": an exercise regimen that is typically performed on a floor mat or with the use of specialized apparatus and aims to improve flexibility and stability by strengthening the muscles and especially the torso-stabilizing muscles of the abdomen and lower back":[
"Long popular with dancers, Pilates recently has attracted a huge surge of athletes, models, actors and other body-conscious folks.",
"\u2014 Patricia Hagen",
"She does intensive Pilates , deep-muscle floor exercises and stretches.",
"river 1000 miles (1609 kilometers) long in south central South America rising in Bolivia and flowing southeast on the Argentina\u2013Paraguay boundary into the Paraguay River":[]
"our lives don't amount to a picayune in the great scheme of things",
"Adjective",
"They argued over the most picayune details.",
"the picayune ponderings of a commentator who steadfastly believes other cultures are inferior to our own",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Challenging ballot designations has become something of a sport in California politics \u2014 squabbles over the occasionally picayune rules return each cycle like the swallows to Capistrano. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"What would normally be regarded as an investigation that has reached the level of pursuing such picayune matters that it should be concluded, may to him or her be an investigation that ought to go on for another year. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022",
"There are at least two explanations: One is that the violations are so picayune as to expose a petty scheme to dump the executive. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2022",
"This was the Britain\u2014still very imperial yet so very picayune \u2014to which Mr. Sen, who would go on to win the Nobel Prize in economics, had come to study. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Vance\u2019s investigation, which appears to be focussed largely on business practices that Trump engaged in before taking office, may seem picayune in comparison with the outrageous offenses to democratic norms that Trump committed as President. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 12 Mar. 2021",
"But after months of family quarantine, combined with the confusion and exasperation of school-Zoom days, more of our wind-down reading sessions have involved the sureness of facts \u2014 picayune details about dogs and skyscrapers and coral reefs. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, Washington Post , 24 Nov. 2020",
"If the last few months should have taught us anything, it\u2019s the realization that who stands at proper attention for a flag and who chooses not to is a rather picayune thing to worry about given our current circumstances as a country. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 1 Aug. 2020",
"However picayune and pitifully old-fashioned the bereavement may seem to most people, for me the erosion of style, clarity, and precision in everyday speech and prose is a loss. \u2014 Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019"
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"Middle English piken , partly from Old English *p\u012bcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); partly from Middle French piquer to prick \u2014 more at pike":"Verb",
"Middle English pykken to pitch (a tent); akin to Middle English picchen to pitch":"Verb"
": to provide needed support or assistance to (someone who has faltered or failed, such as a teammate who has made an error) in a collaborative effort":[
"\u2026 Burns allowed only five hits and did not issue a walk. She also picked up her teammates after several fielding errors.",
"\u2014 John Knebels",
"We have faith. We don't panic. Even in all these one-run ballgames, we have trust in each other that we're going to pull it out. We pick each other up . On days we're not pitching it great, our offense gets going and vice versa.",
"Witnesses reported that the driver of a pickup sat behind the stop sign at the plaza and waited before accelerating as Timothy walked by, according to court records. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
"Pundits downgraded Republicans\u2019 chances of a pickup after Mr. Mastriano\u2019s victory. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"The film\u2019s biggest set-piece is a dual chase through the ancient streets of the Maltese capital Valetta, with Claire in the back of a pickup and Owen on a motorcycle. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Deputies arrived and were told Mia Worthy, 20, of Elkins, was a passenger in the front seat of the pickup . \u2014 Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online , 1 June 2022",
"The driver of a pickup struck and seriously injured a pedestrian Thursday morning in Bay Park near Clairemont, leaving the woman with life-threatening injuries, San Diego police said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Alaska State Troopers confirmed Hackney\u2019s death, identifying him as the driver of a pickup that collided with another vehicle Wednesday afternoon in Fairbanks. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"The driver of the pickup was not wearing his seatbelt. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
"The female driver of the Dodge pickup was severely injured and taken to the hospital, police said. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 10 May 2022",
"Preston turned heads during pickup games in September only to injure a foot on the eve of camp. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Through a cousin, Njie reached out to Wadda, who was able to offer a recommendation to Taal because of friends back in D.C. who had already seen Njie excelling in pickup games. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 24 Mar. 2022",
"While 66 percent of non-luxury-vehicle shoppers considered an SUV and 35 percent looked into pickup trucks in the first three months of this year, only five percent considered a minivan. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 30 May 2022",
"Cousins, aunts and uncles pulled up in pickup trucks. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"This extra-large shade boasts 65.7 by 36.4 inches of coverage for use in pickup trucks and SUVs. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
"Based in Ketchum, Idaho, with production facilities and manufacturing in Defiance, Ohio, and St. George, Utah, DECKED designs, engineers, and manufacturers storage and organization products for pickup trucks and cargo vans. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 May 2022",
"The city is expecting significant delays in pickup times throughout the week. \u2014 Anna Caplan, Dallas News , 15 Feb. 2021",
"The morning after the parade, Andrew Giuliani drove to the Bellmore train station on Long Island, where hundreds gathered to meet and greet Republican candidates in a parking lot jammed with pickup trucks and festooned with Trump flags. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The bright lights of Los Angeles didn\u2019t pull him away, Kiffin says, but rather the chance to pick up where Carroll left off. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"That\u2019s a tough age to pick up everything and find friends in a new environment. \u2014 Michael Saponara, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
"Computer vision is often able to notice patterns that the human eye can't pick up . \u2014 Aparajeeta Das, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Tucker had the option to pick up his $7.35 million option for next season, or utilize his non-Bird rights to earn $8.4 million for 2022-23 by opting out and then returning. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"Outside King\u2019s College Hospital in London, ambulance drivers reported heavy delays, which hampered their efforts to pick up and bring in patients. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"There is also a risk that inflation will pick up again as Western sanctions reduce the supply of goods and services over coming months. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Frontier is trying to preserve an agreement that would create the largest deep-discount airline in the US, with a clear path to pick up Spirit\u2019s most price-sensitive customers and without a larger rival to hinder expansion. \u2014 Mary Schlangenstein, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"Frontier is trying to preserve an agreement that would create the largest deep-discount airline in the US, with a clear path to pick up Spirit\u2019s most price-sensitive customers and without a larger rival to hinder expansion. \u2014 Mary Schlangenstein, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022"
": to provide needed support or assistance to (someone who has faltered or failed, such as a teammate who has made an error) in a collaborative effort":[
"\u2026 Burns allowed only five hits and did not issue a walk. She also picked up her teammates after several fielding errors.",
"\u2014 John Knebels",
"We have faith. We don't panic. Even in all these one-run ballgames, we have trust in each other that we're going to pull it out. We pick each other up . On days we're not pitching it great, our offense gets going and vice versa.",
"Witnesses reported that the driver of a pickup sat behind the stop sign at the plaza and waited before accelerating as Timothy walked by, according to court records. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
"Pundits downgraded Republicans\u2019 chances of a pickup after Mr. Mastriano\u2019s victory. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"The film\u2019s biggest set-piece is a dual chase through the ancient streets of the Maltese capital Valetta, with Claire in the back of a pickup and Owen on a motorcycle. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Deputies arrived and were told Mia Worthy, 20, of Elkins, was a passenger in the front seat of the pickup . \u2014 Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online , 1 June 2022",
"The driver of a pickup struck and seriously injured a pedestrian Thursday morning in Bay Park near Clairemont, leaving the woman with life-threatening injuries, San Diego police said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Alaska State Troopers confirmed Hackney\u2019s death, identifying him as the driver of a pickup that collided with another vehicle Wednesday afternoon in Fairbanks. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"The driver of the pickup was not wearing his seatbelt. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
"The female driver of the Dodge pickup was severely injured and taken to the hospital, police said. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Preston turned heads during pickup games in September only to injure a foot on the eve of camp. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Through a cousin, Njie reached out to Wadda, who was able to offer a recommendation to Taal because of friends back in D.C. who had already seen Njie excelling in pickup games. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 24 Mar. 2022",
"While 66 percent of non-luxury-vehicle shoppers considered an SUV and 35 percent looked into pickup trucks in the first three months of this year, only five percent considered a minivan. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 30 May 2022",
"Cousins, aunts and uncles pulled up in pickup trucks. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"This extra-large shade boasts 65.7 by 36.4 inches of coverage for use in pickup trucks and SUVs. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
"Based in Ketchum, Idaho, with production facilities and manufacturing in Defiance, Ohio, and St. George, Utah, DECKED designs, engineers, and manufacturers storage and organization products for pickup trucks and cargo vans. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 May 2022",
"The city is expecting significant delays in pickup times throughout the week. \u2014 Anna Caplan, Dallas News , 15 Feb. 2021",
"The morning after the parade, Andrew Giuliani drove to the Bellmore train station on Long Island, where hundreds gathered to meet and greet Republican candidates in a parking lot jammed with pickup trucks and festooned with Trump flags. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The bright lights of Los Angeles didn\u2019t pull him away, Kiffin says, but rather the chance to pick up where Carroll left off. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"That\u2019s a tough age to pick up everything and find friends in a new environment. \u2014 Michael Saponara, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
"Computer vision is often able to notice patterns that the human eye can't pick up . \u2014 Aparajeeta Das, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Tucker had the option to pick up his $7.35 million option for next season, or utilize his non-Bird rights to earn $8.4 million for 2022-23 by opting out and then returning. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"Outside King\u2019s College Hospital in London, ambulance drivers reported heavy delays, which hampered their efforts to pick up and bring in patients. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"There is also a risk that inflation will pick up again as Western sanctions reduce the supply of goods and services over coming months. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Frontier is trying to preserve an agreement that would create the largest deep-discount airline in the US, with a clear path to pick up Spirit\u2019s most price-sensitive customers and without a larger rival to hinder expansion. \u2014 Mary Schlangenstein, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"Frontier is trying to preserve an agreement that would create the largest deep-discount airline in the US, with a clear path to pick up Spirit\u2019s most price-sensitive customers and without a larger rival to hinder expansion. \u2014 Mary Schlangenstein, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Matthew A. Kelly"
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"Noun",
"a house surrounded by a white picket fence",
"Pickets marched in front of the company headquarters.",
"The strikers held picket signs painted with angry slogans.",
"The students were barred from holding a picket outside the company's headquarters.",
"Verb",
"Workers picketed outside the grocery store.",
"The union is picketing the factory.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The restaurant's interior features photos of Louis\u2019 boxing career and the space is designed to look like the front porch of an old, Southern home with trees and greenery in the ceiling and a print of a front yard with a white picket fence. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
"Old Mulhearn\u2019s patrons won\u2019t find a pool table, but the white picket fence surrounding a red brick patio is still there. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"The American Dream used to stand for a job with a loyal employer, homeownership (often accompanied by a white picket fence), and your own set of wheels. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"That would be a picket fence by scoring one run per inning, which looks like a fence on the scoreboard. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"On another occasion, Williams went to Burns\u2019 home in Washougal, Washington, just to help paint a white picket fence. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"Surrounded by ancient oak trees, meadows, gardens and vineyards, at the heart of the property is a six-room, Victorian-style home with a white- picket fence, wrap-around porch and original antiques. \u2014 Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 May 2022",
"Cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff were among those joining picket lines Tuesday. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 21 June 2022",
"Speaking of freedom, Krach noted that growing up in Lakewood and Rocky River during the latter half of the 20th century with white picket fences, 2.5 kids and a dog brings home the idea that democracy is a 250-year experiment. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The spokesperson noted that pilots plan to picket \u2014 not strike \u2014 on a day they're not scheduled to work. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 27 June 2022",
"Even after news broke of the foiled assassination attempt, protesters gathered Wednesday evening to picket outside his home. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 9 June 2022",
"But nobody thought\u2014or dared\u2014to picket the justices\u2019 homes. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
"Jack publicly threatened to picket the arena if Udoka didn\u2019t make the final cut. \u2014 Ben Cohen, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"According to a 2015 report, Viking\u2019s Tongass old-growth trees go into products ranging from Steinway grand pianos to picket fences and gazebos. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2022",
"As teachers picket behind him, the young boy responds to the reporter\u2019s question with support for the striking educators. \u2014 Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Union members threatened a one-day strike that was to take place Wednesday, with members planning to picket outside the hospital\u2019s main entrance, but that threat ended when members and administrators ratified a new contract. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The experience led her to picket other fast food restaurants and speak out about her treatment and demonstrate in favor of AB 257. \u2014 Alex Park, The New Republic , 24 Jan. 2022"
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"Middle English pik":"Noun",
"Middle English piken , partly from Old English *p\u012bcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); partly from Middle French piquer to prick \u2014 more at pike":"Verb",
"Middle English pykken to pitch (a tent); akin to Middle English picchen to pitch":"Verb"
"That could mean a seared chicken breast over a salad of greens, or even braised short ribs served with a pickled or crunchy side salad. \u2014 Hannah Selinger, Outside Online , 14 May 2021",
"Fried Tokyo chicken translates as piping hot nuggets of thigh meat made flavorful with soy sauce, ginger and garlic and partnered with snappy pickled cucumbers \u2014 a pause that refreshes between bites of chicken. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Jan. 2022",
"That\u2019s why water bath canning is used for higher-acid foods such as jams, and pressure canning for lower-acid foods such as non- pickled vegetables. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Aug. 2021",
"The tom kha cauliflower comes in the G.T.P. (Gettin That Paper), with sweet potato glass noodles, pickled cucumbers, truffled tomatoes, herbs and toasted coconut. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2021",
"Etsitty also makes his own pickled cucumber, jalape\u00f1o and red onion. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 12 Oct. 2020",
"The tangy, crunchy and colorful pickled relish \u2014 it\u2019s the house giardiniera \u2014 is an inspired touch, and the housemade pickles contribute another cleansing vinegar punch. \u2014 Rick Nelson, Star Tribune , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Order the crispy fish with pickled veggies and a side of curry sauce. \u2014 Essence , 11 June 2020",
"Pops of crunch from quick- pickled cucumber add a refreshing note. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 28 May 2020"
": the larva of a brown-and-yellow moth ( Diaphania nitidales ) of the family Pyralidae or Crambidae that attacks the vines of cucurbits in North and South America":[]
": very careful or too careful about choosing or accepting things : fussy , choosy":[
"a picky eater",
"Because pen collectors are a picky lot, and some antiques dealers who are not in the pen business can overlook the details of condition, there is occasional friction.",
"\u2014 Bill Holland",
"With rising ticket prices and new competition from cable TV, cost-conscious families may be pickier about the movies they choose to see.",
"a picky cat who would only eat one particular kind of food, and only if it was served in his special dish",
"she's picky , but she always finds the best quality in fresh meat and fish",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stay on for ap\u00e9ro hour and settle at a table up on the rooftop terrace for cocktails and picky bits of warm local fougasse bread with a trio of tangy sauces and local olives in time for sunset. \u2014 Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Some people like rom-coms, others like documentaries, and some are just straight-up picky about everything. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"The restaurant, run by wife-and-husband duo Gerad Gobel and Alexis Rorabaugh, is confident enough in its pizzas that there is a hard ban on any modifications \u2014 a bold move for a place surrounded by picky college students. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"The peak years of picky eating are between ages 2 and 6, as children start to want more autonomy. \u2014 Anna Nordberg, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Opt for a hard cheese like Parmesan and Cheddar, both traditional picks that won't make picky folks turn up their noises at stinky smells. \u2014 Mandy Major, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
"Hikers are a picky bunch who tend to be particular about their gear. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Now available in a pump for easy dosage control, this hemp oil for dogs without any taste is tailored to picky palates. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Cats aren\u2019t picky hunters but will pounce on the easiest available prey. \u2014 Daniel Herrera, The Conversation , 8 Apr. 2022"
"The rushing sound of water and canopy of over 100 live oak trees make this park an excellent location for a picnic or some simple relaxation. \u2014 Gabi De La Rosa, Chron , 8 June 2022",
"Carry these delicious sandwiches to the back porch or patio, or pack them to go for a picnic in the park. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"The McPolin barn offers restroom facilities, a historic homestead and a great lawn for a picnic . \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"Chintzy prints, ruffled hems, and all-over florals fit for a picnic may be used throughout the collection, but don't call it cottagecore. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
"Possible activities include fishing, hiking, cycling or just settling in for a picnic . \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 10 May 2022",
"The family-friendly attraction has a gift shop and concession stand, and visitors are welcome to bring their own food for a picnic as well. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"Particularly in the summer when the rain tends to lighten up, the 350-acre royal park is perfect for a picnic or a stroll with a to-go tea. \u2014 Claire Stern, ELLE , 5 May 2022",
"Talk about a fun way to work up an appetite for a delicious picnic ! \u2014 Erin Cavoto, Country Living , 4 May 2022",
"This beach boasts all the amenities, including restrooms, showers, concessions, and a boardwalk along the jetty with overlook platforms and picnic tables. \u2014 Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The brewery's charming outdoor space\u2014emulating a grassy backyard complete with vegetable patches, picnic tables and Adirondack chairs\u2014was a huge draw. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 22 June 2022",
"Both beaches have concession stands, bathrooms, changing areas, showers, grills, and picnic tables. \u2014 Sam Dangremond, Town & Country , 18 June 2022",
"The park also has a playground, ramada, picnic area and grills. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"The day-use area had pit toilets and picnic tables. \u2014 Bob Robinson, Arkansas Online , 23 May 2022",
"Pre-pandemic, the first level was a large room with high ceilings and picnic tables scattered about that could be moved to create a dance floor. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"There are lots of trees, lots of shade and plenty of patio furniture and picnic tables. \u2014 Matt Koesters, The Enquirer , 22 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s an out-of-the-way shady spot filled with cedars and picnic tables that\u2019s less crowded \u2014 and inaccessible by car. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022"
"Many bands of Plains tribes, like the Lakota, kept what are known as winter counts, pictorial histories drawn onto animal hides. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"While prior decks were less pictorial in nature, Smith's is filled with lush imagery that makes their interpretation easier for the reader. \u2014 CNN , 12 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a beautiful pictorial graphic sense to a lot of his work, but a lot of his writing is vaguely repellent. \u2014 Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue , 10 Mar. 2022",
"But while magazines like Outside publish in-depth profiles about serious topics, their appeal for many is largely pictorial . \u2014 Robert Isenberg, Longreads , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In his late work, Guston developed a kind of pictorial alphabet of images that kept repeating, including books, cigars, windows with green shades, and shoes. \u2014 Peter Saenger, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The history of Wingdings, that silly pictorial font on your computer, is actually fascinating. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Their physical bodies \u2014 and your own \u2014 get entangled with those pictorial references to bodily experience, bringing a ghostly, incorporeal picture home. \u2014 Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"An idealistic and pictorial adventure film with a serious agenda. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Scrolling through Sisson's Instagram is now a loving pictorial of Arizona running, from the Valley canals up to Flagstaff and places in between. \u2014 Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic , 7 Aug. 2021",
"His direction emphasizes the pictorial over the physical. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 9 June 2021",
"Probert was not particularly fond of cats, but this pictorial appealed to him as an advertising logo. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 9 Jan. 2020",
"The Wall preened for magazine pictorials and played the heavy in spy novels. \u2014 Time , 8 Nov. 2019",
"As EW\u2019s Marc Snetiker analyzed, the four pictorials probably represent either the four classical elements (water, earth, fire, air) or the four Gregorian seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter). \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 10 June 2019",
"Playboy temporarily stopped featuring nude pictorials in 2015. \u2014 Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News , 2 May 2018"
"The staff looked at the financial picture of the company.",
"The overall economic picture is improving.",
"Verb",
"I can still picture the house I grew up in.",
"I can't picture changing jobs at this point in my life.",
"Picture what it would be like if you didn't own a car.",
"Can you picture him as a teacher?",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Even as the Biden administration takes credit for righting the ship, however, the president\u2019s advisers have recently begun to paint a gloomier picture . \u2014 Lev Facher, STAT , 23 June 2022",
"Pretty as a picture : See Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge's first official portrait together. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Tashima screamed, gesturing to a large picture of the young boy and singling out his resemblance to Darnell. \u2014 Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Complainants would be able to submit a picture or video capturing the license plate of the offender through the city\u2019s 311 system. \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Stay true to yourself and know that there is a bigger picture here. \u2014 Eric Berkley, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Aside from being a literal physical representation of a picture perfect family, the fashion genes are just as strong \u2014 their two daughters, Kaavia and Zaya, are already fashion icons in the making. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 22 June 2022",
"Ayton been posting picture on Instagram with his namesake son. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"And a slightly more complex picture of the restaurant\u2019s future emerged. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Now picture two guards, Daniel and his younger colleague Ammar, patrolling the area night and day to make sure no one goes anywhere near the river. \u2014 Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Now picture that style in conversation with the cosmic-cowboy sensibility that reached the high desert with rock star Gram Parsons (and his embroidered bell-bottoms) in the 1970s. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Just picture him at the grill, killing the burger game in this canvas number. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 18 May 2022",
"To understand the coastal grandmother, picture its opposite: the grimy style of Euphoria, with its tight fabrics, facial embellishments, hamster-sized purses, and sheen of sweat, cum, sebum, and gasoline. \u2014 Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Then picture her at 12, meeting her manager-to-be for the first time: the same actor, with little pretense to obscuring the fact that this is a goofy adult play-acting as a preternaturally gifted kid. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Then picture the relief of having your debt eliminated faster. \u2014 Veronica Dagher, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"So picture me, with an unexpectedly large amount of car to my left, trying to balance on the clutch as cars nip and tuck down a street not wide enough for two to drive abreast, with a two-foot-thick medieval wall just beyond my rearview mirror. \u2014 Mike Mcshane, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Close your eyes and picture the perfect shampoo; a shampoo that smells amazing and intensely cleanses your hair. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022"
": a book that consists wholly or chiefly of pictures":[],
": picture-perfect":[],
": picturesque":[],
": suitable for or suggestive of a picture book: such as":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ever Chen's picture book promises to be just as inspiring as his memoir. \u2014 Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"The 32-page picture book spreads a heartwarming message of being a positive force in the world \u2014 one that all ages will delight in reading. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"The picture book encourages youngsters to pick up a book and start reaping the benefits of reading. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The Hamilton actor and Waitress star have written their first picture book together, PEOPLE can exclusively announce. \u2014 Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"Ahead of the book\u2019s release, Torres chatted with THR about writing his debut picture book and teased finishing the second season of Los Espookys. \u2014 Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"At his first campaign-style rallies of 2022, in Arizona and Texas, giant television screens paid for by Mr. Trump\u2019s PAC advertised his $75 picture book . \u2014 New York Times , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Released by Random House, the picture book for readers ages 4-8 builds on the mindset the celebrity couple was raised with and that led them to be superstars on the field and on the stage. \u2014 Brande Victorian, Essence , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The children\u2019s picture book is a tribute to White\u2019s late grandfather and the accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 Feb. 2022"
"Even as the Biden administration takes credit for righting the ship, however, the president\u2019s advisers have recently begun to paint a gloomier picture . \u2014 Lev Facher, STAT , 23 June 2022",
"Pretty as a picture : See Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge's first official portrait together. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Tashima screamed, gesturing to a large picture of the young boy and singling out his resemblance to Darnell. \u2014 Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Complainants would be able to submit a picture or video capturing the license plate of the offender through the city\u2019s 311 system. \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Stay true to yourself and know that there is a bigger picture here. \u2014 Eric Berkley, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Aside from being a literal physical representation of a picture perfect family, the fashion genes are just as strong \u2014 their two daughters, Kaavia and Zaya, are already fashion icons in the making. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 22 June 2022",
