"The move is likely to further devaluate Iran\u2019s currency, create a liquidity crunch and be viewed in Tehran as a significant escalation, said Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, founder of Bourse & Bazaar, a think tank focused on Iran\u2019s economy. \u2014 John Hudson, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Oct. 2020",
"The country's currency, the Real, was devaluated by 10% and the national stock market, Bovespa, temporarily halted trading when the implications against Temer were made public. \u2014 Flora Charner, CNN , 28 May 2017"
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"The government has decided to devalue its currency.",
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"He argues that placing too many requirements on schools devalues the education they provide.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But at the same time, the advent of social media has created a sure-fire way to devalue an experience through picture taking, too. \u2014 Tim Maurer, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"In a world that tries to devalue any woman who's older than 30 years old, Cameron Diaz says becoming a mother has completely transformed her attitude toward aging. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 June 2022",
"Brewery and distillery taproom licenses are cheaply available over the counter from the state, and bars have been worried about competition that could devalue their licenses. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 16 May 2022",
"In March, the country\u2019s central bank allowed the Egyptian pound to devalue by 14% against the U.S. dollar to pave the way for discussions with the IMF for a new loan. \u2014 Chao Deng, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"The researchers highlight how overlapping changes\u2014financial, cultural, interpersonal\u2014work to devalue an entire generation of Harlem\u2019s Black residents. \u2014 Katie Herchenroeder, The New Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
"That is not to devalue Mr. Thackston\u2019s translation, which is impressively meticulous. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Russian President Vladimir Putin could force lenders in some countries to accept payment in rubles, but that could further devalue the Russian currency. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 10 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s always great to devalue the voters and call them morons, which is what the Republicans have been doing of late. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"1918, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8van(t)s"
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"examples":[
"The flood devastated the town.",
"The disease has devastated the area's oak tree population.",
"The hurricane left the island completely devastated .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After initial worries that the pandemic would devastate book sales, publishers have recorded strong profits in the past two years and independent sellers have endured. \u2014 Hillel Italie, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 June 2022",
"After initial worries that the pandemic would devastate book sales, publishers have recorded strong profits in the past two years and independent sellers have endured. \u2014 Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Some automakers are making direct supply deals with miners because a shortage would devastate their business. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"Floods and other natural disasters can devastate the infrastructure needed to transport food to hungry communities. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"For one, a number of nations at or near Earth\u2019s waistline are small island states that are highly vulnerable to massive storms that can devastate infrastructure and crimp their most dependent industries, such as tourism. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 4 May 2022",
"Bird flu, or the avian flu, can devastate chicken and turkey populations, but the risk of infection for humans is very limited. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Feb. 2022",
"These are anxious days for businesspeople in Ukraine, with more than 100,000 Russian troops massed on the eastern border, threatening to launch a conflict that could devastate Ukraine\u2019s economy and spark a severe energy crisis in Europe. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Putin has accused Washington of wanting to drag out the war in order to devastate his nation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"\u2014 John Schwartz",
"I present here a steady flow model for the blast dynamics and propose that through much of the devastated area the blast was a supersonic flow of a complex multiphase (solid, liquid, vapour) mixture.",
"\u2014 Susan Werner Kieffer"
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"Doug never called. He dumped me for the cheerleader, and I was, in the parlance of teen-age romance, absolutely devastated .",
"\u2014 Marialisa Calta",
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"\u2014 Ira Berkow"
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"\u2014 Gary Sandquist"
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"\u2014 Jeremy Bernstein"
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"The flood devastated the town.",
"The disease has devastated the area's oak tree population.",
"The hurricane left the island completely devastated .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After initial worries that the pandemic would devastate book sales, publishers have recorded strong profits in the past two years and independent sellers have endured. \u2014 Hillel Italie, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 June 2022",
"After initial worries that the pandemic would devastate book sales, publishers have recorded strong profits in the past two years and independent sellers have endured. \u2014 Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Some automakers are making direct supply deals with miners because a shortage would devastate their business. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"Floods and other natural disasters can devastate the infrastructure needed to transport food to hungry communities. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"For one, a number of nations at or near Earth\u2019s waistline are small island states that are highly vulnerable to massive storms that can devastate infrastructure and crimp their most dependent industries, such as tourism. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 4 May 2022",
"Bird flu, or the avian flu, can devastate chicken and turkey populations, but the risk of infection for humans is very limited. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Feb. 2022",
"These are anxious days for businesspeople in Ukraine, with more than 100,000 Russian troops massed on the eastern border, threatening to launch a conflict that could devastate Ukraine\u2019s economy and spark a severe energy crisis in Europe. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Putin has accused Washington of wanting to drag out the war in order to devastate his nation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"The flood devastated the town.",
"The disease has devastated the area's oak tree population.",
"The hurricane left the island completely devastated .",
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"After initial worries that the pandemic would devastate book sales, publishers have recorded strong profits in the past two years and independent sellers have endured. \u2014 Hillel Italie, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 June 2022",
"After initial worries that the pandemic would devastate book sales, publishers have recorded strong profits in the past two years and independent sellers have endured. \u2014 Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Some automakers are making direct supply deals with miners because a shortage would devastate their business. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"Floods and other natural disasters can devastate the infrastructure needed to transport food to hungry communities. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"For one, a number of nations at or near Earth\u2019s waistline are small island states that are highly vulnerable to massive storms that can devastate infrastructure and crimp their most dependent industries, such as tourism. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 4 May 2022",
