conservatorship. \u2014 Ruth Kinane, EW.com , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Over the past months, Spears has been using Instagram to communicate with fans and thank them for their continued support in her battle to emancipate herself from her conservatorship. \u2014 Ruth Kinane, EW.com , 21 Sep. 2021"
"Latin emancipatus , past participle of emancipare , from e- + mancipare to transfer ownership of, from mancip-, manceps contractor, from manus hand + capere to take \u2014 more at manual , heave entry 1":""
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for emancipate free , release , liberate , emancipate , manumit mean to set loose from restraint or constraint. free implies a usually permanent removal from whatever binds, confines, entangles, or oppresses. freed the animals from their cages release suggests a setting loose from confinement, restraint, or a state of pressure or tension, often without implication of permanent liberation. released his anger on a punching bag liberate stresses particularly the resulting state of liberty. liberated their country from the tyrant emancipate implies the liberation of a person from subjection or domination. labor-saving devices emancipated us from household drudgery manumit implies emancipation from slavery. the document manumitted the slaves",
"After emancipation , the couple married and had eight children, according to Sherrod. \u2014 Ligaya Figueras, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"Hopkins established the first parade to commemorate emancipation in the nation. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
"June 19 is Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, and is a nationwide celebration to commemorate the emancipation from slavery. \u2014 Genesis Malone, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
"Central Florida events this weekend provide plenty of ways to celebrate Juneteenth \u2014 marked annually on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of slaves in the United States. \u2014 Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com , 16 June 2021",
"Passover, the Jewish festival held to commemorate the Israelites\u2019 emancipation from slavery in ancient Egypt, is set to begin this Wednesday. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Juneteenth is a holiday that observes the end of slavery in the U.S. and marks the day, June 19, 1865, when news of emancipation reached people in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy in Galveston, Texas. \u2014 Gareth Vipers And Ann-marie Alc\u00e1ntara, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"This continued even after the emancipation proclamation. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
"In the Civil War, the U.S. issued an emancipation proclamation\u2014in the Revolution, the British did. \u2014 Kermit Roosevelt Iii, Time , 17 Jan. 2022"
"He plays the role of a meek husband who has been emasculated by his domineering wife.",
"Critics charged that this change would emasculate the law.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"She was portrayed as an unnatural woman, bloodthirsty, out to emasculate all the men around her. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"As played by Jackson, Kanan is malice personified, a gleeful killer with a hair-trigger temper and a tendency to humiliate and emasculate his foes. \u2014 Joshua Alston, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The idea that Aladdin is self-conscious about being small is not a strong enough game to carry a sketch, and bringing on Cowboys running back Zeke Elliott to emasculate Aladdin throws this immediately off the rails. \u2014 Alexis Pereira, Vulture , 10 Oct. 2021",
"When Peter sends an apparently sincere email begging him to visit and hear his apology, though, C.W. finally decides to confront his past \u2014 or, at the very least, flaunt his success and emasculate the guy who got the girl. \u2014 Ben Rosenstock, Vulture , 11 June 2021",
"Asian men have generally been emasculated , demasculinized, and historically, black men have often been over-sexualized, the reverse. \u2014 Annie Howard, Billboard , 16 May 2019",
"Both women know that forceful men are all often described as strong and assertive, while forceful women are dismissed as angry, emasculating or hectoring. \u2014 Charlotte Alter, Time , 21 Nov. 2019",
"Here is a president who seems not to feel shame but who does seem to fear, more than anything else, appearing weak or emasculated . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2019",
"The terms are in and of themselves wrong, but being judged on those terms, there\u2019s a level of shame, of feeling emasculated . \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 29 Sep. 2019"
"Latin emasculatus , past participle of emasculare , from e- + masculus male \u2014 more at male":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8mas-ky\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8ma-sky\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for emasculate unnerve , enervate , unman , emasculate mean to deprive of strength or vigor and the capacity for effective action. unnerve implies marked often temporary loss of courage, self-control, or power to act. unnerved by the near collision enervate suggests a gradual physical or moral weakening (as through luxury or indolence) until one is too feeble to make an effort. a nation's youth enervated by affluence and leisure unman implies a loss of manly vigor, fortitude, or spirit. a soldier unmanned by the terrors of battle emasculate stresses a depriving of characteristic force by removing something essential. an amendment that emasculates existing safeguards",
"In June 2020, Jackie Carlisle hired the funeral home to embalm and prepare her mother\u2019s body for a wake, according to a lawsuit Carlisle filed in January. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Deep inside a shaft in the cemetery of Abusir, near Cairo, a team of Egyptian and Czech Egyptologists has found a significant cache of equipment used more than 2,500 years ago to embalm mummies. \u2014 CNN , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Why had there been a seeming rush to embalm the body, without an autopsy? \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Dec. 2021",
"There was this outlaw who died in a shootout with police, and no one came to collect the body, so the guy at the funeral home decided to embalm him and charge admission to see him. \u2014 Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Ever the enigma, while her choice to embalm may be traditional, her last look will be anything but. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 29 July 2021",
"But Almereyda, never one to embalm unconventional minds in conventional storytelling, has no interest in a mere recitation of his subject\u2019s accomplishments. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 24 Aug. 2020",
"Used to embalm and preserve bodies in morgues, some butchers use formalin to keep meat from going off. \u2014 Julien Chongwang, Quartz Africa , 7 July 2020",
"None of the bodies had been refrigerated or embalmed . \u2014 USA TODAY , 17 Feb. 2020"
"the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fire personnel then moved the boy onto an embankment to treat him before he was transported to Cape Cod Hospital, the statement said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"The two assailants took off after the shooting, running toward a nearby freeway entrance and then along an embankment on the side of Interstate 5, Andreen said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"According to a Facebook post from the City of Ann Arbor Fire Department, one adult was thrown into the Huron river and critically injured while the other was thrown onto an embankment and seriously injured. \u2014 Eve Sampson, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
"Deputies are investigating after a man who was allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer crashed a vehicle down an embankment in Fallbrook, sheriff\u2019s officials said. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"An arriving officer located a Nissan Versa, which crossed the left shoulder and crashed into a snow embankment before ending up on a guardrail. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The plaintiffs contend the highway expansion felled a cluster of old-growth Douglas Fir trees and turned part of the sacred site into a grass embankment . \u2014 oregonlive , 17 Nov. 2021",
"The car, which lost its front right wheel, ended up on a small embankment along a KFC drive-thru on the northeast corner of the intersection. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Shady Brook Lane will be undergoing concrete work, and embankment work is continuing on North Frontage Road. \u2014 Alyssa Alfano, cleveland , 6 June 2022"
"Stop by the embarcadero to see whether a tour is departing, or reserve a private guide through a hotel concierge. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
"There was one other theme to Sunday\u2019s races, which started near Spanish Landing, featured a hilly bike climb to Cabrillo National Monument and a run along the embarcadero to Seaport Village. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2019"
"there's a standing embargo against the use of foul language in this house",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For its part, the UAE has added to the chaos in the region with its support of anti-government forces in Libya in violation of a United Nations arms embargo . \u2014 William Hartung, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Russia will no doubt suffer more over time \u2014 its economy will shrink by nearly 10 percent this year, economists predict, and a European Union embargo on most imports of Russian oil will take effect in December. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"On Friday, the European Union formally agreed to a partial embargo on crude oil imports of Russian oil. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 3 June 2022",
"In other energy news, European Union leaders agreed this week to impose a partial embargo of Russian oil. \u2014 Rosanna Xiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"The European Union's latest sanction package that includes a partial oil embargo against Russia drew applause from Ukraine and mixed reviews from energy analysts Tuesday. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
"The data came as the EU adopted a partial embargo on Russian crude and refined oil products, which could give energy prices\u2014a main culprit in the inflation jump\u2014a fresh boost. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 31 May 2022",
"Robert Habeck was referring to a deadlock that the European Union's leaders are struggling to break, regarding a potential embargo on Russian oil. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 30 May 2022",
"Its foreign ministers discussed a potential embargo in Brussels on Monday. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"After Russia\u2019s February 24 invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky and countless ordinary Ukrainians entreated Europe to embargo Russian energy, which has long been central to European economies. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"This week, European Union leaders agreed to embargo most Russian oil imports to members of the trading bloc by year-end. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 1 June 2022",
"Zelensky said more nations should embargo Russian oil and block its banks, and foreign companies should pull out of Russia. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 24 May 2022",
"At the same time, Hungary is blocking an E.U. plan to embargo imports of Russian oil. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"More than two months into Russia's war on Ukraine, the European Union on Wednesday announced plans to embargo Russian oil, its biggest economic sacrifice yet to stifle the Russian economy and President Vladimir Putin. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 5 May 2022",
"But the conflict is also a war against NATO, given Ukraine\u2019s position as an applicant, NATO\u2019s military support for Ukraine, and NATO\u2019s willingness to embargo Russian products and cut off Russian energy. \u2014 Seth Cropsey, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The government has resisted pressure to preemptively embargo Russian energy supplies, as the United States has done, saying that an immediate end to imports would wreak havoc on the German economy. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
"With resurgent post-Covid demand and US plans to embargo Russian crude imports, global prices will likely continue to climb. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022"
"Best known for her Retinol Reform product, Darden recommends her clients embark on a minimal but effective home-care regime to keep the skin barrier strong and healthy, while treating any concerns. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 6 May 2022",
"In a meeting on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping said that the country will embark on an infrastructure spending spree to increase domestic demand and promote growth. \u2014 Diksha Madhok, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Since starting in 2016, REACH has helped more than 150 young people embark on hundreds of wilderness experiences. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The Akron duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney will embark on a 32-date North American tour that includes a stop at Blossom Music Center on Sept. 9, reports Troy Smith. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 1 Feb. 2022",
"When all the factors come together, a kind of snowball effect can occur that allows the film to embark on a long and intense journey. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The difference is the difference between deciding whether to duck when a bullet is speeding toward your head and deciding whether to embark on a long, costly war with uncertain benefits. \u2014 WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Fans also got a sneak peek at some of the other dates that Echard will embark on this season. \u2014 Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com , 3 Jan. 2022",
"When a heartless wrangler plans to capture Spirit and his herd, Lucky and her new friends embark on the adventure of a lifetime to rescue the horse that forever changed her life. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021"
"The bill was also opposed by Mr. Netanyahu, who normally votes to support settlers but marshaled the opposition to vote against it in an attempt to embarrass the government and force it to collapse. \u2014 Dov Lieber, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"But the hard-line opposition, comprised heavily of settler supporters, paradoxically voted against the bill in order to embarrass Bennett. \u2014 Ilan Ben Zion, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"But the hard-line opposition, comprised heavily of settler supporters, paradoxically voted against the bill in order to embarrass the government. \u2014 Ilan Ben Zion, ajc , 20 June 2022",
"But the hard-line opposition, comprised heavily of settler supporters, paradoxically voted against the bill in order to embarrass Bennett. \u2014 Josef Federman, The Christian Science Monitor , 20 June 2022",
"How much abuse was enough for Manny\u2019s bank to get past not wanting to embarrass the judge? \u2014 Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Once a rising star in Pennsylvania politics, Kane resigned as attorney general after being convicted in 2016 of perjury, obstruction and other counts for leaking grand jury material to embarrass a rival prosecutor. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"There are times when the NBA can embarrass Donald T. Sterling, who can\u2019t be embarrassed. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"That should launch this nearly three-ton electric brick to 60 mph in about 3.3 seconds (C/D estimate), quick enough to embarrass any Tesla Model Y and Model X owners. \u2014 Car and Driver , 28 May 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embarrass embarrass , discomfit , abash , disconcert , rattle mean to distress by confusing or confounding. embarrass implies some influence that impedes thought, speech, or action. the question embarrassed her so much she couldn't answer discomfit implies a hampering or frustrating accompanied by confusion. hecklers discomfited the speaker abash presupposes some initial self-confidence that receives a sudden check, producing shyness, shame, or a feeling of inferiority. abashed by her swift and cutting retort disconcert implies an upsetting of equanimity or assurance producing uncertainty or hesitancy. disconcerted by finding so many in attendance rattle implies an agitation that impairs thought and judgment. rattled by all the television cameras",
"My mother is super embarrassed about having her friends and relatives who will be invited to the shower see this registry. \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"Too often Mayfield said a young person is embarrassed about their inability to read well or not at all. \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Adults are often embarrassed about asking for help. \u2014 Scientific American , 14 Feb. 2022",
"But there\u2019s another thing going on: radio is embarrassed about the word radio. \u2014 Shirley Halperin, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The space where the nonprofit operates is only accessible through a separate external door, so that workers don\u2019t have to feel embarrassed about requesting help. \u2014 Nick Romeo, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Agentowicz, who returned for 20 starts among 26 games in 2019-20 and 24 starts in 2020-21, is not embarrassed about being the oldest player on the team. \u2014 Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Some actors with horror movie credits can be a little embarrassed about dabbling in the genre. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s nothing to be embarrassed about in showing what has been addressed. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 13 Nov. 2021"
"The scandal was a major embarrassment for the government.",
"He's an embarrassment to his family.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Republicans know better than to boost taxes, but their pre-Covid record on spending was an embarrassment . \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The arrests are an embarrassment for Patriot Front, experts told USA TODAY. \u2014 Will Carless, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"The deputy gangs were an embarrassment and, increasingly, a matter of urgent concern to civilian leadership. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"And that\u2019s what Sunday\u2019s performance was, an embarrassment . \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022",
"Legion Field dogs, in the end, were an embarrassment to the city. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 26 Apr. 2022",
"No matter the reason, these delays are an embarrassment for a chancellor who promised more support for Ukraine and whose voters expect it. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Whatever the case, the loss of one of the biggest warships since World War II has been an embarrassment for Russia. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"And Schr\u00f6der has become an increasing embarrassment to his party and much of the country as Russia has waged its new offensive in Ukraine. \u2014 Loveday Morris And Amy Cheng, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022"
"The refuge is just above the Sauty Creek embayment on TVA\u2019s Guntersville Reservoir, 7 miles west of Scottsboro in Jackson County. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"Those are: Baker\u2019s Creek embayment at Wheeler Reservoir in Morgan County \u2013 Do not eat any species due to presence of PFOs. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
"The explorers paddled down the western side of the Door Peninsula into an embayment and river system teeming with wild rice, wild celery, waterfowl, beavers and fish \u2014 lots and lots of fish. \u2014 jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The Tonto wends into a huge, red-walled embayment , called the Inferno, and our view \u2014 while stirring \u2014 holds distressingly steady. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2021",
"The town's prime spot on the Mississippi Sound, an embayment of the Gulf of Mexico, provides a glorious stretch of white-sanded beach with virtually no crowds. \u2014 Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living , 8 Mar. 2021",
"In many places, ice shelves attach to the land along the sides of an embayment , providing some anchoring that slows their forward motion. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 26 Aug. 2020",
"As recently as 2014, geological consensus held that the Mississippi began flowing through the embayment around 20 million years ago. \u2014 Dean Kilnkenberg, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Aug. 2020",
"Green Bay, a massive embayment on the lake\u2019s west shore, is shallow and fertile, and offers some of the best smallmouth bass and muskie fishing in the country. \u2014 Steve Quinn, Outdoor Life , 18 June 2020"
": to attach (a journalist) to a military unit for the purpose of covering a conflict":[
"Ever since the American-led invasion of Iraq last year, when hundreds of journalists were embedded with military units, people in media circles have been debating whether journalists lose their professional detachment under such circumstances and begin to identify too closely with the troops they are covering.",
"\u2014 Robert D. Kaplan"
],
": to attach (someone) to a group (such as a military unit or government agency) for the purpose of advising, training, or treating its members":[
"Implementation of the plan to embed behavior specialists at the brigade level will result in 50 positions being staffed between now and 2013.",
"\u2014 Philip Grey",
"Dr. Dawdy \u2026 is one of the more unusual relief workers among the thousands who have come to the devastated expanses of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She is officially embedded with the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a liaison to the state's historic preservation office.",
"\u2014 John Schwartz"
],
": to become embedded":[],
": to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix":[
"fossils embedded in stone"
],
": to insert (a media file, such as a graphic, video, or audio clip) into a computer document (as on a website or in an email)":[
"Marketers embed advertisements in subscription mailing-list messages to reach target audiences.",
"\u2014 Matthew Mills",
"The company \u2026 lets users embed video and audio attachments in E-mail messages.",
"\u2014 Matt Richtel"
],
": to make something an integral part of":[
"the prejudices embedded in our language"
],
": to prepare (a microscopy specimen) for sectioning by infiltrating with and enclosing in a supporting substance":[],
"The company plans to use the money to embed its software platform within hospital service lines and specialties. \u2014 Casey Ross And Katie Palmer, STAT , 23 June 2022",
"Please don\u2019t embed links in text; just copy and paste the URL above or below your song; otherwise the Empress ends up with garble. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"The Web, initially a medium for scientific publishing and collaboration, made publishing online vastly easier by allowing users to embed images within text and to provide easy-to-follow links between different documents. \u2014 Ethan Zuckerman, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
"Why were those important to embed in the album\u2019s DNA? \u2014 Heran Mamo, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
"Find your way to an ecosystem and embed yourself there. \u2014 Davis Bell, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"According to Andrew Lynch, Co-Founder and COO of Huckletree, which builds workspaces for innovative startups, the best VCs embed themselves within local ecosystems and use their position to help forge connections across the wider market. \u2014 Kjartan Rist, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"And one of the best ways to monitor product impact is to embed impact data collection and measurement in the product itself. \u2014 Ariane Bucaille, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Some of his proposals include potentially charging websites a fee to quote or embed tweets from verified accounts. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 12 May 2022"
"He embellished his speech with a few quotations.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In advance of the floral extravaganza, local residents gussy up their front yards while businesses, condos, apartments and schools embellish their storefronts and facades to prepare to welcome off-island visitors. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"But the film becomes murkier in seeking to identify motives for Cline's actions, either in his personality or religious beliefs, while relying upon creepy music and camera angles to unnecessarily embellish the material. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"Golden images of mythical gods and creatures embellish the ceiling, holding staffs, blowing horns, and spreading their wings. \u2014 Matthew Healey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Alabama State Senator Tim Melson, R-Florence, an anesthesiologist who championed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana last year, also accused James of trying to embellish the law to create a political wedge issue in the governor\u2019s race. \u2014 al , 26 Mar. 2022",
"POOL/REUTERS Presidents typically embellish their achievements during their State of the Union addresses, but President Biden\u2019s pose as a budget deficit hawk is one for the ages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Pomellato More than 750 diamonds totaling 15.30 carats embellish the 18-karat white gold of the La Gioia Sabbia Tie Chain; $90,500, at Pomellato, Beverly Hills Tiffany & Co. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Those clients are looking to reduce leaks and therefore losses, and embellish their environmental bona fides. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
"But in the first or second sentence, his mind would be seized by an image (jaunty, visual, arresting), and pretty soon the seductive analogy would take over the story altogether, hijacking the news report that it was intended merely to embellish . \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embellish adorn , decorate , ornament , embellish , beautify , deck , garnish mean to enhance the appearance of something by adding something unessential. adorn implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself. a diamond necklace adorned her neck decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design. decorate a birthday cake ornament and embellish imply the adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the original a white house ornamented with green shutters , embellish often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament. embellish a page with floral borders beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness. will beautify the grounds with flower beds deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness. a house all decked out for Christmas garnish suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food. an entr\u00e9e garnished with parsley",
