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"take"
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"They expected me to cop all the blame!",
"He copped the full force of the blow."
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"fuzz",
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"lawman",
"officer",
"police officer",
"policeman",
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]
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]
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"back down",
"back off",
"back out",
"fink out",
"renege"
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],
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]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"don't cop out on your promise to pay for the damage"
],
"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"avoidance",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"elusion",
"escape",
"eschewal",
"eschewing",
"evasion",
"out",
"shaking",
"shunning"
],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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]
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"phrasal verb"
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"back down",
"back off",
"back out",
"fink out",
"renege"
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],
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]
},
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"Verb",
"don't cop out on your promise to pay for the damage"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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],
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"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"elusion",
"escape",
"eschewal",
"eschewing",
"evasion",
"out",
"shaking",
"shunning"
],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"copacetic":{
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"unsatisfactory"
],
"definitions":{
": very satisfactory":[
"And his smile told him that everything was copacetic .",
"\u2014 Robert Bloch"
]
},
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"don't worry, because I assure you that everything's copacetic",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This plate is copacetic , Hardin said, since Arkansans know the actual prez isn\u2019t driving around our small, wonderful state. \u2014 Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online , 14 May 2022",
"The signals from Trump suggest that McCarthy remains copacetic with the Mar-a-Lago circuit. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 28 Apr. 2022",
"All is copacetic until one of the Italians shows up with a beautiful realtor from Connecticut, and one of the Irish makes a crude pass at her. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Venus is in your 6th House of Routine and Health, adding a touch of ease to the daily grind, but that copacetic energy will be shaken up when Venus makes a rough square to Uranus in your expansion sector. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Though Ferriera did not comment on the behind-the-scenes rumors, Kat\u2019s actions in episode six did not seem to convince fans that everything is copacetic behind the scenes\u2026. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The most likely path for the Heat will be to keep the roster copacetic until later in the season, when there will be enough space under the tax for maneuverability. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Oct. 2021",
"My days, like everyone else\u2019s in 2021, can quickly swing from perfectly copacetic calm to something on the edge of calamity. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Ordway, who retired Thursday as a full-time host at WEEI, conjured a brilliant formula that was perfectly copacetic with the cynical nature of the Boston sports fan. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"of obscure origin":""
},
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],
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"all right",
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"ducky",
"fine",
"good",
"hunky-dory",
"jake",
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"okay",
"palatable",
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],
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"unsatisfactory"
],
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"And his smile told him that everything was copacetic .",
"\u2014 Robert Bloch"
]
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"don't worry, because I assure you that everything's copacetic",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This plate is copacetic , Hardin said, since Arkansans know the actual prez isn\u2019t driving around our small, wonderful state. \u2014 Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online , 14 May 2022",
"The signals from Trump suggest that McCarthy remains copacetic with the Mar-a-Lago circuit. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 28 Apr. 2022",
"All is copacetic until one of the Italians shows up with a beautiful realtor from Connecticut, and one of the Irish makes a crude pass at her. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Venus is in your 6th House of Routine and Health, adding a touch of ease to the daily grind, but that copacetic energy will be shaken up when Venus makes a rough square to Uranus in your expansion sector. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Though Ferriera did not comment on the behind-the-scenes rumors, Kat\u2019s actions in episode six did not seem to convince fans that everything is copacetic behind the scenes\u2026. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The most likely path for the Heat will be to keep the roster copacetic until later in the season, when there will be enough space under the tax for maneuverability. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Oct. 2021",
"My days, like everyone else\u2019s in 2021, can quickly swing from perfectly copacetic calm to something on the edge of calamity. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Ordway, who retired Thursday as a full-time host at WEEI, conjured a brilliant formula that was perfectly copacetic with the cynical nature of the Boston sports fan. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"of obscure origin":""
},
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"\u02cck\u014d-p\u0259-\u02c8se-tik"
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"all right",
"alright",
"ducky",
"fine",
"good",
"hunky-dory",
"jake",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatable",
"satisfactory"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161703",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cope":{
"antonyms":[
"blanket",
"cloak",
"cover",
"cover-up",
"covering",
"coverture",
"curtain",
"hood",
"mantle",
"mask",
"pall",
"penumbra",
"robe",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wraps"
],
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": a long enveloping ecclesiastical vestment":[
"The priest wore a cope for the benediction."