"Ayton been posting picture on Instagram with his namesake son. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"And a slightly more complex picture of the restaurant\u2019s future emerged. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"Now picture two guards, Daniel and his younger colleague Ammar, patrolling the area night and day to make sure no one goes anywhere near the river. \u2014 Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Now picture that style in conversation with the cosmic-cowboy sensibility that reached the high desert with rock star Gram Parsons (and his embroidered bell-bottoms) in the 1970s. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Just picture him at the grill, killing the burger game in this canvas number. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 18 May 2022",
"To understand the coastal grandmother, picture its opposite: the grimy style of Euphoria, with its tight fabrics, facial embellishments, hamster-sized purses, and sheen of sweat, cum, sebum, and gasoline. \u2014 Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Then picture her at 12, meeting her manager-to-be for the first time: the same actor, with little pretense to obscuring the fact that this is a goofy adult play-acting as a preternaturally gifted kid. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Then picture the relief of having your debt eliminated faster. \u2014 Veronica Dagher, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"So picture me, with an unexpectedly large amount of car to my left, trying to balance on the clutch as cars nip and tuck down a street not wide enough for two to drive abreast, with a two-foot-thick medieval wall just beyond my rearview mirror. \u2014 Mike Mcshane, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Close your eyes and picture the perfect shampoo; a shampoo that smells amazing and intensely cleanses your hair. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022"
"The view of the mountains was very picturesque .",
"wrote a picturesque tale of their journey across the country",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Emilia forms part of a family whose children are on summer vacation on their grandparents\u2019 farm in the picturesque countryside of Tepoztlan, central Mexico. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Biden arrived in Germany\u2019s picturesque Bavarian alps early Sunday morning to join his G-7 counterparts for the annual meeting. \u2014 Landon Mion, Fox News , 26 June 2022",
"Staying There: Everywhere in the Black Forest is easily reachable from the eight-room Adler 1604 hotel, centrally located in the picturesque town of Schiltach (from about $130 a night). \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Set aside a full day for this rigorous but rewarding hike to a picturesque lake on a ridge top cozied up alongside the peak of Mount Ascension. \u2014 Nevin Martell, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Established in 2009, Red Bull\u2019s annual international cliff diving competitions make stops in some of the world\u2019s most picturesque locations, in both major cities and serene coastal areas. \u2014 Andy Frye, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The lake's stunning blue water, surrounded by more than 270 miles of shoreline, makes for a picturesque backdrop for a long list of recreational activities, including boating, jet skiing, and zip lining. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 15 June 2022",
"Bianca, a model from Brazil, shared some photos on Instagram from a recent trip to a sunny vacation spot, complete with picturesque palm trees. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 12 June 2022",
"The movie, known for its picturesque Alpine landscapes and rousing musical numbers, remains a fan favorite 57 years on. \u2014 Toyin Owoseje, CNN , 10 June 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for picturesque graphic , vivid , picturesque mean giving a clear visual impression in words. graphic stresses the evoking of a clear lifelike picture. a graphic account of combat vivid suggests an impressing on the mind of the vigorous aliveness of something. a vivid re-creation of an exciting event picturesque suggests the presentation of a striking or effective picture composed of features notable for their distinctness and charm. a picturesque account of his travels",
"Then, the pandemic reduced the schedule to 60 games and Eddie got a piddling 37%. \u2014 Star Tribune , 3 Dec. 2020",
"Millions of additional claims are expected to stream in from around the country over the coming weeks, while hiring remains piddling . \u2014 Patricia Cohen, New York Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"What\u2019s particularly baffling is that Syria now produces a piddling amount of oil\u2014about as much as Utah. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 30 Oct. 2019",
"That will make the current economic uncertainty look piddling . \u2014 Daniel W. Drezner, Twin Cities , 15 Aug. 2019",
"In the battle for mind share, in the Trumpian quest to be part of every conversation, the Pixel far outweighs its piddling sales. \u2014 Vlad Savov, The Verge , 16 Oct. 2018",
"Of those, only four rather piddling victories went the liberals\u2019 way. \u2014 The Economist , 30 June 2018",
"Learning about other runners' struggles and triumphs helps put my piddling run into a bigger narrative, often allowing me to see myself differently within another story. \u2014 Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2018",
"How to: Improve the Wi-Fi reception in your home The most-improved was Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, which went from a piddling 2.68 Mbps download speed in 2017 to 59.62 Mbps this year. \u2014 Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle , 12 June 2018"
"there's only a piddly difference in price between the two paintings, so take whichever you prefer",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Byrne is still a United States congressman and that\u2019s no piddly thing. \u2014 Kyle Whitmire, al , 7 Nov. 2019",
"This information isn't written in the controller's piddly instruction manual. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 16 Nov. 2018",
"After Kilauea's 1924 summit explosions, the volcano entered a decade of piddly rumblings, followed by 18 years of silence. \u2014 Sophia Yan And Malcolm Ritter, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2018",
"But sometimes self-denial is its own form of power, as you are no doubt noticing, crammed into that piddly apartment. \u2014 Helaine Olen, Slate Magazine , 25 Jan. 2017"
"a model who owes his striking good looks to his markedly piebald ethnic background",
"a piebald horse that looked like it had been splashed with black and white paint",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The piebald genetic abnormality can create defects \u2014 three of this family\u2019s deer becoming deaf. \u2014 Brian Whipkey, USA TODAY , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Rare ' piebald ' deer known for unusual markings find home with Pennsylvania family as pets. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Still, the current piebald has managed to survive and thrive. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 16 Nov. 2021",
"On this episode, a rare piebald squirrel has been spotted in Alabama at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. \u2014 al , 17 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s also Aurelio, a bachelor whose piebald soul mate, Birba, with her renowned nose for truffles, is his greatest joy. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 Mar. 2021",
"To commemorate Napoleon\u2019s victory over Austria at the Battle of Marengo, David painted him charging up a mountain on a piebald steed, right arm pointing skyward, trademark bicorne on his head, cool and cocksure as his horse bucks its front heels. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 12 Feb. 2020",
"Dear Readers: Meet Melania and dachshund Duke. Cheryl G. in San Antonio just adopted Melania, a 4-month-old, five-pound half piebald dachshund and half Chihuahua, from a dachshund rescue group after Melania\u2019s previous owner passed. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Sep. 2019",
"His foxes also showed physical changes, like piebald coats and floppy ears \u2014 characteristics shared by dogs, cows and other domesticated animals. \u2014 James Gorman, New York Times , 3 Dec. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"Mazzoli created a lush score that was alternately sweeping or intimate, sensuous or mystical, yet with a distinctive sound that was her own weaving a thread through the piece . \u2014 Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com , 19 July 2017",
"This is why the war stories of Tom Clancy are such convincing and moving pieces of fiction. \u2014 Janine Barchas, Washington Post , 18 July 2017",
"Saturday evening, the British Broadcasting Corporation posted a piece about the ancient cypress forest discovered sixty feet underwater in the Gulf of Mexico, attracting the international attention. \u2014 Ben Raines, AL.com , 17 July 2017",
"After cutting your lemon (or lime) in half, cut a small piece of skin off of the other side. \u2014 Carly Breit, Country Living , 14 July 2017",
"The public offers a piece of its mind Mic's Celeste Katz discloses that Trump's controversial voter fraud panel won't let the public speak at its first meeting on July 19 but did solicit emails. \u2014 The Hive , 14 July 2017",
"Alan Jacobs, a professor at Baylor University, has written eloquently about that last piece . \u2014 Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic , 14 July 2017",
"For those not in the know, Polar Pizza involves a double fudge brownie crust and mint chocolate chip ice cream topped with Oreo cookie pieces . \u2014 Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine , 14 July 2017",
"His beautiful portrait of Ken Moody, one of an edition of ten, was on sale for \u00a325,000 ($31,650), about five times the price of one of Ms Yass\u2019s pieces . \u2014 The Economist , 13 July 2017",
"As far as the investigation, police utilized resident doorbell camera footage to piece together the events surrounding the shooting, as well as tips -- some of which were anonymous -- pointing to the suspect. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
"Other accounts attempt to piece together the love interests who\u2019ve inspired Taylor Swift songs, while other creators purport to deconstruct whether or not Swift ever had a romantic relationship with supermodel Karlie Kloss. \u2014 Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The European Union's executive arm, the European Commission, is trying to piece together its sixth sanctions package against Russia, in response to the invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 11 May 2022",
"The game features a story that\u2019s enticingly cryptic, demanding players piece it together. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In recent days, residents have slowly started to piece together what transpired in their enclave, emerging from their basement shelters between artillery strikes. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Investigators will try to piece together the plane\u2019s final moments from images reviewing trajectory, altitude, the force of impact and air-traffic data. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"In Take Out, food becomes the conduit for bigger conversations about history, immigration, identity, and how to piece all of those things together. \u2014 Bettina Makalintal, Bon App\u00e9tit , 28 Jan. 2022",
"And from there, anyone can sort of piece it together as to what this is. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for piece Noun part , portion , piece , member , division , section , segment , fragment mean something less than the whole. part is a general term appropriate when indefiniteness is required. they ran only part of the way portion implies an assigned or allotted part. cut the pie into six portions piece applies to a separate or detached part of a whole. a puzzle with 500 pieces member suggests one of the functional units composing a body. a structural member division applies to a large or diversified part. the manufacturing division of the company section applies to a relatively small or uniform part. the entertainment section of the newspaper segment applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage. the retired segment of the population fragment applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off. only a fragment of the play still exists",
"According to a study published in the October 1998 Journal of the American Dietetic Association, taste is the primary factor that motivates people's choices of what to stick in their pieholes .",
"\u2014 Steve Mirsky",
"I want to use precise clinical terminology to address that serious issue: Shut your piehole .",
"\u2014 Mark Rahner",
"Self-improvement lesson: If you shut your pie hole , you'll find some of the answers you're looking for. At the very least, you won't be so annoying.",
"\u201cShut your piehole or I'll shut it for you,\u201d the bully threatened",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Busch won the pole for the race and was the most combative driver in reaction to Keselowski\u2019s remarks about Toyotas, telling Keselowski through Twitter to shut his piehole (or an abbreviation to that effect). \u2014 Mike Hembree, USA TODAY , 17 Sep. 2017"
": a structural mount (as for a telescope) usually of stonework, concrete, or steel":[],
": a structure (such as a breakwater) extending into navigable water for use as a landing place or promenade or to protect or form a harbor":[],
": a vertical member that supports the end of an arch or lintel":[],
": a vertical structural support: such as":[],
": an auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall":[],
": an intermediate support for the adjacent ends of two bridge spans":[],
": pillar , pilaster":[],
": the wall between two openings":[]
},
"examples":[
"tied the boat up at the pier",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On a sunny Friday morning in late May, instructor Gabby Bejarano talked about kettle ponds and oxbow lakes as a group of 10- to 14-year-olds ate lunch on the pier at Beach Lake in Chugiak. \u2014 Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"Surfers from up and down the East Coast compete in one of the best breaks Virginia Beach has to offer, but is normally off limits\u2014 The southside of the fishing pier . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 21 May 2022",
"Two recent grants totaling more than $1.2 million will pay to build a new dock for visiting boaters and to plan the replacement and enlargement of the dilapidated fishing pier at the Oceanside Harbor. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Louisiana Doyline: Authorities have condemned and will remove a section of a Louisiana bridge used for nearly two decades as a fishing pier , officials said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 Oct. 2021",
"In Mobile County, Alabama, someone reported storm damage to a fishing pier on Dauphin Island, Alabama, said Glen Brannan of the county Emergency Management Agency. \u2014 Time , 19 June 2021",
"Early Monday morning, Cyril Derreumaux will climb into his kayak and push off the wooden fishing pier at Fort Baker, cross the Golden Gate before sunrise and embark on a two-month wrestling match with the mighty Pacific. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 May 2021",
"The adjacent commercial fishing pier is mostly quiet, many of the local boat captains having accepted buyouts from the port builders or cash incentives to move elsewhere. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 June 2022",
"The pier had been family owned and operated since it was originally built in the 1950s. \u2014 al , 11 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English per , from Old English, from Medieval Latin pera":""
"Only the novel\u2019s own eerie light can pierce it, with a voice as implacable as the weather itself; a voice like that of an unforgiving God. \u2014 Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books , 6 Apr. 2022",
"To uncover what lay beneath the forest canopy, Sieczkowska and scientists at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Poland and Peru\u2019s Ministry of Culture used drones outfitted with special lasers to pierce the foliage. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Jan. 2022",
"In most of his videos, the internet chef starts off by throwing a knife down to pierce the counter. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Outsiders are finding creative ways to pierce Russia's veil of propaganda on war in Ukraine. \u2014 Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Anton Shirikov, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who studies Russian state propaganda, said trying to pierce the propaganda bubble can feel impossible. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The two camera lenses seem to pierce through the bump\u2019s material. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Sometimes shafts of divine light pierce the ceiling; other times, blazing hellfire flashes up through the floor. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Residents posted footage on social media showing streaks of light from missile defenses pierce the dark sky. \u2014 Isabel Debre, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022"
"Middle English percen , from Anglo-French percer , from Vulgar Latin *pertusiare , from Latin pertusus , past participle of pertundere to perforate, from per- through + tundere to beat \u2014 more at per- , contusion":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pirs"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pierce enter , penetrate , pierce , probe mean to make way into something. enter is the most general of these and may imply either going in or forcing a way in. entered the city in triumph penetrate carries a strong implication of an impelling force or compelling power that achieves entrance. the enemy penetrated the fortress pierce means an entering or cutting through with a sharp pointed instrument. pierced the boil with a lancet probe implies penetration to investigate or explore something hidden from sight or knowledge. probed the depths of the sea",
"She looked at me with piercing eyes, and I was suddenly frightened that she knew what I had done.",
"I tried to avoid his piercing stare.",
"She felt a piercing sadness when she heard the news.",
"Noun",
"There's a small shop in town where they do tattooing and body piercing .",
"She got another ear piercing .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"What follows is a piercing shriek to seal this lively break-up jam, fueled by a St. Vincent-like sense of playful assuredness. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 3 June 2022",
"The words had a piercing clarity in the silence dictated by tennis custom. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Mar. 2022",
"But an even more piercing moment came during a much quieter song. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Among the film\u2019s most piercing scenes are a couple of doozies set in the local watering hole, where Leslie gravitates to slake her thirst and to escape the judgment of her grudging hosts. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Buarque\u2019s eyes are more piercing , his chin slightly more pinched. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
"After all, only those on the highest level, able to navigate the most piercing pain, are singled out by God. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Sumy Sadurni, a prolific photojournalist who documented human rights struggles, political resistance and gender issues in East Africa through a piercing and intimate lens, died on March 7 in Kampala, Uganda. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Few filmmakers have cast an eye back over childhood joys and growing pains with more piercing intimacy and resonant emotional connection than Richard Linklater in his sui generis masterwork, Boyhood. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Kwon's piercing , flat groundstrokes and soft drop shots were effective for stretches. \u2014 Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"There are the voices of interview subjects \u2014 sensitive, piercing , anguished, hopeful \u2014 relating a generations-long fight for justice that goes to the core of American history and yet is barely discussed in classrooms. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"But the piercing of the crypto bubble falls into the no-big-deal category of risks. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"That's naturally going to happen because the piercing is a fresh wound. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 25 Apr. 2022",
"This dramatic piercing on the white continent oozes five stories high at the end of Taylor Glacier, where an ancient saltwater reservoir trapped beneath the glacier flows to the surface and into Lake Bonney. \u2014 Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online , 14 May 2022",
"Black Flag\u2019s piercing hardcore and Sabbathy sludge shared little with the Minutemen\u2019s springy, spiky punk-jazz fusion, the Meat Puppets\u2019 Dead-like excursions or H\u00fcsker D\u00fc\u2019s blend of pop savvy and stun guitar. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Like any piercing , there's always a possibility of infection or rejection. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Temperatures in mid-January fluctuated dramatically: down to the 40s at night, and into the 80s in the piercing midday sun. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"Liberals now must unmask, for politically salient and popular audiences, Alito\u2019s hollow pretense of originalist and textualist piety . \u2014 Simon Lazarus, The New Republic , 20 June 2022",
"Scholars would argue it\u2019s because the seemingly paradoxical values of the Catholic sisterhood\u2014power and piety , strength and femininity\u2014are as urgent and confusing now as ever. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
"The specifics of the novena differ across parishes; the one at Our Lady of Grace includes prayers for attributes such as faith, hope, charity, piety , justice and fortitude. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"In it, Oliver asks why people deprive themselves of pleasure, telling us instead to look to nature to free ourselves from piety : Our bad! \u2014 Annie Lord, Vogue , 24 Apr. 2022",
"And its clumsy, inert storytelling seems less interested in converting nonbelievers than in convincing us of Wahlberg\u2019s piety . \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"On this week\u2019s show, Park discusses the late senator, his influence, his politics, his piety and his place in history. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Paying one\u2019s respects to the past, through memorialization of some kind, is an act of piety . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Mar. 2022",
"On Monday, members of the Taliban vice and virtue ministry stood outside government ministries, ordering male employees without traditional turbans and beards \u2014 seen as a symbol of piety \u2014 to go home. \u2014 Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for piety fidelity , allegiance , fealty , loyalty , devotion , piety mean faithfulness to something to which one is bound by pledge or duty. fidelity implies strict and continuing faithfulness to an obligation, trust, or duty. marital fidelity allegiance suggests an adherence like that of citizens to their country. pledging allegiance fealty implies a fidelity acknowledged by the individual and as compelling as a sworn vow. fealty to the truth loyalty implies a faithfulness that is steadfast in the face of any temptation to renounce, desert, or betray. valued the loyalty of his friends devotion stresses zeal and service amounting to self-dedication. a painter's devotion to her art piety stresses fidelity to obligations regarded as natural and fundamental. filial piety",
"the belief that soda is made out of acid is just piffle",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Ritz, a smart London hotel where Margaret Thatcher spent her last days, is in fine fettle, turning a neat annual profit and valued in the region of \u00a3800m\u2014not bad for a property bought for a piffling \u00a375m in 1995. \u2014 The Economist , 31 Oct. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The whole story now seems like so much piffle , except for the sons who lost their mother and a princess who lost her life. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 7 Oct. 2021",
"It\u2019s a not-quite-living imitation of a movie, a self-parody that lacks even a touch of humor\u2014because, at the slightest sting of wit, its entire membrane of fakery would burst and leave hardly a piffle of vapor behind. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 18 Mar. 2021",
"The fact that all those involved in discussing this question have heads full of tosh and piffle does not make for productive debates. \u2014 Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker , 16 Nov. 2020",
"Though often dismissed as superstitious piffle , ghosts have proved surprisingly durable. \u2014 The Economist , 28 Oct. 2017",
"This is music for thinking adults, a welcome antidote to the puerile piffle that currently dominates the airwaves. \u2014 Randy Lewis, latimes.com , 4 Aug. 2017",
"And how much nicer a sentence that is than all that life-ruining piffle about the atopic character of literary space, an indigestible confection that deserves to be tossed from one of Loving\u2019s trains, to languish by the wayside forever. \u2014 Simon Winchester, New York Times , 1 June 2016",
"Rihanna\u2019s involvement in this piece of joyful piffle is a sign of a few important trends in pop. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 5 July 2017"
"The races happen daily and feature pigs and wiener dogs dressed like hot dogs. \u2014 Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com , 20 July 2017",
"The league has rescued monkeys, pigs , ponies, even a drug dealer's cougar, and thousands of dogs and cats every year. \u2014 John Kass, chicagotribune.com , 19 July 2017",
"Even the cabbage showcases bits of pickled pig \u2019s skin. \u2014 Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine , 18 July 2017",
"Almost 60 million pigs are slaughtered annually in Germany, mainly in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, according to the government statistical office. \u2014 Agnieszka De Sousa, Bloomberg.com , 11 July 2017",
"Miley's a long-time animal lover, with many dogs, cats, and even pigs of her own. \u2014 Suzannah Weiss, Teen Vogue , 9 July 2017",
"Most attempts at cloning other animal species\u2014to date cloning has succeeded with sheep, mice, cattle, goats, cats, and pigs \u2014have not fared much better. \u2014 Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic , 5 July 2017",
"The owner of the briefly emancipated pigs showed up shortly after and escorted the mother home. \u2014 CBS News , 1 July 2017",
"Babybacks wouldn\u2019t survive this process, but the ribs Armbrect orders\u2014which appear to come from elephant-sized pigs \u2014 \u2014 Andy Staples, SI.com , 30 June 2017",
"Javelinas are pig -like animals that are native to desert environments. \u2014 CBS News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Pig bones: Construction workers uncovered what turned out to be pig bones Tuesday at the site of the new Sherwin-Williams headquarters in downtown Cleveland, reports Olivia Mitchell. \u2014 cleveland , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Animal: Han Solo, 4-month-old, 23-pound, male Vietnamese potbelly pig #674433. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Aug. 2020",
"Economic planning authorities promised land permits, loans and subsidies to pig farmers to stoke production. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2019",
"Andrae said the devastation to pig herds across Asia had created export opportunities for Australian pig farmers in markets including the Philippines and Singapore. \u2014 Rod Mcguirk, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Oct. 2019",
"Andrae said the devastation to pig herds across Australia had created export opportunities for Australian pig farmers in markets including the Philippines and Singapore. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Oct. 2019",
"Still, dog owners who opt to resume treating their pets to pig ears should take the following precautions, according to the CDC: Wash your hands. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 30 Oct. 2019",
"USA TODAY Consumers are being advised to not feed their dogs pig ear pet treats amid a growing salmonella outbreak. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 31 July 2019"
": a frankfurter served in a wrapper of baked dough":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The event \u2014 where pigs in a blanket were the signature hors d\u2019oeuvre \u2014 was always packed with Schwartz\u2019s publishing and magazine business pals alongside CBS executives and on-air talent. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2020",
"Try mixing up a classic cocktail to serve with this homemade pigs in a blanket recipe. \u2014 The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping , 10 Jan. 2020",
"For the kids, there will be a Little Buckaroos buffet including pig in a blanket , barbecue chicken drumsticks, and macaroni and cheese. \u2014 Gabrielle Copeland Schoeffield, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 13 Nov. 2019",
"While the company town classics include pigs in a blanket at Craig's or chicken Parmesan from Dan Tana's, the tastes of young Hollywood are different. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Nov. 2019",
"Mummy Dogs These adorable pigs in a blanket from Step Away From The Carbs are perfect for keto dieters AND their kids. \u2014 Christina Oehler, Health.com , 7 Oct. 2019",
"Offer to replenish the platter of pigs in a blanket or put flowers in vases. \u2014 Samantha Boardman, Marie Claire , 19 Mar. 2019",
"Hoyt Dogs in a Blanket at Mile End Deli This iteration of pigs in a blanket takes the party staple to the next level. \u2014 Birmingham Magazine, al , 5 Aug. 2019",
"For children, there\u2019s the Court Jester\u2019s Surprise ($21.95) with kid-friendly savories like PB&J, pigs in a blanket and macaroni and cheese, plus a mini-scone and choice of beverage (milk, juice, cocoa, lemonade or tea). \u2014 Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News , 5 Aug. 2019"
"one holiday when you're expected to pig out on junk food",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Senator Joni Ernst and Tom Schatz warned about the return of earmarks: Congress isn\u2019t even waiting to lift the decade-long moratorium on earmarking before starting to pig out . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 6 Mar. 2021",
"Meanwhile, in town, revelers dance in the street to live music and pig out on traditional Cajun and Creole cuisine. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Jan. 2020",
"Your best bet might have been to leave early, take the spouse and the kid to McDonald\u2019s, sit on the hood of your car pigging out in the sunshine, and make a memory. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 July 2019",
"Vacationing means chilling out\u2014and for a lot of us, pigging out . \u2014 Blake Bakkila, Health.com , 27 June 2018",
"Agritourism is pretty popular right now, with farmers trying to add a little extra cash to their corn cribs by inviting the public to the farm to hang out in pumpkin patches, take haunted hay rides, pick apples, pet goats and pig out on pizza. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 25 Sep. 2017"
"Surrounded by a dysfunctional family and a piggish boss (Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd), Justine is lonely, exasperated, and seething. \u2014 Matthew Jacobs, Vulture , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Her nemesis, piggish ex-husband and former club owner Rupert (Anthony Head), is out of the picture. \u2014 Lorraine Ali Television Critic, Los Angeles Times , 20 Aug. 2021",
"His vocal presence keeps you attentive and improbably charmed, even when the leading men of his plays\u2014the writer-actor often portrays them himself\u2014are at their piggish and sociopathic worst. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 19 July 2021",
"In short, the tax break is symbolic of winner-takes-all capitalism at its most piggish , and helps explain the rising number of Americans who hold a positive view of socialism. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 21 Dec. 2020",
"Her Hollywood d\u00e9but, in 1980, had her sharing the screen with two notorious women, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, and involved a revenge fantasy against a piggish male boss. \u2014 Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020",
"In Moore\u2019s telling, that gaze is inseparable from the piggish entitlement of catcallers and casting-couch creeps. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 19 June 2019",
"The most famous figure to fall has been Mr. Batali, the celebrity chef who was the subject of several published reports in December alleging behavior that ran the gamut from piggish to coercive. \u2014 Kim Severson, New York Times , 18 Jan. 2018"
