": to provide with personnel preponderantly or totally Filipino":[
"Filipinized the police force"
]
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"type":[
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]
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": a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines":[],
": a native of the Philippine Islands":[],
": the Tagalog-based official language of the Republic of the Philippines":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish":""
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"\u02ccfi-l\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-n\u014d",
"\u02ccfi-l\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192824",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Filix":{
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"definitions":[
"Definition of Filix taxonomic synonym of cystopteris"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Latin, fern"
],
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"\u02c8f\u012bliks",
"\u02c8fil-"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142825",
"type":[]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Fillanin variant of filani"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-020210",
"type":[]
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": a single thread or a thin flexible threadlike object, process, or appendage (see appendage sense 2 ): such as":[],
": a thin and fine elongated constituent part of a gill (see gill entry 2 sense 1 )":[],
": an elongated thin series of cells attached one to another or a very long thin cylindrical single cell (as of some algae, fungi, or bacteria)":[],
": the anther-bearing stalk of a stamen \u2014 see flower illustration":[]
},
"examples":[
"algae covered with tiny filaments",
"the cable was made up of fine filaments twisted together",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Craigie focuses on the filament , creating latticework songs with precise details that strike the listener like a pinprick. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2022",
"The quarter-size monitor sticks to your shoulder for two weeks at a time via a circular adhesive patch, with a tiny filament that painlessly pierces your skin. \u2014 Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Use cold or warm water. Avoid hot water, which can break down the filament in your pillows. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 9 May 2022",
"McNamara and her co-authors found different melanosome shapes in Tupandactylus\u2019s skin and in two types of the fluffy, featherlike filament structures along its skull, implying the colors in each would have been different from one another. \u2014 Riley Black, Scientific American , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Incandescent lights, which have been around since the 1800s, heat a wire filament to a specific temperature that then generates light, according to a description on the Light Bulbs Unlimited website. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"On Tuesday, the Biden administration increased federal efficiency standards for lightbulbs, effectively consigning the century-old incandescent lightbulb\u2014the type with a luminating filament \u2014to U.S. history. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Technologies is among the manufacturers now developing 3D printers specifically for metal filament . \u2014 Carolyn Schwaar, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Simulation of our thoughts to describe an architectural material printed on flexible black TPU filament . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1594, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French, from Medieval Latin filamentum , from Late Latin filare to spin \u2014 more at file":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-l\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8fil-\u0259-m\u0259nt"
],
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"synonyms":[
"bristle",
"fiber",
"hair",
"thread"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062956",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"filch":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to steal secretly or casually":[
"filch a cookie"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8filch"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"boost",
"heist",
"hook",
"lift",
"misappropriate",
"nick",
"nip",
"pilfer",
"pinch",
"pocket",
"purloin",
"rip off",
"snitch",
"steal",
"swipe",
"thieve"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for filch steal , pilfer , filch , purloin mean to take from another without right or without detection. steal may apply to any surreptitious taking of something and differs from the other terms by commonly applying to intangibles as well as material things. steal jewels stole a look at the gifts pilfer implies stealing repeatedly in small amounts. pilfered from his employer filch adds a suggestion of snatching quickly and surreptitiously. filched an apple from the tray purloin stresses removing or carrying off for one's own use or purposes. printed a purloined document",
"examples":[
"He filched a pack of gum when no one was looking.",
"too hungry to wait until the party had started, he filched a cookie from the buffet table when no one was looking",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Of all people to filch a flag, Young would be the last you\u2019d finger. \u2014 Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News , 28 July 2021",
"Every week, more stories surface of people who have been accused of stealing or sequestering vaccines, or faking their eligibility to filch a dose. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 11 Mar. 2021",
"The Coyotes, trying desperately to filch a wild-card spot in the West, cut their deficit to 3-2 with Jakob Chychrun\u2019s goal only 26 seconds into the third. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Feb. 2020",
"Malicious opportunists can attempt to steal users\u2019 information from public access computers with keystroke loggers or other data filching viruses. \u2014 Leeza Garber, WIRED , 22 Aug. 2019",
"Some employers, meanwhile, may be putting the most positive spin on job openings in a highly competitive environment in which the 3.6% unemployment rate \u2013 a 50-year low -- forces them to filch workers from each other. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 1 July 2019",
"That was good news because many of the home\u2019s small treasures \u2014 vintage glass door knobs, wall sconces \u2014 hadn\u2019t been filched or damaged. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com , 6 Aug. 2019",
"The amount that Taylor actually filched from the AFDC program was much less than authorities claimed. \u2014 Bryce Covert, The New Republic , 2 July 2019",
"Neither is Jeremy Lamb nor T.J. Warren, the 18-ppg scorer Pritchard filched from Phoenix, along with the 32nd pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, for cash. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star , 30 June 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1561, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172103"
},
"file":{
"antonyms":[
"column",
"cue",
"line",
"queue",
"range",
"string",
"train"
],
"definitions":{
": a collection of papers or publications usually arranged or classified":[],
": a collection of related data records (as for a computer)":[],
": a complete collection of data (such as text or a program) treated by a computer as a unit especially for purposes of input and output":[],
": a device (such as a folder, case, or cabinet) by means of which papers are kept in order":[],
": a shrewd or crafty person":[],
": a tool usually of hardened steel with cutting ridges for forming or smoothing surfaces especially of metal":[],
": any of the rows of squares that extend across a chessboard from one player's side to the other player's side":[],
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": in or as if in a file for ready reference":[],
": powdered young leaves of sassafras used to thicken soups or stews":[],
": roll , list":[],
": single file":[],
": to arrange in order for preservation and reference":[
"file letters"
],
": to initiate (something, such as a legal action) through proper formal procedure":[
"threatened to file charges"
],
": to march or proceed in single file":[],
": to place among official records as prescribed by law":[
"file a mortgage"
],
": to place items in a file":[],
": to register as a candidate especially in a primary election":[],
": to return to the office of the clerk of a court without action on the merits":[],
": to rub, smooth, or cut away with or as if with a file":[
"She filed her nails."
