"mountain ridge 2680 feet (817 meters) high in the West Bank running north and south on the eastern side of Jerusalem":[]
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": an organization under oligarchic control":[
"That country is an oligarchy ."
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": government by the few":[
"The corporation is ruled by oligarchy ."
]
},
"examples":[
"Their nation is an oligarchy .",
"An oligarchy rules their nation.",
"The corporation is ruled by oligarchy .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Unlike the evil oligarchy of ancient Athens, the A.I. oligopoly set out to do good. \u2014 Wendell Wallach, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Suffice it to say that the overwhelmingly white professional-class women who don these costumes don\u2019t inhabit a country on the verge of becoming a theocracy or even a patriarchy, but an oligarchy \u2014the harms of which they\u2019ll be relatively spared from. \u2014 Natalie Shure, The New Republic , 5 May 2022",
"After the United States overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893, white settlers formed an oligarchy of sugar production companies, known as The Big Five, that controlled the Hawaiian islands in the first half of the 20th century. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Owning a superyacht, the ultimate status symbol, is practically a prerequisite for joining Russia\u2019s oligarchy . \u2014 Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Page acknowledges that American oligarchy is different \u2014 it is embedded in the political system. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Yet the Cardinals are the team in this year\u2019s quartet of powerhouses that has generally been the most overlooked, a reminder of the oligarchy still lingering in a sport seeing more parity every season. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Except that the framers had no way of anticipating that a novel form of oligarchy would soon emerge to challenge constitutional democracies: moneyed aristocracies ruling by virtue not of formal titles but of concentrated wealth. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The seeds of Russia\u2019s oligarchy were sown between 1992 and 1994, when the newly independent Russian Federation ran a voucher privatization effort. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccg\u00e4r-k\u0113",
"\u02c8\u014d-"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": containing less than the normal amount of chromatin":[
"\u2014 used of a sperm cell"
],
"\u2014 compare apyrene , eupyrene":[
"\u2014 used of a sperm cell"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary olig- + pyrene ; probably originally formed as German oligopyren":""
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"\u00a6\u00e4l\u0259\u0307g\u014d",
"\u0259\u00a6lig\u0259+"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": a saccharide that contains usually three to ten monosaccharide units":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The same oligosaccharides on red blood cells also appear on the surface of cells that line the small intestine. \u2014 Patricia L. Foster, The Conversation , 10 Jan. 2020",
"Norovirus and a few other viruses use these oligosaccharides to grab onto and infect the intestinal cells. \u2014 Patricia L. Foster, The Conversation , 10 Jan. 2020",
"In short, this concept tries to explain why oligosaccharides \u2013 which are indigestible to babies \u2013 are the third-most prominent component in milk, are complex in structure and are variable between species. \u2014 Enea Rezzonico, Scientific American , 17 Feb. 2015",
"As studies uncovered the importance of human milk oligosaccharides , so began attempts to mimic them in infant formula. \u2014 Alice Callahan, Smithsonian , 25 Oct. 2019",
"These include lactose, fructose, sugar alcohols and specific types of fiber \u2014 the oligosaccharides \u2014 found in many wheat, rye barley, beans, nuts and many vegetables. \u2014 Carrie Dennett, Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2019",
"Bovine milk, which most formula is based on, however, contains a negligible oligosaccharide component. \u2014 Steven Townsend, Philly.com , 9 May 2018",
"By contrast, certain strains of gut bacteria delight in oligosaccharides , multiplying in the guts of nursing infants. \u2014 Carl Zimmer, STAT , 30 May 2018",
"One third of human milk is composed of sugars called oligosaccharides , but babies cannot digest them; the sugars are food for microbes, which furnish infants with essential nutrients that grow their brains and proteins that seal their guts. \u2014 Jason Pontin, WIRED , 15 June 2018"
": living in or being a highly oxygenated aquatic environment in which little organic material and a minimum of fermentation is present \u2014 compare mesosaprobic , polysaprobic":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary olig- + saprobic ; originally formed as German oligosaprobisch":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083226",
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": a meteorite characterized by the presence of only a small amount of metallic iron":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from olig- + siderite":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085608",
"type":[
"noun"
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"olio":{
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": a miscellaneous collection (as of literary or musical selections)":[
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"\u2014 S. R. Slaton"
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"\u2026 an incredible bourgeois olio of fancy stonework, stained glass, and light-opera staircases \u2026",
"\u2014 R. H. Rovere"
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"The Spanish restaurant offered an olio containing a variety of ingredients."
