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"\u2014 Marilyn Stasio"
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"Noun",
"He works for a lumber company.",
"had a clearout of all his old lumber and finally got rid of it",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Unlike football, rugby has no huddles, no platooning of special players, no time wasted watching huge linemen lumber to the line of scrimmage as a 40-second play clock winds down. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 June 2022",
"As with a host of products -- from computer chips to lumber -- the pandemic has snarled the supply chain for baby formula. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 24 May 2022",
"Nowhere is that more important than in the Salang Pass, where, at over two miles high, thousands of trucks lumber through the jagged mountains every day. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Within seconds, the rhino got up, turned around, and began to lumber toward our vehicle. \u2014 Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure , 27 Feb. 2022",
"These glowing objects can be hit with Aloy's arrows to send rocks and lumber onto the battlefield... ... \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Feb. 2022",
"But worrying signs have started to appear that these dynamics are not limited to lumber . \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The ability to restore balance in the market ultimately lies with the suppliers of these materials\u2014steel mills, plastics producers, and especially lumber producers. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Investors are betting the inflationary streak that has sent prices of everything from used cars to lumber soaring will fade in the coming years, a reassuring sign for markets struggling to find direction. \u2014 Sam Goldfarb, WSJ , 1 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"About 450 million board feet of lumber , estimated to be worth more than $100 million, turned to ash. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 26 June 2022",
"The monastery, located in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, is made mostly of lumber and has stood since the 16th century. \u2014 Fox News , 4 June 2022",
"And there's also a supply issue right now, with lumber and all the kind of supplies, ratching up high in price right now. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
"Europeans colonized the area in the mid-1800s and began clear-cutting trees to supply nearby towns and the Comstock Lode mines with lumber . \u2014 Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times , 30 Aug. 2021",
"Police were called to a Menards store on Wednesday after the suspect, identified as Luke Alvin Oeltjenbruns, allegedly attacked an employee with lumber amid a mask dispute, the Hutchinson Police Department said in a statement. \u2014 Hayley Vaughn, NBC News , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Police had responded to the Menards store after a report of a man assaulting an employee with lumber in a dispute over wearing a mask, according to a Hutchinson Police statement. \u2014 Stella Chan, CNN , 15 Apr. 2021",
"And don\u2019t even consider any prefab shed that has a floor frame made with untreated construction-grade lumber . \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 18 Mar. 2021",
"Bolton says that engineered flooring and walls developed for high-end hotels and residences are just as attractive and more functional than single pieces of lumber . \u2014 Gemma Harris, Robb Report , 30 May 2022"
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"\u02c8l\u0259m-b\u0259r"
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"plan to lumber the tiny town with a giant ski resort",
"\u2014 Marilyn Stasio"
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"He works for a lumber company.",
"had a clearout of all his old lumber and finally got rid of it",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Unlike football, rugby has no huddles, no platooning of special players, no time wasted watching huge linemen lumber to the line of scrimmage as a 40-second play clock winds down. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 June 2022",
"As with a host of products -- from computer chips to lumber -- the pandemic has snarled the supply chain for baby formula. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 24 May 2022",
"Nowhere is that more important than in the Salang Pass, where, at over two miles high, thousands of trucks lumber through the jagged mountains every day. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Within seconds, the rhino got up, turned around, and began to lumber toward our vehicle. \u2014 Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure , 27 Feb. 2022",
"These glowing objects can be hit with Aloy's arrows to send rocks and lumber onto the battlefield... ... \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Feb. 2022",
"But worrying signs have started to appear that these dynamics are not limited to lumber . \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The ability to restore balance in the market ultimately lies with the suppliers of these materials\u2014steel mills, plastics producers, and especially lumber producers. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Investors are betting the inflationary streak that has sent prices of everything from used cars to lumber soaring will fade in the coming years, a reassuring sign for markets struggling to find direction. \u2014 Sam Goldfarb, WSJ , 1 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"About 450 million board feet of lumber , estimated to be worth more than $100 million, turned to ash. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 26 June 2022",
"The monastery, located in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, is made mostly of lumber and has stood since the 16th century. \u2014 Fox News , 4 June 2022",
"And there's also a supply issue right now, with lumber and all the kind of supplies, ratching up high in price right now. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
"Europeans colonized the area in the mid-1800s and began clear-cutting trees to supply nearby towns and the Comstock Lode mines with lumber . \u2014 Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times , 30 Aug. 2021",
