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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Clare learns to love his chaos while renovating him into a nicer cad . \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 11 May 2022",
"Amid a flurry of explosions that sounded like gunfire, several black- cad youths in balaclavas are seen shooting fireworks out of a tube and hauling off filming equipment including several black cases and a boom mic. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Quaid is a charming cad , but Erskine is the real star, never letting Alice become an easy stereotype of the 20-something sad sack looking to have it all. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Herbert had a reputation as a patron of the arts and was something of a cad . \u2014 V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Scovel, too, is just right, a cad who is a reckless little boy. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2021",
"Tony Stark actually was a cad - 2021 would cancel his 2008 self - and Far From Home sanitizes his memory. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 10 June 2021",
"Even casually substituting a zinc- or cad -plated bolt or washer for an unplated one calls for, respectively, a 15 or 25 percent reduction in applied torque, because the plating acts as a lubricant. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 21 May 2021",
"In the film, which was directed by Elaine May with a screenplay by Neil Simon, Mr. Grodin played a cad who, while on his honeymoon, falls in love with another woman, played by Cybill Shepherd. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 May 2021"
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"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
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"rat",
"rat fink",
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"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
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"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
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"stinker",
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"toad",
"varmint",
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"medical students who train by using cadavers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of them was found overnight Friday during a search of the mobile home park with a cadaver dog. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
"During a lengthy surgery, doctors used part of Wiles\u2019 quadriceps tendon to repair the ACL, part of her hamstring to fix the medial collateral ligament and part of a cadaver \u2019s hamstring to address the lateral collateral ligament. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
"The search, which will involve more than 30 people, several boats and 10 cadaver dogs, was prompted by an Associated Press article published in February about Risling's disappearance. \u2014 Gillian Flaccus, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The cadaver lab, an event for Death Science, sold tickets, priced up to $500, to the public to view the autopsy. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Stranded on an island, a lonely Paul Dano finds a soulmate via Daniel Radcliffe\u2019s flatulent cadaver . \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Pelle said officials were organizing cadaver teams to search for the missing in the Superior area and in unincorporated Boulder County. \u2014 Fox News , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Pelle said officials were organizing cadaver teams to search for the missing in the Superior area and in unincorporated Boulder County. \u2014 Fox News , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Authorities excavated an area of the property where Hollendorfer's mother said her favorite horse had been buried \u2014 a spot marked by the cadaver dogs a decade earlier. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 11 Feb. 2022"
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"k\u0259-\u02c8dav-\u0259r",
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"remains",
"stiff"
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"noun"
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The presence of salt slows this fermentation process, promoting lactic acid bacteria that defeat pathogens and such foul-smelling toxins as cadaverine and putrescine. \u2014 Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Oct. 2021"
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"k\u0259-\u02c8da-v\u0259-\u02ccr\u0113n",
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"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
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"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine"
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"A tall, cadaverous man led us into the library.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Or the way that Morticia, voiced by Charlize Theron in the most musical of aristocratic purrs, doesn\u2019t just walk but glides around in her cadaverous skin-tight dress that drapes over the floor in trails that look like black silk octopus legs. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Slim to the point of cadaverous , intense, hawk-faced, almost totally bald, and sporting a bristling red mustache, Douri's devotion to Saddam was absolute and enforced with the loyalty and rigor of the fanatic. \u2014 Philip Terzian, Washington Examiner , 5 Nov. 2020",
"Though most people look less cartoonish up close the president somehow looks more so: the preposterous hair and the radioactive orange glow and the black overcoat and lumpy cadaverous face. \u2014 Ben H. Winters, Slate Magazine , 31 Jan. 2017",
"At first glance the shrunken, somewhat cadaverous man who stood before the court seemed like a startled rabbit. \u2014 National Geographic , 27 Apr. 2017",
