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"My ancestors came to America during the 1800s.",
"Her ancestors were great sea captains.",
"an ancient animal that was the ancestor of the modern horse",
"The museum included an exhibit showing ancestors of the modern computer.",
"several languages that are derived from a common ancestor",
"Latin is the ancestor of Italian and French.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There's also a celestial feel to her line, and this influence comes from her ancestor , the astronomer Tycho Brahe who discovered the constellation Cassiopeia, and so her collection is where diamonds collide with pearls. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Chickens may be the most populous bird on the planet while their ancestor , the red jungle fowl, persists only in a few limited habitats. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 May 2022",
"Picard, which is still releasing season 2 weekly on Paramount+, previously featured Spiner as Data, Data's human relative Altan Inigo Soong, and their ancestor , Dr. Adam Soong. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"What\u2019s interesting to note is that over a hundred years from this moment, James' ancestor , John Dutton III, will go to great lengths to prevent the Broken Rock Reservation from taking back any of this territory (like, not even a small part). \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Jonathan Burgess treasures the historic legacy of his 19th Century ancestor , Rufus Burgess, who gained freedom from slavery after coming to California in the late 1840s and built a prosperous life for his family in gold rush country. \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Marina Picasso and her son, Florian Picasso, who live in Geneva, hope to introduce their ancestor \u2014 one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and a pioneer of cubism \u2014 to the crypto trend sweeping the art world. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The sculpture depicts four Black American figures \u2014 a slave ancestor , a lynched Union soldier martyr, a struggling mother activist and a baby \u2014 stacked atop one another. \u2014 NBC News , 13 July 2021",
"There are around 13 other species of Galapagos Island tortoise \u2014 all of which descended from the same ancestor . \u2014 Sammy Westfall, Washington Post , 15 June 2022"
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"a person of unknown ancestry",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The findings suggest that using less lethal strategies to manage coyote populations will enable the red wolf genetic ancestry to persist, even though the species no longer exists in the wild, according to the study. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"An Eastern Gray Wolf is a mix of Siberian ancestry and coyote DNA. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 29 June 2022",
"The category of hate crime incidents where a victim was targeted because of their race, ethnicity or ancestry increased substantially between 2019 and 2020, with 8,052 single-bias incidents in 2020 compared to 3,954 the previous year. \u2014 Natasha Chen And Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"The direct-to-consumer DNA testing company enables consumers to test for ancestry and health risks through genetic information obtained from saliva samples. \u2014 Marcus Crowder, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2022",
"My Haitian family\u2019s ancestry is deeply rooted in fruit\u2014growing it, eating it, selling it\u2014and our story is one of agriculture. \u2014 Joseph Lamour, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2022",
"The controversy around Latimer\u2019s indigenous ancestry sparked criticism from the Canadian film industry, where generous subsidies are increasingly on offer to First Nations filmmakers amid an industry reckoning. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"Larry Fisher, chief sachem of the Mattakeeset Massachuset tribe leads a traditional song honoring the tribal land and ancestry at Titicut Indian Reservation in Bridgewater, Mass, Nov. 27, 2020. \u2014 WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Here, dancing feels not only freeing and joyful but deeply rooted in ancestry . \u2014 Julissa Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"moor",
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"set"
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]
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"Verb",
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"The ship anchored in the bay.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Tartine was a particularly appealing anchor tenant. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"Grandview Medical Center has signed a long-term lease to be the anchor tenant for a significant portion of the building for physician offices and hospital services. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 15 June 2022",
"The railroad is working on an agreement with Royal Caribbean for that cruise company to serve as the new dock\u2019s long-term anchor tenant, O\u2019Leary said. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022",
"Coincidentally, Jupiter's last day at morning news anchor at his current station, WSTM-TV in Syracuse, New York, also was Friday. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
"The facility will be owned and operated by Great Point Studios; Lionsgate, as the long-term anchor tenant, will receive naming rights to the studio. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"Last October, over 100 ships, including 70 container ships, were waiting at anchor or in drift zones to unload at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. \u2014 Steve Banker, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"The Hollywood studio is set to become the anchor tenant in a $125 million studio complex in Newark, New Jersey. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
"The salon also has a large overhead panel that opens to let fresh air in when the 65\u2019s at anchor . \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Huddleston will also anchor and produce a livestream-only show that will air weekdays. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 14 June 2022",
"With the seas churning with synergy after the Warner Bros./Discovery merger, Impractical Jokers stars Brian Quinn, James Murray, and Sal Vulcano will anchor a dare-ing shark education special. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
"Interviews with actors \u2014 like Rose McGowan and Jane Fonda \u2014 and several directors and screenwriters anchor these scholarly bits in more contemporary anecdotes. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
"Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace and Joy Reid will anchor the coverage on MSNBC. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"On Thursday, however, all three will anchor special primetime reports built around the Committee\u2019s presentation. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"Layered light and dark routines anchor the second half, including a monologue about decades of degradation and distrust, told in a stand-up comedy style, and a family melodrama that ends with smoldering bodies. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 21 May 2022",
"Following this month\u2019s celebration of Jackson Square, the village centers of Columbian Square, Bicknell Square, and Weymouth Landing will anchor monthly events from June through August. \u2014 Robert Knox, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"Two large touchscreen displays\u2014one front and center and another for the digital instrument cluster\u2014 anchor almost all of the car\u2019s controls. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 18 May 2022"
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"\u02c8a\u014b-k\u0259r"