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"the performance was an old-fashioned olio of songs, dances, and puppetry"
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"circa 1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"modification of Spanish olla":""
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"\u02c8\u014d-l\u0113-\u02cc\u014d"
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"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
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"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
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"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
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"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
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"shuffle",
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"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
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"type":[
"noun"
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": olive sense 1":[]
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"1776, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Noun",
"a sauce made with chopped olives",
"Does the suit come in olive ",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The English translation rocketed around the world, was even printed on Zelensky-syle olive -green T-shirts. \u2014 Susan J. Wolfson, The Atlantic , 18 June 2022",
"The olive -green Nautilus is now selling for an average of $497,000, according to information published by the market monitor Watch Charts. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
"This oil is a blend of olive , lavender, almond, and grapeseed oils. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"In a medium skillet over medium heat, heat the olive and vegetable oils until shimmering. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The shea butter, olive and sage oils in this conditioning cleanser give curls, kinks and coils a boost while depositing hydrating goodness. \u2014 Essence , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Invigorating cinnamon oil and Moroccan lava clay combined with olive and argan oils exfoliate without stripping or drying out the skin\u2014and Nature of Things products never cease to impress me with their olfactory design. \u2014 Zoe Ruffner, Vogue , 23 Dec. 2021",
"With a bushy black beard, olive skin, and Arabic lilt, Essaibi stood out in the sea of Polish immigrants that filled the neighborhood\u2019s triple-deckers. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Mae still looked like a newbie herself\u2014those bright dark eyes, that olive skin, as smooth as a river stone. \u2014 Dave Eggers, Wired , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Today, like violence inflicted in South Africa\u2019s apartheid, killings continue, crops are burned, olive groves are uprooted, homes are demolished, aquifers are stolen and children are abducted. \u2014 Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Reportedly valued at $70 million in 2008, the property came with its own private vineyard, olive groves, lake, moat, fountains and a forest. \u2014 Emily Weaver, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"Heading back to Palma by the MA-10 takes you along a portion of the mega-windy and gorgeous road that is lined with olive groves behind stone walls. \u2014 John Oseid, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Christian worshipers reenacting the event by carrying palm fronds and olive branches marched from the top of the Mount of Olives to the Old City of Jerusalem. \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The rustic-chic spot is surrounded by pine trees, olive groves, and ocean views, plus there are plenty of ancient ruins to explore throughout the day. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Their hypoallergenic moisturizer soothes dry skin with olive polyphenols, neuropeptides, and tocotrienols. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022",
"International competitions are about togetherness and extending olive branches, but Russia\u2019s athletes cannot be welcomed in Alabama while Ukraine fights for its survival. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 26 Feb. 2022",
"But there are so many little steps along the way that are olive branches. \u2014 Ramin Setoodeh, Variety , 5 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1657, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin oliva , from Greek elaia":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8\u00e4-liv",
"-l\u0259v",
"\u02c8\u00e4l-iv, -\u0259v"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122457",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"olive branch":{
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": an offer or gesture of conciliation or goodwill":[]
},
"examples":[
"The winner extended an olive branch to his opponent by calling him a great player.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This matte vinyl wallpaper comes in three different colors and features a playful olive branch design that works with a variety of decor styles. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 27 June 2022",
"And Bowman, of all people, offered an olive branch by backtracking on a reprimand directed at Crawford. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 23 May 2022",
"Check the point above about extending that inclusion olive branch and note opportunities to improve our inclusive leadership skills. \u2014 Simone Morris, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
"The boycott officially ended in 2005, without so much as an olive branch from Burbank. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Whaley, in a speech at her Dayton headquarters, extended an olive branch to Republicans who voted for DeWine\u2019s primary opponents, including ex-U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci and Columbus-area farmer Joe Blystone. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 3 May 2022",
