": a theory in linguistics: one's language determines one's conception of the world":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1954, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Benjamin Lee Whorf \u20201941 American anthropologist":""
},
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"\u02c8(h)w\u022fr-f\u0113-\u0259n-"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185145",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"aggregate",
"full",
"sum",
"summation",
"sum total",
"total",
"totality"
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": a complete amount or sum : a number, aggregate, or totality lacking no part, member, or element":[],
": as a complete entity":[],
": being healed":[
"whole of an ancient evil, I sleep sound",
"\u2014 A. E. Housman"
],
": constituting an undivided unit : unbroken , uncut":[
"a whole roast suckling pig"
],
": constituting the entirety of a person's nature or development":[
"educate the whole student"
],
": constituting the total sum or undiminished entirety : entire":[
"owns the whole island"
],
": directed to one end : concentrated":[
"your whole attention"
],
": each or all of the":[
"took part in the whole series of athletic events"
],
": free of defect or impairment : intact":[],
": free of wound or injury : unhurt":[],
": having all its proper parts or components : complete , unmodified":[
"whole milk",
"a whole egg"
],
": having the same father and mother":[
"whole brother"
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": in general : in most instances : typically":[],
": in view of all the circumstances or conditions : all things considered":[],
": mentally or emotionally sound":[],
": physically sound and healthy : free of disease or deformity":[],
": recovered from a wound or injury : restored":[],
": seemingly complete or total":[
"the whole idea is to help, not hinder"
],
": something constituting a complex unity : a coherent system or organization of parts fitting or working together as one":[],
": to the full or entire extent : wholly":[
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase in whole or in part"
],
": very great in quantity, extent, or scope":[
"feels a whole lot better now"
],
": wholly , entirely":[
"a whole new age group",
"\u2014 Henry Chauncey"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The doctor assured me that the whole procedure would only take a few minutes.",
"The whole place was remodeled. It looks great now.",
"It's been a whole week since I've seen him.",
"I spent the whole summer traveling through Europe.",
"The whole evening was a great success.",
"She read the whole book in one day.",
"I've been waiting my whole life for this.",
"We decided to forget the whole thing .",
"We cooked a whole chicken.",
"The community center offers a whole range of programs.",
"Noun",
"the landlord eventually refunded the whole of our deposit",
"Adverb",
"We cooked the chicken whole .",
"The frog swallowed the fly whole .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But that kind of carried throughout the whole thing. \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 3 July 2022",
"And yet these numbers aren\u2019t that high overall, and there was that whole thing about PCF never getting royalties from Square Enix because the game had not sold enough copies, per their agreement. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 3 July 2022",
"The door was unlocked the whole time, McCraw testified last month. \u2014 Paul Conner, Fox News , 2 July 2022",
"In the real world, Max collapses in Lucas\u2019s arms (poor baby was watching this the whole time while fist-fighting a school bully), still conscious and begging not to die. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 2 July 2022",
"The whole thing actually started with a joke in the late '50s, when a Kiwanis Club organized a wagon train across the mountains. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 2 July 2022",
"The consensus among basically everyone from the committee to the media is that this whole thing is quite incredible and unusual. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
"Colin Firth once admitted that the whole thing was entirely contrived. \u2014 Liana Schaffner, Town & Country , 30 June 2022",
"The whole thing was calibrated perfectly for Lee: a small act of celebration in a place where gay rights are still being adjudicated. \u2014 Emma Green, The New Yorker , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At high enough temperatures, the bar magnets randomly point in different directions, but the material as a whole is not magnetic. \u2014 New York Times , 5 July 2022",
"Media coverage on cryptocurrencies and the blockchain space as a whole have soured. \u2014 Daniel Araya, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
"The same metric used for the metro as a whole would see more than 300,000 tickets sold. \u2014 Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al , 4 July 2022",
"Taken as a whole , Cooper Hummel\u2019s season has been mediocre. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 4 July 2022",
"The people who volunteer for psychedelic research trials are not typical of the population as a whole . \u2014 Nick Hilden, Rolling Stone , 3 July 2022",
"Rays manager Kevin Cash said before Sunday's game that his thoughts were with Budzinski and the coach's family, as well as the Blue Jays organization as a whole . \u2014 Des Bieler, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
"The result is that many legislatures are more heavily partisan than the state\u2019s population as a whole . \u2014 David A. Lieb, Anchorage Daily News , 3 July 2022",
"The first former senior defense official painted a grim picture for the military as a whole . \u2014 Matt Seyler, ABC News , 2 July 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Some flowers can be used whole , like pansies and violas. \u2014 Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"Traditionally, the fish arrives at the table presented whole with its head and tail, though the puffed appearance of the center-stage fillet is said to resemble a bushy squirrel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Freitag\u2019s accounting of money due and her initiation of the claims process represent a milestone move in efforts to make victims of San Diego\u2019s biggest Ponzi scheme whole . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"More than anyone else, Ms. Waters spread the word about the sweet, earthy charms of garlic whole -roasted in the oven. \u2014 Bee Wilson, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"But the sport has made the family whole again at OSU. \u2014 Jacob Unruh, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"Note: For the subtlest flavor, leave the garlic cloves whole . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Both are needed, whole , to grace the evening\u2019s table. \u2014 Benjamin, Longreads , 20 May 2022",
"On the way to Mariupol\u2019s beaches, women sold whole roasted sunflower heads and paper cones of fresh, juicy sunflower seeds trucked in from nearby farms. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hool healthy, unhurt, entire, from Old English h\u0101l ; akin to Old High German heil healthy, unhurt, Old Norse heill , Old Church Slavonic c\u011bl\u016d":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u014dl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for whole Adjective perfect , whole , entire , intact mean not lacking or faulty in any particular. perfect implies the soundness and the excellence of every part, element, or quality of a thing frequently as an unattainable or theoretical state. a perfect set of teeth whole suggests a completeness or perfection that can be sought, gained, or regained. felt like a whole person again after vacation entire implies perfection deriving from integrity, soundness, or completeness of a thing. the entire Beethoven corpus intact implies retention of perfection of a thing in its natural or original state. the boat survived the storm intact",
"since percentages have been rounded off to whole numbers , the total will not be exactly equal to 100%",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Because the amount of time the Earth takes to spin on its axis is not dependent on the amount of time the Earth takes to complete a full orbit around the sun, the number of 24-hour rotations that fit into a calendar year is not a whole number . \u2014 Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"The whole number was like three and a half minutes. \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 16 Sep. 2021",
"However, the smallest whole number that satisfies these individual congruences is 23. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Each whole number increase \u2014 from, say, 3 to 4, or 6 to 7 \u2014 is a tenfold increase in amplitude. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 12 June 2021",
"Because the scale is logarithmically based, each whole number increase in magnitude represents a tenfold increase. \u2014 Allison Chinchar, CNN , 1 May 2021",
"Fractions are a difficult transition from whole number knowledge. \u2014 Jonathan Wai, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Havens\u2019s problem is an example of Pell\u2019s equation, which is an equation of the form x2\u2212Ny2=1 where N is a whole number that is not a square. \u2014 Evelyn Lamb, Popular Mechanics , 23 Feb. 2021",
"Typically, updates with two decimal points in the number are minor bug fix updates, those with just one decimal point are small feature updates, and those with just a whole number (like iOS 14) are annual major releases. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 20 Nov. 2020"
": a photographic plate or film 6\u00b9/\u2082 \u00d78\u00b9/\u2082 inches in size":[]
