": a bishop at the head of an ecclesiastical province or one of equivalent honorary rank":[]
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"The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Antonio, whose territory includes Uvalde, said the N.R.A. should have canceled its meeting in Houston. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"The archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, has said President Joe Biden can receive the sacrament in the area. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"The archbishop said eventually Mrs. Pelosi stopped taking his calls. \u2014 J.d. Flynn, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
"The archbishop of the U.S. military, Timothy Broglio, said Tuesday that Catholic troops could refuse the Pentagon's COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The archbishop of Vancouver, however, apologized on Wednesday. \u2014 Rob Gillies, Star Tribune , 4 June 2021",
"The archbishop of Vancouver, however, apologized on Wednesday. \u2014 Rob Gillies, ajc , 4 June 2021",
"No pope has travelled to L\u2019Aquila since to close out the annual feast, which celebrates the sacrament of forgiveness so dear to Francis, noted the current archbishop of L\u2019Aquila, Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 5 June 2022",
"No pope has traveled to L'Aquila since to close out the annual feast, which celebrates the sacrament of forgiveness so dear to Francis, noted the current archbishop of L'Aquila, Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Susan Van Kirk",
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"\u2014 Judith Rosen"
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"The ball floated in a high arc .",
"Verb",
"The arrow arced through the air.",
"A light arced across the sky.",
"The island chain arcs from north to south.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The latest in the Star Wars universe is Obi-Wan Kenobi, with its six-episode arc coming to a conclusion on June 22. \u2014 Nishka Dhawan, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
"Some lives have a long story arc , and others are episodic. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"One thing Fukuyama, 69, has not gotten sick of is trying to answer the biggest questions about democracy, human nature and the long arc of historical progress. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Even if the very long arc of Earth's climate history eventually does bend toward environmental justice, the new IPCC report lays out clearly why each and every person must put their full privilege-dependent-weight behind bending it faster. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 6 Apr. 2022",
"What followed is a terrifying story for the ages, a dark and deadly story now preserved on the pages of history books and part of the long arc of humanity. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The roofline meets the C-pillar in a long arc that tapers to an elegant swan\u2019s tail. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Why focus on the last 30 years in the long arc of Asian American history",
"Over the past 20 years, the city of Birmingham has enjoyed the long arc of a comeback story. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Renderings include a lavish performance area cupped against a ridge-like ramp that would arc through part of the block, allowing elevated views of the surrounding towers. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Sep. 2021",
"On her feet once more and hunched in a defense stance, Eggleston watched Gabriel\u2019s loft flutter high and arc down toward sophomore outside hitter Skylar Fields. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 22 Apr. 2021",
"Combined with a Savoir bed, the florals arc across the headboard in a bright half mandala. \u2014 Kate Mcgregor, ELLE Decor , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Yet several of the episodes don't really arc toward anything, but rather abruptly end before moving on to the next chapter. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Bottlenose dolphins arc through the water in unison, for instance, and males of some firefly species harmonize their flashes. \u2014 Marta Zaraska, Scientific American , 1 Oct. 2020",
"Scholl, who\u2019s from Cincinnati, is a computer science graduate, amateur pilot, and longtime aviation buff, but the early parts of his career don\u2019t arc toward aerospace. \u2014 Ashlee Vance, Bloomberg.com , 6 Oct. 2020",
"Strange trails arc through the sky, as if fireworks were being set off in daylight. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 2 Oct. 2020",
"Solar flares arc over the sun\u2019s corona, the burning hot outermost layer of gas in its atmosphere. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 July 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Until recently, the Falkland Islands were a quasi-feudal colony, in which an arcadian Britain of the past was preserved in microcosm\u2014a population of eighteen hundred, territory a little larger than Jamaica. \u2014 Larissa Macfarquhar, The New Yorker , 29 June 2020",
"With hilltop farms in trouble, Potter\u2019s wondrous arcadian refuge is increasingly a battleground for tourism, but what form of tourism is the question. \u2014 Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian , 20 Apr. 2018",
"The formal precision in these pictures can be eye-popping, and the compositional symmetry and the positioning of the figures in arcadian settings evoke Mannerist, and, at other times, Pre-Raphaelite qualities. \u2014 Philip Gefter, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2017"
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"Bobby Neuwirth\u2019s positive influence on the world will be arcane but felt for decades, for centuries, for the indefinite future. \u2014 Randy Lewis, Variety , 4 June 2022",
"The process of tax assessments is arcane and complicated. \u2014 The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Zoning law \u2014 the arcane system of hyperlocal rules for what can be built where \u2014 isn\u2019t usually a subject that people get fired up about. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Aug. 2021",
"There\u2019s a persistent perception that chain waxing is a difficult, arcane process that takes a lot of work. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 6 Nov. 2020",
"The estimate vastly exceeds previous projections and comes amid concerns that rising inflation and arcane spending rules could throw the state\u2019s finances into disarray in the near future. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"The Senate did not fail because of its arcane rules or because of the abuse of the filibuster. \u2014 Ira Shapiro, The New Republic , 6 May 2022",
"There have been concerns in past years about fairness and transparency because the caucuses use an arcane and intricate system of awarding state delegate equivalents to determine a winner rather than using a simple tally of votes. \u2014 Brianne Pfannenstiel, USA TODAY , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Most notably, Republicans have not dropped their demand that Democrats use an arcane and time-consuming budget process known as reconciliation to lift the debt ceiling into next year. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Oct. 2021"
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"The novel is never mocking or arch in its tone.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Joker, Batman's arch -nemesis and Gotham's Clown Prince of Crime, has always been integral to the Dark Knight's on-screen story. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Then there\u2019s classic arch in Washington Square Park where Midge leads a protest, and the eclectic, Music Inn, home to vintage instruments and antique records, where participants can test their own musical talent. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"On Friday, surrounded by 20 family members, the brothers slipped on sunglasses and posed in the driveway by an arch of red and black balloons to match their red and black suits. \u2014 Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica , 6 May 2022",
"Today, the Euclid Beach gateway arch at Lake Shore Boulevard and East 159th Street is all that remains of the amusement park in situ, although its restored carousel is on view at the Western Reserve Historical Society in University Circle. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Lastly, with the ball at the arch of the foot, curl the toes over top of the ball to feel a stretch through the foot. \u2014 Mallory Creveling, Health.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Failure is the essential element in that long arch of justice. \u2014 Kaitlin Lewis, The Enquirer , 17 Oct. 2021",
"The car\u2019s demeanor is emboldened by wider fender flares at all four corners, embellished by a massive fender air vent aft of each front wheel arch . \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
"This is an excellent choice for those seeking a garden arch with modern design and clean lines. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If your back begins to arch at any point, decrease the range of motion or do the exercise with your knees bent to 90 degrees. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 20 May 2021",