"In advance of the floral extravaganza, local residents gussy up their front yards while businesses, condos, apartments and schools embellish their storefronts and facades to prepare to welcome off-island visitors. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"But the film becomes murkier in seeking to identify motives for Cline's actions, either in his personality or religious beliefs, while relying upon creepy music and camera angles to unnecessarily embellish the material. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"Golden images of mythical gods and creatures embellish the ceiling, holding staffs, blowing horns, and spreading their wings. \u2014 Matthew Healey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Alabama State Senator Tim Melson, R-Florence, an anesthesiologist who championed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana last year, also accused James of trying to embellish the law to create a political wedge issue in the governor\u2019s race. \u2014 al , 26 Mar. 2022",
"POOL/REUTERS Presidents typically embellish their achievements during their State of the Union addresses, but President Biden\u2019s pose as a budget deficit hawk is one for the ages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Pomellato More than 750 diamonds totaling 15.30 carats embellish the 18-karat white gold of the La Gioia Sabbia Tie Chain; $90,500, at Pomellato, Beverly Hills Tiffany & Co. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Those clients are looking to reduce leaks and therefore losses, and embellish their environmental bona fides. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
"But in the first or second sentence, his mind would be seized by an image (jaunty, visual, arresting), and pretty soon the seductive analogy would take over the story altogether, hijacking the news report that it was intended merely to embellish . \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embellish adorn , decorate , ornament , embellish , beautify , deck , garnish mean to enhance the appearance of something by adding something unessential. adorn implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself. a diamond necklace adorned her neck decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design. decorate a birthday cake ornament and embellish imply the adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the original a white house ornamented with green shutters , embellish often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament. embellish a page with floral borders beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness. will beautify the grounds with flower beds deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness. a house all decked out for Christmas garnish suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food. an entr\u00e9e garnished with parsley",
"In advance of the floral extravaganza, local residents gussy up their front yards while businesses, condos, apartments and schools embellish their storefronts and facades to prepare to welcome off-island visitors. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"But the film becomes murkier in seeking to identify motives for Cline's actions, either in his personality or religious beliefs, while relying upon creepy music and camera angles to unnecessarily embellish the material. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"Golden images of mythical gods and creatures embellish the ceiling, holding staffs, blowing horns, and spreading their wings. \u2014 Matthew Healey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Alabama State Senator Tim Melson, R-Florence, an anesthesiologist who championed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana last year, also accused James of trying to embellish the law to create a political wedge issue in the governor\u2019s race. \u2014 al , 26 Mar. 2022",
"POOL/REUTERS Presidents typically embellish their achievements during their State of the Union addresses, but President Biden\u2019s pose as a budget deficit hawk is one for the ages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Pomellato More than 750 diamonds totaling 15.30 carats embellish the 18-karat white gold of the La Gioia Sabbia Tie Chain; $90,500, at Pomellato, Beverly Hills Tiffany & Co. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Those clients are looking to reduce leaks and therefore losses, and embellish their environmental bona fides. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
"But in the first or second sentence, his mind would be seized by an image (jaunty, visual, arresting), and pretty soon the seductive analogy would take over the story altogether, hijacking the news report that it was intended merely to embellish . \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embellish adorn , decorate , ornament , embellish , beautify , deck , garnish mean to enhance the appearance of something by adding something unessential. adorn implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself. a diamond necklace adorned her neck decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design. decorate a birthday cake ornament and embellish imply the adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the original a white house ornamented with green shutters , embellish often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament. embellish a page with floral borders beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness. will beautify the grounds with flower beds deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness. a house all decked out for Christmas garnish suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food. an entr\u00e9e garnished with parsley",
"He embellished his speech with a few quotations.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In advance of the floral extravaganza, local residents gussy up their front yards while businesses, condos, apartments and schools embellish their storefronts and facades to prepare to welcome off-island visitors. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"But the film becomes murkier in seeking to identify motives for Cline's actions, either in his personality or religious beliefs, while relying upon creepy music and camera angles to unnecessarily embellish the material. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"Golden images of mythical gods and creatures embellish the ceiling, holding staffs, blowing horns, and spreading their wings. \u2014 Matthew Healey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Alabama State Senator Tim Melson, R-Florence, an anesthesiologist who championed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana last year, also accused James of trying to embellish the law to create a political wedge issue in the governor\u2019s race. \u2014 al , 26 Mar. 2022",
"POOL/REUTERS Presidents typically embellish their achievements during their State of the Union addresses, but President Biden\u2019s pose as a budget deficit hawk is one for the ages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Pomellato More than 750 diamonds totaling 15.30 carats embellish the 18-karat white gold of the La Gioia Sabbia Tie Chain; $90,500, at Pomellato, Beverly Hills Tiffany & Co. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Those clients are looking to reduce leaks and therefore losses, and embellish their environmental bona fides. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
"But in the first or second sentence, his mind would be seized by an image (jaunty, visual, arresting), and pretty soon the seductive analogy would take over the story altogether, hijacking the news report that it was intended merely to embellish . \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021"
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},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French embeliss- , stem of embelir , from en- + bel beautiful \u2014 more at beauty":""
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embellish adorn , decorate , ornament , embellish , beautify , deck , garnish mean to enhance the appearance of something by adding something unessential. adorn implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself. a diamond necklace adorned her neck decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design. decorate a birthday cake ornament and embellish imply the adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the original a white house ornamented with green shutters , embellish often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament. embellish a page with floral borders beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness. will beautify the grounds with flower beds deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness. a house all decked out for Christmas garnish suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food. an entr\u00e9e garnished with parsley",
"Jack Harlow kept things chic in a minimalist head-to-toe black Givenchy look, while Lil Nas X went baroque, taking his affinity for embellishment to new heights in Balmain\u2019s pearl-encrusted suit. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Outfits where some embellishment is added to your blouse or jacket in the form of a pin, necklace, dressy buttons or handbag may be appropriate. \u2014 Stephanie (stifel) Coughlan, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The bride wore a strapless gown with a full skirt and an intricate floral embellishment just below the waist. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 3 June 2022",
"Rosal\u00eda\u2019s custom Met Gala outfit hit all the hallmarks of a Gilded Age gown: heavily structured corset, cascade of ruffles and embellishment , and off-the-shoulder sleeves with plenty of volume. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
"Best Actress nominee Jessica Chastain and Best Supporting Actor nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee didn\u2019t shy away from color or embellishment . \u2014 Cady Lang, Time , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Keep the accessories and embellishment minimal for maximum sophistication. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The Craft: In the 1990s, Heller began experimenting with stiffening thin silk fabrics and collaging onto the surfaces, keeping a transparency and using lightweight papers layered, and often stitching as embellishment . \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The King Richard nominee\u2019s gorgeous tangerine Atelier Versace gown called out for fantastic gemstones as the perfect embellishment , making Irene Neuwirth, who excels in beautiful color mixes, an ideal choice. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022"
": to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use":[
"embezzled thousands of dollars"
]
},
"examples":[
"He was caught embezzling money from his clients.",
"He was convicted of embezzling .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The allegations came to light in 2018 when Ericsson auditors began scrutinizing suspicious expense reports filed by one of its Iraq managers who had used the same supplier, SLS, to embezzle $308,000, the internal report said. \u2014 Greg Miller And Louisa Loveluck, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Feb. 2022",
"A month later, the pair was sued for allegedly using the split to embezzle money and have since faced a slew of other legal controversies, after he was accused of defrauding other clients. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"A month later, the pair were sued for allegedly using the split to embezzle money and have since faced a slew of other legal controversies. \u2014 Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"That investigation has led to charges against 15 of the bank\u2019s former officers, employees, and customers alleging a scheme to embezzle million of dollars by issuing bad loans with little or no collateral and falsifying records to cover it up. \u2014 Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Luna and his mother, Alma Yanira Meza Olivares, also allegedly put in motion a scheme to embezzle millions of dollars from the prison system and were stealing pandemic relief supplies and then re-selling them to the government. \u2014 Christopher Sherman, ajc , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Beck, the longtime player in Georgia GOP politics, lied to close friends and a cousin to drag them into his scheme to embezzle more than $2 million from Georgia Underwriting Association. \u2014 Joshua Sharpe, ajc , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Beck ran a scheme to embezzle money from GUA from February 2013 through August 2018, the indictment says. \u2014 Kate Brumback, ajc , 12 July 2021",
"Beck ran a scheme to embezzle money from GUA from February 2013 through August 2018, the indictment says. \u2014 Kate Brumback, Star Tribune , 12 July 2021"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Middle English embesilen , from Anglo-French embesiller to make away with, from en- + besiller to steal, plunder":""
"the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To an extent not seen in a century, America\u2019s two major parties have gone to battle over the rules that govern voting \u2014 an intensifying fight that threatens to dominate and embitter the country\u2019s politics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Many of the impulsive political intrusions by technology companies have done more to embitter American debate than to clean it up. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2021",
"In other words, impeachment embittered both sides \u2014and also created a lot of winners, politically, many of them from Texas. \u2014 Tom Benning, Dallas News , 6 Feb. 2020",
"While work can form a core part of a person\u2019s identity, worklessness can depress and embitter . \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 May 2020",
"Being close to death, rather than embittering them against their enemies or inflating them with a sense of superiority, lent the Moltkes a greater moral clarity. \u2014 Mary Spencer, National Review , 29 Feb. 2020",
"The women \u2014 all of whom had been fervent Patrick supporters \u2014 came away from their tenure embittered by the experience and stunned the governor did not stand up for equal pay. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Though the Trump administration says its details are ironed out and ready to be presented, there\u2019s no buy-in from the Palestinians, who have been systematically sidelined and embittered by Trump\u2019s staunchly pro-Israel approach. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Hamilton, whose role as the embittered , emotionally battered and relentlessly badass mother of future-savior-of-humanity John Connor set a high bar for future action-movie heroines, pretty-much pooh-poohs the idea of a career revival. \u2014 Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com , 4 Sep. 2019"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
"the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To an extent not seen in a century, America\u2019s two major parties have gone to battle over the rules that govern voting \u2014 an intensifying fight that threatens to dominate and embitter the country\u2019s politics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Many of the impulsive political intrusions by technology companies have done more to embitter American debate than to clean it up. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2021",
"In other words, impeachment embittered both sides \u2014and also created a lot of winners, politically, many of them from Texas. \u2014 Tom Benning, Dallas News , 6 Feb. 2020",
"While work can form a core part of a person\u2019s identity, worklessness can depress and embitter . \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 May 2020",
"Being close to death, rather than embittering them against their enemies or inflating them with a sense of superiority, lent the Moltkes a greater moral clarity. \u2014 Mary Spencer, National Review , 29 Feb. 2020",
"The women \u2014 all of whom had been fervent Patrick supporters \u2014 came away from their tenure embittered by the experience and stunned the governor did not stand up for equal pay. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Though the Trump administration says its details are ironed out and ready to be presented, there\u2019s no buy-in from the Palestinians, who have been systematically sidelined and embittered by Trump\u2019s staunchly pro-Israel approach. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Hamilton, whose role as the embittered , emotionally battered and relentlessly badass mother of future-savior-of-humanity John Connor set a high bar for future action-movie heroines, pretty-much pooh-poohs the idea of a career revival. \u2014 Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com , 4 Sep. 2019"
"In November, the Singapore and Hong Kong\u2013headquartered exchange inked a $700 million deal to emblazon its name on the former Staples Center\u2014home to the NBA\u2019s Los Angeles Lakers (James\u2019s team) and Clippers. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Many also donated a few bucks to emblazon a message across the stream \u2014 typically some jab Tyler couldn\u2019t ignore. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
"This weekend, their efforts culminated in 16-plus hours of painting by six artists and more than 100 volunteers, who flocked to Essex Street to dip brushes and rollers into bright paints and emblazon their message onto the asphalt. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 July 2021",
"Dust loves me now, along with leaflets, plastic bags, anything unattached, anything looking for somewhere to stop, something to emblazon . \u2014 Monica Youn, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Many residents of the city reacted angrily to his comment on its conduct of elections, while a few chose to emblazon the remark on T-shirts as a humorous declaration of civic toughness. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 6 Nov. 2020",
"Many street artists risk their lives to emblazon interstate exits and train cars with their work, while gallery hopefuls may toil their entire lives to reach the kind of audiences that billboard designers take for granted. \u2014 John Wenzel, The Know , 28 Feb. 2020",
"Its trucks, emblazoned with the company\u2019s mustachioed mascot, mostly serve downtown office districts in the U.S. Northeast, where the virus has hit the hardest. \u2014 Drew Fitzgerald, WSJ , 28 May 2020",
"His chief of staff, Mark Meadows, was seen aboard Air Force One wearing a mask emblazoned with the presidential seal. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2020"
"He has come to be regarded as an emblem of conservatism.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Camera-toting tourists dressed in plaid shorts and short-sleeve jerseys hold the hands of young children in sandals, and silently \u2014 almost solemnly \u2014 pause before the searing emblem of an era. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"The original emblem was a single red shield with a stag head, meant to reflect Dunbar's Scottish family crest, GM said. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
"Perhaps the most striking emblem of collaboration is Michigan Central Station. \u2014 Jaclyn Trop, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"The attention to detail \u2014 down to the Hawkins High emblem and creepy black vines from the Upside Down \u2014 on each component not only tells a small part of the Stranger Things story but serves as a playful, creative vessel for each shade. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 26 May 2022",
"The Boat Tail subverts the signature Pantheon grille with an unexpected twist on the imposing emblem . \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 23 May 2022",
"When the fluorescents come on, any eye would be magnetized to the beloved, fiery red 1964 Ferrari 250LM parked behind a crisp, silver 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 with that famous three-point emblem adorned on the hood. \u2014 Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
"Kardashian wore a black mini dress with a Virgin Mary emblem and black veil earlier in the weekend. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 23 May 2022",
"As People pointed out, Kim wore a variation of the dress back in 2017, which featured the same emblem . \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In 2015, the court held that Texas need not place a Sons of Confederate Veterans emblem on its license plates, despite offering a commemorative program allowing private groups to sponsor tags. \u2014 Jess Bravin, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022"
"borrowed from Middle French & New Latin; Middle French embleme \"symbolic image typically accompanied by a motto and a verse exposition (books of which constituted a literary genre in the Renaissance),\" borrowed from New Latin embl\u0113mat-, embl\u0113ma, going back to Latin, \"inlaid pavement, inlaid relief on the inside of a metal bowl or other vessel,\" borrowed from Greek embl\u0113mat-, \u00e9mbl\u0113ma \"something inserted (as a shaft into a spearhead), relief ornament decorating silver plate,\" from embl\u0113-, stem in noun derivation of emb\u00e1llein \"to drop or place in, throw into, insert,\" from em-, variant of en- en- entry 2 before a labial + b\u00e1llein \"to reach by throwing, cast, strike, put, place\" \u2014 more at devil entry 1":"Noun",
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"Activists and legal experts point to the case of Anastasio Hern\u00e1ndez-Rojas, who was fatally beaten and shot with a Taser in 2010 while being deported to Mexico, as being emblematic of what\u2019s at stake. \u2014 Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"But the shift is emblematic of an indecisiveness that underlines almost everything Loot tries to do. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"Shipley says that the film is emblematic of Safe Space\u2019s mission to amplify projects with the potential for significant, positive impact. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"Such incidents, Patricia said, are emblematic of a recent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes, which rose during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
"These two new organizations are emblematic of the maturing of the freelance economy. \u2014 Jon Younger, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The outcome came as little surprise to political observers, who said that while Shellenberger and Schubert made strategic flubs, the scope of their defeats is emblematic of the uphill slog independents face competing against the partisan grain. \u2014 Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
"Even after Hong Kong\u2019s retrocession to Chinese control in 1997, the right to protest the Tiananmen Square massacre was emblematic of the greater freedom of speech and civil liberties that citizens of the city enjoyed. \u2014 Michael Saul Garber, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
"The arrival of McDonald\u2019s\u2014an iconic symbol of American capitalism\u2014in the Soviet Union was emblematic of a wider thaw in Soviet-American tensions. \u2014 Eloise Barry, Time , 24 May 2022"
"Activists and legal experts point to the case of Anastasio Hern\u00e1ndez-Rojas, who was fatally beaten and shot with a Taser in 2010 while being deported to Mexico, as being emblematic of what\u2019s at stake. \u2014 Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"But the shift is emblematic of an indecisiveness that underlines almost everything Loot tries to do. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"Shipley says that the film is emblematic of Safe Space\u2019s mission to amplify projects with the potential for significant, positive impact. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"Such incidents, Patricia said, are emblematic of a recent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes, which rose during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
"These two new organizations are emblematic of the maturing of the freelance economy. \u2014 Jon Younger, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The outcome came as little surprise to political observers, who said that while Shellenberger and Schubert made strategic flubs, the scope of their defeats is emblematic of the uphill slog independents face competing against the partisan grain. \u2014 Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
"Even after Hong Kong\u2019s retrocession to Chinese control in 1997, the right to protest the Tiananmen Square massacre was emblematic of the greater freedom of speech and civil liberties that citizens of the city enjoyed. \u2014 Michael Saul Garber, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
"The arrival of McDonald\u2019s\u2014an iconic symbol of American capitalism\u2014in the Soviet Union was emblematic of a wider thaw in Soviet-American tensions. \u2014 Eloise Barry, Time , 24 May 2022"
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"The trolley question is meant to emblematize tough decision-making for the purpose of moral deliberation; programming morality into our vehicles is a matter of deeper, almost mystical complexity. \u2014 Betsy Morais, Longreads , 13 June 2018",
"The guests began to introduce themselves and deliver their tales of woe, each one seemingly handpicked to emblematize a different failure of the ACA. \u2014 Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine , 14 Mar. 2017"
"Middle English emblayment , from Anglo-French emblaement , from emblaer to sow with grain, from en- + ble\u00e9 grain, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English bl\u00e6d fruit, growth, leaf \u2014 more at blade":""
"The legislature embodied a revenue provision in the new law.",
"they must embody their ideas in substantial institutions if they are to survive",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cronin said both Sharpe and Walker embody the mentality the franchise is looking for. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
"So, dig deep, ask some tough questions and allow your firm to truly embody what drives you forward as a lawyer and as an entrepreneur. \u2014 Alice Stephenson, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The calming blue color captures the spirit of the relaxing waves while the splashes of red embody the luxe atmosphere, which is known for being a playground for the rich and famous. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