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},
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"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a South American shrub ( Colletia cruciata ) with flattened branches and creamy-white flowers":[]
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": a point on an archer's face (such as the chin) against which the drawing hand is placed in order to stabilize the archer's aim before release of the arrow":[]
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"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1823, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"municipality in south central Alaska at the head of Cook Inlet population 291,826":[]
},
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"an area of safe anchorage",
"A heavy metal ring provides anchorage for the cable.",
"The ring serves as a secure anchorage .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The 65-foot-long and 65-foot-wide generator floats above the anchorage point, roughly 160 feet below the surface of the ocean. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 8 June 2022",
"At the foot of the hill were a dock and an anchorage where his extended clan moored their boats. \u2014 Charles Mcgrath, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
"The child seat anchorage fitting sleeves are incorrectly marked with a different symbol than the one described in the owner's manual. \u2014 USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Ever Forward container ship is being taken to an anchorage south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge after it was freed from mud outside the shipping channel off Pasadena, Maryland, where is has spent the past month aground. \u2014 Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The decision came amid an intensifying battle to relocate people living on the nearly 70 boats moored illegally in the waterway, which is technically a temporary anchorage , though many mariners have lived there for decades. \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Once refloated, the Ever Forward was weighed down again by water tanks to ensure safe passage under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on its way to an anchorage off Annapolis, The Baltimore Sun reported. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Once refloated, the Ever Forward was weighed down again by water tanks to ensure safe passage under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on its way to an anchorage off Annapolis, The Baltimore Sun reports. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Once refloated, the Ever Forward was weighed down again by water tanks to ensure safe passage under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on its way to an anchorage off Annapolis, The Baltimore Sun reported. \u2014 CBS News , 17 Apr. 2022"
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"\u02c8a\u014b-k\u0259-rij",
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"harbor",
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": a person who lives in seclusion usually for religious reasons":[]
},
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"many Christian saints were anchorites who removed themselves from the world to focus on their spirituality",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Perhaps our lives now more closely resemble ancient anchorites , religious recluses who lived alone in rooms adjoining churches, said Cathleen Kaveny, a Catholic theologian at Boston College. \u2014 Daniel Burke, CNN , 5 Apr. 2020",
"In other instances, anchorites became wise people to visit and from whom to seek council. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Sep. 2019",
"But there are certainly similarities between the anchorite and the handmaid. \u2014 Annie Sutherland, Quartzy , 13 June 2019"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English, from Medieval Latin anchorita , alteration of Late Latin anachoreta , from Late Greek anach\u014dr\u0113t\u0113s , from Greek anach\u014drein to withdraw, from ana- + ch\u014drein to make room, from ch\u014dros place":""
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"1655, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hills, who previously worked as a reporter, anchorman and speechwriter, is a lecturer in public policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. \u2014 Rusty Hills, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Tom, his glib wanna-be anchorman (a temptation to Holly Hunter's hardheaded producer), is both a perfect piece of casting, and a key into something essential about his art. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"In a 2021 lawsuit against Disney/ABC and Michael Corn, Crawford argues that in 2017, several prominent employees (including ABC anchorman George Stephanopoulos) learned of her allegations and failed to take proper action. \u2014 Robert Zafft, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Nestel\u2019s friend and former KENS-TV anchorman Jeff Goldblatt has helped promote Gotcha Covered since 2017. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Friend will play Guru Bob, a local ex- anchorman , who, after a trauma, rebrands himself as a mystic desert personality. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Letters postmarked Trenton, N.J., that later tested positive for anthrax were sent to the New York Post and NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Pick your analogy: The Yankees were flattened in the ring, fell from a skyscraper, booted from the anchorman chair. \u2014 Tyler Kepner, New York Times , 27 June 2021",
"In the scene, Mr. Beatty\u2019s character summons Howard Beale (Peter Finch), the unstable anchorman who has just had an on-air meltdown, into the corporate boardroom and draws the curtains. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2021"
],
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"1907, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8a\u014b-k\u0259r-\u02ccman"
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"noun"
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"1973, in the meaning defined above":""
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"plural noun"
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": a broadcaster (as on a new program) who introduces reports by other broadcasters and usually reads the news : an anchorman or anchorwoman":[]
},
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"the new anchorperson did an admirable job of dealing with the late-breaking news story",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the hurdles used to prolong her rise grow tedious and predictable, as if some unseen producer was prodding the anchorperson to fill dead air. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 22 Oct. 2020",
"The sunny blonde GNN anchorperson would tell you about how someone was the recipient of a random act of kindness. \u2014 Rita Wilson, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 Feb. 2010"
],
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"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8a\u014b-k\u0259r-\u02ccp\u0259r-s\u1d4an"
],
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"anchor",
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"noun"
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"elder",
"geriatric",
"golden-ager",
"old-timer",
"oldster",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
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": the bearer of an ensign":[],
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},
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"Adjective",
"The people in the village still observe the ancient customs of their ancestors.",
"a grove of ancient oak trees",
"The practice was more common in ancient times than it is now.",
"the gods of the ancient Romans",
"She studied both ancient and modern history."
