": a large genus of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees (family Boraginaceae) that have fleshy often edible fruits and wood varying from dense, heavy, and dark to spongy, light, and pale, that are often pleasantly scented, and that have considerable use in cabinetmaking and general construction":[]
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"New Latin, from Euricius Cordus \u20201535 and his son Valerius Cordus \u20201544 German scholars + New Latin -ia":"Noun"
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"\u02c8k\u022f(r)d\u0113\u0259"
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": a division comprising all plants that have a stem and root":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from corm- + -phyta":""
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"k\u022fr\u02c8m\u00e4f\u0259t\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054152",
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": a family of mainly temperate-region trees, shrubs, or herbs (order Umbellales) comprising the dogwoods and related plants and having small clustered flowers, an inferior ovary, and drupaceous fruit":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Cornus , type genus + -aceae":""
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"k\u022fr\u02c8n\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232423",
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"adjective",
"plural noun"
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"1494\u20131534 Antonio Allegri da Correggio Italian painter":[]
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"k\u0259-\u02c8re-j(\u0113-\u02cc)\u014d"
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"island of the northern Philippines at the entrance to Manila Bay area about 2 square miles (5 square kilometers)":[]
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"k\u0259-\u02c8re-g\u0259-\u02ccd\u022fr"
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": a genus of low herbs having alternate entire stipulate leaves and small white or greenish flowers succeeded by one-seeded utricles that is placed in the family Caryophyllaceae or sometimes in the Illecebraceae or is made the type of a separate family":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Late Latin, a plant (perhaps Polygonum aviculare ), diminutive of Latin corrigia shoelace, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish cuimrech fetter, from a prehistoric compound whose first and second constituents respectively are akin to Latin com- and to Middle High German ric bond, fetter, knot, Welsh rhwym bond, obligation, Old English r\u0101w row":""
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"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259\u02ccrij\u0113\u02c8\u014dl\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174815",
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"definitions":{
": a family of plants typified by the genus Corrigiola":[]
": disease of the heart characterized by hypertrophy and dilatation of the right ventricle and secondary to disease of the lungs or their blood vessels":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Padmavati and her collaborators were weighing possible causes of cor pulmonale , a failure of the right side of the heart linked to lung problems. \u2014 Sara Morrison, USA TODAY , 13 July 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1934, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"earlier, \"right side of the heart (involved in pulmonary circulation),\" borrowed from New Latin cor pulm\u014dn\u0101le \"pulmonary heart\"":""
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": a rib like a cord on a textile":[],
": a small flexible insulated electrical cable having a plug at one or both ends used to connect a lamp or other appliance with a receptacle":[],
": a unit of wood cut for fuel equal to a stack 4 x 4 x 8 feet or 128 cubic feet":[],
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": to pile up (wood) in cords":[],
": trousers made of such a fabric":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She wore the key on a cord around her neck.",
"They used cords to tie the tent to the trees.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bally Sports Wisconsin hasn't been offered on most cord -cutting services such as YouTubeTV or Hulu+LiveTV for nearly two years. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"That was the basis for the cord -cutting phenomenon, which started with the launch of Netflix and other streaming services. \u2014 Wayne Lonstein, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Keep in Mind: The 35-inch cord means an extension cord is a necessity. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 7 June 2022",
"Shakira experienced a bout of depression after suffering a hemorrhage of her right vocal cord in 2017. \u2014 Nasha Smith, PEOPLE.com , 4 June 2022",
"Dan cuts the vacuum cleaner cord and moves toward Brenda. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"Everything about this 29-gram hat screams lightweight, from the ultrabreezy polyester-elastane fabric to the elastic pull cord . \u2014 Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"The Consumer Product Safety Commission continues to work with window-treatment manufacturers to eliminate cord strangulation. \u2014 Jennifer Barger, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Do traverse rods still use the same cord and pully system to move clips or pins across a track to open and close the panels",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That means a minimal number of poles, preferably shock- corded for fast assembly, and tent clips that snap onto the pole system without a wrestling match. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 15 Apr. 2020",
"All the freedom of a free-roaming gas chainsaw with the environmental sensitivity of a corded electric. \u2014 Popular Science , 15 Apr. 2020",
"This corded jigsaw from Black+Decker features a five-amp variable speed motor and an adjustable shoe that\u2019s great for making perfect bevel cuts at an angle of up to 45 degrees. \u2014 Popular Science , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Above the impressively broad shoulders is a hump resembling that of a Plains bison, but the hair of a musk ox is more like a mountain goat\u2019s, long and corded , with a woolly underlayer to insulate it from the arctic cold. \u2014 Andrew Mckean, Outdoor Life , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Pros: The fit was good and the product is well made, with an interior flap under the zipper, corded edging, and finished seams. \u2014 The Good Housekeeping Institute, Good Housekeeping , 10 Aug. 2010",
"Rotary tools are available in both corded electric and cordless versions. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 24 July 2019",
"Fearn\u2019s office, empty, shows on a screen, forest-tall metal bookshelves bungee- corded together in the background. \u2014 Sarah Scoles, Scientific American , 29 July 2019",
"Jabra's Move headphones work wirelessly or corded with the included 3.5mm headphone cable. \u2014 Wired Staff, WIRED , 15 July 2019"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English cord, corde, borrowed from Anglo-French corde \"string, rope,\" going back to Latin chorda, corda \"tripe, string of a musical instrument,\" borrowed from Greek khord\u1e17 \"catgut, string of a musical instrument, sausage,\" in plural \"guts, tripe\" \u2014 more at yarn entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English corden \"to string a bow,\" in part derivative of cord, corde cord entry 1 , in part borrowed from Anglo-French corder \"to tie with a cord\"":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u022frd",
"\u02c8k\u022f(\u0259)rd"
],
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"synonyms":[
"cable",
"lace",
"lacing",
"line",
"rope",
"string",
"wire"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002217",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cord foot":{
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": a quantity of wood equal to a stack 4\u00d74\u00d71 foot or 16 cubic feet":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115314",
"type":[
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},
"cord glottis":{
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"definitions":{
": the opening between the vocal cords proper as distinguished from the whisper glottis":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161514",
"type":[
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"cordgrass":{
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"definitions":{
": any of a genus ( Spartina ) of chiefly salt-marsh grasses of coastal regions of Europe, northern Africa, and the New World that have stiff culms and panicled spikelets":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Native plants like the Pacific cordgrass and pickleweed provide the muscle for sea level rise adaptation, said John Callaway, a wetlands restoration ecologist at the University of San Francisco. \u2014 Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Oct. 2021",
"East Anglia, the region with the country\u2019s lowest average rainfall, is home to flora like corn chamomile, cordgrass and rolling heather but is also burdened with dry, sandy soil. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Clapper Rails live most of their lives on the ground, running through the cordgrass , staying well out of sight. \u2014 Jacob Job, Scientific American , 16 July 2021",
"Environmental requirements include dredging of an ocean inlet to the Bolsa Chica wetlands, restoration of Bolsa Chica cordgrass marsh and creation of artificial reef habitat for fish off the Palos Verdes Peninsula. \u2014 Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2021",
"The wastewater disperses nearly 33 days later as highly treated effluent into marsh, through the legs of wood storks and roseate spoonbills and then to an expanse of cordgrass and sable palms of the St. Johns River. \u2014 Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Nov. 2020",
"At low tide, damp cordgrass dotted with horseshoe crab shells stretches for hundreds of yards in every direction. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Sep. 2019",
"Their importance extends far beyond the cordgrass , to life both on land and under the sea. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Sep. 2019",
"In Wellfleet, at the mouth of the Herring River, swaths of cordgrass growing along the water\u2019s edge are missing large patches, denuded down to the bare earth like craters. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Sep. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u022frd-\u02ccgras"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115845",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"cordia":{
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": a large genus of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees (family Boraginaceae) that have fleshy often edible fruits and wood varying from dense, heavy, and dark to spongy, light, and pale, that are often pleasantly scented, and that have considerable use in cabinetmaking and general construction":[]
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"New Latin, from Euricius Cordus \u20201535 and his son Valerius Cordus \u20201544 German scholars + New Latin -ia":"Noun"
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"\u02c8k\u022f(r)d\u0113\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060839",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"cordia pulmonalia":{
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"Definition of cordia pulmonalia plural of cor pulmonale"
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},
"cordial":{
"antonyms":[
"antagonistic",
"hostile",
"unfriendly"
],
"definitions":{
": a stimulating medicine or drink":[],
": liqueur":[],
": of or relating to the heart : vital":[],
": politely pleasant and friendly":[
"a cordial welcome",
"two nations maintaining cordial relations"
],
": showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval":[
"a cordial welcome",
"two nations maintaining cordial relations"
],
": sincerely or deeply felt":[
"a cordial dislike for each other"
],
": tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate":[
"bottles full of excellent cordial waters",
"\u2014 Daniel Defoe"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"\u2026 Conrad Black was cordial and not the least rumbustious. \u2014 Calvin Trillin , New Yorker , 17 Dec. 2001",
"Though its chairman, Charles Obi, was cordial to him, the others made it clear that they didn't want him. \u2014 Ishmael Reed , Japanese by Spring , 1993",
"My reception was cordial enough \u2026 \u2014 Robert Frost 7 Jan. 1913 , in Selected Letters of Robert Frost , edited by Lawrance Thompson , 1964",
"Mr. Price now received his daughter; and having given her a cordial hug, and observed that she was grown into a woman \u2026 \u2014 Jane Austen , Mansfield Park , 1814",
"We received a cordial greeting from our hostess at the party.",
"The two nations have maintained cordial relations.",
"Noun",
"It was fortunate that the boys never tested Alyce's magic, for the bottle she shook so fiercely at them was naught but blackberry cordial she was to deliver to Old Anna \u2026 \u2014 Karen Cushman , The Midwife's Apprentice , 1995",
"A boy is said to become a man when he can sip the 140-proof anise-seed cordial without wincing. \u2014 Paul L. Montgomery , New York Times , 6 Sept. 1965",
"\"In this bottle,\" he said, \"there is a cordial made of the juice of one of the fire-flowers that grow in the mountains of the sun. If you or any of your friends are hurt, a few drops of this will restore you.\" \u2014 C. S. Lewis , The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe , 1950",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The report said Tyson was cordial with passengers when boarding the plane, but his seat was located in front of a man who wouldn\u2019t leave the boxing phenom alone. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Colbert owned the city's less-than- cordial reaction. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Oct. 2021",
"Clapper, in his memoir, described the atmosphere as cordial and the questions from Trump\u2019s team as appropriate. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Jan. 2017",
"On the level of astronauts and cosmonauts, engineers, and managers, cordial relations continue. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022",
"This occasional need to join arms makes for overall cordial relations between the sales teams. \u2014 Bill Fahey, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"His meeting with the Indian foreign secretary was cordial , stressing the strong ties between Washington and New Delhi. \u2014 Rajesh Roy, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Putin, whose cordial relationship with Le Pen became a campaign issue, also congratulated Macron. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Service is cordial and sommelier Danny Martins is very knowledgeable about the extensive wine list of Portugal\u2019s finest bottlings. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The aromatics on the nose have the intensity of a fruit cordial \u2014florals surrounding black cherry layered with hints of pine forest, bay laurel and fresh-turned loam. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 11 Apr. 2022",
"High-toned violet notes get out ahead of intense cherry cordial , crushed herbs, vivid spice, cedar and graphite. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Dense, velvety and sensual, the palate opens like black cherry cordial , plush but bright (the Carm\u00e9n\u00e8re talking) with plum and anise flavors laced through fine tannins. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Months after her move, Chloe still considers Gemma a friend but notes that their relationship has gone from close to cordial . \u2014 Erin Donnelly, refinery29.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The restaurant also offers sake, wine and cocktails like the house Old Fashioned made with banana-washed Nikka Yoichi single malt, fresh banana cordial and Okinawa brown sugar. \u2014 Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report , 10 Feb. 2022",
"J\u00fcnger, despite his cordial , if aloof, relations with the National Socialists, was f\u00eated by postwar German governments. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Mixed with cold soda water, a Jukes cordial at least tastes like an adult drink. \u2014 John Seabrook, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Other drinks include the Diabla: Libelula tequila, cassis, ginger liqueur, Topo Chico and Fresno chile cordial . \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Sep. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adjective"
},
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"Middle English cordiall \"of the heart, cardiac, invigorating, deeply felt,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin cordi\u0101lis, from Latin cord-, cor \"heart\" + -i\u0101lis -ial":"Adjective",
"Middle English, \"stimulating substance,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin cordi\u0101le, noun derivative from neuter of cordi\u0101lis \"of the heart, invigorating\" \u2014 more at cordial entry 1":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u022fr-j\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for cordial Adjective gracious , cordial , affable , genial , sociable mean markedly pleasant and easy in social intercourse. gracious implies courtesy and kindly consideration. the gracious award winner thanked her colleagues cordial stresses warmth and heartiness. our host was cordial as he greeted us affable implies easy approachability and readiness to respond pleasantly to conversation or requests or proposals. though wealthy, she was affable to all genial stresses cheerfulness and even joviality. a genial companion with a ready quip sociable suggests a genuine liking for the companionship of others. sociable people who enjoy entertaining",
"synonyms":[
"amicable",
"bonhomous",
"buddy-buddy",
"chummy",
"collegial",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hail-fellow",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"matey",
"neighborly",
"palsy",
"palsy-walsy",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193344",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"cordiality":{
"antonyms":[
"ill will",
"malevolence",
"venom"
],
"definitions":{
": sincere affection and kindness : cordial regard":[]
},
"examples":[
"everyone appreciated the cordiality and thoughtfulness of the welcoming committee",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"San Diego\u2019s new mayor and council members have signaled a new level of awareness and cordiality toward our sister community. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Respect, cordiality , entrepreneurial commitment, a long-term and holistic perspective, and a tireless quest for quality and improvement are the values that underpin the longevity of the Princely Family for over 900 years and 30 generations. \u2014 Lgt Bank Contributor, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Black women characters in these stories who actively pursue their own interests without opting for the cordiality that is expected from them are seen as obstacles to be overcome. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Black women characters in these stories who actively pursue their own interests without opting for the cordiality that is expected from them are seen as obstacles to be overcome. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Black women characters in these stories who actively pursue their own interests without opting for the cordiality that is expected from them are seen as obstacles to be overcome. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Black women characters in these stories who actively pursue their own interests without opting for the cordiality that is expected from them are seen as obstacles to be overcome. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Black women characters in these stories who actively pursue their own interests without opting for the cordiality that is expected from them are seen as obstacles to be overcome. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Black women characters in these stories who actively pursue their own interests without opting for the cordiality that is expected from them are seen as obstacles to be overcome. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 3 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"cordial entry 1 + -ity , probably after French cordialit\u00e9 or Italian cordialit\u00e0":""
},
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"k\u022fr-\u02c8ja-",
"\u02cck\u022fr-j\u0113-\u02c8a-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"also k\u022fr-\u02c8dya-"
],
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"benevolence",
"brotherhood",
"charity",
"cordialness",
"fellowship",
"friendliness",
"friendship",
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
"good-fellowship",
"goodwill",
"kindliness",
"neighborliness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170840",
"type":[
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"antonyms":[
"antagonistic",
"hostile",
"unfriendly"
],
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"two nations maintaining cordial relations"
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"two nations maintaining cordial relations"
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": sincerely or deeply felt":[
"a cordial dislike for each other"
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": tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate":[
"bottles full of excellent cordial waters",
"\u2014 Daniel Defoe"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"\u2026 Conrad Black was cordial and not the least rumbustious. \u2014 Calvin Trillin , New Yorker , 17 Dec. 2001",
"Though its chairman, Charles Obi, was cordial to him, the others made it clear that they didn't want him. \u2014 Ishmael Reed , Japanese by Spring , 1993",
"My reception was cordial enough \u2026 \u2014 Robert Frost 7 Jan. 1913 , in Selected Letters of Robert Frost , edited by Lawrance Thompson , 1964",
"Mr. Price now received his daughter; and having given her a cordial hug, and observed that she was grown into a woman \u2026 \u2014 Jane Austen , Mansfield Park , 1814",
"We received a cordial greeting from our hostess at the party.",
"The two nations have maintained cordial relations.",
"Noun",
"It was fortunate that the boys never tested Alyce's magic, for the bottle she shook so fiercely at them was naught but blackberry cordial she was to deliver to Old Anna \u2026 \u2014 Karen Cushman , The Midwife's Apprentice , 1995",
"A boy is said to become a man when he can sip the 140-proof anise-seed cordial without wincing. \u2014 Paul L. Montgomery , New York Times , 6 Sept. 1965",
"\"In this bottle,\" he said, \"there is a cordial made of the juice of one of the fire-flowers that grow in the mountains of the sun. If you or any of your friends are hurt, a few drops of this will restore you.\" \u2014 C. S. Lewis , The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe , 1950",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The report said Tyson was cordial with passengers when boarding the plane, but his seat was located in front of a man who wouldn\u2019t leave the boxing phenom alone. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Colbert owned the city's less-than- cordial reaction. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Oct. 2021",
"Clapper, in his memoir, described the atmosphere as cordial and the questions from Trump\u2019s team as appropriate. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Jan. 2017",
"On the level of astronauts and cosmonauts, engineers, and managers, cordial relations continue. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022",
"This occasional need to join arms makes for overall cordial relations between the sales teams. \u2014 Bill Fahey, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"His meeting with the Indian foreign secretary was cordial , stressing the strong ties between Washington and New Delhi. \u2014 Rajesh Roy, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Putin, whose cordial relationship with Le Pen became a campaign issue, also congratulated Macron. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Service is cordial and sommelier Danny Martins is very knowledgeable about the extensive wine list of Portugal\u2019s finest bottlings. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The aromatics on the nose have the intensity of a fruit cordial \u2014florals surrounding black cherry layered with hints of pine forest, bay laurel and fresh-turned loam. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 11 Apr. 2022",
"High-toned violet notes get out ahead of intense cherry cordial , crushed herbs, vivid spice, cedar and graphite. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Dense, velvety and sensual, the palate opens like black cherry cordial , plush but bright (the Carm\u00e9n\u00e8re talking) with plum and anise flavors laced through fine tannins. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Months after her move, Chloe still considers Gemma a friend but notes that their relationship has gone from close to cordial . \u2014 Erin Donnelly, refinery29.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The restaurant also offers sake, wine and cocktails like the house Old Fashioned made with banana-washed Nikka Yoichi single malt, fresh banana cordial and Okinawa brown sugar. \u2014 Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report , 10 Feb. 2022",
"J\u00fcnger, despite his cordial , if aloof, relations with the National Socialists, was f\u00eated by postwar German governments. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Mixed with cold soda water, a Jukes cordial at least tastes like an adult drink. \u2014 John Seabrook, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Other drinks include the Diabla: Libelula tequila, cassis, ginger liqueur, Topo Chico and Fresno chile cordial . \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Sep. 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
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"Middle English cordiall \"of the heart, cardiac, invigorating, deeply felt,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin cordi\u0101lis, from Latin cord-, cor \"heart\" + -i\u0101lis -ial":"Adjective",
"Middle English, \"stimulating substance,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin cordi\u0101le, noun derivative from neuter of cordi\u0101lis \"of the heart, invigorating\" \u2014 more at cordial entry 1":"Noun"
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"\u02c8k\u022fr-j\u0259l"
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"bonhomous",
"buddy-buddy",
"chummy",
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"companionable",
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"friendly",
"genial",
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"hail-fellow-well-met",
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"palsy-walsy",
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": a blue mineral of vitreous luster and strong dichroism that consists of a silicate of aluminum, iron, and magnesium":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The PizzaQue uses a 14-inch cordierite pizza stone and propane gas to make a crispy pizza in six minutes. \u2014 Billy Cadden, Popular Science , 24 May 2018",
"Multiple translucent crystals fit the bill, namely calcite, cordierite and tourmaline. \u2014 Steph Yin, New York Times , 6 Apr. 2018",
"No calcite, cordierite , or tourmaline crystal has turned up at a Viking archaeological site so far. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2018",
"All three types of crystals that the team studied\u2014calcite, a form of calcium carbonate; cordierite , an iron- and magnesium-rich silicate; and tourmaline, a boron-rich silicate\u2014worked well at intervals of 3 hours or less. \u2014 Sid Perkins, Science | AAAS , 3 Apr. 2018"
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"circa 1814, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"French, from Pierre L. A. Cordier \u20201861 French geologist":""
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"\u02c8k\u022fr-d\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bt"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082920",
"type":[
"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075439",
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"1828, in the meaning defined above":""
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"borrowed from New Latin cordiformis, from Latin cord-, cor \"heart\" + -iformis -iform \u2014 more at heart entry 1":""
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"\u02c8k\u022frd-\u0259-\u02ccf\u022frm",
"\u02c8k\u022fr-d\u0259-\u02ccf\u022frm"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192411",
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"adjective"
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": a system of mountain ranges often consisting of a number of more or less parallel chains":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera , from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 22 Aug. 2019",
"The plane carrying the coffin with Paloma\u2019s mother is rerouted to Argentina, and the three rent a hearse and cross the cordillera to find her. \u2014 Sean Mccoy, Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2019",
"Since the resort has an idyllic vantage point at the foothills of the Truong Son mountains (part of the dense Annamese cordillera ), the setting makes for noteworthy Instagram shots. \u2014 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 20 Oct. 2017",
"Local media published photos of teenagers and children among the group playing in the snow in the Andes mountains cordilleras on their way home. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 June 2017"
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"1704, in the meaning defined above":""
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"borrowed from Spanish, from cuerda \"string, rope, line of mountain peaks\" (going back to Latin chorda, corda \"tripe, string of a musical instrument\") + -ill-, diminutive suffix (going back to Latin -illus ) + -era, suffix of place (going back to Latin -\u0101ria, feminine of -\u0101rius -ary entry 1 ) \u2014 more at cord entry 1":""
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"-d\u0259-\u02c8ler-",
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"\u02cck\u022fr-d\u1d4al-\u02c8yer-\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130220",
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"the core of her beliefs"
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": the essential meaning : gist":[
"the core of the argument"
],
": the inmost or most intimate part":[
"honest to the core"
],
": the muscles of the mid-region of the torso":[
"Your core is composed of the muscles that stabilize and move your pelvis, lower back, hips, and trunk.",
"\u2014 Adele Jackson-Gibson",
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"core exercises"
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": the portion of a foundry mold that shapes the interior of a hollow casting":[],
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"core an apple"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1622, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English coren, derivative of core core entry 1":"Verb",
"Middle English, of obscure origin":"Noun",
"perhaps by respelling of Middle English chore \"chorus, company,\" borrowed from Latin chorus \u2014 more at chorus entry 1":"Noun"
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"\u02c8k\u014d(\u0259)r, \u02c8k\u022f(\u0259)r",
"\u02c8k\u022fr"
],
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"belly",
"blood",
"bone(s)",
"bosom",
"breast",
"gut",
"heart",
"heartstrings",
"inner space",
"inside",
"quick",
"soul"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015904",
"type":[
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"definitions":{
": one that corks containers (such as bottles)":[],
": one that is excellent or remarkable":[]
},
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"Last week's episode was good, but this one is a real corker !",
"that last race was a real corker !",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Avalanche and Blues played a corker of a Game 5 Wednesday night in Denver. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"The espionage plot is a real corker , packed with twists and turns and satisfying reveals, even if some moments are easier to foresee than others. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Race 7 5 \u2013 Social Dilemma \u2013 First race was a corker . \u2014 NOLA.com , 17 Jan. 2021",
