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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"unhealthful",
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},
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"there's nothing like the sanative value of a good night's sleep"
],
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"\u02c8sa-n\u0259-tiv",
"\u02c8san-\u0259t-iv"
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"healthful",
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"medicinal",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"salutiferous",
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"wholesome"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080021",
"type":[
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"\u2014 often used ironically in reference to another's na\u00efvet\u00e9"
": the state of growing in divine grace as a result of Christian commitment after baptism or conversion":[]
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"the sacred site required another sanctification after it had been defiled by the invaders",
"the Christian belief that the suffering and death of Jesus was responsible for the sanctification of all humankind",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Doing so is not a violation but a sanctification of Shabbat. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Sep. 2021",
"There is so much sanctification that goes on in the wake of somebody\u2019s death where people want to put him on a pedestal. \u2014 Chris Lee, Vulture , 15 July 2021",
"Needless to say, the sanctification of a culture of long hours means the law is flouted, particularly in industries such as technology. \u2014 Enrique Dans, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
"The sanctification of Kamala Harris over the last week is just another indication of the corruption of the mainstream media and the importance of credible voices pushing back. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 15 Aug. 2020",
"To Etty, the sanctification of life meant pouring every drop of energy into the community. \u2014 Elizabeth Svoboda, Longreads , 30 Apr. 2020",
"In the \u2018high church of style\u2019 cables are ritually cut and their very absence is a symbol of sanctification . \u2014 Virginia Postrel, WIRED , 5 Nov. 2013"
],
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": to make productive of holiness or piety":[
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"\u2014 Deuteronomy 5:12 (Douay Version)"
],
": to set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use : consecrate":[]
},
"examples":[
"The priest sanctified their marriage.",
"The constitution sanctified the rights of the people.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Contrary to many social mores, milah and niddah attempt to sanctify life, even in the most powerful and intimate realms. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Her death in 1856 marked the end of a 16-year mission in Indiana and the beginning of efforts to sanctify her contributions. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 12 Oct. 2021",
"An ornate metal crucifix in the foreground and a wooden one on the wall behind the couple sanctify the scene. \u2014 Peter Van Agtmael, Magazine , 8 Dec. 2020",
"After harming or even executing the scapegoat, the society can create myths of atonement that sanctify social structures. \u2014 Michael A. Vargas, The Conversation , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Did this reversal of reproduction sanctify the event or displace it",
"The Kiddush is a blessing to sanctify the beginning of the holiday. \u2014 Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day , 7 Aug. 2020",
"In June of 2013, Unesco, the United Nation\u2019s cultural arm, designated the mountain a World Heritage site\u2014recognizing the peak as a defining symbol of the nation\u2019s identity\u2014and more or less sanctifying the climb as a bucket-list experience. \u2014 Gilles Mingasson, Smithsonian , 29 May 2017",
"Confined to one gallery with a dozen or so large-scale works, that show felt almost sanctified , as if one were in a chapel. \u2014 Siobhan Morrissey, miamiherald , 13 Oct. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English seintefien, sanctifien , from Anglo-French seintefier, sanctifier , from Late Latin sanctificare , from Latin sanctus sacred \u2014 more at saint":""
": to impart or impute sacredness, inviolability, or respect to":[],
": to make productive of holiness or piety":[
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"\u2014 Deuteronomy 5:12 (Douay Version)"
],
": to set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use : consecrate":[]
},
"examples":[
"The priest sanctified their marriage.",
"The constitution sanctified the rights of the people.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Contrary to many social mores, milah and niddah attempt to sanctify life, even in the most powerful and intimate realms. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Her death in 1856 marked the end of a 16-year mission in Indiana and the beginning of efforts to sanctify her contributions. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 12 Oct. 2021",
"An ornate metal crucifix in the foreground and a wooden one on the wall behind the couple sanctify the scene. \u2014 Peter Van Agtmael, Magazine , 8 Dec. 2020",
"After harming or even executing the scapegoat, the society can create myths of atonement that sanctify social structures. \u2014 Michael A. Vargas, The Conversation , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Did this reversal of reproduction sanctify the event or displace it",
"The Kiddush is a blessing to sanctify the beginning of the holiday. \u2014 Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day , 7 Aug. 2020",
"In June of 2013, Unesco, the United Nation\u2019s cultural arm, designated the mountain a World Heritage site\u2014recognizing the peak as a defining symbol of the nation\u2019s identity\u2014and more or less sanctifying the climb as a bucket-list experience. \u2014 Gilles Mingasson, Smithsonian , 29 May 2017",
"Confined to one gallery with a dozen or so large-scale works, that show felt almost sanctified , as if one were in a chapel. \u2014 Siobhan Morrissey, miamiherald , 13 Oct. 2017"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English seintefien, sanctifien , from Anglo-French seintefier, sanctifier , from Late Latin sanctificare , from Latin sanctus sacred \u2014 more at saint":""
},
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"\u02c8sa\u014b(k)-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
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"cleanse",
"purge",
"purify"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080437",
"type":[
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": holiness":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Burnham is gifted at mocking the performative liberal sanctimony of the moment as well as corporate attempts to exploit it, such as his very realistic YouTube ads that pop up below. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"And if two judges played selective sanctimony and walked off the stage",
"However the partisanship plays out, this year should be the end of progressive sanctimony that gerrymanders favor Republicans. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Top-down, COP-style climate sanctimony is a recipe for resentment, rage and resistance. \u2014 Wal Van Lierop, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"No wonder, then, that Kendall chooses to distract himself with congratulatory tweets and his 15 minutes of grudging goodwill from outside observers, temporarily replacing his coke highs with dopamine rushes of social-media sanctimony . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Taking the aforementioned steps may not be a panacea for white working class alienation, but would go a long way to stopping the sanctimony scam. \u2014 Ryan Craig, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The Zone was meant to step up, not down, to stir thought, to break through tradition and conformity, to punch sacred cows and puncture sanctimony , to praise great performances and criticize lousy ones. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Oct. 2021",
"No sanctimony Other Latter-day Saint athletes had prospered in their sports and been praised far and wide for playing on Sundays. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Sep. 2021"
],
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"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French sanctimonie , from Latin sanctimonia , from sanctus":""
},
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"\u02c8sa\u014b(k)-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u014d-n\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133038",
"type":[
"noun"
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"approve",
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"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
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": the detriment, loss of reward, or coercive intervention annexed to a violation of a law as a means of enforcing the law":[],
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"\u2014 Malcolm Ruel"
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"\u2014 Lawrence Chua"
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": to impose a sanction or penalty upon":[
"\u2026 a Long Island brokerage firm that, at the time, had serious Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC fraud charges pending against it and has since been heavily fined and sanctioned .",
"\u2014 Molly Ivins"
],
": to make valid or binding usually by a formal procedure (such as ratification)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The country acted without the sanction of the other nations.",
"Their policy has legal sanction .",
"Verb",
"The government has sanctioned the use of force.",
"His actions were not sanctioned by his superiors.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"It\u2019s about a group of Cuban surfers fighting to get their government to sanction surfing as an official sport. \u2014 Andrew S. Lewis, Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
"Its financial institutions harbor the monies of mobsters, sanction -evaders, regime kleptocrats, and warlords. \u2014 Andreas Krieg, Time , 3 June 2022",
"The system helps guarantee that FRHC subsidiaries are aware of a potential or existing client found on any sanction list. \u2014 Timur Turlov, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The European Union's latest sanction package that includes a partial oil embargo against Russia drew applause from Ukraine and mixed reviews from energy analysts Tuesday. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
"Rouge Direct, a group fighting homophobia in sports demanded French football authorities sanction Gueye. \u2014 Nimi Princewill, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"The proposal, which was included in a larger sanction package, needs to be approved by the 27-member bloc to take effect. \u2014 NBC News , 4 May 2022",
"There are 25 states that sanction boys volleyball as of February, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 1 May 2022",
"Since Russia\u2019s invasion, the E.U. has worked with the United States and other allies to sanction Moscow but continues to buy Russian oil and gas. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"They are placed on the restricted list and the team is powerless to sanction them. \u2014 Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"The parents of the Oxford school shooting suspect have reached their limit with the prosecutor and are asking a judge to sanction her for allegedly ignoring their requests to stop bad-mouthing them and calling them liars. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Abramovich was sanctioned weeks later than other oligarchs, as his ownership of English soccer club Chelsea F.C. reportedly complicated the U.K.\u2019s decision to sanction him. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 28 Mar. 2022",
"This is the act that allows the government to sanction individual human-rights abusers rather than whole peoples or societies. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 31 May 2022",
"Britain is the first country to sanction the 39-year-old Kabaeva, an Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics and past cover model for the Russian edition of Vogue magazine. \u2014 William Booth, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"The Wall Street Journal reported last month the U.S. scrapped earlier plans to sanction Kabaeva out of fear the Russian leader may lash out in response. \u2014 Derek Saul, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"When Mother was eight years old, her mother died of diphtheria, and her tyrannical Grandmother Hall refused to sanction more than occasional visits from her father. \u2014 James Roosevelt, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