],
": to send (copy) to a newspaper":[
"filed a story"
],
": to submit documents necessary to initiate a legal proceeding":[
"file for bankruptcy"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1525, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1614, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1806, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Louisiana French, from French, past participle of filer to twist, spin":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Medieval Latin filare to string documents on a string or wire, from filum file of documents, literally, thread, from Latin; akin to Armenian j\u030cil sinew":"Verb and Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English f\u0113ol ; akin to Old High German f\u012bla file":"Noun and Verb",
"Middle English, from Old English f\u0233lan , from f\u016bl foul":"Verb",
"Middle French, from filer to spin, draw out, from Late Latin filare , from Latin filum":"Noun and Verb"
},
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"\u02c8f\u012bl",
"\u02c8f\u012b(\u0259)l",
"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"(\u02cc)f\u0113-\u02c8l\u0101",
"\u02c8f\u0113-(\u02cc)l\u0101",
"f\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"buff",
"grind",
"hone",
"rasp",
"rub",
"sand"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062700",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"filipendula":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a small genus of perennial herbs (family Rosaceae) of north temperate regions with pinnately divided leaves and small white or pink flowers in cymose panicles":[],
": any plant of the genus Filipendula":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from fili- + Latin pendula , feminine of pendulus hanging":""
": a bit of instrumental music that fills the pauses between phrases (as of a vocalist or soloist)":[],
": artificial light used in photography to reduce or eliminate shadows":[
"\u2014 often used attributively fill flash"
],
": feed , satiate":[
"fill livestock"
],
": make out , complete":[
"\u2014 used with out or in fill out a form fill in the blanks"
],
": material used to fill a receptacle, cavity, passage, or low place":[],
": satisfy , fulfill":[
"fills all requirements"
],
": something that fills : such as":[],
": to become full":[
"the rivers filled"
],
": to cause to swell or billow":[
"wind filled the sails"
],
": to cover the surface of with a layer of precious metal":[
"a gold- filled bracelet"
],
": to draw the playing cards necessary to complete":[
"fill a straight or flush in poker"
],
": to make full":[
"a mind filled with fantasies"
],
": to occupy the whole of":[
"smoke filled the room"
],
": to place a person in":[
"fill a vacancy"
],
": to possess and perform the duties of : hold":[
"fill an office"
],
": to put into as much as can be held or conveniently contained":[
"fill a cup with water"
],
": to raise the level of with fill":[
"filled land"
],
": to repair the cavities of (teeth)":[],
": to spread through":[
"music filled the air"
],
": to stop up : obstruct":[
"wreckage filled the channel"
],
": to stop up the interstices, crevices, or pores of (a material, such as cloth, wood, or leather) with a foreign substance":[],
": to supply as directed":[
"fill a prescription"
],
": to supply with a full complement":[
"the class is filled"
],
": to take over one's job, position, or responsibilities":[
"No one will be able to fill his shoes after he retires."
],
": to trim (a sail) to catch the wind":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"May I fill your glass for you",
"She filled her house with antiques.",
"His massive body filled the doorway.",
"He has enough books to fill a library.",
"Two hundred people filled the room.",
"fill a sheet of paper with writing",
"a vase filled with flowers",
"stadiums filled with cheering fans",
"The rivers have filled and are close to flooding.",
"The stadium filled more than an hour before the game.",
"Noun",
"They delivered a truckload of fill for the trench.",
"we ripped the tag off years ago, so we have no idea what the fill in that pillow is",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"From the article: If the first of these new fabrication plants open on schedule beginning in 2024, chip companies won\u2019t be able to rely on U.S.-born students to fill the tens of thousands of available jobs in the first few years. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"Lavin plans to fill two more spots in the coming weeks. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"She was appointed to fill a seat on the Kaysville City Council in 2010 but resigned that seat the following year to join Gov. Gary Herbert\u2019s administration. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"During the Covid-19 pandemic, Nomad saw explosive growth as hospitals, already facing nursing shortages, raced to fill roles in overburdened ICUs around the country. \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Surprise will hold a job fair on June 30 with 17 West Valley employers who are seeking to fill positions in such areas as retail, warehousing, security and government. \u2014 Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"Since last month, the German government has been rapidly pumping fuel into the vast underground site in Rehden, hoping to fill it in time for the winter, when demand for gas surges to heat homes and businesses. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"Lower income people still have to fill the oil tank in the winter and many need to drive to get to jobs. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"There's also a more casual subset of overlanders, who fill mid-size SUV's with friends and family and traverse mountain trails in the early morning\u2014stopping to marvel at the breathtaking scenery\u2014before returning in the afternoon. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Conference of Champions had tripped over itself with bad leadership for years, and those flagship schools had had their fill of that. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Minions ended with the title yellow goons being essentially adopted by a young Gru, and nothing in The Rise of Gru justifies this fill -in-the-nonexistent-blanks storytelling. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"As the return of Padres manager Bob Melvin nears, possibly as early as Friday in San Francisco, how has fill -in Ryan Christenson done",
"Put your love story in print by answering the prompts in this fill -in-the-blank book. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The news of a free fill -up certainly spread quickly Saturday afternoon when a West Allis church sponsored a gas giveaway at the BP station at 807 W. Atkinson Ave., Milwaukee. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"Whether there are Spidey fans who haven\u2019t yet gotten their fill of catching the hit film on the big screen remains to be seen. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
"The shortest amount of time to work for a fill -up in any state can be found in Massachusetts, where drivers must work 1 hour and 54 minutes to buy their 15 gallons of gas. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"For an average sedan\u2019s 12-gallon tank, the increase amounts to an extra 79 cents per fill -up. \u2014 Erin Cox, Washington Post , 26 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English fyllan ; akin to Old English full full":"Verb and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fil"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"brim",
"charge",
"cram",
"heap",
"jam",
"jam-pack",
"load",
"pack",
"stuff"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010022",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"fill a niche":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to provide something that certain kinds of people want to buy":[
"This product fills a niche in the market."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162324",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"fill away":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to proceed on the course especially after being brought up in the wind":[],
": to trim a sail to catch the wind":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182517",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fill cap":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a metal cap screwed on the top of the pipe through which a fuel-oil tank is filled":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071033",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fill in":{
"antonyms":[
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"catch up",
"clear",
"clue (in)",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"hip",
"inform",
"instruct",
"tell",
"verse",
"wise (up)"
],
"definitions":{
": someone or something that fills in":[],
": to enrich (something, such as a design) with detail":[],
": to fill a vacancy usually temporarily":[
"interns filled in for regular staffers"
],
": to give necessary or recently acquired information to":[
"I'll fill you in"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed",
"she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Outline the letters with gold paint pens and fill in the outline with a paint pen or gold acrylic paint. \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 27 June 2022",
"This will let Chrome quickly create, store, and fill in your passwords on any website or within any app on your phone or tablet. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 June 2022",
"Jackman, who currently stars as Professor Harold Hill in Meredith Willson's The Music Man on Broadway, added that his standby Max Clayton will fill in for him. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"Even though Novavax lost the race to be first, company executives argue that their shot will help fill in the margins of the pandemic vaccination campaign and play an important role in helping people live alongside the virus into the future. \u2014 Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
"Glancing up at the old school scoreboard and watching the seats fill in during the hours before game time, anticipation growing until the first pitch. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Like in the last year everything from upcoming Tiesto singles to Ozzy Osbourne to Maneskin and whatever like fill in the blank pop act, Ava Max. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"For a start, there is a great deal that remains unknown to the public, and Republicans could fill in many of the blank spaces in the record. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 12 June 2022",
"With only a soft check required, the BNPL lenders aim to fill in the gap for anyone with a poor or nonexistent credit history, according (pdf) to researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 7 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1917, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fil-\u02ccin"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"backup",
