": a line on the palm that appears as a sister line to the line of Mercury and is usually held by palmists to indicate intensity of sentiments and sometimes sensuality":[]
": a canon regular of the Order of St. Victor founded in Paris in 1110, widespread during the medieval period, famous for its learning, and extinct since the French Revolution":[],
": a woman's fur tippet with long ends":[]
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"French victorin , from the Abbey of St. Victor near Paris, France + French -in -ine":"Noun",
"probably from Queen Victoria + English -ine":"Noun"
": a genus of vines or erect herbs (family Leguminosae) found in warm or tropical regions and having trifoliolate leaves, yellowish or purplish flowers with an eared vexillum, and a linear and 2-valved pod \u2014 see cowpea"
": a member of the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Mission founded by St. Vincent de Paul in Paris, France, in 1625 and devoted to missions and seminaries":[],
": a native or inhabitant of the island of St. Vincent":[]
": a large genus of chiefly tropical American vines (family Asclepiadaceae) having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers with the corolla rotate and 5-parted and an entire or lobed crown":[]
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"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin vincere to conquer + toxicum poison; from the former belief that it was a counterpoison":""
": a family of woody or herbaceous vines (order Rhamnales) having simple, palmate, or pinnate leaves, usually tendril-bearing stems, and small greenish clustered flowers succeeded by a several-seeded berry \u2014 see cissus , parthenocissus , vitis":[]
"New Latin, from Latin, ferret; akin to Old English \u0101c weorna squirrel, Old High German eihh urno , eihh orno , Old Norse \u012bk orni , Lithuanian vaiver\u0117\u0303, vover\u0117\u0303 squirrel, vaiver\u00ecs male polecat, male marten, Czech vaverka squirrel"
": a widely distributed genus (the type of the cosmopolitan family Viviparidae of the suborder Taenioglossa) of freshwater snails that have a turbinate operculate shell which is usually greenish and more or less banded with brown and that are born alive and with a well-developed shell":[]
"He was charged with two counts of rape, two counts of strangulation and unlawful imprisonment, among other felonies, a New York Police Department spokesperson said via email. \u2014 Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Kreischer, who grew up in Florida, has Georgia ties via his wife LeAnn, who grew up in Bowdon (population: 2,685 in 2020). \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 24 June 2022",
"NFL Network reporter Tom Pelissero released the training camp dates for all 32 of the league's teams Thursday via Twitter. \u2014 Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
"Colts owner Jim Irsay confirmed the Goose's death on Wednesday via Twitter. \u2014 Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star , 22 June 2022",
"Meanwhile Thomas put the news out Wednesday morning via Twitter. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
"Springfield issued his condolences via Twitter after losing his friend. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 20 June 2022",
"Ray did testify Monday, via Zoom, from his home in North Carolina. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Amarbayar Amarsanaa is bringing tech experience to Ulaanbaatar via his business consultancy and an annual web developers conference, DevSummit. \u2014 Katherine Love, Forbes , 16 June 2022"
"The departure point for a viable peace deal\u2014either with Syria or the Palestinians\u2014must not be based purely on what the political traffic in Israel will bear, but on the requirements of all sides. \u2014 Aaron David Miller , Newsweek , 12 Jan. 2009",
"As gene therapy begins to enjoy some preliminary successes, scientists at the World Anti-Doping Agency, which oversees drug testing for the Olympics, have started to worry that dopers might now see abuse of gene therapy in sport as a viable option, though the practice was banned by WADA in 2003. \u2014 Patrick Barry , Science News , 2 Aug. 2008",
"Under today's forest management practices, few trees die natural deaths and fewer still attain the girth of the old-growth trees that supported the ivory-bill. The sad fact is that there is really no place in the United States today where a viable population of ivory-bills could persist even if captive reared birds were on hand to stock a release program. \u2014 John Terborgh , New York Review of Books , 26 Apr. 2007",
"To ponder [John] Updike's work in now old-fashioned sociopolitical terms, it might be said that he examines our struggle to maintain a viable center for our inner life while enduring the most revolutionary force in history\u2014American capitalism. \u2014 Robert Stone , New York Times Book Review , 18 June 2006",
"At stake is the survival of our civilization and the habitability of the Earth. Or, as one eminent scientist put it, the pending question is whether the combination of an opposable thumb and a neocortex is a viable combination on this planet. \u2014 Al Gore , An Inconvenient Truth , 2006",
"When a patient agrees to forego a bed at the Portland VA\u2014so far 75% of viable candidates have agreed to do so\u2014a small \"strike force\" swings into action. The patient is sent home, typically with various medicines, oxygen tanks, and sometimes, a mobile X-ray machine. A nurse visits every day to perform tests, provide IV infusions and monitor medications. As a backup, a physician is on 24-hour standby for emergencies. \u2014 Gautam Naik , Wall Street Journal , 19 Apr. 2006",
"Another truth is that corks expire with age. A few wineries recognize that fact and recork their library wines every 25 years or so, but that's not a viable process for most collectors. \u2014 James Laube , Wine Spectator , 31 Mar. 2005",
"a viable solution to the problem",
"He could not suggest a viable alternative.",
"Is she a viable candidate?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Trappe leaders maintain that the Lakeside development will grow gradually and responsibly, helping a town with little commercial activity become more economically relevant and viable . \u2014 Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun , 24 June 2022",
"In this case, both patients were considered suitable in size and illness progression to be viable recipients of a partial liver. \u2014 Sydney Page, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Given how crowded some of the tiers are, with five or six players currently considered realistic possibilities for them at 14 depending on who is still available, a trade-down seems like a viable strategy. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"However, the vast majority of draft picks, even in the top 10, never develop into becoming viable starters on good teams, let alone stars. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"Film was born in France, while the Americans turned it into a viable industry, taking the show to next level. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"Founders working in these sectors often take longer to build viable businesses. \u2014 Trevor Clawson, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Once women\u2019s ski jumping got the green light for Olympic inclusion, funding for the sport increased and the level of competition took off, as 13-year-old girls looked at it a viable route to fulfilling their Olympic dreams. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"In order to put together a viable government, any candidate needs the backing of at least 61 out of 120 Knesset members. \u2014 Fox News , 20 June 2022"
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"circa 1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Middle French, from vie life, from Latin vita \u2014 more at vital":""
"Eli Lilly's list price for Humalog, its analog insulin product, jumped 680% to $275 per vial in 2018 from its introduction in 1996, Human Rights Watch said. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"That's how much Civica Rx, a non-profit generic drug maker, will charge for a vial of insulin in 2024. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
"While the allegations center on Husel, Shroyer contends there was a larger oversight by the hospital and that a system for obtaining fentanyl and accounting for every vial of a drug was either missed or willfully ignored. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Vaccine makers must demonstrate to regulators that their product is consistent in every batch and every vial . \u2014 Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
"Another common problem is that a vaccine vial contains multiple doses. \u2014 Ratheesh Raveendran, Forbes , 6 Apr. 2021",
"The batch didn\u2019t reach the vial -filling and finishing stage, and no doses from it were distributed. \u2014 Peter Loftus, WSJ , 1 Apr. 2021",
"The vaccine itself has to be reconstituted by injecting a sodium chloride solution into the vaccine vial , ultimately yielding 6.3 doses that need to be used within six hours. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Jan. 2021",
"Humalog, an insulin produced by Eli Lilly and commonly used by diabetics, went from $21 a vial when it was introduced in 1996 to $275 today \u2014 an increase of 1,209 percent. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022"
"Middle English, viaunde , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin vivanda food, alteration of Latin vivenda , neuter plural of vivendus , gerundive of vivere to live \u2014 more at quick entry 1":""
"Middle English, viaunde , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin vivanda food, alteration of Latin vivenda , neuter plural of vivendus , gerundive of vivere to live \u2014 more at quick entry 1":""
": an agreement by which the owner of a life insurance policy that covers a person (such as the owner) who has a catastrophic or life-threatening illness receives compensation for less than the expected death benefit of the policy in return for a turning over (as by sale or bequest) of the death benefit or ownership of the policy to the other party (such as a company specializing in such transfers)",
": an agreement by which the owner of a life insurance policy that covers a person (as the owner) who has a catastrophic or life-threatening illness receives compensation for less than the expected death benefit of the policy in return for a turning over (as by sale or bequest) of the death benefit or ownership of the policy to the other party (as a company specializing in such transactions)",
": an agreement by which the owner of a life insurance policy covering a person (as the owner) with a catastrophic or life-threatening illness receives compensation for less than the expected death benefit of the policy in return for an assignment, transfer, sale, devise, or bequest of the death benefit or ownership of the policy to the other party (as a company specializing in such transactions)"
"The vitamin C and antioxidants from grapefruit extract will have your scalp revitalized in no time, allowing your hairs natural vibrance and shine to show through. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"And, today, new immigrant groups are adding to the vibrance of our nation. \u2014 Dean Obeidallah, CNN , 16 May 2022",
"And trust, not all appear saccharine, but many indeed skew bold for tastes preferring vibrance over whimsy. \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Her warmth and vibrance come through in her fiery jackfruit al pastor tacos, red chili nopalitos, and huevos rancheros. \u2014 Jackie Tran, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The city's craft beer scene offers a vibrance and diversity reflective of its sprawling size and complex culture. \u2014 Ruvani De Silva, Chron , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The result is a blush-pink wine with the vibrance of prosecco and an intriguing hint of red berry aromas to add a little sparkle to a romantic evening. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The cucumber agua fresca from this tiny storefront is cool, sweet and refreshing, with all the vibrance of a freshly cut cucumber. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s a vibrance and playfulness that excites the eye and also invites guests to discover the various areas of the hotel. \u2014 Rana Good, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022"
"Traditionally, about 15,000 people participate in the summertime festivities that celebrate the city\u2019s vibrancy . \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"Raspberries have great acidity on their own, but not other berries, so adding citric acid to them brings back that fresh fruit vibrancy in a really remarkable way. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Magda Butrym\u2019s sleek design feels just as elevated as the classy island\u2019s newfound vibrancy . \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
"Always elegant, always graceful, but then, a little bit of sass, a little bit of color, vibrancy . \u2014 Essence , 2 June 2022",
"Hart and cinematographer Bryce Fortner complement our heroine\u2019s innate vibrancy with a fresh, saturated palette, while handheld shots aid the immediacy and intimacy of introspective moments. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"City and state officials see residential redevelopment downtown as even more critical now to boosting vibrancy , with fewer workers coming into the city five days a week. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 17 May 2022",
"Using nonprofessionals and shooting documentary style, Clarke vividly captures the vibrancy , beauty, and violence of a world that had, until then, been portrayed in largely one-dimensional terms. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"The push for more apartments \u2014 and people living downtown \u2014 was to bring more 24/7 vibrancy to downtown where most of the activity was concentrated during the work week. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 17 May 2022"
"This easy-going plant boasts early spring color with large flowers in vibrant shades. \u2014 Arricca Sansone, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"There\u2019s no end of stories to share in Connecticut\u2019s vibrant restaurant scene. \u2014 Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"From the vibrant red bedding to the mod bedframe and graphic lamp, this bedroom designed by Anthony Baratta feels both crisp and deliberate...and a little bit wild. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
"Miami is a vibrant , growing metropolis that embodies the American Dream\u2014embracing the possibilities of what can be achieved by a community working to build a future together. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"Art Stroll & Art in the Alley: Description Experience our vibrant Art District! \u2014 Amanda Kondolojy, Orlando Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Tomeka Reid is a vibrant , improvising cellist-composer. \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"An easy way to keep less natural shades vibrant : these color-depositing conditioners from Overtone. \u2014 Sabina Wizemann, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"That\u2019s why the school\u2019s new campus in Milan\u2019s vibrant Navigli district is designed to create a unified experience between the in-person learning experience and online \u2013 both for students and professors. \u2014 Matt Symonds, Forbes , 20 May 2022"
"When you blow into the instrument, the air vibrates the reed.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Magnetic pulsations vibrate through each bristle and the brush itself conforms to the shape of her hand to be gentle on hair and provide relief from stress and tension and a boost in blood flow. \u2014 Margaux Lushing, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"This early section of the film should vibrate with anxiety, but uninspired framing, cutting and writing sap it of energy. \u2014 Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Do things that lift your mood, elevate your energy, vibrate higher. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 11 Feb. 2022",
"As the weather grows colder, the air freezes, leaving the plants covered in tiny icicles that reflect the afternoon sun and vibrate in the steady wind. \u2014 Samuel Gilbert, Outside Online , 16 May 2020",
"This surgical procedure creates a small hole between the trachea and esophagus, where a prosthesis can be inserted to allow air from your lungs to vibrate muscles in your throat to create speech. \u2014 Michelle Cohan, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The geologists have now used that data set to develop a theory that can predict the frequencies at which these formations vibrate and deform, described in a recent paper published in the journal Seismological Research Letters. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The two share similar tan and brown colorings, and gopher snakes will often hiss or vibrate their tails when threatened, according to the wildlife division. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"That leads to uneven explosive forces, which can vibrate engine parts unnecessarily. \u2014 Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vibrate swing , sway , oscillate , vibrate , fluctuate , waver , undulate mean to move from one direction to its opposite. swing implies a movement of something attached at one end or one side. the door suddenly swung open sway implies a slow swinging or teetering movement. trees swaying in the breeze oscillate stresses a usually regular alternation of direction. an oscillating fan vibrate suggests the rapid oscillation of an elastic body under stress or impact. the vibrating strings of a piano fluctuate suggests constant irregular changes of level, intensity, or value. fluctuating interest rates waver stresses irregular motion suggestive of reeling or tottering. the exhausted runner wavered before collapsing undulate suggests a gentle wavelike motion. an undulating sea of grass",
": a characteristic emanation, aura, or spirit that infuses or vitalizes someone or something and that can be instinctively sensed or experienced":[
"\u2014 often used in plural"
],
": a distinctive usually emotional atmosphere capable of being sensed":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
],
": a periodic motion of the particles of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from the position of equilibrium when that equilibrium has been disturbed (as when a stretched cord produces musical tones or molecules in the air transmit sounds to the ear)":[],
": a quivering or trembling motion : quiver":[],
": an instance of vibration":[],
": oscillation":[],
": the action of vibrating : the state of being vibrated or in vibratory motion: such as":[],
": vacillation in opinion or action : wavering":[]
"Autovol has explored transportation via railway, but there is too much vibration , and the modules don\u2019t work with existing rail infrastructure where many of the tunnels are too small. \u2014 Jennifer Castenson, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Harbor seals have a fringe of vibration -sensitive whiskers jutting from their snouts and eyebrows. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"And that changes my vibration to be in a happier tone. \u2014 Celia Ellenberg, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
"The vibration -resistant design isolates the player from unwanted energy. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Lexus says 20 spot welding points were added to the body to boost structural rigidity, while new Bridgestone 18-inch run-flat tires were designed to reduce noise and vibration . \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 13 May 2022",
"The latest version of Hyperice\u2019s grooved Vyper foam roller offers three vibration settings that are designed to boost circulation and flexibility pre-workout and soothe sore muscles afterward. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"When prey approaches, vibration sensors on a gator\u2019s snout prompt it to spring into action, snapping its strong jaws quickly around a meal. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Standard Model particles like photons and electrons are low-energy vibration modes of the fundamental string. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vice Noun fault , failing , frailty , foible , vice mean an imperfection or weakness of character. fault implies a failure, not necessarily culpable, to reach some standard of perfection in disposition, action, or habit. a writer of many virtues and few faults failing suggests a minor shortcoming in character. being late is a failing of mine frailty implies a general or chronic proneness to yield to temptation. human frailties foible applies to a harmless or endearing weakness or idiosyncrasy. an eccentric's charming foibles vice can be a general term for any imperfection or weakness, but it often suggests violation of a moral code or the giving of offense to the moral sensibilities of others. compulsive gambling was his vice offense , sin , vice , crime , scandal mean a transgression of law. offense applies to the infraction of any law, rule, or code. at that school no offense went unpunished sin implies an offense against moral or religious law. the sin of blasphemy vice applies to a habit or practice that degrades or corrupts. regarded gambling as a vice crime implies a serious offense punishable by the law of the state. the crime of murder scandal applies to an offense that outrages the public conscience. a career ruined by a sex scandal",
": a crystalline glucoside C 10 H 16 N 4 O 7 obtained especially from seeds of vetches (genus Vicia ) and beets that yields glucose and a pyrimidine on hydrolysis":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin vicia vetch + International Scientific Vocabulary -ine":""
"There were no apparent military targets in the vicinity of the attack about 50 miles southwest of Odesa. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"The Chester Creek greenbelt trail had been closed off in the vicinity of the fire. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
"The man was struck by an outbound commuter rail train in the vicinity of 113 West Central St. at about 5 p.m., MBTA Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan said in an e-mail. \u2014 Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"The long-range forecast from the hurricane center shows the storm strengthening to Tropical Storm Bonnie and making landfall in Central America in the vicinity of Nicaragua or Costa Rica on Saturday. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 29 June 2022",
"But $128 billion is in the vicinity of the $133 billion total that the Biden budget is seeking for the Energy, Homeland Security and Agriculture Departments. \u2014 Allan Sloan, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"As early as the 1990s, coverage of Disney\u2019s fairy-tale weddings programs prompted plenty of sarcastic headlines about why grown people would want to get married in the vicinity of a cartoon mouse. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"The final total for this chapter of the dinosaur franchise will probably be in the vicinity of $930+/- million. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"On June 3, Navy pilot Lt. Richard Bullock was killed when his F/A-18E Super Hornet jet crashed during a training mission in the vicinity of Trona, Calif., according to the US Naval Air Forces. \u2014 John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022"
"Middle French vicinit\u00e9 , from Latin vicinitat-, vicinitas , from vicinus neighboring, from vicus row of houses, village; akin to Goth weihs village, Old Church Slavonic v\u012ds\u012d , Greek oikos, oikia house":""
"Challenging areas of social consensus, however dumb or even vicious the consensus, is largely off limits for the media, because it wins no friends among the general public. \u2014 Richard A. Posner , New York Times Book Review , 31 July 2005",
"The genetically vicious nature of presidential campaigns in America is too obvious to argue with, but some people call it fun, and I am one of them. \u2014 Dr. Hunter S. Thompson , Rolling Stone , 11 Nov. 2004",
"True to Finals form, this hardwood battle has become as vicious as any street scrum. \u2014 Anne Marie Cruz , ESPN , 24 June 2002",
"For most of my life I have retained a haunting image from an old Tarzan movie: piranhas, those vicious little fish with the arrowhead-shaped teeth, devouring a pig. Forget that there are no piranha in Africa. But they do exist in Brazil, in abundance in the meandering waterways of the Amazon Basin. \u2014 Gerald Eskenazi , New York Times , 6 Oct. 2002",
"The Olympics always seemed too much like war, vicious old men manipulating youngsters hungry for fame into performing heroic acts for short change. \u2014 Robert Lipsyte , New York Times , 29 July 2001",
"His slider\u2014a vicious , hard-breaking pitch with which he finished off right-handed hitters for years\u2014was inconsistent and benign, and the velocity of his fastball was diminished. \u2014 Buster Olney , New York Times Magazine , 4 Mar. 2001",
"a vicious tone of voice",
"I know you're upset with her, but there's no need to be vicious .",
"He got caught up in a vicious and damaging public feud with his former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"The danger is that investors and the public will assume from this vicious and misleading attack that today\u2019s quantum industry runs entirely on hype rather than achievement\u2014an assumption that could ultimately threaten our national security. \u2014 Arthur Herman, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"As another hurricane season approaches, Florida property owners would be well served to prepare for what has unfortunately become an increasingly vicious and combative relationship with insurance companies. \u2014 Kevin Jean, Sun Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"Shamet caught the ball and hammered it in off two steps over Hayes for the vicious and-one play. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Taking an interest in Ukrainian food following Russia\u2019s vicious and unprovoked military campaign against its smaller neighbor might seem like a meagre response. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 25 Mar. 2022",
"An attacker who bites a victim is more likely to be seen as vicious and barbaric. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Mar. 2022",
"An attacker who bites a victim is more likely to be seen as vicious and barbaric. \u2014 al , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Stagflation occurs when consumers and businesses think that inflation is a long-term problem that won\u2019t change and adjust their behavior in the light of it \u2014 a vicious cycle that in turn creates more inflation and slows growth. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 9 June 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vicious vicious , villainous , iniquitous , nefarious , corrupt , degenerate mean highly reprehensible or offensive in character, nature, or conduct. vicious may directly oppose virtuous in implying moral depravity, or may connote malignancy, cruelty, or destructive violence. a vicious gangster villainous applies to any evil, depraved, or vile conduct or characteristic. a villainous assault iniquitous implies absence of all signs of justice or fairness. an iniquitous system of taxation nefarious suggests flagrant breaching of time-honored laws and traditions of conduct. the nefarious rackets of organized crime corrupt stresses a loss of moral integrity or probity causing betrayal of principle or sworn obligations. city hall was rife with corrupt politicians degenerate suggests having sunk to an especially vicious or enervated condition. a degenerate regime propped up by foreign powers",
"Challenging areas of social consensus, however dumb or even vicious the consensus, is largely off limits for the media, because it wins no friends among the general public. \u2014 Richard A. Posner , New York Times Book Review , 31 July 2005",
"The genetically vicious nature of presidential campaigns in America is too obvious to argue with, but some people call it fun, and I am one of them. \u2014 Dr. Hunter S. Thompson , Rolling Stone , 11 Nov. 2004",
"True to Finals form, this hardwood battle has become as vicious as any street scrum. \u2014 Anne Marie Cruz , ESPN , 24 June 2002",
"For most of my life I have retained a haunting image from an old Tarzan movie: piranhas, those vicious little fish with the arrowhead-shaped teeth, devouring a pig. Forget that there are no piranha in Africa. But they do exist in Brazil, in abundance in the meandering waterways of the Amazon Basin. \u2014 Gerald Eskenazi , New York Times , 6 Oct. 2002",
"The Olympics always seemed too much like war, vicious old men manipulating youngsters hungry for fame into performing heroic acts for short change. \u2014 Robert Lipsyte , New York Times , 29 July 2001",
"His slider\u2014a vicious , hard-breaking pitch with which he finished off right-handed hitters for years\u2014was inconsistent and benign, and the velocity of his fastball was diminished. \u2014 Buster Olney , New York Times Magazine , 4 Mar. 2001",
"a vicious tone of voice",
"I know you're upset with her, but there's no need to be vicious .",
"He got caught up in a vicious and damaging public feud with his former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"The danger is that investors and the public will assume from this vicious and misleading attack that today\u2019s quantum industry runs entirely on hype rather than achievement\u2014an assumption that could ultimately threaten our national security. \u2014 Arthur Herman, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"As another hurricane season approaches, Florida property owners would be well served to prepare for what has unfortunately become an increasingly vicious and combative relationship with insurance companies. \u2014 Kevin Jean, Sun Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"Shamet caught the ball and hammered it in off two steps over Hayes for the vicious and-one play. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Taking an interest in Ukrainian food following Russia\u2019s vicious and unprovoked military campaign against its smaller neighbor might seem like a meagre response. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 25 Mar. 2022",
"An attacker who bites a victim is more likely to be seen as vicious and barbaric. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Mar. 2022",
"An attacker who bites a victim is more likely to be seen as vicious and barbaric. \u2014 al , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Stagflation occurs when consumers and businesses think that inflation is a long-term problem that won\u2019t change and adjust their behavior in the light of it \u2014 a vicious cycle that in turn creates more inflation and slows growth. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 9 June 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vicious vicious , villainous , iniquitous , nefarious , corrupt , degenerate mean highly reprehensible or offensive in character, nature, or conduct. vicious may directly oppose virtuous in implying moral depravity, or may connote malignancy, cruelty, or destructive violence. a vicious gangster villainous applies to any evil, depraved, or vile conduct or characteristic. a villainous assault iniquitous implies absence of all signs of justice or fairness. an iniquitous system of taxation nefarious suggests flagrant breaching of time-honored laws and traditions of conduct. the nefarious rackets of organized crime corrupt stresses a loss of moral integrity or probity causing betrayal of principle or sworn obligations. city hall was rife with corrupt politicians degenerate suggests having sunk to an especially vicious or enervated condition. a degenerate regime propped up by foreign powers",
"Years before the war in Ukraine, Georgia was the U.S. and European ally that fell victim to Russian aggression. \u2014 Lucy Papachristou, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"Rather than demons with fangs and razor-blade hands, founders fall victim to investor demands, team mutinies, over-valuations, ego and overly-rapid scaling. \u2014 Nancy A Shenker, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"Hallmark\u2019s official description of the movie is as follows: Jade, a news producer heads to the Caribbean for relaxation, only to fall victim to a rental scam. \u2014 al , 11 June 2022",
"According to the Hallmark film description, a news producer named Jade heads to the Caribbean for relaxation, only to fall victim to a rental scam. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 June 2022",
"The rest of the afternoon, Ramirez fell victim to MLB\u2019s replay policy. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 4 June 2022",
"Some think that showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer are only teasing the death of Nancy, and Steve will be the one to fall victim to Vecna. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 3 June 2022",