],
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": match":[],
": meet , encounter":[],
": notch":[],
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"\u2026 the dark sky's starry cope \u2026",
"\u2014 P. B. Shelley"
],
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": to cover or furnish with a cope":[],
": to deal with and attempt to overcome problems and difficulties":[
"\u2014 often used with with learning to cope with the demands of her schedule"
],
": to maintain a contest or combat usually on even terms or with success":[
"\u2014 used with with"
],
": to meet in combat":[],
": to shape (a structural member) to fit a coping or conform to the shape of another member":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"committed their nefarious deeds under the dark cope of night"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3":"Verb",
"circa 1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English copen, coupen , from Anglo-French couper to strike, cut, from cop, colp blow, from Late Latin colpus , alteration of Latin colaphus , from Greek kolaphos buffet":"Verb",
"Middle English, from Old English -c\u0101p , from Late Latin cappa head covering":"Noun and Verb",
"probably from French couper to cut":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8k\u014dp"
],
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"do",
"fare",
"get along",
"get by",
"get on",
"make out",
"manage",
"shift"
],
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"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently coped with the latest foul-up gracefully"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-022144",
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"disagreeable",
"unsatisfactory"
],
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": very satisfactory":[
"And his smile told him that everything was copacetic .",
"\u2014 Robert Bloch"
]
},
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"don't worry, because I assure you that everything's copacetic",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This plate is copacetic , Hardin said, since Arkansans know the actual prez isn\u2019t driving around our small, wonderful state. \u2014 Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online , 14 May 2022",
"The signals from Trump suggest that McCarthy remains copacetic with the Mar-a-Lago circuit. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 28 Apr. 2022",
"All is copacetic until one of the Italians shows up with a beautiful realtor from Connecticut, and one of the Irish makes a crude pass at her. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Venus is in your 6th House of Routine and Health, adding a touch of ease to the daily grind, but that copacetic energy will be shaken up when Venus makes a rough square to Uranus in your expansion sector. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Though Ferriera did not comment on the behind-the-scenes rumors, Kat\u2019s actions in episode six did not seem to convince fans that everything is copacetic behind the scenes\u2026. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The most likely path for the Heat will be to keep the roster copacetic until later in the season, when there will be enough space under the tax for maneuverability. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Oct. 2021",
"My days, like everyone else\u2019s in 2021, can quickly swing from perfectly copacetic calm to something on the edge of calamity. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Ordway, who retired Thursday as a full-time host at WEEI, conjured a brilliant formula that was perfectly copacetic with the cynical nature of the Boston sports fan. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"of obscure origin":""
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"\u02cck\u014d-p\u0259-\u02c8se-tik"
],
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"all right",
"alright",
"ducky",
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"OK",
"okay",
"palatable",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165040",
"type":[
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},
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"antonyms":[
"dribbling",
"trickling"
],
"definitions":{
": full of thought, information, or matter":[
"\u2026 Shakespeare, whose soul was so copious \u2026",
"\u2014 Gilbert Highet"
],
": plentiful in number":[
"copious references to other writers"
],
": present in large quantity : taking place on a large scale":[
"copious weeping",
"copious food and drink"
],
": profuse or exuberant in words, expression, or style":[
"a copious talker"
],
": yielding something abundantly":[
"a copious harvest",
"copious springs"
]
},
"examples":[
"It was no surprise that spin was more copious than ever during the election campaign. \u2014 Michael Kinsley , Time , 25 Dec. 2000\u20131 Jan. 2001",
"These pockets of melted rock are rich in silica and release copious amounts of volatile gases that are held under high pressures. \u2014 Sandra Blakeslee , New York Times , 7 Apr. 1998",
"\u2026 travelers grew accustomed to having copious helpings of meat when they visited Quimper's inn. \u2014 James A. Michener , Texas , 1985",
"The Constants\u2014ignorant, vulgar, and brash\u2014had copious quantities of dumb luck. \u2014 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. , The Sirens Of Titan , 1959",
"The storm produced a copious amount of rain.",
"She sat in the front row and took copious notes during the lecture.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chop finely or tear by hand, and use copious amounts. \u2014 Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon App\u00e9tit , 28 June 2022",
"Noise-canceling headphones, a good sleep mask, and copious amounts of hand sanitizer go a long way toward ensuring the safest, most comfortable flight. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 27 June 2022",
"After all, no British summer would be complete without copious amounts of mud. \u2014 CNN , 23 June 2022",
