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"He was reported to be a mercenary of the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"For a quick run-down: Moon Knight is actually a former mercenary named Marc Spector. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Rather than a defeat for Madrid, Mbapp\u00e9\u2019s decision has been cast as that of a mercenary and a traitor, a turncoat who gave his word to P\u00e9rez and then betrayed him. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"Tommy Flanagan co-stars as a mercenary , Anthony, who now seeking to collect said bounty, while Catherine Davis portrays Caleb\u2019s daughter, Hailey. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"The publication also reported that the recordings indicated the Russian mercenary Wagner Group was involved in atrocities there. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The soldiers, a combination of infantry soldiers, paratroopers and troops associated with Russia\u2019s mercenary Wagner Group, set up headquarters in the town to prepare for the coming assault on Kyiv, said Ukraine\u2019s military and Ukrainian officials. \u2014 Thomas Grove, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Thomas Rowlandson, Frederick George Byron and Isaac Cruikshank \u2014 used their pens to paint statesman Edmund Burke as a mere toady to monarchy, and radical activist Thomas Paine as an alcohol-sodden and destabilizing mercenary . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The plot gets even weirder: Spector is linked with Egyptian god Khonshu and Grant has to share his body with the former mercenary and vigilante, who\u2019s tasked with battling cult leader Arthur Harrow (played by Ethan Hawke). \u2014 ELLE , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The mercenary forces would fortify the flagging units, the official said, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its second weekend. \u2014 Natasha Bertrand, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The Kremlin denies links to the Wagner Group, a mercenary force with an increasing presence in central and North Africa and the Middle East. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 June 2022",
"The Kremlin denies links to the Wagner Group, a mercenary force with an increasing presence in central and North Africa and the Middle East. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, ajc , 26 June 2022",
"Isabella was able to fund a mercenary army with the aid of Philippa\u2019s substantial dowry. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"The three \u2014 Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner and Saaudun Brahim \u2014 had been captured while fighting for Ukraine and found guilty of working toward a violent overthrow of power, as well as of mercenary activities and terrorism. \u2014 Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News , 18 June 2022",
"They men were also convicted of mercenary activities and terrorism. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"They were also convicted of mercenary activities and terrorism. \u2014 Bernat Armangue And Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"Soon, Russian Federation forces and fighters from Wagner and other mercenary groups helped tilt the war in Assad\u2019s favor. \u2014 Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica , 30 May 2022"
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"He was reported to be a mercenary of the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"For a quick run-down: Moon Knight is actually a former mercenary named Marc Spector. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Rather than a defeat for Madrid, Mbapp\u00e9\u2019s decision has been cast as that of a mercenary and a traitor, a turncoat who gave his word to P\u00e9rez and then betrayed him. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"Tommy Flanagan co-stars as a mercenary , Anthony, who now seeking to collect said bounty, while Catherine Davis portrays Caleb\u2019s daughter, Hailey. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"The publication also reported that the recordings indicated the Russian mercenary Wagner Group was involved in atrocities there. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The soldiers, a combination of infantry soldiers, paratroopers and troops associated with Russia\u2019s mercenary Wagner Group, set up headquarters in the town to prepare for the coming assault on Kyiv, said Ukraine\u2019s military and Ukrainian officials. \u2014 Thomas Grove, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Thomas Rowlandson, Frederick George Byron and Isaac Cruikshank \u2014 used their pens to paint statesman Edmund Burke as a mere toady to monarchy, and radical activist Thomas Paine as an alcohol-sodden and destabilizing mercenary . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The plot gets even weirder: Spector is linked with Egyptian god Khonshu and Grant has to share his body with the former mercenary and vigilante, who\u2019s tasked with battling cult leader Arthur Harrow (played by Ethan Hawke). \u2014 ELLE , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The mercenary forces would fortify the flagging units, the official said, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its second weekend. \u2014 Natasha Bertrand, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The Kremlin denies links to the Wagner Group, a mercenary force with an increasing presence in central and North Africa and the Middle East. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 June 2022",
"The Kremlin denies links to the Wagner Group, a mercenary force with an increasing presence in central and North Africa and the Middle East. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, ajc , 26 June 2022",
"Isabella was able to fund a mercenary army with the aid of Philippa\u2019s substantial dowry. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"The three \u2014 Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner and Saaudun Brahim \u2014 had been captured while fighting for Ukraine and found guilty of working toward a violent overthrow of power, as well as of mercenary activities and terrorism. \u2014 Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News , 18 June 2022",
"They men were also convicted of mercenary activities and terrorism. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"They were also convicted of mercenary activities and terrorism. \u2014 Bernat Armangue And Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"Soon, Russian Federation forces and fighters from Wagner and other mercenary groups helped tilt the war in Assad\u2019s favor. \u2014 Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica , 30 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pull up your Apple Pay and Venmo QR codes, because new Game of Thrones merch has arrived. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"As artists have found success with the return of vinyl releases and merch bundles, the decline of digital sales in the age of streaming has made purchasing digital albums nearly irrelevant. \u2014 Jaelani Turner-williams, Billboard , 21 June 2022",
"Styles and Michele met early on in their respective careers and have since collaborated on campaigns, short films and one-off merch . \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 21 June 2022",
"Corn dog trucks, merch tents, and Coors Light vendors catered to families seated in clusters of lawn chairs. \u2014 Matt Carney, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
"Funko is popping cult-fave pop-culture brand Mondo into its merch mix. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"The legendary, highly physical subculture of the Dead\u2014an ecosystem of bootleg recordings, concert tailgates, and tie-dye merch \u2014appears to still be going strong. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"The boutiques will stock limited and exclusive merchandise alongside clothing, accessories and more merch from past tours and albums. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"But the level of popularity has definitely risen after a video of Grammy-winning rapper Drake went viral for wearing Yellowstone merch . \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 8 June 2022"
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"He's developed his own brand of merchandise .",
"Verb",
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"the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Retailers have reported slower sales and some, stuck with excess inventories of merchandise , have signaled that generous discounts are in the wings. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The film also reveals the birth of music merchandise . \u2014 Brad Auerbach, SPIN , 22 June 2022",
"The Halo property has inspired books, graphic novels, digital media extensions and all manner of merchandise . \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"Retailers and marketers have been quick to commemorate Juneteenth with an avalanche of merchandise from ice cream to T-shirts to party cups. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, Chron , 17 June 2022",
"There is inevitably a gift shop to complete the tour with a wealth of merchandise to commemorate your visit. \u2014 Kate Hardcastle, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Thieves now often go from store to store, swiping shelves clean of merchandise . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Zara, for instance, has many stores throughout the world full of attractive merchandise . \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"This year, for the first time, Disney is donating all profits from sales of Pride merchandise to organizations that support L.G.B.T.Q. youth. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Disney fans are notoriously devoted fans, and their commitment extends to merchandise the company strategically doles out to spark brand buzz and bring in big revenue. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
"From product placement on shelves or promotional displays to shopper messaging communicated through marketing materials or special offers, how brands and retailers merchandise their products can vary greatly. \u2014 David Gottlieb, Forbes , 19 May 2021",
"According to Mente, his team had to change purchases to merchandise more suitable to what consumers were looking for during the pandemic and adjust quickly. \u2014 Margherita Beale, Forbes , 6 May 2021",
"Witherspoon will reprise her role as Elle Woods, the fashion merchandising major turned Harvard Law School student from the 2001 comedy. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 19 May 2020",
"Mannequins were added to clothing sections, helping drive sales by showing garments merchandised as outfits. \u2014 Sarah Halzack | Bloomberg, Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2019",
"Because his company largely produces T-shirts and other apparel for the music and merchandising industry, many of his employees already wear masks to protect themselves from the dust involved in textile manufacturing. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2020",
"In addition to his role in figure skating, Mr. Collins also handled merchandising for such musical acts as the Beach Boys, Neil Diamond, John Denver, the Blues Brothers, and the Cars. \u2014 Barry Wilner, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Sep. 2019",
"Lastly, Tritton led merchandising at Target during a time of significant changes to in-store presentation. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2019"
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"The political candidates are being merchandised to the public.",
"the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Retailers have reported slower sales and some, stuck with excess inventories of merchandise , have signaled that generous discounts are in the wings. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The film also reveals the birth of music merchandise . \u2014 Brad Auerbach, SPIN , 22 June 2022",
"The Halo property has inspired books, graphic novels, digital media extensions and all manner of merchandise . \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"Retailers and marketers have been quick to commemorate Juneteenth with an avalanche of merchandise from ice cream to T-shirts to party cups. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, Chron , 17 June 2022",
"There is inevitably a gift shop to complete the tour with a wealth of merchandise to commemorate your visit. \u2014 Kate Hardcastle, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Thieves now often go from store to store, swiping shelves clean of merchandise . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Zara, for instance, has many stores throughout the world full of attractive merchandise . \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"This year, for the first time, Disney is donating all profits from sales of Pride merchandise to organizations that support L.G.B.T.Q. youth. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Disney fans are notoriously devoted fans, and their commitment extends to merchandise the company strategically doles out to spark brand buzz and bring in big revenue. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
"From product placement on shelves or promotional displays to shopper messaging communicated through marketing materials or special offers, how brands and retailers merchandise their products can vary greatly. \u2014 David Gottlieb, Forbes , 19 May 2021",
"According to Mente, his team had to change purchases to merchandise more suitable to what consumers were looking for during the pandemic and adjust quickly. \u2014 Margherita Beale, Forbes , 6 May 2021",
"Witherspoon will reprise her role as Elle Woods, the fashion merchandising major turned Harvard Law School student from the 2001 comedy. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 19 May 2020",
"Mannequins were added to clothing sections, helping drive sales by showing garments merchandised as outfits. \u2014 Sarah Halzack | Bloomberg, Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2019",
"Because his company largely produces T-shirts and other apparel for the music and merchandising industry, many of his employees already wear masks to protect themselves from the dust involved in textile manufacturing. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2020",