"Off the ice: A week after Philadelphia with great fanfare placed a 20-foot-long Flyers jersey on William Penn, a landmark statue atop its City Hall, Detroit\u2019s answer, a giant Wings jersey on the Spirit of Detroit, fell victim to city bureaucracy. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
"Borrower Defense exists to provide loan forgiveness to borrowers who fall victim to fraud committed by institutions and has been chiefly used to forgive the loans of students who attended predatory for-profit colleges and universities. \u2014 Edward Conroy, Forbes , 2 June 2022"
"They were victimized because of their religion.",
"victimized by a confidence man with a slick story",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To Villanueva, that means the district attorney\u2019s reluctance to seek the harshest possible sentences or try juveniles as adults will eventually lead to irredeemable violent offenders returning to victimize L.A. County again and again. \u2014 James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"However, Proposition 47 went too far by offering leniency without requiring accountability in return from the offenders \u2014 especially for those who victimize others over and over again. \u2014 Shelley Zimmerman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Blumenthal said some scammers have set up fake websites posing as the U.S. Postal Service to victimize people seeking kits. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Tennessee\u2019s Velus Jones, a former Saraland High School star, has excelled at both receiver and kick returner for the Volunteers, and will be out to victimize his hometown team. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Conservatives who brand the entire effort as an attempt to victimize the ex-President got some unexpected help last week when Biden agreed that people who refuse subpoenas should face the consequences. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Prosecution of international cartels that victimize U.S. businesses and consumers is one of the Antitrust Division\u2019s highest priorities\u2026. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 25 Nov. 2021",
"The ego wants to isolate, blame and victimize people. \u2014 Christie Garcia, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell directs this 2020 thriller starring Carey Mulligan as a 30-year-old medical school dropout who embarks on a vigilante crusade against men who victimize women. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Sep. 2021"
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"the victors in the battle",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The comedy category also features 2017 winner Atlanta, Barry, Ghosts, Hacks, Only Murders in the Building, Reservation Dogs and last year\u2019s victor , Ted Lasso. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"When Reconstruction was ended in exchange for the presidency, the election was resolved, and the victor , Rutherford B. Hays, assumed the presidency with a margin of one electoral vote. \u2014 CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"Arkansas will face Duke, a 78-73 victor over Texas Tech, in the Elite Eight on Saturday in the West Regional in a rematch of the 1994 title game. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Vulcan\u2019s pick aligned with a prediction from Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, where a tiny armadillo named Dahlia crossed a miniature field to select the Rams as her victor , FOX 13 reported. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Feb. 2022",
"One of those was Ren\u00e9e Zellweger\u2019s character\u2019s husband, for which Glorioso saw 75 men before Sean Bridgers eventually emerged the victor . \u2014 Daniel Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"Castroneves stayed, too, waiting to be declared the victor . \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
"Through the series' first three games, the home team has emerged the victor ; Phoenix captured the first two before Milwaukee won Game 3, 120-100, on Sunday. \u2014 USA TODAY , 14 July 2021",
"More than five months after the November contest, from which President Joe Biden emerged the victor , Flynn insisted to a crowd in Nashville on Monday that former President Donald Trump won the election. \u2014 Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner , 15 Apr. 2021"
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"By the end of voting, Brock emerged victorious with 54.7% of the vote to 44.7% for Smith, with the remainder abstaining. \u2014 cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"Albini, who won his first WSOP bracelet in 2018 in the Seven-Card Stud event, emerged victorious from a field of 773 players in the 2022 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 18 June 2022",
"After more than two weeks of counting and recounting in the Pennsylvania Republican Senate Primary, TV host and physician Mehmet Oz emerged victorious . \u2014 Dante Chinni, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"Toy and game company Hasbro has emerged victorious in a proxy battle against one of its biggest shareholders, Texas investment firm Alta Fox Capital Management. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Logan, whose incredible 21 correct spellings out of 25 in the lightning round has already launched memes across Twitter, emerged victorious in her fourth and final appearance at the bee. \u2014 Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"In a clash of the tennis titans that many had anticipated as soon as this year\u2019s draw was announced, Nadal not only emerged victorious , but proved once again that his dominance on clay has yet to face a serious challenger. \u2014 Vogue , 31 May 2022",
"Though Bourdeaux\u2019s current seat more closely aligns with the new district lines, McBath emerged victorious . \u2014 Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"In a grueling seven-game series between Milwaukee and Boston, the Celtics emerged victorious . \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022"
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"Hendricks tossed 7 \u2153 shutout innings in a 3-0 victory before 46,524, the largest crowd of the season at Busch. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Rutschman homered and added an RBI double to supply Baltimore\u2019s first three runs and caught the Orioles\u2019 third shutout in six games in a 4-0 victory at Guaranteed Rate Field. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
"Speaking once again of sacrifice flies, the Sac-Monster, also known as Owen Miller, did it again on Wednesday with a sacrififice fly to provide the winning margin in the 11-10 victory . \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"Washington's 17 assists in the Wildcats' Jan. 8 victory over Georgia broke former Kentucky one-and-done and Rockets All-Star John Wall's single-game assist record by one. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"Gearlds scored 2,521 points for Beech Grove from 1999-2003, capping her Hornets career with 33 points in a Class 3A state championship game victory on the way to being voted Miss Basketball. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"The war with the Marcher Lords ended in a decisive victory for Edward at the Battle of Boroughbridge. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"Trump\u2019s efforts to steal the 2020 presidential election, which Joe Biden won in a clean electoral college victory . \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"On Saturday, Holmes came on to get the final out of the eighth inning, then worked a 1-2-3 ninth in the Yankees\u2019 4-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 20 June 2022"
"the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown",
"that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Or, just buy a bottle and some victuals from the on-site shop, and get in on the picnic action yourself. \u2014 Kristin Luna, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 4 Mar. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Scholars long thought that the capability to construct and victual a watercraft and then navigate it to a distant coast arrived only with advent of agriculture and animal domestication. \u2014 Andrew Lawler, Science | AAAS , 24 Apr. 2018"
"Middle English vitaille, victuayle , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin victualia , plural, provisions, victuals, from neuter plural of victualis of nourishment, from Latin victus nourishment, way of living, from vivere to live \u2014 more at quick entry 1":"Noun"
"the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown",
"that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Or, just buy a bottle and some victuals from the on-site shop, and get in on the picnic action yourself. \u2014 Kristin Luna, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 4 Mar. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Scholars long thought that the capability to construct and victual a watercraft and then navigate it to a distant coast arrived only with advent of agriculture and animal domestication. \u2014 Andrew Lawler, Science | AAAS , 24 Apr. 2018"
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": a long-necked mammal ( Vicugna vicugna synonym Lama vicugna ) of the Andes from Peru to Argentina that is related to but somewhat smaller than the guanaco , has a light brown woolly coat that is paler below, is considered to the be ancestor of the alpaca , and has been historically hunted for its wool and meat":[],
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"Large herds of camel-type animals called vicunas and guanacos, as well as foxes, pumas, and funky types of birds still thrive at 14,000 to 15,000 feet above sea level\u2014but only this wee mouse can scale the whole volcano and live to tell the tale. \u2014 Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science , 31 Mar. 2020",
"They are not committed to a two-season cycle, private planes and yachts, sable and vicuna . \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 5 Sep. 2019"
"After the fairly tame dance vid , Addison got a little saucy on us, posting a twerking video for fans. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 7 Apr. 2022",
"First was the actual reveal, much like a YouTubers unboxing vid . \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Moonbug Entertainment is expanding its kid- vid footprint by snapping up Little Angel, a popular producer of YouTube videos and songs for preschoolers. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 9 Feb. 2022",
"On Thursday, Bella posted some shots from a set in France, which include a gorgeous mirror selfie, a dancing vid , and a blurry couple pic with her new guy. \u2014 Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen , 8 July 2021",
"Petchanska has also shot music vid shows, including with Mala Rodr\u00edguez. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 14 Sep. 2021",
"After sharing the viral vid , Lavigne also published a few behind-the-scenes shots with Hawk on Instagram. \u2014 Lydia Wang, refinery29.com , 23 June 2021",
"Um, Avani Gregg's boyfriend is unrecognizable in this throwback vid . \u2014 Stacey Grant, Seventeen , 18 Feb. 2021",
"Josh Richards couldn't help but laugh at his buddy's throwback vid . \u2014 Stacey Grant, Seventeen , 18 Feb. 2021"
"Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a late night video address. \u2014 Leila Sackur, NBC News , 12 June 2022",
"Ahead of its release, the singer confirmed the song is based on her love story with partner Alev Aydin, who both directed and co-star in the music video . \u2014 Mitchell Peters, Billboard , 12 June 2022",
"Swift also appears in the video , playing the older version of Sink's character. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 11 June 2022",
"The girls shown in the video and photos investigators found were between 14 and 18 years old, the complaint says. \u2014 Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"In the video below, Snodgrass dives into his extensive knowledge of the fighter jets portrayed in the original film, along with how technology has evolved military aircraft since its release. \u2014 Taylor Vasilik, Popular Mechanics , 10 June 2022",
"Ellie Backer said in the video that she is haunted daily by the future Henry will not have. \u2014 Danny Mcdonald, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"In the video , Anastasio appeared to walk away as the fan stayed on the ground from the attack. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
"In the surveillance video , a man in his 80s is seen standing next to a building when he is approached by another man who appears to sucker punch him. \u2014 Fox News , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But after consulting with the video assistant referee, the call was reversed to a free kick on which Kara\u2019s boot was blocked by the keeper and cleared for a corner. \u2014 Mike Gramajo, Orlando Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"Owners of bookstores and video rental outlets worried that the amendment opened them up to lawsuits from parents. \u2014 Jennifer C. Berkshire, The New Republic , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Sant\u2019Anselmo\u2019s nostalgia for video rental stores is not isolated. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The film, starring Orlando Bloom and Scott Eastwood, has a 93% rating from Rotten Tomatoes and held the top spot on video rental services like iTunes, Amazon and Google Play for weeks. \u2014 Matt Schifrin, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2021",
"But after bringing both teams back to the center circle, referee Chris Penso paused to consult with the video assistant referee and to watch a replay. \u2014 Kevin Baxterstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"There have been all manner of virtual and video options for people to experience the world, going back decades. \u2014 Lee Gimpel, Forbes , 9 Sep. 2021",
"The area features cells with toilets and sinks, more single-bed cells, and traditionally has offered detainees more programming, in-person and video social visits than the jail\u2019s Central Detention Facility. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 July 2021",
"Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said Tuesday night there's no video evidence to suggest that a civilian or student tried to disarm the shooter. \u2014 Jeff Seidel And Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 2 Dec. 2021"
"Moss\u2019s mother, who worked with her on election night, testified on videotape about the impact on her. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"Although Fuentes was charged only with actions that appear on the videotape and involve just a handful of ballots, investigators believe the effort went much farther. \u2014 CBS News , 3 June 2022",
"Although Fuentes was charged only with actions that appear on the videotape and involve just a handful of ballots, investigators believe the effort went much farther. \u2014 Bob Christie, The Arizona Republic , 2 June 2022",
"That man, Ryan Samsel, has been charged with attacking officers at the barricade in what is widely thought to be the tipping point of the riot, with videotape showing him attacking Officer Edwards. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"The prosecution\u2019s key evidence, a graphic 81-second videotape taken by plumber George Holliday from his apartment balcony, shows Powell and Wind kicking and hitting King with their batons more than 50 times. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"The 9/11 Commission Report also found that once the hijackers were settled in San Diego, Bayoumi held a party at their apartment and had an associate videotape the gathering. \u2014 Catherine Herridge, CBS News , 28 Aug. 2021",
"John Fund, a prominent conservative journalist who was once a booster of Ms. Engelbrecht, has implored donors to shun her, according to videotape provided to The New York Times by Documented, a nonprofit news site. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"The days of shooting on celluloid or videotape , stored on shelves or in vaults, are long gone, with disks and clouds dominating the storage landscape. \u2014 Ashley Lan, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As the investigation picked up momentum in the fall of last year, the committee made the critical decision to videotape every interview. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
"Karlis Arnolds Avots) is willing to risk a beating or arrest to videotape that occupation, along with friend Zeps (Sandis Runge). \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"Kligora, who had some broadcast equipment in his carry-on, asked the passenger sitting in seat 1-C to videotape it all. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Lee was already on probation for attacking a cameraman who was trying to videotape the couple during a Hollywood outing in 1996. \u2014 Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Should people be able to videotape in public health department lobbies? \u2014 Ariel Hart, ajc , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Protesters can\u2019t videotape , photograph or otherwise record patients or providers within 100 feet of reproductive clinics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Dec. 2021",
"The women allege that the couple then used secret spy cameras to videotape them. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Prosecutors alleged Kruchten used his position as a business teacher at Madison East High School to secretly videotape students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota. \u2014 Fox News , 25 Oct. 2021"
"July 1980 Minitel, a videotex online service offered by France Telecom, is tested with 55 residential and business telephone customers. \u2014 Gil Press, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Both spacecraft were designed to be stable platforms for their vidicon cameras, which used red, green and blue filters to produce full-color images. \u2014 Tim Folger, Scientific American , 18 June 2022"
": to strive for superiority : contend , compete":[]
},
"examples":[
"They are vying to win the championship for the third year in a row.",
"vied with his colleagues for the coveted promotion",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the first time in world championship history, eight national teams will vie for the crown. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 26 June 2022",
"Seven candidates also will vie to replace two-term District 6 Commissioner Victoria Siplin, who has exhausted her eligibility. \u2014 Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
"Regardless of whether Bass ends up at guard or tackle, Harper has a chance to vie for at least a backup role on either side of the line. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"The effort aims to slow demand and business expansion by making money more expensive to borrow, with the goal that this could, in turn, slow down hiring and decrease job seekers\u2019 ability to vie for higher wages. \u2014 Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"Walmart+ members will have another chance to vie for the most popular video game consoles Wednesday. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Wilkison says communication during a crisis can be hindered by the myriad agencies that each have their own guidelines and hierarchy and sometimes vie with one another for political power. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"The streaming network announced on Tuesday that 456 participants will vie for the largest cash prize in television history in Squid Game: The Challenge. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"The trio will participate at the 2022 USA Basketball Men\u2019s U18 FIBA Americas Championship National Team training camp from May 26-June 2 in Houston and will vie for 12 spots on the USA Basketball U18 National Team. \u2014 Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online , 25 May 2022"
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"Big Tech has taught by example, and not always with a view of the greater good. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Additionally guests\u2019 stay includes a guest room in the resort that sleeps up to four additional guests inside, with a view of Parton\u2019s bus. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"Visitors can see the operations from the taproom, starting with a view into the koji room, an enclosure sided with recycled refrigeration panels. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"And in 2019, Pratt bought a $15.6 million unfinished house in the Palisades that was essentially a construction site with a view . \u2014 Mickey Rapkin, Men's Health , 28 June 2022",
"Homey comforts are abundant in this private corner apartment in the city\u2019s bustling Bairro Alto district, complete with modern furniture, rustic wood floors and a bright living space with a street view from the juliette balconies. \u2014 Monica Mendal, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
"The numbers were similar for a ban after six weeks, with 30% of respondents in favor, 49% opposed and 19% with no view . \u2014 Laura Kusisto, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, were both charged with conspiracy to arrange travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting, police said. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Hideaway\u2019s 85-seat space, divided into a sedate dining room and a bar area with a view into the kitchen, felt like a place of possibility. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Viewers can watch baby chicks emerging from their eggs hatching in the incubator, hold day-old baby chicks, and view the Rhode Island Red Heritage flock maintained on the Museum\u2019s Living History Farm. \u2014 Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"Republicans, who control the governorship and the state house, tend to view things in a more positive light. \u2014 Fred Backus, Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
"To view upcoming showings and purchase tickets, visit the Nightlight Cinema website. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
"Situations that could require a delay include technical delays to prevent civilian witness identification, the need to complete witness interviews or the need to allow family members to view footage, according to the division. \u2014 Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun , 30 June 2022",
"Meta recently reported that more than 150 million people view product catalogs each month on WhatsApp alone. \u2014 Etienne Merineau, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The four directors who voted to keep the ban largely in place noted that Midpen's mission is to balance healthy natural ecosystems with agricultural and recreational uses, and view its preserves as distinct from parklands in that way. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 June 2022",
"Florida\u2019s league-best 58-18-6 regular-season showing was undone by its second-round sweep by Tampa Bay, but its 9/1 odds indicate that the sports books view the unforeseen collapse as a learning experience. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"Outsiders have held an oversize role in defining Vodou in the public consciousness, which has in turn affected the way many Haitians and Haitian Americans themselves view the religion. \u2014 Nadege Green, The Atlantic , 29 June 2022"
"Middle English vewe, vyewe , from Anglo-French, from feminine of veu, viewe , past participle of veer to see, from Latin vid\u0113re \u2014 more at wit":"Noun"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for view Noun opinion , view , belief , conviction , persuasion , sentiment mean a judgment one holds as true. opinion implies a conclusion thought out yet open to dispute. each expert seemed to have a different opinion view suggests a subjective opinion. very assertive in stating his views belief implies often deliberate acceptance and intellectual assent. a firm belief in her party's platform conviction applies to a firmly and seriously held belief. the conviction that animal life is as sacred as human persuasion suggests a belief grounded on assurance (as by evidence) of its truth. was of the persuasion that everything changes sentiment suggests a settled opinion reflective of one's feelings. her feminist sentiments are well-known",
"Nearly 19 million watched the first prime-time hearing through major broadcast channels on June 9 \u2014 a viewership roughly on par with Sunday Night Football \u2014 while about 11 million watched the first daytime hearing last week. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"The business strategy, which was described by people familiar with Licht\u2019s thinking, could bolster CNN at a time when viewership has fallen. \u2014 Gerry Smith, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
"While these might not move the viewership needle like an NFL Sunday, there\u2019s still action to bet on and value to be had. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"The figure did not include viewership on PBS due to PBS data delivery timing. \u2014 City News Service, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"It was adapted into a popular anime shortly after, receiving a bump in American viewership following its Netflix debut. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
"Fox's actual hearing coverage was relegated to the Fox Business Network, which has a tiny fraction of the main channel's viewership . \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"Live news coverage will be left to Fox Business, a sister network with much smaller viewership . \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"But everywhere other than Fox News, which dominates cable news, viewership has been declining. \u2014 James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022"
"As a result, his viewfinder has narrowed in this book, from the whole world to the U.S. \u2014or, rather, to what a fraction of Americans talk about online. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
"Chow framed Leander in his viewfinder and waited for someone to enter the frame opposite her. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic , 27 Mar. 2022",
"For moving objects, for example, use a higher shutter speed to make sure the subject is sharp, then tweak the aperture and ISO until your viewfinder shows a scene that\u2019s not too light and not too dark. \u2014 Kaelyn Lynch, Outside Online , 28 May 2020",
"Place the screen right in front of your eyes and try to use the live footage as a viewfinder . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Position the viewfinder over a document and tap the scan text button. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The function button has moved from the front to the top, the rear screen now sits flush and, more strangely, the viewfinder surround breaks the traditionally straight line of the top plate. \u2014 Charlie Thomas, Robb Report , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Imagine spending much of your day bent over lab equipment, focusing your eye intently into a small viewfinder . \u2014 Morris Panner, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Narrowing my choices down to 21 images is always tough, but here is a nice variety of photos from my 2021 viewfinder . \u2014 David Petkiewicz, cleveland , 31 Dec. 2021"
"But their first viewing of it will be as four 2 hour and 45-minute movies. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"His father ran a small movie theater, which helped develop his viewing into a calling. \u2014 Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"While neither the Wildcat EV nor anything like it will go into production, the execs on hand for our private viewing confirmed that the Buick lineup will be composed only of electric vehicles, presumably SUVs, by 2030. \u2014 Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver , 1 June 2022",
"First up, in no particular order, are the first top 10 best comedies for your 420 viewing . \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"But many are limiting their viewing to strolling under the trees rather than drinking and eating in traditional party style. \u2014 NBC News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"People were tired of seeing their Twitter regurgitated back to them through their viewing . \u2014 David Marchesephotograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"As for a special place in the park, Bumann loves Lamar Valley, which is noted for its easy viewing of large numbers of animals. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The majority of our viewing is in streaming so lead-ins don\u2019t matter. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Feb. 2022"
"The highest point of the trail is at 3,008 feet, on a viewless col (the lowest point between peaks) off of Blue Mountain. \u2014 Jessica Mckenzie, National Geographic , 16 Nov. 2020",
"Loyalty is supposed to be rewarded, not punished with a viewless room. \u2014 Scott Burns, Dallas News , 11 July 2020"
"The story is told from the viewpoint of someone who grew up during the Great Depression.",
"Her viewpoint is that of a person who has been in politics for decades.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In this viewpoint , the AI symbolics family is both misaimed and worse still diluting and distracting from AI sub-symbolics. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"From this viewpoint , two contrasting episodes stand out. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Many in the White Nationalist movement who participated in the violent attack of the US Capitol on January 6th, it can be argued, ascribe to this viewpoint as well. \u2014 Charlie Dent, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
"This second fantasy still lingers, and Garfield reflects this viewpoint . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Bjornstad doesn\u2019t buy the viewpoint of traditionalists who say that brewers have gone too far by putting marshmallow in beer. \u2014 Gary Stoller, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The First Amendment generally prohibits government restrictions on speech based on content and viewpoint . \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"Robinson\u2019s unique voice and viewpoint were cultivated at Emerson Film School, and surprisingly, Atlanta was her very first writing gig right out of the gate. \u2014 Essence , 20 May 2022",
"His upcoming debut feature, not unlike his two shorts, are seen from a child\u2019s viewpoint . \u2014 Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety , 17 May 2022"
"This project has the potential to negatively impact the historic viewshed of Mount Vernon and natural beauty of Piscataway National Park. \u2014 Patrick Sisson, Curbed , 26 June 2018",
"Examples of such objects are geographic areas including viewsheds and ecosystems. \u2014 Abe Streep, Outside Online , 1 May 2018",
"Even so, that city has dozens of viewsheds to ensure the Capitol can be seen from myriad locations. \u2014 Josh Baugh, San Antonio Express-News , 18 Apr. 2018",
"Committee Chairman Roberto Trevi\u00f1o, who supports viewsheds , said the city will benefit economically by protecting its iconic landmarks. \u2014 Josh Baugh, San Antonio Express-News , 18 Apr. 2018",
"But one of the country\u2019s most iconic viewsheds could soon be changed forever to make room for an energy project favored not just by fossil fuel industry boosters like President Trump, but also Virginia\u2019s Democratic governor. \u2014 Evan Halper, latimes.com , 14 July 2017",
"Rural residents are objecting to wind projects to protect their property values and viewsheds . \u2014 Robert Bryce, Twin Cities , 11 Apr. 2017"
"These percentages eclipse 100 due to the vig , which is the cut a bookmaker takes for facilitating bets. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The market strongly endorsed under 7 wins, as judged by a vig as high as -140. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 19 Oct. 2021",
"The vig is the financial magic that powers sportsbooks. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 1 Sep. 2021",
"These percentages eclipse 100% due to the vig , which is the cut a bookmaker takes for facilitating your bet. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
"In other words, the U.S., frustrated by Chinese behavior, has stooped to Chinese tactics, dictating without due process how businesses should operate\u2014shamefully and inexplicably asking for a vig in the process. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Trust me, BetMGM factored in the Heats\u2019 O/U record when making their total and still have extra vig on the Under. \u2014 Geoff Clark, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire , 20 Dec. 2019",
"Odds last updated at 9 a.m. ET. Prediction Nuggets 131, Pelicans 109 The Nuggets (-182) are fairly heavy favorites on the road. Instead of laying the larger vig here, look to the line instead, which is a much better value. \u2014 Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire , 31 Oct. 2019",