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"1554, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"Middle English ancien , from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *anteanus , from Latin ante before \u2014 more at ante-":"Adjective and Noun",
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"\u02c8\u0101n(t)-sh\u0259nt",
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"\u02c8\u0101n-sh\u0259nt"
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"venerable"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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"anciently":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in ancient times : long ago":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In several of the poesie paintings, Titian cast the faces of his protagonists in shadow, obscuring our sense of their inner lives, making them at once more anciently remote and more humanly familiar. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Aug. 2021"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101n(t)-sh\u0259nt-l\u0113",
"\u02c8\u0101\u014b(k)-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071801",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"Ancylus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the type genus of Ancylidae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014bk\u0259\u0307l\u0259s",
"\u02c8ans\u0259l-",
"-k\u0113-"
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"New Latin, from Greek ankylos curved":""
},
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"1817, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164501"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or inherited from an ancestor":[
"ancestral estates"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"an-\u02c8se-str\u0259l"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And Indigenous communities \u2014 including the local Tongva, Acjachemen and Tataviam \u2014 are also calling for future return of their ancestral lands. \u2014 Gale Hollandstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"In the late 19th century, federal officials removed Native Americans from their ancestral lands, including from Yellowstone, the nation\u2019s first national park. \u2014 The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
"Our ancestral lands, as anyone who has read James Fennimore Cooper may be aware, are in the Northeast. \u2014 WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Inspired by travels in her ancestral homeland, the artist made semiabstract, mixed-media pictures of members of the Surma and Mursi tribes. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"The actor, host, and avid traveler has long been known for his love of the European nation, which also happens to be his ancestral homeland. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2022",
"Bradford represented his ancestral link to a family that traced its roots in New England to 1635. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"Tribal members keep ancestral villages of cedar plank houses, known as xonta in the Hupa language, along the Trinity River, visiting them for ceremonies and dances in which fishers are revered. \u2014 Elizabeth Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Homolovi State Park protects Hopi ancestral villages on the grasslands above the Little Colorado River. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 7 Dec. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172135"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": a cosmopolitan family of small thin-shelled conical pulmonate snails related to the Planorbidae \u2014 compare freshwater limpet":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"an\u02c8si-",
"a\u014b\u02c8kil\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Ancylus , type genus + -idae":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182948"
},
"ancohuma":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"mountain peak 20,958 feet (6388 meters) in western Bolivia; highest in the Illampu Massif":[]
"Meanwhile, Alice, Dana\u2019s ancestress , never becomes much more than a moral quandary: a stubborn victim who is unable to adapt. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2021",
"Yang Asha is the mythical ancestress of the Miao people, an ethnic minority in China closely related to the Hmong of Southeast Asia. \u2014 Keith Bradsher, New York Times , 26 Nov. 2020",
"His own mother, aged ninety, who remembered her aunt, had been able to share stories of their ancestress with the grandchildren who\u2019d had no idea, before now, what their background might be. \u2014 Susan Choi, Harper's magazine , 6 Jan. 2020",
"Enshrined at Kashikodokoro is the sun goddess Amaterasu, the mythological ancestress of Japan\u2019s emperors. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2019",
"Enshrined at Kashikodokoro is the sun goddess Amaterasu, the mythological ancestress of Japan's emperors. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Oct. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"1580, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184834"
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"ancillary":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": subordinate , subsidiary":[
"the main factory and its ancillary plants"
],
": auxiliary , supplementary":[
"the need for ancillary evidence",
"ancillary expenses",
"ancillary equipment"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8an(t)-s\u0259-\u02ccler-\u0113, especially British an-\u02c8sil-\u0259-r\u0113",
"The lockout rocked the NHL, but among the ancillary benefits has been the emergence of young players who apprenticed for an additional season in the minors \u2026 \u2014 Michael Farber , Sports Illustrated , 21 Nov. 2005",
"I am in love with a man who is in love with boats. As far as ancillary loves are concerned, I understand things could be worse. Sadly, I do not love boats. \u2014 Ann Patchett , Gourmet , May 2003",
"Traditionally museums have been built to house collections, and for ancillary functions such as storage, conservation, administration, and education. \u2014 Jayne Merkel , Wilson Quarterly , Winter 2002",
"Paleolithic hunters and gatherers obtained an abundance of complete protein, mostly from wild game; their vegetable foods were an ancillary protein source. This pattern prevailed until agriculture transformed it, shifting the human diet away from meat and toward plant food. \u2014 S. Boyd Eaton et al. , The Paleolithic Prescription , 1988",
"The company hopes to boost its sales by releasing ancillary products.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chertorivski will lead partnership negotiations relating to the development and production of original content for streaming, as well as all clearance and ancillary rights issues related to streaming. \u2014 M\u00f3nica Marie Zorrilla, Variety , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The Code Enforcement building will house up to 16 staff positions and ancillary services to support the division\u2019s operation. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022",
"One of the steering committee\u2019s goals in selecting a location for the jail is to keep it in close proximity to downtown, where the courthouse and other ancillary services will remain. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The latest Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue puts EasyJet at number nine among world airlines, in terms of ancillary revenue. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"After all, while film studios and entertainment companies have shown ever-increasing interest and gains in going green, the same consideration has not yet fully extended to ancillary events, such as film festivals. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
"But critics have contended that the website\u2019s ancillary practice of assigning a numerical rank to teams has fueled a primal instinct among too many youth hockey stakeholders to climb the rankings ladder in a never-ending game of one-upmanship. \u2014 David Andreatta, New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"And one of the ancillary pleasures of newsletter writing is that recipients feel free to respond. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
"Multimedia said that, cumulatively, the films have grossed hundreds of millions of dollars at the global box office and even more through ancillary channels. \u2014 Jon Burlingame, Variety , 9 May 2022"
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"see ancilla":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193542"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": ancestral":[]
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"(\u02c8)an\u00a6sestr\u0113\u0259l"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"by alteration":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1641, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200139"
},
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"type":[
"geographical name"
],
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"mountain peak 20,958 feet (6388 meters) in western Bolivia; highest in the Illampu Massif":[]
},
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"-\u02c8h\u00fc-",
"\u02cc\u00e4\u014b-k\u014d-\u02c8\u00fc-m\u00e4"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202900"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": a bracket, elbow, or console used as an architectural support (as for the cornice over a doorway) : crossette sense 1 , modillion":[],
