"Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (Act)":[]
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"\u02c8r\u0113-(\u02cc)k\u014d",
"\u02c8r\u0113-k\u014d"
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"abbreviation"
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"Charles Robert 1850\u20131935 French physiologist":[]
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"r\u0113-\u02c8sh\u0101"
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"biographical name"
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"village in southeastern Minnesota that is a suburb on the southern edge of Minneapolis population 35,228":[]
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u02c8rich-\u02ccf\u0113ld"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140439",
"type":[
"geographical name"
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"antonyms":[
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"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
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"a rich voice"
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"rich perfumes"
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"rich soil"
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": high in the combustible component":[
"a rich fuel mixture"
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"a rich mine"
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"rich foods"
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"rich lime"
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"a rich red"
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"a city rich in traditions"
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"Adrienne Cecile 1929\u20132012 American poet":[]
},
"examples":[
"Her investments have made her rich .",
"The dictionary is a rich source of information.",
"a rich and spicy soup",
"The food was a little too rich for me.",
"Their country has a rich cultural heritage.",
"This area has a rich history.",
"She has a rich vocabulary.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Finally, Meesho has tapped open-source libraries and other tech stacks to provide a rich app experience even on older versions of Android OS and low-end smartphones. \u2014 Peggy Anne Salz, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The Group of Seven rich democracies ended their summit with an agreement to discuss a batch of new sanctions against Russia, but the gathering underlined the limits of using economic tools to punish Russia four months after its invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Bojan Pancevski, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"This was a country of rich , absorbent wetlands that increasingly no one wanted. \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Although rich men in politics certainly aren\u2019t rare, there may never have been a battle of the billions to match this one in a state election, particularly in a primary. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"The Mustang is playing the role of the rich baddie in this story, and a look at the pricing shows the monetary gulf between the two. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
"In Phaduangdet's interpretation, beef broth is simmered with pig's blood overnight for 8 to 10 hours, producing a thick, rich base. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 27 June 2022",
"So, what better place to brunch than in a city known for such rich Black culture",
"Meanwhile, the hotel\u2019s guest rooms follow a rich jewel-tone aesthetic, inspired by the Beaux-Arts architecture of the building and the 1920s style of the London original. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 27 June 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English riche , from Old English r\u012bce ; akin to Old High German r\u012bhhi rich, Old English r\u012bce kingdom, Old High German r\u012bhhi , noun; all from prehistoric Germanic words borrowed from Celtic words akin to Old Irish r\u00ed (genitive r\u00edg ) king \u2014 more at royal":""
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"\u02c8rich"
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"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
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": to make rich or richer":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The engine control module will indeed richen up the overall mix in an attempt to bring the excess oxygen in the exhaust back to an appropriately low level\u2014but that will force the other cylinders to be too rich. \u2014 Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics , 2 Oct. 2020",
"The manual choke helped richen the Weber carb's fuel mixture to get the engine turned over, but the nearly 50-year-old powerplant didn't want to start. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 15 Aug. 2020",
"Roasting removes the shell and richens the flavor of chestnuts. \u2014 House Beautiful , 30 Sep. 2012",
"After the sauce has formed in the pan over medium heat, add a bit of butter to richen the sauce. \u2014 The Courier-Journal , 11 July 2017",
"After the sauce has formed in the pan over medium heat, add a bit of butter to richen the sauce. \u2014 The Courier-Journal , 11 July 2017",
"After the sauce has formed in the pan over medium heat, add a bit of butter to richen the sauce. \u2014 The Courier-Journal , 11 July 2017",
"After the sauce has formed in the pan over medium heat, add a bit of butter to richen the sauce. \u2014 The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2017"
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"1795, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-ch\u0259n"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233208",
"type":[
"verb"