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063630",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fill to capacity":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to fill completely":[
"The theater was filled to capacity ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115145",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"fill-dike":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": february fill-dike":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090721",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fill-in":{
"antonyms":[
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"catch up",
"clear",
"clue (in)",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"hip",
"inform",
"instruct",
"tell",
"verse",
"wise (up)"
],
"definitions":{
": someone or something that fills in":[],
": to enrich (something, such as a design) with detail":[],
": to fill a vacancy usually temporarily":[
"interns filled in for regular staffers"
],
": to give necessary or recently acquired information to":[
"I'll fill you in"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed",
"she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Outline the letters with gold paint pens and fill in the outline with a paint pen or gold acrylic paint. \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 27 June 2022",
"This will let Chrome quickly create, store, and fill in your passwords on any website or within any app on your phone or tablet. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 June 2022",
"Jackman, who currently stars as Professor Harold Hill in Meredith Willson's The Music Man on Broadway, added that his standby Max Clayton will fill in for him. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"Even though Novavax lost the race to be first, company executives argue that their shot will help fill in the margins of the pandemic vaccination campaign and play an important role in helping people live alongside the virus into the future. \u2014 Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
"Glancing up at the old school scoreboard and watching the seats fill in during the hours before game time, anticipation growing until the first pitch. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Like in the last year everything from upcoming Tiesto singles to Ozzy Osbourne to Maneskin and whatever like fill in the blank pop act, Ava Max. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"For a start, there is a great deal that remains unknown to the public, and Republicans could fill in many of the blank spaces in the record. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 12 June 2022",
"With only a soft check required, the BNPL lenders aim to fill in the gap for anyone with a poor or nonexistent credit history, according (pdf) to researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 7 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1917, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fil-\u02ccin"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"backup",
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162136",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fill-up":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an action or instance of filling up something (such as a gas tank)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1853, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fil-\u02cc\u0259p"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113143",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fille de chambre":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0113-d\u0259-sh\u00e4\u207fbr\u1d4a"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140451",
"type":[
"French noun phrase"
]
},
"fille de joie":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": prostitute":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, pleasure girl":""
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"Noun",
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"From the article: If the first of these new fabrication plants open on schedule beginning in 2024, chip companies won\u2019t be able to rely on U.S.-born students to fill the tens of thousands of available jobs in the first few years. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"Lavin plans to fill two more spots in the coming weeks. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"She was appointed to fill a seat on the Kaysville City Council in 2010 but resigned that seat the following year to join Gov. Gary Herbert\u2019s administration. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"During the Covid-19 pandemic, Nomad saw explosive growth as hospitals, already facing nursing shortages, raced to fill roles in overburdened ICUs around the country. \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Surprise will hold a job fair on June 30 with 17 West Valley employers who are seeking to fill positions in such areas as retail, warehousing, security and government. \u2014 Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"Since last month, the German government has been rapidly pumping fuel into the vast underground site in Rehden, hoping to fill it in time for the winter, when demand for gas surges to heat homes and businesses. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"Lower income people still have to fill the oil tank in the winter and many need to drive to get to jobs. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"There's also a more casual subset of overlanders, who fill mid-size SUV's with friends and family and traverse mountain trails in the early morning\u2014stopping to marvel at the breathtaking scenery\u2014before returning in the afternoon. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
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"The Conference of Champions had tripped over itself with bad leadership for years, and those flagship schools had had their fill of that. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Minions ended with the title yellow goons being essentially adopted by a young Gru, and nothing in The Rise of Gru justifies this fill -in-the-nonexistent-blanks storytelling. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"As the return of Padres manager Bob Melvin nears, possibly as early as Friday in San Francisco, how has fill -in Ryan Christenson done",
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"The news of a free fill -up certainly spread quickly Saturday afternoon when a West Allis church sponsored a gas giveaway at the BP station at 807 W. Atkinson Ave., Milwaukee. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"Whether there are Spidey fans who haven\u2019t yet gotten their fill of catching the hit film on the big screen remains to be seen. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
"The shortest amount of time to work for a fill -up in any state can be found in Massachusetts, where drivers must work 1 hour and 54 minutes to buy their 15 gallons of gas. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"For an average sedan\u2019s 12-gallon tank, the increase amounts to an extra 79 cents per fill -up. \u2014 Erin Cox, Washington Post , 26 May 2022"
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"Notice the habanero heat in the pork filling of the Chinese steamed bun",
"For depth of flavor, Kir Jensen roasts the pecans and hazelnuts before adding them to the filling . \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Fold the edges of the dough over the filling , pleating the dough as necessary to make a 2- to 3-inch border. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2021",
"The torte was a complicated affair, involving a meringue and a custard filling , and the whole thing was showered with toasted, slivered almonds. \u2014 Emily Heil, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Designed for back, side, and stomach sleepers, the pillows are stuffed with polyester filling . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 15 May 2022",
"This special features the diner\u2019s signature Belgian waffle infused with homemade chocolate, stuffed with chocolate cheesecake filling , topped with fresh-cut strawberries, chocolate sauce, cream cheese icing and sprinkled with powdered sugar. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 2 May 2022",
"Despite the rain that day, a steady stream of customers stopped by for fat wedges of coconut cake with tart lemon filling , ample slices of yellow cake frosted with chocolate, and classic sweet potato pie. \u2014 Lou Bustamante, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The goal was to create a perfect split every single time: one side a clean cookie, the other side with all the filling . \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Counterpoint data also shows that almost all Chinese smartphones sold in India are made in India\u2014a fillip to the Modi\u2019s government\u2019s goal of fashioning India as an electronics manufacturing hub. \u2014 Megha Mandavia, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Investors will also be keenly looking at the dividend as the carrier\u2019s profit gets a fillip from a faster 5G subscriber net addition in June and cost cutting measures. \u2014 Shirley Zhao, Bloomberg.com , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Adding to the gloom, Summers (rightly) worries about the way that ultra-low interest rates do give a fillip to one type of investment: malinvestment . . . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Such a move would constitute a fillip to the West but China has already been warm in its diplomatic response to the Taliban. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Unabating stress levels, mental illness and disease are toxic by-products that linger on as woeful reminders of societies seeking a fillip . \u2014 Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"While the return to chart dominance for so many local films is a fillip for the Korean production sector, the weekend was one of the weakest of the summer. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Congress increased benefits by 15% during the pandemic, though this fillip is set to end in September. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 17 Aug. 2021",