"Unlike conventional sneakers, which typically flatten the foot pad, Kurusole cradles feet for unparalleled heel, ankle, and arch support. \u2014 Katie Chang, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Plus, their cushioned footbed guarantees arch support as well as forefoot and rearfoot comfort. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Then drive your torso forward and arch your back; breathe deeply. \u2014 Eric Leija, Men's Health , 6 May 2022",
"The clip begins with the Easter Bunny tiptoeing up the driveway with a basket in each hand before creeping up the stairs and entering Carey's home under a pink balloon arch around her front door. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The Dream Pairs Low Block-Heel Sandal achieves its superior comfort thanks to a padded latex insole that gives your heel, arch , and toes extra cushioning to prevent fatigue and strain. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 7 Apr. 2022",
"This left the drivers no choice but to twice traverse the towering Carpathian Mountains \u2014 which arch across the countries\u2019 common border \u2014 from west to east adding nearly 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) to their journey. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Mar. 2022",
"This clog has it all: arch support, a heel strap, and a grippy sole. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 10 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Was it produced by the happenstance clustering of greatness that was Nadal, Djokovic, and their contemporary Andy Murray, the arch -defender and two-time Wimbledon winner",
"The arch design also creates three distinct sections of the store. \u2014 Roxanne Robinson, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"In the early eighties, brands went even further, introducing firmer posts and wedges into the arch side of midsoles to correct overpronation, the excessive inward rolling of the foot that was widely blamed for a myriad of injuries. \u2014 Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online , 26 May 2022",
"Clippers guard Terance Mann was cruising past hillsides of villas wrapped in green vines, arch bridges and steps leading locals down to the water beneath overcast skies on the June evening. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"There are major roles for Novello (a grindingly arch Jeremy Irvine), who was one of Sassoon\u2019s lovers, and Owen (Matthew Tennyson), famously befriended by Sassoon when the two were convalescents in a military hospital. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"The women, meanwhile, are reduced to modish caricature: Gertrude, sung by Sarah Connolly, assumes arch poses, while Ophelia, played by Brenda Rae, lurches from pitiful fretting to orgasmic writhing. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Inhofe, an arch climate skeptic, addressed her two daughters sitting behind her. \u2014 Lydia Depillis, ProPublica , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Cheered on by arch conservatives, its culture wars were in full swing. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"The Joker, Batman's arch -nemesis and Gotham's Clown Prince of Crime, has always been integral to the Dark Knight's on-screen story. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Then there\u2019s classic arch in Washington Square Park where Midge leads a protest, and the eclectic, Music Inn, home to vintage instruments and antique records, where participants can test their own musical talent. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"On Friday, surrounded by 20 family members, the brothers slipped on sunglasses and posed in the driveway by an arch of red and black balloons to match their red and black suits. \u2014 Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica , 6 May 2022",
"Today, the Euclid Beach gateway arch at Lake Shore Boulevard and East 159th Street is all that remains of the amusement park in situ, although its restored carousel is on view at the Western Reserve Historical Society in University Circle. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Lastly, with the ball at the arch of the foot, curl the toes over top of the ball to feel a stretch through the foot. \u2014 Mallory Creveling, Health.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Failure is the essential element in that long arch of justice. \u2014 Kaitlin Lewis, The Enquirer , 17 Oct. 2021",
"The car\u2019s demeanor is emboldened by wider fender flares at all four corners, embellished by a massive fender air vent aft of each front wheel arch . \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
"This is an excellent choice for those seeking a garden arch with modern design and clean lines. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If your back begins to arch at any point, decrease the range of motion or do the exercise with your knees bent to 90 degrees. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 20 May 2021",
"Unlike conventional sneakers, which typically flatten the foot pad, Kurusole cradles feet for unparalleled heel, ankle, and arch support. \u2014 Katie Chang, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Plus, their cushioned footbed guarantees arch support as well as forefoot and rearfoot comfort. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Then drive your torso forward and arch your back; breathe deeply. \u2014 Eric Leija, Men's Health , 6 May 2022",
"The clip begins with the Easter Bunny tiptoeing up the driveway with a basket in each hand before creeping up the stairs and entering Carey's home under a pink balloon arch around her front door. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The Dream Pairs Low Block-Heel Sandal achieves its superior comfort thanks to a padded latex insole that gives your heel, arch , and toes extra cushioning to prevent fatigue and strain. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 7 Apr. 2022",
"This left the drivers no choice but to twice traverse the towering Carpathian Mountains \u2014 which arch across the countries\u2019 common border \u2014 from west to east adding nearly 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) to their journey. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Mar. 2022",
"This clog has it all: arch support, a heel strap, and a grippy sole. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 10 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Was it produced by the happenstance clustering of greatness that was Nadal, Djokovic, and their contemporary Andy Murray, the arch -defender and two-time Wimbledon winner",
"The arch design also creates three distinct sections of the store. \u2014 Roxanne Robinson, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"In the early eighties, brands went even further, introducing firmer posts and wedges into the arch side of midsoles to correct overpronation, the excessive inward rolling of the foot that was widely blamed for a myriad of injuries. \u2014 Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online , 26 May 2022",
"Clippers guard Terance Mann was cruising past hillsides of villas wrapped in green vines, arch bridges and steps leading locals down to the water beneath overcast skies on the June evening. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"There are major roles for Novello (a grindingly arch Jeremy Irvine), who was one of Sassoon\u2019s lovers, and Owen (Matthew Tennyson), famously befriended by Sassoon when the two were convalescents in a military hospital. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"The women, meanwhile, are reduced to modish caricature: Gertrude, sung by Sarah Connolly, assumes arch poses, while Ophelia, played by Brenda Rae, lurches from pitiful fretting to orgasmic writhing. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Inhofe, an arch climate skeptic, addressed her two daughters sitting behind her. \u2014 Lydia Depillis, ProPublica , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Cheered on by arch conservatives, its culture wars were in full swing. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English arche , from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *arca , from Latin arcus \u2014 more at arrow":"Noun and Verb",
"Middle English arche-, arch- , from Old English & Anglo-French; Old English arce- , from Late Latin arch- & Latin archi- ; Anglo-French arch- , from Late Latin arch- & Latin archi- , from Greek arch-, archi- , from archein to begin, rule; akin to Greek arch\u0113 beginning, rule, archos ruler":"Prefix",
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"The author is a bluestocking, with a weakness for etymology and archaic religious texts, her body of work lauded for revealing the sacred in the ordinary. \u2014 Kathryn Harrison , New York Times Book Review , 21 Dec. 2008",
"Europe's economic growth and productivity, Judt reminds us, for all the horror stories about archaic work regulations and inflexible labor markets, has remained impressive up to the current moment. \u2014 John T. McGreevy , Commonweal , 24 Mar. 2006",
"Between the upper limit of radiocarbon dating (about 50 ka) and the lower limit of radiogenic potassium dating (about 0.5 Ma) there used to exist a chronological lacuna that I call the Gap. This temporal range encompasses the transition of archaic humans into fully modern forms, so the lack of a reliable means of dating fossils from the Gap was disconcerting. \u2014 Ervan G. Garrison , Physics Today , October 2001",