"And while key lawmakers hope for a compromise between the administration and the State Contracting Standards Board, an olive branch from the governor \u2014 beefing up the state auditors of public accounts \u2014 isn\u2019t likely to solve the dispute. \u2014 Keith M. Phaneuf, courant.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The move would serve as a sort of political olive branch to the mining industry, which feels it has been shunned amid the Biden administration\u2019s push to embrace the green energy transition and on-shoring of domestic production capabilities. \u2014 Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Israel first authorized the sale of the system to the U.A.E. as something of an olive branch , after Mossad agents poisoned a senior Hamas operative in a Dubai hotel room in 2010. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Jan. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120936",
"type":[
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a pale yellow to yellowish-green nondrying oil that is obtained from olives, is high in monounsaturated fat, and is used chiefly as a salad oil and in cooking":[]
},
"examples":[
"a teaspoon of olive oil",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most affected are almonds, olive oil and other specialty produce from California\u2019s Central Valley, as well as citrus, grape and salad farms elsewhere in the state. \u2014 Alex Knapp, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"With blender or processor running, drizzle in olive oil and pulse or blend to combine. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
"Their sulfate-free bar claims to treat damaged strands with oat amino acids, sunflower oil and olive oil . \u2014 Chiara Butler, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
"In this recipe, the tomatoes are mixed with capers, stone-ground mustard, olive oil and seasonings for a punchy dressing. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Sprinkle each with 1 tablespoon olive oil and a sprinkle of salt and black pepper. \u2014 Claudia Catalano, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"The final product is then dressed in olive oil and lemon juice and topped with a whole can of chickpeas. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
"The partners wooed him with dinner\u2014the kelp strands cut a little thicker than spaghetti, served with olive oil and butter and a heap of mussels, clams and North Atlantic shrimp. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"The classic combination of pasta with rich olive oil and sharp garlic calls for a very specific sort of incisive white wine, with lively acidity and no distracting oaky flavors. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1566, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123420",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": aucuba green":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110126",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tree on which olives (small, egg-shaped black or green fruit that is used as food or for making oil) grow":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104128",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a medium-sized flycatcher ( Nuttallornis borealis ) of eastern North America":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125924",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"definitions":{
": a mineral Cu 2 (AsO 4 )(OH) consisting of a basic arsenate of copper that is olive green, dull brown, or yellowish in color":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"German olivenit , from olive (from Latin oliva ) + -it -ite":""
},
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"\u014d\u02c8liv\u0259\u02ccn\u012bt",
"\u02c8\u00e4l\u0259v\u0259\u02cc-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125634",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": castile sense 1":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142758"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a relatively small sea turtle ( Lepidochelys olivacea ) that has a uniformly olive-colored carapace and is found along coasts and in the open sea of the tropical parts of the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans":[]
},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The assignment was simply to go to Mexico and see the arribazon\u2014the arrival of hundreds of thousands of olive ridley turtles, which were endangered at the time, lay their eggs on the beach. \u2014 Elizabeth Hightower Allen, Outside Online , 28 Dec. 2021",
"After the garbage was removed, olive ridley turtle hatchlings were spotted on the beach in 2018 for the first time in decades. \u2014 Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY , 4 June 2017",
"In a two-year research project that began in 2017, Pheasey deployed 101 fake eggs in the nests of olive ridley and green sea turtles across four beaches in Costa Rica, to test their effectiveness in tracking trade routes. \u2014 Nell Lewis, CNN , 15 Dec. 2020",
"According to National Geographic, olive ridley sea turtles are commonly found in warmer waters, and the reptiles can live to be 50 years old. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 5 Nov. 2020",
"The researchers then went to four Costa Rican beaches, where green sea turtle and olive ridley sea turtles come ashore to make their nests. \u2014 Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS , 5 Oct. 2020",
"Scientific Reports detailing a northward shift of 67 species, including bottlenose dolphins and olive ridley sea turtles, during the marine heat wave that occurred between 2014 and 2016. \u2014 Nick Rahaim, SFChronicle.com , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Her team placed InvestEGGators in 101 different nests of both green sea turtles and olive ridley sea turtles across Costa Rica. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Oct. 2020",
"The team received tracking data for five other decoys, three of which had been hidden in olive ridley nests and two of which had been concealed in green turtle nests. \u2014 Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS , 5 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1980, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143634"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of carnivorous marine snails (the type of the family Olividae ) \u2014 see olive shell":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145255"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a market situation in which each of a few buyers exerts a disproportionate influence on the market":[]
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},
"first_known_use":{
"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152334"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": affected with or exhibiting oligospermia":[]