"Sandra Bloodworth, who heads the program that chooses art for the public transit system, said Cave's mosaics embody the experience commuters should have. \u2014 Vladimir Duthiers, CBS News , 19 May 2022",
"Biographies necessarily reveal the ways even the most brilliant and accomplished subjects embody the contradictions and confusions of the rest of humanity. \u2014 Cathy Curtis, The New York Review of Books , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Dana Walden, chairman of entertainment at Walt Disney Television, told Variety that the Kardashians embody Hulu\u2019s programming strategy. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Perhaps the best and most troubling proof of this proposition is in the realm of nuclear weapons\u2014which embody all the properties of high-risk technological systems. \u2014 Zia Mian, Scientific American , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Rotman loves how the Cavs embody the city\u2019s spirit. \u2014 Cameron Fields, cleveland , 19 Feb. 2022"
"Mother Theresa was often regarded as the embodiment of selfless devotion to others.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to Altman, Isabella is the embodiment of that mission. \u2014 Brian Lisik, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
"Be prepared to be the embodiment of the man who effortly exudes the unconditional joy of life. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"That\u2019s what Feyi needed, someone who would be the embodiment of being alive, even through their work. \u2014 Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE , 24 May 2022",
"To them, Ming\u2019s was the embodiment of their father\u2019s American Dream - the reason their family had been afforded so many opportunities. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
"These folks are the true embodiment of ride-or-die energy. \u2014 Glamour , 27 May 2022",
"Abbott, cut from the \u201870s character actor mold, is a riveting embodiment of Kevin\u2019s high-strung unpredictable energy, while Carmichael holds the screen as the somber Val. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"Moms are the true embodiment of \u2018non-stop\u2019 because the work never ends. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 3 May 2022",
"Mary considered the option for her junior prom (where, in a perfect embodiment of the Gen Z paradox, one classmate showed up in a bin bag to protest throwaway fashion, while another spent hundreds on a dress unlikely ever to be worn again). \u2014 Fedora Abu, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022"
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": to deprive of spirituality":[],
": to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate":[],
": to make concrete and perceptible":[],
": to represent in human or animal form : personify":[
"men who greatly embodied the idealism of American life",
"\u2014 A. M. Schlesinger born 1917"
]
},
"examples":[
"The legislature embodied a revenue provision in the new law.",
"they must embody their ideas in substantial institutions if they are to survive",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cronin said both Sharpe and Walker embody the mentality the franchise is looking for. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
"So, dig deep, ask some tough questions and allow your firm to truly embody what drives you forward as a lawyer and as an entrepreneur. \u2014 Alice Stephenson, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The calming blue color captures the spirit of the relaxing waves while the splashes of red embody the luxe atmosphere, which is known for being a playground for the rich and famous. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
"Sandra Bloodworth, who heads the program that chooses art for the public transit system, said Cave's mosaics embody the experience commuters should have. \u2014 Vladimir Duthiers, CBS News , 19 May 2022",
"Biographies necessarily reveal the ways even the most brilliant and accomplished subjects embody the contradictions and confusions of the rest of humanity. \u2014 Cathy Curtis, The New York Review of Books , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Dana Walden, chairman of entertainment at Walt Disney Television, told Variety that the Kardashians embody Hulu\u2019s programming strategy. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Perhaps the best and most troubling proof of this proposition is in the realm of nuclear weapons\u2014which embody all the properties of high-risk technological systems. \u2014 Zia Mian, Scientific American , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Rotman loves how the Cavs embody the city\u2019s spirit. \u2014 Cameron Fields, cleveland , 19 Feb. 2022"
],
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"circa 1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
": to impart boldness or courage to : to instill with boldness, courage, or resolution enough to overcome timidity or misgiving":[
"Great leaders embolden the rest of us to rise to our highest potentialities, to be active, insistent and resolute in affirming our own sense of things.",
"\u2014 Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.",
"\u2026 being near her twin did seem to embolden her, to loosen her tongue.",
"\u2014 John Updike",
"\u2026 other voices too timid to speak in class are often emboldened by the different and more protected role an online conversation provides.",
"his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the more subtle ways that companies embolden bullies is by giving them a light verbal warning and not taking any corrective action. \u2014 Heidi Lynne Kurter, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Pointing to instances in which states have deemed certain contraceptive methods as abortifacients, or substances that can induce abortions, Sandusky said the decision will embolden more of those kinds of state policies. \u2014 Meryl Kornfield, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"One legal analyst, Joshua Ritter, a former prosecutor, now a defense lawyer and partner with the Los Angeles firm Werksman Jackson & Quinn, predicted the verdict would embolden other accusers with old allegations. \u2014 Brian Melley, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"But in today\u2019s GOP, Irvin would find himself under attack for such criticism and, indeed, might embolden Bailey\u2019s candidacy. \u2014 Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"The former secretary stressed that any negotiations that seek to appease Russia will only embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin with future ambitions. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 18 June 2022",
"Spirituality, folklore and often Christianity have served to stabilize, embolden and preserve Black Americans through the ages. \u2014 Nyeema C. Harris, Scientific American , 17 June 2022",
"Kallas said her concern is that any peace talks that take place before Russian troops are defeated would entrench Russian gains, handing President Vladimir Putin a win that could embolden him to embark on fresh conquests in the future. \u2014 Liz Sly, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Does our fear of being called antisemites ensure and embolden Israel to continue its atrocities against Palestinians? \u2014 Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embolden encourage , inspirit , hearten , embolden mean to fill with courage or strength of purpose. encourage suggests the raising of one's confidence especially by an external agency. the teacher's praise encouraged the students to greater efforts inspirit , somewhat literary, implies instilling life, energy, courage, or vigor into something. patriots inspirited the people to resist hearten implies the lifting of dispiritedness or despondency by an infusion of fresh courage or zeal. a hospital patient heartened by good news embolden implies the giving of courage sufficient to overcome timidity or reluctance. emboldened by her first success, she tried an even more difficult climb",
": made bold or bolder : instilled with boldness, courage, or resolution":[
"\"This is the way it's gonna be,\" Stoddard announced. He had reason to feel emboldened . So far, Tom Murphy and Dan Burke had backed his every decision.",
"\u2014 Ken Auletta",
"If the participant moves toward the creature, it avoids contact. But if the person doesn't move, the emboldened sprite edges closer and finally lands on an outstretched hand.",
"The surgeon removed the cement embolus and repaired the man\u2019s right atrium. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Out of the next 83 Covid-19 patients Fowkes\u2019 team autopsied, only one had died from a pulmonary embolus . \u2014 Emma Yasinski Undark, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Oct. 2020",
"Spider intromitta are called palpal organs, and each is tipped with a hard structure called an embolus . \u2014 Emily Willingham, Wired , 22 Sep. 2020",
"New England\u2019s David Andrews, hospitalized with blood clot, will need time before possible safe return Andrews is the third NFL lineman to have a scare from a pulmonary embolus . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Aug. 2019",
"There are different types and causes of pulmonary embolus . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 July 2019",
"Bengals guard Chris Boling announced his retirement this month due to a pulmonary embolus discovered after last season. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 July 2019",
"Her symptoms seemed to suggest a possible blood clot but with an IVC filter in place, the likelihood of her having a dangerous pulmonary embolus , or blockage, was quite low. \u2014 Philly.com , 24 June 2018",
"Mueller, William \u2014 March 2, 1928: Mueller, a motor policeman, died of an embolus while investigating a hit-and-run accident. \u2014 Indianapolis Star , 6 July 2014"
"The pop of a Krispy Kreme sign and the tan embonpoint / Of Scotch bottles after customs to caress. \u2014 Dwight Garner, New York Times , 10 Apr. 2020"
"over the years grapevines have completely embowered the summerhouse in the garden",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lush tree canopies embower the houses in greenery and create a park-like landscape that draws together the different styles. \u2014 Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com , 3 June 2019",
"This tiny room is embowered with floral tributes, fruit offerings, et cetera. \u2014 Laura Regensdorf, Vogue , 16 Nov. 2018",
"Lucy brought her own touch to Bryan\u2019s rambling country house in the Sussex countryside, embowered in magical gardens created by Clough Williams-Ellis in the years following the First World War. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 25 July 2018",
"Once way out in the woods, reached only by wagon road from Seattle, today Denny Park is the only place left in the neighborhood where the public can enjoy such an intact canopy of big trees embowering open ground. \u2014 Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times , 21 May 2017"
"They embraced one last time before going their separate ways.",
"a politician who has been embraced by conservatives",
"Charity embraces all acts of generous giving.",
"It's a subject that embraces many areas of learning.",
"Noun",
"He held her in a warm embrace .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to Forrester, companies that embrace revenue operations enjoy 19% faster growth and 15% more profits. \u2014 Mike Dickerson, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Leaders who embrace their fears and talk with their teams about them are more likely to make their employees feel safe, creative, and committed to solving whatever problems the company may face. \u2014 Edward Sullivan, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"Other large states such as California have adopted standards that embrace the science of climate change, leading to a divide. \u2014 Katie Worth, Scientific American , 20 June 2022",
"The design team doubled down on stylish selections, like cabinets in Farrow & Ball Off Black, that embrace the tinier footprint. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 14 June 2022",
"Trader Joe\u2019s is one of the buzzy brands like Starbucks and REI that have positioned themselves as companies that embrace purpose, diversity, and sustainability. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
"The architectural firm of Frank L. Hope and Associates was commissioned to design the building, but the firm\u2019s vision of a simple, symmetrical, ultra-modern building that would embrace Balboa Park from within wasn\u2019t what city leaders had in mind. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Proponents of rooftop solar and home batteries also note that Hawaii does not have lots of cheap, open land needed for large solar and wind farms \u2014 a position that Hawaiian Electric, which locals call HECO, came to embrace . \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"While the future of both the metaverse and NFTs remains unclear, arguably all the more so for the latter after a crypto market crash this month, some say there is real potential for celebrities who embrace virtual gatherings and products. \u2014 Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The duo alternates between listless poses and precise bursts of synchronized movement: folkish prancing, slapstick pratfalls, belligerent lunges and swipes, moments of sensual embrace that slip away. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"With web3 being closely tied to crypto in more ways than one, the market continues to dictate people's levels of embrace in the sector. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Zahn McClarnon, having a well-deserved and long overdue moment of industry embrace , plays Joe Leaphorn, a police officer working the Navajo tribal beat in what seems to be 1970, or thereabouts. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, the bravery of the Ukrainians now fighting the Russians underlines the idiocy of Trump's embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin and also of his efforts to hold back military aid to the Ukrainians. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 28 May 2022",
"Her nipples hardened thinking of that embrace , and her breasts ached. \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"As teammate after Bruins teammate reached his side, that right arm went around for a hug, a postgame line of embrace that said so much. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"Many noted that the reality star, who is often upheld as a symbol of society's embrace of curves following an era that celebrated pencil-thin bodies, was praising the very diet culture activists have attempted to abolish. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 4 May 2022",
"Horniacek is one of many online crypto sleuths that track NFTs as celebrities, companies, political candidates and members of the public embrace the latest cryptocurrency phenomenon. \u2014 Laura Romero, ABC News , 20 Apr. 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embrace Verb adopt , embrace , espouse mean to take an opinion, policy, or practice as one's own. adopt implies accepting something created by another or foreign to one's nature. forced to adopt new policies embrace implies a ready or happy acceptance. embraced the customs of their new homeland espouse adds an implication of close attachment to a cause and a sharing of its fortunes. espoused the cause of women's rights include , comprehend , embrace , involve mean to contain within as part of the whole. include suggests the containment of something as a constituent, component, or subordinate part of a larger whole. the price of dinner includes dessert comprehend implies that something comes within the scope of a statement or definition. his system comprehends all history embrace implies a gathering of separate items within a whole. her faith embraces both Christian and non-Christian beliefs involve suggests inclusion by virtue of the nature of the whole, whether by being its natural or inevitable consequence. the new job involves a lot of detail",
"The idea of beauty can be embracive and still leave difference intact. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
"European host countries know that Turkish officials\u2019 embracive approach toward their expatriates resonate well with members of the Turkish diasporic community because of Turks\u2019 feelings of isolation and marginalization in their host countries. \u2014 Ayca Arkilic, Washington Post , 26 Mar. 2018"
"And hydrogen can embrittle steel pipelines unless that is mitigated by altering operating conditions or incorporating expensive alloys. \u2014 Michael E. Webber, Scientific American , 15 Mar. 2021"
"In the nature of such risky stage business, the playful interludes are hit or miss: Stunts are arranged to draw audience members into the play, which embroider the carnival atmosphere but feel a bit halfhearted. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Sometimes, the vyshyvanka\u2019s embroidery can signify health, happiness, good luck, while each piece can take weeks to even months to embroider . \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Growing up in Canton in the 1950s, Maria Kaczaniuk embraced her Ukrainian heritage, learning to embroider traditional dresses and pillows, dance in the Ukrainian style and cook Ukrainian food. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Brohi transformed the Women's Literacy and Skills Development centers into embroidery centers in each village where women learned how to embroider , how to earn an income and how to lead within their families. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Each coat takes a team of two to embroider with Swarovski crystals. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Dongre takes special pride in the women who intricately embroider and hand-paint her designs. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 4 Nov. 2021",
"One of the most worthwhile is the Tiny Pricks Project, in which people take direct quotations from Trump and embroider them. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"In a subsequent number, flags from the various cultures that embroider Washington Heights proudly decorate the scene as residents sing until their power is restored. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 June 2021"
"alteration of Middle English embroderen , from Anglo-French embrouder , from en- + brosder, brouder to embroider, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English brord point, byrst bristle":""
"She embroidered tiny flowers on the baby's scarf.",
"a scarf embroidered with tiny flowers",
"He is known to embroider the truth about his service in the army.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the nature of such risky stage business, the playful interludes are hit or miss: Stunts are arranged to draw audience members into the play, which embroider the carnival atmosphere but feel a bit halfhearted. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Sometimes, the vyshyvanka\u2019s embroidery can signify health, happiness, good luck, while each piece can take weeks to even months to embroider . \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Growing up in Canton in the 1950s, Maria Kaczaniuk embraced her Ukrainian heritage, learning to embroider traditional dresses and pillows, dance in the Ukrainian style and cook Ukrainian food. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Brohi transformed the Women's Literacy and Skills Development centers into embroidery centers in each village where women learned how to embroider , how to earn an income and how to lead within their families. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Each coat takes a team of two to embroider with Swarovski crystals. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Dongre takes special pride in the women who intricately embroider and hand-paint her designs. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 4 Nov. 2021",
"One of the most worthwhile is the Tiny Pricks Project, in which people take direct quotations from Trump and embroider them. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"In a subsequent number, flags from the various cultures that embroider Washington Heights proudly decorate the scene as residents sing until their power is restored. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 June 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
},
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"alteration of Middle English embroderen , from Anglo-French embrouder , from en- + brosder, brouder to embroider, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English brord point, byrst bristle":""
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": an object decorated with embroidery":[],
": elaboration by use of decorative and often fictitious detail":[],
": something pleasing or desirable but unimportant":[
"considered the humanities mere educational embroidery"
],
": the art or process of forming decorative designs with hand or machine needlework":[]
},
"examples":[
"She learned embroidery from her grandmother.",
"His stories about his travels include a good deal of embroidery .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And don\u2019t forget the numerous trims and detailing like eyelet, lace, embroidery , and smocking to really keep things noteworthy. \u2014 Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue , 21 June 2022",
"Looks were decorated with naive embroidery , tiny patches or childlike doodles. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"With great attention to detail, the Summer 2022 collection revels in raw-edged knits, HTG\u00ae embroidery , and graphic tees that all have a refined, vintage feel. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Art objects, including quilting, knitting, crocheting, embroidery , needlework, basket weaving, ceramics and glassblowing, were historically relegated to low art made predominantly by women. \u2014 Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
"Synonymous with high quality, this luxury machine offers embroidery , quilting and standard sewing capabilities. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 22 May 2022",
"The heaviness of the floral embroidery and abundance of silk made movement slow and deliberate\u2014ideal for, say, sitting still in a Joseon courtyard. \u2014 Vogue , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Plus, the bottom of the dress is trimmed with embroidery as well as a slit in the front. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
"For this special ceremony, Amrit wore a nude lace saree with all-over sequin embroidery by Seema Gujral. \u2014 Alexandra Macon, Vogue , 5 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
"But a severe weather forecast for the weekend could embroil travel plans. \u2014 Christine Chung, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"For resellers, failing to weed out even one fake item can embroil them in a costly and damaging legal battle. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 21 May 2022",
"Two Bay Area lawmakers are leaders in the movement to not embroil the U.S. military in needless conflict. \u2014 Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Several art world professionals were similarly gun-shy, citing the experience of the estate\u2019s authentication committee and their fear that publicly weighing in could embroil them in a lawsuit with the paintings\u2019 current owners. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Last week, Joe Biden tactlessly admitted that a minor incursion might embroil the U.S. in a fight with its allies about whether to do anything at all. \u2014 WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
"But Turley and Goldsmith both pointed out that prosecuting Bannon could embroil the department in partisan politics. \u2014 David Rohde, The New Yorker , 27 Oct. 2021",
"That same conversation will embroil coaches and programs in the playoff hunt, bringing unwanted distractions and attention as coaches preach the importance of remaining focused on the task at hand. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Bin Laden later put a post-facto gloss on the strategic failure of 9/11 by dressing it up as a great success and claiming the attacks were a fiendishly clever plot to embroil the US in costly wars in the Middle East. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 11 Sep. 2021"
"French embrouiller , from Middle French, from en- + brouiller to jumble, from Old French brooilier , from Vulgar Latin *brodiculare \u2014 more at broil":""
": a beginning or undeveloped state of something":[
"productions seen in embryo during their out-of-town tryout period",
"\u2014 Henry Hewes"
],
": a vertebrate at any stage of development prior to birth or hatching":[],
": something as yet undeveloped":[],
": the young sporophyte of a seed plant usually comprising a rudimentary plant with plumule, radicle, and cotyledons":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This resilience in the embryo has taken some by surprise. \u2014 Laura Hercher, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
"The third writer in the series, Blaire Ostler, also builds a case for multiple divinities on Latter-day Saint theology that all humans are gods in embryo . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 May 2022",
"Under the law, a fertilized egg, embryo or fetus does not have protected individual rights. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"The measure prohibits abortions once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo . \u2014 Fox News , 3 May 2022",
"The Texas Supreme Court ruled that state medical licensing officials play no role in the enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act, known as SB 8, which bars abortions as soon as cardiac activity is detected in an embryo . \u2014 Jacob Gershman, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Senate Bill 1503 prohibits abortions once early cardiac activity is detected in an embryo or fetus, which is typically around six weeks into a pregnancy. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Five weeks into development, a human embryo has the potential to form both male and female anatomy. \u2014 Claire Ainsworth, Scientific American , 22 Oct. 2018",
"The legal assertion that life begins at conception has implications for IVF, and pro-life groups in this country and abroad have argued for a proscription not only of embryo research but also of the freezing and disposal of embryos. \u2014 Laura Beers, CNN , 27 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin embryon-, embryo , from Greek embryon , from en- + bryein to swell; akin to Greek bryon catkin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em-br\u0113-\u02cc\u014d"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120833",
"type":[
"noun"
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"embryo sac":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the female gametophyte of a seed plant consisting of a thin-walled sac within the nucellus that contains the egg nucleus and other nuclei which give rise to endosperm on fertilization":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123205",
"type":[
