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": to affect an attitude or character usually to deceive or impress":[
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],
": to assume a posture or attitude usually for artistic purposes":[],
": to come to attention as : present":[
"smoking poses a health risk"
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": to place (someone, such as a model) in a studied attitude":[],
": to put or set in place":[],
": to set forth or offer for attention or consideration":[
"let me pose a question"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The photographs show the models in both clothed and nude poses .",
"Hold that pose . It will make a great photograph.",
"His disapproval of the war looks good to voters, but I bet it's just a pose .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Facing down the threats that the two men pose to democracy has become the defining challenge of Biden\u2019s Presidency. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 30 June 2022",
"In another snap, Ryder and Traina pose together, Ryder showing off his new tattoo. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Here is how to talk to your family about the threat opioids pose . \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
"Digital rights groups have warned of the risks this online footprint may now pose to people seeking or providing abortions in states where the procedure is criminalized. \u2014 Brian Fung And Clare Duffy, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"Metro is not doing enough to keep defective rail cars that pose a safety hazard separated from the rest of its fleet, the transit system\u2019s safety regulator said Tuesday. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"Lightning strikes and wayward firework sparks pose less of a risk -- though not zero, Singer warned. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
"Unsecured fuel tanks are in danger of sustaining undercarriage damage that could cause fuel leakage and pose a fire risk, the NHTSA report says. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 22 June 2022",
"All soft objects, including pillows, quilts, pillowlike toys, comforters, and even blankets pose a risk of SIDS, suffocation, entrapment or strangulation, the guidelines note. \u2014 Dan Hurley, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In this undated photo provided by Karen Caballero, her son Alejandro Miguel Andino Caballero and his girlfriend Margie Tamara Paz Grajeda pose for a photo at an undisclosed location in Honduras. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"The mother-son duo pose side-by-side as Hudson rests her arm on Bing's head. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"Yo-Yo Ma and Lecolion Washington pose for a picture with students, faculty, and staff at the Community Music Center of Boston. \u2014 Serena Puang, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"Yet the Democrats are striking a Frank Drebin pose : Nothing to see here, folks. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 9 June 2022",
"The five friends, all graduates of Santa Barbara High School, took the first photo in the now-familiar pose in their late teens with an automatic camera timer in 1982. \u2014 Paul Vercammen, CNN , 15 June 2022",
"She was ultimately captured in an unusual pose : bending backward. \u2014 Sarah Bahr, New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"To the left of the time subdial is the sculpture of Balmat in a climbing pose between 9 o\u2019clock and 10 o\u2019clock, and to the right of the time subdial, between 1 o\u2019clock and 3 o\u2019clock, the dragon-like wyvern breathes fire. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 8 June 2022",
"In the first photo, she is seen lifting her arms in a dancer-like pose and looking straight at the camera. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 May 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1593, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French poser , from Vulgar Latin *pausare , from Late Latin, to stop, rest, pause, from Latin pausa pause":"Verb",
"short for earlier appose , from Middle English apposen , alteration of opposen to oppose":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8p\u014dz"
],
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"airs",
"charade",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
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"guise",
"masquerade",
"playacting",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"put-on",
"semblance",
"show"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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": to pretend to be (someone or something) in order to deceive people":[
"She posed as a student to get free admission to the museum.",
"undercover cops posing as drug dealers"
]
},
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"phrasal verb"
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"posh":{
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"definitions":{
": elegant , fashionable":[
"a posh restaurant"
],
": typical of or intended for the upper classes : highfalutin":[
"posh accents"
]
},
"examples":[
"They live in a posh neighborhood.",
"The family is very posh .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The next week, thieves stuck up a few guests at gunpoint outside a posh downtown hotel and made off with $100,000 of jewelry. \u2014 Allysia Finley, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
"Moving through the lobby of a posh Santa Monica hotel one May afternoon, Jerrod Carmichael is not so much walking as strutting. \u2014 Dan Hyman, Rolling Stone , 17 May 2022",
"Tanned people in sharp suits and stylish dresses stride inside, past rows of TV cameras and stage lights and into the posh hotel\u2019s ballroom. \u2014 Chase Peterson-withorn, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"When a struggle broke out for control of Madhya Pradesh in 2020, the BJP locked its lawmakers in a posh hotel near the Delhi airport, while the Congress party packed its assembly members off to the tourist city of Jaipur. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Newsom would also have to be careful to avoid past mistakes, such as his visit to a posh Napa Valley restaurant during the pandemic\u2018s first year that muddied his reputation. \u2014 Taryn Lunastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"The neighborhood also includes the posh villas of U.S.-allied former warlords who have fled the country or gone into hiding. \u2014 Time , 16 Aug. 2021",
"The neighborhood also includes the posh villas of U.S.-allied former warlords who have fled the country or gone into hiding. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Aug. 2021",
"From basketball courts, private pools and tee time on the 18-hole golf course, a stay in one of 74 perfectly posh villas at The Tryall Club ticks all the boxes. \u2014 Melanie Reffes, USA TODAY , 14 Nov. 2020"
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"1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"origin unknown":""
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"\u02c8p\u00e4sh"
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"noun"
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},
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": to propose as an explanation : suggest":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The researchers also posit that a similar process could have been active on Mars in the past, too. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 12 May 2022",
"Many posit that those who visit Antarctica become ambassadors for a place that has no indigenous population to speak on its behalf. \u2014 Mary Holland, Robb Report , 1 May 2022",
"Contemporary Black dramas often posit that Black lives are either secondary (best friends, drug dealers, therapists) or extraordinary (healers, fighters, heroes), when life is rarely one or the other. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"If what the scientists posit turns out to be true, future expeditions on the planet could prove more about Mars\u2019 violent history. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 2 May 2022",
"In this new paper, though, scientists posit that this symmetry doesn\u2019t just pertain to the actions that take place in the universe. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Per National Geographic, some researchers posit that members of the species were uninterested in, or incapable of, symbolic thinking or creativity. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 July 2021",
"Judging by its size and complexity, experts posit that the mosaic once decorated the floor of a triclinium, or formal Roman dining room. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022",
"In other words, these mid-20th-century market liberals did not posit that markets solved all problems, let alone insist that economic liberty and economic growth were absolutes. \u2014 Samuel Gregg, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Latin positus , past participle of ponere":""
},
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"\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259t"
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"verb"
]
},
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"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick"
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": a certain arrangement of bodily parts":[
"rose to a standing position"
],
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"made my position on the issue clear"
],
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": an employment for which one has been hired : job":[
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],
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],
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": the point or area occupied by a physical object : location":[
"took her position at the head of the line"
],
": to put in a certain position":[
"positioned the chairs around the room",
"positioned the company in the global market"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"From this position , you can see all of New York City's skyline.",
"Actors, please assume your positions . The show is about to begin.",
"The child fell asleep in a sitting position .",
"I was in an uncomfortable position and had to move.",
"I was uncomfortable, so I shifted position .",
"Return your seat to an upright position for landing.",
"Verb",
"He positioned the chairs around the table.",
"The company is positioning itself to take advantage of a new market.",
"The shortstop was positioned well to make the play.",
"She positioned herself by the door.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Democratic convention being held at the Indiana Convention Center is expected to be a straightforward event, with the party backing only one candidate for each position . \u2014 Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star , 15 June 2022",
"Many golfers at this point will waggle themselves into alignment\u2014matching the programmed swing shape with the proper ball position . \u2014 Paul Christianson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Shah said the district is interviewing candidates for the Lake Bluff Elementary School principal position and expects to hire a new principal by July. \u2014 Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"The company will conduct an executive search to fill the position permanently. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"Biden was joined at the ceremony by Vice President Kamala Harris, the first person of Indian descent to be elected to the position . \u2014 Darlene Superville, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Before President Biden announced Kamala Harris as his running mate for the 2020 election, Lance Bottoms was considered to be among the top contenders for the position . \u2014 Nancy Cordes, CBS News , 14 June 2022",
"With Season 4 continuing in the No. 1 position , Season 2 followed as No. 2 with 51. 4 million hours viewed while Season 1 took third place with 50.3 million hours viewed and Season 3 came in fourth place with 47.6 million hours viewed. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"The search team received about 10 applications and interviewed six candidates for the interim position , according to its memo. \u2014 John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But she is often criticized by activists as being pro-police and has sought to position herself as an ally to local cops, with mixed results. \u2014 Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"That could change if China takes advantage of Russian weakness to position itself as a reliable national security, economic and political partner \u2013 a core feature of its Belt and Road Initiative. \u2014 Terrence Guay, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
"In other words, unlimited vacation can allow employers to position themselves as caring and thoughtful, while reducing their own financial investment in it. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"Like Musk, Bolsonaro has sought to position himself as a champion of free speech and opposed the deplatforming of individuals including his ally, former U.S. President Donald Trump. \u2014 Diane Jeantet, ajc , 20 May 2022",
"Like Musk, Bolsonaro has sought to position himself as a champion of free speech and opposed the deplatforming of individuals including his ally, former U.S. President Donald Trump. \u2014 CBS News , 20 May 2022",
"In London, Travers said, Byford has been able to position himself as a kind of honest broker between Khan and the national government whenever differences have flared. \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"Industry analysts saw this as a move to better position Microsoft with Google GOOG -5% and Facebook in capturing digital media dollars. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"That included DeVonta Smith, Najee Harris, and Alex Leatherwood sticking around to better position themselves for the NFL, but also end their college careers on a higher note than an appearance in the Citrus Bowl after a two-loss 2019 season. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 17 Nov. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1817, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English posycion , from Anglo-French posicioun , from Latin position-, positio , from ponere to lay down, put, place, from Old Latin *posinere , from po- away (akin to Old Church Slavonic po- , perfective prefix, Greek apo away) + Latin sinere to leave \u2014 more at of":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u0259-\u02c8zish-\u0259n",