"Like much of Angell\u2019s work, this piece is a corker \u2014soaring with crackling energy and verve. \u2014 Erin Overbey, The New Yorker , 29 Dec. 2020",
"Mickie\u2019s talk is interrupted by a young woman named Andrea (Paloma Nozicka), a wild card and corker who has crashed his class before. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Nov. 2020",
"The Israeli company Monkey Business is known for useful products with playful designs \u2014 an orange peeler shaped like a leaf, animal wine bottle corkers , little monkeys that act as kitchen hooks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2019",
"One corker of a courtroom exchange is such a stunner that readers will be left astonished. \u2014 Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 Apr. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8k\u022fr-k\u0259r"
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"beauty",
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"cat's meow",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
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"doozer",
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"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
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"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082702",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
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"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8k\u022fr-ki\u014b"
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"A1",
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"bonnie",
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"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
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"choice",
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"crackerjack",
"cracking",
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"divine",
"dope",
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"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
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"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
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"gilt-edge",
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"high-class",
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"hype",
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"jim-dandy",
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"marvelous",
"marvellous",
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"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
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"No. 1",
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"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214110",
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"adjective or adverb"
]
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"antonyms":[
"extract",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"tear (out)",
"uproot",
"wrest",
"wring",
"yank"
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": a device for drawing corks from bottles that has a pointed spiral piece of metal turned by a handle":[],
": resembling a corkscrew : spiral":[],
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": to twist into a spiral":[],
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},
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"an angelic child with beautiful corkscrew curls",
"Verb",
"practically every word had to be corkscrewed out of the tight-lipped witness",
"the trail corkscrews through dense woods to the top of the steep hill",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This larger tool, patented as the Officer\u2019s and Sports Knife, featured a second, smaller blade and a corkscrew . \u2014 Andrew Freeman, Outside Online , 21 May 2012",
"The solver would start by twisting the bottommost couple of pegs in the proper sequence, allowing the corkscrew to move an inch or so upward before it got stuck again. \u2014 A.j. Jacobs, The Atlantic , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The puzzle\u2019s main wooden column was covered top to bottom with 55 interlocking wooden pegs, which together trapped a black corkscrew rod inside. \u2014 A.j. Jacobs, The Atlantic , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Slow masticating machines have a methodical auger (sort of like a large, sharp corkscrew ) that is best suited to working its way through leafy greens, but will take on fibrous stalks and soft and juicy fruit as well. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Try not to wiggle the corkscrew or pull at an angle. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 6 Dec. 2021",
"The Dale Coyne Racing driver, who recently committed to running the full IndyCar calendar next year, made an Alex Zanardi-like pass on Scott Dixon in the corkscrew early in Sunday's race. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The Dale Coyne Racing driver, who recently committed to running the full IndyCar calendar next year, made an Alex Zanardi-like pass on Scott Dixon in the corkscrew early in Sunday's race. \u2014 Nathan Brown, USA TODAY , 20 Sep. 2021",
"However, for the leisure traveler, one vital tool is lacking in almost every multi-tool on the market - a corkscrew . \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Though most of the nail looks black, the corkscrew portion had a golden hue that complemented her overall black-and-gold ensemble. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 2 May 2022",
"In the courtyard, an old man in a blue polo and a rumpled bathing suit was trying to coax a captive kudu\u2014a species of large antelope, with corkscrew horns\u2014into standing with him for a selfie. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Shyamalan, a millennial Rod Serling in love with corkscrew endings, relies on Willis\u2019s established aura of invincibility to cleverly protect the film\u2019s big twist: that Crowe has actually been dead since the film\u2019s opening confrontation. \u2014 Adam Nayman, The New Yorker , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The spiral increases the wave\u2019s speed in an angularly dependent way, leading to a corkscrew wave. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Stradlin\u2019s effortless cool and writing talents were the perfect foil for Slash\u2019s corkscrew licks and hot tone. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 30 Jan. 2022",
"It\u2019s the only indoor double- corkscrew , double-loop roller coaster in the world. \u2014 Robin Raven, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Of course, there\u2019s a corkscrew and corduroy wine duffel ready for that bottle of ros\u00e9, too. \u2014 Stephanie Cain, Fortune , 11 June 2021",
"The Bottle Opener Set ($380) from Gioi\u2019s Barock Collection, designed in collaboration with Lebanese designer Samer Alameen, features a wine funnel, cutter-opener, corkscrew and wine stopper. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Forbes , 10 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The shakers, dual jigger, cocktail strainer, muddler for cocktail, ice tongs, corkscrew , liquor pourers and more are all made of food-grade, rust-proof, durable stainless steel. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"That way leads to a lengthy corkscrew grind session. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"The result: a quantum instability emerged, causing the fluid needle to waver, then corkscrew . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The spinning needle started to waver, corkscrew , and then finally broke into even tinier tornadoes made of quantum crystals, the statement reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Jan. 2022",
"And their many, many legs may give them more power to push and corkscrew their way through the earth, Dr. Marek said. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"This two-part device combines a traditional spiral corkscrew with a dual-pronged ah-so cork remover. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Some sharks seemed not to care that they were being used as a living back scratcher, while others\u2014specifically, some of the great white sharks\u2014contorted, wiggled their bodies or did corkscrew dives, seemingly trying to shake the other fish off. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 16 Nov. 2021",
"His signature corkscrew windup was swiftly immortalized in the minds of baseball fans. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Sep. 2021"
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"1698, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1790, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1837, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8k\u022frk-\u02ccskr\u00fc"
],
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"coiling",
"helical",
"involute",
"screwlike",
"spiral",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043246",
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"verb"
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": a rounded thick modified underground stem base bearing membranous or scaly leaves and buds and acting as a vegetative reproductive structure \u2014 compare bulb , tuber":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After the bloom, the corm weighs about 7 pounds, Chryst said. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Chryst said the greenhouse team can predict roughly when the blooms will happen by weighing the corm . \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Math about saffron: One corm typically produces one flower, which in turn yields three stigmas. \u2014 Dennis Peck | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Braunreiter will take a little piece of tissue from the corm (underground plant stem) or leaf of the plant and send it to the Chicago Botanic Gardens. \u2014 Brittany Trang, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 July 2021",
"The Colocasia esculenta is the taro, an important food plant around the globe that is harvested mostly for its tuber-like corm , though the leaves and stalks are also eaten. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 17 May 2021",
"Banana plants form colonies of plants by creating offshoots, or suckers from the plant\u2019s main base corm . \u2014 oregonlive , 31 Oct. 2020",
"Tuberous begonia corms were not traditionally re-planted until April. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Feb. 2020",
"Plant up several corms every few days to stagger their flowering. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Feb. 2020"
],
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"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
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"borrowed from New Latin cormus, borrowed from Greek korm\u00f3s \"tree trunk after removal of the boughs,\" from kor-, o-grade derivative from the base of ke\u00edrein \"to cut off, shave\" + -mos, resultative noun suffix \u2014 more at shear entry 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"corm + -atose (as in comatose )":""
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": a small or secondary corm produced by a larger corm":[]
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"circa 1900, in the meaning defined above":""
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"corm + -el (in bulbel, variant of bulbil )":""
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"\u02c8k\u022fr-m\u0259l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195506",
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"examples":[],
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"New Latin, from Greek kormos tree trunk + New Latin -idium":""
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"k\u022fr\u02c8mid\u0113\u0259m"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194439",
"type":[
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]
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": like a corm":[]
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"\u02c8k\u022fr\u02ccm\u022fid"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204632",
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"adjective"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a plant of the division Cormophyta":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Cormophyta":""
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"\u02c8k\u022frm\u0259\u02ccf\u012bt"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223114",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of the Cormophyta":[]
},
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"New Latin Cormophyta + English -ic":""
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"\u00a6k\u022frm\u0259\u00a6fitik"
],
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"adjective"
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": a gluttonous, greedy, or rapacious person":[],
": any of various dark-colored web-footed waterbirds (family Phalacrocoracidae, especially genus Phalacrocorax ) that have a long neck, hooked bill, and distensible throat pouch":[]
},
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"Diamond Jim Brady was perhaps the most celebrated cormorant of the Gilded Age.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Marine birds also included mallards, common scoters (a large sea duck), geese, cormorants , gannets, shags, auks, egrets and loons. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 26 Mar. 2020",
"Otters and sea lions bask on the jetty; pumpkin orange sea stars are visible in the clear water, and cormorants and gulls circle above the rock. \u2014 Dallas News , 4 May 2020",
"There weren\u2019t any cormorants perched on the rocks\u2014a sign that the fish hadn\u2019t arrived in numbers yet\u2014but the sight of all that tan water sliding by was reassuring. \u2014 Bill Heavey, Field & Stream , 16 Apr. 2020",
"The island, located 620 miles east of mainland Ecuador, is home to a number of species, including iguanas, penguins, flightless cormorants and rats. \u2014 Fox News , 15 Jan. 2020",
"The little rocky outpost is a sanctuary for a number of bird species with vulnerable populations, including great black-backed and herring gulls, as well as cormorants and shags. \u2014 Ryan Prior, CNN , 23 Oct. 2019",
"Common and Roseate Terns, as well as other species that include American Oystercatchers, Northern Gannets and cormorants , all depend on those types of forage fish, experts said. \u2014 Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com , 5 Dec. 2019",
"About 5 percent of surviving ducks and a third of living pelicans/ cormorants \u2018\u2018show some sign of injury or impaired movement.\u2019\u2019 The storm packed 3-inch hail and winds gusting to 74 miles per hour. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Aug. 2019",
"Their enclosures are located on a trail that continues onto a wetland observation deck overlooking water-treatment ponds that attract storks, cormorants and anhingas. \u2014 Bonnie Gross, sun-sentinel.com , 16 Sep. 2019"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English cormeraunt , from Middle French cormorant , from Old French cormareng , from corp raven + marenc of the sea, from Latin marinus \u2014 more at corbel , marine":""
},
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"\u02c8k\u022frm-r\u0259nt",
"\u02c8k\u022fr-m\u0259-",
"\u02c8k\u022fr-m\u0259-\u02ccrant",
"\u02c8k\u022fr-m\u0259-r\u0259nt"
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"glutton",
"gorger",
"gormandizer",
"gourmand",
"hog",
"overeater",
"pig",
"stuffer",
"swiller"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093913",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": bearing or producing corms":[]
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"\u02c8k\u022fr\u02ccm\u014ds"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072827",
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": the entire body or colony of a compound animal":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, corm, cormus, from Greek kormos tree trunk, from keirein to shear":""
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"\u02c8k\u022frm\u0259s"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204428",
"type":[
"noun"
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"\u2014 usually used in combination pepper corn barley corn"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"Middle English corne, probably borrowed from Medieval Latin corn\u016b \"horn, horny excrescence,\" going back to Latin, \"horn\" \u2014 more at horn":"Noun",
"Middle English, going back to Old English, \"grain of a cereal grass, seed, berry,\" going back to Germanic *kurno- (whence also Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German & Old Norse korn \"grain of a cereal grass, seed,\" Gothic kaurn ), going back to European Indo-European *\u01f5r\u0325H-no-, whence also Latin gr\u0101num \"seed, especially of a cereal grass,\" Old Irish gr\u00e1n, Welsh grawn, Old Church Slavic zr\u012dno \"grain, seed,\" Serbian & Croatian z\u0211no, Russian zern\u00f3, Lithuanian \u017e\u00ecrnis \"pea\"":"Noun",
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"\u02c8k\u022frn",
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"sludge",
"slush",
"soap opera",
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"type":[
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"verb"
]
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": corn leaf aphid":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052044",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an annual hairy weed ( Agrostemma githago ) of the pink family with purplish-red flowers that is found in grain fields":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1713, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183712",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"corn-fed hogs"
],
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"corn-fed humor"
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8k\u022frn-\u02ccfed"
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"cornball",
"cornpone",
"corny",
"hokey"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002043",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"definitions":{
": a wound inflicted by a bull's horn in formal bullfighting":[]
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"Spanish, from corn- (from cuerno horn, from Latin cornu ) + -ada (from Latin -ata )":""
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"or as Sp",
"k\u022fr\u02c8n\u00e4d\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110541",
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"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"corn-fed",
"cornpone",
"corny",
"hokey"
],
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": corny entry 1 sense 1":[
"cornball humor"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a movie about a cornball making his way through a world of cynical sophisticates",
"Adjective",
"a cornball musical about farmers",
"a cornball sense of humor",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"High-octane action, including a wickedly complex scene shot around the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, makes up for the slightly cornball script. \u2014 K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"The new sober influencers have convinced me that this cornball 12-step stuff isn\u2019t for everyone. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, Wired , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Of the teenage superheroes, Jaime would be in the Eagle Fang boat \u2014 a little chaotic, spontaneous, sly, a little cornball . \u2014 Jordan Moreau, Variety , 11 Jan. 2022",
"My dad liked 1920s jazz, Paul Whiteman, the real cornball stuff, and really cheesy Hawaiian music from the 1940s. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The desire to get back to normal results in a boring, cornball , paint-by-numbers Emmy production. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk And Jackson Mchenry, Vulture , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Only an ex-Bachelor could so comfortably oscillate between cornball self-promotion and heartfelt appeals. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 19 Aug. 2021",
"The film is about the power of storytelling, and not in the cornball , self-congratulatory sense in which that phrase is normally deployed. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 30 June 2021",
"Less glitz, less glamour, but also less of the gaudy cornball razzmatazz that often leads to impromptu embarrassment and painful jokes. \u2014 Gene Seymour, CNN , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Ang Pagbabalik ng Kwago,\u2019 or \u2018The Return of Kwango\u2019 \u2014 play like an affectionate sendup of cornball heroics. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
"But while audiences may delight in the cornball chaos of, say, Sharknado, portraying recent real-world disasters through schlock is a trickier proposition. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 25 Dec. 2020",
"Characters like Anna May Wong get reduced to single notes of inspiration, their personal lives never really dramatized by a show with too much time for Jack's cornball infidelity. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
"Hollywood establishment figures don\u2019t get sufficient credit for their humanitarian screen efforts that are easily scoffed at as cornball . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 23 Oct. 2019",
"But the show has also kneecapped itself with scene after scene of insufferable cornball humor. \u2014 Daniel Payne, National Review , 20 July 2019",
"So why are so many vacation homes still tainted by these tired, cornball clich\u00e9s",
"Here\u2019s how to rock the red, white, and blue this Fourth of July without any of the cornball risks or dorky potential for disaster. \u2014 Yang-yi Goh, GQ , 3 July 2018",
"That\u2019s a particular thing, that sort of cornball comedy, relocating the ornery hillbilly or farmer to another environment that is baffling to the city people. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 25 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1951, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"circa 1949, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u022frn-\u02ccb\u022fl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bumpkin",
"chawbacon",
"churl",
"clodhopper",
"countryman",
"hayseed",
"hick",
"provincial",
"rube",
"rustic",
"yokel"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163638",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tobacco pipe with a bowl made of a corncob":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Earlier this month, a meerkat in a bucket hat smoking a corncob pipe sold for more than fifty million stars (that\u2019s a million grande Pike Place roasts). \u2014 Alex Watt, The New Yorker , 28 May 2022",
"And there is often a gingerbread man missing a leg or snowman missing a corncob pipe that could stand to be let go. \u2014 Star Tribune , 25 Dec. 2020",
"Andrew Jackson, who these days looks out quizzically from the back of every $10 bill, was born poor, married a rich heiress who smoked a corncob pipe , and died with 150 slaves, a 1,000-acre plantation and wealth equivalent to $133m. \u2014 Matthew Sweet, The Economist , 16 Nov. 2020",
"His fans loved the vainglory, the corncob pipe , the quavering tones, the martial romance. \u2014 Hampton Sides, Time , 11 Nov. 2019",
"Sporting a bushy beard, a corncob pipe , and a face riddled with pocks and crags, Wake looks like a cross between Captain Birdseye and Trotsky and sounds like a cartoon pirate. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 18 Oct. 2019",
"His picture in Confederate gray, smoking a corncob pipe , appeared in the yearbook. \u2014 al , 29 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195329",
"type":[
"noun"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": the point where converging lines, edges, or sides meet : angle":[],
": the place of intersection of two streets or roads":[],
": a piece designed to form, mark, or protect a corner":[],
": the angular part or space between meeting lines, edges, or borders near the vertex of the angle":[
"the southwest corner of the state",
"the corners of the tablecloth"
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": such as":[
"the southwest corner of the state",
"the corners of the tablecloth"
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": the area of a playing field or court near the intersection of the sideline and the goal line or baseline":[],
": a group of supporters, well-wishers, or adherents associated especially with a contestant":[],
": the side of home plate nearest to or farthest from a batter":[],
": corner kick":[],
": the outside of a football formation":[],
": cornerback":[],
": a private, secret, or remote place":[
"a quiet corner of New England",
"sent to every corner of the earth",
"In every corner of [=throughout] her company, you'll find people in nontraditional positions \u2026",
"\u2014 Kenyatta Matthews"
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": a difficult or embarrassing situation : a position from which escape or retreat is difficult or impossible":[
"was backed into a corner"
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": control or ownership of enough of the available supply of a commodity or security especially to permit manipulation of the price":[],
": a point at which significant change occurs":[
"\u2014 often used in the phrase turn the corner"
],
": at hand : imminent":[
"good times are just around the corner"
],
": situated at a corner":[
"the corner drugstore"
],
": used or fitted for use in or on a corner":[
"a corner table"
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": to drive into a corner":[
"the animal is dangerous when cornered"
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": to catch and hold the attention of especially to force an interview":[],
": to get a corner on":[
"corner the market"
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": to meet or converge at a corner or angle":[],
": to turn a corner":[
"the car corners well"
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"\u02c8k\u022fr-n\u0259r",
"\u02c8k\u022f(r)-n\u0259r"
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"bind",
"box",
"catch-22",
"dilemma",
"fix",
"hole",
"impasse",
"jackpot",
"jam",
"mire",
"pickle",
"predicament",
"quagmire",
"rabbit hole",
"rattrap",
"spot",
"sticky wicket",
"swamp"
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"Noun",
"the corner of a box",
"A post marks the corner of the property.",
"Write your name in the upper right-hand corner of the page.",
"He caught the ball in the corner of the end zone.",
"the northeast corner of the state",
"We sat at a table in a corner of the room.",
"The hotel is at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street.",
"A group of teenagers were hanging around on the corner .",
"He went to the grocery store around the corner from the bank.",
"He said something out of the corner of his mouth to the person standing next to him.",
"Adjective",
"We ate in a corner booth at the restaurant.",
"Verb",
"Police cornered the suspect in a backyard.",
"A cornered animal can be dangerous.",
"He cornered the actress and demanded her autograph.",
"The interviewer cornered the politician with some probing questions.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The 30-year-old woman from Wicomico County in the state's southeastern corner won her latest prize playing a $100,000 Lucky scratch-off ticket, the Maryland Lottery reported. \u2014 Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY , 4 July 2022",
"Police officers redirected traffic around one corner of the intersection and blocked off the rest. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 2 July 2022",
"Developers have now torn up the grass field, including two softball diamonds, to make way for a multi-use field with one softball diamond in one corner . \u2014 David Abel, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
"In the southwestern corner of the county, District 1 includes Arbutus, Catonsville, Halethorpe, Lansdowne and Woodlawn. \u2014 Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun , 1 July 2022",
"Tap on the profile tab in the bottom-right corner of the screen. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 July 2022",
"Clarity Boost can be turned on by clicking the three-dot menu (...) in the upper left-hand corner of the game when its running over the browser. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 23 June 2022",
"The region, which lies in the peaceful northwestern corner of the park, is home to breathtaking day hikes out to Wapama and Rancheria Falls, as well as overnight treks to serene Lake Vernon and Lake Eleanor. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 23 June 2022",
"The cave is at 3729 County Road 98 Bridgeport, in the northeast corner of the state. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"An earlier version of the fourplex legislation would have also applied to non- corner properties within a half mile of Muni, Caltrain or BART transit stops. \u2014 J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2021",
"That stereotype may soon be going the way of Boston baked beans and tri- corner hats. \u2014 Steve Leblanc, Star Tribune , 23 Feb. 2021",
"Mid- corner bumps upset the chassis, and there's more body roll than expected. \u2014 Scott Oldham, Car and Driver , 8 July 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"With just 15% of customer interactions adding value, according to Gartner\u2019s research, the opportunity for companies to corner the market with smart customer success that reaches out at the right time with the right ask is ripe for the taking. \u2014 You Mon Tsang, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The business had become one of the state\u2019s largest wholesale seafood distributors by offering higher prices to Indigenous fishers for their catches, helping to corner the Coast Salish market. \u2014 Chris Aadland, oregonlive , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Unfortunately, due to Marc and Layla arguing, Harrow catches up to them and manages to corner Marc and shoot him twice in the chest. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Thanks to social media, capitalism doesn\u2019t just require cornering the market on household products; powerful, unknown players can now corner the market on democracy for the right price. \u2014 Lisa Bubert, Longreads , 28 Mar. 2019",
"According to Crunchbase, the start-up has also raised $28.5 million from institutional investors to corner the market around this new investigative technique. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"In 1996, Japanese trader Sumitomo Corp. racked up billions of dollars in losses after chief trader Yasuo Hamanaka tried to corner the copper market. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
"But Amazon and Maersk can corner off the most lucrative niches in logistics, particularly e-commerce fulfillment in the world\u2019s wealthiest countries. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2022",
"However, one Black woman has spent over 30 years helping other entrepreneurs corner the ethnic hair and beauty market. \u2014 Christine Michel Carter, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022"
],
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"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French corner, corniere, from Old French corn \"horn, angle, corner\" (going back to Latin cornum, corn\u016b \"horn\") or corne \"horn, angle\" (going back to Latin cornua, plural\u2014taken as singular\u2014of corn\u016b ) + -er, -iere -er entry 2 \u2014 more at horn":"Noun",
"attributive use of corner entry 1":"Adjective",
"derivative of corner entry 1":"Verb"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1824, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165839"
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"antonyms":[],
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": a basic element : foundation":[
"a cornerstone of foreign policy"
]
},
"examples":[
"Officials held a ceremony to lay the cornerstone for a new library.",
"Trust is the cornerstone of their relationship.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two major things have been the cornerstone of Nadella\u2019s leadership: maintaining a growth mindset and a focus on empathy. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Homeownership \u2014 a key driver of American household wealth \u2014 is the cornerstone of that dream. \u2014 CNN , 19 June 2022",
"Roses are the cornerstone of many of the best fragrances, featured in some 75 percent of scents marketed to women. \u2014 Ashley Simpson, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 June 2022",