"In addition to his role in figure skating, Mr. Collins also handled merchandising for such musical acts as the Beach Boys, Neil Diamond, John Denver, the Blues Brothers, and the Cars. \u2014 Barry Wilner, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Sep. 2019",
"Lastly, Tritton led merchandising at Target during a time of significant changes to in-store presentation. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2019"
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"She is the company's director of merchandising .",
"The film made a lot of money thanks to strong merchandising .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In October, Cameo made its first acquisition: Represent, an L.A.-based marketing and merchandising platform that develops and operates direct-to-fan ecommerce sites for celebrity clients. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Chicago Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"Before becoming Too Faced and Est\u00e9e Lauder Companies' senior vice president and general manager of Too Faced, Simon was the senior vice president of merchandising of prestige beauty at Ulta Beauty. \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 11 May 2022",
"On Chairish, an online secondhand marketplace for furniture and d\u00e9cor, the number of busts for sale increased by 150 percent from December 2020 to December 2021, said Noel Fahden, its vice president of merchandising . \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Siva previously managed supply chain data at Lowe\u2019s; Balbale was a VP of merchandising at Walmart. \u2014 Casey Ross, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Over the past four years, Walmart has met with different vertical farming companies to learn about their methods, Martin Mundo, senior vice president of product merchandising in the US Walmart, told CNBC. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Two dismal pandemic years had wearied Ms. Castro, an L.A. merchandising assistant and natural brunette. \u2014 Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"In fact, Treeline\u2019s merchandising is attractive enough to be a standalone business. \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"In March, the retailer began a program to connect front-line employees pursuing college degrees with in-demand jobs in areas such as cybersecurity and merchandising . \u2014 Fortune , 15 May 2022"
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"The merchandise will arrive by truck at noon.",
"He's developed his own brand of merchandise .",
"Verb",
"The political candidates are being merchandised to the public.",
"the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Retailers have reported slower sales and some, stuck with excess inventories of merchandise , have signaled that generous discounts are in the wings. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The film also reveals the birth of music merchandise . \u2014 Brad Auerbach, SPIN , 22 June 2022",
"The Halo property has inspired books, graphic novels, digital media extensions and all manner of merchandise . \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"Retailers and marketers have been quick to commemorate Juneteenth with an avalanche of merchandise from ice cream to T-shirts to party cups. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, Chron , 17 June 2022",
"There is inevitably a gift shop to complete the tour with a wealth of merchandise to commemorate your visit. \u2014 Kate Hardcastle, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Thieves now often go from store to store, swiping shelves clean of merchandise . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Zara, for instance, has many stores throughout the world full of attractive merchandise . \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"This year, for the first time, Disney is donating all profits from sales of Pride merchandise to organizations that support L.G.B.T.Q. youth. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Disney fans are notoriously devoted fans, and their commitment extends to merchandise the company strategically doles out to spark brand buzz and bring in big revenue. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
"From product placement on shelves or promotional displays to shopper messaging communicated through marketing materials or special offers, how brands and retailers merchandise their products can vary greatly. \u2014 David Gottlieb, Forbes , 19 May 2021",
"According to Mente, his team had to change purchases to merchandise more suitable to what consumers were looking for during the pandemic and adjust quickly. \u2014 Margherita Beale, Forbes , 6 May 2021",
"Witherspoon will reprise her role as Elle Woods, the fashion merchandising major turned Harvard Law School student from the 2001 comedy. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 19 May 2020",
"Mannequins were added to clothing sections, helping drive sales by showing garments merchandised as outfits. \u2014 Sarah Halzack | Bloomberg, Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2019",
"Because his company largely produces T-shirts and other apparel for the music and merchandising industry, many of his employees already wear masks to protect themselves from the dust involved in textile manufacturing. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2020",
"In addition to his role in figure skating, Mr. Collins also handled merchandising for such musical acts as the Beach Boys, Neil Diamond, John Denver, the Blues Brothers, and the Cars. \u2014 Barry Wilner, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Sep. 2019",
"Lastly, Tritton led merchandising at Target during a time of significant changes to in-store presentation. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2019"
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"Noun",
"Merchants traveled hundreds of miles to trade in the city.",
"a family of wealthy merchants",
"The town's merchants closed their shops during the parade.",
"Prizes were given by local merchants .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Built in 1868 for a wealthy shipping merchant who chose the home\u2019s perched, hillside location to watch over his ships moving in and out of Port Phillip Bay, Namarong sits on roughly 3,370 square meters of manicured grounds. \u2014 Spencer Elliott, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"Before becoming a professional actor, Turkel joined the merchant Marines at 17 and enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, deploying to Europe. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
"Tritton took over as CEO of the home-goods business after leaving his job as Target's chief merchant officer in November 2019 and quickly instituted a massive turnaround plan. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"The portrait\u2019s subject, Steven Wolters, was a wealthy Dutch merchant and art collector. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 June 2022",
"My mother, the daughter of a wealthy merchant , was in love with my father, a struggling engineer from the chawls. \u2014 Mansi Choksi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"New York sent its first Jewish representative, a merchant named Emanuel B. Hart, to Congress in 1851. \u2014 Nicholas Fandos, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"New York sent its first Jewish representative, a merchant named Emanuel B. Hart, to Congress in 1851. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"There were vendors, exhibits and DJs playing music as attendees, some dressed for the occasion in rainbow colors, danced and browsed merchant \u2019s offerings at the event. \u2014 Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"OPay currently processes about 80% of bank transfers among mobile money operators in Nigeria and 20% of non- merchant point of sales transactions, Akpan said. \u2014 Tope Alake, Bloomberg.com , 23 Dec. 2020",
"So basically merchant refineries should not be the ones that have to purchase these credits or blend the ethanol. \u2014 Jacob Weisberg, Slate Magazine , 23 Aug. 2017"
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"Middle English marchant , from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *mercatant-, mercatans , from present participle of mercatare to trade, frequentative of Latin mercari \u2014 more at market":"Noun"
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"a member of the merchant marine",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Richardson had been born in London and had gone to sea at the age of 12, at first working as a cabin boy in the British merchant marine , then working his way up the ranks until becoming a captain. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 May 2022",
"The 1920 census gives his occupation as merchant marine officer. \u2014 Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Maria Flores raised five sons while the family patriarch, Raul Sr., was away for months at a time as a merchant marine . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Her father was a besotted but amiable cook in the merchant marine who had served in the Royal Navy during World War II. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Judging from trends in the industry, though, current cargo-preference requirements are not adequate to maintain a robust merchant marine . \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
"So, there is no robust U.S. merchant marine available to fill the gap in sealift in the event of an emergency, and there likely would be no time to build or acquire one in a future conflict. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Then, in 1996, a 60-year-old U.S. merchant marine with a fondness for the raptors received approval from state and federal agencies to put up a pole. \u2014 Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com , 7 Aug. 2021",
"Born in New Orleans in 1935, Connor was the son of a merchant marine who immigrated from the Dominican Republic. \u2014 Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times , 4 Aug. 2021"
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"a logging operation that strips an area of all of its trees, only a small percentage of which will yield merchantable timber",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Qualifying timber must be merchantable , which is the market maker\u2019s effort to ensure that offsets aren\u2019t produced with trees that wouldn\u2019t otherwise be cut. \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 26 May 2021",
"The beetle has devoured 18 million hectares of forest in British Columbia alone, killing 60 percent of its merchantable pine. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 27 Apr. 2021",
"If only one percent of those logs escaped and somehow eluded beachcombers, that means 100 million board feet of merchantable timber became driftwood each year. \u2014 Brian Payton, Smithsonian , 9 Feb. 2018",
"Today, the land for sale has what's estimated to be 2 million board feet of merchantable timber. \u2014 Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com , 26 May 2017"
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"He became less merciful to his enemies.",
"He died a quick and merciful death.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Schwarber walked to load the bases again before Hoskins struck out, bringing the inning to a merciful end for the Angels. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"There\u2019s lush nature and a merciful lack of noise and people. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"With resignation, Pemberton forked over a relatively merciful $87 to fill her slightly daintier truck. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"Or is a tumultuous, uneven season about to meet a merciful end",
"The running time is only 94 minutes long, thus proving there may, in fact, be a merciful higher power out there. \u2014 Jason Bailey, Rolling Stone , 13 May 2022",
"On April 6, 1815, after the Anglo-American war had ended but before the U.S. prisoners were officially freed, this merciful injunction acquired a bitter irony. \u2014 Stephen Brumwell, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The subsequent loss\u2014completing a sweep that even the worst Nets pessimist wouldn\u2019t have predicted\u2014felt almost merciful . \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"And is dementia, as a form of amnesia, actually merciful , at least for someone with Ptolemy\u2019s memories\u2014of lynchings, fires, an unfaithful wife ( Cynthia Kaye McWilliams ), friends long gone and justice denied"
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"mercifully we didn't have to attend the meeting"
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"examples":[
"His crimes have been dealt with mercifully .",
"Mercifully , the professor always makes our tests easy.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Finally \u2014 mercifully , some might say \u2014 their efforts were rewarded when the Wings completed a sweep of Philadelphia. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
"As etiquette mercifully dictates that no family member host a shower, no one will be blaming your mother. \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"Thanks to a persistent sea breeze, combined with cloud coverage that blocked the sun\u2019s rays, some parts of the region were mercifully shielded from unprecedented heat. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
"Green is also mercifully easy to match with your existing finishes and fixtures, and a verdant coat on your cabinets is a surefire way to create a look that\u2019s both trend-forward and classic. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 6 May 2022",
"Omicron was mercifully less likely to kill a person than previous variants. \u2014 Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News , 2 May 2022",
"The regular season\u2019s penultimate day featured a visit by a Sacramento Kings team mercifully near the end of its record 16th consecutive season without a playoff appearance. \u2014 Andrew Greifstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The Blazers mercifully close out the regular season at 6:30 p.m. Sunday against Utah at the Moda Center. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The season is winding down for the Wings, maybe mercifully . \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8m\u0259r-si-f(\u0259-)l\u0113"