"Assembled above, the makings of a modern bedroom with a French fillip , the colorations running the full Carnation range. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 23 July 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Counterpoint data also shows that almost all Chinese smartphones sold in India are made in India\u2014a fillip to the Modi\u2019s government\u2019s goal of fashioning India as an electronics manufacturing hub. \u2014 Megha Mandavia, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Investors will also be keenly looking at the dividend as the carrier\u2019s profit gets a fillip from a faster 5G subscriber net addition in June and cost cutting measures. \u2014 Shirley Zhao, Bloomberg.com , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Adding to the gloom, Summers (rightly) worries about the way that ultra-low interest rates do give a fillip to one type of investment: malinvestment . . . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Such a move would constitute a fillip to the West but China has already been warm in its diplomatic response to the Taliban. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Unabating stress levels, mental illness and disease are toxic by-products that linger on as woeful reminders of societies seeking a fillip . \u2014 Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"While the return to chart dominance for so many local films is a fillip for the Korean production sector, the weekend was one of the weakest of the summer. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Congress increased benefits by 15% during the pandemic, though this fillip is set to end in September. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 17 Aug. 2021",
"Assembled above, the makings of a modern bedroom with a French fillip , the colorations running the full Carnation range. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 23 July 2021"
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"she's still a filly , so she has plenty of time to decide what she wants to do in life",
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"But Speak of the Devil's furious rally on the final turn sent the 4-year-old filly flying past the five other horses in the field. \u2014 Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal , 7 May 2022",
"Nest \u2014 who nearly became Pletcher\u2019s second filly to win Belmont after Rags to Riches \u2014 paid $5.30 and $4.10. \u2014 Jake Seiner, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"The filly can be found frolicking in the Africa exhibit with the rest of the zebra herd. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 8 June 2022",
"The filly on his arm in his latest Preakness Stakes attempt, Secret Oath, will be the 46th horse saddled by Lukas for the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"Lukas is not afraid to try different things and has Secret Oath, a filly , in Saturday\u2019s race. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"Morning-line odds: 9-2 Secret Oath, a filly , has a legendary trainer in D. Wayne Lukas, who will try to win his seventh Preakness on Saturday. \u2014 Tim Schwartz, Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
"In addition to Ethereal Road, Secret Oath, the 3-year-old filly who won Friday\u2019s Kentucky Oaks is also under consideration. \u2014 Jim Chairusmi, WSJ , 8 May 2022",
"Louisville-native Brad Cox was beaming after his filly , Matareya, broke away to win the $500,000 Grade 2 Eight Belle Stakes. \u2014 Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal , 6 May 2022"
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"Verb",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If that cartoon caption strikes you as an Ariana Grande anachronism, that works as part of the film \u2019s insouciance. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 1 July 2022",
"The idea goes back to at least 1896, at the birth of film . \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"Remus, written by white author Joel Chandler Harris, was at the time of the film \u2019s release and through 2020 considered an example of a racist caricature. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 July 2022",
"Vogue\u2019s creative editorial director, Mark Guiducci, who introduced the first screening, spoke of the film as one stuffed full of remembrances of the late designer, who died of cancer late last year, as told by those who knew him best. \u2014 Vogue , 30 June 2022",
"In the video, the couple is seen moving and grooving as Bacon lifts and spins his wife to the tune of the film \u2019s theme song by Kenny Loggins. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 29 June 2022",
"Toward the end of the film , Dax lashes out at General George Broulard, who ordered the attack. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 28 June 2022",
"If this was an '80s movie, the new kid, the 2023 Nissan Z, would spend the first half of the film getting pummeled by our bully, the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach 1. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
"The song is meant to match the emotions viewers will feel at the end of the film . \u2014 Maggie Horton, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Other notables who were invited to join are Jamie Dornan, Kodi Smith-McPhee and Sheryl Lee Ralph (acting), and film critic Leonard Maltin and music supervisor Julia Michels (members at large). \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"One of the things that\u2019s especially interesting about contemporary medievalism is that movies and TV shows will often film real medieval art or in real medieval locations. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"Platt has also said the movie would film at the Kutz camp, according to a source with direct knowledge. \u2014 Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"With more people back to celebrating weddings and other special events, for example, there\u2019s expected to be more need for skilled video and film editors to record the special occasions. \u2014 Yasin Kakande, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"Yes, Disney World has an elaborate Pandora \u2013 The World of Avatar experience, but there are few overt signs that film itself has insinuated itself within popular culture like, say, superhero films from Marvel and DC. \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 11 May 2022",
"The annual Artists Dinner celebrates the creatives who make the awards that film festival winners take home, and was founded by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 June 2022",
"Fans film comedians at their shows and post the material on YouTube or Instagram, giving the public access to performances that people typically pay to see. \u2014 Mitra Ahouraian, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"There will also be special events throughout the summer, such as the Pride Island music festival and film screenings on the Parade Ground in collaboration with Lincoln Center. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022"
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"But just know that the loud and long sequence gradually becomes yet another of superhero filmdom \u2019s senseless tempests, logic invented\u2014or forgotten\u2014as necessary. \u2014 Richard Lawson, VanityFair.com , 25 Apr. 2017",
"But just know that the loud and long sequence gradually becomes yet another of superhero filmdom \u2019s senseless tempests, logic invented\u2014or forgotten\u2014as necessary. \u2014 Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com , 25 Apr. 2017"
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"As far as documentary filmmaking goes, the Ewers brothers take it very seriously. \u2014 Meimei Fox, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"In 2018, Lauren Speed was living in Atlanta, doing marketing and filmmaking for brands. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"Indeed, the idea that a successful short film is merely an entry ticket to feature filmmaking opportunities appears to be on the wane. \u2014 Andrew Barker, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"And the mix of so many real-life elements with Zagar\u2019s naturalistic filmmaking touches has caused many viewers to wonder if the film is based on a true story. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
"Emerging from obscurity to become a cult classic, Andrzej \u017bu\u0142awski's Possession is one of the most fascinating, singular visions in horror filmmaking . \u2014 Katie Rife, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"And the mix of so many real-life elements with Zagar\u2019s naturalistic filmmaking touches has caused many viewers to wonder if the film is based on a true story. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"It could even be attributed to the vast majority of franchise filmmaking today, which is a game of constantly attempting to top the previous entry amidst ever-shifting audience expectations, a game of balancing nostalgia with the new. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
"Without Blood is the first project in Jolie's three-year international filmmaking agreement with Fremantle. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022"
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"Or, use it to more gently clean a load of delicate but filmy crystal that needs freshening. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"Charles Street\u2019s Pennsylvania Station is now wrapped in scaffolding and a dark filmy safety material that makes the building pop out. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 11 June 2022",
"Often the bodily contours meld with filmy items of clothing that are fixed in place but seem to ripple. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"On Christmas morning last year, most of the gifts under my family\u2019s tree were adorned in filmy old drugstore wrapping paper: green plaid, snowflakes, Santa Claus. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
"A few weeks later, a filmy , green stretch spanned more than 12 miles of Lake Superior from Cornucopia, Wis., to Little Sand Bay, but soon dissipated. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 24 Oct. 2021",
"A few weeks later, a filmy , green stretch spanned more than 12 miles of Lake Superior from Cornucopia, Wisconsin, to Little Sand Bay, but soon dissipated. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The front curtain is electric-blue taffeta, pulled aside to reveal a green velvet grotto, backed by a filmy gauze curtain, drawn in front of a curtain of silver lam\u00e9. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Rockaway Beach, stretched under a sky of filmy clouds, was certainly in a mood last Friday as waves sprouted higher and higher and the squawks of sea gulls were interrupted by the alarming beeps of a weather alert. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Aug. 2021"
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"Clean floors often with a vacuum cleaner that has a HEPA filter . \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 18 May 2022",
"Gedansky addressed the weight of that witnesses testimony in his rebuttal, pointing out evidence that the window the cleaner was dusting at the time had a UV filter on it that may have distorted her view. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 10 May 2022",