"Keening choirs and cadaverous extras bear witness as Yuri (Max Irons) leaves the family farm and his childhood sweetheart, Natalka (Samantha Barks), to attend art school in Kiev. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 23 Feb. 2017",
"The noise attracted a cadaverous , grey denizen from the nearby marketing department, dragging a small bandwagon behind him. \u2014 Charlie Sorrel, WIRED , 3 Oct. 2008"
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"-\u02c8da-v\u0259r-\u0259s",
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"ashy",
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"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"paled",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"wan"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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"1653, in the meaning defined above":""
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"alteration of codbait":""
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": one who waits about for odd jobs":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our caddie was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and two weeks later was back on the job. \u2014 Alfred L. Malabre Jr., WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Her mother, Nicki, served as her caddie and her father, Steve, watched her final round closely just a few days after serving as tournament host for the PGA Tour Champions' American Family Insurance Championship. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Thorbjornsen and his caddie got out for 18 holes Monday, surrounded by a hometown welcoming committee. \u2014 Jayna Bardahl, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"For his service and its impact, Bessette will be inducted into the Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame on Monday in Hartford, alongside Wethersfield native Bruce Edwards, Tom Watson\u2019s long-time caddie , who will be inducted posthumously. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022",
"He is joined on the audiotape by Eddie Lowery, who was Ouimet\u2019s 10-year-old caddie . \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Blake, also a golfer for the Sooners, saw it all as his brother's caddie . \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 13 June 2022",
"Levin collapsed on the green in the peripheral vision of then-20-year-old caddie Dylan Gainer. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"During her time away from professional golf, Sorenstam has formed a favorite foursome that includes her husband and caddie , Mike McGee, and their two children, 11-year-old Will and 12-year-old Ava. \u2014 Rodd Baxley, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022"
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"circa 1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"French cadet military cadet":""
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"\u02c8ka-d\u0113"
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": a long-handled 2-wheeled cart (as for carrying upright a golf bag and clubs on a golf course)":[]
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"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1530, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1651, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"Middle English cadas cotton wool, from Anglo-French cadaz , from Old Occitan cadarz":"Noun"
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"Colombian crooner Maluma, who plays Kat\u2019s caddish fiance, Sarah Silverman and Michelle Buteau round out the cast. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Did Aretha\u2019s caddish first husband and manager, Ted White (played here by a terrific Marlon Wayans), really come storming out of the bedroom, grumbling about the lateness of the hour",
"Enter Laura\u2019s caddish Playboy father, Felix (Bill Murray), who reconnects with his daughter by taking her on an adventure to determine whether Dean is being unfaithful. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 31 Oct. 2020",
"Catherine turns the tables on her caddish suitor and bars him from her life. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Aug. 2020",
"Caroline and her husband Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst (Tom Wilkinson), fear for the legacy of their household if Peregrine's gambler brother (James Fleet) and caddish nephew (Adam James) get hold of their fortune after the Earl passes. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Apr. 2020",
"Boniface is both charming and caddish as the insouciant young man who learns not to mess with the devil. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Oct. 2019",
"Then Alice drops out of school, marries and flees to Tangier with her caddish new husband, John, to escape the traumatic memory, and perhaps Lucy as well. \u2014 Jennifer Reese, New York Times , 27 Mar. 2018",
"Josh Gad, the MVP of many a Disney movie, plays LeFou, the doting sidekick of the caddish Gaston (Luke Evans), the dopey pursuer of Belle\u2019s hand. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Orange County Register , 16 Mar. 2017"
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"1838, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8ka-dish"
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"1622, in the meaning defined above":""
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"probably alteration of obsolete codworm ; from the case or tube in which it lives":""
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": a coarse woolen quilt or covering":[],
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"1579, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"an antique tea caddy from the colonial period"
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"1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"1551, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115403",
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"noun combining form"
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": a small cosmopolitan black beetle ( Tenebroides mauritanicus ) destructive to stored grain":[]