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"examples":[
"He became less merciful to his enemies.",
"He died a quick and merciful death.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Schwarber walked to load the bases again before Hoskins struck out, bringing the inning to a merciful end for the Angels. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"There\u2019s lush nature and a merciful lack of noise and people. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"With resignation, Pemberton forked over a relatively merciful $87 to fill her slightly daintier truck. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"Or is a tumultuous, uneven season about to meet a merciful end",
"The running time is only 94 minutes long, thus proving there may, in fact, be a merciful higher power out there. \u2014 Jason Bailey, Rolling Stone , 13 May 2022",
"On April 6, 1815, after the Anglo-American war had ended but before the U.S. prisoners were officially freed, this merciful injunction acquired a bitter irony. \u2014 Stephen Brumwell, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The subsequent loss\u2014completing a sweep that even the worst Nets pessimist wouldn\u2019t have predicted\u2014felt almost merciful . \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"And is dementia, as a form of amnesia, actually merciful , at least for someone with Ptolemy\u2019s memories\u2014of lynchings, fires, an unfaithful wife ( Cynthia Kaye McWilliams ), friends long gone and justice denied"
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"the merciless killing of innocent people",
"He has been merciless in his criticism of his opponent.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Armed with a camera, Abu Akleh gathered her people\u2019s struggles, disjointed lives, losses and survival under decades of merciless violence. \u2014 Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"For now, the merciless drought is forcing some families to make hard choices. \u2014 Abdi Latif Dahir, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"In this original incarnation, Bushman is the merciless leader of a group of mercenaries taking out rebel camps in Sudan. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The most popular books and films present it as Churchill did, as a dramatic confrontation between liberty-loving nations and merciless tyrants. \u2014 Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"For now, the merciless drought is forcing some families to make hard choices. \u2014 Abdi Latif Dahir, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"For now, the merciless drought is forcing some families to make hard choices. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Patrushev has emerged as one of the leading voices in Putin\u2019s inner circle who wants to wage a merciless war in Ukraine, with the ultimate objective of capturing Kyiv. \u2014 Susanne Sternthal, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
"Based on the genre-redefining novel by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl is a subversive, merciless deconstruction of romantic tropes, and a gripping thriller about the lies and facades that often sustain relationships. \u2014 Lucia Tonelli, Town & Country , 31 May 2022"
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"examples":[
"the merciless killing of innocent people",
"He has been merciless in his criticism of his opponent.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Armed with a camera, Abu Akleh gathered her people\u2019s struggles, disjointed lives, losses and survival under decades of merciless violence. \u2014 Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"For now, the merciless drought is forcing some families to make hard choices. \u2014 Abdi Latif Dahir, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"In this original incarnation, Bushman is the merciless leader of a group of mercenaries taking out rebel camps in Sudan. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The most popular books and films present it as Churchill did, as a dramatic confrontation between liberty-loving nations and merciless tyrants. \u2014 Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"For now, the merciless drought is forcing some families to make hard choices. \u2014 Abdi Latif Dahir, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"For now, the merciless drought is forcing some families to make hard choices. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Patrushev has emerged as one of the leading voices in Putin\u2019s inner circle who wants to wage a merciless war in Ukraine, with the ultimate objective of capturing Kyiv. \u2014 Susanne Sternthal, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
"Based on the genre-redefining novel by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl is a subversive, merciless deconstruction of romantic tropes, and a gripping thriller about the lies and facades that often sustain relationships. \u2014 Lucia Tonelli, Town & Country , 31 May 2022"
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from mercury":""
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": any of various salts containing bivalent mercury in a complex anion \u2014 compare iodomercurate":[],
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"usually -\u0101t+V",
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},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Few moments in English history have been more hungry for the future, its mercurial possibilities and its hope of richness, than the spring of 1603. \u2014 Adam Nicolson , God's Secretaries , 2003",
"Though you could see all three places in one day, each of them makes you want to stay or to keep returning to watch the effects of the changing weather and the mercurial Sicilian light. \u2014 Francine Prose , Atlantic , December 2002",
"Some scientists suggest that because manic-depressive patients are ever riding the bio-chemical express between emotional extremes, their brains end up more complexly wired and remain more persistently plastic than do the brains of less mercurial sorts. \u2014 Natalie Angier , New York Times , 12 Oct. 1993",
"Still grinning, still miming, he samba-ed across the floor \u2026 and started in on the dishes with a vigor that would have prostrated his mercurial cousin. \u2014 T. Coraghessan Boyle , Harper's , October 1987",
"the boss's mood is so mercurial that we never know how he's going to react to anything",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Which, given Musk's mercurial nature, could be almost any direction at all. \u2014 Barbara Ortutay, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"Which, given Musk\u2019s mercurial nature, could be almost any direction at all. \u2014 Barbara Ortutay, Anchorage Daily News , 14 May 2022",
"With tech stocks falling\u2014dragging down the price of the Tesla shares that form the basis of Musk\u2019s fortune and collateral for a margin loan to buy Twitter\u2014all eyes are on the mercurial billionaire\u2019s next move. \u2014 Sujeet Indap & James Fontanella-khan, Ars Technica , 19 May 2022",
"Elon Musk, the world\u2019s wealthiest man, capped what seemed an improbable attempt by the famously mercurial billionaire to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Elon Musk, the world\u2019s wealthiest man, capped what seemed an improbable attempt by the famously mercurial billionaire to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"The company had disclosed a day earlier that the mercurial billionaire and Twitter critic had become the company's largest shareholder. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, ajc , 5 Apr. 2022",
"And unlike years when big budget increases were behind the change, the 2022 changes are driven by the dizzyingly mercurial real estate market. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The official acquisition caps off a drama worth of a soap opera between the famously mercurial Musk and one of the world's most prominent social networks. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 25 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mercurial Adjective inconstant , fickle , capricious , mercurial , unstable mean lacking firmness or steadiness (as in purpose or devotion). inconstant implies an incapacity for steadiness and an inherent tendency to change. an inconstant friend fickle suggests unreliability because of perverse changeability and incapacity for steadfastness. performers discover how fickle fans can be capricious suggests motivation by sudden whim or fancy and stresses unpredictability. an utterly capricious critic mercurial implies a rapid changeability in mood. made anxious by her boss's mercurial temperament unstable implies an incapacity for remaining in a fixed position or steady course and applies especially to a lack of emotional balance. too unstable to hold a job",
"synonyms":[
"capricious",
"changeable",
"changeful",
"fickle",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconsistent",
"inconstant",
"mutable",
"skittish",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063259",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"mercy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a blessing that is an act of divine favor or compassion":[
"May God have mercy on us."
],
": a fortunate circumstance":[
"it was a mercy they found her before she froze"
],
": compassionate treatment of those in distress":[
"works of mercy among the poor"
],
": imprisonment rather than death imposed as penalty for first-degree murder":[],
": wholly in the power of : with no way to protect oneself against":[]
},
"examples":[
"He is a vicious criminal who deserves no mercy .",
"She fell to her knees and asked for mercy .",
"They came on a mission of mercy to provide food and medical care for starving children.",
"It's a mercy that the building was empty when the fire started.",
"Thank heaven for small mercies .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our legislation restores competition to a broken market in which small- and medium-size businesses are at the mercy of Big Tech platforms to reach customers. \u2014 WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"And then, if the Republicans, as expected based on polls and portents, win back the House in November, any legislative changes to the Electoral Count Act would be at the mercy of would-be House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
"Theo and Jess are also at the mercy of their time, but progress is a complicated proposition. \u2014 Maggie Shipstead, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Agriculture has always been at the mercy of the weather. \u2014 Jonathan Seelig, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"And as events would show, the existence of the Chagossians as a people was at the mercy of forces beyond their control. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"Timmer noted that while homeowners with sufficiently high incomes can invest in things like solar panels and induction stoves, a large swathe of the US population rents their homes and hence are at the mercy of landlords. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 June 2022",
"And while the prospect of starting the process all over again is stressful, Maria Pike told the Tribune, her outlook on justice and mercy has not changed. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Likewise, a woman who miscarries, enduring what is often the heartbreaking end to a pregnancy, should not find herself at the mercy of a cruel and erratic system that weaponizes her loss against her. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 1 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French merci , from Medieval Latin merced-, merces , from Latin, price paid, wages, from merc-, merx merchandise":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259r-s\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mercy mercy , charity , clemency , grace , leniency mean a disposition to show kindness or compassion. mercy implies compassion that forbears punishing even when justice demands it. threw himself on the mercy of the court charity stresses benevolence and goodwill shown in broad understanding and tolerance of others. show a little charity for the less fortunate clemency implies a mild or merciful disposition in one having the power or duty of punishing. the judge refused to show clemency grace implies a benign attitude and a willingness to grant favors or make concessions. by the grace of God leniency implies lack of severity in punishing. criticized the courts for excessive leniency",
"synonyms":[
"charity",
"clemency",
"forbearance",
"lenience",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercifulness",
"quarter"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231446",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"mere":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an expanse of standing (see standing entry 1 sense 2 ) water : lake , pool":[
"had seen several boats on an inland mere",
"\u2014 Yale Review"
],
": being nothing less than : absolute":[],
": being nothing more than":[
"a mere mortal",
"a mere hint of spice"
],
": having no admixture (see admixture sense 2 ) : pure":[],
": part : segment":[
"meta mere"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the mere idea of your traveling alone to Europe is ridiculous"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French -m\u00e8re , from Greek meros part \u2014 more at merit entry 1":"Noun combining form",
"Middle English, from Latin merus ; akin to Old English \u0101 merian to purify and perhaps to Greek marmairein to sparkle \u2014 more at morn":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Old English m\u01e3re ; akin to Old Norse landa m\u00e6ri borderland":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English \u2014 more at marine":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mir"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"very"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033718",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun combining form"
]
},
"merge":{
"antonyms":[
"break down",
"break up",
"separate",
"unmix"
],
"definitions":{
": to become combined into one":[
"The two banks merged ."
