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"Because of the way its neo-Bohemian, global- nomad vibe brings those elements together. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
"To fight digital nomad fatigue, Lithuania is offering itself as a destination for remote workers to settle down without having to give up travel. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
"That\u2019s the advice of Carlos Grider, an expert on remote work who publishes a blog about being a digital nomad . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Sri Lanka, meanwhile, has jumped on the digital nomad trend by launching long-term visas of up to one year to attract foreign visitors looking to work remotely while enjoying Sri Lanka's sunshine and scenery. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 16 July 2021",
"While the world is navigating a global pandemic, the decision to become a full-time digital nomad is complicated. \u2014 Kimanzi Constable, Travel + Leisure , 26 Mar. 2022",
"After losing her job, a woman (Frances McDormand) in her sixties embarks on a journey through America while living as a modern-day nomad . \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 13 May 2022",
"Luplow has been a bit of a baseball nomad as a major leaguer. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 6 May 2022",
"Stories of the horses, the weather, friendly nearby nomad families, safe routes, good food, adventures taken. \u2014 Peng Shepherd, Good Housekeeping , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"Also, no knowing if Cassidy is still the coach, or if, say, Barry Trotz, the hottest name available among the nomadic coaching brethren, will be calling the shots here in 2022-23. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"In 2019, Ma journeyed to the northern reaches of the province to produce a series of portraits depicting these nomadic herdsmen, entitled Kazak Cowboy. \u2014 Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"Western Darfur is home to many of the people displaced by the early-2000s conflict in the region, which saw the government put down armed rebels with help from nomadic Arab militias known as the Janjaweed. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Folks who were highly mobile before the pandemic have become even more nomadic in its wake, adds Harvey Hernandez, CEO of Newgard Development Group, developer of LOFTY Brickell and Natiivo Miami and Austin. \u2014 Jeffrey Steele, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"That led to a nomadic journey that took him to hockey rinks and professional teams in Serbia, Lithuania, Finland and Italy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Dates were an essential part of the nomadic diet, providing a significant amount of fiber and a variety of vitamins and minerals. \u2014 Felicia Campbell, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Dates were an essential part of the nomadic diet, providing a significant amount of fiber and a variety of vitamins and minerals. \u2014 Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"Despite the nomenclature , the new model, to be called Purosangue, which means thoroughbred in Italian, will compete with SUVs from Volkswagen AG\u2019s Lamborghini and other luxury car makers. \u2014 Eric Sylvers, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"This realization also presages a broadening in nomenclature . \u2014 Gy\u00f6rgy Buzs\u00e1ki, Scientific American , 14 May 2022",
"The term web3 is the preferred nomenclature of venture capitalists who invest in online services that are built using blockchain technology, where control isn\u2019t concentrated in a single business entity. \u2014 Akayla Gardner, Bloomberg.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Ros\u00e9 wine, and the newer nomenclature of Italian rosa wine, has won its way into our glasses and our wine loving hearts. \u2014 Cathy Huyghe, Forbes , 25 June 2021",
"Imagine if the Byzantine nomenclature process favored by Big Pharma had been used in other industries. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"But time still has its roots and even its nomenclature in astronomical time keeping. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The Galaxy Chromebook 2 360's nomenclature may be a bit confusing. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 15 Apr. 2022"
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"Approaching his 68th birthday, Rockefeller had never imagined that his twilight years would be so eventful. His fortune had failed to purchase him even a poor man's mite of tranquillity. As nominal president of Standard Oil, he was in a bind, responsible for actions he had not approved. \u2014 Ron Chernow , Business Week , 18 May 1998",
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"The only consolation to the other side is that in a subsequent ruling the damages for the breach were found to be nominal . \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022",
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"And 73 others paid less than half of the US nominal 21% corporate tax rate. \u2014 Reuven Avi-yonah For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Yield differentials between nominal and inflation-protected securities, for example, suggest CPI inflation will spend the next five years hovering mostly around 2.8% but then gradually fall to roughly 2% about a decade from now. \u2014 Sam Goldfarb, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2021",
"However, if the Heat were to add a player such as Kyle with cap space, then a return by Oladipo likely would come down to a willingness to take a nominal , if not minimum, salary for the coming season. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 30 July 2021",