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"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 David Vandegrift",
"To meet its cadence of a launch every other week, SpaceX must build at least two of these each month.",
"\u2014 Eric Berger",
"Then in the evening, it's off to the boxing gym or a sparring session for two to three more hours. In recent years, she's kept a cadence of two to four fights annually, her last being a loss for the WBC light middleweight world title in Poland in September.",
"\u2014 Deanna Cioppa"
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"the steady cadence of the drums"
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"Oars moved back and forth in smooth cadence .",
"He speaks with a soft Southern cadence .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stoppelman said the company is figuring out the cadence and best ways to host in-person events so workers can meet, collaborate and bond in real life. \u2014 Danielle Abril, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"And not every country has the same cadence and focus of cultural acceptance and government regulation around different technologies. \u2014 Jim Witham, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The screen also shows your data during your workout, including heart rate, speed, cadence and distance. \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Apr. 2022",
"But hearing those things announced in that familiar cadence and seriousness of an early-morning Oscar-nominee announcement adds an extra layer of joy. \u2014 Marc Hershon, Vulture , 9 Sep. 2021",
"The 2022 Vikings core will incorporate pre-snap deception and off-script tempo changes, already emphasizing cadence in OTA meeting rooms and on the field. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Health officials are also considering whether or not to decrease the cadence in which hospitals report data, such as collecting data only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, or collecting it once weekly. \u2014 Drew Armstrong, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"Byford lays out the case with the practiced cadence of a stump speech. \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"After being repeatedly delayed because of bad weather in the landing area, the mission was another successful effort for SpaceX and the first of what Axiom Space hopes will be a regular cadence of private citizens visiting the orbiting lab. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English, \"rhythm of prose or verse, rhetorical periods,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin cadentia \"rhythm in verse,\" noun derivative (formally feminine singular from neuter plural) of Latin cadent-, cadens, present participle of cadere \"to fall, sound rhythmically, end, terminate (of words or clauses)\" \u2014 more at chance entry 1":""
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"\u02c8k\u0101-d\u1d4an(t)s",
"\u02c8k\u0101-d\u1d4ans"
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"meter",
"rhythm"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112935",
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"noun"
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": a student at a police academy : a person who is in training to become a police officer":[
"During his swearing-in speech last August, the 54-year-old head cop pointed out that he still wears the same size uniform that he wore when he was a cadet at the Police Academy 34 years ago.",
"\u2014 Bernard C. Parks"
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": a younger brother or son":[],
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": youngest son":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He recently was awarded the George C. Marshall Award as the best ROTC cadet , was commissioned as a second lieutenant and will report to Fort Benning, Georgia. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 3 June 2022",
"Among the candidates was Mrs. Jessie Rainwater, of 4220 St. James pl., whose son, Miles Rainwater, is an aviation cadet at Cal-Aero, Ontario, and whose nephew, Jack Slaughter, is serving with the navy. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"The first Black cadet to graduate from the Coast Guard Academy. \u2014 Bernard Mcghee, ajc , 10 Dec. 2021",
"The first Black cadet to graduate from the Coast Guard Academy. \u2014 Bernard Mcghee, Chron , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The cadet was pronounced dead at 5:39 p.m. after having a medical episode during a physical exercise training, BCSO said in the release. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Paredes, 42, started his law enforcement career as a cadet with the El Monte Police Department and was sworn in as a full-time officer in the summer of 2000. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Paredes began his law enforcement career as a police cadet with the department and served in the police force for 22 years. \u2014 Fox News , 16 June 2022",
"Prince Edward previously trained as a cadet in the Royal Marines and worked as a theater and TV producer. \u2014 Cnn Staff, CNN , 2 June 2022"
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"borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Gascon (15th-century) capdet \"chief, captain\" (Old Occitan capdel ), going back to Vulgar Latin *capitellus \"leader,\" from Latin capit-, caput \"head\" + -ellus, diminutive suffix, originally from noun stems ending in -ul-, -r- and -n- \u2014 more at head entry 1":""
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"k\u0259-\u02c8det"
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": a yellow-brown poisonous salt CdS used especially in electronic parts, in photoelectric cells, and in medicine":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the case of The Scream, yellow cadmium sulfide in the sunset has broken down into two white chemicals, cadmium sulfate and cadmium carbonate. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Feb. 2020",