"Bird flu, or the avian flu, can devastate chicken and turkey populations, but the risk of infection for humans is very limited. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Feb. 2022",
"These are anxious days for businesspeople in Ukraine, with more than 100,000 Russian troops massed on the eastern border, threatening to launch a conflict that could devastate Ukraine\u2019s economy and spark a severe energy crisis in Europe. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Putin has accused Washington of wanting to drag out the war in order to devastate his nation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022"
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": to remove the dark dorsal vein from (shrimp)":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The easiest and quickest method to peel and devein a shrimp in one swift movement is as simple as grabbing a fork from your utensil drawer. \u2014 Paul Stephen Paul\u2019s Cooking Tips, San Antonio Express-News , 31 May 2021",
"Clean and devein the dry peppers and toast on the flat grill, being careful to not burn. \u2014 Sonia Ramirez, Chron , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Shrimp in all forms ( deveined , tail on or off, peeled or unpeeled), mussels, clams, lobster tails and fillets of a large assortment of fish types from mahi mahi to ahi tuna steaks are easily found. \u2014 Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com , 30 Mar. 2020",
"Wolf says the product looks like a peeled, deveined and tailless cooked shrimp but is hypoallergenic, lower in calories and cholesterol, and higher in fiber. \u2014 Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Sep. 2019",
"Wolf says the product looks like a peeled, deveined and tailless cooked shrimp but is hypoallergenic, lower in calories and cholesterol, and higher in fiber. \u2014 Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Sep. 2019",
"Season 3/4 pounds medium peeled and deveined shrimp with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. \u2014 The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping , 2 Oct. 2019",
"Wolf says the product looks like a peeled, deveined and tailless cooked shrimp but is hypoallergenic, lower in calories and cholesterol, and higher in fiber. \u2014 Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Sep. 2019",
"Wolf says the product looks like a peeled, deveined and tailless cooked shrimp but is hypoallergenic, lower in calories and cholesterol, and higher in fiber. \u2014 Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Sep. 2019"
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"1953, in the meaning defined above":""
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"She has been exercising regularly to develop her back muscles.",
"The story was later developed into a novel.",
"The island has developed its economy around tourism.",
"The course is designed to develop your writing skills.",
"A blossom develops from a bud.",
"The doctor says that the child is developing normally.",
"In this class, we will be learning about how languages develop .",
"Scientists are developing a treatment for the disease.",
"The company has developed a new method for recycling old tires.",
"He develops the concept more fully in his book.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"People with monkeypox can develop a fever, headache, muscle pains, chills, swollen lymph nodes and feel tired. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 1 July 2022",
"Some people develop into disciplined singers and instrumentalists; others abandon musical study altogether. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"Winchester will focus the company on prestige commercial television for both domestic and international audiences as well as working closely with writers, actors and directors to develop and produce their work. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"From one to three days after the flu-like symptoms begin, people typically develop a rash and lesions that may start in one place on the body and spread to other parts. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 30 June 2022",
"People also commonly develop a rash with a pimple or blisterlike appearance, and in some cases may only have the rash as a symptom. \u2014 Jon Kamp, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"People with more serious illness may develop a rash and lesions on the face and hands that can spread to other parts of the body. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"Councilman Conway, who sponsored the bill, said officials are working to develop a new arrangement to address the issue with the fledgling Police Accountability Board. \u2014 Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun , 28 June 2022",
"People with more serious illness may develop a rash and lesions on the face and hands that can spread to other parts of the body. \u2014 CBS News , 28 June 2022"
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"1714, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"According to the Vatican\u2019s refugee website, Japan has the lowest asylum intake ration in the developed world. \u2014 Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"The result has been worsening allergies across the developed world, due to the overabundance of pollen-spreading males. \u2014 Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"The countries in the developed world have started using smallpox vaccines and are considering the use of antivirals to battle their outbreaks of the disease. \u2014 Chinedu Asadu, ajc , 2 June 2022",
"In the recent past the large developed and emerging economies of the world were synchronised in two ways. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"The event takes place against the backdrop of the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades in both developed and many developing economies. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"But as vaccination rates rose in developed economies, borders reopened, quarantine rules eased and air travel picked up. \u2014 Elaine Yu, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s not a surprise that innovation around Covid and the vaccines came from developed economies. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Our systematic review of data from eight developed nations around the world shows that despite the surge in sales of fitness trackers, physical activity declined from 1995 to 2017. \u2014 David Bassett, The Conversation , 4 May 2022"
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"1949, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"the developer of software that is used the world over",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stonewall bought the property in June 2021 for $13 million after condemnation proceedings had started, the rail developer said. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
"The developer said it\u2019s putting up $25 million more in private equity. \u2014 Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"The developer said the project's restaurant and tenant spaces are also underway. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 6 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, the mall\u2019s athletic wear store Lululemon is undergoing expansion, the developer said. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
"The developer has said a third of the entire property will be devoted to stormwater management to deal with any water issues. \u2014 Judy Pochel, Chicago Tribune , 7 May 2022",
"The gym will open when damage from the most recent flood is repaired and work on the common areas is underway, the developer said. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The developer has said a third of the entire property will be devoted to stormwater management to deal with any water issues. \u2014 Judy Pochel, chicagotribune.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"That will bring rents down an average of $58 per month, the developer said. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"1796, in the meaning defined above":""
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"d\u0113-",