": of or belonging to an early, middle, or late period of the Chavin civilization of Peru characterized by distinct pottery types":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014b\u02cck\u00e4n",
"-\u00e4n",
"(\u02c8)\u00e4\u014b\u00a6k\u022fn",
"\u02c8a\u014b\u02cck\u014dn"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin ancon , from Greek ank\u014dn elbow":"Noun",
"from Anc\u00f3n , near Lima, Peru, its type station":"Adjective"
},
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"1706, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1874, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205437"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral Sr 3 Ce 4 (CO 3 ) 7 (OH)\u00b73H 2 O consisting of hydrous basic carbonate of strontium and cerium":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ans\u0259\u02ccl\u012bt"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from Danish ankylit , from ankyl- + -it -ite":""
},
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"circa 1900, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211417"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an aid to achieving or mastering something difficult":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"an-\u02c8si-l\u0259"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each logical qubit gets encoded into three qubits, and ancilla qubits check to see if one of the phases has flipped. \u2014 Katie Mccormick, Quanta Magazine , 16 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, female servant":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220413"
},
"Ancona":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city and port on the Adriatic Sea in central Italy; capital of the region of Marche population 98,404":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"a\u014b-\u02c8k\u014d-n\u0259",
"an-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222625"
},
"Ancyloceras":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of ammonoids having a partly uncoiled shell and the aperture of the living chamber directed toward the coiled part":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccans\u0259\u02c8l\u00e4s\u0259r\u0259s"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from ankyl- + -ceras":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224757"
},
"ancon":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a bracket, elbow, or console used as an architectural support (as for the cornice over a doorway) : crossette sense 1 , modillion":[],
": of or belonging to an early, middle, or late period of the Chavin civilization of Peru characterized by distinct pottery types":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014b\u02cck\u00e4n",
"-\u00e4n",
"(\u02c8)\u00e4\u014b\u00a6k\u022fn",
"\u02c8a\u014b\u02cck\u014dn"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin ancon , from Greek ank\u014dn elbow":"Noun",
"from Anc\u00f3n , near Lima, Peru, its type station":"Adjective"
},
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"1706, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1874, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225419"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the custom of venerating deceased ancestors who are considered still a part of the family and whose spirits are believed to have the power to intervene in the affairs of the living":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The three-day holiday is moored in sacred rituals centered on ancestor worship , such as the jesa ceremony, which is believed to strengthen the bond between the living and the deceased. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Their ancestors, who were once patronizingly spoken of as animists, took up residence in hollows in the cliffs to preserve their way of life, replete with traditions of ancestor worship and a complex cosmology. \u2014 Howard W. French, The New York Review of Books , 14 May 2020",
"These range from visiting temples, attending pilgrimages and festivals, praying and offering incense, ancestor worship , and veneration of various celestial divinities. \u2014 Mario Poceski, The Conversation , 6 Aug. 2021",
"The holiday has deep links to South Korea\u2019s agricultural past and its custom of ancestor worship . \u2014 Jun Michael Park, New York Times , 2 Oct. 2020",
"Perhaps this year a different story will take hold, replacing ancestor worship with a more clear-eyed view of the past. \u2014 Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation , 4 Sep. 2020",
"The cosmology of spirits in Thailand \u2014 a Buddhist-majority nation with crosscurrents of Hinduism, Chinese ancestor worship , and animism \u2014 is vast. \u2014 Adam Dean, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2020",
"Due to its color, shape, and symbolic importance, many believe the dish symbolizes the earth, and it is often used as an offering on ancestor worship altars. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Jan. 2020",
"Those Jesuit scientist-adventurers reported to Rome that China was a brilliant civilisation whose traditions of ancestor worship and Confucian ethics were not pagan religious rites, but customs compatible with Christian monotheism. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Dec. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"1829, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003735"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of 12 sacred shields of the ancient Romans that were thought to guarantee the preservation of the city":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"an\u02c8s\u012bl\u0113",
"\u00e4\u014b\u02c8k\u0113\u02ccl\u0101"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, probably from ancidere to cut around, from an- (variant of ambi- around) + -cidere (from caedere to cut)":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1579, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010401"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": ancestral":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6an\u02ccse\u00a6st\u014dr\u0113\u0259l",
"-s\u0259\u0307\u00a6-",
"-\u022fr-",
"\u00a6aan-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1659, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011616"
},
"Ancodonta":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a division of Artiodactyla comprising the hippopotamuses and extinct related forms and with the Suina and certain extinct related forms forming the suborder Suiformes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca\u014bk\u014d\u02c8d\u00e4nt\u0259"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek ankos bend, hollow + New Latin -odonta":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1930, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022933"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": double-edged":[
"\u2014 used of flattened stems (as of certain grasses)"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)an\u00a6sip\u0259t\u1d4al"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin ancipit-, anceps two-headed, two-edged (from\u2014assumed\u2014 ambicipit-, ambiceps , from ambi- + -ceps , from caput head) + English -al or -ous":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1775, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023458"
},
"ancipitis usus":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of twofold use":[
"\u2014 used especially of an article (as coal) that can be utilized for commercial as well as belligerent purposes and hence raises the question of whether or not it is justifiable contraband of war"
": a genus of climbing shrubs (order Parietales) of the East Indies and Africa constituting a distinct family and having hooked branches and panicled flowers with 10 stamens and a single pistil that are followed by nutlike fruits":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccan\u02ccsi\u02c8str\u00e4kl\u0259d\u0259s"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek ankistron fishhook + klados branch; akin to Greek ankos glen":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064222"
},
"anchovy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a family (Engraulidae) of small fishes resembling herrings that includes several (such as Engraulis encrasicholus ) that are important food fishes used especially in appetizers, as a garnish, and for making sauces and relishes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8an-\u02ccch\u014d-v\u0113",
"an-\u02c8ch\u014d-v\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a salad topped with garlic and anchovies",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Add anchovy , then slowly add olive oil in a thin, steady stream. \u2014 Kathleen Squires, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Another projected that by 2100, oxygen loss and warming could halve the range of the West Coast anchovy \u2014a forage fish that helps support entire ecosystems. \u2014 Julia Rosen, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Don\u2019t be afraid of the anchovy ; rinsing and blotting the fillets tames the harshness. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Some of the fish stocks being overexploited include Japanese anchovy , Alaska pollock, and South American pilchard. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Lawson devotes one chapter to the unglamorous anchovy . \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2021",
"An ignominious conclusion for the anchovy lineage; a delicious conclusion for our Caesar salads. \u2014 CNN , 30 May 2020",
"In all these recipes, there were so many anchovies . \u2014 Kerry Elson, The New Yorker , 28 May 2020",