"Their images were synonymous with big cats \u2014 the white tigers that were the cornerstone of their act. \u2014 Christina Catherine Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Relationships are the cornerstone of long-term successful client relations as well. \u2014 Sam Kaufman, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Strong workplace relationships are the cornerstone of any thriving company. \u2014 Bilal Aijazi, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Trump's anti-immigration platform -- punctuated by a call to build a wall on the border of the U.S.-Mexico border -- was the cornerstone of his 2016 campaign. \u2014 Deena Zaru, ABC News , 16 May 2022",
"On the flipside, Zac Gallen is Arizona\u2019s ace in my opinion and is going to be the cornerstone of that pitching rotation for years to come. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 2 May 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8k\u022fr-n\u0259r-\u02ccst\u014dn"
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"base",
"basis",
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"bottom",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220936",
"type":[
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]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8k\u022fr-n\u0259r-\u02ccw\u0101z"
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"athwart",
"bias",
"cornerwise",
"crossways",
"crosswise",
"diagonally",
"kitty-corner",
"catty-corner",
"catercorner",
"kitty-cornered",
"catty-cornered",
"catercornered",
"obliquely",
"transversely"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102337",
"type":[
"adverb"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": diagonally":[]
},
"examples":[
"fold the napkin cornerwise and then fold it again"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8k\u022fr-n\u0259r-\u02ccw\u012bz"
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"athwart",
"bias",
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"crossways",
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"kitty-corner",
"catty-corner",
"catercorner",
"kitty-cornered",
"catty-cornered",
"catercornered",
"obliquely",
"transversely"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193525",
"type":[
"adverb"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": corn bread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried":[],
": down-home , countrified":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the comedian's cornpone wisecracks were old even in the days of vaudeville",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Brooks has attended with equal care to the quotidian details of each era ( corn pone in the antebellum South, bebop for Jackson Pollock, mid-century-modern furniture for Theo). \u2014 Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
"It could be eaten more frequently and turned into different foods like hoecakes, ash-cakes, spoonbread, corn pone , and cornbread. \u2014 Andrea Byrd, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2021",
"The next proprietor of the Old South was A.G. Craven, who made few changes from 1935 to 1946, after which the last owners added Mexican food and dropped the corn pone . \u2014 Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com , 24 Aug. 2019",
"Softshell crabs are encrusted in cornflakes, served with spicy corn pone and hoppin\u2019 john. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 8 Aug. 2019"
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"\u2014 Guy Garcia",
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"\u2014 Jon Pareles"
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"The market is a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables.",
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"Late last year Toyota announced ambitious electrification plans for its lineup and showed off a cornucopia of neat-looking concept cars, from a low-slung Lexus supercar to a butch Toyota Tacoma\u2013like pickup truck and an angular Toyota sports car. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 14 June 2022",
"The two-day event plays host to a cornucopia of goodies that essentially acts as a summer kickoff sale. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 6 June 2022",
"They are also used to a cornucopia of choices and not bound to a program schedule set by the station. \u2014 Karen Chu, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Those lakefront neighborhoods offered culture-vultures and foodies a cornucopia of trendy restaurants, theaters and pub-crawls. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Anyone who grew up loving horses, anyone who dearly loves an animal, will find a cornucopia of riches in this novel. \u2014 Priscilla Gilman, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"Designed by Kelly Wearstler, the eminent woman worked with local, emerging artists to create vibrant and modern spaces with contrasting textures and a cornucopia of hues. \u2014 Christina Liao, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"But the sheer number of sellers ready to try their hand at Harborplace allowed for a mind-boggling cornucopia . \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 12 May 2022",
"In Jerusalem the style is dominated by athleisure, running shoes and a cornucopia of brand names. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"The two-day event plays host to a cornucopia of goodies that essentially acts as a summer kickoff sale. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 6 June 2022",
"They are also used to a cornucopia of choices and not bound to a program schedule set by the station. \u2014 Karen Chu, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Those lakefront neighborhoods offered culture-vultures and foodies a cornucopia of trendy restaurants, theaters and pub-crawls. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Anyone who grew up loving horses, anyone who dearly loves an animal, will find a cornucopia of riches in this novel. \u2014 Priscilla Gilman, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"Designed by Kelly Wearstler, the eminent woman worked with local, emerging artists to create vibrant and modern spaces with contrasting textures and a cornucopia of hues. \u2014 Christina Liao, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"But the sheer number of sellers ready to try their hand at Harborplace allowed for a mind-boggling cornucopia . \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 12 May 2022",
"In Jerusalem the style is dominated by athleisure, running shoes and a cornucopia of brand names. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"increased taxes\u2014or expanding deficits\u2014are the inevitable corollary to any new government spending program",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The obvious corollary to a more stable dollar would be even greater circulation globally. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 19 June 2022",
"There\u2019s an interesting corollary to these findings about optic flow, as Parry explained to Runner\u2019s World\u2019s Scott Douglas back in 2012. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 18 May 2022",
"The Leontovych Society had found a corollary in the Association for Contemporary Music, an organization based in Moscow that sought to merge modernist idioms with revolutionary ideals. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"And its corollary : Always associate yourself with winners. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The Yuz was just one of hundreds of museums to open in China over the last decade, a corollary of sorts to the country\u2019s rapid (and some say unsustainable) real estate boom. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The corollary is that if their plans fail to pass, unreasonable obstruction must be to blame. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Hartline\u2019s promotion, while deserved, may also be a corollary to the pending hire of an offensive line coach to replace Greg Studrawa. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 9 Jan. 2022",
"The corollary of giving your own hooks is to ask questions that bring out the hooks in others. \u2014 Alisa Cohn, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021"
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"For example, a coronal hole \u2013 a magnetically open area from which high-speed solar wind is released into space \u2013 caps the northern polar region on the sun. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 20 June 2021",
"Solar flares and coronal mass ejections can wreak havoc on Earth\u2019s magnetic field, causing blackouts for satellites and other spacecraft. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 20 May 2022",
"The mission, a joint effort between NASA and the European Space Agency, captured views of powerful flares and coronal mass ejections and perspectives of the unexplored solar poles. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"Coronal mass ejections are expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's corona, sending tons of coronal material outward at speeds ranging from 250 kilometers per second to as fast as near 3,000 km/s. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The especially good aurora forecast is thanks to gusts of solar wind \u2014 known as coronal mass ejections \u2014 heading toward Earth, according to Don Hampton, research associate professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The Earth is directly in the path of two coronal mass ejections. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The solar wind, while continuous, can become violent when the sun throws out gigantic eruptions of particles known as coronal mass ejections. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"The weather forecasting service also said that minor geomagnetic storms may continue Tuesday, before a fast wind from a coronal hole may arrive, continuing a rather active period of geomagnetic activity. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 12 Oct. 2021",
"For example, a coronal hole \u2013 a magnetically open area from which high-speed solar wind is released into space \u2013 caps the northern polar region on the sun. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 20 June 2021",
"Solar flares and coronal mass ejections can wreak havoc on Earth\u2019s magnetic field, causing blackouts for satellites and other spacecraft. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 20 May 2022",
"The mission, a joint effort between NASA and the European Space Agency, captured views of powerful flares and coronal mass ejections and perspectives of the unexplored solar poles. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"Coronal mass ejections are expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's corona, sending tons of coronal material outward at speeds ranging from 250 kilometers per second to as fast as near 3,000 km/s. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The especially good aurora forecast is thanks to gusts of solar wind \u2014 known as coronal mass ejections \u2014 heading toward Earth, according to Don Hampton, research associate professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The Earth is directly in the path of two coronal mass ejections. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The solar wind, while continuous, can become violent when the sun throws out gigantic eruptions of particles known as coronal mass ejections. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"For their July 4, 1999 wedding at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland, David, 46, and Victoria, 47, went with a more opulent aesthetic, down to their golden thrones and the bride's custom diamond and gold coronet by jewelry designer Slim Barrett. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"On its bend-and-twist miles, principally between the Cahuenga and Sepulveda passes, are a coronet of houses as handsome and costly as jewels, atop slopes and canyons. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"The edge of the bell resembles a coronet , the inspiration for its regal name. \u2014 Sarah Parvinistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"As a child, Chelsea played coronet and attended an arts school. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 8 Apr. 2022",
"H\u00e5kon V, who ruled from 1299 to 1319, is often depicted wearing such a coronet . \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Dec. 2021",
"The coronet of milk is cast in a resinous material, and the falling droplet is suspended from a thread. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The family also reportedly loaned Armstrong the money to purchase his first coronet . \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 30 Aug. 2021",
"Ritchie, a coronet player who coordinates the South Holland Municipal Band, looked into the past for reassurance. \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com , 8 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the tradition of Carolee Schneemann and feminist performance artists, the mother finds inspiration in the appetite and spurting fluids of feminine corporality . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 July 2021"
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"And a grim profit warning from Micron Technology, the largest maker of memory semiconductors in the United States, sparked fresh worries about corporate America\u2019s earnings power. \u2014 Peyton Forte | Bloomberg News, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"There is an inherent disconnect between corporate leadership and rank-and-file workers. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Some corporate leaders spoke up following the Supreme Court\u2019s Dobbs vs. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization decision. \u2014 Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"In public, corporate leaders from Germany\u2014and other European countries\u2014have in fact been sending very mixed signals on China recently. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"According to a news release, Unlock Potential\u2018s mission is to use hiring to advance racial equity, recruit the next generation of corporate leaders, and help disrupt the poverty-to-prison pipeline. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 10 June 2022",
"Last year, those executives were paid a median of $15.8 million\u2014a 26.4% increase from 2020, according to an annual CEO compensation report released last month by corporate leadership data provider Equilar. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"Manufacturing executives and corporate leaders apparently knew of the severe shortage in February, and the White House struggled to explain why the administration waited so long to address it with the president. \u2014 Kelsee Majette, The Week , 2 June 2022",
"Larry Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, has been among the most outspoken executives, using his annual letter to corporate leaders to implore them to look beyond the bottom line and make a positive contribution to society. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022"
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"He works as a consultant for several large corporations .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In reality, much of what a corporation wants from the government is more abstract\u2014for example, broad tax relief or general trade policy. \u2014 Eric Fan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"What's different about being the CEO of a non-profit versus a corporation ",
"The United States, the Soviet Union and a private corporation are in a three-way race to land astronauts on Mars. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
"Stewart Cellars co-owner and winemaker Blair Guthrie did not disclose the purchase price, but noted that Lee wanted to sell to another family winery, not a corporation . \u2014 Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 June 2022",
"Lastly, a corporation is described as a stand-alone legal entity that solely handles the responsibilities of the company. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 8 June 2022",
"The couple will be splitting their time between London and Portugal, in deference to Brooksbank's new job with Discovery Land Company, a development corporation owned by Mike Meldman. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
"Starbucks is closing its business in Russia, marking the departure of another big Western corporation from the country. \u2014 WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Many quick-service restaurants, such as KFC and Pizza Hut, are run by franchisees, limiting a corporation \u2019s ability to control local operations. \u2014 Jacob Bogage, Washington Post , 23 May 2022"
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"Middle English corporacion \"organization into a body politic, an organized body of people,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French corporacion, borrowed from Late Latin corpor\u0101ti\u014dn-, corpor\u0101ti\u014d (Latin, \"physical makeup\"), from Latin corpor\u0101re \"to form into a body\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of action nouns \u2014 more at corporate":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The 'Great Reset' masterminded by the World Economic Forum is just corporatism by another name. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 27 Nov. 2020",
"As BlackRock and other large index-fund managers continue pushing stakeholder capitalism, America slouches toward corporatism . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Designed to stimulate nascent industries, the PTC and ITC have become blatant examples of the crony corporatism that is undermining the integrity of the electric grid. \u2014 Robert Bryce, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
"The week of May 24: climate change and corporatism , inventing an economic crisis, woke capital, and more. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 31 May 2021",
"Put another way, stakeholder capitalism is an expression of corporatism , an ideology, which, despite the sound of its name, has nothing with the C-suite, except as the means to a broader end. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 14 Apr. 2021",
"Stakeholder capitalism is an expression of corporatism . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 30 Aug. 2021",
"May\u2019s inflation numbers, the EU\u2019s fine on Amazon, Glenn Hubbard\u2019s suggestion for international tax authorities, inflation, corporatism , risk and space flight, billionaires and value creation. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 12 June 2021",
"On the menu today: corporatism in action, trusting China on the environment, the rise of retail investors (continued), France moves toward a ban on short-haul flights, coffee and interstates. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 14 Apr. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the 1980s and 1990s, the right managed to slash taxes, decimate unions, liquidate pensions, corporatize health care, capture regulatory agencies, and more. \u2014 Natalie Shure, The New Republic , 5 May 2022",
"What my hope has always been is that as the use of cannabis spreads and the stigma dials down, cannabis is going to cannaba-lize the corporations as much or more than the corporations are going to corporatize cannabis. \u2014 Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Regardless of the personal outcome of that trial, the longer-term perceptions of chaebols may hinge on Lee\u2019s promise to corporatize Samsung. \u2014 Sohee Kim, Bloomberg.com , 14 June 2020",
"The risk is that cheering on high-tech fixes (instead of embracing a big plan like the one in the New York report) will give a weak, cash-poor government cover to corporatize the grid instead of fixing it. \u2014 Adam Rogers, WIRED , 18 Apr. 2018",
"But some small farmers and manufacturers are also starting to look at Amazon's record in other fields - and worry that the retail giant will use its market power to further centralize and corporatize theirs. \u2014 Caitlin Dewey, chicagotribune.com , 30 June 2017"
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"1947, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Nagpur, Praful Gudadhe, a municipal corporator , emphasised the need for an urgent lockdown in the city to bring down Covid-19 infections. \u2014 Aarefa Johari, Quartz , 12 Apr. 2021",
"In Nagpur, where 2,587 cases were reported on Tuesday, senior civic corporator Praful Gudadhe acknowledged that the fear of Covid is at an all-time low in the city. \u2014 Aarefa Johari, Quartz , 17 Mar. 2021"
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"the corporeal nature of matter",
"corporeal cravings such as hunger and thirst",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to the Mayo Clinic, the average adult can safely consume up to 400 milligrams of caffeine per day before vibrating to a plane of non- corporeal existence. \u2014 Max Falkowitz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 5 May 2022",
"The show imagines a future 15 years from now, in which people can live beyond their corporeal bodies by uploading their consciousness into a visual afterworld. \u2014 Andrew R. Chow, Time , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Somehow, Fauci has become the Greatest Living Human Being, a corporeal blend of St Francis, Mother Teresa and the Buddha. \u2014 Bob Guccione Jr, SPIN , 17 Jan. 2022",
"In a crowded field of novel-manifestos about the indignity of parenting, Nightbitch is primal and corporeal , a labor scream of a book. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, Vulture , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Will that category one day include robots, cyborgs, artificial intelligences, even non- corporeal forms of life",
"During the race, Eledge drew scrutiny over a series of controversial social media posts, including one that denounced mask-wearing and made light of corporeal punishment as a parenting tool. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Nov. 2021",
"In Silicon Valley, immortality is sometimes elevated to the status of a corporeal goal. \u2014 Emily Willingham, Scientific American , 25 May 2021",
"Our digital versions of our corporeal bodies are a form, if not the form, of human expression and experience. \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021"
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"a philosophical discussion about the corporeality of the intellect, as distinct from the brain",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By putting his name On a video game \u2013 So much for corporeality ! \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The first impression is that the sonic weight and corporeality of the Beolab 28 system is far greater than their delicate appearance would suggest. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 4 May 2021",
"Lockwood uses the same language to describe the internet\u2014a broad, warm body; a strong heartbeat\u2014and the fragile corporeality of the baby, though those two domains are mutually incompatible. \u2014 Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic , 13 Feb. 2021",
"Going for the gold, corporeality -wise, allows the characters to convey it, romance-wise, with unique and enchanting matter of fact-ness. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Feb. 2021",
"It\u2019s about the physicality, the very corporeality , of the web itself. \u2014 Jason Kehe, Wired , 11 Jan. 2021",
"Picking a running mate lost some of its pageantry and corporeality , but not its significance. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2020",
"The pandemic has everyone living in an alternate corporeality . \u2014 Laurence Scott, Wired , 1 June 2020",
"Finished the same year as Girl With a White Dog, Freud\u2019s Francis Bacon is arresting in its suggestion of panoramic corporeality , despite it being only a headshot. \u2014 Sophie Madeline Dess, The Atlantic , 4 Dec. 2019"
"the atomic bomb developers for the Manhattan Project constituted the corps d'elite of American science"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most distinct of the ballet\u2019s segments, a solo for corps de ballet dancer Jonathan Fahoury with a choreographic focus on articulation for his torso, presents dynamic relief\u2014but just barely. \u2014 Robert Greskovic, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Before the dancing started, Jonathan Stafford, the company\u2019s artistic director, presented India Bradley and Davide Riccardo with the Janice Levin award, given to talented, young members of the corps de ballet . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
"It\u2019s a visually gorgeous excerpt, with the corps de ballet dressed in white and moving in sync. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Dec. 2021",
"This thriller is set amongst the ballerinas and artistic staff of a corps de ballet in France. \u2014 Marshall Heyman, Vulture , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Apart from the principal dancers Cory Stearns and Devon Teuscher (a couple offstage) and the soloist Catherine Hurlin, the roster drew mainly from the corps de ballet . \u2014 New York Times , 29 July 2021",
"The workout is an intense but fun 50-minute ballet class created in tandem by Equinox instructor, Chris Vo, and ABT corps de ballet member, Katie Boren. \u2014 Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Three top athletes are repping On Point for its debut: skier and VS Collective ambassador Eileen Gu, New York City Ballet corps de ballet member India Bradley, and yoga instructor Emily Chen. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 July 2021",
"Most impressive here is the soloist, Victor Abreu, a member of the corps de ballet , who has always struck me as having a certain vulnerability: the look of a boy trapped in a man\u2019s body. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What was your reaction to seeing your desiccated corpse ",
"For many, the photograph of his mutilated corpse lying in an open casket is their single defining memory of Emmett Till. \u2014 R.l. Ford, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"As a warning, the Americans killed P\u00e9ralte and distributed an image of his corpse tied to a door, evoking a crucifixion. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"His corpse was transported on a train from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois, with frequent stops in many Northern cities where it was put on display for grieving Americans. \u2014 Gary Laderman, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2022",
"His radio collar was missing; his corpse was identified by an ear tag at the West Los Angeles Animal Shelter. \u2014 Emily Witt, The New Yorker , 17 May 2022",
"The steps leading to that prove alternately comical and outlandish, such as the organizers staring intently at someone who just might pass, in a photo, for their corpse . \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"On his corpse were nine pages of handwritten clues to a treasure hunt that led investigators down a rabbit hole. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 May 2022",
"Photographs show his corpse sprawled outside a pharmacy in the Pacific coast city of Mazatl\u00e1n. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022"
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"the doctor warned that the patient's corpulence was unhealthy and not merely unattractive",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Twelve bears started in the celebration of corpulence on September 29 before the final online showdown Tuesday. \u2014 CNN , 5 Oct. 2021",
"In order to support a pair of cubs and reach peak corpulence , Grazer didn\u2019t shy away from battles for the best spots on Brooks River, even against much larger male bears, according to the Park\u2019s video. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Sep. 2020",
"His striking physical resemblance to his grandfather, channeling his clothing, gait and corpulence , secured his place as the latest iteration of the country\u2019s preordained leadership. \u2014 Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Over his career, the uber-producer has explored aging, poverty, addiction, corpulence , single parenthood, neurodivergence and other experiences that can leave a person in the margins of American life. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Sep. 2019",
"The Superintendent of Criminal Investigations, Hideo Nishimura, was tall and even-featured and had probably been handsome in his youth, but the years at the desk showed in his growing corpulence and a certain slowness in breaking inertia. \u2014 Andrew Liptak, The Verge , 8 Dec. 2018",
"View 107 Photos Big, Bad, Bold Its corpulence doesn\u2019t prevent it from being easy on the eyes. \u2014 Josh Jacquot, Car and Driver , 24 Jan. 2018",
"Bad, Bold Its corpulence doesn\u2019t prevent it from being easy on the eyes. \u2014 Josh Jacquot, Car and Driver , 17 June 2017",
"Here\u2019s another compelling reason to avoid extreme corpulence : painfully long needles that inject drugs into the butt. \u2014 Wired Blogs, WIRED , 29 Nov. 2005"
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"a corpulent , elegantly dressed opera singer came out and sang, and we knew it was over",
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"Austin Butler has been scoring raves for his chameleonic turn as Elvis Presley, charting his life and career from his early days as a gyrating heart throb through his corpulent coda as a Vegas regular. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 24 June 2022",
"After the Sheba sequence, the djinn spends 1,500 years in a brass vase, reemerging in the Istanbul of the early Ottoman Empire, where the second in line to be sultan spends his adulthood locked in a harem with corpulent concubines. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 20 May 2022",
"The famously corpulent despot looked noticeably slimmer in photos released by state media Saturday \u2014 after not being seen publicly for a month, the Guardian reported. \u2014 Fox News , 10 June 2021",
"Just compare the plastic-y new Jabba to Return of the Jedi\u2019s magnificently corpulent puppet. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 4 May 2021",
"Nearly 40% of Mississippians struggle with obesity, but the state\u2019s occupational licensing regime is truly corpulent . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2020",
"In practice, increasingly corpulent Italians \u2014 and especially Italian children \u2014 are united by an insatiable hunger for snack food. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Dec. 2019",
"Congress may again be forced to bundle many (but not all) of the spending bills together into another corpulent package, funding the government. \u2014 Chad Pergram, Fox News , 25 June 2018",
"And Rex Stout\u2019s corpulent genius, Nero Wolfe, investigated criminal cases without budging from his elegant Manhattan townhouse. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, New York Times , 7 June 2017"
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"a computerized corpus of English",
"Jane Austen's corpus is modest in number but magnificent in achievement.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those left out will be paid 11-12 lakh rupees ($14,089-$15,370), a corpus part comprising the salary and part government\u2019s contribution. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
"Sitting at the grim intersection of science fiction and gory, outlandish transformations of the human corpus , body horror is a signature of Cronenberg\u2019s work. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 11 June 2022",
"The Writefull linguists also run interesting corpus analyses on academic texts, and often present their findings in their free webinars with academic writing tips. \u2014 Quora, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Habeas corpus has never been applied to nonhuman animals in New York, says the zoo, and doing so would open the door to legal chaos and add greater strain on the state\u2019s court systems. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"Instead, The Northman\u2019s goal is to capture the atmosphere of the pre-modern Viking world, as conveyed in the vast corpus of surviving literature from medieval Scandinavia. \u2014 Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Six months before e-commerce roll-up giant Thrasio entered India with a $500 million corpus in mid-January, the two boAt founders Gupta and Sameer Mehta backed 10club. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 3 Feb. 2022",
"With director Lee Jae-kyu\u2019s new take on the subgenre and a fresh setting, All of Us Are Dead is a worthy successor in the growing Korean zombie show corpus . \u2014 Sara Merican, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Keith Phipps, a longtime critic for The A.V. Club, has absorbed the whole of the corpus , from Adaptation to Zandalee, and lived to write about it. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022"