"Too bad this is a largely symbolic gesture that ducks the main issue: whether to sanction all Russian energy exports. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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},
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"\u02c8sa\u014b(k)-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8sa\u014bk-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sanction Verb approve , endorse , sanction , accredit , certify mean to have or express a favorable opinion of. approve often implies no more than this but may suggest considerable esteem or admiration. the parents approve of the marriage endorse suggests an explicit statement of support. publicly endorsed her for Senator sanction implies both approval and authorization. the President sanctioned covert operations accredit and certify usually imply official endorsement attesting to conformity to set standards. the board voted to accredit the college must be certified to teach",
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"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
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"the functions of the guardian were either administrative or sanctionative",
"\u2014 Edward Poste"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"sanction entry 1 + -ative":""
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"-n\u0259t-",
"-sh\u0259\u02ccn\u0101tiv"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115135",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"approbate",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"warrant"
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": a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards":[],
": a solemn agreement : oath":[],
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": explicit or official approval, permission, or ratification : approbation":[],
": something that makes an oath binding":[],
": the detriment, loss of reward, or coercive intervention annexed to a violation of a law as a means of enforcing the law":[],
": to attach a sanction or penalty to the violation of (a right, obligation, or command)":[
"\u2026 the status, procedures, rights, and duties of members are carefully defined by rules that are sanctioned by fines should they be contravened by members.",
"\u2014 Malcolm Ruel"
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": to give effective or authoritative approval or consent to":[
"\u2026 such characters \u2026 look, talk, and act in ways sanctioned by society and novelistic tradition \u2026",
"\u2014 Lawrence Chua"
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": to impose a sanction or penalty upon":[
"\u2026 a Long Island brokerage firm that, at the time, had serious Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC fraud charges pending against it and has since been heavily fined and sanctioned .",
"\u2014 Molly Ivins"
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": to make valid or binding usually by a formal procedure (such as ratification)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The country acted without the sanction of the other nations.",
"Their policy has legal sanction .",
"Verb",
"The government has sanctioned the use of force.",
"His actions were not sanctioned by his superiors.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"It\u2019s about a group of Cuban surfers fighting to get their government to sanction surfing as an official sport. \u2014 Andrew S. Lewis, Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
"Its financial institutions harbor the monies of mobsters, sanction -evaders, regime kleptocrats, and warlords. \u2014 Andreas Krieg, Time , 3 June 2022",
"The system helps guarantee that FRHC subsidiaries are aware of a potential or existing client found on any sanction list. \u2014 Timur Turlov, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The European Union's latest sanction package that includes a partial oil embargo against Russia drew applause from Ukraine and mixed reviews from energy analysts Tuesday. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
"Rouge Direct, a group fighting homophobia in sports demanded French football authorities sanction Gueye. \u2014 Nimi Princewill, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"The proposal, which was included in a larger sanction package, needs to be approved by the 27-member bloc to take effect. \u2014 NBC News , 4 May 2022",
"There are 25 states that sanction boys volleyball as of February, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 1 May 2022",
"Since Russia\u2019s invasion, the E.U. has worked with the United States and other allies to sanction Moscow but continues to buy Russian oil and gas. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"They are placed on the restricted list and the team is powerless to sanction them. \u2014 Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"The parents of the Oxford school shooting suspect have reached their limit with the prosecutor and are asking a judge to sanction her for allegedly ignoring their requests to stop bad-mouthing them and calling them liars. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Abramovich was sanctioned weeks later than other oligarchs, as his ownership of English soccer club Chelsea F.C. reportedly complicated the U.K.\u2019s decision to sanction him. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 28 Mar. 2022",
"This is the act that allows the government to sanction individual human-rights abusers rather than whole peoples or societies. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 31 May 2022",
"Britain is the first country to sanction the 39-year-old Kabaeva, an Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics and past cover model for the Russian edition of Vogue magazine. \u2014 William Booth, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"The Wall Street Journal reported last month the U.S. scrapped earlier plans to sanction Kabaeva out of fear the Russian leader may lash out in response. \u2014 Derek Saul, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"When Mother was eight years old, her mother died of diphtheria, and her tyrannical Grandmother Hall refused to sanction more than occasional visits from her father. \u2014 James Roosevelt, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
"Too bad this is a largely symbolic gesture that ducks the main issue: whether to sanction all Russian energy exports. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1778, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin sanction-, sanctio , from sancire to make holy \u2014 more at sacred":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sa\u014b(k)-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8sa\u014bk-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sanction Verb approve , endorse , sanction , accredit , certify mean to have or express a favorable opinion of. approve often implies no more than this but may suggest considerable esteem or admiration. the parents approve of the marriage endorse suggests an explicit statement of support. publicly endorsed her for Senator sanction implies both approval and authorization. the President sanctioned covert operations accredit and certify usually imply official endorsement attesting to conformity to set standards. the board voted to accredit the college must be certified to teach",
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"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025908",
"type":[
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"sanctuary":{
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": a place (such as a church or a temple) for worship":[],
": a place of refuge and protection":[],
": a refuge for wildlife where predators are controlled and hunting is illegal":[],
": relating to or being a locality that provides limited cooperation to federal officials in the enforcement of immigration laws or policies":[
"a sanctuary jurisdiction",
"sanctuary policies",
"\u2026 the executive order \u2026 designed to crack down on so-called \" sanctuary cities ,\" municipalities that do not comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement \u2026 requests for assistance with identifying and deporting undocumented immigrants.",
"\u2014 Euan McKirdy"
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": the ancient Hebrew temple at Jerusalem or its holy of holies":[],
": the immunity from law attached to a sanctuary":[],
": the most sacred part of a religious building (such as the part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed)":[],
": the room in which general worship services are held":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The house was a sanctuary for runaway teens.",
"The refugees found sanctuary when they crossed the border.",
"The sanctuary contains the altar of sacrifice.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The park-like estate includes a PGA-standard golf practice area, a regulation tennis court, a half basketball court, a freshwater pond, an 18-hole miniature golf course, a boat dock, a bird sanctuary and a butterfly garden. \u2014 Darrell Hofheinz, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Brazilian Court Hotel might not have an oceanfront location, but its sanctuary -like pool and cozy nooks made for reading or catchups over cocktails more than make up for it. \u2014 Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
"The church also built a new educational wing, an enlargement of the sanctuary and the chapel wing. \u2014 Evan Casey, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Church leaders, trying to move past the shooting, are raising money to renovate the sanctuary and building. \u2014 Vanessa Williams, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
"In 1990, the membership of Beth Torah, which was founded in 1940, recognized the need to move its congregation and construct a new sanctuary and school on Ives Dairy Road in North Miami-Dade County where most of its families had moved. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, Sun Sentinel , 19 May 2022",
"Or Vana retreat in India, set on the slopes of a lychee and mango plantation, is an international ashram, a wellness retreat and sanctuary . \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Sadly though, more than half of turtles and tortoises are threatened or endangered, according to the American Tortoise Rescue (ATR), an international nonprofit for rescue and sanctuary for turtle and tortoise protection. \u2014 Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News , 5 May 2022",
"The Anne Spencer House & Garden Museum is located in Lynchburg, Va., and is a testament to the power of the garden as a place of inspiration and sanctuary . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1985, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English seintuarie, sanctuarie , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin sanctuarium , from Latin sanctus":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sa\u014bk-ch\u0259-\u02ccwer-\u0113",
"\u02c8sa\u014b(k)-ch\u0259-\u02ccwer-\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"sanctum",
"shrine"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110106",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a ring on a church door, ensuring sanctuary to any laying hold of it":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035839",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanctum":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a place where one is free from intrusion":[
"an editor's sanctum",
"the inner sanctums of research"
],
": a sacred place":[]
},
"examples":[
"Her office was her sanctum .",
"the sanctum of a church",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Earl\u2019s home is an airless, tidily ordered sanctum of records and movies fussily cataloged on index cards. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Kelly has created this and allowed the inner sanctum to be shared. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022",
"This reported treatise on the inner sanctum of the New York psychoanalytic community in the 1970s, told through interviews with an anonymous practitioner, is a classic. \u2014 Ana Cecilia Alvarez, The Atlantic , 1 May 2022",
"The pastel contributed to an understated and optically quieter sanctum , especially when present in the visually soft materials\u2014rosy plaster and concrete\u2014that form the walls, ceiling and floor. \u2014 Catherine Dash, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Bands like Metallica, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath, whose posters line the walls of the pair\u2019s inner sanctum (the basement at Hunter\u2019s house) are role models. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The recreations helped to, hopefully, immerse the viewer deeper into Warhol\u2019s world and inner sanctum . \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 9 Mar. 2022",