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"\"+"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153902"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of an oligopsonistic industry or market":[]
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"\u02c8\u00e4l\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160854"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a common thrush ( Hylocichla ustulata ) of northern North America migrating to the tropics that is brownish olive above and whitish beneath and has a ring about the eye and the sides of the head buff and the chest buff marked with black \u2014 compare gray-cheeked thrush":[]
": a wool or cotton fabric of an olive drab color":[],
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"examples":[
"a shirt in olive drab",
"The soldiers were dressed in olive drab .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Zelensky wears his now familiar olive drab T-shirt in a video call that is fuzzy and spare and grim. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"On Tuesday, the ambulances seen in Mazyr were olive drab Soviet-era Paz buses marked with red crosses and carrying Russian military license plates. \u2014 Evan Gershkovich, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Zelenskyy wore military olive drab at a drill with tanks and helicopters near Ukraine's border with Russian-annexed Crimea this weekend. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Cover, leaving cover slightly ajar to prevent broccoli from turning olive drab in color. \u2014 Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Soon after hearing the news, Marks went to an army surplus store in Key West and bought olive drab fatigues and paratrooper boots. \u2014 Longreads, Longreads , 2 Nov. 2021",
"One of those florals (exploded and multiplied via computer) carried over to the accessible look, a button-front muslin shirtdress printed with the pattern and then overdyed olive drab . \u2014 Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times , 16 July 2021",
"The words were graffitied onto the back of an olive drab coat, with the crude lettering emphasizing the raw sentiment. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 June 2021",
"The need for such aerial tank killers was learned the hard way during the Vietnam War when the only combat helicopters then available were little more than civilian models painted olive drab and fitted with a light-caliber machine gun. \u2014 Sheldon M. Gallager, Popular Mechanics , 25 Mar. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170216"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the fruit of a shrub or tree of the genus Elaeodendron (family Celastraceae) having simple leathery leaves, small greenish or white flowers in axillary clusters, and a drupaceous fruit":[],
": a tree of the genus Elaeodendron":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171302"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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"Both Biden and Congress seek to blame an anti-competitive oligopoly of foreign shipping lines for colluding to artificially raise prices on American consumers. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 17 June 2022",
"But against that, consider that Micron is part of an oligopoly in memory chips. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Each warned that the cloud oligopoly carries risks for customers if the sector becomes lethargic, but none called for a government crackdown. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 8 Mar. 2022",
"No other market in the world is left to function with so little oversight and with such asymmetrical terms in favor of an oligopoly . \u2014 Maritza Johnson, Fortune , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The disk drive market is an oligopoly with three players. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Attacking the meat oligopoly has its economic and political virtues. \u2014 Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic , 6 Jan. 2022",
"These three firms have an oligopoly that controls over 75% of US ETF assets. \u2014 Michael Cannivet, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Some harbingers of the future are the pervasiveness of series, which cost less per hour of screen time than theatrical movies, and indie directors\u2019 difficulty piercing the streaming oligopoly . \u2014 WSJ , 26 Dec. 2021"
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"Despite the drawbacks of the latter\u2014and their many failings in places like Poland \u2014many Ukrainians might prefer the liberal democratic version of capitalism to the oligarchic authoritarian one. \u2014 Jan Smole\u0144ski, The New Republic , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Many scholars and historians today believe that the Megarian Decree, as the sanctions are called, is at least partially to blame for the Peloponnesian War, a decades-long conflict between democratic Athens and oligarchic Sparta, Megara\u2019s ally. \u2014 Frank Holmes, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The cracks are faint and fall short of suggesting any groundswell of oligarchic opposition to Putin, according to experts and Western officials. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022",
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"Wooten matched her airy look in a collarless white button-up, black jacket, olive green trousers, and black dress shoes. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 June 2022",
"William is wearing a casual olive green polo and khakis, George has on a camo shirt in similar shades, and the two youngest are in navy and white. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 20 June 2022",
"On the other hand, The Void palette ($45) is much edgier with shades such as Spores (muted silver), Mind Flayer ( olive green ), and Creel House (shimmering navy). \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 12 May 2022",
"Phan's series of snaps featured a close-up look of a unique white cake topped with an olive green and floral layer that was surrounded by flowers and fruit. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Zelenskyy, dressed in his signature olive green shirt, drew a thunderous standing ovation and and spoke at length about the connection between cinema and reality. \u2014 Jake Coyle, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"Zelensky, dressed in his familiar military olive green , posted a video of himself walking in the streets of Kyiv to mark the occasion. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"The president\u2019s olive green fleece is made by a Ukrainian tactical gear maker called M-TAC. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 9 May 2022",