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031355",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"whole rest":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a musical rest corresponding in time value to a whole note":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And that was kind of bothering me throughout the whole rest of the year. \u2014 Dave Clark, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"So how does something in this tiny region influence the whole rest of it",
"Yes, the Northern Plains and the Heartland was improving and the Rocky Mountain states, but the whole rest of the country had rising cases. \u2014 CBS News , 24 Jan. 2021",
"If my aim in life was to save time and money, well, there\u2019s the whole rest of the country just for that! \u2014 Anne Kadet, WSJ , 8 Dec. 2020",
"What differentiates The Ministry for the Future from most contemporary fictional future prognostications is that the whole rest of the book is dedicated to reacting to that heat wave and putting measures in place to prevent more such disasters. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 14 Oct. 2020",
"The whole rest of that day seemed a trip back and forth through the small pain in both breasts and my acute awareness of the fact of death in the right one. \u2014 Audre Lorde, Glamour , 7 Oct. 2020",
"The whole rest of the presentation was carried out in front of a prototype with broken windows. \u2014 Wired , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Currently, San Francisco uses a much more limited manual process to try to avoid prosecutors seeing these things \u2014 the city merely removes the first two pages of the document, but prosecutors get to see the whole rest of the report. \u2014 Sean Hollister, The Verge , 12 June 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235913",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"whole snipe":{
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"definitions":{
": a common snipe ( Capella gallinago ) of Europe and parts of Asia and Africa \u2014 compare great snipe , jacksnipe":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015205",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"whole story":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": all the facts : everything":[
"They failed to tell us the whole story ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124114",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"whole-sail":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": being a breeze or wind that permits use of full sail or of nearly full sail : not requiring taking in of light sails":[]
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042336",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"whole-souled":{
"antonyms":[
"grudging",
"halfhearted",
"lukewarm",
"tepid"
],
"definitions":{
": moved by ardent enthusiasm or single-minded devotion : wholehearted":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1821, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u014dl-\u02c8s\u014dld"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"hearty",
"wholehearted"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055543",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"wholehearted":{
"antonyms":[
"grudging",
"halfhearted",
"lukewarm",
"tepid"
],
"definitions":{
": completely and sincerely devoted, determined, or enthusiastic":[
"a wholehearted student of social problems"
],
": marked by complete earnest commitment : free from all reserve or hesitation":[
"gave the proposal wholehearted approval"
]
},
"examples":[
"The judges gave us their wholehearted approval.",
"wholehearted praise for the novel by the leading critics",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The orchestra seemed inspired by Bowlin too, giving him wholehearted support. \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"With the wholehearted support of Jean and their teenage twins, disco-dancing enthusiasts Gene and James (Christian Lees and Jonah Lees), and to the exasperation of status-conscious Mike, Maurice pursues his quest to play in the 1976 Open. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
"On Minson's appointment at LeafLink, Matias Van Thienen, a partner at Founders Fund, expressed his wholehearted support. \u2014 Iris Dorbian, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Courage\u2019s wholehearted defense of CPS is in stark contrast to his 2017 stance when the San Antonio Water System went to the council with a rate-increase request. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The wholehearted embrace of them by the Villages, on the surface, seem like a prototype for elder America, at least in places where the climate is mild. \u2014 Alissa Walker, Curbed , 20 Aug. 2021",
"The audience responded with more wholehearted enthusiasm than is normal for a New York subscription-series premi\u00e8re. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Veganism, whether wholehearted or a part-time affair, has gained more adherents in recent years. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 11 July 2021",
"That path blocked, Jackson turned his sights on an open U.S. House seat in West Texas, with Trump\u2019s wholehearted backing. \u2014 Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News , 10 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8h\u014dl-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for wholehearted sincere , wholehearted , heartfelt , hearty , unfeigned mean genuine in feeling. sincere stresses absence of hypocrisy, feigning, or any falsifying embellishment or exaggeration. a sincere apology wholehearted suggests sincerity and earnest devotion without reservation or misgiving. promised our wholehearted support heartfelt suggests depth of genuine feeling outwardly expressed. expresses our heartfelt gratitude hearty suggests honesty, warmth, and exuberance in displaying feeling. received a hearty welcome unfeigned stresses spontaneity and absence of pretense. her unfeigned delight at receiving the award",
"synonyms":[
"hearty",
"whole-souled"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045558",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": free of wound or injury : unhurt":[],
": recovered from a wound or injury : restored":[],
": being healed":[
"whole of an ancient evil, I sleep sound",
"\u2014 A. E. Housman"
],
": free of defect or impairment : intact":[],
": physically sound and healthy : free of disease or deformity":[],
": mentally or emotionally sound":[],
": having all its proper parts or components : complete , unmodified":[
"whole milk",
"a whole egg"
],
": constituting the total sum or undiminished entirety : entire":[
"owns the whole island"
],
": each or all of the":[
"took part in the whole series of athletic events"
],
": constituting an undivided unit : unbroken , uncut":[
"a whole roast suckling pig"
],
": directed to one end : concentrated":[
"your whole attention"
],
": seemingly complete or total":[
"the whole idea is to help, not hinder"
],
": very great in quantity, extent, or scope":[
"feels a whole lot better now"
],
": constituting the entirety of a person's nature or development":[
"educate the whole student"
],
": having the same father and mother":[
"whole brother"
],
": a complete amount or sum : a number, aggregate, or totality lacking no part, member, or element":[],
": something constituting a complex unity : a coherent system or organization of parts fitting or working together as one":[],
": to the full or entire extent : wholly":[
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase in whole or in part"
],
": in view of all the circumstances or conditions : all things considered":[],
": in general : in most instances : typically":[],
": wholly , entirely":[
"a whole new age group",
"\u2014 Henry Chauncey"
],
": as a complete entity":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u014dl"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"concentrated",
"entire",
"exclusive",
"focused",
"focussed",
"undivided"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggregate",
"full",
"sum",
"summation",
"sum total",
"total",
"totality"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for whole Adjective perfect , whole , entire , intact mean not lacking or faulty in any particular. perfect implies the soundness and the excellence of every part, element, or quality of a thing frequently as an unattainable or theoretical state. a perfect set of teeth whole suggests a completeness or perfection that can be sought, gained, or regained. felt like a whole person again after vacation entire implies perfection deriving from integrity, soundness, or completeness of a thing. the entire Beethoven corpus intact implies retention of perfection of a thing in its natural or original state. the boat survived the storm intact",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The doctor assured me that the whole procedure would only take a few minutes.",
"The whole place was remodeled. It looks great now.",
"It's been a whole week since I've seen him.",
"I spent the whole summer traveling through Europe.",
"The whole evening was a great success.",
"She read the whole book in one day.",
"I've been waiting my whole life for this.",
"We decided to forget the whole thing .",
"We cooked a whole chicken.",
"The community center offers a whole range of programs.",
"Noun",
"the landlord eventually refunded the whole of our deposit",
"Adverb",
"We cooked the chicken whole .",
"The frog swallowed the fly whole .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But that kind of carried throughout the whole thing. \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 3 July 2022",
"And yet these numbers aren\u2019t that high overall, and there was that whole thing about PCF never getting royalties from Square Enix because the game had not sold enough copies, per their agreement. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 3 July 2022",
"The door was unlocked the whole time, McCraw testified last month. \u2014 Paul Conner, Fox News , 2 July 2022",
