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"\u2014 Jacquelyn Mitchard"
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"\u2014 Evelyn Anthony"
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"\u2014 Tamar Lewin"
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"\u2014 Dinitia Smith"
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"How do you tell the sex of a hamster",
"discrimination on the basis of sex",
"Some feel men are the more aggressive sex .",
"All he ever thinks about is sex .",
"Her mom talked to her about sex .",
"She doesn't like all the sex and violence in movies.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Brown\u2019s manual mocks one of the foundational myths of a patriarchal order: that women are sex \u2019s passive recipients. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 19 May 2022",
"Read More: Saudi Prince\u2019s Year of Prestige Is Unraveling in Front of Him The government has ended a ban on driving for women, allowed music and entertainment and lifted restrictions on both sexes mingling in public. \u2014 Donna Abu-nasr, Bloomberg.com , 20 May 2020",
"One of the findings shows a disparity between men and women\u2014although both sexes have been infected in roughly equal numbers, the death rate among men was higher. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, Health.com , 10 Apr. 2020",
"Staff won't know the cubs' sexes until Echo has bonded with her cubs and staff can get a closer look safely. \u2014 Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Apr. 2020",
"While sex 's supposed positive effects on your immune system is widely reported, the actual research tells a slightly more complicated story. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 3 Apr. 2020",
"The anchoring tension is between sex \u2019s transformative possibility and the ever-present danger of harm, whether psychic, social, or even that of violence and infection. \u2014 Julian Lucas, Harper's magazine , 6 Jan. 2020",
"High school years ahead and mothers will be replaced by buddies, clans and hangout pals of both sexes . \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 3 May 2020",
"Human-like rats For the first experiment, Keysers and his team trained 24 rats of both sexes to push two different levers that produced a treat, until the animals developed a preference for one lever. \u2014 National Geographic , 5 Mar. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But bring the kids anyway to this daftly sexed -up production. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Sep. 2019",
"To make matters all the more thirsty, that poster\u2019s genitalia-like woodlands surround a smooching couple who appear to be a sexed -up version of beastiality tale Beauty and The Beast. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 20 Jan. 2020",
"The preppy East Coast label has collaborated with everyone from Sacai and Supreme to Vetements, but West\u2019s topper was a fresh foil for her typically sexed -up take on sportswear. \u2014 Edward Barsamian, Vogue , 13 Dec. 2018",
"Yandy\u2019s ark of offerings is evidence that pretty much any animal can be sexed up, although not all animals are equally alluring. \u2014 Rachel Sugar, Vox , 26 Oct. 2018",
"The most sexed -up take on the look saw one guy swaggering down the runway like a cheeky gunslinger. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 25 Sep. 2018",
"Wills is officially headed to paradise, or, at least, sexed -up Bachelor Nation spin-off series Bachelor In Paradise, as People announced. \u2014 refinery29.com , 10 July 2018",
"The classic look would often get sexed up with spit curls that lay slicked to the forehead, at the nape of the neck, or in front of the ear, thanks to the influence of Josephine Baker. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Allure , 22 May 2018",
"Each walleye harvested by the tribes is measured and sexed . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 May 2018"
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"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1958, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8seks-\u02c8li-m\u0259-t\u0259d",
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"As recently as 2006, the technology was new enough that only 1.5% of Holstein heifers were bred using sexed semen. \u2014 Chase Purdy, Quartz , 3 July 2019",
"The next wave of innovation will be to expand sexed sperm to more species. \u2014 Chase Purdy, Quartz , 3 July 2019",
"By contrast, sexed semen straws initially only contained about 2 million X-chromosome sperm, and only the strongest ones. \u2014 Chase Purdy, Quartz , 3 July 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
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"sek-\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While the newer film is fine enough, the original is a textbook example of classic Hollywood at its sexiest . \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
"Unlike the fruiter fragrances, Kimoji Vibes sounds a little sexier . \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 13 July 2018",
"Besides the food, fans could get a free CBD oil massage along with take home samples, but sexiest of all were the free-for-all goodies from Pure Romance. \u2014 Kat Bein, Billboard , 2 Feb. 2020",
"Dramatic sweetheart Borrow from Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and pair a bustier-style top with a pair of black trousers to make your ~ lewk ~ infinitely sexier . \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 30 Jan. 2020",
"Winter's sexier , off-the-shoulder black dress is something the Hyland's character, Haley, would wear on the show whereas her sweater and skirt ensemble is something Winter's character, Alex would wear. \u2014 Morgan M. Evans, Fox News , 30 Aug. 2018",