"p\u0259-\u02c8zi-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"berth",
"billet",
"capacity",
"connection",
"function",
"job",
"place",
"post",
"situation"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112518",
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"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"position of strength":{
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]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122525",
"type":[
"noun phrase"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124457",
"type":[
"noun phrase"
]
},
"position paper":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a detailed report that recommends a course of action on a particular issue":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a position paper published online on Friday, the group proposed abandoning the existing names for monkeypox virus clades \u2014 West Africa and Congo Basin \u2014 and replacing them with numbers, saying the current names are discriminatory. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 13 June 2022",
"One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021",
"One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021",
"One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021",
"One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021",
"One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021",
"One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021",
"One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122404",
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},
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"antonyms":[
"adverse",
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"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disapproving",
"inappreciative",
"negative",
"unappreciative",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly"
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"definitions":{
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": being, relating to, or charged with electricity of which the proton is the elementary unit and which predominates in a glass body after being rubbed with silk":[],
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": directed or moving toward a source of stimulation":[
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],
": expressed clearly or peremptorily":[
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],
": formally laid down or imposed : prescribed":[
"positive laws"
],
": fully assured : confident":[
"positive it was her book"
],
": having a good effect : favorable":[
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],
": having higher electric potential and constituting the part from which the current flows to the external circuit":[
"the positive terminal of a discharging storage battery"
],
": having more protons than electrons":[
"a positive ion"
],
": having rendition of light and shade similar in tone to the tones of the original subject":[
"a positive photographic image"
],
": incontestable":[
"positive proof"
],
": independent of changing circumstances : unconditioned":[
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],
": indicating, relating to, or characterized by affirmation, addition, inclusion, or presence rather than negation, withholding, or absence":[
"took the positive approach and struck a new deal rather than canceling the contract"
],
": marked by optimism":[
"the positive point of view"
],
": marked by or indicating acceptance, approval, or affirmation":[
"received a positive response"
],
": not fictitious : real":[
"positive social tensions"
],
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": real and numerically greater than zero":[
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],
": relating to or constituting a motion or device that is definite, unyielding, constant, or certain in its action":[
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],
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": the positive degree of comparison in a language":[],
": unqualified":[
"a positive disgrace"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The book had a positive influence on me.",
"He has been a positive role model for his brother.",
"Nothing positive came out of that experience.",
"What are some of the positive things about your job",
"The low unemployment rate is a positive sign for the economy.",
"The company took positive steps to create a safer workplace.",
"You've got to have a positive attitude to do well in life.",
"You should try to be more positive about the whole situation.",
"On the positive side , you will be making more money.",
"To end on a positive note , we are seeing an increase in sales this month.",
"Noun",
"The positives of living in the city include access to public transportation and many interesting restaurants.",
"The test showed a positive .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Only a handful of stock-fund managers have managed to stay in positive territory (see Winners\u2019 Circle). \u2014 William Power, WSJ , 4 July 2022",
"The Dodgers still viewed this weekend as a positive , as well. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 3 July 2022",
"Independence Day should be storm free, which is always a positive given all the outdoor plans. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
"Drilling down into stock sectors, just one of the 11 S&P 500 sectors are in positive territory for 2022. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"Everybody working on it is really appreciating it in a different way \u2013 that\u2019s a real positive and will give it a real energy for the next 10 years at least. \u2014 Mark Sutherland, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"Alternatively, Biden could argue that wide-scale student loan cancellation will be a net positive to the economy. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Despite the bitter end of Tina, Haynes is trying to focus on the positive . \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 29 June 2022",
"What was most important was his gift of liking people, treating everyone fairly, seeing the positive in any situation, and being profoundly flexible. \u2014 Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"He was urged to take a test and wound up popping a positive . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"Russia may be run by a despot whose needless military adventurism will result in the death of thousands of Ukranians, but Chelsea\u2019s recent run of success is a net positive . \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The only substantial positive is turnover numbers have stayed down. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Dawson described the past few weeks as something of an emotional pendulum, as one test would come back negative, then the next positive . \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Health officials in Hong Kong are now investigating this as a possible case of animal-to-human transmission because two more human infections, one confirmed and one preliminary positive , were linked to the pet store. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Ten of the brochures never mention that a false positive can happen. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Players undergo more testing after an initial positive . \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Honerkamp also noted that focusing on the positive can have powerful benefits. \u2014 SELF , 5 Nov. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1530, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin positivus , from positus , past participle of ponere":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8p\u00e4z-tiv",
"\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259-tiv",
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],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for positive Adjective sure , certain , positive , cocksure mean having no doubt or uncertainty. sure usually stresses the subjective or intuitive feeling of assurance. felt sure that I had forgotten something certain may apply to a basing of a conclusion or conviction on definite grounds or indubitable evidence. police are certain about the cause of the fire positive intensifies sureness or certainty and may imply opinionated conviction or forceful expression of it. I'm positive that's the person I saw cocksure implies presumptuous or careless positiveness. you're always so cocksure about everything",
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"admiring",
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"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good"
],
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"negative",
"unappreciative",
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"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly"
],
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": directed or moving toward a source of stimulation":[
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": formally laid down or imposed : prescribed":[
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],
": fully assured : confident":[
"positive it was her book"
],
": having a good effect : favorable":[
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],
": having higher electric potential and constituting the part from which the current flows to the external circuit":[
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": having more protons than electrons":[
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": having rendition of light and shade similar in tone to the tones of the original subject":[
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": incontestable":[
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": indicating, relating to, or characterized by affirmation, addition, inclusion, or presence rather than negation, withholding, or absence":[
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],
": marked by optimism":[
"the positive point of view"
],
": marked by or indicating acceptance, approval, or affirmation":[
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],
": not fictitious : real":[
"positive social tensions"
],
": of, relating to, or constituting the degree of comparison that is expressed in English by the unmodified and uninflected form of an adjective or adverb and denotes no increase or diminution":[],
": real and numerically greater than zero":[
"+2 is a positive integer"
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"a positive disgrace"
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"Adjective",
"The book had a positive influence on me.",
"He has been a positive role model for his brother.",
"Nothing positive came out of that experience.",
"What are some of the positive things about your job",
"The low unemployment rate is a positive sign for the economy.",
"The company took positive steps to create a safer workplace.",
"You've got to have a positive attitude to do well in life.",
"You should try to be more positive about the whole situation.",
"On the positive side , you will be making more money.",
"To end on a positive note , we are seeing an increase in sales this month.",
"Noun",
"The positives of living in the city include access to public transportation and many interesting restaurants.",
"The test showed a positive .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Only a handful of stock-fund managers have managed to stay in positive territory (see Winners\u2019 Circle). \u2014 William Power, WSJ , 4 July 2022",
"The Dodgers still viewed this weekend as a positive , as well. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 3 July 2022",
"Independence Day should be storm free, which is always a positive given all the outdoor plans. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
"Drilling down into stock sectors, just one of the 11 S&P 500 sectors are in positive territory for 2022. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"Everybody working on it is really appreciating it in a different way \u2013 that\u2019s a real positive and will give it a real energy for the next 10 years at least. \u2014 Mark Sutherland, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"Alternatively, Biden could argue that wide-scale student loan cancellation will be a net positive to the economy. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Despite the bitter end of Tina, Haynes is trying to focus on the positive . \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 29 June 2022",
"What was most important was his gift of liking people, treating everyone fairly, seeing the positive in any situation, and being profoundly flexible. \u2014 Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"He was urged to take a test and wound up popping a positive . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"Russia may be run by a despot whose needless military adventurism will result in the death of thousands of Ukranians, but Chelsea\u2019s recent run of success is a net positive . \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The only substantial positive is turnover numbers have stayed down. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Dawson described the past few weeks as something of an emotional pendulum, as one test would come back negative, then the next positive . \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Health officials in Hong Kong are now investigating this as a possible case of animal-to-human transmission because two more human infections, one confirmed and one preliminary positive , were linked to the pet store. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Ten of the brochures never mention that a false positive can happen. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Players undergo more testing after an initial positive . \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Honerkamp also noted that focusing on the positive can have powerful benefits. \u2014 SELF , 5 Nov. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1530, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin positivus , from positus , past participle of ponere":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8p\u00e4z-tiv",