"In the real world, Max collapses in Lucas\u2019s arms (poor baby was watching this the whole time while fist-fighting a school bully), still conscious and begging not to die. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 2 July 2022",
"The whole thing actually started with a joke in the late '50s, when a Kiwanis Club organized a wagon train across the mountains. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 2 July 2022",
"The consensus among basically everyone from the committee to the media is that this whole thing is quite incredible and unusual. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
"Colin Firth once admitted that the whole thing was entirely contrived. \u2014 Liana Schaffner, Town & Country , 30 June 2022",
"The whole thing was calibrated perfectly for Lee: a small act of celebration in a place where gay rights are still being adjudicated. \u2014 Emma Green, The New Yorker , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At high enough temperatures, the bar magnets randomly point in different directions, but the material as a whole is not magnetic. \u2014 New York Times , 5 July 2022",
"Media coverage on cryptocurrencies and the blockchain space as a whole have soured. \u2014 Daniel Araya, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
"The same metric used for the metro as a whole would see more than 300,000 tickets sold. \u2014 Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al , 4 July 2022",
"Taken as a whole , Cooper Hummel\u2019s season has been mediocre. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 4 July 2022",
"The people who volunteer for psychedelic research trials are not typical of the population as a whole . \u2014 Nick Hilden, Rolling Stone , 3 July 2022",
"Rays manager Kevin Cash said before Sunday's game that his thoughts were with Budzinski and the coach's family, as well as the Blue Jays organization as a whole . \u2014 Des Bieler, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
"The result is that many legislatures are more heavily partisan than the state\u2019s population as a whole . \u2014 David A. Lieb, Anchorage Daily News , 3 July 2022",
"The first former senior defense official painted a grim picture for the military as a whole . \u2014 Matt Seyler, ABC News , 2 July 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Some flowers can be used whole , like pansies and violas. \u2014 Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"Traditionally, the fish arrives at the table presented whole with its head and tail, though the puffed appearance of the center-stage fillet is said to resemble a bushy squirrel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Freitag\u2019s accounting of money due and her initiation of the claims process represent a milestone move in efforts to make victims of San Diego\u2019s biggest Ponzi scheme whole . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"More than anyone else, Ms. Waters spread the word about the sweet, earthy charms of garlic whole -roasted in the oven. \u2014 Bee Wilson, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"But the sport has made the family whole again at OSU. \u2014 Jacob Unruh, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"Note: For the subtlest flavor, leave the garlic cloves whole . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Both are needed, whole , to grace the evening\u2019s table. \u2014 Benjamin, Longreads , 20 May 2022",
"On the way to Mariupol\u2019s beaches, women sold whole roasted sunflower heads and paper cones of fresh, juicy sunflower seeds trucked in from nearby farms. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022"
],
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"Middle English hool healthy, unhurt, entire, from Old English h\u0101l ; akin to Old High German heil healthy, unhurt, Old Norse heill , Old Church Slavonic c\u011bl\u016d":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174354"
},
"wholesale":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in a wholesale manner":[],
": of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of commodities in quantity for resale":[
"a wholesale grocer"
],
": performed or existing on a large scale especially without discrimination":[
"wholesale slaughter"
],
": the sale of commodities in quantity usually for resale (as by a retail merchant)":[],
": to sell (something) in quantity usually for resale":[],
": to sell in quantity usually for resale":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The crops originated from wholesale growers.",
"Is that price retail or wholesale ",
"Verb",
"The company wholesales clothing to boutiques in the area.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the 2000s, Gazprom branched out from delivering the gas wholesale into selling it directly to customers, storing it and trading in derivatives. \u2014 Bojan Pancevski, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"For years, the company was famous for supplying Christmas lights to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its Christmas displays on Temple Square \u2014 until the shows there got so big the church started buying its own lights wholesale . \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"The property is currently zoned B-3 commercial service/ wholesale and is vacant, village officials said. \u2014 Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Epic, founded in 2013 and based 30 miles south of San Francisco, said no school system had ever removed its app wholesale until Williamson County did so early last month. \u2014 David Ingram, NBC News , 12 May 2022",
"Selling fish wholesale may pay more than selling baskets, but artisanal kapenta fishing is equally hard work and demanding on families. \u2014 Farai Shawn Matiashe, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Jokr buys their groceries at wholesale and then sells the products at a higher price. \u2014 Brittain Ladd, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"During the coronavirus shutdown, Koolfi shifted largely to wholesale \u2014 pints are now sold in a dozen Bay Area stores \u2014 and home delivery, both of which will continue after the shop is open. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Ongoing supply chain issues have plagued the industry since April of last year and are a result of a stale and outdated wholesale to retail model that requires very long ordering lead times to get products into stores. \u2014 Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The historical low turnouts during runoff elections could propel talk of reform, although Alabama lawmakers show little interest in making wholesale changes to the state\u2019s election system. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"Of course, a lengthy hiatus for Orton would result in wholesale changes to WWE\u2019s upcoming creative plans. \u2014 Blake Oestriecher, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Months of talks with the EU haven\u2019t produced the wholesale changes the U.K. wants to reduce these customs checks. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Grisham, who entered the series with a .144 average and higher strikeout rate than any of his three other big-league seasons, cautioned that overreaction and wholesale changes can cause bigger and longer slides. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"Constrained by long-term contracts for core, veteran players, general manager Brian MacLellan can\u2019t blow up the roster with wholesale changes. \u2014 Wire Reports, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"Reid does not plan wholesale changes upon taking over. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 13 May 2022",
"Hobbs agreed to remove some of the sections but refused to make the wholesale changes Brnovich wanted. \u2014 Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Using cutting-edge technologies and supply chain expertise to solve many of these problems, the B2B retail wholesale market is seeing a wave of innovation that aims to help retailers survive and thrive amid the ongoing pressures of the pandemic. \u2014 Tiffany Lung, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Many of these scenes are lifted wholesale from her own life. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Dealers would buy cars wholesale at set prices from automakers. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Neither Asket or Birdsong sell wholesale to avoid the pressure from retailers to produce new collections, and their pool of potential investors was narrowed down to those who share their purpose. \u2014 Olivia Pinnock, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"But there's one other matter to wrap up before moving wholesale into 2022: my prediction for the biggest gaming product to not last past the end of this new year. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Jan. 2022",
"But Trump\u2019s wild-eyed notions about presidential power, while extreme, did not spring wholesale from his imagination. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Under a shift first announced in 2017, Nike is emphasizing direct-to-consumer sales while limiting wholesale to a few accounts that best support its positioning. \u2014 Tom Ryan, Forbes , 7 June 2021",
"While all three channels create a dynamic synergy, selling wholesale to bigger retailers like Whole Foods brings in the largest revenue stream. \u2014 Simon Mainwaring, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
"Nearly all of its business comes from selling wholesale to stores in Washington and more than a dozen states, plus sales from area pop-up markets. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Sep. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The two approached companies including Diptyque and Santa Maria Novella, which declined to wholesale their products. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