"It\u2019s all framed by the coarse beauty of Naples, and confirms that nothing\u2019s sexier than the classics: marble gods, ecstatic saints, Italian sunsets, white briefs. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 15 Apr. 2020",
"After all, nothing's sexier than some serious savings, amirite",
"The synchronized displays of other animals\u2014like fireflies that light up at the same time\u2014are thought to be competitive, showing off which male is the sexiest , rather than cooperative. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 31 Mar. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
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"Ricci did not shy away from macabre material or transgressive themes, and the media was glad to cast her as an unruly sexpot . \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Because Anderson had posed nude in Playboy and wore a bathing suit on television, the tape was used to further characterize her as a sexpot without substance or ambition. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Johansson said that her own growth helped inspire Natasha\u2019s final evolution, leaving behind the sexpot who first strutted into Tony Stark\u2019s private boxing ring in 2010. \u2014 Kelsea Stahler, refinery29.com , 12 July 2021",
"The show\u2019s action is driven by its titular duo: Brianne Howey as Georgia, a young sexpot mother of white-working-class provenance, and her fifteen-year-old biracial daughter, Ginny (Antonia Gentry), who, when the show opens, is drowning in angst. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2021",
"The presence of Ginger and Mary Ann \u2014 the first a sexpot , the second a wholesome beauty \u2014 gave rise to an ongoing debate over who on the show best represented the male fantasy of womanhood. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Dec. 2020",
"This time the sexpot is brighter, more cunning (and named Wanda Gershwitz!). \u2014 Wesley Morris, New York Times , 2 Oct. 2020",
"Even if the depictions of women as sexpots and ing\u00e9nues are as stuck in time as the rest of the story, there\u2019s comfort in knowing that better days are ahead for the people of Paris. \u2014 Andrew Ervin, New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020",
"Sagal, an expert at playing earthy sexpots , is a welcome addition to the cast and story, as the barmaid/musician learns how to date a hedging new widower. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Dec. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hollywood studio releases being completely sexless . \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The biggest forehead-slapper in No Time to Die (apart from that ending) was hiring Ana de Armas as a Bond Girl and then wasting her on a sexless action scene. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Kalopsis and Young have an entertaining platonic chemistry (this is a curiously sexless high school), and there are appealing supporting turns from Salenger, Keith and Kate Flannery as the sour school cafeteria lunch lady. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"As at Loewe, the classic bustier dress\u2013maybe the most conservative silhouette in all of menswear, reducing a woman to a sort of busty but sexless mermaid\u2013got the supernatural treatment, with a stormy cloud of fabric at the bust. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Can a movie be both erotically charged and sexless ",
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"The Phaedrus offers a few speeches inveighing against love before praising a special, divine version of it, one in which erotic madness is sublimated to the shared, sexless pursuit of virtue and knowledge. \u2014 Agnes Callard, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Before Rose, the only other women at the ranch are a bosomy older cook and a girlish helper, both conveniently sexless . \u2014 New York Times , 30 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Eventually, this creature was proved to live \u2014 or, technically, to act \u2014 in 196,883 dimensions, and to possess 808 sexdecillion or so symmetries. \u2014 Siobhan Roberts, New York Times , 3 Mar. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The authors conclude that the male baboons\u2019 behavior amounts to sexual intimidation. \u2014 Michael Price, Science | AAAS , 6 July 2017",
"Real freedom for women, Salt-N-Pepa are saying, lies in sexual autonomy, in taking control of their bodies. \u2014 Dinitia Smith, Daily Intelligencer , 30 June 2017",
"Former president Steve Penny resigned in March under intensifying pressure for the way the organization handled charges of sexual abuse. \u2014 Will Graves, chicagotribune.com , 27 June 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But as the emails threaten to spill over into some weird form of sexting , the guests become more equivocal. \u2014 Sean Malin, Vulture , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Researchers have largely advocated for the decriminalization of consensual sexting . \u2014 Hannah Leone, chicagotribune.com , 1 July 2021",
"Smarter about relationships in the age of sexting and Tinder than nearly any other modern show, this hit just wrapped its run after five successful seasons. \u2014 Brian Tallerico, Vulture , 1 Feb. 2021",
"There was sexting , there were Zoom dates, an onslaught of tasteful and not-as-tasteful nudes peppered with a few choice horny video messages. \u2014 Alison Roman, Bon App\u00e9tit , 30 Apr. 2020",
"Encourage Critical Thinking Start with questions that will help teens assess the risk and anticipate the consequences of sexting . \u2014 Shafia Zaloom, New York Times , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Video dates, sexting , reading erotica to each other over Facetime and dropping into chat rooms are all approved as alternative options to hooking up with someone outside your self-isolation zone. \u2014 Aidin Vaziri, SFChronicle.com , 23 Mar. 2020",
