"an industrialist who remains an eidolon of the visionary and ambitious self-made man",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To enlist Helen, rather than the more popular The Trojan Women, for an antiwar theme makes sense especially in the wake of the conflict in Iraq: Helen posits that a decade-long war was fought and a civilization destroyed over a mirage, an eidolon . \u2014 Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020"
"Freddie Freeman delivered the crushing blow in the team\u2019s 9-3 win against the Cincinnati Reds, lacing a leadoff double in the eighth to spark the team\u2019s six-run game-winning rally. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Sluchak, now in her personal capacity, hands Bell the equivalent of an eighth of an ounce of marijuana. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The test of the new method, which has been approved by city building officials, could cause the building to sink no more than an eighth of in inch \u2014 within the tolerance for the repair work \u2014 Hamburger wrote. \u2014 Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Naomi Osaka, a two-time U.S. Open champion who is in the same eighth of the draw as the past U.S. Open champions Sloane Stephens and Angelique Kerber. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Aug. 2021",
"The homer run was Sandle\u2019s team-high eighth of the year, and gave him 39 RBIs, also best on the club. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 16 May 2021",
"The marquee eighth has 11 allowance runners going 5 \u00bd furlongs. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2021",
"By his example, Pong teaches Tiller to look past the superficial, which proves a useful lesson in Asia, where Tiller, despite his Asian eighth , is categorically dismissed as a bule, a farang\u2014white, foreign. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2021",
"The Model 3 was the bestselling electric vehicle in China last year, with more than 138,000 sold, according to the China Passenger Car Association\u2014an eighth of the 1.11 million EVs sold nationwide. \u2014 Trefor Moss, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2021"
"the search is \u2026, eighthly , a search for ideals",
"\u2014 R. G. F. Robinson"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00f7\u02c8\u0101th-",
"\u02c8\u0101tthl\u0113",
"-li"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194233",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"eighty-six":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to refuse to serve (a customer)":[
"\"Beer here, barkeep,\" he said. \"You're eighty-sixed ,\" Lucy said. \"Cut off. No more for you.\"",
"\u2014 Mary Karr"
],
": to reject, discontinue, or get rid of (something)":[
"Democratic leaders also eighty-sixed a similar amendment introduced in the House version of the bill \u2026",
"\u2014 Dell Cameron",
"Sadly, \u2026 the heartless bottom-liners on the food committee eighty-sixed the black raspberry [ice cream] for good.",
"\u2014 Greg Kesich",
"So after attempting a Zoom interview that had them sounding as garbled as the off-camera adults in a \"Peanuts\" special, we eighty-sixed the audio on our computers and talked on the phone \u2026",
"\u2014 Brian O'Neill"
],
": to remove (an item) from a menu : to no longer offer (an item) to customers":[
"Many small restaurants or bars may run into issues with their inventory. When there are not enough ingredients left to make a popular dish or drink, they'll have to 86 it. This prevents customers from ordering it and then getting upset.",
"\u2014 used for emphasis after an alternative following a question or conditional clause especially where negation is implied who answers for the Irish parliament? or army either ? \u2014 Robert Browning"
"French and English are closer to each other than either language is to Chinese.",
"You may take either road.",
"You may choose either answer.",
"Either way is all right with me.",
"Pronoun",
"I haven't written to either of my parents.",
"Adverb",
"you won't convince them, and, in fact, I don't agree either !",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But some judges criticized the either -jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Conjunction",
"But scientists and doctors say things aren\u2019t that simple \u2014 and a belief that exposing children to marijuana, either directly or indirectly, is harmless isn\u2019t supported by the facts. \u2014 Daniel M. Jimenez, The Cannifornian , 22 June 2017",
"Consumers face two possible outcomes \u2014 insurers will either leave the marketplace or be forced to raise their rates. \u2014 Bloomberg News, The Denver Post , 5 May 2017",
"Either the gravitational influence from a passing star or group of stars, or the shock waves from an old exploding star in the distance, stirs up the nebula. \u2014 Mike Lynch / Sky Watch, Twin Cities , 11 Mar. 2017",
"Now either the president is flip-flopping or his staff is, once again, speaking out of turn. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist , 23 Feb. 2017",
"The tests use either a cheek swab or saliva and return autosomal DNA reports, sampling at more than 700,000 locations along a genome. \u2014 Katharine Gammon, Orange County Register , 30 Jan. 2017",
"The quarterbacks are the storyline for the 1:35 p.m. kickoff, but not in the way either team would\u2019ve liked. \u2014 Jimmy Durkin, The Mercury News , 3 Jan. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Get the biggest stories delivered (The Nets are not blameless either . \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022",
"The cost to buy a San Diego single-family home is out of reach for Pam Anderson, but renting one isn\u2019t easy either . \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Still, an inflation hedge that adds a solid return while lowering risk ain\u2019t bad either . \u2014 Kevin Coldiron, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"The relentlessly unpretentious Maryanne \u2014 who became the show's second Black female winner ever \u2014 was not just a silly barrel of laughs either . \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
"These Minnesota punks are either on the emo side of math-rock or the math-rock side of emo, maybe both. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022",
"But the lawyers didn\u2019t think that was a strong case either . \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Off the show, things haven't been good between the two either . \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"That's not the only casualty, either , as Hyundai is also dropping the Accent subcompact sedan after the 2022 model year. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 30 June 2022"
"Middle English, from Old English \u01e3ghw\u00e6ther both, each, from \u0101 always + ge- , collective prefix + hw\u00e6ther which of two, whether \u2014 more at aye , co-":"Adjective"