"di-\u02c8ve-l\u0259-p\u0259r"
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"designer",
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"Good nutrition is important for proper muscle development .",
"The company offers many opportunities for professional development .",
"The software is still in the early stages of development .",
"I try to keep up with the latest developments in computer technology.",
"Have there been any new developments in the case",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Is your own professional development worth it to you",
"Our universe is dotted with an incredible array of things in every possible phase of their development , from the swirling clouds that will eventually bear stars, to the long-dead cloudy remnants of other stars. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
"That\u2019s because earlier in its development , China was using cheaper, weaker low-clinker cement and buildings and bridges were collapsing, so now the Chinese government is mandating stronger cement, Norway\u2019s Andrew said. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"As his master, Kenobi sees this \u2014 not yet realizing it will lead the young Skywalker to the Dark Side, but as a roadblock in his Jedi development . \u2014 Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"The fact that Heston Kjerstad is playing at all is noteworthy, given the breadth of injuries that have set back his development . \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 21 June 2022",
"With his development -at-all-costs ethos, Mr. Bolsonaro has undermined environmental oversight bodies and ignored existing legislation. \u2014 Andrew Downie, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 June 2022",
"The project is designed to expand access to books in the places where children learn, live and play, and to empower adults to read alongside them to develop lifelong literacy skills during the most critical years of their development . \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"The resort pays tribute to the Cora and Huichol cultures by employing resource-efficient architecture and sustainable practices, while botany experts were consulted during its development to ensure the preservation of land and ecological wildlife. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 20 June 2022"
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"see develop":""
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"di-\u02c8vel-\u0259p-m\u0259nt",
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"d\u0113-"
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"elaboration",
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"expansion",
"growth",
"progress",
"progression"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": designed to assist growth or bring about improvement (as of a skill)":[
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"developmental highways"
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"A drop in temperature can slow the plant's developmental process.",
"a child with developmental abnormalities",
"My theory is still in its developmental stage.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chastain began racing in NASCAR\u2019s developmental series. \u2014 Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic , 25 June 2022",
"Holmgren couldn\u2019t have asked for a better home than the small-market Thunder, who are fully committed to a patient developmental approach and can help shield him from questions about his physique early in his career. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"One of the top recruits in the 2021 class, Foster eschewed college in favor of the G League Ignite, the NBA's developmental team. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"Now known as the Epson Tour, the LPGA Futures Tour became a national touring organization and the official developmental arm of the LPGA Tour in 1999. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"Segerstrom, a professor of developmental , social and health psychology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, has studied the connection between self-regulation, stress and immune function. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"This indicates that babbling is a widespread and natural developmental process in parrots. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Considering Day 3 picks are considered developmental prospects, the Cowboys simply wanted to move on from the veteran WR. \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
"But both were developmental prospects, flashing excellent length but little pro readiness due to Paye's lack of pass-rush experience and Odeyingbo's health in coming off a torn Achilles. \u2014 Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star , 2 Dec. 2021"
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"1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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": a discipline of biology concerned with the processes and mechanisms that control and influence the development and growth of organisms especially from a molecular, cellular, or genetic perspective \u2014 see evolutionary developmental biology":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While there is little disagreement about the basic developmental biology , there are sharp differences about the significance. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
"In recent years, researchers have found evidence for pattern completion in both neural circuits and developmental biology . \u2014 Rafael Yuste, Scientific American , 11 Dec. 2021",
"These recent experiments from developmental biology and neuroscience can now provide a common mechanism of how this could work via key nodes that generate pattern completion. \u2014 Rafael Yuste, Scientific American , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Zach double majored in chemical engineering and economics, while Nigel got his degree in molecular, cellular and developmental biology . \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2021",
"The departments to be consolidated in Pasadena are plant biology and global ecology, which are currently located at Stanford University, and embryology (or developmental biology ), located at Johns Hopkins University. \u2014 Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS , 16 Apr. 2021",
"The xenobots are turning some conventional views in developmental biology upside down. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 31 Mar. 2021",
"Thomas Hope, professor of cell and developmental biology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a COVID-19 vaccine researcher, said that technology does not exist. \u2014 John Keilman, chicagotribune.com , 15 Dec. 2020",
"Another lawsuit involved a venture capital firm that wanted to hire a Singaporean with a PhD in developmental biology from Stanford as a $250,000-a-year analyst to evaluate Silicon Valley biotech startups. \u2014 Sinduja Rangarajan, Quartz India , 3 Dec. 2019"
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"developmental disability":{
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": any of various conditions (such as autism spectrum disorder , cerebral palsy , intellectual disability , blindness, or fragile X syndrome ) that usually become apparent during infancy or childhood and are marked by delayed development or functional limitations especially in learning, language, communication, cognition, behavior, socialization, or mobility":[
"Two to three babies in 1,000 have cerebral palsy (CP), making it one of the most common developmental disabilities .",
"\u2014 Melanie Howard",
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"\u2014 Braema Mathi"
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"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a condition (such as autism or dyslexia ) that is typically marked by delayed development or impaired function especially in learning, language, communication, cognition, behavior, socialization, or mobility : developmental disability":[
"Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the name for a group of developmental disorders that include a wide range of symptoms, skills and levels of disability.",
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"deviant behavior"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a study of deviant behavior among criminals",