"The company needs to update its archaic computer systems.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Who Owns Scotland drew attention in the 1990s to Scotland\u2019s archaic and idiosyncratic land-ownership system, runs a website that collects public information about the owners of Scottish estates. \u2014 Cathleen O'grady, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
"Kacharava\u2019s small, dark, stylish works feel, like some of Kai Althoff\u2019s, at once archaic and contemporary. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Kentucky law still sets out archaic duties for constables. \u2014 Scott Wartman, The Enquirer , 18 May 2022",
"The archaic notion of serving as the World's police is exactly what led us into the debacles that were the Vietnam, Korean, and Iraq wars. \u2014 Andr\u00e9s Garcia, Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"Genetic evidence, however, has tied the archaic humans most closely to places much further south -- in what's now the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 17 May 2022",
"One is the archaic California Environmental Quality Act, often used to block housing projects with frivolous lawsuits. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"For now, updating archaic practices mostly falls on nascent nongovernmental organizations like Stilt NG. \u2014 Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 May 2022",
"Those who have not encountered it tend to imagine it\u2019s the stuff of archaic English pub signs. \u2014 Henry Hitchings, WSJ , 8 May 2022"
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"1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": a bishop at the head of an ecclesiastical province or one of equivalent honorary rank":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Antonio, whose territory includes Uvalde, said the N.R.A. should have canceled its meeting in Houston. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"The archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, has said President Joe Biden can receive the sacrament in the area. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"The archbishop said eventually Mrs. Pelosi stopped taking his calls. \u2014 J.d. Flynn, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
"The archbishop of the U.S. military, Timothy Broglio, said Tuesday that Catholic troops could refuse the Pentagon's COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The archbishop of Vancouver, however, apologized on Wednesday. \u2014 Rob Gillies, Star Tribune , 4 June 2021",
"The archbishop of Vancouver, however, apologized on Wednesday. \u2014 Rob Gillies, ajc , 4 June 2021",
"No pope has travelled to L\u2019Aquila since to close out the annual feast, which celebrates the sacrament of forgiveness so dear to Francis, noted the current archbishop of L\u2019Aquila, Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 5 June 2022",
"No pope has traveled to L'Aquila since to close out the annual feast, which celebrates the sacrament of forgiveness so dear to Francis, noted the current archbishop of L'Aquila, Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English, from Old English arcebiscop , from Late Latin archiepiscopus , from Late Greek archiepiskopos , from archi- + episkopos bishop \u2014 more at bishop":""
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"\u02c8\u00e4rch-\u02c8bi-sh\u0259p",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet knowledge of his behavior didn\u2019t stop him from attaining the archbishopric of the nation\u2019s capital, a cardinal\u2019s hat and welcome in the highest and most fashionable circles. \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 8 Oct. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
"archconservatives refused to accept any change in the definition of marriage",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brat is an archconservative who knocked out an establishment Republican, but his district is changing. \u2014 Dylan Scott, Vox , 11 June 2018",
"Bolton later worked for Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), an archconservative who opposed civil rights laws, and in the administrations of Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush. \u2014 Noah Bierman, latimes.com , 23 Mar. 2018",
"Shortly after the latter\u2019s decision came down, Pennsylvania Republicans asked Justice Samuel Alito, the archconservative who happens to be in charge of reviewing emergency appeals out of Pennsylvania, to stay the order. \u2014 Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer , 31 Jan. 2018"
": the art, practice, or skill of shooting with bow and arrow":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In archery , precision is the difference between a perfect shot and a good shot. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Beginning Sunday, competitors will take part in athletics, archery , cycling, indoor rowing, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Ram Charan\u2019s Alluri Sitarama Raju, for example, is well read, a yogi and excels in archery . \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Medal event competitions begin on Saturday with archery , cycling, fencing, judo, shooting, taekwondo, and weightlifting, with several other preliminary competitions planned, including beach volleyball, gymnastics, and swimming. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 23 July 2021",
"The Songbird Habitat and Trail was previously the site for the 1996 Olympic archery and cycling competition. \u2014 AccessAtlanta , 17 June 2022",
"The boys engaged in physical activity all day long that included sports, canoeing, sailing, swimming, archery and showers in the cool waters of Black Pond. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 13 June 2022",
"Guests experience it all at the dinner table, of course, but Brown hopes they'll also be moved to join his team in their gratifying work, such as foraging and composting, or in activities like archery and falconry. \u2014 Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Other fun amenities and activities at this 93-acre resort on the quieter side of the Dominican Republic include yoga classes in the treetop palapa, a flying trapeze, bocce ball, archery , and more. \u2014 Brittany Anas, Forbes , 28 Aug. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8\u00e4rch-r\u0113",
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": an inherited idea or mode of thought in the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung that is derived from the experience of the race and is present in the unconscious of the individual":[],
": idea sense 4c":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The origins of the concept of the inner child go back to Carl Jung\u2019s concept in his divine child archetype . \u2014 Marc Aurel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"More concerning, outside of Ellen or maybe Charlie, none of them seem all that interesting, funny or anything deeper than your standard-issue sitcom archetype . \u2014 cleveland , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The movie presents him not as a complex figure of evil but as a pure movie archetype : the psycho with a dungeon next door. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 18 June 2022",
"Every few months, a new, flirty and fun personality archetype drops on the internet. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
"Aguirre also introduced what has become the most familiar Herzogian archetype . \u2014 A. O. Scott, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
"But unlike his engagement of Schubert\u2019s darkness and beauty, Taylor\u2019s exploration with Mahler seemed intent on foregrounding its internal tensions, its psychological landscape, the ache within the archetype . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"These bottles stand out among other California sparklers, both for their stubborn adherence to the classic French archetype and for the complex flavors and textures that can only come with such extended, patient aging. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Remember What\u2019s Being Buffed Destiny 2 is coming with a lot of sandbox changes, including a few notable archetype and exotic shifts. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 14 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The origins of the concept of the inner child go back to Carl Jung\u2019s concept in his divine child archetype . \u2014 Marc Aurel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"More concerning, outside of Ellen or maybe Charlie, none of them seem all that interesting, funny or anything deeper than your standard-issue sitcom archetype . \u2014 cleveland , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The movie presents him not as a complex figure of evil but as a pure movie archetype : the psycho with a dungeon next door. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 18 June 2022",
"Every few months, a new, flirty and fun personality archetype drops on the internet. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
"Aguirre also introduced what has become the most familiar Herzogian archetype . \u2014 A. O. Scott, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
