"commune in the province of North Holland, in the western part of the Netherlands, on an outlet from the Waddenzee to the North Sea population 60,083":[]
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"The TV is in the den .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The second level has four bedrooms, a laundry room and a den , or sitting area. \u2014 Kathy Orton, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"But perhaps the most distinguishing room of the house is the den , which is accessible via the first landing on the staircase. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
"The spacious first floor also incorporates a den , an office, and three guest rooms. \u2014 Pilar Viladas, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"The den , with two cubs born this winter, wasn\u2019t far from the spot where first responders removed the soldier, the agency said. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"The den , with two cubs born this winter, wasn\u2019t far from the spot where first responders removed the soldier, the agency said. \u2014 al , 13 May 2022",
"The titular Obi-Wan Kenobi \u2014 played by Ewan McGregor \u2014 is then tasked by Leia\u2019s adoptive father to rescue young Leia, which, unbeknownst to him, leads him straight to the den of Reva and, ultimately, another appearance from Flea. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"Spiral stairs lead down to a den with wood stove and sliders to a patio; there\u2019s also a guest suite with private bath, and another bath with step-in shower. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"From Fiorella\u2019s upstairs seating area, with a retractable roof, customers will open an unmarked door and find themselves in a narrow hallway lined with old-fashioned floral wallpaper, illuminated by purple lights, before entering Nonnina\u2019s cozy den . \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Urban animals den in parks and in seldom frequented areas between houses. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The birds live and den in the cactus, using holes created by woodpeckers and other animals. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Agency officials said some areas of the Rocky Mountains will retain enough snow in a warming world for wolverines to successfully den and breed. \u2014 Matthew Brown, ajc , 1 Nov. 2021",
"In an unusual move, U.S. Geological Survey Director James Reilly has refused to make public the study by his own scientists of the number of female polar bears that den and give birth on land near the southern Beaufort Sea. \u2014 Juliet Eilperin, Desmond Butler, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Sep. 2020",
"These lobsters did not choose to den alone, the scientists suspected: they were being shunned. \u2014 Scientific American , 1 July 2020",
"Dave Crowley, a biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game who oversees the region, says this area is prime bear- denning territory. \u2014 Acacia Johnson, National Geographic , 14 Jan. 2020",
"Typically, black bears enter their dens in October, with most brown bears denning by November, Battle said. \u2014 Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Nov. 2019",
"Many grizzly bears have denned up for winter hibernation by the time a significant number of elk remains have accumulated, study team leader Frank van Manen wrote recently in the academic journal Ursus. \u2014 USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2020"
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": an ancient excavation found chiefly in Essex and Kent in England and in the valley of the Somme in France consisting of a shaft sunk to the Chalk formation and enlarged into a room or rooms":[]
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": to deprive of a nerve supply":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two, my surgeon prefers to denervate \u2014the process of cutting of the nerve supply\u2014the pectoralis major muscles in conjunction with inserting the implants. \u2014 Tracy Hafen, SELF , 4 June 2017"
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"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a formerly used monetary unit of Russia equal to \u00b9/\u2082 kopeck":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The goal of the project is to reduce the transmission of harmful diseases commonly carried by mosquitoes such as dengue , Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya, according to USA Today. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Oxitec says the goal is to reduce the transmission of harmful diseases, such as dengue , Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Oxitec says the plan will reduce numbers of the invasive Aedes aegypti, which can carry diseases like Zika, yellow fever and dengue . \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Worldwide, over one million people die from mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile, dengue , Zika, yellow fever, malaria, and lymphatic filariasis every year. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2022",
"Malaria, yellow fever, dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases were rampant. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Ticuna people have historically had to fare for themselves during outbreaks of diseases like yellow fever, dengue and malaria, caring for themselves with the jungle herbs their ancestors have used for centuries. \u2014 USA Today , 20 Mar. 2022",
"In California, the species is growing, but there have not been confirmed cases of dengue , chikungunya, Zika or yellow fever spread through the insect, according to state health officials. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The family includes Zika, yellow fever, Chikungunya and dengue and are already a significant public health problem in many tropical regions. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"1828, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a traditional subunit of the denar \u2014 see denar at Money Table":[]
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"1992, in the meaning defined above":""
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": the ability to deny something especially on the basis of being officially uninformed":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Whether Fisher was being truthful or practicing the art of plausible deniability is in the eye of the beholder. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
"This was less of a purge than an attempt to maintain plausible deniability . \u2014 Timothy Shenk, The New Republic , 12 Apr. 2022",
"This cyber proxy web affords Moscow deniability and obscurity, and the ability to launch combinations of operations and attacks without having the Russian flag clearly emblazoned on them. \u2014 Justin Sherman, Wired , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Well, when [00:13:00] prosecutors want plausible deniability , instead of making the decision that. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The Wagner Group was created to aid, stand in for, and provide plausible deniability to Russian forces. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 5 Apr. 2022",
"At each link in that chain, there obviously is a different management group, and there\u2019s plausible deniability , and there\u2019s a lack of visibility. \u2014 The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic , 23 Feb. 2022",
"This offers regimes that use them plausible deniability , and makes retaliation, at best, problematic. \u2014 The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The question is how to achieve deniability without sacrificing accuracy"
"Analysts describe the group as an extension of Russia\u2019s foreign policy through deniable activities, including the use of mercenaries and disinformation campaigns. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"As Russia invades Ukraine, the Kremlin is pushing to amplify influence worldwide, and ostensibly private military groups like Wagner offer a deniable way to advance its goals, researchers say. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Which is why any new accords with Russia, to be truly effective, would have to embrace Russia\u2019s turn toward deniable , hard-to-detect cyberweapons. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Regardless of who was at fault, the impact was not deniable . \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Rather than declare open war on the international order, Russia was using digital means to undermine it with brazen but deniable acts of cyber sabotage. \u2014 Andy Greenberg, Wired , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Given that Centcom already consumes most such resources, a good first step would be to improve management of its in-theater assets to prevent deniable attacks by Iran. \u2014 Kathryn Wheelbarger And Dustin Walker, WSJ , 21 Dec. 2020",
"But well before then, the politics of self-presentation had coalesced around grander, less deniable hair. \u2014 Wesley Morris, New York Times , 14 Oct. 2020",
"Ben Wallace, Britain\u2019s defence secretary, has pointed to the example of the Wagner group, a mercenary force that serves as a deniable arm of Russian power in several warzones. \u2014 The Economist , 15 Sep. 2020"
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"d\u0113-"
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"\u2026 a man in denial about his receding hairline.",
"\u2014 Playboy"
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"She issued a flat denial of the charges made against her.",
"The accusations have met with angry denials from school officials.",
"The city government has been heavily criticized for its denial of the seriousness of the situation.",
"The hardest part of the punishment was the denial of his right to see his children.",
"The group is protesting the denial of voting rights to convicted felons.",
"The lawyers were disappointed by the court's denial of their motion to dismiss the case.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But imply that the industry is doing poorly under Biden, and that is a complete denial of reality. \u2014 Robert Rapier, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Voters in Nevada seem to not be scared of a little election denial . \u2014 Brittany Shepherd, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"The first reports of illicit parties emerged late last November, prompting Mr. Johnson to issue a blanket denial that any laws had been broken. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"The agency's first post about the attack was a Russian government denial of involvement. \u2014 Sam Schechner, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
"Her rep had something to say about that\u2014as blunt a denial as possible\u2014and now the Daily Mail has taken its story down. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 4 June 2022",
"Require insurers to pay for drugs while a patient is appealing a denial . \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 29 May 2022",
"The Navy has not released records of Sheinman\u2019s board and, citing privacy exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act, issued a blanket denial for the records. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Peters failed to pass a work review for a second time, and lawmakers found that in July of 2020, she was sent a notice of a pending denial to her application. \u2014 Stephen Groves, ajc , 18 May 2022"
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"1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"di-\u02c8n\u012b-\u0259l",
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": the logical fallacy of inferring the negation of the consequent of an implication from the negation of the antecedent (as in \"if it rains then the game is canceled but it has not rained therefore the game is not canceled\") \u2014 compare affirmation of the consequent":[]
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": the practice of denying the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid":[
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"\u2014 Debora MacKenzie",
"He [Henry Puna] said climate change denialism jeopardised the future of Pacific countries: \"Some are not willing to accept the stark realities.\"",
"\u2014 Ben Doherty",
"The problem of vaccine denialism is closely tied to the problem of information and authority in the digital age. People prone to skepticism can cover themselves with layers of pseudo-science and conspiracy theories that thicken and harden like papier mache.",
"\u2014 Michael Gerson",
"Getting accurate information across in the face of this science denialism is something of a minefield, as there is evidence that attempts to correct misinformation may backfire, further entrenching the beliefs of science deniers instead.",
"\u2014 Cathleen O'Grady"
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"\u2014 Dan Hurley",
"\"Scientists tell them inconvenient things,\" said Jerry Taylor, president of the Niskanen Center, a centrist research organization, and former climate change denialist who now advocates for the acceptance of climate science.",
"\u2014 Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer",
"The AIDS denialists use pseudoscience and non-peer-reviewed Internet postings to bolster their false claims \u2026",
"\u2014 John Moore and Nicoli Nattrass"
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": to deny the importance or validity of : belittle":[
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"Her story denigrates him as a person and as a teacher.",
"No one is trying to denigrate the importance of a good education. We all know that it is crucial for success.",
"denigrating the talents and achievements of women",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The station broadcast across the Midwest, and Baker used its considerable reach, along with a print publication, to promote his cure, slander his personal enemies, and denigrate the mainstream medical establishment. \u2014 The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Republicans never miss an opportunity to denigrate Mr. Biden. \u2014 WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Trump has repeatedly used Fauci's old remarks, such as urging people not to wear masks in the beginning of the pandemic because experts were afraid medical workers would run out of supplies, in an effort to denigrate the health official. \u2014 Mike Brest, Washington Examiner , 13 Oct. 2020",
"Other memes use tropes and discredited data to denigrate the intelligence of non-white people. \u2014 Ben Collins, NBC News , 15 May 2022",
"Those that seek to denigrate the erstwhile pursuit of the AI Confinement Problem are missing the bigger picture. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"To be clear, the rat reference wasn\u2019t meant to denigrate the caliber of candidates lining up to compete for the nomination. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In France, Macron\u2019s opponents will continue to try to denigrate him, but the reality is that the centre has held, and this is ultimately good news for France and for Europe. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Opponents of the initiative see it as an attempt to denigrate the LBTQ community. \u2014 al , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u2014 Sidney Blumenthal"
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"Republicans never miss an opportunity to denigrate Mr. Biden. \u2014 WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Trump has repeatedly used Fauci's old remarks, such as urging people not to wear masks in the beginning of the pandemic because experts were afraid medical workers would run out of supplies, in an effort to denigrate the health official. \u2014 Mike Brest, Washington Examiner , 13 Oct. 2020",
"Other memes use tropes and discredited data to denigrate the intelligence of non-white people. \u2014 Ben Collins, NBC News , 15 May 2022",
