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"fetal hemoglobin":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a hemoglobin variant that predominates in the blood of a newborn and persists in increased proportions in some forms of anemia (such as thalassemia)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"One copy, called fetal hemoglobin , is typically active only in fetuses, shutting down within a few months after birth. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
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"For reasons that are still not fully understood, the medication ramps up production of fetal hemoglobin \u2014the alpha-gamma version of the protein that\u2019s present right after birth. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"In both cases, the therapy does not shut off a target gene but instead delivers a gene that boosts production of healthy fetal hemoglobin \u2014a gene normally turned off shortly after birth. \u2014 Jim Daley, Scientific American , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"For the sickle-cell patient, the fetal hemoglobin accounted for half her total a year after the procedure. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 9 Dec. 2020",
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"One of the ideas that has been considered for treating these anemias is to reactivate the fetal hemoglobin gene. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 9 Dec. 2020",
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"The results of the sickle cell trial showed the treatment proved effective in increasing the level of fetal hemoglobin while reducing the level of the sickle hemoglobin. \u2014 Paul Adepoju, Quartz Africa , 8 Dec. 2020",
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"For example, reversing the fetal hemoglobin off switch, as the new CRISPR and RNA-based gene therapy strategies do, allows blood cells to make natural levels of the protein. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 5 Dec. 2020",
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"Blood cells filled with fetal hemoglobin do not sickle. \u2014 Gina Kolata, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Jan. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1950, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112130",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fetal membrane":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an embryonic membrane":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115445",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fetal position":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a position (as of a sleeping person) in which the body lies curled up on one side with the arms and legs drawn up and the head bowed forward and which is assumed in some forms of psychic regression":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Boulder man was lying in a fetal position next to her. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
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"Michael Chaille of Ghost Ride Productions \u2014 which has made haunted-house props from casts of real people for 22 years \u2014 once heard from an attraction that its visitors got concerned for a woman curled into a fetal position on the floor. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
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"But all the while, the pope was curled up in a fetal position on his bed, according to Magee, broken by even modest adversity. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Dec. 2021",
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"The 49ers\u2019 Charles Haley was pressuring him from the right side, but had been pushed behind and around Everett \u2014 who went into the fetal position with the ball in his hands. \u2014 Michael Lerseth, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Jan. 2022",
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"Lie on your side with your knees curled up against your chest (in a fetal position ). \u2014 Andrew Simmons, Outside Online , 23 Sep. 2019",
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"Stangel hit Spiers seven or eight times with a metal baton, including five times while the man was on the ground in the fetal position , according to the statement. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"According to details of the case file made available to CNN, her body was found tied up with green gaffer's tape and placed in the fetal position inside the black garbage bag. \u2014 Brynn Gingras, CNN , 4 Dec. 2021",
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"The group uncovered a body lying in the fetal position , still mostly intact. \u2014 Longreads , 8 Apr. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012019",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fetal rickets":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": human achondroplasia":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042029",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fetalization":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a retention in the postnatal life of higher forms of conditions occurring during development of related lower forms":[
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"the human skull shows fetalization in comparison to the gorilla's since it resembles the simple infant gorilla skull rather than the massive specialized adult skull"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120208",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fetch":{
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"antonyms":[
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"artifice",
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"device",
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"dodge",
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"flimflam",
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"gambit",
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"gimmick",
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"jig",
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"juggle",
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"knack",
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"play",
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"ploy",
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"ruse",
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"scheme",
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"shenanigan",
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"sleight",
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"stratagem",
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"trick",
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"wile"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an act or instance of fetching":[],
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": bring about , accomplish":[],
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": derive , deduce":[
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"fetch analogies from nature"
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],
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": doppelg\u00e4nger sense 2":[],
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": interest , attract":[
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"\u2026 he doesn't fetch the girls like William \u2026",
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"\u2014 D. H. Lawrence"
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],
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": the distance along open water or land over which the wind blows":[],
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": the distance traversed by waves without obstruction":[],
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": to arrive at : reach":[
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"fetched home after a long ride"
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],
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": to bring forth : heave":[
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"fetch a sigh"
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],
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": to bring in (a price or similar return) : realize":[
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"The hogs fetched a good price at the market."