"Pissaladi\u00e8res are caramelized onion tarts with olives and anchovies . \u2014 Saveur , 15 May 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish anchova":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1582, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080912"
},
"anconoid":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": resembling an elbow":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014bk\u0259\u02ccn\u022fid"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin ancon + English -oid":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1801, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095813"
},
"ancyl-":{
"type":[],
"definitions":{
"\u2014 see ankyl-":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103438"
},
"anchoveta":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccan-ch\u014d-\u02c8ve-t\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Peruvian anchoveta is similar to sardines, but are not consumed directly by humans, while oil sardine is the staple food here (in south India). \u2014 Haritha John, Quartz India , 8 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish anchoveta , diminutive of anchova":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112808"
},
"ancestor cult":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a ritualistic system of veneration, honor, and propitiation of the spirits of dead ancestors for the purpose of avoiding evil consequences and securing good fortune":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115330"
},
"ancestrula":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the primary or first zooid of a bryozoan colony from which secondary individuals are formed by budding":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"an\u02c8sestr\u0259l\u0259",
"aan-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from English ancestor + New Latin -ula":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131825"
},
"ancodont":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an animal or fossil of the division Ancodonta":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccd\u00e4nt"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Ancodonta":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135854"
},
"ancon sheep":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cck\u00e4n-",
"\u02c8a\u014bk\u0259n-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin ancon ; from their short, crooked legs":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1811, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185312"
},
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"noun"
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"circa 1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1674, in the meaning defined above":""
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"New Latin ancon ; from their short, crooked legs":""
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"1811, in the meaning defined above":""
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"French ancr\u00e9 , from ancre anchor (from Latin ancora, anchora ) + -\u00e9 (from Latin -atus ate)":""
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"circa 1829, in the meaning defined above":""
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": ancr\u00e9e":[]
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"probably modification (influenced by anchor entry 1 ) of French ancr\u00e9":""
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"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He was deeply impressed by the Russian news Channel One protest by editor Marina Ovsyannikova, who held a handwritten sign behind an anchorwoman \u2019s head during a 9 p.m. broadcast. \u2014 Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Mar. 2022",
"This new episode revisits the mystery of Jodi Huisentruit, a young anchorwoman who vanished from her Iowa home in 1995. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
"An anchorwoman on Italian state television became too emotional to continue broadcasting reactions to his death and had to be replaced. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
"The Alamo City was also represented on the show with an appearance by KENS 5 anchorwoman Deborah Knapp in 2018 at the Witte Museum. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Sep. 2021",
"But hours later, a prominent anchorwoman on state television, Khadija Amin, tearfully told a Clubhouse chat room that the Taliban had suspended her, and other women employees, indefinitely. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Aug. 2021",
"Giovanna Pancheri, an anchorwoman on SkyTG24, one of Italy\u2019s leading news channels, celebrated the victory with a Tweet, in English. \u2014 Jason Horowitz, New York Times , 12 July 2021",
"Even after an initial American denial, an anchorwoman on Iranian state TV still repeated the announcement. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune , 2 May 2021",
"Even after an initial American denial, an anchorwoman on Iranian state TV still repeated the announcement. \u2014 Author: Jon Gambrell, Isabel Debre And Matthew Lee, Anchorage Daily News , 2 May 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-160052"
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"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
"1863, in the meaning defined above":""
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": ensign , standard , flag":[],
": the bearer of an ensign":[]
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"\u02c8\u0101n(t)-sh\u0259nt",
"\u02c8\u0101n-sh\u0259nt",
"\u02c8\u0101\u014b(k)-sh\u0259nt"
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"age-old",
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"antique",
"dateless",
"hoar",
"hoary",
"immemorial",
"old",
"venerable"
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"geriatric",
"golden-ager",
"old-timer",
"oldster",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
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"The practice was more common in ancient times than it is now.",
"the gods of the ancient Romans",
"She studied both ancient and modern history."
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"Middle English ancien , from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *anteanus , from Latin ante before \u2014 more at ante-":"Adjective and Noun",
"alteration of ensign":"Noun"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"1554, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the political and social system of France before the Revolution of 1789":[],
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"\u00e4\u207fs-ya\u207f-r\u0101-\u02c8zh\u0113m"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During the country\u2019s communist period, the government converted the forests to public ownership and kept them off global export markets, enshrining the forest management trends of an ancien regime . \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Nobody would describe the year 2021 in tones of halcyon optimism; the days of Medvedev and Obama now seem like an ancien regime of sorts. \u2014 Michael Kimmage, The New Republic , 26 Jan. 2021",
"What could be more agreeable than to read about illicit amours and political intrigues during the twilight of the ancien regime ? \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2020",
"Don\u2019t be surprised if this ends up as more of a sprucing up of the ancien regime than a full-blown revolution. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2019",
"An old man, a mandarin of the ancien regime , Mr Essebsi was an odd fit for the presidency of a young and newly-free country. \u2014 The Economist , 25 July 2019"
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"French, literally, old regime":""
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"1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"French noun phrase"
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": former nobility : old nobility : the French nobility especially of the ancien r\u00e9gime":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During the country\u2019s communist period, the government converted the forests to public ownership and kept them off global export markets, enshrining the forest management trends of an ancien regime . \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Nobody would describe the year 2021 in tones of halcyon optimism; the days of Medvedev and Obama now seem like an ancien regime of sorts. \u2014 Michael Kimmage, The New Republic , 26 Jan. 2021",
"What could be more agreeable than to read about illicit amours and political intrigues during the twilight of the ancien regime ? \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2020",
"Don\u2019t be surprised if this ends up as more of a sprucing up of the ancien regime than a full-blown revolution. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2019",
"An old man, a mandarin of the ancien regime , Mr Essebsi was an odd fit for the presidency of a young and newly-free country. \u2014 The Economist , 25 July 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-010338"
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"noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, alkanet, from Greek anchousa":""
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"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-010827"
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"alteration of Middle English anciente , from Middle French ancient\u00e9 , from ancien + -t\u00e9 -ty":""