"In sports betting, the vigorish, or vig , is typically -110 for spread and total bets. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 17 Sep. 2019"
"Built in 1927, this three-bed, three-bath home has a gorgeous interior with hardwood floors and viga , or wooden beam, ceilings to complement the beige walls. \u2014 Alex Bazeley, Curbed , 15 Aug. 2018"
": alertly watchful especially to avoid danger":[]
},
"examples":[
"Over the years, as tension between pitchers and hit batsmen heightened to the point that hitters began rushing the mound, umpires have had to become far more vigilant about keeping the game from degenerating into a dogfight. \u2014 Buzz Bissinger , Sports Illustrated , 21 Mar. 2005",
"At the Ch\u00e2teau de Wideville's magnificent seventeenth-century gates, guests have their names ticked off by vigilant staff and then snake through a lugubrious park \u00e0 l'anglaise. \u2014 Hamish Bowles , Vogue , September 2002",
"And as a foreign tourist in North Korea, under the care of vigilant minders who wanted me to see only the best, I had enjoyed the finest fare available. \u2014 Christopher Hitchens , Vanity Fair , January 2001",
"A vigilant hand had, as usual, kept the fire alive and the lamp trimmed; and the room, with its rows and rows of books, its bronze and steel statuettes of \"The Fencers\" on the mantelpiece and its many photographs of famous pictures, looked singularly home-like and welcoming. \u2014 Edith Wharton , The Age of Innocence , 1920",
"When traveling through the city, tourists should be extra vigilant .",
"They were vigilant about protecting their children.",
"We remain vigilant against theft.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Indeed, my company, for example, regularly audits the usage of its product and is vigilant in preventing bad actors from violating TCPA. \u2014 Jonathan Rosenberg, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The Wolverines are equally vigilant in vetting the families. \u2014 Casey Brogan, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Ultimately, the authors of the latest studies said the findings reveal the need to be vigilant in situations in which wild animals and humans interact closely on a daily basis. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Separately, Canadian officials have called for the public to be vigilant in the face of cyber threats. \u2014 Sean Lyngaas, CNN , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Bingaman reminded people to stay vigilant in rainy weather. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Jan. 2022",
"In the meantime, public and private health officials are asking that people remain vigilant in protecting themselves and others from catching COVID-19. \u2014 Terry Demio, The Enquirer , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Native American tribes have been especially vigilant in encouraging COVID-19 vaccines and enacting stringent safety protocols. \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 2 Jan. 2022",
"The mayor asked residents to be vigilant in looking out and making sure to take care of themselves. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 16 Nov. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English (Scots), from Latin vigilant-, vigilans , from present participle of vigilare to keep watch, stay awake, from vigil awake":""
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vigilant watchful , vigilant , wide-awake , alert mean being on the lookout especially for danger or opportunity. watchful is the least explicit term. the watchful eye of the department supervisor vigilant suggests intense, unremitting, wary watchfulness. eternally vigilant in the safeguarding of democracy wide-awake applies to watchfulness for opportunities and developments more often than dangers. wide-awake companies latched onto the new technology alert stresses readiness or promptness in meeting danger or in seizing opportunity. alert traders anticipated the stock market's slide",
"Some resort to vigilante scambaiting, posing as potential marks to lure scammers to authorities or into public shame. \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"The movement is now a decade old, and that means that people have been marching in the streets demanding an end to police and vigilante violence against Black bodies since our students were in elementary school. \u2014 Ashley Lisenby, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Oct. 2021",
"In the Dark: The series about a blind vigilante (not Daredevil) will also end with season four. \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 13 May 2022",
"Maclay also belonged to a San Francisco vigilante group, and became a state legislator as well as a self-dealing opportunist who bought up the de Celis land on behalf of his patron, the railroad bigshot Leland Stanford. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"This time around, the self-defense movement -- now known as United Towns, or Pueblos Unidos -- sprang up in 2020 in the avocado-growing regions that were not the epicenter of the 2013 vigilante uprising. \u2014 The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Between 2015 and 2018, vigilante groups killed dozens of people -- many of whom were Muslims -- for allegedly consuming or killing cows, an animal considered sacred by Hindus, according to a report from Human Rights Watch. \u2014 Rhea Mogul And Swati Gupta, CNN , 14 Jan. 2022",
"India\u2019s Christian community has long faced pressure, particularly under periods of BJP rule when Hindu vigilante groups feel more emboldened. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Toxin becomes a new ally vigilante that joins with Venom to hunt Xenophage. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022"
"Physics theories suggest that sometime between 10^34 (1 decillion) and 10^64 (1 vigintillion ) years from now, the protons found in the nuclei of all atoms will decay. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Dec. 2017"
"Since 2017, winemaker Elizabeth Bourcier has earned multiple 100-point scores for Bionic Wines in the Walla Walla Valley of Washington state\u2014quietly working in collaboration with founder and French vigneron , Christophe Baron. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Here was another grand cru Burgundy, from Henri Jayer, a legendary vigneron who died in 2006. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 10 Dec. 2020",
"Olivier Paget, Bob\u2019s age, was born in Beaujolais, father a plumber, grandfather a vigneron , cooking since age sixteen; normal chef stuff, including stints making fancy food with grands chefs, like Georges Blanc, with whom Boulud had trained. \u2014 Bill Buford, The New Yorker , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Certainly, the vignerons have no complaints about La Paul\u00e9e de New York. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
"Jean-Luc Terrier and Christian Collovray, brothers-in-law vignerons from Macon, in Burgundy, expanded their business into the mountains of southwestern France near Limoux. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 17 Jan. 2020",
"Tricot and his wife settled here in 2003, part of a small group of natural vignerons who are recapturing the lost winemaking tradition of the area. \u2014 Stephen Heyman, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 11 Nov. 2019",
"Even though Jackson\u2019s knowledge and passion for good champagne is legendary, for vignerons of the finest bubbly in the Champagne region of France, Jackson\u2019s prestige wasn\u2019t enough. \u2014 Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle , 6 Dec. 2019",
"But vigneron and co-owner Fran\u00e7ois Morissette\u2019s low-intervention vineyards make up just one element of a regenerative agriculture ecosystem aimed at increasing biodiversity, both for all-important soil health and sheer idealism. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 Nov. 2019"
": a brief incident or scene (as in a play or movie)":[],
": a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper":[],
": a short descriptive literary sketch":[],
": the pictorial part of a postage stamp design as distinguished from the frame and lettering":[],
": to describe briefly":[],
": to finish (something, such as a photograph) like a vignette":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The play's program features a little vignette about each member of the cast.",
"The film is a series of vignettes about living with cancer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The 8:42-long video is a surrealist feast that puts Swardlick\u2019s longtime mascot, Morne Diablotins, in a funky dream sequence \u2014 each stylish vignette soundtracked to another snippet from the companion Compact Objects LP, released June 7. \u2014 Kat Bein, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
"Kaphar\u2019s film is a rather quiet vignette , mostly filmed inside his gallery, where large oil canvases show Black mothers with cutout children\u2014blank space where a child should be. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 May 2022",
"In one vignette , the woman dreams of being a cat, then, as a cat, dreams of being a woman. \u2014 Zo\u00eb Hu, The Atlantic , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Like so many moments in Adlon\u2019s free-form FX dramedy, the vignette is sad and funny, blunt and tender all at once. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Both moods are combined in what\u2019s perhaps the film\u2019s longest vignette , when EO shows up at a regional Polish soccer game and winds up playing a hand in the local team\u2019s victory. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"MLB Network, swinging for attention from younger fans, is producing a baseball-news vignette just for them. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Instead, the Treasury Department announced that a vignette of suffrage movement leaders would appear on the back of the currency \u2014 a redesign that will not enter circulation until 2026. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Perhaps the most didactic and poignant vignette was conceived by Dash (Daughters of Dust), who made history as the first African American woman to direct a feature film shown in wide release. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 10 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
"1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Middle French vignete , from diminutive of vigne vine \u2014 more at vine entry 1":"Noun"
"This narrative vigor is deepened by audiovisual asides that conjure memories and musings by way of flashbacks, animations, interpolations, and allusive montages. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 23 June 2022",
"And each time would-be borrowers find loan rates prohibitively expensive, the resulting drop in spending weakens confidence, job growth and overall economic vigor . \u2014 Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"And each time would-be borrowers find loan rates prohibitively expensive, the resulting drop in spending weakens confidence, job growth, and overall economic vigor . \u2014 Paul Wiseman, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"Holding a meeting beginning with some spontaneous play and laughter can relieve stress and bring back revitalized vigor . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"His vigor has to be suppressed for an exhausted husk of a man like George. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"But the global economy bounced back with unexpected vigor , and with it, the need to fuel thousands of cargo ships and millions of delivery trucks. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"Opening up the interior of the shrub by pruning can improve air flow and restore vigor . \u2014 Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune , 21 May 2022",
"How can an album of so much honesty, vigor , and empathy also be delivered with a shrug? \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 18 May 2022"
"His charges initially triggered a wave of sympathy and a vigorous debate over whether the heartbroken father should be punished. \u2014 Amir Vera, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Then engage in more vigorous debate about the implications of the results. \u2014 David Hessekiel, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"More recently, worries about inflation and the path of interest-rate increases have provoked turmoil in markets as well as vigorous debate over the right valuations for stocks in the current environment. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"The usefulness of booster shots in Americans younger than 50 was a topic of vigorous debate in the fall. \u2014 Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times , 21 Jan. 2022",
"After a vigorous debate, the Mobile City Council opted to delay for two weeks a vote on funding for an affordable housing development in the old Gayfers department store building downtown. \u2014 Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
"And that's where the vigorous debate is going to be. \u2014 ABC News , 8 May 2022",
"That\u2019s also why the vigorous competition between returning starter Haynes King, transfer Max Johnson and five-star freshman Conner Weigman is by far the most captivating storyline of spring drills, rolling right into the steam of summertime. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Since achieving independence in the early 1990s, the former communist nations of Eastern Europe have developed lively political scenes, with vigorous competition between left and right. \u2014 Lyman R. Stone, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vigorous vigorous , energetic , strenuous , lusty , nervous mean having or showing great vitality and force. vigorous further implies showing no signs of depletion or diminishing of freshness or robustness. as vigorous as a youth half his age energetic suggests a capacity for intense activity. an energetic campaigner strenuous suggests a preference for coping with the arduous or the challenging. the strenuous life on an oil rig lusty implies exuberant energy and capacity for enjoyment. a lusty appetite for life nervous suggests especially the forcibleness and sustained effectiveness resulting from mental vigor. full of nervous energy",
"His charges initially triggered a wave of sympathy and a vigorous debate over whether the heartbroken father should be punished. \u2014 Amir Vera, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Then engage in more vigorous debate about the implications of the results. \u2014 David Hessekiel, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"More recently, worries about inflation and the path of interest-rate increases have provoked turmoil in markets as well as vigorous debate over the right valuations for stocks in the current environment. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"The usefulness of booster shots in Americans younger than 50 was a topic of vigorous debate in the fall. \u2014 Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times , 21 Jan. 2022",
"After a vigorous debate, the Mobile City Council opted to delay for two weeks a vote on funding for an affordable housing development in the old Gayfers department store building downtown. \u2014 Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
"And that's where the vigorous debate is going to be. \u2014 ABC News , 8 May 2022",
"That\u2019s also why the vigorous competition between returning starter Haynes King, transfer Max Johnson and five-star freshman Conner Weigman is by far the most captivating storyline of spring drills, rolling right into the steam of summertime. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Since achieving independence in the early 1990s, the former communist nations of Eastern Europe have developed lively political scenes, with vigorous competition between left and right. \u2014 Lyman R. Stone, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vigorous vigorous , energetic , strenuous , lusty , nervous mean having or showing great vitality and force. vigorous further implies showing no signs of depletion or diminishing of freshness or robustness. as vigorous as a youth half his age energetic suggests a capacity for intense activity. an energetic campaigner strenuous suggests a preference for coping with the arduous or the challenging. the strenuous life on an oil rig lusty implies exuberant energy and capacity for enjoyment. a lusty appetite for life nervous suggests especially the forcibleness and sustained effectiveness resulting from mental vigor. full of nervous energy",
"Another edible item was the General Mills E.T. Cereal, which tasted like peanut butter and chocolate and was exceptionally vile . \u2014 Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"The speaker\u2019s vile remarks were cheered by others in the group. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"One of the most horrific things about the lengthy, vile manifesto posted online by the gunman who murdered 10 people in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, is just how familiar this script has become. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 17 May 2022",
"Unfortunately, that respect has not been reciprocated as evidenced by a long string of vile social media attacks against the Senator that the Congressman has posted over the last year. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Experts say hate serves as a breeding ground for all kinds of volatile, vile behavior. \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 16 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s the other stuff, the vile things, the derogatory things, calling you the most unimaginable things, that your white teammates don\u2019t have to go through. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Survivors of Josef Mengele\u2019s vile experiments at Auschwitz recall him as tall and blond and fluent in Hungarian. \u2014 Richard Cohen, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Told in real-time, the film starts with the first meeting of a seemingly innocuous women\u2019s group that reveals itself to be a gathering of white supremacists who quickly escalate to a vile hate crime. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French vil , from Latin vilis":""
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vile base , low , vile mean deserving of contempt because of the absence of higher values. base stresses the ignoble and may suggest cruelty, treachery, greed, or grossness. base motives low may connote crafty cunning, vulgarity, or immorality and regularly implies an outraging of one's sense of decency or propriety. refused to listen to such low talk vile , the strongest of these words, tends to suggest disgusting depravity or filth. a vile remark",
"The community, which makes up 14 percent of India\u2019s 1.4 billion population, is reeling from vilification by hard-line Hindu nationalists who have long espoused an anti-Muslim stance. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"In India, the country\u2019s Muslim minority is reeling from vilification by hard-line Hindu nationalists who have long espoused anti-Muslim stances, with some inciting against Muslims. \u2014 Mariam Fam, Chicago Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"The undermining of the state\u2019s elections system, the vilification of critical race theory and the introduction of anti-transgender legislation in Utah in recent years are issues troubling to Trevor Warburton, a secondary education professor. \u2014 Kim Boj\u00f3rquez, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The Jackson hearing seemed to open a new frontier in vilification by focusing so heavily on her sentencing history, meaning any sentences handed down by future nominees will now become fodder for attack. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The vilification of Fauci -- who has served under seven presidents, including four Republicans -- is part of a broader anti-science movement within the GOP. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Can the reputation of Britain\u2019s King George III be rehabilitated after centuries of vilification ? \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Feb. 2022",
"This intense, long term vilification of all police has impacted the officers psychologically, as well as members of their families. \u2014 James Desmarais, BostonGlobe.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Greene and other lawmakers' vilification of tech platforms as partisan actors fits into a much broader pattern reflecting America's dysfunctional politics. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022"
": to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame":[]
},
"examples":[
"He was vilified in the press for his comments.",
"claimed that she had been vilified by the press because of her conservative views",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The meeting comes days after Chevron CEO Mike Wirth accused Biden of seeking to vilify oil and gas producers. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"With the rush toward elections, the Arab community in Israel is bracing for a Netanyahu campaign that will vilify Arabs, said Yousef Jabareen, a former Knesset member with the Palestinian Israeli left-wing Hadash party. \u2014 Shira Rubin, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Black slavery started in the early 1500s and as long as slavery was accepted by most people, there was no need to vilify the slave. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Those who believe in democratization in higher education vilify it, while those who believe in differentiation applaud it. \u2014 WSJ , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The Russian leader, for his part, has gone out of his way to vilify those who have left, likening them to gnat-like insects. \u2014 Vasiliy Kolotilov, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The Nazis and Adolf Hitler have proven convenient symbols for people wishing to vilify their political opponents, from Donald Trump to Nelson Mandela. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"That means the political class has to back the police, not vilify them. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 5 Feb. 2022",
"In a delicate dance that seems designed to appease both the right and left, Macron has refused to vilify French imperialists, most notably Napoleon, but has recognized their wrongdoing. \u2014 Saphora Smith, NBC News , 25 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English vilifien , from Late Latin vilificare , from Latin vilis cheap, vile":""
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vilify malign , traduce , asperse , vilify , calumniate , defame , slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying. the most maligned monarch in British history traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim. so traduced the governor that he was driven from office asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction. both candidates aspersed the other's motives vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse. no criminal was more vilified in the press calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions. falsely calumniated as a traitor defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name. sued them for defaming her reputation slander stresses the suffering of the victim. town gossips slandered their good name",
"The meeting comes days after Chevron CEO Mike Wirth accused Biden of seeking to vilify oil and gas producers. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"With the rush toward elections, the Arab community in Israel is bracing for a Netanyahu campaign that will vilify Arabs, said Yousef Jabareen, a former Knesset member with the Palestinian Israeli left-wing Hadash party. \u2014 Shira Rubin, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Black slavery started in the early 1500s and as long as slavery was accepted by most people, there was no need to vilify the slave. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Those who believe in democratization in higher education vilify it, while those who believe in differentiation applaud it. \u2014 WSJ , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The Russian leader, for his part, has gone out of his way to vilify those who have left, likening them to gnat-like insects. \u2014 Vasiliy Kolotilov, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The Nazis and Adolf Hitler have proven convenient symbols for people wishing to vilify their political opponents, from Donald Trump to Nelson Mandela. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"That means the political class has to back the police, not vilify them. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 5 Feb. 2022",
"In a delicate dance that seems designed to appease both the right and left, Macron has refused to vilify French imperialists, most notably Napoleon, but has recognized their wrongdoing. \u2014 Saphora Smith, NBC News , 25 Dec. 2021"
"Middle English vilifien , from Late Latin vilificare , from Latin vilis cheap, vile":""
},
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"\u02c8vi-l\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vilify malign , traduce , asperse , vilify , calumniate , defame , slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying. the most maligned monarch in British history traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim. so traduced the governor that he was driven from office asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction. both candidates aspersed the other's motives vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse. no criminal was more vilified in the press calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions. falsely calumniated as a traitor defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name. sued them for defaming her reputation slander stresses the suffering of the victim. town gossips slandered their good name",
"Middle English vilite , from Middle French vilit\u00e9 , from Latin vilitat-, vilitas cheapness, baseness, vileness, from vilis cheap, base, vile + -itat-, -itas -ity"
"But no amount of Balinese healing or clean eating can compare to the utter bliss of simply lolling on my villa deck, watching Mother Earth put on a show. \u2014 Chris Schalkx, Vogue , 21 June 2022",
"Under the supervision of Valentina De Santis, who also oversees her family\u2019s nearby Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Passalacqua\u2019s villa and terraced gardens showcase the craftwork of local artisans and generations-old Italian companies. \u2014 Laura Neilson, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Each room on the property is villa -style and encourages guests to connect with the surrounding nature. \u2014 Rachel Dube, Robb Report , 21 June 2022",
"Built in 1927, the two-story villa spans 4,650 square feet with classic Mediterranean style. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Company records indicate that Mr. Kochman got into the villa business years after his yacht business was flourishing. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"The following year, Abramovich spent $90 million on a massive villa complex on the French Caribbean island of St. Barts. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 30 May 2022",
"Single suites from about $122, doubles from about $155, and villa rental from about $267 per night with a two-night minimum. \u2014 Dina Mishev, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"New aerial beach at Bocas Bali Resort in Panama Bocas Bali, a luxury overwater villa resort in Bocas Del Toro, Panama, has unveiled an aerial, white-sand beach deck. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 22 May 2022"
"The penultimate stage is an exciting 41-kilometer (25-mile) time trial to the clifftop village of Rocamadour in south-central France. \u2014 Associated Press, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"Dogs can walk around the village and it is suggested to ask at each store if dogs can go inside. \u2014 Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant , 29 June 2022",
"Niles voters overwhelmingly approved a non-binding referendum in the June 28th primary election authorizing the village to move ahead with major improvements to Golf Mill Shopping Center. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"The New Richmond Village Council voted Tuesday night to give owner Joe Brumley 90 days to remove the historic vessel from the village 's riverfront on the Ohio River. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
"Village by village , more of the strategically important Kherson region is returning to Ukrainian control \u2014 another sign that Russia\u2019s forces might be overextended with a front line that stretches about 300 miles. \u2014 Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Toorak said getting her car to the village will require a barge shipment across the Arctic Ocean, adding more than $4,500. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
"The village of Ontario, for example, was working with Alliant Energy to gradually replace streetlights with LED bulbs, and took the recommendation of those working on securing the dark sky park to opt for warmer lights that point down. \u2014 Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"The property fronts the river outside the village of Cape Vincent, in the Thousand Islands region, where the St. Lawrence separates the U.S. and Canada. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 28 June 2022"
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": one blamed for a particular evil or difficulty":[
"automation as the villain in job \u2026 displacement",
"\u2014 M. H. Goldberg"
],
": villein":[]
},
"examples":[
"He plays the villain in most of his movies.",
"She describes her first husband as a villain who treated her terribly.",
"Don't try to make me the villain . It's your own fault that you're having these problems.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The brainchild of Derrickson, designer Tom Savini and fabricator Jason Baker, the masks convey three exaggerated expressions of the villain : joy, despair and utter nothingness in a haunting reinterpretation of the traditional comedy/tragedy masks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond on the trail of a mysterious villain who's armed with a dangerous new technology. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"And this week Omar added an entirely new wrinkle to his repertoire \u2014 that of a villain . \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 5 May 2022",
"Allen played the part of the villain to perfection, and his near-perfect game was one that will be remembered in Milwaukee for a while. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In the movie, Elba plays Knuckles, who is one half of a villain . \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Paul was aptly cast as the heel and leaned into the part of the villain with ease. \u2014 Steven Monacelli, Rolling Stone , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Another paragon of Brutalism: London\u2019s Trellick Tower (designed by Ern\u0151 Goldfinger, the tyrant architect who inspired Ian Fleming to create the James Bond villain of the same name). \u2014 Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful , 13 June 2022",
"Ingram plays the main villain in the new Star Wars show Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi hunter named Reva. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 5 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English vilain, vilein , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin villanus , from Latin villa":""
"villainous behavior that made him one of the most notorious figures in history and gave rise to the legend of Dracula",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Blue-and-yellow bunting decorated lampposts and storefronts, and the villainous visage of Vladimir Putin appeared on wanted posters throughout the city. \u2014 Seth Harp, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"This season sees her engage in some truly villainous interpersonal behavior, and in each case the ills are somewhat shrugged off instead of properly dealt with. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"In recent years, journalists have framed him as more villainous than quirky. \u2014 Moira Weigel, The New Republic , 20 Dec. 2021",
"The show makes excellent use of its guest stars, including CeeLo Green as a soul-singing panda named Shuggie, Debbie Allen as Suga Mama\u2019s cousin and Al Roker returning to cause trouble as a deliciously villainous version of himself. \u2014 Bethonie Butler, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"The essay was split into sections detailing the pros and cons of killing a villainous husband. \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"King\u2019s villains are properly villainous \u2014greedy corporate profiteers and the in-house lawyers who protect them. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"While Cox\u2019s appearance in No Way Home was little more than a cameo, D\u2019Onofrio had quite a bit of screen time as the villainous Kingpin in the Disney Plus series Hawkeye. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 19 May 2022",