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],
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": to cause to come":[
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"one shot fetched down"
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],
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": to give (a blow) by striking : deal":[
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"fetch him a clip on the chin"
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],
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": to go or come after and bring or take back":[
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"fetch a doctor"
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],
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": to hold a course on a body of water":[
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"fetch to windward"
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],
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": to reach by sailing especially against the wind or tide":[
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"fetch the harbor before the storm breaks"
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],
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": to take a roundabout way : circle":[],
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": to take in : draw":[
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"sat fetching her breath in dry sobs",
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"\u2014 Ngaio Marsh"
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],
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": trick , stratagem":[],
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": veer":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"If you throw the ball the dog will fetch it.",
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"Hunting dogs are trained to fetch .",
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"This table should fetch quite a bit at auction.",
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"The house fetched more than we expected."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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"circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"circa 1787, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English fecchen , from Old English fetian, feccan ; perhaps akin to Old English f\u014dt foot \u2014 more at foot":"Verb and Noun",
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"origin unknown":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fech"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bring",
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"cost",
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"go (for)",
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"run",
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"sell (for)"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042246",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fetch and carry":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to do the kind of jobs that servants do for someone":[
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"I won't fetch and carry for you all day."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073518",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"fetch away":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to move from place as a result of a ship's rolling or pitching : shift , slide":[
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"some of the cargo had been loosely stowed and fetched away a little when the storm hit"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202603",
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"type":[
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"intransitive verb"
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]
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},
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"fetch candle":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a corpse candle supposed to pass between the home and the grave of the beholder":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps from fetch entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044719",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fetch up":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to bring to a stop":[],
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": to bring up or out : produce":[],
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": to make up (something, such as lost time)":[],
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": to reach a standstill, stopping place, or goal : end up":[
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"may have fetched up running a village store",
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"\u2014 Geoffrey Household"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the driver fetched up the horse-drawn carriage in front of the church",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The auction for what was once the center painting will take place on June 29 at the London auction house, with experts estimating the piece could fetch up to \u00a335 million ($42 million). \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 15 June 2022",
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"This iconic piece of Nirvana's history is expected to fetch up to $800,000. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"There is also a Tourbillon Souverain and Octa Calendrier by Journe on offer that could fetch up to $250,000 and $120,000, respectively. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 12 May 2022",
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"The auction also features other items, including an original Kurt Cobain artwork of Michael Jackson, that is expected to fetch up to $40,000 and one of his cars, a 1965 Dodge Dart, expected to fetch between $400,000 to $600,000. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"Twenty tablets of Thyrosafe, whose active ingredient is potassium iodide, can fetch up to $175 on eBay. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"Even with the uptick near the Basque coast, prices remain less expensive than on France\u2019s C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur, where properties can fetch up to $40 million, Ms. Marchal said. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"The auction house\u2019s first whisky sale of 2022 will be led by a Highland Park 50 year old that is expected to fetch up to $32,000. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 14 Jan. 2022",
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"An Asian delicacy that can fetch up to $50 each in the U.S., omnivorous and aggressive Chinese mitten crabs can wreak havoc on native species, including recreational fish, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection warned. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 20 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1599, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"arrest",
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"bring up",
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"catch",
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"check",
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"draw up",
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"halt",
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"hold up",
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"pull up",
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"stall",
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"stay",
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"still",
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"stop"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221526",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fetching":{
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"antonyms":[
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repelling",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"revolting",
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"unalluring"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": attractive , appealing":[
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"a fetching smile",
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"\u2026 actress Melanie Griffith, looking very fetching in a light-green silk dress and double diamond stud earrings.",
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"\u2014 Robert Goldberg",
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"If you tune your clock-radio to station 1540 in Charlotte, North Carolina, you wake up with a fetching female voice at your ear.",
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"\u2014 Arline Brecher",
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"There is something sweet and fetching about the episode.",
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"\u2014 Newgate Callendar",