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"riches":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": things that make one rich : wealth":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anyone who grew up loving horses, anyone who dearly loves an animal, will find a cornucopia of riches in this novel. \u2014 Priscilla Gilman, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"What would be a rare experience anywhere else in the US is an embarrassment of riches at the Alaska Bear Camp, with brown bears on view in their natural habitat at camp\u2019s edge as well as along the adjacent lakeshore. \u2014 Corrina Allen-kiersons, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Along with Spanish colonizers looking for riches , priests looking for souls to save, many Indigenous people came as well \u2014 some as servants, others forcibly to quench the lust of men, some as wives, and many more for endless other reasons. \u2014 Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"Why jump into the modern game, where transfer-happy players extend palms for NIL riches ",
"Americans have lost more than $1 billion to cryptocurrency scams since the start of last year, as criminals exploit rising popular interest in scoring quick digital riches , according to a new analysis by the Federal Trade Commission. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Anchorage Daily News , 3 June 2022",
"Americans have lost more than $1 billion to cryptocurrency scams since the start of last year, as criminals exploit rising popular interest in scoring quick digital riches , according to a new analysis by the Federal Trade Commission. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"American players who are chasing the Saudi riches are Talor Gooch, who won his first PGA Tour event last fall at the RSM Classic, and three-time tour winner Hudson Swafford. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a message in there for Hollywood: Don\u2019t go back to the vault and trudge up any old movie in the hopes of reaping massive box office riches . \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 30 May 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English, singular or plural, from richesse wealth, from Anglo-French richesce , from riche rich, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English r\u012bce rich":""
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"\u02c8ri-ch\u0259z"
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"assets",
"capital",
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"means",
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"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"worth"
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"Middle English":""
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"\u02c8ri\u02ccches",
"r\u0259\u0307\u02c8ch-"
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"noun"
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"austerely",
"humbly",
"modestly",
"plainly",
"simply"
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"praise richly deserved"
]
},
"examples":[
"The room was richly decorated.",
"They were richly rewarded for their efforts.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And yet, this richly detailed story song proved too inspired to ignore. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 30 June 2022",
"Eric Bangeman Mercedes leverages the massive center screen by providing richly detailed graphics. \u2014 Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica , 17 June 2022",
"Her richly detailed artistic universe, while rooted in her home terrain, ventures far beyond it, merging the spirit world and the pop culture worlds. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"The result is a richly detailed, often inspiring, account of how one man\u2019s visionary generosity continues to change the lives of so many individuals by making higher education available to them. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Artistic director Kenji Bunch brings forward the ongoing discrimination toward Asian Americans by offering a multi-dimensional look at the lives and richly diverse influences of Asian cultures. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
"Despite all the fodder for bitterness, Cooper notes, Joseph is ultimately vindicated and richly rewarded. \u2014 Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel , 5 June 2022",
"The counsel proved wise, and both Joseph and his descendants were richly rewarded. \u2014 Robert Hockett, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"Thompson was richly rewarded for leaving behind reportage for subjective analysis, reportedly making the equivalent of $1.8 million a year by the late nineteen-thirties. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English richely , from Old English r\u012bcl\u012bce , from r\u012bce rich":""
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"\u02c8rich-l\u0113"
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"expensively",
"extravagantly",
"fatly",
"grandly",
"high",
"large",
"lavishly",
"luxuriously",
"opulently",
"palatially",
"plushly",
"sumptuously"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105901",
"type":[
"adverb"
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"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
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"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
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"a rich voice"
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": having a strong fragrance":[
"rich perfumes"
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": having abundant plant nutrients":[
"rich soil"
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": having abundant possessions and especially material wealth":[],
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": high in some component":[