"some studies show that many violent criminals begin exhibiting deviant behavior in early childhood",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"When justice is sought in the wake of a scam, skepticism is positioned as the norm, while gullibility is treated as a maladaptive, pathological, deviant form of socioeconomic being. \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"This isn\u2019t to say that all men engage in these behaviors \u2013 or that booking relatively late is a sign of deviant behavior. \u2014 Javier D. Donna, The Conversation , 17 Feb. 2022",
"But these days, no matter how deviant or morally abhorrent their beliefs, people have no trouble finding soulmates on 4chan, 8chan or Telegram. \u2014 Arie Kruglanski, The Conversation , 19 May 2022",
"Such mastery of capitalist subjecthood feels unexpected from a group so often portrayed as socially deviant . \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"When actual deviants are in short supply, Moynihan argued, the quota gets filled by reclassifying normal behaviors as deviant . \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Thatcher\u2019s government has just passed a law that stereotypes lesbians and gays as paedophiles, recruiting children for their \u2018 deviant \u2019 lifestyles. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 May 2022",
"Moynihan\u2019s essay was based on the sociologist Kai Erikson\u2019s observation that the proportion of people whom society deems deviant remains constant over time even as the supply of actual deviants ebbs and flows. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 6 Apr. 2022",
"That the virtual world Zuckerberg wants to invent might open this Pandora\u2019s box of deviant digitization should come as no surprise. \u2014 Timothy Lloyd, The New Republic , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Phoenix\u2019s Joker was a real deviant ; Rogowski makes Hans a dissatisfied lover and nonconforming irredeemable \u2014 countering the millennium\u2019s anodyne Buttigieg progressive. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022",
"This depiction of Biden as a lovable deviant helped shape public perception of the real-life Biden as someone fun and relatable. \u2014 Elahe Izadi, Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2020",
"Similarly, unmarried men were deemed narcissistic, deviant , and pathological. \u2014 T.l. Andrews, Quartz , 21 Dec. 2019",
"There is a long tradition in theatre of casting men as women who are older, stricter, meaner, fatter, louder \u2014 in other words, deviant . \u2014 Mia J. Merrill, sun-sentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2019",
"But then again, I and my family were not libeled as traitors, crooks, deviants , and imbeciles, and put in legal jeopardy for 22 months as the media and ex-Obama officials ginned up hoax after hoax. \u2014 Victor Davis Hanson, National Review , 27 Aug. 2019",
"Kosek said the fire-suppression campaign reflects a belief, deeply rooted in the Forest Service\u2019s history, that people who set fires in forests are deviants and evildoers. \u2014 Wendy Melillo, The Conversation , 19 July 2019",
"The process of catching cheaters in video games is muddled in secrecy: the more developers say, the better equipped deviants are to cheat more efficiently next time around. \u2014 Patricia Hernandez, The Verge , 24 Oct. 2018",
"The streets of his New York are filled with rubble, leftover from a civil war between militant Christians and social deviants . \u2014 Adi Robertson, The Verge , 2 Dec. 2018"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1923, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"-\u0259nt",
"\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0113-\u0259nt"
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"\u2014 F. M. Godfrey"
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"Noun",
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"Adjective",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But while maximalist Bitcoiners may not want to deviate from Nakamoto\u2019s vision, Larsen contends times are changing. \u2014 Olga Kharif, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"For an austere, efficiency-minded repair depot, laser-focused on schedule, maintainers may be hard-pressed to deviate from standardized procedures. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Still, China's government does not appear willing to deviate from its commitment to regular mass PCR testing despite the policy's ineffectiveness and economic toll. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
"After working in some capacity every day for the better part of four months, the Beavers\u2019 coach didn\u2019t want to deviate from what has worked. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"On Monday, during a press conference in Tokyo, President Joe Biden said the US would intervene militarily if China attempts to take Taiwan by force, a warning that appeared to deviate from the deliberate ambiguity traditionally held by Washington. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 24 May 2022",
"But in the midst of the largest land war in Europe since World War II, Biden\u2019s tendency to deviate from official U.S. policy has the potential to complicate efforts to end the conflict and confuse allies and partners, some diplomats say. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Nick Bostrom of Oxford University published his book \u2018\u2018Superintelligence,\u2019\u2019 introducing a range of scenarios whereby advanced A.I. might deviate from humanity\u2019s interests with potentially disastrous consequences. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Both ladies are proof that there\u2019s no need to deviate from your go-to ensembles. \u2014 Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The track falls under a new rule that sets a separate coefficient to tracks whose stream counts on a particular platform deviate significantly from the average balance of the overall market due to measures promoted by said streaming service. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
"Will Trump deviate beyond his usual script to discuss the events of January 6",
"And so the question is, in the case, did the image and the artwork that Warhol created, did that deviate enough",
"How is voting supposed to be conducted in nursing homes and how did elections in 2020 deviate from that",
"The marks on the Krapina 3 Neandertal skull deviate from all the other examples of bone modification at the site and are unique in the fossil record. \u2014 David W. Frayer, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Rather than drastically deviate from your norm, try keeping your caffeine intake consistent. \u2014 Sarah Garone, Health.com , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Boards, schools, and even teachers can choose to do the bare minimum or deviate from script, which means what students learn is wildly different from school to school, and even classroom to classroom. \u2014 Carli Whitwell, refinery29.com , 24 Aug. 2021",
"As a result, many of the structures deviate from current building standards. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Aggravating circumstances: Rape/criminal deviate conduct, on probation or parole, mutilation/torture. \u2014 Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star , 31 Jan. 2014"
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"\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for deviate Verb swerve , veer , deviate , depart , digress , diverge mean to turn aside from a straight course. swerve may suggest a physical, mental, or moral turning away from a given course, often with abruptness. swerved to avoid hitting the dog veer implies a major change in direction. at that point the path veers to the right deviate implies a turning from a customary or prescribed course. never deviated from her daily routine depart suggests a deviation from a traditional or conventional course or type. occasionally departs from his own guidelines digress applies to a departing from the subject of one's discourse. a professor prone to digress diverge may equal depart but usually suggests a branching of a main path into two or more leading in different directions. after school their paths diverged",