"Instead of consuming copious amounts of coal, most of the boilers at the Drax power station now rely on a different menu: wood pellets, sourced from North American forests and shipped to the United Kingdom to keep the fires burning 24 hours a day. \u2014 Jason Thomson, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
"This year, Mitchell donned a mullet and copious amounts of eyeliner to play the infamous Joe Exotic in Peacock\u2019s limited series Joe vs. Carole, opposite Kate McKinnon as Joe\u2019s nemesis, Carole Baskin. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 June 2022",
"The technology has now shifted from the chemical laser, which required corrosive and toxic chemicals to induce a beam and machinery almost the size of an on-site laboratory, to the solid-state laser, which needs only copious amounts of electricity. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"There were two ponchos \u2026 which contained copious amounts of blood and the DNA of Jennifer Dulos. \u2014 Erin Moriarty, CBS News , 21 May 2022",
"Nearly 30 years later, the festival has become a national treasure that exemplifies how Australians tend to do a lot of things: all together, with self-deprecating humor and copious amounts of alcohol. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English, from Latin copiosus , from copia abundance, from co- + ops wealth \u2014 more at opulent":""
},
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"\u02c8k\u014d-p\u0113-\u0259s"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for copious plentiful , ample , abundant , copious mean more than sufficient without being excessive. plentiful implies a great or rich supply. peaches are plentiful this summer ample implies a generous sufficiency to satisfy a particular requirement. ample food to last the winter abundant suggests an even greater or richer supply than does plentiful . streams abundant with fish copious stresses largeness of supply rather than fullness or richness. copious examples of bureaucratic waste",
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"lavish",
"profuse",
"riotous"
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"noun"
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": a coin or token made of copper or bronze":[],
": a large boiler (as for cooking)":[],
": a metallic chemical element that is easily formed into sheets and wires and is one of the best known conductors of heat and electricity \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table":[],
": any of a subfamily (Lycaeninae of the family Lycaenidae) of small butterflies with usually copper-colored wings":[],
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": to coat or sheathe with or as if with copper":[]
},
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"1530, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1846, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English coper , from Old English, from Late Latin cuprum copper, from Latin ( aes ) Cyprium , literally, Cyprian metal":"Noun",
"cop entry 2":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8k\u00e4p-\u0259r",
"\u02c8k\u00e4-p\u0259r"
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"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
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"fuzz",
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"officer",
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"shamus"
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},
"copperhead":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a common pit viper ( Agkistrodon contortrix ) of the eastern and central U.S. usually having a copper-colored head and often a reddish-brown hourglass pattern on the body":[],
": a person in the northern states who sympathized with the South during the American Civil War":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His uncle quickly dispatched the copperhead with a pair of gardening shears and rushed Daniel to an emergency room in Houston. \u2014 Priscilla Aguirre, Chron , 14 June 2022",
"An average adult copperhead grows to 24 to 40 inches. \u2014 Mandi Albright, ajc , 26 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s several inches longer than the average copperhead in Alabama, experts say. \u2014 al , 30 June 2021",
"Those two decisions likely saved his life, as a herpetologist was able to confirm through the photo that Murray was actually bitten by a copperhead snake, according to WPVI. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The message was accompanied by a video showing a copperhead snake going across the street in Cherokee, located in Colbert County. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Named for their copper-red heads, the copperhead is a medium-sized snake that is commonly found in North America, from southern New England to West Texas and northern Mexico, LiveScience reported. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The copperhead is seen biting the kingsnake multiple times, with no impact. \u2014 al , 30 June 2021",
"The June 4 post says venomous snakes, such as the copperhead , swim in water with their entire bodies visible on the surface, while non-venomous water snakes submerge most of their bodies and keep only their heads above water. \u2014 Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY , 10 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8k\u00e4-p\u0259r-\u02cched",
"\u02c8k\u00e4p-\u0259r-\u02cched"
],
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]
},
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"definitions":{
": sympathy for the Confederate cause in the Civil War : disloyalty to the Union":[]
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\"+\u02cciz\u0259m"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112053",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ramato is a coppery -pink style specific to the Fruili region and this one features a fruit bowl of cherry, wild strawberry and stone orchard fruit. \u2014 Lana Bortolot, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