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": high in the combustible component":[
"a rich fuel mixture"
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"a rich mine"
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"rich foods"
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"a rich red"
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"Adrienne Cecile 1929\u20132012 American poet":[]
},
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"Her investments have made her rich .",
"The dictionary is a rich source of information.",
"a rich and spicy soup",
"The food was a little too rich for me.",
"Their country has a rich cultural heritage.",
"This area has a rich history.",
"She has a rich vocabulary.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Finally, Meesho has tapped open-source libraries and other tech stacks to provide a rich app experience even on older versions of Android OS and low-end smartphones. \u2014 Peggy Anne Salz, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The Group of Seven rich democracies ended their summit with an agreement to discuss a batch of new sanctions against Russia, but the gathering underlined the limits of using economic tools to punish Russia four months after its invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Bojan Pancevski, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"This was a country of rich , absorbent wetlands that increasingly no one wanted. \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Although rich men in politics certainly aren\u2019t rare, there may never have been a battle of the billions to match this one in a state election, particularly in a primary. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"The Mustang is playing the role of the rich baddie in this story, and a look at the pricing shows the monetary gulf between the two. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
"In Phaduangdet's interpretation, beef broth is simmered with pig's blood overnight for 8 to 10 hours, producing a thick, rich base. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 27 June 2022",
"So, what better place to brunch than in a city known for such rich Black culture",
"Meanwhile, the hotel\u2019s guest rooms follow a rich jewel-tone aesthetic, inspired by the Beaux-Arts architecture of the building and the 1920s style of the London original. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 27 June 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English riche , from Old English r\u012bce ; akin to Old High German r\u012bhhi rich, Old English r\u012bce kingdom, Old High German r\u012bhhi , noun; all from prehistoric Germanic words borrowed from Celtic words akin to Old Irish r\u00ed (genitive r\u00edg ) king \u2014 more at royal":""
},
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"\u02c8rich"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rich rich , wealthy , affluent , opulent mean having goods, property, and money in abundance. rich implies having more than enough to gratify normal needs or desires. became rich through shrewd investing wealthy stresses the possession of property and intrinsically valuable things. wealthy landowners affluent suggests prosperity and an increasing wealth. an affluent society opulent suggests lavish expenditure and display of great wealth, more often applying to things than people. an opulent mansion",
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"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
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"monied",
"opulent",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071303",
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"biographical name",
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": affected with rickets":[],
": in unsound physical condition":[
"rickety veterans",
"rickety stairs"
],
": lacking stability or firmness : shaky sense 2a":[
"a rickety coalition"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Olga Lidia Lahera lives with her daughter and two granddaughters in a tiny 15-square-meter (160-square-foot) apartment with peeling plaster walls that has barely enough room for a shelf with pots and a rickety sofa bed. \u2014 Andrea Rodr\u00cdguez, ajc , 22 June 2022",
"But the market has turned into a rickety amusement park ride of stomach quaking 1,000-point drops and losses after Russia invaded Ukraine in late February and inflationary pressures kept building. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
"Stocks are way down, real estate is trapped on a rickety bridge, between slower demand and higher lending rates. \u2014 Rich Karlgaard, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"None of a dozen or so anglers fishing alongside Schroeder and his rickety white plastic lawn chair catch any. \u2014 Matt Tunseth For The Daily News, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
"The beach has been closed since 2020 following a deadly record of drownings and has had a rickety fence sectioning off the beach from the walkway near the edge of McKinley. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
"Ringing the stadium are vendors in rickety wooden stalls who do a lively trade in black-and-red scarfs, hats, shirts and wristbands stamped Atlas campe\u00f3n, some with the dates 1951-2021. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"One family walked on a rickety pathway of boards over a sprawl of sticky black mud in their yard. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"My first solo apartment in Queens offered a depressing, glossy white fridge and rickety white range. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1673, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rik-\u0259t-\u0113",