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": the difference between a value in a frequency distribution and a fixed number (such as the mean )":[]
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"There have been slight deviations in the satellite's orbit.",
"Having juice instead of coffee was a deviation from his usual routine.",
"The pattern's deviation from the norm is significant.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The noun enormity, dating in English from the late 1400s, originally denoted either (1) deviation from sound morality; or (2) a crime, offense, or monstrous transgression. \u2014 Bryan A. Garner, National Review , 9 June 2022",
"The comment, which Biden made during a trip to Japan, was taken by some observers as a deviation from the official U.S. line on Taiwan, in place for decades. \u2014 Meredith Oyen, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
"Leaving a stable job for a convict is a major deviation from societal norms, Bourke said. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 7 May 2022",
"YouTube Go was actually a wild deviation from the normal YouTube formula, thanks to being targeted at users with intermittent Internet access. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022",
"The project is also a deviation from how many celebrities have approached crypto. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"This measures its deviation from its own standard levels, and bitcoin has still had wild swings, such as a 17 percent jump on March 1. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Kessler\u2019s smile while ascending the ladder was a deviation from the moments of angst as the 7\u20321 center continues to battle through a shoulder injury suffered last Saturday in a loss at Tennessee. \u2014 al , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The special legal order permits the government to enact laws by decree without parliamentary oversight, and permits the temporary suspension of and deviation from existing laws. \u2014 Justin Spike, ajc , 24 May 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"The store sells TVs, VCRs, and other electronic devices .",
"agreeing to dismantle all nuclear devices",
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"The company's method of tracking expenses is just a device to make it seem more profitable.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As digital transformation fuses IT with OT systems, unique or legacy OT systems are frequently missed by existing cybersecurity technologies that create device inventories. \u2014 Peter Lund, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Have life-saving devices near the pool, such as a hook, pole, or flotation device . \u2014 Jodicee Arianna, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022",
"Much like iOS 16, watchOS 9 won\u2019t support every device that watchOS 8 supports. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 27 June 2022",
"The new law established a uniform safety connectivity fee of $1.30 per month for each device , including tablets and other devices that use data. \u2014 Jeannie Roberts, Arkansas Online , 26 June 2022",
"Did the Colonel live out his later years being sickly in casinos, as portrayed in the movie\u2019s framing device ",
"With significant inroads in the life sciences, healthcare, and medical device industries, ITJ has more than doubled its revenue in the past two years. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"For instance, a camera or other monitoring device is not allowed if the living room has a sofa bed. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Each device comes preloaded with relaxing nature soundscapes (including rainfall, a campfire, and the ocean) and six different white noise options. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 22 June 2022"
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"di-\u02c8v\u012bs"
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"gambit",
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"juggle",
"knack",
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"The store sells TVs, VCRs, and other electronic devices .",
"agreeing to dismantle all nuclear devices",
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"The company's method of tracking expenses is just a device to make it seem more profitable.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As digital transformation fuses IT with OT systems, unique or legacy OT systems are frequently missed by existing cybersecurity technologies that create device inventories. \u2014 Peter Lund, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Have life-saving devices near the pool, such as a hook, pole, or flotation device . \u2014 Jodicee Arianna, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022",
"Much like iOS 16, watchOS 9 won\u2019t support every device that watchOS 8 supports. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 27 June 2022",
"The new law established a uniform safety connectivity fee of $1.30 per month for each device , including tablets and other devices that use data. \u2014 Jeannie Roberts, Arkansas Online , 26 June 2022",
"Did the Colonel live out his later years being sickly in casinos, as portrayed in the movie\u2019s framing device ",
"With significant inroads in the life sciences, healthcare, and medical device industries, ITJ has more than doubled its revenue in the past two years. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"For instance, a camera or other monitoring device is not allowed if the living room has a sofa bed. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Each device comes preloaded with relaxing nature soundscapes (including rainfall, a campfire, and the ocean) and six different white noise options. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 22 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"di-\u02c8v\u012bs"
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"artifice",
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"\u2014 usually used in the phrases poor devil, lucky devil"
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"\u2014 used with the there'll be the devil to pay if we're late"
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"\u2014 used with the I'll probably catch the devil for this"
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"deviled eggs"
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"Noun",
"She is a tricky devil , so be careful.",
"Those kids can be little devils sometimes.",
"He's such a lucky devil that he'll probably win the lottery someday.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But the devil is in the detail, and plenty of the details in the presentation raise questions. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"As a means of explaining to Xan what a devil might be, my dad had asked him to think of Satan as the essence of ants. \u2014 Andr\u00e9 Alexis, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"At the time, witchcraft \u2013 defined by English law as using magical powers bestowed by the devil , according to the New England School of Law \u2013 was a felony offense. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 19 Oct. 2021",
"This new Conjuring offering \u2014 produced, in line with the rest of the series, by James Wan \u2014 is, like the other films, based on a real case handled by the Warrens, in which the man\u2019s attorney indeed claimed that accused was possessed by the devil . \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 4 June 2021",
"The Sandman's version of the devil was actually the inspiration for the recent live-action Lucifer series that starred Tom Ellis in the titular role, so the new series has gone in a different direction with casting. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"The film tells the story of Mara, a witch in training who is seeking to rescue her sister from the clutches of the devil himself. \u2014 Ed Meza, Variety , 11 May 2022",
"Also known as devil \u2019s ivy, this plant grows in low light. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 7 June 2022",
"Fight Club \u2013 An insomniac office worker and a devil -may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Highlights include a variety of cheese, smoked salmon, prosciutto, deviled egg salad, biscuits, bagels and baguettes and cinnamon rolls. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2020",