"Surgical masks are in shortage and Democrats need work on reportage, but first: a cartoon about parental sexting . \u2014 Alex Baker-whitcomb, Wired , 4 Feb. 2020",
"The city\u2019s mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, was at the center of one of politics\u2019 first big sexting scandals (unrelated to the corruption charges that later put him in prison), and the pair were inspired. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 10 Dec. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chow's sextant , a navigation instrument that measured celestial objects and the horizon -- the only navigation device at that time -- was useless. \u2014 Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN , 23 Aug. 2021",
"The astrodome included a hanging point for a sextant so navigators would not have to hold the weighty instrument. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2021",
"For centuries, using a sextant , a sailor could mark a ship\u2019s location by making a few calculations to determine a star\u2019s position relative to the horizon. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2021",
"One, a rally in the Northeast sextant \u2019s King School Park. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Sep. 2020",
"A year prior, the sextant used by the captain of rescue ship Carpathia sold for just under $97,000. \u2014 Fox News , 12 June 2020",
"A year prior, the sextant used by the captain of rescue ship Carpathia sold for just under $97,000. \u2014 Fox News , 12 June 2020",
"A year prior, the sextant used by the captain of rescue ship Carpathia sold for just under $97,000. \u2014 Fox News , 12 June 2020",
"Darwin's sextant from the voyage aboard the Beagle. \u2014 National Geographic , 11 June 2020"
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"In each biweekly segment, Olsen would highlight a bad movie \u2014 usually a direct-to-video horror, science fiction or sexploitation movie \u2014 highlighting the absurdities of each film. \u2014 Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Feb. 2022",
"But is Fontaine playing at the sexploitation satire of Russ Meyer",
"The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus is turning the Russ Meyer sexploitation classic Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill! \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 24 May 2021",
"All three films come highly recommended to purveyors of the macabre, sexploitation freaks, and fans of Jacques Rivette, another French director who specialized in opaque, dreamlike narratives. \u2014 Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader , 1 Mar. 2018",
"Even legendary producer Roger Corman, who produced trend-setting sexploitation films for the drive-in market in the 1970s, got in on the act with two installments in the Body Chemistry franchise. \u2014 Donald Liebenson, VanityFair.com , 20 Mar. 2017",
"Even legendary producer Roger Corman, who produced trend-setting sexploitation films for the drive-in market in the 1970s, got in on the act with two installments in the Body Chemistry franchise. \u2014 Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com , 20 Mar. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Less than one in about 600 sextillion , in fact, Cronin says. \u2014 Natalie Elliot, Scientific American , 23 Nov. 2021",
"This endless search for information is costing businesses productivity, and this challenge is only growing due to skyrocketing data volumes \u2014 59 sextillion bytes in 2020 alone. \u2014 Marc Vontobel, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"The team found that upper ocean waters contained 234 sextillion , or 1021, joules more heat energy in 2020 than the annual average from 1981 to 2010. \u2014 Todd Nelson, Star Tribune , 16 Jan. 2021",
"Intel and Micron emerged, and since then, humans have made more MOSFETs than any other artifact in our species\u2019 history\u2014over 13 sextillion , or 13 followed by 21 zeroes. \u2014 David Lumb, Popular Mechanics , 9 Dec. 2020",
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"Xenon-124 is a radioactive isotope that takes about 1.8 sextillion years to decay, on average. \u2014 Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 27 Apr. 2019",
"If you were compressed into a black hole, for instance, the result would be 1 sextillion times smaller than a grain of sand. \u2014 Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics , 16 June 2017"
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"The sexagenarians have squared off 205 times since Bochy was hired as Giants manager and Black replaced him in San Diego before the \u201907 season. \u2014 Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com , 27 June 2019",
"Meyer fought back, and the Willard\u2019s guests were treated to a furious grapple between the sexagenarians . \u2014 H. W. Brands, Washington Post , 14 June 2019"
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"But after about two years, feeling a need to perform with a smaller ensemble based in New York City, he was recruited to join the Jazztet, a sextet formed by the trumpeter Art Farmer and the saxophonist Benny Golson. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 9 June 2022",
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"This English-language show tells the captivating, true story of the Comedian Harmonists, a mixed Gentile and Jewish men\u2019s singing sextet and comic act. \u2014 Deroy Murdock, National Review , 7 May 2022",