"But the jazzy, anticipatory score is a clue that something bad is going to burst into Leonard\u2019s sanctum . \u2014 Amy Nicholson, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"There is no way to be sure of what the billionaires are telling Putin inside the sanctum of the Kremlin. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02c8sa\u014b(k)-t\u0259m"
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But what if a more discouraging score had sloughed out of the CBO\u2019s sanctum sanctorum ",
"There were suggestions that some had found their way into the entrails of the stadium, reaching as far as Old Trafford\u2019s sanctum sanctorum , the home team\u2019s changing room. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2021",
"Once upon a time, our brand was considered the sanctum sanctorum of fashion. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 Nov. 2020",
"Inside the sanctum sanctorum , the white sheets will be washed and replaced daily, and fewer people from the gurudwara will be allowed to touch the fan brush, according to Singh. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 10 June 2020",
"In the city of Pyongyang, the sanctum sanctorum of the Workers\u2019 Party of Korea, there are changes afoot that would have vexed Stalin. \u2014 Evan Osnos, The New Yorker , 8 Sep. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But, while rubber iterations will always be a sand -friendly option, try elevated versions with either leather bodies, or colorful details that will work off of the beach, too. \u2014 Aemilia Madden, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
"Walking with your partner down a path lined with tiki torches and rose petals covering the sand to a table for two definitely sets the stage for a special evening. \u2014 Adam Morganstern, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The water is cool and clear, and sand is fine, soft, and expands for miles at low tide. \u2014 Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Over the last eight weeks, water has been flowing in parts of the delta once again, restoring a stretch of river in Mexico where previously there had been miles of desert sand . \u2014 Elvia Lim\u00f3n, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Once the attempt was confirmed as a foul, Davis turned back and threw her fist into the sand . \u2014 oregonlive , 23 June 2022",
"The stroller can be converted to a two-wheel position to navigate through trickier terrains like sand or snow. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 23 June 2022",
"Abu Dhabi's fossil dunes rise up out of the surrounding desert like frozen waves in a violent ocean made of solid sand , their sides rippling with shapes defined by raging winds. \u2014 Barry Neild, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"The Sulozom Crochet Swimsuit Cover-Up Dress is trendy and totally practical for the heat and sand alike, and many of the colors are on sale right now. \u2014 Annie Burdick, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ravaged by Russian shells, the bridge, or what\u2019s left of it, is an obstacle course of destruction, as if some unseen hand had tried to sand it off the face of the earth and finished halfway. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"This venue is a restaurant and bar that hosts sand volleyball leagues and tournaments from Sunday through Friday. \u2014 Charles Infosino, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022",
"This bar hosts sand volleyball leagues from Sunday to Friday. \u2014 Charles Infosino, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022",
"But if just a patch or two is loose, scrape off the chips, then lightly sand to round over the sharp edges where the paint came off. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Wet the sandpaper and the headlight, then sand the lens in straight, horizontal strokes. \u2014 Zachary Palmer, Popular Mechanics , 12 June 2021",
"Another option that costs even less than painting your cabinets is to strip and sand them. \u2014 Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Better Homes & Gardens , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Two of Biden's potential picks are cited most often as coming closest to the Breyer model of focusing primarily on building internal coalitions and trying to sand down the sharpest edges of the conservative majority's decisions. \u2014 Ronald Brownstein, CNN , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Luckily, down the hill there was a company that mines and exports sand . \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But, while rubber iterations will always be a sand -friendly option, try elevated versions with either leather bodies, or colorful details that will work off of the beach, too. \u2014 Aemilia Madden, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
"Walking with your partner down a path lined with tiki torches and rose petals covering the sand to a table for two definitely sets the stage for a special evening. \u2014 Adam Morganstern, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The water is cool and clear, and sand is fine, soft, and expands for miles at low tide. \u2014 Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Over the last eight weeks, water has been flowing in parts of the delta once again, restoring a stretch of river in Mexico where previously there had been miles of desert sand . \u2014 Elvia Lim\u00f3n, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Once the attempt was confirmed as a foul, Davis turned back and threw her fist into the sand . \u2014 oregonlive , 23 June 2022",
"The stroller can be converted to a two-wheel position to navigate through trickier terrains like sand or snow. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 23 June 2022",
"Abu Dhabi's fossil dunes rise up out of the surrounding desert like frozen waves in a violent ocean made of solid sand , their sides rippling with shapes defined by raging winds. \u2014 Barry Neild, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"The Sulozom Crochet Swimsuit Cover-Up Dress is trendy and totally practical for the heat and sand alike, and many of the colors are on sale right now. \u2014 Annie Burdick, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ravaged by Russian shells, the bridge, or what\u2019s left of it, is an obstacle course of destruction, as if some unseen hand had tried to sand it off the face of the earth and finished halfway. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"This venue is a restaurant and bar that hosts sand volleyball leagues and tournaments from Sunday through Friday. \u2014 Charles Infosino, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022",
"This bar hosts sand volleyball leagues from Sunday to Friday. \u2014 Charles Infosino, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022",
"But if just a patch or two is loose, scrape off the chips, then lightly sand to round over the sharp edges where the paint came off. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Wet the sandpaper and the headlight, then sand the lens in straight, horizontal strokes. \u2014 Zachary Palmer, Popular Mechanics , 12 June 2021",
"Another option that costs even less than painting your cabinets is to strip and sand them. \u2014 Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Better Homes & Gardens , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Two of Biden's potential picks are cited most often as coming closest to the Breyer model of focusing primarily on building internal coalitions and trying to sand down the sharpest edges of the conservative majority's decisions. \u2014 Ronald Brownstein, CNN , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Luckily, down the hill there was a company that mines and exports sand . \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Feb. 2022"
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"\u2014 C. W. Ferguson"
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"He claimed he was playing badly because of an injury, but I think he was sandbagging .",
"I think he was sandbagging us.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Hastily formed sandbag brigades were no match for the waters, which left tons of mud behind. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"One of the most challenging races of the year, the Killington Beast also happens to boast the most brutal sandbag carry in the sport. \u2014 Outside Online , 19 May 2015",
"Stand with your feet wider than hip-width, feet toed out to the sides, holding a sandbag in front of you with both hands at arm\u2019s length. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 26 May 2022",
"During a reporting visit this month, after the first wave of mysterious explosions, New York Times journalists saw new sandbag positions across Tiraspol, the capital. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"That was the reward for whomever could overcome a serious case of the shivers to win a challenge by maneuvering a sandbag through a series of obstacles before landing it on a target. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 5 May 2022",
"Schraiber entered the stage with a sandbag and slammed it to the floor, scattering its contents in an arc across the stage. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The images are almost identical, the theatre barricaded behind sandbag walls and anti-tank obstacles. \u2014 Will Hunt, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Kahler said MedGlobal is also training Ukrainian health care professionals how to physically prepare hospitals for attack, including how to move patients to lower floors and sandbag windows. \u2014 Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"What\u2019s happening right now, as recalcitrant witnesses like Steve Bannon defy subpoenas in a collective effort among Trump allies to sandbag the commission, should be instructive for the Biden administration. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Failure at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow or the Iran nuclear negotiations in Vienna would sandbag a presidency still struggling to find its feet. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 4 Oct. 2021",
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded by creating a committee to look into the attack, but the GOP has sought to sandbag that as well. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 4 Aug. 2021",
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded by creating a committee to look into the attack, but the GOP has sought to sandbag that as well. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 4 Aug. 2021",
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded by creating a committee to look into the attack, but the GOP has sought to sandbag that as well. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 4 Aug. 2021",
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded by creating a committee to look into the attack, but the GOP has sought to sandbag that as well. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 4 Aug. 2021",
"In the 20 years that the United States military was in Afghanistan, more than 775,000 American troops deployed there, to citylike air bases and sandbag outposts on lonely mountaintops. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Aug. 2021",
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded by creating a committee to look into the attack, but the GOP has sought to sandbag that as well. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 4 Aug. 2021"
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"1860, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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"\u2014 Your Health & Fitness"
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"I had a ham sandwich for lunch.",
"a peanut butter and jelly sandwich",
"Verb",
"sandwiched six kids into the backseat somehow",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And for me, the perfect tomato sandwich certainly falls into that category. \u2014 Amber Sutton, al , 29 June 2022",
"The woman, identified as Tianis Jones, 22, intended to pick up her order of a Happy Meal, chocolate shake, a Filet-o-Fish sandwich , tea and fries, according to WTVT, after placing it online. \u2014 Emmett Jones, Fox News , 21 May 2022",
"The company says that only 504 packages of the frozen fish sandwich fillets are part of the recall. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 3 May 2022",