],
": to blend gradually by stages that blur distinctions":[
"individuality and uniqueness are merged and blurred",
"\u2014 Norman Kelman"
],
": to blend or come together without abrupt change":[
"merging traffic"
],
": to cause to combine, unite, or coalesce (see coalesce sense 2 )":[
"merged the two companies"
],
": to plunge or engulf in something : immerse":[]
},
"examples":[
"To save the business, the owners decided to merge it with one of their competitors.",
"The two banks merged to form one large institution.",
"Many small companies have been forced to merge .",
"Three lanes of traffic all merge at this point.",
"Day slowly merged into night.",
"Along the coast the mountains gradually merge with the shore.",
"She merged into the crowd and disappeared.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Under existing guidelines, antitrust enforcers have repeatedly blocked deals that would merge two hospitals competing in the same community for local business. \u2014 Melanie Evans, WSJ , 11 June 2022",
"Some Wall Street banks are now stepping away from SPACs, concerned that they will be held liable in shareholder lawsuits for overhyped financial projections made by private companies that merge with a SPAC. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"The future model, in my opinion, is a blended one that will merge the advantages of both. \u2014 Carl Reuterskiold, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Over time, those smaller black holes move closer together, forming binary systems that eventually merge . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Similarly, during a recent conference call with analysts and investors, Disney described its theme parks as primed to create unique experiences that merge the metaverse with the real world. \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Spending time inside isn\u2019t too different from lounging out-of-doors, as many of the living areas have massive glass walls that merge interior and exterior lifestyles. \u2014 Helena Madden, Robb Report , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Instead, this upcoming brand puts skincare at the top of its priority list while creating wearable perfumes that merge with your body\u2019s natural pheromones. \u2014 Essence , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Others have suggested a constitutional amendment that would merge the organization with the legislative ethics commission. \u2014 Michael Lee, Fox News , 5 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1636, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin mergere ; akin to Sanskrit majjati he dives":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259rj"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for merge mix , mingle , commingle , blend , merge , coalesce , amalgamate , fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole. mix may or may not imply loss of each element's identity. mix the salad greens mix a drink mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active. fear mingled with anticipation in my mind commingle implies a closer or more thorough mingling. a sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her blend implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture. blended several teas to create a balanced flavor merge suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole. in his mind reality and fantasy merged coalesce implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity. telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait amalgamate implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities. refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community fuse stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product. a building in which modernism and classicism are fused",
"synonyms":[
"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"comingle",
"commingle",
"commix",
"composite",
"concrete",
"conflate",
"fuse",
"homogenize",
"immingle",
"immix",
"incorporate",
"integrate",
"interfuse",
"intermingle",
"intermix",
"meld",
"mingle",
"mix"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071709",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"merger":{
"antonyms":[
"breakup",
"disconnection",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"parting",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"split"
],
"definitions":{
": the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment":[],
": the act or process of merging":[]
},
"examples":[
"The law firm announced its $50 million merger with one of its competitors.",
"If the proposed merger of the two oil companies goes through, it would be bad for the economy.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gadde said remote work is not protected by the merger agreement, so there\u2019s no guarantee Musk will continue to allow it, the people said. \u2014 Fortune , 8 June 2022",
"Garg feared investors would withdraw the merger agreement because of Better.com's deteriorating financial condition, Pierce alleged. \u2014 David Goldman, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"The lawyers say that based on Twitter\u2019s latest correspondence, Musk believes the company is resisting and thwarting his information rights under the April merger agreement. \u2014 Tom Krisher And Matt O'brien, Chron , 6 June 2022",
"The merger agreement doesn't give Musk any easy way out. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"The lawyers say that based on Twitter\u2019s latest correspondence, Musk believes the company is resisting and thwarting his information rights under the April merger agreement. \u2014 Tom Krisher And Matt O'brien, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"Business-media outlet Forbes on Wednesday ended its merger agreement with the SPAC Magnum Opus Acquisition Ltd. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
"However, under the merger agreement, the amount of damages Musk could pay would be capped at $1bn. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 21 May 2022",
"The merger agreement terminates on October 24, 2022. \u2014 Derek Baine, Forbes , 20 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1728, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"merge + -er (as in waiver )":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259r-j\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"combination",
"combining",
"connecting",
"connection",
"consolidation",
"coupling",
"junction",
"linking",
"merging",
"unification",
"union"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172527",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"merging":{
"antonyms":[
"break down",
"break up",
"separate",
"unmix"
],
"definitions":{
": to become combined into one":[
"The two banks merged ."
],
": to blend gradually by stages that blur distinctions":[
"individuality and uniqueness are merged and blurred",
"\u2014 Norman Kelman"
],
": to blend or come together without abrupt change":[
"merging traffic"
],
": to cause to combine, unite, or coalesce (see coalesce sense 2 )":[
"merged the two companies"
],
": to plunge or engulf in something : immerse":[]
},
"examples":[
"To save the business, the owners decided to merge it with one of their competitors.",
"The two banks merged to form one large institution.",
"Many small companies have been forced to merge .",
"Three lanes of traffic all merge at this point.",
"Day slowly merged into night.",
"Along the coast the mountains gradually merge with the shore.",
"She merged into the crowd and disappeared.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Under existing guidelines, antitrust enforcers have repeatedly blocked deals that would merge two hospitals competing in the same community for local business. \u2014 Melanie Evans, WSJ , 11 June 2022",
"Some Wall Street banks are now stepping away from SPACs, concerned that they will be held liable in shareholder lawsuits for overhyped financial projections made by private companies that merge with a SPAC. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"The future model, in my opinion, is a blended one that will merge the advantages of both. \u2014 Carl Reuterskiold, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Over time, those smaller black holes move closer together, forming binary systems that eventually merge . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Similarly, during a recent conference call with analysts and investors, Disney described its theme parks as primed to create unique experiences that merge the metaverse with the real world. \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Spending time inside isn\u2019t too different from lounging out-of-doors, as many of the living areas have massive glass walls that merge interior and exterior lifestyles. \u2014 Helena Madden, Robb Report , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Instead, this upcoming brand puts skincare at the top of its priority list while creating wearable perfumes that merge with your body\u2019s natural pheromones. \u2014 Essence , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Others have suggested a constitutional amendment that would merge the organization with the legislative ethics commission. \u2014 Michael Lee, Fox News , 5 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1636, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin mergere ; akin to Sanskrit majjati he dives":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259rj"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for merge mix , mingle , commingle , blend , merge , coalesce , amalgamate , fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole. mix may or may not imply loss of each element's identity. mix the salad greens mix a drink mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active. fear mingled with anticipation in my mind commingle implies a closer or more thorough mingling. a sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her blend implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture. blended several teas to create a balanced flavor merge suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole. in his mind reality and fantasy merged coalesce implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity. telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait amalgamate implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities. refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community fuse stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product. a building in which modernism and classicism are fused",
"synonyms":[
"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"comingle",
"commingle",
"commix",
"composite",
"concrete",
"conflate",
"fuse",
"homogenize",
"immingle",
"immix",
"incorporate",
"integrate",
"interfuse",
"intermingle",
"intermix",
"meld",
"mingle",
"mix"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023628",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"meridian":{
"antonyms":[
"bottom",
"nadir",
"rock bottom"
],
"definitions":{
": a great circle of the celestial sphere passing through its poles and the zenith of a given place \u2014 see azimuth illustration":[],
": a great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the poles":[],
": a high point (as of development or prosperity)":[
"the problem of the unmarried don after he had passed the meridian",
"\u2014 H. J. Laski"
],
": a representation of such a circle or half circle numbered for longitude (see longitude sense 1 ) on a map or globe \u2014 see longitude illustration":[],
": any of the pathways along which the body's vital energy flows according to the theory behind acupuncture":[],
": the half of such a circle included between the poles":[],
": the hour of noon : midday":[],
"city in east central Mississippi population 41,148":[],
"city in southwestern Idaho west of Boise population 75,092":[]
},
"examples":[
"a lawyer at the meridian of his career arguing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Named after the 135\u00b0 East meridian that crosses Akashi City in the Hyogo prefecture of Japan, 135 is an east-meets-west spirit that\u2019s totally unique. \u2014 Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"And how the ground on which Clint Eastwood and others shot was by the Mediterranean, not beneath the American blood meridian . \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 23 May 2022",
"There is also this simple calculator via Sky & Telescope magazine, which will give you the approximate times the Red Spot transits Jupiter\u2019s central meridian for any date. \u2014 Geoff Gaherty, Scientific American , 30 Nov. 2012",
"Another landed on the dirt meridian that divided the lanes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Aug. 2019",
"There\u2019s also a glow-in-the-dark cove and an ASMR tunnel for slime\u2019s visual and auditory qualities, further ballyhooing the restful and spine-tingly autonomous sensory meridian response that has exploded in no-talking videos on YouTube. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Oct. 2019",
"The baseline runs west to the Pacific and east to the Snake River, while the meridian runs north to Puget Sound and south to the California border. \u2014 oregonlive.com , 9 June 2019",
"The Voice is here to help you through the holidays with this exclusive video of Kelly Clarkson and John Legend trying out some ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) tactics. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 13 Dec. 2019",
"There\u2019s also a glow-in-the-dark cove and an ASMR tunnel for slime\u2019s visual and auditory qualities, further ballyhooing the restful and spine-tingly autonomous sensory meridian response that has exploded in no-talking videos on YouTube. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Oct. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French meridien , from meridien of noon, from Latin meridianus , from meridies noon, south, irregular from medius mid + dies day \u2014 more at mid , deity":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"m\u0259-\u02c8rid-\u0113-\u0259n",
"m\u0259-\u02c8ri-d\u0113-\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"apogee",
"capstone",
"climax",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high noon",
"high-water mark",
"ne plus ultra",
"noon",
"noontime",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"sum",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105203",
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name",
"noun"
]
},
"merit":{
"antonyms":[
"deserve",
"earn",
"rate"
],
"definitions":{
": a praiseworthy quality : virtue":[
"But originality, as it is one of the highest, is also one of the rarest, of merits .",
"\u2014 Edgar Allan Poe"
],
": deserve":[],
": individual significance or justification (see justification sense 1 )":[
"The contention is without merit .",
"\u2014 E. B. Denny"
],
": reward or punishment due":[],
": spiritual credit held to be earned by performance of righteous acts and to ensure future benefits":[
".,. the Crusades \u2026 did serve the desire to gain spiritual merit \u2026",
"\u2014 Jacques Barzun"
],
": the qualities or actions that constitute the basis of one's deserts":[
"Opinions of his merit vary."