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"From Ukrainian borscht to Vietnamese crab omelette, there is much to choose from, and all in all it's a fetching collection \u2026",
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"\u2014 Publishers Weekly"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"You look very fetching in that outfit.",
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"the woman's fetching smile has long made the painting a favorite with visitors to the museum",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And instead of tucking its sleek new outdoor music venue into a fetching fold in the foothills, as the Hollywood Bowl\u2019s builders did a century ago, the San Diego Symphony plopped it down on the waterfront. \u2014 Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
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"From fire pits to fetching furniture, the spaces below make a case for embracing Mother Nature in all her glory. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor , 10 May 2022",
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"At least nine people were killed by Russian strikes in the eastern region of Donetsk, including three civilians fetching water, according to its governor, Pavlo Kyrylenko. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
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"Geely\u2019s timely recapitalization of the Swedish automaker funded the can\u2019t-tell-\u2019em-apart product strategy that today brings us the fetching Volvo C40 Recharge, an all-electric compact crossover hatchback. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Women in rural Uganda who are traditionally responsible for fetching water for their families are less at-risk of abduction or attack when the well is a few hundred feet away rather than miles down a dangerous road outside their village. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"With a few fetching friends in tow, Hadid hunkers down on easy street in a graphic hoodie and pants, her Chanel bag transforming the otherwise casual set into an intentional, polished daytime look. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"This new one is far more fetching , with a style that needs no apologies. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"And the leading Canadian whisky brand is Crown Royal, a blend that comes packaged in a fetching purple bag (the brand can afford this extra flair, based on the numbers). \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 11 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fe-chi\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"alluring",
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"appealing",
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"attractive",
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"bewitching",
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"captivating",
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"charismatic",
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"charming",
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"elfin",
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"enchanting",
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"engaging",
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"entrancing",
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"fascinating",
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"glamorous",
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"glamourous",
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"luring",
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"magnetic",
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"seductive"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234126",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"fetchingly":{
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"antonyms":[
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repelling",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"revolting",
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"unalluring"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": attractive , appealing":[
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"a fetching smile",
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"\u2026 actress Melanie Griffith, looking very fetching in a light-green silk dress and double diamond stud earrings.",
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"\u2014 Robert Goldberg",
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"If you tune your clock-radio to station 1540 in Charlotte, North Carolina, you wake up with a fetching female voice at your ear.",
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"\u2014 Arline Brecher",
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"There is something sweet and fetching about the episode.",
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"\u2014 Newgate Callendar",
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"From Ukrainian borscht to Vietnamese crab omelette, there is much to choose from, and all in all it's a fetching collection \u2026",
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"\u2014 Publishers Weekly"
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},
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"examples":[
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"You look very fetching in that outfit.",
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"the woman's fetching smile has long made the painting a favorite with visitors to the museum",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And instead of tucking its sleek new outdoor music venue into a fetching fold in the foothills, as the Hollywood Bowl\u2019s builders did a century ago, the San Diego Symphony plopped it down on the waterfront. \u2014 Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
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"From fire pits to fetching furniture, the spaces below make a case for embracing Mother Nature in all her glory. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor , 10 May 2022",
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"At least nine people were killed by Russian strikes in the eastern region of Donetsk, including three civilians fetching water, according to its governor, Pavlo Kyrylenko. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
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"Geely\u2019s timely recapitalization of the Swedish automaker funded the can\u2019t-tell-\u2019em-apart product strategy that today brings us the fetching Volvo C40 Recharge, an all-electric compact crossover hatchback. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Women in rural Uganda who are traditionally responsible for fetching water for their families are less at-risk of abduction or attack when the well is a few hundred feet away rather than miles down a dangerous road outside their village. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"With a few fetching friends in tow, Hadid hunkers down on easy street in a graphic hoodie and pants, her Chanel bag transforming the otherwise casual set into an intentional, polished daytime look. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"This new one is far more fetching , with a style that needs no apologies. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"And the leading Canadian whisky brand is Crown Royal, a blend that comes packaged in a fetching purple bag (the brand can afford this extra flair, based on the numbers). \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 11 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fe-chi\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"alluring",
|
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"appealing",
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"attractive",
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||
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"bewitching",
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||
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"captivating",
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"charismatic",
|
||
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"charming",
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"elfin",
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"enchanting",
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"engaging",
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||
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"entrancing",
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"fascinating",
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||
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"glamorous",
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||
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"glamourous",
|
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"luring",
|
||
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"magnetic",