"This vacuum has a washable filter and charges via a USB port. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 3 May 2022",
"The Aroeve Air Purifier has a strong HEPA filter that's made to clear air from even the smallest particles like smoke, pollen, and odor. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The Mayo Clinic recommends vacuuming weekly with a vacuum cleaner that has a HEPA filter to help eliminate pollen or mold spores from your floors. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, SELF , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Vacuums for pet hair should have a filter that captures microscopic allergens (like pet dander). \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Allergy sufferers will love the high filtration bag and HEPA AirClean filter that prevent dust from being released back into the air. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"With Redken\u2019s Curl Memory Complex made with sugar crystals, moringa oil, and UV filter , your hair will be protected and infused with lightweight moisture. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The search engine for the Brave browser can now filter your search results based on your political leanings. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 22 June 2022",
"Currently, users can filter by type of treatment \u2014 detox, inpatient, outpatient \u2014 and whether a facility offers medications for opioid use disorder. \u2014 Aneri Pattani, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"Third-party apps such as Block Party can filter your notifications even further, including sending harassing messages and tweets to a separate folder for later review. \u2014 Heather Kelly, Washington Post , 1 May 2022",
"Applicant-screening software can potentially filter out older workers whose r\u00e9sum\u00e9s show lengthy employment gaps. \u2014 WSJ , 22 Feb. 2022",
"One adult oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water each day, contributing to a healthier ecosystem. \u2014 Sarah Swetlik, ajc , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Sponges can filter food particles from the surrounding water, but there weren\u2019t enough of such particles around. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Users can filter out industries and/or technology platforms that don\u2019t interest them. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 7 Feb. 2022",
"When worn properly, N95s can filter out at least 95% of particles in the air, including the virus that causes COVID-19. \u2014 Aaron Steckelberg, Bonnie Berkowitz, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While still in the hospital, a child's heel is pricked within a day or two of birth and small spots of blood are collected on a filter paper card. \u2014 jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In 1963, Guthrie pioneered a simple test for detecting the genetic disorder phenylketonuria, commonly called PKU, using just a few drops of blood collected from a baby's heel and placed on filter paper . \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Working with her husband, who was also a chemist, Ms. Free figured out how to impregnate strips of filter paper with chemicals that turned blue when glucose was present. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2021",
"Georgia Nester, a researcher from Curtin University in Perth, Australia, filtered over 2,000 liters of water onto filter papers . \u2014 Devi Lockwood, New York Times , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Typically, researchers use pipettes to apply microliters of the protein solution to sample holders and blot away the excess with filter paper . \u2014 Eric Hand, Science | AAAS , 23 Jan. 2020",
"The room had shelves filled with glass jars of kissing bugs crawling on filter paper folded accordion style. \u2014 Marc Burckhardt, National Geographic , 17 June 2019",
"After filling open-ended tea bags made of conventional filter paper , students will add a string to the bag and then iron the opening closed. \u2014 Ginger Brashinger, Daily Southtown , 27 June 2018",
"The jet uses external flow devices to collect airborne particulate on filter paper and can analyze samples on board to detect radioactivity. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 7 Sep. 2017"
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"Someone like Jeffrey Dahmer, the serial killer, or David and Louise Turpin\u2014parents who raised their own children in filth and isolation, starved them and kept them chained up in their home. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"This safe space has provided him with an escape from the death, filth and predation outside, and something more. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"And until someone does something about it, and until Fox News stops broadcasting its repulsive filth , nothing will change. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 16 May 2022",
"Worries include vermin, theft, filth , and stigmatizing conditions. \u2014 Hillary Chura Hohmann, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The dogs, intrigued by the entrails, give themselves a good roll in the filth . \u2014 Nathaniel Adams, Chron , 26 Apr. 2022",
"There were 35 dogs, 19 cats, two parakeets, a pony, two goats and geese living in filth at the house, most inside, according to the warrant for Connelly\u2019s arrest. \u2014 Christine Dempsey, courant.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"But his filth , absurdity, and sense of seeing things from a different perspective felt ever-present in my smutty way of being in the world. \u2014 Daniel Scheffler, SPIN , 4 May 2022",
"With choreography by Raja Feather Kelly, and dressed in blush-pink streetwear from costume designer Montana Levi Blanco, the ensemble of thoughts are deliciously expressive, reading Usher for filth with a smile. \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"The electric vehicle industry, for all its promise of lowering carbon emissions by removing internal combustion engines and tailpipes, is still filthy . \u2014 Gregor Stuart Hunter, Fortune , 29 June 2022",
"The 2005 film The Aristocrats documented the history of the joke, which was so filthy that comedians traditionally told it backstage at clubs rather than in the spotlight. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Kevin Owens took a filthy upside-down bump in the turnbuckle that sent him flying onto his back. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The sidewalks were filthy , filled with homeless tents and a god-awful smell. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 5 June 2022",
"The Magic absorbed the full arsenal, including a filthy dribble move and layup that helped send the game to overtime, a huge 3 in overtime, and a gorgeous behind-the-back pass to Josh Richardson in transition that helped seal it. \u2014 Tom Westerholm, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"But though the universe is filthy with expander graphs, human beings have failed time and again to produce them by hand. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 June 2022",
"The message has resonated in many circles \u2014 in a city angry over tents on its streets, crime on the rise, filthy buses and trains. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"Now the footbeds bear an imprint of my toes, the soles are slightly worn down, and the webbing is filthy . \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 9 July 2020"
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"The electric vehicle industry, for all its promise of lowering carbon emissions by removing internal combustion engines and tailpipes, is still filthy . \u2014 Gregor Stuart Hunter, Fortune , 29 June 2022",
"The 2005 film The Aristocrats documented the history of the joke, which was so filthy that comedians traditionally told it backstage at clubs rather than in the spotlight. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Kevin Owens took a filthy upside-down bump in the turnbuckle that sent him flying onto his back. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The sidewalks were filthy , filled with homeless tents and a god-awful smell. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 5 June 2022",
"The Magic absorbed the full arsenal, including a filthy dribble move and layup that helped send the game to overtime, a huge 3 in overtime, and a gorgeous behind-the-back pass to Josh Richardson in transition that helped seal it. \u2014 Tom Westerholm, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"But though the universe is filthy with expander graphs, human beings have failed time and again to produce them by hand. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 June 2022",
"The message has resonated in many circles \u2014 in a city angry over tents on its streets, crime on the rise, filthy buses and trains. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"Now the footbeds bear an imprint of my toes, the soles are slightly worn down, and the webbing is filthy . \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 9 July 2020"
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"But that doesn\u2019t affect all the other stuff \u2014 like straws, cigarette filter tips , diapers, tampon applicators, syringes, appliances, and blood vials. \u2014 Frank Kummer, Philly.com , 24 May 2018"
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"The average filmgoer sees maybe five movies per year, at roughly $9 per ticket, for about $45 per viewer per year in ticket sales. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"In some places, filmgoer communities have returned in a big way. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 13 July 2021",
"Alec Guinness always expressed mixed feelings about playing Obi-Wan Kenobi, the role that\u2019s served as the actor\u2019s introduction to virtually every filmgoer born after the release of Star Wars. \u2014 Keith Phipps, Vulture , 26 May 2021",
"For Koresky, that is in no small part thanks to his mother, Leslie, an avid filmgoer who passed her love of cinema to her son, a filmmaker, writer and editor for The Criterion Collection, Film at Lincoln Center and other publications. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 5 May 2021",
"The company has built up a devoted fan base over the years thanks to the chain\u2019s quirky film offerings, a strict code of conduct about filmgoer behavior, high-end menu offerings and unique theme nights. \u2014 Carlie Porterfield, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Mainstream Chinese filmgoers appear to be responding favorably to the new feature, despite its somewhat slow pacing and meandering storyline. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Rooster was so strong a character that a new generation of filmgoers and Oscar voters welcomed him back. \u2014 Dallas News , 18 Feb. 2020",