"Police were called to a Menards store on Wednesday after the suspect, identified as Luke Alvin Oeltjenbruns, allegedly attacked an employee with lumber amid a mask dispute, the Hutchinson Police Department said in a statement. \u2014 Hayley Vaughn, NBC News , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Police had responded to the Menards store after a report of a man assaulting an employee with lumber in a dispute over wearing a mask, according to a Hutchinson Police statement. \u2014 Stella Chan, CNN , 15 Apr. 2021",
"And don\u2019t even consider any prefab shed that has a floor frame made with untreated construction-grade lumber . \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 18 Mar. 2021",
"Bolton says that engineered flooring and walls developed for high-end hotels and residences are just as attractive and more functional than single pieces of lumber . \u2014 Gemma Harris, Robb Report , 30 May 2022"
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},
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"\u02c8l\u0259m-b\u0259r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095125",
"type":[
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"luminance":{
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": the quality or state of being luminous":[]
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"examples":[
"the emerald had a pure, icy green luminance",
"the landscapes of the French painter Claude Lorraine have a unique luminance that no other artist has quite captured",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To make adjustments even more precise, DxO has added sensitivity settings for Control Lines and Control Points so photographers can apply edits just to the luminance and chrominance of an area. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
"The A80Ks, meanwhile, will be available in 55, 65 and 77-inch screen sizes, and will benefit from the high luminance panels Sony introduced with its premium OLED TVs in 2021. \u2014 John Archer, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Currently this program sets requirements for resolution, luminance , video decoding standards and colour and connectivity for a TV to be able to wear an 8K Association Certified badge of honor. \u2014 John Archer, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"And like those consoles, Stadia on LG TVs puts out color and luminance that matches the HDR-10 standard and is compatible with 5.1 surround sound. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 8 Dec. 2021",
"So Feinberg's team did it with varying amounts of light\u2014with luminance . \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 29 Apr. 2021",
"Without the mangroves, the bay will lose its luminance - our support will restore these precious ecosystems while also securing the local economy. \u2014 Angela Chan, Forbes , 2 June 2021",
"Small highlights, such as the light in the projector lens in Chapter 8 of \u2018It\u2019, look phenomenally potent, giving the HDR effect a boost that feels beyond the 30 nits or so of measured luminance difference between the G1 and GX. \u2014 John Archer, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Perhaps surprisingly the luminance overshoot seems equally as likely to occur with SDR content as HDR, and is seemingly particularly problematic with gaming sources. \u2014 John Archer, Forbes , 28 Feb. 2021"
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"1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8l\u00fc-m\u0259-n\u0259n(t)s"
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"synonyms":[
"burnish",
"gloss",
"luster",
"lustre",
"polish",
"sheen",
"shine"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"luminary":{
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"a literary luminary",
"a luminary in the medical profession"
]
},
"examples":[
"luminaries of the art world",
"awed by the vast number of luminaries in the night sky",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The snowy-haired soul-pop luminary joined the band in 1975 and helped recast their sound. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
"No less a luminary than Irwin Griswold said that growth was primarily due to Surrey. \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"But that would go counter to the spirit of a Broadway luminary who is at heart an ensemble trouper dedicated to artistic growth. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"Consider a larger gathering if seeking advice from an industry luminary . \u2014 Heather Landy, Quartz , 11 Apr. 2022",
"This is especially true because this luminary is ruled by both Mars and Pluto, which Mont\u00fafar says are the two most intense planetary energies. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Rubin and Stiglitz were brought together by a third luminary , Peter Orszag, the chief executive officer of financial advisory at the investment bank Lazard Freres & Co. LLC. \u2014 Peter Coy, Bloomberg.com , 20 Jan. 2021",
"Its founder, Sh\u014dhei Imamura, was a luminary of Japanese New Wave cinema, known for his harshly realist films about prostitutes, bar hostesses, and straggling theatre troupes. \u2014 Merve Emre, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Tamblyn is far from the only entertainment luminary in Zegler\u2019s corner. \u2014 Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English luminarye , from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French luminaire light, luminary, from Late Latin luminaria , plural of luminare lamp, heavenly body, from Latin, window, from lumin-, lumen light; akin to Latin luc\u0113re to shine \u2014 more at light":""
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"\u02c8l\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113"
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"synonyms":[
"sphere",
"star",
"sun"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173037",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"luminescence":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"the luminescence of the watch",
"we could see inside the cave even without a flashlight because of the luminescence coming from some of the fungus on the walls",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Second only to Lynskey in luminescence in this movie is Wood, whose Tony named his dog Kevin and specializes in nunchucks and ninja stars. \u2014 Gwen Ihnat, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