"The Fed\u2019s latest spending report noted that the savings rate has declined, suggesting that consumers are keeping the party going by robbing their piggy banks. \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Their houses are piggy banks, their retirement accounts are up and their bosses are eager to please. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Prior to the current coloring book program, First Federal Lakewood gave away piggy banks. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Banks also started begging customers to break out their piggy banks to pump more coins into circulation. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The Eugene Emeralds minor league baseball team held a fundraiser, kids emptied their piggy banks, and florists and area artists donated items to sell. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Start looking in piggy banks and drawers or even under the couch cushions, consumers, and get that money moving. \u2014 Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 25 July 2021",
"The Chamelin siblings are financially responsible for everything, Jennie said, and all their money goes right into their accounts \u2014 their, quite literally, piggy banks. \u2014 Clara Longo De Freitas, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 23 July 2021",
"Vendors also are selling piggy banks in the shape of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, as well as raspados, elotes, diablitos and tejuino. \u2014 Julissa James, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2021"
"This happened more than two decades after a federal judge rendered the other end of the freeway DOA, sealing up the piggy bank on buying property to extend the 710 through El Sereno, South Pasadena and Pasadena to join up with the Foothill Freeway. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Many economists have long equated this money to savings in a piggy bank , which in turn correspond to investments made abroad in the real economy. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022",
"But Caruso has been dipping into a piggy bank the size of Crypto.com Arena. \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
"The upcoming fourth season of Netflix hit Stranger Things apparently sent the company piggy bank straight to the Upside Down. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Many economists have long equated this money to savings in a piggy bank , which in turn correspond to investments made abroad in the real economy. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022",
"New Hampshire fifth grader Jackson Gilchrist felt the call to give back to his community by donating his entire piggy bank funds to his local fire department. \u2014 Fox News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Many economists have long equated this money to savings in a piggy bank , which in turn correspond to investments made abroad in the real economy. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Many economists have long equated this money to savings in a piggy bank , which in turn correspond to investments made abroad in the real economy. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022"
"The piggyback pitcher in his first few starts, designated to follow him, was Alexis D\u00edaz. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 4 June 2022",
"Right-hander Cristian Javier, the Astros' piggyback reliever, tossed three scoreless frames on one walk and five strikeouts. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 8 May 2022",
"On the pitching side, the rotation will be Cole Winn, Yerry Rodriguez, Tim Brennan, AJ Alexy and a piggyback of Hans Crouse and Tyler Phillips. \u2014 Dallas News , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Left-hander Drew Smyly, expected to be used in the rotation or in a long relief/ piggyback setup, made his spring debut Saturday with two scoreless innings. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The royal cousins enjoy ice cream, give each other piggyback rides or play with their family dogs. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Small shareholders have been piling into Tesla in droves, with tens of thousands opening Robinhood accounts in the pandemic year of 2020 during lockdowns just to buy the EV manufacturer's stock and piggyback on its bull market run. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 28 Mar. 2022",
"That institutional support means the firm could access AEM\u2019s installations to do research, for example, or piggyback on its partnerships with other space agencies. \u2014 Ana Campoy, Quartz , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The Cubs might want to take more pitchers who are capable of pitching multiple innings and use a piggyback setup to bridge from the starter to the back end of the bullpen. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But Padres starter Mike Clevinger, who went only three innings in a return start from the injury list, and relievers Martinez, who ate four innings in a piggyback role, Tim Hill and Taylor Rogers were in total command the rest of the way. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 5 June 2022",
"Mark Hamill also celebrated his Star Wars costar's birthday on Sunday by re-posting their infamous piggyback picture. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Pitching coach Tommy Hottovy previously mentioned the possibility using a piggyback approach for starters as pitchers continue to ramp up. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"He is scheduled to start, followed by lefty Tyler Alexander out of the bullpen in a piggyback role. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 28 Aug. 2021",
"Zimmermann could be used in a piggyback role following a starter with a limited pitch count, much like how left-hander Daniel Norris enters after right-hander Michael Fulmer is done, though Gardenhire didn't commit to it Saturday. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 13 Sep. 2020",
"The ARK Innovation exchange traded fund, through which retail investors could piggyback on Wood\u2019s picks, peaked at $132.50 on June 30. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"Tyler Anderson can piggyback off short starts, capable of going around four innings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Manager Brandon Hyde tried to piggyback four scoreless innings from right-hander Tyler Wells with a lengthy relief outing from right-hander Mike Baumann. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Male Santa Marta harlequin toads will piggyback on their mate for months before egg meets sperm. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 14 Mar. 2022",
"That opening will piggyback on the success Searcy has already experienced by selling his creations on game days at First Energy Stadium, home of the Cleveland Browns, and at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse during Cleveland Cavaliers games. \u2014 cleveland , 24 Feb. 2022",
"As last Sunday\u2019s runner-up during Busch Light Clash exhibition race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Kyle Busch had hoped to piggyback his son\u2019s dirt-track victory the previous night in South Carolina. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Candidates for governor or Senate don\u2019t benefit from being able to piggyback on the energy and activity at the local level. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
"This seemingly gave developers license to be even more brazen in their attempts to piggyback off the success of the original. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 12 Jan. 2022"
"He was too pigheaded to listen to my suggestion.",
"the kind of pigheaded person who seems to believe that facts only confuse an issue",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Countless efforts to defuse the crisis showed initial promise and then collapsed\u2014Emperor Honorius, based in Ravenna, proved pigheaded and duplicitous. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 9 June 2020",
"Just five years after the Spurs prompted widespread headlines (and much pigheaded skepticism) by hiring ex-WNBA star Becky Hammon as the first female assistant coach in NBA history, coverage of Toronto's move was relatively muted. \u2014 Dan Greene, SI.com , 24 Sep. 2019"
"He was too pigheaded to listen to my suggestion.",
"the kind of pigheaded person who seems to believe that facts only confuse an issue",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Countless efforts to defuse the crisis showed initial promise and then collapsed\u2014Emperor Honorius, based in Ravenna, proved pigheaded and duplicitous. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 9 June 2020",
"Just five years after the Spurs prompted widespread headlines (and much pigheaded skepticism) by hiring ex-WNBA star Becky Hammon as the first female assistant coach in NBA history, coverage of Toronto's move was relatively muted. \u2014 Dan Greene, SI.com , 24 Sep. 2019"
"Melanin is a pigment that gives color to skin and fur.",
"Albinos lack normal skin pigment .",
"Pigments are used to give color to paint, ink, and plastic.",
"Red pigment is mixed into the ink.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And while most rock art in Africa is undated and badly weathered, an increase in ochre pigment at archaeological sites hints at an explosion of art. \u2014 Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation , 23 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to her beautiful coils, Washington looked stunning in the bright red pigment on her lips. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Some lines in this under-drawing are thicker than others, suggesting that they may have been traced from a standard cartoon, and then gone over in a liquid pigment . \u2014 Alison Cole, CNN , 11 Jan. 2022",
"For 48 hours after bleaching, teeth are especially porous and can easily re-stain, so avoid food and drink that\u2019s rich in pigment \u2014like red wine or turmeric. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Her eyes\u2014lined in a deep blue pigment from her new collection\u2014are dusted by her signature Birkin bangs. \u2014 Lindsey Tramuta, Vogue , 30 Mar. 2021",
"While painting, Wong would allow glimmers of a landscape or figuration to emerge\u2014mirages in pigment . \u2014 Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"On top are landscape details added in pigment thickened with gel, so the chunkiness contrasts the flush figures. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that develops from the melanocytes, the skin\u2019s pigment -producing cells. \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Those extra pathways can pigment terms, weaponize musical notes, or even ruin a first date with a rather putrid-tasting name. \u2014 Marion Renault, Popular Science , 27 Dec. 2020",
"Last year, UOMA Beauty came out the gate with inclusive foundation shades, literal Badass lipsticks, highly pigmented eyeshadows for darker skin tones, game-changing concealers, and more. \u2014 Asia Milia Ware, Teen Vogue , 27 Feb. 2020",
"This under eye treatment is actually pigmented to act as a light concealer for those who may want extra coverage or who want to go makeup-free. \u2014 Popular Science , 3 Nov. 2019",
"Good Dye Young Poser Paste ($18) is a waxy styling pomade that's incredibly pigmented and has a pleasant citrus smell. \u2014 Louryn Strampe, Wired , 2 May 2020",
"It's highly pigmented and covers both spots and under eyes equally well. \u2014 Glamour , 20 Mar. 2019",
"On top of that, the lipstick is also surprisingly pigmented . \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 1 Nov. 2019",
"Upon application to the cheeks, it was highly pigmented and a bit unnatural, but after a few moments, the color seemingly seeped into my skin, blending perfectly under a layer of powdered foundation. \u2014 Teen Vogue , 17 May 2019",
"Judging by the very first pictures of the collection, the lipsticks, which have been in the pipeline for two years, look brilliantly pigmented . \u2014 Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com , 21 Jan. 2020"
"Melanin is a pigment that gives color to skin and fur.",
"Albinos lack normal skin pigment .",
"Pigments are used to give color to paint, ink, and plastic.",
"Red pigment is mixed into the ink.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And while most rock art in Africa is undated and badly weathered, an increase in ochre pigment at archaeological sites hints at an explosion of art. \u2014 Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation , 23 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to her beautiful coils, Washington looked stunning in the bright red pigment on her lips. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Some lines in this under-drawing are thicker than others, suggesting that they may have been traced from a standard cartoon, and then gone over in a liquid pigment . \u2014 Alison Cole, CNN , 11 Jan. 2022",
"For 48 hours after bleaching, teeth are especially porous and can easily re-stain, so avoid food and drink that\u2019s rich in pigment \u2014like red wine or turmeric. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Her eyes\u2014lined in a deep blue pigment from her new collection\u2014are dusted by her signature Birkin bangs. \u2014 Lindsey Tramuta, Vogue , 30 Mar. 2021",
"While painting, Wong would allow glimmers of a landscape or figuration to emerge\u2014mirages in pigment . \u2014 Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"On top are landscape details added in pigment thickened with gel, so the chunkiness contrasts the flush figures. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that develops from the melanocytes, the skin\u2019s pigment -producing cells. \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Those extra pathways can pigment terms, weaponize musical notes, or even ruin a first date with a rather putrid-tasting name. \u2014 Marion Renault, Popular Science , 27 Dec. 2020",
"Last year, UOMA Beauty came out the gate with inclusive foundation shades, literal Badass lipsticks, highly pigmented eyeshadows for darker skin tones, game-changing concealers, and more. \u2014 Asia Milia Ware, Teen Vogue , 27 Feb. 2020",
"This under eye treatment is actually pigmented to act as a light concealer for those who may want extra coverage or who want to go makeup-free. \u2014 Popular Science , 3 Nov. 2019",
"Good Dye Young Poser Paste ($18) is a waxy styling pomade that's incredibly pigmented and has a pleasant citrus smell. \u2014 Louryn Strampe, Wired , 2 May 2020",
"It's highly pigmented and covers both spots and under eyes equally well. \u2014 Glamour , 20 Mar. 2019",
"On top of that, the lipstick is also surprisingly pigmented . \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 1 Nov. 2019",
"Upon application to the cheeks, it was highly pigmented and a bit unnatural, but after a few moments, the color seemingly seeped into my skin, blending perfectly under a layer of powdered foundation. \u2014 Teen Vogue , 17 May 2019",
"Judging by the very first pictures of the collection, the lipsticks, which have been in the pipeline for two years, look brilliantly pigmented . \u2014 Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com , 21 Jan. 2020"
"These also qualify as tree nuts: almonds, macadamia nuts, brazil nuts, cashews, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, chestnuts, beechnuts, hazelnuts, hickory nuts, pine nuts (pinon or pignoli ) and gingko nuts. \u2014 Sonja Haller, USA TODAY , 16 Aug. 2019",
"After hen-of-the-woods-and- pignoli salad and brick chicken, Gary Clark Jr. took the stage. \u2014 Chloe Malle, Vogue , 20 Nov. 2018",
"Think: slow-roasted duck hash, chicken salad sandwiches, and ricotta and pignoli salad. \u2014 Ali Francis, Vogue , 20 Nov. 2018",
"INGREDIENTS: 3 tsp olive oil 1/3 cup pine nuts ( pignoli ) 1 lb penne pasta 3 large cloves garlic, slivered 1 1/4 lb red Swiss chard (or a mix of white-, yellow- and red-stemmed chards), stems cut in 1-in. \u2014 Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor , 27 Sep. 2007"
"pignoli from Italian, plural of pignolo, pinolo , from pigna, pina pine cone, from Latin pinea; pignolia perhaps modification of pignoli \u2014 more at pineal":""
"Late Latin pigneration-, pigneratio, pignoration-, pignoratio , from Latin pigneratus, pignoratus (past participle of pignerare, pignorare to pledge, from pigner-, pignor-, pignus pledge, stake) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
": a body position (as in diving) in which the hips are bent, the knees are straight, and the hands touch the toes or clasp the legs behind or just above the knees":[],
": a heavy spear with a very long shaft used by infantry especially in Europe from the Middle Ages to the 18th century":[],
": a large elongate long-snouted freshwater bony fish ( Esox lucius ) valued for food and sport and widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere":[],
": a fire hook having a head with a sharp point at the tip":[],
": a pole usually 12 to 20 feet long with a pike in one end used in directing floating logs or to hold utility poles upright while they are being raised or removed":[]
": any of several large freshwater fishes (genus Ptychocheilus of the family Cyprinidae) of rivers and lakes of western North America that have a long body, deeply forked tail, and large toothless mouth, and that feed chiefly on insects and other fish":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Over five days at the end of March, three technicians from Colorado managed to pull 61 endangered fish over the falls \u2014 mostly razorback sucker and a few Colorado pikeminnow , native species that can both live for 30 years. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Today, several of its native fish species, including the Colorado pikeminnow and the bonytail chub, are drifting toward extinction. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Concerned about a drop in this year\u2019s northern pikeminnow catch, state and federal agencies have extended the 2020 season to Oct. 11 and raised the ante for each fish turned in from the Columbia and Snake rivers. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Sep. 2020",
"Three other native species \u2014 the Colorado pikeminnow , the bonytail and the roundtail chub \u2014 are no longer living in the Grand Canyon. \u2014 Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral , 22 Jan. 2020",
"In the United States, protections afforded by the Endangered Species Act have helped stabilize declining populations of green sturgeon and Colorado pikeminnow . \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, New York Times , 21 Jan. 2020",
"This means releasing smaller perch, keeping reasonable limits and harvesting northern pikeminnow , which are a major predator of juvenile perch. \u2014 Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman , 16 Jan. 2018",
"The more northern pikeminnow measuring 9 inches or longer an angler catches, the more the fish are worth. \u2014 Mark Yuasa, The Seattle Times , 16 May 2017",
"There was one tagged fish for every 1,770.6 pikeminnow caught. \u2014 Mark Yuasa, The Seattle Times , 16 May 2017"
"don't be such a piker \u2014live it up a little while you're on vacation!",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So far, this pullback has taken 15% off gold\u2019s peak price \u2014 a piker by historical standards \u2014 and has lasted just 13 months, well within norms for mid-cycle corrections. \u2014 Moneyshow, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Congress\u2019s decision will ultimately determine whether this massive federal check-writing operation will be cemented in Joe Biden\u2019s legacy \u2014 an initiative that\u2019s already made FDR look like a government-check-writing piker by comparison. \u2014 Matt Weidinger, National Review , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Compared to more established coins, SafeMoon is a piker . \u2014 Danielle Abril, Fortune , 17 May 2021",
"The end result could make the architect of the Great Society look like a piker . \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner , 16 Mar. 2021",
"If lording such exclusivity over your piker friends who drive 500SLs and 850is is worth the price of a decent house to you, well fine. \u2014 Larry Griffin, Car and Driver , 27 May 2020",
"But talk about Ticket Masters, jocks are pikers compared to diplomats. \u2014 David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com , 28 Sep. 2017",
"After complaining for seven years (in many ways incorrectly), that Democrats had abused the legislative process in the passage of the Obama health law, Senate Republicans made the Democrats look like pikers . \u2014 Ajc Homepage, ajc , 28 July 2017",
"Embarrass that piker Mark Zuckerberg by going 60 percent better than the Facebook founder\u2019s charitable contribution to the Newark, New Jersey, school system. \u2014 John C Abell, WIRED , 3 Nov. 2010"
"This set earned a perfect score for its nonstick coating which successfully prevented the rice pilaf from sticking to the sides of the pan, and allowed the omelette to slide off onto a plate seamlessly. \u2014 Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Pair with duck a l\u2019orange or a lentil and red pepper pilaf . \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"As Copeland worked fastidiously to set out utensils and condiments at COTS, women and children slowly trickled in, filling plates to the brim with roasted chicken, candied yams, rice pilaf and Jones' signature Accra banana cake. \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 8 May 2022",
"Today Marinela made chicken soup, pilaf with sausage, and chicken with polenta. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Fried breaded cod, smoked salmon, coleslaw, hush puppies, rice pilaf , green beans, cheddar biscuit, and homemade cakes for desserts. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Make a warm sweet-and-savory pilaf with chickpeas, olives and dates, or a side-dish option with pearl couscous, cranberries and almonds. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Serve it with a grain or rice pilaf , crusty bread or over polenta. \u2014 Christopher Kimball, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Tender lamb shanks melt into an Egyptian gravy, soaking the accompanying fluffy rice pilaf . \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 28 Nov. 2021"
": an upright architectural member that is rectangular in plan and is structurally a pier but architecturally treated as a column and that usually projects a third of its width or less from the wall":[]
"Owners\u2019 bath Fluted pilasters with gold capitals frame the tub under foot-thick crown molding. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 11 Apr. 2020",
"The blueprints showed that these rooftop decorations, known as antefixes, were in fact baseballs, ornaments that echoed the baseball-adorned terra-cotta spandrels above the pilasters . \u2014 John Freeman Gill, New York Times , 27 Mar. 2020",
"The two surviving levels of iron were an elaborate assemblage of around 1,000 individual castings representing some 30 distinct architectural elements \u2014 everything from 2,500-pound pilaster sections to individual flowers on column capitals. \u2014 John Freeman Gill, New York Times , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Characteristics of its Georgian Colonial style include its long, rectangular shape with an orderly symmetrical fa\u00e7ade, and the paneled door with pediment, transom lights, and pilasters \u2014 all reflecting an interest in classicism. \u2014 Nico Amarca, Marie Claire , 21 Oct. 2019",
"The entire home has chateau quality finishes \u2014 mass walls, pilasters and lots of cherry. \u2014 Mark Samuelson, The Denver Post , 18 Oct. 2019",
"The structure is notable for its exterior Corinthian columns and pilasters . \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 6 Feb. 2018",
"The structure is notable for its exterior Corinthian columns and pilasters . \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 6 Feb. 2018",
"Africa\u2019s future is the new station a short drive away, a yellow-and-white edifice with grand pilasters , arched windows and a broad flagstone square. \u2014 Jonathan Kaiman, latimes.com , 4 Aug. 2017"
": a pier projecting from but usually built with a wall and differing from the anta and parastas in that it does not form the termination of the projecting wall but usually stiffens it (as between two windows)":[]
": an outer garment made originally of skin or fur and later of leather or wool":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English pilche , from Old English pylce, pylece , from Medieval Latin pellicea , feminine of Late Latin pelliceus, pellicius made of skin, from Latin pellis skin":""
"Middle English pier of a bridge, stack, heap, from Middle French pille pier of a bridge, from Latin pila pillar":"Noun",
"Middle English pilez , plural, from Medieval Latin pili , perhaps from Latin pila ball":"Noun",
"Middle English, dart, quill, pole driven into the ground, from Old English p\u012bl , from Latin pilum javelin":"Noun",
"Middle English, from pile entry 4":"Verb",
"Middle English, in plural piles \"hair, plumage,\" borrowed from Anglo-French peil, pil \"hair, coat of animal hair, cloth with thick nap\" (continental Old French peil, poil \"hair\"), going back to Latin pilus \"hair,\" of obscure origin":"Noun"
": a collision involving usually several motor vehicles":[],
": a jammed tangled mass or pile (as of motor vehicles or people) resulting from collision or accumulation":[],
": accumulation":[]
},
"examples":[
"A five-car pileup slowed traffic.",
"a pileup of e-mail messages that needed to be dealt with",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Arkansas State Police have released the names of two people who were killed after a pileup that involved at least 20 vehicles on Interstate 30 near Caddo Valley last week. \u2014 Remington Miller, Arkansas Online , 15 June 2022",
"In September, an ascending escalator malfunctioned at the Back Bay Station and suddenly plummeted in reverse, causing a bloody pileup of people at the bottom. \u2014 Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"One of the most dramatic decreases was seen in cost of living, which swung from 45 to 39 amid a pileup of sky-high gas and housing prices and inflation. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Just two days after a 20-bike pileup forced then-leader Fabian Cancellara to withdraw from the race, two more crashes left riders injured and unable to complete the Tour. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 8 July 2015",
"The death toll in the massive Monday pileup on a snowy Pennsylvania highway has risen to six people, the Pennsylvania State Police said Wednesday. \u2014 Victoria Albert, CBS News , 30 Mar. 2022",
"That particular primary was a eight-person pileup in which all the candidates struggled to get out a message, producing a highly fractured vote. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Monday's multi-car collision is the second pileup in Schuylkill County in just over a month, according to the outlet. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The derailment came two days after an ascending escalator malfunctioned at the Back Bay Station and suddenly plummeted in reverse, causing a bloody pileup of people at the bottom. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022"
": the part of a trestle that carries the adjacent ends of timber stringers or concrete slabs and consists of a row of timber or concrete bearing piles and a timber or concrete cap":[]
"The page should have shown an American robin and pileated woodpecker . \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Mar. 2021",
"There are 23 species native to the United States\u2014from the tiny downy woodpecker that is only a few inches in length, to the giant pileated woodpecker that\u2019s nearly the size of a crow. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 26 Feb. 2021"
": a collision involving usually several motor vehicles":[],
": a jammed tangled mass or pile (as of motor vehicles or people) resulting from collision or accumulation":[],
": accumulation":[]
},
"examples":[
"A five-car pileup slowed traffic.",
"a pileup of e-mail messages that needed to be dealt with",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Arkansas State Police have released the names of two people who were killed after a pileup that involved at least 20 vehicles on Interstate 30 near Caddo Valley last week. \u2014 Remington Miller, Arkansas Online , 15 June 2022",
"In September, an ascending escalator malfunctioned at the Back Bay Station and suddenly plummeted in reverse, causing a bloody pileup of people at the bottom. \u2014 Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"One of the most dramatic decreases was seen in cost of living, which swung from 45 to 39 amid a pileup of sky-high gas and housing prices and inflation. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Just two days after a 20-bike pileup forced then-leader Fabian Cancellara to withdraw from the race, two more crashes left riders injured and unable to complete the Tour. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 8 July 2015",
"The death toll in the massive Monday pileup on a snowy Pennsylvania highway has risen to six people, the Pennsylvania State Police said Wednesday. \u2014 Victoria Albert, CBS News , 30 Mar. 2022",
"That particular primary was a eight-person pileup in which all the candidates struggled to get out a message, producing a highly fractured vote. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Monday's multi-car collision is the second pileup in Schuylkill County in just over a month, according to the outlet. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The derailment came two days after an ascending escalator malfunctioned at the Back Bay Station and suddenly plummeted in reverse, causing a bloody pileup of people at the bottom. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022"
"This list is not exhaustive, and criminals are constantly devising new ways to pilfer . \u2014 Bob Legters, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"This won\u2019t be the last time global grifters seek to pilfer U.S. technology. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"On the other hand, one of the great benefits of Strava is the ability to pilfer workout ideas from other runners, including some top professionals. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Sasha had been a f---up all the way into her thirties: a kleptomaniac who'd managed to pilfer countless items from countless people over countless years. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Mashing crisp, addictively seasoned Cajun fries into a shining puddle of garlic butter when there are no potatoes left to pilfer from the bag is not precisely a replacement for the genuinely healthy boon my occasional trips to Sweet Tomatoes were. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Large webs of silk are no good against larger animals, especially birds that pilfer the silk to adorn their own nests. \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Oct. 2021",
"And Trace Adkins periodically pops up to effortlessly pilfer scenes while wrapping his honey-dripping drawl around Lee\u2019s dialogue. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Exploiting the weaknesses to pilfer information from a user\u2019s phone or tablet would also require that another rogue app was installed on the device. \u2014 Thomas Brewster, Forbes , 17 June 2021"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pilfer 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",
"The family went on a pilgrimage to historical battlefields.",
"The tradition of pilgrimage is important in Islam.",
"The poet's grave site has become a place of pilgrimage .",
"Verb",
"tourists pilgrimaging to all of the traditional destinations across Europe",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Issa Dee\u2019s first apartment building, The Dunes in Inglewood, has become a site of pilgrimage for the show\u2019s dedicated fans, as have places like Worldwide Tacos and Pann\u2019s Restaurant. \u2014 Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"Johnson, perhaps inspired by his travels to Ghana, imagines it as a site of pilgrimage \u2014 in both the physical and the virtual worlds. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The area is popular with hikers and families visiting nearby Windermere, and has become a place of pilgrimage for fans. \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 12 Mar. 2022",
"This sort of gastronomic pilgrimage called for a spiritual guide. \u2014 Nathan Englander, Travel + Leisure , 29 Jan. 2022",
"The cemetery\u2019s management said Hafenmayer was originally denied a more central burial plot to prevent his grave from becoming a site of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis. \u2014 Shira Hanau, sun-sentinel.com , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The dancers swirling about you appear to be on some kind of pilgrimage . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Oct. 2021",