"There is also the small matter of the fish sandwich . \u2014 Dan Rys, Billboard , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Arby's launches fish sandwich wars with Pusha T's spicy diss track. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Extras: Mac and cheese, cabbage and noodles, soup, pizza, dessert, kids meals, fish sandwich , weekly specials. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 18 Mar. 2022",
"To celebrate Lent and fish fry season, Karrikin is releasing a fish sandwich with a side of fries. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Parker, of course, wore a Bulls jersey and ordered her default meal: a fish sandwich with cheese, jumbo chili cheese dog, large fries and a chocolate cake shake. \u2014 James Kay, chicagotribune.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely. Slice the buns into 1/2-inch-thick slices and serve with the cheese to sandwich between two slices of the bun. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Gore\u2019s solution was to sandwich it between thicker, stronger inner and outer face fabrics, creating a three-layer garment\u2014the beginnings of Gore-Tex. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 18 Sep. 2021",
"His solution\u2014to sandwich a thin sashimi slice between translucent wafers of Asian pear\u2014is elegant and sculptural, evoking a fish swimming through an emerald-and-yellow pool of scallion oil and lemon juice. \u2014 Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2021",
"His solution\u2014to sandwich a thin sashimi slice between translucent wafers of Asian pear\u2014is elegant and sculptural, evoking a fish swimming through an emerald-and-yellow pool of scallion oil and lemon juice. \u2014 Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2021",
"One of the simplest\u2014and most effective\u2014paths to preventing running injuries is to sandwich each run with targeted exercises. \u2014 Jason Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 8 Mar. 2019",
"His solution\u2014to sandwich a thin sashimi slice between translucent wafers of Asian pear\u2014is elegant and sculptural, evoking a fish swimming through an emerald-and-yellow pool of scallion oil and lemon juice. \u2014 Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2021",
"His solution\u2014to sandwich a thin sashimi slice between translucent wafers of Asian pear\u2014is elegant and sculptural, evoking a fish swimming through an emerald-and-yellow pool of scallion oil and lemon juice. \u2014 Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2021",
"His solution\u2014to sandwich a thin sashimi slice between translucent wafers of Asian pear\u2014is elegant and sculptural, evoking a fish swimming through an emerald-and-yellow pool of scallion oil and lemon juice. \u2014 Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2021"
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"1762, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich \u20201792 English diplomat":"Noun"
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"\u02c8sand-\u02ccwich",
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"ram",
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"verb"
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"lunatic",
"mad",
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"maniac",
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"examples":[
"No sane person could do something so horrible.",
"Leaving was the only sane option she had.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What happened with the democratic debate that was more sane . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 29 Mar. 2022",
"This is for two reasons: first, the diagnosis may be wrong\u2014the apparently mad may in fact be sane \u2014and second, madness can have its own rationality. \u2014 WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
"King, a 40-year-old Aussie known for his boyish enthusiasm, quickly realized a proper schedule would be crucial to keeping everyone (including himself) sane . \u2014 Mickey Rapkin, Town & Country , 3 Feb. 2022",
"But Zemlyansky, who is fully vaccinated, said that despite the health risks involved with constant contact with strangers, there\u2019s another side to that coin \u2014 keeping sane through human interaction. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 July 2021",
"My biggest challenge, though, is staying sane under the pressure to keep all this a secret. \u2014 Judith Basya, refinery29.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Rest is necessary for staying sane and on your game. \u2014 Justin Grome, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
"Thru-hiking hinges on a balance between the long-term goal of finishing and the short-term goal of staying sane by, say, stopping in town for a burger and a beer or watching a bad movie at a hostel, blissful with fatigue. \u2014 Outside Online , 2 July 2020",
"Why does any sane person know, say, what Ja\u2019Marr Chase bench-presses"
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"1628, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"clearheaded",
"compos mentis",
"lucid",
"normal",
"right",
"stable"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105158",
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"noun"
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"crazy",
"demented",
"deranged",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
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"maniac",
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"unbalanced",
"unsound"
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": proceeding from a sound mind : rational":[]
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"No sane person could do something so horrible.",
"Leaving was the only sane option she had.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What happened with the democratic debate that was more sane . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 29 Mar. 2022",
"This is for two reasons: first, the diagnosis may be wrong\u2014the apparently mad may in fact be sane \u2014and second, madness can have its own rationality. \u2014 WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
"King, a 40-year-old Aussie known for his boyish enthusiasm, quickly realized a proper schedule would be crucial to keeping everyone (including himself) sane . \u2014 Mickey Rapkin, Town & Country , 3 Feb. 2022",
"But Zemlyansky, who is fully vaccinated, said that despite the health risks involved with constant contact with strangers, there\u2019s another side to that coin \u2014 keeping sane through human interaction. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 July 2021",
"My biggest challenge, though, is staying sane under the pressure to keep all this a secret. \u2014 Judith Basya, refinery29.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Rest is necessary for staying sane and on your game. \u2014 Justin Grome, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
"Thru-hiking hinges on a balance between the long-term goal of finishing and the short-term goal of staying sane by, say, stopping in town for a burger and a beer or watching a bad movie at a hostel, blissful with fatigue. \u2014 Outside Online , 2 July 2020",
"Why does any sane person know, say, what Ja\u2019Marr Chase bench-presses"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1628, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Latin sanus healthy, sane":""
},
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"\u02c8s\u0101n"
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"normal",
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": oxblood":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French, oxblood":""
},
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"s\u00e4\u207fd\u0259b\u0259\u0304f"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183224",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sangdragon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": amboyna":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"obsolete English, dragon's blood, from Middle English sandragoun , modification of Middle French sang-dragon , contraction of sang-de-dragon , literally, blood of dragon, from sang blood + de of (from Latin, from, away) + dragon , from Old French":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sa\u014b\u02ccdrag\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221009",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sangfroid":{
"antonyms":[
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation"
],
"definitions":{
": self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain":[]
},
"examples":[
"He displayed remarkable sangfroid when everyone else was panicking during the crisis.",
"the professional gambler seemed to take both his wins and his losses with remarkable sangfroid",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Much like her mastery of language, Harini puts plenty of work into her onstage sangfroid . \u2014 Ben Nuckols, ajc , 2 June 2022",
"Born in Philadelphia and educated at Bennington College, Taylor has excelled at playing characters with a certain sandpapery sangfroid . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"For those of us who have been following United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, the defendant\u2019s sangfroid didn\u2019t come as much of a surprise. \u2014 Naomi Fry, The New Yorker , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Swayman may do so eventually, but so far, he\u2019s been all sangfroid . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Who has the sangfroid to perfectly frame an assault on armed enemies who are near enough to throw things at",
"The sangfroid that served him then also amassed him hundreds of thousands of subscribers, millions of views, and enough money to quit his police job. \u2014 Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic , 31 Oct. 2020",
"But the traders\u2019 sangfroid may quickly disappear if oil prices rise significantly. \u2014 Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com , 22 Aug. 2020",
"Tasked with introducing this franchise's modish, candy-colored universe on screen as well as behind the camera, Banks tackles both roles with remarkable sangfroid . \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 15 Nov. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1750, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French sang-froid , literally, cold blood":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4\u207f-\u02c8f(r)w\u00e4",
"\u02ccs\u00e4\u014b-\u02c8f(r)w\u00e4"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sangfroid equanimity , composure , sangfroid mean evenness of mind under stress. equanimity suggests a habit of mind that is only rarely disturbed under great strain. accepted her troubles with equanimity composure implies the controlling of emotional or mental agitation by an effort of will or as a matter of habit. maintaining his composure even under hostile questioning sangfroid implies great coolness and steadiness under strain. handled the situation with professional sangfroid",
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composedness",
"composure",
"cool",
"coolness",
"countenance",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"repose",
"self-composedness",
"self-possession",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002116",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sangh":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an association or society having as its object the unification of the different groups in Hinduism and the prevention of the conversion of Hindus to Christianity or Islam":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi s\u00e3g , literally, association, from Sanskrit sa\u1e45ga , from sajati he adheres to, sticks":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sa\u014b",
"\u02c8s\u0259\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090633",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sangha":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a Buddhist religious community or monastic order":[],
": a Jain monastic community":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Sanskrit sa\u1e45gha":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124906",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanguinary":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": attended by bloodshed : bloody":[
"this bitter and sanguinary war",
"\u2014 T. H. D. Mahoney"
],
": bloodthirsty , murderous":[
"sanguinary hatred"
],
": consisting of blood":[
"a sanguinary stream"
]
},
"examples":[
