": the release of cellular substances (such as secretory products) contained in cell vesicles by fusion of the vesicular membrane with the plasma membrane and subsequent release of the contents to the exterior of the cell":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Once packaged, coronaviruses leave their host cell via an export system that's normally used to send material to the cell's surface (a process called exocytosis ). \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 20 Mar. 2020"
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"1963, in the meaning defined above":""
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": the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture \u2014 see Bible Table":[]
},
"examples":[
"the mass exodus from the cities for the beaches and the mountains on most summer weekends",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With their majority or their own re-elections in doubt, many House Democrats are already heading for the exits in a pre-midterm exodus . \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
"Menon says the exodus could help weed out bad actors. \u2014 Camomile Shumba, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"But the exodus of refugees and closure of industrial operations eroded demand even more. With power to spare, Mr. Kudrytskyi stepped up his push for Ukraine to align fully to the European grid to open commercial sales of power into the EU. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 26 June 2022",
"The Cleveland Guardians have a new investor, David Blitzer, who fans hope can help stop the exodus of young talent leaving for big-market franchises. \u2014 Matt Craig, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"According to one source, the exodus was prompted by interference from two of the show\u2019s lead actresses, while another noted at the time that the writers were unhappy with one of the executives overseeing the project. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"Already, the exodus has irrevocably changed millions of lives. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"The exodus of people away from dense cities created new customers who needed vehicles to get around suburban and rural roads. \u2014 Brett Berk, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2022",
"Even companies that have hung on in Russia despite the general exodus of Western investors were not listed. \u2014 Mark Heinrich And Grant Mccool, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 June 2022"
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"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02ccek-s\u014d-\u02c8\u0259r-jik"
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"\u2014 used especially of stages of malaria parasites"
": marriage outside of a specific group especially as required by custom or law":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The researchers believe their findings reinforce that women marrying outside their community, called female exogamy , was associated with Bronze Age societies. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 29 July 2021"
],
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"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
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"ek-\u02c8s\u00e4g-\u0259-m\u0113",
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"the results of the DNA fingerprinting finally exonerated the man, but only after he had wasted 10 years of his life in prison",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But even if Brafman persuaded a New York jury to exonerate his client, Weinstein still faced potential criminal charges in Los Angeles, London, and Dublin. \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Realistically, Cassie would probably be in jail by episode four or at least fired, and the show would shift to a more somber note where Ani (Zosia Mamet) and Max (Deniz Akdeniz) work to exonerate their friend. \u2014 Harika Manne, refinery29.com , 22 May 2022",
"This intersectional invisibility means that movements that are supposed to help Black women only contribute to our marginalization and exonerate white women from the accountability of perpetuating the oppression of Black women. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
"In a public statement Friday, Burris pointed to Livingston\u2019s role, when the sheriff chose to exonerate Hall for Arboleda\u2019s death. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Attorneys representing Damien Echols, one of three men convicted of the 1993 slaying of three boys found hog-tied in a drainage ditch near West Memphis, asked a judge Monday to permit new DNA testing in the case, hoping to exonerate the men. \u2014 Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online , 25 Jan. 2022",
"When Alison gets a lead that may help exonerate her, her lawyer is dismissive, and Bill takes it upon himself to continue the investigation. \u2014 Jesse Hassenger, The Week , 28 July 2021",
"That wouldn\u2019t exonerate the killer but would offer his memory a gesture of understanding. \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"But in June the Missouri Supreme Court declined to hear Strickland's attempt to exonerate himself. \u2014 Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN , 11 Nov. 2021"
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"1524, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"ig-\u02c8z\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