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"embryo transfer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a procedure used in animal breeding in which an embryo from a superovulated female is removed and reimplanted in the uterus of another female":[],
": the final procedure of the in vitro fertilization process that involves transfer of one or more embryos into the uterine cavity typically by using a catheter inserted through the uterine cervix":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mallory Weggemann and her husband Jay Snyder shared sad news with their followers over the weekend: Their recent embryo transfer did not lead to a successful pregnancy. \u2014 Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Leah and Stephen Russell at the Heartland Center for Reproductive Medicine in Omaha, Neb., on Dec. 14, about 15 minutes before a successful embryo transfer . \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"While that might seem like a lot, a single IVF cycle can cost upwards of $16,000 \u2014 and that typically doesn't factor in the cost of medications, anesthesia, embryo biopsies and storage, or the frozen embryo transfer . \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 5 Mar. 2022",
"At the time, Spirtos was serving as chief of the division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility and in vitro fertilization/ embryo transfer at the hospital. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Kandi Burruss is looking back on the emotional rollercoaster of her embryo transfer process. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 21 Oct. 2021",
"For just an embryo transfer from a surrogate (when the carrier\u2019s own egg won\u2019t be the best option to lead to pregnancy), that runs about $800 according to the film. \u2014 Essence , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Many papers that focus on the success rate per embryo transfer don\u2019t account for the embryos that were thrown out but could have been viable, Cedars and Mastenbroek told STAT. \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Patel has had a successful IVF cycle and is now moving on to the next stage in the embryo transfer process. \u2014 John Bonifield, CNN , 18 Oct. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1966, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a branch of biology dealing with embryos and their development":[],
": the features and phenomena exhibited in the formation and development of an embryo":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2013, Muldoon was teaching embryology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
"In 2011, with Oregon Health & Science\u2019s support, Mitalipov established a small human embryology group to pursue his goal. \u2014 Stephen S. Hall, Wired , 11 Mar. 2021",
"In 2013, Muldoon, now an associate professor at Midwestern University\u2019s medical school in Glendale, was teaching embryology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
"Bush first had a short stint ranching purple urchin in 2008 for the academic embryology research market, shipping small quantities to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and Brown University. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Errors happen in every arena of medicine\u2014and embryology is no exception. \u2014 Elizabeth Narins, Health.com , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The field of synthetic embryology has exploded in recent years. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Also named in the suit are In VitroTech Labs, a third-party embryology center, and its parent company, Beverly Sunset Surgical Associates, both owned by Mor. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Nipam Patel, an evolutionary and developmental biologist at the Marine Biology Laboratory, first investigated the wings of several such species with his students in an embryology class. \u2014 Harini Barath, Scientific American , 15 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
"Spanish missions imbue the city with Old World charm",
"\u2014 Scott Pendleton"
],
": to permeate or influence as if by dyeing":[
"the spirit that imbues the new constitution"
],
": to tinge or dye deeply":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embue infuse , suffuse , imbue , ingrain , inoculate , leaven mean to introduce one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. infuse implies a pouring in of something that gives new life or significance. new members infused enthusiasm into the club suffuse implies a spreading through of something that gives an unusual color or quality. a room suffused with light imbue implies the introduction of a quality that fills and permeates the whole being. imbue students with intellectual curiosity ingrain , used only in the passive or past participle, suggests the deep implanting of a quality or trait. clung to ingrained habits inoculate implies an imbuing or implanting with a germinal idea and often suggests stealth or subtlety. an electorate inoculated with dangerous ideas leaven implies introducing something that enlivens, tempers, or markedly alters the total quality. a serious play leavened with comic moments",
": any of several Brazilian timber trees of the genera Nectandra and Phoebe (family Lauraceae)":[],
": the light to dark brown lustrous durable often strikingly figured wood of the imbuias that is readily polished and much used for fine cabinetwork":[]
": a person seeking to avoid military service (as by working in a government office) : shirker , slacker":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from past participle of ( s' ) embusquer to lie in ambush, shirk, from Old French embuschier to place in ambush":""
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"\u00e4\u207fb\u1d6b\u0305sk\u0101",
"\u00a6\u00e4m(\u02cc)b\u00fc\u00a6sk\u0101"
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": to act as master of ceremonies of":[
"emcee an awards dinner"
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"Noun",
"acted as emcee for the evening's entertainment at the political convention",
"Verb",
"She agreed to emcee at an awards dinner.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Scott Thompson talks about how an emcee brought him up on stage by making a joke that Scott had just given him a blow job. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
"An emcee must help draw viewers\u2013the telecast hit record low ratings last year\u2013and be funny without burning bridges with half the room. \u2014 WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes, and Amy Schumer will host, marking the first time the ceremony has had an emcee since 2018. \u2014 Janae Mckenzie, Glamour , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are taking the stage to co-host the ceremony, which has been without an emcee for the past three years. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"After going without an emcee since 2018, this year\u2019s Academy Awards appear poised to move ahead with not just one but as many as three hosts. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Before the performance, Entertainment Tonight host Kevin Frazier was on hand to emcee as DirecTV awarded a $25,000 grant to a community organization as an extension of the Super Bowl 56 Legacy Program. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Odell Bailey a friend of 45 years, college roommate and godfather to Brown\u2019s son, noted that Brown also worked as an emcee at many concerts, including the Detroit Jazz Festival. \u2014 Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Late-night star Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Oscars in 2017 and 2018 before the ceremony went without an emcee for three consecutive years. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Criss, 35, and Hough, 33, are cohosting the first hour of the Tonys, The Tony Awards: Act One, before Oscar winner Ariana DeBose takes the stage to emcee the main ceremony. \u2014 Julia Moore, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"Dawne Gee, a Juneteenth Jubilee commissioner, will emcee . \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 8 June 2022",
"Pete Scalia, host of WCPO\u2019s Cincy Lifestyle television show, will emcee the event. \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 3 May 2022",
"Entertainment Tonight hosts Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner are set to emcee the 49th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which will air live June 24. \u2014 Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 June 2022",
"Dawne Gee, a Juneteenth Jubilee commissioner, will emcee the event. \u2014 Eleanor Mccrary, The Courier-Journal , 26 May 2022",
"Trevor Noah will once again emcee music's biggest night. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Grand Crew star Nicole Byer joined by All American\u2018s Taye Diggs to emcee the event, simulcast on The CW and TBS. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Up next, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness star Benedict Cumberbatch will emcee the May 7 episode, with musical guest Arcade Fire. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 6 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1930, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1937, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
"Indeed, DiCarlo has gone the extra mile to promote her company and to emend its image\u2014her image\u2014as required. \u2014 Lux Alptraum, Wired , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Editor\u2019s Note: This article has been emended since its initial publication. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 24 Jan. 2020",
"Since preservation is no longer an issue, why not amend and emend the rules to play out the final? \u2014 Jon Wertheim, SI.com , 24 July 2019"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for emend correct , rectify , emend , remedy , redress , amend , reform , revise mean to make right what is wrong. correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects. correct your spelling rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed. rectify a misguided policy emend specifically implies correction of a text or manuscript. emend a text remedy implies removing or making harmless a cause of trouble, harm, or evil. set out to remedy the evils of the world redress implies making compensation or reparation for an unfairness, injustice, or imbalance. redress past social injustices amend , reform , revise imply an improving by making corrective changes, amend usually suggesting slight changes amend a law , reform implying drastic change plans to reform the court system , and revise suggesting a careful examination of something and the making of necessary changes. revise the schedule",
"the governor's numerous emendations to the speechwriter's first draft left nary a sentence untouched",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One emendation to the oddsmaker\u2019s craft was the shocking triumph of Leicester City in the English Premier League in 2016. \u2014 Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2018",
"Likewise, a 2004 emendation and intensification of the act was also ratified, in part, as a response to the death of another child, Victoria Climbi\u00e9, at the hands of her guardians. \u2014 Tara Isabella Burton, Vox , 27 Apr. 2018",
"Richard Ouellette\u2019s d\u00e9cor, with a central pavilion amid a grove, serves for both productions, with slight emendations . \u2014 Alastair Macaulay, New York Times , 4 Feb. 2018",
"Even with the emendations , fewer seats will be available for each production. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 31 Jan. 2018",
"These letters often included a handwritten emendation of grief or praise. \u2014 Phillip Carter, Slate Magazine , 17 Oct. 2017",
"Nor would any textual emendation be required to make the point. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 9 June 2017"
": a rich green variety of beryl prized as a gemstone":[],
": any of various green gemstones (such as synthetic corundum or demantoid)":[],
": brightly or richly green":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On Wednesday, the Quantico actress donned a fabulous black and white gown designed by Robert Wun \u2014 complete with dramatic ruffles and a figure-hugging bodice \u2014 and a statement diamond-and- emerald necklace from luxury jewelry house Bulgari. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"On Wednesday, two Ukrainian Su-25 ground-attack jets roared just above emerald -green fields to hit targets on the front line in Donbas, and then sped back after their mission. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"The emerald -green fa\u00e7ade covered with Vi\u00fava Lamego tiles and the blue wave motif on the guest room carpets are reminiscent of the city's Tagus River. \u2014 Leila Najafi, Travel + Leisure , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The emerald is Fox's birthstone, while the diamond is his. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Attending the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival earlier this evening, MacDowell took to the Croisette in a green dress that was set off by the smattering of matching emerald crystals dotted under her eyelids. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 28 May 2022",
"Jerry also wrote a set of short stories, one of which was about jewel thieves who embarked on an emerald heist for the pleasure of viewing it privately. \u2014 CNN , 25 May 2022",
"Perhaps most arresting is the way Corneille\u2019s emerald background chimes with the subject\u2019s green eyes. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Definitely green \u2013 or at least, the full spectrum of the color green\u2014 emerald , olive, malachite. \u2014 Echo Chen, Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"At the Lajitas Golf Resort, on an emerald course shimmering in the Chihuahuan Desert, the duffers and ringers were teeing off each morning last week. \u2014 John Maccormack, San Antonio Express-News , 1 June 2020",
"The legends speak of a garden and mountains and seas and emerald stones. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2020",
"From her sleek looped updo to her bedazzled emerald gown, our eyes admittedly went to her hot-pink lipstick first. \u2014 Aimee Simeon, refinery29.com , 20 Jan. 2020",
"Kate, who wore a flowing teal and emerald maxi dress by ARoss Girl x Soler and ceramic drop earrings by Pakistani designer Zeen, and William stepped out on Wednesday to visit the Aga Khan Centre in London. \u2014 Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com , 2 Oct. 2019",
"In the company of a guide, wind your way through seemingly infinite terraces of cascading emerald rice paddies to a Red Dao village and stop to visit the home of one of the resident families and learn about their daily life. \u2014 National Geographic , 24 Apr. 2019",
"Browse local crafts at artisan markets, visit the seventh-century Kyichu Lhakhang temple, and hike through emerald rice fields that blanket the valley floor. \u2014 National Geographic , 20 Sep. 2019",
"There are live sets by Mexico\u2019s Sainte Vie, Berlin and Lima collective Feathered Sun, and Satori who laid down a simmering multi-instrumental session at the head of an expansive, emerald pool. \u2014 Nicolas Stecher, Billboard , 22 Oct. 2019",
"Queen Mary, played in the film by Geraldine Jones, wears a replica of the Duchess Vladimir diamond and emerald tiara. \u2014 Stellene Volandes, Town & Country , 29 Sep. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1508, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English emerallde , from Anglo-French esmeralde , from Vulgar Latin *smaralda , from Latin smaragdus , from Greek smaragdos \u2014 more at smaragd":"Noun"
"France emerged from the state of emergency in 2017, after incorporating many of the harshest measures into law. \u2014 Barbara Surk, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"The pharmacy chain has ample supply of the emergency contraceptives Plan B and Aftera, both online and in store, the spokesperson said. \u2014 Allison Nicole Smith, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"In case of emergency , pull the release cord to free your feet to swim out. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Police initially responded to the McAuslan\u2019s home about 11:30 p.m. that night for reports of a medical emergency . \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
"Lasso has responded to the protests by calling a 30-day state of emergency in six provinces, including Pichincha, home to Quito. \u2014 Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"High rises have various ways to notify tenants of an emergency . \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"Blackfeet Nation declared a state of emergency in March after there were 17 opioid overdoses and four deaths on the reservation in a week. \u2014 Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"The cop shook his own flashlight down at some of the first of the first responders here on the northern edge of emergency , a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue special-ops team known as the Squad. \u2014 Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for emergency juncture , exigency , emergency , contingency , pinch , strait ( or straits ) crisis mean a critical or crucial time or state of affairs. juncture stresses the significant concurrence or convergence of events. an important juncture in our country's history exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation. provide for exigencies emergency applies to a sudden unforeseen situation requiring prompt action to avoid disaster. the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies contingency implies an emergency or exigency that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence. contingency plans pinch implies urgency or pressure for action to a less intense degree than exigency or emergency . come through in a pinch strait , now commonly straits , applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult. in dire straits crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference. a crisis of confidence",
": a hospital room or area staffed and equipped for the reception and treatment of persons requiring immediate medical care":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The driver of the passenger vehicle that was turning, an adult man, was taken from the scene by EMS and pronounced deceased in the emergency room , police said. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 2 July 2022",
"When prices began to rise last year, Ms. Moore-Carr took on overtime shifts in the emergency room to make ends meet. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"In 2019 and estimated 10,000 people landed in the emergency room due to firework related accidents. \u2014 Maggie Horton, Country Living , 10 June 2022",
"People have also been boarding in the emergency room for longer, on average for 78 hours, according to the January 2022 survey. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"Some patients spend weeks in the emergency room waiting for placement in mental-health clinics. \u2014 Allysia Finley, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
"At Chicago\u2019s UI Health, which is affiliated with the University of Illinois, metal detectors were installed in the emergency room , though not nearly as many as nurses and other health care workers asked for. \u2014 Michael Tarm And Don Babwin, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"People of color with chest pain waited longer before being seen in the emergency room than white adults with chest pain. \u2014 cleveland , 11 May 2022",
"Trager has tried duct tape, and in the emergency room Banimahd uses a skin-safe glue and gauze. \u2014 Aliese Willard Muhonen, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183435",
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"noun"
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},
"emergent":{
"antonyms":[
"noncritical",
"nonurgent"
],
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": a tree that rises above the surrounding forest":[],
": an emergent plant":[],
": arising as a natural or logical consequence":[],
": arising unexpectedly":[],
": calling for prompt action : urgent":[
"emergent danger"
],
": newly formed or prominent":[
"emergent nations"
],
": rising out of or as if out of a fluid":[
"emergent coastal islands"
],
": rooted in shallow water and having most of its vegetative growth above water":[
"an emergent plant"
],
": something emergent":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"since it was not seen as an emergent problem, it was continually put off",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Never mind that global government agencies with satellite capabilities and major investments in the agricultural sector would probably notice emergent super-locusts eating only certain farms' crops at an incredibly rapid rate. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"Adroitly blending snarky lyrics and a sassy guitar riff, the quartet \u2013 led by the infinitely captivating Damiano David \u2013 defines emergent stardom. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"As gas prices skyrocket and European countries scramble for non-Russian gas suppliers, other emergent gas exporters are reaping a windfall. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 3 June 2022",
"An emergent mining technique involved shovelling gravel and dirt into an open-ended trough, called a sluice box, then running water over it. \u2014 David Owen, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
"The development of Covid-19 vaccines and therapies has made clear what is possible when public-private partnerships work to meet emergent health care needs. \u2014 Mark Reisenauer, STAT , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Looking ahead, what emergent needs of RPA customers will grow and dominate the current, popular use cases? \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
"And with Russia once again an emergent enemy, the CIA has scrambled to catch up. \u2014 Robert Baer, Time , 21 May 2022",
"Yet the learning pathways to serve those critical, emergent economic sectors are haphazard at best. \u2014 John Kao, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Taylor said a pre- emergent isn\u2019t an option in public lands, but that spot treating stands will help keep it in check. \u2014 Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral , 26 Mar. 2020",
"In the spring, apply the pre- emergents for crabgrass, grassburs and other summer grassy annuals about two weeks prior to the average date of your last killing freeze for your part of the state, with a follow-up treatment 90 days later. \u2014 Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com , 6 Sep. 2019",
"By then the pre- emergent will be gone from the soil. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 15 June 2018",
"Apply a pre- emergent , like Preen, around the bushes to keep down the weeds until mulch is reapplied in late May. Hot temperatures will require a regular watering program and Kentucky rain is never enough. \u2014 Janet Miller, The Courier-Journal , 23 Feb. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1620, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin emergent-, emergens , present participle of emergere":"Adjective"
": of, relating to, or involving analysis of cultural phenomena from the perspective of one who participates in the culture being studied \u2014 compare etic":[]
": of, relating to, or involving analysis of cultural phenomena from the perspective of one who participates in the culture being studied \u2014 compare etic":[]
"Such a policy would require a thorough disclosure of each emigrant \u2019s background and assets, which would be made public. \u2014 Alex Garcia, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"His father was the patriarch of a Manhattan office and apartment building empire founded in 1927 by Robert\u2019s grandfather, Joseph Durst, an Austrian emigrant . \u2014 New York Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Keynigshteyn, a Soviet Union emigrant who did not understand English, found himself in an unfamiliar place with masked caregivers. \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Jesse Applegate, a white 19th-century emigrant to Oregon, worked to keep slavery from becoming established in Oregon. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Dec. 2021",
"His father was a seasonal emigrant who worked in mines in Northern Europe and Argentina. \u2014 Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 13 Oct. 2021",
"It\u2019s told by 10 people affected by the disaster, such as a drug trafficker, an emigrant musician and an old woman selling produce in a market. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Indya Moore, a foster kid who was bullied as a teen and has since walked runways and fronted fashion campaigns; and Dominique Jackson, an emigrant from Trinidad and Tobago who became a true ballroom icon. \u2014 Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 June 2021",
"Barzun himself was a French emigrant to the United States, along with his cultured, Parisian parents, in the immediate aftermath of the catastrophic World War I, which affected them all deeply. \u2014 M. D. Aeschliman, National Review , 30 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union then, and the senders were emigrant relatives or pen pals from places such as Australia, Poland, or Russia. \u2014 CNN , 27 Jan. 2022",
"On September 11, 1857, 50 to 60 Latter-Day Saint militiamen aided by Native American allies killed 120 in an emigrant wagon train headed to California. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 17 Oct. 2021",
"In a remarkable commitment by a foreign government, Driscoll\u2019s salary is being paid for the year by Ireland\u2019s Foreign Affairs Department through its emigrant support program. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2021",
"One of the most unusual political leaders during the era after the Civil War was William Hines Furbush, a Black soldier, photographer, emigrant to Liberia, state legislator and the first sheriff of Lee County. \u2014 Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online , 14 Dec. 2020",
"Lebanon, a country of 5 million, takes massive pride in its emigrant community \u2013 including the many successful businessmen and celebrities of Lebanese heritage. \u2014 Zeina Karam, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 July 2020"
"Sorin has just told her of his family\u2019s plans to emigrate to Germany, and does not, to Ana, seem sufficiently anguished about their impending separation. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 30 May 2022",
"In recent weeks, both the U.S. and the Cuban governments have started some conversations, amid a surge of Cubans trying to emigrate illegally to the U.S. \u2014 Zeke Miller, Andrea Rodriguez And Aamer Madhani, Anchorage Daily News , 17 May 2022",