"But unlike his engagement of Schubert\u2019s darkness and beauty, Taylor\u2019s exploration with Mahler seemed intent on foregrounding its internal tensions, its psychological landscape, the ache within the archetype . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"These bottles stand out among other California sparklers, both for their stubborn adherence to the classic French archetype and for the complex flavors and textures that can only come with such extended, patient aging. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Remember What\u2019s Being Buffed Destiny 2 is coming with a lot of sandbox changes, including a few notable archetype and exotic shifts. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 14 May 2022"
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"The origins of the concept of the inner child go back to Carl Jung\u2019s concept in his divine child archetype . \u2014 Marc Aurel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"More concerning, outside of Ellen or maybe Charlie, none of them seem all that interesting, funny or anything deeper than your standard-issue sitcom archetype . \u2014 cleveland , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The movie presents him not as a complex figure of evil but as a pure movie archetype : the psycho with a dungeon next door. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 18 June 2022",
"Every few months, a new, flirty and fun personality archetype drops on the internet. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
"Aguirre also introduced what has become the most familiar Herzogian archetype . \u2014 A. O. Scott, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
"But unlike his engagement of Schubert\u2019s darkness and beauty, Taylor\u2019s exploration with Mahler seemed intent on foregrounding its internal tensions, its psychological landscape, the ache within the archetype . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"These bottles stand out among other California sparklers, both for their stubborn adherence to the classic French archetype and for the complex flavors and textures that can only come with such extended, patient aging. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Remember What\u2019s Being Buffed Destiny 2 is coming with a lot of sandbox changes, including a few notable archetype and exotic shifts. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 14 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Monday, U.S. District Judge William Alsup slapped restrictions on ride-hailing giant Uber\u2019s driverless car research in a trade secrets civil lawsuit filed by archfoe Waymo, Google\u2019s autonomous car project. \u2014 Russ Mitchell, latimes.com , 16 May 2017"
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"the architect of the economic plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Well, my mom is an architect and my dad is a civil engineer. \u2014 Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor , 28 June 2022",
"Antony Price was the principal architect of this, but was later joined by some other designers, including the artist Carol McNicoll, who created some weird and wonderful costumes for Brian Eno. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 18 June 2022",
"The pressure campaign turned in large part on ideas advanced by John Eastman, a conservative constitutional law professor who was the architect of the plan to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential contest. \u2014 Siobhan Hughes, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Lamar Johnson Collaborative is the architect for the project. \u2014 Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online , 10 June 2022",
"Quin Snyder was, in many ways, the primary architect of the Zions Bank Basketball Campus. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Of John Eastman, the conservative law professor who was the architect of the unsuccessful scheme to persuade Vice President Mike Pence to halt the certification on Jan. 6. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Of John Eastman, the conservative law professor, who was the architect of the unsuccessful scheme to convince Vice President Mike Pence to halt the certification on Jan. 6. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Eastman is the architect of the legal theory at the root of Trump\u2019s attempt to overturn the presidential election, that Pence could declare the results in several states in dispute and those electoral votes would go uncounted. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022"
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"The competing perpendicular composition of frontal and profile poses is architectonic , like a building\u2019s structure. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"This included a site-specific land piece by prominent African American sculptor Maren Hassinger, as well as a pair of architectonic installations by Afro Cuban artist Alexandre Arrechea. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In addition, the set design is smartly executed, making much of an architectonic shell. \u2014 Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The coiffures are so extravagantly architectonic that the models end up looking as stately as Benin bronzes or divinities from some 18th dynasty frieze. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Motifs from other cultures also influenced major architectonic elements in the series, namely the Divine Gate (from the enigmatic Olmecs) and the Pantheon of the Gods (inspired by the Mayans). \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Schoenstadt has long engaged architecture in her work, producing wall drawings that mash up iconic buildings into fantastical architectonic arrangements, which bend and weave along a wall \u2014 often, in ways that defy gravity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Georgia had painted stylized architectonic forms, but never using the vocabulary of dynamic symmetry, never interlayering the geometric forms and the actual shapes. \u2014 Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker , 4 Sep. 2019",
"Spanish Colonial Revival designs were often asymmetrical and included elements such as a tower (torre\u00f3n), basements and pitched, red-tile roofs \u2014 architectonic flourishes that were not in use during the Mexican colony. \u2014 Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com , 30 Mar. 2018"
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"The Orpheum Theatre on Market Street has a history that dates back to the Vaudeville era, with classic architecture that has been maintained and restored even through eras of turmoil and closure. \u2014 Total Sf Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 June 2022",
"This process node is paired with Intel\u2019s 14th-generation Meteor Lake client CPU architecture , which is scheduled to appear as shipping production chips in Q2 or Q3 of 2023. \u2014 Steven Leibson, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"With the architecture in progress, Kapito was enlisted to collaborate on the interiors. \u2014 Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor , 6 June 2022",
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"Accommodations here include beautiful cottages with architecture that respects the historic nature of the village while offering a long list of amenities. \u2014 Rebecca Deurlein, Travel + Leisure , 13 May 2022",
"With eclectic architecture and just steps from Central Park and the Cuban Capitol, the 19th-century building was restored and reopened as a five-star luxury hotel in 2005. \u2014 Nora G\u00e1mez Torres, Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2022",
"The chips will also rely on LPDDR5 memory, but will still be built with the Zen 4 architecture and support PCIe Gen 5.0. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 4 May 2022",
"The company, in a news release, said that Brampton would get at least one new electric model, along with a new flexible vehicle architecture . \u2014 Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press , 2 May 2022"
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"The archival footage is appropriate when illustrating an institution that\u2019s been around for nearly 60 years and celebrates a media format (terrestrial radio signals) that\u2019s been around since the beginning of the 20th century. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
"Through archival footage, new interviews and especially Parks' own writings (which are read by actress Lisa Gay Hamilton) and clips of her talking, the documentary depicts Parks in all of her complexity and courage. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
"The film does an unusually evocative job of mixing straightforward talking-heads interviews, conducted recently, with archival footage of Chicago of the \u201860s and early \u201870s. \u2014 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"The four-part documentary series features never-before-seen archival footage and harrowing personal stories from some of the courageous women and men who escaped. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 5 June 2022",
"Early in the show, the monarch's iconic Gold State Coach made an appearance, with archival footage of the queen projected on its windows, as the hologram waved to the crowd. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 June 2022",