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"What accounts for the intermittent but enduring appeal of the Comedian Harmonists, a male sextet that thrived in Weimar Germany? \u2014 Julia M. Klein, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"But male grunge bands also promoted a progressive, feminist stance, and changed the tone from the machismo and sexism associated with M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce and other \u201980s bands. \u2014 Peter Rubin, Longreads , 1 July 2022",
"That album, which tackled issues such as infidelity and sexism , arrived on a Saturday night during an hour-long HBO video special. \u2014 Neil Shah, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Misiak ends up being the most memorable female character in Players because part of the way the series avoids confronting sexism in the esports world is to borderline erase all women from that world. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
"But recent research has found a glaring sexism problem that resides in Australia\u2019s influencer industry. \u2014 Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com , 10 June 2022",
"In addition, the culture wars have come for the schools, with state legislators and governors moving to control what can and can\u2019t be taught about America\u2019s racial history and sexism . \u2014 Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
"Like any good conspiracy theory, experts said, botanical sexism contains some truth at its core. \u2014 Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"Lean In, which prompted the corporate world to discuss gender and sexism at a time when the topics were still largely taboo, but also came under harsh criticism for its blind spots on issues like race and class. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 2 June 2022",
"The film will explore Perron\u2019s experience of being Canada\u2019s first female infantry officer and the fight against a system of institutional sexism . \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 24 May 2022"
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"Complicating matters further are issues of race, gender and sexuality . \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 8 July 2022",
"The laws include Florida\u2019s novel restrictions banning classroom discussions of gender and sexuality , which have become a template for other states seeking to limit what students learn about these issues and when. \u2014 Anne Branigin, Washington Post , 8 July 2022",
"Four out of 10 respondents said that, over the next 10 years, gender and sexuality will become less important. \u2014 Amelia Abraham, refinery29.com , 6 July 2022",
"Badger in his campaign has focused on simmering outrage stemming from the 2020 election and anger over coronavirus mandates and how race, gender, and sexuality are taught in K-12 schools. \u2014 Sam Metz, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"Usually, when the topic of banning books in schools comes up, parents and legislators tend to target books containing profanity and other mature content, racial issues and themes of gender and sexuality . \u2014 Chloe Mcgowan, The Indianapolis Star , 8 June 2022",
"Ali Junejo, Sohail Sameer, Rasti Farooq, Salmaan Peerzada, Alina Khan and Sarwat Gilani star in the feature, which observes the tension within a Pakistani family suffocated by societal conventions around gender and sexuality . \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"But Gen Z\u2019s approach to gender and sexuality \u2014and online dating\u2014represents a sea change. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 18 May 2022"
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"The ratio which replaces tan would then be b/d or d/b, but neither can be expressed exactly in sexagesimal [base 60]. \u2014 Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica , 25 Aug. 2017"
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"Jon and Kate share 15-year-old sextuplets Hannah, Collin, Alexis, Aaden, Joel and Leah and 19-year-old twins Cara and Mady. \u2014 Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com , 18 Nov. 2019",
"Since then, Kate has been focused on raising their eight children:twins Mady and Cara, both 18, and 15-year-old sextuplets Aaden, Collin, Joel, Alexis, Hannah and Leah. \u2014 Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2019",
"But how do the sextuplets \u2014 Aaden, Alexis, Collin, Joel, Hannah, and Leah \u2014feel about their mom's dating escapades? \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 8 July 2019",
"But one Virginia couple kept trying, and became the new parents to sextuplets earlier this month. \u2014 Emma Baty, Redbook , 26 May 2017",
"Eric and Courtney Waldrop welcomed sextuplets in December, and now the proud parents will star in their own TLC documentary about life at home with their six new babies. \u2014 Emily Strohm, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2018",
"As Kate notes, Mady and Cara are starting their senior year of high school this year (?) while her sextuplets are all beginning eighth grade (??). \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 24 Aug. 2018",
"Since the former Jon & Kate Plus 8 stars\u2019 separation, Jon has been focused on his DJing career and battled his ex-wife for custody of the sextuplets and 17-year-old twins Mady and Cara. \u2014 Michele Corriston, PEOPLE.com , 4 July 2018",