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"the results of the DNA fingerprinting finally exonerated the man, but only after he had wasted 10 years of his life in prison",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But even if Brafman persuaded a New York jury to exonerate his client, Weinstein still faced potential criminal charges in Los Angeles, London, and Dublin. \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Realistically, Cassie would probably be in jail by episode four or at least fired, and the show would shift to a more somber note where Ani (Zosia Mamet) and Max (Deniz Akdeniz) work to exonerate their friend. \u2014 Harika Manne, refinery29.com , 22 May 2022",
"This intersectional invisibility means that movements that are supposed to help Black women only contribute to our marginalization and exonerate white women from the accountability of perpetuating the oppression of Black women. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
"In a public statement Friday, Burris pointed to Livingston\u2019s role, when the sheriff chose to exonerate Hall for Arboleda\u2019s death. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Attorneys representing Damien Echols, one of three men convicted of the 1993 slaying of three boys found hog-tied in a drainage ditch near West Memphis, asked a judge Monday to permit new DNA testing in the case, hoping to exonerate the men. \u2014 Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online , 25 Jan. 2022",
"When Alison gets a lead that may help exonerate her, her lawyer is dismissive, and Bill takes it upon himself to continue the investigation. \u2014 Jesse Hassenger, The Week , 28 July 2021",
"That wouldn\u2019t exonerate the killer but would offer his memory a gesture of understanding. \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"But in June the Missouri Supreme Court declined to hear Strickland's attempt to exonerate himself. \u2014 Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN , 11 Nov. 2021"
],
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"1524, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English, from Latin exoneratus , past participle of exonerare to unburden, from ex- + oner-, onus load":""
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"ig-\u02c8z\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
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},
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"definitions":{
": abnormal protrusion of the eyeball":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bulging or protruding eyes (proptosis or exophthalmos ) can be a sign of Graves disease, a disorder causing overactivity of the thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism). \u2014 Claire Gillespie, SELF , 19 Oct. 2017"
],
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"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"New Latin, from Greek exophthalmos having prominent eyes, from ex out + ophthalmos eye; akin to Greek \u014dps eye \u2014 more at eye":""
},
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"-s\u0259f-",
"\u02ccek-s\u00e4f-\u02c8thal-m\u0259s",
"-s\u00e4p-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105938",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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"exoplanet":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a planet orbiting a star that is not our sun":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There will be more massive stars to hopefully spot black holes around for Breivik and yet more precise stellar positions and trajectories to play with, something that exoplanet explorers are excited about. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 22 June 2022",
"The most recent signal appeared in observational data from exoplanet targets, Zhang Tonjie, chief scientist of the search shared in the report. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 16 June 2022",
"New telescopes will only increase the potential for exoplanet discovery. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Expect that figure to grow massively in the next few years as data from NASA\u2019s exoplanet -spotting spacecraft reveals a staggering haul of alien worlds, according to a new study. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Scientists now have a large enough exoplanet sample size to be able to narrow the search for habitable worlds. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2022",
"Scientists also plan to observe another exoplanet , called LHS 3844 b, that is much cooler than its lakes-of-lava counterpart. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 2 June 2022",
"Cameron also consulted with multiple scientists while designing the world of Pandora (a moon orbiting a gas giant exoplanet called Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri A system). \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 9 May 2022",
"Yeah, so, an exoplanet is actually any planetary body outside of the solar system. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2022"
": the tendency or disposition to be exorbitant":[]
},
"examples":[
"an exorbitance that seemed to have been brought about by a midlife crisis",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Still, there\u2019s a big difference between real, existing social democracy \u2014 of the sort on display in Denmark or Sweden \u2014and the Christmas list exorbitance of the DSA platform. \u2014 Will Wilkinson, Vox , 16 Aug. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"ig-\u02c8z\u022fr-b\u0259-t\u0259n(t)s"
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"excess",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
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"intemperance",
"intemperateness",