"Instead, archival footage of her waving from the carriage on the day she was crowned will be projected onto its windows. \u2014 CNN , 3 June 2022",
"On Tuesday, the Academy Museum will screen an archival 35-mm print of the Michael Cimino classic, winner of five Oscars including best picture and director. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"On Wednesday, the Euphoria star attended the TIME 100 Gala, looking elegant in an archival Bob Mackie gown from the Fall 1998 collection. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022"
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"More from Carolyn Hax From the archive : More: Sign up for Carolyn\u2019s email newsletter to get her column delivered to your inbox each morning. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"There are now three exhibition galleries rather than two, a works on paper archive , a classroom, expanded collection storage and a capacious entry hall. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"According to the gun violence archive , which is a nonprofit that tracks these. \u2014 CBS News , 5 June 2022",
"The piano to the left of Raymond is dotted with musical scores lent to her by supporters \u2014 such as cellist Yo Yo Ma and Teddy Gentry, the bassist for country band Alabama \u2014 or chosen from an archive . \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 3 June 2022",
"Sandra Jackson-Dumont, the director of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, said Baca\u2019s work, through its archive , will have a regular presence once the Lucas opens. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"His archive would serve as a blueprint to help restore any damage to the city\u2019s centuries-old buildings. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 30 May 2022",
"The art gallery idea never came to fruition, but during the pandemic, Young began combing through his vast archive and releasing lost albums like Homegrown. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 27 May 2022",
"The deconstructionist philosopher Jacques Derrida, author of Archive Fever, might wonder whether Kim remembers it all so well in part because of the existence of her archive . \u2014 Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Historian Judith Downie is the curator of the Brewchive, a resource at California State University San Marcos that aims to archive the brewing history of San Diego County. \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Still, Ginsburg kept a film poster\u2014signed by the cast and crew\u2014in her chambers, which the Smithsonian will now archive . \u2014 Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The Louisville men's basketball team (11-10, 5-6) is looking for its first win since Chris Mack and the university parted ways and will have another chance to archive it against North Carolina on Tuesday. \u2014 Reina Kempt, The Courier-Journal , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Should all of human civilization someday be obliterated by climate change, this bus-size steel vault will archive critical information about the planet\u2019s weather patterns and our catastrophic climate errors. \u2014 Outside Online , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Modern email services have trained us to archive everything. \u2014 Abhishek Agrawal, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The university will organize and archive the materials for research and academic purposes, according to the announcement. \u2014 Ed Enoch, al , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Many video platforms can archive presentations, seminars and meetings for future use or record events like multi-day conferences. \u2014 Joe Mozden, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Milarch\u2019s mission is to archive the genetics of ancient trees, breed them and replant them. \u2014 Brian Melley, ajc , 2 Nov. 2021"
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"an archly competitive young executive",
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"Returning to her native West, the narrator confronts postpartum depression, addiction, the Manson family and more, in ways both world-weary and archly funny. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Aug. 2021",
"Death Becomes Her, Robert Zemeckis\u2019s archly malevolent 1992 comedic extravaganza, was a departure from her art-house fare. \u2014 Harper's BAZAAR , 3 May 2021",
"Mark Price is especially notable as the archly humorous and scheming butler Wadsworth, who knows all the guests invited by the mysterious Mr. Boddy to his manor house have more than a few secrets to hide. \u2014 Laura Demarco, cleveland , 1 Feb. 2020",
"Ruiz presents a range of archly ridiculous, melodramatic scenarios built on mixed signals, marred language and cross purposes among a populace emerging from a violent political nightmare. \u2014 Robert Abele, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2019",
"Ruiz presents a range of archly ridiculous, melodramatic scenarios built on mixed signals, marred language and cross purposes among a populace emerging from a violent political nightmare. \u2014 Robert Abele, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2019",
"Melodies inevitably appear from inside the opiated haze of instrumentation and the sometimes archly clever wordplay. \u2014 Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com , 9 Oct. 2019",
"Ruiz presents a range of archly ridiculous, melodramatic scenarios built on mixed signals, marred language and cross purposes among a populace emerging from a violent political nightmare. \u2014 Robert Abele, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2019",
"Ruiz presents a range of archly ridiculous, melodramatic scenarios built on mixed signals, marred language and cross purposes among a populace emerging from a violent political nightmare. \u2014 Robert Abele, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2019"
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"Baal is launching in Genshin Impact patch 2.1 this week, and players will be able to get their hands on the first new archon since Zhongli, and the first new electro hero since\u2026ever. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The wisteria drips from the archway while classical music plays over the loudspeakers. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Goodman recalled seeing Kevin Seefried standing alone in an archway and telling him to leave. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Goodman recalled seeing Kevin Seefried standing alone in an archway and telling him to leave. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, ajc , 13 June 2022",
"Steps lead through a small archway onto a grand terrace overlooking the \u015eehidiye Mosque to the empty plains beyond. \u2014 Lisa Morrow, CNN , 10 May 2022",
"An enchanting archway of boxwood and mock orange shrubs leads to the sunroom entry and tiled foyer. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
"Now doubled in size, Moe\u2019s & Joe\u2019s was expanded by knocking a hole through a wall to create an archway into what was once a bar next door called The Cavern. \u2014 Bob Townsend, ajc , 25 Mar. 2014",
"Flores then appeared from an archway with an Ozark Trail knife in his hand and was walking toward Vasquez. \u2014 Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Through an archway on the second-level landing, a family room overlooks the living and dining areas from a mezzanine. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022"
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"However, the arctic temperatures won't be around too long. \u2014 Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Researchers came to their conclusion by analyzing prehistoric seashells and penguin bones on arctic beaches through radiocarbon dating. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"Typically unarmed, arctic vehicles prioritize range and cargo capacity over firepower and protection. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 9 June 2022",
"An arctic Norway trip is designed around wildlife, including polar bears, as well as giant glaciers and ice floes. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"The arctic changes could also be connected to extreme cold weather. \u2014 Emily Schwing, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
"To help balance scalp oil and hydration while encouraging hair growth, the brand's Scalp Serum uses a blend of ingredients like hyaluronic acid plus adaptogens like arctic root, Siberian ginseng, and chaga mushroom. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 Apr. 2022",
"First, the arctic storm of February 2021 destroyed the crop that was just beginning to set. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"As the arctic front blasts through the region mid-day Saturday, temperatures could crash more than 10 degrees in 3 hours, eventually dropping below freezing . \u2014 NBC News , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"This remote part of the Russian arctic used to be home to a meteorological station, but humans have long since abandoned it. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The brutal arctic outburst that caused Texas\u2019 power grid to fail and the heat wave in the Pacific Northwest last June account for many of the new records. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