"The Alo Yoga cargo pants come in black and dark olive green and cost $158. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"Yet another approach, with Ionis Pharmaceuticals, involves using antisense oligonucleotides , which are pieces of nucleic acids designed to bind to cells\u2019 RNA \u2014 in this case, to fix a problem that leads to the production of abnormal glycogen. \u2014 Laurie Mcginley, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2020",
"To that end, the researchers turned to something called antisense oligonucleotides . \u2014 Lydia Denworth, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2020",
"The newest oligonucleotide drugs are designed to tackle rare diseases. \u2014 Lydia Denworth, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2020",
"But any chain that is short\u2014usually 15 to 20 nucleotides\u2014is considered an oligonucleotide . \u2014 Lydia Denworth, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2020",
"Targeted lowering of PrP in the brain may now be achievable using antisense oligonucleotides , or ASOs. \u2014 Scientific American , 29 Feb. 2020",
"Free oligonucleotides did not cross the cell membrane. \u2014 Scientific American , 25 Dec. 2019",
"But one patient advocacy group has publicly shared that Yu\u2019s team has designed an oligonucleotide for a toddler with ataxia-telangiectasia, a neurodegenerative disorder, and hoped to begin to treat her this fall. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 9 Oct. 2019",
"Krainer is co-founder of Stoke Therapeutics, a company focused on treating severe genetic disease using antisense oligonucleotides . \u2014 Bret Stetka, Scientific American , 15 Aug. 2019"
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"Alisher Usmanov, a leading oligarch who has been sanctioned by the EU, U.K. and U.S. \u2014 Chase Peterson-withorn, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The conglomerate\u2019s board of trustees is chaired by Yevgeniy Prigozhin, a St. Petersburg oligarch accused of funding the Internet Research Agency, the company charged with interference in the 2016 U.S. election. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Evgeny Lebedev is the son of a prominent oligarch who was, like Putin, once a KGB officer. \u2014 Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Nina's located the lab that holds BCL Red, but in exchange for its location, the Boys will need to assassinate a Russian oligarch . \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"The seizure of the Amadea comes days after officials found another $300 million superyacht owned by oligarch Andrey Melnichenko in a creek in Ras al-Khaimah, located in the northern part of the United Arab Emirates. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"This memo and other documents were obtained by the Dossier Center, which is financed by Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, a former oil oligarch and a longtime nemesis of Mr. Putin\u2019s. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"For many Americans, sanctions may conjure images of agents raiding an oligarch \u2019s half-billion-dollar yacht or putting a Premier League soccer team on the auction block. \u2014 Soo Youn, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"The oligarch built the Russian oil company Sibneft in the 1990s, acquiring it from the Russian state during a controversial privatization process. \u2014 Max Colchester, WSJ , 24 May 2022"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
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": a suborder of Spirotricha comprising ciliated protozoans having the body ciliation reduced to a few large bristles or entirely absent and including numerous free-living aquatic forms (as the tintinnids) as well as the cellulose-digesting ciliates of the ruminant stomach \u2014 compare ophryoscolecidae , tintinnidae":[]
": having a deficiency of plant nutrients that is usually accompanied by an abundance of dissolved oxygen":[
"clear oligotrophic lakes"
]
},
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"\u02c8\u00e4-li-g\u014d-\u02c8tr\u014d-fik",
"\u02c8\u014d-",
"\u0259-\u02c8li-g\u0259-"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Luisa Falc\u00f3n, a microbial ecologist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, has studied oligotrophic microbes all over the world. \u2014 Allison Keeley, The New Yorker , 12 July 2021",
"Mashapaug Lake is oligotrophic \u2014 largely free of nutrients \u2014 so the water is very clear and paddlers can see down about 20 feet. \u2014 Frank Cohen, courant.com , 18 May 2017"
": of, relating to, or being an epoch of the Tertiary between the Eocene and Miocene or the corresponding series of rocks \u2014 see Geologic Time Table":[]
},
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"\u02c8\u014d-",
"\u0259-\u02c8li-g\u0259-",
"\u02c8\u00e4-li-g\u014d-\u02ccs\u0113n"
],
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1859, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-071217"
},
"olive brown":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-103456"
},
"olive yellow":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a variable color averaging a dark greenish yellow that is greener, stronger, and very slightly darker than chartreuse green":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-120204"
},
"olid":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having a strong disagreeable smell : fetid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4l\u0259\u0307d"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin olidus , from ol\u0113re to smell":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-192633"
},
"oligonite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral consisting of a manganiferous variety of siderite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4l\u0259\u0307g\u014d\u02ccn\u012bt",
"\u0259\u02c8lig\u0259\u02cc-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German oligonit , from Greek oligon (neuter singular of oligos little) + German -it -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-205400"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small genus (coextensive with the family Oliniaceae of the order Myrtales) of African shrubs with opposite coriaceous leaves, small flowers in bracted cymes, and drupaceous fruits \u2014 see hard pear sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u014d\u02c8lin\u0113\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Johan Henrik Olin , 18th century Swedish botanist + New Latin -ia":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-212453"