"He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant and served in the infantry at Fort Leavenworth (Kansas) before returning to Greensburg with an honorable discharge in 1955, joining the family retail and wholesaling businesses. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star , 6 May 2020",
"But on Wednesday, the ship nevertheless began disgorging passengers wholesale . \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
"Fiat Chrysler and its peers are expected to lose tens of billions of dollars by idling their plants for weeks because they book revenue by wholesaling vehicles to their dealers. \u2014 Gabrielle Coppola, Bloomberg.com , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Illinois also could soon join the list, as Chicago wholesale gasoline sold at a record-low 20 cents Monday morning, Bloomberg data show. \u2014 Fortune , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Cactus Corn plans to launch an e-commerce site this week, as well as wholesaling their products to local stores, Levandowski said. \u2014 Katherine Fitzgerald, azcentral , 31 Mar. 2020",
"The company is also transitioning some locations to wholesale food operations to help the public find groceries. \u2014 Alexandria Burris, Indianapolis Star , 16 Mar. 2020",
"Liquor wholesales are prohibited by state law from selling to retailers on the list. \u2014 Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com , 14 Feb. 2020"
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"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
"1696, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
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": a merchant middleman who sells chiefly to retailers, other merchants, or industrial, institutional, and commercial users mainly for resale or business use":[]
},
"examples":[
"a leading wholesaler in the book business",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His father, Earl, worked at an A&P and later was a poultry wholesaler . \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"The Metropolitan Water District is a wholesaler with 26 member agencies covering nearly 80 cities and communities in the state. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 2 June 2022",
"While the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is a municipal utility, the Metropolitan Water District is essentially a giant wholesaler that supplies 26 public water agencies that provide water to 19 million people. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 10 May 2022",
"Sally Beauty is a wholesaler of professional hair color and retailer of hair and beauty products through 5,000 stores. \u2014 Maria Halkias, Dallas News , 1 Sep. 2021",
"In a separate press release on Craft Brewing Business, the owners of Hi-Wire Brewing explained some of the reasons for their decision to expand to Birmingham, including their relationship with alcohol wholesaler Alabama Crown. \u2014 Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Robinhood, or your broker of choice, takes your order to a firm known as a wholesaler or market maker. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 9 June 2022",
"The San Diego County Water Authority, the region\u2019s wholesaler , has repeatedly lobbied the state for an exemption to prohibitions on watering commercial and other landscapes that go into effect this month. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"Instead, just over a mile separates this wholesaler from buyer. \u2014 Alex Martin, The Indianapolis Star , 5 May 2022"
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"a young actor known for his wholesome good looks",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not one of the fictional fathers, like Danny Tanner, Philip Banks or Mike Brady, who helped raise generations through wholesome sitcoms. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Meeting anger with acceptance (forgiveness), humility and empathy invite your assailant out of their anger to greater understanding, resolution, and a wholesome relationship. \u2014 Chip Bell, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The veneer of western paradise, no matter the impact on the ethos or environment or those who came first, is rebranded as a wholesome quest for purity. \u2014 Antonia Hitchens, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
"Even more, our credit monitoring services also have a variety of credit monitoring, lost wallet protection, device and malware protection, and more identity theft protection features to give you a wholesome ID securing experience. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Instagram grid is filled with wholesome photos of her family lounging poolside. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 2 June 2022",
"Known for its exotic animals and aerobatic performances, it was considered a wholesome entertainment option for families. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 18 May 2022",
"Providing a respite from our hectic reality, this romantic comedy centered on an assured woman who finds love and purpose in the land down under offers delightful entertainment while playing to our most wholesome sensibilities. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Finally, for a wholesome family fashion moment, there was Cardi B and Offset. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 14 May 2022"
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"hale",
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"sound",
"well",
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"ill",
"sick",
"unfit",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell"
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": promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit":[],
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"\u2014 Mark Twain"
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"less-than- wholesome entertainment that wasn't appropriate for children",
"a young actor known for his wholesome good looks",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not one of the fictional fathers, like Danny Tanner, Philip Banks or Mike Brady, who helped raise generations through wholesome sitcoms. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Meeting anger with acceptance (forgiveness), humility and empathy invite your assailant out of their anger to greater understanding, resolution, and a wholesome relationship. \u2014 Chip Bell, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The veneer of western paradise, no matter the impact on the ethos or environment or those who came first, is rebranded as a wholesome quest for purity. \u2014 Antonia Hitchens, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
"Even more, our credit monitoring services also have a variety of credit monitoring, lost wallet protection, device and malware protection, and more identity theft protection features to give you a wholesome ID securing experience. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Instagram grid is filled with wholesome photos of her family lounging poolside. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 2 June 2022",
"Known for its exotic animals and aerobatic performances, it was considered a wholesome entertainment option for families. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 18 May 2022",
"Providing a respite from our hectic reality, this romantic comedy centered on an assured woman who finds love and purpose in the land down under offers delightful entertainment while playing to our most wholesome sensibilities. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Finally, for a wholesome family fashion moment, there was Cardi B and Offset. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 14 May 2022"
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"a wholly owned subsidiary"
]
},
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"She is wholly devoted to her children.",
"An infant is wholly dependent on its mother.",
"The claim is wholly without merit.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2013, Pearson and Bertelsmann merged their respective publishing companies to form Penguin Random House, which Bertelsmann has wholly owned since 2020. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"The decision by Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari to dismiss inflation concerns while engaging his bank in wholly inappropriate political activism is not looking better with time. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Therefore, Doctor Strange 2 is, in effect, a sequel to the first Doctor Strange movie in 2016 as well as a sequel to No Way Home, despite the films being produced by wholly separate studios. \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 9 May 2022",
"In France, the Rassemblement National is one of several far-right movements, and is wholly separate from the mainstream conservative Les R\u00e9publicains party. \u2014 Camille G\u00e9lix, The Conversation , 3 May 2022",
"But the idea of reservations as wholly separate entities didn\u2019t last. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Just this week, Rogan\u2019s comments about race in an episode with psychologist Jordan Peterson created a new wave of outrage wholly separate from the pair of open letters. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 27 Jan. 2022",
"And in many ways, the pandemic has resulted in growing awareness of something wholly separate: the importance of in-person education and social contacts in the lives of kids. \u2014 Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The Rian Johnson mystery drama starring Natasha Lyonne and Benjamin Bratt is the rare wholly original title generating heat. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 20 May 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English hoolly , from hool whole":""
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"\u02c8h\u014d-l\u0113",