"\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259-tiv",
"\u02c8p\u00e4z-\u0259t-iv, \u02c8p\u00e4z-tiv"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for positive Adjective sure , certain , positive , cocksure mean having no doubt or uncertainty. sure usually stresses the subjective or intuitive feeling of assurance. felt sure that I had forgotten something certain may apply to a basing of a conclusion or conviction on definite grounds or indubitable evidence. police are certain about the cause of the fire positive intensifies sureness or certainty and may imply opinionated conviction or forceful expression of it. I'm positive that's the person I saw cocksure implies presumptuous or careless positiveness. you're always so cocksure about everything",
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"admiring",
"applauding",
"appreciative",
"approbatory",
"approving",
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": a body of persons summoned by a sheriff to assist in preserving the public peace usually in an emergency":[],
": a group of people temporarily organized to make a search (as for a lost child)":[],
": a large group often with a common interest":[],
": entourage sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[
"The sheriff and his posse rode out to look for the bandits.",
"I went to the game with my posse .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Atlanta hip-hop artist (and part of J.Cole\u2019s Dreamville Records posse ) bought something of a master class in rap history on Sunday. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022",
"Various search and rescue efforts have been launched since Friday, including YCSO Backcountry Search and Rescue, search dogs, the Sheriff's Volunteer OHV Unit, a Jeep posse , along with a Department of Public Safety Ranger helicopter. \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022",
"And the crowd of stunned pedestrians formed into a posse , dozens of them giving chase. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Adding insult to injury, Will's condescending posse sabotages the burgeoning relationship between Noah's best pal, Howie (Bowen Yang), and their doctor friend, Charlie (James Scully), by jetting in Charlie's ex to crash their beach getaway. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
"Officials also seized a large diamond and a gold Short North posse medallion necklace from Smith. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
"This posse , angry over the construction of shelters and homeless housing in the district, has tried and failed to recall him multiple times. \u2014 Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"The posse spent almost a decade chasing down leads. \u2014 Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Syd was originally the engineer for the rascally rap posse Odd Future, and recorded most of the group\u2019s early work in her parents\u2019 home in the Mid-City neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1645, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"Medieval Latin posse comitatus , literally, power or authority of the county":""
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"\u02c8p\u00e4-s\u0113"
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"cort\u00e8ge",
"entourage",
"following",
"retinue",
"suite",
"tail",
"train"
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"lack",
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": to bring or cause to fall under the influence, domination, or control of some emotional or intellectual response or reaction":[
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": to enter into and control firmly : dominate":[
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": to have and hold as property : own":[],
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"What would possess seemingly sane people to treat concrete walls like trampolines",
"People who experience specific colors when looking at particular letters, such as seeing sky blue when shown an R, possess an unusual abundance of connections in brain areas involved in word and color perception, a new brain-imaging investigation finds. \u2014 Bruce Bower , Science News , 26 May 2007",
"What does matter is that we come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious, indeed; and, moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint. \u2014 Tom Robbins , Harper's , September 2004",
"nations that possess nuclear weapons",
"The defendant was charged with possessing cocaine.",
"The ruby was once possessed by an ancient queen.",
"He dreams of someday possessing great wealth.",
"He possesses a keen wit.",
"The drug possesses the potential to suppress tumors.",
"Do dolphins possess the ability to use language",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The requirements for a license to carry a gun sit atop the many state rules restricting who can possess a firearm. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"In the past few decades, hot pants have been associated with women like Kate Moss, who possess strong personal style and impressive body confidence. \u2014 Nancy Macdonell, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"Detroit Police Chief James White, alongside Mayor Mike Duggan and Dawn Ison, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, announced a collaboration to prosecute felons who illegally possess firearms quickly and under federal law. \u2014 Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
"Luke Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Ben Stiller play the Tenenbaum kids, who all possess quirks that can only be described as extremely Wes Anderson. \u2014 Hilary Weaver, ELLE , 1 June 2022",
"Under the bill, those who possess the weapons when the law is passed would be grandfathered in, subject to registration of their firearms. \u2014 Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
"Leaders who possess customer-centric qualities can easily adapt to clients\u2019 needs. \u2014 Karen Greenbaum, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"But in many states that haven\u2019t decriminalized the strips, people who possess the papers aren\u2019t being prosecuted. \u2014 Andy Miller, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"The legislation also would increase the accessibility of naloxone and test strips while steering people who possess fentanyl into education and treatment programs. \u2014 Geoff Mulvihill, ajc , 3 Apr. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English, from Middle French possesser to have possession of, take possession of, from Latin possessus , past participle of possid\u0113re , from potis able, having the power + sed\u0113re to sit \u2014 more at potent , sit":""
},
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"p\u0259-\u02c8zes",
"also -\u02c8ses"
],
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"command",
"enjoy",
"have",
"hold",
"own",
"retain"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093906",
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
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": capable of being held as or converted into a possession":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024353",
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"possessed":{
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"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"perturbed",
"unglued",
"unhinged",
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": urgently desirous to do or have something":[]
},
"examples":[
"a horror movie about a possessed child",
"remarkably poised and possessed in the midst of all the turmoil",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The bright red color was soon muted by a generous dollop of Smetana, which would melt in the hot soup, sending its white streaks all around, like a possessed octopus. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Then the idea of playing the three, there is a kind of possessed -ness, so that did require a different body shape or different vocal inflections. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Etruscans saved the furcula of chickens, setting them in the sun to dry out, according to Panati, believing the birds were sacred and possessed power. \u2014 Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 25 Nov. 2021",
"Players assume the role of a possessed lamb and build a flock of deceptively cute woodland creatures to become the biggest, baddest satanic cult around. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Blair famously played the possessed child Regan MacNeil in William Friedkin's original 1973 film. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 27 July 2021",
"The front-seat passenger, the mother of a 1-year-old in the back seat, possessed needles and a methamphetamine pipe, according to police. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 8 Nov. 2020",
"Her most common move is scuttling toward the camera on all fours, like a possessed toddler. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 16 Sep. 2020",
"At the outset of this horror flick, the third installment in the possessed doll series, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) lock the Annabelle doll in a sacred glass case in their home\u2019s artifacts room. \u2014 Sara Aridi, New York Times , 5 Mar. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"also -\u02c8sest",
"p\u0259-\u02c8zest"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073039",
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"possessingly":{
"antonyms":[],
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": so as to possess : in a possessing manner : captivatingly":[]
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"examples":[],
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"possession":{
"antonyms":[
"nonpossession"
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},
"examples":[
"The city can take possession of the abandoned buildings.",
"She came into possession of a rare silver coin.",
"The family lost all of its possessions in the fire.",
"This ring was my mother's most precious possession .",
"The defendant was charged with heroin possession .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Griner has remained in Russian custody since February after she was arrested at a Moscow airport and suspected of cannabis possession . \u2014 Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022",
"American basketball star Brittney Griner appeared in a Moscow-area court for trial Friday, about 4 1/2 months after she was arrested on cannabis possession charges at an airport while traveling to play for a Russian team. \u2014 Jim Heintz, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 July 2022",
"The other man pleaded guilty in 2020 to two counts of drug possession and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
"As Rittenhouse's case went to the jury in November, Judge Bruce Schroeder threw out the possession charge. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
"The change of legal guardian came years after June was arrested and charged with felony drug possession . \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"Brittney Griner was seen in a Russian court and ordered to stand trial Friday near Moscow on cannabis possession charges, about 4 1/2 months after her arrest at an airport. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 27 June 2022",
"Shackled and looking wary, WNBA star Brittney Griner was ordered to stand trial Friday by a court near Moscow on cannabis possession charges, about 4\u00bd months after her arrest at an airport while returning to play for a Russian team. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Shackled and looking wary, WNBA player Brittney Griner was ordered to stand trial Friday by a court near Moscow on cannabis- possession charges, about 4\u00bd months after her arrest at an airport while returning to play for a Russian team. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 27 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"also -\u02c8se-",
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],
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"control",
"enjoyment",
"hands",
"keeping"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181428",
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"noun"
]
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": the principle or practice of private ownership of property":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u1d4al\u02cciz\u0259m",
"-\u0259\u02ccli-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202549",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"possessionary":{
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"definitions":{
": of or relating to possession : arising from possession":[]
},
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"pronounciation":[
"-sh\u0259\u02ccner\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042640",
"type":[
"adjective"
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},
"possessionate":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having possessions or endowments":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Medieval Latin possessionatus from Latin possession-, possessio possession + -atus -ate":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-sh\u0259n\u0259\u0307t"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162904",
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": having possessions":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104712",
"type":[
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": one appointed to renew boundary landmarks in the southern U.S.":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English possessiouner , from possessioun possession + -er":""
},
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"-sh(\u0259)n\u0259(r)"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042515",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"possessionist":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a believer in possession by spirits":[]
},
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"pronounciation":[
"-sh(\u0259)n\u0259\u0307st"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193809",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"If you marry him, he is only going to become even more jealous and possessive than he is now.",
"The possessive form of \u201cdog\u201d is \u201cdog's.\u201d",
"\u201cHis\u201d and \u201cher\u201d are possessive pronouns .",