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"seductive"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110419",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"fete":{
|
||
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"antonyms":[
|
||
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"honor",
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"recognize"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"definitions":{
|
||
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": a large elaborate party":[
|
||
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"a fete to celebrate the museum's centennial"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
": a lavish often outdoor entertainment":[
|
||
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"a fete in the park with music and performances"
|
||
|
],
|
||
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": festival":[
|
||
|
"Class Day, the great fete of the year",
|
||
|
"\u2014 Catherine D. Bowen"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
": to honor or commemorate with a fete":[],
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||
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": to pay high honor to":[]
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
||
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"won a prize at the church fete",
|
||
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"the heiress wanted to do something with her life other than shuttle from fete to fete",
|
||
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"Verb",
|
||
|
"They feted the winning team with banquets and parades.",
|
||
|
"the returning servicemen and servicewomen were feted with a week's worth of celebrations",
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
"To the fete \u2014also attended by Priyanka Chopra and Lalisa Manobal\u2014the WeCrashed star wore a striking fluorescent yellow look straight from Valentino's spring/summer 2022 Rendez-Vous runway. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
"Over the decades, since the event's first iteration in 1948, the gala has transformed from a swanky fete at off-site locations like Manhattan's Rainbow Room into a spectacle of fashion. \u2014 CNN , 1 May 2022",
|
||
|
"The first royal pageant ever held was in honor of George III in 1809 to celebrate 50 years of his reign and included a grand fete and a firework display at Frogmore Cottage. \u2014 Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com , 5 June 2022",
|
||
|
"And with impeccable timing, HRH\u2019s fete has coincided with the schoolchildren\u2019s half-term holiday, on top of the Bank Holiday in her honor. \u2014 Vogue , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
"For fans of the annual fashion fete , Lively becoming a co-chair of the event is no surprise. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
"The 2021 edition was held live at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, the site of this year\u2019s upcoming awards fete . \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
"As for another big question mark hanging over the Grammy fete is the Kanye West factor. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
"This year\u2019s event also marks an in-person return following last year\u2019s virtual fete due to the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
"After two years of celebrating the Spirited Awards virtually, the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation is finally ready to fete the year\u2019s honorees and winners in New Orleans this July\u2014much to the delight of the industry. \u2014 Karla Alindahao, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
"On Wednesday evening, Hollywood stylists Jason Rembert, Philippe Uter and Nicolas Bru were in the crowd at Citizen News in Hollywood to fete their colleague Law Roach\u2019s debut fashion designs. \u2014 Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
"And on May 5, a stylish group of New Yorkers gathered to fete the fashionable newcomer in the neighborhood. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 9 May 2022",
|
||
|
"Back to the present day, tension mounts as the crew convenes to fete amidst a handful of perplexing circumstances. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
"The former Grauman\u2019s Chinese Theatre will fete its 95 years by launching a full year of programming, while also navigating premieres for first-run films and special events including the annual TCM Film Festival. \u2014 Todd Gilchrist, Variety , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
"To fete the 10 winners of the inaugural Chanel Next Prize. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
"To fete the heartwarming images, Shields revealed some very thoughtful suggestions that many mothers will appreciate this year. \u2014 Vogue , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
"The offense\u2019s lone touchdown of the day was celebrated as all those wearing white jerseys (offense) ran to the corner of the end zone to fete Irish. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
||
|
"1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
"Middle English fete , from Middle French, from Old French feste \u2014 more at feast":"Noun and Verb"
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
"\u02c8fet",
|
||
|
"\u02c8f\u0101t"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"affair",
|
||
|
"bash",
|
||
|
"binge",
|
||
|
"blast",
|
||
|
"blowout",
|
||
|
"do",
|
||
|
"event",
|
||
|
"function",
|
||
|
"get-together",
|
||
|
"party",
|
||
|
"reception",
|
||
|
"shindig"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003037",
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"feterita":{
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
": any of various grain sorghums that are derived from a Sudanese sorghum ( Sorghum vulgare variety caudatum ) and are characterized by compact oval heads of exceptionally large soft white seeds":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
"Sudanese Arabic; akin to Arabic fa\u1e6d\u012brah unleavened bread":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080747"
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"fetich":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
": a rite or cult of fetish worshippers":[],
|
||
|
": an object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion : prepossession":[],
|
||
|
": an object or bodily part whose real or fantasied presence is psychologically necessary for sexual gratification and that is an object of fixation to the extent that it may interfere with complete sexual expression":[],
|
||
|
": fixation":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"He has a fetish for secrecy.",
|
||
|
"He wore a fetish to ward off evil spirits.",
|
||
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
"His early responses lived in the world of mod fashion colors and the computer fetish of the 1970s and \u201980s. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
"While the police force faces a massive task of image rehabilitation on screen, these are unexpectedly rich times at the movies for anyone with a firefighter fetish . \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
"Visiting a country buffeted by the Jacksonian insurgency from one that still remembered the Jacobins, Tocqueville decided instead that popular sovereignty was a fetish of populists and radicals. \u2014 Jedediah Britton-purdy, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
"Federal prosecutors said Buck's unrelenting fervor to satisfy a fetish by preying on vulnerable men, often young and Black, is reason enough to keep him behind bars for the rest of his life. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
"That fits nicely with the show\u2019s fetish for an earlier age of recording and viewing technology. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
"If this is reality for them, their curing physician has a huge Ancient Egypt fetish that\u2019s gotten out of hand. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
"Not a performance review or a trip to the dentist (unless that\u2019s your fetish ). \u2014 Anna Pulley, chicagotribune.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
"The outdoor industry, with its fetish for new materials and focus on complex innovation, is a guilty party in all of this. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 9 Dec. 2021"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
"French & Portuguese; French f\u00e9tiche , from Portuguese feiti\u00e7o , from feiti\u00e7o artificial, false, from Latin facticius factitious":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
"also \u02c8f\u0113-",
|
||
|
"\u02c8fe-tish"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fixation",
|
||
|
"id\u00e9e fixe",
|
||
|
"mania",
|
||
|
"obsession",
|
||
|
"preoccupation",
|
||
|
"prepossession"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074439",
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"fetid":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ambrosial",
|
||
|
"aromatic",
|
||
|