"nimiety"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184730",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": exorbitance":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from exorbitance , after such pairs as English elegance: elegancy":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091050",
"type":[
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"middling",
"moderate",
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": exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount, or size":[],
": not coming within the scope of the law":[]
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"examples":[
"The citizens of Xiaoli Village move lazily, with a languor born of chronic underemployment. They are farmers by tradition, but exorbitant taxes have leached any profitability out of their profession. \u2014 Hannah Beech , Time , 27 Oct. 2003",
"As with the black truffle, foie gras is as exorbitant ($52 a pound) as it is decadent (one gram of foie gras can reportedly be 900 calories). \u2014 Heather Morgan , Traveler , April 2000",
"\u2026 I recommend that the Congress adopt \u2026 [a] continuation of the law for the renegotiation of war contracts\u2014which will prevent exorbitant profits and assure fair prices to the Government. \u2014 Franklin D. Roosevelt 11 Jan. 1944 , in Nothing to Fear by B. D. Zevin , 1946",
"They were charged exorbitant rates for phone calls.",
"the cost of our stay was so exorbitant you would have thought that we had bought the hotel and not just spent a few nights there",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In April, 2011, Thylmann was able to secure a three-hundred-and-sixty-two-million-dollar loan, arranged in part by a New York hedge fund called Colbeck Capital, at an exorbitant interest rate. \u2014 Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Or in ending Apartheid, once golfers quit taking exorbitant sums to play in segregationist Pretoria. \u2014 Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"The Reunions gathering is a time for celebrating accomplishments, reconnecting with friends, and dancing to terrible music \u2014 all enhanced by an exorbitant amount of alcohol. \u2014 Abigail Anthony, National Review , 5 June 2022",
"Price turbulence is enough to induce the Bitcoin bends, and the system is environmentally destructive, since the computational network uses exorbitant amounts of electricity. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"But this is not a bottle to spend an exorbitant amount of time and money chasing on the secondary market. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 22 May 2022",
"This is evidenced by the exorbitant amount of money Black consumers spend on hair and skincare each year\u2013 $1.5 trillion in 2022. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Supporters say consumers are already paying exorbitant amounts for health care, saying a single-payer system would save money by eliminating deductibles, copays and expensive monthly insurance premiums. \u2014 CBS News , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Set on the outskirts of Palermo, the fascinating historic city center can be reached easily enough by taxi\u2014even though the local cab drivers have a tendency to charge exorbitant amounts for the three-mile drive. \u2014 Isabelle Kliger, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English, from Late Latin exorbitant-, exorbitans , present participle of exorbitare to deviate, from Latin ex- + orbita track of a wheel, rut, from orbis disk, hoop":""
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"moderate",
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": not coming within the scope of the law":[]
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"The citizens of Xiaoli Village move lazily, with a languor born of chronic underemployment. They are farmers by tradition, but exorbitant taxes have leached any profitability out of their profession. \u2014 Hannah Beech , Time , 27 Oct. 2003",
"As with the black truffle, foie gras is as exorbitant ($52 a pound) as it is decadent (one gram of foie gras can reportedly be 900 calories). \u2014 Heather Morgan , Traveler , April 2000",
"\u2026 I recommend that the Congress adopt \u2026 [a] continuation of the law for the renegotiation of war contracts\u2014which will prevent exorbitant profits and assure fair prices to the Government. \u2014 Franklin D. Roosevelt 11 Jan. 1944 , in Nothing to Fear by B. D. Zevin , 1946",
"They were charged exorbitant rates for phone calls.",
"the cost of our stay was so exorbitant you would have thought that we had bought the hotel and not just spent a few nights there",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In April, 2011, Thylmann was able to secure a three-hundred-and-sixty-two-million-dollar loan, arranged in part by a New York hedge fund called Colbeck Capital, at an exorbitant interest rate. \u2014 Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Or in ending Apartheid, once golfers quit taking exorbitant sums to play in segregationist Pretoria. \u2014 Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"The Reunions gathering is a time for celebrating accomplishments, reconnecting with friends, and dancing to terrible music \u2014 all enhanced by an exorbitant amount of alcohol. \u2014 Abigail Anthony, National Review , 5 June 2022",
"Price turbulence is enough to induce the Bitcoin bends, and the system is environmentally destructive, since the computational network uses exorbitant amounts of electricity. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"But this is not a bottle to spend an exorbitant amount of time and money chasing on the secondary market. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 22 May 2022",