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"The bison bucked and snorted, their big eyes peering between the wooden slats of the corral . \u2014 David Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The boys were playing with heavy equipment toys inside the corral at the time of the crash. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 5 May 2022",
"Volunteers trailing the last corral serve as pace-setters for the 18-minute mile. \u2014 Channing King, The Indianapolis Star , 5 May 2022",
"The roads will be closed during the races and reopen following the Louisville Metro Police trail car, which will start after the last corral of runners crosses the start line, according to organizers. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Committee members had questions of their own, bringing up a mysterious illness that has killed 85 horses in a federal corral in Colorado, the millions of chickens killed to prevent the spread of the avian flu and the spread of disease by mink. \u2014 Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"So, before dawn on a Friday in February, the pair set out through the slush to conquer that stub of concrete on the fringes of the city limits, pausing only to take a few photos and return a runaway shopping cart to a Walmart corral . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The clearing contained a corral , a shed and a makeshift shack. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"Not just anyone could corral a 10-episode saga with three interlocking narratives spanning 110 years and hundreds of parts, and suggest its sweep and its intimacy. \u2014 Elizabeth Weinberg, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"His throw home arrived low and catcher Jonah Heim could not corral it as Laureano slid in safely with the go-ahead run. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 May 2022",
"Motte, who started raising his arms in anticipation of a goal, couldn\u2019t corral the rebound. \u2014 Vin A. Cherwoo, Hartford Courant , 22 May 2022",
"To her credit, Ms. Walsh doesn\u2019t corral the information into a neat and tidy thesis. \u2014 Lee Lawrence, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"To Paterson, who struggled himself to corral the machinery of government, the better question is what Cuomo is missing out on. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2021",
"In the future, the battle to corral the virus every year may look very much like the annual fight against the flu. \u2014 Jacqueline Howard, CNN , 31 Dec. 2021",
"No one wants to take too much responsibility for it\u2014for years, Jack Dorsey was its C.E.O. only part time\u2014and yet someone has to corral its potential for damage. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 21 Apr. 2022",
"President Joe Biden is again dipping into the nation's petroleum stockpile to try to corral rising energy prices. \u2014 David Koenig And Cathy Bussewitz, Chron , 31 Mar. 2022"
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"The devices also don\u2019t snap audible sound into focus the way glasses immediately correct vision. \u2014 Tali Arbel, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"The devices also don\u2019t snap audible sound into focus the way glasses immediately correct vision. \u2014 Tali Arbel, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 June 2022",
"Daniel Scali from Adelaide, Australia has just been awarded the Guinness World Record for most pushups performed to correct form in the span of an hour, after footage of his attempt was reviewed and each of his reps was examined by adjudicators. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 19 June 2022",
"The current work attempted to correct for such misclassifications and small sample sizes using estimates based on work to validate death certificates and other statistical modeling techniques. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"During the 14-year-old\u2019s surgery at UH on June 1, Glotzbecker attached screws to the vertebrae and connected the screws with a rod to correct a bend or twist in the spine. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"The platform also can correct all kinds of conscious and unconscious bias in the recruiting process, says G20 Ventures partner and investor Mike Troiano. \u2014 Jair Hilburn, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Characters have been traveling through time and space to correct historical and personal errors for decades. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"Wendell Green, who scored 19 points on 9-21 shooting, offered an opinion on the foul disparity after the game via Zoom when asked about how to correct the fouling issues in the future. \u2014 al , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"The big news comes from the big phones and, if these numbers are correct , there is every chance that the new iPhone 14 Max will outlast the flagship iPhone 14 Pro Max. \u2014 Gordon Kelly, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"If some of the preseason rankings are correct , Utah might do that in 2022. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Make sure your tire air pressure and alignment are correct . \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"Ambrose sees this as further proof that his gut instincts were correct . \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"It isn\u2019t known whether his claims are correct or where those remains are. \u2014 Helena Skinner, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
"If the polling is correct , Democrats are poised to pay a price in November for their stewardship of the economy under Mr. Biden. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"And if Kuo\u2019s claims are correct , Apple is about to improve the photo and video experience on the front camera of all its 2022 iPhones. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 13 June 2022",
"Guess Who is a fun romantic comedy that delves into the notion that first impressions are not always correct . \u2014 Lynnette Nicholas, Essence , 10 June 2022"
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"The devices also don\u2019t snap audible sound into focus the way glasses immediately correct vision. \u2014 Tali Arbel, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"The devices also don\u2019t snap audible sound into focus the way glasses immediately correct vision. \u2014 Tali Arbel, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 June 2022",
"Daniel Scali from Adelaide, Australia has just been awarded the Guinness World Record for most pushups performed to correct form in the span of an hour, after footage of his attempt was reviewed and each of his reps was examined by adjudicators. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 19 June 2022",
"The current work attempted to correct for such misclassifications and small sample sizes using estimates based on work to validate death certificates and other statistical modeling techniques. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"During the 14-year-old\u2019s surgery at UH on June 1, Glotzbecker attached screws to the vertebrae and connected the screws with a rod to correct a bend or twist in the spine. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"The platform also can correct all kinds of conscious and unconscious bias in the recruiting process, says G20 Ventures partner and investor Mike Troiano. \u2014 Jair Hilburn, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Characters have been traveling through time and space to correct historical and personal errors for decades. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"Wendell Green, who scored 19 points on 9-21 shooting, offered an opinion on the foul disparity after the game via Zoom when asked about how to correct the fouling issues in the future. \u2014 al , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"The big news comes from the big phones and, if these numbers are correct , there is every chance that the new iPhone 14 Max will outlast the flagship iPhone 14 Pro Max. \u2014 Gordon Kelly, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"If some of the preseason rankings are correct , Utah might do that in 2022. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Make sure your tire air pressure and alignment are correct . \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"Ambrose sees this as further proof that his gut instincts were correct . \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"It isn\u2019t known whether his claims are correct or where those remains are. \u2014 Helena Skinner, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
"If the polling is correct , Democrats are poised to pay a price in November for their stewardship of the economy under Mr. Biden. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"And if Kuo\u2019s claims are correct , Apple is about to improve the photo and video experience on the front camera of all its 2022 iPhones. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 13 June 2022",
"Guess Who is a fun romantic comedy that delves into the notion that first impressions are not always correct . \u2014 Lynnette Nicholas, Essence , 10 June 2022"
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"The result, in its best moments, can be a new dimensionality for both past and present \u2014 and even something of a correction . \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"But much of the market remains in correction territory. \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"During a correction , prices drop by 10% to 20% from the previous peak. \u2014 Vidhura S Tennekoon, The Conversation , 17 June 2022",
"After receiving an external correction request, USA TODAY audited the reporting work of Gabriela Miranda. \u2014 USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Kathleen Malone, a Forbes/Shook top advisor with Wells Fargo WFC -1.4% tells clients that while this market dip has been larger than anticipated, a correction was expected and is a natural part of the economic cycle. \u2014 Jason Bisnoff, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Instead of doubling down, Lizzo swiftly altered the lyrics to her song and posted a thoughtful statement to her social media about her mistake and subsequent correction . \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 14 June 2022",
"The accelerating housing ' correction ' also means companies like Redfin and Zillow have surrendered all of their stock gains accumulated during the pandemic's housing boom. \u2014 Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"The correction was especially moving for Diviney, who said that her intention from the beginning was to educate the artist. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 14 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most correction fluid is latex-based and will need to be treated like a paint stain. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 July 2021",
"Her secretarial work ultimately led to her development of a new product, the typewriter correction fluid Liquid Paper. \u2014 Chris Morris, Variety , 10 Dec. 2021",
"The vote-count was rigged with correction fluid on the tally sheets. \u2014 The Economist , 16 Dec. 2020",
"The quills of hedgehogs, porcupines and echidnas shone bright white, as if dipped in correction fluid . \u2014 New York Times , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Bette Graham, the mother of musician Michael Nesmith of The Monkees whose invention of the correction fluid Liquid Paper had created a multimillion-dollar business, was a supporter of Women for Change and The Women\u2019s Center of Dallas. \u2014 Jane Sumner, Dallas News , 8 Aug. 2020",
"Mr Nyirenda presides over Malawi\u2019s Supreme Court, which in May upheld a ruling annulling the president\u2019s re-election last year after a lower court found correction fluid had been used to alter the tallies. \u2014 The Economist , 25 June 2020",
"Voting sheets had been altered with Tipp-Ex, a correction fluid . \u2014 The Economist , 4 July 2020",
"The Constitutional Court struck down the results, citing widespread irregularities including the use of correction fluid on ballots. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 June 2020"
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"However, rather than take corrective action, according to Grisez\u2019s lawsuit, the company retaliated. \u2014 Sheila Callaham, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Mayor Michelle Wu, on behalf of the City of Boston and the Boston Public Schools, agrees to pursue urgent corrective action to immediately address the concerns identified in the 2022 BPS follow-up district review report. \u2014 James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"Among the recommendations in the report for corrective action: Establish an independent commission responsible for implementing and overseeing reforms. \u2014 Shelia Poole, ajc , 23 May 2022",
"Sakaki communicated her expectations of him, a campus spokesperson said, but did not require him to undergo corrective action, such as counseling or executive coaching. \u2014 Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"The flawed flight touched off an independent investigation that called for dozens of corrective actions and identified nearly 50 gaps in Boeing\u2019s testing procedures. \u2014 Christian Davenport, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"The consent decree needs court approval but would require Abbott to take several corrective actions. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 17 May 2022",
"In addition to citing Holtec for violations at Oyster Creek, the agency has required the company to take corrective measures, including external security assessments of all its nuclear sites. \u2014 Douglas Macmillan, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Edison formally extended the stand-down order, the utility spokesman said, to conduct a detailed investigation and implement potential corrective actions. \u2014 Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"Please correct your essay for punctuation errors.",
"We are finding ways to correct this difficult situation.",
"We'll correct the problem with the circuit as soon as possible.",
"These medicines are used for correcting chemical imbalances in the brain.",
"Adjective",
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"Her watch never tells the correct time.",
"an anatomically correct drawing of the human body",
"Did I give you the correct change",
"With the correct amount of water and sunlight, the plant will grow well.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The devices also don\u2019t snap audible sound into focus the way glasses immediately correct vision. \u2014 Tali Arbel, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"The devices also don\u2019t snap audible sound into focus the way glasses immediately correct vision. \u2014 Tali Arbel, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 June 2022",
"Daniel Scali from Adelaide, Australia has just been awarded the Guinness World Record for most pushups performed to correct form in the span of an hour, after footage of his attempt was reviewed and each of his reps was examined by adjudicators. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 19 June 2022",
"The current work attempted to correct for such misclassifications and small sample sizes using estimates based on work to validate death certificates and other statistical modeling techniques. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"During the 14-year-old\u2019s surgery at UH on June 1, Glotzbecker attached screws to the vertebrae and connected the screws with a rod to correct a bend or twist in the spine. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"The platform also can correct all kinds of conscious and unconscious bias in the recruiting process, says G20 Ventures partner and investor Mike Troiano. \u2014 Jair Hilburn, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Characters have been traveling through time and space to correct historical and personal errors for decades. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"Wendell Green, who scored 19 points on 9-21 shooting, offered an opinion on the foul disparity after the game via Zoom when asked about how to correct the fouling issues in the future. \u2014 al , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The big news comes from the big phones and, if these numbers are correct , there is every chance that the new iPhone 14 Max will outlast the flagship iPhone 14 Pro Max. \u2014 Gordon Kelly, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"If some of the preseason rankings are correct , Utah might do that in 2022. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Make sure your tire air pressure and alignment are correct . \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"Ambrose sees this as further proof that his gut instincts were correct . \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"It isn\u2019t known whether his claims are correct or where those remains are. \u2014 Helena Skinner, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
"If the polling is correct , Democrats are poised to pay a price in November for their stewardship of the economy under Mr. Biden. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"And if Kuo\u2019s claims are correct , Apple is about to improve the photo and video experience on the front camera of all its 2022 iPhones. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 13 June 2022",
"Guess Who is a fun romantic comedy that delves into the notion that first impressions are not always correct . \u2014 Lynnette Nicholas, Essence , 10 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Rex Ingamells"
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"Please correct your essay for punctuation errors.",
"We are finding ways to correct this difficult situation.",
"We'll correct the problem with the circuit as soon as possible.",
"These medicines are used for correcting chemical imbalances in the brain.",
"Adjective",
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"Her watch never tells the correct time.",
"an anatomically correct drawing of the human body",
"Did I give you the correct change",
"With the correct amount of water and sunlight, the plant will grow well.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The devices also don\u2019t snap audible sound into focus the way glasses immediately correct vision. \u2014 Tali Arbel, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"The devices also don\u2019t snap audible sound into focus the way glasses immediately correct vision. \u2014 Tali Arbel, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 June 2022",
"Daniel Scali from Adelaide, Australia has just been awarded the Guinness World Record for most pushups performed to correct form in the span of an hour, after footage of his attempt was reviewed and each of his reps was examined by adjudicators. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 19 June 2022",
"The current work attempted to correct for such misclassifications and small sample sizes using estimates based on work to validate death certificates and other statistical modeling techniques. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"During the 14-year-old\u2019s surgery at UH on June 1, Glotzbecker attached screws to the vertebrae and connected the screws with a rod to correct a bend or twist in the spine. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"The platform also can correct all kinds of conscious and unconscious bias in the recruiting process, says G20 Ventures partner and investor Mike Troiano. \u2014 Jair Hilburn, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Characters have been traveling through time and space to correct historical and personal errors for decades. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"Wendell Green, who scored 19 points on 9-21 shooting, offered an opinion on the foul disparity after the game via Zoom when asked about how to correct the fouling issues in the future. \u2014 al , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The big news comes from the big phones and, if these numbers are correct , there is every chance that the new iPhone 14 Max will outlast the flagship iPhone 14 Pro Max. \u2014 Gordon Kelly, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"If some of the preseason rankings are correct , Utah might do that in 2022. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Make sure your tire air pressure and alignment are correct . \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"Ambrose sees this as further proof that his gut instincts were correct . \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"It isn\u2019t known whether his claims are correct or where those remains are. \u2014 Helena Skinner, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
"If the polling is correct , Democrats are poised to pay a price in November for their stewardship of the economy under Mr. Biden. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"And if Kuo\u2019s claims are correct , Apple is about to improve the photo and video experience on the front camera of all its 2022 iPhones. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 13 June 2022",
"Guess Who is a fun romantic comedy that delves into the notion that first impressions are not always correct . \u2014 Lynnette Nicholas, Essence , 10 June 2022"
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"There is no evidence correlating height and intelligence.",
"a demanding father who always correlated success with hard work",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The real-life correlate of Circe's isle is a singular place, with a beauty that is still almost completely sylvan. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"According to medical researchers, there is indeed evidence that traumatic events in early life correlate with earlier puberty. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Given their persistence, T cell levels measured in large numbers of people after infection or vaccination could help determine a correlate of protection. \u2014 Esther Landhuis, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
"The combination of Chronicle to normalize, index, correlate , and analyze data at scale, with the artificial intelligence and MalOp engine of Cybereason yields a powerful tool for defending against attacks. \u2014 Tony Bradley, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Contextualize, correlate , transform and leverage AI to find patterns and anomalies using technologies like NLP and no-code automation data bots. \u2014 Shailesh Manjrekar, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Several studies have demonstrated that neutralizing antibodies are a strong correlate for protection against symptomatic infection with Covid-19 and its variants, with boosters enhancing neutralization. \u2014 Tasnim Ahmed, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Precision retail solutions can provide insight into emerging trends throughout an enterprise and correlate data streams to build a holistic view of operations. \u2014 Bjoern Petersen, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Management must learn how to measure productivity, not by hours worked, but by results, and let the compensation correlate with the same. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Officials with the O\u2019Malley campaign attributed the fundraising gap to Brown\u2019s name recognition and status as a sitting congressman, but said the number of dollars raised doesn\u2019t correlate to legal experience. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
"Though clicks do not necessarily correlate to actual job applications submitted, and likely reflect current media attention, the increase shows that people appear to be interested not just in the media story, but in work available at the company. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
"The exact mechanism of why celiac causes abdominal pain isn\u2019t clearly understood and often the severity of symptoms does not correlate with the amount of internal damage from celiac. \u2014 Eleesha Lockett, SELF , 3 May 2022",
"In most cases, nearly 100% of the detections were below tolerance, and the slight differences between commodities do not correlate at all with the EWG\u2019s ranking. \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The data census is a systematic process to identify, document and correlate internal and external data sources that an enterprise creates while conducting its day-to-day business operations. \u2014 Anand Mahurkar, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Mille Porsild of Denmark and Michelle Phillips of the Yukon also had a portion of their purses returned to correlate with their original positions. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
"The San Francisco Giants\u2019 latest returnee didn\u2019t factor much Wednesday, but the team\u2019s ever more robust roster continues to correlate with wins. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 May 2022",
"Although Russia is the first point of origin in which people typically correlate vodka, Latvia has become a major player in production. \u2014 Valentina Di Donato, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"Researchers have found a direct correlation between smoking and lung cancer.",
"She says that there's no correlation between being thin and being happy.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dew points offer quantitative correlation with our sense of stickiness and discomfort. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"Representation\u2019s important, but what\u2019s the correlation between representation and legislation",
"Is there any correlation between elevated folic acid levels, and fogginess and insomnia",
"Future research will look at whether lower antibody levels correspond to more severe cases of COVID-19 and if there's any correlation between age or health issues. \u2014 Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Last month, DeSantis dismissed the idea that there was any correlation between the partnership with Publix and his campaign funds. \u2014 Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner , 5 Apr. 2021",
"In much the same vein, results from California, Florida, Germany, Sweden and elsewhere dispose of any simple correlation of mandatory lockdowns with successful practice of social distancing. \u2014 WSJ , 2 Apr. 2021",
"Early studies indicate that this correlation exists, but so far such studies have mostly avoided the voids and have focused instead on the brighter regions full of galaxies and clusters. \u2014 Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American , 8 June 2022",
"On the crypto front, there\u2019s been a pretty good correlation of late between bitcoin and the S&P 500. \u2014 Jj Kinahan, Forbes , 26 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The 90-day correlation coefficient of Bitcoin and the tech gauge now stands above 0.68, the highest such reading in Bloomberg data going back to 2010. \u2014 Vildana Hajric, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
"The 90-day correlation coefficient of the coin and a basket of non-profitable tech stocks now stands above 0.60, the highest such reading on record. \u2014 Vildana Hajric, Fortune , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Bitcoin has, as of late, sung the tune of the stock market, with the 100-day correlation coefficient of the coin and the S&P 500 now standing at 0.44. \u2014 Emily Graffeo, Fortune , 7 Jan. 2022",
"That\u2019s a lot to risk on a 0.14 correlation coefficient . \u2014 Brad Federman, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
"The table below shows the correlation coefficient between Biden\u2019s support and the share of people in a county reporting certain ancestries\u2014only those reported by at least 2 million people are included. \u2014 Dan Kopf, Quartz , 19 Nov. 2020",
"This time, the correlation coefficient between the actual ranking and prediction maintained accuracy up to about four months into the future. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 28 Sep. 2020",
"By examining dual polarized radar images, correlation coefficient values produced for returning echoes can be applied to separate biological phenomena from the meteorological. \u2014 Rick Steelhammer, chicagotribune.com , 22 Sep. 2019",
"The correlation coefficient between the Chinese currency and the region\u2019s stocks rose to 47 percent this week. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Sep. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By the time Elvis left for home, the couple had cemented their bond, continuing to correspond long-distance, and in 1963, Priscilla moved to America to be with him. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"The release date was expected to correspond with the beginning of summer vacations for many school students. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 19 June 2022",
"That seems to correspond with the sea-skimming cruise missiles seen in the video. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The two continued to correspond , keeping their romance secret, and Prince Rainier would propose seven months later in America in December 1955. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 16 May 2022",
"The book's release coincides with Lunar New Year (Chen showed her kids decorating red envelopes to correspond with the Chinese New Year days before the holiday on her Instagram story, naturally), one of the many nods to her heritage. \u2014 Anika Reed, USA TODAY , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Beneath them are black and white markers that correspond to the notes on a piano. \u2014 Danny Freedman, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"To hopefully clarify the process, researchers are working to identify certain biomarkers that correspond to certain post-COVID conditions, like inflammation. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 30 May 2022",
"Every now and then, the website swaps out the time for L!LV, which could correspond to 5:55 or Viva! \u2014 Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone , 16 May 2022"
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"Note the correspondence of each number to a location on the map.",
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"That includes a dam of any kind, for that matter, based on recent correspondence that NEORSD Director of Watershed Programs Frank Greenland sent to the respective mayors and city councils in Shaker and Cleveland Heights. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 20 June 2022",
"Tarik Ja\u0161arevi\u0107, a spokesperson for WHO, said that the body doesn\u2019t share correspondence with member states. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, correspondence schools in Alaska are already allowing families to be reimbursed for secular private school classes. \u2014 Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"Always-on care attempts to solve this problem by connecting patient and doctor around the clock\u2014not through continual correspondence but through data sharing. \u2014 Gideon Kimbrell, Forbes , 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, Chron , 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",
"From that correspondence , themes emerged: elegiac thoughts about gay life and desire. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"The artifacts, which the archaeologists said may be some form of ancient correspondence , date to the Middle Assyrian period, shortly after the fateful earthquake. \u2014 Denise Chow, NBC News , 2 June 2022"
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"McLaughlin told CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca that he was last briefed by DPS on the morning of May 25, one day after the shooting. \u2014 Omar Villafranca, CBS News , 23 June 2022",
"Your humble correspondent is still wondering if anyone can name a great civilization built by progressive leftists. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"Senior National Affairs correspondent shared special moments on social media from the exciting day. \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"Apparently the Grizzlies could be looking for Morant\u2019s future running mate, according to NBA correspondent Marc Stein. \u2014 cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"Among them was Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian-American television correspondent . \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"Special correspondent Abbott reported in Guatemala City, and staff writer Linthicum reported in Mexico City. \u2014 Jeff Abbott, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"Prior to signing her contract, the legal correspondent remembers Sherri Shepherd, a previous co-host on the ABC daytime talk show, sharing her salary history. \u2014 Haniyah Philogene, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Criminal justice correspondent Tami Abdollah has the details. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But in the corresponding move, the Sox placed starting third baseman Yo\u00e1n Moncada on the 10-day IL retroactive to Saturday with a strained right hamstring. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"Once each player on that list is cleared to return to the active roster, the club will need to make a corresponding cut. \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 23 Aug. 2021",