"a movie so sanguinary that I covered my eyes during at least half of it",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Except, of course, there have been a great many more mass shootings, adding Atlanta; Orlando, Fla.; Las Vegas; El Paso; Pittsburgh; Boulder, Colo.; Parkland, Fla.; and many other cities, large and small, to the sanguinary toll. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"Though set in the far future and rendered in gorgeous 2-D by Madhouse Studios, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust feels ancient, like an old, sanguinary myth made new. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 25 Oct. 2021",
"But for those hoping to slake their bloodlust a little sooner, there\u2019s a whole world of sanguinary anime \u2014 with and without vampires \u2014 out there just waiting for viewers to sink their teeth into. \u2014 John Maher, Vulture , 4 June 2021",
"The details of that latest outrage bore all the markings of the sanguinary and absurd cycle of racist police violence. \u2014 Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker , 7 May 2021",
"The sanguinary stream in the tapestry may refer to the strife that drove Moufarrege\u2019s family from both Alexandria and Beirut, as the papyrus and the tile pattern would suggest. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2020",
"The red flag of the revolutionist in Lower California floats from the mast of the Mexican custom house in the Mexican town, the result of by far the most desperate and sanguinary battle yet fought on the Mexican peninsula. \u2014 sandiegouniontribune.com , 9 May 2018",
"But even a cursory glance at the news that emanates from the Buddhist world reveals a more sanguinary state of affairs. \u2014 Amar Diwakar, The New Republic , 23 Mar. 2018",
"No discriminatory intent should be inferred here; all over the place, in dioramas set up by dealers to pitch their sanguinary wares, soldiers of every nationality and ethnicity were massacring soldiers of every other nationality and ethnicity. \u2014 Glenn Garvin, miamiherald , 28 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin sanguinarius , from sanguin-, sanguis blood":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sa\u014b-gw\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sanguinary bloody , sanguinary , gory mean affected by or involving the shedding of blood. bloody is applied especially to things that are actually covered with blood or are made up of blood. bloody hands sanguinary applies especially to something attended by, or someone inclined to, bloodshed. the Civil War was America's most sanguinary conflict gory suggests a profusion of blood and slaughter. exceptionally gory , even for a horror movie",
"synonyms":[
"bloodthirsty",
"bloody",
"bloody-minded",
"homicidal",
"murdering",
"murderous",
"sanguine",
"sanguineous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223928",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"sanguine":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a moderate to strong red":[],
": accompanied by, involving, or relating to bloodshed : bloody":[
"\u2026 from the numerous graves, including those by the barn, which our shells had destroyed; we realized what a sanguine battle it had been \u2026",
"\u2014 Frederick W. Wild"
],
": bloodred":[
"\u2026 the radiant heat from the cedar logs, whose sanguine colour made the silvered locks of his hair into a fantastic wreath of flames.",
"\u2014 Elinor Wylie"
],
": bloodthirsty , sanguinary":[
"\u2026 attacked by the sanguine \u2026 warriors of neighboring islands \u2026",
"\u2014 Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas"
],
": consisting of or relating to blood":[
"\u2026 some sanguine vessels are obstructed, and distended \u2026",
"\u2014 Theophilus Lobb"
],
": marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic":[
"In the month of August 1994, Democrats remained sanguine about their chances at the polls \u2026",
"\u2014 John B. Judis",
"A lot of attention also is being devoted to the development of vaccines to prevent genital herpes, although not everyone is sanguine about the outcome.",
"\u2014 The Journal of the American Medical Association"
],
": ruddy":[
"She was all unnerved; her naturally sanguine complexion was pale \u2026",
"\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He has been strangely sanguine about this, blandly ignoring the mounting evidence that dissident elements in the police are stirring trouble \u2026 \u2014 Allister Sparks , Washington Post , 9\u201315 Mar. 1992",
"How could a man of his caliber be this sanguine about a war we had barely begun to fight",
"Yet if there were sanguine expectations of war profits and unlimited booty from the Spanish empire, \u2026 those hopes were dramatically confounded \u2026 \u2014 Simon Schama , The Embarrassment of Riches , 1988",
"He does not pretend to be sanguine about our prospects. History itself, he reminds us, provides few examples of cultures as debilitated as ours which were not destroyed by the very forces they set in motion. \u2014 Gertrude Himmelfarb , The New History and the Old , 1987",
"She has a sanguine disposition.",
"He is sanguine about the company's future.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But maybe Bieber is not as sanguine about going home empty-handed, as he and his team are known to have taken the Grammys seriously in the past. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The continued rise in energy prices is hitting Italy hard, but Draghi was sanguine about weathering the turmoil. \u2014 Alessandra Migliaccio, Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Although total output in the United States contracted, analysts tended to be more sanguine about the American economy\u2019s prospects, noting that consumer spending was strong despite high inflation and that the labor market remained tight. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Bante, Nicol\u00f2\u2019s youngest son, was a bit more sanguine , denying that Rita even knew him or his brothers all that well. \u2014 James Mcauley, Town & Country , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Strange views crisis and injustice, like so much else, with a sanguine tenacity. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 12 May 2022",
"Simon Porte Jacquemus\u2019s beachside show called for sanguine style, and that vibe was captured by Blackpink\u2019s Jennie. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Nvidia\u2019s move always seemed opportunistic, and analysts had never been very sanguine on the odds of completing the deal. \u2014 Jacky Wong, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Having said this, this sanguine perspective will not hold much longer if asset prices continue to climb, and leverage continues to build at the pace of the past year. \u2014 Mark Zandi For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But the rest of the production was far from sanguine . \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Indeed, as director Amy Berg\u2019s documentary reminds us, his fans are not exactly known for being laid-back and sanguine in the face of criticism of their idol. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Jan. 2022",
"The song grapples with the self-doubt that emerges as a product of the creative process, and serves as a sanguine take on a common artist\u2019s dilemma. \u2014 Taylor Mims, Billboard , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The hunter's moon, which follows the harvest moon, was also called the travel, dying grass, sanguine or blood moon by Algonquin tribes. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 20 Oct. 2021",
"The designs of Indian miniatures were first drawn in rough outline in charcoal, which was subsequently painted over with sanguine followed by a very thin coat of white priming. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Yet on Wall Street, the scene is the other kind of sanguine : The stock has slipped into the red for the year. \u2014 Hannah Levitt, Los Angeles Times , 20 Aug. 2019",
"But not all involved with the legal defense are sanguine that Giuliani can succeed where others have failed. \u2014 Gloria Borger, CNN , 20 Apr. 2018",
"Here, there are more than 90 options ranging from yuzu to orange sanguine , speculoos to fig. \u2014 Kristen Bateman, Vogue , 7 July 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English sanguin , from Anglo-French, from Latin sanguineus , from sanguin-, sanguis \u2014 see sanguinary":"Adjective and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sa\u014b-gw\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bloodthirsty",
"bloody",
"bloody-minded",
"homicidal",
"murdering",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguineous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022826",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"sanguineous":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": bloodred":[],
": of, relating to, or containing blood":[],
": of, relating to, or involving bloodshed : bloodthirsty":[]
},
"examples":[
"in the sanguineous culture of ancient Sparta, military glory was prized above all else"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1520, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin sanguineus":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"sa\u014b-\u02c8gwin-\u0113-\u0259s",
"sa\u014b-",
"san-",
"san-\u02c8gwi-n\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bloodthirsty",
"bloody",
"bloody-minded",
"homicidal",
"murdering",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202347",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sanguini-":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": sanguino-":[
"sanguini colous"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from sanguine entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113638",
"type":[
"combining form"
]
},
"sanitary landfill":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": landfill":[]
},
"examples":[
"even after many years in sanitary landfills , disposable diapers have proven to be resistant to decomposition",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many people work collecting rubbish for resale at the Matuail sanitary landfill , the largest waste disposal site in Dhaka, Bangladesh. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021",
"The modern sanitary landfill emerged in the 1970s, when states first devised legal guidelines for massive waste management. \u2014 Dylan Taylor-lehman, Popular Mechanics , 29 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"dump",
"landfill",
"tip"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185601",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanity":{
"antonyms":[
"dementia",
"derangement",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"mania",
"unreason"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"People have begun to doubt his sanity .",
"She is the mother of six children but somehow keeps her sanity .",
"The sanity of the decision was never in question.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our Hamlet is an outsider in a wealthy British Indian family, who starts to question his relatives\u2019 morality and his own sanity after encountering his father\u2019s ghost. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 11 May 2022",
"Lemire's run depicted Marc Spector in an asylum, where he was constantly made to question his own sanity . \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Carla Navarro plays the intentionally oblivious Polly on the knife edge of sanity . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a certain irony to the fact that the key to breaking our political duopoly and returning some modicum of sanity to our politics could actually come from heavily blue or red states. \u2014 Garry Kasparov, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Still, this might not be a question of sanity , but perspective. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Superstitions are often dismissed as irrational, but settled superstitions such as these are beacons of sanity in comparison with the live, ever-changing, turbulent, obsessive madness of active superstitious thinking. \u2014 Agnes Callard, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
"For the sake of my sanity , my Saturday afternoons, and domestic peace, someone please give us a proper family gaming plan. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Spending an hour just sitting in a quiet corner to relax before a drive home is important for sanity after long flights. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 12 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English sanite , from Anglo-French sanit\u00e9 , from Latin sanitat-, sanitas health, sanity, from sanus healthy, sane":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8san-\u0259t-\u0113",
"\u02c8sa-n\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"daylights",
"head",
"marbles",
"mind",
"reason",
"saneness",
"wit(s)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181946",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sans":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": sans serif":[],