"This is evidenced by the exorbitant amount of money Black consumers spend on hair and skincare each year\u2013 $1.5 trillion in 2022. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Supporters say consumers are already paying exorbitant amounts for health care, saying a single-payer system would save money by eliminating deductibles, copays and expensive monthly insurance premiums. \u2014 CBS News , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Set on the outskirts of Palermo, the fascinating historic city center can be reached easily enough by taxi\u2014even though the local cab drivers have a tendency to charge exorbitant amounts for the three-mile drive. \u2014 Isabelle Kliger, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"inordinate",
"insane",
"intolerable",
"lavish",
"overdue",
"overextravagant",
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"plethoric",
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"stiff",
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"unconscionable",
"undue",
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": to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration":[],
": to free of an evil spirit":[],
": to get rid of (something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive)":[]
},
"examples":[
"The movie is about a priest who tries to exorcise demons from a young girl.",
"please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their demise is meant to exorcise their polluting power and symbolize hope for the coming year. \u2014 Dimitris Xygalatas, The Conversation , 23 June 2022",
"Nathan Chen's quest to exorcise the Olympic demons from four years ago is now complete. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to the WJH meetings, Saal has participated in other activities, including leading a writing circle that has helped him exorcise some of his demons. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
"All this good news helped exorcise the memory of several ugly recent performances. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Nathan Chen's quest to exorcise the demons from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang is nearly complete. \u2014 USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Along came Arby\u2019s and a chance to exorcise those demons. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The political order in Europe after 1945 was built to exorcise the ghosts of the past once and for all. \u2014 Bruno Ma\u00e7\u00e3es, Time , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The top seed in the east pod of districts looks to exorcise its demons at Euclid, where the Arcs lost in the 2019 and \u201820 district finals. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French exorciscer , from Late Latin exorcizare , from Greek exorkizein , from ex- + horkizein to bind by oath, adjure, from horkos oath":""
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"\u02c8ek-\u02ccs\u022fr-\u02ccs\u012bz",
"-s\u0259r-"
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"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
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"scrap",
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"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
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},
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"The movie is about a priest who tries to exorcise demons from a young girl.",
"please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their demise is meant to exorcise their polluting power and symbolize hope for the coming year. \u2014 Dimitris Xygalatas, The Conversation , 23 June 2022",
"Nathan Chen's quest to exorcise the Olympic demons from four years ago is now complete. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to the WJH meetings, Saal has participated in other activities, including leading a writing circle that has helped him exorcise some of his demons. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
"All this good news helped exorcise the memory of several ugly recent performances. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Nathan Chen's quest to exorcise the demons from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang is nearly complete. \u2014 USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Along came Arby\u2019s and a chance to exorcise those demons. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The political order in Europe after 1945 was built to exorcise the ghosts of the past once and for all. \u2014 Bruno Ma\u00e7\u00e3es, Time , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The top seed in the east pod of districts looks to exorcise its demons at Euclid, where the Arcs lost in the 2019 and \u201820 district finals. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 28 Feb. 2022"
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"1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French exorciscer , from Late Latin exorcizare , from Greek exorkizein , from ex- + horkizein to bind by oath, adjure, from horkos oath":""
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"\u02c8ek-\u02ccs\u022fr-\u02ccs\u012bz",
"-s\u0259r-"
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"deep-six",
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"ditch",
"dump",
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"86",
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"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
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"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
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": a beginning or introduction especially to a discourse or composition":[]