"During a warm period from about 55 million to 14 million years ago, Metasequoia \u2014 dawn redwood \u2014 trees grew in Canada\u2019s high arctic . \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Winters in the White Mountains often see winds of well over 100 miles an hour and arctic -like temperatures that are well below zero. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Aug. 2021",
"The latter are snow geese mostly, but also many of the hawks and other raptors that stop en route north to the Canadian arctic . \u2014 Jeanine Barone, Forbes , 27 June 2021",
"Nearly pushed to extinction and now holding on in only remote parts of the Rocky Mountains and the arctic , a pair of wolverines gave birth in Minnesota for the first time in decades. \u2014 Greg Stanley, Star Tribune , 14 June 2021",
"In New Zealand, orcas eat stingrays; in the Norwegian arctic , orcas prefer herring; and in Patagonia, orcas favor sea lion pups. \u2014 Emilie Richardson, ABC News , 22 Apr. 2021",
"The one consistent thing about damage from the February arctic blast is its complete inconsistency. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 19 Apr. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rembaum sourced the vintage arc lamp in the living room from a dealer in Berlin. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 5 Sep. 2021",
"An arc light, or arc lamp , is a source of illumination created when electricity flows between two carbon electrodes. \u2014 Angela Watercutter, Wired , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Pity the poor shopper who enters the light-bulb aisle ignorant of the evolutionary changes to Ole\u2019 Tom\u2019s electric arc lamp , as it was originally called. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 14 June 2019",
"The store was filled with innovations: electric arc lamps , elevators, pneumatic tubes to move money and receipts. \u2014 Marc Levinson, WSJ , 28 Oct. 2018",
"From using far-reaching arc lamps to getting strategic with mirrors, ahead are the best hacks to drag the light in. \u2014 Marlen Komar, Curbed , 26 June 2018",
"Taxidermy parrots from Maison Deyrolle and potted palm trees playfully nod to Hapsburg excess, while a polished chrome arc lamp provides a decisive dose of modern. \u2014 Kari Costas, ELLE Decor , 20 Mar. 2018",
"Pity the poor shopper who enters the light-bulb aisle ignorant of the evolutionary changes to Ole\u2019 Tom\u2019s electric arc lamp , as it was originally called. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 14 June 2019",
"The store was filled with innovations: electric arc lamps , elevators, pneumatic tubes to move money and receipts. \u2014 Marc Levinson, WSJ , 28 Oct. 2018"
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"\u2014 William Stockton , New York Times Book Review , 26 Aug. 1990",
"Literary archvillains include Sherlock Holmes' archfoe Professor James Moriarty and Captain Ahab's murderous Moby Dick.",
"\u2014 Sol Steinmetz , Semantic Antics , 2008"
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"The architectural drawings, which are in the exhibition catalogue, show a 1,076-square-foot structure with a sloping, shed-style roof. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"German castles represent a vast range of architectural designs, including the medieval Burg Eltz Castle and the Renaissance ruins of Heidelberg Castle. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Manfred Thierry Mugler, a French fashion designer known for flamboyant, downright architectural designs that seemed to turn their wearers into sci-fi creatures, has died at 73. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Feb. 2022",
"The second iteration of the 333 Collection ($900-$10,600) features three architectural designs, available in yellow gold, sterling silver and diamond pav\u00e9. \u2014 Lesley Mckenzie, Variety , 19 Jan. 2022",
"He's been working with Shive-Hattery on the space's architectural and visual designs. \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Sustainability takes the spotlight in the architectural designs of Herbert Bayer, an Austrian artist who played an important role in the Bauhaus movement before emigrating to the U.S. in 1938. \u2014 Emily Ferguson, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With the core leadership gone, Bullitt Central looks to star archer Adam Dustin to lead the effort. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 19 Apr. 2022",
"An unseen archer shot an arrow into Franciscato\u2019s chest. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Set in post-blip New York City, the show centres on former Avenger Clint Barton aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) teaming up with a 22-year-old skilled archer , Kate Bishop to unravel a criminal conspiracy. \u2014 Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The film centers largely on the tug-of-war between the independent spirit of medieval teen archer Merida and the expectations from her royal Scottish Highlands family. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Guerrilla Games\u2019 third-person action adventure put players in control of Aloy, an archer who had to survive in a dangerous post-apocalyptic world filled with animal-like machines. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The Marvel Cinematic Universe\u2019s top archer , Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), is spending the holiday season in New York with his kids, hoping to be more of a father than a superhero. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 July 2019",
"Over the past decade, Marvel fans have witnessed the Avengers\u2019 ace archer Clint Barton (aka Hawkeye) battle cosmic invaders in New York, travel through time and space, and even throw down with Thanos. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 25 Nov. 2021",
"Kate is a skilled archer who helps the Young Avengers take on Kang the Conqueror before fully joining the team, and is later given the Hawkeye mantle under orders of Captain America himself. \u2014 Brian Tallerico, Vulture , 23 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Shedd Aquarium houses a remarkable creature called an archerfish that spits water 3 feet into the air to knock insects off trees into the water for dinner. \u2014 Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
"The scientists concluded that archerfish can assume the viewpoint of another archerfish to learn a difficult skill from a distance. \u2014 Jonathan Balcombe, Scientific American , 1 May 2017",
"An archerfish can squirt water in a single shot or in a machine gun\u2013like fusillade. \u2014 Jonathan Balcombe, Scientific American , 1 May 2017",
"Using water as a projectile is only one of many foraging options for the archerfish . \u2014 Jonathan Balcombe, Scientific American , 1 May 2017",
"Crazy archerfish that spray bugs off leaves to eat. \u2014 Erica Boniface, The Know , 4 Jan. 2017",
"Complex, context-dependent decision strategies of archerfish , Toxotes chatareus. \u2014 Mary Bates, WIRED , 19 Nov. 2013"
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"With the core leadership gone, Bullitt Central looks to star archer Adam Dustin to lead the effort. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 19 Apr. 2022",
"An unseen archer shot an arrow into Franciscato\u2019s chest. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Set in post-blip New York City, the show centres on former Avenger Clint Barton aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) teaming up with a 22-year-old skilled archer , Kate Bishop to unravel a criminal conspiracy. \u2014 Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The film centers largely on the tug-of-war between the independent spirit of medieval teen archer Merida and the expectations from her royal Scottish Highlands family. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Guerrilla Games\u2019 third-person action adventure put players in control of Aloy, an archer who had to survive in a dangerous post-apocalyptic world filled with animal-like machines. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The Marvel Cinematic Universe\u2019s top archer , Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), is spending the holiday season in New York with his kids, hoping to be more of a father than a superhero. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 July 2019",
"Over the past decade, Marvel fans have witnessed the Avengers\u2019 ace archer Clint Barton (aka Hawkeye) battle cosmic invaders in New York, travel through time and space, and even throw down with Thanos. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 25 Nov. 2021",
"Kate is a skilled archer who helps the Young Avengers take on Kang the Conqueror before fully joining the team, and is later given the Hawkeye mantle under orders of Captain America himself. \u2014 Brian Tallerico, Vulture , 23 Nov. 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233130"
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"\u2014 Gieson Cacho, Contra Costa Times (California) , 10 Dec. 2009"