"\u02c8ri-k\u0259-t\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204214",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"ricky-tick":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": sweet jazz of a style reminiscent of the 1920s":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"imitative":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6rik\u0113\u00a6tik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002936",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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},
"rickyard":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the part of a farm in which hay or fodder is ricked or stacked : stackyard":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"rick entry 1 + yard":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125450",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ricochet":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to bounce or skip with or as if with a glancing rebound":[
"The bullet that hit President Reagan had ricocheted off the presidential limousine.",
"\u2014 David Fisher",
"The ball ricochets at a right angle, falling with force into the first baseman's glove \u2026",
"\u2014 Bob Drury",
"The chute snaps open, the sound ricocheting through the gorge like a gunshot, and McGuire is soaring, carving S turns into the air, swooping over a winding creek.",
"\u2014 Karl Taro Greenfeld"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He was hit by a ricochet .",
"the ricochet of the bullet off the wall",
"Verb",
"The bullet ricocheted off the wall.",
"the ball ricocheted off the fielder's glove and went over the fence for a home run",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Each day, warnings of a coming downturn ricochet across social media between headlines about another round of start-up job cuts. \u2014 Erin Griffith, New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"The ricochet bounced up in the air and hung tantalizingly for a moment before the ball and Straw landed in a heap on the warning track. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"As the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war ricochet through global politics, the West has never been more closely aligned. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Thomas Amang, if only as a threat, helped to turn a ricochet into the game-winning goal. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Second, in firing shots at a target as Newsom is asking and other states are already doing, there\u2019s invariably the risk of a ricochet that wounds you. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"His descent was described as more of a ricochet down an icy chute than a freefall through space. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 24 Feb. 2015",
"When British skip Bruce Mouat failed to knock it out on a ricochet , the Swedes had clinched it. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Feb. 2022",
"The ball bounced out of the basket on the ricochet , but that basket counts. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"It\u2019s in reference to the beams of light that ricochet off of the hovering clouds and surface of the Pacific ocean. \u2014 Malik Peay, Essence , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Rocketing sentences ricochet off of one another like pinballs between bumpers. \u2014 Max Bell, SPIN , 11 May 2022",
"When a country enters a food shortage, the consequences ricochet around its economy and society. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 4 May 2022",
"Two batters later, Jurickson Profar added an RBI single that appeared to ricochet off Doval\u2019s foot for his third hit of the game, scoring Machado. \u2014 Michael Wagaman, ajc , 21 May 2022",
"No, the hardest time for most was the following year, when students slowly began trickling back into classrooms, and schools inexplicably asked teachers to ricochet between supporting their students in the classroom and those learning from home. \u2014 Stephen Noonoo, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
"Rumors ricochet around the crowd: The bridge is down! \u2014 Bruce Barcott, Outside Online , 25 Aug. 2011",
"Higher energy costs could ricochet through other industries. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The risk is that the ECB might have to increase interest rates sharply to get a handle on inflation, which could ricochet through the region\u2019s economy and potentially trigger a recession. \u2014 Tom Fairless, WSJ , 3 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1740, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1804, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-k\u0259-\u02ccsh\u0101",
"British also -\u02ccshet"
],
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"carom",
"glance",
"rebound",
"skim",
"skip"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085148",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
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": fire in which the projectile glances from a surface after impact":[]
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232143",
"type":[
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"definitions":{
": an igneous rock that is a basic granogabbro composed of anorthite, some orthoclase, and pyroxene with accessory biotite, olivine, and magnetite":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Ricoletta , locality in Tyrol + English -ite":""
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"\u02ccrik\u0259\u02c8let\u0259\u02cc\u012bt"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053118",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ricotta":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The filling is inoffensive ricotta and four other filler cheeses, a blank canvas for saucing up. \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 31 May 2022",