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"in his exordium the author warns his readers that they should expect a radically different interpretation of the causes of the war"
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"1577, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin, from exordiri to begin, from ex- + ordiri to begin \u2014 more at order":""
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"foreword",
"intro",
"introduction",
"preamble",
"preface",
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"prologue",
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"curio",
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"objet",
"oddity",
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"rarity"
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"exotic plants",
"\u2026 exotic species creating havoc when introduced into new environments.",
"\u2014 Chemical & Engineering News"
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"exotic flavors",
"Until very recently the alpaca was an exotic sight at county fairs and petting zoos in the metropolitan region.",
"\u2014 Glenn Collins"
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"She's known for her exotic tastes.",
"the gradual disappearance of exotic lands in a culturally homogenized world",
"Noun",
"Some native species are being crowded out by exotics .",
"the botanical garden boasts an array of horticultural exotics from around the world",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Like scenes out of a narco television series, exotic animals have been long been part of the Mexican criminal underworld. \u2014 Mark Stevenson, ajc , 17 June 2022",
"Known for its exotic animals and aerobatic performances, it was considered a wholesome entertainment option for families. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 18 May 2022",
"In 1931, the Coca-Cola heir purchased an elephant \u2014 followed shortly by the acquiring of a bear and several other exotic animals. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 16 May 2022",
"When a shell landed on a nearby private zoo that housed exotic animals, Serpinska watched in horror as flames engulfed the building. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Catera Northup, an exotic dancer from Rhode Island, said. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"Zola is based on a viral Twitter thread about an exotic dancer\u2019s long weekend with a new friend and her homicidal pimp. \u2014 Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Mar. 2022",
"To the delight of thirsty fans all over the world, Channing Tatum recently announced that a third movie in the Magic Mike stripper saga, based on his own experiences as an exotic dancer in Tampa, Florida, is finally happening. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 27 Feb. 2022",
"The snub brought to mind Jennifer Lopez\u2018s omission from the 2020 Oscar nods, when she was thought to be a strong contender for her performance as a veteran exotic dancer in Hustlers. \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the event that August\u2019s Monterey Car Week auctions present too long a wait, the Bonhams sale at the Palace Hotel in Gstaad, Switzerland, on July 3 offers lovers of big 1960s-era GTs some interesting ways to scratch one\u2019s itch for an old exotic . \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 6 June 2022",
"The show will move on to a different exotic -to-white-people location, presumably with new people of colour to disappear into the background of The Real Story. \u2014 Brooke Obie, refinery29.com , 22 Aug. 2021",
"New words seemed to appear all the time \u2014 from the exotic -sounding to the common. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 11 Apr. 2021",
"Early cars can be plagued with other gremlins, and maintenance history, as with any exotic of the era, is essential in establishing value. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 29 Mar. 2021",
"Asian giant hornets could also have deadly impacts on pollinators like native bee species, many of which are already suffering from competition with other exotics , Looney says. \u2014 National Geographic , 4 May 2020",
"Use both in exotics along with Winning Impression and My Friends Beer. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2020",
"Azaleas fall into two camps: Natives are indigenous to parts of the U.S. and lose their leaves in winter; exotics are evergreens that come primarily from Japan, and most are hybrids. \u2014 Southern Living Editors, Southern Living , 22 May 2020",
"But the couple did not share his passion and shipped off some of his exotics to the Jardin des Plantes, the national botanical garden in Paris, where their descendants flourish today. \u2014 Kathleen Beckett, New York Times , 6 Apr. 2020"
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"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"Latin exoticus , from Greek ex\u014dtikos , from ex\u014d":"Adjective"
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"ig-\u02c8z\u00e4-tik"
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"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"glamorous",
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"outlandish",
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"Foreign audiences often tend to exoticize various Slavic cultures, having relatively little access to our literatures and history.",
"\u2014 Teo Bileta",
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"\u2014 Kate Collins",
"[CNN's Lisa] Ling was asked to comment about the \"disturbing\" way Asian women are stereotyped in America. \"Asian women have been fetishized and exoticized for generations,\" she explained.",