"There's a lot to unpack in Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange sequel, from Elizabeth Olsen's villainous turn to all those eye-popping (and in one case, head-popping) cameos. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 12 May 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for villainous vicious , villainous , iniquitous , nefarious , corrupt , degenerate mean highly reprehensible or offensive in character, nature, or conduct. vicious may directly oppose virtuous in implying moral depravity, or may connote malignancy, cruelty, or destructive violence. a vicious gangster villainous applies to any evil, depraved, or vile conduct or characteristic. a villainous assault iniquitous implies absence of all signs of justice or fairness. an iniquitous system of taxation nefarious suggests flagrant breaching of time-honored laws and traditions of conduct. the nefarious rackets of organized crime corrupt stresses a loss of moral integrity or probity causing betrayal of principle or sworn obligations. city hall was rife with corrupt politicians degenerate suggests having sunk to an especially vicious or enervated condition. a degenerate regime propped up by foreign powers",
"Luhrmann similarly saw the dynamic as one on a grand scale that defied any simple construct of villainy . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
"Montages follow of the leads palling around, along with a masterful dance-off, multiple romances, plenty of tense fight scenes, and lots of lip-curling villainy from the occupying Brits. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"Maggie, having witnessed the villainy of Carlson, turns them away. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"But the writing for her descent into madness and villainy has been on the wall. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Smith, a former Dr. Who, excels at the poor-little-rich-boy villainy of his character, a tragic aristocrat whose eyes gleam with mania. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Green also sees this vacuum of villainy as having contributed to pandemic conspiracy theories, which are basically just convenient stories about whom to be mad at. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 10 Mar. 2022",
"To its credit, the sequence sets up a single, beautiful moment that raises a middle finger to the villainy and nihilism that a certain recent DC film seemed to embody. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Zo\u00eb Kravitz, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright, Paul Dano and more appear alongside Pattinson in the trailer, as the latter fights his way through gunfire and villainy on a mission to save Gotham City. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 21 Feb. 2022"
"This fear hovers in the background as both Margo and Denise take up ballet, the latter with more vim than the former. \u2014 Rhoda Feng, The Week , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The site has become famous for the surprising vim of its online mobs, many of which have been organized by anonymous strangers who\u2019ve never met. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Plus: Its lap pool sports underwater speakers for swims with musical vim . \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021",
"But while a cropped, tailored tweed jacket from Chanel might be $8,550, one with similar vim from Zara sells for around $120. \u2014 WSJ , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Claude Fouet, still full of vim and good humor at age 89 but with memory problems, was among the first in his Paris care home to agree to a vaccination. \u2014 Fox News , 10 Jan. 2021",
"Claude Fouet, still full of vim and good humor at age 89 but with memory problems, was among the first in his Paris care home to agree to a vaccination. \u2014 Fox News , 10 Jan. 2021",
"Claude Fouet, still full of vim and good humor at age 89 but with memory problems, was among the first in his Paris care home to agree to a vaccination. \u2014 Fox News , 10 Jan. 2021",
"Claude Fouet, still full of vim and good humor at age 89 but with memory problems, was among the first in his Paris care home to agree to a vaccination. \u2014 Fox News , 10 Jan. 2021"
"Sure, Prescott has made a full recovery, but last year proved that Prescott was indeed vincible . \u2014 John Owning, Dallas News , 11 June 2021",
"To imagine his vincible body all-powerful, a body that in this society is so often consumed as a money-maker and an object of perverse desire, perceived to have superhuman and thus threatening powers? \u2014 Elizabeth Alexander, The New Yorker , 15 June 2020",
"Meanwhile, the Dynamo suddenly are quite vincible at home, the growing pains (and absences) in Portland are real, and D.C. may be out of contention by the time Audi Field opens in July. \u2014 Brian Straus, SI.com , 3 Apr. 2018"
": an alkaloid C 46 H 56 N 4 O 10 from the rosy periwinkle used especially in the form of its sulfate to treat some human neoplastic diseases (such as acute leukemia)":[]
"Medications like chemotherapy drugs vincristine (Marqibo), paclitaxel (Abraxane) can also exacerbate symptoms, the Mayo Clinic says. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 28 Sep. 2021",
"The average sales price for a vial of vincristine is about $5, according to the Children\u2019s Oncology Group letter. \u2014 Todd Ackerman, ExpressNews.com , 25 Oct. 2019",
"Until earlier this year, there were two suppliers of vincristine : Pfizer and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. \u2014 Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times , 14 Oct. 2019",
"In the case of vincristine , for example, the medication was only made by two companies. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Nov. 2019",
"The Food and Drug Administration, whose website lists vincristine as currently in shortage, says deliveries should resume later this month. \u2014 Todd Ackerman, ExpressNews.com , 25 Oct. 2019",
"When treated with carboplatin and vincristine , the two chemotherapy drugs Zahler had recommended, 70 percent of patients saw their tumors shrink or stabilize, the doctor said. \u2014 Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com , 13 May 2018"
"She will be completely vindicated by the evidence.",
"These discoveries vindicate their theory.",
"Their approach to the problem has been vindicated by the positive results.",
"He felt vindicated when the truth became known.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The reversal from Watson\u2019s public vow to vindicate himself may have surprised fans. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 25 June 2022",
"While the gambit is not guaranteed to succeed, Putin would need to withdraw military forces for the agreement to take effect, and then avoid further aggression to vindicate the policy as a cornerstone of European security. \u2014 Andrew Day, The Week , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Yet the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division runs roughshod over the former, fundamental civil right in order to vindicate the latter, dubious civil right. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Fetterman's lead certainly does vindicate a narrative about the ascendance of progressivism in the party, but not quite in the way analysts have framed it. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 17 May 2022",
"The district court and 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the school district, but the Supreme Court's six-member conservative majority appeared to be looking for ways to overturn those results and vindicate the coach's actions. \u2014 Jeffrey Toobin, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Appeals to continuity after World War II could condemn or vindicate . \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s no surer way to vindicate the fears of those people that led them to seek NATO membership than to witness their country being overrun by the Russian military. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Seeking to vindicate their constitutional rights, the family sued Martin, arguing that his force against each woman was unconstitutionally excessive. \u2014 Alexa Gervasi, The Week , 5 Apr. 2022"
],
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"circa 1571, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin vindicatus , past participle of vindicare to lay claim to, avenge, from vindic-, vindex claimant, avenger":""
},
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"\u02c8vin-d\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vindicate exculpate , absolve , exonerate , acquit , vindicate mean to free from a charge. exculpate implies a clearing from blame or fault often in a matter of small importance. exculpating himself from the charge of overenthusiasm absolve implies a release either from an obligation that binds the conscience or from the consequences of disobeying the law or committing a sin. cannot be absolved of blame exonerate implies a complete clearance from an accusation or charge and from any attendant suspicion of blame or guilt. exonerated by the investigation acquit implies a formal decision in one's favor with respect to a definite charge. voted to acquit the defendant vindicate may refer to things as well as persons that have been subjected to critical attack or imputation of guilt, weakness, or folly, and implies a clearing effected by proving the unfairness of such criticism or blame. her judgment was vindicated maintain , assert , defend , vindicate , justify mean to uphold as true, right, just, or reasonable. maintain stresses firmness of conviction. steadfastly maintained his innocence assert suggests determination to make others accept one's claim. asserted her rights defend implies maintaining in the face of attack or criticism. defended his voting record vindicate implies successfully defending. his success vindicated our faith in him justify implies showing to be true, just, or valid by appeal to a standard or to precedent. the action was used to justify military intervention",
"She will be completely vindicated by the evidence.",
"These discoveries vindicate their theory.",
"Their approach to the problem has been vindicated by the positive results.",
"He felt vindicated when the truth became known.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The reversal from Watson\u2019s public vow to vindicate himself may have surprised fans. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 25 June 2022",
"While the gambit is not guaranteed to succeed, Putin would need to withdraw military forces for the agreement to take effect, and then avoid further aggression to vindicate the policy as a cornerstone of European security. \u2014 Andrew Day, The Week , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Yet the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division runs roughshod over the former, fundamental civil right in order to vindicate the latter, dubious civil right. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Fetterman's lead certainly does vindicate a narrative about the ascendance of progressivism in the party, but not quite in the way analysts have framed it. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 17 May 2022",
"The district court and 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the school district, but the Supreme Court's six-member conservative majority appeared to be looking for ways to overturn those results and vindicate the coach's actions. \u2014 Jeffrey Toobin, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Appeals to continuity after World War II could condemn or vindicate . \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s no surer way to vindicate the fears of those people that led them to seek NATO membership than to witness their country being overrun by the Russian military. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Seeking to vindicate their constitutional rights, the family sued Martin, arguing that his force against each woman was unconstitutionally excessive. \u2014 Alexa Gervasi, The Week , 5 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1571, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin vindicatus , past participle of vindicare to lay claim to, avenge, from vindic-, vindex claimant, avenger":""
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vindicate exculpate , absolve , exonerate , acquit , vindicate mean to free from a charge. exculpate implies a clearing from blame or fault often in a matter of small importance. exculpating himself from the charge of overenthusiasm absolve implies a release either from an obligation that binds the conscience or from the consequences of disobeying the law or committing a sin. cannot be absolved of blame exonerate implies a complete clearance from an accusation or charge and from any attendant suspicion of blame or guilt. exonerated by the investigation acquit implies a formal decision in one's favor with respect to a definite charge. voted to acquit the defendant vindicate may refer to things as well as persons that have been subjected to critical attack or imputation of guilt, weakness, or folly, and implies a clearing effected by proving the unfairness of such criticism or blame. her judgment was vindicated maintain , assert , defend , vindicate , justify mean to uphold as true, right, just, or reasonable. maintain stresses firmness of conviction. steadfastly maintained his innocence assert suggests determination to make others accept one's claim. asserted her rights defend implies maintaining in the face of attack or criticism. defended his voting record vindicate implies successfully defending. his success vindicated our faith in him justify implies showing to be true, just, or valid by appeal to a standard or to precedent. the action was used to justify military intervention",
"recanted testimony that resulted in a long-overdue vindication",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cannes wins are also vindication for Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM, which was partly responsible for Korean culture\u2019s modern incarnation, and which has been in the Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon Ho business for more than twenty years. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 29 May 2022",
"Some of Heaps\u2019 accusers called the settlement a vindication after complaining about the doctor for years and seeing little done. \u2014 Richard Wintonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"That\u2019s vindication for the much maligned notion that shoe cushioning can lighten the load on your joints and reduce injury risk. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 7 May 2022",
"Moonfall is emphatically not the latter \u2014 but at times, its shlockiness becomes as distracting as its vindication of fringe viewpoints. \u2014 Jesse Hassenger, The Week , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Unlike any defrocked president since the nineteenth century, Trump seems determined to make the midterms, especially the GOP primaries, into a crusade for his personal vindication . \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 16 Aug. 2021",
"Finding gold in Ohio would be a vindication , a demonstration that his theories are correct and that our understanding of history must be adjusted. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"When Zhu fell flat on the ice and finished last in her Olympic debut Sunday, many saw it as vindication that picking Zhu over her rival was unjustified. \u2014 Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
"For Hailey, the debate itself is its own sort of vindication \u2014a testament to the impact of his 2018 paper and its role, however small, in bringing scientists closer to the truth. \u2014 Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American , 5 Apr. 2022"
": a person or thing that vindicates something or someone":[
"They saw George, who had served with distinction against France in the War of the Spanish Succession, as a British warrior king, the vindicator of European Protestantism, and thus the defender of the balance of power.",
"\u2014 Brendan Simms",
"They falsely have cast themselves as the defender of rights and vindicator of the vulnerable.",
"\u2014 US Official News",
"John Quincy Adams expressed this view definitively when he remarked that the United States \"goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.\"",
"Well, maybe actually waging vendettas is a bad idea, but to be known for your vindictiveness can be a great advantage, for then people will take care not to cross you. And maybe the surest way of acquiring a reputation for vindictiveness is actually to be vindictive . \u2014 David Papineau , New York Times Book Review , 11 May 1997",
"And though his [John Simon's] caustic wit can sometimes sound more personally vindictive than objectively critical, it allows him to plow through a lot of literary pretentiousness. \u2014 Andrea Barnet , New York Times Book Review , 19 Mar. 1989",
"The bear, seen in many aspects as humanlike, was subject to ambivalent attitudes: mainly, he was seen as a stand-in for benevolent supernaturals, but sometimes also as a dangerous and at times a vindictive and harmful one. \u2014 William W. Fitzhugh & Aron Crowell , Crossroads of Continents , 1988",
"A machine gun lashed at him from across the river. \u2026 In the darkness, it spat a vindictive white light like an acetylene torch, and its sound was terrifying. \u2014 Norman Mailer , The Naked and the Dead , 1948",
"In observing so long a silence I have been influenced much more by a vindictive purpose,\u2014a purpose to punish you for your suspicion that I could possibly feel myself hurt or offended by any critical suggestion of yours \u2026 \u2014 William Cowper 26 Feb. 1791 , in William Cowper's Letters , Edward Verrall Lucas, editor , 1924",
"It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive . \u2014 W. Somerset Maugham , The Moon and Sixpence , 1919",
"be careful not to annoy the vindictive old woman who lives down the street",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"LIV Golf, run by Greg Norman and funded by Saudi Arabia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund, responded to the tour\u2019s decision by calling it vindictive and divisive. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"LIV Golf, run by Greg Norman and funded by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, responded to the tour's decision by calling it vindictive and divisive. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, Chron , 9 June 2022",
"LIV Golf, run by Greg Norman and funded by Saudi Arabia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund, responded to the tour\u2019s decision by calling it vindictive and divisive. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Mosby\u2019s statements serve as part of a basis for Davis asking the judge to dismiss his cases for vindictive prosecution. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 7 June 2022",
"Gene\u2019s now a broken man with payback on his mind, and the vindictive Fuches has similar plans, albeit for different reasons. \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Is this the sort of vindictive trouble that Enrico feared? \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Vardy was pregnant at the time of the post and has received unimaginably vindictive threats to both her and her baby\u2019s life. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
"People treat an inability to forgive like it\u2019s some kind of conscious, vindictive choice instead of being a visceral emotional response to pain and grief. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022"
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},
"examples":[
"glad to see his old friend was still full of vinegar after so many years",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My recent trail-mix formula included salt-and- vinegar pistachios, Corn Nuts, chickpea puffs, and that almighty thru-hiking staple with a love song all to its own: Flamin\u2019 Hot Cheetos. \u2014 Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Add the jalape\u00f1o, salt, vinegar , oil and herbs and toss well to coat. \u2014 Steven Satterfield, CNN , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Once soup is thick, uniform and creamy, pour into a bowl and season with more salt, vinegar and oil to taste. \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 21 July 2021",
"For Davis, the pandemic gave rise to virtual classes in which supplies (cheese cultures) and shopping lists (for milk, cream, salt and vinegar ) are sent in advance, with the cooking class happening online in real time. \u2014 Kazz Regelman, Los Angeles Times , 15 July 2021",
"Season with generous amounts of black pepper, taste, and add more salt or vinegar , if needed. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 July 2021",
"Dill, salt and dehydrated vinegar do most of the heavy lifting flavorwise, with a back-end note of garlic and parsley. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 22 June 2021",
"Toss, then taste and season with salt and additional vinegar . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2021",
"Have\u2019a corn chips; Cape Cod\u2019s Sea Salt & vinegar chips. \u2014 Marquita K. Harris, Glamour , 25 May 2021"
"The dipping sauce in the center was the clear, vinegary variety, with a bit of red chile and garlic. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"The supremely enjoyable version at The Russell is a large red snapper, fried (with the head on) to perfect crispness, then smothered in onions and carrots and given a highly vinegary dressing. \u2014 Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant , 2 May 2022",
"Go for the brisket, pulled pork, meaty pintos and vinegary slaw \u2014 and also throw in a side of buttermilk biscuits, which rewarm nicely for breakfast the next day. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 12 Feb. 2022",
"As if reacting to the vinegary flavor of Gen X culture, those \u201990s films all have a sweetness to them that is also a fantasy of na\u00efvet\u00e9. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 3 Dec. 2021",
"That sticky, sweet and vinegary condiment is credited to an almost certainly fictional 19th-century British Army officer and has become the most popular form of chutney in the U.S. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Those of us raised on this type of mountain fare intuitively used the spicy, vinegary , peppery, sweet, and acidic condiments to finesse each forkful, doctoring our plates to our liking in endless combinations of texture and flavor. \u2014 Sheri Castle, Travel + Leisure , 4 Sep. 2021",
"Next time a bottle of wine turns stale or vinegary , don\u2019t dump it. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 23 July 2021",
"The vegetables are tangy and vinegary with a fiery kick. \u2014 Mara Severin, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2021"
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": a period of origin or manufacture":[
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": dating from the past : old":[],
": length of existence : age":[],
": of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality : classic":[],
": of the best and most characteristic":[
"\u2014 used with a proper noun vintage Shaw: a wise and winning comedy \u2014 Time"
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": of, relating to, or produced in a particular vintage":[],
": outmoded , old-fashioned":[],
": the act or time of harvesting grapes or making wine":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a piano of 1845 vintage",
"Adjective",
"the designer's bracelets and necklaces have the vintage look of jewelry from the 1920s",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This Napa Valley vintage presses whole clusters of Pinot Grigio and Pinot Noir grapes and then ages them tougher in stainless steel. \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Doc Martens, black vintage jeans, a T-shirt and a flannel. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
"Halsey\u2019s piece, styled by Lyn Alson, was sourced from none other than Hollywood vintage go-to Tab Vintage. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"Eisele broke out a bottle of 2018 vintage Volker Eisele Terzetto. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 May 2022",
"Emma Zack, owner of plus-size store Berriez, says that her best tip for shopping vintage is to completely ignore the size tag. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Located in the trendy Miramar neighborhood of San Juan, this salon's offerings include glossy manicures, edgy shags, and blowouts that hold up to the tropical climate \u2014 plus a boutique that features local artesan\u00edas mixed with cool vintage finds. \u2014 Dianna Mazzone, Allure , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The soil seems to come through in the wine, which in the 2019 vintage balances a bitter, ferrous backbone with unctuous flavors of cocoa and fig. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Jada selected a navy vintage gown from her own closet while Will looked dapper in a matching three-piece suit. \u2014 Robyn Merrett And Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Harry Styles designed a collection with Gucci that just debuted at a vintage store in Milan. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 21 June 2022",
"With great attention to detail, the Summer 2022 collection revels in raw-edged knits, HTG\u00ae embroidery, and graphic tees that all have a refined, vintage feel. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Tyler bartends, Nabi Sue runs a vintage clothing store and Elliott manages a combination bar/barbershop. \u2014 Beau Hayhoe, SPIN , 11 May 2022",
"The gym has transformed into a giant vintage store. \u2014 Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"This wireless speaker has a vintage feel, but modern-day sound quality. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The place does have a vintage feel, from the red leather booths to the music that sounds straight out of a Hollywood film noir. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Artie, the owner of a vintage clothing store, played by John McCrea. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2022",
"In the photos, Rihanna wore a vintage Chanel coat open to reveal her baby bump draped with jewels. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 13 Feb. 2022"
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, probably alteration of vendage , from Anglo-French vendage, vendenge , from Latin vindemia grape-gathering, vintage, from vinum wine, grapes + demere to take off, from de- + emere to take \u2014 more at wine , redeem":"Noun"
"She was attacked and violated by an unknown intruder.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The fish commission said that the state\u2019s openers violate the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. \u2014 Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"Conservationists say a timber sale the Forest Service is planning in Oregon would violate Biden\u2019s pledge, as Anna Phillips writes for the Washington Post. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Eastman argued that releasing them to the committee would violate participants\u2019 First Amendment rights. \u2014 Rosalind S. Helderman, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Tobacco companies have already indicated that any plan with significant reductions in nicotine would violate the law. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"The rules were written before people paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for a JPEG of an ape, but such investments certainly would violate the spirit of the rule too. \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"What\u2019s the point of Cleveland Police agreeing to professional policing if little, private police departments operating in the city can violate the rules that Cleveland officers adhere to? \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"Committee investigators asked if Eastman ever acknowledged in front of Trump that his proposal would violate the law. \u2014 Bart Jansen, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Some Republicans have long struggled with red flag programs out of concern that these provisions violate the due process rights of those accused of being a threat. \u2014 Byallison Pecorin, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Videos that do not clearly violate YouTube's polices -- that contain inflammatory religious or supremacist content -- will appear with a warning and will not be able to gain revenue with ads. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 19 June 2017",
"Monday, May 22 Victim of violate domestic relations court order, 1500 block Montecito Road. Sunday, May 21 Female, 38, \u2014 Ramona Sentinel , 30 May 2017",
"On Friday, two government watchdog groups called for investigations into the payroll requests and stipend payments, which seemed to potentially violate state law related to knowingly offering false documents to government officials or agencies. \u2014 Jesse Mckinley, New York Times , 12 May 2017"
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"A second violation was called on the basketball player.",
"He was arrested for violation of his parole.",
"The group monitors human rights violations .",
"They protested the government's violation of human rights.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He also was cited for having high-capacity magazines and metal-piercing bullets, a violation of city code. \u2014 Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"After his arrest, he was taken to the Deschutes County Jail on charges of coercion, menacing, fourth-degree assault and harassment, as well as two Deschutes County warrants, a California warrant and a violation of his release agreement. \u2014 Fox News , 22 June 2022",
"Kerry Endsley, 73, was arrested Friday, charged with second-degree kidnapping, felony menacing and violation of a restraining order, the Jefferson County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a news release. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 21 June 2022",
"According to legal documents cited by the Blast, H.E.R. is suing for declaratory relief and violation of the business and professions code and seeking to be released from her contract with MBK. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"The man, 32, was found to be wanted on two Cleveland Heights police warrants for obstructing official business and violation of a protection order. \u2014 cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"When audience members start slicing away the fabric around her breasts or near her crotch, there is a real sense of danger and violation . \u2014 Louis Menand, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"The proposal has brought an outcry from Bronson\u2019s supporters, who see it as a threat to the mayor and a violation of the separation of powers, and the mayor has issued calls for residents to attend meetings in a show of opposition. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 8 June 2022",
"Then another board member received an email alleging that Gadson had taken a trip paid for by Grand Canyon University \u2014 a violation of the district\u2019s ethics policies, if true. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022"
"Human rights observers and immigrant advocacy organizations said the policy contravened international law, putting vulnerable people at risk of higher documented rates of kidnapping, extortion and violence in the areas they were forced to wait. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
"But the source said there was a history of violence between the victim and the father of the child, a girl, before she was born in March. \u2014 Ed Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"America\u2019s Hidden War demonstrates the lasting impact of violence on the daily fabric of school children\u2019s lives. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Political violence , while rare, has recently occurred in New Zealand. \u2014 Andrew Jeong, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Even if Alabama\u2019s prisons and jails are especially overrun by drugs, death and violence , their problems are not unique in the U.S. \u2014 al , 29 June 2022",
"The latter, long-term and continual care, is critical for those experiencing intimate partner violence , defined by exerting perennial control. \u2014 Katie Herchenroeder, The New Republic , 29 June 2022",
"Some alleged they were ordered to sign nondisclosure forms, and were subjected to threats and violence . \u2014 CBS News , 29 June 2022",
"White said investigators have yet to determine if the woman was the intended target of Tuesday's violence or an innocent who was cut down in the crossfire. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022"
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"violent coughing"
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"The peaceful demonstration turned violent ."