"What about Vavilov\u2019s brother Sergei Vavilov, a physicist who studied luminescence and contributed his expertise to Soviet nuclear physics",
"The only glow comes from the luminescence of rockets arcing across the sky. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"Yin sees another practical application for the shirt \u2014 generating luminescence for joggers who run at night. \u2014 Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Radiocarbon analysis and luminescence dating established that the modern human layer in Grotte Mandrin is between 51,700 and 56,800 years old. \u2014 Tom Metcalfe, NBC News , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Her engagement ring is almost as dazzling as the mega screens in Times Square that create a daylight-like luminescence long after sunset. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Dec. 2021",
"More than one contemporary in Hollywood noted that her magic truly showed up only on celluloid, like a ghostly luminescence undetectable until the film was developed. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
"As a result, PRF decreases dark spots, improves texture, and provides a longer-lasting luminescence on the skin. \u2014 Kaitlin Clark, Allure , 1 Nov. 2021"
": the relative quantity of radiation emitted by a celestial source (such as a star)":[]
},
"examples":[
"the luminosity of the fireflies made for an enchanting nighttime show",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The smooth, ultra-reflective gloss and silky feel of molten luminosity merge perfectly into the skin. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 6 June 2022",
"Light-reflecting pigments, suspended in a creamy base, that both conceal imperfections and add a soft-focus luminosity to skin. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
"You'll be left with natural-looking color and a radiant finish with subtle luminosity . \u2014 Theresa Holland, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
"The blendable, buildable tint imparts just the right amount of fresh-faced color and luminosity without superfluous shimmer. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
"Bierstadt\u2019s works are typically defined by their attention to detail, rigorous composition and luminosity . \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Gentle massaging also brings extra circulation to the face, improving luminosity and facial contour. \u2014 ELLE , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The pros advise against invasive or harsh treatments such as extractions, microneedling and peels, instead leaning into creating definition, luminosity , and the enhancement of natural beauty. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 4 May 2022",
"The first rung\u2014that is, the one concerning the nearest cosmic objects\u2014relies on geometric parallax to determine the distance to special stars called Cepheid variables, which pulsate in proportion to their intrinsic luminosity . \u2014 Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American , 18 Apr. 2022"
": emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused , or glowing light":[
"luminous objects\u2014the nebula, the stars, the planets",
"\u2014 Lincoln La Paz"
],
": of or relating to light or to luminous flux":[],
": shining , illustrious":[
"a luminous film star",
"a luminous performance"
]
},
"examples":[
"I saw the cat's luminous eyes in my car's headlights.",
"a watch with a luminous dial",
"The room was luminous with sunlight.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The image sees her posing regally atop the silhouette of a luminous horse. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"Under its scratch-resistant crystal is a white face with prominent Roman numeral hour markers, luminous hands, 12-hour and 30-minute sub-dial and a date aperture at 6 o\u2019clock. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 27 June 2022",
"Blacks are inky and whites are luminous , with 2,400 lumens of brightness and a contrast ratio of up to 200,000:1, significantly higher than specs on the lower-cost projectors featured here. \u2014 Paul Schrodt, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
"That\u2019s a luminous object powered by a supermassive black hole \u2013 like the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 16 June 2022",
"The resulting timepiece, limited to just 250 pieces, boasts a layered dial construction featuring a solid disc of luminous material beneath a plate with index apertures to expose the lume as characters. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 15 June 2022",
"The model and skincare founder, whose line, Rhode, launches today, started one of the year\u2019s biggest beauty trends thanks to an Instagram post earlier this year showcasing her luminous skin. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 June 2022",
"This turbulent mix of peoples provided a wealth of material for Mr. Yehoshua and a luminous circle of authors that included Amos Oz and David Grossman. \u2014 Joseph Berger, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The textured visuals are often breathtaking, pulsing with luminous color, and the detailed character work is delightful, matched by strong contributions from the voice actors. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English, from Latin luminosus , from lumin-, lumen":""
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"\u02c8l\u00fc-m\u0259-n\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for luminous bright , brilliant , radiant , luminous , lustrous mean shining or glowing with light. bright implies emitting or reflecting a high degree of light. brilliant implies intense often sparkling brightness. radiant stresses the emission or seeming emission of rays of light. luminous implies emission of steady, suffused, glowing light by reflection or in surrounding darkness. lustrous stresses an even, rich light from a surface that reflects brightly without glittering.",
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"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid"
],
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant"
],
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": bathed in or exposed to steady light":[