": without":[
"my love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
]
},
"examples":[
"Preposition",
"She went to the party sans her husband.",
"anyone sans shirt will not be allowed in the restaurant",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The soloists themselves seemed split on Thursday: Even in a non-staged setting, Salsi and Mizzi acted compellingly, subtly but effectively aligning their onstage delivery to the plot, while Meli and El-Khoury sang essentially sans gesture. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"At 34, Curry turned in one of the better seasons of his career, being named All-Star Game MVP, Western Conference finals MVP, and NBA Finals MVP with a brilliant performance ( sans Game 5) against the Celtics. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"For an alternative that promises Everest views sans Everest congestion, try Nepal\u2019s Gokyo and Renjo La route. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online , 18 June 2022",
"Its overseas cume was the 12th biggest ever in early 2006, or the fifth biggest sans the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the first four Harry Potter films. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The stars reenacted their infamous 2003 VMAs kiss\u2014 sans Christina Aguilera\u2014at Spears's nuptials to Sam Asghari last night. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 June 2022",
"According to People, the Cambridge family ( sans Prince Louis) were treated to a tour of Cardiff Castle's stage ahead of a Platinum Jubilee Celebration Concert later in the evening. \u2014 Glamour , 4 June 2022",
"The Celtics have earned their spot in the Finals, knocking off the top-seeded Miami Heat, third-seeded Milwaukee Bucks ( sans Khris Middleton) and seventh-seeded Brooklyn Nets. \u2014 USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"The couple\u2019s trip to London comes after Kardashian attended her sister Kourtney Kardashian\u2019s wedding in Italy sans Davidson. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 30 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition",
"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English saun, sans , from Anglo-French san, sanz , modification of Latin sine without \u2014 more at sunder":"Preposition"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sanz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"absent",
"minus",
"wanting",
"without"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032424",
"type":[
"noun",
"preposition"
]
},
"santol":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an Indo-Malayan tree ( Sandoricum indicum or S. koetjape ) of the family Meliaceae that yields a reddish wood and that is sometimes cultivated for its red acid fruits which are used especially in preserves and pickles":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u00e4n\u2027\u02c8t\u014dl"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Tagalog sant\u00f3l":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145634"
},
"Santiago de Cuba":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city and port on a bay of the Caribbean Sea in southeastern Cuba population 431,000":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u035fh\u0101-\u02c8k\u00fc-v\u00e4",
"d\u0259-\u02c8ky\u00fc-b\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145718"
},
"santolina":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a genus ( Santolina ) of aromatic Mediterranean composite subshrubs that have dissected evergreen leaves and clustered flower heads lacking ray flowers":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsan-t\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113-n\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Consider lamb\u2019s ears (Stachys byzantina), catnips (Nepeta), santolina and wormwood (Artemisia). \u2014 Anna Webb, idahostatesman , 10 Mar. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, alteration of Latin santonica , an herb, feminine of santonicus of the Santoni, from Santoni , a people of Aquitania":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1578, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150533"
},
"sandy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": consisting of or containing sand : full of sand":[],
": sprinkled with sand":[],
": of the color sand":[],
"city in northern Utah south of Salt Lake City population 87,461":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8san-d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"blond",
"blonde",
"fair",
"flaxen",
"golden",
"straw",
"tawny"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The soil in my garden is very sandy .",
"the child with sandy hair really stood out among the brunettes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Blueberries love light, sandy soil, which makes the beaches and bluffs of southwestern Michigan the perfect setting for growing the 110 million pounds of berries the state produced in 2020. \u2014 Joanne Cleaver, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"The area features sandy soil, a few golf courses and thousands of acres of jack and red pines. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"On the Adriatic in the heart of Boka Bay, the luxurious One&Only Portonovi features a private sandy beach, world-class dining, dramatic views, and Chenot Espace for revolutionary wellness experiences. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
"This four-bedroom home on Lake Michigan comes with access to a sandy beach. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 5 June 2022",
"Those features include a sandy beach, pool, diving boards and splash pad. \u2014 Giles Bruce, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"Also nearby: East Harbor State Park, with Ohio\u2019s largest public campground and a mile-long, sandy beach. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"The island has about a mile of coastline on Long Island Sound, with several homes, a sandy beach and deep-water dock. \u2014 E.b. Solomont, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Here Spanish Banks opens up ahead: a wide stripe of grassy shore and sandy beach that scallops its way westward. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160327"
},
"sans serif":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a letter or typeface with no serifs":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"sanz-",
"san-\u02c8ser-\u0259f"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The approvals granted Friday included plans for the sign proclaiming the Sherwin-Williams corporate name near the top of the skyscraper on its east- and west-facing facades in italic, or slanted, letters in a sans serif font. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 3 June 2022",
"The @rhode Instagram, which has almost 40,000 followers, is similarly mysterious: There are no posts, just an avatar with the company\u2019s name in a black sans serif font on an alabaster background. \u2014 WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Orlando map heads and graphics lovers will be sucked into a wall piece that portrays the City Beautiful\u2019s neighborhoods with jaunty, sans serif type created by Nativemaps. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Since the early 1980s, the engine of her work, and its effectiveness, has been formatting \u2014 the candy apple red bar containing white sans serif type, rendered in Futura Bold Oblique, conveying aphorisms that could be taunts or pleas. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Today, easier-to-read sans serif fonts, the ones without the little tails, are used. \u2014 Annette Richmond, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Essaibi George\u2019s logo, sans serif type arranged in a neat rectangle with a row of stars, looks highly traditional. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Gotham, for instance, has 66 styles; the sans serif Mallory that Frere-Jones designed has 110 weights, five widths, and supports a range of languages, from Acehnese to Zulu. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Products were mostly hawked using traditional typefaces paired with romantic or idealized photographs and illustrations on the one hand, or, on the other, a chilly, rational European modernist style, with elegant photographs and sans serif type. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Aug. 2021"
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"probably from sans + modification of Dutch schreef stroke \u2014 more at serif":""
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"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
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"city in northern Utah south of Salt Lake City population 87,461":[]
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"\u02c8san-d\u0113"
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"straw",
"tawny"
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"examples":[
"The soil in my garden is very sandy .",
"the child with sandy hair really stood out among the brunettes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Blueberries love light, sandy soil, which makes the beaches and bluffs of southwestern Michigan the perfect setting for growing the 110 million pounds of berries the state produced in 2020. \u2014 Joanne Cleaver, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"The area features sandy soil, a few golf courses and thousands of acres of jack and red pines. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"On the Adriatic in the heart of Boka Bay, the luxurious One&Only Portonovi features a private sandy beach, world-class dining, dramatic views, and Chenot Espace for revolutionary wellness experiences. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
"This four-bedroom home on Lake Michigan comes with access to a sandy beach. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 5 June 2022",
"Those features include a sandy beach, pool, diving boards and splash pad. \u2014 Giles Bruce, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"Also nearby: East Harbor State Park, with Ohio\u2019s largest public campground and a mile-long, sandy beach. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"The island has about a mile of coastline on Long Island Sound, with several homes, a sandy beach and deep-water dock. \u2014 E.b. Solomont, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Here Spanish Banks opens up ahead: a wide stripe of grassy shore and sandy beach that scallops its way westward. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022"
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"French phrase"
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": without worry : free of care":[]
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"s\u00e4\u207f-s\u00fc-s\u0113"
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a poisonous slightly bitter crystalline compound C 15 H 18 O 3 found especially in the unopened flower heads of several artemisias (especially Artemisia maritima ) and used as an anthelmintic":[]
},
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"\u02c8sant-\u1d4an-\u0259n",
"san-\u02c8t\u00e4n-\u0259n",
"\u02c8san-t\u0259-n\u0259n",
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin santonica , from Latin":""
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"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": a plump, white-bearded, red-suited, and jolly old man in modern folklore who delivers presents to children at Christmastime":[
"There might be a few weeks left until Christmas, but Santa Claus and his merry elves landed early in Bakersfield because several boys and girls on the nice list caught their attention.",
"\u2014 Ema Sasic",
"\u2026 we had dashed downstairs to the living room to see what Santa had brought and piled up, in great mounds of splendidly wrapped packages, under the Christmas tree\u2014whose angel's halo brushed the ceiling.",
"\u2014 Anthony Bailey"
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"also \u02c8san-t\u0113-",
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"modification of Dutch Sinterklaas , alteration of Sint Nikolaas Saint Nicholas":""
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"1773, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212735"
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"geographical name"
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"city in northern Argentina southeast of San Miguel de Tucum\u00e1n population 360,000":[]
": an artificial hazard on a golf course consisting of a depression containing sand":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its windows look over the in-ground heated pool, a putting green with a sand trap , and ample space for gatherings and a game of croquet. \u2014 James Alexander, Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