"Those that seek to denigrate the erstwhile pursuit of the AI Confinement Problem are missing the bigger picture. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"To be clear, the rat reference wasn\u2019t meant to denigrate the caliber of candidates lining up to compete for the nomination. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"The station broadcast across the Midwest, and Baker used its considerable reach, along with a print publication, to promote his cure, slander his personal enemies, and denigrate the mainstream medical establishment. \u2014 The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Republicans never miss an opportunity to denigrate Mr. Biden. \u2014 WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Trump has repeatedly used Fauci's old remarks, such as urging people not to wear masks in the beginning of the pandemic because experts were afraid medical workers would run out of supplies, in an effort to denigrate the health official. \u2014 Mike Brest, Washington Examiner , 13 Oct. 2020",
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"To be clear, the rat reference wasn\u2019t meant to denigrate the caliber of candidates lining up to compete for the nomination. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"The station broadcast across the Midwest, and Baker used its considerable reach, along with a print publication, to promote his cure, slander his personal enemies, and denigrate the mainstream medical establishment. \u2014 The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Republicans never miss an opportunity to denigrate Mr. Biden. \u2014 WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Trump has repeatedly used Fauci's old remarks, such as urging people not to wear masks in the beginning of the pandemic because experts were afraid medical workers would run out of supplies, in an effort to denigrate the health official. \u2014 Mike Brest, Washington Examiner , 13 Oct. 2020",
"Other memes use tropes and discredited data to denigrate the intelligence of non-white people. \u2014 Ben Collins, NBC News , 15 May 2022",
"Those that seek to denigrate the erstwhile pursuit of the AI Confinement Problem are missing the bigger picture. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"To be clear, the rat reference wasn\u2019t meant to denigrate the caliber of candidates lining up to compete for the nomination. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In France, Macron\u2019s opponents will continue to try to denigrate him, but the reality is that the centre has held, and this is ultimately good news for France and for Europe. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Spotted in London wearing denim and a pair of beige Ugg boots. \u2014 ELLE , 24 June 2022",
"The choices are many, although a straight leg and dark indigo selvage denim is a classic (no jeggings, saggers or wackadoodle washes, please). \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"Also, Robinson adds, be sure to keep the denim 's weight in mind. \u2014 Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
"Bags included duffel-bucket combo shaped by the word FENDI cut out in leather; a denim Peekaboo incorporated as an external water bottle holder and bright shoppers were made out of recycled plastic. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"We're also entirely obsessed with these Free People denim overalls for a stylish change of pace, and think this oversized gauze shirt would serve as an easy throw-on-and-go essential for beach days and weekend getaways alike. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
"The aim, says Amy, is for Love Islanders to rewear the same denim Balmain dress or Ralph Lauren shirting over the duration of the show, to demonstrate how different genders and body types can style the same piece. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 31 May 2022",
"And while some ladies may prefer denim for their traveling pants \u2014 looking at you, Sisterhood \u2014 there are plenty of pant styles and materials that prove to be just as versatile in your wardrobe. \u2014 Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure , 13 May 2022",
"Lopez styled the trendy denim simply: with a loose short white tee and white sneakers. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 2 May 2022"
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"The difference between what exists at the moment and, say, a brothel denizen on Westworld is the difference between an ox cart and a Tesla. \u2014 Sam Lipsyte, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This is Pan, minor Greek deity, denizen of fields, flocks and forests. \u2014 William A. Wallace, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Studio head Alan Horn \u2014 a Hollywood denizen for a half-century \u2014 is retiring, leaving Alan Bergman in charge. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 30 Dec. 2021",
"The largest land animals in Earth's history were the sauropod successors of sauropodomorphs, as exemplified by a later denizen of Patagonia called Argentinosaurus that reached perhaps 118 feet (36 meters) in length and upwards of 70 tons. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Even then, the process was a difficult one, requiring intensive lobbying by Mr. Johnson, himself a longtime denizen of the Senate. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Oct. 2021",
"When both kingdoms rose to prominence, an average Judean denizen lived under the rule of a king, and was a farmer who plowed fields and harvested crops. \u2014 Lina Zeldovich, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 May 2021",
"The solitary denizen of the deep soon became the subject of even more research and speculation. \u2014 Pakinam Amer, Scientific American , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Mabel thinks that Sting\u2014another denizen of their building, and at one point a hilariously unsuspecting suspect\u2014is a member of U2. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 30 Aug. 2021"
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"stargazing is nothing more than that, and denominating it as astrology does not make it a science",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, unlike conventional money mediums, it is not issued by a government and does not denominate any transactions in goods or assets. \u2014 Daniel Tenreiro, National Review , 22 June 2021",
"However, because the debts are denominated in foreign currencies, the bonds expose the countries to foreign exchange risks. \u2014 Anna Isaac, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2020",
"What good were stocks if they were denominated in depreciating dollars",
"An analysis by Goldman Sachs of data for August showed a modest net outflow from bank accounts denominated in Hong Kong dollars, and an inflow into Singapore-dollar accounts. \u2014 The Economist , 10 Oct. 2019",
"Worse, there\u2019s a mismatch between its largely dollar- and euro- denominated borrowings and revenues from a big business in Latin America. \u2014 Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post , 28 Nov. 2019",
"Researchers denominated three essential categories of arrogance and found that narcissists are less prone to depression. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine , 6 Jan. 2020",
"According to S&P Global, Chinese companies must pay back $90 billion in debt denominated in American dollars, meaning the lenders are global companies and investors outside China. \u2014 Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Last September, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the city\u2019s de facto central bank, agreed to let its Beijing counterpart issue yuan- denominated bills in the offshore market. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Sep. 2019"
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"People from several different religious denominations participated in the event.",
"Methodists, Baptists, and other Christian denominations .",
"It's one of the more conservative denominations .",
"The kidnappers asked for bills in small denominations .",
"The gift certificates are available in $5 and $10 denominations .",
"She spoke with people of many different political denominations .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"More than 8,000 Southern Baptists will descend on Anaheim next week for the annual meeting of the largest Protestant denomination in the United States \u2014 the first time in 41 years that the two-day meeting has been held in California. \u2014 Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"The largest denomination of Mennonites in the U.S. has adapted its policies to be more welcoming to the LGBTQ+ community. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Members of the nation\u2019s largest Protestant denomination are also planning to elect the next president of the convention. \u2014 Michelle Boorstein And Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"The country's largest Protestant denomination since the 1960s, the convention's membership peaked in 2006 at 16.3 million. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 13 June 2022",
"Seventy churches in Georgia split from the United Methodist Church (UMC) last week largely over LGBTQ issues, marking the latest in a growing divide within the third-largest Protestant denomination in the United States. \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 5 June 2022",
"Nationwide, Southern Baptist represent the largest Protestant denomination with roughly 14 million members. \u2014 Shelia Poole, ajc , 25 May 2022",
"This was partly the simple re- denomination of earnings from the local currency. \u2014 Steven Desmyter, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Factions within the United Methodist Church have been at odds for years over the denomination \u2019s official stance on homosexuality. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 8 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Chris Campanioni"
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"The word has one literal denotation but several different connotations.",
"The definition provides the word's denotation .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The word hacker itself seems to carry a whiff of punk rebellion, its implied sophistication contrasting with a denotation of smashing and severing. \u2014 Darryn King, The Atlantic , 14 Nov. 2020",
"Through this preaching, white dominance in political, judicial, and economic affairs became denotations of the will of the universe instead of means of racial control. \u2014 Jared Yates Sexton, The New Republic , 25 Mar. 2020",
"The registered office street address for Ghost Gunner, Inc. in its 2017 Public Information Record (PIR) is the same address listed as Wilson\u2019s personal address in his denotation as director of Defense Distributed in its 2017 PIR (PDF). \u2014 Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica , 6 Oct. 2018"
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"a string of absences from this course will be seen as denotative of the student's lack of interest in it",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The paragon of such an attempt is something like Jia Tolentino\u2019s Trick Mirror, a work that stands as a denotative record of the social media shift, yet still falls to the same difficulties that characterize other cultural criticism of this type. \u2014 SPIN , 8 Feb. 2022"
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"di-\u02c8n\u014d-t\u0259-tiv",
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"\u2014 David Lodge"
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"Her death denoted the end of an era.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Also, use statistics whenever possible and numbers to denote the size or amount to illustrate the magnitude of your accomplishments. \u2014 Robin Ryan, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"By one measure, Syrda's study could denote progress; there are enough women breadwinners in the dataset to come to these statistically significant conclusions. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In this scene, the blue and yellow subtitles denote two simultaneous, contradictory conversations. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Winding green arrows denote the birds\u2019 migratory paths \u2014 which transcend geographical borders, Carr notes \u2014 and meandering red lines represent the L.A. area freeway system. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Skipping the capitalization or leaving off a question mark doesn\u2019t denote a lack of respect. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 May 2016",
"The name could be a contraction (L.A.\u2019s n/naka, for owner Niki Nakiyama\u2019s first and last name), or denote a meaningful phrase (Mi Tocaya\u2014meaning my namesake\u2014Antojeria in Chicago). \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The show uses different colors to denote when a character is speaking one language or the other. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 22 Mar. 2022",
"In the wake of the Great Depression, when the federal government graded neighborhoods in hundreds of cities for real estate investment, Black and immigrant areas were typically outlined in red on maps to denote risky places to lend. \u2014 Raymond Zhong, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle French denoter , from Latin denotare , from de- + notare to note":""
},
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"d\u0113-",
"di-\u02c8n\u014dt"
],
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"express",
"import",
"intend",
"mean",
"signify",
"spell"
],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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],
": to serve as a linguistic expression of the notion of : mean":[
"in the southern U.S., the word \"toboggan\" denotes a stocking cap"
],
": to serve as an arbitrary mark for":[
"red flares denoting danger"
],
": to serve as an indication of : betoken":[
"the swollen bellies that denote starvation"
],
": to stand for : designate":[
"the symbol / denotes \"or,\" \"and or,\" or \"per\"",
"An epiphany is, literally, a showing. In Christian terminology it denotes the showing of the infant Jesus to the three Magi.",
"\u2014 David Lodge"
]
},
"examples":[
"The word \u201cderby\u201d can denote a horse race or a kind of hat.",
"Her death denoted the end of an era.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Also, use statistics whenever possible and numbers to denote the size or amount to illustrate the magnitude of your accomplishments. \u2014 Robin Ryan, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"By one measure, Syrda's study could denote progress; there are enough women breadwinners in the dataset to come to these statistically significant conclusions. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In this scene, the blue and yellow subtitles denote two simultaneous, contradictory conversations. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Winding green arrows denote the birds\u2019 migratory paths \u2014 which transcend geographical borders, Carr notes \u2014 and meandering red lines represent the L.A. area freeway system. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Skipping the capitalization or leaving off a question mark doesn\u2019t denote a lack of respect. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 May 2016",
"The name could be a contraction (L.A.\u2019s n/naka, for owner Niki Nakiyama\u2019s first and last name), or denote a meaningful phrase (Mi Tocaya\u2014meaning my namesake\u2014Antojeria in Chicago). \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The show uses different colors to denote when a character is speaking one language or the other. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 22 Mar. 2022",
"In the wake of the Great Depression, when the federal government graded neighborhoods in hundreds of cities for real estate investment, Black and immigrant areas were typically outlined in red on maps to denote risky places to lend. \u2014 Raymond Zhong, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022"
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"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle French denoter , from Latin denotare , from de- + notare to note":""
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"di-\u02c8n\u014dt",
"d\u0113-"
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"import",
"intend",
"mean",
"signify",
"spell"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"d\u0113\u02c8-",
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8n\u014dtiv"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043611",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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": the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work":[
"In the denouement , the two lovers commit suicide."