"For me, the most transcendent effects of pilgrimage appeared after a few days. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The island was a coda of sorts: a place of Christian pilgrimage since the death of a local mendicant, later canonized as St. Cuthbert, in 687. \u2014 Henry Wismayer, Washington Post , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The two men frequently appear in public together: at Easter services, visiting monasteries and traveling to pilgrimage sites. \u2014 Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Typically, Biden, other top Democrats and civil rights leaders would pilgrimage to Selma for the anniversary, but there is no in-person gathering amid the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Joey Garrison, USA TODAY , 7 Mar. 2021",
"The offerings were possibly linked to a cult of Inca ancestors, and to pilgrimage ceremonies that took place on the Island of the Sun. \u2014 National Geographic , 4 Aug. 2020",
"An international ad campaign persuaded young people to pilgrimage across countries and continents to attend. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 6 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
"the pirate ship was laden with the pillage of merchant ships from across the Spanish Main",
"Verb",
"The enemy pillaged the town.",
"The town was pillaged and burned.",
"barbarians known for looting and pillaging",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In retaliation, British forces began a brutal occupation of the city that led to many casualties and widespread destruction and pillage . \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Reckless human enterprise is killing Earth\u2019s wild songmakers at alarming rates, using poisons, bulldozers, forest-clearing fires and industrial-scale pillage of prey species. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 23 Feb. 2022",
"What about the actual diabolical activity\u2014the violence, the rape, the pillage , the sheer wastage of lives? \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
"But writing a history of empire, pillage , bloodthirstiness and dogma cannot be done in a vacuum, ignoring the dark side of their appeal. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The idea of a paradise lost \u2014 or, more accurately, stolen and desecrated, the M.O. of centuries of colonial pillage \u2014 looms large here, and its fallout is all around. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Murder, rape, pillage , and enslavement were common. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The Republican Party, including members who had denounced Trump during the 2016 primaries, followed him zombie-like on his pillage -and-burn mission. \u2014 Mark Lilla, The New York Review of Books , 5 Nov. 2020",
"The Genghis Khans who come to rape and pillage are never good for the Bristol Bay fishery. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 31 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"These days, mead maniacs are less apt to pillage villages than lead campaigns on behalf of their essential, yet unpaid, workers: the bees who visit flowers and other plants to collect the nectar that becomes honey. \u2014 Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Gaming for adults, players will create their characters together at the first session before joining the crew of Pirates of Palm Beach to plunder and pillage the lands of fantasy. \u2014 Cindy Kent, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Before the skeptics and cancel-culture warriors object a wittle too loudly, though, keep in mind that EPPE early adopters will be able to build a new society and pillage the belongings of the dead. \u2014 Zach Zimmerman, The New Yorker , 1 Mar. 2022",
"This should never be an excuse to rape and pillage our environment. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Or showed up as a band of pirates, here to pillage and plunder. \u2014 John Canzano, oregonlive , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Yes, the Beatles wanted to hold your hand, but the Stones wanted to pillage your village, make off with its women, and salt the earth on the way out of town. \u2014 Chris Nashawaty, EW.com , 24 Aug. 2021",
"The only disaster scenario for the Pac-12 is that the Big Ten decides to pillage in response to the SEC, and the Pac-12 has the most attractive properties. \u2014 J. Brady Mccollough, Los Angeles Times , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Wild hogs pillage cornfields, forests, and cemeteries, leaving behind messes that look like the work of angry asteroids. \u2014 Stephen Ornes, The Atlantic , 15 May 2021"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pillage Verb ravage , devastate , waste , sack , pillage , despoil mean to lay waste by plundering or destroying. ravage implies violent often cumulative depredation and destruction. a hurricane ravaged the coast devastate implies the complete ruin and desolation of a wide area. an earthquake devastated the city waste may imply producing the same result by a slow process rather than sudden and violent action. years of drought had wasted the area sack implies carrying off all valuable possessions from a place. barbarians sacked ancient Rome pillage implies ruthless plundering at will but without the completeness suggested by sack . settlements pillaged by Vikings despoil applies to looting or robbing without suggesting accompanying destruction. the Nazis despoiled the art museums",
"Economic sovereignty in particular has always been a pillar of Kirchnerism, exemplified (if not mythologized) by Nestor Kirchner\u2019s payment of billions of dollars\u2019 worth of debt to the IMF in 2005. \u2014 Federico Perelmuter, The New Republic , 21 June 2022",
"Now, there's been an interesting development on pillar 2 recently. \u2014 Tax Notes Staff, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In one photo, a man is lying next to puddles of blood, just inches from another man who is leaning on a pillar with what appears to be a large bloodstain on his leg. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The monument is a simple concrete marker set on a sandstone-colored pillar just outside his family\u2019s home. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"According to research by Morgan Stanley, the U.S. proposal on the first pillar could also make significant changes to effective tax rates, particularly for manufacturers of technology hardware and pharmaceutical companies. \u2014 William Horobin, Bloomberg.com , 21 May 2021",
"In case the Pope\u2019s presence wasn\u2019t clear enough, the Vatican\u2019s insignia is also emblazoned on the D- pillar . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 21 May 2021",
"The Carnival\u2019s d\u00e9cor includes a chic bow of metal cabin trim embossed with a diamond pattern, same as the trim on the rearward roof pillar . \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2021",
"Countries also need to reach an agreement on the other main pillar of tax talks, which aims to address where companies book their profits. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 7 Apr. 2021",
"The tall windows, pillared facade, rooftop balustrade, and 90-foot-high rotunda of the main building give it the look of a chateau. \u2014 Adam Hochschild, The Atlantic , 15 Dec. 2019",
"The recovery initiative is pillared by a breeding program and habitat safeguards. \u2014 Helena Amante, Smithsonian , 8 Oct. 2019",
"The team started working on the research which initially began in 2014 with the Staghorn coral, but then the focus shifted to pillar coral because of a disease that has been devastating to the Florida Reef Tract. \u2014 Lauren M. Johnson, CNN , 21 Aug. 2019",
"All six of the new Yuletide scents start at just $2 and come in various sizes from tiny tea lights and votive lights to pillar candles and large jars. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living , 5 Oct. 2018",
"The former governor of California took the oak in the marble pillared chambers of the Supreme Court. \u2014 Sacbee, sacbee.com , 19 May 2017"
"the airline is seeking experienced pilots to fly the new airplane",
"Verb",
"He is learning how to pilot a helicopter.",
"He skillfully piloted the ship into port during the storm.",
"Adjective",
"The group conducted a pilot program.",
"a new pilot program to train inner-city residents for jobs in the tech sector",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The guesser looks at the world like an explorer, yes\u2014but also like a drone pilot , or a journalist documenting a massacre. \u2014 Max Norman, The New Yorker , 24 June 2022",
"Vescovo, the pilot , and sonar specialist Jeremie Morizet, dove down to trace the wreck from end to end. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"The photos were accompanied by facts about William, such as his exact birth time and his earlier service as a search-and-rescue pilot , where he was known as Flight Lieutenant Wales. \u2014 Angie Orellana Hernandez, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"The pilot , a 66-year-old Plymouth man, was not injured and declined medical treatment. \u2014 Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"The pilot , a man in his 50s, was trapped, but he was later extracted. \u2014 Antonio Planas, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
"Mamoudou Athie and DeWanda Wise make for appealing additions \u2014 as Biosyn\u2019s shadowy head of communications and a virtuous cargo pilot , respectively \u2014 but still get lost in the shuffle. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"Rogers exec produces alongside Mann, who directed the pilot , Alan Poul, author Adelstein, star Elgort, Emily Gerson Saines, Brad Kane, Destin Daniel Cretton, Watanabe, Kayo Washio and John Lesher. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
"On June 3, a Navy pilot , Lt. Richard Bullock, was killed when when his F/A-18E Super Hornet jet crashed in the desert, in the general area of Trona in San Bernardino County, during a training mission. \u2014 Teresa Watanabestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"On hand to pilot some of those classic Ferraris will be a slew of famous names. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
"The group also supported Kochis's idea to pilot Guardian Score and then extend it for a year. \u2014 Emily Davies, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"If the flying scenes here blow your mind, it\u2019s because a great many of them are the real deal, putting audiences right there in the cockpit alongside a cast who learned to pilot for their parts. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"Everyone loves bikes, from youngsters with baseball cards clipped on, fluttering in their spokes \u2014 you old-timers remember doing that \u2014 to adult enthusiasts who pilot their $15,000-plus rides as often as possible. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"In addition to carrying hides and goods around the bay on his boat, Richardson helped pilot ships entering the Golden Gate. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 May 2022",
"Whiteman caters to pilot hobbyists, commuters and flight students. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"Roys hopes to pilot the PNNL battery in a remote part of his state. \u2014 Anna Blaustein, Scientific American , 6 May 2022",
"By using shared resources to pilot new, innovative programs within an organization at a small scale, companies can gain critical insights before committing to any core business model shifts. \u2014 Adam Bryant, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Bibb rolled out a pilot version of the online tracker last week. \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Elon Musk on Monday panned a pilot version of an advanced driver-assistance feature Tesla Inc. is developing, a week after U.S. car-safety regulators opened a probe into a more basic iteration of the company\u2019s driving aide. \u2014 Rebecca Elliott, WSJ , 24 Aug. 2021",
"Each county will have a pilot program to serve the swim lesson needs of those individual communities. \u2014 Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
"Out&Back, a one-stop shop to buy or sell new and used outdoor and adventure gear, recently announced a pilot program to buy back hard goods in-store at select Dick's Sporting Goods and Public Lands in Pittsburgh and Denver. \u2014 Brin Snelling, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The campus tried to roll out a pilot program to provide free menstrual products, but the products ran out within a couple of weeks. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"In his native Ghana, Dr. Ohene-Frempong established a pilot program to provide screening for sickle cell disease among newborns in the southern city of Kumasi. \u2014 Gina Kolata, New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"The Federal Finance Housing Agency has also committed to work with lenders to begin a pilot program to offer financing for the construction and renovation of accessory dwelling limits, which are typically cheaper than traditional homes. \u2014 Joey Garrison, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022",
"In 2020, the Bureau of Prisons started a pilot program to convert mail to electronic scans at some facilities, to combat drug smuggling through official correspondence, according to the two lawmakers. \u2014 Byluke Barr, ABC News , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1915, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French pilote , from Italian pilota , alteration of pedota , from Middle Greek *p\u0113d\u014dt\u0113s , from Greek p\u0113da steering oars, plural of p\u0113don oar; probably akin to Greek pod-, pous foot \u2014 more at foot":"Noun"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pilot Verb guide , lead , steer , pilot , engineer mean to direct in a course or show the way to be followed. guide implies intimate knowledge of the way and of all its difficulties and dangers. guided the scouts through the cave lead implies showing the way and often keeping those that follow under control and in order. led his team to victory steer implies an ability to keep to a course and stresses the capacity of maneuvering correctly. steered the ship through a narrow channel pilot suggests guidance over a dangerous or complicated course. piloted the bill through the Senate engineer implies finding ways to avoid or overcome difficulties in achieving an end or carrying out a plan. engineered his son's election to the governorship",
": a criminal who is associated with, usually exerts control over, and lives off the earnings of one or more prostitutes":[],
": to customize and adorn (something, such as a car or apartment) in an ostentatious or lavish way":[
"Their backhoe had four spotlights on a bar above the cab, the same way kids pimped their pick-up trucks, and together the four beams made a wide pool of halogen brightness.",
"\u2014 Lee Child",
"\u2014 often used with out This is a parallel world where teenagers pimp out their motorboats, customizing them with dazzling LED lights and powerful stereo systems \u2026 \u2014 Leo Barraclough Foreign buyers\u2014many of them anonymous\u2014have poured cash into Miami's real-estate market for years. Think mansions priced at over $20 million, condos pimped out with private rooftop pools, and spec houses with wild extras. \u2014 Raisa Bruner"
],
": to make use of often dishonorably for one's own gain or benefit":[],
"The Sopranos star Joe Pantoliano showing up as a rather menacing pimp who's on Cruise's character's tail. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Prosecutors alleged King was the victim\u2019s pimp , though a motive for the attack was not disclosed. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Zola is based on a viral Twitter thread about an exotic dancer\u2019s long weekend with a new friend and her homicidal pimp . \u2014 Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Mar. 2022",
"When a guy hooks up with many girls, he's called a pimp in a good way. \u2014 Audra Heinrichs, ELLE , 19 Feb. 2022",
"The infamous 1953 mansion of the late Indiana pimp -turned-magnate, Jerry Hostetler, is once again on the market and this time, the long-suffering, long-unwanted monstrosity might finally be sold. \u2014 Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Burrell told me that the film\u2019s title came from portrayals of hustler and pimp culture in Blaxploitation movies. \u2014 Adrian L. Burrell, The New Yorker , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The woman became her pimp , and sold her during the 2010 Winter Olympics. \u2014 Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline brought workers, along with a pimp and two young women. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 15 Jan. 2022",
"The two women join forces against the king\u2019s desire to pimp his daughter out to a rich aristocrat, and the royal physician\u2019s plan to separate the mermaid from whatever internal organs contain her magical power. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Prosecutors charged him under the Mann Act, a 100-year-old federal law intended today to prosecute the human traffickers who cross state lines to pimp out women. \u2014 Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The golden rules of baseball -- don't have fun, don't pimp home runs, don't play with character. \u2014 Scottie Andrew And Jillian Martin, CNN , 30 June 2020",
"On the show, Henry Willson (Jim Parsons) brings Rock Hudson (Jake Picking) to one of Cukor's famous Sunday parties, in essence seeking to pimp him out to Hollywood producers to get his new client an audition. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 5 May 2020",
"Since when did the Kentucky House of Representatives start pimping for Hallmark? \u2014 Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal , 14 Feb. 2020",
"On December 16, detectives in South Florida arrested G4S guard Sebastien Noel and charged him with pimping an underaged girl out of the hotel he was supposed to be guarding. \u2014 USA TODAY , 20 Feb. 2020",
"In January 2017, Gartley was arrested in California and subsequently convicted in San Diego Superior Court of human trafficking of minors and pimping for prostitution. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Jan. 2020",
"Defense attorneys also suggested during Stoddard\u2019s cross-examination that Hernandez was involved in adult entertainment, not pimping , a possibility the officer conceded had not been investigated. \u2014 Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News , 17 Aug. 2019"
"probably akin to British dialect pimp small bundle of sticks, Middle English pymple papule, German Pimpf young boy, kid, literally, little fart, Pumpf, Pumps fart":"Noun"
"The researchers also discovered that retinoids, a powerful and commonly used class of pimple -fighting drug, work partially by blocking fibroblasts' transformation and release of irritating proteins. \u2014 Maddie Bender, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
"Have a red, angry pimple that might be a candidate for hydrocolloid patch or Band-Aid? \u2014 Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
"Treating acne can be a frustrating process, especially when you're left with discoloration and scarring after the pimple is gone. \u2014 Talia Gutierrez, Allure , 19 May 2022",
"What\u2019s so great about Starface\u2019s pimple -shrinking protectors? \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022",
"But having a pimple on your face does not mean that you are looked at any differently. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Popping a pimple at home can leave you with an infection, swelling, or a scar. \u2014 Julie Ricevuto, Allure , 29 Oct. 2020",
"People can confuse a cold sore for a canker sore, an angry noncontagious lesion that isn\u2019t linked with herpes, or an exceptionally painful pimple , at least in the beginning before the blister opens up. \u2014 Zahra Barnes, SELF , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Sure enough, the day after my second trial, a pimple popped up on my chin. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 21 Nov. 2021"
"At the end, there's a celebration where all of the guests throw or pin money onto the bride and groom as an offering to them. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Aug. 2020",
"Bonnie and Andrea pocket around $100 a month for spending two hours a week taking surveys, which gives each of them extra pin money . \u2014 Maria Carter, Woman's Day , 22 May 2017"
"My little brother is always trying to pinch me.",
"He pinched her cheeks and told her how cute she was.",
"Pinch together the edges of the dough.",
"He pinched the top of his nose to stop the bleeding and leaned forward.",
"He pinched off the top of the shoots.",
"She pinched back the new growth.",
"These new shoes are pinching my toes.",
"I pinched my fingers in the door.",
"By pinching and scraping , she managed to save enough money to buy a new car.",
"Noun",
"the pinch of my favorite sweater really bugged me!",
"an innocent person caught up in a city-wide pinch of drug dealers",
"Adjective",
"A pinch homer won the game.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As a child of the Depression, I was brought up to pinch pennies. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Small-ball elements of the game, such as bunts and pinch hitters, are declining and on a path to extinction. \u2014 Neil Greenberg, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
"The Beavers struck first, as Kristalyn Romulo, pinch running for Frankie Hammoude, scored on Madison Simon\u2019s sacrifice fly. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
"Buds puffing out from my ribs, present enough to pinch but not to hold. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Kliethermes threw away the first pitch, which scored Kildow, who pinch ran for Ellsworth. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 22 May 2022",
"Gerry Toranzo, a nurse and a Republican in Chicago, blames Biden for being forced to pinch pennies by taking steps like driving slower to conserve gas after prices have skyrocketed during his administration. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, ajc , 20 May 2022",
"Gerry Toranzo, a nurse and a Republican in Chicago, blames Biden for being forced to pinch pennies by taking steps like driving slower to conserve gas after prices have skyrocketed during his administration. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Wheat is one of the most popular food staples in the country, and rising prices pinch consumers across the board. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"After a lead-off walk, Jake Hanley missed the tag on Spencer Stoll's sacrifice bunt putting pinch -runner Braylon Boggs at third. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
"Josh Naylor kept the inning going with a walk and was replaced by pinch -runner Oscar Mercardo. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"The ball was caught, but pinch runner Emma Quint tagged up and sped around to score from second. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
"Danny Wuestenfeld delivered a single through the hole between short and third base to bring home pinch -runner Zach Lechnir from third, as the Chips recovered from Friday\u2019s 7-3 loss to 13-seed Florida. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
"Izzy Pachos drew a leadoff walk, and was replaced by Toven as a pinch runner. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
"He was replaced by a pinch -runner after taking a hard turn around first base on a single before stopping and returning gingerly to the bag. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
"The speedy freshman has played 31 games, but is being used mostly as a pinch -runner. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 1 June 2022",
"Ryan McKenna has reserved a role as the fourth outfielder, featuring mainly as a defensive replacement or pinch runner. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 May 2022"
"Middle English, from Anglo-French *pincher, pincer":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pinch"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pinch Noun juncture , exigency , emergency , contingency , pinch , strait ( or straits ) crisis mean a critical or crucial time or state of affairs. juncture stresses the significant concurrence or convergence of events. an important juncture in our country's history exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation. provide for exigencies emergency applies to a sudden unforeseen situation requiring prompt action to avoid disaster. the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies contingency implies an emergency or exigency that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence. contingency plans pinch implies urgency or pressure for action to a less intense degree than exigency or emergency . come through in a pinch strait , now commonly straits , applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult. in dire straits crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference. a crisis of confidence",
"the business owners brought in a pinch hitter until a permanent manager could be hired",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stovall also singled and pinch hitter Kendall Diggs walked to load the bases with no outs. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 12 June 2022",
"He was lifted for a pinch hitter in the top of the second. \u2014 Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic , 31 May 2022",
"Entering that at-bat, Grisham had been 1-for-23 (.044) as a pinch hitter in his career. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"LeMahieu had three hits and three RBIs, including a two-run homer in the sixth, and pinch hitter Tim Locastro pulled a two-run drive in the eighth as New York\u2019s slumping offense had its biggest day of the year. \u2014 Jake Seiner, Hartford Courant , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Plawecki has been getting more opportunities as a catcher, DH and pinch hitter . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Aug. 2021",
"Michael Fulmer entered in the eighth and worked around a one-out walk to get a strikeout of pinch hitter Sam Huff and a weak flyout from Semien to get out of the inning. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
"Madej scored on a groundout by pinch hitter Eric Grintz, which moved Frick to third base. \u2014 Bob Holt, Arkansas Online , 13 June 2022",
"Sophomore Toran Smith entered as a pinch hitter for freshman Landen Argabright and was promptly hit by a pitch, scoring a run. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 4 June 2022"
"Machado declined to comment on the status of his ankle, but manager Bob Melvin continued to express optimism that Machado could be available to pinch hit in the near future. \u2014 Richard J. Marcus, ajc , 26 June 2022",
"Their only disappointment came in the eighth inning when Albert Pujols pinch hit and struck out after fouling off six two-strike pitches. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"Tim Mayza gave up Rizzo\u2019s pinch hit homer in the eighth, cutting it to 10-9, then allowed an infield hit to Gonzalez and walked pinch hitter Jose Trevino. \u2014 Ian Harrison, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
"Henry Popma came in to pinch hit , doubling to score three more. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 June 2022",
"Mason Land struck out looking for the initial out and Mike Bello pinch hit but popped up for the second out. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 25 May 2022",
"Austin Slater, who pinch hit for Pederson in the seventh and drew a walk against right-hander Bryan Shaw, made a diving, rolling catch on a low liner by Rosario to end the game. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Drake was slotted to pinch hit for Alabama signee Alton Davis and brought home the walk-off run on a full-count sacrifice fly. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The right fielder pinch hit in the ninth inning Tuesday but did not play Wednesday. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022"
"My little brother is always trying to pinch me.",
"He pinched her cheeks and told her how cute she was.",
"Pinch together the edges of the dough.",
"He pinched the top of his nose to stop the bleeding and leaned forward.",
"He pinched off the top of the shoots.",
"She pinched back the new growth.",
"These new shoes are pinching my toes.",
"I pinched my fingers in the door.",
"By pinching and scraping , she managed to save enough money to buy a new car.",
"Noun",
"the pinch of my favorite sweater really bugged me!",
"an innocent person caught up in a city-wide pinch of drug dealers",
"Adjective",
"A pinch homer won the game.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As a child of the Depression, I was brought up to pinch pennies. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Small-ball elements of the game, such as bunts and pinch hitters, are declining and on a path to extinction. \u2014 Neil Greenberg, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
"The Beavers struck first, as Kristalyn Romulo, pinch running for Frankie Hammoude, scored on Madison Simon\u2019s sacrifice fly. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
"Buds puffing out from my ribs, present enough to pinch but not to hold. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Kliethermes threw away the first pitch, which scored Kildow, who pinch ran for Ellsworth. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 22 May 2022",
"Gerry Toranzo, a nurse and a Republican in Chicago, blames Biden for being forced to pinch pennies by taking steps like driving slower to conserve gas after prices have skyrocketed during his administration. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, ajc , 20 May 2022",
"Gerry Toranzo, a nurse and a Republican in Chicago, blames Biden for being forced to pinch pennies by taking steps like driving slower to conserve gas after prices have skyrocketed during his administration. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Wheat is one of the most popular food staples in the country, and rising prices pinch consumers across the board. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"After a lead-off walk, Jake Hanley missed the tag on Spencer Stoll's sacrifice bunt putting pinch -runner Braylon Boggs at third. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
"Josh Naylor kept the inning going with a walk and was replaced by pinch -runner Oscar Mercardo. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"The ball was caught, but pinch runner Emma Quint tagged up and sped around to score from second. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
"Danny Wuestenfeld delivered a single through the hole between short and third base to bring home pinch -runner Zach Lechnir from third, as the Chips recovered from Friday\u2019s 7-3 loss to 13-seed Florida. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
"Izzy Pachos drew a leadoff walk, and was replaced by Toven as a pinch runner. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
"He was replaced by a pinch -runner after taking a hard turn around first base on a single before stopping and returning gingerly to the bag. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
"The speedy freshman has played 31 games, but is being used mostly as a pinch -runner. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 1 June 2022",
"Ryan McKenna has reserved a role as the fourth outfielder, featuring mainly as a defensive replacement or pinch runner. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 May 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pinch Noun juncture , exigency , emergency , contingency , pinch , strait ( or straits ) crisis mean a critical or crucial time or state of affairs. juncture stresses the significant concurrence or convergence of events. an important juncture in our country's history exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation. provide for exigencies emergency applies to a sudden unforeseen situation requiring prompt action to avoid disaster. the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies contingency implies an emergency or exigency that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence. contingency plans pinch implies urgency or pressure for action to a less intense degree than exigency or emergency . come through in a pinch strait , now commonly straits , applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult. in dire straits crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference. a crisis of confidence",
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": bench sense 1c":[],
": pineapple":[],
": the straight-grained white or yellow usually durable and resinous wood of a pine varying from extreme softness in the white pine to hardness in the longleaf pine":[],
": to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief) : languish":[],
": to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable":[
"Nature preserve featuring pine flatwoods and wetlands. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"The candles are infused with fave camping scents (think: s\u2019mores and pine ) to bring the great outdoors to your backyard while warding off biting insects. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