"Noun",
"\u201cYour\u201d and \u201cyours\u201d are possessives .",
"The possessive of \u201cit\u201d is \u201cits.\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Covarrubias was possessive and kept her and Angel on a short leash, according to Erika Gonzalez. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"But what no one has ever located is what makes so many people feel possessive not just of the stories, but also of their connection to the writer. \u2014 Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"In this case, even when given oxytocin, the first lion to get the food typically became possessive and prevented its companions from approaching too closely\u2014typically by growling and snarling. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"That possessive nationalist rhetoric clashes, however, with increasing numbers of Chinese athletes who consider themselves members of a global sporting community. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Women, too, get the stubby end of the stick in a film that paints an unflattering picture of possessive masculine entitlement, but doesn\u2019t afford Isadora \u2014 despite Lvovsky\u2019s game, ribald performance \u2014 much in the way of a point of view. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Angela could be highly possessive and extremely volatile if any of the Daddy\u2019s Girls failed to live up to her requirements, Chae says. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Jacob is being very possessive about the baby, whose name is Renesmee(!). \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 27 Aug. 2021",
"In addition to Roberts and Mulroney, standout supporting players include Brian Sacca as a surprisingly indulgent police officer and RZA as a not-so-surprisingly possessive pimp. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The possessive in the title of Zack Snyder\u2019s Justice League says it all. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 15 Mar. 2021",
"That titular possessive really is doing a lot of work. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 15 Mar. 2021",
"Devon and Birmingham unilaterally disposed of the possessive in in all street and road signs in 2009, though the Devon council backtracked shortly after. \u2014 Roslyn Petelin, Quartz , 10 Dec. 2019",
"Wisconsin linebacker Chris Orr stood on the field at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday \u2014 the spot where Minnesota beat the Badgers 37-15 last November \u2014 and attached a possessive to a coveted item. \u2014 Andy Greder, Twin Cities , 24 Nov. 2019",
"But with great power comes great responsibility: 8 breeds workaholics, and on a bad day, can become excessively controlling and possessive . \u2014 Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure , 16 July 2018",
"Luckily, Salander is a more compelling, surprising, and complex character than Blomkvist, in his possessive and protective desire, can see. \u2014 Alice Bolin, Longreads , 26 June 2018",
"Tully is endlessly open and nurturing without seeming possessive , helpful without seeming controlling. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 4 May 2018",
"That\u2019s next-level possessive and a product of unchecked toxic masculinity. \u2014 Jill Gutowitz, Glamour , 9 Feb. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"also -\u02c8se-",
"p\u0259-\u02c8ze-siv"
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"jealous"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084339",
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},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a pronominal adjective expressing possession":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Suddenly, pronouns and possessive adjectives are on everyone\u2019s minds. \u2014 Christopher O. Blum, National Review , 12 Sep. 2019",
"That\u2019s true despite the possessive adjective in the title, or the fact that the director, an artist, plays an artist, Ellie. \u2014 Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times , 11 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1870, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061144",
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},
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": a pronoun that derives from a personal pronoun and denotes possession and analogous relationships":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062005",
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": to bring or cause to fall under the influence, domination, or control of some emotional or intellectual response or reaction":[
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": to enter into and control firmly : dominate":[
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": to have and hold as property : own":[],
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": to instate as owner":[],
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},
"examples":[
"What would possess seemingly sane people to treat concrete walls like trampolines",
"People who experience specific colors when looking at particular letters, such as seeing sky blue when shown an R, possess an unusual abundance of connections in brain areas involved in word and color perception, a new brain-imaging investigation finds. \u2014 Bruce Bower , Science News , 26 May 2007",
"What does matter is that we come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious, indeed; and, moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint. \u2014 Tom Robbins , Harper's , September 2004",
"nations that possess nuclear weapons",
"The defendant was charged with possessing cocaine.",
"The ruby was once possessed by an ancient queen.",
"He dreams of someday possessing great wealth.",
"He possesses a keen wit.",
"The drug possesses the potential to suppress tumors.",
"Do dolphins possess the ability to use language",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The requirements for a license to carry a gun sit atop the many state rules restricting who can possess a firearm. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"In the past few decades, hot pants have been associated with women like Kate Moss, who possess strong personal style and impressive body confidence. \u2014 Nancy Macdonell, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"Detroit Police Chief James White, alongside Mayor Mike Duggan and Dawn Ison, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, announced a collaboration to prosecute felons who illegally possess firearms quickly and under federal law. \u2014 Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
"Luke Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Ben Stiller play the Tenenbaum kids, who all possess quirks that can only be described as extremely Wes Anderson. \u2014 Hilary Weaver, ELLE , 1 June 2022",
"Under the bill, those who possess the weapons when the law is passed would be grandfathered in, subject to registration of their firearms. \u2014 Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
"Leaders who possess customer-centric qualities can easily adapt to clients\u2019 needs. \u2014 Karen Greenbaum, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"But in many states that haven\u2019t decriminalized the strips, people who possess the papers aren\u2019t being prosecuted. \u2014 Andy Miller, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"The legislation also would increase the accessibility of naloxone and test strips while steering people who possess fentanyl into education and treatment programs. \u2014 Geoff Mulvihill, ajc , 3 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Middle French possesser to have possession of, take possession of, from Latin possessus , past participle of possid\u0113re , from potis able, having the power + sed\u0113re to sit \u2014 more at potent , sit":""
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"p\u0259-\u02c8zes",
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"command",
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"have",
"hold",
"own",
"retain"
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"p\u0259\u02c8zes\u0259r\u0113n\u0259\u0307s",
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},
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"There is a strong possibility that I will not be chosen for the job.",
"Have you considered the possibility that you may be wrong",
"My first two ideas didn't work, but I thought of a third possibility .",
"The future holds untold possibilities .",
"His degree and job experience give him a wide range of possibilities for a career.",
"a man of undetermined possibilities",
"The old house might not look like much now, but it has possibilities .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Reports that President Xi will be in Hong Kong this Friday appear to be confirmed, opening the possibility for more financial reform announcements for the city. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Federal immigration officials routinely run safety campaigns warning migrants against traveling in tractor-trailers because of the possibility of overheating. \u2014 Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"This sequel has been a long time coming, with the stars and fans alike have discussing the possibility for years. \u2014 Morayo Ogunbayo, ajc , 28 June 2022",
"Another central theme at the NATO summit will be the possibility for Finland and Sweden to join the alliance following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Fox News , 27 June 2022",
"The panel has yet to hear directly from either Trump or former vice president Mike Pence, although lawmakers have left open the possibility of calling either. \u2014 Luke Broadwater, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"But Cele said forensic samples were being sent to an advanced toxicology laboratory in Cape Town, indicating that police were looking at the possibility that poison or a toxin was involved. \u2014 Gerald Imray, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"Charles now faces the possibility of an investigation by The Charity Commission \u2014 the governing body of the charity world in Britain. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"The Avalanche beat the Lightning before attrition could take too much of a toll and before the scary possibility of facing elimination in Game 7 against Vasilevskiy. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 27 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02ccp\u00e4-s\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113"
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"capability",
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"potential",
"potentiality",
"prospect"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"hopeless",
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"impracticable",
"infeasible",
"nonviable",
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"undoable",
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"unrealizable",
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"examples":[
"Advances in medicine have made it possible for people to live longer.",
"It is possible that she decided not to join us.",
"We tried to spend as little money as possible .",
"It is not physically possible to do everything you have planned in one day.",
"The weather report warned of possible thunderstorms tonight.",
"Thunderstorms are possible but not probable tonight.",
"The highest possible score is 100.",
"What possible good can it do to argue",
"He is in the worst possible situation.",
"It is possible that life exists on other planets.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These countries wanted to get out of a security gray zone as fast as possible , and with NATO membership, locked in their success as Western style democracies and prevented a kind of a backsliding into a security and political no man's land. \u2014 CBS News , 29 June 2022",
"Winning more renewal sales begins with an agreement on the problems worth solving\u2014ensure your teams know the importance of gathering as much information as possible before recommending any solution, the importance of which I\u2019ve written on before. \u2014 Julie Thomas, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The objective is clear: to develop new solutions for local customers on a continuous basis and to expand by taking them to multiple markets as fast as possible . \u2014 Allison Bailey, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"In the short term, then, our efforts to prevent nuclear disaster must focus on maintaining as much control of the situation as possible . \u2014 J. Peter Scoblic And David R. Mandel, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"Since then, supporters, including coaches and players from the WNBA and NBA, including the Mercury and Suns, have advocated for the U.S. to bring her home as soon as possible . \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
"Stevenson has called for warding off the ugly effects of inflation by being as conservative as possible with county spending. \u2014 Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"One hack is to sign up for as many of these services as possible through a third party on Apple\u2019s App Store or Apple TV platform, Google Play or Amazon\u2019s Prime video (not all are available). \u2014 Heather Kelly, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"We're told that as much work as possible will be done internally, with the RB17's gearbox set to be made on site. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin possibilis , from posse to be able, from potis, pote able + esse to be \u2014 more at potent , is":""
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"a political libel which may possibly damage me",
"\u2014 G. B. Shaw"
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},
"examples":[
"he may possibly recover after such a serious mistake, but it doesn't seem likely",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s down from recent readings but still elevated, and is possibly a sign that the market is nearing a bottom. \u2014 Simon Constable, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Prince, 1983, Von Braun Civic Center March 1, 1983 was possibly the most awesome Friday night ever in Huntsville. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 27 June 2022",
"McDonald's is delaying their McPlant, possibly because it's been a McFlop in initial test markets. \u2014 Paul Kita, Men's Health , 27 June 2022",