"In a corresponding move, the Reds designated Marinan for assignment. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 June 2022",
"Reliever Sam Selman was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas in a corresponding move. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 June 2022",
"Michael Grove was optioned in a corresponding move. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"In a corresponding move, the team released defensive lineman LaRon Stokes. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 31 May 2022",
"Right-hander Peter Strzelecki was added to the 40-man roster and called up in a corresponding move. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 May 2022",
"In a corresponding move, the Pirates designated INF/OF Cole Tucker for assignment to make room for Chang in their 40-man roster. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 30 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But in the corresponding move, the Sox placed starting third baseman Yo\u00e1n Moncada on the 10-day IL retroactive to Saturday with a strained right hamstring. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"Once each player on that list is cleared to return to the active roster, the club will need to make a corresponding cut. \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 23 Aug. 2021",
"In a corresponding move, the Reds designated Marinan for assignment. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 June 2022",
"Reliever Sam Selman was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas in a corresponding move. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 June 2022",
"Michael Grove was optioned in a corresponding move. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"In a corresponding move, the team released defensive lineman LaRon Stokes. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 31 May 2022",
"Right-hander Peter Strzelecki was added to the 40-man roster and called up in a corresponding move. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 May 2022",
"In a corresponding move, the Pirates designated INF/OF Cole Tucker for assignment to make room for Chang in their 40-man roster. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 30 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The one corrida Manolete went to as a child didn\u2019t excite him in the least, and when kids at school pretended to be bulls and matadors, play-fighting with one another, Manolete kept to himself. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Sunday\u2019s corrida honored the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the anniversary of the day in 1531 when the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to a young indigenous Mexican man. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Before the corrida \u2014 or bullfight \u2014 was over, one of those activists would leap into the ring to scream his defense of the animals. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2021"
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"borrowed from Spanish, short for corrida de toros, literally, \"running of the bulls\"; corrida \"act of running,\" noun derivative from feminine past participle of correr \"to run,\" going back to Latin currere \u2014 more at current entry 1":""
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"They pushed me down the hospital corridor to the operating room.",
"A corridor of land lies between the two mountain ranges.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That encompasses much of the Interstate 25 corridor , including Taos, Santa Fe and Albuquerque. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"This hazardous weather outlook is for the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay, Tidal Potomac River, and I-95 corridor through central Maryland, including Anne Arundel, Howard and Harford counties. \u2014 Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun , 14 June 2022",
"The Oregon Department of Transportation has proposed to add shoulders and auxiliary lanes to the corridor , where three freeways converge to create some of the worst traffic congestion in the state. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
"From golfing talk around the water cooler to practice swings in the corridor to the somewhat bizarre habit of estimating distances in terms of golf clubs. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"The transit agency also will be operating the second phase of the Silver Line to Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County, which would be another option for commuters in the I-66 corridor . \u2014 Luz Lazo, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"New permits aimed at tamping down crowding in the Columbia River Gorge will begin Tuesday, joining a growing list of permits and parking passes required at trailheads and parks in the scenic river corridor . \u2014 oregonlive , 23 May 2022",
"His first day in the gothic hallways, a man in a wormy mustache stands in the corridor and asks Paul his name. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"Schedules shifted, and two people who discovered a mutual affinity for musical theater rarely passed one another in the corridor . \u2014 Andrew Morris-singer And Brian Souza, STAT , 9 May 2022"
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"earlier \"covered passageway, path surrounding fortifications,\" borrowed from French, borrowed from regional Italian (by-form of Tuscan corridoio ), from correre \"to run\" (going back to Latin currere ) + -idore, going back to Latin -i-t\u014drium (from -i- -i- + -t\u014drium, suffix of place, from neuter of -t\u014drius, adjective derivative of -t\u014dr-, -tor, agent suffix) \u2014 more at current entry 1":""
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"two universities that are long-standing corrivals for the title of best in the nation"
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"1579, in the meaning defined above":""
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for corroborate confirm , corroborate , substantiate , verify , authenticate , validate mean to attest to the truth or validity of something. confirm implies the removing of doubts by an authoritative statement or indisputable fact. confirmed the reports corroborate suggests the strengthening of what is already partly established. witnesses corroborated his story substantiate implies the offering of evidence that sustains the contention. the claims have yet to be substantiated verify implies the establishing of correspondence of actual facts or details with those proposed or guessed at. all statements of fact in the article have been verified authenticate implies establishing genuineness by adducing legal or official documents or expert opinion. handwriting experts authenticated the diaries validate implies establishing validity by authoritative affirmation or by factual proof. validated the hypothesis by experiments",
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"Studies that are wrong will be superseded by better studies with different results. Studies that are right will be corroborated by other good studies. \u2014 Harriet Hall , Skeptic , 2007",
"Evidence like this is rarely conclusive, but it can help police corroborate testimony \u2026 \u2014 David Fisher , Hard Evidence , 1995",
"\u2026 the great Dr. Woodruff \u2026 corroborated my doctor's belief that my two infections had been resolved \u2026 \u2014 James Thurber 7 Mar. 1946 , in Selected Letters Of James Thurber , (1980) 1981",
"the witnesses corroborated the policeman's testimony",
"my personal experience does not corroborate your faith in the essential goodness of people",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to a committee aide, the investigation did not corroborate or offer any evidence in support of the allegations of domestic violence. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 27 June 2022",
"The hearing included bombshell allegations that Cheney said the committee will corroborate during subsequent hearings to prove a coordinated effort to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election and keep Trump in office. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Hint #2: Some synonyms of today's word include: affirm, confirm, corroborate , verify. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Moreover, would any of Saban\u2019s former assistants corroborate Fisher\u2019s claims",
"Jackson appeared to corroborate her claims in a series of responses on Twitter. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 2 May 2022",
"One witness said a third vehicle may have been involved, but no information was available to confirm or corroborate that. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The auditor general\u2019s office was able to corroborate 85% of the 1,511 addresses the state health department challenged by using other health data in the surveillance system. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 14 Jan. 2022",
"After reading those reports, Congress gave Amazon a chance to correct the record or provide evidence that would corroborate the testimonies. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022"
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"Studies that are wrong will be superseded by better studies with different results. Studies that are right will be corroborated by other good studies. \u2014 Harriet Hall , Skeptic , 2007",
"Evidence like this is rarely conclusive, but it can help police corroborate testimony \u2026 \u2014 David Fisher , Hard Evidence , 1995",
"\u2026 the great Dr. Woodruff \u2026 corroborated my doctor's belief that my two infections had been resolved \u2026 \u2014 James Thurber 7 Mar. 1946 , in Selected Letters Of James Thurber , (1980) 1981",
"the witnesses corroborated the policeman's testimony",
"my personal experience does not corroborate your faith in the essential goodness of people",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to a committee aide, the investigation did not corroborate or offer any evidence in support of the allegations of domestic violence. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 27 June 2022",
"The hearing included bombshell allegations that Cheney said the committee will corroborate during subsequent hearings to prove a coordinated effort to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election and keep Trump in office. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Hint #2: Some synonyms of today's word include: affirm, confirm, corroborate , verify. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Moreover, would any of Saban\u2019s former assistants corroborate Fisher\u2019s claims",
"Jackson appeared to corroborate her claims in a series of responses on Twitter. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 2 May 2022",
"One witness said a third vehicle may have been involved, but no information was available to confirm or corroborate that. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The auditor general\u2019s office was able to corroborate 85% of the 1,511 addresses the state health department challenged by using other health data in the surveillance system. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 14 Jan. 2022",
"After reading those reports, Congress gave Amazon a chance to correct the record or provide evidence that would corroborate the testimonies. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1529, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Studies that are wrong will be superseded by better studies with different results. Studies that are right will be corroborated by other good studies. \u2014 Harriet Hall , Skeptic , 2007",
"Evidence like this is rarely conclusive, but it can help police corroborate testimony \u2026 \u2014 David Fisher , Hard Evidence , 1995",
"\u2026 the great Dr. Woodruff \u2026 corroborated my doctor's belief that my two infections had been resolved \u2026 \u2014 James Thurber 7 Mar. 1946 , in Selected Letters Of James Thurber , (1980) 1981",
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"my personal experience does not corroborate your faith in the essential goodness of people",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The hearing included bombshell allegations that Cheney said the committee will corroborate during subsequent hearings to prove a coordinated effort to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election and keep Trump in office. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Hint #2: Some synonyms of today's word include: affirm, confirm, corroborate , verify. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Moreover, would any of Saban\u2019s former assistants corroborate Fisher\u2019s claims",
"Jackson appeared to corroborate her claims in a series of responses on Twitter. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 2 May 2022",
"One witness said a third vehicle may have been involved, but no information was available to confirm or corroborate that. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The auditor general\u2019s office was able to corroborate 85% of the 1,511 addresses the state health department challenged by using other health data in the surveillance system. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 14 Jan. 2022",
"After reading those reports, Congress gave Amazon a chance to correct the record or provide evidence that would corroborate the testimonies. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022"
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"Studies that are wrong will be superseded by better studies with different results. Studies that are right will be corroborated by other good studies. \u2014 Harriet Hall , Skeptic , 2007",
"Evidence like this is rarely conclusive, but it can help police corroborate testimony \u2026 \u2014 David Fisher , Hard Evidence , 1995",
"\u2026 the great Dr. Woodruff \u2026 corroborated my doctor's belief that my two infections had been resolved \u2026 \u2014 James Thurber 7 Mar. 1946 , in Selected Letters Of James Thurber , (1980) 1981",
"the witnesses corroborated the policeman's testimony",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The hearing included bombshell allegations that Cheney said the committee will corroborate during subsequent hearings to prove a coordinated effort to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election and keep Trump in office. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Hint #2: Some synonyms of today's word include: affirm, confirm, corroborate , verify. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Moreover, would any of Saban\u2019s former assistants corroborate Fisher\u2019s claims",
"Jackson appeared to corroborate her claims in a series of responses on Twitter. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 2 May 2022",
"One witness said a third vehicle may have been involved, but no information was available to confirm or corroborate that. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The auditor general\u2019s office was able to corroborate 85% of the 1,511 addresses the state health department challenged by using other health data in the surveillance system. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 14 Jan. 2022",
"After reading those reports, Congress gave Amazon a chance to correct the record or provide evidence that would corroborate the testimonies. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022"
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"Evidence like this is rarely conclusive, but it can help police corroborate testimony \u2026 \u2014 David Fisher , Hard Evidence , 1995",
"\u2026 the great Dr. Woodruff \u2026 corroborated my doctor's belief that my two infections had been resolved \u2026 \u2014 James Thurber 7 Mar. 1946 , in Selected Letters Of James Thurber , (1980) 1981",
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"The hearing included bombshell allegations that Cheney said the committee will corroborate during subsequent hearings to prove a coordinated effort to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election and keep Trump in office. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Hint #2: Some synonyms of today's word include: affirm, confirm, corroborate , verify. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Moreover, would any of Saban\u2019s former assistants corroborate Fisher\u2019s claims",
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"One witness said a third vehicle may have been involved, but no information was available to confirm or corroborate that. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The auditor general\u2019s office was able to corroborate 85% of the 1,511 addresses the state health department challenged by using other health data in the surveillance system. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 14 Jan. 2022",
"After reading those reports, Congress gave Amazon a chance to correct the record or provide evidence that would corroborate the testimonies. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022"
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"The late Lin Onus's paintings depict water lilies -- the habitat of the southern corroboree frog, of which there are now fewer than 100 in the world. \u2014 Leanne Mirandilla, CNN , 2 July 2017",
"In Australia, the tiny black-and-yellow Southern corroboree frog was nearly pushed to extinction by the fungus. \u2014 Jonathan Kolby, National Geographic , 7 Apr. 2016"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The information being tossed out under the guise of election reform, particularly the machine manipulation of votes, threatens to corrode Americans\u2019 trust in democracy, said John Merrill, the Republican secretary of state in Alabama. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Neither process is very efficient, however, as smelting is energy-intensive and acid baths can corrode and damage the metal. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"The documents say the electrical contacts on a wiring harness in either of the front doors can corrode , interrupting electrical connections. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The oceans where rocket boosters are usually sent to land can corrode the metal that the boosters are made of. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 4 May 2022",
"The documents say the electrical contacts on a wiring harness in either of the front doors can corrode , interrupting electrical connections. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Wood framing can rot, for example, and metal hardware can corrode . \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Exposure to certain environmental conditions, such as high temperatures, high humidity, and salt air can cause the brake pedal bumper to corrode and separate from the brake pedal. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Explosives dating back to the 19th century are relatively rare, as the iron tends to corrode \u2014though in 2021, a metal detecting enthusiast discovered a live explosive cannonball near the Monocacy National Battlefield in Frederick, Maryland. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"Keep in mind that this sprayer isn\u2019t intended for acidic or corrosive solutions. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
"Mistrust of government, at stratospheric levels in the wake of Watergate, has grown more corrosive still. \u2014 David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
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"Disparities like this help widen the country\u2019s corrosive wealth gap, which leaders like Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates\u2014not exactly a Bernie Bro socialist\u2014are increasingly calling out as a threat to our social fabric. \u2014 Alyson Shontell, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
"Or when interactions with men ascend into various forms of violation: the quiet kind (an unwanted hand on her knee; the corrosive skepticism of a man who doesn\u2019t believe she\u2019s being stalked) or its very loud opposite (a fist). \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
"Manata told NBC New York the corrosive police culture began when he was sworn into office. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Their corrosive interchanges, crackling with long-standing mutual resentments, set the tone for this fatalistic, socially conscious noir. \u2014 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times , 15 May 2022"
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"Keep in mind that this sprayer isn\u2019t intended for acidic or corrosive solutions. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
"Mistrust of government, at stratospheric levels in the wake of Watergate, has grown more corrosive still. \u2014 David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Once a missile appears to be fueled, analysts assume it will be launched within three to four days because a corrosive oxidizing agent in the fuel could cause a leak if the delay exceeds that. \u2014 Alastair Gale, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Disparities like this help widen the country\u2019s corrosive wealth gap, which leaders like Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates\u2014not exactly a Bernie Bro socialist\u2014are increasingly calling out as a threat to our social fabric. \u2014 Alyson Shontell, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
"Or when interactions with men ascend into various forms of violation: the quiet kind (an unwanted hand on her knee; the corrosive skepticism of a man who doesn\u2019t believe she\u2019s being stalked) or its very loud opposite (a fist). \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
"Manata told NBC New York the corrosive police culture began when he was sworn into office. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While upper touch points are squishy soft, the plastic lower on the door panels has a wavy corrugation . \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
"And the car is suspended firmly enough to produce vertical bobbing on corrugation , although bump-impact harshness is extraordinarily well contained by the expensive suspension and superstiff structure. \u2014 Barry Winfield, Car and Driver , 21 May 2020",
"The corrugation \u2014a feature common in architecture and aviation, not just packing materials\u2014makes the nanocardboard bendy and prevents cracks from forming. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 6 May 2020",
"Documenting these relics helped the team replicate the amplitude and frequency of the corrugations . \u2014 John Freeman Gill, New York Times , 28 Feb. 2020",
"The roads up the stunning forested mountains that once thundered with the extraction of coal now lie quiet, cracked to the point of corrugation . \u2014 The Economist , 25 Sep. 2019",
"Since then, this disturbance has wound up ever tighter, creating a three-meter-high spiral corrugation pattern in the rings. \u2014 Carolyn Porco, Scientific American , 1 Oct. 2017"
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"Right-wing conspiracy theories have accused the Jesuits of supporting communism or trying to corrupt the church from within. \u2014 Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
"The basic dispute was whether contributions to winning candidates to repay personal loans to their campaigns were a form of political speech or a kind of gift with the potential to corrupt . \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022",
"On top of that, the Darkhold has had time to corrupt her, implanting the false idea that her children are in danger in a different reality. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 10 May 2022",
"And on the right as well, many parents find certain points of view too dangerous to debate; talking about transgender athletes, for example, legitimizes the gender categories these parents patently reject and believe could corrupt their children. \u2014 Rachel M. Cohen, The New Republic , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Largely out of sight of the American people, the federal government is pushing to fundamentally corrupt the principles and practice of medicine. \u2014 Kristina Rasmussen, National Review , 20 Apr. 2022",
"For crying out loud Twitter is a public platform that's also accessible to a lot of underaged kids, a tweet like this can corrupt someone. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Yes, there are cynical corporate lobbyists looking to corrupt the tax code, but there are also plenty of decent folks lobbying their hearts out for more affordable housing or cleaner air and pulling down maybe $80,000 for their troubles. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The malware has been described as destructive because the attacks are designed to corrupt the Windows OS, and render the computer inoperable. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Your album title Arkhon references how power can be corrupt . \u2014 Owen Myers, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
"The conviction that politicians are, by definition, cynical and likely corrupt remains strikingly common. \u2014 David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Choi plays Choi Min-jae, a third-generation police detective whose reputation for honesty gets him assigned by Internal Affairs to an antidrug task force rumored to be corrupt . \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"Ness\u2019s work on the Capone case was ahead of its time in trying to make law enforcement less brutal and corrupt . \u2014 Samantha Drake, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"Authorities acknowledge the building's owner and corrupt government officials allowed construction to continue at the Metropol Building despite concerns over its shoddy workmanship. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, ajc , 28 May 2022",
"About governments too weak and corrupt to protect them. \u2014 Sandra Dibble, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Transparency International ranks it among the most corrupt nations in the world. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"College football is inherently corrupt because the players aren\u2019t being paid by the schools. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 20 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Right-wing conspiracy theories have accused the Jesuits of supporting communism or trying to corrupt the church from within. \u2014 Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
"The basic dispute was whether contributions to winning candidates to repay personal loans to their campaigns were a form of political speech or a kind of gift with the potential to corrupt . \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022",
"On top of that, the Darkhold has had time to corrupt her, implanting the false idea that her children are in danger in a different reality. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 10 May 2022",
"And on the right as well, many parents find certain points of view too dangerous to debate; talking about transgender athletes, for example, legitimizes the gender categories these parents patently reject and believe could corrupt their children. \u2014 Rachel M. Cohen, The New Republic , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Largely out of sight of the American people, the federal government is pushing to fundamentally corrupt the principles and practice of medicine. \u2014 Kristina Rasmussen, National Review , 20 Apr. 2022",
"For crying out loud Twitter is a public platform that's also accessible to a lot of underaged kids, a tweet like this can corrupt someone. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Yes, there are cynical corporate lobbyists looking to corrupt the tax code, but there are also plenty of decent folks lobbying their hearts out for more affordable housing or cleaner air and pulling down maybe $80,000 for their troubles. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The malware has been described as destructive because the attacks are designed to corrupt the Windows OS, and render the computer inoperable. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Your album title Arkhon references how power can be corrupt . \u2014 Owen Myers, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
"The conviction that politicians are, by definition, cynical and likely corrupt remains strikingly common. \u2014 David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Choi plays Choi Min-jae, a third-generation police detective whose reputation for honesty gets him assigned by Internal Affairs to an antidrug task force rumored to be corrupt . \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"Ness\u2019s work on the Capone case was ahead of its time in trying to make law enforcement less brutal and corrupt . \u2014 Samantha Drake, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"Authorities acknowledge the building's owner and corrupt government officials allowed construction to continue at the Metropol Building despite concerns over its shoddy workmanship. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, ajc , 28 May 2022",
"About governments too weak and corrupt to protect them. \u2014 Sandra Dibble, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Transparency International ranks it among the most corrupt nations in the world. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"College football is inherently corrupt because the players aren\u2019t being paid by the schools. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 20 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When the Biden administration took office, its strategy for curbing migration focused on Central America, providing $4 billion in aid to tackle corruption and improve governance as a way to dissuade people from leaving. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"United in a desire to prevent Netanyahu \u2013 whose corruption trial had already begun in May 2020 \u2013 from remaining in power, the disparate coalition partners agreed to put their substantial differences to one side. \u2014 Hadas Gold, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"But much of that has since been undercut, whether by government neglect and corruption or by conflict, first in 2014 when roughly two-thirds of coal mines fell under separatist control, and now the Russian invasion. \u2014 Nabih Bulosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"Their book doesn\u2019t read like one of today\u2019s quick retracing of recent events but is more akin to a John le Carre novel with an intricate plot of espionage and corruption . \u2014 Howard Homonoff, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Want something with a little mystery and corruption ",
"Ignoring that provision of the charter takes them all back to the pre charter days of county government when corruption was the order of the day in Kaga county. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
"The committee\u2019s letter also solicits information about the way the antitrust exemption affects other aspects of minor league operations, such as movement and contraction of teams and corruption in the international system. \u2014 Chelsea Janes, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Ukrainians took to the streets twice, in 2004 and in 2014, to try to force the government to root out corruption . \u2014 Katharina Rosskopf, Fortune , 23 June 2022"
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"Right-wing conspiracy theories have accused the Jesuits of supporting communism or trying to corrupt the church from within. \u2014 Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
"The basic dispute was whether contributions to winning candidates to repay personal loans to their campaigns were a form of political speech or a kind of gift with the potential to corrupt . \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022",
"On top of that, the Darkhold has had time to corrupt her, implanting the false idea that her children are in danger in a different reality. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 10 May 2022",
"And on the right as well, many parents find certain points of view too dangerous to debate; talking about transgender athletes, for example, legitimizes the gender categories these parents patently reject and believe could corrupt their children. \u2014 Rachel M. Cohen, The New Republic , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Largely out of sight of the American people, the federal government is pushing to fundamentally corrupt the principles and practice of medicine. \u2014 Kristina Rasmussen, National Review , 20 Apr. 2022",