],
": the outcome of a complex sequence of events":[]
},
"examples":[
"In the play's denouement , the two lovers kill themselves.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In this series\u2019 first episode, a mother and daughter (Toni Collette and Bella Heathcote) are caught up in a public mass shooting, the denouement of which reveals Collette\u2019s character Laura to have a surprising, unforeseen boldness. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 2 Mar. 2022",
"As the closing ceremony reached its denouement , something interesting unfolded. \u2014 Ted Anthony, ajc , 20 Feb. 2022",
"It\u2019s Drysdale\u2019s character who grows the most, not only in the colonial flashback but later in the play\u2019s present-day denouement . \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The show traces its roots to a series of viral Instagram videos from 2020 that featured illusionistic cakes at their moment of denouement . \u2014 Maggie Cao, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Instead of a big denouement , as the audience expects, Shakespeare chops the third act into a clutch of anticlimactic scenes of gradual humiliation, as everybody gets a shot at the king. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 13 Jan. 2022",
"But the playwright and this production still manage to bring it home in the play\u2019s ninth inning with a graceful, bittersweet denouement that leaves characters still searching, still discovering and still in play for another season. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022",
"This denouement of these two people meeting after the fact is, in fact, a creative choice by Malgo. \u2014 Angela Dawson, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Police are hopeful that the show of force Friday will convince many more to decamp and avoid a violent denouement on Parliament Hill. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 18 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1705, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"French d\u00e9nouement , literally, untying, from Middle French desnouement , from desnouer to untie, from Old French desnoer , from des- de- + noer to tie, from Latin nodare , from nodus knot \u2014 more at node":""
},
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"d\u0101-\u02c8n\u00fc-\u02ccm\u00e4",
"\u02ccd\u0101-\u02ccn\u00fc-\u02c8m\u00e4\u207f"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131115",
"type":[
"noun"
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"bless"
],
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": to announce formally the termination of (something, such as a treaty)":[
"denounced the arrangement with their former ally"
],
": to announce threateningly":[],
": to inform (see inform sense intransitive 1 ) against : accuse":[
"was denounced to the authorities"
],
": to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil":[
"they denounced him as a bigot",
"Others might cry or get bent out of shape when their personal tastes are denounced and ridiculed, but not him \u2026",
"\u2014 David Sedaris"
]
},
"examples":[
"The government called on the group to denounce the use of violence.",
"The film was denounced for the way it portrayed its female characters.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine reached the one-month mark, President Zelensky called for a global protest, urging people everywhere to take to the streets and denounce Russian aggression. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Texans across the state have taken to the streets to denounce the invasion. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Thousands of pro-democracy protesters have taken to the streets of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and other cities across the country to denounce the military takeover and demand civilian rule. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Thousands had taken to the streets in Khartoum and other cities across the country to denounce the October takeover, and a subsequent deal that reinstated the prime minister but sidelined the pro-democracy movement. \u2014 Samy Magdy, ajc , 2 Jan. 2022",
"British sports minister Nigel Huddleston suggested this week athletes who want to compete at Wimbledon might be asked to denounce Russian president Vladimir Putin before they\u2019re allowed to play. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Wilson himself refused to publicly denounce either lynching or the Klan. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 16 Mar. 2022",
"This led Senator Lindsey Graham to publicly denounce the proposal. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Pe\u00f1a is summoning his countrymen to gather Tuesday morning at the Convention Center to denounce the Ortega regime in absentia. \u2014 Soudi Jim\u00e9nez, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French denuncier to proclaim, from Latin denuntiare , from de- + nuntiare to report \u2014 more at announce":""
},
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"di-\u02c8nau\u0307ns",
"d\u0113-",
"di-\u02c8nau\u0307n(t)s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for denounce criticize , reprehend , censure , reprobate , condemn , denounce mean to find fault with openly. criticize implies finding fault especially with methods or policies or intentions. criticized the police for using violence reprehend implies both criticism and severe rebuking. reprehends the self-centeredness of today's students censure carries a strong suggestion of authority and of reprimanding. a Senator formally censured by his peers reprobate implies strong disapproval or firm refusal to sanction. reprobated his son's unconventional lifestyle condemn usually suggests an unqualified and final unfavorable judgment. condemned the government's racial policies denounce adds to condemn the implication of a public declaration. a pastoral letter denouncing abortion",
"synonyms":[
"anathematize",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"decry",
"execrate",
"reprehend",
"reprobate"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051408",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dense":{
"antonyms":[
"airy",
"loose",
"open",
"uncrowded"
],
"definitions":{
": demanding concentration to follow or comprehend":[
"dense prose"
],
": extreme":[
"dense ignorance"
],
": having a high mass (see mass entry 2 sense 1c ) per unit volume (see volume entry 1 sense 2 )":[
"Carbon dioxide is a dense gas.",
"The cake was overly sweet and dense ."
],
": having between any two elements at least one element":[
"The set of rational numbers is dense ."
],
": having high or relatively high opacity (see opacity sense 2 )":[
"a dense fog",
"a dense photographic negative"
],
": marked by compactness or crowding together of parts":[
"dense vegetation",
"dense traffic"
],
": slow to understand : stupid , thickheaded":[
"was too dense to get the joke"
]
},
"examples":[
"They cut a path through the dense jungle.",
"a dense tangle of wires",
"a dense cluster of stars",
"That part of the city has a dense population of immigrants.",
"A dense mass of spectators filled the courtroom.",
"In the movie, she plays his kind but somewhat dense aunt.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My solution of late is Westbourne's amazing snack mixes that are nutrient dense and protein rich. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 1 July 2022",
"Keep in mind that a large percentage of the ride price goes to aggregators, and prices can get even higher when cars exit dense areas like city centers. \u2014 Alexander Pershikov, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Taiwan's population of 24 million people is packed into dense urban areas like the capital of Taipei, with an average of 9,575 people per square kilometer. \u2014 Brad Lendon And Ivan Watson, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a need for more affordable housing in L.A., Yank says, even in already dense urban areas. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"And in dense suburban areas, the party still holds a sizable 12-point edge. \u2014 NBC News , 1 May 2022",
"The proposal included less dense areas and open space. \u2014 Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Feb. 2022",
"This dish can be dense enough to serve as an entr\u00e9e or makes a great hors d'oeuvre with crusty bread and cornichons, which are tiny crisp pickles. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Further south, the National Weather Service warns drivers of dense fog in higher elevations where the marine layer is causing low visibility. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin densus ; akin to Greek dasys thick with hair or leaves":""
},
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"\u02c8dens",
"\u02c8den(t)s"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for dense stupid , dull , dense , crass , dumb mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions. stupid implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary. stupid students just keeping the seats warm stupid with drink dull suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock. monotonous work that leaves the mind dull dense implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas. too dense to take a hint crass suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy. a crass , materialistic people dumb applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension. too dumb to figure out what's going on",
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"close",
"compact",
"crowded",
"jam-packed",
"packed",
"serried",
"thick",
"tight"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000458",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"airy",
"loose",
"open",
"uncrowded"
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": demanding concentration to follow or comprehend":[
"dense prose"
],
": extreme":[
"dense ignorance"
],
": having a high mass (see mass entry 2 sense 1c ) per unit volume (see volume entry 1 sense 2 )":[
"Carbon dioxide is a dense gas.",
"The cake was overly sweet and dense ."
],
": having between any two elements at least one element":[
"The set of rational numbers is dense ."