"Each year, that list seems perfectly calibrated to strike the most passionate filmgoers as just out of step with cultural progress; the outrage about that chronic condition is also beginning to seem reflexive, like a button too easily pressed. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2020"
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"The ancient shark, described on March 19 in the journal Science, was most likely a slow-moving filter feeder that looked like a cross between a standard shark and a manta ray. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Papa paddlefish is a filter feeder with a long, sensitive nose that enjoys large, slow-moving rivers. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 July 2020",
"Brachiopods are filter feeders , sucking in water and catching food particles caught in the stream. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 2 June 2020",
"Tiny deep ocean filter feeders have been found with microplastics in their bodies, as have fish, birds, humans and other animals. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Detritus doesn\u2019t necessarily have to be toxic to cause problems, as tiny particles can clog the gills of fish and the foraging apparatus of filter feeders such as mussels, sponges, and corals. \u2014 National Geographic , 10 Jan. 2020",
"Bogantes is a natural resources specialist with the Anacostia Watershed Society and recognized the potential of filter feeders to clean the river. \u2014 Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post , 23 Oct. 2019",
"The greater variety of seaweeds, barnacles, and other filter feeders will, in turn, attract larger creatures, like crabs and fish, creating a vibrant ecosystem. \u2014 Lindsey J. Smith, Smithsonian , 7 Oct. 2019",
"Visitors are then able to look down as the filter feeders swoop effortlessly through the water, sucking up the plankton drawn to the light. \u2014 Valerie Stimac, SFChronicle.com , 9 Oct. 2019"
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"In fall 2015, Gilead applied for two patents for remdesivir, one for combatting coronaviruses and another for filoviruses , which were both approved in spring 2019. \u2014 Matthew Brown, USA TODAY , 14 May 2020",
"Remdesivir, developed by Gilead Pharmaceuticals, seems to be highly effective at preventing viruses\u2014including coronaviruses such as SARS and MERS, and filoviruses such as Ebola\u2014from replicating. \u2014 Scientific American , 27 Mar. 2020",
"The reality was that, for years, scientists who studied Ebola, which belongs to a family of viruses called filoviruses , had poured their hearts into work to develop vaccines and drugs to combat these deadly scourges. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 7 Jan. 2020",
"Before the World Bank issued its bonds, consultants ran a computer simulation of half a million outbreaks of filoviruses (a group of viruses that includes Ebola). \u2014 The Economist , 29 Aug. 2019",
"Zooming out, Ebolavirus sits within a group called the filoviruses , which includes similar pathogens such as Marburgvirus and Cuevavirus. \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 9 Apr. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If that cartoon caption strikes you as an Ariana Grande anachronism, that works as part of the film \u2019s insouciance. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 1 July 2022",
"The idea goes back to at least 1896, at the birth of film . \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"Remus, written by white author Joel Chandler Harris, was at the time of the film \u2019s release and through 2020 considered an example of a racist caricature. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 July 2022",
"Vogue\u2019s creative editorial director, Mark Guiducci, who introduced the first screening, spoke of the film as one stuffed full of remembrances of the late designer, who died of cancer late last year, as told by those who knew him best. \u2014 Vogue , 30 June 2022",
"In the video, the couple is seen moving and grooving as Bacon lifts and spins his wife to the tune of the film \u2019s theme song by Kenny Loggins. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 29 June 2022",
"Toward the end of the film , Dax lashes out at General George Broulard, who ordered the attack. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 28 June 2022",
"If this was an '80s movie, the new kid, the 2023 Nissan Z, would spend the first half of the film getting pummeled by our bully, the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach 1. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
"The song is meant to match the emotions viewers will feel at the end of the film . \u2014 Maggie Horton, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Other notables who were invited to join are Jamie Dornan, Kodi Smith-McPhee and Sheryl Lee Ralph (acting), and film critic Leonard Maltin and music supervisor Julia Michels (members at large). \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"One of the things that\u2019s especially interesting about contemporary medievalism is that movies and TV shows will often film real medieval art or in real medieval locations. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"Platt has also said the movie would film at the Kutz camp, according to a source with direct knowledge. \u2014 Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"With more people back to celebrating weddings and other special events, for example, there\u2019s expected to be more need for skilled video and film editors to record the special occasions. \u2014 Yasin Kakande, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"Yes, Disney World has an elaborate Pandora \u2013 The World of Avatar experience, but there are few overt signs that film itself has insinuated itself within popular culture like, say, superhero films from Marvel and DC. \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 11 May 2022",
"The annual Artists Dinner celebrates the creatives who make the awards that film festival winners take home, and was founded by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 June 2022",
"Fans film comedians at their shows and post the material on YouTube or Instagram, giving the public access to performances that people typically pay to see. \u2014 Mitra Ahouraian, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"There will also be special events throughout the summer, such as the Pride Island music festival and film screenings on the Parade Ground in collaboration with Lincoln Center. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022"
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"Remove cankered limbs from fruit and nut trees for control of diseases such as apple anthracnose, bacterial canker of stone fruit and Eastern filbert blight. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Feb. 2022",
"If necessary, second spray of filbert trees for filbertworm. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Aug. 2021",
"July 10: Spray filbert trees for filbertworm, as necessary. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 July 2021",
"But most processors don't ship filberts straight to China. \u2014 Tribune News Service, OregonLive.com , 5 Apr. 2018",
"Growers in the southern Willamette Valley ship their crops to processors farther north, where the bulk of Oregon's filberts grow. \u2014 Tribune News Service, OregonLive.com , 5 Apr. 2018",
"Hazelnuts are also known as filberts , although that is something your grandmother probably called them. \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Oct. 2017",
"Hazelnuts, also called filberts , are a popular ingredient in baked goods, candy and snacks. \u2014 Eugene Register-guard, OregonLive.com , 25 Aug. 2017",
"Barnett's list included prairie smoke, coneflower, compass plant, obedient plant and butterflyweed \u2014 native prairie plants that bloom at different times \u2014 as well as native shrubs including filbert , which produces fruits for wildlife in fall. \u2014 Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun , 22 May 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 1901, American researchers studying yellow fever in Cuba concluded that the disease carried by mosquitoes was caused by something small enough to be filterable , too. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Mar. 2020",
"In 1898, the same year as Beijerinck\u2019s work was published, foot-and-mouth disease in cattle became the first animal illness linked to a filterable agent, or a microbe small enough to pass through a porcelain filter. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Mar. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After misguidedly focusing on surface-cleaning hygiene theater, both the government and industry leaders are now starting to grasp the importance of ventilation and filtration . \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 27 June 2022",
"And yet few schools have made major investments to improve their ventilation and filtration systems. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"For most homes and small businesses, focusing on ventilation and filtration is probably the easiest way to improve air quality. \u2014 Tanya Lewis, Scientific American , 8 June 2022",
"Over the past week, the news organization asked all seven Portland school board members whether the district should improve ventilation and filtration in its schools, such as by setting an air-change goal. \u2014 oregonlive , 29 May 2022",
"Scientists say there is still a lot people can do to protect their families, chief among them improving ventilation and filtration of the air. \u2014 Liz Szabo, NBC News , 17 May 2022",
"Researchers say ventilation and filtration mean that air is relatively safe while planes are in flight, but those systems aren\u2019t always on when planes are waiting on the ground and don\u2019t entirely eliminate risk from infected seatmates. \u2014 Alison Sider, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In addition to vaccines, boosters, handwashing and masks, some of the most powerful tools against Covid-19 are ventilation and filtration , experts say. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 11 Apr. 2022",
"But there was one element that was still lacking more than two years into the pandemic: ventilation and filtration . \u2014 Joseph G. Allen, STAT , 20 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English f\u0233lan , from f\u016bl foul":"Verb",
"Middle English, from Medieval Latin filare to string documents on a string or wire, from filum file of documents, literally, thread, from Latin; akin to Armenian j\u030cil sinew":"Verb and Noun",