"There are 30 to 40 pine and spruce trees on the property. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"What was happening historically was that the Ponderosa pine forest was resistant to fire as long as the fires were cooler. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"The largest New Jersey wildfire since 2007, which has for days burned through the state\u2019s southern pine lands, is now almost entirely contained, officials said Tuesday. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a dry, pine -like note to the finish that reminds of Dogfish Head 60-Minute. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"Breathing deeply, the mountain fresh air was scented with pine . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"While attempting to roll through a rocky channel on a downhill section, Agricola, who was 43 at the time, went flying over his handlebars and landed chest first on a downed pine log. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Everyone\u2019s favorite 8-year-old existentialists pine over life\u2019s meanings to a bouncy, smooth jazz, often-quite-funky score. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 June 2022",
"Stories of a couple who makes it against all odds, of a woman who leaves her controlling boyfriend in the nick of time, of would-be lovers who pine for each other in silence, of a priest who falls in love with his choir director. \u2014 Leila Cobo, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"The Prince Edward-Gallion parkland, home to pine and hardwood trees, is Virginia's first state forest. \u2014 Joe Studley, NBC News , 23 May 2022",
"Hardcore Isbell fans pine for his Drive-By Truckers classics. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
"For instance, both characters pine for Layla El-Fahouly (May Calamawy), Marc\u2019s wife, but in a distinctly unique way. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 6 May 2022",
"Urban residents still pine for mountain escapes, perhaps now more than before. \u2014 Devon O\u2019neil, Outside Online , 4 June 2020",
"Sometimes just one hop variety is used in a beer, but more often several are working together\u2014a chorus of little green cones in your pint glass, offering the sipper hints of anything from grass to pine to mango to tangerine. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020",
"But liberals also pine for the postwar U.S., specifically its foreign relations. \u2014 Dexter Fergie, The New Republic , 24 Mar. 2022"
"Middle English, from Old English p\u012bn , from Latin pinus ; probably akin to Greek pitys pine":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English p\u012bnian to suffer, from *p\u012bn punishment, from Latin poena \u2014 more at pain entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u012bn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pine Verb long , yearn , hanker , pine , hunger , thirst mean to have a strong desire for something. long implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain. longed for some rest yearn suggests an eager, restless, or painful longing. yearned for a stage career hanker suggests the uneasy promptings of unsatisfied appetite or desire. always hankering for money pine implies a languishing or a fruitless longing for what is impossible. pined for a lost love hunger and thirst imply an insistent or impatient craving or a compelling need. hungered for a business of his own thirsted for power",
"And teenagers whose pineal glands haven't yet calcified can actually travel to another time period and get stuck there, which Steve realizes is what has happened to Brianna. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 22 Nov. 2020",
"This video shows a monitor lizard skull fossil fragment with both the parietal and pineal foramina visible (highlighted in yellow). \u2014 Amina Khan, latimes.com , 3 Apr. 2018",
"What purpose the fourth eye served in addition to pineal eye is hard to say. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 2 Apr. 2018"
"Among their squashes: Grumpkin, who looks grumpy, and Drunkin, whose long pinhead looks tipsy. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Perfect punctuality is a pinhead , a notional point on the continuum, kind of a Zeno\u2019s paradox. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 11 Feb. 2022",
"These small cherry-red bumps can range from the size of a pinhead to a pencil eraser. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The tissue, about the size of a pinhead , had been preserved, stained with heavy metals, cut into 5,000 slices and imaged under an electron microscope. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Plasma pens leave pinhead -size markings on the skin. \u2014 Dianna Mazzone, Allure , 17 Nov. 2021",
"These six-legged insects are smaller than a pinhead . \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Oct. 2021",
"In the aftermath of oil spills, several features make kelp and kelp spores the size of a pinhead perfect for scientific study. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Oct. 2021",
"The only blood that is on an article of clothing \u2026 was a 1/16 inch-size pinhead spot of blood on an underdress underneath an outer dress. \u2014 Erin Moriarty, CBS News , 31 July 2021"
"The water was leaking through a pinhole in the pipe.",
"pinholes in a bedsheet will look like stars if you shine a light from behind it",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lone camera on the back looked like a bargain-basement pinhole camera, and the back might even be plastic. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
"When the eclipse begins, put your eye up to the second hole, while holding the box so that the sun is shining into the pinhole in the aluminum foil. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2021",
"Next, cover that hole with a piece of aluminum foil, and then poke a small pinhole in the middle of it. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2021",
"There's so many pinhole cameras out there nowadays. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Rudimentary devices often made out of household objects like shoeboxes and aluminum foil, pinhole cameras consist of film and a light-proof box with a very small hole. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Dec. 2020",
"But city and state health officials have gleaned a pinhole of light in the enveloping gloom: Daily admissions to intensive care units are down. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2020",
"The pinhole in the front, what Samsung calls the Infinity-O hole, contains a 32-megapixel front facing camera. \u2014 Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored , 23 Sep. 2020",
"In a corkscrew of purple smoke there is a flickering light, no bigger than a pinhole . \u2014 Dave Eggers, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2020"
": any of a genus ( Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals":[],
": any of various Australian coniferous trees (as of the genera Callitris or Araucaria )":[],
": bench sense 1c":[],
": pineapple":[],
": the straight-grained white or yellow usually durable and resinous wood of a pine varying from extreme softness in the white pine to hardness in the longleaf pine":[],
": to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief) : languish":[],
": to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable":[
"Nature preserve featuring pine flatwoods and wetlands. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"The candles are infused with fave camping scents (think: s\u2019mores and pine ) to bring the great outdoors to your backyard while warding off biting insects. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
"There are 30 to 40 pine and spruce trees on the property. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"What was happening historically was that the Ponderosa pine forest was resistant to fire as long as the fires were cooler. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"The largest New Jersey wildfire since 2007, which has for days burned through the state\u2019s southern pine lands, is now almost entirely contained, officials said Tuesday. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a dry, pine -like note to the finish that reminds of Dogfish Head 60-Minute. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"Breathing deeply, the mountain fresh air was scented with pine . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"While attempting to roll through a rocky channel on a downhill section, Agricola, who was 43 at the time, went flying over his handlebars and landed chest first on a downed pine log. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Everyone\u2019s favorite 8-year-old existentialists pine over life\u2019s meanings to a bouncy, smooth jazz, often-quite-funky score. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 June 2022",
"Stories of a couple who makes it against all odds, of a woman who leaves her controlling boyfriend in the nick of time, of would-be lovers who pine for each other in silence, of a priest who falls in love with his choir director. \u2014 Leila Cobo, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"The Prince Edward-Gallion parkland, home to pine and hardwood trees, is Virginia's first state forest. \u2014 Joe Studley, NBC News , 23 May 2022",
"Hardcore Isbell fans pine for his Drive-By Truckers classics. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
"For instance, both characters pine for Layla El-Fahouly (May Calamawy), Marc\u2019s wife, but in a distinctly unique way. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 6 May 2022",
"Urban residents still pine for mountain escapes, perhaps now more than before. \u2014 Devon O\u2019neil, Outside Online , 4 June 2020",
"Sometimes just one hop variety is used in a beer, but more often several are working together\u2014a chorus of little green cones in your pint glass, offering the sipper hints of anything from grass to pine to mango to tangerine. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020",
"But liberals also pine for the postwar U.S., specifically its foreign relations. \u2014 Dexter Fergie, The New Republic , 24 Mar. 2022"
"Middle English, from Old English p\u012bn , from Latin pinus ; probably akin to Greek pitys pine":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English p\u012bnian to suffer, from *p\u012bn punishment, from Latin poena \u2014 more at pain entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u012bn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pine Verb long , yearn , hanker , pine , hunger , thirst mean to have a strong desire for something. long implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain. longed for some rest yearn suggests an eager, restless, or painful longing. yearned for a stage career hanker suggests the uneasy promptings of unsatisfied appetite or desire. always hankering for money pine implies a languishing or a fruitless longing for what is impossible. pined for a lost love hunger and thirst imply an insistent or impatient craving or a compelling need. hungered for a business of his own thirsted for power",
": a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack":[],
": the smaller of a pair or the smallest of a train of gear wheels":[],
": to bind fast : shackle":[],
": to disable or restrain by binding the arms":[],
": to restrain (a bird) from flight especially by cutting off the pinion of one wing":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"They pinioned his arms behind his back.",
"Joan of Arc was pinioned to a stake and burned as a heretic."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1558, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French pignon , from Middle French peignon , from peigne comb, from Latin pecten \u2014 more at pectinate":"Noun",
"Middle English, probably modification of Anglo-French *empignon, enpenoun flight feathers, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *pinnion-, pinnio , from Latin pinna feather \u2014 more at pen":"Noun"
": a notice from an employer that a recipient's employment is being terminated":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most recent pink slip was handed to him last October, by the Warriors. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 June 2022",
"What\u2019s often framed merely as an economic story is also a social and emotional one: With one pink slip , a lifetime of desires \u2014 including, simply, the desire to be desired \u2014 can feel out of reach. \u2014 Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun , 20 June 2022",
"Despite a campaign to save her job, Coonley Elementary librarian Nora Wiltse received a pink slip Friday after 14 years at the North Center school. \u2014 Tracy Swartz, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Hired as an assistant coach in Providence by then-GM Peter Chiarelli in 2008, Cassidy was employed by the Bruins for nearly 14 years prior to Monday\u2019s pink slip . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"But a pink slip from WEA ultimately led Price to rosier days with Barden Cablevision, which also reconnected him with sports, including his beloved Tigers. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"State law requires districts to send a preliminary pink slip by Mar. 15 to any teachers and other staff who could be laid off and then follow up with an actual layoff notice by May 15. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Bella Hadid wears a sheer pink slip dress and teal gloves. \u2014 Jenny Hartman, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The mayor delivered the pink slip to Brian Hunzeker despite a recommendation by Chief Chuck Lovell that the longtime Portland police officer instead receive a 12-week suspension, records show. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Mar. 2022"
": an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress":[],
": the highest point of development or achievement : acme":[],
": to raise or rear on a pinnacle":[],
": to surmount with a pinnacle":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a singer who has reached the pinnacle of success",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"My mother still views that school as the pinnacle of my education. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Utah, on the other hand, regarded its first appearance in the Rose Bowl as the pinnacle for its program. \u2014 Bill Rabinowitz, USA TODAY , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Utah, on the other hand, regarded its first appearance in the Rose Bowl as the pinnacle for its program. \u2014 Bill Rabinowitz, USA Today , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Over the course of centuries, the modern office chair has emerged as the pinnacle of ergonomic comfort and support. \u2014 Quartz Staff, Quartz , 6 Dec. 2021",
"After years of neutering the Cayman to protect the iconic 911 as the pinnacle of Porsche\u2019s lineup, the German automaker finally unleashed the full potential of its mid-engine sports car with the newest GT4 RS model. \u2014 Car and Driver , 25 Nov. 2021",
"Throughout history, both have taken turns as the pinnacle of good taste. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, Town & Country , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Canadians also need to take a look at themselves and stop holding up home ownership as the pinnacle of success and adulthood. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Unlike those of more traditional sports, skateboarding competitions are not seen as the pinnacle of achievement. \u2014 Nic Dobija-nootens, The Atlantic , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"One father, two sons, all coaching their teams to pinnacle moments of their seasons. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 19 Mar. 2021",
"At the start of 2015, Hollar's weight pinnacled at 678. \u2014 Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star , 4 Feb. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pinnacle Noun summit , peak , pinnacle , climax , apex , acme , culmination mean the highest point attained or attainable. summit implies the topmost level attainable. at the summit of the Victorian social scene peak suggests the highest among other high points. an artist working at the peak of her powers pinnacle suggests a dizzying and often insecure height. the pinnacle of worldly success climax implies the highest point in an ascending series. the war was the climax to a series of hostile actions apex implies the point where all ascending lines converge. the apex of Dutch culture acme implies a level of quality representing the perfection of a thing. a statue that was once deemed the acme of beauty culmination suggests the outcome of a growth or development representing an attained objective. the culmination of years of effort",
"Here's an example of how simple misunderstandings can start a domino of hard-to- pinpoint critical incidents. \u2014 Nancy Doyle, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"This jaw-dropping jam came against Portland, and it was set up by a long outlet pass from Tyrese Haliburton to Lance Stephenson, who delivered a pinpoint behind-the-back bounce pass to a streaking Brissett. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 29 Apr. 2022",
"As the sky starts to turn darker shades of blue-black, scan the sky just above the horizon for a tiny pinpoint of light. \u2014 Dean Regas, The Enquirer , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But in the third quarter, Smith set up a touchdown with pinpoint passes to Travis Koontz for 39 yards and Jerand Bradley for 52 yards. \u2014 Don Williams, USA TODAY , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Particularly with larger musical forces, the church\u2019s booming acoustics can make the articulation of real sonic detail and the maintenance of pinpoint ensemble precision particularly challenging, as appeared to be the case here. \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"To avoid surprises, businesses need a comprehensive analysis of all of their data to envision the full picture and pinpoint challenges and optimization opportunities. \u2014 Quora, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"And yet the 27-year-old Cortes continues to dominate with a mix of deception and pinpoint command that has left opposing batters flummoxed. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"These innovative ZitSticka patches, infused with a laundry list of brightening ingredients like niacinamide, vitamin C, arbutin, licorice root extract and kojic acid, pinpoint and tackle dark marks from acne. \u2014 Nicole Saporita, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Saturday\u2019s maneuver required pinpoint hand-eye coordination, body control and a flourish of power. \u2014 Phil Thompson, SFChronicle.com , 16 Feb. 2020",
"Those partnerships would be able to collect more detailed data that could more finely pinpoint actual demand by neighborhoods. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
"Ice pick acne scars are small, narrow, pinpoint acne scars that penetrate deep into the skin, according to Gross. \u2014 Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Jan. 2019",
"In some cities, like Houston and Dallas, utilities have already undertaken to upgrade their systems with new, digital equipment, allowing repair crews to more precisely pinpoint damage during storms. \u2014 James Osborne, Houston Chronicle , 8 Feb. 2018",
"After collecting and evaluating data, companies can pinpoint weaknesses in their supply chain and make improvements where needed. \u2014 David Gasparyan, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Among other problems, the sensors that should have helped them pinpoint the source of excess heat didn\u2019t work at extremely high temperatures. \u2014 Audra J. Wolfe, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
"The fingerprints of different elements identified in spectra can pinpoint stars that might have been born in the same regions. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 22 June 2022",
"The runner who craves answers can pinpoint few to explain why last season went so wrong. Amid a Tokyo Olympics when U.S. men\u2019s sprinters uncharacteristically struggled to medal, Norman was one of the biggest mysteries. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"His wife, Trudie Styler, on the other hand, can pretty much pinpoint her favorite song. \u2014 Mark Gray, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"Investigators would later pinpoint the time to 10 a.m. using a neighbor\u2019s surveillance video that captured the toddlers\u2019 final steps. \u2014 Asia Simone Burns, ajc , 3 June 2022",
"If costs for a dish are higher than normal, for example, chefs and cooks can pinpoint the pricey ingredient and then buy from a different supplier, substitute ingredients or take other steps to maintain profit margins. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"Then, in a true emergency, even the police can't pinpoint their exact location. \u2014 Amy Paturel, Wired , 29 Mar. 2022"
"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",
"Set among 700,000 acres of land on the red flanks of the Cockburn Ranges, El Questro Homestead is a pinprick of green, an improbable clifftop retreat for 20 guests perched on the edge of the Chamberlain River. \u2014 Anabel Dean, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"The dishes were a wan pink, with pinpricks in them; each pinprick was a colony of minimal cells\u2014a version called JCVI-syn3A. Cook gestured to a nearby microscope. \u2014 James Somers, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The area separates Belarus from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, a pinprick of territory that remained part of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Her idea that a pinprick of blood could be used to run dozens of tests, helping people detect life-threatening conditions earlier, was revolutionary and fit the bill of Silicon Valley's love affair with high-risk, high-reward investments. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Torres counted each pinprick softly to himself, then did some quick calculations. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The next day, Megan noticed a small pinprick on her arm, surrounded by a bruise and paired with an ache that bothered her for a few days. \u2014 Matilda Martin, refinery29.com , 21 Oct. 2021",
"The vaccination felt like most others \u2014 a slight pinprick in M.'s upper arm, followed by the application of a Band-Aid and advice to monitor the injection site for any unusual reactions. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Oct. 2021",
"At this height, the real thing looks fake, a composite of toy skyscrapers, tinfoil rivers, pinprick traffic lights, Central Park the size of a welcome mat, and some sort of nature in the hazy distance. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 21 Oct. 2021",
"The teeny pinpricks force the skin to heal and build up stronger than before, while the device also deposits serum deeper into the skin. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 9 Nov. 2018",
"Device testing was conducted at a refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya, where pinprick blood samples were examined for antibodies to measles and rubella. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 25 Apr. 2018",
"Distorting drops of water pinpricked my face in the basin\u2019s mirror. \u2014 Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2017",
"Bonobo played an aquatically chill set of slow-moving dance music, followed by Four Tet, who kept his tempo but shifted to pinprick -precise, bucolic house. \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 16 May 2016",
"Distorting drops of water pinpricked my face in the basin\u2019s mirror. \u2014 Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2017"
"the kayaker had got sucked into the whirlpool, and his kayak was pinwheeling helplessly",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On Wednesday afternoon, the frontyard was decorated with a small American flag and a red, white and blue pinwheel , which spun in the breeze. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Their semi-cubicle workstations are are arranged in a pinwheel formation in the middle of a large, otherwise empty room, devoid of decoration. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"At the center of this clever pinwheel of a story\u2014Moore co-wrote the script with Johnathan McClain\u2014is Rylance, whose economy of motion and emotion is a marvel. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The tonkotsu ingredients were expertly layered together atop the broth in the oversized popcorn tub of a bowl with an egg in the center of the colorful pinwheel . \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The idea for this Christmas pinwheel cookie came to me in a dream in which I was invited to a cookie exchange and had forgotten to bake any cookies but was meaning to bake these. \u2014 Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The image combines a pinwheel fashioned out of sharp, triangular wedges and square blocks that seem to push forward and back in the picture plane. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 2 Feb. 2022",
"There are a thousand iterations of the holiday pinwheel . \u2014 Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Place avocado pieces on top of pie in a pinwheel or poinsettia design. \u2014 Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Some of the outer rain bands and a few storms from Beta will pinwheel into the area from the east and southeast. \u2014 Dallas News , 20 Sep. 2020",
"Observations of pinwheeling galaxies suggested that scaffolds of invisible matter held their stars together, while a repulsive form of energy drove galaxies apart. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 28 Jan. 2020",
"The man in the white vest pinwheeled his arms, ushering volunteers through the pick-up line outside the Salvation Army Community Center on Fourth Street with military precision. \u2014 Lizzie Johnson, SFChronicle.com , 25 Dec. 2019",
"Some upper-level energy may move through the region, pinwheeling from the New England storm. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Oct. 2019",
"According to the space agency, IC 2051 is a spiral galaxy, noticeable in its whirling, pinwheeling arms and a bar of stars cutting through its center. \u2014 Fox News , 23 Dec. 2019",
"The result is a vertiginous nausea that sends me pinwheeling toward the bathroom, though the men still breathe at a decibel level loud enough to permeate its heavy chestnut door. \u2014 Barrett Swanson, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
"Neo-Romantic melodies in the strings danced opposite pinwheeling exclamations in the woodwinds, and sharp ice replaced all the usual subtle sweetness of Elizabeth Rowe\u2019s flute. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Oct. 2019",
"Behind them was a coal black foal, who pinwheeled his legs under the water, swimming like a seal after his mother. \u2014 Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times , 8 July 2019"
"the pioneers who settled in the American West in the 19th century",
"the hardships that the pioneers endured while taming the wilderness",
"Verb",
"a painter who pioneered a new art form",
"The new method of cancer treatment was pioneered by an international team of researchers.",
"He helped pioneer a new route to the West.",
"He pioneered in the development of airplanes.",
"Adjective",
"the nation's pioneer institution for the education of African-Americans",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Norman Giller, who died in 2008, was a pioneer of Miami Modernism, a regional style of architecture that emerged in the post-World War II era. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, Sun Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"The German producer was a pioneer of international co-productions and helped such international auteurs as Aki Kaurismaki, Olivier Assayas, Emir Kusturica and Kim Ki-duk get their movies made. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
"Along with Twenty Tap, Fat Dan\u2019s Deli and The Jazz Kitchen steps away, The Bulldog is set to up the bar and dining factor in the area in which its predecessor had been a pioneer . \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 9 June 2022",
"While Redbox was a pioneer , its business never really took off. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 24 May 2022",
"Priesand had wanted to be a teacher and ended up being a pioneer . \u2014 Jeff Suess, The Enquirer , 17 May 2022",
"The lovers never reunited, but their daughter, Ine, was a pioneer . \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"To be a pioneer of my own sounds and to learn about my fans and myself through this journey. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 12 May 2022",
"Dylan had been an early acolyte of Guthrie, who was a pioneer of American folk music. \u2014 Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Issaoun, an observational astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard & Smithsonian and a member of the black hole-imaging Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, helped pioneer new technology to discover what happens near a black hole. \u2014 Curtis Silver, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"The dinner had other serious moments, with tributes to pioneer journalists of color, aspiring student reporters as well as a dedication to the journalists detained, injured or killed during the coverage of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Farnoush Amiri And Will Weissert, Chron , 2 May 2022",
"In 2020, the group teamed up with Mercer University to bring back Capricorn Sound Studios, where artists can use original analog equipment while channeling Duane Allman, or pioneer something new, amid the shag carpeting and groovy, psychedelic art. \u2014 Candice Dyer, ajc , 2 May 2022",
"The dinner had other serious moments, with tributes to pioneer journalists of color, aspiring student reporters as well as a dedication to the journalists detained, injured or killed during the coverage of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Will Weissert, Fortune , 1 May 2022",
"The dinner had other serious moments, with tributes to pioneer journalists of color, aspiring student reporters as well as a dedication to the journalists detained, injured or killed during the coverage of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 CBS News , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Vanguard helped pioneer the rise of passive investing through low-cost index funds. \u2014 Dawn Lim, WSJ , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Robert Dooling of the University of Maryland helped to pioneer the study of fine structure in birdsong. \u2014 Adam Fishbein, Scientific American , 1 May 2022",
"And it\u2019s a gender-norm-flouting movement that Fleetwood and his peers helped pioneer in the late \u201960s and \u201970s. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Mar. 2022"
"We must ask to what extent, and at however unconscious a level, a conflict arises in the pious political mind when it is sworn to uphold the civil religion of the Constitution. \u2014 E. L. Doctorow , Free Inquiry , October/November 2008",
"But our problem is the lack of any shared or coherent attitude toward the rest of the world, without which, as Judt acknowledges, Europe exists in pieces, an outsize Switzerland held together by nothing more solid than pious sentiment. \u2014 Nicholas Fraser , Harper's , May 2006",
"The other side of the masonry block was covered with a web of ancient graffiti, she said, left by pious visitors to the tomb. \u2014 Tom Mueller , Atlantic , October 2003",
"The news offered so many occasions for pious or ribald commentary that any chance of agreement about what any of it meant was lost in a vast din of clucking and sniggering. \u2014 Lewis H. Lapham , Harper's , August 1997",
"Japanese schools have another eccentricity, which is the pious , Sunday-school-like enthusiasm of students and teachers alike for education about values. Teachers sometimes sound so saccharine that they would make Mr. Rogers look like a cynic. \u2014 Nicholas D. Kristof , New York Times Magazine , 17 Aug. 1997",
"They lived a quiet, pious life.",
"I'm tired of hearing politicians making pious pronouncements about their devotion to the people.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ferdinand\u2019s life in recovery is spent in occasional erections, unending pain, and grimacing irony at the attempts at pious reassurance from the doctors who have received him to treat him before he is sent to London for recovery. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
"The tenor here feels pious , as though somehow the whole process has reverted to the religious origins of incarceration. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"Far from shutting down those protests, Trudeau actually participated in them, making a pious spectacle out of himself. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Religious practice is simultaneously at the heart of this book and a surface phenomenon: in the West, a pious varnish on imperialist prejudices, or in the East, a state of false consciousness that blinds believers to their own subjugation. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Jonathan Franzen delivered a pious page-turner, Spider-Man saved the COVID-19-stricken box office, and Adele gave us a whole new album of breakup ballads to weep over. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 4 Jan. 2022",