"For $60, the family-sized meal includes a savory galette, homemade brioche with plum jam and French butter, Bayonne ham and pickles, miso deviled eggs, fresh fruit and a spring salad with wine and Bloody Mary or mimosa kits available for extra. \u2014 Michael Russell, oregonlive , 6 May 2020",
"Those eggs now can be transformed into egg salad and deviled eggs. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Apr. 2020",
"On the menu: Dragon\u2019s Eggs (spicy deviled eggs) and Red Wedding cake, among other bites. \u2014 Randi Stevenson, chicagotribune.com , 23 Aug. 2019",
"Drizzle each deviled egg with aioli and sprinkle with additional Sweet & Spicy Sriracha Lime seasoning. \u2014 Danielle Pointdujour, Essence , 26 Dec. 2019",
"The eggs \u2014 which were peeled, hard-boiled, and packaged in plastic pails of various sizes at the facility \u2014 may have been sold to food service operators and restaurants to make ready-to-eat dishes such as egg salad and deviled eggs. \u2014 Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com , 19 Dec. 2019",
"Usually there will be bagels and lox, tuna salad, egg salad or hard-cooked or deviled eggs, noodle kugel, some sort of vegetable like cole slaw or cucumber salad, fruit, and then small pastries like rugelach or mandel bread or the like for dessert. \u2014 Stacey Ballis, chicagotribune.com , 2 Oct. 2019",
"The menu includes ratatouille with poached eggs and speck, deviled eggs with pork belly rillettes, and avocado toast with six-minute egg. \u2014 Hadley Tomicki, latimes.com , 24 June 2019"
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"1787, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"Middle English devel, del, dule, going back to Old English d\u0113ofol, d\u012boful, going back to West Germanic *diuvul- (whence also Old Frisian di\u016bvel, di\u014dvel, Old Saxon diu\u0180al, Middle Dutch duvel, Old High German tiuval, tiufal ), probably borrowed from an early Romance outcome of Late Latin diabolus \"the Devil,\" borrowed from Greek di\u00e1bolos (New Testament, Septuagint, as a rendering of Hebrew \u015b\u0101\u1e6d\u0101n satan ), earlier, \"accuser, backbiter, slanderer,\" agentive derivative of diab\u00e1llein \"to take across, put through, set at variance, attack (a person's character), accuse, slander,\" from dia- dia- + b\u00e1ll\u014d, b\u00e1llein \"to reach by throwing, let fly, strike, put, place,\" going back to earlier *g w \u0259l-n-\u014d or *g w \u0259l-i\u032f-\u014d, perhaps going back to an Indo-European base *g w elh 1 -":"Noun",
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"\u02c8de-v\u0259l",
"\u02c8de-v\u1d4al",
"dialectal \u02c8di-"
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"archfiend",
"Beelzebub",
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"Lucifer",
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": any of various very large rays (genera Manta and Mobula of the family Mobulidae) widely distributed in warm seas that have large, triangular, winglike pectoral fins and a pair of hornlike lobes near the mouth which are used to guide plankton and other small aquatic organisms into the mouth, that typically lack a stinger on the tail, and that reproduce viviparously producing one or two offspring at birth":[
"\u2014 compare manta ray"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most of the devil ray dives had an unusual stepwise profile. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
"Manta belong to the genus Mobula (formerly Manta), containing ten species - two (possibly three) manta and eight devil ray species. \u2014 Melissa Cristina M\u00e1rquez, Forbes , 6 July 2021",
"Several species of sharks, as well as all manta and devil rays , are protected under the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). \u2014 Jordan Culver, USA TODAY , 5 Feb. 2020",
"On the top floor of the aquarium (The Vista), breathtaking views of cruise ships and Miami\u2019s skyline compete with the 100-foot wide, 500,000-gallion tank where mahi-mahi, devil rays , tuna, and hammerhead sharks cavort. \u2014 Necee Regis, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Mar. 2018",
"Director Eliana Alvarez Martinez focuses on Munk\u2019s search for pygmy devil rays , a species that was named Mobula Munkiana in his honor. \u2014 Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com , 12 Sep. 2017",
"This is the tank where mahi-mahi, devil rays and hammerhead sharks travel through its open water. \u2014 Howard Cohen, miamiherald , 18 Sep. 2017"
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"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02ccde-v\u1d4al-(\u02cc)m\u0101-\u02c8ker"
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"After Elvis\u2019 brief foray into Hollywood, he and Parker land in Las Vegas, where Presley has a musical comeback, but goes down a bad path as the Colonel pulls strings behind the scenes like a devilish puppet master. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"Our recipes include beloved fall flavors like pumpkin spice, devilish dark chocolate and sweet maple. \u2014 Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"What\u2019s devilish , however, isn\u2019t his work ethic, but his duplicitousness. \u2014 Jordan Mcgillis, National Review , 10 June 2022",
"While many pranks these days tend to be on the trickier, more- devilish side, Today fans couldn't help but love how wholesome Al\u2019s version is. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"Buoyed by the art market\u2019s recent strength and Basquiat\u2019s international appeal, Phillips headed into the sale with a measure of confidence, giving the work featuring a devilish figure a $70 million estimate. \u2014 Kelly Crow, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Despite its devilish name, this type of ivy is an angel to care for. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 3 May 2022",
"As a result, your devilish side loves to party and can be moody. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Gigi Hadid carried Jenner's devilish iteration on the runway for the Parisian label's fall/winter 2022 collection. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"She was attracted by his devilish charm.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After Elvis\u2019 brief foray into Hollywood, he and Parker land in Las Vegas, where Presley has a musical comeback, but goes down a bad path as the Colonel pulls strings behind the scenes like a devilish puppet master. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"Our recipes include beloved fall flavors like pumpkin spice, devilish dark chocolate and sweet maple. \u2014 Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"What\u2019s devilish , however, isn\u2019t his work ethic, but his duplicitousness. \u2014 Jordan Mcgillis, National Review , 10 June 2022",
"While many pranks these days tend to be on the trickier, more- devilish side, Today fans couldn't help but love how wholesome Al\u2019s version is. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"Buoyed by the art market\u2019s recent strength and Basquiat\u2019s international appeal, Phillips headed into the sale with a measure of confidence, giving the work featuring a devilish figure a $70 million estimate. \u2014 Kelly Crow, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Despite its devilish name, this type of ivy is an angel to care for. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 3 May 2022",
"As a result, your devilish side loves to party and can be moody. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Gigi Hadid carried Jenner's devilish iteration on the runway for the Parisian label's fall/winter 2022 collection. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"There was a devilish look of mischief in her eyes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After Elvis\u2019 brief foray into Hollywood, he and Parker land in Las Vegas, where Presley has a musical comeback, but goes down a bad path as the Colonel pulls strings behind the scenes like a devilish puppet master. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"Our recipes include beloved fall flavors like pumpkin spice, devilish dark chocolate and sweet maple. \u2014 Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"What\u2019s devilish , however, isn\u2019t his work ethic, but his duplicitousness. \u2014 Jordan Mcgillis, National Review , 10 June 2022",