"Over time, with exposure, the yellow cadmium sulfide has oxidized into two white chemical compounds, cadmium sulfate and cadmium carbonate. \u2014 Sophie Haigney, New York Times , 7 Feb. 2020",
"Evidence now shows radioactive material, not just zinc cadmium sulfide , was part of that spraying, Martino-Taylor said. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Oct. 2017",
"Her book, published in August, was a follow-up to her 2012 dissertation, which found that the government conducted secret testing of zinc cadmium sulfide in a poor area of St. Louis in the 1950s and 1960s. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Oct. 2017"
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"\u2026 after many years of development, cadmium telluride \u2026 modules have become the lowest-cost producer of solar electricity, despite working at lower efficiency than crystalline silicon cells.",
"\u2014 Ken Zweibel"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It is combined with cadmium to make cadmium telluride , which is then used to make panels that are more efficient than selenium solar panels. \u2014 Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"On a recent afternoon at the Ohio factory, an endless line of glass panels traveled through machines that deposited layers of cadmium telluride and other materials. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Sep. 2021",
"The core of a quantum dot is typically composed of a heavy metal, such as cadmium selenium or cadmium telluride , although more recently quantum dots made from other materials are also possible. \u2014 Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
"The company uses a different semiconductor compound called cadmium telluride , applying it to glass panels in an ultrathin layer using a method developed by McMaster and his university colleagues. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Thin is in The researchers focused on thin-film technology, which is dominated by two materials: cadmium telluride (often called cadtel) and CIGS, or copper indium gallium selenide. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 2 May 2018",
"This has resulted in large price increases in recent years as demand has soared for both thermoelectric and CdTe solar [ cadmium telluride photovoltaic solar cells\u2014the second most common ones on the market]. \u2014 Kristen A. Schmitt, Smithsonian , 10 Apr. 2017"
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"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
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": cadmium lithopone":[]
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"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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"New Latin cadmium + -o- + -pone (as in lithopone )":""
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"\u02c8kadm\u0259\u02ccp\u014dn"
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"\u2014 H. M. McLuhan"
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"claims that the problem will never be solved within the existing cadre of the state bureaucracy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That changed on Friday with the debut of Angel City FC, the team backed by Natalie Portman, Eva Longoria, and a cadre of professional athletes. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
"ABC News reported that Eastman and a cadre of Trump allies visited Republican leader of the Wisconsin Assembly Robin Vos in March in an effort to convince him to nullify Biden\u2019s victory in the state and reclaim the state\u2019s electors. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Their legacies endure, though, in smaller companies launched by their alumni, outposts of larger companies based elsewhere, and a cadre of seasoned technology executives who cut their teeth in a bustling Portland startup scene. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Manager Buck Showalter led the charge, followed by on-deck batter Pete Alonso and a cadre of Mets disgusted they\u2019d been hit four times in the first two games of this season against the Washington Nationals. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Current and former staffers, as well as a cadre of informal advisors, say the vice president is looking to adjust her strategy, not take drastic action. \u2014 Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
"To commemorate his return, the sisters of Haim, as well as a cadre of backup singers and dancers, high-kicked their way onto the stage. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
"To be fair, the sequel, which sees the hero put in charge of a cadre of young pilots assigned a dangerous mission against a conveniently anonymous enemy, began production four years ago and was originally scheduled for a July 2019 premiere. \u2014 Ty Burr, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Brown was one of a cadre of top newswomen who commented for ABC during the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton in 2011. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"1763, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
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"French, from Italian quadro , from Latin quadrum square \u2014 more at quarrel":""
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"\u02c8k\u0101-",
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"especially British \u02c8k\u00e4-d\u0259",
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"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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": relating to or transferred by escheat, lapse, or forfeiture":[]
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"1757, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin caducarius , from caducus caducous + -arius -ary":""
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"k\u0259\u02c8d(y)\u00fck\u0259r\u0113"
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"1655, in the meaning defined above":""