"fragrant",
|
||
|
"perfumed",
|
||
|
"redolent",
|
||
|
"savory",
|
||
|
"savoury",
|
||
|
"scented",
|
||
|
"sweet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
": having a heavy offensive smell":[
|
||
|
"a fetid swamp"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a fetid pool of water",
|
||
|
"the fetid odor of rotting vegetables",
|
||
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
"People who made it out of the plant recounted surviving the siege in a fetid bunker without sunlight, as food and water supplies dwindled. \u2014 Andrew Jeong, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
"Last week, a fetid stench emanated from drainage areas beneath multiple buildings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
"Shabir held his documents tight and waded into the fetid water at the bottom of the ditch. \u2014 Mirzahussain Sadid, ProPublica , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
"Its application, prepared by the engineering firm Geosyntec Consultants, frames the project as the last and best hope for rescuing the lake after decades of neglect and misuse as a bottomless receptacle for fetid effluents and invasive fish. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
"As recently as the 1890s, the nine-mile barrier island now known as Miami Beach was little more than a fetid tangle of swampland, dominated by the remains of a handful of old coconut and avocado plantations. \u2014 Matthew Shaer, New York Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
"Political fury that has raged through the fight against Covid-19 has meanwhile brewed a fetid political mood hardly conducive to magnanimous hearings. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
"Thousands of those who could afford to escape the fetid city fled to rustic retreats like the marshy Rockaways. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
"Butchertown, just south of Dogpatch, was home to tanneries, fertilizer plants, and tallow works as well\u2014factories housing processes too fetid and violent for the city center, which fed it nonetheless. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 29 Sep. 2021"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
"Middle English, from Latin foetidus , from foet\u0113re to stink":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
"especially British \u02c8f\u0113-tid",
|
||
|
"\u02c8fe-t\u0259d"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fetid malodorous , stinking , fetid , noisome , putrid , rank , fusty , musty mean bad-smelling. malodorous may range from the unpleasant to the strongly offensive. malodorous fertilizers stinking and fetid suggest the foul or disgusting. prisoners were held in stinking cells the fetid odor of skunk cabbage noisome adds a suggestion of being harmful or unwholesome as well as offensive. a stagnant, noisome sewer putrid implies particularly the sickening odor of decaying organic matter. the putrid smell of rotting fish rank suggests a strong unpleasant smell. rank cigar smoke fusty and musty suggest lack of fresh air and sunlight, fusty also implying prolonged uncleanliness, musty stressing the effects of dampness, mildew, or age. a fusty attic the musty odor of a damp cellar",
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"foul",
|
||
|
"frowsty",
|
||
|
"frowsy",
|
||
|
"frowzy",
|
||
|
"funky",
|
||
|
"fusty",
|
||
|
"malodorous",
|
||
|
"musty",
|
||
|
"noisome",
|
||
|
"rank",
|
||
|
"reeking",
|
||
|
"reeky",
|
||
|
"ripe",
|
||
|
"smelly",
|
||
|
"stenchy",
|
||
|
"stinking",
|
||
|
"stinky",
|
||
|
"strong"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180755",
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"fetish":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
": a rite or cult of fetish worshippers":[],
|
||
|
": an object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion : prepossession":[],
|
||
|
": an object or bodily part whose real or fantasied presence is psychologically necessary for sexual gratification and that is an object of fixation to the extent that it may interfere with complete sexual expression":[],
|
||
|
": fixation":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"He has a fetish for secrecy.",
|
||
|
"He wore a fetish to ward off evil spirits.",
|
||
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
"His early responses lived in the world of mod fashion colors and the computer fetish of the 1970s and \u201980s. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
"While the police force faces a massive task of image rehabilitation on screen, these are unexpectedly rich times at the movies for anyone with a firefighter fetish . \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
"Visiting a country buffeted by the Jacksonian insurgency from one that still remembered the Jacobins, Tocqueville decided instead that popular sovereignty was a fetish of populists and radicals. \u2014 Jedediah Britton-purdy, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
"Federal prosecutors said Buck's unrelenting fervor to satisfy a fetish by preying on vulnerable men, often young and Black, is reason enough to keep him behind bars for the rest of his life. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
"That fits nicely with the show\u2019s fetish for an earlier age of recording and viewing technology. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
"If this is reality for them, their curing physician has a huge Ancient Egypt fetish that\u2019s gotten out of hand. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
"Not a performance review or a trip to the dentist (unless that\u2019s your fetish ). \u2014 Anna Pulley, chicagotribune.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
"The outdoor industry, with its fetish for new materials and focus on complex innovation, is a guilty party in all of this. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 9 Dec. 2021"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
"French & Portuguese; French f\u00e9tiche , from Portuguese feiti\u00e7o , from feiti\u00e7o artificial, false, from Latin facticius factitious":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
"also \u02c8f\u0113-",
|
||
|
"\u02c8fe-tish"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fixation",
|
||
|
"id\u00e9e fixe",
|
||
|
"mania",
|
||
|
"obsession",
|
||
|
"preoccupation",
|
||
|
"prepossession"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045438",
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"fetor":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
": a strong offensive smell : stench":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
"The musty aroma didn\u2019t supplant the fetor of failure and futility that hung in the air and along the corridors, like inert gases or the ghosts of the League of Nations. \u2014 Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine , 16 Sep. 2019",
|
||
|
"The fetor was historic, and writers pulled out the literary stops. \u2014 Alexandra Mullen, WSJ , 11 Aug. 2017"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
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"Middle English fetoure , from Latin foetor , from foet\u0113re":""
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"\u02c8f\u0113-\u02cct\u022fr",
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"chain",
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"enchain",
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"gyve",
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"handcuff",
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"manacle",
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"shackle",
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"trammel"
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"a time-honored tradition is fine as long as it doesn't become a fetter that prevents us from trying something new",
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"claims that government regulations are unnecessary fetters that keep him from achieving his business goals",
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"He found himself fettered by responsibilities.",
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"museum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"And then there\u2019s the New Deal, another famous attempt to slap fetters on the rough beast of capitalism. \u2014 Jonah Goldberg, National Review , 22 Nov. 2019",
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"This early recording is unique\u2014brisk and pugnacious, a stormy, bitter Schubert raging against his earthly fetters and then distilling his passions, in the last movement, into headlong lunges, dazzling whirls, and delicate pirouettes. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 12 Mar. 2020",
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"Like the shrimp and grits, the fetter papa burger ($15) is appropriately decadent. \u2014 Lindsey Mcclave, The Courier-Journal , 28 Aug. 2019",