"An earnest and pious honors graduate of New England\u2019s prestigious Dartmouth College, the 18-year-old cut a fine figure. \u2014 Peter Cozzens, WSJ , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The air of pious condemnation that suddenly fills the air is both shocking and sadly familiar. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Under the Banner of Heaven (which will stream on Hulu) asks some very hard questions of its own, starting as a gripping murder mystery set in a seemingly pious , quiet Mormon community. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Apr. 2022"
"We must ask to what extent, and at however unconscious a level, a conflict arises in the pious political mind when it is sworn to uphold the civil religion of the Constitution. \u2014 E. L. Doctorow , Free Inquiry , October/November 2008",
"But our problem is the lack of any shared or coherent attitude toward the rest of the world, without which, as Judt acknowledges, Europe exists in pieces, an outsize Switzerland held together by nothing more solid than pious sentiment. \u2014 Nicholas Fraser , Harper's , May 2006",
"The other side of the masonry block was covered with a web of ancient graffiti, she said, left by pious visitors to the tomb. \u2014 Tom Mueller , Atlantic , October 2003",
"The news offered so many occasions for pious or ribald commentary that any chance of agreement about what any of it meant was lost in a vast din of clucking and sniggering. \u2014 Lewis H. Lapham , Harper's , August 1997",
"Japanese schools have another eccentricity, which is the pious , Sunday-school-like enthusiasm of students and teachers alike for education about values. Teachers sometimes sound so saccharine that they would make Mr. Rogers look like a cynic. \u2014 Nicholas D. Kristof , New York Times Magazine , 17 Aug. 1997",
"They lived a quiet, pious life.",
"I'm tired of hearing politicians making pious pronouncements about their devotion to the people.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ferdinand\u2019s life in recovery is spent in occasional erections, unending pain, and grimacing irony at the attempts at pious reassurance from the doctors who have received him to treat him before he is sent to London for recovery. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
"The tenor here feels pious , as though somehow the whole process has reverted to the religious origins of incarceration. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"Far from shutting down those protests, Trudeau actually participated in them, making a pious spectacle out of himself. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Religious practice is simultaneously at the heart of this book and a surface phenomenon: in the West, a pious varnish on imperialist prejudices, or in the East, a state of false consciousness that blinds believers to their own subjugation. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Jonathan Franzen delivered a pious page-turner, Spider-Man saved the COVID-19-stricken box office, and Adele gave us a whole new album of breakup ballads to weep over. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 4 Jan. 2022",
"An earnest and pious honors graduate of New England\u2019s prestigious Dartmouth College, the 18-year-old cut a fine figure. \u2014 Peter Cozzens, WSJ , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The air of pious condemnation that suddenly fills the air is both shocking and sadly familiar. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Under the Banner of Heaven (which will stream on Hulu) asks some very hard questions of its own, starting as a gripping murder mystery set in a seemingly pious , quiet Mormon community. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Apr. 2022"
"1598, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1880, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1907, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"imitative":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Noun",
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": to call or direct by the boatswain's pipe":[],
": to convey orders by signals on a boatswain's pipe":[],
": to emit a shrill sound":[],
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": to lead or cause to go with pipe music":[],
": to play (a tune) on a pipe":[],
": to play on a pipe":[],
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": to speak in a high or shrill voice":[],
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": to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe":[],
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
]
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"Noun",
"He has the pipes to sing on Broadway.",
"a singer with a fine set of pipes",
"Verb",
"The pipers piped while the drummers drummed.",
"The musician piped a tune.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Council approved Monday the expenditure of $204,500 for a pipe replacement project at Parkview Pool. \u2014 cleveland , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Tempe officials called the burst particularly unusual because the pipe was only 50 years old at the time of its rupture. \u2014 Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic , 21 May 2022",
"Tesia Britt said the pipe was in a bag next to a container of pineapple juice, according to Fox 31 in Denver. \u2014 Fox News , 18 May 2022",
"The Yamal-Europe pipe is one of three main routes for Russian gas heading to Europe, alongside the subsea Nord Stream 1 pipeline and Ukrainian transit pipelines. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"The underground pipe is 30 inches in diameter and has been in operation since 1953.The reroute of the line is expected to cost about $450 million. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Besides being too small, the current pipe is also rusty. \u2014 Jesse Wright, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The pipe and cup of alcohol were in plain view inside the car. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The pipe was above ground one minute, and deep in Minnesota soil the next. \u2014 Audrey Gray, The New Republic , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The project is intended to enable Russia to circumvent Ukraine and other countries and pipe its gas directly into Europe at lower cost, cementing its role as a major energy supplier. \u2014 James Hookway, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Hold this position for five seconds, then slowly lower the handle or pipe back down for one repetition. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 30 Aug. 2019",
"Builders have a plan to pipe water to the development's first homes, but a long-term water solution has yet to be found if the vacant land is to one day grow into a massive community of up to 900,000 people. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 24 May 2022",
"Spoon yolk mixture into a piping bag or plastic zipper bag with one corner cut off and pipe into the middle of each egg white. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 16 Apr. 2022",
"This operating system allows users to remotely pipe commands that use the SSH, or secure shell, protocol. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 17 Mar. 2022",
"If using a plastic bag, cut off one small corner to create a tiny tip opening with which to pipe your decorations. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
"About a minute in, over a lurching three-quarter dance rhythm, piccolos and oboe pipe out the D-S-C-H motto. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Floating ocean platforms equipped with direct air capture machines, like one operating now in Iceland, would pipe the CO2 gas into basalt formations that lie 350 feet below the seafloor. \u2014 Eric Niiler, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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": an illusory or fantastic plan, hope, or story":[]
},
"examples":[
"His plan for starting his own business was just a pipe dream .",
"opening our own restaurant has long been a pipe dream",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For pitchers, the 300-win plateau feels like a pipe dream these days, and even strikeout milestones are no sure thing, since the top starters don\u2019t throw as many innings as in the past. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Apr. 2022",
"It is built to carry nine passengers as far as 500 miles on a charge \u2014 a range that could connect San Francisco to San Diego, or Boston to Washington, D.C. \u2014 with what once seemed like a pipe dream : carbon-free flight. \u2014 Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Nevertheless, achieving zero emissions this decade is shaping out to be a pipe dream at this point, considering global emissions are still climbing, and set to continue for the next several years. \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"In today\u2019s climate of endless content being scattered across countless platforms, the idea of pro wrestling becoming mainstream might be a pipe dream . \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"However, that appears to be more of a pipe dream than a realistic possibility for now. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
"All this might sound like a pipe dream , but the momentum behind the ESG movement shows it can be done. \u2014 Patricia Geli, Fortune , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Putin won't relinquish Russian claims on those territories, and any idea of retaking them by force is a pipe dream . \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 8 Mar. 2022",
"With barely any rest, being at his best often felt like a pipe dream . \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022"
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"from the fantasies brought about by the smoking of opium":""
"As a young man, Bruce Nukapigak had worked at the Alpine facility as an apprentice electrician and pipe fitter and felt familiar with the risks inherent in oil drilling. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"Hern\u00e1ndez, who's lived in Carbon for roughly 25 years and now works as a pipe fitter , attempted to go back, but the roads had been closed as a thick, black smoke overtook the area. \u2014 Christina Maxouris, CNN , 27 Mar. 2022",
"His father, Chris, who worked for a time as a pipe fitter and then at a family printing business, was more of a wallflower but had an adventurous spirit. \u2014 Ted Alcorn, Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Students who complete the two-year program can earn dual credits and certificates, giving them a jump start toward a high-paying career as a pipe fitter , ironworker or other industrial jobs. \u2014 Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
"L\u0151rinc M\u00e9sz\u00e1ros, a former pipe fitter from Felcs\u00fat who connected with Orb\u00e1n on the soccer field, in 1999, won a slew of state construction contracts. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Beckett, a retired pipe fitter , owns 25 firearms and staunchly opposes the president's call for restrictions on high-capacity magazines. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 July 2021",
"San Antonio pipe fitter Kirby Whitehead let Hunt and Whitten use his shop to build the dinosaur\u2019s frame. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Feb. 2021",
"John Arthur Palladino was born in Boston on July 9, 1944, the son of a pipe fitter . \u2014 CBS News , 2 Feb. 2021"
"Hand-tighten a \u00bd-inch close nipple into the flange pipe fitting [4]. \u2014 Joe Kohl-riggs, Popular Mechanics , 26 June 2021",
"Thomas Williams, 36, from Clarksville, Tennessee, describes himself as a PlayStation enthusiast who works as a welder and pipe fitter for a construction company in Nashville as his day job. \u2014 Shannon Liao, CNN , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Retiring from pipe fitting at 56, according to the customs of the job, Berry decided to focus on teaching martial arts. \u2014 Marina Affo, Washington Post , 11 Aug. 2019",
"Quiema Spencer, a 39-year-old pipe fitter in Kansas City, Mo., has collected signatures and now regularly knocks on doors and works phone banks. \u2014 Eric Morath, WSJ , 6 Aug. 2018",
"Amtrak usually sends at least six workers, including a mechanic, a pipe fitter , a welder, an electrician and a signals specialist for each opening in case there is an issue. \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 2 June 2018",
"Instead, her husband lost his pipe fitter job in the housing crash, and the bank that promised to modify their mortgage foreclosed. \u2014 Patricia Borns, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2018",
"Strickland, a Navy veteran, moved to the county in 1973 and worked as a truck mechanic and then as an industrial pipe fitter until he was laid off in 2009. \u2014 Jenna Johnson, Washington Post , 18 Sep. 2017",
"After the trial, Wright and his family packed up and moved to Argo, Ill., where Wright attended Argo High School and later went on to work as a pipe fitter . \u2014 Breanna Edwards, The Root , 5 Sep. 2017"
": any of various fishes (family Syngnathidae) that are related to the seahorses and have a tube-shaped snout and a long slender body covered with bony plates":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mustard had always wanted to capture the image of a colourful juvenile ghost pipefish but usually only found darker adults on matching feather stars. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Male pipefish are always looking for bigger females. \u2014 National Geographic , 14 June 2019",
"The pipefish is painted attention-getting yellow, blue and orange. \u2014 Jane Margolies, New York Times , 20 June 2018",
"In August, work will begin at Pier 26, at North Moore Street in TriBeCa, and will include the creation of an environmentally themed playground centered on two large-scale sturgeon from the same company that made the Chelsea playground\u2019s pipefish . \u2014 Jane Margolies, New York Times , 20 June 2018",
"Fish Feeding Time: Get close to crabs and see flounder, perch and pipefish . \u2014 Kathy Bennett, The Mercury News , 14 June 2017",
"Feeding Time: Get close to crabs and see flounder, perch and pipefish . \u2014 Kathy Bennett, The Mercury News , 22 Mar. 2017"
": trimming stitched in seams or along edges (as of clothing, slipcovers, or curtains)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"There's a problem with the piping in the building.",
"a sofa trimmed with blue piping",
"a uniform with yellow piping down the pants",
"Adjective",
"the piping voices of small children",
"the piping sound of the teakettle caught my attention",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the sweetest pictures in the video, the three kids stand over the cupcakes as Kate holds frosting in a piping bag, and George, Charlotte, and Louis all grab sprinkles to decorate the cupcakes. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 5 June 2022",
"In a kindergarten classroom, primary colored tables were divided with homemade barriers of clear vinyl fabric and PVC piping crafted by Opitz and other staff at the school. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Nov. 2020",
"Holding a flimsy piping bag can be difficult for little hands, but this frosting tube gives children much more control when decorating their baked creations. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 16 May 2022",
"Spoon yolk mixture into a piping bag or plastic zipper bag with one corner cut off and pipe into the middle of each egg white. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Use a piping bag with a star tip to create a classic swirl, or just scoop right into bowls. \u2014 USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Fill a piping bag with a star tip with 1 cup buttercream and set aside. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Flour, butter, water, milk, and a bit of sugar and salt are cooked on the stove; eggs are streamed in, acting as a natural leavening agent; and then the glossy mixture is piled into a piping bag and baked or fried. \u2014 Tanya Bush, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The set includes a bottom cushion that\u2019s nearly 6 inches deep and a large back pillow finished with piping . \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 16 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Churchill helps install water heaters, re- piping houses, etc., for Gregory J. Ostroski Heating and Plumbing in Billerica. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Oct. 2021"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
"the appeal of piping hot cocoa after an afternoon of shoveling snow",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Arancini were piping hot , with a cheesy, creamy, molten interior. \u2014 Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The unlimited fries, cut from Russet Burbank potatoes, keep coming out: piping hot , thin and crispy, but tender at the core. \u2014 Sylvie Bigar, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Now that the show is headed into its 18th season, hopefully that clears up some piping hot questions that fans had about Trisha's kitchen! \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 5 June 2022",
"If your favorite biker isn\u2019t as hardcore as that, consider the 64 oz Oasis ($95), which will keep their preferred post-ride beverage piping hot or icy cold, and holds plenty to share with friends. \u2014 Outside Online , 11 Nov. 2020",
"Atlanta\u2019s piping hot housing market was supposed to cool when mortgage rates rose. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 6 May 2022",
"When the gas encounters the piping hot surface of the white dwarf, the hydrogen atoms fuse into helium, triggering an explosion. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Soup dumplings are often delivered to the table in a piping hot steamer basket. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"One loaf has multiple lives: first, fresh out of the oven, sliced piping hot and eaten straight over the sink. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022"
"The first chorus \u2026 stirred my heart, the second piqued my sense of camp and the rest of them had me checking my watch. \u2014 David Gates , Newsweek , 4 Mar. 2002",
"The posthumous revelation of Cheever's alcoholism, numerous infidelities and bisexuality may have piqued interest precisely because he presented himself so earnestly as the Man in the Brooks Brothers Suit. \u2014 Mary Gordon , New York Times Book Review , 6 Oct. 1991",
"Some environmentalists worry that the natural behavior patterns of whales are being altered by tourist boats that pique the animals' curiosity. \u2014 Jack McCallum , Sports Illustrated , 21 Aug. 1989",
"In case your interest is being piqued just an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny \u2026 bit, the Davis Cup will confuse you totally by calling every competition between contending teams a \"tie.\" \u2014 Frank Deford , Sports Illustrated , 11 Apr. 1988",
"Brightly colored objects pique a baby's interest.",
"her seat companion piqued her by repeatedly poking her in the ribs",
"Noun (1)",
"And yet the democracy flourishing in Taiwan has been greeted in other parts of the Chinese-speaking world with a certain pique , and even with hostility. \u2014 Ian Buruma , New Republic , 3 Apr. 2000",
"\u2026 when a beast that weighs 1,200 pounds goes crazy with some kind of stupid pique or jealousy in a room not much bigger than the handicapped stall in the Denver airport men's room, bad things will happen \u2026 \u2014 Hunter S. Thompson , Rolling Stone , 15 Dec. 1994",
"He hit balls toward the umpire's chair and out of the stadium: he spat water toward the umpire on changeovers; and in still greater fits of pique , he broke three rackets. \u2014 Jamie Diaz , Sports Illustrated , 2 Mar. 1987",
"After a moment of pique , the senator responded calmly to his accusers.",
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pique Verb provoke , excite , stimulate , pique , quicken mean to arouse as if by pricking. provoke directs attention to the response called forth. my stories usually provoke laughter excite implies a stirring up or moving profoundly. news that excited anger and frustration stimulate suggests a rousing out of lethargy, quiescence, or indifference. stimulating conversation pique suggests stimulating by mild irritation or challenge. that remark piqued my interest quicken implies beneficially stimulating and making active or lively. the high salary quickened her desire to have the job Noun (1) offense , resentment , umbrage , pique , dudgeon , huff mean an emotional response to or an emotional state resulting from a slight or indignity. offense implies hurt displeasure. takes deep offense at racial slurs resentment suggests lasting indignation or ill will. harbored a lifelong resentment of his brother umbrage may suggest hurt pride, resentment, or suspicion of another's motives. took umbrage at the offer of advice pique applies to a transient feeling of wounded vanity. in a pique I foolishly declined the invitation dudgeon suggests an angry fit of indignation. stormed out of the meeting in high dudgeon huff implies a peevish short-lived spell of anger usually at a petty cause. in a huff he slammed the door",
"Egan shared several stories about his childhood in the Governor\u2019s Mansion with Alaska\u2019s News Source in 2017, including brewing beer in the basement and running a pirate radio station in the attic. \u2014 Jeremy Hsieh, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
"The story will include the Calico Jade pirate character plus monkeys, flamingos and a kraken, Legoland says. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel , 29 June 2022",
"The eyeliner and locs of the Caribbean\u2019s most infamous pirate . \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"The series, from creator Taika Waititi, is the story of 18th century pirate Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby), who leaves his wife and family behind to explore the seas. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 27 June 2022",
"Both yachts proudly display pirate flags at the stern, which is one of the designer\u2019s signatures. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 24 June 2022",
"Laffite's Cove on Galveston Island Named after French pirate Jean Lafitte (the difference in spelling is due to a clerical error that stuck), this slice of Galveston Island feels like a tropical paradise. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 15 June 2022",
"Jocular, joyous and jolly (roger), this pirate romcom from Taika Waititi and David Jenkins was an absolutely lovely surprise this spring. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"What this means is that yes, there will be vast regions of these planets that are autopopulated by No Man\u2019s Sky-like mining outcroppings or wildlife, or in Starfield\u2019s case, maybe randomized pirate outposts and things like that, who knows. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"By all accounts, Mr. Wilson was erudite about the recondite, a prolific author of some 60 books on topics ranging from angels to pirate utopias and all manner of renegade religions. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"In other cases, pirate screenings have simply been organized by companies or private individuals who rented theaters, with owners apparently turning a blind eye. \u2014 Nick Holdsworth, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"But honestly, the third-act sequence, the boat battle, was actually even more challenging than the [airplane] sequence, just because those pirate ships and all the action that takes place was very involved and really difficult to execute. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Feb. 2022",
"When hackers pirate their way past corporate firewalls and publicize the private lives of consumers, the betrayal of consumer trust and the aura of corporate incompetence should sink a company\u2019s reputation. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Thousands of people did pirate -y things, snagged beads from the parade route, and generally ate, drank and were merry. \u2014 Curt Anderson, ajc , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Locast exploited a copyright loophole for nonprofits to pirate content. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
"New Hampshire's Isles of Shoals is primarily known for its ties to pirate lore. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 17 Oct. 2021",
"There\u2019s a ton of junk out there, and many of these sites pirate content (which can land you in hot water). \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 11 July 2021"
"Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin pirata , from Greek peirat\u0113s , from peiran to attempt \u2014 more at fear":"Noun"
"In the ballet\u2019s finale, the audience will witness grande jet\u00e9s, or leaps with splits in the air, and more than two dozen fouett\u00e9 turns, a kind of pirouette on one leg. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 May 2022",
"Terrence Hackett II shows off a pirouette -style move and falls on the hardwood floor at Skateland Roller Skating. \u2014 Rashika Jaipuriar, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Morant showcased his singular style in the second quarter, launching skyward to pirouette midair and dish a backhanded layup off the backboard. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Beth watches from the wings of the stage as Stacey performs \u2026 and falls during a pirouette . \u2014 Amanda Ostuni, EW.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Take that, Joe Morgan\u2019s homer and Will Clark\u2019s laugh and Barry Bonds\u2019 pirouette . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Bellinger jumped, spun, did a pirouette , and danced around the bases as the crowd of 51,307 had the stadium shaking. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 20 Oct. 2021",
"In a deadly pirouette , the DB5 and Bond spray the goons\u2014and poor Matera\u2014back to the Stone Age. \u2014 Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Even granting that Villalobos is a part written as all pirouette , Debrez throws in pli\u00e9 and jet\u00e9, too. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Aug. 2021"
": a notably sharp, spirited, or energetic person":[]
},
"examples":[
"a real pistol , she dances rings around the other performers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Prosecutor Ernestina Godoy said Maatman was found to have a pistol and several doses of cocaine in his possession. \u2014 Mark Stevenson, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Prosecutor Ernestina Godoy said Maatman was found to have a pistol and several doses of cocaine in his possession. \u2014 Mark Stevenson, ajc , 15 June 2022",
"Lopez had an AR-15-style rifle and a pistol that authorities say may have been taken from the cabin, Clark said. \u2014 Terry Wallace, Anchorage Daily News , 3 June 2022",
"In the teenager\u2019s car, officers found what appeared to be an AK-47-style pistol and a replica AR-15 style rifle. \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Police in the Dallas suburb of Richardson found a pistol and a replica AR-15 in a teenager's car parked outside a high school Wednesday, the day after an 18-year-old gunned down 19 students and two teachers at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
"Also in the Caprice was a tactical vest, airsoft pistol and duty belt with a gun holster, Allen said. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 May 2022",
"When officials arrived, Wilson was carrying a pistol and a bag that contained more than 90 grams of marijuana, according to the sheriff's office. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 12 May 2022",
"The 34-year-old Fairview Park man was arrested without incident and also found to have a pistol on his hip. \u2014 cleveland , 6 May 2022"
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"Middle French pistole , from German, from Middle High German pischulle , from Czech p\u00ed\u0161t'ala , literally, pipe, fife; akin to Czech pi\u0161t\u011bt to squeak":""
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": the relative level, intensity, or extent of some quality or state":[
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": to have the bow alternately plunge precipitately and rise abruptly":[],
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": to hit upon or happen upon something":[
"pitch upon the perfect gift"
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": to make a sales pitch":[],
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": to present or advertise especially in a high-pressure way : plug , promote":[],
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": to set to work on energetically":[],
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": to throw a ball to a batter":[],
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"pitch hay onto a wagon"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pitch Verb (2) throw , cast , toss , fling , hurl , pitch , sling mean to cause to move swiftly through space by a propulsive movement or a propelling force. throw is general and interchangeable with the other terms but may specifically imply a distinctive motion with bent arm. can throw a fastball and a curve cast usually implies lightness in the thing thrown and sometimes a scattering. cast it to the winds toss suggests a light or careless or aimless throwing and may imply an upward motion. tossed the coat on the bed fling stresses a violent throwing. flung the ring back in his face hurl implies power as in throwing a massive weight. hurled himself at the intruder pitch suggests throwing carefully at a target. pitch horseshoes sling stresses either the use of whirling momentum in throwing or directness of aim. slung the bag over his shoulder",
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": a definite relative pitch that is a significant phenomenon in speech":[],
": a standard frequency for tuning instruments":[],
": a steep place : declivity":[],
": a unit of width of type based on the number of times a letter can be set in a linear inch":[],
": advertisement":[],
": an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump":[],
": an often high-pressure sales presentation":[],
": an outdoor site (as for camping or doing business)":[],
": any of various artificial mixtures resembling resinous or bituminous pitches":[],
": any of various bituminous substances":[],
": attack , assail":[],
": buck entry 2 sense 1":[],
": distance between one point on a gear tooth and the corresponding point on the next tooth":[],
": distance from any point on the thread of a screw to the corresponding point on an adjacent thread measured parallel to the axis":[],
": encamp":[],
": pitchout sense 2":[],
": playing field sense 1":[],
": recommendation , plug":[
"made a pitch for tax cuts"
],
": resin obtained from various conifers and often used medicinally":[],
": such as":[
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": the difference in the relative vibration frequency of the human voice that contributes to the total meaning of speech":[],
": the distance between any of various things: such as":[],
": the number of teeth or of threads per inch":[],
": the portion of a route (as in mountain climbing or caving) between belay points":[],
": the property of a sound and especially a musical tone that is determined by the frequency of the waves producing it : highness or lowness of sound":[],
": the relative level, intensity, or extent of some quality or state":[
"tensions rose to a feverish pitch"
],
": the theoretical distance a propeller would advance longitudinally in one revolution":[],
": throw sense 6":[
"pitch a fit"
],
": to attempt to persuade especially with a sales pitch":[],
": to cause to be at a particular level or of a particular quality":[
"a test pitched at a 5th-grade reading level"
],
": to cause to be set at a particular angle : slope":[],
": to cover, smear, or treat with or as if with pitch":[],
": to erect and fix firmly in place":[
"pitch a tent"
],
": to fall precipitately or headlong":[],
": to have the bow alternately plunge precipitately and rise abruptly":[],
": to hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with backspin so that it rolls very little after striking the green":[],
": to hit upon or happen upon something":[
"pitch upon the perfect gift"
],
": to incline downward : slope":[],
": to make a sales pitch":[],
": to pitch a golf ball":[],
": to play as pitcher":[],
": to play ball as a pitcher":[],
": to present (a movie or program idea) for consideration (as by a TV producer)":[],
": to present or advertise especially in a high-pressure way : plug , promote":[],
": to put aside or discard by or as if by throwing":[
"pitched the trash into the bin"
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": to set in a particular musical key":[],
": to set to work on energetically":[],
": to throw (a baseball) to a batter":[],
": to throw a ball to a batter":[],
": to throw usually with a particular objective or toward a particular point":[
"pitch hay onto a wagon"
],
": to toss (something, such as coins) so as to fall at or near a mark":[
"pitch pennies"
],