],
": having high or relatively high opacity (see opacity sense 2 )":[
"a dense fog",
"a dense photographic negative"
],
": marked by compactness or crowding together of parts":[
"dense vegetation",
"dense traffic"
],
": slow to understand : stupid , thickheaded":[
"was too dense to get the joke"
]
},
"examples":[
"They cut a path through the dense jungle.",
"a dense tangle of wires",
"a dense cluster of stars",
"That part of the city has a dense population of immigrants.",
"A dense mass of spectators filled the courtroom.",
"In the movie, she plays his kind but somewhat dense aunt.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My solution of late is Westbourne's amazing snack mixes that are nutrient dense and protein rich. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 1 July 2022",
"Keep in mind that a large percentage of the ride price goes to aggregators, and prices can get even higher when cars exit dense areas like city centers. \u2014 Alexander Pershikov, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Taiwan's population of 24 million people is packed into dense urban areas like the capital of Taipei, with an average of 9,575 people per square kilometer. \u2014 Brad Lendon And Ivan Watson, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a need for more affordable housing in L.A., Yank says, even in already dense urban areas. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"And in dense suburban areas, the party still holds a sizable 12-point edge. \u2014 NBC News , 1 May 2022",
"The proposal included less dense areas and open space. \u2014 Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Feb. 2022",
"This dish can be dense enough to serve as an entr\u00e9e or makes a great hors d'oeuvre with crusty bread and cornichons, which are tiny crisp pickles. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Further south, the National Weather Service warns drivers of dense fog in higher elevations where the marine layer is causing low visibility. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Latin densus ; akin to Greek dasys thick with hair or leaves":""
},
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"\u02c8dens",
"\u02c8den(t)s"
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"compact",
"crowded",
"jam-packed",
"packed",
"serried",
"thick",
"tight"
],
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"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
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},
"density":{
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": the average number of individuals or units per unit of space":[
"a population density of 500 per square mile",
"a housing density of 10 houses per acre"
],
": the common logarithm of the opacity":[],
": the degree of opacity (see opacity sense 2 ) of a translucent medium":[
"the fog's density"
],
": the distribution of a quantity (such as electricity or energy) per unit usually of space (such as length, area, or volume)":[
"The drawback to using ethanol as a complete replacement for gasoline, however, is not only the high cost of its production from cellulose but also its lower energy density .",
"\u2014 John R. Regalbuto"
],
": the mass (see mass entry 2 sense 1c ) of a substance per unit of volume":[
"pure iron has a density of 7.8 grams per cubic centimeter"
],
": the quality or state of being dense":[
"measures of traffic density",
"the density of the cake",
"felt that the candidate's density on the subject of equality was alarming",
"the density of her prose"
],
": the quantity per unit of volume (see volume entry 1 sense 2 ), unit of area (see area sense 1 ), or unit of length: such as":[]
},
"examples":[
"We were surprised by the fog's density .",
"the density of her writing style",
"These instruments are used for measuring the density of the atmosphere.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And perhaps best of all is the AutoSense technology that determines the density of your beard and adjusts its shavers accordingly, thus lowering the chances of ingrown hairs. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 15 June 2022",
"Some density and phenolic textures speak to the air-drying process, while bright sour cherry is spiced with cloves and orange peel. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 June 2022",
"In an interview, Professor Walker predicted that New York\u2019s density and wide variety of entertainment options would limit a casino\u2019s economic impact on the city. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"In an interview, Walker predicted that New York\u2019s density and wide variety of entertainment options would limit a casino\u2019s economic impact on the city. \u2014 Nicole Hong, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"Because of the density and building canyons, cell ranges are extremely short, and so the maximum range of mid-band airwaves really never comes into play. \u2014 Sascha Segan, PCMAG , 2 June 2022",
"His focus has been to increase the energy density and lifetime of lithium-ion batteries, as well as reducing their cost. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"The Department of Transportation prioritized density and rural main street revitalization this year in three grant packages totaling $6 billion. \u2014 Joey Garrison, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022",
"This year, the administration released three funding applications for competitive grant programs totaling nearly $6 billion that reward jurisdictions for land-use policies that promote density and rural main-street revitalization. \u2014 Suzanne P. Clark And Brian Deese, WSJ , 15 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see dense":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8den(t)-s\u0259t-\u0113, -st\u0113",
"\u02c8den-s\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02c8den(t)-s\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"consistence",
"consistency",
"thickness",
"viscidity",
"viscosity"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200859",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"density of freight traffic":{
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": the amount of traffic carried over a certain transport route in a given unit of time usually computed by dividing total ton-miles or passenger-miles by the length of route":[]
": a depression or hollow made by a blow or by pressure":[],
": to form a dent by sinking inward : become dented":[],
": to have a weakening effect on":[],
": to make a dent in":[
"dent a car"
],
": tooth : teeth":[
"denti form"
],
": tooth sense 2a":[],
"dental ; dentist ; dentistry":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"I'm afraid I dented the wall pretty badly when I was hammering in that nail.",
"Many of the cans were badly dented .",
"Some types of metal dent more easily than others.",
"The team's confidence has been dented by a recent series of losses."
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1703, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, tooth, from Latin dent-, dens":"Noun",
"Middle English denti- , from Latin, from dent-, dens tooth \u2014 more at tooth":"Combining form",
"Middle English, short for indenten to make dents in, indent":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dent"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decrease",
"deplete",
"diminish",
"downscale",
"downsize",
"drop",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"knock down",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174537",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"biographical name",
"combining form",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dent corn":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": corn of a variety ( Zea mays indentata ) having kernels that become indented at the top during ripening":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Grits \u2014 beloved throughout the American South and among those with connections to it \u2014 are traditionally made from dent corn . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Neal planted tomatoes, cucumbers, cantaloupes, beans, pumpkins, squash, dent corn for making corn meal, herbs and edible flowers. \u2014 Kim Palmer, Star Tribune , 25 Dec. 2020",
"His uncle and father had been growing this white dent corn variety since the 1930s. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 27 Nov. 2019"
": a depression or hollow made by a blow or by pressure":[],
": to form a dent by sinking inward : become dented":[],
": to have a weakening effect on":[],
": to make a dent in":[
"dent a car"
],
": tooth : teeth":[
"denti form"
],
": tooth sense 2a":[],
"dental ; dentist ; dentistry":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"I'm afraid I dented the wall pretty badly when I was hammering in that nail.",
"Many of the cans were badly dented .",
"Some types of metal dent more easily than others.",
"The team's confidence has been dented by a recent series of losses."
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1703, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, tooth, from Latin dent-, dens":"Noun",
"Middle English denti- , from Latin, from dent-, dens tooth \u2014 more at tooth":"Combining form",
"Middle English, short for indenten to make dents in, indent":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dent"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decrease",
"deplete",
"diminish",
"downscale",
"downsize",
"drop",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"knock down",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020836",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"biographical name",
"combining form",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dentel":{
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"definitions":{
": dentil":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French dentelle , literally, small tooth, from Old French":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dent\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123241",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"denuded":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to deprive of something important":[],
": to lay bare by erosion":[],
": to strip (land) of forests":[],
": to strip of all covering or surface layers":[]
},
"examples":[
"Excessive logging has denuded the hillside of trees.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Grasshoppers, which thrive in warm and arid weather have taken over and are beginning to denude trees. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 27 June 2021",
"Kulhanek\u2019s announcement threatens to denude one of Russia\u2019s largest embassies in Europe in the wake of a Czech conclusion that Russian military intelligence operatives are responsible for a 2014 explosion that killed two civilians. \u2014 Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner , 22 Apr. 2021",
"The envelopes the ballots were sent in have already been discarded by one of Philadelphia\u2019s 22 high-speed extractors, which together can denude 12,000 envelopes an hour. \u2014 Brian Barrett, Wired , 4 Nov. 2020",
"The pandemic has also denuded many of life\u2019s daily distractions that may have kept many people\u2019s attention off of these issues, Bustelle and Prelli said. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2020",
"Far from serving as a breakdown of the vigilante mind, the paranoid style would appear to be a leading-edge mode of adaptation to a civically denuded world of siloed and commercially deformed information flows. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 16 Apr. 2020",
"In February, hindered by an unexpected failure to roll out diagnostic tests and an administration that had denuded itself of scientific expertise, the nation sat largely idle while the pandemic spread within its borders. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Curators at the Louvre denuded its walls of masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa and its floors of priceless sculptures. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020",
"Lots of candles and denuded Irish trees isn\u2019t a plot. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, Houston Chronicle , 31 Jan. 2020"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English, from Latin denudare , from de- + nudus bare \u2014 more at naked":""
},
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"d\u0113-",
"di-\u02c8n(y)\u00fcd",
"-\u02c8ny\u00fcd",
"di-\u02c8n\u00fcd"
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"The attack drew strong denunciations from leaders around the world.",
"the official denunciation of the congresswoman's actions before the full house",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But others who have been the targets of denunciation by fellow citizens drew more hopeful lessons from the experience. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Twenty-three years after Handke first waded into these troubled waters, the announcement of his Nobel Prize brought a further chorus of denunciation . \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The report is a denunciation of the very existence of Israel as a refuge for the Jewish people. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Just ahead of the match, Merkel\u2019s recommendation that Brits not be allowed to travel to the E.U. this summer amid rising cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant received plenty of furious denunciation by the media. \u2014 Dan Stewart, Time , 28 June 2021",
"My maternal grandmother, who had once been associated with the Nationalists, was forced to write self- denunciation letters late into the night to prove her loyalty to the Communist Party. \u2014 Belinda Huijuan Tang, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
"Wallace's bolt from Fox News -- and his recent denunciation of its programming -- gave CNN+ the kind of publicity boost a new venture needs. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
"There's been, of course, rhetorical support or the absence of clear rhetoric and denunciation , or the absence of enunciation by China of what Russia is doing. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Eug\u00e8ne Ionesco\u2019s 1959 comedy, a cornerstone of the absurdist theater movement and a denunciation of conformity in all its political and social manifestations, isn\u2019t revived often nowadays. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022"
": to refuse to accept the existence, truth, or validity of":[
"There's no denying her expertise.",
"You can't deny that he's a good singer."
