"an industrialist who remains an eidolon of the visionary and ambitious self-made man",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To enlist Helen, rather than the more popular The Trojan Women, for an antiwar theme makes sense especially in the wake of the conflict in Iraq: Helen posits that a decade-long war was fought and a civilization destroyed over a mirage, an eidolon . \u2014 Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020"
"Freddie Freeman delivered the crushing blow in the team\u2019s 9-3 win against the Cincinnati Reds, lacing a leadoff double in the eighth to spark the team\u2019s six-run game-winning rally. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Sluchak, now in her personal capacity, hands Bell the equivalent of an eighth of an ounce of marijuana. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The test of the new method, which has been approved by city building officials, could cause the building to sink no more than an eighth of in inch \u2014 within the tolerance for the repair work \u2014 Hamburger wrote. \u2014 Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Naomi Osaka, a two-time U.S. Open champion who is in the same eighth of the draw as the past U.S. Open champions Sloane Stephens and Angelique Kerber. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Aug. 2021",
"The homer run was Sandle\u2019s team-high eighth of the year, and gave him 39 RBIs, also best on the club. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 16 May 2021",
"The marquee eighth has 11 allowance runners going 5 \u00bd furlongs. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2021",
"By his example, Pong teaches Tiller to look past the superficial, which proves a useful lesson in Asia, where Tiller, despite his Asian eighth , is categorically dismissed as a bule, a farang\u2014white, foreign. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2021",
"The Model 3 was the bestselling electric vehicle in China last year, with more than 138,000 sold, according to the China Passenger Car Association\u2014an eighth of the 1.11 million EVs sold nationwide. \u2014 Trefor Moss, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2021"
"the search is \u2026, eighthly , a search for ideals",
"\u2014 R. G. F. Robinson"
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"\u2014 Greg Kesich",
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"\u2014 Brian O'Neill"
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"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",
"In about a week, Blackley had developed enough starter to begin making bread using barley, einkorn , and another old-school grain called kamut. \u2014 Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Aug. 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",
"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",
"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",
"Bacon drippings flavor pearly grains of einkorn cooked risotto-like with ramps and morels. \u2014 Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times , 22 June 2017"
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"\u2014 used for emphasis after an alternative following a question or conditional clause especially where negation is implied who answers for the Irish parliament"
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"Either way is all right with me.",
"Pronoun",
"I haven't written to either of my parents.",
"Adverb",
"you won't convince them, and, in fact, I don't agree either !",
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"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Conjunction",
"But scientists and doctors say things aren\u2019t that simple \u2014 and a belief that exposing children to marijuana, either directly or indirectly, is harmless isn\u2019t supported by the facts. \u2014 Daniel M. Jimenez, The Cannifornian , 22 June 2017",
"Consumers face two possible outcomes \u2014 insurers will either leave the marketplace or be forced to raise their rates. \u2014 Bloomberg News, The Denver Post , 5 May 2017",
"Either the gravitational influence from a passing star or group of stars, or the shock waves from an old exploding star in the distance, stirs up the nebula. \u2014 Mike Lynch / Sky Watch, Twin Cities , 11 Mar. 2017",
"Now either the president is flip-flopping or his staff is, once again, speaking out of turn. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist , 23 Feb. 2017",
"The tests use either a cheek swab or saliva and return autosomal DNA reports, sampling at more than 700,000 locations along a genome. \u2014 Katharine Gammon, Orange County Register , 30 Jan. 2017",
"The quarterbacks are the storyline for the 1:35 p.m. kickoff, but not in the way either team would\u2019ve liked. \u2014 Jimmy Durkin, The Mercury News , 3 Jan. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Get the biggest stories delivered (The Nets are not blameless either . \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022",
"The cost to buy a San Diego single-family home is out of reach for Pam Anderson, but renting one isn\u2019t easy either . \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Still, an inflation hedge that adds a solid return while lowering risk ain\u2019t bad either . \u2014 Kevin Coldiron, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"The relentlessly unpretentious Maryanne \u2014 who became the show's second Black female winner ever \u2014 was not just a silly barrel of laughs either . \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
"These Minnesota punks are either on the emo side of math-rock or the math-rock side of emo, maybe both. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022",
"But the lawyers didn\u2019t think that was a strong case either . \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Off the show, things haven't been good between the two either . \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"That's not the only casualty, either , as Hyundai is also dropping the Accent subcompact sedan after the 2022 model year. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 30 June 2022"
"Middle English, from Old English \u01e3ghw\u00e6ther both, each, from \u0101 always + ge- , collective prefix + hw\u00e6ther which of two, whether \u2014 more at aye , co-":"Adjective"
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"Hundreds of years ago, when caribou died out on the Belcher Islands archipelago, the Sanikiluaq people came to rely on the eider as a primary source of clothing and food \u2014 a unique relationship. \u2014 Ashoka, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Newell designed this ungainly Willy Wonka\u2013esque apparatus over decades in a costly process of trial and error that faced\u2014and ultimately overcame\u2014several challenges, including protecting the mussels from turbulent seas and voracious eider ducks. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American , 1 May 2022",