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"all",
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"\u2014 usually used with up"
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"Noun",
"the dish fell off the table and hit the hardwood floor with a whomp",
"Verb",
"the basketball team was whomped in the last game of the regular season and missed out on the playoffs",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Winning the turnover war, the unstoppable J.Chase freak show, D.J. Reader putting the whomp on Derrick Henry, E. McPherson topping himself seemingly weekly, Saint Joe blessing the proceedings with his presence. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Hunks of lardon bring a bacony whomp ; they\u2019re offset by a mulchy, acidic riff on salsa made with roasted broccoli. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 15 Oct. 2021",
"During this siege, several sturgeon in the 5-foot range jumped several times around the boat, landing with a giant whomp and whirl the size of a washtub. \u2014 Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com , 23 May 2020",
"With a Cougar helicopter whomp -whomping overhead, the commandos stormed up two flights of stairs, seized the bomb-making materials and captured the terrorist leaders. \u2014 Eric Schmitt, New York Times , 12 July 2019",
"The Cowslingers' whomp -and-stomp sound cruised as many musical paths. \u2014 John Petkovic, cleveland.com , 4 Jan. 2018",
"The bill features ooky-spooky, costumed shock-rockers Freak Box (Detroit), whomp -and-stomp garage-blues rockers 45 Spider (Cleveland) and alien-punks Stimpy's Revenge (Massillon). \u2014 John Petkovic, cleveland.com , 12 Oct. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Raymond taught the Phanatic what became his signature moves: how to whomp his paunch, how to suction a plunger to the head of a bald man, how to stand at a distance and land rings on the plunger. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
"The sarcastic, whomping Fountains Of Wayne and lithe and buzzy Tinted Windows were fundamentally power pop, while Ivy combined cool Eurolounge with sad hints of Burt Bacharach. \u2014 Marc Hirsh, EW.com , 2 Apr. 2020",
"The collection, which ranges from $23 to $175, includes the classic swaddles, over-sized blankets, reversible burp bibs and a cozy sleep bag, all printed with scenes from the movie (think Hedwig, the whomping willow and lightning bolts). \u2014 Anya Leon, PEOPLE.com , 19 Sep. 2019",
"With a Cougar helicopter whomp- whomping overhead, the commandos stormed up two flights of stairs, seized the bomb-making materials and captured the terrorist leaders. \u2014 Eric Schmitt, New York Times , 12 July 2019",
"Three days later, Clinton whomped Obama in the primary. \u2014 Robin Abcarian, latimes.com , 28 June 2019",
"But even around our 10Best street route there's joy in whomping around an empty set of curves at sane speeds, using but a tiny slice of the available grip. \u2014 Car and Driver , 28 Nov. 2018",
"Ever since there have been three-deckers and brooms, the downstairs neighbors have been whomping the ceiling telling the upstairs folks to keep it down. \u2014 Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2018",
"Actor Tom Hanks \u2014 whom Globes show host Seth Meyers jokingly suggested could be Oprah\u2019s running mate \u2014 would whomp Trump in California as well, 56 to 31 percent, according to the survey, which had a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points. \u2014 Matier & Ross, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Jan. 2018"
],
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1942, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8(h)w\u022fmp",
"\u02c8(h)w\u00e4mp"
],
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"bang",
"blast",
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"crash",
"pop",
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"\u2014 often used interjectionally"
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"not worth a whoop"
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},
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"Verb",
"The children whooped with joy at the sight of all the presents.",
"Noun",
"let out a whoop of joy",
"he acts so rudely that I doubt he gives a whoop about other people's feelings",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In the first two episodes alone, there are four separate scenes where Uber employees whoop for their CEO like high school football fans cheering for a quarterback. \u2014 Arielle Pardes, Wired , 14 Mar. 2022",
"At some moments, a voice from the audience would whoop with approval, or someone would enthusiastically begin clapping along with the beat, but they were met with almost defiant silence from the crowd. \u2014 Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press , 23 Jan. 2022",
"With more restaurants and entertainment venues opening up, some optimists are predicting the arrival of a new version of the Roaring \u201920s, with hordes of merrymakers going out on the town to whoop it up. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Aug. 2021",
"Outside the castle walls, tens of thousands of well-wishers thronged the streets, cheering, waving and whooping as the retinue passed, escorted by mounted members of the Royal Household Cavalry in full regalia. \u2014 Christina Boyle, latimes.com , 19 May 2018",
"The crowd, many clad in wool caps, gloves and down jackets, whooped and clapped and yelled with each new stunt. \u2014 Jasper Scherer, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Feb. 2018",
"Guests rose from their seats and whooped and hollered. \u2014 Jacob Bernstein, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
"A thousand miles away, in Jones\u2019 hometown of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., Angela Mallory whooped in excitement as the play unfolded on her television, and texted her son Derrin and tell him that his mentor had just scored in his first NFL game. \u2014 Stefanie Loh, The Seattle Times , 14 Sep. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Miramir yelled, following her statement with a whoop of triumph. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"The plane made a second failed attempt, eliciting another whoop from Mr. Dyer. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Then the students would slap their mouths and make an insensitive war- whoop gesture. \u2014 Cameron Fields, cleveland , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Estrada, in a Giants cap and black-and-orange plaid shirt, lets out a whoop . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2021",
"My first thought after the whoop of joy in reaching the 14,505-foot summit west of Lone Pine, Calif., is getting off the mountain. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Sep. 2021",
"But some investors\u2014and an undisclosed number of subscribers\u2014seem to think Whoop is a big whoop . \u2014 Lauren Goode, Wired , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Moore recounts the story of her mother, who, one day, while in the fields, erupts into an enthusiastic whoop . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 July 2021",
"Listening for the whoop of a siren is a tradition in much of the central and southern United States. \u2014 Dennis Mersereau, Forbes , 28 May 2021"
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},
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"\u02c8(h)wu\u0307p",
"\u02c8hu\u0307p",
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],
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"verb"
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},
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"conviviality",
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"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
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"\u2014 usually used with make"
],
": sexual play":[
"\u2014 usually used with make"
]
},
"examples":[
"Interjection",
"another sitcom featuring wisecracking kids",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Interjection",
"The Van Allens and their pals seem to have nothing else in mind, or in the diary, but makin\u2019 whoopee \u2014swimming parties, dancing parties, and lawn parties, with guests crawling along on all fours. \u2014 The New Yorker , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And, sure, the divorce eventually came, but not before a temporary happy ending in which much whoopee was made. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 12 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1827, in the meaning defined above":"Interjection",
"1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"irregular from whoop entry 2":"Interjection"
},
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"(h)w\u00fc-",
"\u02c8(h)w\u00fc-",
"(h)wu\u0307-\u02c8p\u0113",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Diana Rebman, winner of the amateur category, had been hoping to photograph whooper swans on a cold day in Japan\u2019s Akan-Mashu National Park, but the winds were very strong and the swans looked dirty. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 6 July 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Generally, the protein-subunit vaccine design is tried and trusted; it's already used in vaccines against flu, pertussis ( whooping cough ), and meningococcal infection, for example. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022",
"The technique has been used for years in vaccines against hepatitis B, pertussis ( whooping cough ) and other diseases. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Childhood vaccination rates for measles, whooping cough and other infectious diseases have also fallen during the pandemic. \u2014 Suzy Khimm, NBC News , 11 May 2022",