"Hints of the once popular and well-tended golf course emerge at various intervals, such as the overgrown sand trap . \u2014 Pam Mcloughlin, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"An assistant manager who wanted to make the hole easier could remove the sand trap . \u2014 Leidy Klotz, Scientific American , 12 May 2022",
"Bought with burger money from a former Dodgers star, the palatial estate includes a two-hole golf course complete with a sand trap . \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2022",
"The croc was recently photographed living at the ponds of the Village of North Palm Beach Country Club golf course, in North Palm Beach, and lying in bed of grass between a sand trap and a nearby pond. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
"At 17, Schauffele found himself in more trouble, this time when a drive landed in a sand trap . \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Police have said that the truck, found lodged in a sand trap , was registered to Pierson, but have released few other details. \u2014 Christian Boone, ajc , 7 July 2021",
"Siller, a husband and father of two, was reportedly responding to an issue on the course's 10th hole when a man in a white truck pulled his vehicle onto a sand trap nearby, according to the Post. \u2014 Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News , 4 July 2021"
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"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013635"
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"noun"
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": the sand squeteague or a related weakfish ( Cynoscion nothus )":[]
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": a usually low-branching evergreen southeastern U.S. shrub ( Leiophyllum buxifolium ) of the heath family":[]
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"1814, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040151"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic":[
"In the month of August 1994, Democrats remained sanguine about their chances at the polls \u2026",
"\u2014 John B. Judis",
"A lot of attention also is being devoted to the development of vaccines to prevent genital herpes, although not everyone is sanguine about the outcome.",
"\u2014 The Journal of the American Medical Association"
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": bloodred":[
"\u2026 the radiant heat from the cedar logs, whose sanguine colour made the silvered locks of his hair into a fantastic wreath of flames.",
"\u2014 Elinor Wylie"
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": consisting of or relating to blood":[
"\u2026 some sanguine vessels are obstructed, and distended \u2026",
"\u2014 Theophilus Lobb"
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": bloodthirsty , sanguinary":[
"\u2026 attacked by the sanguine \u2026 warriors of neighboring islands \u2026",
"\u2014 Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas"
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": accompanied by, involving, or relating to bloodshed : bloody":[
"\u2026 from the numerous graves, including those by the barn, which our shells had destroyed; we realized what a sanguine battle it had been \u2026",
"\u2014 Frederick W. Wild"
],
": ruddy":[
"She was all unnerved; her naturally sanguine complexion was pale \u2026",
"\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb"
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": a moderate to strong red":[]
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"\u02c8sa\u014b-gw\u0259n"
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"bloodthirsty",
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"homicidal",
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"Adjective",
"He has been strangely sanguine about this, blandly ignoring the mounting evidence that dissident elements in the police are stirring trouble \u2026 \u2014 Allister Sparks , Washington Post , 9\u201315 Mar. 1992",
"How could a man of his caliber be this sanguine about a war we had barely begun to fight",
"Yet if there were sanguine expectations of war profits and unlimited booty from the Spanish empire, \u2026 those hopes were dramatically confounded \u2026 \u2014 Simon Schama , The Embarrassment of Riches , 1988",
"He does not pretend to be sanguine about our prospects. History itself, he reminds us, provides few examples of cultures as debilitated as ours which were not destroyed by the very forces they set in motion. \u2014 Gertrude Himmelfarb , The New History and the Old , 1987",
"She has a sanguine disposition.",
"He is sanguine about the company's future.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But maybe Bieber is not as sanguine about going home empty-handed, as he and his team are known to have taken the Grammys seriously in the past. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The continued rise in energy prices is hitting Italy hard, but Draghi was sanguine about weathering the turmoil. \u2014 Alessandra Migliaccio, Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Although total output in the United States contracted, analysts tended to be more sanguine about the American economy\u2019s prospects, noting that consumer spending was strong despite high inflation and that the labor market remained tight. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Bante, Nicol\u00f2\u2019s youngest son, was a bit more sanguine , denying that Rita even knew him or his brothers all that well. \u2014 James Mcauley, Town & Country , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Strange views crisis and injustice, like so much else, with a sanguine tenacity. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 12 May 2022",
"Simon Porte Jacquemus\u2019s beachside show called for sanguine style, and that vibe was captured by Blackpink\u2019s Jennie. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Nvidia\u2019s move always seemed opportunistic, and analysts had never been very sanguine on the odds of completing the deal. \u2014 Jacky Wong, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Having said this, this sanguine perspective will not hold much longer if asset prices continue to climb, and leverage continues to build at the pace of the past year. \u2014 Mark Zandi For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But the rest of the production was far from sanguine . \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Indeed, as director Amy Berg\u2019s documentary reminds us, his fans are not exactly known for being laid-back and sanguine in the face of criticism of their idol. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Jan. 2022",
"The song grapples with the self-doubt that emerges as a product of the creative process, and serves as a sanguine take on a common artist\u2019s dilemma. \u2014 Taylor Mims, Billboard , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The hunter's moon, which follows the harvest moon, was also called the travel, dying grass, sanguine or blood moon by Algonquin tribes. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 20 Oct. 2021",
"The designs of Indian miniatures were first drawn in rough outline in charcoal, which was subsequently painted over with sanguine followed by a very thin coat of white priming. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Yet on Wall Street, the scene is the other kind of sanguine : The stock has slipped into the red for the year. \u2014 Hannah Levitt, Los Angeles Times , 20 Aug. 2019",
"But not all involved with the legal defense are sanguine that Giuliani can succeed where others have failed. \u2014 Gloria Borger, CNN , 20 Apr. 2018",
"Here, there are more than 90 options ranging from yuzu to orange sanguine , speculoos to fig. \u2014 Kristen Bateman, Vogue , 7 July 2017"
],
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"Middle English sanguin , from Anglo-French, from Latin sanguineus , from sanguin-, sanguis \u2014 see sanguinary":"Adjective and Noun"
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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},
"sandwich board":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": two usually hinged boards designed for hanging from the shoulders with one board before and one behind and used especially for advertising or picketing":[]
},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nearby, a seafood market employee repainted a sandwich board that will soon advertise specials. \u2014 Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
"Flowers have been left around it \u2014 sprouting from an orange pylon, tucked in a ladder and wedged in a sandwich board traffic sign. \u2014 Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Jan. 2022",
"From the sandwich board there are also Cuban classics such as pan con lech\u00f3n (roast pork with garlic sauce) and croqueta preparada (croquetas with ham, roast pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and mojo). \u2014 Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Until a sign for Brute is installed outside the Landmark Building, look for a sandwich board to mark the spot. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The cafe reopened for on-site, outdoor dining Father\u2019s Day weekend, all the while requiring guests to wear masks indoors \u2014 both displaying the policy via sandwich board out front and making disposable masks available to guests at the door. \u2014 Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
"The cafe reopened for on-site, outdoor dining Father\u2019s Day weekend, all the while requiring guests to wear masks indoors \u2014 both displaying the policy via sandwich board out front, and making disposable masks available to guests at the door. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 2 Aug. 2021",
"The roof appeared to have melted along with sandwich board panels with foam cores that made up much of the construction. \u2014 New York Times , 13 July 2021",
"Finally, up West Drive, two women appeared to be pointing at the sandwich board . \u2014 Peter Canby, The New Yorker , 31 May 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a reaction for preparing aromatic halides or cyanides from a salt with a cuprous halide or cyanide as catalyst":[
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"perhaps modification of Middle French cent hundred":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Intransitive verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063435"
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"city in north central Dominican Republic population 580,745":[],
"commune in northwestern Spain southwest of A Coru\u00f1a population 96,041":[]
},
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"\u02ccsan-t\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
"\u02ccs\u00e4n-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072749"
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"sanitary":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": of or relating to health":[
"sanitary measures"
],
": of, relating to, or used in the disposal especially of domestic waterborne waste":[
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],
": characterized by or readily kept in cleanliness":[
"sanitary packages"
]
},
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"\u02c8san-\u0259-\u02ccter-\u0113",
"\u02c8sa-n\u0259-\u02ccter-\u0113"
],
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"aseptic",
"germfree",
"hygienic",
"sterile"
],
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"germy",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile"
],
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"examples":[
"the nurse made sure that everything in the room was sanitary so that the baby wouldn't get sick",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Reusable sanitary products like menstrual cups are projected to become more popular because of their sustainability and cost effectiveness. \u2014 Jenae Barnes, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Many First Nations women and girls in remote communities are within this group, with limited clean water and working toilets and the high costs of sanitary products contributing to the enormity of the issue. \u2014 Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com , 26 May 2022",
"The estimated $2 million second phase of the Krueger Avenue sanitary sewer project goes from W. 48th Street to W. 44th Street. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Currently, alternative products like period underwear, menstrual cups and sanitary pads are not impacted, but Hollis said some people may be less inclined to use those products during the summer months. \u2014 Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