"The client can dictate the season as seen by the surrounding landscape\u2019s spring pink dogwood, summer\u2019s hydrangea, fall\u2019s coppery -leaf maple or winter\u2019s blanket of snow. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Jan. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1775, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2021",
"Another strategy, called short rotation coppice , involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows. \u2014 Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2020",
"Likewise green peas, which require space, time, and handsome hazel branches from one\u2019s own woodland coppice in order to yield more than a handful. \u2014 Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker , 24 Apr. 2020"
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"The hulking mass of the Hagia Sophia, the sixth-century church that became the enduring symbol of Christendom, seemed like a basilica to me again, surrounded by a copse of slim, tapered minarets. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"Suddenly, an enormous whoosh rose from the canyon, and a copse of aspen exploded. \u2014 The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
"In a small copse of trees near the street in front of the nursing home, a large cargo van had smashed down on top of the trees, breaking what branches the wind had spared. \u2014 Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online , 13 Dec. 2021",
"The copse of fan varieties at the 49 Palm Oasis in the northeast corner of Joshua Tree National Park is the place to go. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 11 Nov. 2021",
"There is a homeless encampment in a little copse of wood where Georgetown starts. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Christopher Lloyd, who created a repository of outsized characters, strides across the stage under a copse of soaring spruce. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Aug. 2021",
"At the heart of La Quinta, the main lawn is home to 1920s Spanish Revival bungalows scattered around a central waterfall in a copse . \u2014 John Oseid, Forbes , 6 July 2021",
"In a copse of trees on the southeastern side of the island, the boys found a 13-foot-wide depression surrounded by loose soil and young trees\u2014signs the ground had been disturbed. \u2014 Dylan Taylor-lehman, Popular Mechanics , 13 May 2021"
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"copters from the local TV stations made the obligatory reports on the bumper-to-bumper traffic at the start of the holiday weekend",
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"But the copter 's team has a plan that could help Ingenuity survive and continue flying high on Mars. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 11 June 2022",
"Under the glare of his copter \u2019s searchlight, the pilot could see the sub\u2019s hull was awash as the crew clung to the steel safety cable. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"The copter in the background was branded with the film's title as well as the actor's name in large letters. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 4 May 2022",
"The clouds hung low, so the copter hugged close to the sandstone cliffs that rise from this green island, which gets about 80 inches of rain and 60 inches of snowfall every year. \u2014 Susanne Rust, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021",
"The clouds hung low, so the copter hugged close to the sandstone cliffs that rise from this green island, which gets about 80 inches of rain and 60 inches of snowfall every year. \u2014 Susanne Rust, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021",
"The clouds hung low, so the copter hugged close to the sandstone cliffs that rise from this green island, which gets about 80 inches of rain and 60 inches of snowfall every year. \u2014 Susanne Rust, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021",
"The clouds hung low, so the copter hugged close to the sandstone cliffs that rise from this green island, which gets about 80 inches of rain and 60 inches of snowfall every year. \u2014 Susanne Rust, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021",
"The autopilot, in recovery mode, arrests the plummet, bringing the copter back to a stable flight. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 21 Nov. 2021"
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"\u2014 Keith Ervin"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just this week, ProPublica, copublishing with The Times, revealed that McKinsey consultants had recommended in 2017 that Immigration and Customs Enforcement cut its spending on food for migrants and medical care for detainees. \u2014 Michael Forsythe, New York Times , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Gulshan Khan for The New York Times This article is copublished with ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative newsroom. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Dec. 2019",
"Leonardo Santamaria This article is copublished with ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative newsroom. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2019",
"This article is copublished with ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative newsroom, for which Ian MacDougall is a contributing reporter. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Dec. 2019"
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"Some animals have complex mating rituals before they copulate .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the communal web, female Philoponella prominens rarely leave, whereas their male counterparts venture to other webs to mate and can copulate with a female spider up to six times before moving onto another one, Zhang said. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"As a couple, we were finished, though still copulating . \u2014 Matthew Klam, The New Yorker , 9 Mar. 2020",
"These include someone washing a cucumber, copulating wind-up toy rabbits, a phallic fungus, a beaver, the Washington Monument, the pop of a champagne cork, and the sensuous blossoming of a flower. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 30 Dec. 2019",