"Rates were close to 94% for measles, whooping cough and chickenpox vaccinations for the 2020-21 school year. \u2014 Lindsey Tanner, Chicago Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The rates were below 90% for the combined whooping cough shot in eight states plus Washington, D.C., and in seven states plus Washington, D.C., for measles shots. \u2014 Lindsey Tanner, Chicago Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"But research on whooping cough became their obsession. \u2014 Richard Conniff, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Tdap, recommended during each pregnancy, is primarily aimed at creating immunity to pertussis, or whooping cough , in infants too young to be vaccinated. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Feb. 2022",
"That was the case when a whooping cough , or pertussis, vaccine was introduced in the early 1950s. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times , 21 Oct. 2021"
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"That's a whopper of a diamond ring.",
"He told us a real whopper .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And completely making up something someone said about someone else is a whopper . \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 5 May 2022",
"Fall is bear season, and while the odds of spotting a grizzly or black bear are strong, a sighting is not guaranteed, just as hooking a whopper salmon on a fishing outing isn\u2019t a sure thing. \u2014 Jen Murphy, Robb Report , 7 May 2022",
"The Whopper may be, well, only somewhat of a whopper \u2014 at least in real life, alleges a new class action lawsuit. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Baker Creek\u2019s 500-page Whole Seed catalog is a whopper that could keep me going several winters over. \u2014 Amy Merrick, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"That wasn\u2019t even the biggest whopper Manfred attempted from the podium in Jupiter, FL, yesterday. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 2 Mar. 2022",
"In the case of this series, the whopper the guy tells is especially brazen. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 9 Feb. 2022",
"And the film boasts a whopper of an ending, which has sparked plenty of conversation and kept its mentions high. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Jan. 2022",
"In late October, three atmospheric rivers showed up on the California coast, and the last one was a whopper . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2021"
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"The play was a whopping success.",
"The car sped by at a whopping 110 miles per hour.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Unesco report shows India requiring a whopping 1.2 million more teachers to meet the shortfall. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 27 June 2022",
"Her other home, a beach house overlooking the ocean in Carmel-by-the-Sea, recently sold for $10.775 million, a whopping $2.825 million more than the price tag. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
"Lee\u2019s campaign has spent a whopping $5.4 million ahead of the June 28 primary election. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"In November 2021, the US hit a 20-year record for the number of people leaving their jobs\u2014 a whopping 4.5 million. \u2014 Karl Moore, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"No Way Home, which became a box office hit, opening to a whopping $253 million and eventually surpassing $1 billion worldwide. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"As the 2022 NBA Finals get under way, an extremely rare Kobe Bryant jersey from the Black Mamba\u2019s rookie season just sold at auction for a whopping $2.73 million. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 6 June 2022",
"The Pacific and the Atlantic are really old\u2014a whopping 200 million and 180 million years old, respectively. \u2014 Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics , 25 May 2022",
"The spy thriller is one of Netflix\u2019s most expensive films ever, with a budget that came in at a whopping $200 million. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 24 May 2022"
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"circa 1625, in the meaning defined above":""
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"For writers, to blurb or not to blurb can be a tricky matter. \u2026 Blurb too often, or include too many blurbs on your book, and you might get called a blurb whore . \u2014 Rachel Donadio , New York Times Book Review , 17 Aug. 2008",
"It was only his vain desire to gain the money he needed to purchase the freedom of his beloved Sarah, a whore in a Sturgeon Street brothel, that had led him to offer his sword in the murderous service of Buljan \u2026 \u2014 Michael Chabon , \"Gentlemen of the Road,\" in New York Times Magazine , 18 Feb. 2007",
"I know one guy who became a television writer simply because it afforded him the opportunity to write on a cop show and name all the strippers, crack whores , and nude female corpses after his mother. \u2014 Rob Long , National Review , 19 Feb. 2001",
"Verb",
"Babe Ruth, who could cuss, guzzle and whore to outdo any sailor of legend, was also the most genial and accommodating of men. \u2014 Stephen Jay Gould , New York Times Book Review , 7 May 1989"
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"Nell Gwyn is remembered as one of the most infamous courtesans in the annals of whoredom .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The media pretense that Kamala Harris represents black womanhood is as specious as Megan and Cardi B\u2019s tribute to whoredom . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 14 Aug. 2020",
"Over five summer days the Assembly\u2019s first session set tobacco prices, outlawed drunkenness and whoredom , and discussed Indian relations. \u2014 Richard Brookhiser, Time , 19 Nov. 2019"
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": a building in which prostitutes are available : brothel":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sogolon finds working in a whorehouse something of an improvement. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The forced execution of Flora by Joanie behind closed whorehouse doors evokes Trixie\u2019s murder of an abusive john in the pilot (his corpse becoming pig chow). \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 20 Dec. 2021",
"In this novel, even the whorehouse bouncer reads Frantz Fanon and Aim\u00e9 C\u00e9saire. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2021",
"Wracked by survivor\u2019s guilt and haunted by visions of war, Nick sits in a whorehouse bar \u2014 without drinking or going upstairs. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Dec. 2020",
"Swearengen, who runs a saloon/ whorehouse , refers to his customers as Hoopleheads. \u2014 David E. Petzal, Field & Stream , 8 Mar. 2019",
"Police found a couple of ledger books during a raid of one whorehouse . \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Nov. 2019",
"The story begins in Saigon near the end of the war, in the Engineer\u2019s whorehouse , Dreamland. \u2014 Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times , 25 July 2019",
"Another participant jokes that a female member of the territory\u2019s senate belonged in a whorehouse . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 July 2019"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1526, in the meaning defined above":""
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"the whorls and eddies of the river",
"the whorl of a fingerprint",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For many volunteers, the service provided an outlet for a whorl of emotions that linger two decades later. \u2014 Lauren Hernandez, Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Sep. 2021",
"The researchers speculate that Netherton\u2019s inhabitants deliberately placed other objects, like gaming pieces, a spindle whorl and a whetstone, near the dagger for practical or ritualistic reasons. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 May 2021",
"Through it all, no one found a better specimen that depicted where the whorl was located. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 Apr. 2021",
"What the researchers found were traces of cartilage around the jaw in the rock, remnants of the skull as well as the jaws that held the tooth whorl . \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 Apr. 2021",
"But Wallace recognized the stone as an authentic Viking-era spindle whorl , a small stone that was fixed to the end of a rod used to spin thread. \u2014 Sarah Durn, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Mar. 2021",
"As my sight adjusted, shapes emerged: subtle whorls that resembled a pinwheel twirling through countless pinpricks of light. \u2014 Erin E. Williams, Washington Post , 13 Sep. 2019",
"Meticulously arrayed, the echoing curves suggest fingerprint whorls or ripples on lakes and ponds. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Bustles and hoops and towering Marie Antoinette hair played a part; shepherdesses in loops and whorls of shell pink and baby blue, each swirling and twirling and waving what looked like a wand with a miniature straw hat on the top. \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 30 Sep. 2019"
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"\u02c8w\u022frl",
"\u02c8w\u022fr(-\u0259)l",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Popp, Marcus, Doubleday and Gange returned to the site together this spring and confirmed the presence of small whorled pogonia, which were in bloom at the time. \u2014 CBS News , 9 June 2022",