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"denied responsibility for the vandalism"
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": to refuse to grant":[
"deny a request",
"was denied a refund"
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": to report or note the absence of (a symptom)":[
"The patient denies pruritus \u2026",
"\u2014 David A. Fisher"
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": to restrain (oneself) from gratification of desires":[
"unwilling to deny himself the foods that he loves"
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"examples":[
"He denied the report that he would be quitting his job.",
"She denies all the charges that have been made against her.",
"The police deny that racism is a problem in the department.",
"Yes, I was there. I don't deny it.",
"The judge denied their request.",
"a government that denies its citizens basic freedoms",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Johnson spokeswoman Alexa Henning downplayed the texts after they were publicly revealed for the first time during the committee\u2019s hearing in Washington, but did not deny that Johnson had wanted to hand-deliver the slate of fake electors to Pence. \u2014 Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Attorneys for Deadspin and the Athletic said Bauer\u2019s attorneys, in filing for defamation, did not deny their client had caused injury to the woman. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"In an interview that day, Mr. Boudin did not deny the woes facing the city. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Reuters reports that no licenses were requested, but an administration official told reporters the department\u2019s policy is to deny such requests. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
"Asked if Cassidy was too firm in his ways, Sweeney did not deny it. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"Waldman doesn't deny making the statements, but Depp's side argued that even though Waldman was under his employ, Depp was not involved or aware of these remarks. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
"The agency embraced the wireless industry\u2019s view, which was to deny that the new 5G networks posed any risk to aviation safety. \u2014 Peter Elkind, ProPublica , 26 May 2022",
"None of this is to deny the Republican lurch to the extreme right and the wild popularity of conspiracy theories and nutcase politics. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 24 May 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English denien, borrowed from Anglo-French denier, deneier (also continental Old French), from de- de- (reinforcing the meaning of the base verb) + nier \"to renounce, deny, refuse\" (after Latin d\u0113neg\u0101re \"to deny\"), going back to Latin neg\u0101re \"to say (with the negative of a conjoined clause), deny, say no\" \u2014 more at negate":""
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"di-\u02c8n\u012b"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for deny deny , gainsay , contradict , contravene mean to refuse to accept as true or valid. deny implies a firm refusal to accept as true, to grant or concede, or to acknowledge the existence or claims of. denied the charges gainsay implies disputing the truth of what another has said. no one can gainsay her claims contradict implies an open or flat denial. her account contradicts his contravene implies not so much an intentional opposition as some inherent incompatibility. laws that contravene tradition",
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"adjective",
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": one of a series of small projecting rectangular blocks forming a molding especially under a cornice":[]
},
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"\u02c8den-t\u1d4al",
"-\u02cctil"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The plaster walls have been repaired and painted, the dentil molding restored to its original glory. \u2014 Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al , 12 Feb. 2020",
"That\u2019s white wainscot, wide door frames and deep crown molding that is oversized dentil style. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 19 Oct. 2019",
"Speaking of a large party, at 23 feet the dining room can seat 12 in comfort, surrounded by Gracie wall covering, deep dentil molding and a carved fireplace. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 19 Oct. 2019",
"The beautifully proportioned 18-by-14-foot dining room features trim and molding that extend to the dentil molding on the fireplace mantel. \u2014 Joan Walden, courant.com , 8 Mar. 2018",
"Selldorf does not do Ye Olde Ionic orders or ironic dentil moldings. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer , 13 Apr. 2018",
"While clearly a 20th-century design, the arched windows in the center portal, meaty keystones over the windows, and the dentil molding below the roof are all lifted directly from early-American architecture. \u2014 Inga Saffron, Philly.com , 12 Apr. 2018",
"Outside, the home's brick exterior is greatly improved courtesy of a new door painted Benjamin Moore Seaweed green and by swapping white dentil molding for black. \u2014 Lisa Boone, latimes.com , 27 Mar. 2018",
"In classical architecture, dentils are a series of decorative tooth-like blocks typically used under the soffit of a cornice. \u2014 Susan Langenhennig, NOLA.com , 23 Aug. 2017"
],
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"obsolete French dentille , from Middle French, diminutive of dent":""
},
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"1663, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150203"
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"noun"
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": a thread used to clean between the teeth":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Today, they\u2019re found in food packaging, carpets, furniture, clothing, makeup and everyday household items like dental floss . \u2014 Shantal Riley, Washington Post , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Use plastic cleaners, like dental floss picks or foam. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Unlike dental floss , these handy gadgets literally repel food and bacteria from the crevices of your teeth using water pressure. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Health.com , 29 Sep. 2021",
"The technology is akin to using dental floss , and these are best for patients with bridges or braces that make traditional flossing challenging, Israel says. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Then string the noodles together with dental floss or string. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Crews have also retrieved masks, gloves, dental floss , hair and other items from sewer pipes, Baker said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 11 May 2021",
"There was something that looked like dental floss in the second bag. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2021",
"As superintendent of Crystal's Public Works Department, Patrick Sele has seen lots of items flushed down the toilet over the years: diapers, dental floss , hygiene products. \u2014 Tim Harlow, Star Tribune , 13 Apr. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151544"
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"geographical name"
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"mountain 14,295 feet (4357 meters) high in the Pennine Alps, southern Switzerland":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nicole Greco, a cannabis educator and holistic dental hygienist . \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 23 May 2022",
"Maro was set to graduate from high school, and wanted to pursue a career as a dental hygienist . \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"After Reynolds switched to an electric toothbrush, his own dental hygienist commented on how clean his teeth looked. \u2014 Nicole Saporita, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
"Back in May 2021, a source said Hammer was dating a dental hygienist in the Cayman Islands amid his controversy. \u2014 Alexia Fern\u00e1ndez, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"And after every use, my mouth feels like it was cleaned by a dental hygienist . \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Health.com , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Meanwhile, in 1973, Mr. Durst married Kathleen McCormack, a dental hygienist and daughter of a middle-class Irish Catholic family, bringing her into one of the most prominent Jewish families in New York City. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Zatroch, trained as a dental hygienist ,works as a dental office manager and is the mother of an 11-year-old daughter. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Wells regularly teams up with dental hygienist Lisa Foley and social worker Sofia Thorn at sessions that give expecting moms the basic information about pregnancy. \u2014 Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Aug. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153644"
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"transitive verb"
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": to make denominational":[]
},
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"-n\u1d4al\u02cc\u012bz",
"-n\u0259\u02ccl\u012bz"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162512"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": having fine serrations or serrated markings : denticulate":[]
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"modification (influenced by English -ate & -ed ) of French dentel\u00e9 , from dentelle":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163227"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": dentary":[]
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"den\u02c8ta(\u02cc)l\u0113",
"-t\u0101-",
"-t\u00e4-"
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"New Latin, from neuter of Latin dentalis dental":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164110"
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"type":[
"adjective or noun"
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": labiodental":[]
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"\u00a6dent\u0259\u0307+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172705"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175229"
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"noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": either of a pair of membrane bones of the lower jaw of most vertebrates, in lower forms being restricted to the distal area but in recent higher mammals forming the body of the mandible":[]
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"\u02c8dent\u0259r\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185018"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": a family of tooth shells that have the foot trilobate \u2014 see dentalium":[]
"New Latin, from Dentalium , type genus + -idae":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201218"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a set of teeth":[]
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"\u02c8den-ch\u0259r"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Other options are to fill it about 2/3 with warm water and add one denture -cleaning or bottle-cleaning tablet for each liter of water. \u2014 Allison Pattillo, Outside Online , 23 Aug. 2018",
"She had been punched so hard that her upper denture was shattered. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Other items needed that are not available through Foodshare include shampoo, razors, shaving cream, feminine products, adhesive bandages, denture cleanser, toothbrushes and toothpaste. \u2014 courant.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
"The man went to a cash register and paid for two other items, a liquid bandage product and cigarettes, but did not pay for the denture adhesive. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 30 Oct. 2021",
"For especially stubborn deposits, Waterford recommends a third option: denture cleaning tablets. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021",
"Work Zoom meetings were followed by denture scrubbing. \u2014 Kaci Neves, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 June 2021",
"In 50 years Amazon will be using drones to deliver your denture cream. \u2014 Paul Ford, Wired , 8 Apr. 2021",
"What works for me are denture cleaning tablets \u2014 one per cup with some hot water, and overnight, stains disappear. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2020"
],
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"French, from Middle French, from dent":""
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"1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"de-\u02c8n\u0101",
"\u02c8d\u0113n",
"d\u0101-"
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"dale",
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"vale",
"valley"
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"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"there are some deeply wooded denes in that part of Northumberland",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The facts, again, are simple: Denes , 32, came home one night in February 2014 to find signs of a burglary in nearly every room of her home. \u2014 Vinny Vella, Courant Community , 4 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English denu":"Noun",
"Canadian French, of Athabascan origin; akin to Chipewyan & Slave (Athabascan languages of Canada) dene person":"Noun"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1867, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203818"
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin de from + nomin-, nomen name":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1783, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211137"
},
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"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": a dentilingual consonant":[]
},
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"\u00a6dent\u0259\u0307+",
"\""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214023"
},
"dentifrice":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a powder, paste, or liquid for cleaning the teeth":[]
},
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"\u02c8dent-\u0259-fr\u0259s",
"\u02c8den-t\u0259-fr\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English dentifricie , from Latin dentifricium , from denti- + fricare to rub \u2014 more at friction":""
": a number (such as 7 in 7 feet ) that specifies a quantity in terms of a unit of measurement":[]
},