"In what's possibly the most bad-ass action scene of the series thus far, Homelander and Soldier Boy face off. \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 24 June 2022",
"When asked what could possibly be the reason to have doors like that, McCraw seemed befuddled. \u2014 Safia Samee Ali, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"What better name for June 19 could there possibly be",
"But the path to this year\u2019s win was possibly the unlikeliest in its history. \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 17 June 2022",
"If this hearing wasn\u2019t newsworthy on a strictly empirical basis, what could possibly be"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082116",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112523",
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"\u2014 Jeffrey Ressner"
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": to ride or travel with haste : hurry":[],
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": to station in a given place":[
"guards were posted at the doors"
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": to transfer or carry from a book of original entry to a ledger":[],
": to travel with post-horses":[],
": trading post , settlement":[],
": with post-horses : express":[],
"Emily 1872\u20131960 n\u00e9e Price American columnist and writer":[]
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"1507, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun",
"1533, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3":"Verb",
"1549, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun",
"1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1640, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Verb"
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"Middle English, from Latin, from post ; akin to Lithuanian pas at, Greek apo away from \u2014 more at of":"Prefix",
"Middle English, from Old English, from Latin postis ; probably akin to Latin por- forward and to Latin stare to stand \u2014 more at portend , stand":"Noun",
"Middle French poste , from Old Italian posto , from past participle of porre to place":"Noun",
"Middle French poste relay station, courier, from Old Italian posta relay station, from feminine of posto , past participle of porre to place, from Latin ponere \u2014 more at position":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8p\u014dst"
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"verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114157",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": a psychological reaction occurring after experiencing a highly stressing event (such as wartime combat, physical violence, or a natural disaster) that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of reminders of the event":[
"\u2014 abbreviation PTSD"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Garner, who has dementia and sensory aphasia, a condition that impairs her ability to communicate or fully understand speech, now has post-traumatic stress disorder . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"Clinical psychologist Dawn Hughes defended her conclusion that Heard has post-traumatic stress disorder after Depp's legal team attempted to undermine her examinations. \u2014 Saba Hamedy, NBC News , 4 May 2022",
"One of them, Jason Knight, had asked the court for compassion, saying Staveley had post-traumatic stress disorder that could be triggered by incarceration, WJAR reported. \u2014 Brittany Williams, Arkansas Online , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The severity of survivors' post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms is related to their proximity to the mass shooting. \u2014 Rinad S. Beidas, CNN , 29 May 2022",
"On his right arm is a semicolon, a common suicide awareness tattoo in the color teal for post-traumatic stress disorder awareness. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Many years ago, Catch a Lift gave Rudder her first barbell, which started her back on the path to fitness, after more than a decade of chronic pain, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder issues and substance abuse. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Aug. 2021",
"For example, people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder exhibit heightened activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, known as the brain\u2019s internal critic, when performing under pressure. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020",
"After narrowly escaping the shooting on the YouTube campus in 2018, Vivekanandan developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). \u2014 Soulaima Gourani, Forbes , 19 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1980, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113713",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
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"precede",
"predate"
],
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],
": to follow in time":[]
},
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"We sent the company a postdated check for next month's payment.",
"the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Both of them postdate a report in the New York Times in April 2020 that Chris Cuomo had provided advice to Andrew Cuomo\u2019s staff. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Coralie Mills of Dendrochronicle found that the samples of timbers retrieved from the riverbed were native oak, a wood rarely found at Scottish sites that postdate 1450. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Oct. 2020",
"Four of the ten Indian Ocean Dipoles that have occurred since 1240 postdate 1960. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 23 June 2020",
"Mel Dacus left Casa in 1975, so most of Brent Dacus\u2019 work and all of Reynold\u2019s work at the theater postdate their father and grandfather there. \u2014 Punch Shaw, star-telegram , 10 May 2018",
"A pane of glass reveals a bright office space inside: a lounge, rows of workstations, people who mostly postdate 1980. \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 2 Apr. 2007",
"The Times had been investigating whether Ms. Coico\u2019s expenses were accurately recorded, or whether some had been postdated . \u2014 David W. Chen, New York Times , 7 Oct. 2016"
],
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"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8d\u0101t",
"\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02ccd\u0101t"
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"verb"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": general delivery":[]
},
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"1768, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, waiting mail":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195723",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": occurring or being in the period following an epileptic seizure":[
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]
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"first_known_use":{
"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02cce-p\u0259-\u02c8lep-tik",
"-\u02ccep-\u0259-\u02c8lep-tik"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114135",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"poster":{
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": a person who posts something online (see post entry 2 sense 3 )":[
"The case is among a growing number of defamation claims nationally that target anonymous Internet posters to websites operated by news media and other owners.",
"\u2014 Jeff Swiatek"
],
": a swift traveler":[],
": a usually large printed sheet that is put on a wall as decoration":[],
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": to put up posters on walls or surfaces : to affix posters to":[
"postered her bedroom walls with images of her favorite athletes",
"They were not exactly old hands when it came to postering abandoned buildings, walls and fences in the dead of night.",
"\u2014 Nancy Kapitanoff",
"That we were in fact postering for so innocuous an event as a poetry reading was cause for greater amusement \u2026",
"\u2014 The Baffler"
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"1538, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1918, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
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"post entry 4":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8p\u014d-st\u0259r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194839",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"definitions":{
": a male poster child":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two decades ago Enron became the poster boy for how not to run a 401(k) plan when it was revealed that 60% of its employees\u2019 nest eggs were in its worthless stock. \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"The ordeal has made Better.com the poster boy for poor layoff conduct in a primarily remote world. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"Since his 2012 debut album Pluto, Future has undoubtedly solidified his role as the poster boy for drug binges, toxic entanglements, and exorbitant spending for the last decade. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 29 Apr. 2022",
"After starting the Amazon Labor Union, Smalls became the poster boy for the opposition against Amazon. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The poster boy for the power outage was, of course, slugger Juan Gonzalez, acquired in a blockbuster offseason trade. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022",
"Automotive, poster boy of the deflating bubble, finished down 21% following news that Ford Motor F 0.20% sold a chunk of its stake. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"Kupp has become the poster boy for third-round draft picks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In the nineteenth century, German strongman Eugen Sandow was the bodybuilding poster boy . \u2014 Derek Beres, Rolling Stone , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105757",
"type":[
"noun"
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": a child who has a disease and is pictured in posters to solicit funds for combating the disease":[],
": a person having a public image that is identified with something (such as a cause)":[]
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"She was a stirring speaker and activist and soon became the poster child of the antiwar movement.",
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"The region has been a poster child for drought conservation. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"Phoenix \u2022 Mary Francis had no qualms about being a poster child for COVID-19 vaccinations on the Navajo Nation, once a virus hot spot. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"Insulin, used by patients with diabetes to help control their blood sugar, has long been a poster child for skyrocketing U.S. drug costs. \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Moffett, who made her debut in the outfield last season for Oswego and hit .284 to earn all-conference honors, was a poster child for that approach Monday. \u2014 Rick Armstrong, chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The poster child for this is the insurance companies benefiting from the mandatory enrollment in ObamaCare for all residents. \u2014 Simon Constable, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"The most \u2014 the poster child for that is Mariupol, obviously, a city of 450,000 people in the south of the country, southeast of the country. \u2014 Jacob Rosen, CBS News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The poster child was Hamilton County, a Democratic county that the map split into three Republican districts. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 14 Jan. 2022",
"SpaceX, the poster child of the commercial space era, has been anxious to get a full-scale version of its Starship rocket launched on its first orbital test flight. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 10 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the longtime poster girl for a healthy glow, Jennifer Aniston\u2019s beauty routine is a subject of great interest to the general public\u2014team Vogue included. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 6 May 2022",
"Affleck famously proposed to the Versace poster girl with a pink six-carat Harry Winston diamond ring in 2002, before the pair called off their engagement. \u2014 Hayley Maitland, Vogue , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Few people were better at it than top SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau, who, at 40, was blond, vivacious, and literally the poster girl for the marine park in Orlando, Florida, appearing on billboards around the city. \u2014 Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online , 30 July 2010",
"The Vogue cover star, who this year reinvented herself as the poster girl for emerging talent thanks to her stylist Lorenzo Posocco\u2019s eye for the next big thing, called upon Maximilian Davis to create her a custom look for the industry celebration. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Juggling on-set glamour and motherhood at home, Jolene is a poster girl for the industry; respected, aspirational, happy. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Whatever that word is, Thomasin McKenzie\u2019s character in Edgar Wright\u2019s half-brilliant thriller Last Night in Soho\u2014playing out of competition at the 78th Venice Film Festival\u2014is the poster girl for it. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 4 Sep. 2021",
"Elsewhere, Barbie Ferreira and Dua Lipa were spotted wearing colorful eye shadow in shades of mellow green and frosted lilac, while Bella Hadid has become the Y2K poster girl with her thin brows and spiky updos. \u2014 Kristen Bateman, Vogue , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Taking it all in her stride Being the poster girl for Black swimming while also studying towards a master's degree in social media and political communications might be overwhelming for some, but Dearing takes it all in her stride. \u2014 Sammy Mngqosini, CNN , 17 Dec. 2020"
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"The man squeezed his large posterior into the chair.",