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"The smartest of Logan's four children spent most of Succession's first season rejecting the fetters of the Roy name to varying degrees of success. \u2014 Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR , 12 Aug. 2019",
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"Rousseau regarded them as fetters on the people\u2019s freedoms. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Aug. 2019",
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"India has a populist leader happy to interfere with the central bank, China has ditched term limits to make its Communist leadership even more dictatorial than usual and the Philippine president revels in rejecting fetters on extrajudicial killing. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 14 Aug. 2018",
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"The past worked as fetters on our limbs, and the old prejudices and practices worked as obstacles on our way forward. \u2014 Eli Meixler, Time , 13 June 2018",
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"In its latest phase, from the 1990s, Germany has reunified, become a normal country again and shed some of the fetters of its past. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Apr. 2018",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Teddy Roosevelt broke up the trusts, regulated the food supply, created the National Park System, and fettered the railroads. \u2014 Jonah Goldberg, National Review , 22 Nov. 2019",
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"Botany was also often fettered to expertise in gardening, another activity that fell within the realm of the feminine. \u2014 Amandas Ong, The Atlantic , 17 Apr. 2018",
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"In many developing countries, girls face two starkly divergent paths: one fettered by gender inequality and cut short by early childbearing and the other offering personal fulfillment and economic improvement that benefit families and nations. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Apr. 2018",
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"While your job is to enforce the consistency that stylebooks aim for, you must not be fettered by it. \u2014 John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com , 25 Aug. 2017"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English feter , from Old English; akin to Old English f\u014dt foot":"Noun"
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"\u02c8fe-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fetter Verb hamper , trammel , clog , fetter , shackle , manacle mean to hinder or impede in moving, progressing, or acting. hamper may imply the effect of any impeding or restraining influence. hampered the investigation by refusing to cooperate trammel suggests entangling by or confining within a net. rules that trammel the artist's creativity clog usually implies a slowing by something extraneous or encumbering. a court system clogged by frivolous suits fetter suggests a restraining so severe that freedom to move or progress is almost lost. a nation fettered by an antiquated class system shackle and manacle are stronger than fetter and suggest total loss of freedom. a mind shackled by stubborn prejudice a people manacled by tyranny",
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"check",
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"circumscription",
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"condition",
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"constraint",
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"curb",
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"limitation",
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"restraint",
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"restriction",
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"stricture"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170321",
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},
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"fettle":{
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"definitions":{
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": state or condition of health, fitness, wholeness, spirit, or form":[
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"\u2014 often used in the phrase in fine fettle I proved to her I was in fine fettle by consuming a herculean portion of eggs scrambled with onions and smoked salmon. \u2014 Lawrence Sanders He stopped practicing or even warming up before tournament rounds in order to spare strain on the risky hip. His golf game was nonetheless in fine fettle \u2014provided he could keep swinging. \u2014 Alfred Wright"
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": to cover or line the hearth of (something, such as a reverberatory furnace) with loose material (such as sand or gravel)":[]
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"a visit to the relatives on the other side of the state revealed them all to be in fine fettle",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Your business sense is in high fettle in April and your ambition should grow as May arrives, but this isn\u2019t a good time to launch a new business. \u2014 Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive , 29 Mar. 2021",
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"Your competitive spirits are in fine fettle , and your ability to take the lead is enhanced during the upcoming four to five weeks. \u2014 Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive , 5 Jan. 2021",
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"Fincher places it at San Simeon, the plush stronghold of William Randolph Hearst (Charles Dance, in excellent fettle ), where Mankiewicz was often invited, in the nineteen-thirties. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 13 Nov. 2020",
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"America\u2019s most recent employment figures captured a jobs market in fine fettle : firms added 128,000 new workers in October, while unemployment held near historically low levels and wages rose at a respectable clip. \u2014 The Economist , 7 Nov. 2019",
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"The Pole has started the league campaign in fine fettle , with five goals in just two matches masking what has been a relatively slow start to the season by Bayern's standards. \u2014 SI.com , 25 Aug. 2019",
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"To avoid a repeat this year, organizers enlisted the help of a company that usually lays the tarmac for airport runways and the track remained in fine fettle throughout. \u2014 Matias Grez, CNN , 18 Jan. 2020",
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"The Ritz, a smart London hotel where Margaret Thatcher spent her last days, is in fine fettle , turning a neat annual profit and valued in the region of \u00a3800m\u2014not bad for a property bought for a piffling \u00a375m in 1995. \u2014 The Economist , 31 Oct. 2019",
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"West Ham are ready to let go of striker Jordan Hugill in January despite him starting the Championship season in fine fettle . \u2014 SI.com , 8 Oct. 2019",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Even my new friend here\u2014 a show car almost certainly hand- fettled for the occasion \u2014suffers from faults of panel alignment. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 8 Dec. 2017",
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"View 39 Photos If today\u2019s Leaf is that one-percenter, this new-generation car is formed and fettled to be a 10-percenter. \u2014 Bengt Halvorson, Car and Driver , 6 Sep. 2017"
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"1740, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1881, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"British dialect, to set in order, get ready, from Middle English fetlen to shape, prepare; perhaps akin to Old English fetian to fetch \u2014 more at fetch":"Verb and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fe-t\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"condition",
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"estate",
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"form",
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"health",
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"keeping",
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"kilter",
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"nick",
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"order",
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"repair",
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"shape",
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"trim"
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213454",
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"fetus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u0113-t\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
"Antibodies developed by the mother in response to vaccination can pass through the placenta to the fetus , transferring on immunity against SARS-CoV-2. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