": to turn about a lateral axis so that the forward end rises or falls in relation to the after end":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pitch Verb (2) throw , cast , toss , fling , hurl , pitch , sling mean to cause to move swiftly through space by a propulsive movement or a propelling force. throw is general and interchangeable with the other terms but may specifically imply a distinctive motion with bent arm. can throw a fastball and a curve cast usually implies lightness in the thing thrown and sometimes a scattering. cast it to the winds toss suggests a light or careless or aimless throwing and may imply an upward motion. tossed the coat on the bed fling stresses a violent throwing. flung the ring back in his face hurl implies power as in throwing a massive weight. hurled himself at the intruder pitch suggests throwing carefully at a target. pitch horseshoes sling stresses either the use of whirling momentum in throwing or directness of aim. slung the bag over his shoulder",
": of, relating to, or having the qualities of pitch":[
"a pitchy substance/residue"
],
": pitch-black":[
"They were left in the pitchy darkness of a windy winter's night.",
"\u2014 Rudyard Kipling"
],
": slightly off pitch : slightly too high or too low":[
"\"I've been told I've been too critical. But on a lot of these shows, some 17-year-old kid is told, 'You're amazing', and no, what you are is potentially amazing. But you're pitchy . You hit some bum notes. \u2026 \"",
"\u2014 Boy George"
],
": unpleasantly high or piercing : shrill":[
"According to Psychology Today , nasal, pitchy voices are often caused by an obstructed airflow in the throat or nasal patches that causes an imbalance in sound vibrations during speech.",
"we stood staring into the pitchy dark forest, trying to determine what had made the strange cry",
"the trigger-happy soldiers couldn't see a thing in the pitchy darkness",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Kelly was worried because there were a lot of pitchy moments. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The pitchy treatment can really backfire on the wrong structure. \u2014 Yelena Moroz Alpert, WSJ , 10 June 2021",
"Mindy fears performing after her viral, pitchy moment, but theatre fans know that Park would never shy away from the stage. \u2014 Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com , 4 Oct. 2020",
"Hammock hasn\u2019t shown off any tricks all season, sometimes slipping into pitchy territory. \u2014 Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Billboard , 9 Dec. 2019",
"The pitchy rendition kicked off a night dedicated to celebrating the team ahead of the upcoming NBA season. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Oct. 2019",
"At times the vocals felt a bit pitchy for both Cruz and Umoh, but the emotional portrayal Cruz gives to Eliza's character after tragedy repeatedly befalls her family in Act II redeems any misgivings about her vocal prowess from Act I. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2019",
"Although the program got off to a pitchy start, things eventually seemed to smooth out. \u2014 Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living , 15 Nov. 2018"
"In roaring luxury markets from Manhattan to San Francisco over the past few years, buyers were a piteous bunch. \u2014 Katy Mclaughlin, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2019"
"buying a house can be full of pitfalls for the unwary",
"one of the pitfalls of ignorance is that people will also assume you're stupid",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brokers, too, need deep skills, a strong emotional IQ, and social adroitness in order to navigate the pitfall -laden terrain incumbent on either selling or buying a home. \u2014 Frederick Peters, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Perfectionism can be a professional and personal pitfall . \u2014 Nuala Walsh, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The mix of plaintiffs in Jones v. Bonta is engineered to avoid that pitfall . \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
"That could erode the current economic expansion, but if the U.S. weathers the storm without too much upheaval, then that potential pitfall may not be a factor. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 19 May 2022",
"Creator partnerships can be structured to sidestep this all-too-common pitfall : Instead of a script of stale sales pitches, provide influencers with content prompts that allow for flexible brand storytelling. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"The most obvious pitfall : Tracking breeds a lack of trust, especially when it's used to police kids' behavior. \u2014 Amy Paturel, Wired , 29 Mar. 2022",
"In a way, the series is a consideration of a pitfall that entrepreneurs face every day, especially when big money is involved. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Panic avoids this pitfall with a few crucial design-language tricks, including thinness (9 mm), lightness (3.03 oz / 86 g), and adequate width. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 18 Apr. 2022"
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": importance":[],
": substantial quality (as of meaning)":[],
": the essential part : core":[],
": the soft or spongy interior of a part of the body":[],
": to destroy the spinal cord or central nervous system of (an animal, such as a frog) usually by passing a wire or needle up and down the spinal canal":[],
": to kill (an animal) by piercing or severing the spinal cord":[
"pith cattle"
],
": to remove the pith from (a plant stem)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"finally got to the pith of the discussion",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Their fans applauded the quips in the comments and replies sections of their posts, and the pith didn\u2019t stop there. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Or, slice peeled orange into rounds, discarding seeds and trimming any remaining pith . \u2014 Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"But some, including me, prefer a thicker piece of peel that includes the pith . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The nose transports you to an orchard full of green apples with hints of lemon pith , fresh cut green pineapple, and chamomile. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Brown coloration indicates a dead or dying cane and may require pruning to a bud eye lower to the crown to find live pith . \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The animals chew plant pith and swallow whole leaves to kill intestinal parasites. \u2014 Aylin Woodward, WSJ , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Trim the tops and bottoms off each orange, then place an orange onto one of its cut ends and use a knife to slice down along the curve of the fruit to remove the remaining peel and pith . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Set fruit on end and cut away peel and pith , slicing top to bottom following curve of fruit. \u2014 Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Neither was Trey Wingenter, who warmed up multiple times before pithing an inning Tuesday and three innings in the four-game series in Colorado. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 June 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
": having substance and point : tersely cogent":[]
},
"examples":[
"\u2026 Gore's prowess had been blurred by his performance in the Quayle debate and by his four preceding years in the Senate, where the prevailing style is indirect and woolly-swathed in layers of \"my distinguished colleague\" and short on zingers and pithy remarks. \u2014 James Fallows , Atlantic , July 2000",
"I read my poems in L.A., chatted up the literary set, waxed pithy and beleaguered at the book signings and wine and cheese receptions. \u2014 Thomas Lynch , The Undertaking , 1997",
"He does not hold forth to his family or to his court of old men; he listens, \u2026 then delivers short, pithy edicts that are then followed. \u2014 Guy Martin , Esquire , June 1997",
"Unlike a great many other science books, the pithy , lyrical text never bogs down in a mudflat of facts. \u2014 Leonard S. Marcus , Parenting , December/January 1996",
"The critic gave the film a pithy review.",
"The book is filled with pithy sayings about love and loss.",
"a pithy little Mother's Day card",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pithy name of the brand came from something her friends and family would say to one another in an effort to lift spirits. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"But ask Hollywood directors who have hired her to please describe the magic behind those pipes, and any pithy description only scratches the surface. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Tropical mango and guava layer under red cherry, berry, and orange peel flavors, with a minerally salinity emerging with pithy , puckery lime zest on a beautifully long and intense finish. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
"Some of our more reserved teammates revealed themselves to be quick with a pithy observation or wry remark. \u2014 Robin Wadsworth, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Rigsby has more than a million followers on Instagram, has appeared as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, and his pithy lines\u2014including that one about Britney\u2014have spawned a cottage industry of Etsy stores hawking mugs featuring his quotes. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
"The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"Some fans are drawn to the solidarity found in songs about screwing up and the pithy reactions to one\u2019s mess. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
"Chad Brown, the trainer of Zandon, was pithy in his reaction. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pithy concise , terse , succinct , laconic , summary , pithy , compendious mean very brief in statement or expression. concise suggests the removal of all that is superfluous or elaborative. a concise description terse implies pointed conciseness. a terse reply succinct implies the greatest possible compression. a succinct letter of resignation laconic implies brevity to the point of seeming rude, indifferent, or mysterious. an aloof and laconic stranger summary suggests the statement of main points with no elaboration or explanation. a summary listing of the year's main events pithy adds to succinct or terse the implication of richness of meaning or substance. a comedy sharpened by pithy one-liners compendious applies to what is at once full in scope and brief and concise in treatment. a compendious dictionary",
"\u2026 Gore's prowess had been blurred by his performance in the Quayle debate and by his four preceding years in the Senate, where the prevailing style is indirect and woolly-swathed in layers of \"my distinguished colleague\" and short on zingers and pithy remarks. \u2014 James Fallows , Atlantic , July 2000",
"I read my poems in L.A., chatted up the literary set, waxed pithy and beleaguered at the book signings and wine and cheese receptions. \u2014 Thomas Lynch , The Undertaking , 1997",
"He does not hold forth to his family or to his court of old men; he listens, \u2026 then delivers short, pithy edicts that are then followed. \u2014 Guy Martin , Esquire , June 1997",
"Unlike a great many other science books, the pithy , lyrical text never bogs down in a mudflat of facts. \u2014 Leonard S. Marcus , Parenting , December/January 1996",
"The critic gave the film a pithy review.",
"The book is filled with pithy sayings about love and loss.",
"The pithy name of the brand came from something her friends and family would say to one another in an effort to lift spirits. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"But ask Hollywood directors who have hired her to please describe the magic behind those pipes, and any pithy description only scratches the surface. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Tropical mango and guava layer under red cherry, berry, and orange peel flavors, with a minerally salinity emerging with pithy , puckery lime zest on a beautifully long and intense finish. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
"Some of our more reserved teammates revealed themselves to be quick with a pithy observation or wry remark. \u2014 Robin Wadsworth, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Rigsby has more than a million followers on Instagram, has appeared as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, and his pithy lines\u2014including that one about Britney\u2014have spawned a cottage industry of Etsy stores hawking mugs featuring his quotes. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
"The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"Some fans are drawn to the solidarity found in songs about screwing up and the pithy reactions to one\u2019s mess. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pithy concise , terse , succinct , laconic , summary , pithy , compendious mean very brief in statement or expression. concise suggests the removal of all that is superfluous or elaborative. a concise description terse implies pointed conciseness. a terse reply succinct implies the greatest possible compression. a succinct letter of resignation laconic implies brevity to the point of seeming rude, indifferent, or mysterious. an aloof and laconic stranger summary suggests the statement of main points with no elaboration or explanation. a summary listing of the year's main events pithy adds to succinct or terse the implication of richness of meaning or substance. a comedy sharpened by pithy one-liners compendious applies to what is at once full in scope and brief and concise in treatment. a compendious dictionary",
"\u2026 Gore's prowess had been blurred by his performance in the Quayle debate and by his four preceding years in the Senate, where the prevailing style is indirect and woolly-swathed in layers of \"my distinguished colleague\" and short on zingers and pithy remarks. \u2014 James Fallows , Atlantic , July 2000",
"I read my poems in L.A., chatted up the literary set, waxed pithy and beleaguered at the book signings and wine and cheese receptions. \u2014 Thomas Lynch , The Undertaking , 1997",
"He does not hold forth to his family or to his court of old men; he listens, \u2026 then delivers short, pithy edicts that are then followed. \u2014 Guy Martin , Esquire , June 1997",
"Unlike a great many other science books, the pithy , lyrical text never bogs down in a mudflat of facts. \u2014 Leonard S. Marcus , Parenting , December/January 1996",
"The critic gave the film a pithy review.",
"The book is filled with pithy sayings about love and loss.",
"The pithy name of the brand came from something her friends and family would say to one another in an effort to lift spirits. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"But ask Hollywood directors who have hired her to please describe the magic behind those pipes, and any pithy description only scratches the surface. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Tropical mango and guava layer under red cherry, berry, and orange peel flavors, with a minerally salinity emerging with pithy , puckery lime zest on a beautifully long and intense finish. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
"Some of our more reserved teammates revealed themselves to be quick with a pithy observation or wry remark. \u2014 Robin Wadsworth, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Rigsby has more than a million followers on Instagram, has appeared as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, and his pithy lines\u2014including that one about Britney\u2014have spawned a cottage industry of Etsy stores hawking mugs featuring his quotes. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
"The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"Some fans are drawn to the solidarity found in songs about screwing up and the pithy reactions to one\u2019s mess. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
"Chad Brown, the trainer of Zandon, was pithy in his reaction. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pithy concise , terse , succinct , laconic , summary , pithy , compendious mean very brief in statement or expression. concise suggests the removal of all that is superfluous or elaborative. a concise description terse implies pointed conciseness. a terse reply succinct implies the greatest possible compression. a succinct letter of resignation laconic implies brevity to the point of seeming rude, indifferent, or mysterious. an aloof and laconic stranger summary suggests the statement of main points with no elaboration or explanation. a summary listing of the year's main events pithy adds to succinct or terse the implication of richness of meaning or substance. a comedy sharpened by pithy one-liners compendious applies to what is at once full in scope and brief and concise in treatment. a compendious dictionary",
"Even now, nostalgia remains a pitiable condition in the popular imagination\u2014not dangerous or life-threatening, but sentimental and backward-looking. \u2014 Eula Biss, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"Ukrainians are perfectly capable of writing Russian correctly, but during the war some internet commentators have spelled the occasional Russian word using the Ukrainian writing system, leaving it looking unmoored and pitiable . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The third week of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine shows, like its predecessors, gallant resistance, pitiable suffering, and slow Russian progress. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The dogs will walk back and forth along the circumference of their pitiable circle, compulsively, like death-row inmates pacing their cells. \u2014 Gene Weingarten, Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Remember that Nike spoof, Eris running shoes, about a pitiable boy who works in a sweatshop and accidentally sews his hands together? \u2014 Ade D. Adeniji, Wired , 27 Oct. 2021",
"But as with most of Binoche\u2019s vulnerable characters, Tereza is never pitiable . \u2014 Susan Dominus Photographs By Joshua Kissi Styled By Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs By Collier Schorr Styled By Jay Massacret Megan O\u2019grady Portrait By Mickalene Thomas And Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs By Tina Barney, New York Times , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Shane Vogel: The characters are almost pitiable in their effort to create some kind of routine or rhythm to occupy themselves and avoid thinking about the absurdity of their situation. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 12 Sep. 2021",
"In those places as elsewhere, Internet connections are pitiable , roads beyond the highways often are tortuous, and the refugees to brighter prospects out of state tend to be younger, better educated and better trained. \u2014 David M. Shribman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 July 2021"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pitiable contemptible , despicable , pitiable , sorry , scurvy mean arousing or deserving scorn. contemptible may imply any quality provoking scorn or a low standing in any scale of values. a contemptible liar despicable may imply utter worthlessness and usually suggests arousing an attitude of moral indignation. a despicable crime pitiable applies to what inspires mixed contempt and pity. a pitiable attempt at tragedy sorry may stress pitiable inadequacy or may suggest wretchedness or sordidness. this rattletrap is a sorry excuse for a car scurvy adds to despicable an implication of arousing disgust. a scurvy crew of hangers-on",
"The state of music journalism in 2022 is pitiful and depressing. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"But, as anyone who has run the gauntlet of fertility treatment knows, that coverage is often pitiful and hard-won. \u2014 Kate Willsky, ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The women, meanwhile, are reduced to modish caricature: Gertrude, sung by Sarah Connolly, assumes arch poses, while Ophelia, played by Brenda Rae, lurches from pitiful fretting to orgasmic writhing. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Most everybody dismissed the poor, pitiful Miami Heat as mere cannon fodder for the Celts after Boston dominated the Heat in Games 4 and 5 of their Eastern Conference final. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"Patti Aaron, a spokesperson for the Bureau of Reclamation, told CNN that this is because of several factors \u2014 and last winter\u2019s pitiful precipitation played a large role. \u2014 Angela Fritz, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"With the stock market continuing its slide downward and banks paying pitiful rates on checking, savings and money market accounts, people are fleeing to Series I bonds, which were created to keep pace with inflation. \u2014 Michelle Singletary, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Society needs to stop viewing singles as pitiful loners who need to find someone. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Not only have results and performances on the pitch been pitiful for a number of months, there are widespread suggestions of disgruntlement within the Old Trafford dressing room. \u2014 Graham Ruthven, Forbes , 14 May 2022"
"gave the beggar in the street a pitiless look and kept on walking",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The number of casualties is not yet known \u2014 and the Kremlin denies targeting civilians \u2014 but experts say the incident is an indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned to a familiar and pitiless playbook. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"One\u2019s eye is at first dazzled, then sated, and eventually tired by this pitiless inflation of scale. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Nabokov started to seem less like a lovable, bumbling Professor Pnin and more like a pitiless White Russian with a monocle and an ebony cigarette holder. \u2014 Ian Frazier, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Soon friends chimed in with their own artifacts, surviving examples of Washington\u2019s pitiless retail ecosystem. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Sep. 2020",
"No one wants to think about this now, but eventually our old friend Adam Smith will come calling to collect his inevitable and pitiless fee. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Sep. 2020",
"The Snowtown Murders, his pitiless debut, depicted the murders committed by notorious serial killer John Bunting with a nightmarish inexorability, heightened by an overcast color palette that could be described as gunmetal. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Prices dropped to less than $10 a barrel, triggering a pitiless industry shakeout. \u2014 Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
"That dream is quickly dying, and our government has been particularly pitiless during this crisis. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2020"
"gave the beggar in the street a pitiless look and kept on walking",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The number of casualties is not yet known \u2014 and the Kremlin denies targeting civilians \u2014 but experts say the incident is an indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned to a familiar and pitiless playbook. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"One\u2019s eye is at first dazzled, then sated, and eventually tired by this pitiless inflation of scale. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Nabokov started to seem less like a lovable, bumbling Professor Pnin and more like a pitiless White Russian with a monocle and an ebony cigarette holder. \u2014 Ian Frazier, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Soon friends chimed in with their own artifacts, surviving examples of Washington\u2019s pitiless retail ecosystem. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Sep. 2020",
"No one wants to think about this now, but eventually our old friend Adam Smith will come calling to collect his inevitable and pitiless fee. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Sep. 2020",
"The Snowtown Murders, his pitiless debut, depicted the murders committed by notorious serial killer John Bunting with a nightmarish inexorability, heightened by an overcast color palette that could be described as gunmetal. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Prices dropped to less than $10 a barrel, triggering a pitiless industry shakeout. \u2014 Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
"That dream is quickly dying, and our government has been particularly pitiless during this crisis. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2020"
"Available jobs paid a pittance \u2014 about 30,000 pounds a day, or slightly more than a dollar at the current black market rate, most of which went to public transportation to get to and from work. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"The technology has received a pittance from investors compared to renewable energy or electric vehicles. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The Federation of American Scientists estimates that China has 350 nuclear warheads, a pittance compared with Russia\u2019s 6,257 and America\u2019s 5,600. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Aisha has to navigate the anxieties and casual cruelties of a wealthy New York couple (played with wincing realism by Michelle Monaghan and Morgan Spector), all while sending a pittance home to her son in Senegal. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 4 Feb. 2022",
"But Bandcamp is the most direct way to point your streaming dollars to artists who make a pittance from Spotify. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Compared to today's notorious cons, the loss associated with this scam in 1920 might seem a pittance . \u2014 Breeanna Hare And Marika Gerken, CNN , 24 Apr. 2021",
"The only price to pay is a fair amount of clouds and a stray shower, a pittance . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"At the same time, 27 votes out of nearly 6 million cast is an absolute pittance -- and not evidence of any sort of broad (or coordinated) attempts at voter fraud. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022"
"Middle English pitance , from Anglo-French, piety, pity, dole, portion, from Medieval Latin pietantia , from pietant-, pietans , present participle of pietari to be charitable, from Latin pietas piety \u2014 more at pity":""
"Eventually the lesions turn to scabs, which can fall off and leave pitted scars. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 25 May 2022",
"Garnish with a long straw and baby corn, large pitted black olive and cherry pepper, all on a stick. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Garnish with a long straw and baby corn, large pitted black olive and cherry pepper, all on a stick. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Victims suffered scorching fever and body aches, followed by spots and blisters that would leave survivors with pitted scars. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Victims suffered scorching fever and body aches, and then spots and blisters that would leave survivors with pitted scars. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Nov. 2021",
"The game not only pitted area rivals against each other, but also Trinity Is coached by Sarah Dubberley and Montgomery Catholic by her husband, Sellers Dubberley. \u2014 Bill Lumpkin Iii, al , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The pitted and marred shape feels closer to the inherent beauty of nature. \u2014 Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Phantom and intermittent flushing can also be caused by a pitted valve seat. \u2014 Fran Aliwalas, Popular Mechanics , 15 Apr. 2021"
": sympathetic sorrow for one suffering, distressed, or unhappy":[],
": to feel pity":[],
": to feel pity for":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She has had a hard life and deserves your pity .",
"I felt deep pity for the lost dog.",
"He didn't live to see his daughter grow up, and that's a pity .",
"Verb",
"I pity anyone who has to work at that place.",
"I always pity the people who have to work in this freezing weather.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There\u2019s no trace of disappointment or self- pity in his response, only a genial matter-of-factness. \u2014 Thr Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 June 2022",
"Anatoly Tsyganok, an independent military expert, says it\u2019s a pity that Western countries have mostly banned or curtailed Russian-sourced reportage from reaching their own populations. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 June 2022",
"The other pity of it is that the BMW M3 Touring is like the Audi RS4, but gives more of everything. \u2014 Michael Taylor, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"And this was not a pity vote or Finals MVP lifetime achievement award. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"There\u2019s so much self- pity , anger and expectations that haven\u2019t been met. \u2014 Ethan Shanfeld, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Poems of pity and letters home of love were just as frequent as rage. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
"When joy, kindness and self-control were considered fruits of the spirit, not anger, disdain and self- pity . \u2014 Gareth Vipers, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"So much sorrow and so much pity , even as the Germans are gone. \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So my grandmother knew that if we weren\u2019t circumcised, people would pity us. \u2014 Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Aug. 2021",
"When things don\u2019t go well, the audience is meant to pity her as just another victim of Leighton Meester\u2019s queen bee, Blair Waldorf. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 July 2021",
"Because our parents made a choice\u2014the choice to migrate\u2014few people pity them, or wonder whether restitution should be made for decades of exploitation. \u2014 Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The New Yorker , 18 Jan. 2021",
"And pity the fool who goes out too hard, which is a bad idea in any kind of racing but can result in severe oxygen debt at altitude in snowshoes. \u2014 John Meyer, The Know , 18 Feb. 2020",
"Cut off from his language, culture, profession and passions, stripped of his fancy degrees, bitter and self- pitying and at least said to be suicidal, Mengele always knew how history would judge him. \u2014 David Margolick, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2020",
"Is that a way to get us to almost pity him for his professed inadequacies as a husband and father? \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Apr. 2020",
"For this reason everybody pitied them no less than the sufferers. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 30 Mar. 2020",
"But whether Cardinals fans were mocking or pitying Cubs fans, the feeling of superiority was widespread. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 30 July 2019"
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English pite , from Anglo-French pit\u00e9 , from Latin pietat-, pietas piety, pity, from pius pious":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pi-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pity Noun pity , compassion , commiseration , condolence , sympathy mean the act or capacity for sharing the painful feelings of another. pity implies tender or sometimes slightly contemptuous sorrow for one in misery or distress. felt pity for the captives compassion implies pity coupled with an urgent desire to aid or to spare. treats the homeless with great compassion commiseration suggests pity expressed outwardly in exclamations, tears, or words of comfort. murmurs of commiseration filled the loser's headquarters condolence applies chiefly to formal expression of grief to one who has suffered loss. expressed their condolences to the widow sympathy often suggests a tender concern but can also imply a power to enter into another's emotional experience of any sort. went to my best friend for sympathy in sympathy with her desire to locate her natural parents",
": a person, thing, or factor having a major or central role, function, or effect":[],
": a shaft or pin on which something turns":[],
": pivotal":[],
": to adapt or improve by adjusting or modifying (something, such as a product, service, or strategy)":[
"Pharmacies have pivoted their businesses to meet the demands of mass vaccination services \u2026",
"\u2014 Nick Thayer",
"\u2026 many organizations have pivoted their operations by taking services online to adapt to current conditions and strengthen business resiliency.",
"\u2014 Desmond Nair",
"\u2026 sales departments have pivoted the way they're restaffing and handling sales meetings\u2014rather than putting 100 workers back out in the field, they're deploying their teams in strategic ways and outsourcing sales until they hire again.",
"\u2014 Zeenath Kuraisha"
],
": to adapt or improve by adjusting or modifying something (such as a product, service, or strategy)":[
"In my first product business, I didn't know when to pivot and lost everything as a result. When your output (money) exceeds your input, or you can't afford to pay yourself, it's time to pivot .",
"\u2014 India Gary-Martin",
"Restauranteur Jordan Rulloda has been grinding through this pandemic. \u2026 Rulloda says he and his small team have pivoted the best they can.",
"\u2014 Lyndsay Morrison",
"The city famed for steel mills that powered America's industrial rise has steadily pivoted toward technology and health care \u2026",
"\u2014 Jonathan Lemire et al."