],
": the substance of a legal case apart from matters of jurisdiction, procedure, or form":[
"The plaintiff \u2026 is entitled to have its claim decided here on its merits .",
"\u2014 T. M. Maddes"
],
": to be entitled to reward or honor":[],
": to be worthy of or entitled or liable to : earn":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She saw merit in both of the arguments.",
"The study has no scientific merit .",
"Verb",
"Both ideas merit further consideration.",
"These issues merit special attention.",
"His good work merits a raise.",
"She did well enough to merit a second interview.",
"The attention she received was not merited .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And in the other notable change, two of the extra four places in the event will not now go to clubs with historically strong track records in European competition but who failed to qualify on merit . \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"The exam was created by the Rogers Act, which abolished the spoils system and transformed the Foreign Service into a professional organization with hiring and promotions based on merit . \u2014 Dave Seminara, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"The statute creating the NEA provides for grant-making based on merit but doesn\u2019t exclude other criteria. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Decision-makers need to recognize those individuals based on merit which will encourage a fair environment. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"But Moon\u2019s roster spot also was earned on merit , said teammates and coaches who praised his preparation despite receiving few practice or shootaround reps. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Paul Rudd is director Kasey HomeGoods, who got the job on merit . \u2014 Alexis Pereira, Vulture , 19 Dec. 2021",
"To unwind the idea that success hinges on merit would mean rewriting a whole lot of high-school graduation speeches. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker , 17 Dec. 2021",
"In its negotiations, BuzzFeed has offered an average 2.5% annual pay increase to the BuzzFeed News Union as a whole (with each member guaranteed 1%, and the remaining 1.5% distributed across the group based on merit ). \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The pure hatred on his face when Hader\u2019s Barry demands Gene\u2019s love and loyalty might be all Winkler needs to merit another Emmy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"However, 32% of the share of venture capital deals by volume were deals that were below $1 million \u2013 showing that a large portion of African startups are either too small to merit large ticket sizes or struggle to access funding. \u2014 Tom Collins, Quartz , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Importantly, the collar does not seem to have discouraged Teddy from barking in circumstances that genuinely merit it. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2020",
"So is the outcry from myopic music fans who have loudly maintained that hip-hop artists do not merit inclusion in an institution called the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"The 100 tongue-in-cheek trophies, which were priced at $1,000 apiece, have since been snapped up by collectors\u2014who did very little to merit them. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 9 May 2022",
"These allegations merit further investigation by the Commission. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 10 Mar. 2022",
"According to the National Weather Service, winter weather advisories are issued when snow, blowing snow, ice, sleet or a combination of wintry elements is expected but conditions should not be hazardous enough to merit a warning. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Alaska did not have a large enough population to merit a county government like those in the Lower 48, which have significant tax bases and budgets, Haycox said over email. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c":"Noun",
"1526, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French merite , from Latin meritum , from neuter of meritus , past participle of mer\u0113re to deserve, earn; akin to Greek meiresthai to receive as one's portion, meros part":"Noun",
"Middle French meriter, from merite merit entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8me-r\u0259t",
"\u02c8mer-\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"cardinal virtue",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"grace",
"value",
"virtue"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125048",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"merit rating":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": computation of an insurance premium for a particular risk on the basis of its individual loss-causing characteristics \u2014 see experience rating":[],
": the rating of an employee by systematic evaluation of his proficiency in a job":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123142",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"merit system":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a system by which appointments and promotions in the civil service are based on competence rather than political favoritism":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The merit increase pool includes $16,971 for part-time firefighters and inspectors whose positions are not subject to the merit system . \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 24 May 2022",
"In retirement, O\u2019Connor has campaigned around the United States to abolish elections for judges, believing that a merit system leads to a more qualified and untainted judiciary. \u2014 CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Councilmember Marni von Wilpert, who is spearheading efforts behind the measure, said protections for workers would not be damaged and the merit system would remain unchanged. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Apr. 2022",
"In retirement, O\u2019Connor has campaigned around the United States to abolish elections for judges, believing that a merit system leads to a more qualified and untainted judiciary. \u2014 CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"In retirement, O\u2019Connor has campaigned around the United States to abolish elections for judges, believing that a merit system leads to a more qualified and untainted judiciary. \u2014 CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"In retirement, O\u2019Connor has campaigned around the United States to abolish elections for judges, believing that a merit system leads to a more qualified and untainted judiciary. \u2014 CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"In retirement, O\u2019Connor has campaigned around the United States to abolish elections for judges, believing that a merit system leads to a more qualified and untainted judiciary. \u2014 CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Reached by telephone on Wednesday, Beck reiterated a criticism from many that CPD\u2019s merit system led to cronyism. \u2014 Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com , 22 July 2021"
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"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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": meritorious":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from merite, merit merit + -able":""
},
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"\u02c8mer\u0259t\u0259b\u0259l",
"-\u0259t\u0259b-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110002",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"deserve",
"earn",
"rate"
],
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": a praiseworthy quality : virtue":[
"But originality, as it is one of the highest, is also one of the rarest, of merits .",
"\u2014 Edgar Allan Poe"
],
": deserve":[],
": individual significance or justification (see justification sense 1 )":[
"The contention is without merit .",
"\u2014 E. B. Denny"
],
": reward or punishment due":[],
": spiritual credit held to be earned by performance of righteous acts and to ensure future benefits":[
".,. the Crusades \u2026 did serve the desire to gain spiritual merit \u2026",
"\u2014 Jacques Barzun"
],
": the qualities or actions that constitute the basis of one's deserts":[
"Opinions of his merit vary."
],
": the substance of a legal case apart from matters of jurisdiction, procedure, or form":[
"The plaintiff \u2026 is entitled to have its claim decided here on its merits .",
"\u2014 T. M. Maddes"
],
": to be entitled to reward or honor":[],
": to be worthy of or entitled or liable to : earn":[]
},
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"Noun",
"She saw merit in both of the arguments.",
"The study has no scientific merit .",
"Verb",
"Both ideas merit further consideration.",
"These issues merit special attention.",
"His good work merits a raise.",
"She did well enough to merit a second interview.",
"The attention she received was not merited .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And in the other notable change, two of the extra four places in the event will not now go to clubs with historically strong track records in European competition but who failed to qualify on merit . \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"The exam was created by the Rogers Act, which abolished the spoils system and transformed the Foreign Service into a professional organization with hiring and promotions based on merit . \u2014 Dave Seminara, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"The statute creating the NEA provides for grant-making based on merit but doesn\u2019t exclude other criteria. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Decision-makers need to recognize those individuals based on merit which will encourage a fair environment. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"But Moon\u2019s roster spot also was earned on merit , said teammates and coaches who praised his preparation despite receiving few practice or shootaround reps. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Paul Rudd is director Kasey HomeGoods, who got the job on merit . \u2014 Alexis Pereira, Vulture , 19 Dec. 2021",
"To unwind the idea that success hinges on merit would mean rewriting a whole lot of high-school graduation speeches. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker , 17 Dec. 2021",
"In its negotiations, BuzzFeed has offered an average 2.5% annual pay increase to the BuzzFeed News Union as a whole (with each member guaranteed 1%, and the remaining 1.5% distributed across the group based on merit ). \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The pure hatred on his face when Hader\u2019s Barry demands Gene\u2019s love and loyalty might be all Winkler needs to merit another Emmy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"However, 32% of the share of venture capital deals by volume were deals that were below $1 million \u2013 showing that a large portion of African startups are either too small to merit large ticket sizes or struggle to access funding. \u2014 Tom Collins, Quartz , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Importantly, the collar does not seem to have discouraged Teddy from barking in circumstances that genuinely merit it. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2020",
"So is the outcry from myopic music fans who have loudly maintained that hip-hop artists do not merit inclusion in an institution called the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"The 100 tongue-in-cheek trophies, which were priced at $1,000 apiece, have since been snapped up by collectors\u2014who did very little to merit them. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 9 May 2022",
"These allegations merit further investigation by the Commission. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 10 Mar. 2022",
"According to the National Weather Service, winter weather advisories are issued when snow, blowing snow, ice, sleet or a combination of wintry elements is expected but conditions should not be hazardous enough to merit a warning. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Alaska did not have a large enough population to merit a county government like those in the Lower 48, which have significant tax bases and budgets, Haycox said over email. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c":"Noun",
"1526, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French merite , from Latin meritum , from neuter of meritus , past participle of mer\u0113re to deserve, earn; akin to Greek meiresthai to receive as one's portion, meros part":"Noun",
"Middle French meriter, from merite merit entry 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8me-r\u0259t",
"\u02c8mer-\u0259t"
],
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"cardinal virtue",
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"excellence",
"excellency",
"grace",
"value",
"virtue"
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"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"censurable",
"discreditable",
"illaudable",
"reprehensible"
],
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"honored for her meritorious service to the company"
]
},
"examples":[
"She was given an award for meritorious service.",
"worked all night with meritorious determination to get the project done on time",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After graduating from Glastonbury High School, Jacoby went on to a meritorious career at Wesleyan, winning the conference rookie of the year in 2018 and helping the Cardinals win the Division III national championship at Gillette Stadium. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 26 May 2022",