"the baseball players were always slapping one another on the posterior",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The deadlift remains the king of all back exercises, as the movement incorporates lat and core stabilization along with engaging your entire posterior chain. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 30 June 2022",
"Your calf muscles help make up your posterior chain, the group of muscles that run along the back of your body, including those along your spine, your hamstrings, and your glutes. \u2014 Melissa Matthews, SELF , 23 June 2022",
"Another all-star starter, Freddy Peralta, has begun throwing again after suffering a right posterior shoulder strain on May 22. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Ablation of the posterior nasal nerves is a new treatment for vasomotor rhinitis, which is characterized by a runny nose after eating or with changes in temperature. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
"The injury occurred the same day the Brewers found out that starting pitcher Freddy Peralta would miss a significant amount of time this year with a right posterior shoulder strain, though he is expected to return sometime in 2022. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
"One day hit legs, the next chest, and the final was focused on the posterior chain. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
"Once formed, the gametes can detach and swim freely, and the posterior ends can regenerate. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Hinge your hips then scoop up to get a stretch through the posterior chain on the straight leg side. \u2014 Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health , 3 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Brown shook Grayson Allen so thoroughly on an 18-foot jumper in the first quarter that Allen staggered and his posterior ended up on the parquet. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 4 May 2022",
"If that set of bones is well controlled, the tibialis posterior can work eccentrically to smoothly lower your foot to the ground. \u2014 Jay Dicharry, Outside Online , 13 Mar. 2019",
"The deltoid muscles consist of three parts: the anterior (front) deltoid, lateral (medial) deltoid, and posterior (back) deltoid. \u2014 Tyler Hatfield, Men's Health , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The whitish larvae are C-shaped with a bulbous posterior . \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Apr. 2022",
"This compromises the tibialis posterior and its tendon. \u2014 Jay Dicharry, Outside Online , 13 Mar. 2019",
"Philip English imagines a stuffy British bureaucrat parking his posterior on that seat and arguing that humans could never have descended from apes. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Somewhere along the way, many of us have lost touch with our intuitive gait and developed inefficient patterns, letting the front of our bodies do the work instead of our powerhouse posterior chain. \u2014 Esther Smith, Outside Online , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Madonna's posterior has apparently been a point of controversy in recent years. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Sep. 2021"
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"p\u00e4-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259r, p\u014d-",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Linebacker Drew White has continued to play despite tearing a posterior cruciate ligament during practice last week. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Wilson sprained the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during a 54-13 loss at New England last Sunday. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Wilson suffered an injury to the posterior cruciate ligament of his right knee. \u2014 J.p. Pelzman, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Rios Ayala required foot surgery and injured both the posterior cruciate ligament and anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2021",
"Surgery to repair the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee has given him new life, and there\u2019s enough uncertainty for the A\u2019s at second base that the position could be there for the taking. \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Texas A&M committed quarterback Eli Stowers is fully cleared after tearing the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in his left knee during the Wildcats' first drive of the 2019 state championship and is expected to start Friday. \u2014 Tess Demeyer, Dallas News , 22 Sep. 2020",
"Stanton played just his 10th game this year and first since straining the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee June 25. \u2014 Jake Seiner, courant.com , 19 Sep. 2019",
"Stanton played just his 10th game this year and first since straining the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee June 25. \u2014 Jake Seiner, courant.com , 19 Sep. 2019"
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"1981, in the meaning defined above":""
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": the quality or state of being later or subsequent":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For all intensive porpoises, the very pineapple of creative word play and hexagon of humor, his work will live on for posteriority . \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Nov. 2020"
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"Her broad aim is to reconcile the image of Johnson\u2014the clubbable man, loved by posterity as well as by his contemporaries\u2014and the man racked by disease and tormented by his fear of madness. \u2014 Frank Kermode , New York Review of Books , 22 June 2006",
"Posterity looks for hooks to hang old reputations on \u2026 \u2014 John Updike , New York Review of Books , 15 July 2004",
"The restructuring of the New York Yankees began five days after that broken-bat bloop by Luis Gonzalez parachuted to posterity behind second base, clinching the World Series for the Arizona Diamondbacks and breaking the Yankees' run of three titles. \u2014 Tom Verducci , Sports Illustrated , 24-31 Dec. 2001",
"It was puzzling to own trees\u2014they were not owned the way a business is owned or even a house is owned. If anything, they were held in trust. In trust. Yes, for all of posterity , beginning with Merry and her kids. \u2014 Philip Roth , American Pastoral , 1997",
"Posterity will remember her as a woman of courage and integrity.",
"A record of the events was preserved for posterity .",
"The truth about what happened will be known to posterity .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And jotting everything down for posterity is a writer (Makis Papadimitriou) who\u2019s having a hard time concentrating on the task at hand, what with his intense acid reflux and some highly gaseous medical issues\u2026. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"Radio reporter Les Grobstein saved the tape for posterity , and every year Cubs fans relive the memory of the rant heard around the world. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"Fans broke out their cellphones to record the moment for posterity . \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"The English diarist Samuel Pepys was a passenger on the royal yacht sailing alongside the Gloucester in the royal fleet and recorded the harrowing experience of the sinking for posterity in a letter to a friend. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 10 June 2022",
"White\u2019s team had yet another device capturing the show for posterity : a digital recorder. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"Researchers are working quickly to digitize and map the cave and its artwork to both preserve it for posterity and create the virtual replica, which is accurate to within millimeters. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022",
"At the other end of the emotional scale, many jokers were moved to ask posterity if their local sports team had won anything yet. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Parfit scolded economists for undervaluing posterity . \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"p\u00e4-\u02c8ster-\u0259-t\u0113"
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"\u2014 Jody Genessy"
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"You could freeze nearly any shot of this film, go to one of those websites that posterize any image and have a piece of art suitable for framing.",
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"1943, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Middle English posterne , from Anglo-French, alteration of Old French posterle , from Late Latin posterula , diminutive of postera back door, from Latin, feminine of posterus":""
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"\u02c8p\u00e4-",
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],
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"Latin posterus coming after":""
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"combining form"
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"\u00a6p\u00e4st\u0259r\u014d+"
],
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"adverb"
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": of or relating to the posterior part of the back":[]
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"\"+"
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"antonyms":[],
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": posterior and lateral in position or direction":[]
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"\u02c8p\u00e4st\u0259\u0307k\u0259l"
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"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
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"French, from Spanish postizo":""
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"p\u022f-\u02c8st\u0113sh"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"\u2014 used of an extrorse anther"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": a portico behind an ancient Greek or Roman temple":[]
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"p\u00e4\u02c8st\u012bk\u0259m"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": letter carrier":[]
},
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"the sort of small Cornish village in which the local postie knows everyone's business"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"by shortening & alteration from postman":""
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"\u02c8p\u014d-st\u0113"
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"mail carrier",
"mailman",
"postman"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012548",
"type":[
"noun"
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": to write marginal comments in (a text) : annotate , gloss":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English postilen , from Middle French postiller , from Medieval Latin postillare , from postilla":"Transitive verb",
"Middle English postille , from Middle French, from Medieval Latin postilla , probably from post illa ( verba textus ) after those words of the text, from Latin post after + illa , neuter accusative plural of ille that":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u00e4st\u0259\u0307l",
"\""
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": one who rides as a guide on the near horse of one of the pairs attached to a coach or post chaise especially without a coachman":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1640, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French postillon mail carrier using post-horses, from Italian postiglione , from posta post \u2014 more at post entry 3":""
},
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"p\u0259-",
"p\u014d-\u02c8stil-y\u0259n"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044015",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"postimpact":{
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"definitions":{
": following an impact":[
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"a postimpact fire",
"postimpact debris"
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},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1955, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8im-\u02ccpakt"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185501",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or occurring in the period following the dissolution of an empire":[
"postimperial Britain",
"Although the postwar system of international relations was not static, it is right to call it postimperial .",
"\u2014 Robert Skidelsky"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Against this harsh reality, the submarine deal appears to reflect a declining superpower, riven by internal discord and imperiled by democratic collapse, leading a diminished postimperial power down a cul-de-sac of geopolitical irrelevance. \u2014 Jonathan Stevenson, The New York Review of Books , 13 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccp\u014dst-im-\u02c8pir-\u0113-\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140209",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": relating to, occurring in, or being the period following infection":[
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"postinfection fungicidal activity"
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},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccp\u014dst-in-\u02c8fek-sh\u0259n",
"-in-\u02c8fek-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113404",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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"In other words, long Covid may simply be the latest example of a postinfectious phenomenon that has mystified physicians for more than a century. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Jan. 2021"
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"The event is led by Bob Lundy and Elizabeth Yahn Williams with preludes and postludes of pianist Andrew Wong and assisted by artist Marion Wong, illustrator of the HA\u00cfKU for an Artist series. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 July 2019",
"The dance now continues and switches gears as sound bites of Ailey and of Mr. Harris present a postlude suggesting them in conversation. \u2014 Robert Greskovic, WSJ , 12 Dec. 2018",
"Make a very long weekend of your trip to the Berkshires with three Boston Symphony concerts and, as a postlude on Monday, an evening with the young players of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. \u2014 New York Times , 12 July 2018",