"In recent weeks, both the U.S. and the Cuban governments have started some conversations, amid a surge of Cubans trying to emigrate illegally to the U.S. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"The resumption comes as the number of Cubans trying to emigrate illegally to the United States surges. \u2014 Andrea Rodr\u00edguez, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"Where did Madeleine Albright's family emigrate from in 1948? \u2014 ABC News , 1 May 2022",
"People like Monastyrskyi who emigrate from countries that have undergone severe political changes can feel that their home has irreversibly transformed. \u2014 Sheon Han, The Atlantic , 30 Mar. 2022",
"In Mexico, one in three people who emigrate to other states do so to find work. \u2014 Palabra, oregonlive , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Also gone are Biden requests to help Russian scientists emigrate to the U.S., and to let the Justice Department transfer money to Ukraine that the U.S. has acquired by seizing Russian oligarch\u2019s assets. \u2014 Alan Fram, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022"
"He was one of a group of Soviet \u00e9migr\u00e9s living in New York.",
"the revolution resulted in a flood of \u00e9migr\u00e9s into neighboring countries",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Subtler tactics were used to lure back various homesick emigre artists and writers. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"But anecdotal evidence suggests the number is at least in the tens of thousands, amid reports of burgeoning Russian-speaking emigre communities arising in Dubai, Istanbul and other places where air service from Russia still exists. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Back then, Nina Kostina, a Russian emigre , ran the Frank Foundation. \u2014 CBS News , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Carly Patterson, who began the streak in 2004, and 2008 victor Nastia Liukin, a Russian emigre . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2021",
"On Saturday, Sotheby\u2019s auctioned a canvas by Chinese emigre artist Sanyu for $25.2 million, with four bidders pushing the painting of a nude female above its $19 million target. \u2014 Fortune , 8 Oct. 2019",
"Mark Obbie\u2019s Sicilian- emigre family began its American life in the same Rochester, N.Y., neighborhoods where this story takes place. \u2014 Mark Obbie, Longreads , 10 Mar. 2020",
"These things are posed on simple backgrounds, their only context the gray-haired emigres in adjacent photos. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 31 Jan. 2020",
"Retiree Marie Diaz, 59, of San Jose is among the emigres . \u2014 Tony Bizjak, sacbee , 18 June 2018"
"Until her death in 2015, that person was the Italian photographer and style eminence Manuela Pavesi. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"There are no simple answers explaining tennis\u2019s pre- eminence . \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"As there wasn\u2019t yet a witness protection program, Roemer begged Outfit boss Tony Accardo to spare the boxing-world eminence . \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Macron should use his newfound eminence to persuade the rest of Europe that keeping Ukraine out of NATO is humane and pragmatic policy. \u2014 Andrew Day, The Week , 4 Apr. 2022",
"However, while the Arkestra has always drawn a cult following, institutions were slow to recognize their eminence . \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"This is a show on which no less an eminence than Cynthia Nixon is content to play a relatively minor supporting role; many plates are spinning. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Ladd Observatory tops a considerable eminence about a mile from the house. \u2014 Carlos R. Mu\u00f1oz, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Naturally, Williams takes a certain amount of kidding about his new eminence . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Jan. 2022"
"Middle English, \"exalted position, protuberance,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin eminentia \"state of standing out or projecting, protuberance,\" noun derivative of \u0113minent-, \u0113minens \"standing out above a surface, projecting, outstanding in merit or importance\" \u2014 more at eminent":""
": exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent":[],
": jutting out : projecting":[],
": standing out so as to be readily perceived or noted : conspicuous":[]
},
"examples":[
"The trend discerned by Wilde a century ago, of course, has only accelerated in recent years, as the line between trashy celebrity expos\u00e9s and serious biographies of eminent artists, statesmen and thinkers has grown increasingly blurred. \u2014 Michiko Kakutani , New York Times , 20 May 1994",
"Next year sees the 150th anniversary of the 'invention' of the dinosaurs by the eminent English anatomist and palaeontologist, Richard Owen. \u2014 Nicholas Fraser , Nature , 20 & 27 Dec. 1990",
"many eminent surgeons are on the hospital's staff",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The commission held public hearings, but in the end, Florida Power & Light had eminent -domain authority. \u2014 Ivan Penn, New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"Joel Whitburn, one of the pre- eminent chart historians of the last 50-plus years, has died. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
"Israel's assassinations in recent years of top officials -- including a pre- eminent nuclear scientist -- have also failed to curb Iran's uranium enrichment. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Many eminent Democratic Members of Congress went down to defeat. \u2014 Charles Tiefer, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"Joshua Katz is an eminent classics professor who holds degrees from Yale, Oxford, and Harvard, and is the Cotsen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 23 May 2022",
"The enormous impact of this transition on the food world was illustrated by the deaths of the pre- eminent chefs Leah Chase and Martha Lou Gadsden in recent years. \u2014 Osayi Endolyn, New York Times , 17 May 2021",
"Over the decades, Salone, which is widely judged to be the world\u2019s pre- eminent design fair, has evolved into a platform for about 2,000 international exhibitors and a laboratory for ideas about sustainability in design materials and manufacturing. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Then there\u2019s Scientific American, the pre- eminent publication of its day, which often wrote extensively and glowingly about weapons development, devoting long, detailed, technical articles to the latest and greatest innovations. \u2014 Mark Yost, WSJ , 18 May 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, \"standing out, exceed other things in quality or degree,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, \"high, lofty\" (also continental Old French), borrowed from Latin \u0113minent-, \u0113minens \"standing out above a surface, projecting, outstanding in merit or importance,\" from present participle of \u0113min\u0113re \"to stick out, protrude, project, be preeminent, excel,\" from \u0113-, variant of ex- ex- entry 1 + -min\u0113re, taken to mean \"stand out, rise above\" (unattested without a prefix) \u2014 more at minatory":""
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for eminent famous , renowned , celebrated , noted , notorious , distinguished , eminent , illustrious mean known far and wide. famous implies little more than the fact of being, sometimes briefly, widely and popularly known. a famous actress renowned implies more glory and acclamation. one of the most renowned figures in sports history celebrated implies notice and attention especially in print. the most celebrated beauty of her day noted suggests well-deserved public attention. the noted mystery writer notorious frequently adds to famous an implication of questionableness or evil. a notorious gangster distinguished implies acknowledged excellence or superiority. a distinguished scientist who won the Nobel Prize eminent implies even greater prominence for outstanding quality or character. the country's most eminent writers illustrious stresses enduring honor and glory attached to a deed or person. illustrious war heroes",
": a right of a government to take private property for public use by virtue of the superior dominion of the sovereign power over all lands within its jurisdiction":[]
"The land had been taken from them in 1924 under the guise of eminent domain . \u2014 Curtis Bunn, NBC News , 28 June 2022",
"Mere days after the port board approved a resolution to acquire the land, Salt Lake Garfield and Western Railway, or SLGW, filed its own eminent domain action on May 24 in 3rd District Court. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"In December, the City Council authorized SAWS to exercise eminent domain to acquire the easements, and SAWS filed a condemnation lawsuit that spurred settlement negotiations. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 3 May 2022",
"Last month, the water project\u2019s governing body, the Joint Powers Authority, voted unanimously to authorize seizing the pump station by eminent domain , if necessary. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Endres said, however, that taking the property by eminent domain is an overstep of authority. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
"Four of the houses \u2013 home to 11 family members \u2013 are to be taken by eminent domain as the state widens U.S. 43 to reduce travel time between Mobile and Tuscaloosa. \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 31 May 2022",
"On Thursday, the governing board for the East County project voted unanimously to authorize taking the East Mission Gorge Pump Station in Santee by eminent domain . \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"When that didn\u2019t dislodge the resort owners, their property and several others belonging to both white and Black residents was taken by eminent domain for a park that was never built. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022"
"an applicant who is eminently qualified for the job",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then came the #MeToo movement, and an actual election, in 2016, that pitted an eminently qualified woman against a telegenic, woefully unfit magnate. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"The enchanting setting is eminently romantic \u2014 this is a place to pop the question, commemorate an anniversary or sweep people off their feet. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"That could prove in all too many ways to be eminently counterproductive. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 24 May 2022",
"His playing here and elsewhere was eminently satisfying, a description equally applied to Pritsker and Krysa. \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 May 2022",
"Breyer\u2019s official retirement set in motion the search for an eminently qualified Black woman who could win Republican support. \u2014 Nolan D. Mccaskill, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"To be clear, smashing through the maternal wall is entirely and eminently possible. \u2014 Kristin Rowe-finkbeiner, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"What the lyrics lack in substance, the melodies and instrumentation make up for with an eminently danceable, perfect summer song. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The instant torque of an electric motor compared to a gas engine, makes the bZ4X and other EVs feel eminently driveable. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022"
"While The Hobbit's Thorin Oakenshield has to go around begging for help to reclaim his family's treasure, and LOTR's Gimli is the lone emissary of his race in that story, Rings of Power finds Middle-earth's dwarves at the height of their power. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
"Yarish proved to be the ideal emissary with his bushy mustache and zeal for dangling fistfuls of drippy springy kelp in front of the camera. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"Seen in hovering profile, Duke Ellington seems as much emanation as man, an emissary from a musical realm DeCarava grants us entry to. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
"Vers une Europe forte et unie! Macron, a centrist in French politics, has been an emissary to Zelensky and Putin. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Naturally, the bishop of Iceland sends an emissary to investigate these goings-on. \u2014 The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"Kurt Volker, who served as Donald Trump\u2019s special emissary to Ukraine before resigning during the former president\u2019s first impeachment, has also been a leading advocate for a no-fly zone, as have several other foreign policyluminaries. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"In June, during a private meeting with a former American emissary to Moscow, Andropov expressed fears of a conflagration far worse than the Second World War, in which the two nations had been allies. \u2014 Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"As the proverbial woman behind the most powerful man on earth, the first lady plays an often undefined role as political ally, emissary , hostess and, in some cases, arbiter of style. \u2014 Cathy Whitlock, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022"
"The telescope can detect light emitted by distant galaxies.",
"chimneys emitting thick, black smoke",
"The brakes emitted a loud squeal.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Airplanes also emit carbon pollution in this way, but there are a few key differences. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 28 June 2022",
"The outer layers emit longer-wavelength light, so making VLBI work with shorter-wavelength light would enable closer-in views approaching the black hole\u2019s event horizon. \u2014 Seth Fletcher, Scientific American , 12 May 2022",
"These devices, which are sold in three sizes emit both red light (which helps the skin) and infrared light (for cell repair, recovery, etc). \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Internal-combustion engines emit pollutants that can cause cancer, asthma, heart disease, and birth defects. \u2014 John Seabrook, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Volcanic eruptions emit sulfur dioxide, which reacts in the atmosphere to produce sulfate aerosols. \u2014 Peter Landers, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Broadly, wealthier countries still emit much more than poorer ones. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"During the Cold War, ships that had been contaminated by atomic bomb tests docked at the bases and tainted the land with substances that can last for thousands of years and emit radiation that can damage human cells, increasing the risk of cancer. \u2014 Jason Fagone, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Snake plants also absorb excessive amounts of carbon monoxide, emit oxygen and filter other toxins released into the air from common household products. \u2014 Claire Reid, Los Angeles Times , 10 Aug. 2021"
"Kavilca and other ancient varieties of emmer may also have genetic resistance to wheat blast, a new disease that is decimating crops from Brazil to Bangladesh. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Farro is the overarching Italian name for three forms of ancient wheat: farro piccolo, or einkorn; farro medio, or emmer ; and farro grande, or spelt. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Meuer and his wife, Leslie, grow, harvest, stone-mill and sell a wide variety of flours including rye, spelt, soft red winter wheat, oat, durum, einkorn, emmer and corn for polenta. \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Nov. 2020",
"People who have been diagnosed with celiac disease have to completely avoid gluten, found in wheat, rye and barley, as well as variations of wheat including spelt, emmer (farro), einkorn and Kamut. \u2014 Carrie Dennett, Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2019",
"Whole grain: Choose from quinoa, emmer farro, einkorn, spelt, whole-grain sorghum (as opposed to pearled), whole-grain barley (again, not pearled), bulgur wheat, freekeh, Kamut wheat, brown rice, black rice, red rice and wild rice. \u2014 Carrie Dennett, The Seattle Times , 28 Nov. 2018",
"To have that followed kind of in rapid succession by these other millers, like Meuer Farm doing emmer , spelt and einkorn. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Feb. 2018",
"Sam Frederick, 20, a junior at Davidson College, was a su emmer intern at PARI. \u2014 Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver , 21 Aug. 2017",
"In another Stockholm collaboration, Robertson visited the storied Valhalla bakery to show them how to use heirloom grains like einkorn and emmer . \u2014 Leah Mennies, Bon Appetit , 6 Apr. 2017"
"The multigenerational embrace of pop-punk and emo is reflected at Emo Nite parties and their festival sets alike. \u2014 Jessica Shalvoy, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"Daniel can credit the emo -rap track\u2019s success largely to TikTok. \u2014 Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
"Rich Egan and Jon Cohen, the men who started the independent label, are responsible for signing some of its most pivotal emo artists including Dashboard Confessional, Saves the Day, and Alkaline Trio. \u2014 Candace Mcduffie, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"The first single from All Get Out\u2019s new album, Kodak, smartly swirls folk-rock, emo , and a dash of country into a potent cocktail of paranoia, self-doubt, and hesitant nostalgia. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 3 June 2022",
"The iPod boom went with the rise of emo , backpack rap, and other mass-romantic cult genres. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 13 May 2022",
"Wide belts and emo realness is all anyone will be talking about this summer. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 13 May 2022",
"The song is a welcome return, with its blend of emo and post-hardcore. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 12 May 2022",
"Rising out of such communities are threads of goth, emo and punk in which the shaved head stands in as an aesthetic signifier. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"In emo , the heart forever hurts, and the ultra-introspective songwriter pines for beautiful death.",
"\u2014 Robert Sullivan"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The multigenerational embrace of pop-punk and emo is reflected at Emo Nite parties and their festival sets alike. \u2014 Jessica Shalvoy, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"Daniel can credit the emo -rap track\u2019s success largely to TikTok. \u2014 Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
"Rich Egan and Jon Cohen, the men who started the independent label, are responsible for signing some of its most pivotal emo artists including Dashboard Confessional, Saves the Day, and Alkaline Trio. \u2014 Candace Mcduffie, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"The first single from All Get Out\u2019s new album, Kodak, smartly swirls folk-rock, emo , and a dash of country into a potent cocktail of paranoia, self-doubt, and hesitant nostalgia. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 3 June 2022",
"The iPod boom went with the rise of emo , backpack rap, and other mass-romantic cult genres. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 13 May 2022",
"Wide belts and emo realness is all anyone will be talking about this summer. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 13 May 2022",
"The song is a welcome return, with its blend of emo and post-hardcore. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 12 May 2022",
"Rising out of such communities are threads of goth, emo and punk in which the shaved head stands in as an aesthetic signifier. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022"
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": any of various small images, symbols, or icons used in text fields in electronic communication (as in text messages, email, and social media) to express the emotional attitude of the writer, convey information succinctly, communicate a message playfully without using words, etc.":[
"The function of emoji , as [emoji developer Shigetaka] Kurita describes it\u2014adding subtle emotional emphasis to a sentence in text\u2014isn't too different from that of emoticons, the frowny and smiley faces that people have been making out of punctuation since the mid-1990s.",
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"The function of emoji , as [emoji developer Shigetaka] Kurita describes it\u2014adding subtle emotional emphasis to a sentence in text\u2014isn't too different from that of emoticons, the frowny and smiley faces that people have been making out of punctuation since the mid-1990s.",
"Atop the frame balance an apple and one of Crivelli\u2019s mysterious green vegetables, which looks like an emoji for which the referent has been forgotten. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"Liubov sent back an emoji with its eyes downcast in distress, then three prayer hands. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"The caption ends with an emoji of two hands held together in prayer. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"On Wednesday, Binance tweeted out a new Twitter emoji , known as a hashflag, that is essentially a logo designed to accompany mentions of Binance online. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"As if to add insult to injury, James tweeted an emoji of an ice cube in the closing seconds \u2014 a nod to Young \u2014 as the Hawks were ending Cleveland\u2019s season. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Scott posted a comment with one blue heart emoji , followed by six brown hearts. \u2014 Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Angry emoji , like other emotional reactions, initially had five times the weighting of a like, the documents show. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Keep it short and sweet with an adorable emoji or long and lyrical with all the hashtags that can fit \u2014 the caption choice is yours. \u2014 Seventeen , 14 Apr. 2022"
"Some are gentle and emollient , while others can be harsh and astringent. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"The emollient -rich formula is also moisturizing, which helps eliminate streaks when working it into your skin and offers just the right amount of dewiness. \u2014 Theresa Holland, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
"This gentle cleanser is formulated with an emollient -rich surfactant and 3% concentration of key ingredients combining allantoin, glycerin, and orange oil to calm irritated skin while softening and restoring the skin\u2019s surface. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"Plus, ultra- emollient squalane and jojoba oil combine to nourish and soften the skin for a dewy glow. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Some are gentle and emollient , while others can be harsh and astringent. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Next, Devgan recommends adding an emollient moisturizer into your lineup. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Often, those with dry skin types will benefit from using an emollient -rich body wash that has hydrating ingredients (but of course, this requires knowing what those ingredients are). \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Powell also advises against emollient -heavy formulas. \u2014 Blake Newby, Allure , 11 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This multitasking oil also contains emollient properties, provides antioxidants to fight oxidative stress and inflammation, has antimicrobial benefits, and even gets your skin rolling on collagen production. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"The coconut derivative in this body wash is an emollient that helps condition the skin and heal any rough, dry areas of the skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"For shiny hair that rivals that of shampoo commercial model's, this hydrating hemisqualane and emollient blend delivers a silky finish and tames flyaways. \u2014 Health.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Pineapple extract soothes and softens the skin while honey melon extract delivers a host of vitamins and nutrients, and shea butter comes in as a rich emollient . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Shake the product to activate the two-phase product, which uses a lipid phase to easily lift heavy waterproof mascara and other cosmetics and an emollient phase that clears away makeup residue. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
"Next, prep the skin with an emollient like a face oil or a balm that\u2019s silky and doesn\u2019t absorb right away to avoid tugging your skin. \u2014 ELLE , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Pineapple extract soothes and softens the skin while honey melon extract delivers a host of vitamins and nutrients, and shea butter comes in as a rich emollient . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"This multitasking oil also contains emollient properties, provides antioxidants to fight oxidative stress and inflammation, has antimicrobial benefits, and even gets your skin rolling on collagen production. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"Now, however, some Democrats are second-guessing whether the impeachment investigation should have included charges related to campaign finance and an emoluments probe of whether Trump properties profit from foreign nationals. \u2014 Billy House, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
"But few tales better show the mix of hard power and emoluments that embodied imperial China\u2019s tributary relations with others. \u2014 The Economist , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Clearly, there were also going to be debates on whether the charges should include obstruction of justice and emoluments (the president using his office to profit). \u2014 Susan Dominus, New York Times , 18 Nov. 2019",
"This is the third year the company has made such a donation, part of an effort to avoid violating the foreign emoluments clause of the Constitution, which bars the president from accepting gifts or payments from foreign governments. \u2014 Jonathan O'connell, Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2020",
"Several lawsuits claiming the president violated the Constitution's emoluments clause by accepting gifts from foreign and state interests are making their way through the federal courts. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 12 Feb. 2020",
"The emoluments clause bars presidents from accepting gifts or money from foreign governments without approval from Congress. \u2014 Katherine Doyle, Washington Examiner , 27 Feb. 2020",
"The congressional emoluments case in Washington was initiated last year by about 200 Democrats. \u2014 Ann E. Marimow, courant.com , 25 June 2019",
"No one knows, because no court has ever made a final emoluments clause judgment. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Dec. 2019"
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"The defendant showed no emotion when the verdict was read.",