|
||
|
"But what, if anything, does a COVID infection during pregnancy do to the developing fetus ",
|
||
|
"Two threats to a fetus were then of profound concern. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
"During pregnancy, 11\u03b2-HSD2 also acts in the placenta, protecting the fetus from exposure to circulating maternal cortisol, which can be toxic to the developing brain. \u2014 Rachel Yehuda, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
|
||
|
"The meaning is clear: The fetus is regarded as potential life, rather than actual life. \u2014 Danya Ruttenberg, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
"Protecting the mother\u2019s life always takes precedence over preserving the fetus , until the child emerges. \u2014 Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
"The family accused the doctors of waiting for fear of harming the other fetus and being subject to possible prosecution. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
"Others who joined in our online chat favored a hard deadline, after which the fetus could not be aborted. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 11 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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||
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"Middle English, from Latin, act of bearing young, offspring; akin to Latin fetus newly delivered, fruitful \u2014 more at feminine":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153724"
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},
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"fetal circulation":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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||
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"definitions":{
|
||
|
": the course of the blood in the vessels of the fetus, impure blood passing in man and the higher mammals to the placenta by the umbilical arteries, returning purified and charged with nutriment by the umbilical vein, and entering the inferior vena cava either directly by the ductus venosus or after passing through the liver":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171507"
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},
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"fettuccine Alfredo":{
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"type":[
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||
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"noun"
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],
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||
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"definitions":{
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||
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": a dish consisting of fettuccine with butter, Parmesan cheese, cream, and seasonings":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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||
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"-(\u02cc)al-\u02c8fr\u0101-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
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"-(\u02cc)\u00e4l-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from Alfredo all'Augusteo , restaurant in Rome where it originated":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234149"
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},
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"fetal alcohol syndrome":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a highly variable group of birth defects including intellectual disability , deficient growth, and malformations of the skull and face that tend to occur in the offspring of women who consume large amounts of alcohol during pregnancy":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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||
|
"Sashko was diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome by a child psychologist at the American Medical Centers in Kyiv, according to a letter provided to Fox News Digital. \u2014 Fox News , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
"At one end of the spectrum sits fetal alcohol syndrome , characterized by facial abnormalities, growth problems, and intellectual disabilities. \u2014 Emma Yasinkski, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
||
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"The first traits used to diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders were the facial features that now characterize fetal alcohol syndrome . \u2014 Emma Yasinkski, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
"But relatives previously told media that the teenager was born with fetal alcohol syndrome , which can be associated with lifelong neurological impairments including impulsiveness, hyperactivity and poor judgment. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
"And doing nothing, Matt said, flushing red, to remedy the fact that South Africa had the highest rate of fetal alcohol syndrome in the world. \u2014 Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
"His attorney, Jeremy Weis, said Johnson also was born with fetal alcohol syndrome and lost about one-fifth of his brain tissue when a benign tumor was removed in 2008. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
"Weis said Johnson also was born with fetal alcohol syndrome and lost about one-fifth of his brain tissue when a benign tumor was removed in 2008. \u2014 Jim Salter, ajc , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
"Attorney Jeremy Weis said Johnson was born with fetal alcohol syndrome and also lost one-fifth of his brain tissue with the removal of a benign tumor in 2008. \u2014 NBC News , 7 May 2021"
|
||
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],
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||
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"first_known_use":{
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"1973, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001917"
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},
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"fettuccine":{
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"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccfe-t\u0259-\u02c8ch\u0113-n\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
||
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
"This pasta is usually known as fettuccine in Rome and Southern Italy, while Northern Italians typically refer to it as tagliatelle. \u2014 Tierney Mcafee, Country Living , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
"Tagliatelle is wider than both linguine and fettuccine , but thinner than pappardelle. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 29 Apr. 2022",
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||
|
"After trimming the ends, use a vegetable peeler to peel lengthwise down the spear for long, fettuccine -like strips. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, SELF , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
"Participants also receive fresh fettuccine to cook at home. \u2014 Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
"Saturday at Yellow Green Farmers Market in Hollywood, and customers taking shade from the summer swelter crowd around Monika Garone\u2019s restaurant stall, clamoring to know why her fettuccine is purple. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 27 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
"Included in the kit is a roller, a fettuccine cutter, and a spaghetti cutter. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2021",
|
||
|
"One such menu item is the Squid ink fettuccine with lobster, shrimp and fra diavolo sauce. \u2014 Aly Walansky, Forbes , 2 June 2021",
|
||
|
"Remember not to dump your pasta water when draining the fettuccine . \u2014 Katy Severson, chicagotribune.com , 22 Mar. 2021"
|
||
|
],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
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"Italian, plural of fettuccina , diminutive of fettuccia small slice, ribbon, diminutive of fetta slice, probably alteration of *offetta , from offa flour cake, from Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025725"
|
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},
|
||
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"fetal":{
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||
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"type":[
|
||
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"adjective"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
": of, relating to, or being a fetus":[]
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||
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8f\u0113-t\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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||
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"For instance, says Leilah Zahedi, a maternal- fetal -medicine physician in Tennessee, what if doctors see a severe heart defect on an ultrasound",