"Middle French, from filer to spin, draw out, from Late Latin filare , from Latin filum":"Noun and Verb",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Worldwide, over one million people die from mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile, dengue, Zika, yellow fever, malaria, and lymphatic filariasis every year. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2022",
"Other species can spread Malaria, lymphatic filariasis , and West Nile Virus. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The experiment involved testing a vaccine for lymphatic filariasis , a parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes that affects tens of millions of people and can cause severe disability. \u2014 Yasmeen Abutaleb And Beth Reinhard, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Nov. 2021",
"The experiment involved testing a vaccine for lymphatic filariasis , a parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes that affects tens of millions of people and can cause severe disability. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Nov. 2021",
"In 1998, Merck expanded the program to include lymphatic filariasis . \u2014 Joshua Cohen, Forbes , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Skeeters are vectors for a host of nasty diseases, including malaria, dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, Zika, chikungunya, and lymphatic filariasis . \u2014 Bill Heavey, Field & Stream , 19 Oct. 2020",
"He was recognized by the World Health Organization for his work in the Cook Islands helping stamp out the tropical disease lymphatic filariasis , commonly known as elephantiasis. \u2014 Nick Perry, Star Tribune , 5 Sep. 2020",
"Mosquitoes can spread diseases such as malaria, dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, Zika, chikungunya, and lymphatic filariasis and kills more people than any other creature in the world, according to the CDC. \u2014 N'dea Yancey-bragg, USA TODAY , 4 May 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lactobacillus ferment filtrate has a soothing effect that works to strengthen your skin, in turn allowing your skin to defend itself from pollution and debris. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"This product\u2019s unsung hero is Lactobacillus ferment filtrate , a probiotic ingredient that provides the skin protection from aggressors and a soothing effect. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"This night cream is an intensive skincare product that contains snail secretion filtrate extracted from pristine nature. \u2014 Daisy Maldonado, SELF , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The test, known as glomerular filtrate rate, or GFR, in essence tells doctors how well the kidneys are working to filter waste from the body. \u2014 NBC News , 16 June 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Working with just 15 slots and a trove of diverse and often contradictory approaches, the NIFFF team looked for titles that could stand on their own while also standing in for larger filmic trends. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"Even the filmic mainstream got a shot in the arm, with several members of the Canto-pop boy band sensation Mirror rapidly transitioning into film. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"Tickets for Sunday\u2019s filmic Haim-fest are $20 and include some Haim merch. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Top of the Lake was part of that very early wave of filmic television. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Miranda uses filmic tools that better illustrate a struggling composer\u2019s restless, desperate need to be heard. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Bowers, however, undercut his own invention by adding filmic images of burning logs and the like, uninspiring a listener\u2019s imagination. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
"The resulting images have an inherently lifelike and natural feel that\u2019s evocative and filmic . \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Sylvia Khoury\u2019s elegant new play Selling Kabul looks perfectly at home in this filmic space, using the compression of the tight frame to create a ratcheting sense of tension. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021"
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"Adjustable slats (vanes) fit between sheets of polyester fabric, allowing a filtered view or complete privacy.",
"\u2014 Daniel Gregory",
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"\u2014 M. F. K. Fisher"
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"\u2014 Sallie Tisdale"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Roden prefers to watch movies made in the forties, the fifties, and the sixties\u2014bank heists, jailbreaks, and French film noir . \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"America, to the origins of film noir , there are socio-political reasons. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"In his first American project, Alfred Hitchcock directs Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine in this classic example of film noir . \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
"Lupino directs this film noir about a woman\u2019s life after she is raped on her way home from work. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Resembling a brightly lit, modern-day film noir , the film is set in a Los Angeles populated by both human and cartoon characters (in other words, the real thing). \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
"In Guillermo del Toro's film noir , a very ambitious carny (Bradley Cooper) conjures up a golden ticket to success by swindling the elite of 1940s society. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 13 May 2022",
"Miller is returning to the world of his acclaimed film noir series, Sin City, with a Western tale set in the city\u2019s past, titled Sin City 1858. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"And some of those gangsters imitated the gangsters from the 1930s Warner Bros. films, and all the film noir films that followed. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kress said the two parcels previously included houses, as well as industrial uses, including a filling station , a machine shop and a plastics research laboratory. \u2014 La Risa R. Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"Still, the fully staged opera, set in the home of a couple who run a filling station on U.S. 1, which runs from Key West, Fla., to Maine. \u2014 Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online , 1 June 2022",
"Before taking up his true calling, Hagerty also worked at a Shell filling station and repair shop once located about a block from McNally\u2019s on Western, Gorman said. \u2014 Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Andrew Eidson, 7, fills a water bottle at a portable Massachusetts Water Resources Authority filling station at the Earth Day festival. \u2014 Taylor Coester And Alanis Broussard, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"Hagerty also told Bob Fitzpatrick about an opening at the filling station . \u2014 Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Until those chargers are installed, love your new EV but don't count on filling up to be necessarily as easy as hitting the filling station on a road trip. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
"So, the man who would later coach Hall of Famers Barry Larkin and Ken Griffey Jr. plus several big leaguers hiked to a nearby filling station . \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 5 May 2022",
"One had been used for manufacturing, another had been the home of a National Tire and Battery dealership and filling station and the other is the site of the former Phantasy Theater and Nightclub. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022"
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": an order of herbaceous, arborescent, or occasionally climbing plants (class Filicineae ) that comprise the true ferns, that are characterized by exstipulate fronds, leptosporangiate sporangial development, and small thin-walled sporangia which are usually borne in sori on the undersides of the fronds, and that have a characteristic ring of thick-walled cells which assists in dehiscence of the spores \u2014 compare fern ally , pteridophyta":[]
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": an environment and especially an online environment in which people are exposed only to opinions and information that conform to their existing beliefs":[
"As Facebook users around the world are coming to understand, some of their favorite technologies can be used against them. \u2026 People's filter bubbles are filled with carefully tailored information\u2014and misinformation\u2014altering their behavior and thinking, and even their votes.",
"\u2014 Elissa Redmiles"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That trustworthiness isn\u2019t confined to the filial and social circles. \u2014 Jon Michail, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"To find answers means more truth, less filial piety, and God knows how much more time. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Once it was decided the summit would be held in the U.S. for the first time since the inaugural session in 1994, organizers thought Los Angeles was a natural fit given its strong cultural, economic, filial and political ties to Latin America. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Though this kind of lawsuit is rare, the topic of familial obligation has long been controversial in India, where carrying on the family line and caring for elderly parents and in-laws is often seen as a filial duty. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 17 May 2022",
"Once in the capital, James sinks deep into the filial and political dysfunction of the kingdom. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2022",
"At times scathing and hilarious, the rollicking tale considers the thorny themes of assimilation, identity, pride, filial piety, transracial adoption, and interracial relationships. \u2014 Chloe Schama, Vogue , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Huisman initially narrates from her childhood perspective, then zooms out to cover the whole of Maman\u2019s life, in a tableau that captures a filial love as fierce and frank as its central figure. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
"This was hero worship on steroids, with a strong filial twist. \u2014 James Marcus, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2021"
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"Middle English, from Late Latin filialis , from Latin filius son \u2014 more at feminine":""
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": having a filamentous stem":[]