"luminous with sunlight"
],
": clear , enlightening":[
"a luminous explanation"
],
": emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused , or glowing light":[
"luminous objects\u2014the nebula, the stars, the planets",
"\u2014 Lincoln La Paz"
],
": of or relating to light or to luminous flux":[],
": shining , illustrious":[
"a luminous film star",
"a luminous performance"
]
},
"examples":[
"I saw the cat's luminous eyes in my car's headlights.",
"a watch with a luminous dial",
"The room was luminous with sunlight.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The image sees her posing regally atop the silhouette of a luminous horse. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"Under its scratch-resistant crystal is a white face with prominent Roman numeral hour markers, luminous hands, 12-hour and 30-minute sub-dial and a date aperture at 6 o\u2019clock. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 27 June 2022",
"Blacks are inky and whites are luminous , with 2,400 lumens of brightness and a contrast ratio of up to 200,000:1, significantly higher than specs on the lower-cost projectors featured here. \u2014 Paul Schrodt, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
"That\u2019s a luminous object powered by a supermassive black hole \u2013 like the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 16 June 2022",
"The resulting timepiece, limited to just 250 pieces, boasts a layered dial construction featuring a solid disc of luminous material beneath a plate with index apertures to expose the lume as characters. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 15 June 2022",
"The model and skincare founder, whose line, Rhode, launches today, started one of the year\u2019s biggest beauty trends thanks to an Instagram post earlier this year showcasing her luminous skin. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 June 2022",
"This turbulent mix of peoples provided a wealth of material for Mr. Yehoshua and a luminous circle of authors that included Amos Oz and David Grossman. \u2014 Joseph Berger, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The textured visuals are often breathtaking, pulsing with luminous color, and the detailed character work is delightful, matched by strong contributions from the voice actors. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English, from Latin luminosus , from lumin-, lumen":""
},
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"\u02c8l\u00fc-m\u0259-n\u0259s"
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"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"contraction of love me (in the exclamation Lord love me! )":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131308",
"type":[
"interjection"
]
},
"lummox":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a clumsy person":[]
},
"examples":[
"that player is a lummox in the outfield, with three errors just this week",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Max is still living happily in New York City with his owner, Katie (Ellie Kemper), and his lummox of a best friend Duke (Eric Stonestreet). \u2014 The Washington Post, The Mercury News , 6 June 2019",
"An unemployed lummox of a man, McCausland spends most of his time getting drunk with his portly mother, and for years, the two have been embroiled in a July 4 fireworks competition with the Massimo family, their wealthy neighbors across the lake. \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Newsweek , 5 July 2015"
],
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"circa 1825, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"origin unknown":""
},
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"\u02c8l\u0259-m\u0259ks",
"-miks"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"butterfingers",
"dub",
"klutz",
"looby",
"lubber"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093821",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from lumme":""
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"\u02c8l\u0259m\u0113",
"-mi"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200205",
"type":[
"adjective"
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": a piece or mass of indefinite size and shape":[
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"a lump of clay"
],
": aggregate , totality":[
"taken in the lump"
],
": majority":[
"few candidates ever started with such a lump who did not get the nomination",
"\u2014 R. L. Strout"
],
": beatings , bruises":[
"had taken a lot of lumps growing up in the city"
],
": defeat , loss":[
"can cheerfully take his lumps on losers, because the payout is big on the winners",
"\u2014 Martin Mayer"
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": to group indiscriminately":[],
": to move noisily and clumsily":[],
": to become formed into lumps":[],
": to move oneself noisily and clumsily":[],
": not divided into parts : entire":[
"a lump sum"
],
": to put up with":[
"like it or lump it"
]
},
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"\u02c8l\u0259mp"
],
"synonyms":[
"blob",
"chunk",
"clod",
"clot",
"clump",
"dollop",
"glob",
"gob",
"gobbet",
"hunk",
"knob",
"nub",
"nubble",
"nugget",
"wad"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"turning a lump of clay into a beautiful pot",
"He got a lump on his head after bumping into the doorway.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Consumer advocates say a better alternative is small-dollar installment loans from employers or banks that customers can pay back over time, instead of in lump sums. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"A month after the hysterectomy, Calloway-Fields discovered a lump in her breast. \u2014 al , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Tracy Tomer had her first mammogram at age 53, after feeling a lump in her breast. \u2014 Jon Lapook, CBS News , 21 Dec. 2021",
"After discovering a suspicious lump in her breast one day while in the shower, Abby Match was diagnosed in August with an aggressive form of breast cancer. \u2014 Renee Ghert-zand, sun-sentinel.com , 20 May 2021",
"You're probably parched after your two-and-a-half-hour drive from San Jose airport, (or still have a lump in your throat from the 20-minute flight by puddle-jumper). \u2014 Anne Bratskeir, Travel + Leisure , 10 Apr. 2021",