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"a violent denunciation"
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"violent prison inmates"
],
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"violent movies"
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"examples":[
"They witnessed a violent struggle between police and protesters.",
"The peaceful protest suddenly turned violent .",
"The city has experienced an increase in violent crime in the past year.",
"The final scene was extremely violent .",
"She suffered a violent death in a car accident.",
"The patient suddenly became violent and had to be restrained.",
"He's not a particularly violent person.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Witnessing the death of fellow students while surrounded by violent crime is a constant stressor for children. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Yes, Democrats twist themselves into knots when the subject is crime, violent crime, or criminals. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 30 June 2022",
"Across a nation that is already in the grips of a rise in violent crime, murders are going unsolved at a historic pace, a CBS News investigation has found. \u2014 CBS News , 29 June 2022",
"Other experts say the lack of both action and transparency was undermining the principal goal of the task force \u2014 to stop the epidemic of violent threats. \u2014 Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"The Post has reported an uptick in the number of violent threats against lawmakers serving on that panel, with three people involved in the Jan. 6 legislative probe saying committee members are all likely to receive a security detail. \u2014 Spencer S. Hsu, Josh Dawsey And Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"The Washington Post reported Wednesday that members of the select committee saw an increase in violent threats over a period of 24 hours, and that all members of the group are likely to receive a security detail. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"The mother and daughter, in particular, revealed in searing detail the cost of Trump\u2019s lies about the 2020 contest on the lives of rank-and-file election workers, many of whom have described violent threats. \u2014 Amy Gardner, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"An Educator\u2019s School Safety Network analysis of violent threats at U.S. schools between 2018 and 2019 showed 6% involved an active shooter. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 June 2022"
"As Albania\u2019s ruler, Zog had been a tyrant and a modernizer, a viper and a visionary, intent on obtaining and holding power at any cost. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In the original myth, Orpheus returns from his expedition with the Argonauts and marries the fair Eurydice, who \u2014 of course \u2014 dies soon after from a viper bite and descends to the underworld. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The prosecution called multiple experts who testified the Russell's viper bite was also unnatural. \u2014 Rhea Mogul And Esha Mitra, CNN , 20 Nov. 2021",
"But the viper was found in the bedroom of their home's second floor after the first attempt. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Oct. 2021",
"An Indian woman presented with multiday visual hallucinations after being bitten by a Russell\u2019s viper . \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 28 Sep. 2021",
"His pre-op docs discovered undiagnosed cancer had crept in and poisoned his body like a silent viper . \u2014 Steve West, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Despite the secrecy, the critically endangered viper was tracked down within months and put on sale in Europe by German traders. \u2014 Pavel Toropov, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2021",
"There is no antivenom for the African bush viper , and bites can cause fevers or internal bleeding, which can be fatal. \u2014 Wilson Wong, NBC News , 13 Apr. 2021"
": a woman of great stature, strength, and courage":[]
},
"examples":[
"fairy tales that typically portray stepmothers as viragoes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite the work\u2019s title, Dejanira is the one who dominates the action, evolving through seven arias from impatient wife to imperious virago to despairing murderer. \u2014 Christopher Corwin, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2020",
"Their mother, Lucy, who had abandoned the family for a freer life and left the children with her husband, is a raging virago crushed by guilt (Mamie Gummer in an impressive performance). \u2014 Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ , 10 Jan. 2019"
"a virgin in the world of comedy clubs, he's still learning to deal with hecklers",
"Adjective",
"virgin boys are sometimes unfairly teased",
"the state's only remaining virgin forest",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On All Hallow\u2019s Eve, when the moon is round, a virgin will summon us from under the ground. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
"The baby, which was supposed to have been a miracle from the virgin (a prayer answered!) feels instead like a curse. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Use the extra virgin avocado oil for drizzling over crunchy salads, roasted veggies, or yogurt parfaits. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 May 2022",
"And Bonus says that report suggests that Sharon was still a virgin \u2014the doctor wrote that her hymen was intact. \u2014 CBS News , 21 May 2022",
"Who wants to be with the 29-year-old virgin who lacks self-confidence who has never been in a serious relationship? \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"The best way to watch this film is with a Romy and Michele virgin who doesn\u2019t know the first reunion is a dream sequence conjured by Michele en route to the real reunion. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In the legend of Tales from the Thousand and One Nights, Scheherazade is a beautiful virgin who escapes being murdered by the king by telling him stories at night. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The series follows a 23-year-old virgin who becomes pregnant after an accidental artificial insemination. \u2014 Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"There are visions of a creepy priest involved in some arcane ritual, as well as a chorus of young girls dressed in virgin -sacrifice white. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"What Zo\u00eb loves is that it can be applied on any base color, regardless of whether the hair is virgin or pre-colored. \u2014 Photo: Christian Vierig/getty Images., refinery29.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Unlike the greenish hue and peppery flavor of pricey extra- virgin olive oil, regular olive oil (often labeled 'light') has a lighter color, more mild flavor and higher smoke point \u2014 just like vegetable oil. \u2014 Samantha Macavoy, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"While on vacation, Michelle the penny-pincher, who is concerned about every dollar spent, puts away her money worries and relaxes poolside with a virgin pi\u00f1a colada. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"Quite the multitasker, this beauty oil can be used on the hair, face and body, leaving all three glowing thanks to 23 karat gold and extra virgin Japanese camellia oil. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"The inclusive line also features two virgin options in ginger mule and colada, which also serve as the perfect mixers. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"But Ukraine, in an ecological transition zone, is also home to vibrant wetlands and forests and a large swath of virgin steppe. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"But unfortunately, Ver Beck\u2019s virgin flight didn\u2019t go well. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"a virginal snowfall"
]
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"The land is still in its virginal state.",
"one of the state's few remaining tracts of virginal prairie",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Historically, clinicians have defended medical involvement as a means of protecting women against violence if their virginal status is in question. \u2014 Neda Taghinejadi, Wired , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Men are gang members, and women are either virginal or spitfires. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021",
"And because the queen, who had endured omnipresent chaperonage by her mother, was presumed to be virginal , the color came to be considered symbolic of bodily purity. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2021",
"This became a clear trend and message over the course of a decade, fueled by pop culture stars: young women and girls needed to stay virginal to succeed. \u2014 Danielle Campoamor, refinery29.com , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Gus, one of the liberated enslaved, in the uniform of the Union Army, loiters outside the house of the virginal southern belle Flora and follows her to the woods. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
"That went double for the moon, whose virginal glow is nicely sanitizing in this context. \u2014 James Marcus, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2021",
"From there one, the idea of pure evil and the most ubiquitous representation of good, a virginal babysitter, a young girl with dreams of romance and goodness in her heart. \u2014 Jenelle Riley, Variety , 28 Aug. 2021",
"The character, in Zegler\u2019s view, shouldn\u2019t be so virginal and pure and, well, flat and one-note. \u2014 Hunter Harris, Town & Country , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Many of the clinics that provide hymenoplasty also offer virginity testing, an examination of the genitalia that claims to determine the virginal (or otherwise) status of a woman. \u2014 Neda Taghinejadi, Wired , 13 Feb. 2022"
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"1530, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"probably from Latin virginalis of a virgin, from virgin-, virgo":"Noun"
"Plant ownership is a commitment that requires regular watering, plenty of sunlight, and based on some schools of thought, even talking to our viridescent friends. \u2014 refinery29.com , 1 May 2018"
": a chrome green pigment that is a hydrated oxide of chromium":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2010, scientists analyzed the composition of the 1893 and 1910 versions of The Scream and found the pigments used included cadmium yellow, vermillion, ultramarine, and viridian , all common in the 19th century. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 21 May 2020",
"Frostbitten weeds poked from the hardpack, all granularity leeched from the countryside, the icy, angular topography distilled to surfaces shaded cobalt, steel and viridian set against a saffron sky. \u2014 Matt Peckham, WIRED , 3 Oct. 2014"
"men were once expected to be interested only in such virile activities as hunting",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As such, the Second Symphony, completed in 1875 and premiered in 1877, is crackling with heroic swagger and brimming with virile rhythmic gusto. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"In every case, a strong body is the goal, and most often, that means a virile male body. \u2014 Derek Beres, Rolling Stone , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Rap battles take the place of duels in this virile production, performed on a set as blank as the pages of a drama that might yet be written. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"But only Cooper was nominated Wednesday for his comedic turn as a virile hotshot producer, and the film was passed over completely in the best cast category. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Notables from John Cusack to Dennis Rodman to Rihanna have worn the brand\u2019s virile leather jackets, weighty necklaces and sweatshirts bearing its iconic cross logo. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 1 Nov. 2021",
"This allegorical spectrum supports a handsome, virile framework intended to lift up and destigmatize. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013 virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013 virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"Middle French or Latin; Middle French viril , from Latin virilis , from vir man, male; akin to Old English & Old High German wer man, Sanskrit v\u012bra":""
},
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"British also \u02c8v\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u02cc\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8vir-\u02cc\u012bl",
"\u02c8vir-\u0259l",
"\u02c8vir-\u0259l, \u02c8vi(\u0259)r-\u02cc\u012bl, British also \u02c8v\u012b(\u0259)r-\u02cc\u012bl",
"many cultures value virility as a sign of power",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For men, success in business is instinctively taken to reinforce their manhood, their virility . \u2014 Liz Elting, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Those same mice returned to normal levels of virility four to six weeks after treatments ended. \u2014 Andrew Marquardt, Fortune , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The new pill created by a team at the University of Minnesota blocks proteins from binding to vitamin A, which is known to be crucial to fertility and virility in mammals, per Gizmodo\u2019s Ed Cara. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Mar. 2022",
"When the treatments were stopped, the mice returned to normal levels of virility within four to six weeks. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Savagery was just a nuance away from virility , after all. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"There is much theater to this trade, as reflected in Putin's fiery speeches and the public portrayal of his virility , the absolute subordination of Russia's most senior officials and the country's feeding a mystique of overwhelming military power. \u2014 Douglas London, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Older, conservative men believe that walking beneath women\u2019s underwear [on a washing line, for example] robs you of your virility . \u2014 Nick Holdsworth, Variety , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Does this, perhaps, come down to gender stereotypes and the fetishisation of virility within masculinity? \u2014 Zoe Beaty, refinery29.com , 31 Jan. 2022"
"Some of the cars Hi-Tech supplies as rollers to Superformance and Shelby Legendary Cars are virtually impossible to own as originals. \u2014 Thomas Page, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"Stopping someone from lying about their birthday is virtually impossible, and other safeguards appear to be minimal at best. \u2014 Moises Mendez Ii, The Atlantic , 6 June 2022",
"As Zillow\u2019s algorithmic meltdown illustrated, predicting the future of U.S. real estate is a virtually impossible task. \u2014 Lance Lambert, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"Users are trying to police the community groups, posting screenshots of interactions that went awry and warning each other about which users to avoid using the hashtag #ScammerAlert, but the scammers appear virtually impossible to weed out. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 19 May 2022",
"And, as Judge Mizelle\u2019s ruling in Florida shows, crafting legislation that overcomes conservatives\u2019 determined misreading of it is virtually impossible. \u2014 Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker , 13 May 2022",
"Again, that border-shuttering, coupled with a suspension of visa services, made that system virtually impossible. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 8 May 2022",
"This sort of bombing mission would be virtually impossible for Ukraine. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Playing on the go has been virtually impossible for the past two years. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 5 May 2022"
],
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"circa 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":""
"He led me across the concrete floor, through a concrete warehouse, and to the concrete screening room, where he began to extol the virtue and beauty of his eleven-mile-long sewage interceptor. \u2014 Frederick Kaufman , Harper's , February 2008",
"Disinterestedness was the most common term the founders used as a synonym for the classical conception of virtue or self-sacrifice; it better conveyed the threats from interests that virtue seemed increasingly to face in the rapidly commercializing eighteenth century. \u2014 Gordon S. Wood , Revolutionary Characters , 2006",
"It was not only his title that made Poor Richard\u2014and by extension [Benjamin] Franklin\u2014an honorary Frenchman. He may well have devoted a great amount of ink to virtue and order, but he checked those concepts at the door of the beau monde; he made it clear that he was not too good for that world \u2026 \u2014 Stacy Schiff , A Great Improvisation , 2005",
"Nerviness is considered a virtue , a good machine, an energy that builds nations, businesses and dynasties. Handed down from generation to generation, like a caustic strand of DNA, it infects the unhappy, the unfortunate and the unlucky, and turns them into desperate strivers, prepared to do anything to realize their ridiculous ambitions. \u2014 David Byrne , The New Sins/Los Nuevos Pecados , 2001",
"Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall \u2026 \u2014 William Shakespeare , Measure for Measure , 1605",
"the virtue of wool as a clothing material is that it can provide insulation from the cold even when wet",
"White artists, regardless of their intentions, enjoyed greater access to fame and profit than Black artists by virtue of the color of their skin. \u2014 Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 June 2022",
"The Diamondbacks finished last year with the same 52-110 record as the Orioles, who were awarded the top pick by virtue of a tiebreaker. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"The Washington Post\u2019s Terence McArdle and Lisa M. Bolton spoke via email with four Washington-area leaders ranked best, by virtue of their employees\u2019 votes, in organizations in largest, large, midsize and small categories. \u2014 Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Steph Curry and the Dubs won their fourth NBA championship \u2014 and the franchise\u2019s seventh overall \u2014 by virtue of their 103-90 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 6 Thursday night at TD Garden. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"On the one hand, IE\u2019s market share shot upward dramatically in 1996 and 1997, taking a huge bite out of Netscape\u2019s share simply by virtue of being available by default on most Windows 95-era PCs. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 15 June 2022",
"That is not to diminish their moments of power; the sentences accrue a confidence and clarity by virtue of never having to cast around for what else these characters or their stories might contain. \u2014 Lynn Steger Strong, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Burton is the clear star of Butterfly in the Sky, but by virtue of having premiered over a decade after Mister Rogers and Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow also features more key behind-the-scenes talent than those shows\u2019 respective documentaries. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"San Diego, by virtue of its agreement with IID, will likely stave off any restrictions on Colorado River water until after Los Angeles and surrounding regions are hard hit. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022"
": being, relating to, or characteristic of a virtuoso":[
"virtuosic violin playing",
"Generally speaking, the banjo and jazz parted ways many decades back, but virtuosic banjoist Bela Fleck is almost single-handedly lobbying for reconciliation.",
"\u2014 Gina Arnold",
"Yet it was from his craftsman father that he learned everything that there was to know about brick, and his use of that humble but infinitely versatile material was virtuosic .",
": a person interested in or having a taste for the fine arts":[
"In the eighteenth century, rich \" virtuosos \" like Richard Payne Knight and his friend Charles Townley assembled vast collections of everything from Roman sculpture to skewered beetles \u2026",
"\u2014 Walter Kendrick"
],
": a person interested in the pursuit of knowledge in some specialized field and especially in the arts and sciences":[
"[Samuel] Pepys was a characteristic product of his day, a virtuoso , a man sympathetic to every new trend in science and scholarship.",
"\u2014 William Matthews"
],
": a person who has exceptional skill, expertise, or talent at some endeavor":[
"\u2026 instances in which young computer virtuosos occasionally cross the legal boundaries of remote computer systems.",
"\u2014 Scott Mace",
"Although hockey has been more team-oriented than any other major sport, through the years there have been virtuosos who packed the houses.",
"The voice cast includes Jeff Goldblum who plays a New York music journalist investigating the tragic disappearance of young Brazilian piano virtuoso . \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"They were joined by the Mercury\u2019s 39-year-old virtuoso , Diana Taurasi, who was in street clothes for the preseason game but who plans to be ready when the regular season begins Friday. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 2 May 2022",
"On Wednesday, June 15, nail virtuoso Tom Bachik, who's responsible for countless JLo manis, shared what may be the best \u2014 though perhaps not the clearest \u2014 celebrity nailfie of all time. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 16 June 2022",
"Stasium\u2019s devotion, attention to detail and eclecticism immediately impressed Living Colour\u2019s virtuoso guitarist, Vernon Reid. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Website listings for May 2022 events included a ukulele virtuoso from Hawaii, a forum on Laotian and Hmong authors and a Chinese American chef\u2019s demonstration of her nation\u2019s culinary traditions. \u2014 Joan Oleck, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Lafleur was the stylish virtuoso who spoiled the Stanley Cup dreams of kids all over New England in the late 1970s. \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Apr. 2022",
"In this intimate show, the audience will find out how an extraordinary 13-year-old boy became the reigning virtuoso of the violin. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Chris Thile, singer-songwriter and virtuoso mandolinist and member of Nickel Creek and the Punch Brothers, will perform a concert to benefit pediatric cancer research at New York\u2019s City Winery on June 1. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 3 May 2022"
"In a kind of virtuous circle, the \"second tier\" schools got better as applications rose and they could become choosier in assembling a class\u2014which in turn raised the quality of the whole experience on campus and made the school more attractive to both topflight professors and the next wave of applicants. \u2014 Nancy Gibbs et al. , Time , 21 Aug. 2006",
"In its quest to create ice cream as voluptuous as butter and as virtuous as broccoli, the ice cream industry has probed the depths of the Arctic Ocean, studied the intimate structures of algae and foisted numerous failures on the American public. \u2014 Julia Moskin , New York Times , 26 July 2006",
"Children born into high-income households become part of a virtuous circle of success. Parents with university degrees tend to earn more, set higher educational goals for their children, and invest more time in the children's schooling than parents who have a high-school education or less. \u2014 Laura D'Andrea Tyson , BusinessWeek , 7 July 2003",
"We redefined virtue as health. And considering the probable state of our souls, this was not a bad move. By relocating the seat of virtue from the soul to the pecs, the abs and the coronary arteries, we may not have become the most virtuous people on earth, but we surely became the most desperate for grace. We spend $5 billion a year on our health-club memberships, $2 billion on vitamins, nearly $1 billion on home exercise equipment, and $6 billion on sneakers to wear out on our treadmills and StairMasters. \u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich , Utne Reader , May/June 1992",
"She felt that she had made a virtuous decision by donating the money to charity.",
"virtuous behavior is its own reward",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Andrew\u2019s goofiness is too virtuous , too useful, to be annoying; his cantankerousness is too transparently toothless to be offensive. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 16 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",
"Willingham-Jagger said young people being able to participate in school has all kinds of virtuous effects on their friendships, social development, mental health, emotional well-being as well as physiological and psychological development. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Just as doing shallow and superficial activities can create a vicious cycle, doing deep and meaningful activities can create a virtuous one. \u2014 Brad Stulberg, Outside Online , 24 May 2022",
"Decisions are tested against often-competing philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill: Is this what a virtuous person would do? \u2014 Mary Beth Mccauley, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 May 2022",
"In keeping with the mores of Victorian womanhood, white women were considered frail, virtuous , and in constant need of protection. \u2014 Allure , 13 May 2022",
"Wherever humans gather, drama inevitably arises \u2013 some virtuous , some innocuous. \u2014 John Rex, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
"The new practice felt environmentally virtuous , practical and freeing. \u2014 Maria Cramer, New York Times , 6 May 2021"
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"In a kind of virtuous circle, the \"second tier\" schools got better as applications rose and they could become choosier in assembling a class\u2014which in turn raised the quality of the whole experience on campus and made the school more attractive to both topflight professors and the next wave of applicants. \u2014 Nancy Gibbs et al. , Time , 21 Aug. 2006",
"In its quest to create ice cream as voluptuous as butter and as virtuous as broccoli, the ice cream industry has probed the depths of the Arctic Ocean, studied the intimate structures of algae and foisted numerous failures on the American public. \u2014 Julia Moskin , New York Times , 26 July 2006",
"Children born into high-income households become part of a virtuous circle of success. Parents with university degrees tend to earn more, set higher educational goals for their children, and invest more time in the children's schooling than parents who have a high-school education or less. \u2014 Laura D'Andrea Tyson , BusinessWeek , 7 July 2003",
"We redefined virtue as health. And considering the probable state of our souls, this was not a bad move. By relocating the seat of virtue from the soul to the pecs, the abs and the coronary arteries, we may not have become the most virtuous people on earth, but we surely became the most desperate for grace. We spend $5 billion a year on our health-club memberships, $2 billion on vitamins, nearly $1 billion on home exercise equipment, and $6 billion on sneakers to wear out on our treadmills and StairMasters. \u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich , Utne Reader , May/June 1992",
"She felt that she had made a virtuous decision by donating the money to charity.",
"virtuous behavior is its own reward",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Andrew\u2019s goofiness is too virtuous , too useful, to be annoying; his cantankerousness is too transparently toothless to be offensive. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 16 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",
"Willingham-Jagger said young people being able to participate in school has all kinds of virtuous effects on their friendships, social development, mental health, emotional well-being as well as physiological and psychological development. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Just as doing shallow and superficial activities can create a vicious cycle, doing deep and meaningful activities can create a virtuous one. \u2014 Brad Stulberg, Outside Online , 24 May 2022",
"Decisions are tested against often-competing philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill: Is this what a virtuous person would do? \u2014 Mary Beth Mccauley, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 May 2022",
"In keeping with the mores of Victorian womanhood, white women were considered frail, virtuous , and in constant need of protection. \u2014 Allure , 13 May 2022",
"Wherever humans gather, drama inevitably arises \u2013 some virtuous , some innocuous. \u2014 John Rex, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