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"1548, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
"1793, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": abutment sense 2c":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-050245"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a type of limestone quarried in Britain and sometimes used for building":[
"\u2026 a perfect Restoration house, built in 1685 of gray Ancaster stone now weathered to a gentle gold \u2026",
"\u2014 Elizabeth Lambert Ortiz , Gourmet , December 1982"
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"\u02c8an-\u02ccka-st\u0259r-",
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"from the village of Ancaster , Lincolnshire, England, near where it is quarried":""
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"1826, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-102925"
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"definitions":{
": any of eight spaces in balkline billiards seven inches square lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balkline in which object balls are treated as in balk":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-105852"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": ancr\u00e9e":[]
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"probably modification of French ancr\u00e9":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142538"
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"abbreviation"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-151933"
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"\u2014 see ankyl-":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-175428"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180734"
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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"definitions":{
": a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom":[],
": a reliable or principal support : mainstay":[
"a quarterback who has been the anchor of the team's offense"
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": something that serves to hold an object firmly":[
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": an object shaped like a ship's anchor":[],
": a broadcaster (as on a news program) who introduces reports by other broadcasters and usually reads the news : an anchorman or anchorwoman":[
"a TV news anchor"
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": the member of a team (such as a relay team) that competes last":[],
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": to secure firmly : fix":[
"anchor a post in concrete"
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": to act or serve as an anchor for":[
"\u2026 it is she who is anchoring the rebuilding campaign \u2026",
"\u2014 Gray D. Boone",
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": to become fixed":[]
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"\u02c8a\u014b-k\u0259r"
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"synonyms":[
"anchorperson",
"newscaster",
"newsreader"
],
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"catch",
"clamp",
"fasten",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"The ship dropped anchor in a secluded harbor.",
"He described his wife as the emotional anchor of his life.",
"a local bank that has been the financial anchor of the community",
"Verb",
"They anchored the ship in the bay.",
"The ship anchored in the bay.",
"a star quarterback who has anchored the team's offense for many years",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But what viewers at home may not realize is that the special was cooked up by MSNBC Deadline: White House anchor Nicolle Wallace while in line at a Chick-fil-A drive-through. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 July 2022",
"The vessel was previously used to survey the Colorado River, then was purchased by a marina, and finally sunk to become anchor , D.J. Jenner of Las Vegas Scuba told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
"The top icon is customizable to match his hobbies: Choose from a beer mug, an anchor , a hammer, and so many more options. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 12 June 2022",
"While sharing the news, King was approached by co- anchor , Nate Burleson, in the lobby of the CBS studios. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 7 June 2022",
"And then, not long after, she was offered a chance to be a news anchor , a rarity for a woman in the early 1960s. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"The chairs\u2019 square form and dark color anchor the room and separate it from the dining area without blocking the sightline between the spaces. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Among the characters Myers plays this time around is a CBC news anchor , a Russian oligarch, a rock & roll manager named Shep Gordon, a tech genius, a far-right radio host, and a conspiracy theorist. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Tartine was a particularly appealing anchor tenant. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Overshown is back to anchor the defense, while Ford is primed for a potential breakout in the middle. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 14 May 2022",
"As of late last week, 39 ships were waiting to anchor outside Los Angeles and Long Beach, compared with more than 100 earlier in the year. \u2014 Costas Paris, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"At 6-6 and 283 pounds, his size might actually work against him given his leverage issues and struggles to anchor on the interior. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"For the first six days, the Emden did not even have a place to anchor . \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Bean came back to anchor the Poway 4x400 relay team in 56.9, leading Poway to meet record to a 3:58.XX. \u2014 Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"All great actresses of a certain age should get to anchor as many starring vehicles as the indefatigable Isabelle Huppert. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Huddleston will also anchor and produce a livestream-only show that will air weekdays. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 14 June 2022",
"With the seas churning with synergy after the Warner Bros./Discovery merger, Impractical Jokers stars Brian Quinn, James Murray, and Sal Vulcano will anchor a dare-ing shark education special. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 14 June 2022"
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"Middle English ancre , from Old English ancor , from Latin anchora , from Greek ankyra ; akin to Old English anga hook \u2014 more at angle":"Noun and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
"New Latin Ancylostoma, a hookworm genus (earlier Agchylostoma, from Greek ank\u00fdlos \"bent, crooked, curved\" + -o- -o- + st\u00f3ma \"mouth\") + -iasis \u2014 more at angle entry 3 , stomach entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192211"
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"ancho":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a poblano chili pepper especially when mature and dried to a reddish black \u2014 compare poblano":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4n-ch\u014d"
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Aleppo pepper, an ancho -like crushed chile, can substitute for Turkish pepper. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"The ancho chile, rehydrated in a piloncillo syrup and filled with a semi-frozen chocolate mousse, is not to be missed. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 May 2022",
"Chopped scallions, shredded Jack cheese and sour cream, for topping Directions Tear ancho chiles into pieces, discarding seeds and stems. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Add the ancho chiles, chiles de arbol, garlic, walnuts, pistachios and pine nuts, and cook, stirring, until the garlic is lightly browned and the mixture is fragrant, about 5 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Place the ancho and chipotle chiles in a blender, along with 1\u20442 cup of their cooking liquid. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, Tanay Warerkar, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s no sacrificing flavor here with ancho , guajillo, pasilla and \u00e1rbol chiles marrying with the meaty mushrooms for a satisfying bite. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Dessert includes an ancho chile torte and horchata bread pudding. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 13 Sep. 2021",
"It\u2019s traditionally made with ancho and guajillo chiles, herbs, vinegar and garlic and supplies mild to moderate heat. \u2014 Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press , 20 June 2021"
": a shackle to secure a chain to the ring of an anchor : bending shackle":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-222609"
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"ancient history":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the history of ancient times":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her routine checkup from the day before was suddenly ancient history . \u2014 Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Nebraska\u2019s glory years in the mid-1990s seem like ancient history , and the move to the Big Ten hasn\u2019t exactly been beneficial. \u2014 Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The panel\u2019s task is to convince voters that the issues raised in the run-up to the riot and in its aftermath are not ancient history , but a clear and present danger to democracy and the rule of law. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"For next year's edition on the outskirts of Rome, European captain Henrik Stenson might use history \u2014 ancient history \u2014 for motivation, too. \u2014 Andrew Dampf, ajc , 30 May 2022",