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"In baseball, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees are archrivals .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"North Carolina played the ultimate villain again, stunning archrival and No. 2 seed Duke, 81-77, in the Final Four on Saturday at Caesars Superdome before a crowd of 70,602. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The outcome against their archrival will serve as an impressive road victory against a potential top-2 seed. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Auburn swept the leg -- and the season series with its archrival to improve to 21-1 overall and 9-0 at the midway point of the SEC slate. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Playing the ultimate villain, North Carolina stunned archrival Duke in arguably the most important game in the Tobacco Road rivalry. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Finland erased a three-goal deficit to beat Sweden 4-3 in overtime and move ahead of its archrival in the standings. \u2014 Stephen Whyno, chicagotribune.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Finland erased a three-goal deficit to beat Sweden 4-3 in overtime and move ahead of its archrival in the standings. \u2014 Stephen Whyno, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Birt, an archrival of the Crips, is expected to serve his sentence in a Washington state prison for his safety, according to court records. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Between a program that recruits well enough to compete for national titles and one that usually finishes second fiddle to an archrival . \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 1 Jan. 2022"
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": a line composed of a dactylic tetrapody followed by a trochaic tripody":[],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With the core leadership gone, Bullitt Central looks to star archer Adam Dustin to lead the effort. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 19 Apr. 2022",
"An unseen archer shot an arrow into Franciscato\u2019s chest. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Set in post-blip New York City, the show centres on former Avenger Clint Barton aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) teaming up with a 22-year-old skilled archer , Kate Bishop to unravel a criminal conspiracy. \u2014 Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The film centers largely on the tug-of-war between the independent spirit of medieval teen archer Merida and the expectations from her royal Scottish Highlands family. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Guerrilla Games\u2019 third-person action adventure put players in control of Aloy, an archer who had to survive in a dangerous post-apocalyptic world filled with animal-like machines. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The Marvel Cinematic Universe\u2019s top archer , Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), is spending the holiday season in New York with his kids, hoping to be more of a father than a superhero. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 July 2019",
"Over the past decade, Marvel fans have witnessed the Avengers\u2019 ace archer Clint Barton (aka Hawkeye) battle cosmic invaders in New York, travel through time and space, and even throw down with Thanos. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 25 Nov. 2021",
"Kate is a skilled archer who helps the Young Avengers take on Kang the Conqueror before fully joining the team, and is later given the Hawkeye mantle under orders of Captain America himself. \u2014 Brian Tallerico, Vulture , 23 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even the name, TernPaks, is meant to elicit both conversation and excitement for children to travel because the product happens to be named after the arctic tern , the animal with the longest migration pattern on Earth. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 24 May 2021",
"Some arctic terns migrate pole to pole for breeding and wintering, the longest yearly migration of any bird. \u2014 National Geographic , 3 Feb. 2020",
"In its lifetime, each of these arctic terns covers a distance equivalent to three or four round trips to the moon. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 7 May 2018",
"Today, a mated pair of mergansers share this bay of the fjord with splashing arctic terns , recently arrived from waters off Antarctica. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 June 2019",
"The 564-acre marsh adjacent to Turnagain Arm is a magnet for birders, who may encounter trumpeter swans, tundra swans, red-necked grebes, northern pintails, arctic terns and other species amid the marsh's sedges. \u2014 Mike Campbell, Alaska Dispatch News , 8 Sep. 2017"
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"\u2014 Olivia Judson",
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"The Dunaliella dies and the archaea and bacteria take over. \u2014 Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 June 2022",
"That\u2019s because microbes like bacteria and archaea coat surfaces in a sticky layer, a biofilm, that functions as a chemical and physical come-hither call for larger creatures such as barnacles and coral, Dr. Hamdan said. \u2014 Katherine Kornei, New York Times , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Collectively, this consortium of bacteria, archaea , fungi and viruses are called our microbiota. \u2014 Michelle Sconce Massaquoi, The Conversation , 3 Mar. 2020",
"Once software had assembled the short sequences of the original survey into longer fragments, the researchers checked for gene similarities to identify whether the fragment came from bacteria, complex cells, archaea , or viruses. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 13 Feb. 2020",
"But by 2015, the researchers had isolated an intriguing new species of archaea . \u2014 Carl Zimmer, New York Times , 15 Jan. 2020",
"The point of contention is over tiny trace amounts of DNA found in the pool that belong to a category of life called archaea , or archaebacteria. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 15 Nov. 2019",
"Called archaea , the microbes may be the ancestral link between complex and single-celled life. \u2014 Danielle Hall, Smithsonian , 20 Apr. 2010",
"Pyroaerobiology, a new field of science with a badass name, seeks to understand how colonies of bacteria, fungi, archaea , and viruses are swept up in smoke. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 20 Dec. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Don Giuseppe Berardelli, 72, was the archpriest of Casnigo, a town in northern Italy about 50 miles northeast of Milan. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Law moved to Italy to serve as archpriest of the Papal Liberian Basilica of St. Mary Major after he was forced to resign in 2002 as archbishop of Boston. \u2014 Laura Smith-spark And Delia Gallagher, CNN , 21 Dec. 2017",
"The church, one of Rome\u2019s four great ancient basilicas, is where Cardinal Law had the honor of serving for more than a decade, first in 2004 as archpriest and, after his retirement in 2011, as archpriest emeritus. \u2014 Jason Horowitz, New York Times , 20 Dec. 2017",
"In 2004, he was appointed archpriest of the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of four principal basilicas in Rome. \u2014 Rachel Zoll And Nicole Winfield, chicagotribune.com , 20 Dec. 2017",
"In 2004, he was appointed archpriest of the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of four principal basilicas in Rome. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 20 Dec. 2017",
"In 2004, he was appointed archpriest of the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of four principal basilicas in Rome. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Dec. 2017",
"In 2004, he was appointed archpriest of the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of four principal basilicas in Rome. \u2014 Alastair Jamieson, NBC News , 20 Dec. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the winter, an arctic fox can travel for thousands of kilometers across the region, often following polar bears who prey on seals. \u2014 Devi Lockwood, Wired , 21 Sep. 2021",
"The arctic fox population usually cycles through high and low stages depending on the population size of the arctic hare. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2021",
"Next came hunting and trapping of seal, walrus, and arctic fox . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Sep. 2019",
"The journey of a young arctic fox , which trekked more than 2,175 miles from Norway to Canada in just 76 days, has stunned researchers and shed new light on the movement of the species over vast distances of sea ice. \u2014 Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2019",
"Now they have been found across the planet\u2014even in the blood of arctic foxes and polar bears. \u2014 Michele Cohen Marill, Wired , 15 Jan. 2020",
"Other wolves and an arctic fox were also high on that list. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Nov. 2019",
"Explore 40 life-size animal sculptures made from Lego bricks, warm up by the fire pit, and take the kids to meet the zoo\u2019s arctic foxes \u2014 and even reindeer. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Nov. 2019",
"Additionally, Renner's voicing an arctic fox character in the upcoming movie Arctic Dogs. \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 9 Oct. 2019"
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"\u2014 Susan Van Kirk",
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"Verb",