"The new practice felt environmentally virtuous , practical and freeing. \u2014 Maria Cramer, New York Times , 6 May 2021"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for virtuous moral , ethical , virtuous , righteous , noble mean conforming to a standard of what is right and good. moral implies conformity to established sanctioned codes or accepted notions of right and wrong. the basic moral values of a community ethical may suggest the involvement of more difficult or subtle questions of rightness, fairness, or equity. committed to the highest ethical principles virtuous implies moral excellence in character. not a religious person, but virtuous nevertheless righteous stresses guiltlessness or blamelessness and often suggests the sanctimonious. wished to be righteous before God and the world noble implies moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean, or dubious in conduct and character. had the noblest of reasons for seeking office",
"In a kind of virtuous circle, the \"second tier\" schools got better as applications rose and they could become choosier in assembling a class\u2014which in turn raised the quality of the whole experience on campus and made the school more attractive to both topflight professors and the next wave of applicants. \u2014 Nancy Gibbs et al. , Time , 21 Aug. 2006",
"In its quest to create ice cream as voluptuous as butter and as virtuous as broccoli, the ice cream industry has probed the depths of the Arctic Ocean, studied the intimate structures of algae and foisted numerous failures on the American public. \u2014 Julia Moskin , New York Times , 26 July 2006",
"Children born into high-income households become part of a virtuous circle of success. Parents with university degrees tend to earn more, set higher educational goals for their children, and invest more time in the children's schooling than parents who have a high-school education or less. \u2014 Laura D'Andrea Tyson , BusinessWeek , 7 July 2003",
"We redefined virtue as health. And considering the probable state of our souls, this was not a bad move. By relocating the seat of virtue from the soul to the pecs, the abs and the coronary arteries, we may not have become the most virtuous people on earth, but we surely became the most desperate for grace. We spend $5 billion a year on our health-club memberships, $2 billion on vitamins, nearly $1 billion on home exercise equipment, and $6 billion on sneakers to wear out on our treadmills and StairMasters. \u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich , Utne Reader , May/June 1992",
"She felt that she had made a virtuous decision by donating the money to charity.",
"virtuous behavior is its own reward",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Andrew\u2019s goofiness is too virtuous , too useful, to be annoying; his cantankerousness is too transparently toothless to be offensive. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 16 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",
"Willingham-Jagger said young people being able to participate in school has all kinds of virtuous effects on their friendships, social development, mental health, emotional well-being as well as physiological and psychological development. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Just as doing shallow and superficial activities can create a vicious cycle, doing deep and meaningful activities can create a virtuous one. \u2014 Brad Stulberg, Outside Online , 24 May 2022",
"Decisions are tested against often-competing philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill: Is this what a virtuous person would do? \u2014 Mary Beth Mccauley, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 May 2022",
"In keeping with the mores of Victorian womanhood, white women were considered frail, virtuous , and in constant need of protection. \u2014 Allure , 13 May 2022",
"Wherever humans gather, drama inevitably arises \u2013 some virtuous , some innocuous. \u2014 John Rex, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
"The new practice felt environmentally virtuous , practical and freeing. \u2014 Maria Cramer, New York Times , 6 May 2021"
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"She said the rising virulence of the rhetoric against Muslims has flooded her with sadness, grief, alienation and fear.",
"\u2014 Laura DaSilva",
"But the virulence of the campaign, on both sides \u2026 provides a clue to the deeper forces at work: the polarizing of politics in a traditionally moderate place.",
"\u2014 The Economist"
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"\u2014 David Plotkin"
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"Strongly held French feelings about the equality of men and women, about secularism, and about its supposedly colorblind society lie behind the virulence of the discussion of these issues. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"This recombinant virus expresses several new genes, in addition to M159, that may have enhanced the virulence of rabbitpox in hares. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Eve events amid unresolved questions about the transmissibility and virulence of the new variant. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The virulence of any pathogen depends not just on its own qualities but on the preparedness of the human immune system. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 25 Mar. 2022",
"But greater virulence does not necessarily mean stealth Omicron is more dangerous that Omicron. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 24 Mar. 2022",
"If Omicron is twice as transmissible as Delta, even a 50% reduction in virulence will be a wash. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
"That could be any of the Big Three, but consider two examples: a juice-up in immune evasion, or a surge in virulence . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Several doctors told Fortune in March that the necessity of a fourth shot will depend on the virulence of any new coronavirus variants that spread. \u2014 Ian Mount, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2022"
"borrowed from French & Latin; borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin v\u012brulentia \"poisonous odor, infection,\" from Latin v\u012brulentus \"full of poison, venomous\" + -ia -ia entry 1 \u2014 more at virulent":""
"The country seemed to be returning to the virulent nationalism of its past.",
"the virulent look on her face warned me that she was about to say something unkind",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Inflation has become more virulent and obnoxious than most had imagined. \u2014 Ivan Illan, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"When Juwon Park, a journalist with the Associated Press in Seoul and a onetime dancer for K-pop singer PSY, raised the question on Twitter, global ARMYs bombarded her with virulent responses. \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
"If more virulent and contagious variants appear, epidemiology models will have to change fast. \u2014 Dr. Genevieve Yang, ABC News , 3 June 2022",
"People infected with less virulent variants would be less likely to land in the hospital, and if hospitalized, would likely spend less time there and be less likely to die. \u2014 C\u00e9line Gounder, STAT , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Scientists are still trying to figure out how virulent these new mutants are. \u2014 Laura Ungar, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
"Topol fears that a future variant will be more virulent . \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Omicron evolved to be less virulent than Delta, explained John Swartzberg, a professor emeritus of infectious diseases and vaccinology at the University of California-Berkeley\u2019s School of Public Health. \u2014 David Axe, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2022",
"And the next coronavirus variant could also very well be more virulent and potentially more deadly than the Omicron variant that is still infecting more than 100,000 Americans each day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \u2014 Andrew Marquardt, Fortune , 1 Mar. 2022"
"Middle English, \"discharging watery pus, purulent,\" borrowed from Latin v\u012brulentus \"full of poison, venomous,\" from v\u012brus \"venom, poisonous fluid\" + -ulentus \"having in quantity, full of\" \u2014 more at virus":""
"visitors to the mountain range had long noted that the natural rock formation bore a striking resemblance to the visage of a man",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some compared the actor\u2019s pale visage to that of a corpse. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Across the sound in West Seattle, Cornell\u2019s visage pops up all over the place. \u2014 Corbin Reiff, SPIN , 18 May 2022",
"Perry ripped off the crew member's black hat, revealing none other than Bryan's wife, Caroline Boyer, whose visage was also concealed by a wig, glasses and COVID-19 face mask. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 22 Mar. 2022",
"With an expressive visage that's often compared to a human face, these dogs are known for their intelligence, sense of humor, and self-importance. \u2014 Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022",
"On Tuesday, April 19, Gaga shared a quick glance at her no-makeup visage with a selfie video posted to her Instagram Stories. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Then, once cooled, a thicker opaque glaze is drizzled over the top and left to set up, giving the buns their iconic visage . \u2014 Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Unlike the other iconic redhead with a side part and swoosh of curls that frame the side of her dazzling cartoon visage , Thee Stallion gives us a twist with this color. \u2014 Jennet Jusu, Allure , 10 Mar. 2022",
"If\u2014as the director Ingmar Bergman once claimed\u2014the most important image in the history of cinema is that of the human face, then the visage of Jane Birkin inspired a new zeitgeist of onscreen beauty. \u2014 Erik Morse, Vogue , 17 Mar. 2022"
"In 1972 he began an address at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon, \"Let me start off by saying this is not quite an honor, my being here. I haven't had too much regard for the Chamber of Commerce in my years in Boston. When the Celtics won 11 championships in 13 years, it was ignored in their own town.\" Arnold Jacob Auerbach, though paradoxical and highly idiosyncratic, was foremost a direct and visceral man. \u2014 Frank Deford , Sports Illustrated , 6 Nov. 2006",
"When you measure your waist circumference, you're indirectly measuring your visceral fat. \u2014 David Schardt , Nutrition Action , July/August 2006",
"But there are strong taboos I haven't anticipated. The most striking is the visceral dislike of rawness. In China, the consumption of raw foods was historically viewed as a barbarian habit, and most everything is still eaten cooked. \u2014 Fuchsia Dunlop , Gourmet , August 2005",
"One of the wonders of cooking is that the tiniest adjustment to what you are making, the addition of a single ingredient or the execution of a technique, can entirely change a dish and the visceral response you get from eating it. \u2014 Amanda Hesser , New York Times , 17 July 2002",
"Her visceral reaction was to curse at the other driver.",
"His stories were beautifully visceral , nuanced and evinced deep humanity. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"So there is a very specific part of the population for whom this crunch is really, really visceral . \u2014 The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic , 1 June 2022",
"Powerfully visceral , a world of stale sweat and beer, campfires and mateship, dust and blinding sunlight. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"Unyielding, visceral , imaginative, and rendered with galvanic precision, the poems thunder along through gritty geographies of place and psyche, revealing the ruptures created by divides in both. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Like Pumpkin Guts, all at once visceral \u2014 and entirely vegan. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Vice is visceral , angry, almost sweaty in its polemic. \u2014 Nicholas Quah, Vulture , 7 June 2021",
"To be healthy, the tissues that make up the musculoskeletal, visceral , and neurovascular systems need the elasticity that movement provides, says Michele McGurk, a physical therapist at Danu in Brooklyn. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ , 6 May 2021",
"The drums shake like a game controller, somehow visceral , digital, and tangible all in one. \u2014 Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone , 19 Mar. 2021"
": one of various cartilaginous rods forming the skeletal frame of the branchial arches in rays and sharks and in the embryos of higher vertebrates":[]
": either of a pair of ganglia in most mollusks that may lie close to or be fused with the pleural ganglia or may lie much farther back and are connected with the pleural ganglia by pleurovisceral connectives":[]
": a severe form of leishmaniasis that is marked by fever, weight loss, progressive anemia, leukopenia , and enlargement of the spleen and liver, is caused by a parasitic protozoan (as Leishmania donovani ) which proliferates in macrophages of the liver, spleen, and bone marrow, and is typically fatal if untreated":[
"The disease's deadly form, visceral leishmaniasis , caused when the parasite takes up residence in the liver, spleen and bone marrow, kills about 40,000 people a year worldwide.",
": a loop that is formed in most mollusks by the visceral ganglia with their commissure and the pleurovisceral connectives and that gives off branches to the gill, osphradium, parts of the mantle, and various viscera"
": of, relating to, or constituting the body cavity of a cephalopod mollusk that is incompletely divided into an upper cavity containing the heart and a lower one containing the viscera"
"The microfiber fill has a viscoelastic effect to adjust to your movements during the night. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 11 June 2021",
"The interaction between the thread, mucin, and seawater creates a three-dimensional, viscoelastic network. \u2014 Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics , 18 Aug. 2018"
": a viscous golden-brown solution made by treating cellulose with caustic alkali solution and carbon disulfide and used in making rayon and films of regenerated cellulose":[],
"The look is from the spring 1998 collection: A rayon- viscose clingy black tank top (also in white) that comes with two flossy leather straps affixed with a modernist silver G buckle. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"This 40% Outlast viscose and 60% Tencel performance fabric aced our Lab tests with a notably perfect laundering score. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"Those looking to add some clothing to their wardrobe should consider these basic leggings, crafted out of a mix of viscose , nylon, and elastane. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 1 Mar. 2022",
"It's made from a lightweight, breathable viscose fabric that is soft against skin, has a lustrous finish, and elegantly drapes away from the body for a more flattering and relaxed fit. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 8 May 2022",
"Mother Tucker leggings are made of super comfy bamboo viscose fabric that\u2019s breathable while offering the benefits of compression. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Designed to be temperature-regulating, the ultra-cozy sheet set is made of 100 percent bamboo viscose . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Designed to keep you cool while you snooze, this Bedsure bed sheet set is made of viscose from bamboo. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
"There are also pulpwood plantations for viscose away from rainforests in places like South Africa and the Czech Republic. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The outer cover is made from a blend of viscose rayon and polyester for a soft feel, and the fill is kept in place with an inner mesh liner. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"The Phoebe pants, meanwhile, are a viscose wool-blend that strikes the perfect balance between stiff and flowing. \u2014 Alice Cary, Vogue , 28 Jan. 2022",
"But some of the major companies in the viscose supply chain have drawn criticism for contributing to the destruction of rainforest in southeast Asia. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Grown in a chemical-free environment, this bamboo viscose sheet set is odor-resistant, breathable, and silky to the touch. \u2014 Popular Science , 1 Dec. 2020",
"The company\u2019s woven viscose bamboo threads are similar to silk and cashmere, offering luxury while remaining earth-friendly. \u2014 Jean Chen Smith, Cincinnati.com , 13 May 2020",
"Super soft: The A blend of cotton and Outlast viscose fabric goes into the Slumber Cloud Stratus Sheet Set. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 26 Sep. 2018",
"Nautical pea and bomber jackets were cropped and buttoned, while cargo trousers fell perilously low on the hips, uniformly finished with a viscose denim trim. \u2014 Elizabeth Paton, New York Times , 8 Jan. 2018",
"Ms. Kozen warned that viscose rayon is often wrongly marketed as environmentally friendly because it is derived from bamboo. \u2014 Tatiana Schlossberg, New York Times , 24 May 2017"
": the mathematical ratio of the tangential frictional force per unit area to the velocity gradient perpendicular to the direction of flow of a liquid":[],
": the property of resistance to flow in any material with fluid properties":[
"\u2026 water has a small but measurable viscosity , or \"stickiness,\" which results from the weak mutual attraction of water molecules.",
"\u2014 Hans Christian von Baeyer"
],
": the quality or state of being viscous : a sticky or glutinous consistency":[]
},
"examples":[
"conducted an experiment to determine the viscosity of motor oil",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The researchers suggest salivary gland ionocytes probably regulate saliva pH and viscosity and secrete the growth factor that is crucial for salivary gland repair. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 21 June 2022",
"The formulas within the RHA family, which includes RHA 2, RHA 3, RHA 4, and Redensity, are numbered according to their density and viscosity , says Dr. Devgan. \u2014 Lauren Caruso, Allure , 16 June 2022",
"In the case of helium, however, sufficient cooling will create a superfluid, at which point its atoms will flow without losing energy to viscosity . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The startup\u2019s platform uses machine learning to monitor and adapt to how raw materials from different suppliers affect product quality, from varying impurities in steel to the level of viscosity in a surfactant, a key ingredient in shampoo. \u2014 Nick Carey, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 May 2022",
"Not all the synthetics here will be available in the viscosity recommended by your car's manufacturer. \u2014 Gary Witzenburg, Car and Driver , 5 May 2022",
"Artificially Maple Flavored Syrup, which was the same color and viscosity as Dawn dish liquid. \u2014 Hallie Lieberman, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s just like how a fluid equation has a viscosity term to capture the net effect of short-distance molecular collisions. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Just the pressure of his touch modeled the paint\u2019s viscosity , affecting how light reflected off the surface. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 19 Mar. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English viscosite , from Anglo-French viscosit\u00e9 , from Medieval Latin viscositat-, viscositas , from Late Latin viscosus viscous":""
": an arbitrary number assigned as a measure of the constancy of the viscosity of a lubricating oil with change of temperature with higher numbers indicating viscosities that change little with temperature":[]
"Those who read and love the book series know that the viscount and viscountess have three kids. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The show\u2019s second season centers on Lord Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey), a viscount and the eldest son of the Bridgerton family. \u2014 Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 Apr. 2022",
"One thing is for certain though: Jonathan Bailey, who plays Anthony, and Simone Ashley, who plays Kate Sharma, will officially be returning as the viscount and the new viscountess to head the Bridgerton household. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 2 Apr. 2022",
"At long last, the viscount has found his viscountess. \u2014 Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Much of the plot in season two revolved around Jonathan Bailey\u2019s character, Anthony Bridgerton, coming into his role as viscount and head of the household. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 31 Mar. 2022",
"This season observes the mating rites of Anthony (Jonathan Bailey), the eldest Bridgerton sibling and a viscount . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Her father's a viscount and her mother was a French opera dancer. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Luke Evans Plays Charles His Character: A wealthy playboy viscount who befriends Audrey and invites the Spitzes to join him on his uncle's yacht in Monaco for the weekend. \u2014 Andrea Reiher, refinery29.com , 3 June 2019"
"Middle English viscounte sheriff, viscount, from Anglo-French visquens, visconte , from Medieval Latin vicecomit-, vicecomes , from Late Latin vice- vice- + comit-, comes count \u2014 more at count":""
"viscous syrup that takes forever to pour from a narrow-neck bottle",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The condition is often called cardiac drift, where the heart needs to pump more quickly and forcefully to move viscous blood. \u2014 Jason Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 18 May 2017",
"The researchers still think that cryovolcanism is a good explanation since a viscous liquid or partially molten solid could spread slowly and form this sort of lumpy terrain. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 4 Apr. 2022",
"This version tastes like white peach and kiwi, with a viscous texture and crisp acidity. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Most dressings fit neatly into one of two categories: vinaigrettes, which tend to be higher in acidity and are pourable, and creamy dressings, which are fattier and often more viscous . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The medicine cabinet, crammed with baby aspirin, calamine lotion, and viscous bottles of rose-water-glycerine. \u2014 Longreads , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The shaking helps agitate the jelly inside and transform it into silky, slightly viscous magic. \u2014 Folu Akinkuotu, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 Apr. 2022",
"One thickener commonly used in Ukraine is styrofoam, which dissolves on contact with gasoline to create a viscous , syrupy concoction. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Cold Pressed Cucumber Avocado Smoothie Thick and viscous , like drinking gloopy green goddess dressing. \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 28 Feb. 2022"
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English viscouse , from Anglo-French viscos , from Late Latin viscosus full of birdlime, viscous, from Latin viscum mistletoe, birdlime; akin to Old High German w\u012bhsila cherry, Greek ixos mistletoe":""
": a visible person or thing : someone or something that can be seen or perceived":[
"He achieved important results in both these endeavors, which, being visible, have received ample notice as the visibles of history usually do \u2026",
"\u2014 Barbara W. Tuchman"
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"visible resources"
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": capable of being discovered or perceived : recognizable":[
"no visible means of support"
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"stars visible to the naked eye"
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"has played a highly visible role in the negotiations"
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"\u2014 used of radiation having a wavelength between about 400 nanometers and 700 nanometers"
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"The ship was not visible through the fog.",
"The ship was barely visible .",
"The patient showed no visible symptoms.",
"There was a visible change in his mood.",
"They played a highly visible role in the negotiations.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The most visible component of NRMN is its virtual mentoring network, which uses an internet interface, a database, and an algorithm to match interested students with candidate mentors pulled from a nationwide pool. \u2014 Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS , 24 Oct. 2017",
"The post is a highly visible one, thanks to the city\u2019s global reach, the high concentration of media outlets, and the presence of major financial and cultural institutions. \u2014 Matt Ford, The Atlantic , 16 Oct. 2017",
"Temples are the most visible LDS structures, though the Treasure Valley is dotted with the familiar meetinghouses. \u2014 Glenna Christensen, idahostatesman , 13 Oct. 2017",
"In front of Aladdin Cafe, 1021 Massachusetts St., a pool of blood was visible . \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 2 Oct. 2017",
"These pressures create perverse incentives for developing countries to pursue shallow but highly visible reforms \u2014 for example, the establishment of a nominally independent anti-corruption agency or the passage of anti-human trafficking legislation. \u2014 Mark Buntaine, Washington Post , 19 Sep. 2017",
"Very little filling should be visible ; the dough will shrink, and these gaps will widen as pie bakes. \u2014 Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit , 19 July 2017",
"Contractors looking for lumber to expand the Canadian railroad discovered visible silver in the loose rock. \u2014 Danielle Bochove, Bloomberg.com , 31 Oct. 2017",
"Here's an excerpt: But Trump's anger Monday was visible to those who interacted with him, and the mood in the corridors of the White House was one of weariness and fear of the unknown. \u2014 Callum Borchers, Washington Post , 31 Oct. 2017"
": a manifestation to the senses of something immaterial":[
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"\u2014 Edith Wharton"
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": the special sense by which the qualities of an object (such as color, luminosity, shape, and size) constituting its appearance are perceived through a process in which light rays entering the eye are transformed by the retina into electrical signals that are transmitted to the brain via the optic nerve":[],
"She had a clear vision of what she wanted to do.",
"He had a vision of Christ.",
"The idea came to me in a vision .",
"Verb",
"visioned her idea of the perfect meal",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Progressive\u2019s vision is to be their customers No. 1 choice and destination for auto and other insurance. \u2014 Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
"The results of these transformations have been powerful and have created true-to- vision replicas of characters. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"With its breezy saxophones, sinuous song structures, and lyrical nods to the power of love, metaphysics, and the erotic literature of Henry Miller, MAKANDA was a comprehensive rendering of Kwenders\u2019 musical vision . \u2014 Jonathan Zwickel, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"Li identifies three specific companies that exemplify Beijing\u2019s vision for its new economy. \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 23 June 2022",
"Despite six years of investigations, the United States still lacks certainty about what is causing the symptoms, which include headaches, vision problems, dizziness and brain fog, among other ailments. \u2014 John Hudson And Shane Harris, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"Attaining that vision may take several years, depending on how mainstream users respond to these new technologies. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"Janice remained committed to Ray\u2019s vision of establishing a state-of-the-art Aquatic Center at the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA where the Aquatic Director\u2019s Office was named in their honor in perpetuity through their personal philanthropy. \u2014 Michael Brunker, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"The cancer caused headaches, vision problems, incoherent speech and lack of mobility, forcing him to use a wheelchair, said his father, Allan Rosen, who lived with him. \u2014 Peggy Mccarthy, Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In 2019, under the guidance of Assembly Chair Felix Rivera, the Assembly hired Laurie Wolf to facilitate a series of three strategic visioning meetings to better define our goals for years 2019-2021. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 28 Mar. 2020",
"At 80, Larry Ginter, a longtime organizer who participated in November\u2019s visioning session, isn\u2019t old enough to remember the original New Deal. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 31 Jan. 2020",
"Nobody was more tunnel- visioned than Helton, who did not look up at the visitors. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Sep. 2019",