"For crying out loud Twitter is a public platform that's also accessible to a lot of underaged kids, a tweet like this can corrupt someone. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Yes, there are cynical corporate lobbyists looking to corrupt the tax code, but there are also plenty of decent folks lobbying their hearts out for more affordable housing or cleaner air and pulling down maybe $80,000 for their troubles. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The malware has been described as destructive because the attacks are designed to corrupt the Windows OS, and render the computer inoperable. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Your album title Arkhon references how power can be corrupt . \u2014 Owen Myers, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
"The conviction that politicians are, by definition, cynical and likely corrupt remains strikingly common. \u2014 David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Choi plays Choi Min-jae, a third-generation police detective whose reputation for honesty gets him assigned by Internal Affairs to an antidrug task force rumored to be corrupt . \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"Ness\u2019s work on the Capone case was ahead of its time in trying to make law enforcement less brutal and corrupt . \u2014 Samantha Drake, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"Authorities acknowledge the building's owner and corrupt government officials allowed construction to continue at the Metropol Building despite concerns over its shoddy workmanship. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, ajc , 28 May 2022",
"About governments too weak and corrupt to protect them. \u2014 Sandra Dibble, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Transparency International ranks it among the most corrupt nations in the world. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"College football is inherently corrupt because the players aren\u2019t being paid by the schools. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 20 May 2022"
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"Queen of the seas, Britain seemed to countenance the pirating activities of the North African corsairs . \u2014 Thomas Wendel, National Review , 4 July 2019",
"From ancient Norse princess Alfhild to Sayyida al-Hurra of the Barbary corsairs , these women sailed beside\u2013and sometimes in command of\u2013male pirates. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian , 12 Apr. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The assault occurred outside a hospital in East Jerusalem, where Ms. Abu Akleh\u2019s body had been kept since another memorial on Thursday, and where hundreds had gathered to witness the start of her funeral cortege . \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"And two other crossings, the old Aqueduct Bridge in Georgetown, and the former Highway Bridge at 14th Street, had to be used by the cortege and the crowds to reach the cemetery. \u2014 Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Nov. 2021",
"The procession is solemn, a funeral cortege in words, all the more poignant for the absence of public remembrances. \u2014 Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2021",
"At dusk, after climbing along the switchbacks that wind through Guatemala\u2019s western highlands, the cortege of vehicles carrying 12 of the coffins arrived in Comitancillo. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2021",
"This important book reads like the slow passing of a long and demented cortege . \u2014 New York Times , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Passions were running so high that more than fifty people were killed and hundreds injured in a stampede around the funeral cortege . \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 8 Jan. 2020",
"The funeral cortege will process to St. Faustina Parish, St. Stanislaus Church to celebrate a Mass of Christian burial to be held at 9:15 a.m. Burial will follow in St. Stanislaus Cemetery. \u2014 courant.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
"An emotional video uploaded to the Grandpa Kitchen channel on Wednesday showed him being laid to rest after an elaborate funeral procession, his body draped in flowers and hundreds of people following the cortege . \u2014 James Griffiths, CNN , 1 Nov. 2019"
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"The assault occurred outside a hospital in East Jerusalem, where Ms. Abu Akleh\u2019s body had been kept since another memorial on Thursday, and where hundreds had gathered to witness the start of her funeral cortege . \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"And two other crossings, the old Aqueduct Bridge in Georgetown, and the former Highway Bridge at 14th Street, had to be used by the cortege and the crowds to reach the cemetery. \u2014 Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Nov. 2021",
"The procession is solemn, a funeral cortege in words, all the more poignant for the absence of public remembrances. \u2014 Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2021",
"At dusk, after climbing along the switchbacks that wind through Guatemala\u2019s western highlands, the cortege of vehicles carrying 12 of the coffins arrived in Comitancillo. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2021",
"This important book reads like the slow passing of a long and demented cortege . \u2014 New York Times , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Passions were running so high that more than fifty people were killed and hundreds injured in a stampede around the funeral cortege . \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 8 Jan. 2020",
"The funeral cortege will process to St. Faustina Parish, St. Stanislaus Church to celebrate a Mass of Christian burial to be held at 9:15 a.m. Burial will follow in St. Stanislaus Cemetery. \u2014 courant.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
"An emotional video uploaded to the Grandpa Kitchen channel on Wednesday showed him being laid to rest after an elaborate funeral procession, his body draped in flowers and hundreds of people following the cortege . \u2014 James Griffiths, CNN , 1 Nov. 2019"
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"All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not, ipso facto, auriferous. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Oct. 2021",
"Brazil had been in coruscating form up to that point, so few expected them to falter. \u2014 SI.com , 5 June 2018",
"In February the group dropped Slag (Aerophonic), a live recording of a coruscating performance at London\u2019s Caf\u00e9 Oto in 2015. \u2014 Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader , 22 Sep. 2017"
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"glister",
"glitter",
"luster",
"lustre",
"scintillate",
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"twinkle",
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"He works as a consultant for several large corporations .",
"a substantial corporation that showed that he was a sucker for all-you-can-eat buffets",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The second half is all about making the transition, with lessons about such areas as how participants can tell their story or how to negotiate, since that process can differ from the usual approach at a big corporation , say, or a nonprofit. \u2014 Anne Field, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The administration argued the Constitution gives the president, as the head of the federal workforce, the same authority as the CEO of a private corporation to require that employees be vaccinated. \u2014 Kevid Mcgill, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
"The administration argued the Constitution gives the president, as the head of the federal workforce, the same authority as the CEO of a private corporation to require that employees be vaccinated. \u2014 Kevin Mcgill, Chicago Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"The administration argued the Constitution gives the president, as the head of the federal workforce, the same authority as the CEO of a private corporation to require that employees be vaccinated. \u2014 Kevin Mcgill, ajc , 27 June 2022",
"The administration argued the Constitution gives the president, as the head of the federal workforce, the same authority as the CEO of a private corporation to require that employees be vaccinated. \u2014 CBS News , 27 June 2022",
"Dmitry Rogozin, the voluble leader of Russia's space corporation , will give an interview to a Russian space publication, and then Western news outlets will pick up whatever Rogozin says and leap to conclusions that are simply incorrect. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022",
"This site is protected by recaptcha Privacy Policy | Terms of Service Pedal Pub, part of a limited liability corporation based in St. Paul, Minnesota, offers tours of two to four Atlanta beer-serving establishments per trip. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 1 May 2022",
"From cardiology to the C-suite Ting, 57, didn't set out to reach the highest echelons of a major corporation . \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The elder Pulman died June 17, 1940, of a coronary occlusion related to a ruptured appendix with general peritonitis, according to his death certificate. \u2014 Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Dec. 2017"
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"\u2014 often followed by the word surgery or operation The artery-dilating procedure, which uses a balloon or other device guided to the restricted artery by a cardiac catheter, is less invasive and traumatic than coronary artery bypass surgery. \u2014 Andrew Skolnick",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 1979, only four years after winning Wimbledon, Ashe had a heart attack and underwent coronary artery bypass surgery. \u2014 Barron H. Lerner, STAT , 28 June 2022",
"The devices are typically for children with congenital heart defects or adults who have had a coronary artery bypass graft, who may need a temporary pacemaker to correct a slowed heart rhythm for only a few days or weeks. \u2014 Kevin Lin, STAT , 3 July 2021",
"But other procedures, such as coronary artery bypass surgery or major cancer surgery, require intensive care and several days of hospitalization. \u2014 Dallas News , 6 Dec. 2020",
"Meanwhile, women who performed any amount of resistance training reduced their risk of cardiovascular disease (including heart attack, stroke, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, an angioplasty or death from cardiovascular disease) by 17 percent. \u2014 Pam Moore, Washington Post , 31 Aug. 2020",
"For the purposes of this study, researchers defined cardiovascular disease as the first instance of a heart attack, undergoing a revascularization procedure (such as a coronary artery bypass ) or having a fatal or nonfatal stroke. \u2014 Ryan Prior, CNN , 13 May 2020",
"That\u2019s in part due to the fact that specialists stay in business by performing diagnostic examinations such as MRI examinations, and surgical procedures, such as coronary artery bypass grafts. \u2014 Tuba Agartan, The Conversation , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Compared with other open-heart procedures in which Lefrak was already expert - say, coronary artery bypass - heart transplantation seems like butchery. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Oct. 2019"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144737"
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"examples":[
"brightly colored fishes swimming among the coral",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The United Nations recently released a sweeping report on the health of the planet\u2019s coral . \u2014 Katie Peek, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
"This delicate, coppery- coral UPF 50+ suit brings peplum into the 21st century. \u2014 Ashlea Halpern, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 18 May 2021",
"As corals are unable to move, their gametes float up to the waters\u2019 surface, fertilize, then drop back down to begin growing into new coral . \u2014 Sammy Westfall, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Homer\u2019s watercolors from the Bahamas exult in scenes of strong Black men on boats in their quotidian labor of diving for sponges, coral , and conchs. \u2014 Carol Strickland, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2022",
"Kate opted to wear all coral for her first garden party last week. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 26 May 2022",
"Overall, the gathering is peaceful, and dolphins won't fight each other to rub against the coral . \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"Interacting with the leather coral didn't appear to be a group activity. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"Excellent fat sea scallops ($26) sit prettily on the shell, though without the coral , and are enhanced by being cooked over charcoal, with a garlic and sweet white Port sauce. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 18 May 2022"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin corallium , from Greek korallion":""
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In great apes, the precentral sulcus crosses paths with the coronal suture toward the front of the skull. \u2014 Michael Price, Science | AAAS , 8 Apr. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1615, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152921"
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"I hate it when she corrects my grammar.",
"Please correct your essay for punctuation errors.",
"We are finding ways to correct this difficult situation.",
"We'll correct the problem with the circuit as soon as possible.",
"These medicines are used for correcting chemical imbalances in the brain.",
"Adjective",
"What's the correct answer to this question",
"Her watch never tells the correct time.",
"an anatomically correct drawing of the human body",
"Did I give you the correct change",
"With the correct amount of water and sunlight, the plant will grow well.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The devices also don\u2019t snap audible sound into focus the way glasses immediately correct vision. \u2014 Tali Arbel, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"The devices also don\u2019t snap audible sound into focus the way glasses immediately correct vision. \u2014 Tali Arbel, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 June 2022",
"Daniel Scali from Adelaide, Australia has just been awarded the Guinness World Record for most pushups performed to correct form in the span of an hour, after footage of his attempt was reviewed and each of his reps was examined by adjudicators. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 19 June 2022",
"The current work attempted to correct for such misclassifications and small sample sizes using estimates based on work to validate death certificates and other statistical modeling techniques. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"During the 14-year-old\u2019s surgery at UH on June 1, Glotzbecker attached screws to the vertebrae and connected the screws with a rod to correct a bend or twist in the spine. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"The platform also can correct all kinds of conscious and unconscious bias in the recruiting process, says G20 Ventures partner and investor Mike Troiano. \u2014 Jair Hilburn, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Characters have been traveling through time and space to correct historical and personal errors for decades. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"Wendell Green, who scored 19 points on 9-21 shooting, offered an opinion on the foul disparity after the game via Zoom when asked about how to correct the fouling issues in the future. \u2014 al , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The big news comes from the big phones and, if these numbers are correct , there is every chance that the new iPhone 14 Max will outlast the flagship iPhone 14 Pro Max. \u2014 Gordon Kelly, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"If some of the preseason rankings are correct , Utah might do that in 2022. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Make sure your tire air pressure and alignment are correct . \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"Ambrose sees this as further proof that his gut instincts were correct . \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"It isn\u2019t known whether his claims are correct or where those remains are. \u2014 Helena Skinner, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
"If the polling is correct , Democrats are poised to pay a price in November for their stewardship of the economy under Mr. Biden. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"And if Kuo\u2019s claims are correct , Apple is about to improve the photo and video experience on the front camera of all its 2022 iPhones. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 13 June 2022",
"Guess Who is a fun romantic comedy that delves into the notion that first impressions are not always correct . \u2014 Lynnette Nicholas, Essence , 10 June 2022"
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"Middle English, from Latin correctus , past participle of corrigere , from com- + regere to lead straight \u2014 more at right":"Verb",
"Middle English, corrected, from Latin correctus , from past participle of corrigere \u2014 see correct entry 1":"Adjective"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Arizona coral snake is a small snake that only grows 13 to 21 inches long. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Similarly to the Western diamondback, the Arizona coral snake is also suited for various habitat types. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Only two entities in the United States currently produce snake antivenoms for human use: Pfizer (to counteract coral snake venom) and Boston Scientific (to counteract pit vipers like rattlesnakes). \u2014 Myles Karp, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Oct. 2020",
"But coral snake venom is highly toxic, so avoid them at all costs. \u2014 Alison Medley, Houston Chronicle , 29 Sep. 2020",
"For the first time, scientists have grown miniature, venom-producing glands in the lab using coral snake embryos, according to a news study published in the journal Cell. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Jan. 2020",
"Opossums also are immune to nearly all types of snake venom with the exception of the coral snake . \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com , 4 Aug. 2020",
"That\u2019s the rhyme millions of schoolchildren learned to warn them that the eastern coral snake is best left alone. \u2014 Steven Hill, Field & Stream , 11 June 2020",
"The scientists have reproduced the venom gland of the Cape coral snake , seen here in the Olomouc Zoo, Czech Republic, on May 11, 2018. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 29 Jan. 2020"
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": one of a set of parallels of latitude 24 miles apart that is used for laying out nominally square sections and townships in the public land survey":[]
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"definitions":{
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"\u2014 Lewis Diuguid"
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"-\u02c8re-z\u0259-\u02ccdent",
"(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02c8re-z\u0259-d\u0259nt",
"-\u02c8rez-d\u0259nt"
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"The coroner 's office plans to rule the death heat-related, per the outlet. \u2014 Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"The motorcyclist, identified by the coroner 's office as Cynthia Massey, 68, of Fairfield, was killed after striking a car and being thrown off the motorcycle. \u2014 Erin Couch, The Enquirer , 22 June 2022",
"The coroner 's office identified her as 42-year-old Kimberly Moore, according to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. \u2014 CBS News , 17 June 2022",
"The deceased was identified later in the day by the county coroner 's office as Jerardo Huitzil, 25. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 23 May 2022",
"The woman was identified as Jessica Prindle, 38, of Pueblo West, the Pueblo County coroner said. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
"Kendarius Dodson, 16, Katrina Owens, 15, and Jordan Brown, 15, were killed in the crash, the county coroner said. \u2014 Caroline Silva, ajc , 12 May 2022",
"The Westmoreland County coroner said Wednesday that Azuree's death had been ruled a homicide. \u2014 Landon Mion, Fox News , 7 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That means a lower percentage of corn sugar and a bigger challenge when reducing calorie content. \u2014 David Lindquist, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Aug. 2020",
"Largely influenced by trendsetters such as Vinnie Cilurzo at Russian River, brewers long have been using corn sugar to enhance the dryness of their IPAs, but the Extra Brut IPA takes that concept a step further. \u2014 Daniel Barnes, sacbee , 13 Apr. 2018"
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"All participants were free of cancer, coronary heart disease and stroke at the start of the studies and completed dietary questionnaires every four years over a 30-year period. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Additionally, many people with coronary heart disease are more likely to suffer from a stroke. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 26 May 2022",
"The researchers, the statement said, describe clinical studies linking asthma with conditions such as coronary heart disease , aortic disease, peripheral arterial disease, stroke, heart failure and other cardiac complications. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"Avocado intake was analyzed, along with 9,185 coronary heart disease events and 5,290 strokes documented during more than 30 years of follow-up. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Researchers found reduced risk of sudden cardiac death, fatal coronary heart disease , fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD), and all-cause mortality in sauna users. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to the risk for high blood pressure, the research also found a higher risk for coronary heart disease for people between the ages of 39 and 57 with allergies. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
"For example, for men who reported using the sauna 4-7 times per week, the risk of fatal coronary heart disease was significantly lower when compared to men who used the sauna once weekly. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
"That makes good sense: Red and processed meats have been linked to significant health risks, including coronary heart disease and bowel cancer. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 8 Feb. 2022"
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"By Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal) If time is the most valuable thing man can spend, why not spend it in the pursuit of keeping the correct time ",
"Team employees moved the clocks ahead five minutes, making it the first time in three seasons players saw the correct time on the wall. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 21 Dec. 2019",
"Flight controllers were eventually able to send Starliner the correct time . \u2014 Kenneth Chang, New York Times , 22 Dec. 2019",
"The spacecraft\u2019s internal clock appears to have become unsynced with the mission plan, and so the Starliner failed to autonomously fire its engines at the correct time to drive it toward the space station. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 20 Dec. 2019",
"Note: Story reflects corrected time of Saturday\u2019s title game. \u2014 Joe Magill, cleveland , 8 Nov. 2019",
"Because of climatic changes, there are many species of trees whose fruits are borne before the correct time of the year. \u2014 Benki Py\u00e3nko, Time , 13 Sep. 2019",
"Specifically, Twitter user @lipandbone took it upon themselves to personally email Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s staff, who replied with a correct time of birth. \u2014 Jeanna Kadlec, Allure , 26 Mar. 2019",
"During the evening rush hour, buses must depart parking lots in New Jersey at the correct time to arrive at the terminal for their evening run. \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 16 Aug. 2018"
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"An autopsy found significant narrowing of the coronary arteries. \u2014 Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal , 21 June 2022",
"Tennessee\u2019s Chief Medical Examiner Jerry Francisco released the star's official death certificate a few days later, listing the cause as a coronary issue unrelated to drugs. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 21 June 2022",
"Since then, studies have confirmed that women with coronary disease benefit from statin drugs. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 14 June 2022",
"Everyone had this coronary calcium score test done. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"In a small 2018 study, Commins and his colleagues associated the antibody with unstable plaques in coronary arteries. \u2014 Sara Goudarzi, Scientific American , 23 May 2022",
"For reference, statins, regarded as one of the most beneficial and universally supported medications used in the treatment of heart disease, reduce the risk of major coronary events by roughly 30%. \u2014 John C. Messinger, STAT , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In contrast, there was no relationship between the reduction in coronary events on statin therapy and the extent of LDL cholesterol lowering11. \u2014 Christos Varounis, Scientific American , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The disease is triggered by plaque buildup in the wall of the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart and other parts of the human body, according to the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Have a coronary if Carney walked in with that kind of weight. \u2014 Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker , 19 July 2021",
"And when Meaghan Wolfe, the elections administrator in Wisconsin, walked through the state\u2019s laborious process of double-checking vote counts on television, the nation nearly had a collective coronary . \u2014 David M. Shribman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Nov. 2020",
"The Alp family tree was a stump mutilated by cancer and coronaries . \u2014 Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
"If church brethren found Monty Python's Life of Brian objectionable, this newest stab will cause coronaries . \u2014 Robert Osborne, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2018",
"One of the few people who can definitively answer that question is John Wildey, an English retiree who, in the fall of 2013, was riding shotgun in a two-place Cessna when his friend succumbed to a massive coronary . \u2014 Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics , 7 Mar. 2018",
"To wit: This past weekend a 55-year-old childhood friend of my husband\u2019s died suddenly and unexpectedly from a massive coronary , leaving everyone around him stunned. \u2014 Sari Botton, Longreads , 12 Jan. 2018"
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"Harvesting sweet springtime corn snow during long days in the mountains is one of my greatest outdoor joys. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 24 Apr. 2021",
"A true spring day is all about corn snow , which is common in the spring because of the freezing and thawing patterns. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Conditions ranging from powder to slushy corn snow are on offer well into April in many states, and best of all, most of the midwinter crowds are now gone. \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 8 Apr. 2021",
"First Miatke dropped in, then Blote and his daughter, carving turns in the skiable corn snow . \u2014 John Nelson, latimes.com , 18 May 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Here, a natural stone gas fireplace with a cherry wood corbel mantel ties the space together. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
"Here, a natural stone gas fireplace with a cherry wood corbel mantel ties the space together. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
"Here, a natural stone gas fireplace with a cherry wood corbel mantel ties the space together. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
"Here, a natural stone gas fireplace with a cherry wood corbel mantel ties the space together. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 7 May 2022",
"The bathroom is similarly ornate and has a clawfoot tub, pedestal sink, two more ceiling medallions, and a decorative corbel . \u2014 Jenny Xie, Curbed , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Around the doors flat pilasters have carved leaf corbels at their tops, plus a header carved with grapevines. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 11 Apr. 2020",
"Historic sources call the architecture Italianate because of the elaborate carved corbels on the porch pillars and supporting some of the roofs. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 22 Feb. 2020",
"Custom details also include unique moldings and decorative accents such as corbels and decorative legs to make the cabinets look like furniture. \u2014 John Inc., Houston Chronicle , 25 Jan. 2020"
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"The loose tailoring was cinched in by corset lacing over her lower torso, and the hem ended several inches above the knee to show off her long legs. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 13 June 2022",
"Leni, meanwhile, looked striking in a pair of black corset pants with lace-up detailing that went from her ankles to her torso. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 June 2022",
"The Cosmic Wind songstress attended the Ailey Spirit Gala in a black dress by KikiRiki from Trash and Vaudeville with a custom corset David Dalrymple and vintage Christian Louboutins. \u2014 Essence , 2 June 2022",
"Try a masked cape and corset look for an avian look with Victorian flair. \u2014 Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping , 12 May 2022",
"Jessie decided to keep things monochromatic in a pink corset top and matching daisy duke shorts paired with bedazzled, thigh-high cowboy boots. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 4 June 2022",
"Hadid was photographed in a nude Versace lace-up corset dress with a very high leg slit from fall 2003. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 26 May 2022",
"Her gloves continued the beading featured so heavily on her corset , but with some singular feathers poking out like spikes. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
"But this year\u2019s red carpet promised a more tailored approach, with celebrities from Janelle Mona\u00e9 to Sarah Jessica Parker stepping back in time with fitting corset -dresses, sharp suits, and plenty of white ties. \u2014 Isabel Lord, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Structured at the top and sitting just under the bust, the trousers appear to have corset -like boning, or at least thick, sturdy pleats. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 6 May 2022",
"The Queen of the Galaxy VIP box comes with both the cheeky and corset for $119.90, or $49.95 for VIP members. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Here, Wilde wears her two-part lingerie look (bralette and corset ) with a midi skirt and flat boots. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 23 Feb. 2022",
"After a fashion event this month, first-season star Zhang Meng posted on Weibo that she had been hospitalized due to corset training. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2021",
"For the series, Bridgerton costume designer Ellen Mirojnick \u2014 who designed looks for Fatal Attraction, Showgirls, The Greatest Showman, and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil \u2014 sought out experts in fabric cutting, jewelry-making, and corset design. \u2014 refinery29.com , 25 Dec. 2020",
"The way Sciamma films the relationship between the titular lady (Ad\u00e8le Haenel) and the painter (No\u00e9mie Merlant) who has come to capture her likeness is simply extraordinary: unhurried yet with a sense of urgency, tightly corseted yet sensual. \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2020",
"My chest tightens up a little, suddenly corseted , and my vision tunnels like one of those old Western photos in which everyone is grim-faced. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, New York Times , 26 Mar. 2020",