"The 14 songs that made up Wednesday\u2019s program were grouped in three sets, with an introduction and postlude , collectively exploring mortal interaction with the gods, the Orestes myth and the deities themselves. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 7 Sep. 2017",
"Perhaps the best thing to do with GWTW is to ask anyone who shows the film to put together a prelude or postlude \u2014 or maybe a little presentation for the intermission that is usually provided \u2014 that interrogates the film\u2019s presentation of history. \u2014 Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer , 30 Aug. 2017",
"The six postlude concerts next season will be played by Peter Richard Conte. \u2014 Peter Dobrin, Philly.com , 7 Aug. 2017",
"The postlude concerts were studded with some wonderful surprises. \u2014 Peter Dobrin, Philly.com , 1 May 2017"
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"The Rural Route Collection is an extensive body of photographs by local Harrison County, Kentucky postman , and photographer Mark Bradford. \u2014 Pat Mcdonogh, The Courier-Journal , 12 May 2022",
"His father held a series of jobs, including as a postman . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Among them is a Robert Pidgeon who worked in the General Post Office, and might well have been the father of our postman in the 1970s. \u2014 Anne Enright, The New York Review of Books , 5 Jan. 2022",
"To that end, the young man gets a job as the postman to Pablo Neruda when the legendary writer, poet and diplomat moves there after being exiled from Chile. \u2014 Jamie Lang, Variety , 9 Nov. 2021",
"An arriving officer located the postman , who immediately said something about emptying a bottle of water. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Once a postman and now a flying wing-back, Thomas Meunier was sold for 200,000 euros to Club Brugge in 2011. \u2014 Samindra Kunti, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
"The postman demanded a handsome tip from my father, considering the delivery of this letter such an auspicious occasion. \u2014 Cressida Leysho, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"This is the dramatic moment a postman came face-to-face with a shark while snorkeling off the coast of Cornwall, England. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 16 Aug. 2021"
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"The postmark was August 29, 2017, which worked out to be a day late. \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Its wrapping bears a postmark of May 11, 1965, and the sender and addressee are the same: Lewis Reed. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"The outer envelope then carries a postmark from the post office and a timestamp delineating when counties received it. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"The bill prohibits the use of a U.S. Postal Service postmark as a way to verify when a ballot was mailed. \u2014 David Pitt, Star Tribune , 24 Feb. 2021",
"The thick envelope bearing a Spanish postmark immediately struck Bishop as odd. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Mail ballots that arrived three days late would be valid, even without a postmark . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Every December, post office workers in the small Wood County village (population 433) hand stamp 10,000 cards with a special Christmas postmark that features Rudolph and is designed by local schoolchildren. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The mailers carry the postmark and approval from the Ohio Democratic Party, which gets a discount on bulk mailing. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 28 Oct. 2021",
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"Six Democrats, 16 Republicans, two libertarians and 24 unaligned or independent candidates are smushed together on the same single-page ballot, which Alaskans need to postmark by Saturday. \u2014 Dan Zak, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"For voters who are eligible to vote under the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act, May 24 is the last day to postmark an absentee ballot. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Also, voters who are eligible to vote pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act will have until May 24 to postmark an absentee ballot. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
"So far, turnout has been anemic, but that could change because voters have until election day to postmark their ballots. \u2014 Gillian Flaccus, ajc , 13 May 2022",
"Officials said voters who wait until the last day should use a ballot dropbox \u2014 available at select locations \u2014 or walk into a post office and ask the postmaster to hand- postmark their ballot. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Mar. 2022",
"However, a Postal Service spokesperson said there\u2019s been a longstanding policy to postmark election mail, regardless of the type of postage on it, specifically because so many election laws rely on them. \u2014 Jeremy Hsieh, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Deadline to postmark a letter for the program is Friday, Dec. 10. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Those who wish to object must postmark their letters by July 28, 2021. \u2014 al , 27 Apr. 2021"
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"Another area ripe for new technology is postmortem facial reconstruction, used for identification purposes, which has traditionally been carried out by putting clay on skulls in a process known as forensic art. \u2014 Rachel Pannett, WSJ , 30 Sep. 2020",
"Beer and his colleagues analyzed postmortem brain tissue from 56 patients in southeastern Germany\u2019s state of Bavaria between 1999 and 2019. \u2014 Tanya Lewis, Scientific American , 8 Jan. 2020",
"Although treatments for these disorders remain elusive, postmortem brain tissue offers a key resource for unlocking possible solutions. \u2014 Emily Toomey, Smithsonian , 21 Aug. 2019",
"In addition to studying postmortem tissue, imaging methods like MRIs offer alternative tools for investigating neurological conditions. \u2014 Emily Toomey, Smithsonian , 21 Aug. 2019",
"Nearby, the researchers also found skulls apparently stuck together with mortar\u2014remnants of one of the towers flanking the tzompantli, where most skulls once exhibited on its posts ended their postmortem journey. \u2014 Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS , 21 June 2018",
"Last year, Jeff Iliff, a neuroscientist at Oregon Health & Science University, and several colleagues examined postmortem tissue from 79 human brains. \u2014 The Washington Post, The Denver Post , 21 May 2017",
"Last year, Jeff Iliff, a neuroscientist at Oregon Health & Science University, and several colleagues examined postmortem tissue from 79 human brains. \u2014 David Kohn, Washington Post , 21 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The stand-up hour is likely a first in the world of comedy \u2014 a postmortem last joke and testament from a comic who relished defying contention. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
"After taking audiences through the steps of how such a postmortem is conducted, Mathieu stands up at a press conference and pulls a Colin Powell: His premature conclusions let the airline off the hook. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 5 May 2022",
"She had been stabbed to death and a train had run over her body postmortem , the release said. \u2014 Melissa Alonso, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In these postmortem portraits, Gunn achieves a highly effective balance between heartbreaking details and the soothing consolations of form and rhyme. \u2014 Mark Ford, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
"These are being discussed in the postmortem over Terra\u2019s collapse. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"The postmortem offered by a veteran Alaska campaign consultant was brief and blunt. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In a study published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US CDC partnered with the CDC China for a postmortem on the deadly spike. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 8 Apr. 2022",
"So: prearrange, predeath, pretax, as well as postdate, postmortem , but pre-election, pre-eminent, pre-Columbian. \u2014 WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022"
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"During a postmortem examination , the coroner concluded that Kathleen had died from injuries that were consistent with blunt force trauma, not an accidental fall. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 4 June 2022",
"Dunikoski showed Donoghue a series of photos taken during the postmortem examination and asked the medical examiner to give a detailed description of each. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 16 Nov. 2021",
"The postmortem examination was performed Monday, and the subsequent report with more details about the findings was expected to be completed by mid- to late November, Hess said. \u2014 Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Upon postmortem examination , these birds, including the black and white water bird species western grebes, were found to have domoic acid poisoning. \u2014 Jennifer Clare Ball, Wired , 16 Aug. 2021",
"The two types of CJD can only be distinguished through a postmortem examination of brain tissue. \u2014 Barbara Casassus, Science | AAAS , 28 July 2021",
"The puppy was brought to the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, run by the university, for a postmortem examination after its unexpected death. \u2014 Amanda Blanco, courant.com , 13 Apr. 2021",
"Schwarz\u2019s body was taken to the medical examiner\u2019s office of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Montgomery for a postmortem examination . \u2014 John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al , 24 Oct. 2020",
"Todd was there for the postmortem examination and accompanied the president's body to the White House, the letter said. \u2014 Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 14 Sep. 2020"
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"Also on Friday, a federal judge agreed to postpone a trial in July for members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group charged with conspiring to forcefully halt the peaceful transfer of power after President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 7 May 2022",
"Francis also confirmed that the two clerics had agreed to postpone a face-to-face meeting in Jerusalem that had been scheduled for June. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 4 May 2022",
"Prosecutors and Buck\u2019s attorneys agreed to postpone a hearing to determine the amount that Buck must pay in restitution while his lawyers gather records of his finances. \u2014 Matthew Ormsethstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Potential disruptions of the aviation system were averted after wireless companies agreed to postpone switching on broadcasts near runways and to lower power levels and the FAA began tests to determine the extent of potential problems. \u2014 Alan Levin, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Some analysts even speculate Putin agreed to postpone a Ukraine invasion until after the Winter Olympics as a favor to China President Xi Jinping. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Last week, Cahill agreed to postpone that trial again to allow the federal case to precede at the request of both defense attorneys and prosecutors. \u2014 N'dea Yancey-bragg, USA TODAY , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The Texas Attorney General's Office and SAISD lawyers agreed to postpone for six to eight months a trial that had been set for Wednesday on the state\u2019s effort to kill the vaccine mandate. \u2014 Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Common Pleas Court judges agreed Monday to postpone jury trials until the beginning of next month. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 4 Jan. 2022"
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"And there's no downtime or posttreatment redness to contend with, which is always a bonus. \u2014 Sarah Wu, Glamour , 23 Nov. 2020"
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"So there is no reason to postulate on a Pat Riley-LeBron James reunion, because there has been no indication of that as a possibility. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"Others postulate that a multiple-choice protocol or a binary encoding might be a means to prevent the AI from deviously fooling a human guard. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"The theory, which is laid out in Steele\u2019s 1988 paper, goes on to postulate that people are motivated to maintain views of themselves as morally good and competent. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"Some astronomers, Hailey and his co-authors among them, postulate that the distinction can be made by carefully monitoring the timing of an x-ray binary\u2019s outbursts. \u2014 Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Scientists postulate that the bacillus originated in some lower animal and jumped to humans. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Experts postulate that the housing bubble burst in tandem with economic hardships of the Great Recession pushed many people of home-buying age to the cities. \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Although cooler than the rest of the sun\u2019s surface, some scientists postulate that sunspots have an overall warming effect on the sun. \u2014 Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 10 Apr. 2021",
"Some scholars postulate that the severe injury reminded him of his time in World War I, when his first concussion took place. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2021",
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"Modern philosophers such as Nick Bostrom postulate that our cosmos is probably a simulation, a virtual reality created by the alien equivalent of a bored teenage hacker. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 14 June 2022",