"Based in London, Calum is also an irregular parent to Sophie, who lives in Glasgow with her mother \u2014 her parents\u2019 past relationship evidently ancient history . \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"Elections are usually about the future, and by the time the 2024 GOP primary rolls around, November 2020 will be ancient history . \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"These partnerships are vital steps in working together to create new knowledge about the region\u2019s ancient history and improve upon the exclusionary and racist perspectives of earlier researchers. \u2014 Michele R. Buzon, Quartz , 15 Apr. 2022",
"These laws lasted until the 1960s, not ancient history . \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021"
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"noun"
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"borrowed from New Latin, feminine of an alleged Greek form anchiste\u00f3s , probably erroneously for anchist\u00e9 \"related, next of kin,\" derivative of \u00e1nchistos \"nearest,\" superlative adjectival derivative of anch\u00ed \"near, close by,\" probably the locative of a root noun from the base of \u00e1nchein \"to squeeze, strangle,\" going back to Indo-European *h 2 em\u01f5h- \"narrow, constrict\"; genus so named for its close affinity with the genera Woodwardia and Doodia":""
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"noun"
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": a window or other opening that has been used 20 or more years without interruption and is therefore protected at common law against obstruction by an adjoining holder":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the father of Aeneas rescued by his son from the burning city of Troy":[]
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"a\u014b-"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": fisherman's bend":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": composed essentially of a single-mineral species":[]
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"borrowed from German anchi-monomineralisch , from Greek anch\u00ed \"near\" + mono- mono- + German Mineral mineral entry 1 + -isch -ish":""
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"1914, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": having minerals in practically eutectic proportions":[]
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"borrowed from German anchi-eutektisch , from Greek anch\u00ed \"near\" + German eutektisch eutectic entry 1":""
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"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": billboard entry 1":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a handspike with an ironshod wedge-shaped end used in prying (as an anchor into or out of its place)":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a grappling device to raise a grouser":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a protection of planks or sheathing on a ship's side to prevent the anchor from injuring the side":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-182537"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a wooden, concrete, or metal bar buried in the earth to hold a guy rope firmly":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1869, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
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"first_known_use":{
"1792, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-195244"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of South American climbing shrubs (family Violaceae) with white clustered flowers and thin capsules":[]
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"\u02ccanch\u0113-",
"-\u02c8\u0113t\u0113\u0259",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin, from Jos\u00e9 de Anchieta \u20201597 Spanish Jesuit missionary in Brazil + New Latin -ea , feminine of Latin -eus -eous":""
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"1848, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a projectile with grappling hooks attached used in the lifesaving service to fire into the rigging of wrecked vessels":[],
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"1858, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun"
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": the practice or mode of life of an anchorite":[]
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": a reinforcing piece of wood let into an anchor stock where worn":[],
": a chock or a wooden block used to hold a stowed anchor steady":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a crescent-shaped stone weapon once used in Brazil":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": having one or more processes like the fluke of an anchor":[]
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"-\u02ccr\u0101t",
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"anchor entry 1 + -ate":""
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"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
": having an underground connection to a larger tidal body (such as the sea) but no surface connection":[
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"Located on an island in The Abacos, the fauna in this seawater-flooded anchialine cave is among the richest and most diverse in the world.",
"\u2014 Seed , June/July 2006"
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"-l\u0259n",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek anch\u00edalos \"near the sea, sea-girt\" (from anch\u00ed \"near\" + -alos , derivative of h\u00e1ls \"sea\") + -ine entry 1":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1984, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-005711"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a hinge (as for heavy gates or doors) having the socket attached to or made with an anchor which is embedded in the masonry":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1844, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 T. O. Wedel"
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": something that provides a secure hold":[],
"municipality in south central Alaska at the head of Cook Inlet population 291,826":[]
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"\u02c8a\u014b-k\u0259-rij",
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"an area of safe anchorage",
"A heavy metal ring provides anchorage for the cable.",
"The ring serves as a secure anchorage .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The sunken vessel, \u2018Fujing 001\u2019, with a crew of 30, was at an anti-typhoon anchorage in waters near Yangjiang in Guangdong when its anchor chain snapped. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 4 July 2022",
"The 65-foot-long and 65-foot-wide generator floats above the anchorage point, roughly 160 feet below the surface of the ocean. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 8 June 2022",
"At the foot of the hill were a dock and an anchorage where his extended clan moored their boats. \u2014 Charles Mcgrath, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
"The child seat anchorage fitting sleeves are incorrectly marked with a different symbol than the one described in the owner's manual. \u2014 USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Ever Forward container ship is being taken to an anchorage south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge after it was freed from mud outside the shipping channel off Pasadena, Maryland, where is has spent the past month aground. \u2014 Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The decision came amid an intensifying battle to relocate people living on the nearly 70 boats moored illegally in the waterway, which is technically a temporary anchorage , though many mariners have lived there for decades. \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Once refloated, the Ever Forward was weighed down again by water tanks to ensure safe passage under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on its way to an anchorage off Annapolis, The Baltimore Sun reported. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Once refloated, the Ever Forward was weighed down again by water tanks to ensure safe passage under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on its way to an anchorage off Annapolis, The Baltimore Sun reports. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-013308"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the arrowhead part of an egg-and-dart molding":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-020316"
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": a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom":[],
": a reliable or principal support : mainstay":[
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": something that serves to hold an object firmly":[
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": the member of a team (such as a relay team) that competes last":[],
": a large business (such as a department store) that attracts customers and other businesses to a shopping center or mall":[],
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": to secure firmly : fix":[
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": to act or serve as an anchor for":[