"\u2014 Lindsey Ellefson",
"Many documentary photographic projects that deal with trans issues exploit the genders of their subjects, pointing to an \"otherness\" or inappropriately exoticizing their bodies.",
"\u2014 L. Weingarten",
"The press has long had a tendency to exoticize the gay community.",
"\u2014 K. Boo"
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"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
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"exotic entry 1 + -ize":""
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"ig-\u02c8z\u00e4-t\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bz"
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"adjective",
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"exogenous obesity",
"exogenous psychic depression",
"exogenous market fluctuations"
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"ek-\u02c8s\u00e4j-\u0259-n\u0259s",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To understand the international agonies and opportunities that rising energy supply costs, exogenous shocks, increasing interest in renewables, and Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine present, there is no better example than Kazakhstan. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"And just as their exogenous legal battles were getting under way, the rebbe died, appointing his nephew, Moshe Teitelbaum, in his place; in the absence of the founding rebbe\u2019s charismatic authority, dissident factions emerged. \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, The New Yorker , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Drummond\u2019s punishment stems from his role as coach of sprinter Tyson Gay, who tested positive for an exogenous androgenic anabolic steroid in and out of competition in 2013. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 18 Dec. 2014",
"Secondly, geographic diversification and the creation of regional brands might lessen the impact of almost inevitable exogenous shocks and take full advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area. \u2014 Radu Magdin, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
"But from the policymaking perch, and absent an exogenous shock to the economy, a correction in house prices that might imperil financial and household stability is a far outlier scenario. \u2014 Sam Chandan, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
"The secreted miRNAs can be delivered into recipient cells, where exogenous miRNAs silence the target genes and trigger downstream signalling events4. \u2014 Chao Yan, Scientific American , 17 June 2020",
"To revert to the gold standard, the paucity of gold is the one true hurdle, there are many other reasons for the impracticality of creating an exogenous standard to which a country is beholden. \u2014 Vipin Bharathan, Forbes , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Since the shock to trade is exogenous for most countries, predicted trade volume from the shock can be used to identify the effect of trade on income. \u2014 Daniel Tenreiro, National Review , 25 Mar. 2021"
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"French exog\u00e8ne exogenous, from exo- + -g\u00e8ne (from Greek -gen\u0113s born) \u2014 more at -gen":""
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"first_known_use":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": a transverse basin extending from an orthogeosyncline into a craton":[]
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"\u00a6ek(\u02cc)s\u014d+"
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"definitions":{
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"\u02c8ek-s\u0259-kr\u0259n",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most common treatment for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency is pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT). \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Why is exocrine pancreatic insufficiency underdiagnosed",
"There are several conditions that can cause exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Of all exocrine pancreatic cancers, about 95% are adenocarcinomas, which usually begin in the ducts of the pancreas. \u2014 Christina Oehler, Health.com , 23 Aug. 2019"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, from exo- exo- + -crine (in endocrine endocrine entry 1 )":""
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"definitions":{
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"definitions":{
": the external branch of an oral appendage of a crustacean":[]
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"ek\u02c8s\u00e4gn\u0259\u02ccth-",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the phase of the hair growth cycle that follows telogen and precedes anagen and during which the hair shaft is released from the hair follicle and is shed from the body":[]
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"exo- + -gen (in anagen , telogen )":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1998, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094629"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": the maxilla not including the premaxilla":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of tropical American nearly woody vines (family Convolvulaceae) having showy tubular flowers with exserted stamens and a capitate stigma \u2014 see jalap":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from exo- + -gonium (from Greek g\u014dnia corner, angle)":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174117"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of a breed of stocky short-haired domestic cats developed in the U.S. by crossing American shorthairs and Persians":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Liu\u2019s cats, one Siamese cat and two exotic shorthair cats, have been with her for around six years. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Banned cats are Burmese, exotic shorthair , Himalayan and Persian. \u2014 cleveland.com , 12 May 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1974, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