"The notorious sculpture depicts Pan, rustic god of the wild, copulating with a she-goat. \u2014 Christopher Knight, latimes.com , 3 July 2019",
"Males will try to copulate not only with females, but also other males. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 29 June 2019",
"A few weeks ago the pair, named Monty and Rose, began copulating , said Giometti. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 14 June 2019",
"Even with the copulating couple caught on camera, the attention is all on the child's response to the spectacle. \u2014 Marlisse Cepeda, Woman's Day , 26 Jan. 2015",
"In New York, detectives have turned their attention to a student-actress' accusation she was forced to orally copulate the producer in 2004 and another actress' allegation of rape in 2010. \u2014 Richard Winton, latimes.com , 20 Mar. 2018"
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"Noun",
"The novel has sold more than a million copies .",
"She got a job writing advertising copy .",
"All copy must be submitted by 5 p.m.",
"Verb",
"She copied the design on a piece of paper.",
"Copy the file to your hard drive.",
"The bills are designed to prevent copying by counterfeiters.",
"We caught him copying the answers out of the book.",
"We caught him copying out of the book.",
"The speech was copied word for word.",
"His music was copied widely.",
"Their competitors soon copied the idea.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Glencore subsidiaries reached two separate plea agreements with prosecutors, each of which included a copy of the prospective certification as an attachment, to be signed at the conclusion of Glencore\u2019s three-year probation period. \u2014 Dylan Tokar, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Some of those resources are other departments or partners in the areas of copy or content, creative, UX and IT. \u2014 Corey Morris, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"About 39 percent of Black Americans have one copy of the gene\u2019s risk variants; another 13 percent, or nearly 5.5 million, have two copies. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"All active-duty military personnel and veterans who present a valid military ID, copy or a photo of a DD-214 form or a driver's license with a veteran classification get in free through 6 p.m., along with up to four family members. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
"Someone should send them a copy of the Irish Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes Final Report (2020). \u2014 Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books , 6 May 2022",
"It was copy edited by Grist reporter Shannon Osaka and environmental justice fellow Julia Kane. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2022",
"At least one copy , given from one sister to another, was inscribed with the wish that the recipient might see the tear stains on its pages. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Mar. 2022",
"In the copy of the diplomatic reception room at the White House, which is covered in a mural depicting American revolutionary war scenes, there is a closet that is key to the story. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 12 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Within that time frame, which captures a sliver of the racist mayhem that terrorized the majority-Black East Side neighborhood and left 10 people dead, at least one viewer was able to copy the footage and soon began sharing it. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"But because this time in Kaepernick\u2019s life was not splashed across magazine covers, Michael wasn\u2019t beholden to copy any front-page images. \u2014 Danielle Turchiano, Variety , 3 Jan. 2022",
"For example, cybercriminals have been able to copy the ML model for Proofpoint Email Protection and manipulate it to allow malicious emails to pass through filters. \u2014 Steve Durbin, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
"There were a few exceptions: Medieval monks used dedicated spaces to copy manuscripts, and the Medici family originally created Florence\u2019s Uffizi Gallery, now the world famous museum, for their vast business empire. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2021",
"The first came from American theoretical biologist Stuart Kauffman, who argued that living organisms must be able to copy themselves. \u2014 Michael Marshall, Science , 14 Dec. 2020",
"The cheerleader, Kesha, smiled and spelled it, slowly so my little girl could copy it into her notebook. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Serious painters who want to perhaps copy a painting, can usually apply for a special permit to use paints inside the building. \u2014 Barbara Orr, Travel + Leisure , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Bitcoin created money that people couldn\u2019t just copy . \u2014 Richard Ma, Forbes , 29 June 2021"
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"Verb",
"asked her stylist to copycat a hairstyle from the magazine",
"a performer who slavishly copycats another never rises to the level of true stardom",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Schools are dealing with a new wave of copycat threats after last month's elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. \u2014 Caroline Elliott, Fox News , 9 June 2022",
"The European Union banned animal testing for cosmetics in 2013, a move that was cheered by activists and sparked a string of copycat legislation elsewhere. \u2014 Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
"Much like professional organizations, the NCAA can be a copycat league. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 26 May 2022",
"That didn\u2019t deter three copycat events on Veterans Day weekend the following year. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"On quite a frightening note, the department also noted that individuals online have praised the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Texas and even encouraged copycat attacks, AP adds. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 7 June 2022",