"If donning a corset\u2014a functionally restrictive undergarment\u2014signaled the transition to womanhood, then the lessons learned by little girls corseted them in figurative ways. \u2014 Longreads , 27 Mar. 2020"
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"the corrosion of family values that is often brought on by great wealth",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The report claims that the road de-icing agents used in these states are what causes the corrosion . \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 22 June 2022",
"By self-censoring, cowering, and hiding behind empty platitudes, the FCC risks carrying on as little more than a decorative carapace that serves to conveniently disguise the corrosion occurring inside. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The last time David Simon made an HBO drama about Baltimore police and the corrosion of American society, the result was The freaking Wire. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
"If it\u2019s not properly protected, the concrete can absorb saltwater, triggering corrosion of the supportive steel inside. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Feb. 2022",
"But repairs were delayed after a second inspection found the corrosion didn't require immediate attention. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The company already had reduced pressure inside the line in November 2020, shortly after the corrosion was first found. \u2014 CBS News , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The company already had reduced pressure inside the line in November 2020, shortly after the corrosion was first found. \u2014 Janet Mcconnaughey And Matthew Brown, Chron , 12 Jan. 2022",
"The old materials are saturated with salt and seawater, which compounds the corrosion . \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Jan. 2022"
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"The official recorded cause of death was coronary thrombosis . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022",
"At age 56, King George VI had died of coronary thrombosis \u2014 making his elder daughter and heir the new monarch. \u2014 Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Now aged 95, the Queen ascended to the throne on Feb. 6, 1952 when her father, George VI, died of coronary thrombosis . \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Her father, King George VI, died at the age of 56 from coronary thrombosis on February 6, 1952. \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2019",
"Elizabeth went from Princess Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth on February 6, 1952, when George VI died of a coronary thrombosis after battling health problems stemming from, among other things, a lifetime of heavy smoking. \u2014 Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire , 3 Feb. 2019"
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"If remedial courses are offered, these advocates say, too many students will choose them instead of the corequisite courses. \u2014 Matt Krupnickhechinger Report, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"Data collected in academic year 2020-21 showed that freshmen participating in corequisite math achieved a pass rate of 55%, compared to 11% for those taking remedial math alone. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"In fact, the corequisite model has been found often to at least triple the percentage of students who successfully complete gateway math courses and significantly increase the percentage who complete gateway English courses. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"As the evidence for the effectiveness of corequisite approaches accumulates, two implications must be considered. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"After introducing corequisite support statewide in 2018-19, USG has now offered the approach to more than 26,000 students attending the 26 institutions in the system. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Tennessee\u2019s community college and university system has seen encouraging results by offering corequisites , which allow students to earn credits while taking remedial courses. \u2014 Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2017"
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"Solar physicists are still puzzled over how the corona hangs onto this amount of heat. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"Technically, this term referred not to one specific virus, but to the subfamily Orthocoronavirinae, which is distinguished by its members' resemblance to a solar corona . \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 1 July 2022",
"The corona can reach a million degrees Celsius (1.8 million degrees Fahrenheit), while the surface is 5,000 degrees Celsius (9,000 degrees Fahrenheit). \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"These include: corona , glory, green flashes, parhelia, Bishop\u2019s Ring, and rainbows. \u2014 Marshall Shepherd, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"The corona can reach a million degrees Celsius (1.8 million degrees Fahrenheit), while the surface is 5,000 degrees Celsius (9,000 degrees Fahrenheit). \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"The corona can reach a million degrees Celsius (1.8 million degrees Fahrenheit), while the surface is 5,000 degrees Celsius (9,000 degrees Fahrenheit). \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"While a view of the Sun\u2019s corona \u2014revealed only for the precious few moments of totality\u2014is the big prize for eclipse-chasers, the immense scale of any solar eclipse is always incredible to be a part of. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
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"The solar flare also blasted a massive coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 20 June 2022",
"On top of a massive explosion, the outburst also released a coronal mass ejection . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 25 Apr. 2022",
"According to the prediction center, a coronal mass ejection erupted Monday and models suggest a portion of it will arrive late Wednesday into early Thursday. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 29 Mar. 2022",
"On Saturday evening, a solar flare released a coronal mass ejection from a sunspot called AR2936, which had been rapidly increasing in size in a two-day span, according to SpaceWeather.com. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 3 Feb. 2022",
"However, in this instance, the coronal mass ejection was traveling away from us. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Enlarge / Illustration of a coronal mass ejection impacting the Earth's atmosphere. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Geomagnetic storms form when a gust of plasma-rich solar wind, also called a coronal mass ejection , sweeps through Earth's magnetic field. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Eruptions like solar flares and coronal mass ejection events \u2014 when the sun's outermost atmosphere spits out plasma and magnetic fields \u2014 can impact the power grid, satellites, GPS, airlines, rockets and astronauts in space. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 9 Feb. 2022"
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"And a study published last month suggests that aspirin, as opposed to the use of medications called statins, for non-obstructive coronary artery disease does not reduce major cardiovascular events. \u2014 cleveland , 23 May 2022",
"The white lines are indicators of calcium buildup in the breast\u2019s arterial wall, which is different from coronary artery calcification, already known as a cardiovascular risk. \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"Cidni was diagnosed with anomalous aortic origin of the left coronary artery in 2018. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Feb. 2022",
"The treatment caused Paxton to suffer excessive bleeding, cardiogenic shock and a compromised coronary artery , the suit alleged. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Seiji Ito, the cardiologist at Children\u2019s National Hospital who treated Jaela, says her heart condition is called anomalous coronary artery . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Cedars, who specializes in cardiovascular disease, told USA TODAY in an email that the relationship between smoking and coronary artery disease, or damage in the heart's major blood vessels, has been recognized since the 1970s and 1980s. \u2014 Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2022",
"There was an association between coronary artery calcification\u2014quantified by the Agatston score\u2014and hs-cTnI in middle-aged subjects without previous CVD. \u2014 Christos Varounis, Scientific American , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Instead, my coronary artery plaques appear to have been caused by running (and swimming, and cycling, and elliptical biking) \u2014 years and years of stressing my poor ticker to the max. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 8 Sep. 2021"
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"Another has a snug terrace nestled against the structure\u2019s ornate stone cornice \u2014 11 floors above Market Street. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2022",
"And a fancy computer router was replicating an 1870 cornice (in PVC, not wood) for a restoration of a nearby East Biddle Street rowhouse. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 21 May 2022",
"Here, red is the standout shade, reminiscent of a vintage train carriage with a sweeping red sofa wrapping the room, red walls, and a deep-red ceiling with gold cornice details. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The living room features a Greek pattern etched into the cornice that runs to the elliptical bay in the center of the room. \u2014 Eric Piasecki, Town & Country , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The angle of my bridge and the curvature of the snout itself create a steep slope to a cornice \u2014perfect for sending poorly fit coverings off the edge. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 11 Dec. 2020",
"But at this point, the space has been studied within an inch of its life, and no formal maintenance or even basic crack-monitoring program is in place, notwithstanding the fissures that run through the ceiling\u2019s curved cornice . \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2021",
"The lime-green paint that accents the zigzagging cornice remains, faded but intact. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Another tower, a mansard roof and a stone cornice were also later taken off. \u2014 Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Nov. 2021",
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"To match the profile and ornamentation of the lost cornice, which features rosettes alternating with concave brackets, Allen photographed the sister cornice at 31 Greene. \u2014 John Freeman Gill, New York Times , 24 Apr. 2020",
"Similarly he had missing sections of hand carved cornicing restored. \u2014 Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ , 2 May 2018",
"Similarly he had missing sections of hand carved cornicing restored. \u2014 Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ , 2 May 2018"
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"In 1996, the building\u2019s board initiated renovations \u2014 repointing the exterior, restoring the entrance\u2019s cornstalk detailing, and installing sleek elevator doors with a geometric motif. \u2014 Matthew Sedacca, Curbed , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Waterproof, the Brush Tuff material stands up to cut cornstalks trying to stab your shins. \u2014 Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life , 21 Jan. 2020",
"In July, 1820, Prince Potemkin of Russia, along with visitors from Baltimore and Paris, learned about Arabian sheep, tricks to stop mice from eating cornstalks , and the correct direction for drilling seeds (north to south). \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Dead Man\u2019s Maze is a creepy maze haunted by the living dead, and CarnEvil in the Corn is a terrifying carnival scene among the cornstalks . \u2014 Sarah Kuta, The Know , 3 Oct. 2019",
"Peering through the cornstalks , the teenager, Megan Rios, would never forget the sight. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, chicagotribune.com , 12 Nov. 2019",
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"The scarecrows augment the other seasonal decorations -- cornstalks , mums and hay bales -- located throughout the municipal campus at Brecksville Road and Selig Drive. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 22 Oct. 2019"
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"Kentucky racing officials last week disqualified Medina Spirit as the winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby, after the colt tested positive for betamethasone, a corticosteroid , in post-race testing. \u2014 Jim Chairusmi, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Stewards disqualified Medina Spirit after the horse tested positive for betamethasone, an otherwise legal corticosteroid that is not legal if found in a horse\u2019s blood on race day. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 22 Feb. 2022",
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"Trained by Bob Baffert, Medina Spirit was the first horse to cross the finish line in last year\u2019s Derby, but tested positive for betamethasone, a corticosteroid , in post-race testing. \u2014 Jim Chairusmi, WSJ , 21 Feb. 2022"
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"The ancestral corn whiskey is a tantalizing outlier in the land of tequila and mezcal. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2021",
"McLean was a bruising 6-foot-5 catcher with a taste for corn whiskey who, days after the suffrage game, would be kicked off the team for brawling with Giants manager John McGraw in the lobby of a St. Louis hotel. \u2014 Rachel Bachman, WSJ , 18 Oct. 2020",
"In Faulkner\u2019s early novel Flags in the Dust, for instance, a white Southerner offers some black musicians a drink from his jug of corn whiskey . \u2014 Evan Kindley, The New Republic , 18 Aug. 2020",
"This is a really small operation, but a tour will give you the chance to taste through both the bourbon and the corn whiskeys . \u2014 Laura Ratliff, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 24 July 2018",
"Beverage director Jeremy Simpson, who also works at Ostrich Farm, created the cocktail program for the restaurant with drinks such as the Brown Buffalo, made with Oaxacan corn whiskey , bourbon, chipotle syrup and Angostura bitters. \u2014 Jenn Harris, latimes.com , 10 July 2018",
"In colonial America, making corn whiskey was a way to earn money or barter for goods and services. \u2014 Alan Ashe, CNN , 7 June 2018",
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"Rigby & Peller had held the royal warrant as corsetiere to the queen since 1960. \u2014 Time , 11 Jan. 2018"
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"But the unlikely champ \u2014 high fructose corn syrup and all \u2014 won over our panel by not offending anyone (no low scores to drag it down) and by offering a classic flavor profile. \u2014 Emily Heil, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"The fast-food style restaurant will offer vegan burgers, chicken sandwiches, salads, nuggets, fries, tots and milkshakes \u2014 all free from hormones, artificial colors and preservatives, and high fructose corn syrup . \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 17 June 2022",
"All are vegan, gluten-free, and made without high fructose corn syrup . \u2014 Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 14 June 2022",
"The standard Celsius essential energy drink has only 10 calories and is free from high fructose corn syrup and aspartame. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"Arrange different flower cluster combinations, then use a toothpick dipped in light corn syrup to glue each petal and stem to chocolate wafer cookies. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 16 June 2022",
"And don\u2019t even think about high fructose corn syrup and artificial colors. \u2014 Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal , 31 May 2022",
"Most formulas are made from a mix of protein concentrate from cow\u2019s milk, rice starch, corn syrup and oils. \u2014 Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News , 16 May 2022",
"In a medium saucepan, gently stir together the corn syrup and both sugars along with 1/4 cup water. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"Scent aside, there are a number of other reasons people are attracted to the corpse flower . \u2014 Nicole Kagan, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Scientists at the historic greenhouse in Golden Gate Park said Wednesday its 5-foot-tall titan arum, commonly known as a corpse flower , is days away from blooming. \u2014 Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2022",
"For visitors who want more than a photo to remember the prehistoric-looking bloom, the garden\u2019s gift shop is selling corpse flower stickers, coffee mugs and face masks. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Nov. 2021",
"The corpse flower has been displayed at popular gardens including the Leiden Hortus Botanicus, the United States Botanic Garden and the San Diego Botanic Garden. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Only the front of the Conservatory (where the corpse flower is located) is open to visitors. \u2014 Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2021",
"And another essay on the corpse flower becomes an ode to both the flower\u2019s many curiosities, and its unusual role in helping Nezhukumatathil decide between possible suitors. \u2014 Deboki Chakravarti, Scientific American , 3 Sep. 2021",
"The Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory has eight or nine corpse flower tubers. \u2014 Brittany Trang, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 July 2021",
"Last year\u2019s corpse flower bloom was livestreamed on YouTube, but this year will be different since most museums and botanical gardens in Los Angeles have reopened to full capacity. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2021"
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"Neither the retro raunch that emits from Stephanie\u2019s mouth nor the satire of present-tense political correctitude is funnier than it is labored by any wide margin. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"Having the courage to call out white supremacists and neo-Nazis parading around with torches is derided as nothing more than political correctitude mashed up with fake news. \u2014 Kevin Riordan, Philly.com , 27 Sep. 2017"
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"The dark-purple berries \u2014 high in iron and vitamin C \u2014 have been used by indigenous people in North America for hundreds of years, for everything from fabric dye to flavoring in corn bread . \u2014 Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the corn bread is starting to brown and a skewer inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean. \u2014 Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Fried chicken, corn bread and impossibly tender braised oxtails have enticed everyone from Issa Rae and Sterling K. Brown to Jay-Z and Diddy. \u2014 Leah Faye Cooper, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Feb. 2022",
"For a meatless but equally filling choice, opt for fetviani, a flatbread oozing with salty mountain cheese and green millet flour, or chvishtari, a crispy corn bread stuffed with bits of cheese. \u2014 Melanie Hamilton, CNN , 16 Dec. 2021",
"And the crowning moment of this meal shared by friends was a crown roast of pork stuffed with corn bread dressing and a side of kale with seasonal figs and prunes. \u2014 Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Circus has a menu that includes hot smoked salmon with chilli corn bread and turkey from the Rhug Estate in Wales. \u2014 Sarah Turner, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
"The main menu item will be a taco comprising tomatillo chicken, corn bread , honey vinaigrette slaw, jalapeno ranch and cotija cheese served on a half-corn, half-flour tortilla. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Bake the corn bread until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 6 Aug. 2021"
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"The Vikings wasted no time getting the equalizer when Izaguirre headed in a corner kick from Ben Kolarek 47 seconds into the second half. \u2014 Craig Clary, baltimoresun.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Three minutes into the game, a physical play in the box led to a corner kick for Westminster. \u2014 Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Set pieces again proved to be the undoing in the 88th minute, with Douglas Martinez sealing the game for Republic on a header off a corner kick . \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 12 May 2022",
"Moutinho cut Montreal\u2019s lead to 2-1 in the 72nd minute after heading a ball off a corner kick by Mauricio Pereyra. \u2014 Mike Gramajo, Orlando Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
"Off a corner kick from Maci Bernier, Rylen Bourguet streaked into the box unmarked and headed home to send the match to extra time. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The Mexican striker connected on a tight corner kick from Javier Lopez, beating LAFC goalkeeper Jamal Blackman at close range. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Oct. 2021",
"FC Cincinnati was seconds from closing out a scoreless draw with Minnesota when the visitors were awarded a corner kick that FCC players contended should have been a goal kick. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 24 Oct. 2020",
"Grissom scored first, 25 minutes into the match, before Huntsville\u2019s Kate Wegler headed home a crossing corner kick from Natalie Chapuran to knot the score. \u2014 al , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"The scientists found mutations in a cortisol -producing gene that differed between the recent and ancient dog breed groups. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 9 June 2022",
"Researchers surveyed the participants' mood and measured blood pressure and cortisol levels\u2014both indicators of stress\u2014before and 25 minutes after the test. \u2014 Jennifer Fields, Fortune , 28 May 2022",
"Sleep deprivation has been shown to suppress testosterone and growth hormone production and enhance cortisol levels, which could weaken muscles and leave you more susceptible to injury. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 16 Apr. 2021",
"On a recent day, Nick Milcik, a research specialist in the Hopkins geriatrics department, was handling some cortisol samples taken from the saliva of surgical patients over time. \u2014 Meredith Cohn, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"The first step in improving your mental health hygiene is experimenting with different activities \u2013 anything that brings calm and lowers cortisol , Sawyer said. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Too much cortisol suppresses the immune system and can cause an inflammatory response in the skin. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 29 Mar. 2022",
"With an adaptogen blend primarily made up of ashwagandha extract and lemon balm powder, the brand notes that the product helps to reduce tension in the body and mind, while improving the body\u2019s cortisol levels and nervous system response. \u2014 Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"The result, in its best moments, can be a new dimensionality for both past and present \u2014 and even something of a correction . \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"But much of the market remains in correction territory. \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"During a correction , prices drop by 10% to 20% from the previous peak. \u2014 Vidhura S Tennekoon, The Conversation , 17 June 2022",
"After receiving an external correction request, USA TODAY audited the reporting work of Gabriela Miranda. \u2014 USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Kathleen Malone, a Forbes/Shook top advisor with Wells Fargo WFC -1.4% tells clients that while this market dip has been larger than anticipated, a correction was expected and is a natural part of the economic cycle. \u2014 Jason Bisnoff, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Instead of doubling down, Lizzo swiftly altered the lyrics to her song and posted a thoughtful statement to her social media about her mistake and subsequent correction . \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 14 June 2022",
"The accelerating housing ' correction ' also means companies like Redfin and Zillow have surrendered all of their stock gains accumulated during the pandemic's housing boom. \u2014 Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"The correction was especially moving for Diviney, who said that her intention from the beginning was to educate the artist. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 14 June 2022"
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"It\u2019s the color of her hair \u2014 soft and fine as corn silk . \u2014 Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"As the name implies, the heat protectant uses argan and coconut oil to your tresses' advantage; corn silk extract and orchid flower extract are also included, as is castor oil for a strengthening angle. \u2014 Rachel Nussbaum, PEOPLE.com , 13 Oct. 2021",
"With its appealing flavor of nutty corn silk , spring chickweed is a delicacy best appreciated raw. \u2014 Marie Viljoen/saveur, Popular Science , 19 Apr. 2020",
"As such, many of the walls and moldings are painted in an array of soulful, complicated grays made by Farrow & Ball; the hues have whispers of pink and undertones of corn silk , shifting and evolving as the day wears on. \u2014 Cynthia Frank, ELLE Decor , 16 Dec. 2019",
"Dear Heloise: There is an easy way to get rid of corn silk . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Oct. 2019",
"Off the small plates, the chawanmushi (Japanese egg custard; $10) was sweet, creamy, silky and gorgeous, thanks to the glossy mass of corn silk that crowned the small bowl. \u2014 Allyson Reedy, The Know , 2 Oct. 2019",
"Made from acorns, sticks, corn silk , and buckeyes (among other things) his people march through forest and field on adventures in the natural world. \u2014 Denise Coffey, courant.com , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Garbage disposals aren't designed to deal with hard material, such as bone or fibrous materials (celery, corn silk , and shrimp shells, to name a few). \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful , 22 Aug. 2019"
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"Still, protection from severe disease is expected to be strong based on the correlative protection seen in adults. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The findings also point out that the pressure to overwork has been correlative to gender. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The standard introduces the very important idea of mapping Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA), thereby providing a basis for correlative analyses and mitigation. \u2014 Rahul Razdan, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"However, Shanna Swan, Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and one of the lead authors of the paper disagrees that the work is purely \u2018 correlative \u2019 in nature. \u2014 Victoria Forster, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
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"The Roe Court cited two progressive-era decisions which derogated the centuries-old right to refuse medical treatment and a physician\u2019s correlative duty to obtain informed consent: Jacobson v. Massachusetts and Buck v. Bell. \u2014 Adam J. Macleod, National Review , 26 Aug. 2021"
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"The bird\u2019s beak evolved to gather nectar from flowers with long tubular corollas , including a passionflower that is deeply reliant on the avian rapier for pollination. \u2014 National Geographic , 18 Apr. 2018",
"Double Otto\u2019. The 2-inch-wide double flowers feature deeply flared scarlet sepals with double, dark-purple corollas . \u2014 Ciscoe Morris, The Seattle Times , 14 June 2017"
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"Lisa Rennie, tour chairperson of the 20th annual North Central Wisconsin Master Gardeners Garden walk on July 15 and 16, said one garden on her tour, which is in the Athens area, features an old corncrib . \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 May 2022",
"Much of the team\u2014hell, much of the entire operation\u2014looked on reporters as rats in the corncrib , just waiting for the ultimate failure in which to exult. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, SI.com , 14 July 2017"
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"The information being tossed out under the guise of election reform, particularly the machine manipulation of votes, threatens to corrode Americans\u2019 trust in democracy, said John Merrill, the Republican secretary of state in Alabama. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Neither process is very efficient, however, as smelting is energy-intensive and acid baths can corrode and damage the metal. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"The documents say the electrical contacts on a wiring harness in either of the front doors can corrode , interrupting electrical connections. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The oceans where rocket boosters are usually sent to land can corrode the metal that the boosters are made of. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 4 May 2022",
"The documents say the electrical contacts on a wiring harness in either of the front doors can corrode , interrupting electrical connections. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Wood framing can rot, for example, and metal hardware can corrode . \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Exposure to certain environmental conditions, such as high temperatures, high humidity, and salt air can cause the brake pedal bumper to corrode and separate from the brake pedal. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Explosives dating back to the 19th century are relatively rare, as the iron tends to corrode \u2014though in 2021, a metal detecting enthusiast discovered a live explosive cannonball near the Monocacy National Battlefield in Frederick, Maryland. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"Research shows that migraine with aura may be caused by a phenomenon called cortical spreading depression, which is an electrical wave that spreads across the brain, Dr. Tariq says. \u2014 Abigail Libers, SELF , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Only a few dozen people on the planet have had neural interfaces embedded in their cortical tissue as part of long-term clinical research. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"Tucked in the corner is a small space specifically for children with cortical visual impairment. \u2014 Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Anti-seizure drugs: These medications can prevent migraine by blocking cortical spreading depression. \u2014 Abigail Libers, SELF , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Recent studies using fMRI, MEG and even cortical electrostimulation (like Penfield\u2019s work) found variations in the somatosensory representations of other body parts, including the head and legs. \u2014 Dana G. Smith, Scientific American , 17 Mar. 2022",
"According to her, such hallucinations would typically be associated with higher-order cortical regions. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 Oct. 2021",
"The researchers tested out the system while the animal was under anesthesia and found that the neurograins were able to record spontaneous cortical activity in the unconscious rat. \u2014 Emily Mullin, Wired , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Clinicians, however, have not waited for the research scientists to reach a consensus on neural pathways and cortical activity in regard to fetal pain. \u2014 Grazie Pozo Christie, National Review , 21 Sep. 2021"
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"This park features a buttercup, misty mountain, ground spray, three ants, corn poppy , flutter, morning cross and three surf stones. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"Richardson Parks and Recreation staffers are planting a mix of red corn poppy , cornflower and rocket larkspur seeds across the city for the annual wildflower program. \u2014 Teri Webster, Dallas News , 13 Oct. 2020",
"Red corn poppy , cornflower and rocket larkspur are among the flowers on display. \u2014 Teri Webster, Dallas News , 4 May 2020",