"The White House Correspondents\u2019 Association board will now award the Dunnigan-Payne Prize for Lifetime Career Achievement on an occasional basis to recognize meritorious service throughout an individual\u2019s career as a White House correspondent. \u2014 Melissa Noel, Essence , 2 May 2022",
"These, according to the program statement, are meritorious awards meant to not only reward those in the BOP who go above and beyond in their role, but also provide incentives and morale boosters for the staff. \u2014 Walter Pavlo, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"The proportion of these filings that the NLRB deemed meritorious did not change during this period. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"HiQ has therefore raised serious questions about whether LinkedIn may invoke the CFAA to preempt hiQ's possibly meritorious tortious interference claim. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The meritorious program comes most alive through participant stories and footage of the teams scrambling to build and test their robots. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Teachers Lauren Haman of Maine South and Kelly Voigt of Maine West earned meritorious service recognition in the Early Career Educator category. \u2014 Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 5 Mar. 2022",
"She was recognized for her exceptionally meritorious service to our nation and duty of great responsibility. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02ccmer-\u0259-\u02c8t\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259s",
"\u02ccmer-\u0259-\u02c8t\u014dr-\u0113-\u0259s"
],
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"admirable",
"applaudable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"estimable",
"laudable",
"praiseworthy"
],
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-131138",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"merlon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of the solid intervals between crenellations of a battlement \u2014 see battlement illustration":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Conversely, an arresting-looking romaine salad, dressed with za'atar yogurt and served in a bowl with Parmesan crisps lining the edge like merlons atop a castle wall, is oddly underseasoned. \u2014 Mike Sula, Chicago Reader , 31 May 2018"
],
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"circa 1704, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"French, from Italian merlone , augmentative of merlo battlement, from Medieval Latin merulus , from Latin, merle":""
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"\u02c8m\u0259r-l\u0259n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114232",
"type":[
"noun"
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"merlot":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Other red grapes include for example cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot , k\u00e9koport\u00f3 (portugieser), kadarka, zweigelt and others. \u2014 Per And Britt Karlsson, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The winery also offer a more traditional selection, including sauvignon blanc, pinot grigio and merlot . \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 23 May 2022",
"Name recognition of some of the most popular regional grapes goes without saying, a good cabernet sauvignon, merlot or cabernet franc are welcome at any dinner party. \u2014 Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"That extra glass of merlot was driven in part by people's attempts to cope with unprecedented circumstances, Anusha Chandrakanthan, a psychiatrist at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, told ABC News. \u2014 Byeli Cahan, ABC News , 10 May 2022",
"After hours of tasting the best wines that the state has to offer, the 20 qualified judges granted a bottle of merlot from a brand-new winery the Governor's Cup. \u2014 Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic , 9 May 2022",
"Molin contracted with Arizona Stronghold to buy merlot grapes from its Bonita Springs vineyard in Willcox. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Bouman bought him out and released the cabernet sauvignon- merlot blend as the first wine under his Vino Tintoque label. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 15 Feb. 2022",
"This Equinox Red is a blend of petite sirah and merlot , with a splash of zinfandel, sourced from Paso Robles, Mendocino and Lake County. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French":""
},
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"mer-\u02c8l\u014d",
"m\u0259r-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103536",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The singer went for a show-stopping all-black custom ensemble by Christian Siriano consisting of two pieces: a puff-sleeve bra top with a strappy choker neckline, and an asymmetrical low-rise mermaid skirt that showed off her midsection. \u2014 Seventeen , 2 May 2022",
"The book by author Jessica Love describes a boy who wants to become a mermaid . \u2014 Fox News , 14 June 2022",
"It's recommended for kids ages 2-4, and nearly 270 customers give the mermaid splash pad an average 4.6 stars. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
"Featuring a romantic mermaid silhouette and tulle train, the blush gown looked straight out of a fashion fairytale. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
"Mattel, wearing a pink, bedazzled mermaid -cut dress and plucking away at a pink guitar, offered up the bittersweet stylings of the song, singing plaintively about her Wisconsin hometown, before Graves jumped in to assist. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 1 June 2022",
"Quitting everything to become a mermaid ! Beach you to it. \u2014 Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day , 20 May 2022",
"Kids can sign up for swim lessons from a mermaid (and wear a tail)! \u2014 Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
"The embellished gown feels almost Old Hollywood, especially when styled with Fox\u2019s deep side part, her long hair cascading mermaid -like to her waist. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 13 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Middle English mermayde , from mere sea (from Old English) + mayde maid \u2014 more at marine":""
},
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"\u02c8m\u0259r-\u02ccm\u0101d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123239",
"type":[
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"eat, drink, and be merry"
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"a merry holiday time"
],
": quick , brisk":[
"a merry pace"
]
},
"examples":[
"Let's eat, drink, and be merry !",
"They sang a merry little song.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Combining that number with Off-Premise purchases (grocery stores, wine shops, etc.) and direct to consumer (DTC) shipments from wineries, the 2021 holiday season could be quite merry . \u2014 Liz Thach, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"All seems merry and bright since the toys have reached their destination safely, but the scene mirrors Andy's birthday party in the film's opening \u2013 the toys might be getting replaced by newer and cooler toys. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Thousands of people did pirate-y things, snagged beads from the parade route, and generally ate, drank and were merry . \u2014 Curt Anderson, ajc , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Batman Returns is the merry Christmas movie that starts when two parents toss their baby off a bridge. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Johannessen Lights has become somewhat of a community event, drawing thousands each year for a display that\u2019s incredibly merry and bright. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Many thanks to our friends at Magic City Kitties, who helped to make the holidays merry and bright. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Things haven\u2019t looked very merry and bright for artificial trees, either. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Dec. 2021",
"With that in mind, here is a wine list of sparkling ros\u00e9s to make your festivities a little more merry and bright this winter. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 4 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English mery , from Old English myrge, merge ; akin to Old High German murg short \u2014 more at brief":""
},
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"\u02c8me-r\u0113",
"\u02c8mer-\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for merry merry , blithe , jocund , jovial , jolly mean showing high spirits or lightheartedness. merry suggests cheerful, joyous, uninhibited enjoyment of frolic or festivity. a merry group of revelers blithe suggests carefree, innocent, or even heedless gaiety. arrived late in his usual blithe way jocund stresses elation and exhilaration of spirits. singing, dancing, and jocund feasting jovial suggests the stimulation of conviviality and good fellowship. dinner put them in a jovial mood jolly suggests high spirits expressed in laughing, bantering, and jesting. our jolly host enlivened the party",
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"blithe",
"blithesome",
"festive",
"gay",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"mirthful",
"sunny"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072427",
"type":[
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"noun"
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": lighthearted gaiety or fun-making : hilarity":[]
},
"examples":[
"a time of great joy and merriment",
"Their house was always filled with merriment .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And hey, there is plenty of adult-centric merriment to be had as well. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
"Seemingly endless purgatory of deferred merriment and lukewarm takeout peppered with incalculable tragedies, great and small. \u2014 Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Thousands more lined the course to watch the runners and take in the merriment for the first time since 2019. \u2014 Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 May 2022",
"The smiles of friends and strangers from across the globe gathering for three days of music and merriment in beautiful downtown Miami",
"His expression was natural and his eyes were lit up with merriment . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Stop by for a glass and a snack set to music and merriment , but don't take it too seriously, after all 'Sottise' means foolishness in French. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Purim, the springtime Jewish holiday packed with much merriment and humor, recalls the biblical story of Queen Esther. \u2014 Zev Eleff, The Conversation , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The pianist lures the listener and then in thundering climaxes brings everything crashing down only to once again make uneasy merriment . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8me-ri-",
"\u02c8mer-i-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"jocundity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101830",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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"eat, drink, and be merry"
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": marked by festivity or gaiety":[
"a merry holiday time"
],
": quick , brisk":[
"a merry pace"
]
},
"examples":[
"Let's eat, drink, and be merry !",
"They sang a merry little song.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Combining that number with Off-Premise purchases (grocery stores, wine shops, etc.) and direct to consumer (DTC) shipments from wineries, the 2021 holiday season could be quite merry . \u2014 Liz Thach, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"All seems merry and bright since the toys have reached their destination safely, but the scene mirrors Andy's birthday party in the film's opening \u2013 the toys might be getting replaced by newer and cooler toys. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Thousands of people did pirate-y things, snagged beads from the parade route, and generally ate, drank and were merry . \u2014 Curt Anderson, ajc , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Batman Returns is the merry Christmas movie that starts when two parents toss their baby off a bridge. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Johannessen Lights has become somewhat of a community event, drawing thousands each year for a display that\u2019s incredibly merry and bright. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Many thanks to our friends at Magic City Kitties, who helped to make the holidays merry and bright. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Things haven\u2019t looked very merry and bright for artificial trees, either. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Dec. 2021",
"With that in mind, here is a wine list of sparkling ros\u00e9s to make your festivities a little more merry and bright this winter. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 4 Dec. 2021"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
},
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"Middle English mery , from Old English myrge, merge ; akin to Old High German murg short \u2014 more at brief":""
},
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"\u02c8me-r\u0113",