"Quasha was scheduled for a diagnostic mammogram after noticing a lump in her left breast, but her radiologist was more concerned with the white blobs that showed on her lymph nodes, which the mammogram picked up. \u2014 Michael Lee, Washington Examiner , 2 Mar. 2021",
"Just a few weeks earlier, the 34-year-old mother of five from New Haven, Connecticut, had found a lump in her breast. \u2014 Meghan Rabbitt, Woman's Day , 16 Dec. 2020",
"Common symptoms of both types of lymphoma include swollen lymph nodes (presenting as a lump in the neck, under the arm, or in the groin), fatigue, fever, unexplained weight loss, and night sweats, Per the ACS. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, Health.com , 20 Oct. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to Netflix, the series will have the biggest cast and lump sum prize money in reality TV history: 456 contestants and $4.56 million, respectively. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"His theories about elections tend to lump all Chicago Democrats together, so that Michelle and Barack Obama are considered just as capable of unsavory political tactics as the two Daleys who governed Chicago for decades. \u2014 Megan O\u2019matz, ProPublica , 25 May 2022",
"Privacy advocates, for their part, worried that even though Floc data would lump people into groups, ad companies would eventually be able to identify individuals, and sensitive information about them, by collecting enough Floc data. \u2014 Sam Schechner, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Furthermore, some payers continue to lump obesity drugs together with lifestyle medications. \u2014 Joshua Cohen, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"Right-wingers, but also liberals, lump everything in with trafficking. \u2014 ELLE , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Even those who think his personal decision not to get a coronavirus vaccine is ill-informed and unhelpful do not lump him in with anti-vaccination crusaders. \u2014 Marc Santora, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The boom in ETFs\u2014funds that lump in whole categories of risk-assets\u2014in recent years has been a huge lift to the equities markets. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 26 Jan. 2022",
"To lump these movies together under a giant frown emoji, in other words, would be as reductive as trying to consign them to a single style or subject. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Malaysian government has offered monthly assistance to the unemployed and lump payments to workers in certain sectors. \u2014 Matt Apuzzo, New York Times , 23 Mar. 2020",
"The menu includes grilled salmon salad on a corn tostada, red fish with tomato artichoke beurre blanc sauce, enchiladas with lump crab meat, chocolate strawberries and churros. \u2014 Audrey Eads, Dallas News , 7 Feb. 2020",
"This means making sure you get paid for all your unused vacation time or PTO, and, if applicable, understanding the options for your company stock and pension (for example, single life, lump sum, or joint with survivor). \u2014 Nathan Bachrach And Amy Wagner, Cincinnati.com , 4 Feb. 2020",
"States under the total lump sum block-grant model would be required to keep health service spending at a level of at least 80% of the target. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 30 Jan. 2020",
"Under the wages provision in the new contract, a firefighter who has been on the force for five years, earning $57,900, would get a 5 percent lump sum payment of $2,895. \u2014 Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com , 24 Jan. 2020",
"If that funding is converted to a block grant, a state could get a limited, lump sum of federal money instead. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2020",
"Members will also receive raises equal to 6% of wages over the life of the contract, and two lump sum payments equal to 4% of annual wages. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 11 Dec. 2019",
"In the deal, workers would receive $9,000 before taxes, plus lump sum payments for skilled-trades workers of $1,000 this year and in 2021. \u2014 Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal , 16 Nov. 2019"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Rhys spent decades, often isolated and paranoid, in lumpen houses and apartments in and out of London, before success arrived late. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"Then the judges booted her for wearing a lumpen quilt skirt accessorized with a blow-up-doll boyfriend. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Tye Sheridan gives a somewhat lumpen performance as the author\u2019s stand-in, an aspiring writer whose family background is funky, to say the least. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
"The films of Sean Baker celebrate lumpen characters and communities that subsist within the cracks of America\u2019s neoliberal landscape. \u2014 Erik Morse, Vogue , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Indeed, the miniatures \u2014 lumpen clay armchairs and occasional tables that Valle arranges and rearranges inside shoebox versions of their ultimate destinations \u2014 are closer to dollhouse furniture than to showpiece renderings. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Some collectors are leaning further into technology by amassing digital artworks, while other sets of buyers are coping by prizing ceramics, with their fragile, lumpen tactility. \u2014 Kelly Crow, WSJ , 6 July 2021",
"Other labels are riffing on the shoe\u2019s lumpen shape, and playing with proportion and puff. \u2014 Lauren Mechling, Vogue , 30 Mar. 2021",
"It\u2019s made of diabase traprock, which contains iron that causes the cliffs to look lumpen and rusty in the wrong light, precise and resplendent in the right one. \u2014 Christian Wiman, Harper's magazine , 20 Jan. 2020"
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"before painting, we had to sand the lumpy surface to make it smooth",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For some reason the COs never seem to comment on the curiously lumpy figures that emerge in time for cell inspection. \u2014 Keri Blakinger, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
"On climbs ranging from steep, loose fire roads to scrabbles up lumpy or ledgy sandstone, the SB115 sticks to surfaces, providing a welcome assist on technical uphills. \u2014 Outside Online , 1 July 2020",