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"\u2014 Gray D. Boone",
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": to become fixed":[]
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"Noun",
"The ship dropped anchor in a secluded harbor.",
"He described his wife as the emotional anchor of his life.",
"a local bank that has been the financial anchor of the community",
"Verb",
"They anchored the ship in the bay.",
"The ship anchored in the bay.",
"a star quarterback who has anchored the team's offense for many years",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But what viewers at home may not realize is that the special was cooked up by MSNBC Deadline: White House anchor Nicolle Wallace while in line at a Chick-fil-A drive-through. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 July 2022",
"The vessel was previously used to survey the Colorado River, then was purchased by a marina, and finally sunk to become anchor , D.J. Jenner of Las Vegas Scuba told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
"The top icon is customizable to match his hobbies: Choose from a beer mug, an anchor , a hammer, and so many more options. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 12 June 2022",
"While sharing the news, King was approached by co- anchor , Nate Burleson, in the lobby of the CBS studios. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 7 June 2022",
"And then, not long after, she was offered a chance to be a news anchor , a rarity for a woman in the early 1960s. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"The chairs\u2019 square form and dark color anchor the room and separate it from the dining area without blocking the sightline between the spaces. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Among the characters Myers plays this time around is a CBC news anchor , a Russian oligarch, a rock & roll manager named Shep Gordon, a tech genius, a far-right radio host, and a conspiracy theorist. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Tartine was a particularly appealing anchor tenant. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Overshown is back to anchor the defense, while Ford is primed for a potential breakout in the middle. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 14 May 2022",
"As of late last week, 39 ships were waiting to anchor outside Los Angeles and Long Beach, compared with more than 100 earlier in the year. \u2014 Costas Paris, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"At 6-6 and 283 pounds, his size might actually work against him given his leverage issues and struggles to anchor on the interior. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"For the first six days, the Emden did not even have a place to anchor . \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Bean came back to anchor the Poway 4x400 relay team in 56.9, leading Poway to meet record to a 3:58.XX. \u2014 Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"All great actresses of a certain age should get to anchor as many starring vehicles as the indefatigable Isabelle Huppert. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Huddleston will also anchor and produce a livestream-only show that will air weekdays. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 14 June 2022",
"With the seas churning with synergy after the Warner Bros./Discovery merger, Impractical Jokers stars Brian Quinn, James Murray, and Sal Vulcano will anchor a dare-ing shark education special. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 14 June 2022"
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"Middle English ancre , from Old English ancor , from Latin anchora , from Greek ankyra ; akin to Old English anga hook \u2014 more at angle":"Noun and Verb"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-021718"
},
"anchor drag":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": drag sense 3a(1)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-022300"
},
"anchor escapement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a clock escapement employing an anchor-shaped pallet piece which causes the escape wheel to recoil slightly upon the locking action of each arm of the anchor":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1798, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-023550"
},
"anchored":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom":[],
": a reliable or principal support : mainstay":[
"a quarterback who has been the anchor of the team's offense"
],
": something that serves to hold an object firmly":[
"a bolt-and-nut cable anchor"
],
": an object shaped like a ship's anchor":[],
": a broadcaster (as on a news program) who introduces reports by other broadcasters and usually reads the news : an anchorman or anchorwoman":[
"a TV news anchor"
],
": the member of a team (such as a relay team) that competes last":[],
": a large business (such as a department store) that attracts customers and other businesses to a shopping center or mall":[],
": a fixed object (such as a tree or a piton ) to which a climber's rope is secured":[],
": being anchored":[
"a ship at anchor"
],
": to hold in place in the water by an anchor":[
"anchor a ship"
],
": to secure firmly : fix":[
"anchor a post in concrete"
],
": to act or serve as an anchor for":[
"\u2026 it is she who is anchoring the rebuilding campaign \u2026",
"\u2014 Gray D. Boone",
"anchoring the evening news"
],
": to cast anchor":[],
": to become fixed":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014b-k\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchorperson",
"newscaster",
"newsreader"
],
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"catch",
"clamp",
"fasten",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The ship dropped anchor in a secluded harbor.",
"He described his wife as the emotional anchor of his life.",
"a local bank that has been the financial anchor of the community",
"Verb",
"They anchored the ship in the bay.",
"The ship anchored in the bay.",
"a star quarterback who has anchored the team's offense for many years",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But what viewers at home may not realize is that the special was cooked up by MSNBC Deadline: White House anchor Nicolle Wallace while in line at a Chick-fil-A drive-through. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 July 2022",
"The vessel was previously used to survey the Colorado River, then was purchased by a marina, and finally sunk to become anchor , D.J. Jenner of Las Vegas Scuba told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
"The top icon is customizable to match his hobbies: Choose from a beer mug, an anchor , a hammer, and so many more options. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 12 June 2022",
"While sharing the news, King was approached by co- anchor , Nate Burleson, in the lobby of the CBS studios. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 7 June 2022",
"And then, not long after, she was offered a chance to be a news anchor , a rarity for a woman in the early 1960s. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"The chairs\u2019 square form and dark color anchor the room and separate it from the dining area without blocking the sightline between the spaces. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Among the characters Myers plays this time around is a CBC news anchor , a Russian oligarch, a rock & roll manager named Shep Gordon, a tech genius, a far-right radio host, and a conspiracy theorist. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Tartine was a particularly appealing anchor tenant. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Overshown is back to anchor the defense, while Ford is primed for a potential breakout in the middle. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 14 May 2022",
"As of late last week, 39 ships were waiting to anchor outside Los Angeles and Long Beach, compared with more than 100 earlier in the year. \u2014 Costas Paris, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"At 6-6 and 283 pounds, his size might actually work against him given his leverage issues and struggles to anchor on the interior. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"For the first six days, the Emden did not even have a place to anchor . \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Bean came back to anchor the Poway 4x400 relay team in 56.9, leading Poway to meet record to a 3:58.XX. \u2014 Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"All great actresses of a certain age should get to anchor as many starring vehicles as the indefatigable Isabelle Huppert. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Huddleston will also anchor and produce a livestream-only show that will air weekdays. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 14 June 2022",
"With the seas churning with synergy after the Warner Bros./Discovery merger, Impractical Jokers stars Brian Quinn, James Murray, and Sal Vulcano will anchor a dare-ing shark education special. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 14 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ancre , from Old English ancor , from Latin anchora , from Greek ankyra ; akin to Old English anga hook \u2014 more at angle":"Noun and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-023637"
},
"anchoress":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a woman who is an anchorite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014b-k(\u0259-)r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ankeresse , from anker hermit, from Old English ancor , from Old Irish anchara , from Late Latin anachoreta":""