"\u02c8mer-\u0113"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for merry merry , blithe , jocund , jovial , jolly mean showing high spirits or lightheartedness. merry suggests cheerful, joyous, uninhibited enjoyment of frolic or festivity. a merry group of revelers blithe suggests carefree, innocent, or even heedless gaiety. arrived late in his usual blithe way jocund stresses elation and exhilaration of spirits. singing, dancing, and jocund feasting jovial suggests the stimulation of conviviality and good fellowship. dinner put them in a jovial mood jolly suggests high spirits expressed in laughing, bantering, and jesting. our jolly host enlivened the party",
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"festive",
"gay",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"mirthful",
"sunny"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050443",
"type":[
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},
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"eat, drink, and be merry"
],
": giving pleasure : delightful":[],
": marked by festivity or gaiety":[
"a merry holiday time"
],
": quick , brisk":[
"a merry pace"
]
},
"examples":[
"Let's eat, drink, and be merry !",
"They sang a merry little song.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Combining that number with Off-Premise purchases (grocery stores, wine shops, etc.) and direct to consumer (DTC) shipments from wineries, the 2021 holiday season could be quite merry . \u2014 Liz Thach, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"All seems merry and bright since the toys have reached their destination safely, but the scene mirrors Andy's birthday party in the film's opening \u2013 the toys might be getting replaced by newer and cooler toys. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Thousands of people did pirate-y things, snagged beads from the parade route, and generally ate, drank and were merry . \u2014 Curt Anderson, ajc , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Batman Returns is the merry Christmas movie that starts when two parents toss their baby off a bridge. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Johannessen Lights has become somewhat of a community event, drawing thousands each year for a display that\u2019s incredibly merry and bright. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Many thanks to our friends at Magic City Kitties, who helped to make the holidays merry and bright. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Things haven\u2019t looked very merry and bright for artificial trees, either. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Dec. 2021",
"With that in mind, here is a wine list of sparkling ros\u00e9s to make your festivities a little more merry and bright this winter. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 4 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English mery , from Old English myrge, merge ; akin to Old High German murg short \u2014 more at brief":""
},
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"\u02c8me-r\u0113",
"\u02c8mer-\u0113"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for merry merry , blithe , jocund , jovial , jolly mean showing high spirits or lightheartedness. merry suggests cheerful, joyous, uninhibited enjoyment of frolic or festivity. a merry group of revelers blithe suggests carefree, innocent, or even heedless gaiety. arrived late in his usual blithe way jocund stresses elation and exhilaration of spirits. singing, dancing, and jocund feasting jovial suggests the stimulation of conviviality and good fellowship. dinner put them in a jovial mood jolly suggests high spirits expressed in laughing, bantering, and jesting. our jolly host enlivened the party",
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"festive",
"gay",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"mirthful",
"sunny"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224547",
"type":[
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},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person who clowns publicly":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1677, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"merry + Andrew , proper name":""
},
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"\u02ccmer-\u0113-\u02c8an-(\u02cc)dr\u00fc"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070239",
"type":[
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]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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"While the parade lasted a few hours, cleanup work stretched on for more than a day after the merrymaking ended, the agency said. \u2014 Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 June 2022",
"In Chicago \u2014 a mecca of music, food, drink, crafts, art, dance \u2014 its 2022 outdoor merrymaking has shifted into mega-high gear. \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"What comes to mind are traditional tales like It\u2019s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol or other films that are jam-packed with merrymaking and song on backdrops of snow and tinsel to celebrate the holiday season. \u2014 Tushar Nene, Wired , 22 Dec. 2021",
"There were only several hundred Baylor fans there to share in the merrymaking , and the traditional confetti shower was a do-it-yourself exercise. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2021",
"All of this goofy merrymaking does have deeper meaning, the Baby Boys members believe. \u2014 Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune , 11 Mar. 2021",
"So use the hot flashes as an excuse to cut back on the merrymaking . \u2014 Serena Coady, Glamour , 8 Mar. 2021",
"The Pilgrims who arrived in 1620 classified it as just another day, rejecting the impious merrymaking of old England. \u2014 Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com , 23 Dec. 2020",
"The holidays always are a difficult time for people struggling with addiction or in recovery, who try to stay clean when surrounded by merrymaking and alcohol consumption, as well as the additional pressures of the season. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 8 Dec. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Specifically, the topic of affirmative action has drawn significant ire across the country as a practice that undermines meritocracy and simply shifts discrimination. \u2014 Rohan Krishnan, National Review , 26 June 2022",
"To make strides in this direction, organizations must double down on efforts to reach out to minorities, use more objective criteria for their hiring and career decisions, and reframe the belief that these initiatives challenge meritocracy . \u2014 Caterina Bulgarella, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"And so, the popularity of self-help TikTok points to the enduring appeal of the myth of meritocracy among younger generations. \u2014 Daisy Schofield, refinery29.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"According to this idea of meritocracy , an important role of education is to identify people with talent and motivation and cultivate their potential. \u2014 Nathan Heller, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"There is much to criticize about the current version of meritocracy . \u2014 William A. Galston, WSJ , 11 Jan. 2022",
"But much of their involvement, Lum said, appeared to be driven by a belief in the American Dream and a trust in meritocracy . \u2014 NBC News , 3 May 2022",
"These are Steve Cohen\u2019s Mets, and the Mets are finally a meritocracy . \u2014 Jerry Beach, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Our success is used to confirm the belief that this country is a meritocracy . \u2014 Frank Shyongcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Markovits thinks that meritocracy is making everyone miserable, not least the meritocrats themselves. \u2014 Louis Menand, The New Yorker , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Now, meritocrats transmit privilege by investing in education. \u2014 Daniel Markovits, Time , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Lebedev, it can be assumed, is not a pure meritocrat : His friends do better in his enterprises than people who are not his friends. \u2014 Ed Caesar, Esquire , 15 Sep. 2017"
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"\u2014 E. B. Denny"
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"The study has no scientific merit .",
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"And in the other notable change, two of the extra four places in the event will not now go to clubs with historically strong track records in European competition but who failed to qualify on merit . \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"The exam was created by the Rogers Act, which abolished the spoils system and transformed the Foreign Service into a professional organization with hiring and promotions based on merit . \u2014 Dave Seminara, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"The statute creating the NEA provides for grant-making based on merit but doesn\u2019t exclude other criteria. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Decision-makers need to recognize those individuals based on merit which will encourage a fair environment. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"But Moon\u2019s roster spot also was earned on merit , said teammates and coaches who praised his preparation despite receiving few practice or shootaround reps. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Paul Rudd is director Kasey HomeGoods, who got the job on merit . \u2014 Alexis Pereira, Vulture , 19 Dec. 2021",
"To unwind the idea that success hinges on merit would mean rewriting a whole lot of high-school graduation speeches. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker , 17 Dec. 2021",
"In its negotiations, BuzzFeed has offered an average 2.5% annual pay increase to the BuzzFeed News Union as a whole (with each member guaranteed 1%, and the remaining 1.5% distributed across the group based on merit ). \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The pure hatred on his face when Hader\u2019s Barry demands Gene\u2019s love and loyalty might be all Winkler needs to merit another Emmy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"However, 32% of the share of venture capital deals by volume were deals that were below $1 million \u2013 showing that a large portion of African startups are either too small to merit large ticket sizes or struggle to access funding. \u2014 Tom Collins, Quartz , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Importantly, the collar does not seem to have discouraged Teddy from barking in circumstances that genuinely merit it. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2020",
"So is the outcry from myopic music fans who have loudly maintained that hip-hop artists do not merit inclusion in an institution called the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"The 100 tongue-in-cheek trophies, which were priced at $1,000 apiece, have since been snapped up by collectors\u2014who did very little to merit them. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 9 May 2022",
"These allegations merit further investigation by the Commission. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 10 Mar. 2022",
"According to the National Weather Service, winter weather advisories are issued when snow, blowing snow, ice, sleet or a combination of wintry elements is expected but conditions should not be hazardous enough to merit a warning. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Alaska did not have a large enough population to merit a county government like those in the Lower 48, which have significant tax bases and budgets, Haycox said over email. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes. \u2014 Thomas Wendel, National Review , 4 July 2019",
"The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 10 Jan. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An odd thing is happening on a nearby pond: A hooded merganser seems to think a mallard hen is his mate and aggressively chases off any mallard males, even diving underwater like a submarine to come up under them to scare them away. \u2014 Val Cunningham Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 15 June 2021",
"Sandra Critelli, a birder and photographer who saw the merganser , tells Gothamist that the duck was active, but unable to close its beak. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2020",
"The plan, NYC Parks press officer Megan Moriarty tells Gothamist, was to find the bird, remove the plastic and transport the merganser to the Wild Bird Fund, an animal rehabilitation center on New York\u2019s Upper West Side. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2020",
"Many predators such as mountain lions, coyotes and bobcats are included in the proposals alongside game species such as mule deer, antelope and several bird species, including snipe, gallinule and merganser . \u2014 Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral , 11 Apr. 2020",
"Along the Wachusett Reservoir there were two greater scaups at the Wachusett Dam, two red-breasted mergansers and three common loons at Rainbow Cove, and one common loon at North Dike. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Feb. 2020",
"Newly arrived wild ducks\u2014buffleheads and hooded mergansers \u2014circle in small groups near the shore. \u2014 Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books , 29 Mar. 2020",
"Along the Wachusett Reservoir, there were 31 greater scaups at South Bay, three lesser scaups and four common loons at the Fletcher Street Bridge, three red-breasted mergansers at Rainbow Cove, and a Common Loon at the Clinton Dam. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Jan. 2020",
"And, in fact some swimmers do come in the winter: buffleheads, ring-necked ducks, mergansers and other waterfowl visiting from the north. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nikole Paige Rickard, a veterinary technician at the VCA Apex Animal Hospital in Apex, North Carolina, tells Woman's Day that dogs sweat through their paws with glands called merocrine glands. \u2014 Jo Yurcaba, Woman's Day , 2 Jan. 2020"