"While many pranks these days tend to be on the trickier, more- devilish side, Today fans couldn't help but love how wholesome Al\u2019s version is. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"Buoyed by the art market\u2019s recent strength and Basquiat\u2019s international appeal, Phillips headed into the sale with a measure of confidence, giving the work featuring a devilish figure a $70 million estimate. \u2014 Kelly Crow, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Despite its devilish name, this type of ivy is an angel to care for. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 3 May 2022",
"As a result, your devilish side loves to party and can be moody. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Gigi Hadid carried Jenner's devilish iteration on the runway for the Parisian label's fall/winter 2022 collection. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"Ruffians were breaking windows out of sheer devilment .",
"his devilment at school remains the stuff of local legend",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But even if truffles are beyond your pay grade, there is plenty of enjoyment to be had in the sheer devilment portrayed in this informative and appetizing book. \u2014 Eugenia Bone, WSJ , 10 July 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Who are the sword and sorcery protagonists that scratch your itch for devilry and adventure",
"Suddenly, modernists were jockeying to impose some glass-and-steel devilry atop the old dame. \u2014 Shawn Mccreesh, Curbed , 17 Aug. 2021",
"Before long, the angry and injured young wife is the one on trial for witchcraft \u2014 fighting for her life as the apparent evidence of devilry accrues. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2021",
"Aboard the ship, mysterious devilry begins to take place and a demon is suspected to be behind it. \u2014 Kami Phillips, CNN Underscored , 8 Oct. 2020",
"The mildly disastrous consequences of Eddie\u2019s devilry predictably set up the big moment at the end of the show in which Ward or June Cleaver would distill an important Life Lesson from the experience. \u2014 Paul Farhi, Washington Post , 19 May 2020",
"These winged insects pollinate plants, inspire funny memes, and rule the night like fluttery little kings, felled only by the devilry of porch lights masquerading as the moon. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work , 23 Oct. 2019"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Who are the sword and sorcery protagonists that scratch your itch for devilry and adventure",
"Suddenly, modernists were jockeying to impose some glass-and-steel devilry atop the old dame. \u2014 Shawn Mccreesh, Curbed , 17 Aug. 2021",
"Before long, the angry and injured young wife is the one on trial for witchcraft \u2014 fighting for her life as the apparent evidence of devilry accrues. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2021",
"Aboard the ship, mysterious devilry begins to take place and a demon is suspected to be behind it. \u2014 Kami Phillips, CNN Underscored , 8 Oct. 2020",
"The mildly disastrous consequences of Eddie\u2019s devilry predictably set up the big moment at the end of the show in which Ward or June Cleaver would distill an important Life Lesson from the experience. \u2014 Paul Farhi, Washington Post , 19 May 2020",
"These winged insects pollinate plants, inspire funny memes, and rule the night like fluttery little kings, felled only by the devilry of porch lights masquerading as the moon. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work , 23 Oct. 2019"
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"1810, in the meaning defined above":""
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"a dishonest and devious politician",
"He took us by a devious route to the center of the city.",
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"This is a devious attempt to force everyone to use the new brand to differentiate the two offerings. \u2014 Kevin Krewell, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Yet these historically commonplace circumstances aren\u2019t known to turn people into devious schemers. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
"The new season also boasts an impressive roster of guest stars, from Amy Schumer playing a fictional version of herself to Shirley MacLaine as Bunny's mom and even Nathan Lane's return as the devious Teddy Dimas. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
"Butler also deserves credit for his performances during Presley\u2019s quieter moments, bringing emotional depth to a man who fell apart under the pressure of his devious manager. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"Human affairs are more complicated and devious than cause and effect suggest. \u2014 Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"The devious plan to keep us all hooked on heating and cooking with gas. \u2014 Pat Saperstein, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
"There are any number of devious plot complications that involve a sea monster, help from the gods and the heroic ministrations of a ploughboy, Giustino. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"With a genius daughter (Jessica Chastain) trying to work out the problem on the ground, Cooper faces unexpected challenges, including dangerous new terrains, a devious team member, and the possibility of never seeing his family again. \u2014 Hilary Weaver, ELLE , 1 June 2022"
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"-vy\u0259s"
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"a dishonest and devious politician",
"He took us by a devious route to the center of the city.",
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"This is a devious attempt to force everyone to use the new brand to differentiate the two offerings. \u2014 Kevin Krewell, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Yet these historically commonplace circumstances aren\u2019t known to turn people into devious schemers. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
"The new season also boasts an impressive roster of guest stars, from Amy Schumer playing a fictional version of herself to Shirley MacLaine as Bunny's mom and even Nathan Lane's return as the devious Teddy Dimas. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
"Butler also deserves credit for his performances during Presley\u2019s quieter moments, bringing emotional depth to a man who fell apart under the pressure of his devious manager. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"Human affairs are more complicated and devious than cause and effect suggest. \u2014 Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"The devious plan to keep us all hooked on heating and cooking with gas. \u2014 Pat Saperstein, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
"There are any number of devious plot complications that involve a sea monster, help from the gods and the heroic ministrations of a ploughboy, Giustino. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"With a genius daughter (Jessica Chastain) trying to work out the problem on the ground, Cooper faces unexpected challenges, including dangerous new terrains, a devious team member, and the possibility of never seeing his family again. \u2014 Hilary Weaver, ELLE , 1 June 2022"
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"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"Latin devius , from de from + via way \u2014 more at de- , way":""
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"They have devised a new method for converting sunlight into electricity.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"It\u2019s one thing to devise an effective R&D strategy, but executing that strategy presents challenges of its own. \u2014 Mara Garcia, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"There will always be sensitive cases where a real-life expert must parse the underlying causes of an issue and devise the best treatment plan, Freeman says. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022",
"The revisions would require the port to conduct more soil and groundwater quality monitoring, reduce discharges in nongrowing seasons and devise a plan to clean existing groundwater contamination. \u2014 Alex Baumhardt, oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The new plan is the result of months of work inside the LAPD to determine which of the recommendations in the earlier reports should be prioritized and devise a plan for implementing them. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 24 Sep. 2021",