"The formula resembles a shower gel and has a lumpy texture. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"However, with the moon etched against the Sun, the video reveals the lumpy nature of Phobos' terrain, complete with ridges and small hills. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The animals are elegant yet jagged and lumpy , with bits of protruding steel that reveal the original shapes of the castoff pieces Frank incorporated. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The researchers still think that cryovolcanism is a good explanation since a viscous liquid or partially molten solid could spread slowly and form this sort of lumpy terrain. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 4 Apr. 2022",
"While this model is less comfortable to lie in than a fabric hammock or one that includes a pad, the hammock's crisscrossing design does eliminate the need for lumpy knots across the hammock bed to eliminate pressure points. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Like Jiffy Pop, my hair exploded out, becoming a solid lumpy curtain of a billion long, fuzzy threads swallowing my face. \u2014 Michaela Angela Davis, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2022"
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"noun"
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"noun"
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": bituminous coal in the large lumps remaining after a single screening that is often designated by the size of the mesh over which it passes and by which the minimum size lump is determined":[
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"noun"
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": excision of a breast tumor with a limited amount of associated tissue":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another suggests some low-risk breast cancer patients can omit radiation after lumpectomy . \u2014 Carla K. Johnson, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"Celebrities began posting their support for Dress Shoppe II; Hadid even paid Goyal a visit and texted her good luck before her lumpectomy later in the year. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Some women who are diagnosed with breast cancer have a lumpectomy , a breast-conserving procedure to remove cancerous or abnormal breast tissue. \u2014 Rachel Weber, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 Sep. 2021",
"She was treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, undergoing a lumpectomy , radiation and chemotherapy. \u2014 Daniela Altimari, courant.com , 10 Sep. 2021",
"The results of randomized clinical trial published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute focused on 200 patients who underwent a breast biopsy or lumpectomy for breast cancer. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 17 June 2021",
"But that routine exam led to more detailed tests, and ultimately to a lumpectomy , chemotherapy and radiation. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 May 2021",
"A few weeks later, however, after booking a second lumpectomy , a second doctor urged her to have a double mastectomy. \u2014 Allison Hatfield, Dallas News , 9 Nov. 2020",
"Doctors have told her that simply having a lumpectomy or even undergoing chemotherapy when she was first diagnosed wouldn\u2019t have made a difference because the source of her cancer is genetic. \u2014 Korin Miller, Woman's Day , 3 Dec. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1972, in the meaning defined above":""
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"a lumberman who supervises the rest of the team during logging season",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Woodward remembers walking through stands of fragrant pines with his grandfather, a lumberman in South Carolina. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2021",
"Shore Acres State Park stands on ground that was once the location of the most luxurious home in Oregon, a palatial estate built in 1905 by local shipbuilder and lumberman Louis J. Simpson. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 June 2021",
"Over its long life, the four-level home with views of the city skyline and Mount St. Helens, has been owned by a lumberman and luminaries, including Lee Loomis, a former Yukon gold rush banker who founded Loomis Armored Car Service. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Apr. 2021",
"In the spring when the coronavirus first hit, state officials searched far and wide for personal protective equipment, relying on everything from Chinese bankers to a Cromwell lumberman to procure hard-to-find masks and gowns. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 Dec. 2020",
"In the spring when the coronavirus first hit, state officials searched far and wide for personal protective equipment, relying on everything from Chinese bankers to a Cromwell lumberman to procure hard-to-find masks and gowns. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 Dec. 2020",
"In the spring when the coronavirus first hit, state officials searched far and wide for personal protective equipment, relying on everything from Chinese bankers to a Cromwell lumberman to procure hard-to-find masks and gowns. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 Dec. 2020",
"In the spring when the coronavirus first hit, state officials searched far and wide for personal protective equipment, relying on everything from Chinese bankers to a Cromwell lumberman to procure hard-to-find masks and gowns. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 Dec. 2020",
"In the spring when the coronavirus first hit, state officials searched far and wide for personal protective equipment, relying on everything from Chinese bankers to a Cromwell lumberman to procure hard-to-find masks and gowns. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 Dec. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1761, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"\u02c8l\u0259m-b\u0259r, -\u02ccb\u00e4r",
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"examples":[
"This seat provides good lumbar support.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The chair offers lumbar support and other features that make the chair a comfortable place to sit for the day. \u2014 Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Apr. 2022",