": a family (order Synentognathi) of marine fishes that are closely related to the half-beaks and include all the true flying fishes":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Exocoetus , type genus (from Latin, fish that sleeps on the shore, from Greek ex\u014dkoitos , from ex\u014d outside + koitos resting place, bed, from keist to lie) + -idae":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the outermost layer of the pericarp of a fruit : epicarp \u2014 see endocarp illustration":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun,"
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"definitions":{
": characterized by or formed with evolution of heat":[]
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"\u02ccek-s\u014d-\u02c8th\u0259r-mik"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Be aware that lye is exothermic and will generate a lot of heat (about 200 degrees) when added to the water. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2021",
"The injection creates an exothermic reaction that ignites the fuels inside the balls. \u2014 Andre Toran, The Courier-Journal , 31 Mar. 2021",
"Once started, this exothermic process causes heat (around 500\u2109), and oxygen is produced. \u2014 John Cox, USA TODAY , 4 Dec. 2020",
"In this case, the students hope to combine concepts similar to those found in instant snow and hand warmers to create an exothermic reaction. \u2014 Elizabeth Depompei, Indianapolis Star , 15 Jan. 2020",
"To put it in the language of chemistry, Schultz, a chemist, is seeking to catalyze an exothermic reaction. \u2014 Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com , 25 June 2018",
"In modern rockets, such as the Space X Falcon 9 or the Saturn V, the propulsion system is powered by a fast, exothermic reaction between a liquid fuel (usually hydrogen, methane or hydrazine) and oxidizer (usually oxygen or nitrogen tetroxide). \u2014 Renee Morad, Scientific American , 7 Sep. 2017",
"For an exothermic reaction, which of the following best describes the effect of increasing the temperature on the forward and reverse reactions",
"Soon, however, the ACA will erupt into an exothermic death trap like ammonium nitrate combined with fuel oil. \u2014 Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine , 27 Mar. 2017"
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adverb"
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"first_known_use":{
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"noun"
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"\u00a6eks\u014d\u00a6s\u0113t\u0259\u0307d",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Exocoetidae":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011734"
},
"exotic stream":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a stream (such as the Nile) that has its source in well-watered lands and crosses a desert on its way to the sea":[]
": an external supportive covering of an animal (such as an arthropod)":[],
": bony or horny parts of a vertebrate produced from epidermal tissues":[],
": an artificial external supporting structure":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-s\u014d-\u02c8skel-\u0259t-\u1d4an",
"\u02ccek-s\u014d-\u02c8ske-l\u0259-t\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The River Ops is ready for your worst, with a polyurethane exoskeleton , a TPU heel counter, and protected stitching, plus lock-down laces and interchangeable felt and studded Vibram soles. \u2014 Greg Thomas, Outside Online , 10 May 2021",
"An internal-timber structure is to be wrapped with a curvy exoskeleton of steel and glass; solar panels will adorn the fa\u00e7ade, and indoor terraces will have naturally ventilated gardens. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Researchers in northeastern England unearthed an exoskeleton fragment from the largest arthropod ever discovered, in a genus called Arthropleura. \u2014 Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American , 23 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to new silks and dyes, there may be other materials artists could use \u2014 like chitin, the tough, lightweight material that forms much of the exoskeleton of insects. \u2014 Greg Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Dec. 2021",
"But the real magic comes from an external carbon-fiber exoskeleton that goes around the back of the boot, up the ankle, and around the gaiter, enabling a stiff and supportive yet ultralight fit. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 27 Mar. 2021",
"There was a mushroom one with long fringes that bounced trippily; there was a mottled sequin ribcage with a tulle exoskeleton . \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Bamboo contains moisture that helps the spider maintain its temperature -- especially important for tarantulas, which molt and shed their exoskeleton . \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The smart exoskeleton market has been estimated to be growing 41.3% a year to a nearly $2 billion industry by 2025, with applications in construction, shipping and receiving, healthcare, and the military. \u2014 John Koetsier, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021"