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"caduceus + -an":""
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"-\u00fcsh\u0259n",
"k\u0259\u02c8d(y)\u00fcs\u0113\u0259n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113521",
"type":[
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": a medical insignia bearing a representation of a staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top:":[],
": one sometimes used to symbolize a physician but often considered to be an erroneous representation \u2014 compare staff of asclepius":[],
": the emblem of a medical corps or a department of the armed services (as of the United States Army)":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The caduceus is the magic wand carried by Hermes, who the Romans knew as Mercury, the messenger of the gods. \u2014 Kyle Roderick, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The caduceus of the RAF Medics is a brilliant shape\u2014and an international symbol for medicine everywhere. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Union officials said that removing the caduceus \u2014 the traditional symbol of medicine featuring two serpents wrapped around a staff \u2014 from the uniforms lapel and making name patches optional will only further erode public trust. \u2014 Libor Jany, Star Tribune , 7 July 2021",
"Or, try Cameron's other outfit featuring a caduceus T-shirt and suspenders. \u2014 Tierney Mcafee, Country Living , 14 July 2020",
"Or, try Cameron's other outfit featuring a caduceus T-shirt and suspenders. \u2014 Tierney Mcafee, Country Living , 14 July 2020",
"Or, try Cameron's other outfit featuring a caduceus T-shirt and suspenders. \u2014 Tierney Mcafee, Country Living , 14 July 2020",
"Or, try Cameron's other outfit featuring a caduceus T-shirt and suspenders. \u2014 Tierney Mcafee, Country Living , 14 July 2020",
"Or, try Cameron's other outfit featuring a caduceus T-shirt and suspenders. \u2014 Tierney Mcafee, Country Living , 14 July 2020"
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"1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Latin, modification of Greek karykeion , from karyx, k\u0113ryx herald; akin to Sanskrit k\u0101ru singer":""
"modification (influenced by English fiduciary ) of Latin caducarius":""
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"-\u00fcsh\u0259r\u0113",
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": of or relating to the Caducibranchiata":[]
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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"New Latin Caducibranchiata":""
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"k\u0259\u02c8d(y)\u00fcs\u0259\u02ccbra\u014bk"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"-\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
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"forgetting the name of an old friend was another painful reminder of her progressive caducity"
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"probably borrowed from French caducit\u00e9 \"dilapidation, senility,\" going back to Middle French, from caduc \"on the verge of collapsing, dilapidated\" (borrowed from Latin cad\u016bcus \"on the verge of collapsing, unsteady, transitory\") + -it\u00e9 -ity \u2014 more at caducous":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1717, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003837"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"In addition to our weekly cadence , we take a step back once a quarter to think about our platform a little more strategically.",
"\u2014 David Vandegrift",
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"\u2014 Eric Berger",
"Then in the evening, it's off to the boxing gym or a sparring session for two to three more hours. In recent years, she's kept a cadence of two to four fights annually, her last being a loss for the WBC light middleweight world title in Poland in September.",
"\u2014 Deanna Cioppa"
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"the steady cadence of the drums",
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"He speaks with a soft Southern cadence .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stoppelman said the company is figuring out the cadence and best ways to host in-person events so workers can meet, collaborate and bond in real life. \u2014 Danielle Abril, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"And not every country has the same cadence and focus of cultural acceptance and government regulation around different technologies. \u2014 Jim Witham, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The screen also shows your data during your workout, including heart rate, speed, cadence and distance. \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Apr. 2022",
"But hearing those things announced in that familiar cadence and seriousness of an early-morning Oscar-nominee announcement adds an extra layer of joy. \u2014 Marc Hershon, Vulture , 9 Sep. 2021",
"The 2022 Vikings core will incorporate pre-snap deception and off-script tempo changes, already emphasizing cadence in OTA meeting rooms and on the field. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Health officials are also considering whether or not to decrease the cadence in which hospitals report data, such as collecting data only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, or collecting it once weekly. \u2014 Drew Armstrong, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"Byford lays out the case with the practiced cadence of a stump speech. \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"After being repeatedly delayed because of bad weather in the landing area, the mission was another successful effort for SpaceX and the first of what Axiom Space hopes will be a regular cadence of private citizens visiting the orbiting lab. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English, \"rhythm of prose or verse, rhetorical periods,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin cadentia \"rhythm in verse,\" noun derivative (formally feminine singular from neuter plural) of Latin cadent-, cadens, present participle of cadere \"to fall, sound rhythmically, end, terminate (of words or clauses)\" \u2014 more at chance entry 1":""