"In Europe though, nitrogen was available due to the spilled blood enhancing the corn poppy , Europe\u2019s colonizer that flourished after the Armistice. \u2014 Maureen Gilmer, idahostatesman , 7 Feb. 2018",
"Fall planting makes all the difference for them and corn poppies . \u2014 Nancy Brachey, charlotteobserver , 16 Oct. 2017",
"But larkspur and corn poppies are not seen so often this way. \u2014 Nancy Brachey, charlotteobserver , 16 Oct. 2017"
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"Lynch braided the actor's hair into a large heart cornrow that connects to a plait looping from the nape of her neck to the base of the ponytail. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Those little hair details, however \u2014 like the tautness of a French braid or cornrow \u2014 can only add to the focus and attitude that pushes them over the edge. \u2014 Allure , 23 June 2021",
"From K-pop artists sporting dreadlocks and cornrows in their music videos to some even performing with blackface, many K-pop and K-hip hop artists have been slammed for stealing from black culture or being downright racist. \u2014 Alicia Lee, CNN , 29 Mar. 2020",
"For her musical performance, Alicia's cornrows were completely slicked back and her low bun encased in a large jeweled wrapping. \u2014 Audrey Noble, Allure , 27 Jan. 2020",
"Protective styles, like knotless braids and artsy cornrows , were front and centre, while sleek bobs were also wildly popular. \u2014 Aimee Simeon, refinery29.com , 18 Feb. 2020",
"In her preteen years, Rodriguez's mom used to style her hair in single braids and cornrows . \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 20 Jan. 2020",
"Stylists Yusef Williams and Nafia White are responsible for creating Rihanna\u2019s coveted cornrows and inspiring our next protective style to be completely transparent. \u2014 Jennifer Ford, Essence , 3 Dec. 2019",
"Meanwhile, Blue Ivy hopped happily around the sidelines in a mini motorcycle jacket, combat boots and her long braids in cornrows . \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 3 Feb. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Per the Guardian, the male corn borer moth copies the sounds of predatory bats, which stops the female moth cold and gives the male a moment to swoop in and mate with her. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Farmers with corn borers to control next year should plan to attend the plowing demonstration to be held on George and Leon Bailey farm on Thursday, September 24, at 1:30 p.m. Leon Bailey, the operator of the farm. \u2014 Kitty Conley, Post-Tribune , 11 Sep. 2017"
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"Rauf enlisted in the Navy Reserve in 2017 and serves as a hospital corpsman , according to his service record provided by the Navy. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Among those killed were 11 Marines, one Navy hospital corpsman and one Army soldier, according to the Pentagon. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 18 Dec. 2021",
"But in just under six months, Lima Company lost 22 Marines and one Navy corpsman killed in action. \u2014 Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Some 170 Afghans were killed, along with 11 Marines, an Army soldier and a Navy corpsman . \u2014 Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Oct. 2021",
"All were treated by Navy corpsman aboard the vessel, and nobody was taken off the sub. \u2014 CBS News , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Among the casualties were 11 Marines and a Navy corpsman . \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Scheller posted his first video on Aug. 26 following a suicide bombing attack on U.S. forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed 11 Marines, a Navy corpsman and an American soldier. \u2014 Calvin Shomaker, USA TODAY , 16 Oct. 2021"
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"Indeed, the very fact that the U.S. is sending troops to Romania and Poland, creating in effect a cordon sanitaire , shows that Biden is far more concerned about spillover from a war in Ukraine than Ukraine itself. \u2014 Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"It was confidently assumed that coffee rust could not cross the cordon sanitaire of the Atlantic. \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, The Atlantic , 16 Sep. 2020",
"The cordon sanitaire around Eyam was similar to controls imposed by local magistrates on a number of parishes and villages in the 1660s. \u2014 1843 , 16 Apr. 2020",
"The cordon sanitaire that began around Wuhan and two nearby cities on Jan. 23 helped slow the virus\u2019s... \u2014 Jeremy Page, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Authorities have imposed a cordon sanitaire , limiting movement into and out of the country and between cities and towns, except for those going to work or in emergencies. \u2014 Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Mar. 2020"
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"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": either of two letters written by St. Paul to the Christians of Corinth and included as books in the New Testament \u2014 see Bible Table":[]
},
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"k\u0259-\u02c8rin(t)-th\u0113-\u0259nz"
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"1520, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233727"
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"corroding":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
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": to weaken or destroy gradually : undermine":[
"manners and miserliness that corrode the human spirit",
"\u2014 Bernard De Voto"
],
": to undergo corrosion":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259-\u02c8r\u014dd"
],
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"bite (at)",
"eat",
"erode",
"fret",
"gnaw",
"nibble"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Rainwater may corrode the steel containers.",
"Over time, the pipes become corroded and need to be replaced.",
"After a few weeks in the ocean, the boat began to corrode .",
"Years of lies and secrets had corroded their relationship.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The information being tossed out under the guise of election reform, particularly the machine manipulation of votes, threatens to corrode Americans\u2019 trust in democracy, said John Merrill, the Republican secretary of state in Alabama. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Neither process is very efficient, however, as smelting is energy-intensive and acid baths can corrode and damage the metal. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"The documents say the electrical contacts on a wiring harness in either of the front doors can corrode , interrupting electrical connections. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The oceans where rocket boosters are usually sent to land can corrode the metal that the boosters are made of. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 4 May 2022",
"The documents say the electrical contacts on a wiring harness in either of the front doors can corrode , interrupting electrical connections. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Wood framing can rot, for example, and metal hardware can corrode . \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Exposure to certain environmental conditions, such as high temperatures, high humidity, and salt air can cause the brake pedal bumper to corrode and separate from the brake pedal. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Explosives dating back to the 19th century are relatively rare, as the iron tends to corrode \u2014though in 2021, a metal detecting enthusiast discovered a live explosive cannonball near the Monocacy National Battlefield in Frederick, Maryland. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Middle English corroden, borrowed from Latin corr\u014ddere \"to gnaw, chew up,\" from cor-, variant before r of com- com- + r\u014ddere \"to gnaw, nibble, eat away\" \u2014 more at rodent":""
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234652"
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"cornettino":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a soprano cornett in C or D":[],
": an organ reed stop of 2\u2032 pitch and cornett quality":[]
"Italian, literally, small cornet, diminutive of cornetto":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235456"
},
"core oven":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an oven in which foundry cores are baked":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235625"
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"coracle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small boat used in Britain from ancient times and made of a frame (as of wicker) covered usually with hide or tarpaulin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00e4r-",
"\u02c8k\u022fr-\u0259-k\u0259l"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Irish claim centers on St Brendan, who in the sixth century is said to have sailed to America in his coracle . \u2014 Gordon Campbell, Time , 29 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Welsh corwgl":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1547, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000220"
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"cordovan":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": of or relating to C\u00f3rdoba and especially C\u00f3rdoba, Spain":[],
": made of cordovan leather":[],
": a soft fine-grained colored leather":[],
": dense nonporous leather tanned from the inner layer of horsehide":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u022fr-d\u0259-v\u0259n"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Thursday Boots just released a limited shell cordovan version of its signature Vanguard boot in two colors, whiskey and burgundy. \u2014 Ben Boskovich, Esquire , 20 Jan. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Kellyanne Conway went sailing off into a truthless land into which not even Richard Nixon ever set down his polished cordovans . \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 23 Jan. 2017",
"But beyond that, shell cordovan is a near-perfect combination of beauty and brawn. \u2014 Ben Boskovich, Esquire , 20 Jan. 2017",
"His primary focus is on traditional men\u2019s shoes like moccasin loafers, derby boots, and German goisers utilizing exotic leathers like polished stingray, alligator, cordovan , military-grade textiles, and heavy canvases for his popular sneakers. \u2014 Katie Kiefner, Vogue , 31 July 2017",
"The Ressence Type 1H also comes with three different strap options: gray calfskin, natural shell cordovan , and black woven nylon with a velcro closure. \u2014 Stephen Watson, Esquire , 6 Apr. 2017"
],
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"in sense 1 from C\u00f3rdova, C\u00f3rdoba + -an entry 2 ; in sense 2 attributive use of cordovan entry 2":"Adjective",
"borrowed from 16th-century Spanish cordov\u00e1n (now usually cordob\u00e1n ), from C\u00f3rdova, C\u00f3rdoba c\u00f3rdoba , city in Spain where such leather was produced + -\u00e1n, Mozarabic variant of -ano -an entry 1":"Noun"
},
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"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"circa 1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000729"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small constellation adjoining Virgo on the south":[]
},
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"\u02c8k\u022fr-v\u0259s"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin (genitive Corvi ), literally, raven":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1658, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001140"
},
"cornet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a valved brass instrument resembling a trumpet in design and range but having a shorter partly conical tube and less brilliant tone":[],
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": a piece of paper twisted for use as a container":[],
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": an ice-cream cone":[],
": the standard of a cavalry troop":[],
": the onetime fifth grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop who carried the standard":[],
": the onetime lowest commissioned rank in the U.S. cavalry":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"British usually \u02c8k\u022f-nit",
"k\u022fr-\u02c8net"
],
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"cornucopia",
"horn"
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"Middle English cornet, cornette \"six-holed wooden wind instrument\" (now usually cornett or cornetto ), borrowed from Middle French cornet, from corn \"horn\" (going back to Old French, going back to Latin cornum, corn\u016b ) + -et -et entry 1 \u2014 more at horn":"Noun",
"borrowed from Middle French cornette \"lappet terminating a woman's headdress, pennon, standard of a troop, officer holding the standard,\" from corne \"horn, wimple with horn-like appendages,\" going back to Latin cornua, plural (taken as singular) of corn\u016b \"horn\" \u2014 more at horn":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001819"
},
"corn snakeroot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": button snakeroot":[]
},
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001856"
},
"corbie gable":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a gable having corbiesteps":[]
},
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"corbie step + gable":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002617"
},
"corbie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u022fr-b\u0113"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"early Scots corby \"raven,\" probably alteration (with assimilation to the suffix -y -ie ) of northern Middle English corbin \"raven,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Old French, probably going back to a noun derivative of Latin corv\u012bnus \"of a raven\" \u2014 more at corvine":""
},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003208"
},
"coral sumac":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": poisonwood sense 1":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003210"
},
"Cordoba":{
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the basic monetary unit of Nicaragua \u2014 see Money Table":[],
"province of southern Spain area 5297 square miles (13,179 square kilometers), population 802,575":[],
"city on the Guadalquivir River in southern Spain population 328,704":[],
"city in north central Argentina population 1,179,067":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u022fr-d\u0259-b\u0259",
"\u02c8k\u022fr-t\u035fh\u014d-\u02ccv\u00e4",
"-v\u0259"
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"borrowed from Spanish c\u00f3rdoba, after Francisco Fern\u00e1ndez de C\u00f3rdoba \u20201526 Spanish conquistador and founder of the Nicaraguan cities of Granada and Le\u00f3n":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1913, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010507"
},
"coronavirus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a family ( Coronaviridae ) of large single-stranded RNA viruses that have a lipid envelope studded with club-shaped spike proteins , infect birds and many mammals including humans, and include the causative agents of MERS , SARS , and COVID-19":[
"Coronaviruses can cause a variety of illnesses in animals, but in people coronaviruses cause one-third of common colds and sometimes respiratory infections in premature infants.",
"\u2014 Rob Stein",
"\u2026 in 2003 a previously unknown coronavirus caused an outbreak of SARS in humans.",
"Capacity is limited to 50% and visitors are limited to two hours to slow the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19: Main Library, 5201 Woodward Ave. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
"The Biden administration\u2019s decision to drop the requirement for a negative coronavirus test before flying to the United States may only add to the surge in demand. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"The testing requirement, which has been in place since January 2021, was designed to curtail spread of the coronavirus amid a deadly winter surge that gripped the U.S. at the time. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"Ferrer also advised people to take a coronavirus test before traveling by plane or attending an indoor event. \u2014 Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"But Read pointed out that DNA viruses have long genomes: Moneypox's genome is seven times larger than that of the coronavirus . \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
"The city is requiring a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours to get onto public transport, and one within 48 hours to leave Shanghai. \u2014 Eva Dou And Pei-lin Wu, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2022",
"The city is requiring a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours to get onto public transport, and one within 48 hours to leave Shanghai. \u2014 Pei-lin Wu, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"White House officials met Tuesday with travel industry officials, who pressed the Biden administration to end its requirements that vaccinated international travelers take a coronavirus test before flying to the United States. \u2014 CNN , 31 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"corona + virus , later taken as New Latin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1968, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010840"
},
"cornish rex":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a breed of cats with a very short soft wavy coat free of guard hairs and a small head with large ears":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1972, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013800"
},
"corn broom":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a broom made from the panicles of broomcorn":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014017"
},
"cork":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": the elastic tough outer tissue of the cork oak that is used especially for stoppers and insulation":[],
": phellem":[],
": a usually cork stopper for a bottle or jug":[],
": a fishing float":[],
"county of southwestern Ireland in Munster bordering on the Celtic Sea area 2880 square miles (7459 square kilometers), population 399,802":[],
"city and port at head of Cork Harbor, Ireland population 198,582":[],
": to furnish or fit with cork or a cork":[],
": to stop up with a cork":[
"cork a bottle"
],
": to blacken with burnt cork":[
"corked faces"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u022frk"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"the cork of a wine bottle",
"Verb",
"a corked bottle of wine",
"a player who has been accused of illegally corking his bats",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Along the way, there are also churches that date to the 17th century, forests of cork , oak and chestnut trees, and more cyclists \u2014 speaking German, French, Catalan, Spanish, Swedish and English with an Australian accent \u2014 than cars. \u2014 Dina Mishev, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"This particular giant cork , formerly at 24265 Ocean Drive, was Pham\u2019s. \u2014 Richard Fausset, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"But First Waltz is the pulling-the- cork -out-of-the-champagne-bottle moment. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 14 May 2022",
"This particular giant cork , formerly located at 24265 Ocean Drive, was Mr. Pham\u2019s. \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2022",
"The device can cut over 100 materials, including cardstock, paper, vinyl, cork , fabric, glitter paper, vinyl, iron-on transfers, and much more, and users can connect tools for cutting, writing, foiling, and more to expand their DIY capabilities. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"With Todd Richards on the call for NBC in the men\u2019s halfpipe final, audiences watched as 23-year-old Ayumu Hirano attempted to land the first-ever triple cork (three off-axis flips) at the Olympics. \u2014 Michelle Bruton, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Kim made history by winning her second Olympic gold medal in the halfpipe with her twisting cab 900 melon grab (an insanely difficult spin, with a grab and 2.5 rotations) and soaring a double cork 1080 (three 360\u2019s). \u2014 Tracy Ross, Outside Online , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Eileen Gu wins Women's Big Air gold with a double cork 1620 on her final run. \u2014 Jake Seiner, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Then re- cork or cover the opening of the bottle and give it a little shake. \u2014 Amelia Goe, The Arizona Republic , 2 July 2021",
"Fielding, a cloud over his head, is assigned to cork the leak. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2021",
"Once upended, the sediment falls into the neck of the bottle, which is then briefly frozen so when the cap is removed the frozen plug of sediment is expelled by the carbonation of the wine; the bottle is then corked . \u2014 Florence Fabricant, New York Times , 5 May 2020",
"Stacked in neat piles beneath the remnants of the 19th-century building\u2019s stairs were several hundred bottles, some still corked and full of sloshing fluid. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Mar. 2020",
"Maybe players didn\u2019t want to pop amphetamines, cork their bats, scuff up the baseballs or take steroids, but these were trends, producing great results. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com , 17 Jan. 2020",
"Ruby is gripped with fear every time fireworks go off or when a bottle is corked open, essentially whenever anything sounds like gunshots\u2014making the season\u2019s opening New Year\u2019s Eve party particularly difficult for him. \u2014 Candice Frederick, Teen Vogue , 3 Apr. 2019",
"An open bottle of Champagne has the lifespan of a mayfly: Unlike red or white wine, there\u2019s no corking it and saving it for cooking. \u2014 Alexandra Kleeman, WSJ , 28 Dec. 2018",
"For example, a wine that\u2019s corked is often said to smell like a damp basement or wet dog, while a wine that\u2019s too old is generally described as dusty and dried out, all tannin, no fruit. \u2014 Lettie Teague, WSJ , 27 Sep. 2018"
],
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"Middle English, cork, bark, probably from Middle Dutch *kurk or Middle Low German korck , from Old Spanish alcorque , ultimately from dialect Arabic qurq , from Latin quercus oak \u2014 more at fir":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014641"
},
"corrodibility":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": capability of being corroded":[
"the relative corrodibility of different kinds of atmospheres",
": a European mint ( Mentha arvensis ) naturalized in North America with a pubescent stem and flowers in subglobose axillary clusters":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022208"
},
"corinthian red":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a grayish red that is bluer and duller than bois de rose or Pompeian red, yellower and duller than appleblossom, and deeper than livid brown":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022402"
},
"corsets":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a usually close-fitting and often laced medieval jacket":[],
": a woman's close-fitting boned supporting undergarment that is often hooked and laced and that extends from above or beneath the bust or from the waist to below the hips and has garters attached":[],
": to dress in or fit with a corset":[],
": to restrict closely : control rigidly":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u022fr-s\u0259t"
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The loose tailoring was cinched in by corset lacing over her lower torso, and the hem ended several inches above the knee to show off her long legs. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 13 June 2022",
"Leni, meanwhile, looked striking in a pair of black corset pants with lace-up detailing that went from her ankles to her torso. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 June 2022",
"The Cosmic Wind songstress attended the Ailey Spirit Gala in a black dress by KikiRiki from Trash and Vaudeville with a custom corset David Dalrymple and vintage Christian Louboutins. \u2014 Essence , 2 June 2022",
"Try a masked cape and corset look for an avian look with Victorian flair. \u2014 Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping , 12 May 2022",
"Jessie decided to keep things monochromatic in a pink corset top and matching daisy duke shorts paired with bedazzled, thigh-high cowboy boots. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 4 June 2022",
"Hadid was photographed in a nude Versace lace-up corset dress with a very high leg slit from fall 2003. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 26 May 2022",
"Her gloves continued the beading featured so heavily on her corset , but with some singular feathers poking out like spikes. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
"But this year\u2019s red carpet promised a more tailored approach, with celebrities from Janelle Mona\u00e9 to Sarah Jessica Parker stepping back in time with fitting corset -dresses, sharp suits, and plenty of white ties. \u2014 Isabel Lord, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Structured at the top and sitting just under the bust, the trousers appear to have corset -like boning, or at least thick, sturdy pleats. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 6 May 2022",
"The Queen of the Galaxy VIP box comes with both the cheeky and corset for $119.90, or $49.95 for VIP members. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Here, Wilde wears her two-part lingerie look (bralette and corset ) with a midi skirt and flat boots. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 23 Feb. 2022",
"After a fashion event this month, first-season star Zhang Meng posted on Weibo that she had been hospitalized due to corset training. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2021",
"For the series, Bridgerton costume designer Ellen Mirojnick \u2014 who designed looks for Fatal Attraction, Showgirls, The Greatest Showman, and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil \u2014 sought out experts in fabric cutting, jewelry-making, and corset design. \u2014 refinery29.com , 25 Dec. 2020",
"The way Sciamma films the relationship between the titular lady (Ad\u00e8le Haenel) and the painter (No\u00e9mie Merlant) who has come to capture her likeness is simply extraordinary: unhurried yet with a sense of urgency, tightly corseted yet sensual. \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2020",
"My chest tightens up a little, suddenly corseted , and my vision tunnels like one of those old Western photos in which everyone is grim-faced. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, New York Times , 26 Mar. 2020",
"If donning a corset\u2014a functionally restrictive undergarment\u2014signaled the transition to womanhood, then the lessons learned by little girls corseted them in figurative ways. \u2014 Longreads , 27 Mar. 2020"
],
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, diminutive of cors":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-023057"
},
"cornichon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a sour gherkin usually flavored with tarragon":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u022fr-n\u0113-\u02c8sh\u014dn",
"k\u022fr-n\u0113-\u02c8sh\u014d\u207f"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then pour over the roasted potatoes and garnish with the cornichon . \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Place 1 cornichon at one end of each yolk, creating a stem. \u2014 Marian Cooper Cairns, Country Living , 7 Sep. 2020",
"Cut cornichon in half lengthwise, then crosswise, creating 24 pieces. \u2014 Marian Cooper Cairns, Country Living , 7 Sep. 2020",
"Divide sliced meat among the 6 bottom roll pieces, then garnish with cornichons , jalape\u00f1o and watercress. Replace top pieces of rolls and serve. \u2014 The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post , 6 Dec. 2019",
"Combine the egg, cornichons and dill in a medium bowl. \u2014 Becky Krystal, The Denver Post , 22 Aug. 2019",
"Combine the egg, cornichons and dill in a medium bowl. \u2014 Becky Krystal, Washington Post , 21 Aug. 2019",
"Add the olive oil, shallot, capers, cornichons , parsley, mustard and vinegar and mix well to combine; the gribiche should be the consistency of paste. \u2014 Olga Massov, chicagotribune.com , 6 Nov. 2019",
"P\u00e2t\u00e9, coarsely textured and studded with pistachios, is served on toast with honey, pickled mushrooms, cornichons and a quince puree, a nice balancing of salty, savory and sweet. \u2014 Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com , 18 Sep. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, gherkin, literally, little horn, diminutive of corne horn":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025237"
},
"core drill":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a drill that removes a cylindrical core from the drill hole \u2014 compare diamond drill , shot drill":[]
": any of several chrysomelid beetles (genus Diabrotica ) whose root-eating larvae are pests especially of corn":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Trapping and studying the corn rootworm has been Ver\u00f3nica Calles Torrez\u2019s route to exploring North Dakota. \u2014 NBC news , 15 Sep. 2021",
"The western corn rootworm beetle grows to only the length of a grain of rice. \u2014 Tess Joosse, Scientific American , 16 Aug. 2021",
"Cucumber beetle larvae, also known as corn rootworms , feed on corn roots, causing plants to weaken and collapse. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 5 Apr. 2016"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051226"
},
"corroded":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to weaken or destroy gradually : undermine":[
"manners and miserliness that corrode the human spirit",
"\u2014 Bernard De Voto"
],
": to undergo corrosion":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259-\u02c8r\u014dd"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite (at)",
"eat",
"erode",
"fret",
"gnaw",
"nibble"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Rainwater may corrode the steel containers.",
"Over time, the pipes become corroded and need to be replaced.",
"After a few weeks in the ocean, the boat began to corrode .",
"Years of lies and secrets had corroded their relationship.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The information being tossed out under the guise of election reform, particularly the machine manipulation of votes, threatens to corrode Americans\u2019 trust in democracy, said John Merrill, the Republican secretary of state in Alabama. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Neither process is very efficient, however, as smelting is energy-intensive and acid baths can corrode and damage the metal. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"The documents say the electrical contacts on a wiring harness in either of the front doors can corrode , interrupting electrical connections. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The oceans where rocket boosters are usually sent to land can corrode the metal that the boosters are made of. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 4 May 2022",
"The documents say the electrical contacts on a wiring harness in either of the front doors can corrode , interrupting electrical connections. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Wood framing can rot, for example, and metal hardware can corrode . \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Exposure to certain environmental conditions, such as high temperatures, high humidity, and salt air can cause the brake pedal bumper to corrode and separate from the brake pedal. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Explosives dating back to the 19th century are relatively rare, as the iron tends to corrode \u2014though in 2021, a metal detecting enthusiast discovered a live explosive cannonball near the Monocacy National Battlefield in Frederick, Maryland. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English corroden, borrowed from Latin corr\u014ddere \"to gnaw, chew up,\" from cor-, variant before r of com- com- + r\u014ddere \"to gnaw, nibble, eat away\" \u2014 more at rodent":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051441"
},
"cornhouse":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": corncrib":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051723"
},
"cortical rhythm":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the apparently inherent rhythmic electrical oscillations taking place in the brain in the absence of evident external stimulation":[]