"Mon\u016b creates elaborate cloud shapes and regal masks that extend past the face and the top of the head, each densely thatched with synthetic blooms, some in neon brights and powder pinks, others evoking the small red heilala or white whorled tiare. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Now, a new study, published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience, reveals that the whorled ridges of our fingerprints may help explain the extraordinary sensitivity of human touch, reports Nicola Davis for the Guardian. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Its whorled shoots are tiny, typically shorter than eight inches and less than an inch thick. \u2014 Marion Renault, New York Times , 13 Aug. 2019",
"Its leaves are narrow and whorled , and flowers are green and white with tinges of purple. \u2014 Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman , 18 Oct. 2017",
"True to its name, the foot-long snail kite eats only snails\u2014its hooked beak is the ideal shape for plucking muscular morsels from whorled shells. \u2014 National Geographic , 18 May 2016",
"McCormick analyzed the DNA of soil samples collected immediately adjacent to wild small- whorled pogonias, and used that data to calculate how much Russulaceae hyphae was present in the soil at each site. \u2014 Jackson Landers, Smithsonian , 19 Jan. 2017"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114636",
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"noun"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, the music that I was handed was always a keyboard lead sheet or keyboard part, mostly whole note and half-note chords, big beautiful ones, and some key figures here and there. \u2014 Ron Hart, Billboard , 19 Sep. 2017"
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"Virtually all Kenyan meals are centered on a starchy whole food . \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 27 July 2015",
"Green Party Member of the European Parliament Tilly Metz, chair of the investigative committee, argued that, not just transport issues within animal farming, but the whole food supply chain should have a redesign. \u2014 Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Founded on a whole food approach to nutrition, Nature's Logic makes complete-diet pet foods without synthetic vitamins\u2014all the nutrients your pup needs come from the meats, veggies, and fruits that make up the brand's tasty recipes. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Serving fresh, whole food from breakfast through early dinner, this popular cafe draws foodies from near and far. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Pushing back by exercising, eating clean and whole food , and getting 9-10 hours sleep. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Currently, consuming brown rice in moderation, as one of several sources of whole food carbohydrates, is one way to reduce possible arsenic exposure. \u2014 Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Plus, consuming probiotics in whole food form, such as with kefir or yogurt, comes along with a complete package of essential vitamins and minerals as well. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 5 Aug. 2021",
"And the third way is through whole food green powders or algae, either in foods (nori, seaweed, kelp) or in supplements (spirulina and chlorella). \u2014 Jessie Shafer, Better Homes & Gardens , 27 Aug. 2021"
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"With a solid infrastructure, individual candidates don\u2019t have to invent every piece of a winning campaign apparatus from whole cloth . \u2014 Ben Wikler, The New Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Your School Day, reporters and researchers discovered that such threats had simply been made up whole cloth , despite many outlets breathlessly reporting them as fact. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Opponents of qualified immunity deride the principle as having been created by the Court out of whole cloth \u2014an argument that mirrors one often employed by critics of Roe who are dismissive of its legal basis. \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Many drivers stopped with those charges argue that they were manufactured out of whole cloth . \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 9 Feb. 2022",
"That is another free-market problem, and another fantasy, one created out of whole cloth by actors in the pharmaceutical industry. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 19 Dec. 2021",
"So far their primary solution seems to be to simply fabricate technology from whole cloth . \u2014 Eric Ravenscraft, Wired , 25 Nov. 2021",
"Creating jobs out of whole cloth was one of her specialties. \u2014 Longreads , 18 May 2021",
"As the Breton funds restructured, others were created whole cloth , particularly in the aftermath of a 2016 administrative campaign to reduce and consolidate the number of the regions in the country. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 21 Sep. 2021"
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"For the first time, a whooping crane chick has hatched at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"In the 1970s an effort began to rehabilitate the whooping crane population, much of it led by the ecologist George W. Archibald. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
"Without biological parents to care for the egg, surrogates \u2014 Tehya, a 16-year-old female whooping crane , and Goliath, a 25-year-old male \u2014 were chosen, zoo officials said. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"The whooping crane recovery plan was created jointly by U.S. and Canada. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2021",
"This is especially true for the endangered whooping crane , which spends time during migration at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge along the gulf. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Sep. 2021",
"Fourteen long-legged, fuzzy brown whooping crane chicks \u2014 one more than in 2019 \u2014 are following their parents or costumed surrogates in facilities from New Orleans to Calgary, Canada. \u2014 Janet Mcconnaughey, Chron , 14 July 2021",
"Wampanoag is the 394th whooping crane raised or housed at ICF. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2021",
"At the Bee Lab, a former garage used for a whooping crane breeding program and then abandoned when the project ended years ago, Droege and his team collect, preserve and photograph the area\u2019s native bee population. \u2014 Katie V. Jones, baltimoresun.com , 20 May 2021"
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"The little whooper that hatched May 12 is part of that work. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2021",
"About 20 zoos and research facilities participate in the captive whooper program, including the Milwaukee County Zoo, Stone Zoo in Massachusetts and the ICF in Baraboo. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2021",
"Appropriately, both the sandhill and whooper sport Badger red caps. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2021",
"Before his arrest, the crime boss Dmitri (The Exfoliator) Kahn flushed his beloved whooper swans down the toilet, sending them underground into New York City\u2019s sewer system, and saving them from certain extinction. \u2014 Dahlia Gallin Ramirez, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Here's to many more happy whooper milestones in the years to come. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Sep. 2020",
"According to the International Crane Foundation, a 2-year-old female whooper arrived recently and 13 others have followed, tracking devices and other reports show. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 24 Nov. 2019",
"Adams said the refuge has seen as many 29 whoopers in a single year and as many as 20,000 sandhills. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 24 Dec. 2019",
"The refuge website says whoopers have been seen around the visitor center and wildlife observation building in recent years. \u2014 USA TODAY , 19 Nov. 2019"
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"Boston University\u2019s Questrom School of Business has gone the whole hog and now offers its full MBA online for just $24,000. \u2014 The Economist , 2 Nov. 2019",
"So is the climax, which goes whole hog with wishful dramatic thinking. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 19 July 2019",
"The twins took their massive settlement and went whole hog for bitcoin. \u2014 Chuck Jaffe, The Seattle Times , 1 Sep. 2017"
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"Its flour has a nutty, sweet, toasty flavor that's close to Irish wholemeal flour. \u2014 Beth Dooley Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 10 Mar. 2021"
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"One of the things about the pandemic is that the video calls are great, but actually being here in a podcast studio with somebody is actually just a whole step above that. \u2014 Tax Notes Staff, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Only Murders in the Building co-star Steve Martin makes art with Gomez once again, this time in a sketch about the inventor of the whoopee cushion in which Aidy Bryant steals every scene. \u2014 Ashley Iasimone, Billboard , 15 May 2022",
"She\u2019s like a ray of sunshine filtered through a whoopee cushion , and our pandemic year has been lifted by her presence. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Some of Don Poynter\u2019s creations, it must be admitted, had a certain whoopee cushion quality. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Maybe print it on a whoopee cushion , just to be sure. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 5 Mar. 2020",
"Jakubowski leads the way to the toy section, where a dad and his two little girls are gleefully trying out whoopee cushions . \u2014 Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com , 18 Oct. 2019",
"At a hands-on exhibit about comedy props, guests can grab plastic anvils, whoopee cushions and other items and place them on interactive video tables to watch movie and TV clips that use those props in slapstick. \u2014 Don Steinberg, WSJ , 21 July 2018",