"The father\u2019s girlfriend, who is close to Laura and controlled the household supply of sanitary pads, deduced that the girl had missed only one period. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Smoke testing to identify the location of leaks and connections where storm water can enter the sanitary sewer system will be done in several Naperville neighborhoods between June 20 and the end of October. \u2014 Naperville Sun Staff, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"What is more fundamental than giving these vulnerable girls and young women access to safe sanitary pads",
"She was then handed a pack with two sanitary pads, a toothbrush, small towel, shampoo, and one change of clothes. \u2014 Lynzy Billing, ELLE , 7 June 2022"
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"French sanitaire , from Latin sanitas":""
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"1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun"
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"Sandwich":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":{
": two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between":[],
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"\u2014 Your Health & Fitness"
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"cram",
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"jam",
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"I had a ham sandwich for lunch.",
"a peanut butter and jelly sandwich",
"Verb",
"sandwiched six kids into the backseat somehow",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And for me, the perfect tomato sandwich certainly falls into that category. \u2014 Amber Sutton, al , 29 June 2022",
"The woman, identified as Tianis Jones, 22, intended to pick up her order of a Happy Meal, chocolate shake, a Filet-o-Fish sandwich , tea and fries, according to WTVT, after placing it online. \u2014 Emmett Jones, Fox News , 21 May 2022",
"The company says that only 504 packages of the frozen fish sandwich fillets are part of the recall. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 3 May 2022",
"There is also the small matter of the fish sandwich . \u2014 Dan Rys, Billboard , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Arby's launches fish sandwich wars with Pusha T's spicy diss track. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Extras: Mac and cheese, cabbage and noodles, soup, pizza, dessert, kids meals, fish sandwich , weekly specials. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 18 Mar. 2022",
"To celebrate Lent and fish fry season, Karrikin is releasing a fish sandwich with a side of fries. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Parker, of course, wore a Bulls jersey and ordered her default meal: a fish sandwich with cheese, jumbo chili cheese dog, large fries and a chocolate cake shake. \u2014 James Kay, chicagotribune.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely. Slice the buns into 1/2-inch-thick slices and serve with the cheese to sandwich between two slices of the bun. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Gore\u2019s solution was to sandwich it between thicker, stronger inner and outer face fabrics, creating a three-layer garment\u2014the beginnings of Gore-Tex. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 18 Sep. 2021",
"His solution\u2014to sandwich a thin sashimi slice between translucent wafers of Asian pear\u2014is elegant and sculptural, evoking a fish swimming through an emerald-and-yellow pool of scallion oil and lemon juice. \u2014 Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2021",
"His solution\u2014to sandwich a thin sashimi slice between translucent wafers of Asian pear\u2014is elegant and sculptural, evoking a fish swimming through an emerald-and-yellow pool of scallion oil and lemon juice. \u2014 Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2021",
"One of the simplest\u2014and most effective\u2014paths to preventing running injuries is to sandwich each run with targeted exercises. \u2014 Jason Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 8 Mar. 2019",
"His solution\u2014to sandwich a thin sashimi slice between translucent wafers of Asian pear\u2014is elegant and sculptural, evoking a fish swimming through an emerald-and-yellow pool of scallion oil and lemon juice. \u2014 Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2021",
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"Already, one in seven Americans belong to the sandwich generation \u2013 people who are caring for both aging parents and young children. \u2014 Garen Staglin, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"Millennials make up 39% of the sandwich generation , according to a survey of 1,000 adults conducted by Morning Consult for New York Life in late July and early August. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 18 Nov. 2020",
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"Read about the sandwich generation , caring for aging relatives and the costs of adoption. \u2014 Dani Blum, New York Times , 17 Feb. 2020",
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"Franklin County: There was a sanderling at Quabbin Gate 35 in New Salem, and two dickcissels were spotted in Deerfield. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Oct. 2021",
"In the region, a black scoter and a sanderling were in Northfield, and two dickcissels were found in Deerfield. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Oct. 2021",
"Migratory birds\u2014specifically little seaside birds called sanderlings \u2014did not have enough insects to eat during the breeding season. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 16 Oct. 2019",
"Only a quarter of the average sanderling populations were accounted for, and those individuals were in bad shape. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 16 Oct. 2019",
"Shorebirds such as sanderlings and plovers are down by about one-third, the team says. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 19 Sep. 2019",
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"At Plum Island, a Western kingbird was present most of last week, along with a snowy egret and a pectoral sandpiper , and another cattle egret has been lingering in the vicinity of Rogers Street in West Newbury. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
"North of Boston, recent sightings at Rough Meadows Sanctuary in Topsfield have included a pectoral sandpiper , two American woodcocks, a lesser yellowlegs, and a Magnolia warbler. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
"The ruddy turnstone and purple sandpiper seem to like each other's company. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 Jan. 2022",
"The other, with speckled brown-and-white feathers and a drooping bill, was a purple sandpiper . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Cape Cod: The highlights included an exceptionally late record of an Arctic tern at Race Point in Provincetown where a Western sandpiper , three Iceland gulls, and a snowy owl were also seen. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Three black-legged kittiwakes were seen at Quabbin Reservoir in Belchertown, a solitary sandpiper was seen at Hadley Cove in Hadley, and dickcissels were spotted in Hadley and Arcadia Sanctuary. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Oct. 2021",
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"The class started with 10 rocks and ultimately got it down to the final three \u2014 limestone, dolostone and sandstone . \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Unlike the nearby ancient Incan culture, which often used andesite rock or sandstone to construct its monuments, Casarabe architecture was made from dirt, sand and silt that builders tamped down. \u2014 Aylin Woodward, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Must-see stops along the Byway include: Whitney Pocket A breathtaking area with red and white sandstone outcroppings, petroglyphs, and primitive camping. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 9 May 2022",
"Located between layers of purplish-red mudstone and grayish-yellow sandstone were several armor plates and the shoulder, thigh, feet, back and rib bones of a stegosaur. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The property reflects a contemporary marine, wharf-like design that highlights local materials, including salt-and-pepper granite and sandstone , to Muntz metal, a copper alloy prominently used in shipbuilding. \u2014 Sandra Macgregor, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
"The sandstone has been abraded by blowing sand for many years, sharpening the tops of the rocks into facets, Vasavada said, and Curiosity's trek would have sent it driving over them for about a mile. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Another mystery surrounding the giant vessels centers on the sandstone used to carved them. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Apr. 2022",
"This outdoor outpost of 179,690 residents has been a rock-climbing mecca for decades, thanks to the towering sandstone bluffs and boulders that define the Cumberland Plateau, to the west. \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 6 Jan. 2022"
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"Arriving in Ur in the middle of a sandstorm , the writer reconnected with the archaeological team and introduced herself to Leonard\u2019s assistant, 25-year-old Mallowan, who\u2019d missed the previous season due to an illness. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The film has its visual pleasures, though: The sandstorm at the temple is a nice touch, and shooting through the lounge\u2019s beveled glass windows was a stroke of genius for DP Haris Zambarloukos. \u2014 Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Hanks is the tablespoonful of sugar that helps the sandstorm go down. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Classic elements like the sandstorm and the combat wheel are there, but gameplay is tightened to get players throwing down against each other much earlier. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The pileup occurred during a period of high winds that caused a dust or sandstorm that reduced visibility, the highway patrol said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 28 July 2021",
"The ad closes with an all-new 2022 Tundra TRD Pro emerging from the sandstorm . \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Harris Kelly, 20, was in a convoy of military vehicles when his truck swerved to avoid hitting another vehicle during a sandstorm , went off the road and rolled over north of Tallil, Iraq, military officials said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Sep. 2021",
"While on his pilgrimage, Pruitt, struggling with dementia, wanders off into the desert when he's beset upon by a sandstorm . \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 25 Sep. 2021"
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": a Mexican couple dance in which the woman waltzes holding her skirt spread while the man shuffles around her":[]
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"probably after Karl Gustav Sanio , 19th century German botanist":""
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": brick made by the sand-molding method of the soft-mud process \u2014 compare water-struck brick":[]
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"a former monetary unit equal to \u00b9/\u2081\u2080\u2080 lats":[]
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"Latvian (nominative plural santimi , genitive plural santimu ), from French centime centime":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Momentum used recycled glass as an abrasive material to sandblast the dumpster for the art project. \u2014 Sara Tabin, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Dec. 2020",
"The closure will allow contractors to sandblast and paint as part of the bridge and roadway rehabilitation project in the area, according to a city news release. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2020",
"The best results will be from sandblasting the metal. \u2014 Bryce M. Towsley, Outdoor Life , 13 May 2020",
"And now, a lot of that gets to be sandblasted away. \u2014 Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2020",
"Prior to finding its way to Brunswick, it had been sandblasted and electrified in Cincinnati. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 30 Nov. 2019",
"In five minutes, the app had sandblasted my cognitive matter with twenty TikToks that had the legibility and logic of a narcoleptic dream. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Instead, the Pailies sandblasted , falsely restamped and reshipped the metal. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 28 Aug. 2019",
"The Minnesota slide was sandblasted and painted in April. \u2014 Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities , 18 Aug. 2019"
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