"But Korff won\u2019t hold off for the city\u2019s visioning effort to be completed. \u2014 John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Landscape architect Christine Wilson of Copley Wolff Design Group created a conceptual design for the pocket park using community input, including through a site visit and a visioning workshop with nearby residents in the fall of 2018. \u2014 John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Aug. 2019",
"The plan was born out of a 2008 community visioning exercise conducted by the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation. \u2014 Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com , 23 July 2019",
"Upcoming dates: July 16, Aug. 20 (open house/ visioning session), Sept 17, and Oct. 15. \u2014 Karen Huppertz, ajc , 21 June 2018",
"River Forest residents are invited to provide their input at a visioning workshop that will help shape the village\u2019s future with the creation of a comprehensive plan. \u2014 Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com , 10 Apr. 2018"
"according to Greek myth, Cassandra was a visionary who was endowed with the gift of inerrant prophecy but fated to never be believed",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Over the last two years, he's become a cultural icon through bold and visionary Vogue issues that have put civil rights activists, first-responders, and more people of color on the cover. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
"The report was developed under the visionary leadership of George A. Grier, the county\u2019s planning director at the time. \u2014 Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun , 5 June 2022",
"Jason Schoettler is co-founder and managing partner of Calibrate Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in visionary entrepreneurs. \u2014 Jason Schoettler, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Signing Ekitike, in fact, is seen as the sort of visionary transfer that could aid the club for the coming decade. \u2014 Manuel Veth, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"This is what the work of a visionary filmmaker looks like. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"This is what the work of a visionary filmmaker looks like. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 2 June 2022",
"Doing this requires excellent communication skills, which many visionary leaders lack. \u2014 Chastity Heyward, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"That was the visionary plan for the region\u2019s public transportation back in the 1940s: keep fares low and extend Boston\u2019s rapid transit system out to the suburbs by using high-speed electric trains on existing railroad right-of-ways. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Two inmates form a connection while grappling with their pasts in a state-of-the-art penitentiary run by a brilliant visionary who experiments on his subjects with mind-altering drugs. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 12 June 2022",
"Onoda was not a creative visionary who wanted to build an opera house in the Amazon. \u2014 Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"Every company needs a visionary to guide from the top. \u2014 Rebecca Zucker, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Story of design visionary Bruce Mau and his ever-optimistic push for massive change. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
"Two inmates form a connection while grappling with their pasts in a state-of-the-art penitentiary run by a brilliant visionary who experiments on his subjects with mind-altering drugs. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 27 May 2022",
"The arc of Montessori\u2019s rise shared the same co\u00f6rdinates as that of many a visionary . \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 3 Mar. 2022",
"For more than four decades, the celebrated visionary has directed, produced, and written a number of laugh-out-loud movies\u2014like Father of the Bride, The Parent Trap, and Something's Gotta Give\u2014that continue to be beloved. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 22 May 2022",
"Hall was a visionary , constantly generating new ideas for the sideshow and ways to keep it fresh from season to season. \u2014 David Hill, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for visionary Adjective imaginary , fanciful , visionary , fantastic , chimerical , quixotic mean unreal or unbelievable. imaginary applies to something which is fictitious and purely the product of one's imagination. an imaginary desert isle fanciful suggests the free play of the imagination. a teller of fanciful stories visionary stresses impracticality or incapability of realization. visionary schemes fantastic implies incredibility or strangeness beyond belief. a fantastic world inhabited by monsters chimerical combines the implication of visionary and fantastic . chimerical dreams of future progress quixotic implies a devotion to romantic or chivalrous ideals unrestrained by ordinary prudence and common sense. a quixotic crusade",
"Have you been here before, or is this your first visit ?",
"We had a nice visit after the meeting.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Loan applicants can visit the fund's website to set up a 30-minute call with Ebiara, and an application will follow if approved during the initial step. \u2014 Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"For more information, visit https://coastalrootsfarm.org/farm-film-music-series. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"An arborist will visit every tree in the public right of way and record the species, age and size of the tree. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Local women visit the property to hone their skills through training and workshops facilitated by Kuleshova. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"It was determined the Animal Protective League and health department visit the situation. \u2014 cleveland , 19 June 2022",
"Vehicles with license plates ending with an odd number can visit on odd days of the month Vehicles with license plates ending with an even number, including zero, can enter on even days of the month. \u2014 Bu Holly Yan And Raza Razek, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"Los Angeles gallery Blum & Poe, by then exclusively representing her, let people visit her first solo show with the gallery in March by appointment\u2014including Mr. Gagosian, who invited the artist to dinner at his house in Beverly Hills. \u2014 Kelly Crow, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Once the person threatening violence is identified, police officers visit the student\u2019s home. \u2014 Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"No pope has ever paid a visit to Moscow, and Francis has repeatedly criticized Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Landon Mion, Fox News , 4 July 2022",
"One morning last week, Lyakh paid a visit to an apartment building that was shelled overnight. \u2014 Francesca Ebel, ajc , 3 July 2022",
"One morning last week, Lyakh paid a visit to an apartment block that had been shelled overnight. \u2014 Francesca Ebel, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
"For more new restaurant openings and events, including what's opening on O'ahu, pay a visit to Frolic Hawai\u02bbi, the foodie segment of Honolulu Magazine. \u2014 Will Mcgough, CNN , 1 July 2022",
"That\u2019s why symptoms such as a headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or convulsions should prompt a visit to the doctor as soon as possible. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"In a culture shaped by the point-and-click entertainments of Twitter, TikTok and YouTube, many younger Americans might regard a visit to one of the nation\u2019s great historic houses as a stolid affair. \u2014 Danny Heitman, WSJ , 1 July 2022",
"Even if swimming isn\u2019t allowed, the pool is still worth a visit for the scenery alone. \u2014 Anna Mazurek, Chron , 30 June 2022",
"So was Seth Meyers, and the late-night host asked for an answer artist when MGK made a visit to Late Night the following evening. \u2014 Anna Chan, Billboard , 30 June 2022"
"This week\u2019s visitant voter is Post reader Frank Kelly of Denver who, like Keeler and Schubert, tapped the Oregon Ducks with his No. 1 overall selection. \u2014 Sean Keeler, The Denver Post , 23 Sep. 2019"
"The museum gets visitors from all over the world.",
"Visitors to the office must sign in at the desk.",
"There's a visitor waiting for you in the lobby.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For now, the strange visitor is a UAO \u2013 Unidentified Amarillo Object, according to a news release. \u2014 USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
"Young says one occasional visitor , who typically arrives barefoot with a small group of companions, is Richard Branson. \u2014 Murray Carpenter, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"But the weirdest visitor of all may have been Art Manteris. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"After some research, Prince found that visitor might have been the lion. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Guided, visitor -friendly trail-maintenance days happen most weeks throughout the summer in Big Bear Lake, and no experience is necessary to get involved. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 Mar. 2022",
"What if the visitor is elderly or infirm or just has bad balance? \u2014 Kris Frieswick, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
"A day ahead of Scholz's arrival at the White House, Biden's aides made clear their position, even if their incoming visitor has been opaque on the subject. \u2014 Kevin Liptak, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
"The most recent visitor to an early voting state was former Vice President Mike Pence, who earlier this month made his second trip this year to New Hampshire. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 28 Dec. 2021"
"a gorgeous vista of the mountains from the front window",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"No matter what natural wonders are around you, a great vista calls for a great drink. \u2014 Outside Online , 16 June 2022",
"The pair were both clad in camouflage and grinning in front of a mountain vista , hunting rifles slung over their shoulders. \u2014 Elliott D. Woods, Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2020",
"The film, too, is a slow, gradual accretion of detail that builds to a spectacular vista across the ridges and troughs, the spires and valleys of a lifelong, life-defining friendship. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Soaking in one of two 104 F infinity pools, drink in hand from either swim-up bar, visitors can look through the opening of birch, pine and fir trees to a panoramic fjord vista . \u2014 Maxime Tamsett, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Atop a vista overlooking the river and New Jersey, Donahue, 68, pointed out how precious the Water Gap is, given its location in the Northeast and how it was nearly lost. \u2014 Jason Nark, USA TODAY , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Beyond center field sits Mount Davis, the massive vista -obstructing seating structure that was built when Al Davis brought the Raiders back from Los Angeles \u2014 a monstrosity that might be the only stadium section visible from outer space. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"First up: This Cult Gaia bag, with a mix of hardware and bamboo that belong near an ocean vista . \u2014 Tiffany Dodson And Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 May 2022",
"The route starts with a 3,000-foot climb up to Hope Pass at 12,600 feet, which is the iconic high point of the Leadville 100 race and provides a beautiful vista . \u2014 Outside Online , 18 June 2021"
"She appreciates the visual arts such as painting and film.",
"Maps are a visual tool for learning.",
"Noun",
"Should I include some visuals in my presentation?",
"a film director known for his powerful visuals",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Harmonia Rosales is a contemporary Afro Cuban-American visual artist who reinterprets Renaissance masterworks with Black heroines. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"Murtaja ran a small news agency known for its drone footage and had worked with Ai Wei Wei, the Chinese visual artist, on a documentary about refugees. \u2014 Raf Sanchez, NBC News , 18 June 2022",
"Fortner was provided the photos by visual artist and creative director ChadMichael Morrisette, who owns the company Oh Mannequin! \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"Tell us about your sound \u2013 where does your style originate from and what have been your biggest visual , social, and sonic influences? \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 10 June 2022",
"Far from being a mere exercise in visual style, Minnelli\u2019s direction incarnates a wide-spanning philosophical world view and an ardent emotional intimacy. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 10 June 2022",
"That manages to capture the visual style of Sonic games, while also incorporating the various acrobatic elements into the environment. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The series\u2019 visual style lives up to its title character\u2019s imagination. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 7 June 2022",
"There's not much to go on in this very brief teaser, but if nothing else, Burton is sure to bring his distinctive visual style to the series. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the visual , Halsey makes a heart-swelling realization about her partner, Alev Aydin, who also directed the video for the track that was inspired by their love story. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
"The visual is heroic nonsense, sure, but it\u2019s also stirringly maximalist poetry, the kind of sincere triumphalism that feels absent from peer Hollywood blockbusters. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"In the visual , Heeseung appears in a space flooded with sunlight, surrounded by studio lights and amps while dressed in a simple black jacket, white shirt, and dangling earrings. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
"Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers and Tempe police supported deputies as law enforcement used a drone to get a visual of Rojas, who then began shooting at the drone, Gillett said. \u2014 Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic , 20 May 2022",
"This system has a spectacular visual of a star pulled into a teardrop shape as the black hole siphons mass and energy from it. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 7 May 2022",
"The visual was directed by Javier Blanco Chiocchio. \u2014 Jude Zhu, Billboard , 24 May 2022",
"The result is a striking visual of a person in a white shirt turned away from the camera while the shadows of leaves fall on them. \u2014 Vogue , 23 May 2022",
"Directed by Chris Maggio, the playful visual finds the duo peacefully soaring through the air like kites in their purple and yellow wizard robes while the local news and others are hot on their trail. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 16 May 2022"
"To perform this assessment, start by plotting potential solutions on a graph to visualize and rank how each of the solutions compares to one another. \u2014 Derek Bentley, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"To better visualize this, think about mobility, which is often beholden to the gas station grid. \u2014 Shailesh Manjrekar, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"To visualize just how much St. Jude outstrips its competitors: In 2020, U.S. News and World Report\u2019s ranked the nation\u2019s best children\u2019s cancer centers. \u2014 David Armstrong, ProPublica , 8 June 2022",
"To visualize Yellowstone\u2019s subsurface layer, scientists flew a helicopter over the park with an 80-foot-diameter, hexagonal electromagnetic ring dangling underneath. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022",
"Using publicly available mobility data, researchers mapped the disease vectors\u2014in essence, the limited movements of you and me during that period\u2014to visualize how people were moving about in a community. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 3 May 2022",
"The video takes advantage of the latest technology to visualize the chaos of modern times, fusing it with the dynamic elements of the music. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 22 Feb. 2022",
"To visualize Laczkovich\u2019s achievement, imagine a circle and square side by side on a page. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Within Box Canvas, customers can upload Box files into the Whiteboard and visualize the content the team is working on. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 3 May 2022"
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"examples":[
"These matters are vital to national defense.",
"The sciences are a vital part of the school curriculum.",
"your heart, lungs, and other vital organs",
"Exercise keeps her young and vital .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For all the benefits created by the groundbreaking civil rights legislation, which became the law of the land on June 23, 1972, the next chapter in the evolution of equity is vital , as well. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 June 2022",
"These cultural ties are vital , and placing a certain cultural food or diet as top tier is unnecessary and untrue. \u2014 SELF , 18 June 2022",
"Experts say helping small-scale growers weather the crisis will be vital to ward off a global food crisis, with some calling for a major rethink about social inequalities in farming and the sustainability of mineral and chemical-based fertilizers. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 17 June 2022",
"In a state and city with high suicide rates, this work is vital . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"While Green\u2019s success on the mound was vital on Friday, Tecumseh\u2019s three-run first inning set the tone. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 11 June 2022",
"Over the last several years as the business case around disability is being amplified, the role of the disabled entrepreneur is becoming more vital than ever. \u2014 Jonathan Kaufman, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The Tony ceremony\u2019s marketing function as a glitzy means of raising public awareness of what\u2019s onstage and visibility for shows that may be slumping at the box office has seldom been more vital than now. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Movement is more vital to our health and well-being than any other factor besides good nutrition. \u2014 Men's Health , 17 May 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vital essential , fundamental , vital , cardinal mean so important as to be indispensable. essential implies belonging to the very nature of a thing and therefore being incapable of removal without destroying the thing itself or its character. conflict is essential in drama fundamental applies to something that is a foundation without which an entire system or complex whole would collapse. fundamental principles of algebra vital suggests something that is necessary to a thing's continued existence or operation. cut off from vital supplies cardinal suggests something on which an outcome turns or depends. a cardinal rule in buying a home",
": the breathing capacity of the lungs expressed as the number of cubic inches or cubic centimeters of air that can be forcibly exhaled after a full inspiration":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But as our commitment to pluralism waned, that system broke down and that vital capacity eroded. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2021",
"The three best divers in the group had an average vital capacity of 7.9 liters, while the three worst averaged just 6.7 liters. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 27 Feb. 2020"
"The orchestral playing, led by Emmanuel\u2019s artistic director Ryan Turner, projected a similar vitality and cohesiveness. \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"The new hotel\u2019s spa will provide a host of relaxing amenities, including an 80-foot indoor swimming pool, sauna, vitality pool, relaxation room and a range of wellness treatments. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 19 May 2022",
"That level of churn is not unusual and is in line with the vitality curve model of former General Electric CEO Jack Welch, who referenced an organization\u2019s top 20% of performers, middle 70% and bottom 10% and how to go about managing each. \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Akron will use its grant, in partnership with Summit County Public Health and the Well Community Development Corporation, to expand its Full Term First Birthday Greater Akron infant vitality initiative. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland , 7 July 2021",
"To measure our energy levels, Pierre Casse proposed the concept of the vitality quotient (VQ). \u2014 Iryna Manukovska, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The actress, who is nominated for her role as Lady Macbeth in Sam Gold\u2019s staging of the play, infuses the character with intensity, urgency and vitality . \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"One of the most important ingredients is some Vitamin E to restore damaged skin and build vitality . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"These scenes are beautifully imagined, Musidora\u2019s foxy vitality melting into Mira\u2019s moody vibrance before our every eyes. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 June 2022"
"a hearty lunch and a long nap afterwards vitalized him again",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite the shortcomings, reimbursement programs remain common, says Matthew Daniel of Guild Education, a benefits management firm working with employers, like Walmart, to vitalize their educational offerings. \u2014 Levi Pulkkinen, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 June 2021",
"What vitalizes them is the friction of the characters\u2019 incongruent desires: on the one hand, to embrace the simplicity of someone else\u2019s authority; on the other, to assert their own authorship. \u2014 Sarah Resnick, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2020",
"Proponents say scrapping Article 370 addresses gender discrimination, since the law stipulates that Kashmiri women who marry people outside the region lose inherited property rights, and will vitalize the economy. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 5 Aug. 2019",
"Camel\u2019s milk is luminescent, as though lit from within, and salty as lassi and immediately vitalizing . \u2014 Vogue , 15 Dec. 2017",
"He\u2019s done so by vitalizing live performance in a place where, as Gartell tells it, musicians have been overshadowed by DJs since the dawn of disco, and cobbled until recently by strict restrictions on playing live music in bars and restaurants. \u2014 Judy Cantor-navas, Billboard , 13 June 2017"
"a hearty lunch and a long nap afterwards vitalized him again",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite the shortcomings, reimbursement programs remain common, says Matthew Daniel of Guild Education, a benefits management firm working with employers, like Walmart, to vitalize their educational offerings. \u2014 Levi Pulkkinen, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 June 2021",
"What vitalizes them is the friction of the characters\u2019 incongruent desires: on the one hand, to embrace the simplicity of someone else\u2019s authority; on the other, to assert their own authorship. \u2014 Sarah Resnick, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2020",
"Proponents say scrapping Article 370 addresses gender discrimination, since the law stipulates that Kashmiri women who marry people outside the region lose inherited property rights, and will vitalize the economy. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 5 Aug. 2019",
"Camel\u2019s milk is luminescent, as though lit from within, and salty as lassi and immediately vitalizing . \u2014 Vogue , 15 Dec. 2017",
"He\u2019s done so by vitalizing live performance in a place where, as Gartell tells it, musicians have been overshadowed by DJs since the dawn of disco, and cobbled until recently by strict restrictions on playing live music in bars and restaurants. \u2014 Judy Cantor-navas, Billboard , 13 June 2017"
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"examples":[
"These matters are vital to national defense.",
"The sciences are a vital part of the school curriculum.",
"your heart, lungs, and other vital organs",
"Exercise keeps her young and vital .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For all the benefits created by the groundbreaking civil rights legislation, which became the law of the land on June 23, 1972, the next chapter in the evolution of equity is vital , as well. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 June 2022",
"These cultural ties are vital , and placing a certain cultural food or diet as top tier is unnecessary and untrue. \u2014 SELF , 18 June 2022",
"Experts say helping small-scale growers weather the crisis will be vital to ward off a global food crisis, with some calling for a major rethink about social inequalities in farming and the sustainability of mineral and chemical-based fertilizers. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 17 June 2022",
"In a state and city with high suicide rates, this work is vital . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"While Green\u2019s success on the mound was vital on Friday, Tecumseh\u2019s three-run first inning set the tone. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 11 June 2022",
"Over the last several years as the business case around disability is being amplified, the role of the disabled entrepreneur is becoming more vital than ever. \u2014 Jonathan Kaufman, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The Tony ceremony\u2019s marketing function as a glitzy means of raising public awareness of what\u2019s onstage and visibility for shows that may be slumping at the box office has seldom been more vital than now. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Movement is more vital to our health and well-being than any other factor besides good nutrition. \u2014 Men's Health , 17 May 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vital essential , fundamental , vital , cardinal mean so important as to be indispensable. essential implies belonging to the very nature of a thing and therefore being incapable of removal without destroying the thing itself or its character. conflict is essential in drama fundamental applies to something that is a foundation without which an entire system or complex whole would collapse. fundamental principles of algebra vital suggests something that is necessary to a thing's continued existence or operation. cut off from vital supplies cardinal suggests something on which an outcome turns or depends. a cardinal rule in buying a home",
"Delving into its slippery ways, the blog showed the Sony malware cloaking itself within the vitals of the machine \u2026",
"\u2014 George Smith"
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"The nurse who came in most afternoons to check his vitals and most evenings to get him ready for the night \u2026",
"\u2014 Stephen King"
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"We take our drinks and pens to a table and slowly start getting to know each other. In fact, it takes all of 10 minutes to get his vitals in writing (surgeon, 33, Yale, lives uptown) \u2026",
"\u2014 Christine Fenno",
"Look past \u2026 Bryant McKinni's mind-boggling vitals (6'8\", 343) and focus on one number: 0. That's how many sacks he surrendered in his college career.",
"\u2014 ESPN The Magazine"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her vitals had been checked at 1 a.m., an hour after Hunter ended. \u2014 Chris Pomorski, The New Republic , 23 June 2022",
"The nurses give Raczkowski showers, check his blood pressure and vitals , and keep him company. \u2014 Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
"Blood pressure, weight, oxygen levels, activity and other vitals , as well as various practitioners\u2019 notes, must come together to provide a holistic view of the patient and their health, well-being and medical adherence. \u2014 Gideon Kimbrell, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The ring also includes a sleep analysis function that tracks the quality of sleep based on the vitals and time spent in each stage of sleep. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 May 2022",
"Vaught has taken criticism for her failure to catch the mistake at several points before Murphey was injected and for leaving Murphey in the care of scan technicians and not personally monitoring her vitals after giving the medication. \u2014 Mariah Timms, USA TODAY , 13 May 2022",
"This preloads navigation instructions and displays the car\u2019s location, security status and other vitals at the touch of a button when the owner is away from the vehicle. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 12 May 2022",
"My uric acid levels along with all other vitals were in the normal range. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 6 May 2022",
"Moments later, his father\u2019s eyes opened again, and EMTs eventually arrived and removed his shirt to check his vitals . \u2014 Grant Sharples, SPIN , 9 May 2022"