"The Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese consortium, a body that fights to protect the authentic product, estimates the copycat market to be worth $2 billion \u2014 not far off the real one. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Lawmakers in a dozen other states proposed copycat laws. \u2014 Ellen Mccarthy, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Idaho's governor signed the first copycat measure in March, although it has been temporarily blocked by the state's Supreme Court. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Park mentioned the case of the Boston Marathon Bomber, in which social media led to misidentification of suspects, and possibly to copycat cases. \u2014 Michael M. Dewitt, USA TODAY , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Its new twist on phishing alerts, though, could give it and copycat criminal hackers one more edge in a fight that\u2019s already unfair. \u2014 Brian Barrett, Wired , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Not to copycat Pittsburgh, but reflect on its incremental success. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 30 July 2021",
"Not surprisingly, copycat digital banks are cropping up in Brazil, and the old-line banks are investing more heavily in technology. \u2014 Jeff Kauflin, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021",
"Speight compares the replicas to copycat Chanel bags. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 18 Mar. 2021",
"In the aftermath of the attack, some in El Paso feared that copycat anti-Latino shootings would strike the city. \u2014 Erin Coulehan, New York Times , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Fangio believes other teams are going to copycat Jacksonville\u2019s gameplan for rushing success, one that Chargers coach Anthony Lynn knows begins with neutralizing the best Broncos player left on the field in the wake of Chubb\u2019s injury. \u2014 Kyle Newman, The Denver Post , 4 Oct. 2019",
"The company responded to copycat complaints by pointing to a common beauty industry practice known as dupes \u2014 cheaper, comparable alternatives to more expensive makeup. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 7 Sep. 2019"
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"she prides herself on being an innovator in fashion, and not a mere copyist",
"some scholars argue that the vexing passage reflects a misreading of the text by an early copyist",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This year\u2019s Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre will be presented to the Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC); Broadway For All; music copyist , Emily Grishman; Feinstein\u2019s/54 Below and United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 May 2022",
"Nonetheless, she was all but forgotten by the art world, and though all of her extant works are originals, per the National Trust, she was described as a mere copyist of the Old Masters after her death. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"For All, music copyist Emily Grishman and Feinstein\u2019s/54 Below. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 May 2022",
"The pirate could even be the copyist , who could clandestinely make another copy, spirit it out to another publisher, sometimes even before the legitimate one. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 29 Dec. 2020",
"An accomplished copyist of great artworks, Bradley Stevens has long specialized in painting them in their natural habitat: arrayed in the hushed galleries of major museums where they\u2019re being perused by visitors. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Dec. 2020",
"Was an artist who merely reproduced the fronts of soup cans descending to the level of a labelmaker\u2014or, worse, of a mere copyist \u2014or could appropriation, as an artistic gesture, trump any actual gesture an artist might make with hand and brush",
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"In the communal web, female Philoponella prominens rarely leave, whereas their male counterparts venture to other webs to mate and can copulate with a female spider up to six times before moving onto another one, Zhang said. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"As a couple, we were finished, though still copulating . \u2014 Matthew Klam, The New Yorker , 9 Mar. 2020",
"These include someone washing a cucumber, copulating wind-up toy rabbits, a phallic fungus, a beaver, the Washington Monument, the pop of a champagne cork, and the sensuous blossoming of a flower. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 30 Dec. 2019",
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"Males will try to copulate not only with females, but also other males. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 29 June 2019",
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"Even with the copulating couple caught on camera, the attention is all on the child's response to the spectacle. \u2014 Marlisse Cepeda, Woman's Day , 26 Jan. 2015",
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"The Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, which manages the contracts to mitigate algal blooms in the state\u2019s public lands, primarily uses copper sulfate as an algaecide, the division\u2019s interim director, Jamie Barnes, said. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 Aug. 2021",
"In the study, researchers from the U and the U.S. Geological Survey applied a copper sulfate solution to the water in St. Alban's Bay near Excelsior. \u2014 Katy Read, Star Tribune , 4 Nov. 2020",
"In the 1950s, scientists tried using copper sulfate . \u2014 Jenny Howard, National Geographic , 5 July 2019",
"The European Union determined that copper sulfate may cause cancer and intended to ban it, but backed off because organic farmers don\u2019t have any viable alternative. \u2014 Henry I. Miller, WSJ , 5 Aug. 2018",
"One that organic gardeners all over the world know is the fungicide Bordeaux mix, with copper sulfate as the main ingredient. \u2014 Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star , 13 July 2018"