"Plymouth County: The area hosted a snow goose at the Holmes Reservation in Plymouth, a King eider off Summit Avenue in Hull, and 16 Eastern meadowlarks at the Cumberland Farms fields in Middleboro. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Plymouth County: The area is hosting a king eider in the Nantasket Beach area of Hull, as many as five sandhill cranes at Burrage Pond Wildlife Area in Hanson, and a cattle egret at Daniel Webster Sanctuary in Marshfield. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Essex County: Among sightings were a Pacific loon at Marblehead, a King eider at Halibut Point in Rockport, and a snow bunting at Andrews Point in Rockport. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Nearby farmers tend herds of sheep, gather down from eider ducks and hang filleted fish to dry in the sun. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2021",
"Despite an inhospitable environment, fishermen and hunters have worked here for more than 10,000 years thanks in large part to demand for the eggs and down of the eider duck. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 26 June 2021",
"South Shore: Reports included an eared grebe and a king eider in Hull. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Apr. 2021"
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"Hundreds of years ago, when caribou died out on the Belcher Islands archipelago, the Sanikiluaq people came to rely on the eider as a primary source of clothing and food \u2014 a unique relationship. \u2014 Ashoka, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Newell designed this ungainly Willy Wonka\u2013esque apparatus over decades in a costly process of trial and error that faced\u2014and ultimately overcame\u2014several challenges, including protecting the mussels from turbulent seas and voracious eider ducks. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American , 1 May 2022",
"Plymouth County: The area hosted a snow goose at the Holmes Reservation in Plymouth, a King eider off Summit Avenue in Hull, and 16 Eastern meadowlarks at the Cumberland Farms fields in Middleboro. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Plymouth County: The area is hosting a king eider in the Nantasket Beach area of Hull, as many as five sandhill cranes at Burrage Pond Wildlife Area in Hanson, and a cattle egret at Daniel Webster Sanctuary in Marshfield. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Essex County: Among sightings were a Pacific loon at Marblehead, a King eider at Halibut Point in Rockport, and a snow bunting at Andrews Point in Rockport. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Nearby farmers tend herds of sheep, gather down from eider ducks and hang filleted fish to dry in the sun. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2021",
"Despite an inhospitable environment, fishermen and hunters have worked here for more than 10,000 years thanks in large part to demand for the eggs and down of the eider duck. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 26 June 2021",
"South Shore: Reports included an eared grebe and a king eider in Hull. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Apr. 2021"
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"Another unusual feature of eiderdown is that the feathers cling together into a single mass. \u2014 Helen Czerski, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Most natural products retain something of their original function when they are put to a new use: nestled in a duvet, eiderdown provides us with warmth; a glass of milk offers us nutrition. \u2014 1843 , 22 Nov. 2019",
"The felt yurts were full of carpets and eiderdowns , with cast-iron stoves to keep them warm and snug through the cold nights. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 12 Oct. 2019",
"How many homes have pressed sheets, or towels and robes as soft and white and warm as eiderdown ",
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"Others have benefited from the club\u2019s eidetic memory. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Abrams also graduated from Yale Law and has an excellent memory, though not an eidetic one. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2021",
"Olson contends that Audubon had an eidetic memory\u2014commonly called photographic memory\u2014because the sometimes astounding positions of his birds have been verified by contemporary videos and photographs captured via telephoto lenses. \u2014 Marissa Fessenden, Scientific American , 17 May 2013",
"And so, now, all he is left with are his memories: vivid and bright and 98 percent eidetic , and not just for score lines but for sensations, too. \u2014 Rory Smith, New York Times , 15 Oct. 2020",
"If anything, my largest quibble with the show is that Lucy\u2019s main skill as a historian seems to be having a near- eidetic memory of dates and names, when\u2014 let\u2019s be real\u2014memorizing dates is not actually what history is about. \u2014 Rachel Kaufman, Smithsonian , 12 Mar. 2018"
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"So the first iteration of the chord progression takes about three minutes, then each variation after that gets shorter and shorter until each chord becomes only an eighth note long. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Feb. 2020",
"Rechtshaid added drums and moved the chorus over an eighth note , adding a backbeat. \u2014 Chris Payne, Billboard , 28 June 2019",
"My eighth notes provided urgency, a racing pulse under the whole thing rather than the original\u2019s sleepy conga. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 22 Nov. 2018",
"Its shape resembles that of an eighth note , and its sound has been likened to that of a theremin. \u2014 Stephen J. Beard, Indianapolis Star , 24 May 2018",
"The British band Basement believes in the power of a saturated guitar tone and steady, insistent eighth notes . \u2014 John Adamian, courant.com , 12 May 2018",
"The combination of openness and complexity in this music spells a certain kind of possibility: Mr. Mitchell took a solo that was almost entirely eighth notes , with nearly no rests, and still seemed to create rhythmic suspense at every turn. \u2014 Giovanni Russonello, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2018",
"But even a relatively simple symbol, like an eighth note , can be drawn in so many different ways that calculating the possible variations is computationally intensive and time-consuming. \u2014 Janne Lindqvist, Smithsonian , 4 May 2017"
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"Dwight David 1890\u20131969 American general; 34th president of the U.S. (1953\u201361)":[]
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"\u02c8\u012b-z\u1d4an-\u02cchau\u0307(-\u0259)r"
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": the solution of a differential equation (such as the Schr\u00f6dinger wave equation) satisfying specified conditions":[]
},
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": the furlong pole on a racetrack that is \u00b9/\u2088 of a mile from the finish":[]