"The practical effect of this opinion is to vitiate risk pools as a method for small captive insurance companies to meet the risk distribution requirements for tax purposes. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"The conspiracy argument is an attempt to vitiate Eastman's attorney-client privilege defense. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Failure to do that can potentially vitiate or at least impair coverage. \u2014 Joshua Stein, Forbes , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The climate effects of such wanton deforestation will partially vitiate any environmental gains from the collapse in ground and air transport this spring. \u2014 Troy Vettese, The New Republic , 31 July 2020",
"They and Trump can be expected to argue that a party-line vote in the House should vitiate the stigma of impeachment. \u2014 Noah Feldman, The New York Review of Books , 19 Dec. 2019",
"By forbidding all comparison, this more expansive meaning is vitiated . \u2014 Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books , 7 Jan. 2020",
"If the legitimacy of his actions is deemed vitiated by a potentially corrupt intent to impede the investigation, then his communications facilitate a crime and are not privileged. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 17 Sep. 2019",
"Millennials have allied with Gen Z, and managed to vitiate the meme in the process by, basically, overdoing it. \u2014 Molly Roberts, The Denver Post , 7 Nov. 2019"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vitiate debase , vitiate , deprave , corrupt , debauch , pervert mean to cause deterioration or lowering in quality or character. debase implies a loss of position, worth, value, or dignity. commercialism has debased the holiday vitiate implies a destruction of purity, validity, or effectiveness by allowing entrance of a fault or defect. a foreign policy vitiated by partisanship deprave implies moral deterioration by evil thoughts or influences. the claim that society is depraved by pornography corrupt implies loss of soundness, purity, or integrity. the belief that bureaucratese corrupts the language debauch implies a debasing through sensual indulgence. the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew pervert implies a twisting or distorting from what is natural or normal. perverted the original goals of the institute",
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"political commentators spewing angry vitriol",
"Rumor has always played a role in politics, but rarely have the backstage operatives been so adroit, and so cynical, in their use of vitriol .",
"\u2014 Walter Shapiro",
"Cascades of multisyllabic vitriol engulf us as Conrad communicates his utter loathing of television \u2026",
"\u2014 Stanley Marcus"
],
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"examples":[
"His speech was full of political vitriol .",
"a film critic noted for the vitriol and sometimes outright cruelty of his pronouncements",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vitriol toward Hathaway seems to stem from the same source as vitriol toward Katherine Heigl and, to some degree, Jennifer Lawrence. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"Roice\u2019s lawyers, the post led to a wave of threats and vitriol from Baldwin\u2019s followers. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2022",
"The UConn administration did not deign to participate in the ensuing debate, despite the growing escalation and vitriol . \u2014 Aron Ravin, National Review , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Swensen fears the vitriol and harassment can dissuade the next generation of public servants from participating in local government. \u2014 Kim Boj\u00f3rquez, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The anger and vitriol directed at the teenagers was condemned around the world, and set off a new chapter in the Civil Rights movement. \u2014 Kayla Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 13 Jan. 2022",
"With all the vitriol and with all the hyperbole, there is a very strong impulse for people to live together. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 Jan. 2022",
"This year, another question arose: Would the anti-L.G.B.T.Q. vitriol that has surrounded Disney in recent months spill over to Gay Days? \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"The misogyny of fandom has produced toxic results before, and what is a woman \u2013 particularly one who may be the victim of emotional or physical abuse \u2013 supposed to take away from the vitriol this trial has unleashed? \u2014 Jill Filipovic, CNN , 17 May 2022"
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French vitriole , from Medieval Latin vitriolum , alteration of Late Latin vitreolum , neuter of vitreolus glassy, from Latin vitreus vitreous":""
": bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism":[
"political commentators spewing angry vitriol",
"Rumor has always played a role in politics, but rarely have the backstage operatives been so adroit, and so cynical, in their use of vitriol .",
"\u2014 Walter Shapiro",
"Cascades of multisyllabic vitriol engulf us as Conrad communicates his utter loathing of television \u2026",
"\u2014 Stanley Marcus"
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": oil of vitriol":[]
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"examples":[
"His speech was full of political vitriol .",
"a film critic noted for the vitriol and sometimes outright cruelty of his pronouncements",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vitriol toward Hathaway seems to stem from the same source as vitriol toward Katherine Heigl and, to some degree, Jennifer Lawrence. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"Roice\u2019s lawyers, the post led to a wave of threats and vitriol from Baldwin\u2019s followers. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2022",
"The UConn administration did not deign to participate in the ensuing debate, despite the growing escalation and vitriol . \u2014 Aron Ravin, National Review , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Swensen fears the vitriol and harassment can dissuade the next generation of public servants from participating in local government. \u2014 Kim Boj\u00f3rquez, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The anger and vitriol directed at the teenagers was condemned around the world, and set off a new chapter in the Civil Rights movement. \u2014 Kayla Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 13 Jan. 2022",
"With all the vitriol and with all the hyperbole, there is a very strong impulse for people to live together. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 Jan. 2022",
"This year, another question arose: Would the anti-L.G.B.T.Q. vitriol that has surrounded Disney in recent months spill over to Gay Days? \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"The misogyny of fandom has produced toxic results before, and what is a woman \u2013 particularly one who may be the victim of emotional or physical abuse \u2013 supposed to take away from the vitriol this trial has unleashed? \u2014 Jill Filipovic, CNN , 17 May 2022"
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French vitriole , from Medieval Latin vitriolum , alteration of Late Latin vitreolum , neuter of vitreolus glassy, from Latin vitreus vitreous":""
"\u2014 now chiefly used playfully to evoke the supposed language of cowboys The vendors sold souvenirs and knickknacks and all manner of local vittles . \u2014 Frank Deford \u2026 Taco Cabana of San Antonio makes sure its vittles are the freshest Tex-Mex north of the Rio Grande. \u2014 Richard S. Teitelbaum My mother turned an icy stare on her, leaving my father to try to make amends. \"All you kids have to stay for dinner. Leo and I'll rustle up some vittles .\" \" Vittles ?\" my mother asked with disdain. \"Food,\" my father said. \"In cowboy movies, they call it vittles .\" \"I abhor cowboy movies,\" she said, and returned to her room. \u2014 Pat Conroy"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Out the cabin window is a field, among many in the area, where the spring waterfowl migration stops for vittles . \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Apr. 2022",
"At Circle in the Square on Broadway, this was an immersive experience: the in-the-round audience was fed vittles and all. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The gory Spanish satire imagines a tower-esque prison where the incarcerated are fed via a platform filled with high-end vittles , and prisoners on lower levels have to eat the scraps from those above them. \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 10 Aug. 2021",
"There's a caterer's kitchen with its own entrance, and a dumbwaiter for the vittles and drinks. \u2014 Rohan Preston Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 11 Dec. 2020",
"But viral and bacterial genetic material didn\u2019t always track together, Brown said, hinting that some protists might have skipped the middleman and gone straight for the viral vittles . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu New York Times, Star Tribune , 24 Sep. 2020"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vituperate scold , upbraid , berate , rail , revile , vituperate mean to reproach angrily and abusively. scold implies rebuking in irritation or ill temper justly or unjustly. angrily scolding the children upbraid implies censuring on definite and usually justifiable grounds. upbraided her assistants for poor research berate suggests prolonged and often abusive scolding. berated continually by an overbearing boss rail ( at or against ) stresses an unrestrained berating. railed loudly at their insolence revile implies a scurrilous, abusive attack prompted by anger or hatred. an alleged killer reviled in the press vituperate suggests a violent reviling. was vituperated for betraying his friends",
"Voters are tired of all the vituperation in this campaign.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What had whipped these imperious creative artists into a frenzy of dismissive vituperation was, in fact, something that most people have strong ideas about, nobody can define, and virtually everyone (besides that trio) seems to want: good taste. \u2014 Daniel Mendelsohn, Town & Country , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Metaphorically likening Charlottesville to a rapist is a baseless vituperation against Charlottesville\u2019s character, even more outlandish when the mayor herself is the vituperator. \u2014 George Messenger, National Review , 30 Mar. 2021",
"Unflinchingly conservative, wildly partisan, bombastically self-promoting and larger than life, Limbaugh galvanized listeners for more than 30 years with his talent for vituperation and sarcasm. \u2014 Matt Sedensky, Star Tribune , 17 Feb. 2021",
"Unflinchingly conservative, wildly partisan, bombastically self-promoting, and larger than life, Mr. Limbaugh galvanized listeners for more than 30 years with his talent for vituperation and sarcasm. \u2014 Matt Sedensky, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 Feb. 2021",
"Americans rejected the radical vituperation proselytized on the fringes and chose the optimistic tradition of social justice associated with Pope John XXIII. \u2014 Rahm Emanuel, WSJ , 28 Dec. 2020",
"Four years later, in a contest marked by grotesque vituperation , Jefferson beat Adams. \u2014 Richard Brookhiser, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017",
"Mr Hapilon may have presumed that the army would flinch at the prospect of urban warfare, and that Mr Duterte\u2019s frequent vituperation of America meant that American forces would fail to support their Filipino allies. \u2014 The Economist , 17 Oct. 2017",
"Accordingly, Puerto Ricans experienced many of the same denigrating conditions familiar to African Americans: housing segregation, inferior schools, job discrimination, media vituperation and everyday violence. \u2014 Frances Negr\u00f3n-muntaner, The Root , 12 Oct. 2017"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vituperation abuse , vituperation , invective , obloquy , billingsgate mean vehemently expressed condemnation or disapproval. abuse , the most general term, usually implies the anger of the speaker and stresses the harshness of the language. scathing verbal abuse vituperation implies fluent and sustained abuse. a torrent of vituperation invective implies a comparable vehemence but suggests greater verbal and rhetorical skill and may apply to a public denunciation. blistering political invective obloquy suggests defamation and consequent shame and disgrace. subjected to obloquy and derision billingsgate implies practiced fluency and variety of profane or obscene abuse. directed a stream of billingsgate at the cabdriver",
": uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse":[]
},
"examples":[
"the type of provocative magazine article that is guaranteed to engender vituperative threats of subscription cancellations",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fewer panels with vituperative and partisan guests. \u2014 Andy Meek, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"His emails contained vile, vicious and vituperative language, which gushed from the decadence embedded in his heart. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Even so, Biden should be able to push through some measures that garner bipartisan support, such as another round of stimulus payments, an infrastructure bill, and a less vituperative trade policy. \u2014 Tom Keane, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Jan. 2021",
"One of Temur\u2019s texts, read aloud during cross-examination, stood out as especially vituperative , not to mention anatomically impossible. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Jan. 2021",
"Daphne vilified him, for this and other fumbles, in an increasingly vituperative tone. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 14 Dec. 2020",
"Kicking off a midcareer surge, Streep brings a thrilling, fierce originality to her vituperative fashion guru. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 8 Dec. 2020",
"The most notable thing about Cruz\u2019s bromide was not its vituperative tone, but the fact that it was directed at Dorsey and not the other two CEOs called to testify, Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai. \u2014 Gilad Edelman, Wired , 28 Oct. 2020",
"By definition, presidential campaigns are anxious affairs, often defined by vituperative rhetoric and high-volume antics. \u2014 Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post , 26 Oct. 2020"
"Historically, in nations where city economies are dying and where, as well, cities are drained in service to transactions of decline, one city remains vivacious longest: the capital city. \u2014 Jane Jacobs , Cities and the Wealth of Nations , (1984) 1985",
"You see, for years I have built my figure on the premise that \"fat people are jolly.\" I have eaten my way through: pleasant, cheery, sunny, smiling, gay, spirited, chipper, vivacious , sparkling, happy, and sportive and was well on my way to becoming hysterical. \u2014 Erma Bombeck , The Best of Bombeck , (1965) 1967",
"She could follow every word that the ramblers uttered. They were talking no secrets. They were merely indulging in the ordinary vivacious chat of relatives who have long been parted in person though not in soul. \u2014 Thomas Hardy , The Return of the Native , 1878",
"an outgoing, vivacious girl who became a successful sales rep",
"the poem is a vivacious expression of his love for her",
"Carnivores should take the opposite approach to steak, according to Simon Kim, owner of Cote, the vivacious Korean steak house with locations in Manhattan and Miami. \u2014 Adam Erace, Fortune , 28 May 2022",
"The Crown\u2014one that has introduced a whole new generation of fans to the tales of Queen Elizabeth's vivacious younger sister. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 20 May 2022",
"The third novel in her Fifth Avenue Rebels series follows vivacious Katherine Delafield, a young woman determined to soak up everything New York City has to offer, particularly its most scandalous options. \u2014 EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"Few people were better at it than top SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau, who, at 40, was blond, vivacious , and literally the poster girl for the marine park in Orlando, Florida, appearing on billboards around the city. \u2014 Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online , 30 July 2010",
"Morton brings a refreshing comic spryness to Lear, playing him not as a doddering old man but as a vivacious , scampering jokester who expects to be treated as the life of the party. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"Even when Nicholas arrives an hour late, already bored and a little drunk, Phyllis is too fine a hostess to let such gauche behavior depress her vivacious personality. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The house has honoured Joseph Krug\u2019s vision of creating a \u2018best champagne\u2019 every year since the mid 1800s, and this vivacious citrus-meets-nougat Cuv\u00e9e is no different. \u2014 Lela London, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Sitting with his mother on the front porch of their house, Efra\u00edn \u2014 on most days, a vivacious and funny child \u2014 was transported in his mind to a painful past of ridicule and casually cruel schoolyard taunts. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vivacious lively , animated , vivacious , sprightly , gay mean keenly alive and spirited. lively suggests briskness, alertness, or energy. a lively debate on the issues animated applies to what is spirited and active. an animated discussion of current events vivacious suggests an activeness of gesture and wit, often playful or alluring. a vivacious party host sprightly suggests lightness and spirited vigor of manner or wit. a tuneful, sprightly musical gay stresses complete freedom from care and overflowing spirits. the gay spirit of Paris in the 1920s",
"Lewis\u2019s respect and admiration for the Italians and their extraordinary vivacity in the face of adversity shimmers on the page. \u2014 Edward Chisholm, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"For all its power and weight, the wine unfolds with vivacity into a very long, minerally finish. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
"Where the Langham is intimate, The Newbury radiates vivacity . \u2014 Claire Messud, Travel + Leisure , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Australian photographers Prue Stent and Honey Long depict vivid, playful images of women wrapped in billowing cotton-candy fabric, tapping into the magic and vivacity of life. \u2014 Jacqui Palumbo, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Bring some vivacity to your nails by recreating this look created by nail artist Nataszija Moore. \u2014 Allure , 25 Feb. 2022",
"After all, expensive brunette is all about bringing vivacity to your hair color, so make the most of it. \u2014 Sara Miranda, Allure , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Treatments and hospital stays punctuate her experience of playdates, vacations and dorm-room hangouts over the years, with Smith\u2019s vivacity and tenacity encouraging her friends, family and doctors \u2014 and the audience, in turn. \u2014 Kimber Myers, Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Even Levinson\u2019s messages about love and goodness gain greater vivacity when applied to Rue\u2019s addiction. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Jan. 2022"
"The events in her testimony \u2014 explained in new and vivid detail for the first time publicly \u2014 are of potentially vital interest to both the committee and the Justice Department. \u2014 Nomaan Merchant, Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
"In four months of conflict characterized by indiscriminate violence, the strike was just the latest vivid and bloody example of Russia\u2019s willingness to target civilians at a nonmilitary site, with people going about their daily lives. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"My boyfriend, Dan, has a childhood memory that\u2019s as vivid and warm as the day it was formed. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 June 2022",
"And as a result, this very very vivid and rather striking shade of fuschia has become the season\u2019s norm. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
"At one point, Ren\u00e9 has a vivid and unsettling dream visitation from his ex-wife, who had starred in his earlier film version of Irma Vep. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 June 2022",
"This was Fellini\u2019s first color film, and vivid , sometimes lurid hues would mark his subsequent work. \u2014 Glenn Kenny, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"Bryant\u2019s vivid and extensive account, written with access to Henderson and his wife, Pamela, shines a light on this unique and charismatic legend. \u2014 Becky Meloan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"In the former, the poet evinces a sense of responsibility\u2014of closeness\u2014to other bodies that feels more real and vivid than all his fantasies about renegade youth. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 May 2022"
"Latin vividus , from vivere to live \u2014 more at quick entry 1":""
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vivid 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",
"Each of these observers was given a tic, motif, or symbolic compulsion to distinguish and vivify his or her narration. \u2014 Mark Greif, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"So many ideas, so little capital in a relative sense to vivify those ideas. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 9 May 2021",
"Their bodies are emphatically their own, no rightful concern of his, and their joy is vivifying . \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2020",
"This novel is a beautiful unfolding of characters and relationships that vivify nontraditional family, friendship, love, identity, boundaries, distance, responsibility and forgiveness. \u2014 Beth Py-lieberman, Smithsonian , 28 Nov. 2019",
"Every year around this time, a delectable wave of Brazilian music sweeps across the Bay Area, bringing a lush, vivifying surge of beauty to the fading days of summer. \u2014 Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News , 27 Aug. 2019",
"To the first point, the Sanders-Red Hen situation has unearthed (or perhaps vivified ) a growing sentiment in our society. \u2014 Aaron Blake, Washington Post , 25 June 2018",
"And at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, distant memories of the Revolutionary War will be vivified through displays of weapons, uniforms and handwritten letters. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 15 Sep. 2017",
"Long a cherished performer, at once down-to-earth and enigmatic, Boul\u00e9 has been choreographing her own work for the past few years, pieces that struggle to vivify esoteric ideas, sometimes graced by low-key humor. \u2014 Michelle Boul\u00e9, The New Yorker , 22 May 2017"
"Middle English vivifien to nourish, from Anglo-French vivifier to give life to, from Late Latin vivificare , from Latin vivificus enlivening, from vivus alive \u2014 more at quick entry 1":""
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vivify quicken , animate , enliven , vivify mean to make alive or lively. quicken stresses a sudden renewal of life or activity especially in something inert. the arrival of spring quickens the earth animate emphasizes the imparting of motion or vitality to what is or might be mechanical or artificial. happiness animated his conversation enliven suggests a stimulus that arouses from dullness or torpidity. enlivened her lectures with humorous anecdotes vivify implies a freshening or energizing through renewal of vitality. new blood needed to vivify the dying club",
": the development of vegetative shoots upon or among the reproductive organs of a plant (as in the proliferous flower clusters of some agaves or the growth of bulblets in the flower cluster of an onion)":[],
"Its members seek to avenge the natural world, to kill scientists who vivisect animals or breed germs for warfare. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Indeed, the characters use every conceivable swear word in English\u2014and a few in French\u2014to vivisect each other with almost Shakespearean invective (if Shakespeare had been drunk, Canadian, and a survivor of several concussive jet-ski accidents). \u2014 Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books , 24 July 2020",
"Ben Thompson, the founder of Stratechery, a website that vivisects Silicon Valley companies, has incisively described Amazon\u2019s master plan. \u2014 Franklin Foer, The Atlantic , 10 Oct. 2019",
"And quite possibly, no recent film better exemplifies these triumphs than Beyonc\u00e9's best documentary feature hopeful Homecoming, which vivisects the commitment required to be a modern-day pop legend. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Nov. 2019",
"Watchmen\u2018s cast is quite a bit more diverse than the comic book, which honored (and, to be clear, totally vivisected ) the white-dudes-plus-a-lady layout of most pre-millennial superteams. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 15 Oct. 2019",
"When Maza lodged his complaints about Crowder \u2014 whose actual offense, it should be noted, was occasionally vivisecting Maza\u2019s purported acts of journalism \u2014 the powers that be at YouTube did their best impersonation of Pontius Pilate. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 6 June 2019",
"Michael Shannon is the ruthless government agent who would like to vivisect the creature. \u2014 Robin Givhan, chicagotribune.com , 4 Mar. 2018",
"Yet every movement to which Murray ever belonged vivisected her in exactly those ways. \u2014 Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2017"
"In the register of his voice, the calm vivisection of British actions can mount by degrees into the more insistent tones of a man who has truth on his side. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"Other readers will hear in this vivisection of a dysfunctional family a Franzenesque attention to the great forces pulsing through American culture. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Only Charles\u2019s second wife, Camilla, whom Brown depicts as horse-y and unflappable, escapes royal vivisection . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The man\u2019s fate and the woman\u2019s are said to have been sealed by a secret ritual; vivisection is supposed to be the man\u2019s ultimate act of love toward her. \u2014 Emmanuel Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez Angulo, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"His early novel The Sea and Poison (1957; English translation, 1995) treats the medical vivisection of American prisoners of war and its psychological effects on a doctor involved and was made into a successful Japanese film in the mid 1980s. \u2014 M. D. Aeschliman, National Review , 12 Sep. 2021",
"Chiefs receiver Sammy Watkins beat Peters one-on-one to convert on third-and-9 as the Baltimore defensive front failed to put any pressure on Mahomes, who then finished his vivisection with a nifty shovel pass to Anthony Sherman for touchdown No. 2. \u2014 Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com , 29 Sep. 2020",
"After spending years performing comedic vivisection on the American political system with Veep, creator Armando Iannucci is back on HBO with Avenue 5. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 9 Jan. 2020",
"Her father had been a madman who practiced vivisection on human beings; the cruel scientist\u2019s mistress \u2014 and Harriet\u2019s mother \u2014 was a partly black Creole, who had inherited a taste for blood from the bite of a vampire bat. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 29 Oct. 2019"
"There might not be a bigger story in U.S. track than 100-meter dash vixen Sha\u2019Carri Richardson. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 22 June 2022",
"The lack of identification means the vixen could be anyone everyone. \u2014 Maria Poggi, Rolling Stone , 21 May 2022",
"The looks also reflect the stars' personal styles, with Megan's affinity for body-hugging garments and Dua's aesthetic as a hyper-feminine vixen . \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Later that day, the police tweeted an update that the vixen had been captured. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Another victim was Politico reporter Ximena Bustillo, who said the vixen nipped at her from behind. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Today, the Jennifer's Body actress debuted a sultry new look on Instagram that combined the best of her signature vixen style with the '70s-era penchant for earthy-toned floral velour furniture. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 Mar. 2022",
"World and Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion transforms into an American Horror Story vixen styled by Law Roach. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Biologists said a vixen named Tule, who was tending to at least two pups in the remote Caribou Wilderness of Lassen National Forest, was at particular risk from the raging Dixie fire. \u2014 Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times , 15 Nov. 2021"