"She was overcome with emotion at the news of her friend's death.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Talking to kids about sexuality is a topic fraught with emotion for most parents. \u2014 Amy Shoenthal, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Roger Ailes, a former talk-show producer, built Fox in part on showbiz production values, provocation and appeals to emotion . \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Brooks infuses the ballad with rugged emotion , lauding the virtues of perseverance during hardships. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"A year ago while giving 'The Command,' there was a hint of raw emotion in The Captain's voice. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 28 May 2022",
"A year ago while giving 'The Command,' there was a hint of raw emotion in The Captain's voice. \u2014 Nathan Brown, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
"Jokes and GIFs aside, Canham said that type of raw emotion is a motivational force for the Beavers. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"My breathing was labored and my shoulders were tight with every raw emotion stifled within my chest. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 20 May 2022",
"May Day is often a time of high emotion for trade unionists and other workers, and protests in the last two years have been limited by pandemic restrictions. \u2014 Elaine Ganley, ajc , 1 May 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for emotion feeling , emotion , affection , sentiment , passion mean a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation. feeling denotes any partly mental, partly physical response marked by pleasure, pain, attraction, or repulsion; it may suggest the mere existence of a response but imply nothing about the nature or intensity of it. the feelings that once moved me are gone emotion carries a strong implication of excitement or agitation but, like feeling , encompasses both positive and negative responses. the drama portrays the emotions of adolescence affection applies to feelings that are also inclinations or likings. a memoir of childhood filled with affection for her family sentiment often implies an emotion inspired by an idea. her feminist sentiments are well known passion suggests a very powerful or controlling emotion. revenge became his ruling passion",
"worship at revival meetings often takes a markedly emotional form",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Clients paying incredible amounts of money will allow you a surprisingly long leash for creative freedom while clients with lighter contracts sometimes require extensive emotional support. \u2014 Christopher Tompkins, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Ginny has uncanny emotional intelligence, something her brother completely lacks. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Buzz and his crew, which includes emotional support robot kitten Sox, are trying to find a way home when the villainous Zurg (James Brolin) and his army of robots arrive to take over the planet. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 19 June 2022",
"Andrew senses an opening to supplant Joseph as her emotional support, and a pretext to wheedle her into breaking up with her fianc\u00e9. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"The biggest laughs are generated by yet another in Disney\u2019s unsurpassed line of nonhuman sidekicks, an emotional -support robo-cat named Sox (voiced by Peter Sohn). \u2014 Kyle Smith, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Fatherhood to me is about providing emotional support to my children and being present at Little League games, in the classroom as a substitute teacher, at dance recitals, at PTA meetings and at bedtime to give a good-night kiss. \u2014 Amy Joyce, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"My one major gripe is that this movie has left me low-key obsessed with wanting an emotional support cat robot like Sox, the feline automaton companion assigned to Buzz by Star Command to ease his troubled mind after a series of setbacks. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"It\u2019s one that seeks to end gun violence and offer access to counseling, emotional support and financial support to victims, survivors and their families. \u2014 Austen Erblat, Sun Sentinel , 8 June 2022"
"Infused with Waititi\u2019s brand of humor, the show is balanced with deep emotionalism . \u2014 Scott Huver, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a kind of opening for women there, with that emotionalism . \u2014 Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Mar. 2022",
"No plan ever works perfectly, but setting such standards is the only way that policy makers can resist emotionalism on one side and wishful thinking on the other. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"No amount of emphatic emotionalism , heroic grandstanding, or Instagrammable, earthbound beauty can distract from this fact. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Sometimes his fluttery trills, when combined with lyrics extolling his own sensitivity and emotionalism , are just too much. \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 4 Oct. 2021",
"The prickly strumming of his guitar heroes and the steely-eyed emotionalism of his norte\u00f1o heritage planted the seeds for Maverick to grow his own rapturous desert soundscapes, which sprawl outward and spiral into the cosmos. \u2014 Suzy Exposito Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2021",
"As Jean-Jacques\u2019s emotionalism proliferates in the culture, as people are socialized to see themselves as self-validating vectors of desire, the groundwork of the republic trembles. \u2014 John D. Hagen, National Review , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The display of emotionalism going on around you could drive you a little crazy. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2020"
"endured an unsatisfying marriage to a seemingly emotionless man",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thankfully, Schreiber handles the seemingly impossible job of taking the Master Chief character\u2014defined by the plot as a necessarily emotionless husk of a human\u2014and imbuing life and empathy into him without betraying his origins. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
"His main character has an emotionless face that looks like the porcelain face of an old doll crafted in Eastern Europe. \u2014 Karen Idelson, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022",
"After the jurors were discharged, Holmes, wearing a mask and seemingly emotionless , went down the line of her supporters in the San Jose courtroom. \u2014 Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 4 Jan. 2022",
"The 1999 film reflected an online world made up of a series of databases, in which the enemies were emotionless machines intent on keeping humanity under control. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Jurors were emotionless as the verdicts were read Tuesday afternoon. \u2014 Chao Xiong, Star Tribune , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Vision is literally fighting an evil, emotionless version of himself. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Some say the financial industry is emotionless by default, but that's not true. \u2014 Alex Kreger, Forbes , 26 Feb. 2021",
"In the classic sci-fi film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, aliens come down to Earth and essentially start producing emotionless human duplicates. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 24 Feb. 2021"
"endured an unsatisfying marriage to a seemingly emotionless man",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thankfully, Schreiber handles the seemingly impossible job of taking the Master Chief character\u2014defined by the plot as a necessarily emotionless husk of a human\u2014and imbuing life and empathy into him without betraying his origins. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
"His main character has an emotionless face that looks like the porcelain face of an old doll crafted in Eastern Europe. \u2014 Karen Idelson, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022",
"After the jurors were discharged, Holmes, wearing a mask and seemingly emotionless , went down the line of her supporters in the San Jose courtroom. \u2014 Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 4 Jan. 2022",
"The 1999 film reflected an online world made up of a series of databases, in which the enemies were emotionless machines intent on keeping humanity under control. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Jurors were emotionless as the verdicts were read Tuesday afternoon. \u2014 Chao Xiong, Star Tribune , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Vision is literally fighting an evil, emotionless version of himself. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Some say the financial industry is emotionless by default, but that's not true. \u2014 Alex Kreger, Forbes , 26 Feb. 2021",
"In the classic sci-fi film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, aliens come down to Earth and essentially start producing emotionless human duplicates. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 24 Feb. 2021"
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"an empathetic social worker who soon realized that the single mother was at her breaking point",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Open, informed, and empathetic conversations about how all employees want to work is important, but inclusion and inclusive retention strategies will require extra effort on the part of managers. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Monitoring stress and workloads, proactively dealing with exhaustion and putting yourself in the shoes of others through empathetic conversations also help build trust and create stability in a highly volatile external environment. \u2014 Kumar Parakala, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Throughout Spears\u2019 battle to end the conservatorship that controlled her personal and professional life for more than 13 years, Barrymore has been empathetic , given her own very public teen issues with fame, family and substance abuse. \u2014 Katie Atkinson, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
"But being empathetic doesn't have to mean being slow and overly deliberate, especially given the urgency of re-inventing work spaces now that the pandemic is receding. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
"Cancer babies are known for being empathetic , nurturers and are emotionally intelligent. \u2014 Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"This thrilling yet, at its core, empathetic and humanist film looks at the infamous trial of Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the mass extermination of Jews during the Second World War. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"One Woman\u2019s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders, is a deeply empathetic and rigorously researched investigation into the murder. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 May 2022",
"And as someone who is a byproduct of empathetic and intentional teaching (shoutout to the real Mrs. Abbott), Brunson\u2019s collaboration with the initiative makes sense. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 9 May 2022"
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"gave an empathic nod as I recounted my repeated efforts to land a decent-paying job in a tough economy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Doctors also discuss the need for support, but too often my empathic colleagues do not ask their patients about religion or faith or spirituality. \u2014 T. Salewa Oseni, STAT , 23 June 2022",
"The key to straddling this line, Bhat says, is trying to be empathic towards our community at large. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 18 May 2022",
"The shift to remote work environments and employers being more empathic to childcare challenges during the pandemic has opened up a pandora\u2019s box\u2014and most employees are not looking to go back. \u2014 Jacqlyn Nedvin, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The Pilots underscored their readiness to make a run at their second WCC title in three years Saturday afternoon with an empathic 69-44 win over Loyola Marymount at Orleans Arena. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Mar. 2022",
"DiFonzo, associate professor of psychology at Roberts Wesleyan College with a psychoanalyst\u2019s empathic style, tapped eight decades of research into the spread of rumors to understand what motivates and sustains groups like Sandy Hook Hoax. \u2014 Elizabeth Williamson, Wired , 11 Mar. 2022",
"As friends, family and colleagues recalled the life of former Lake County Coroner Barbara Richardson, the recollections centered on her personal and empathic touch dealing with people under the most difficult of circumstances. \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Today, the best leaders are less authoritative and more empathic , often displaying more vulnerability than leaders did in the past. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Along with doing exercises in empathic communication, the couples learn to be vulnerable and trusting, even during conflict. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Jan. 2022"
": a penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri ) that is the largest known and that is noted for the male's habit of incubating the egg between the feet and a fold of abdominal skin resembling a pouch":[]
"The emperor penguin 's disappearance could also have a dramatic effect on the ecosystem there. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 7 May 2022",
"In the Antarctic the food chain is relatively small and any change to a species that is lower in the food chain could impact the health of the emperor penguin (a predator). \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
"In June 2011, for example, a juvenile emperor penguin washed ashore on Peka Peka Beach in New Zealand, some 2,000 miles from its coastal Antarctic home. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Named for the emperor penguin , which can dive to a depth of 1,800 feet, the coaster reaches speeds greater than 60 mph along the nearly 2,500-foot track. \u2014 Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Blue penguins are native to the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand, warmer climates than where their emperor penguin relatives reside. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Since climate change is the emperor penguin \u2019s main threat, the potential Endangered Species Act listing could have significant ramifications. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Aug. 2021",
"SeaWorld said the coaster will mimic the emperor penguin \u2019s impressive underwater diving skills. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Aug. 2021",
"An emperor penguin colony in the Antarctic's Weddell Sea was effectively wiped out in 2016 because of record-low sea ice and early ice breakup, Jenouvrier said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Aug. 2021"
"Middle English emperie, borrowed from Anglo-French emperie, empirie, probably altered from empire empire , with the addition of the suffix -ie -y entry 2":""
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"a prep school with a long-established emphasis on sports",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Examining Johnson\u2019s psyche unearths valuable insights, but McElvaine\u2019s emphasis on Johnson\u2019s manhood \u2014 both literal and figurative \u2014 infantilizes the former president. \u2014 Michael Bobelian, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Its focus on the Bible and emphasis on Christian family ideals make some Blue Haven mothers uncomfortable. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"Federal officials said the $1 billion program created under last year\u2019s infrastructure law marks a shift in federal emphasis , with effects that could exceed the modest financial resources over five years. \u2014 Michael Laris, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
"Thanks to Urban Meyer\u2019s emphasis on the biggest national targets along with a dropoff of talent, Glenville hasn\u2019t sent a player to Columbus since Marshoon Lattimore and Erick Smith showed up in 2014. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a greater emphasis on teaching math and language arts \u2014 especially reading. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"However, not even the current movement to roll back LGBTQ rights nationwide has significantly changed Eureka's emphasis on coexistence, residents said. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"With better visibility into the health of devices and an emphasis on practicing green computing habits, organizations can cut back on e-waste and costs and help move us toward a greener future. \u2014 Yassine Zaied, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The brand\u2019s emphasis to not just create fashion alone may come from the founder\u2019s love for short films or her growing list of talents. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 28 June 2022"
"borrowed from Latin, \"use of language to imply more than is actually said, implication\" (Late Latin also \"appearance,\" Medieval Latin \"prominence of expression, stress\"), borrowed from Greek \u00e9mphasis \"appearance in a smooth surface, reflection, outward appearance, setting forth, exposition, significance, force of expression,\" from empha-, stem in noun derivation of empha\u00ednein \"to exhibit, display, indicate,\" empha\u00ednesthai \"to be reflected, become visible\" (from em- en- entry 2 + pha\u00ednein \"to bring to light, cause to appear,\" and pha\u00ednesthai \"to become visible, appear\") + -sis -sis \u2014 more at fantasy entry 1 , phase entry 1":""
"supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories",
"that huge belt buckle only emphasizes his big gut",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sadly, Bethesda's demo didn't include a VATS-like system that might emphasize loadout-specific tactics or give non-combat character archetypes a fighting chance. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 12 June 2022",
"The aim of his statement, the former adviser said, was to emphasize that Ivanka Trump wasn't involved in legal discussions. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"The resolution alludes to a New Testament passage that emphasize Christ's love for children and Hebrew Bible teachings about children being a gift from God. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
"Gen Z, teens and young adults born after 1996, have been flocking to apps that emphasize private messaging, live-streaming or allow their users to post content that disappears from public profiles after a certain amount of time. \u2014 Naomi Nix And Cat Zakrzewski, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
"And so there\u2019s been a really fruitful counter-narrative, which is to emphasize the way that music and people, and also scores or recordings, can be transnational, can go across borders and travel all around the world. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The original intent of some of these legal collections may have been to emphasize the need for freedom against larger dominant imperial forces. \u2014 Samuel L. Boyd, The Conversation , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The other, less-common approach was to emphasize the Old World exoticism of the artists. \u2014 Tim Gray, Variety , 21 Jan. 2022",
"One goal of attending is to emphasize the role that subnational governments, like states and provinces, can play in advancing climate policy, said Lauren Sanchez, Newsom\u2019s senior adviser for climate. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, ajc , 29 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Butler is fine in the few moments of offstage drama that the script allows, but most of the emotional action is telegraphed in Luhrmann\u2019s usual emphatic , breathless style. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"Every genre can be represented in these songs about dads, whether that's transcendental chart-toppers like The Beatles, emphatic anthems of love from Stevie Wonder, or the Motown sound of Jackson 5. \u2014 Mia Uzzell, Glamour , 19 June 2022",
"For all the darkness and sharpness of her book, R\u00f3is\u00edn, a fourth-generation Marxist born and raised in Australia, is a glowing, calming presence, with an emphatic poise reminiscent of Angela Davis. \u2014 Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Exhibiting a determined confidence and grit all evening, Wiggins drove through the lane for an emphatic one-handed slam with 2:10 left to cap his brilliant performance on both ends. \u2014 Janie Mccauley, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
"The emphatic crack of the bat was an early indication of what was to come for Baltimore in the series finale against the Kansas City Royals, breaking out at the plate to even the four-game series at two games apiece. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 12 June 2022",
"Though Triple H was emphatic about being done with wrestling, his future behind the scenes remains murky. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Well more than 12 hours after Wiggins glided through the key and hammered home an emphatic dunk over Doncic, social media, sports talk radio and ESPN were still abuzz about the sequence. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 May 2022",
"Kevin McCullar made an emphatic dunk with 15 seconds left to cap a 10-1 closing run for No. 3 seed Texas Tech, which advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 59-53 victory over Notre Dame in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. \u2014 Bernie Wilson, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"borrowed from French & Late Latin; French emphatique \"forcefully expressive,\" going back to Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin emphaticus, borrowed from Greek emphatik\u00f3s \"expressive, indicative,\" from empha-, stem in noun derivation of empha\u00ednein \"to exhibit, display, indicate\" + -t-, verbal adjective formative + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at emphasis":""
"She built a tiny business into a worldwide empire .",
"He controlled a cattle empire in the heart of Texas.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Peter\u2019s wars and territorial expansion helped shape the contours of the later Russian empire , pushing its frontiers to areas of Finland in the north and the Black Sea in the south. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"When the Soviet Union collapsed and nations in that Soviet empire were free to make choices, many of them showed a strong desire to avoid close links with Moscow. \u2014 Frank Lavin, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Second, Ukrainians want no part of a new Russian empire and overwhelmingly aspire to join the West. \u2014 Daniel Twining, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Ukraine known as Novorossiya into the Russian empire . \u2014 Susanne Sternthal, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The city\u2019s biggest collection of first- and second-generation Americans came from the Russian empire , including Poland and Ukraine. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The failure of the Soviet war in Afghanistan hammered a giant nail into the coffin of the Soviet empire . \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
"But there is little evidence to support the view that Russia's attack in Ukraine is part of a plan to reconstitute the Soviet empire . \u2014 Benjamin H. Friedman, The Week , 20 Mar. 2022",
"This will be true disarmament of the bloody, agonizing Russian empire . \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 14 Mar. 2022"
"French, from ( le premier ) Empire the first Empire of France":"Adjective",
"Middle English, \"supreme power, position of an emperor, territory under an emperor's rule,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin imperium \"authority over family members and slaves exercised by the head of a household, supreme administrative authority, dominion, power exercised by a Roman emperor,\" from imper\u0101re \"to give orders, exercise authority, hold political power\" + -ium, deverbal suffix of function or state \u2014 more at emperor":"Noun"
"Middle English emperiqe \"physician in ancient Greece and Rome who held that treatment should be based on observation rather than theory,\" borrowed from Latin emp\u012bricus, emp\u0113ricus, borrowed from Greek empeirik\u00f3s, derivative of empeirik\u00f3s, adjective, \"based on observation (of medical treatment), experienced,\" from empeir\u00eda \"experience, practice\" (derivative of \u00e9mpeiros \"experienced, practiced,\" from em- en- entry 2 + -peiros, derivative of pe\u00eera \"attempt, trial, test\") + -ikos -ic entry 1 ; pe\u00eera going back to *per-i\u032fa, derivative of a verbal base *per- perhaps going back to Indo-European *per- \"cross, pass\" \u2014 more at fare entry 1":""
"Eventually, access to electron microscopes and X-ray diffraction technology provided the necessary empirical evidence to test the hypotheses, and the jigsaw pieces began to fall into place. \u2014 Gail Nichols , Ceramics Monthly , February 2002",
"No religion, new or old, is subject to empirical proof, so what we have is a contest between faiths. \u2014 Harvey Cox , Atlantic , March 1999",
"They collected plenty of empirical data from their experiments.",
"guidelines for raising children that are based on empirical evidence",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Smart said empirical evidence is lacking about whether increasing firearms excise taxes affects gun violence. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Utilize empirical data to gain stakeholder engagement. \u2014 Abiola Salami, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"The model is designed to track the flow of materials from production to loss, estimating losses at each stage of the material's life cycle based on empirical data. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022",
"There is little empirical evidence that explains why. \u2014 Gina Barton, jsonline.com , 3 May 2022",
"There is little empirical evidence that explains why. \u2014 Gina Barton, USA Today , 3 May 2022",
"And though the journal is supposedly committed to empirical tests, no data were presented that might speak to alternative explanations, such as that the cause of the under-representation lies in the pipeline of prepared and interested students. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"Among social scientists, economists have gone the farthest in trying to formalize their theories with abstract mathematical models, and in developing a rigorous empirical methodology to validate them with. \u2014 Francis Fukuyama, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Whether such an impact would be the same across all business/non-profit collaborations is certainly an empirical question. \u2014 David Hessekiel, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022"