"Gosselin\u2019s two eldest children \u2014 twins Mady and Cara, both 17 \u2014 will go off to college in the fall of 2019, leaving Gosselin at home with her 13-year-old sextuplets Aaden, Joel, Alexis, Hannah and Leah. \u2014 Kate Coyne, PEOPLE.com , 10 Apr. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Covid-19 deaths will likely sextuple , from 3,000 to more than 18,000. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Covid-19 deaths will likely sextuple , from 3,000 to more than 18,000. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Covid-19 deaths will likely sextuple , from 3,000 to more than 18,000. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Covid-19 deaths will likely sextuple , from 3,000 to more than 18,000. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Covid-19 deaths will likely sextuple , from 3,000 to more than 18,000. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Covid-19 deaths will likely sextuple , from 3,000 to more than 18,000. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Covid-19 deaths will likely sextuple , from 3,000 to more than 18,000. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 10 Aug. 2021",
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": sacristy":[]
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"examples":[],
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"Middle English sextrie , probably from Middle French secresterie , modification of Medieval Latin sacristia":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-073746"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to make sexual : endow with a sexual character or cast":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sek-sh(\u0259-)w\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
"\u02c8sek-sh\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The agenda has swung so far left in an attempt to sexualize our precious children that parents are fighting back. \u2014 Fox News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In the third act, the mirrors are tilted even further to objectify and sexualize the literal and metaphorical climax of the play, making its violence and eroticism inescapable. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"But Weaving sees it as misdirection away from sport federations that sexualize athletes through uniform requirements. \u2014 Rachel Axon, USA TODAY , 30 July 2021",
"Despite her efforts to steer conversations toward the struggles facing the poor, reporters, show promoters and colleagues continued to sexualize and exoticize her. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2021",
"The legislation follows a New York Times report earlier this week that YouTube has been recommending videos of children to users who sought out other content that could be used to sexualize minors. \u2014 Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post , 7 June 2019",
"Still, the company has further to go in shaking its overtly sexualized legacy. \u2014 Jonathan Roeder, Fortune , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Still, the company has further to go in shaking its overtly sexualized legacy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Sep. 2019",
"The female gaze doesn\u2019t only have to be on men, or not sexualizing women. \u2014 Anne Cohen, refinery29.com , 21 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-083235"
},
"sextole":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": sextuplet":[]
},
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"\u02c8sek\u02ccst\u014dl"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"sextole from German, from Latin sextus sixth + German -ole (as in quintole ); sextolet from sextole + -et":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-103555"
},
"sexton":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a church officer or employee who takes care of the church property and performs related minor duties (such as ringing the bell for services and digging graves)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8seks-t\u0259n",
"\u02c8sek-st\u0259n"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a porter and a church sexton , Cheatham was hired to work for the Fire Department in 1888. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Salt Lake City leaders unveiled a new arboretum Saturday morning at the city\u2019s historic cemetery, dedicated to its longest-serving sexton , Mark Smith. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Nov. 2021",
"Unveiled Saturday, the arboretum honors the cemetery\u2019s longest-serving sexton , Mark Smith. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Nov. 2021",
"With help from the church sexton , Raymond Brooks, some senior members and her adult daughter, Ashley Pryor, the efficient assembly line produced 100 meals. \u2014 Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com , 16 Aug. 2020",
"Daniel is drawn to a young woman, Marta (Eliza Rycembel), but scorned by her mournful mother, Lidia (Aleksandra Konieczna), who is both the housekeeper at the vicarage and the sexton at the church. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2020",
"Gloria Stevens, sexton at the cemetery, said there are about 47 Confederate veterans and 97 Union veterans among the 4,600 burials there. \u2014 USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2020",
"The slain included the Reverend Clementa Pinckney, the church's pastor and a state senator; a high school track coach; the church sexton ; a librarian; and an aspiring poet. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Jan. 2020",
"And then the church rector hired him as a sexton , or maintenance man. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English secresteyn, sexteyn , from Anglo-French segrestein , from Medieval Latin sacristanus \u2014 more at sacristan":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-163035"
},
"sextonship":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the office or position of a sexton":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u02ccship"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-211228"
},
"sextoness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a female sexton":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English sexteynesse, sextenesse , from secresteyn, sekesteyn, sexteyn, sexten sexton + -esse -ess":""