"That includes the arms, the seat depth, and the lumbar support. \u2014 Julian Chokkattu, Wired , 10 Nov. 2021",
"September 17, 2009 - Undergoes elective back surgery to deal with pain caused from a case of lumbar spinal stenosis. \u2014 CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
"This $2090 upgrade allows the front occupants to adjust things like height and positions, of course, as well as squab inclination and depth, as well as lumbar support level and the side bolsters. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 13 Nov. 2021",
"My chair at the office is a mesh multifunction task chair with adjustable armrests, lumbar support, forward tilt control, and a 20-inch seat width. \u2014 Quartz Staff, Quartz , 6 Dec. 2021",
"The adjustable armrests and seat angles ensure an ergonomic experience, and the lumbar support prevents lower back pain during hours-long gaming sessions. \u2014 Eric Ravenscraft, Wired , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Elemax is essentially a pad that fits in the lumbar support. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 18 Nov. 2021",
"In May, Tesla quietly removed lumbar support from the front passenger seat in the Model 3 and Model Y EVs. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 13 Nov. 2021"
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"New Latin lumbaris , from Latin lumbus loin \u2014 more at loin":""
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"circa 1656, in the meaning defined above":""
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"idiom"
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": quicklime in lumps as it comes from vertical kilns in calcining limestone":[]
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"noun"
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": puncture of the subarachnoid space in the lumbar region of the spinal cord to withdraw cerebrospinal fluid or inject anesthetic drugs":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lumbar puncture did not go smoothly, with multiple attempts needed in order to access my CSF. \u2014 Jodi Ettenberg, CNN , 29 Jan. 2022",
"The days-long hospital stay might include invasive testing such as a lumbar puncture , which is costly, uncomfortable for the child and family, and may turn out to be ultimately unnecessary. \u2014 Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com , 19 July 2021",
"Ayah also gets alternative medicine via a lumbar puncture every few months, which her mother described as similar to the epidural women get when having a baby. \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 31 Mar. 2021",
"That month, Jaden finally underwent several blood tests, including one for diabetes, which came back negative, and a lumbar puncture . \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Doctors often need to perform a lumbar puncture , otherwise known as spinal tap, to sample spinal fluid and look for signs of inflammation and abnormal antibodies. \u2014 Aarti Sarwal, The Conversation , 7 July 2020",
"After the test, she was transferred back to the Royal Oak campus and admitted to the pediatric ICU for sedation and a series of tests, including a lumbar puncture . \u2014 Stephanie Toone, ajc , 20 Apr. 2020",
"Skylar was then admitted to the pediatric ICU at the hospital -- located in a northern suburb of Detroit, Mich., -- where she was given a lumbar puncture and the family learned of her meningitis condition. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Apr. 2020",
"But Bennett thought that delivering them directly to the cerebrospinal fluid via lumbar puncture might work. \u2014 Lydia Denworth, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Under the proposal, the Education Department would allow more kinds of payments to count towards PSLF (including partial payments, lump sum payments, and untimely payments). \u2014 Adam S. Minsky, Forbes , 6 July 2022",
"My doctor was able to remove the entire lump that had dictated my life for the last nine months. \u2014 Danielle Soviero, Bon App\u00e9tit , 30 June 2022",
"The jumbo lump crab cake, which the server recommended highly, was our first taste of that. \u2014 Gordon Hamersley, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The Challenge will feature 456 players competing for a lump sum cash prize of $4.56 million. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 14 June 2022",
"In the weeks following, a gnarly, pus-laden lump blossoms, then scabs and falls away. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"The lump turned into a scan, and the scan that turned into a biopsy\u2013no\u2013three biopsies. \u2014 Jessica Boudreaux, SPIN , 2 June 2022",
"In a bowl whisk \u00bd cup flour with \u00bd a cup of cold water until lump -free; add to the pan. \u2014 Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Consumer advocates say a better alternative is small-dollar installment loans from employers or banks that customers can pay back over time, instead of in lump sums. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to Netflix, the series will have the biggest cast and lump sum prize money in reality TV history: 456 contestants and $4.56 million, respectively. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"His theories about elections tend to lump all Chicago Democrats together, so that Michelle and Barack Obama are considered just as capable of unsavory political tactics as the two Daleys who governed Chicago for decades. \u2014 Megan O\u2019matz, ProPublica , 25 May 2022",
"Privacy advocates, for their part, worried that even though Floc data would lump people into groups, ad companies would eventually be able to identify individuals, and sensitive information about them, by collecting enough Floc data. \u2014 Sam Schechner, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Furthermore, some payers continue to lump obesity drugs together with lifestyle medications. \u2014 Joshua Cohen, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"Right-wingers, but also liberals, lump everything in with trafficking. \u2014 ELLE , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Even those who think his personal decision not to get a coronavirus vaccine is ill-informed and unhelpful do not lump him in with anti-vaccination crusaders. \u2014 Marc Santora, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The boom in ETFs\u2014funds that lump in whole categories of risk-assets\u2014in recent years has been a huge lift to the equities markets. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 26 Jan. 2022",