|
||
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"Leilah Zahedi, a maternal- fetal -medicine physician in Tennessee, told me about a recent referral. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
"Those whose ultrasound exams show abnormalities will receive consulting services from a maternal- fetal medicine physician. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
"Fibrin deposition can occur in completely normal, uncomplicated pregnancies, said Dr. Kjersti Aagaard, a professor of maternal- fetal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children\u2019s Hospital who was not involved in the new study. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
"Another factor that could make Novavax more attractive to some holdouts: The vaccine was not developed using cell lines derived from aborted fetal tissue, which is a routine practice in pharmaceutical research. \u2014 Helena Oliviero, ajc , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
"When a woman cannot pass the miscarried fetus on her own, as happened to me, the fetal tissue is aspirated from the womb along with the placenta and other endometrial matter that supported the pregnancy. \u2014 Laura Beers, CNN , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
"That cry for help often goes unheeded in the presence of a fetal heartbeat, even if the demise of the pregnancy is inevitable. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 12 May 2022",
|
||
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"That\u2019s because space on a fetal heartbeat being detected, and that can happen really quickly. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 5 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1736, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045431"
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"fettuccelle":{
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||
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"type":[
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||
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"noun"
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||
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],
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||
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"definitions":{
|
||
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": pasta in ribbon shape":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccfet\u0259\u02c8chel\u0113"
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian fettuccelle , plural of fettuccella , diminutive of fettuccia small slice, ribbon, diminutive of fetta slice":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072354"
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"fetlock":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a projection bearing a tuft of hair on the back of the leg above the hoof of a horse or similar animal \u2014 see horse illustration":[],
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": the tuft of hair itself":[],
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": the joint of the limb at the fetlock":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fet-\u02ccl\u00e4k"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Even fans who wouldn\u2019t know a furlong from a fetlock , understand that Derby Day requires the widest brims, the boldest colors and the most outrageous equestrian clich\u00e9s. \u2014 Michael Solomon, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
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"First racing fatality Del Mar nearly made it through the entire meeting (almost 2,500 starters) without a racing fatality, but the 2-year-old colt Honor Award was euthanized after suffering a fractured right front fetlock in the second race. \u2014 Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Sep. 2021",
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"Omaha Beach was found Thursday to be suffering from light swelling in his right hind fetlock , Mandella said, and his team made the decision to pull him from the race. \u2014 Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal , 23 Jan. 2020",
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"Training accident at Del Mar Bowl of Soul, a 3-year-old filly for Bob Baffert suffered a rare hind fetlock injury during training on Monday and was euthanized. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 July 2019",
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"Bowl of Soul, a 3-year-old filly was euthanized after sustaining an injury to her hind fetlock , a joint similar to an ankle, while training on July 29, according to the California Horse Racing Board. \u2014 Hollie Silverman, CNN , 13 Aug. 2019",
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"Del Mar had its third training fatality on Monday when Bowl of Soul, trained by Bob Baffert, broke down with an injury to her right hind fetlock , which is similar to an ankle. \u2014 John Cherwa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 July 2019",
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"Bowl Of Soul, a 3-year-old filly trained by Bob Baffert, broke down Monday with an injury to her right hind fetlock , which is similar to an ankle. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 July 2019",
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"The track recently invested $500,000 for a machine that can help diagnose fetlock (ankle) injuries without having to put a horse under anesthesia. \u2014 John Cherwa, latimes.com , 22 June 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English fitlok, fetlak ; akin to Old English f\u014dt foot":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140450"
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},
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"feta":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a white moderately hard and crumbly Greek cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk and cured in brine":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fe-t\u0259",
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"\u02c8fe-\u02cct\u00e4"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Lee Hennessy, an out trans man, takes his goat\u2019s milk and goat cheese to the next level using traditional cheesemaking practices\u2014the Bulgarian feta is a must-try. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2022",
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"Prep note: Use hot water bath to hold knife in between cutting feta . \u2014 Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 May 2022",
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"Jibneh often suggests feta with less salt, with a softer texture and an affinity for melting. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"While the scallions cool, add 5.5 ounces crumbled feta , \u00bd cup sour cream, another \u00bc tsp. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"The Parmesan-pecan crackers, feta and onion jam tart bites, and ramen Chex mix are all invited to my beach shindig. \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"Grate zest from lemon and place in a small bowl and squeeze juice into bowl; mince or grate garlic and add to lemon zest and juice; chop fresh herbs; dice or crumble feta and grate Parm, if using. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Or make one in the spirit of spanakopita with spinach, dill, parsley, scallions and feta mixed in. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"The pizza-like flatbread dishes are topped with a variety of meats and cheeses: soujuk sausage, lamb, beef, feta , mozzarella, cheddar, kashar cheese. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 10 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Modern Greek ( tyri ) pheta , from tyri cheese + pheta slice, from Italian fetta \u2014 more at fettuccine":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202134"
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},
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"fettler":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one that fettles: such as":[],
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": a repairman or maintenance man (as on a railway)":[],
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": a pottery worker who smooths greenware with a knife, felt, emery, and a wet sponge":[],
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": a worker who sands or cuts excess glaze from tile":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fet\u1d4al\u0259(r)",
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"-et(\u1d4a)l-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"fettle entry 2 + -er":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214326"
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}
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}
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