"By forcing Republicans to square their new feint toward populism with their continuing loyalty to corporate interests, progressives can exploit a wedge that will help Democrats expand their appeal to nominal (and former) Republicans. \u2014 Rahm Emanuel, WSJ , 16 May 2021",
"Investors\u2019 expectations for inflation\u2014as defined by the consumer-price index\u2014over the next 10 years can be gleaned from the difference between nominal and inflation-protected U.S. Treasury yields. \u2014 Peter Santilli, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2021"
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"Instead they will decentralize and devolve power, and rely on the people over whom they have nominal authority to be self-organizing. \u2014 Francis Fukuyama , Atlantic , May 1999",
"Approaching his 68th birthday, Rockefeller had never imagined that his twilight years would be so eventful. His fortune had failed to purchase him even a poor man's mite of tranquillity. As nominal president of Standard Oil, he was in a bind, responsible for actions he had not approved. \u2014 Ron Chernow , Business Week , 18 May 1998",
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"Her title of vice president had been nominal only.",
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"In 2020, the economic machine, call it nominal GDP, was inflected positive and accelerating. \u2014 Bob Haber, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"In its latest quarter, revenue from cryptocurrency processors was nominal , Ms. Kress said in commentary accompanying the results, compared with $155 million a year ago. \u2014 Asa Fitch, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Moreover, fees for the mess, or canteen, and library are also nominal . \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
"In many cases, McFarland said, a 2 to 3 point IQ difference is nominal , unless an individual is on the lower side of IQ distribution. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The only consolation to the other side is that in a subsequent ruling the damages for the breach were found to be nominal . \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022",
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"And 73 others paid less than half of the US nominal 21% corporate tax rate. \u2014 Reuven Avi-yonah For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Yield differentials between nominal and inflation-protected securities, for example, suggest CPI inflation will spend the next five years hovering mostly around 2.8% but then gradually fall to roughly 2% about a decade from now. \u2014 Sam Goldfarb, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2021",
"However, if the Heat were to add a player such as Kyle with cap space, then a return by Oladipo likely would come down to a willingness to take a nominal , if not minimum, salary for the coming season. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 30 July 2021",
"By forcing Republicans to square their new feint toward populism with their continuing loyalty to corporate interests, progressives can exploit a wedge that will help Democrats expand their appeal to nominal (and former) Republicans. \u2014 Rahm Emanuel, WSJ , 16 May 2021",
"Investors\u2019 expectations for inflation\u2014as defined by the consumer-price index\u2014over the next 10 years can be gleaned from the difference between nominal and inflation-protected U.S. Treasury yields. \u2014 Peter Santilli, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2021"
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"This month, the Homer Glen family who collects the most pop tabs wins $1,000 and can nominate one special needs family to also win $1,000. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"The decision by Utah Democrats to not nominate a candidate for Senate to help McMullin\u2019s chances of ousting Lee has caught the attention of election forecaster Larry Sabato. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Voters in South Carolina, Maine, North Dakota, Nevada and Texas 34th District will head to the polls today to nominate major party nominees across statewide and federal offices. \u2014 Alexandra Marquez, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
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"Democrats\u2019 April convention chose to cast their lot with McMullin, rather than nominate a member of their own party. \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022"
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"The nominal value of the deal had risen along with Nvidia\u2019s share price amid booming semiconductor demand. \u2014 Robert Wall, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The DVDs, flash drives, digital frames, and iPads, as included in the wedding packages purchased by the taxpayer\u2019s clients, were of nominal value . \u2014 Roxanne Bland, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"So the nominal value of equities and housing stays high even if the real value is adjusted by the depreciating value of money itself. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
"All of our prizes are basically only of symbolic, nominal value . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Nov. 2021",
"While this month's expiry is the smallest of 2021 in terms of nominal value , some bitcoin and crypto market watchers think the monthly options expiry can exacerbate trends affecting the market. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 28 May 2021",
"As part of the deal, the government will pay about 300 million euros for new Lufthansa stock at the discount price of 2.56 euros, the nominal value of its shares on the balance sheet. \u2014 Fortune , 25 May 2020",
"Refinance, or lose your home Funds have been snapping up secured loans for as low as 25 percent of their nominal value . \u2014 Stelios Bouras, Fortune , 26 Feb. 2020"
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": orthographic , nonphonetic":[],