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"For the past three years, Carolyn has been partnering with the American Cleaning Institute to coproduce the Discover Cleaning Summits. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"For the past three years, Carolyn has been partnering with the American Cleaning Institute to coproduce the Discover Cleaning Summits. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
"James Franco was originally attached to coproduce and direct this film, along with two white male screenwriters, which would surely have smelled of Spring Breakers (2012). \u2014 Jasmin Hernandez, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 June 2021",
"Kim Kardashian West has reached a deal with Spotify to coproduce and host a new podcast that will spotlight her recent involvement with criminal justice reform. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 June 2020",
"While Universal had planned to work alone, Netflix and SK Global agreed to coproduce their miniseries with the Thai government. \u2014 Max Marshall, SI.com , 26 June 2019",
"Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner to coproduce its 2015 U.S. debut, Music in Exile (Atlantic). \u2014 Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader , 29 Sep. 2017"
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"The answer is wrapped within the elegant, deadpan pleasures of Assayas\u2019 revisited Irma Vep, an eight-part HBO and A24 coproduction streaming on HBO Max beginning June 6. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 June 2022",
"The film was produced by Mistrus Media of Latvia in coproduction with Polar Bear of Belgium, and it was funded by the National Film Center of Latvia, the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, and the Belgian Tax Shelter fund. \u2014 Kristine Simsone, Variety , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Slovenia\u2019s Perfo is producing in coproduction with Evolution Films from the Czech Republic and La Sarraz Pictures from Italy. \u2014 Damijan Vinter, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The play, a coproduction of the Atlantic and Roundabout theater companies, is after all set in Iran in 2008, against a backdrop of travel restrictions and family separations. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Blow could have never imagined his life would one day inspire music all on its own \u2014 much less the first opera by a Black composer to be staged at the venerable Metropolitan Opera, in a coproduction with Lyric Opera and Los Angeles Opera. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The coproduction Village aims at helping filmmakers find co-producers, sales agents, distributors and other financial partners. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 18 Nov. 2021",
"An InLight Films production in coproduction with Atelier de Film, Forest Film, Unfortunate Thespians, Smart Sound Studios, Avanpost. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 30 Sep. 2021"
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"At Variety, Whiteman started out as a copy editor and quickly advanced to foreign news editor. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 17 June 2022",
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"Garrett first joined Variety in 2002, working as a copy editor and film and digital reporter. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Schaefer has worked in a variety of roles at the Free Press, including as a copy editor , page designer and \u2014 for most of his time \u2014 as an investigative reporter and columnist. \u2014 Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Terry Flores joined Variety in 1997, starting as a copy editor for Daily Variety and swiftly adding layout and design to her duties. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Buchmann began her journalism career at the San Jose Mercury News, where her roles included news editor, wire editor, copy editor , page designer and education reporter. \u2014 Anna Buchmann, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Bieri was previously an ADN copy editor and has taken on a range of other roles within the newsroom. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 18 Feb. 2022"
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"It was designed by his wife, who\u2019s a personal trainer, and uses three pieces of equipment\u2014a TRX suspension trainer, an ab wheel, and a Praep sports copilot , a pair of handlebars used to create instability during pushups. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"Rumors about a copilot intentionally crashing the plane had circulated widely on China's internet by early April, with some pointing to the CAAC's remarks on the mental health of aviation staff following the crash. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"On November 28, 1979, Flight 901 proceeded along a route that the pilot and copilot believed to be along McMurdo Sound, descending to 1,500 feet. \u2014 Colin Dickey, Longreads , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The normal 11-man crew consists of a pilot, copilot , meteorologist, two navigators, two radar officers, flight engineer, crew chief and two radiomen. \u2014 Aubrey O. Cookman, Popular Mechanics , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Your copilot , Isao, asks you to cut the aircraft\u2019s engine. \u2014 Lewis Gordon, Wired , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The pilot and copilot were reportedly unharmed during the incident. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Fourth lawsuit filed over vintage plane crash The family of a copilot killed in the crash of a World War II-era plane in 2019 in Connecticut is suing the foundation that hosted the air show. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2021",
"In 2014, an earlier version of SpaceShipTwo broke apart in midair during a powered test flight, killing copilot Michael Alsbury and injuring pilot Peter Siebold. \u2014 Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times , 11 July 2021"