],
": to cause to pivot":[
"pivoted the camera"
],
": to provide with, mount on, or attach by a pivot":[
"a pivoted mechanism"
],
": to turn on or as if on a pivot":[
"a TV stand that pivots",
"She pivoted on her heel and stalked out of the room.",
"( figurative ) The plot pivots on the discovery that Emily, who had for years been presumed dead, is found alive.",
"\u2014 Debi Enker and Melinda Houston"
],
": turning on or as if on a pivot":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"an issue that is the real pivot of the controversy",
"Verb",
"The dancers pivoted on their toes and changed direction.",
"The door hinge pivots around the pin.",
"The quarterback pivoted and threw the ball to the running back.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Pentagon\u2019s pivot to Asia thus is likely to be diluted, even if the rhetoric coming out Washington suggests otherwise. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Yet the marchers intuited that a dramatic pivot in their nearly 50-year struggle was at hand. \u2014 David Montgomery, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"Kurlantzick says any hard pivot to Beijing will also be difficult for Marcos domestically. \u2014 Time , 13 May 2022",
"Pentagon officials have been quick to point out that Russia\u2019s pivot to Donbas and away from capturing Kyiv, the capital, might be a necessity for Moscow after Russian forces stalled out in the central part of the country. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The pivot , after five weeks of intense fighting, was a gauge of the intensity and effectiveness of Ukrainian resistance and signaled a decision by the Kremlin to pursue what is likely to become a prolonged war of attrition. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Is Russia's pivot to Donbas just a 'face-saving move'? \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The pivot to spending money on cryptoart, Silje explains, isn\u2019t a dramatic one. \u2014 Lydia Wang, refinery29.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Silicon Valley skeptics suggest that Facebook\u2019s big pivot may be a PR stunt. \u2014 Kristen Bateman, Town & Country , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"For her and Ukraine\u2019s other young people, February 24, 2022, marks a pivot point\u2014life will always be divided into a period before that day, when Vladimir Putin\u2019s forces crossed into Ukraine, and after. \u2014 Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
"The one-year milepost, historically, is a pivot point for presidents, the natural transition from fighting to enact their agenda to selling it to voters ahead of the November midterm elections. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Outbreaks of infectious disease \u2014 the bubonic plague, smallpox, cholera, the Spanish flu, AIDS \u2014 have been pivot points in human history. \u2014 William Falk, The Week , 23 Oct. 2021",
"In midfield, captain Sergio Busquets provides pivot support to Gavi and Frenkie de Jong while a front line is former by Ferran Torres, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Adama Traore. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"What happened in the fifties with the Actors Studio with Elia Kazan and Tennessee Williams is a pivot point in the history of performance. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Rhetoric around poverty and the ability to afford access to abortions represent a pivot point between American attitudes on the issue and one other part of the world \u2013 Europe. \u2014 Monika R\u0119ba\u0142a, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Other area school districts have also had their schools pivot to virtual learning. \u2014 Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Flea, born Michael Balzary in Australia 43 years ago, is truly the pivot point of the Chili Peppers. \u2014 Alan Light, SPIN , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Many struggled to pivot , and some shuttered entirely. \u2014 Giuliana Corbo, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"How will the NAMM Show \u2014 the world\u2019s largest and oldest annual music instrument, equipment and technology show \u2014 pivot back to being a live event this weekend after canceling last year\u2019s edition because of the COVID-19 pandemic? \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"As the storm moves inland over the Southeast into Saturday, the showers will pivot and start coming in from the south. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Teams must also apply the Agile ethos to their choice of tools and processes, which empowers them to pivot quickly when needed and incrementally deliver high-performing content. \u2014 Caroline Petersen, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"But with warm weather approaching, Cho is already planning to pivot again, rolling out a charcoal grill at the end of June and turning Han Oak into a Korean barbecue. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 May 2022",
"That was as Firstman decided to pivot during the industry\u2019s pandemic lockdown to producing popular impressions for Instagram. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
"If Bergeron walks, that leaves Erik Haula and Charlie Coyle as the best immediate candidates to pivot the top six, knocking heads night to night with the 60 or so best centers across the league. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"More recently policy shifted to undersea warfare, forcing Electric Boat and other Navy suppliers to pivot quickly. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 18 May 2022"
": any of the detecting elements of a solid-state optical sensor (such as a CCD or CMOS device)":[
"The team used a new CCD detector that has an 8,192 by 8,192 pixel array, which makes it the world's largest astronomical CCD.",
"\u2014 Astronomy",
"the \u2026 CMOS image sensor provides a 9-\u00b5m pixel size \u2026",
"\u2014 Mathew Dirjish"
],
": any of the small discrete elements that together constitute an image (as on a television or digital screen)":[
"If the ball is flying from left to right across a video screen, a pixel at one fixed location on the screen will get darker and darker as time ticks on because it depicts points farther and farther to the left on the ball.",
"\u2014 Fr\u00e9do Durand et al."
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rather than assigning the entire photo one color to categorize it, the satellite dissects each pixel of the photo and assigns each one its most appropriate color on the spectrum. \u2014 Danya Gainor, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
"This headache is familiar to anyone who has tapped around a touch-unfriendly app on a Windows touchscreen\u2014but even in those cases, a tap of the finger usually touches something larger than a single pixel at a time. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022",
"To see this, again imagine a curve in the plane, where the x-coordinate represents the color of a single pixel , and the y-coordinate represents an image label. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The software estimates whether the target exists in any pixel in an image. \u2014 Rachel Berkowitz, Scientific American , 1 May 2022",
"On a pixel -count level, that's on par with the blurry Switch ports of Doom (2016) or The Witcher 3. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Each watch has five physical buttons for navigation and a color memory-in- pixel display for clear daylight visibility. \u2014 Mark Knapp, PCMAG , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Blacks are truly black because the pixel is completely turned off. \u2014 Parker Hall, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
"These 77 and 88-inch beasts combine their immense pixel counts with all the processing goodies of the new Alpha 9 Gen 5 processor and the latest WebOS system. \u2014 John Archer, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022"
": displayed in such a manner that individual pixels are discernible":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Deepak Thapliyal, the chief executive of the cryptocurrency company Chain, who purchased a rare NFT of a pixelated alien in February for $23.7 million, isn\u2019t afraid. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Since the late \u201990s, Invader\u2019s pixelated pieces inspired by popular 8-bit Atari arcade games have been plastered on the streets of more than 65 cities across 33 countries. \u2014 Spencer Elliott, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Though the decision to include pixelated drawings of naked humans in the mix may seem odd at first blush, researchers have good reason to include them, reasoning that aliens would, naturally, want to know what humans look like. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"Has the market for rudimentary pixelated cartoon heads already peaked? \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 9 May 2022",
"The collectibles market\u2014such as memes, avatars, graphics, sports moments, and pixelated creatures\u2014has also been growing, accounting for 38% of transactions since July 2020. \u2014 Lucy Sherriff, Fortune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Cyber mannequins stood poised in pixelated versions of the looks shown on-screen. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
"For example, the CryptoPunks artwork, though simple, was the first of its kind and became a template for more successful projects like Weird Whales because of its unique pixelated style and \u2018meme-ability\u2019. \u2014 Mahnoor Khan, Fortune , 18 Feb. 2022",
"When digital artworks started selling for millions of dollars last year, the shock of pixelated punks and computerized graphics turned some traditional collectors into crypto skeptics. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022"
": a haircut worn by women and children that is very short all over the head or especially short only at the sides and back of the head":[
"Princess Diana's pixie cut became completely iconic, and almost as famous as the princess herself, inspiring many generations since to try the elegant look.",
"\u2014 Isobel Larkin"
],
": a usually petite vivacious woman or girl":[],
": playfully mischievous":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"leave a dish of milk and some bread out for the pixies",
"Adjective",
"resorted to some pixie high jinks to liven up the office party",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At this year\u2019s Critics Choice Awards, iconic actor Rita Moreno, 90, paired her sideswept pixie cut with glowing skin and a voluminous gown. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 27 June 2022",
"The cut featured long textured layers and a pixie cut on the sides and was styled into her usual side part. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"With her pixie hairdo, reserves of strength and sweet, soft-spoken voice evoking classic Mia Farrow, VanderWaal is once again a magnetic presence. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"Williams looked gamine with her signature pixie cut, single necklace, and natural makeup. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 30 May 2022",
"From Dame Helen Mirren debuting a bubblegum-pink pixie crop in 2019 to Bella Hadid's sculptural necklace and couture ball gown by Schiaparelli in 2021, scroll for a definitive look back at the festival's most memorable fashion moments. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"Her signature pixie cut is parted on the side with her hairs short on either side of her head and a bit longer on top. \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 10 May 2022",
"Jules, a transgender girl and a recent East Highland transplant, has the spirit of a capricious pixie : spontaneous and sweet but inconsistent and somewhat manipulative. \u2014 Caroline Downey, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Just a few weeks after chopping off all of her hair into a pixie cut, JoJo Siwa is already an expert at styling her new hair. \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Atop the pile, Tinker Bell sat waving, like a pixie Jackie Onassis. \u2014 Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"For all its sprinklings of pixie dust \u2014 a wiggly scorpion samba, a cyclone of flying pastries \u2014 the movie is often disconcertingly adult, and at the same time, largely unconcerned with welcoming in viewers not already steeped in the mythology. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Revel, a kombucha brewery and tasting room, will release a pixie tangerine kombucha. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Maurice is a genially bearish man, with curly brown hair, who looks like a brainier John Laroquette; Katia, with short hair and glasses and a vivacious grin, suggests a pixie version of Terry Gross. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Goofy costumes, silly songs, colorful sets and a sprinkling of pixie dust never hurt anyone, and the ABC reality series has gone overboard this year with not just one, but two, Disney Nights. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Again a roof will greatly cut down the natural air circulation and ventilation, assuming that the roof is made out of solid material and not pixie dust. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Add some extra pixie dust to your stay by reserving a shaded cabana that includes couch seating; two lounge chairs; a flat-screen TV; a safe; a fridge with free, non-alcoholic drinks; and a complimentary fruit platter and lemon water tower. \u2014 Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com , 15 July 2021",
"So not what lots and lots and lots of fans were dying to hear, but coaches and managers usually stick with logic, not hunches, not Tinkerbell, a sprinkle of catchy music and a fistful of pixie dust. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2021"
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"1943, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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": a haircut worn by women and children that is very short all over the head or especially short only at the sides and back of the head":[
"Princess Diana's pixie cut became completely iconic, and almost as famous as the princess herself, inspiring many generations since to try the elegant look.",
"\u2014 Isobel Larkin"
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"Noun",
"leave a dish of milk and some bread out for the pixies",
"Adjective",
"resorted to some pixie high jinks to liven up the office party",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At this year\u2019s Critics Choice Awards, iconic actor Rita Moreno, 90, paired her sideswept pixie cut with glowing skin and a voluminous gown. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 27 June 2022",
"The cut featured long textured layers and a pixie cut on the sides and was styled into her usual side part. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"With her pixie hairdo, reserves of strength and sweet, soft-spoken voice evoking classic Mia Farrow, VanderWaal is once again a magnetic presence. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"Williams looked gamine with her signature pixie cut, single necklace, and natural makeup. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 30 May 2022",
"From Dame Helen Mirren debuting a bubblegum-pink pixie crop in 2019 to Bella Hadid's sculptural necklace and couture ball gown by Schiaparelli in 2021, scroll for a definitive look back at the festival's most memorable fashion moments. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"Her signature pixie cut is parted on the side with her hairs short on either side of her head and a bit longer on top. \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 10 May 2022",
"Jules, a transgender girl and a recent East Highland transplant, has the spirit of a capricious pixie : spontaneous and sweet but inconsistent and somewhat manipulative. \u2014 Caroline Downey, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Just a few weeks after chopping off all of her hair into a pixie cut, JoJo Siwa is already an expert at styling her new hair. \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Atop the pile, Tinker Bell sat waving, like a pixie Jackie Onassis. \u2014 Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"For all its sprinklings of pixie dust \u2014 a wiggly scorpion samba, a cyclone of flying pastries \u2014 the movie is often disconcertingly adult, and at the same time, largely unconcerned with welcoming in viewers not already steeped in the mythology. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Revel, a kombucha brewery and tasting room, will release a pixie tangerine kombucha. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Maurice is a genially bearish man, with curly brown hair, who looks like a brainier John Laroquette; Katia, with short hair and glasses and a vivacious grin, suggests a pixie version of Terry Gross. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Goofy costumes, silly songs, colorful sets and a sprinkling of pixie dust never hurt anyone, and the ABC reality series has gone overboard this year with not just one, but two, Disney Nights. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Again a roof will greatly cut down the natural air circulation and ventilation, assuming that the roof is made out of solid material and not pixie dust. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Add some extra pixie dust to your stay by reserving a shaded cabana that includes couch seating; two lounge chairs; a flat-screen TV; a safe; a fridge with free, non-alcoholic drinks; and a complimentary fruit platter and lemon water tower. \u2014 Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com , 15 July 2021",
"So not what lots and lots and lots of fans were dying to hear, but coaches and managers usually stick with logic, not hunches, not Tinkerbell, a sprinkle of catchy music and a fistful of pixie dust. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2021"
": a haircut worn by women and children that is very short all over the head or especially short only at the sides and back of the head":[
"Princess Diana's pixie cut became completely iconic, and almost as famous as the princess herself, inspiring many generations since to try the elegant look.",
"leave a dish of milk and some bread out for the pixies",
"Adjective",
"resorted to some pixie high jinks to liven up the office party",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At this year\u2019s Critics Choice Awards, iconic actor Rita Moreno, 90, paired her sideswept pixie cut with glowing skin and a voluminous gown. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 27 June 2022",
"The cut featured long textured layers and a pixie cut on the sides and was styled into her usual side part. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"With her pixie hairdo, reserves of strength and sweet, soft-spoken voice evoking classic Mia Farrow, VanderWaal is once again a magnetic presence. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"Williams looked gamine with her signature pixie cut, single necklace, and natural makeup. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 30 May 2022",
"From Dame Helen Mirren debuting a bubblegum-pink pixie crop in 2019 to Bella Hadid's sculptural necklace and couture ball gown by Schiaparelli in 2021, scroll for a definitive look back at the festival's most memorable fashion moments. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"Her signature pixie cut is parted on the side with her hairs short on either side of her head and a bit longer on top. \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 10 May 2022",
"Jules, a transgender girl and a recent East Highland transplant, has the spirit of a capricious pixie : spontaneous and sweet but inconsistent and somewhat manipulative. \u2014 Caroline Downey, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Just a few weeks after chopping off all of her hair into a pixie cut, JoJo Siwa is already an expert at styling her new hair. \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Atop the pile, Tinker Bell sat waving, like a pixie Jackie Onassis. \u2014 Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"For all its sprinklings of pixie dust \u2014 a wiggly scorpion samba, a cyclone of flying pastries \u2014 the movie is often disconcertingly adult, and at the same time, largely unconcerned with welcoming in viewers not already steeped in the mythology. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Revel, a kombucha brewery and tasting room, will release a pixie tangerine kombucha. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Maurice is a genially bearish man, with curly brown hair, who looks like a brainier John Laroquette; Katia, with short hair and glasses and a vivacious grin, suggests a pixie version of Terry Gross. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Goofy costumes, silly songs, colorful sets and a sprinkling of pixie dust never hurt anyone, and the ABC reality series has gone overboard this year with not just one, but two, Disney Nights. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Again a roof will greatly cut down the natural air circulation and ventilation, assuming that the roof is made out of solid material and not pixie dust. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Add some extra pixie dust to your stay by reserving a shaded cabana that includes couch seating; two lounge chairs; a flat-screen TV; a safe; a fridge with free, non-alcoholic drinks; and a complimentary fruit platter and lemon water tower. \u2014 Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com , 15 July 2021",
"So not what lots and lots and lots of fans were dying to hear, but coaches and managers usually stick with logic, not hunches, not Tinkerbell, a sprinkle of catchy music and a fistful of pixie dust. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2021"
"This vibrant orange-and-yellow flower will add pizzazz to any garden. \u2014 Terri Robertson, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"The chandeliers and chairs offer a cozy, eclectic vibe, while playful patterns on the curtains and the rug add unexpected pizzazz . \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, House Beautiful , 21 May 2022",
"With a voice cast that also includes Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Jessica Williams, and Ty Dolla Sign, the five-part special reimagines modern New York living with that extra bit of pizzazz only animation can offer. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"While the Vision AMG\u2019s body looks like a polished stone, the graphical elements add plenty of pizzazz . \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022",
"And then when Magic came on the team, the flash, the pizzazz , all of that stuff. \u2014 Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
"There's even a metallic rose gold option for wearers looking to add a little pizzazz to their vacation outfits. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2022",
"For weeks leading up to the show, Packer had vowed to inject more entertainment and populist pizzazz into the Oscars. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"With its red-carpet pizzazz and dinner-party atmosphere, the SAG Awards honor the best acting in film and television. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2022"
"This vibrant orange-and-yellow flower will add pizzazz to any garden. \u2014 Terri Robertson, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"The chandeliers and chairs offer a cozy, eclectic vibe, while playful patterns on the curtains and the rug add unexpected pizzazz . \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, House Beautiful , 21 May 2022",
"With a voice cast that also includes Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Jessica Williams, and Ty Dolla Sign, the five-part special reimagines modern New York living with that extra bit of pizzazz only animation can offer. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"While the Vision AMG\u2019s body looks like a polished stone, the graphical elements add plenty of pizzazz . \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022",
"And then when Magic came on the team, the flash, the pizzazz , all of that stuff. \u2014 Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
"There's even a metallic rose gold option for wearers looking to add a little pizzazz to their vacation outfits. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2022",
"For weeks leading up to the show, Packer had vowed to inject more entertainment and populist pizzazz into the Oscars. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"With its red-carpet pizzazz and dinner-party atmosphere, the SAG Awards honor the best acting in film and television. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2022"
"This vibrant orange-and-yellow flower will add pizzazz to any garden. \u2014 Terri Robertson, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"The chandeliers and chairs offer a cozy, eclectic vibe, while playful patterns on the curtains and the rug add unexpected pizzazz . \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, House Beautiful , 21 May 2022",
"With a voice cast that also includes Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Jessica Williams, and Ty Dolla Sign, the five-part special reimagines modern New York living with that extra bit of pizzazz only animation can offer. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"While the Vision AMG\u2019s body looks like a polished stone, the graphical elements add plenty of pizzazz . \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022",
"And then when Magic came on the team, the flash, the pizzazz , all of that stuff. \u2014 Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
"There's even a metallic rose gold option for wearers looking to add a little pizzazz to their vacation outfits. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2022",
"For weeks leading up to the show, Packer had vowed to inject more entertainment and populist pizzazz into the Oscars. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"With its red-carpet pizzazz and dinner-party atmosphere, the SAG Awards honor the best acting in film and television. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2022"
"This vibrant orange-and-yellow flower will add pizzazz to any garden. \u2014 Terri Robertson, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"The chandeliers and chairs offer a cozy, eclectic vibe, while playful patterns on the curtains and the rug add unexpected pizzazz . \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, House Beautiful , 21 May 2022",
"With a voice cast that also includes Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Jessica Williams, and Ty Dolla Sign, the five-part special reimagines modern New York living with that extra bit of pizzazz only animation can offer. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"While the Vision AMG\u2019s body looks like a polished stone, the graphical elements add plenty of pizzazz . \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022",
"And then when Magic came on the team, the flash, the pizzazz , all of that stuff. \u2014 Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
"There's even a metallic rose gold option for wearers looking to add a little pizzazz to their vacation outfits. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2022",
"For weeks leading up to the show, Packer had vowed to inject more entertainment and populist pizzazz into the Oscars. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"With its red-carpet pizzazz and dinner-party atmosphere, the SAG Awards honor the best acting in film and television. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2022"