"Sometimes the game can have extreme twists that involve crazy things like snakes or spiders, but this one was only a pineapple, a whoopee cushion and a small lion figurine. \u2014 Alysha Tsuji, For The Win , 12 July 2018",
"Luke pulls the whoopee cushion out for a demonstration. \u2014 Robbie Daw, Billboard , 19 Mar. 2018"
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"Less reliant on rote learning, the whole language approach has often been backed by progressives. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2022",
"Advocates of whole language \u2014and its wildly popular successor, balanced literacy\u2014are generally opposed to direct, explicit instruction. \u2014 Natalie Wexler, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"At the time, schools were applying a literacy theory called whole language approach, which uses literature as a teaching tool and emphasizes learning through the context of words instead of breaking them down phonetically. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The group settled on an approach that included whole language and phonics, a victory for Joseph. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Advocates of the rival whole language approach, which means figuring out words from context or from being exposed to good literature, are in retreat, but have left many casualties. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Try using different kinds of flours, such as whole wheat or rye. \u2014 Christopher Michel, Country Living , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Star Pizza makes both New York-style and Chicago-style pizzas on whole wheat and white crusts. \u2014 Fredrick Ochami, Chron , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Our ritual is smoked salmon with Tofutti spread, capers, onions, tomatoes and some arugula on gluten-free bagels or whole wheat pumpernickel. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Some of the most popular items at Bakehouse are the whole wheat sourdough, referred to as country bread in the U.S., as well as a bread made with 25% flaxseed. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
"Our testers were very pleased with the whole wheat pizza, too. \u2014 Barbara Bellesi Zito, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"The first course included a warm whole wheat cilantro flatbread for two, served with a bowl of muhamarra, a creamy and flavor-packed Lebanese roasted red pepper dip topped with toasted walnuts and tangy pomegranate molasses. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Jensen is a big fan of sourdough, especially loaves made with some whole wheat , so that the bran rehydrates and soaks up more of the oil for optimal flavor and a slight chew. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, along with guest star Amy Schumer and showrunner John Hoffman, premiered the season season of their hit whodunit on Monday at Los Angeles\u2019 DGA Theater. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 July 2022",
"Below, find comedic takes on the genre or true whodunit classics. \u2014 Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country , 30 June 2022",
"The warmth is still there, along with the twisty whodunit , the New York atmosphere, the droll humor, and, with Amy Schumer, Michael Rapoport, and Shirley MacLaine, the guest stars. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"On a stage, 10 comedians assume the characters of a whodunit mystery novel and a guest star takes on the role of the detective. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"But the broader answer to its whodunit is also, in some sense, Hollywood itself. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Whatever the storyline and release date of Glass Onion may be, the A-list cast and the stunning filming location are going to make for a juicy whodunit . \u2014 ELLE , 16 June 2022",
"The book is not so much a whodunit as an engrossing portrait of a segment of Mexico City society during the 1940s. \u2014 David Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
"In a welcome contrast to the show\u2019s first year, the whodunit and sobriety storylines are far better integrated, providing not just a moving but also bracing portrayal of alcohol dependency amid crisis. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Ford came to a stop from 70 mph in 138 feet, whereas the Nissan took 166 feet to whoa down. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022"
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"\u2014 John 20:23 (King James Version)"
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"\u2014 Robert Browning",
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"\u2014 F. L. Mott",
"the first poem whose publication he ever sanctioned",
"\u2014 J. W. Krutch"
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"\u2014 Robert Browning",
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"\u02c8h\u00fcz"
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"The granddaddy of all metafictional novels was Tristram Shandy , whose narrator's dialogues with his imaginary readers are only one of many ways in which Sterne foregrounds the gap between art and life that conventional realism seeks to conceal. \u2014 David Lodge , The Art of Fiction , 1992",
"In early times when I sat with my grandfather \u2026 I was puzzled about the relation between the Davis who had lived in a world of great events and my Old Jeff, whose name had entered into the common speech of the region \u2026 \u2014 Robert Penn Warren , Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back , 1980",
"He was a flamboyant, excited person whose eyes darted here and there, like a child's, afraid of what they might miss. \u2014 E. L. Doctorow , Ragtime , 1974",
"Pronoun, singular or plural in construction",
"Though life here is a dangerous business for olive trees, in summer the children roam the streets alone, and well into the night. Everyone knows whose are whose , and keeps an eye out. \u2014 David Leavitt , Travel & Leisure , May 2000",
"And now for the Ignorance and Folly which he reproaches us with, let us see (if we are Fools and Ignoramus's) whose is the Fault, the Men's or our's. \u2014 Benjamin Franklin 28 May 1722 , in Benjamin Franklin Writings , 1987",
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"Many of the calls were from retailers whose business was looted before becoming engulfed in flames. \u2014 Fox News , 3 June 2020",
"The latter company once was owned by Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage. \u2014 Jennifer Henderson And Hollie Silverman, CNN , 2 June 2020",
"The Department of Veterans Affairs, whose headquarters on Vermont Avenue is steps from the White House, ordered all nonessential employees to go home by noon on Monday. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2020",
"Five officers picked up Owensby, whose face was cut and bleeding, and put him in the back of a police cruiser. \u2014 Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com , 2 June 2020",
"My close neighbor is a grandmother whose son and granddaughter have moved in with her. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 2 June 2020",
"But this list represents a majority of them and those whose absence would be felt. \u2014 Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star , 2 June 2020",
"The zoo is no longer controlled by Exotic, whose legal name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage. \u2014 NBC News , 2 June 2020",
"The researchers\u2019 first step was to use the DNA sequences to identify the species of animals\u2014goats, sheep, ibex or cows\u2014 whose skin was used to make the parchment. \u2014 Josie Glausiusz, Scientific American , 2 June 2020"
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},
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],
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"Who's there?",
"I don't know who's calling."
],
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]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-155141"
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],
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002035"
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],
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"I don't know who'll be there."
]
},
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],
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"We didn't know who'd done it."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-062342"
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"pronoun"
],
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"\u2014 used as an interrogative who was elected? find out who they are \u2014 used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers, though disapproved by some grammarians, as the object of a verb or a following preposition who did I see but a Spanish lady \u2014 Padraic Colum do not know who the message is from \u2014 G. K. Chesterton"
],
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"\u02c8h\u00fc"
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},
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-123247"
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],
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},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These delicacies\u2014wild-cherry-and-rhubarb pasties, plump whortleberry pies, potato-and-mushroom turnovers\u2014make an appearance at every feast, and in every traveller\u2019s knapsack. \u2014 Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Menu selections aboard one Victoria Luise cruise included beef broth with farina dumplings and roast duck and whortleberry soup. \u2014 Daryl Austin, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 July 2021"
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],
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