"Torta Rustica: Eating this ricotta -and-spinach pie on Easter is an Italian custom that dates back hundreds of years. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Yes, but ricotta and cottage cheese are twins split at birth. \u2014 Tamar Adler, Vogue , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Its Ballsagna has meatballs, green peppers, banana peppers, ricotta and red sauce. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Add-ons will be available, including meatballs, pancetta, Calabrian chiles, ricotta and mushrooms. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The next couple of pizzas are still light, vegetable-forward with a little more complexity, such as squash blossoms, ricotta and fresh tarragon or paper-thin zucchini coated in chili oil and mozzarella. \u2014 Shannon Fitzgerald, Fortune , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Meanwhile, in another bowl, stir together the cocoa, ricotta , and salt. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Mar. 2021",
"Instead of Philadelphia soft cheese, there was fresh goat milk ricotta straight from the shepherds. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 24 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1617, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Italian, from feminine of past participle of ricuocere to cook again, from Latin recoquere , from re- + coquere to cook \u2014 more at cook":""
},
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"-\u02c8k\u022f-",
"ri-\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u0259"
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"noun"
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": of, relating to, or being a rictus":[
"a rictal grin",
"\u2026 the female [bird] has a longer tail, wider bill, and more rictal bristles, for catching insects in midair.",
"\u2014 Jared M. Diamond"
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"1825, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8rik-t\u1d4al"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": a rigid grin or grimace usually with the mouth open or lips parted":[
"At the beach bar of a St Lucia hotel, Doc pulls his face into a welcoming rictus and steels himself for the Happy Hour invasion.",
"\u2014 sometimes used before another noun \u2026 Billie Shepherd tried to spice up the ice with a girl-powered routine but was so nervous, her face was frozen in a rictus grin. \u2014 Michael Hogan"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The scares are slower-burning, such as a faraway shot of someone\u2019s face scrunching into an unnatural rictus grin. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 1 May 2022",
"In one, from 2016, Anthony Weiner is seen with his soon-to-be-ex-wife, Huma Abedin, his mouth screwed in a rictus grin; in another, from 2015, a young Justin Bieber is staring off into space with a vacant smile on his lips. \u2014 The New Yorker , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Prince\u2019s expression \u2014 a rictus of embarrassment, confusion and guilt \u2014 belongs in a gallery. \u2014 A.o. Scott & Wesley Morris, New York Times , 7 Dec. 2017",
"And there, standing at the bench, his face contorted in a rictus of hateful intensity, was Mike Krzyzewski. \u2014 Will Blythe, Esquire , 1 Apr. 2010",
"Watching the way photography froze many of their faces into a rictus of rage was chilling. \u2014 Wesley Morris, New York Times , 23 Aug. 2017"
],
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"1685, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
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"New Latin, from Latin, open mouth, from ringi to open the mouth; akin to Old Church Slavonic r\u01ebg\u016d mockery":""
},
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"\u02c8rik-t\u0259s"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"abbreviation",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
"Condoleezza 1954\u2013 U.S. Secretary of State (2005\u201309)":[],
": to finely chop or process (a food) so that it resembles rice":[
"riced cauliflower",
"Grilled calamari is served over riced potatoes that melt in the mouth",
"\u2014 Mitch Frank",
"Ricing the spuds with the butter and cream, rather than mashing them, makes them light and airy, and gives you a completely different experience.",
"\u2014 Yotam Ottolenghi"
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"Elmer Leopold 1892\u20131967 originally Elmer Reizenstein American dramatist":[],
"rest, ice, compression, elevation":[]
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"\u02c8r\u012bs"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"Rice is the main crop of the country.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"United Way brought a hot meal of chicken, rice , and other food to the campers. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
"Meanwhile, India has stepped in with millions of dollars worth of rice , milk powder, medicine, and other humanitarian aid, as well as diesel fuel and gasoline. \u2014 David Rising And Sheikh Saaliq, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 June 2022",
"The first agricultural revolution included the domestication of wheat, rice , cattle and chickens, yeast for bread and the first irrigation. \u2014 Jeff Mcmahon, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Two large maps made with grains and legumes show which staples \u2014 such as rice , corn, barley, quinoa or teff \u2014 are most common in different parts of the world. \u2014 Vanessa H. Larson, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"The flavors of McKay\u2019s food are true to his heritage \u2013 heavy on the meats, rice , cabbage, and plantains \u2013 as well as the spices -- that native Jamaicans eat daily. \u2014 cleveland , 28 June 2022",