"Taleb goes a step further, offering a mathematical postulate . \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"That\u2019s the main postulate of the supremely interesting and information-filled 2021 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER), released earlier this week by Startup Genome with the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN). \u2014 Dane Stangler, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Belief in this postulate is evident at universities across the country, with many adopting protocols to ensure a safe, on-campus experience this fall. \u2014 Blake D. Morant, Forbes , 20 May 2021",
"But this isn\u2019t necessarily so, and it\u2019s the fifth postulate \u2019s fault. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 5 Mar. 2021",
"If Euclid\u2019s fifth postulate were true, then any two lines of longitude could never intersect. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 5 Mar. 2021",
"At the heart of this particular puzzle lies a conflict between three fundamental postulates beloved by many physicists. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Quanta Magazine , 21 Dec. 2012",
"Starting from these two postulates , Einstein showed that space and time are intertwined in ways that scientists had never previously realized. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Apr. 2018"
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"As the organization Global Zero has made clear in its alternative nuclear posture review, the United States can dissuade any nation from attacking it with nuclear weapons with a substantially smaller nuclear arsenal. \u2014 William Hartung, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
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"The posture of the Biden administration by all appearances is one of wishful thinking: that while the United States and the world have rightly taken a side in this conflict, the fighting is going to stay in Ukraine. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Near the Luce Foundation Center on the third floor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum at 7th and F Streets, muralist Kelsey Montague created a cheeky panda bearing posies and perfectly poised for Instagram poseurs. \u2014 Beth Py-lieberman, Smithsonian , 10 Aug. 2019"
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"First named in 1995, this species was known only from teeth, jaws and some postcranial bones from the sites of Allia Bay and Kanapoi in northern Kenya that dated to between about 4.2 and 3.9 million years ago. \u2014 Briana Pobiner, Smithsonian , 13 Dec. 2019",
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"For dessert, diners can indulge in a warm chocolate tart or lemon posset with milk ice cream and rhubarb, among other offerings. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
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"The story of eggnog can be traced back to English colonists, who transformed a hot British drink called posset (a mixture of eggs, milk, and ale or wine) by adding rum and bourbon\u2014the spirits of the New World. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living , 4 Dec. 2020",
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"And Ms. Billups has transformed the desserts: lemon-thyme posset with shortbread, apple brown-sugar cheesecake with apple cider caramel and a dusting of brown butter sugar. \u2014 Steve Reddicliffe, New York Times , 1 Aug. 2017"
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"In Texas, there are three types of conservatorships with a child: a joint managing conservator, a sole managing conservator and a possessory conservator. \u2014 Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY , 24 June 2021",
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"The numbers were based on sales, hotel, property and possessory interest taxes. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com , 12 July 2018"
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"The charity - which preserves and protects several historic sites and artifacts in Antarctica - gets hundreds of applications annually for the postmaster position. \u2014 Sydney Page, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The charity \u2014 which preserves and protects several historic sites and artifacts in Antarctica \u2014 gets hundreds of applications annually for the postmaster position. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Officials said voters who wait until the last day should use a ballot dropbox \u2014 available at select locations \u2014 or walk into a post office and ask the postmaster to hand-postmark their ballot. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Only drug dealers and employees of the nearby Los Alamos National Laboratory had the good roofs in town, a postmaster in Truchas once put it. \u2014 Alicia Inez Guzm\u00e1n, Rolling Stone , 30 Nov. 2021",
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"Maya Ajmera, president and CEO of the Society for Science & the Public and the publisher of Science News, said that the dramatic pivot was about more than just putting a poster session online. \u2014 Amanda Baker, Scientific American , 19 Aug. 2020",
"Two additional studies presented during a poster session at the conference found that people with Alzheimer\u2019s had more seizures than normal controls. \u2014 Lauren Aguirre, Scientific American , 22 July 2019",
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"The memoir\u2019s title derives from a nickname that Ms. Blair was given in infancy, a reference to a postnatal glower that seemingly wouldn\u2019t quit. \u2014 Joanne Kaufman, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"Their products range from vegan postnatal vitamins to surprisingly tasty lactation tea. \u2014 Emily Barasch, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Make sure to read Sarah Vaughan\u2019s source material too, and then order her follow-up, Little Disasters*\u2014*an unsettling exploration of postnatal anxiety which is also set to be adapted for the screen. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 20 Feb. 2022",
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"The antiparticle version of an electron, for instance, is a positron . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 21 Sep. 2021",
"The dance between positron and antiproton in antihydrogen should exactly follow that of the electron and proton in hydrogen. \u2014 Sophia Chen, Wired , 19 Feb. 2020",
"In contrast, the higher energies used in the ALPHA experiment slow antiprotons and positrons down enough for the particles to form atoms of antihydrogen for more in-depth study. \u2014 Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American , 19 Feb. 2020",
"Sometimes, the photon immediately decays into an electron and a positron , which are propelled forward by the photon\u2019s momentum and strike the detector near one another. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 7 June 2016",
"Richard Feynman, a young professor at Cornell, had invented a novel method to describe the behavior of electrons and photons (and their antimatter equivalent, positrons ). \u2014 George Johnson, SFChronicle.com , 29 Feb. 2020",
"The electron, quark, and muon, for example, are paired with the positron , antiquark, and antimuon, respectively. \u2014 Sophia Chen, Wired , 19 Feb. 2020",
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"The play took on extra significance when it was revealed overnight that Dantonio had suffered a postgame heart attack. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2020",
"Managers often call postgame meetings after a horrible loss or a series of defeats. \u2014 Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com , 24 May 2020",
"The Detroit Pistons point guard typically exits the locker room at Little Caesars Arena before reporters conclude postgame sessions with coach Dwane Casey. \u2014 Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press , 17 Jan. 2020",
"Howard's final act of the night: Passing the microphone as Teske and Simpson, his first two seniors, gave their postgame speeches. \u2014 Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press , 6 Mar. 2020",
"Sunday\u2019s setback \u2014 filled with dropped passes and botched field goals and missed opportunities and more postgame agitation \u2014 was the Bears\u2019 fifth loss in their last six games. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 18 Nov. 2019",
"That made Waddle a happy guy in those postgame moments with high school buddies. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 13 Oct. 2019",
"Fox News sent its foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot to a Lyon sports bar to report on the World Cup final\u2019s postgame scene, and the fans \u2014 knowing that reporter was from Fox News \u2014 had their own message for the network\u2019s live shot. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, For The Win , 7 July 2019",
"Seattle options RHP Matt Festa and RHP Erik Swanson to Tacoma ( postgame April 11). \u2014 Seattle Times Sports Staff, The Seattle Times , 13 Apr. 2019"
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": tomography in which a cross-sectional image of regional metabolism is obtained by a usually color-coded representation of the distribution of gamma radiation given off in the collision of electrons in cells with positrons emitted by radionuclides incorporated into metabolic substances that have been administered (as by injection)":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the new study, the authors used positron-emission tomography to scan immune system activity in mice that had the blood in a single cerebral artery interrupted for 45 minutes, mimicking an ischemic stroke. \u2014 Bret Stetka, Scientific American , 2 July 2019"
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"1976, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a player who is not a pitcher":[
"This year's Yankees had no starting position player on the All-Star team \u2026",
"\u2014 George F. Will , Newsweek , 14 Sept. 1998"
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"first_known_use":{
"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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": any of the lights mounted on a night-flying airplane to serve as a warning to other airplanes (as a red light on the port side, a green light on the starboard side, and a white light aft)":[]
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": a simple straight or coiled brass or copper small wind instrument with cupped mouthpiece used especially by guards of mail coaches of the 18th and 19th centuries":[]
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": arising or developing later : subsequent":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000117"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the last 20 years, Lee has landed in the hospital a half-dozen times after the postnasal drip from a cold or seasonal allergies triggered congestion, then bronchitis and pneumonia. \u2014 Marion Renault, The New Republic , 21 Oct. 2021",
"And because a lot of cold symptoms\u2014like runny nose and postnasal drip \u2014are generated from the sinuses, Dr. Wasylyshyn's advice to his patients who are dealing with a cold is to focus on clearing those up. \u2014 Colleen Murphy, Health.com , 27 Sep. 2021",
"And people with a persistent postnasal drip experience a flow of mucous that rides on top of the vocal folds. \u2014 Star Tribune , 21 July 2021",
"And all that postnasal drip can cause a stink by ending up stuck on the back of your tongue, which is incredibly hard to reach with a toothbrush. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 5 May 2020",
"Coughing at night may be due to poorly controlled asthma, postnasal drip from allergies or acid reflux. \u2014 Craig Canapari, New York Times , 18 Apr. 2020",
"Optimize rest conditions: Use a bed wedge or extra pillows to keep your chest raised to avoid additional congestion and postnasal drip . \u2014 Adam Popescu, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2020",
"Dozens of conditions can cause a recurrent, lingering cough, but the lion\u2019s share are caused by just five: postnasal drip , asthma, acid reflux, chronic bronchitis and treatment with ACE inhibitors, used for high blood pressure. \u2014 Howard Lewine, sun-sentinel.com , 2 Oct. 2019",
"Instead, the real culprits are invisible, microscopic bacteria that hang out around your tongue and gums, feasting on tiny bits of food, postnasal drip and even oral tissues. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian , 13 Feb. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But if the animal can't be identified or captured, the recommendation is to begin postexposure preventive treatment for rabies. \u2014 Caitlin Hillyard, chicagotribune.com , 27 Aug. 2019"
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"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a gunnery instrument for finding by triangulation the exact position and range of a ship or target":[]
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"definitions":{
": the lateral part of the area of the insect cranium between the occipital and postoccipital sutures":[]
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"New Latin, from Latin post- + gena":""
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"posi tive + -grade (as in retrograde )":""
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"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the case of the most recent quake, the postglacial rebound torqued the crust around the fault in a way that increased stress near the epicenter as well. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2021",
"The date places the statue at a time when forests were spreading across a warmer, postglacial Eurasia. \u2014 Andrew Curry, Science | AAAS , 25 Apr. 2018",
"The date places the statue at a time when forests were spreading across a warmer, postglacial Eurasia. \u2014 Andrew Curry, Science | AAAS , 25 Apr. 2018",
"Scientists at the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey in Madison said at the time that the low-intensity seismic activity could have been produced by a phenomenon known as postglacial rebounding. \u2014 Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Sep. 2017",
"The flat postglacial geography of the sluggish Chicago River and its adjacent swamps marked the narrow southwestern edge of the Great Lakes watershed, the perfect spot for a canal to connect the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River watershed. \u2014 Bill Savage, Chicago Reader , 22 June 2017"