"empiric \"of physicians in ancient Greece and Rome holding that treatment should be based on observation rather than theory\" (going back to Middle English emperic, borrowed from early Medieval Latin emp\u012bricus, borrowed from Greek empeirik\u00f3s, \"based on observation (of medical treatment), experienced\") + -al entry 1 \u2014 more at empiric":""
"the plan is to emplace more guns on the ridge north of the camp",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kevin had personally watched this man bury IEDs and train others how to emplace bombs. \u2014 Annie Jacobsen, Wired , 20 Jan. 2021",
"Incentives, properly emplaced and communicated, are one excellent way to encourage behaviors based on your company\u2019s values. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2020",
"The state Transportation Department is offering to produce and emplace roadside memorials as a way to keep highways free of roadside safety hazards. \u2014 USA TODAY , 15 Nov. 2019",
"Older mine-hunting systems typically involved putting human divers or even marine mammals into the water to check out suspected mines, then emplacing explosives to destroy them at a distance. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Mines are munitions that are emplaced on the battlefield in order to modify enemy behavior. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 16 July 2019",
"Mines are munitions that are emplaced on the battlefield in order to modify enemy behavior. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 16 July 2019",
"Consider such a system of anti-tank munitions emplaced in the path of an oncoming enemy tank force. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 14 Nov. 2018",
"How do such large lava flows get emplaced on the ocean floor? \u2014 Erik Klemetti, WIRED , 6 Sep. 2013"
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"secret emplacement of missiles on the island",
"the emplacement of the house, which is between two hulking mansions, makes it seem smaller than it is",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The next artillery emplacement in the city was inspired by one of the most obscure campaigns of the Civil War. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Aug. 2021",
"One song had to be composed on a sandbag, by candlelight, in a disused mortar emplacement . \u2014 Anthony Lan, The New Yorker , 5 July 2021",
"And at 10:59 am, Henry Nicholas Gunther of Baltimore\u2014once a supply sergeant, recently busted back to private\u2014charged alone toward a German emplacement , leveling a rifle. \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, Wired , 31 Dec. 2020",
"The plant is in the second phase of resuming normal operations after having slowed the emplacement of waste this spring when the pandemic began, said spokesperson Bobby St. John. \u2014 USA TODAY , 17 Aug. 2020",
"Ties between the northeastern neighbors nosedived in 2017 after Seoul accepted the emplacement of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, system in southern South Korea. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2019",
"This quick-hardening ability allowed the French Army to build gun emplacements quickly in the first world war, and could have helped fortify rebel defenses on Hoth. \u2014 Alastair Marsh, Quartz , 29 Dec. 2019",
"The base is built into subterranean caves, but concrete is still needed for the roofs and floors of the spacecraft hangars, and the defensive laser cannon emplacements . \u2014 Alastair Marsh, Quartz , 29 Dec. 2019",
"The other exhibit is outdoors in what was once an artillery emplacement . \u2014 Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com , 21 Sep. 2019"
"The company is accused of employing questionable methods to obtain the contract.",
"You should find better ways to employ your time.",
"I had to employ a lawyer to review the contract.",
"It's a small company, employing a staff of only 20.",
"Noun",
"while you're under our employ , you can't do outside work for our competitors",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Journal works with two sets of polling partners, who employ different methodologies. \u2014 WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"The former is a technical mechanism the WHO can employ , while the latter is a rhetorical acknowledgement of vast global spread of a disease. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 28 June 2022",
"Also in the first round, Miami faced the Atlanta Hawks, who employ one of the N.B.A.\u2019s best guards in Trae Young. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Our hemp is acquired from American farmers who employ the greatest and safest farming methods. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Beckham is an unrestricted free agent, and as of Thursday had not announced who will employ him next season, when he is not expected to be available until midseason. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The candidates are both concerned that short-selling shares not only tends to put downward pressure on the market but also hurts retail investors who employ simple strategies that count on stocks rising. \u2014 Youkyung Lee, Bloomberg.com , 5 Mar. 2022",
"California lawmakers enacted legislation in 2004 that imposes staffing ratios for hospitals and other health care providers who employ nurses. \u2014 Patrick Gleason, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Trump wanted to destroy governmental institutions; Nixon wanted to employ them to his ends but not to obliterate them. \u2014 David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Pierre Cardin is briefly in the employ of Schiaparelli. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 1 July 2022",
"In a letter sent Friday to Democratic City Councilman Eric Costello, the chairman of the council\u2019s Ways and Means Committee that conducts the budget hearing process, Mosby counted 144 prosecutors in her employ . \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 6 June 2022",
"Waldman doesn't deny making the statements, but Depp's side argued that even though Waldman was under his employ , Depp was not involved or aware of these remarks. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
"Some private enterprises may be attracted to scrutinizing employees like an intelligence agency might keep tabs on analysts and spies, although employ don\u2019t have access to the same data sources. \u2014 Sarah Scoles, New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Burna Boy\u2019s frequent employ of an a cappella or minimalist arrangement meant the eager attendees could often be heard singing clearly, their voices as sweet as Burna\u2019s smile. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Angell, who died earlier this month at the age of 101, spent 75 years in the employ of The New Yorker. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Having begun the story before World War I, there's always been the lingering question of what awaits this aristocratic family and those in their employ as the second World War, and the conditions leading to it, come into view. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"That decision was partially practical: Huffman and Cupp employ staff who understand how to draw maps and have crafted every proposal approved by the Commission or state lawmakers to date. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer , 11 Apr. 2022"
"Middle English emploien , from Anglo-French empleier, emploier, emplier to entangle, apply, make use of, from Latin implicare to enfold, involve, from in- + plicare to fold \u2014 more at ply":"Verb"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for employ Verb use , employ , utilize mean to put into service especially to attain an end. use implies availing oneself of something as a means or instrument to an end. willing to use any means to achieve her ends employ suggests the use of a person or thing that is available but idle, inactive, or disengaged. looking for better ways to employ their skills utilize may suggest the discovery of a new, profitable, or practical use for something. an old wooden bucket utilized as a planter",
"this wall map of the bay is for decoration only\u2014it's not employable for actual navigation",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In fact, 74% of workers are willing to learn new skills to remain employable , and 76% find companies that offer additional training for staff more appealing. \u2014 Nancy Xiao, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"The days of long tenures at businesses and thinking that the skill sets someone gained with a college degree are enough to keep them employable is changing rapidly. \u2014 Jaime Taets, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"These statistics are not driven by a lack of employable skills. \u2014 Vicki Salemi, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Instead, colleges feed the narrative that a degree is required to be employable \u2014which is currently true in much of the business world. \u2014 WSJ , 26 Oct. 2021",
"One study says one of out five American men are no longer employable as a result. \u2014 Oliver Staley, Quartz , 21 Sep. 2021",
"As recently as last summer, there was even uncertainty about whether Anthony, the aging 10-time All-Star, was employable as a professional basketball player and could accept being a part of a supporting cast. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
"This is a prime opportunity to respond to both the nationwide shortage of skilled professionals in fields like K-12 education and social work and the pressing need among students to gain immediately employable credentials. \u2014 Michael Horowitz, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"That\u2019s a huge number of people who will need to re-skill in order to remain relevant and employable . \u2014 David James, Forbes , 27 May 2021"
"The company is accused of employing questionable methods to obtain the contract.",
"You should find better ways to employ your time.",
"I had to employ a lawyer to review the contract.",
"It's a small company, employing a staff of only 20.",
"Noun",
"while you're under our employ , you can't do outside work for our competitors",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Journal works with two sets of polling partners, who employ different methodologies. \u2014 WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"The former is a technical mechanism the WHO can employ , while the latter is a rhetorical acknowledgement of vast global spread of a disease. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 28 June 2022",
"Also in the first round, Miami faced the Atlanta Hawks, who employ one of the N.B.A.\u2019s best guards in Trae Young. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Our hemp is acquired from American farmers who employ the greatest and safest farming methods. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Beckham is an unrestricted free agent, and as of Thursday had not announced who will employ him next season, when he is not expected to be available until midseason. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The candidates are both concerned that short-selling shares not only tends to put downward pressure on the market but also hurts retail investors who employ simple strategies that count on stocks rising. \u2014 Youkyung Lee, Bloomberg.com , 5 Mar. 2022",
"California lawmakers enacted legislation in 2004 that imposes staffing ratios for hospitals and other health care providers who employ nurses. \u2014 Patrick Gleason, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Trump wanted to destroy governmental institutions; Nixon wanted to employ them to his ends but not to obliterate them. \u2014 David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Pierre Cardin is briefly in the employ of Schiaparelli. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 1 July 2022",
"In a letter sent Friday to Democratic City Councilman Eric Costello, the chairman of the council\u2019s Ways and Means Committee that conducts the budget hearing process, Mosby counted 144 prosecutors in her employ . \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 6 June 2022",
"Waldman doesn't deny making the statements, but Depp's side argued that even though Waldman was under his employ , Depp was not involved or aware of these remarks. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
"Some private enterprises may be attracted to scrutinizing employees like an intelligence agency might keep tabs on analysts and spies, although employ don\u2019t have access to the same data sources. \u2014 Sarah Scoles, New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Burna Boy\u2019s frequent employ of an a cappella or minimalist arrangement meant the eager attendees could often be heard singing clearly, their voices as sweet as Burna\u2019s smile. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Angell, who died earlier this month at the age of 101, spent 75 years in the employ of The New Yorker. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Having begun the story before World War I, there's always been the lingering question of what awaits this aristocratic family and those in their employ as the second World War, and the conditions leading to it, come into view. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"That decision was partially practical: Huffman and Cupp employ staff who understand how to draw maps and have crafted every proposal approved by the Commission or state lawmakers to date. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer , 11 Apr. 2022"
"Middle English emploien , from Anglo-French empleier, emploier, emplier to entangle, apply, make use of, from Latin implicare to enfold, involve, from in- + plicare to fold \u2014 more at ply":"Verb"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for employ Verb use , employ , utilize mean to put into service especially to attain an end. use implies availing oneself of something as a means or instrument to an end. willing to use any means to achieve her ends employ suggests the use of a person or thing that is available but idle, inactive, or disengaged. looking for better ways to employ their skills utilize may suggest the discovery of a new, profitable, or practical use for something. an old wooden bucket utilized as a planter",
"Such consequences include a dearth of employment opportunities and restrictions on travel, Benca said. \u2014 Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online , 24 June 2022",
"Instead of focusing on names on papers and patents, researchers compared employment records with author lists to find out whose names were missing. \u2014 Elissa Welle, STAT , 23 June 2022",
"Total employment is still about a million workers below its peak in February 2020. \u2014 William Dunkelberg, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Chinese authorities say that all employment is voluntary, and that work transfers help free rural families from poverty by giving them steady wages, skills and Chinese-language training. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"The association\u2019s stats show union employment at the ports is up by more 1,000 jobs, or 7%, since 2008, when the union agreed to greater automation amid the Great Recession\u2019s economic downturn. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Furthermore, because overall employment is much higher than a year ago, overall pay in the U.S. has outpaced price increases. \u2014 Justin Lahart, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"But by March 2022, employment in several industries was still below pre-pandemic levels. \u2014 John D. Harden, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"In September 2021, the most recent month for which data was available, employment in the movie theater group was still down nearly 32% over the same month in 2019. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for employment work , employment , occupation , calling , pursuit , m\u00e9tier , business mean a specific sustained activity engaged in especially in earning one's living. work may apply to any purposeful activity whether remunerative or not. her work as a hospital volunteer employment implies work for which one has been engaged and is being paid by an employer. your employment with this firm is hereby terminated occupation implies work in which one engages regularly especially as a result of training. his occupation as a trained auto mechanic calling applies to an occupation viewed as a vocation or profession. the ministry seemed my true calling pursuit suggests a trade, profession, or avocation followed with zeal or steady interest. her family considered medicine the only proper pursuit m\u00e9tier implies a calling or pursuit for which one believes oneself to be especially fitted. acting was my one and only m\u00e9tier business suggests activity in commerce or the management of money and affairs. the business of managing a hotel",
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"He found work as a mechanic through an employment agency .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The new benefits have attracted more than 1 million applications, which the employment agency says are still being assessed. \u2014 Salah Slimani, Bloomberg.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Eventually, the employment agency did deliver the long overdue risk assessment to lawmakers. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Her son, John Wesley Coleman, opened an employment agency and later helped his mother develop Coleman Flats, a Boyle Heights apartment building for Black residents, Beasley wrote. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Since then, however, the program and preparations to launch it by January 2023 rarely came up in lawmakers\u2019 check-ins during public meetings with the state employment agency assigned to do that work. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Then last year, Activision became embroiled in a lawsuit over workplace harassment brought by a California employment agency , raising questions about its conduct. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The beer halls are named for an old logger\u2019s union employment agency \u2014 the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen Employment. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Nov. 2021",
"According to Powell, the center is often mistaken as a temporary employment agency or the unemployment office. \u2014 Madison Bateman, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 9 Nov. 2021",
"But Jessica Hiser, marketing director for the employment agency Spherion in Ashland, said job seekers are looking for more than pay. \u2014 Emma Davis, Fortune , 15 Oct. 2021"
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"Once the height of Atlanta society, then a head-turning zoo exhibit and magic emporium , mental health hospital, a dilapidated ruin, and, most recently, a movie and television set, the Briarcliff Mansion will soon start its next chapter. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 24 June 2022",
"Billed as Palm Beach\u2019s oldest shop (since 1928), Kassatly\u2019s is an emporium for fine linens, luxurious sleepwear, and classic cashmere. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"Lavinia is a two-floor wine emporium in Salamanca that has sidewalk tables. \u2014 Christian L. Wright, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Their investigation leads them to a rare book emporium , whose owner Ada (Demetria McKinney) takes an interest to the occult and could provide the missing pieces to their puzzle. \u2014 Marc Berman, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Lily et Cie, the vintage emporium frequented by A-list celebrities including Kim Kardashian West, Jennifer Lopez, and Kirsten Dunst for the Oscars. \u2014 Mackenzie Wagoner, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Brian drove to five stores looking for ingredients, and not even Canyon Market, the emporium of the obscure, sold buckwheat honey. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Mar. 2022",
"And, true to form with the celebrity sightings that helped to propel the chain\u2019s growth, the sweets emporium and restaurant will launch with star power. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Bvlgari, which began life as a small jewelry emporium , opened in 1884 by a Greek immigrant just a couple of miles east of the Vatican, has introduced a host of game-changing pieces to the horological canon. \u2014 Nick Scott, Robb Report , 21 Mar. 2022"
"\u2026 nootropic agents empower the lower amounts of acetylcholine in diseased brains to work overtime \u2026",
"\u2014 Science News"
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"The American women's movement has been inspiring and empowering women for nearly 20 years \u2026",
"\u2014 Ron Hansen",
"Members of our discipline often envision themselves as agents of social change who try to promote critique of dominant ideologies and empower students to become active participants in the larger political world.",
"All of these campaigns meet the moment, serve our mission \u2014 to empower women and people who menstruate to live their healthiest lives \u2014 and further reinforce our brand. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 25 June 2022",
"When war broke in Ukraine last February 2022, the country\u2019s creative community\u2013along with the rest of the world\u2013sought out ways to inspire, empower , and support those bravely standing at the frontlines. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"The libraries aim to empower and transform the lives of people in prison through access to literature and beauty \u2014 providing books housed in handcrafted shelves designed to encourage community in the center of prison housing units. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Each year the Cartier women\u2019s initiative program helps female entrepreneurs reach their potential through programs that empower their businesses and enrich their lives. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Distraction, Wu notes, tends to empower the industrialists and demean everyone else. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2022",
"This beauty mindset falls in line with Gomez's mission to empower her fans and break down mental health stigmas through Rare Beauty and her nonprofit organization, the Rare Impact Fund. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Elevate, promote, empower and seed from other places. \u2014 Lynn Rosenthal, Rolling Stone , 13 Jan. 2022",
"As an actor, the pandemic also reminded me of the importance of uplifting emotions during a time of gravity and the power that our films \u2014 regardless of how they are released \u2014 can have to empower and entertain audiences. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 23 Dec. 2021"
": the act or action of empowering someone or something : the granting of the power, right, or authority to perform various acts or duties":[
"Malcolm X, the eloquent spokesman for black empowerment who, in 1965, was gunned down at the age of 39 in New York city, continues to influence the political, social, and cultural climate of our society.",
"\u2014 Joe Wood",
"Therefore, part of the cure for poverty was empowerment \u2014training the residents of a poor neighborhood to organize themselves and learn to get things from the power structure.",
"\u2014 Nicholas Lemann"
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": the state of being empowered to do something : the power, right, or authority to do something":[
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"\u2014 Erin Murphy-Graham",
"The focus on getting a candidate elected is a way for voters wary of broken promises to gain a sense of empowerment .",
"\u2014 John Dutton",
"Amid the uproar, he and his fellow students felt a budding\u2014and maybe false\u2014sense of empowerment .",
"\u2014 James Graff",
"Like John Lennon, he brought the idea that through music, empowerment and words, you can really come up with world peace.",
": one who before Texas became part of the U.S. entered into a contract with the Spanish or Mexican government to settle a certain number of families in Texas in exchange for sizable grants of land":[]
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"the Emperor and Empress of Japan",
"Catherine the Great was Empress of Russia.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The plans of a widowed Constantinople empress , Arianna, to marry and thus crown a new emperor, Anastasio, are interrupted by an invading rebel army led by Arianna\u2019s jilted lover, the nasty Vitaliano. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"The obsession with the empress \u2019 appearance is akin with the obsession with Instagram and celebrity culture. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"As both queen and empress , Pahlavi was devoted to social issues, with a strong personal passion for art and culture. \u2014 Cyrill Matter, Town & Country , 28 Apr. 2022",
"But two weeks after wrapping production on the second season of The Great in Europe, the 23-year-old actress found herself in Savannah, Georgia, last summer, preparing for a role that's a dramatic departure from an 18th-century Russian empress . \u2014 Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The new season of Hulu's naughty - and mostly not historically accurate - depiction of Catherine the Great's life as empress of 18th century Russia debuts Friday. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Anya is befriended by two con men, Dmitry and Vlad, who offer to help herto get the reward offered by the dowager empress for returning her granddaughter Anastasia. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Many Russian readers would have seen in this encounter nothing more than a joke at the expense of the simple Cossacks, overawed by the grandeur of the palace and the empress . \u2014 Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic , 10 Mar. 2022",
"When the book begins, Dee has been appointed Imperial Circuit Supervisor of the Tang Empire\u2014an office bestowed to remove him from the capital, where the judge\u2019s recent pronouncement on imperial succession has sparked the empress \u2019s ire. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English emperice, emperes (with assimilation of the suffix to -esse -ess ), borrowed from Anglo-French emperice, empereis, going back to Late Latin imper\u0101tr\u012bc-, imper\u0101tr\u012bx (Latin, \"female general [used ironically]\"), from Latin imper\u0101re \"to give orders, exercise authority, hold political power\" + -tr\u012bc-, -tr\u012bx, feminine agent suffix \u2014 more at emperor":""
"Middle English, undertaking, from Anglo-French, from emprendre to undertake, from Vulgar Latin *imprehendere , from Latin in- + prehendere to seize \u2014 more at get":""
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"She felt trapped in an empty marriage.",
"unhappy people leading empty lives",
"Verb",
"She emptied the contents of her purse onto the table.",