"The arrow arced through the air.",
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"The latest in the Star Wars universe is Obi-Wan Kenobi, with its six-episode arc coming to a conclusion on June 22. \u2014 Nishka Dhawan, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
"Some lives have a long story arc , and others are episodic. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"One thing Fukuyama, 69, has not gotten sick of is trying to answer the biggest questions about democracy, human nature and the long arc of historical progress. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Even if the very long arc of Earth's climate history eventually does bend toward environmental justice, the new IPCC report lays out clearly why each and every person must put their full privilege-dependent-weight behind bending it faster. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 6 Apr. 2022",
"What followed is a terrifying story for the ages, a dark and deadly story now preserved on the pages of history books and part of the long arc of humanity. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The roofline meets the C-pillar in a long arc that tapers to an elegant swan\u2019s tail. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Why focus on the last 30 years in the long arc of Asian American history",
"Over the past 20 years, the city of Birmingham has enjoyed the long arc of a comeback story. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Renderings include a lavish performance area cupped against a ridge-like ramp that would arc through part of the block, allowing elevated views of the surrounding towers. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Sep. 2021",
"On her feet once more and hunched in a defense stance, Eggleston watched Gabriel\u2019s loft flutter high and arc down toward sophomore outside hitter Skylar Fields. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 22 Apr. 2021",
"Combined with a Savoir bed, the florals arc across the headboard in a bright half mandala. \u2014 Kate Mcgregor, ELLE Decor , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Yet several of the episodes don't really arc toward anything, but rather abruptly end before moving on to the next chapter. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Bottlenose dolphins arc through the water in unison, for instance, and males of some firefly species harmonize their flashes. \u2014 Marta Zaraska, Scientific American , 1 Oct. 2020",
"Scholl, who\u2019s from Cincinnati, is a computer science graduate, amateur pilot, and longtime aviation buff, but the early parts of his career don\u2019t arc toward aerospace. \u2014 Ashlee Vance, Bloomberg.com , 6 Oct. 2020",
"Strange trails arc through the sky, as if fireworks were being set off in daylight. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 2 Oct. 2020",
"Solar flares arc over the sun\u2019s corona, the burning hot outermost layer of gas in its atmosphere. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 July 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But this itty-bitty reptile from Madagascar is related to some of the largest animals that ever walked the planet, belonging to the archosaur subgroup that led to dinosaurs and their flying relatives, the pterosaurs. \u2014 Riley Black, National Geographic , 11 Sep. 2020",
"The earliest dinosaurs were not ravenous creatures that directly outcompeted their archosaur relatives, as experts used to think. \u2014 Riley Black, National Geographic , 11 Sep. 2020",
"Different reef-building creatures began to take hold, and lush vegetation covered the land, setting the stage for a group of reptiles called the archosaurs : the forerunners of birds, crocodilians, pterosaurs, and the nonavian dinosaurs. \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 30 Sep. 2019",
"This came as a surprise, Stocker says, and indicates that the more complex, crocodile-type ankle shape was ancestral for archosaurs . \u2014 Brian Switek, Smithsonian , 12 Apr. 2017",
"Looking at the diversity of living and extinct archosaurs \u2013 \u2014 Brian Switek, WIRED , 8 Oct. 2010",
"Snakes and scaly lizards split from the archosaur before turtles and lack the red oil on their retinas. \u2014 Joanna Klein, New York Times , 19 Aug. 2016"
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": the inverse function of the cosine":[
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": the inverse function of the sine":[
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233824"
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"definitions":{
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": ancient : primitive":[
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"Greek archaio- , from archaios ancient, from arch\u0113 beginning":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003358"
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"noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"arch- entry 1 + abbot":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003651"
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"noun"
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": a gastrula formed by simple invagination":[]
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"New Latin, from archi- + gastrula":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004014"
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"noun"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rk\u0113\u02ccgast\u0259(r)"
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"archi- + gaster":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004521"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the boundary between an arctic and a polar air mass":[]
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": a freshwater or anadromous anadromous char ( Salvelinus alpinus ) of cold northern waters that resembles the related Dolly Varden":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Taking influence from her Latin roots and using food that is sourced close to the Yukon, chef Sibja's pork carnitas, arctic char , and avocado creations will fulfill your taco dreams and then some. \u2014 Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure , 19 June 2022",
"From the valley floor, pick lake sardines and radicchio, from the alpine pasture pick red turnip and nostrano stravecchio (a regional hard cheese), and from the high mountain pick arctic char or roe deer to name but a few. \u2014 Duncan Madden, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Third course is arctic char , petite filet or spring polenta. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Rainbow trout, arctic char , and five different species of Pacific salmon are just a few of the highlights. \u2014 Outside Online , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The airline\u2019s Taste of Finnair meals went on sale at K-Citymarket Tammisto just outside of Helsinki on Thursday and include dishes like reindeer meatballs, arctic char , and Japanese-style teriyaki beef. \u2014 Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure , 15 Oct. 2020",
"If arctic char isn\u2019t available, salmon is a substitute. \u2014 Star Tribune , 31 July 2020",
"If salmon is not to your taste or budget, try arctic char or trout. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 23 Apr. 2020"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013755"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the inverse function of the sine":[
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"\u2014 abbreviation arcsin"
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},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)\u00e4rk-\u02c8s\u012bn"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020120"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the inverse function of the tangent":[
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"\u2014 abbreviation arctan"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)\u00e4rk-\u02c8tan-j\u0259nt"
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"first_known_use":{
"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020235"
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"type":[
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": archencephala":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r\u02c8k\u00e4nch(\u0113)\u0259"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek archont-, arch\u014dn , present participle of archein":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020436"
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"definitions":{
": any of the microorganisms comprising the archaea":[
"In earlier work on the mine ecosystem, these archaeans had gone undetected.",
": a genus of chiefly American plants (family Loranthaceae) parasitic on various conifers and having 4-angled branches, scalelike leaves, dioecious flowers, and fleshy stalked berries \u2014 see american mistletoe":[]
"New Latin, from Greek arkeuthos juniper + New Latin -bium ; from its parasitism on conifers; perhaps akin to Greek arkys net":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-043902"
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],
"definitions":{
": the cell or group of cells from which spore mother cells develop (as those from which the microspores develop in the pollen sac or the megaspore in the ovule)":[]