"Our wholesale destruction of wetlands for the sake of a few decades of growing wheat, rice , soy, and palm oil has been breathtakingly short-sighted. \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Ground coconut shells, rice , algae and maize come together in this deep-cleaning formula to help remove dead skin cells gently yet effectively. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
"In true Caribbean form, dishes are paired with rice , ripe plantains and shredded cabbage. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English rys , from Anglo-French ris , from Old Italian riso , from Greek oryza, oryzon , of Iranian origin; akin to Pashto wri\u017ee rice; akin to Sanskrit vr\u012bhi rice":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1904, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085821"
},
"rice cooker":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an electric pot that is used for cooking rice":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160157"
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"rice pudding":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a sweet food made of rice cooked with milk and sugar":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192621"
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"rickets":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": a deficiency disease that affects the young during the period of skeletal growth, is characterized especially by soft and deformed bones, and is caused by failure to assimilate and use calcium and phosphorus normally due to inadequate sunlight or vitamin D":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-k\u0259ts",
"\u02c8rik-\u0259ts"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Peggy\u2019s father, physician Alfred Hess, researched the nutritional value of fresh food and is credited in a Nobel Prize for his contributions to work to prevent scurvy and rickets . \u2014 oregonlive , 19 May 2022",
"One person's leg bones bowed, a symptom of rickets . \u2014 CBS News , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In addition, the product did not have vitamin D, and a vitamin D deficiency can potentially lead to rickets , a softening and weakening of bones. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Physicians and historians of medicine have long bickered over a differential diagnosis of Tiny Tim\u2019s unspecified illness, with guesses ranging from cerebral palsy to rickets to renal tubal acidosis. \u2014 Natalie Shure, The New Republic , 20 Dec. 2021",
"This was rickets , a deficiency of one or more of the basic vitamins or minerals that make bones strong \u2014 usually vitamin D and calcium, or less frequently, phosphate. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Historically, a lack of vitamin D in the diet was, and in some places in the world remains, the most common cause of rickets . \u2014 New York Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
"But rickets affects infants and very young children\u2014far younger than those enrolled in Vit-D-Kids. \u2014 Charles Piller, Science | AAAS , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Scientists also found that infections, trauma, scurvy or rickets had triggered periostitis\u2014chronic swelling and pain\u2014to form in Waal\u2019s arm bones. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1634, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192744"
},
"Richter scale":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an open-ended logarithmic scale for expressing the magnitude of a seismic disturbance (such as an earthquake) in terms of the energy dissipated in it with 1.5 indicating the smallest earthquake that can be felt, 4.5 an earthquake causing slight damage, and 8.5 a very devastating earthquake":[]
},
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"\u02c8rik-t\u0259r-"
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"Charles F. Richter":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200954"
},
"rice coal":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": anthracite coal of a small size : number 2 buckwheat coal":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202559"
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"rickstand":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a flooring or frame for a rick":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"rick entry 1 + stand":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204627"
},
"Ricciocarpus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of liverworts closely resembling and often included in Riccia but distinguished by the arrangement of archegonia and antheridia along the median groove of the gametophyte":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccrich\u0113\u014d\u02c8k\u00e4rp\u0259s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Riccia + -o- + -carpus":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210055"
},
"rice polishings":{
"type":[
"noun plural",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the inner bran layer of rice rubbed off in milling":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224634"
},
"rickettsia":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a various gram-negative, parasitic bacteria (order Rickettsiales and especially genus Rickettsia ) that are transmitted by biting arthropods (such as lice or ticks) and cause a number of serious diseases (such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and typhus )":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ri-\u02c8ket-s\u0113-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tidewater fever, or rickettsia parkeri, is a form of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. \u2014 Michael Reschke, Indianapolis Star , 23 Dec. 2019",