},
"Oligochaeta":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a class or in former classifications an order of Chaetopoda comprising hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids distinguished from the polychaetes by possession of compact localized gonads and simple direct life histories without formation of a trochophore and by lack of parapodia and head specialization \u2014 see archioligochaeta , neoligochaeta":[]
"New Latin, from olig- + Greek chait\u0113 long hair":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-033431"
},
"oligochaete":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a class or order (Oligochaeta) of hermaphroditic terrestrial or aquatic annelids (such as an earthworm) that lack a specialized head":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014d-",
"\u0259-\u02c8li-g\u0259-",
"\u02c8\u00e4-li-g\u014d-\u02cck\u0113t"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Oligochaeta , ultimately from Greek olig- + chait\u0113 long hair":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-083132"
},
"olivine":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a usually greenish mineral that is a complex silicate of magnesium and iron used especially in refractories \u2014 compare peridot":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccv\u0113n"
],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While how those rocks got there has been a debate for two decades, the new study says that olivine is commonly made within magma that originates from the mantle of Mars, just like on Earth. \u2014 Elizabeth Howell, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Seitah is rich in olivine that settled out of thick magma, perhaps a lava lake. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The thinking now is that the Jezero crater floor is the same olivine -rich volcanic rock that orbiting spacecraft have observed in the region. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
"As waves and currents dissolve the olivine , it is expected to create a series of chemical reactions that allow the ocean to capture CO2 from the air. \u2014 Eric Niiler, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Later fractures emerged between the olivine grains that were filled with carbonates, a mineral that forms through interactions with water. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Those observations revealed large grains of olivine , an igneous mineral that can accumulate at the bottom of a large lava flow. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The analysis revealed large olivine crystals surrounded by pyroxene crystals, both of which pointed to the fact that the rock came from volcanic lava flows. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Traditional materials like abalone and olivine shells, feathers and other materials are growing scarcer. \u2014 Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic , 21 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German Olivin , from Latin oliva":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1794, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-101254"
},
"olig-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": few":[
"oligo phagous"
]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin, from Greek, from oligos ; perhaps akin to Armenian a\u0142kat scant":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111136"
},
"Oligoneuriellidae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large and widely distributed family of mayflies":[]
"German Oligoklas , from olig- olig- + Greek klasis breaking, from klan to break \u2014 more at clast":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-084743"
},
"oligonephric":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having few Malpighian tubules":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u00e4l\u0259\u0307g\u014d",
"\u0259\u00a6lig\u0259+"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"olig- + nephric":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-095535"
},
"oligodendrocyte":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a glial cell that resembles an astrocyte but is smaller with few and slender processes having few branches and that forms the myelin sheath around axons in the central nervous system \u2014 see oligodendroglia":[]
"The oligodendrocyte begins to synthesize myelin at that spot and wrap it around the axon. \u2014 R. Douglas Fields, Scientific American , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Intriguingly, immature oligodendrocytes , called oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs), populate nearly the entire brain with little regard for the complex anatomical boundaries within brain tissue. \u2014 R. Douglas Fields, Scientific American , 18 Nov. 2019",
"The gene is essential for OPCs to mature into oligodendrocytes . \u2014 R. Douglas Fields, Scientific American , 18 Nov. 2019",
"The ragged extensions of an oligodendrocyte can supply many neurons (nerve cells) with myelin, an insulating material which allows each neuron's communicating axon to transmit electrical impulses efficiently. \u2014 Doug Criss, CNN , 28 Mar. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from olig- + dendr- + -cyte":""
"New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary oligodendro cyte + New Latin glia":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142635"
},
"oligomer":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a polymer or polymer intermediate containing relatively few structural units":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8lig-\u0259-m\u0259r",
"\u0259-\u02c8li-g\u0259-m\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The title of most harmful form of amyloid goes to what\u2019s known as a toxic oligomer , which is currently undetectable in the living human brain. \u2014 Sam Gandy, STAT , 17 June 2021",
"Gel polish is made up of acrylic monomers and oligomers that bond together when placed under UV light. \u2014 Jenna Rosenstein, Allure , 21 Mar. 2020",
"Gel polishes are made with a mix of acrylic monomers and oligomers that harden under UV light to create a hard, glossy coat. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 4 Oct. 2019"