": near-print":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u014dm-",
"\u02c8n\u014dmik",
"\u02c8n\u00e4mik",
"\""
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek nomos nome, melody, custom + English -ic":"Adjective",
"Greek nomikos , from nomos usage, custom, law + -ikos -ic":"Adjective",
"no m etal i n c omposition":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064453"
},
"nominal definition":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a statement giving the meaning of a name, word, or expression":[
"a purely nominal definition , completely lacking in operational utility",
"\u2014 Morris Watnick",
"\u2014 contrasted with real definition"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102303"
},
"Nomia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of bees (family Halictidae) some of which are important pollinators of legumes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u014dm\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek nomios of shepherds, pastoral; akin to Greek nomeus shepherd, herdsman":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175704"
},
"nominalize":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to convert into or use as a noun or noun phrase":[
"nominalized able into ability",
"nominalizes the adjective poor into the poor"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u00e4m-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
"\u02c8n\u00e4-m\u0259-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1659, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230212"
},
"nomothetic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": relating to, involving, or dealing with abstract, general, or universal statements or laws":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccn\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02c8the-tik",
"\u02ccn\u00e4m-\u0259-\u02c8thet-ik",
"\u02ccn\u014d-m\u0259-",
"\u02ccn\u014d-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek nomothetikos of legislation, from nomothet\u0113s lawgiver, from nomos law + -thet\u0113s one who establishes, from tithenai to put \u2014 more at do":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000447"
},
"nominalization":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the process or result of forming a noun or noun phrase from a clause or a verb":[]
": an abstract complex idea that has been given a distinct general name":[
"the nominal essences of things, expressed by their common name, rest upon the experienced resemblances that cause objects to fall into different groups and to receive different appellations",
"\u2014 B. A. G. Fuller",
"\u2014 contrasted with real essence"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005255"
},
"Nomeus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus (the type of the family Nomeidae ) of fishes including the man-of-war fish":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"n\u014d\u02c8m\u0113\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek, herdsman; akin to German nemein to distribute, pasture":""
"the first of the commonly so nominated explorers of the American Arctic",
"\u2014 Vilhjalmur Stephansson"
],
": to appoint or propose for appointment to an office or place":[
"He was nominated to the Supreme Court."
],
": to propose as a candidate for election to office":[
"We expect the party to nominate him for president."
],
": to propose for an honor":[
"nominate her for player of the year",
"He was nominated for an Academy Award."
],
": to enter (a horse) in a race":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
"\u02c8n\u00e4-m\u0259-n\u0259t, -\u02ccn\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptize",
"call",
"christen",
"clepe",
"denominate",
"designate",
"dub",
"entitle",
"label",
"name",
"style",
"term",
"title"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"We expect the party to nominate him for president.",
"The President nominated her for Attorney General.",
"Someone has to tell her the truth\u2014I nominate you.",
"We nominated her for player of the year.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Say it louder for the people under 40 in the back\u2026 There\u2019s still time to nominate someone for Fortune\u2019s 40 under 40 list. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"This move would free up a spot for Biden to nominate Chad Meredith, which the White House recently told Democratic officials in Kentucky the president planned to do. \u2014 Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal , 1 July 2022",
"Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement earlier this year, leading Biden to nominate Jackson to fill his seat. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 30 June 2022",
"Attorneys for the state and for the prisoners have 14 days to nominate experts who will assist the court with crafting an injunction. \u2014 Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic , 30 June 2022",
"But Wood's case is different, as Missouri is likely to nominate competitive Republican and Democratic candidates. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
"Biden then confirmed his intention to nominate the first Black woman to fill the vacancy, and the Senate confirmed Jackson to the court in April. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"In Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano, who was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, won the GOP nomination for governor and, if elected, would be in position to nominate the secretary of state to oversee elections. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"With an unlimited budget, you might be inclined to nominate the Audi RS6 Avant instead. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 24 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin nominatus , past participle of nominare , from nomin-, nomen name \u2014 more at name":""