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": a list of motion pictures featuring the work of a prominent film figure or relating to a particular topic":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But for hometown fans who really want to make a full day of it, there\u2019s an additional opening act: a screening just a couple of blocks down the hill of the complete tandem filmography of Haim and director Paul Thomas Anderson. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Stewart also reflected on her filmography at the event, discussing her rise to fame after starring in the romantic fantasy film series, The Twilight Saga. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The filmography of China in recent years has given its audiences what Americans have taken for granted: stories about people who look like them, who work and play in a country claiming a moment in history. \u2014 Erich Schwartzel, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Park Chan-wook's Decision to Leave could follow the path forged by those films, as the Stoker and Handmaiden director's latest mystery earned near-universal praise as a standout entry among the celebrated helmer's filmography . \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
"That film brought playful wit and tender observation to a spiky relationship between Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche, playing a famous mother and daughter, their starry double-act an anomaly in Kore-eda\u2019s filmography . \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"But that\u2019s only a small part of what\u2019s special about this moment \u2014 and why there are many others like it in her filmography . \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
"Despite her filmography and status as a fashion icon, MGM refused to consider her for the female lead of its 1937 adaptation of Pearl S. Buck\u2019s The Good Earth, about a Chinese family. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Before the film screened, festival director Thierry Fr\u00e9maux introduced a 13-minute clip reel of the star\u2019s filmography , eliciting a standing ovation, and then presented him with a surprise Palme d\u2019Or, inspiring another. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022"
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": a generation in a breeding experiment that is successive to a mating between parents of two distinctively different but usually relatively pure genotypes":[]
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": a station in a military aircraft warning net that receives information on aircraft sighted at observation posts and relays it to stations where it is evaluated for action":[]
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": a device or material for suppressing or minimizing waves or oscillations of certain frequencies (as of electricity, light, or sound)":[],
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"\u2014 Brent Staples"
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"strain"
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"Noun",
"She smokes cigarettes with filters .",
"He placed a red filter on the camera lens.",
"digital filters that stop high-frequency sounds",
"Verb",
"They've begun filtering their water to remove impurities.",
"a device that filters impurities from water",
"sunglasses that filter ultraviolet light",
"Sunlight filtered through the leaves.",
"His ideas have filtered down to his children.",
"The crowd filtered into the arena.",
"Early election returns have begun to filter in.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Clean floors often with a vacuum cleaner that has a HEPA filter . \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 18 May 2022",
"Gedansky addressed the weight of that witnesses testimony in his rebuttal, pointing out evidence that the window the cleaner was dusting at the time had a UV filter on it that may have distorted her view. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 10 May 2022",
"This vacuum has a washable filter and charges via a USB port. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 3 May 2022",
"The Aroeve Air Purifier has a strong HEPA filter that's made to clear air from even the smallest particles like smoke, pollen, and odor. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The Mayo Clinic recommends vacuuming weekly with a vacuum cleaner that has a HEPA filter to help eliminate pollen or mold spores from your floors. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, SELF , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Vacuums for pet hair should have a filter that captures microscopic allergens (like pet dander). \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Allergy sufferers will love the high filtration bag and HEPA AirClean filter that prevent dust from being released back into the air. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"With Redken\u2019s Curl Memory Complex made with sugar crystals, moringa oil, and UV filter , your hair will be protected and infused with lightweight moisture. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The search engine for the Brave browser can now filter your search results based on your political leanings. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 22 June 2022",
"Currently, users can filter by type of treatment \u2014 detox, inpatient, outpatient \u2014 and whether a facility offers medications for opioid use disorder. \u2014 Aneri Pattani, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"Third-party apps such as Block Party can filter your notifications even further, including sending harassing messages and tweets to a separate folder for later review. \u2014 Heather Kelly, Washington Post , 1 May 2022",
"Applicant-screening software can potentially filter out older workers whose r\u00e9sum\u00e9s show lengthy employment gaps. \u2014 WSJ , 22 Feb. 2022",
"One adult oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water each day, contributing to a healthier ecosystem. \u2014 Sarah Swetlik, ajc , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Sponges can filter food particles from the surrounding water, but there weren\u2019t enough of such particles around. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Users can filter out industries and/or technology platforms that don\u2019t interest them. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 7 Feb. 2022",
"When worn properly, N95s can filter out at least 95% of particles in the air, including the virus that causes COVID-19. \u2014 Aaron Steckelberg, Bonnie Berkowitz, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Jan. 2022"
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"Middle English filtre \"felt, felt carpet, piece of felt used as a filter,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin filtrum \"felt cloth, cover or blanket of felt, piece of felt used as a filter,\" borrowed from *filtir (going back to *filtiz\u014d ) in a West Germanic language, plural of *filt-, *felt- \"felted cloth\" \u2014 more at felt entry 1":"Noun",
"derivative of filter entry 1":"Verb"
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"noun"
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": massecuite used especially in beet-sugar making":[]
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"Noun",
"They engaged in a filibuster that lasted for over a week.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Fourteen Republican senators voted with Democrats to begin debate on the bill, ensuring there are enough votes to overcome a filibuster and advance to final passage. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 22 June 2022",
"The bill marks a step forward in advancing that agreement, which was supported by 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans, enough to overcome a filibuster . \u2014 Rachel Scott, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
"By clearing the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome any filibuster , the measure seems assured final passage assuming there are no last-minute vote changes. \u2014 Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"Though negotiators did not release a specific bill yet, as many as 10 Republicans \u2013 the number needed to overcome a GOP filibuster \u2013 have signed on to a framework proposal. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"If all 10 remain on board and join with all 50 members of the Democratic majority \u2014 including the two independents who caucus with them \u2014 the measure could overcome a filibuster . \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
"If all 10 remain on board and join with all 50 members of the Democratic majority \u2014 including the two independents who caucus with them \u2014 the measure could overcome a filibuster . \u2014 Nolan D. Mccaskill And Jennifer Haberkorn, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"Any bill tightening firearms restrictions would require 60 votes to overcome a Senate filibuster , meaning at least 10 GOP senators would have to vote for it. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 12 June 2022",
"By the time the legislation became law in 2018, as part of a must-pass government spending bill, Mr. Cornyn, working with Mr. Murphy, had recruited 77 Senate co-sponsors, far more than the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster . \u2014 Lindsay Wise, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Democratic efforts to pass a sweeping voting rights bill appear doomed after the Senate failed to pass a change to filibuster rules that would have dropped the 60-vote threshold needed to end debate on the bill. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Manchin has expressed support to do away with one of the opportunities to filibuster a bill, but not all of them. \u2014 Jennifer Haberkorn Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Without a change to filibuster rules, Republicans could block 2 voting rights bills in the Senate. \u2014 Matthew Brown, USA TODAY , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Joe Biden \u2014 threatened to filibuster her nomination. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Republicans might then be expected to try to filibuster the nomination, or thwart its passage by demanding never-ending debate. \u2014 Madison Alder, Bloomberg.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"In recent decades, a senator merely signaling his or her intent to filibuster a piece of legislation has been enough to stop action on a bill. \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced in a letter to his colleagues this week that the chamber would vote by Jan. 17 on whether to change the Senate rules if Republicans filibuster voting rights legislation in the coming days. \u2014 Max Ufberg, Fortune , 5 Jan. 2022",
"But if some Republicans filibuster the legislation, Democrats would need 10 Republicans to join them in overcoming the hurdle to approve the bill. \u2014 Bart Jansen, USA TODAY , 22 Sep. 2021"
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