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"That the coprolite exists after approximately 33 million years is one thing. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"Microscopic egg of fish tapeworm found in dog coprolite . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022",
"Enlarge / Scanning electron micrograph of a single fecal pellet ( coprolite ) found in the cranial cavity of a fossilized fish. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 5 Feb. 2022",
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"The researchers\u2019 coprolite provides a valuable snapshot of what Silesaurus ate, and how. \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 June 2021",
"Preserved inside were several of the first ever fully intact beetles discovered in a coprolite . \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 June 2021",
"Qvarnstr\u00f6m and his colleagues uncovered a particular dime-size coprolite in a clay pit near Ozimek, Poland. \u2014 Tess Joosse, Scientific American , 30 June 2021",
"Alternative options: Other fossils primed for printing include a Priscacara serrata fish, a Stephanoceras juhlei ammonite and a shasta ground sloth\u2019s coprolite (essentially fossilized feces). \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian , 27 Nov. 2019"
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": the innermost division of the cloaca of birds or reptiles":[]
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"New Latin, from copr- + -odaeum, -odeum (from Greek hodaion , neuter of hodaios on the way, from hodos way)":""
": a metallic luster on pottery obtained by firing a copper-salt glaze applied to the pottery surface":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222702"
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"copromoter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of two or more joint promoters":[
"Leonard is a \"crossover icon\"\u2014a term copromoter Bernie Dillon uses to describe Leonard's broad appeal in and out of boxing \u2026",
"\u2014 William Nack"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)k\u014d-pr\u0259-\u02c8m\u014d-t\u0259r"
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"first_known_use":{
"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223234"
},
"coping":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the covering course of a wall usually with a sloping top":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u014d-pi\u014b"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1601, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230034"
},
"copperish":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": resembling or suggesting copper : somewhat coppery":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00e4p\u0259r\u0259\u0307sh"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231449"
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"copolymer":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a product of copolymerization":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02c8p\u00e4-l\u0259-m\u0259r",
"(\u02c8)k\u014d-\u02c8p\u00e4l-\u0259-m\u0259r"
],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And so, one possibility is that the early genetic material was actually some kind of mixed copolymer of RNA and DNA. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"The Smith Forefront 2 takes it all into account, starting with Koroyd, a honeycomb-like copolymer layer made of thin plastic cylinders that crush on impact to disperse energy. \u2014 Scott Yorko, Outside Online , 7 July 2020",
"Cosmetic chemist Ginger King says to look out for ingredients like isododecane (a solvent), paraffin (a type of mineral oil that resists water), and VP/eicosene copolymer (film former). \u2014 Allure , 25 June 2021",
"The copolymer doesn\u2019t react with the electrolyte, which further extends the battery life. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 3 May 2021",
"The most basic version costs $15 but more advanced models come in aluminum for $85 and the copolymer material ethylene vinyl acetate at $25. \u2014 Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American , 8 Dec. 2015",
"Short copolymer chains refract shorter wavelengths of light: ultraviolet, blues and greens. \u2014 Meg Wilcox, Scientific American , 13 Nov. 2020",
"The first new ingredient is dimer dilinoleyl dimer dilinoleate, which appears to replace VP/hexadecene copolymer , both of which are skin-conditioning and binding ingredients, according to the Environmental Working Group's cosmetic database. \u2014 Sable Yong, Allure , 11 Sep. 2018",
"The fuel-tank flange was made with a widely used, industry-standard material called polyoxymethylene copolymer (POM). \u2014 David Muller, Car and Driver , 25 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235637"
},
"coping saw":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a handsaw with a very narrow blade held under tension in a U-shaped frame and used especially for cutting curves in wood":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u014d-pi\u014b-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"from present participle of cope entry 4":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003941"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u014d-p\u0259r"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"English dialect cope to trade":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1825, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015106"
},
"Copernican":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to Copernicus or the belief that the earth rotates daily on its axis and the planets revolve in orbits around the sun":[],
": of radical or major importance or degree":[
"effected a Copernican revolution in philosophy",
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u014d-",
"k\u0259-\u02c8p\u0259r-ni-k\u0259n"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Nicolaus Copernicus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020712"
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"cop off with":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to have sexual intercourse with (someone)":[
"He copped off with one of the girls at the party."