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"di-\u02ccn\u00e4-m\u0259-n\u0259t-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin denominatus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1579, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223812"
},
"dentulous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having teeth":[]
},
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"\u02c8den-ch\u0259-l\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"back-formation from edentulous":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234411"
},
"denturist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a dental technician who makes, fits, and repairs dentures directly for the public":[]
},
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"\u02c8den-ch\u0259-rist",
"-r\u0259st"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wortman, a denturist , did not possess a firearms license and obtained his weapons illegally. \u2014 Amanda Coletta, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Like the gunman, Gina Goulet was a denturist with a practice in the town of Shubenacadie. \u2014 Ian Austen, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2020",
"Wortman is listed as a denturist \u2014 a person who makes dentures \u2014 in the city of Dartmouth, near Halifax, according to the Denturist Society of Nova Scotia website. \u2014 Rob Gillies, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Apr. 2020",
"Those occupations range from massage therapists to driving schools, social workers to court reporters, denturists to athletic agents. \u2014 Audrey Dutton, idahostatesman , 15 Jan. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1964, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012408"
},
"dentiform":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": shaped like a tooth":[]
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"\u02c8den-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u022frm"
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"first_known_use":{
"1708, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012633"
},
"dentin":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a calcareous material similar to but harder and denser than bone that composes the principal mass of a tooth \u2014 see tooth illustration":[]
},
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"\u02c8den-t\u1d4an",
"\u02c8dent-\u1d4an"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This cycle of violence was revealed by a second signal in Fred\u2019s tusks, encoded in oxygen isotopes, which tracked the steady sawtooth tick of the seasons passing by and provided a kind of calendar kept in dentin . \u2014 Peter Brannen, The Atlantic , 22 June 2022",
"His teeth are chewed down to nubs, the dentin and nerves exposed. \u2014 Gene Weingarten, Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Once the enamel is dissolved, the underlying portion of the tooth, the dentin , is softer and more easily destroyed by the acid, thus leading to wider and deeper expansion of the cavity. \u2014 Jeffrey Ebersole, The Conversation , 18 May 2021",
"The erosion of enamel can also cause teeth to become more yellow over the long-term, as the yellow-colored dentin , the inner layer of tooth, is exposed. \u2014 Lisa Drayer, CNN , 3 Oct. 2019",
"According to a case study from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, a compound odontoma is considered a developmental anomaly where tumors made of formed of enamel and dentin are formed. \u2014 Doha Madani, NBC News , 1 Aug. 2019",
"This may eventually compromise the underlying dentin , which is a tissue containing hollow canals called tubules. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 18 Apr. 2018",
"Like human teeth, the dragonfish\u2019s teeth have a dense inner dentin layer surrounded by an outer enamellike layer. \u2014 Helen Santoro, Science | AAAS , 5 June 2019",
"Relative dentin abrasivity, or RDA, is a guide to measuring abrasiveness in toothpaste. \u2014 Laura Daily, The Seattle Times , 12 Apr. 2019"
],
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"first_known_use":{
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"Detectives then used dental records to confirm Young's identity. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 3 June 2022",
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"After a pickup truck with a female body inside was found in a receding lake in Texas in 2014, officials used dental records to identify a woman who had been missing since 1979. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"Weaver said that Brittanee's remains were identified through dental records. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
"The bones were taken to the coroner's office where Tomlinson's identity was confirmed via dental records on May 6. \u2014 CBS News , 9 May 2022",
"Traditional methods using fingerprints or dental records have not resulted in their identification, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Other options are to fill it about 2/3 with warm water and add one denture -cleaning or bottle-cleaning tablet for each liter of water. \u2014 Allison Pattillo, Outside Online , 23 Aug. 2018",
"She had been punched so hard that her upper denture was shattered. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
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"In 50 years Amazon will be using drones to deliver your denture cream. \u2014 Paul Ford, Wired , 8 Apr. 2021",
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"The plaster walls have been repaired and painted, the dentil molding restored to its original glory. \u2014 Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al , 12 Feb. 2020",
"That\u2019s white wainscot, wide door frames and deep crown molding that is oversized dentil style. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 19 Oct. 2019",
"Speaking of a large party, at 23 feet the dining room can seat 12 in comfort, surrounded by Gracie wall covering, deep dentil molding and a carved fireplace. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 19 Oct. 2019",
"The beautifully proportioned 18-by-14-foot dining room features trim and molding that extend to the dentil molding on the fireplace mantel. \u2014 Joan Walden, courant.com , 8 Mar. 2018",
"Selldorf does not do Ye Olde Ionic orders or ironic dentil moldings. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer , 13 Apr. 2018",
"While clearly a 20th-century design, the arched windows in the center portal, meaty keystones over the windows, and the dentil molding below the roof are all lifted directly from early-American architecture. \u2014 Inga Saffron, Philly.com , 12 Apr. 2018",
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"In classical architecture, dentils are a series of decorative tooth-like blocks typically used under the soffit of a cornice. \u2014 Susan Langenhennig, NOLA.com , 23 Aug. 2017"
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"Warren, lead designer and dental technician by profession, creates custom, surprising grills. \u2014 Darian Symon\u00e9 Harvin, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Veneers are usually made by a dental technician in dental lab, working from a model given by your dentist. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The credits list Sheen\u2019s birth name, Carlos Estevez. October 3, 2014 - A Los Angeles dental technician sues Sheen for an assault that allegedly took place during a September office visit. \u2014 CNN , 19 Aug. 2021",
"There are two Republicans vying for the spot to challenge Smith: State Sen. Karin Housley faces dental technician and first-time candidate Bob Anderson. \u2014 Ella Nilsen, Vox , 14 Aug. 2018",
"Backers hoped the credential would help students find entry-level work in healthcare and move on to earn certificates in any of 11 related programs that would train them for such jobs as respiratory therapists or dental technicians . \u2014 Rosanna Xia, latimes.com , 8 July 2018",
"Lorenzo also went to school, earning her Florida license to become a dental technician . \u2014 David Ovalle, miamiherald , 5 July 2018",
"Stephen Arnold Mandell was the son of I. Edward Mandell, a dental technician , and Anne Mandell, a homemaker. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 20 Mar. 2018",
"But the common denominator of a small group of patients at a Virginia clinic over a 15-year period is worrying the Centers for Disease Control: Eight were dentists; a ninth was a dental technician . \u2014 The Washington Post, NOLA.com , 11 Mar. 2018"
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"Because there is still a cottage industry aspect to practicing dentistry , resistance to change has been a key challenge in implementing emerging tech into oral care. \u2014 Cindy Roark, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Before winning public office, Gosar practiced dentistry for 25 years. \u2014 Melissa Estrada, The Arizona Republic , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Despite not having practiced dentistry for two years, Lieutenant Salomon was quickly recognized as an excellent dentist by his patients and his fellow dentists. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Sadrinia, 59, was first licensed to practice dentistry in Kentucky in 1991, the documents say. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences does offer some dentistry programs but does not have a dental school. \u2014 Neal Earley, Arkansas Online , 20 May 2022",
"The lucrative practice, with five offices in the Pittsburgh area, specializes in sedation dentistry , providing anesthesia for fearful patients. \u2014 CBS News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"For now, from home detention in Arizona, Lori Milliron is still connected with Rudolph, running his multimillion-dollar dentistry practice, but forbidden to contact him. \u2014 CBS News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"But dentistry care aside, there were also a good handful of fans who were simply stunned to hear that Al and Lenny were related in the first place. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 10 Apr. 2022"
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"The denticle record had been previously used to document shark occurrences in deep time. \u2014 Melissa Cristina M\u00e1rquez, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
"On individual sharks, denticle patterns and sizes can vary. \u2014 Joanna Klein, National Geographic , 28 July 2020",
"The shark skin denticles can flex at angles more than 40 degrees from its body\u2014but only in the direction of reversing flow (i.e., from tail to nose). \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 13 Mar. 2020",
"But scientists are now concerned that even durable denticles have met their match: ocean acidification. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 21 Dec. 2019",
"One study found that shark denticles are responsible for an up to 12 percent increase in swimming speed. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 19 Dec. 2019",
"In free-swimming sharks like the great white, denticles account for up to 12 percent of their swimming speed. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 19 Dec. 2019",
"So Auerswald and his colleagues decided to simulate the effects of acidification on the denticles of puffadder shysharks (Haploblepharus edwardsii) in the lab. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 21 Dec. 2019",
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"More than 8,000 Southern Baptists will descend on Anaheim next week for the annual meeting of the largest Protestant denomination in the United States \u2014 the first time in 41 years that the two-day meeting has been held in California. \u2014 Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"The largest denomination of Mennonites in the U.S. has adapted its policies to be more welcoming to the LGBTQ+ community. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Members of the nation\u2019s largest Protestant denomination are also planning to elect the next president of the convention. \u2014 Michelle Boorstein And Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"The country's largest Protestant denomination since the 1960s, the convention's membership peaked in 2006 at 16.3 million. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 13 June 2022",
"Seventy churches in Georgia split from the United Methodist Church (UMC) last week largely over LGBTQ issues, marking the latest in a growing divide within the third-largest Protestant denomination in the United States. \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 5 June 2022",
"Nationwide, Southern Baptist represent the largest Protestant denomination with roughly 14 million members. \u2014 Shelia Poole, ajc , 25 May 2022",
"This was partly the simple re- denomination of earnings from the local currency. \u2014 Steven Desmyter, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Factions within the United Methodist Church have been at odds for years over the denomination \u2019s official stance on homosexuality. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 8 June 2022"
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"Last month, a prison dentist removed her wisdom teeth but did not suture the wounds. \u2014 Robyn Dixon, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"The nongovernmental organization said the case was reminiscent of Dr. Savita Halappanavar, a dentist in Ireland who died in 2012 of septicaemia following a miscarriage while 17 weeks pregnant. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
"The last time the board overhauled the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Science, in 2009, it was chaired by Don McLeroy, a dentist from east-central Texas. \u2014 Katie Worth, Scientific American , 20 June 2022",
"Doctors told the 31-year-old dentist that her cervix was fully dilated and that amniotic fluid was leaking. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 13 June 2022",
"Lukacs, a dentist , acknowledged Wednesday that the mailer could have had a big impact. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Remember that dentist who slaughtered Cecil the lion and this terrible costume that resulted",
"Malone recounts getting in a drunken fight in which the other guy gets the best of him and knocks out some teeth, requiring a middle-of-the-night visit to a dentist for emergency work. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 5 June 2022",
"Most tooth gems are semi-permanent and can last anywhere between six months to one year, says Brian Kantor M.D., a cosmetic dentist in New York City. \u2014 Fiona Embleton, Allure , 5 June 2022"
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"In the fraction 2/3 the numerator is 2 and the denominator is 3.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Standardizing the denominator across all groups offers a very different picture. \u2014 Amanda Monta\u00f1ez, Scientific American , 7 June 2022",