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"borrowed from French m\u00e9rocrine, from m\u00e9ro- mero- + -crine, from the stem of Greek kr\u012b\u0301nein \"to separate, choose, decide\" \u2014 more at certain entry 1":""
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Emma Erler, landscape and greenhouse field specialist at the University of New Hampshire Extension, says every plant has a meristem , a type of tissue that contains cells that can develop into different plant parts. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The hypothesis of tree immortality has grown popular in the past 20 years as researchers continue to report having found little to no genetic evidence of aging in extremely old trees\u2019 meristem (tissue that generates new cells), Stahle says. \u2014 Robin Lloyd, Scientific American , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The only problem was that the researchers did not know what gene might control the meristem \u2019s pace of shoot production. \u2014 New York Times , 8 July 2021",
"My multi-stemmed smoke tree (Cotinus obovate), which has been in the ground three years, has developed on one stem a die-back from the base toward the meristem of the sub-laterals in the course of three days. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 July 2021",
"One day, Eugenio Azpeitia, then a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Godin\u2019s lab, remembered a gene that was known to change the size of the central zone of the meristem . \u2014 New York Times , 8 July 2021",
"Saguaro cacti can develop mutations in meristem cells (equivalent to stem cells in animals) on the growing tips of the plant. \u2014 Athena Aktipis, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2021",
"Fasciation may be caused by mutation, virus, bacterial infection by bacterium known as Rhodococcus fascians, or injury to the meristem or growing part of the plant by insect, animal or human. \u2014 Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman , 31 May 2017"
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"In the summer, the mercury can reach over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The plan\u2019s goal included eliminating harmful materials from baby foods by April 2022, inorganic arsenic by April 2024 and cadmium and mercury after April 2024. \u2014 Ahjan\u00e9 Forbes, Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022",
"Its predicted high near 95 is within flirting distance of Cincinnati\u2019s record for June 23, when the mercury rose to 97 on that date in 1988. \u2014 Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer , 21 June 2022",
"The mercury should rise to about 40 degrees on the mountain by late Monday, according to George. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"The mercury hit 100 on Tuesday and was expected to reach 98 degrees on Wednesday and 96 degrees on Thursday. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"In Fayetteville, North Carolina, the mercury hit 100 degrees. \u2014 Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
"Some of the most extreme heat is predicted in Death Valley, along the California-Nevada border, where the mercury could rise to 120 degrees. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Its waters and lakebed sediment hold toxins like arsenic and mercury . \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"This ash contains a dangerous mix of heavy metals and toxic chemicals such as arsenic, boron, lead and mercury . \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"The caretaker of one property in Melbourne Beach found hundreds of dead hatchlings piled beneath a single mercury-vapor lamp . \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"Ann\u2019s father was Peter Cooper Hewitt, whose invention of the mercury-vapor lamp in 1901 earned him more than $1 million. \u2014 Audrey Clare Farley, Town & Country , 20 Apr. 2021"
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"Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included 2 black vultures, 2 Pacific loons, 130 red-throated loons, a Manx shearwater, 11 common murres, 62 razorbills, 9 Iceland gulls, and a merlin . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The region continued to host a summer tanager at a feeder at 73 Hadley Road in Sunderland, two black vultures in Greenfield, two Iceland gulls at Turners Falls, and a merlin in Orange. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
"At Plum Island, a merlin was noted along with an early dunlin and black guillemots; single black guillemots were also seen at Andrews Point in Rockport and in Gloucester Harbor. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 July 2021",
"One has seen hummingbirds attempting to drive off migrating bald eagles at Hawk Ridge in Duluth in the fall and has photos of a hummingbird attacking a perched merlin . \u2014 Val Cunningham Contributing Writer, Star Tribune , 3 Nov. 2020",
"Emperors flew eagles and vultures; kings flew gyrfalcons; and ladies flew merlins , a species favored by Mary, Queen of Scots, in the 16th century. \u2014 Kate Donnelly, Travel + Leisure , 22 Apr. 2020",
"There were two Northern harriers and a short-eared owl at Southwick Wildlife Management Area, a rough-legged hawk along Old Greenfield Road in Montague, two merlins along Edendale Street in Springfield, and an Eastern phoebe at the Hadley Cove. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Feb. 2020",
"There was a merlin at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester and a Savannah sparrow was seen at the Wine Road agricultural fields in New Braintree. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Feb. 2020",
"There were reports of 120 white-winged scoters, five Western sandpipers, three American golden-plovers, three black skimmers, and three merlins . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Sep. 2019"
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"Built in 1868 for a wealthy shipping merchant who chose the home\u2019s perched, hillside location to watch over his ships moving in and out of Port Phillip Bay, Namarong sits on roughly 3,370 square meters of manicured grounds. \u2014 Spencer Elliott, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"Before becoming a professional actor, Turkel joined the merchant Marines at 17 and enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, deploying to Europe. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
"Tritton took over as CEO of the home-goods business after leaving his job as Target's chief merchant officer in November 2019 and quickly instituted a massive turnaround plan. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"The portrait\u2019s subject, Steven Wolters, was a wealthy Dutch merchant and art collector. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 June 2022",
"My mother, the daughter of a wealthy merchant , was in love with my father, a struggling engineer from the chawls. \u2014 Mansi Choksi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"New York sent its first Jewish representative, a merchant named Emanuel B. Hart, to Congress in 1851. \u2014 Nicholas Fandos, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"New York sent its first Jewish representative, a merchant named Emanuel B. Hart, to Congress in 1851. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"There were vendors, exhibits and DJs playing music as attendees, some dressed for the occasion in rainbow colors, danced and browsed merchant \u2019s offerings at the event. \u2014 Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"OPay currently processes about 80% of bank transfers among mobile money operators in Nigeria and 20% of non- merchant point of sales transactions, Akpan said. \u2014 Tope Alake, Bloomberg.com , 23 Dec. 2020",
"So basically merchant refineries should not be the ones that have to purchase these credits or blend the ethanol. \u2014 Jacob Weisberg, Slate Magazine , 23 Aug. 2017"
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"Over the last nine years, there have been over 60 poisonings linked to a foreign brand, unlabeled, or homemade skin creams that contained toxic chemicals like mercury, mercurous chloride or calomel in California. \u2014 Char Adams, PEOPLE.com , 12 Sep. 2019",
"In California alone, there have been over 60 poisonings in the last nine years linked to foreign-brand, unlabeled or homemade skin creams that contained a less toxic form of mercury, mercurous chloride or calomel, the statement said. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Sep. 2019"
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"Other investors include Dawn Capital LLP and units of Commerzbank AG and Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd., the crypto merchant bank headed by billionaire Michael Novogratz, Elwood said in a statement. \u2014 Fortune , 15 May 2022",
"Moonbug has raised $265 million from investors including Felix Capital, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and merchant bank Raine Group, which owns a majority stake, one of the people said. \u2014 Benjamin Mullin, WSJ , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Ian Fleming's grandfather had founded Robert Fleming & Co., a Scottish merchant bank in the 19th century. \u2014 Ollie A Williams, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Sam Thompson is senior director at ProgressPartners, a full-service merchant bank providing M&A, capital raise, and SPAC advisory expertise for emerging tech and media companies. \u2014 Sam Thompson, Fortune , 13 Oct. 2021",
"In late 2020, sports media executive James Elliott joined CAA\u2019s merchant bank Evolution Media Capital as head of sports media, in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Macron joined Rothschild & Company, the merchant bank , in 2008. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
"For almost forty years, his traditional merchant bank and boutique advisory firm has been helping companies at every stage of their lifecycle. \u2014 Daphne Ewing-chow, Forbes , 30 May 2021",
"Matthew Popper, previously a managing director in Goldman\u2019s merchant bank , will oversee investments in financial and information services. \u2014 Miriam Gottfried, WSJ , 23 May 2021"
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"Specifically, the topic of affirmative action has drawn significant ire across the country as a practice that undermines meritocracy and simply shifts discrimination. \u2014 Rohan Krishnan, National Review , 26 June 2022",
"To make strides in this direction, organizations must double down on efforts to reach out to minorities, use more objective criteria for their hiring and career decisions, and reframe the belief that these initiatives challenge meritocracy . \u2014 Caterina Bulgarella, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"And so, the popularity of self-help TikTok points to the enduring appeal of the myth of meritocracy among younger generations. \u2014 Daisy Schofield, refinery29.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"According to this idea of meritocracy , an important role of education is to identify people with talent and motivation and cultivate their potential. \u2014 Nathan Heller, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"There is much to criticize about the current version of meritocracy . \u2014 William A. Galston, WSJ , 11 Jan. 2022",
"But much of their involvement, Lum said, appeared to be driven by a belief in the American Dream and a trust in meritocracy . \u2014 NBC News , 3 May 2022",
"These are Steve Cohen\u2019s Mets, and the Mets are finally a meritocracy . \u2014 Jerry Beach, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Our success is used to confirm the belief that this country is a meritocracy . \u2014 Frank Shyongcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022"
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"Emma Erler, landscape and greenhouse field specialist at the University of New Hampshire Extension, says every plant has a meristem , a type of tissue that contains cells that can develop into different plant parts. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The hypothesis of tree immortality has grown popular in the past 20 years as researchers continue to report having found little to no genetic evidence of aging in extremely old trees\u2019 meristem (tissue that generates new cells), Stahle says. \u2014 Robin Lloyd, Scientific American , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The only problem was that the researchers did not know what gene might control the meristem \u2019s pace of shoot production. \u2014 New York Times , 8 July 2021",
"My multi-stemmed smoke tree (Cotinus obovate), which has been in the ground three years, has developed on one stem a die-back from the base toward the meristem of the sub-laterals in the course of three days. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 July 2021",
"One day, Eugenio Azpeitia, then a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Godin\u2019s lab, remembered a gene that was known to change the size of the central zone of the meristem . \u2014 New York Times , 8 July 2021",
"Saguaro cacti can develop mutations in meristem cells (equivalent to stem cells in animals) on the growing tips of the plant. \u2014 Athena Aktipis, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2021",
"Fasciation may be caused by mutation, virus, bacterial infection by bacterium known as Rhodococcus fascians, or injury to the meristem or growing part of the plant by insect, animal or human. \u2014 Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman , 31 May 2017"
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