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"k\u0259-\u02c8d\u00fc-k\u0259s",
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"Latin cad\u016bcus \"on the verge of collapsing, ready to fall (of fruit), transitory\" (from cadere \"to fall\" + -\u016bcus \"performing the action [of the verb specified]\") + -ous \u2014 more at chance entry 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142107"
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"type":[
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"the song's cadent repetitions quickly became mesmerizing"
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"borrowed from Latin cadent-, cadens, present participle of cadere \"to fall\" \u2014 more at chance entry 1":""
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"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234903"
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": an exceptionally brilliant part of an artistic and especially a literary work":[]
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"k\u0259-\u02c8den-z\u0259"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As for Williams, he was charged with the daunting task of composing a cadenza to play over the opening credits for the violinist Isaac Stern, who would perform the music for the onscreen fiddler. \u2014 Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"The cadenza in the first movement was arrestingly rhapsodic, and the second movement was gorgeously shaped and juicy with portamento. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The Larghetto, for instance, was a marvel of technical and emotional craftsmanship, and by dipping so low in the Allegro, Tetzlaff left ample room for contrast and beautifully set up a fresh cadenza with timpani. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Kenny\u2014instead of improvising a brief cadenza , as Gardiner had intended\u2014held a single note for ten minutes, with a technique known as circular breathing (in effect, breathing in through the nose while blowing the sax), and got a standing ovation. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Extraneous noise \u2014 a drawback of outdoor performances \u2014 intruded upon the piano cadenza in the first movement. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Her cadenza toward the close of the first movement was a feat of control and abandon, a stunning balance of the explosive and expressive \u2014 especially its soft landing. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Gratifyingly, the soloists turned this into an unusually rich dialogue while also finding so much common ground in the first movement cadenza that some in the audience burst into spontaneous applause. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Sep. 2021",
"One of those lessons was about the very first note of the violin \u2014 a wide open G that cracks open like first light before soaring into a cresting cadenza . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Sep. 2021"
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"borrowed from Italian, probably borrowed from Medieval Latin cadentia \"rhythm in verse, cadence\" \u2014 more at cadence":""
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"1783, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": a mineral Al(OH) 2 Cl.4H 2 O consisting of a hydrous basic aluminum chloride":[]
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"Charles B.M. Cadwalader , born 1885 American mineralogist + English -ite":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The plan\u2019s goal included eliminating harmful materials from baby foods by April 2022, inorganic arsenic by April 2024 and cadmium and mercury after April 2024. \u2014 Ahjan\u00e9 Forbes, Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022",
"Coal ash is toxic, containing pollutants including mercury, cadmium , and arsenic that can pollute rivers and poison drinking water. \u2014 Ella Nilsen, CNN , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The Always Pan and Perfect Pot both have exclusive nontoxic, nonstick ceramic coating made without potentially toxic materials like PFOAs, PTFEs, other PFAs, lead, cadmium and toxic metals. \u2014 al , 12 May 2022",
"In other parts of Ukraine, public-health experts expressed concern over the release of heavy metals such as lead and cadmium from industrial sites\u2014which are linked to developmental delays in children\u2014into the air and drinking water. \u2014 Nidhi Subbaraman, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Through a patented leaching process, the mass is liquefied, microplastics and graphite are filtered out, and nickel and cadmium are removed and collected for reuse. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Coal waste contains contaminants such as cadmium and arsenic that can pollute groundwater. \u2014 Diego Moendoza-moyers Staff Writer, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Those ash dumps, laced with contaminants like mercury, cadmium and arsenic, often pollute groundwater and send particulate air pollution into nearby communities. \u2014 James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Residuals are produced by burning coal in power plants and contain pollutants like mercury, cadmium and arsenic that can taint water supplies and air if not disposed of properly. \u2014 Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic , 10 Feb. 2022"
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"New Latin, from Latin cadmia zinc oxide, from Greek kadmeia , literally, Theban (earth), from feminine of kadmeios Theban, from Kadmos ; from the occurrence of its ores together with zinc oxide":""
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"1818, in the meaning defined above":""