"To lump these movies together under a giant frown emoji, in other words, would be as reductive as trying to consign them to a single style or subject. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Malaysian government has offered monthly assistance to the unemployed and lump payments to workers in certain sectors. \u2014 Matt Apuzzo, New York Times , 23 Mar. 2020",
"The menu includes grilled salmon salad on a corn tostada, red fish with tomato artichoke beurre blanc sauce, enchiladas with lump crab meat, chocolate strawberries and churros. \u2014 Audrey Eads, Dallas News , 7 Feb. 2020",
"This means making sure you get paid for all your unused vacation time or PTO, and, if applicable, understanding the options for your company stock and pension (for example, single life, lump sum, or joint with survivor). \u2014 Nathan Bachrach And Amy Wagner, Cincinnati.com , 4 Feb. 2020",
"States under the total lump sum block-grant model would be required to keep health service spending at a level of at least 80% of the target. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 30 Jan. 2020",
"Under the wages provision in the new contract, a firefighter who has been on the force for five years, earning $57,900, would get a 5 percent lump sum payment of $2,895. \u2014 Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com , 24 Jan. 2020",
"If that funding is converted to a block grant, a state could get a limited, lump sum of federal money instead. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2020",
"Members will also receive raises equal to 6% of wages over the life of the contract, and two lump sum payments equal to 4% of annual wages. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 11 Dec. 2019",
"In the deal, workers would receive $9,000 before taxes, plus lump sum payments for skilled-trades workers of $1,000 this year and in 2021. \u2014 Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal , 16 Nov. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chuck Mumpson, an American boor as lumpish as his name. \u2014 Margalit Fox, New York Times , 3 Dec. 2020"
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"\u2014 Jane Dorner",
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"Born in San Diego, Ward spent three years in the United States Air Force before working as a boxer and a lumberjack ahead of studying acting at New York\u2019s Herbert Berghof Studio. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 13 May 2022",
"The San Diego native and Air Force veteran had stints as a short-order cook, boxer and Alaskan lumberjack before finding his true calling as an actor in the 1970s, Ward's manager Ron Hoffman said in a statement. \u2014 Diana Dasrath, NBC News , 13 May 2022",
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"These meetings were typically low-key affairs; the Waco event was planned for 1 p.m. on a Sunday, at a Hooters-style chain restaurant called Twin Peaks, where the waitresses wear lumberjack -plaid halter tops. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Feb. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"experiencing an attack of lumbago",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His lawyer, Elmer George, says his client has a past history of hypothyroidism, aortic stenosis and chronic lumbago and is due to serve out his sentence in less than nine months. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 21 May 2020",
"This offer is valid only for townsfolk with proof of dropsy, mumps, polio, lumbago , colitis, bursitis, bites of the wolf most vile, and other afflictions covered under the purview of Clifton\u2019s marvellous medical menagerie. \u2014 Evan Waite, The New Yorker , 19 May 2020",
"Now ague, biliousness, lumbago , Saint Vitus\u2019s dance and dropsy. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Aug. 2019",
"Playing on those surfaces could have exacerbated Gehrig\u2019s chronic lumbago in much the same way. \u2014 John Eisenberg, SI.com , 4 July 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The researchers plan on testing a smaller and lighter version in the Icelandic lumpfish fishery soon. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2021"
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"Her father owned a wholesale lumberyard , and her mother was a homemaker. \u2014 Emily Langer, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Her father owned a wholesale lumberyard , and her mother was a homemaker. \u2014 Emily Langer, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Her father owned a wholesale lumberyard , and her mother was a homemaker. \u2014 Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"The property was once part of the Bonnie Brae estate owned by a Chicago lumberyard magnate. \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"After the company was sold in 1993, the Erbs' fortune continued to grow through real estate development of many of the lumberyard properties, including the one that had been on South Main at Troy Street in downtown Royal Oak. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 18 May 2022",
"And then freakish coastal storms washed out roads, rails and ports, breaking the supply chain between forest, sawmill and lumberyard . \u2014 Bill Weir, CNN , 12 Feb. 2022",
"In Naples, the wealthy retirement community south of Fort Myers, Ron Labbe owned a lumberyard that sold materials to the town\u2019s high-end builders. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Howard took over his father\u2019s lumberyard on the east side, and for years made a good living. \u2014 Peter Orner, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the 1800s, for example, a single clone of the Irish lumper potato fed Ireland's growing population until a rot wiped it out, devastating the island's people and economy. \u2014 Rebecca Albright, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2018"
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"a monetary subunit of the dram \u2014 see dram at Money Table":[]
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