"But once again, it's swelled by a denominator of super-pumped profits. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"In theory, the value of a stock is determined by a formula that has future dividend payments (or cash flows) in the numerator and an interest rate in the denominator . \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 14 May 2022",
"The nagging question remains: Is pure-play, lowest-common- denominator streaming a business model that\u2019s built to last? \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"So in the wake of watching the Heat close 25 of 29 from the foul line in their 115-105 victory on Tuesday night at FTX Arena, in a game the Hawks went 11 of 14 on free throws, Young went for the uncommon denominator . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The wants are the denominator of the satisfaction equation. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The reciprocals of those numbers tend to add to fractions with a massive denominator instead of reducing to simpler fractions that more easily combine to make 1. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022",
"If the denominator becomes a bigger number, so will the numerator, the thinking goes. \u2014 Marla Broadfoot, Scientific American , 25 Jan. 2022"
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"Jonathan Barichivich, a scientist from Chile who specializes in dendrochronology , and his colleague Antonio Lara announced their findings last month. \u2014 Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"Researchers typically calculate a tree\u2019s age with a process known as dendrochronology , which involves counting the number of rings in the tree\u2019s trunk. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022",
"One afternoon, in the early nineteen-twenties, Douglass gave a talk about dendrochronology . \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 6 May 2022",
"The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research is the world\u2019s oldest dendrochronology lab, and still one of the most renowned. \u2014 Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Earlier in this century, an individual Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) in California\u2019s White Mountains was dated using tree-ring analysis, or dendrochronology , and found to be more than 5,000 years old. \u2014 Robin Lloyd, Scientific American , 24 Dec. 2021",
"And the scientists who study tree rings \u2013 dendrochronology , as the field is called \u2013 are finding that their work is becoming increasingly recognized as crucial in the fight against climate change. \u2014 Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 Nov. 2021",
"The Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory, a firm based in Baltimore, performed dendrochronology to date samples of the home\u2019s timbers, determining that they were felled in the winter of 1739. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The civilizational slope has been slippery for much longer than most of us realize, and, long before the advent of smartphones or typewriters or railroads, the Roman denarius was considered a threat to the social order. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 28 July 2021",
"Many mintings later, the denarius was still suspect. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 28 July 2021",
"Its production was also a proxy for a central economic activity, the use of silver in the Romans\u2019 standard silver coin, the denarius . \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2018",
"The decline in lead pollution was enhanced by Rome\u2019s switch from the silver denarius , which had been increasingly debased with copper, to a gold standard. \u2014 The Economist , 19 May 2018",
"Besides the power of the legions, Rome\u2019s might lay in its wealth, the cornerstone of which was a silver coin known as a denarius . \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 16 May 2018",
"In the early Roman Empire the denarius was 100 percent silver. \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2018"
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"I'm afraid I dented the wall pretty badly when I was hammering in that nail.",
"Many of the cans were badly dented .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But as humans controlled fire, learned to cook, became cooperative, and developed hunting techniques and an accompanying armamentarium of cutting implements, the requirement for robust dentition diminished. \u2014 Adrian Woolfson, WSJ , 31 May 2021",
"Tusks are among the most dramatic examples of mammal dentition : ever-growing, projecting teeth used for fighting, foraging, even flirting. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Then, as the Permian matured, so did a stunning palette of mammals, radiating from their humble beginnings into evolutionary trend-setters: warm-blooded, milk-making, hairy, rapidly metabolizing and outfitted with complex dentition . \u2014 David P. Barash, WSJ , 27 Aug. 2021",
"The catalog of human fallibilities that Mr. Bezzerides assembles begins with an account of our suboptimal dentition . \u2014 Adrian Woolfson, WSJ , 31 May 2021",
"Fans immediately pounced on the picture, taking to the comments section to share their guesses as to what the disturbing dentition might mean for the new season's theme, which has not been announced. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Wrangham and colleagues attribute these changes to the invention of cooking, which makes food easier to chew, explaining the smaller dentition , and more energy-rich, to fuel bigger bodies and brains. \u2014 Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Aug. 2020",
"So dire was the state of U.S. dentition that in 1901, Frederick McKay\u2019s discovery that many of his patients\u2019 teeth were mottled with ugly brown stains generated little notice. \u2014 Charles C. Mann, The Atlantic , 17 Mar. 2020",
"The idea that a person's dentition was as unique and traceable as a fingerprint was not generally accepted at the time, and is still not. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 June 2019"
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"Also, use statistics whenever possible and numbers to denote the size or amount to illustrate the magnitude of your accomplishments. \u2014 Robin Ryan, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"By one measure, Syrda's study could denote progress; there are enough women breadwinners in the dataset to come to these statistically significant conclusions. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In this scene, the blue and yellow subtitles denote two simultaneous, contradictory conversations. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Winding green arrows denote the birds\u2019 migratory paths \u2014 which transcend geographical borders, Carr notes \u2014 and meandering red lines represent the L.A. area freeway system. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Skipping the capitalization or leaving off a question mark doesn\u2019t denote a lack of respect. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 May 2016",
"The name could be a contraction (L.A.\u2019s n/naka, for owner Niki Nakiyama\u2019s first and last name), or denote a meaningful phrase (Mi Tocaya\u2014meaning my namesake\u2014Antojeria in Chicago). \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The show uses different colors to denote when a character is speaking one language or the other. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 22 Mar. 2022",
"In the wake of the Great Depression, when the federal government graded neighborhoods in hundreds of cities for real estate investment, Black and immigrant areas were typically outlined in red on maps to denote risky places to lend. \u2014 Raymond Zhong, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022"
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": the basic monetary unit of North Macedonia \u2014 see Money Table":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In fact, the church\u2019s status as a national treasure is confirmed by the image of its fresco of the Archangel Gabriel on the 50 denar note, the country\u2019s currency. \u2014 Celestine Bohlen, New York Times , 15 July 2019"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The civilizational slope has been slippery for much longer than most of us realize, and, long before the advent of smartphones or typewriters or railroads, the Roman denarius was considered a threat to the social order. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 28 July 2021",
"Many mintings later, the denarius was still suspect. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 28 July 2021",
"Its production was also a proxy for a central economic activity, the use of silver in the Romans\u2019 standard silver coin, the denarius . \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2018",
"The decline in lead pollution was enhanced by Rome\u2019s switch from the silver denarius , which had been increasingly debased with copper, to a gold standard. \u2014 The Economist , 19 May 2018",
"Besides the power of the legions, Rome\u2019s might lay in its wealth, the cornerstone of which was a silver coin known as a denarius . \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 16 May 2018",
"In the early Roman Empire the denarius was 100 percent silver. \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2018"
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],
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": a genus of grouses (family Tetraonidae) comprising the blue grouses":[]
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"definitions":{
": a small genus of large Asian bamboos with long panicles of globular clusters of flowers succeeded by small fruits with thick hard walls":[]
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"The second level has four bedrooms, a laundry room and a den , or sitting area. \u2014 Kathy Orton, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"But perhaps the most distinguishing room of the house is the den , which is accessible via the first landing on the staircase. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
"The spacious first floor also incorporates a den , an office, and three guest rooms. \u2014 Pilar Viladas, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"The den , with two cubs born this winter, wasn\u2019t far from the spot where first responders removed the soldier, the agency said. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"The den , with two cubs born this winter, wasn\u2019t far from the spot where first responders removed the soldier, the agency said. \u2014 al , 13 May 2022",
"The titular Obi-Wan Kenobi \u2014 played by Ewan McGregor \u2014 is then tasked by Leia\u2019s adoptive father to rescue young Leia, which, unbeknownst to him, leads him straight to the den of Reva and, ultimately, another appearance from Flea. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"Spiral stairs lead down to a den with wood stove and sliders to a patio; there\u2019s also a guest suite with private bath, and another bath with step-in shower. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"From Fiorella\u2019s upstairs seating area, with a retractable roof, customers will open an unmarked door and find themselves in a narrow hallway lined with old-fashioned floral wallpaper, illuminated by purple lights, before entering Nonnina\u2019s cozy den . \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Urban animals den in parks and in seldom frequented areas between houses. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The birds live and den in the cactus, using holes created by woodpeckers and other animals. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Agency officials said some areas of the Rocky Mountains will retain enough snow in a warming world for wolverines to successfully den and breed. \u2014 Matthew Brown, ajc , 1 Nov. 2021",
"In an unusual move, U.S. Geological Survey Director James Reilly has refused to make public the study by his own scientists of the number of female polar bears that den and give birth on land near the southern Beaufort Sea. \u2014 Juliet Eilperin, Desmond Butler, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Sep. 2020",
"These lobsters did not choose to den alone, the scientists suspected: they were being shunned. \u2014 Scientific American , 1 July 2020",
"Dave Crowley, a biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game who oversees the region, says this area is prime bear- denning territory. \u2014 Acacia Johnson, National Geographic , 14 Jan. 2020",
"Typically, black bears enter their dens in October, with most brown bears denning by November, Battle said. \u2014 Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Nov. 2019",
"Many grizzly bears have denned up for winter hibernation by the time a significant number of elk remains have accumulated, study team leader Frank van Manen wrote recently in the academic journal Ursus. \u2014 USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2020"
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": a common genus of Old World triclad turbellarians to which the common white planarian ( Procotyla fluviatilis ) was formerly assigned":[]
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"\u02ccdendr\u014d\u02c8s\u0113l\u0259m"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Joyce was the den mother of Second City theatre, in Chicago. \u2014 Bob Odenkirk, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Gertrude Stein played oracle and den mother to a burgeoning generation of writers and artists. \u2014 Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Nancy Harman, a lead organizer with Helping El Cajon Refugees, is an unofficial den mother for those who have arrived there over the years. \u2014 Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times , 30 Aug. 2021",
"Gans showed up to a recent Zoom surprise birthday celebration for a green room superfan and den mother who goes by the pseudonym Jill Swellville and who, like many of the regulars, lives out of state. \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 July 2021",
"As a friend rather than a housewife, Hilton not only deftly sidesteps the squabbles the show is known for but also assumes the lofty role of den mother , dispensing enigmatic words of wisdom to the other cast members when the mercury started to rise. \u2014 Rachel Marlowe, Vogue , 27 May 2021",
"When Berman got the job, Baldridge, who acted as a kind of den mother to the secretaries, called her with a pep talk. \u2014 Marisa Meltzer, Town & Country , 7 Mar. 2021",