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": containing cadmium":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary cadmi- (from New Latin cadmium ) + -ferous":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1822, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-110357"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": greenockite":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111933"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or derived from cadmium":[]
},
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"\u02c8kadmik"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary cadm- (from New Latin cadmium ) + -ic ; originally formed as French cadmique":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-121514"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": goya":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1931, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142455"
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"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"province of southwestern Spain bordering on the Atlantic Ocean in Andalusia area 2851 square miles (7384 square kilometers), population 1,244,732":[],
"city, port on the Bay of C\u00e1diz northwest of Gibraltar, and capital of the Spanish province of C\u00e1diz population 133,363":[]
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"\u02c8ka-",
"\u02c8k\u00e4-",
"Spanish \u02c8k\u00e4-(\u02cc)t\u035fh\u0113s",
"k\u0259-\u02c8diz",
"\u02c8k\u0101-d\u0259z"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-144029"
},
"cadit quaestio":{
"type":[
"Latin phrase"
],
"definitions":{
": the question drops : the dispute is over : the case is closed":[]
": a victory obtained only at great or ruinous cost to the victor \u2014 compare pyrrhic victory":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"translation of Greek Kadmeia nik\u0113 ; from the mutual slaughter of all but five of the armed men who sprang from dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1603, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-181249"
},
"cadmium cell":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Weston cell":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-181633"
},
"Cadmean":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, associated with, or derived from Cadmus":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin Cadme us (from Greek Kadmeios , from Kadmos Cadmus, mythical founder of Thebes and introducer of the alphabet from Phoenicia into Greece) + English -an":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1603, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-212016"
},
"cadjan":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": interwoven coco-palm leaves for thatching":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Malay kajan":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1698, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-215512"
},
"cadmium green":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a strong green that is bluer and paler than primitive green and bluer, lighter, and stronger than mintleaf":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1931, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010146"
},
"cadinene":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an oily hydrocarbon C 15 H 24 of the sesquiterpene class found as the chief constituent in cade oil and in many essential oils":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kad\u1d4an\u02cc\u0113n"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary cadin- (from New Latin cadinus of cade, from French cade + Latin -inus -ine) + -ene":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010818"
},
"cadmium lamp":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a vapor lamp in which the fluorescence of cadmium vapor produces red light whose wavelength taken as 6438.4696 international angstroms is used as a standard of length":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-014524"
},
"Cadillac":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de 1658\u20131730 French founder of Detroit":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"French k\u00e4-d\u0113-\u02c8y\u00e4k",
"\u02c8ka-d\u0259-\u02cclak"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-024654"
},
"cadmium orange":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an orange-hued cadmium-yellow pigment":[],
": a strong orange that is yellower, lighter, and stronger than pumpkin, redder, stronger, and slightly darker than cadmium yellow, and yellower, lighter, and stronger than mandarin orange":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-024659"
},
"cadmium ocher":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": greenockite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1886, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-042433"
},
"cadmium lithopone":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pigment analogous to lithopone consisting essentially of cadmium yellow or cadmium red and containing barium sulfate":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1921, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-064614"
},
"cadmium lemon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a brilliant to vivid greenish yellow":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093028"
},
"cadmium purple":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a moderate to deep red that is slightly yellower than burnt carmine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1931, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143259"
},
"cadmium red":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pigment consisting of a mixture of cadmium sulfide, cadmium selenide, and often barium sulfate and varying in hue from light red to maroon":[],
": french vermilion":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-170053"
},
"cadmium sulfate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a colorless salt CdSO 4 ordinarily crystalizing with 2\u00b2/\u2083 molecules of water":[]