"It's your turn to empty the trash.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Another item had also been added to the memorial: an empty tallboy can of Crazy Stallion Classic Lager. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 23 June 2022",
"Nothing's off the table and the only thing on it are empty wine glasses. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
"What was not clear at the time was that this was not an empty exercise. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"The empty streets during the pandemic inspired Wedgeworth to look for bike classes. \u2014 Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"The exodus is leaving behind empty streets and a silence that amplifies the dull thump of artillery exchanges just outside city limits. \u2014 Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Today, Buffalo\u2019s East Side is a shell of its former self, with vacant storefronts and empty homes. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"These pictures captured the starkness of the countryside; rusting cars, broken down barns and empty homes set against dark hued backdrops. \u2014 John Canale, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
"In Kharkiv, the men found a ghost town, where monuments and churches kept watch over empty streets. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Once swim time is over, just use the convenient drain plug to empty out the pool water and deflate. \u2014 Joe Morales, Good Housekeeping , 22 June 2022",
"About a day or two later, the patient takes the second medication, misoprostol, which spurs cramping and bleeding to empty the uterus. \u2014 Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"Thanks to its smart design, ashes fall into a bucket at hopper's base, and cleanup is as easy as opening the door to empty it. \u2014 Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics , 5 May 2022",
"Still, the new toilets fill up so quickly that rangers have to empty them once or twice a week during the summer. \u2014 Krista Langlois, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The cons: This vacuum doesn't have a big canister, so our testers had to empty it much more often than competing devices. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"As the older Hern\u00e1n shares a draft of his hallucination-stirring home brew and speaks about his own personal history, Jessica seems to empty herself out. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The vacuum, which is initially available through iRobot's website, costs $850 (or $650 if bought without a base that the vacuum can automatically empty dirt into). \u2014 Rachel Metz, CNN , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Build reservoirs in flood-prone areas with drainage systems to empty into them, then have the water transported to the drought-prone areas. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 2 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The change resulted from an intersection of migration with births and deaths, since the county draws retirees and empty -nesters, while young adults who want to have children move elsewhere, mostly for better schools, Smith said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 6 June 2022",
"Kevin Shattenkirk and Vinni Lettieri had a goal and an assist apiece, and Nicolas Deslauriers added a short-handed empty -netter for the Ducks with 7:37 to play. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The entire region is a buyer\u2019s market, burdened by other big empties . \u2014 At A Great Price, ProPublica , 18 May 2020",
"The horses are saddled in the paddock in two shifts, and at least one stall is kept empty between horses. \u2014 Joe Drape, New York Times , 12 May 2020",
"Coronavirus empties pediatrician offices in Michigan, decreases vaccinations As COVID-19 continues to churn through southeast Michigan and elsewhere, wary parents are avoiding health care settings. \u2014 Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press , 28 Apr. 2020",
"More than Christmas or New Year\u2019s Day, more than Easter week, when the city empties out. \u2014 Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books , 29 Mar. 2020",
"Heiskanen\u2019s goal came with the Stars\u2019 net empty and was his first since Dec. 3, a stretch of 33 games. \u2014 Matthew Defranks, Dallas News , 28 Feb. 2020",
"Days, even weeks, in a tent or a bivouac, the hours empty of all but numbing chores and the howling of the wind. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2020"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for empty Adjective empty , vacant , blank , void , vacuous mean lacking contents which could or should be present. empty suggests a complete absence of contents. an empty bucket vacant suggests an absence of appropriate contents or occupants. a vacant apartment blank stresses the absence of any significant, relieving, or intelligible features on a surface. a blank wall void suggests absolute emptiness as far as the mind or senses can determine. a statement void of meaning vacuous suggests the emptiness of a vacuum and especially the lack of intelligence or significance. a vacuous facial expression synonyms see in addition vain",
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"The arena was completely empty .",
"She felt trapped in an empty marriage.",
"unhappy people leading empty lives",
"Verb",
"She emptied the contents of her purse onto the table.",
"It's your turn to empty the trash.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Another item had also been added to the memorial: an empty tallboy can of Crazy Stallion Classic Lager. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 23 June 2022",
"Nothing's off the table and the only thing on it are empty wine glasses. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
"What was not clear at the time was that this was not an empty exercise. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"The empty streets during the pandemic inspired Wedgeworth to look for bike classes. \u2014 Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"The exodus is leaving behind empty streets and a silence that amplifies the dull thump of artillery exchanges just outside city limits. \u2014 Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Today, Buffalo\u2019s East Side is a shell of its former self, with vacant storefronts and empty homes. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"These pictures captured the starkness of the countryside; rusting cars, broken down barns and empty homes set against dark hued backdrops. \u2014 John Canale, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
"In Kharkiv, the men found a ghost town, where monuments and churches kept watch over empty streets. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Once swim time is over, just use the convenient drain plug to empty out the pool water and deflate. \u2014 Joe Morales, Good Housekeeping , 22 June 2022",
"About a day or two later, the patient takes the second medication, misoprostol, which spurs cramping and bleeding to empty the uterus. \u2014 Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"Thanks to its smart design, ashes fall into a bucket at hopper's base, and cleanup is as easy as opening the door to empty it. \u2014 Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics , 5 May 2022",
"Still, the new toilets fill up so quickly that rangers have to empty them once or twice a week during the summer. \u2014 Krista Langlois, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The cons: This vacuum doesn't have a big canister, so our testers had to empty it much more often than competing devices. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"As the older Hern\u00e1n shares a draft of his hallucination-stirring home brew and speaks about his own personal history, Jessica seems to empty herself out. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The vacuum, which is initially available through iRobot's website, costs $850 (or $650 if bought without a base that the vacuum can automatically empty dirt into). \u2014 Rachel Metz, CNN , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Build reservoirs in flood-prone areas with drainage systems to empty into them, then have the water transported to the drought-prone areas. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 2 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The change resulted from an intersection of migration with births and deaths, since the county draws retirees and empty -nesters, while young adults who want to have children move elsewhere, mostly for better schools, Smith said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 6 June 2022",
"Kevin Shattenkirk and Vinni Lettieri had a goal and an assist apiece, and Nicolas Deslauriers added a short-handed empty -netter for the Ducks with 7:37 to play. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The entire region is a buyer\u2019s market, burdened by other big empties . \u2014 At A Great Price, ProPublica , 18 May 2020",
"The horses are saddled in the paddock in two shifts, and at least one stall is kept empty between horses. \u2014 Joe Drape, New York Times , 12 May 2020",
"Coronavirus empties pediatrician offices in Michigan, decreases vaccinations As COVID-19 continues to churn through southeast Michigan and elsewhere, wary parents are avoiding health care settings. \u2014 Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press , 28 Apr. 2020",
"More than Christmas or New Year\u2019s Day, more than Easter week, when the city empties out. \u2014 Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books , 29 Mar. 2020",
"Heiskanen\u2019s goal came with the Stars\u2019 net empty and was his first since Dec. 3, a stretch of 33 games. \u2014 Matthew Defranks, Dallas News , 28 Feb. 2020",
"Days, even weeks, in a tent or a bivouac, the hours empty of all but numbing chores and the howling of the wind. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2020"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for empty Adjective empty , vacant , blank , void , vacuous mean lacking contents which could or should be present. empty suggests a complete absence of contents. an empty bucket vacant suggests an absence of appropriate contents or occupants. a vacant apartment blank stresses the absence of any significant, relieving, or intelligible features on a surface. a blank wall void suggests absolute emptiness as far as the mind or senses can determine. a statement void of meaning vacuous suggests the emptiness of a vacuum and especially the lack of intelligence or significance. a vacuous facial expression synonyms see in addition vain",
"movie scenes set in heaven often suggest that harps are the favored instruments for empyrean music",
"Noun",
"ascended into the empyrean after a life filled with good deeds",
"most ticket buyers have no trouble envisioning the empyrean that winning the lottery would inevitably bring about",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"At their best, Harjo\u2019s poems inform each other, linking her different modes, facilitating her tendency to zoom from a personal experience to a more empyrean one. \u2014 Maya Phillips, The New Yorker , 29 Aug. 2019",
"Louis leaves Prior, drawing the first line in a pattern of abandonment that informs the entire play, and finally stretches all the way into the empyrean kingdom of an absent God. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2018",
"Our badges looked different, we were afforded fewer privileges, and we were certainly kept in the dark about The Algorithm (pause for heavenly-choir noise effect) and other such empyrean secrets. \u2014 Lucas Peterson, GQ , 22 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"O\u2019Keeffe places the viewer aloft, level with the bone, high up in the empyrean . \u2014 Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Unfortunately, for those who see Mr. Donnelly\u2019s empyrean status less as the result of an Immaculate Kawnception and more as another harbinger of Artistic Kawpocalypse, the show will do little to change previous conceptions about him or his art. \u2014 Brian P. Kelly, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2021",
"That could quickly propel a few black schools into the athletic empyrean , and change the place of HBCUs in American culture. \u2014 Jemele Hill, The Atlantic , 5 Sep. 2019",
"Grahm reaches for the empyrean , and Locke brings him back to earth, a table full of wine bottles between them. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 14 May 2018",
"Grahm reaches for the empyrean , and Locke brings him back to earth, a table full of wine bottles between them. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 14 May 2018",
"But even in the empyrean reaches of premium cable, Shondaland has a voice. \u2014 Wesley Morris And James Poniewozik, New York Times , 10 Feb. 2016"
"If you are talking to someone younger, do not condescend. If you are talking to someone older, back up feelings with facts and never be in such a rush to make your point that you forget the art of listening. And please, no one try to emulate the histrionic, discursive style of any talking heads you see on television. \u2014 William Norwich , Vogue , 9 Sept. 2008",
"Although some schools are postponing new projects because of the faltering economy, others are forging ahead with plans to emulate freshman programs that have long existed at some of the nation's oldest colleges. \u2014 Jeninne Lee-St. John , Time , 27 Oct. 2008",
"I started out emulating Chandler in that first book, maybe the first book and a half, because I was in my novitiate, and whenever I wasn't clear on what to do I would actively think about Chandler and what Marlow would have done. \u2014 Robert B. Parker et al. , Colloquium on Crime , 1986",
"She grew up emulating her sports heroes.",
"artists emulating the style of their teachers",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Do your students ever emulate your very particular way of working? \u2014 Dennis Lim, The New Yorker , 15 May 2022",
"Bollywood films borrow from traditions and customs, adding them to mass culture, and, in turn, creating viral trends for real-life weddings to emulate . \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Apparently, Green was a good example for the young receiver to emulate . \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The Cavs are already trying to pull pieces from different players, past and present, for Mobley to emulate . \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 21 Oct. 2021",
"For example, Wyoming can \u2013 and has been \u2013 used as an example and template for other states to emulate ; why not take this approach when developing frameworks and standards at a national level? \u2014 Sean Stein Smith, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Taylor brought his own style to the band and didn\u2019t try to emulate Dave, who is obviously one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, Variety , 29 Mar. 2022",
"This interior does not try to emulate conventional cars, instead underscoring that the EV6 is something different. \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 10 Jan. 2022",
"borrowed from Latin aemul\u0101tus \u2014 more at emulate entry 1":"Adjective",
"borrowed from Latin aemul\u0101tus, past participle of aemul\u0101r\u012b \"to vie with, rival, imitate,\" derivative of aemulus \"rivaling, emulous \"":"Verb"
"On Macs, this test is less a measure of raw processing capability and more a measure of how well the system handles the demands of applications that require the Rosetta 2 emulation layer. \u2014 PCMAG , 22 June 2022",
"Using online tools to sensationalize his terror, and to invite participation and emulation , the 18-year-old broadcast his strike on the live-streaming service Twitch, using a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet. \u2014 Drew Harwell, Washington Post , 15 May 2022",
"Using online tools to sensationalize his terror, and to invite participation and emulation , the gunman broadcast his attack on the live-streaming service Twitch, using a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet. \u2014 Isaac Stanley-becker And Drew Harwell, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"All of this is in pretty clear pursuit of one thing, the emulation of a stream of revenue in the mobile games space where those free games are frequently ad-supported, sometimes to their detriment, sometimes to giant piles of money. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"But as with old video games, emulation offers a much more convenient way to run old software. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Behind the scenes, a Proton emulation layer allows the Steam Deck to run Windows titles on Linux. \u2014 Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The 64-bit versions of Windows can't run 16-bit software without some kind of virtualization or emulation . \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Roman\u2019s studied imperfectionism lowers the threshold for emulation , creating a strong sense of intimacy with her fans. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021"
"borrowed from Latin aemul\u0101ti\u014dn-, aemul\u0101ti\u014d, from aemul\u0101r\u012b \"to vie with, rival, imitate\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at emulate entry 1":""
": a system (such as fat in milk) consisting of a liquid dispersed with or without an emulsifier in an immiscible liquid usually in droplets of larger than colloidal size":[],
"Water to keep the plants moist and add fish emulsion weekly but cut the dose in half. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
"An emulsion is a combination of two or more liquid ingredients (such as oil and lemon juice) that normally couldn\u2019t hang out together. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"To use, press the button to release the vitamin C powder into an emulsion serum, ensuring optimal efficiency and a strong, potent product to perfect your skin. \u2014 Danusia Wnek, Good Housekeeping , 28 May 2022",
"An emulsion is a combination of two or more liquid ingredients (such as oil and lemon juice) that normally couldn\u2019t hang out together. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"The surrounding land includes the Coolidge Generating Station, an asphalt emulsion plant and a bridge parts factory. \u2014 Jon Schuppe, NBC News , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Miller, a Little Rock lawyer who now lives in South Carolina, said bacteria was eating away at the animal-gelatin emulsion on the negatives. \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 27 May 2022",
"Castletownbere salmon comes on a sourdough crisp with a light buttermilk and horseradish emulsion . \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Starting as a gel that is massaged into an oil, the Genius Anti-Aging Melting Cleanser turns into a milky emulsion when in contact with water. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022"
"New Latin emulsion-, emulsio , from Latin emulg\u0113re to milk out, from e- + mulg\u0113re to milk; akin to Old English melcan to milk, Greek amelgein":""
": an authorization issued by school authorities for a child of school age to work at a job paying wages or salary":[]
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to make use of (someone or something inactive)":[
"employ a pen for sketching"
],
": to use (something, such as time) advantageously":[
"a job that employed her skills"
],
": to use or engage the services of":[],
": to provide with a job that pays wages or a salary":[],
": to devote to or direct toward a particular activity or person":[
"employed all her energies to help the poor"
],
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": occupation , job":[],
": the state of being employed":[
"in the city's employ"
]
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"\u02c8em-\u02ccpl\u022fi",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccpl\u022fi",
"em-",
"im-\u02c8pl\u022fi"
],
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"assume",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"recruit",
"retain",
"sign (up ",
"take on"
],
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"employment",
"engagement",
"hire"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for employ Verb use , employ , utilize mean to put into service especially to attain an end. use implies availing oneself of something as a means or instrument to an end. willing to use any means to achieve her ends employ suggests the use of a person or thing that is available but idle, inactive, or disengaged. looking for better ways to employ their skills utilize may suggest the discovery of a new, profitable, or practical use for something. an old wooden bucket utilized as a planter",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The company is accused of employing questionable methods to obtain the contract.",
"You should find better ways to employ your time.",
"I had to employ a lawyer to review the contract.",
"It's a small company, employing a staff of only 20.",
"Noun",
"while you're under our employ , you can't do outside work for our competitors",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Journal works with two sets of polling partners, who employ different methodologies. \u2014 WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"The former is a technical mechanism the WHO can employ , while the latter is a rhetorical acknowledgement of vast global spread of a disease. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 28 June 2022",
"Also in the first round, Miami faced the Atlanta Hawks, who employ one of the N.B.A.\u2019s best guards in Trae Young. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Our hemp is acquired from American farmers who employ the greatest and safest farming methods. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Beckham is an unrestricted free agent, and as of Thursday had not announced who will employ him next season, when he is not expected to be available until midseason. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The candidates are both concerned that short-selling shares not only tends to put downward pressure on the market but also hurts retail investors who employ simple strategies that count on stocks rising. \u2014 Youkyung Lee, Bloomberg.com , 5 Mar. 2022",
"California lawmakers enacted legislation in 2004 that imposes staffing ratios for hospitals and other health care providers who employ nurses. \u2014 Patrick Gleason, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Trump wanted to destroy governmental institutions; Nixon wanted to employ them to his ends but not to obliterate them. \u2014 David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Pierre Cardin is briefly in the employ of Schiaparelli. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 1 July 2022",
"In a letter sent Friday to Democratic City Councilman Eric Costello, the chairman of the council\u2019s Ways and Means Committee that conducts the budget hearing process, Mosby counted 144 prosecutors in her employ . \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 6 June 2022",
"Waldman doesn't deny making the statements, but Depp's side argued that even though Waldman was under his employ , Depp was not involved or aware of these remarks. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
"Some private enterprises may be attracted to scrutinizing employees like an intelligence agency might keep tabs on analysts and spies, although employ don\u2019t have access to the same data sources. \u2014 Sarah Scoles, New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Burna Boy\u2019s frequent employ of an a cappella or minimalist arrangement meant the eager attendees could often be heard singing clearly, their voices as sweet as Burna\u2019s smile. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Angell, who died earlier this month at the age of 101, spent 75 years in the employ of The New Yorker. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Having begun the story before World War I, there's always been the lingering question of what awaits this aristocratic family and those in their employ as the second World War, and the conditions leading to it, come into view. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"That decision was partially practical: Huffman and Cupp employ staff who understand how to draw maps and have crafted every proposal approved by the Commission or state lawmakers to date. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer , 11 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English emploien , from Anglo-French empleier, emploier, emplier to entangle, apply, make use of, from Latin implicare to enfold, involve, from in- + plicare to fold \u2014 more at ply":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
": a mass of plant or animal tissue that resembles an embryo":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8em-br\u0113-\u02cc\u022fid"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1927, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144752"
},
"employment exchange":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of the offices established in England for the collection of labor statistics, for the placing of employees, and for handling part of the system of unemployment insurance":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145909"
},
"embry-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": embryo":[
"embryo geny"
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin, from Greek, from embryon":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151002"
},
"Emmentaler":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": swiss cheese":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-m\u0259n-\u02cct\u00e4-l\u0259r"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German, from Emmental , Switzerland":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1902, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153200"
},
"emmet":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": ant":[],
"Robert 1778\u20131803 Irish nationalist and rebel":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-m\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English emete , from Old English \u00e6mette ant \u2014 more at ant":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153333"
},
"embrute":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to sink to the level of a brute":[],
": to degrade to the level of a brute":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153429"
},
"empirical formula":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a chemical formula showing the simplest ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms in the molecule":[
"CH 2 O is the empirical formula for glucose"
]
},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 1973 Carl Sagan devised a more empirical formula for Kardashev\u2019s scale that allowed for finer gradations. \u2014 Lee Billings, Scientific American , 17 Apr. 2015"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153808"
},
"Embarras":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"river 185 miles (298 kilometers) long in eastern Illinois flowing southeast into the Wabash River":[]