"Over the months, Cox had become somewhat of a den mother to the pipeline workers (welders, carpenters, and union laborers) staying at her hotel. \u2014 Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner , 1 Feb. 2021",
"Drew\u2019s mother, Deenie, was known as the den mother of the civil rights movement. \u2014 al , 18 Jan. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That dendrite collects the incoming electrical signals and sends them to a capacitor which\u2026like a neuronal cell body\u2026integrates the information. \u2014 Karen Hopkin, Scientific American , 30 June 2022",
"Sometimes, those reactions form a pesky thing called a dendrite \u2014a vein of material in the electrolyte that gradually extends and may eventually connect the anode and the cathode, causing a short-circuit\u2014and a fire. \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 1 Feb. 2022",
"This build-up, known as lithium dendrite , can short-circuit the battery and shorten its life. \u2014 University Of Houston Energy Fellows, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
"Making the battery out of mostly solid materials helps prevent dendrite formation in more than one way. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 17 May 2021",
"Plate snowflake that turned into a stellar dendrite . \u2014 Leslie Nemo, Scientific American , 11 Feb. 2021",
"Vascular changes and the sprouting and pruning of axons and dendrites that extend from the main body of a neuron could also do the same. \u2014 R. Douglas Fields, Scientific American , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Duller, shallower dendrites don\u2019t pierce the battery and cause fires. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 4 Mar. 2020",
"Many of the fatal flaws in lithium are related to the same dendrite problem. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 4 Mar. 2020"
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"\u02c8den\u0259r"
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"Prime minister Margaret Thatcher denationalized major industries, but would never touch the NHS. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 14 Apr. 2020",
"No succeeding British government, Labour or Conservative, has tried to renationalize what Margaret Thatcher denationalized . \u2014 Lee Edwards, National Review , 14 Oct. 2019",
"So why have national Dems denationalized this year\u2019s midterms? \u2014 Ted Rall, WSJ , 23 Aug. 2018",
"Gillespie is laboring to denationalize the campaign by focusing almost exclusively on Virginia issues, especially jobs and the economy. \u2014 James Hohmann, Washington Post , 21 Sep. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN): Formerly called natural killer cell leukemia/lymphoma, per the LLS, BPDCN is a rare combination of leukemia and lymphoma. \u2014 Barbara Brody, Health.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"At the age of 12, she was diagnosed with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) and had to be in isolation for 100 days in her hospital room to receive a stem cell transplant. \u2014 Heran Mamo, Billboard , 13 Nov. 2020",
"The human dermis is awash with dendritic cells that act like scouts, moving around the skin and searching for foreign pathogens. \u2014 Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics , 29 Apr. 2020",
"Ongoing projects include a clinical trial to infuse regulatory dendritic cells in liver transplant patients prior to surgery, with the hope of putting an end to toxic immunosuppression regimens. \u2014 Scientific American , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Pegtel and colleagues started with two types of immune cells; B cells, a type of white blood cell, infected with the virus, and dendritic cells , which sense viral invaders and alert other immune cells. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Nov. 2013",
"The dendritic cells were genetically engineered to glow until microRNAs that the virus had forced the B cells to produce traveled across the barrier and quieted the glowing genes. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Nov. 2013",
"Analyzing patterns of gene expression in individual human immune system cells, the researchers refined the definitions of the types known as dendritic cells and monocytes and identified a novel type that had been overlooked. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 12 July 2017",
"Among a second cohort of 10 patients who got bevacizumab and dendritic cell vaccine alone (but no cyclophosphamide), only 30 percent survived to the two-year mark. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2018"
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"1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-102149"
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"noun"
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": a bird of the family Dendrocolaptidae":[]
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"adjective",
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"definitions":{
": a large family of tropical American birds (suborder Tyranni) that are closely related to the ovenbirds, are of climbing habit, and creep over trees from which they dig out insects \u2014 see woodhewer":[]
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"d\u0113-\u02c8n\u00e4-m\u0259-n\u1d4al"
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"first_known_use":{
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": a large genus of woodpeckers that are widely distributed in temperate parts of the northern hemisphere, and are all black or blackish brown with white markings and more or less red about the head":[]
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"den\u02c8dr\u00e4k\u0259p\u0259s"
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"New Latin, from Greek dendrokopos woodcutter, from dendr- + -kopos (from the stem of koptein to smite, cut off)":""
"Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov drew new attention to those tensions when he was asked in an Italian television interview how Russia could claim to denazify Ukraine when Mr. Zelensky is himself Jewish. \u2014 David S. Cloud, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"Putin initially sought to justify the invasion by saying his troops planned to \u2018 denazify \u2019 the country, a claim that experts say is part of the Kremlin\u2019s disinformation campaign surrounding the war. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Captain Nowalsky, an American lawyer charged with denazifying Berlin, had also established the only Jewish orphanage in Berlin. \u2014 Keren Blankfeld, New York Times , 7 Dec. 2017"
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": to become denatured":[]
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"(\u02c8)d\u0113-\u02c8n\u0101-ch\u0259r",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet filmmakers tend to denature archival material, strip it of its physical identity and its genetic matter. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The pandemic has offered companies a boon \u2014 the opportunity to denature the old way of work and create new patterns and habits. \u2014 Arthi Rabikrisson, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"When whisked vigorously, the proteins in egg whites denature and form new bonds, creating a tight network where air is trapped. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 6 May 2021",
"The combined action of heat and acid helps some of the milk proteins to denature and coagulate to form a large white mass of cheese curds. \u2014 Nik Sharma, SFChronicle.com , 9 July 2020",
"The artist Leah Wulfman is working on the videos, abstracting them and denaturing them a bit. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Vinegar lowers to pH, which allows the proteins to denature more quickly and results in thinner threads. \u2014 Lucas Sin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 15 May 2020",
"The alcohol acts as what\u2019s called a denaturing agent, versus soap, which acts as a detergent. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 24 Apr. 2020"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of small bark beetles that are especially destructive to mature coniferous trees and that have a large prothorax, short clubbed elbowed antennae, serrated tibiae, and spiny elytra":[]
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"New Latin, from dendr- + Greek ktonos murder; from their destructiveness":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145904"
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"They have also been shown to increase the density of dendritic spines \u2014 small protrusions found on nerve cells \u2014 in turn spurring the growth of neuronal connections that can be lost in cases of chronic stress or depression. \u2014 Steve Volk, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
"Monocytes can also differentiate into two other types of immune cells: phagocytes, which engulf and destroy microbes, and dendritic cells, which present T cells with antigens to help stimulate a more specific immune response. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The rock is remarkable for its numerous dendritic structures, which are exposed in cross section and longitudinally. \u2014 David W. Frayer, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022",
"This layer houses the majority of the innate and adaptive immune cells, including macrophages, dendritic cells, B and T cells, and also innate lymphoid cells (ILCs). \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Back in 2003, a trio of neuroscientists showed that the dendritic trees of a pyramidal neuron perform complex computations by modeling it as a two-layer artificial neural network. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Apparently the protein acts sluggishly in some bipolar patients, hampering neurons\u2019 ability to form dendritic spines\u2014little bumps that occur on the edges of nerve cells that are necessary for neural communication. \u2014 Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American , 27 Feb. 2018",
"The government is also supporting an unorthodox vaccination method for COVID-19 that involves taking dendritic cells from a person\u2019s body, immersing them in viral antigens, then reinjecting them. \u2014 Dyna Rochmyaningsih, Science | AAAS , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Once there, the vaccine components encounter dendritic cells and macrophages\u2014two types of immune cells that can sense when something foreign is sneaking around in the body. \u2014 Megan Molteni, Wired , 25 Feb. 2021"
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": a genus of long-legged ducks comprising the tree ducks and having long strong claws used in perching and a peculiar whistling call":[]
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"Kumar pointed to a new office created by Trump\u2019s Department of Justice to denaturalize immigrants in the U.S. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, Fortune , 12 June 2020",
"In the years between 2004 and 2016, about 40 people were denaturalized per year. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 17 Dec. 2019",
"Mead, for her part, grew famous for Coming of Age in Samoa, a work that attempted to denaturalize the angst of adolescence. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 14 Aug. 2019",
"That detail is worrisome in light of the administration\u2019s push to denaturalize citizens, which includes investigating old records in search of inconsistencies on applications the government could interpret as fraud. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 17 Dec. 2019",
"Baljinder Singh became the first person to be denaturalized under Operation Janus, a Homeland Security Department initiative that revokes citizenship of those who circumvented background checks during the naturalization process. \u2014 CBS News , 11 Jan. 2018",
"Some were German citizens; others fled to Germany before they were denaturalized in the United States. \u2014 Scott Nover, Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2017"
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"Sometimes, those reactions form a pesky thing called a dendrite \u2014a vein of material in the electrolyte that gradually extends and may eventually connect the anode and the cathode, causing a short-circuit\u2014and a fire. \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 1 Feb. 2022",
"This build-up, known as lithium dendrite , can short-circuit the battery and shorten its life. \u2014 University Of Houston Energy Fellows, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
"Making the battery out of mostly solid materials helps prevent dendrite formation in more than one way. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 17 May 2021",
"Plate snowflake that turned into a stellar dendrite . \u2014 Leslie Nemo, Scientific American , 11 Feb. 2021",
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"Many of the fatal flaws in lithium are related to the same dendrite problem. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 4 Mar. 2020"
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"Yet filmmakers tend to denature archival material, strip it of its physical identity and its genetic matter. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The pandemic has offered companies a boon \u2014 the opportunity to denature the old way of work and create new patterns and habits. \u2014 Arthi Rabikrisson, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"When whisked vigorously, the proteins in egg whites denature and form new bonds, creating a tight network where air is trapped. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 6 May 2021",
"The combined action of heat and acid helps some of the milk proteins to denature and coagulate to form a large white mass of cheese curds. \u2014 Nik Sharma, SFChronicle.com , 9 July 2020",
"The artist Leah Wulfman is working on the videos, abstracting them and denaturing them a bit. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2020",
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"The alcohol acts as what\u2019s called a denaturing agent, versus soap, which acts as a detergent. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 24 Apr. 2020"
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"While wandering through the woods, take advantage of the free dendrology lessons: Informative signs detail the characteristics of the surrounding linden, beech, maple and oak trees. \u2014 Ingrid K. Williams, New York Times , 10 May 2018",
"While the focus remained production oriented, field classes began to include dendrology (the scientific study of trees) and, by the 1960s, soils and wildlife habitat. \u2014 Jane Braxton Little, sacbee.com , 23 June 2017"
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