"Ticks can transmit a variety of diseases such as Borrelia burgdoferi, also known as Lyme disease, and Rickettsia rickettsia that can cause Rocky Mountain Spotty Fever. \u2014 Gabriela Moraru, M.d., miamiherald , 4 June 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, genus name, from Howard T. Ricketts \u20201910 American pathologist":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231055"
},
"rice paper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a paper-thin sheet of dough made from rice flour and tapioca that is usually used to wrap a filling (as of minced vegetables or ground meat)":[
"Ground pork, carrots, onions and cellophane noodles are wrapped so that the green vegetables show through the translucent white rice paper .",
"\u2014 Donna Hilts"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a recent TikTok video, Joanne Molinaro, who goes by The Korean Vegan on the social media platform, mixes spices, presses tofu, wraps them in rice paper and fries them. \u2014 Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
"Wet a sheet or two of rice paper , fill it with veggies, protein and quickly cooked noodles, and wrap it into a handheld summer roll. \u2014 Jess Eng, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"The creamy consistency comes from actual milk, and there's an edible piece of rice paper between the candy and the wrapper to prevent melting. \u2014 Lilit Marcus And Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Vietnamese spring rolls are wrapped in rice paper instead of fried pastry and served cold instead of warm, and with peanut sauce. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The crisp lumpia wrapped in rice paper and herbs triggered a taste memory of my elegant Shanghainese aunts teaching me how to eat spring rolls, which moved me to tears. \u2014 Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Make sure to try their monster-sized giant clear rice paper shell wraps filled with purple cabbage, orange carrots, and seasoned tempe. \u2014 Thuc Doan Nguyen, Vogue , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Water heated in an electric kettle, for example, can be used to quickly blanch vegetables, soak rice noodles or rice paper sheets for summer rolls, or even to steam small shrimp, couscous or other pastas. \u2014 Laura Monroe, San Antonio Express-News , 7 July 2021",
"For the centerpiece of the event, guests write their hopes, goals or remembrances on wood and rice paper lanterns, which are lit with an LED candle before being set afloat in the harbor at sunset. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"from its resemblance to paper made from rice straw":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235644"
},
"richterite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral (Na,K) 2 (Mg,Mn,Ca) 6 Si 8 O 22 (OH) 2 that is a variety of amphibole containing as bases sodium, magnesium, manganese, potassium, and calcium":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rikt\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German richterit , from Theodor Richter \u20201898 German metallurgical chemist + German -it -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003022"
},
"Richmond":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
"city in western California on San Francisco Bay north-northwest of Oakland population 103,701":[],
"city in eastern Indiana population 36,812":[],
"city in central Kentucky south-southeast of Lexington population 31,364":[],
"borough of New York City \u2014 see staten island":[],
"city and capital of Virginia on the James River in the east central part of the state population 204,214":[],
"city in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, on an island south of Vancouver population 190,473":[],
"borough of southwestern Greater London, England population 187,000":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rich-m\u0259nd"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003812"
},
"rice cut-grass":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a rough-leaved marsh grass ( Leersia oryzoides ) of eastern North America having grains that somewhat resemble those of rice":[]
": a weevil ( Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus ) that feeds as a larva on the roots of the rice plant when under water and as an adult on the rice leaves":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-043747"
},
"ricer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a kitchen utensil in which soft foods are pressed through a perforated container to produce strings":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-s\u0259r"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Working over a bowl, pass warm potatoes through a ricer or grate on medium holes of a box grater. \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Pass them through the ricer into a large bowl, then add the butter. \u2014 Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Drain and pass through a ricer or mash with a potato masher. \u2014 Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Meanwhile, transfer the potatoes to a ricer or food mill and process them back into the warm saucepan. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Working in batches, if necessary, transfer the potatoes to a ricer and press them through into a serving bowl. \u2014 Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 25 Nov. 2021",
"This old-school contraption breaks down potatoes with an efficiency similar to a ricer , but can also be used to make jam, tomato sauce, and all kinds of smooth homogenous things. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 11 Nov. 2021",
"In this instance, a food mill or ricer comes in handy. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 19 June 2021",
"San Antonio restaurateur Jason Dady says a potato ricer is not only perfect for making mashed potatoes, but a critical tool for gnocchi as well. \u2014 Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com , 25 Nov. 2020"