"But Woltz loves to devise temporal dialogues\u2014not only between past and present, but also among different pasts. \u2014 Victoria Johnson, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"His frustration is focused on an intermediate step, in which ratings firms like S&P use company information to devise an ESG score, which in turn can be cited by a fund manager. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 26 May 2022",
"CFOs play a central role in helping devise and implement these elements. \u2014 Jim Deloach, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The nature of pandemics says there is great uncertainty that comes with a pandemic, including how to devise a vaccine to combat the pandemic. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In a statement Friday, the IS-K said the explosive devise that devastated Mazar-e-Sharif's Sai Doken mosque was hidden in a bag left inside among scores of worshippers. \u2014 Kathy Gannon And Mohammad Shaob Amin, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
"When the pandemic required the district to implement remote learning in March of last year, the district was forced to assure all students were issued an electronic devise . \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
"This is often a preferable arrangement if the couple's intent is for the surviving partner to have complete ownership of the home since this transfer is automatic by operation of law and not dependent upon a devise under a will. \u2014 Matthew Erskine, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Ally expects to surface in some of the content that creators who take part in the program devise . \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Grogan, over his two decades as CEO, figured out the nonprofit could drive change by combining the power of research on critical topics such as affordable housing and education reform with its ability to convene stakeholders and devise solutions. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 July 2021",
"Some fear China could use such data to give its drug industry an economic advantage, devise bioweapons tailored to Americans\u2019 genetics, or even blackmail people by threatening to publicize private information. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 14 June 2021",
"So Fuer had a millworker devise custom red covers, which connect to a red bookcase tucked between the room\u2019s two windows. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 1 Apr. 2021",
"The group has been working with Teen Vogue editors to firm up their collections and devise plans that are pandemic-proof. \u2014 Vogue Runway, Vogue , 23 Oct. 2020"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French deviser, diviser , to divide, distinguish, invent, from Vulgar Latin *divisare , frequentative of Latin dividere to divide":"Verb and Noun"
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"They have devised a new method for converting sunlight into electricity.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There will always be sensitive cases where a real-life expert must parse the underlying causes of an issue and devise the best treatment plan, Freeman says. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022",
"The revisions would require the port to conduct more soil and groundwater quality monitoring, reduce discharges in nongrowing seasons and devise a plan to clean existing groundwater contamination. \u2014 Alex Baumhardt, oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The new plan is the result of months of work inside the LAPD to determine which of the recommendations in the earlier reports should be prioritized and devise a plan for implementing them. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 24 Sep. 2021",
"But Woltz loves to devise temporal dialogues\u2014not only between past and present, but also among different pasts. \u2014 Victoria Johnson, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"His frustration is focused on an intermediate step, in which ratings firms like S&P use company information to devise an ESG score, which in turn can be cited by a fund manager. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 26 May 2022",
"CFOs play a central role in helping devise and implement these elements. \u2014 Jim Deloach, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The nature of pandemics says there is great uncertainty that comes with a pandemic, including how to devise a vaccine to combat the pandemic. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"Last fall, the Treasury Department issued a report calling on Congress to devise rules for the stablecoin ecosystem. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In a statement Friday, the IS-K said the explosive devise that devastated Mazar-e-Sharif's Sai Doken mosque was hidden in a bag left inside among scores of worshippers. \u2014 Kathy Gannon And Mohammad Shaob Amin, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
"When the pandemic required the district to implement remote learning in March of last year, the district was forced to assure all students were issued an electronic devise . \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
"This is often a preferable arrangement if the couple's intent is for the surviving partner to have complete ownership of the home since this transfer is automatic by operation of law and not dependent upon a devise under a will. \u2014 Matthew Erskine, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Ally expects to surface in some of the content that creators who take part in the program devise . \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Grogan, over his two decades as CEO, figured out the nonprofit could drive change by combining the power of research on critical topics such as affordable housing and education reform with its ability to convene stakeholders and devise solutions. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 July 2021",
"Some fear China could use such data to give its drug industry an economic advantage, devise bioweapons tailored to Americans\u2019 genetics, or even blackmail people by threatening to publicize private information. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 14 June 2021",
"So Fuer had a millworker devise custom red covers, which connect to a red bookcase tucked between the room\u2019s two windows. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 1 Apr. 2021",
"The group has been working with Teen Vogue editors to firm up their collections and devise plans that are pandemic-proof. \u2014 Vogue Runway, Vogue , 23 Oct. 2020"
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": one to whom a devise of property is made":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When a person dies, his claim passes to his heirs or devisees , subject to the administration of his estate. \u2014 Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News , 26 Jan. 2020"
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"Verb",
"They have devised a new method for converting sunlight into electricity.",
"she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There will always be sensitive cases where a real-life expert must parse the underlying causes of an issue and devise the best treatment plan, Freeman says. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022",
"The revisions would require the port to conduct more soil and groundwater quality monitoring, reduce discharges in nongrowing seasons and devise a plan to clean existing groundwater contamination. \u2014 Alex Baumhardt, oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The new plan is the result of months of work inside the LAPD to determine which of the recommendations in the earlier reports should be prioritized and devise a plan for implementing them. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 24 Sep. 2021",
"But Woltz loves to devise temporal dialogues\u2014not only between past and present, but also among different pasts. \u2014 Victoria Johnson, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"His frustration is focused on an intermediate step, in which ratings firms like S&P use company information to devise an ESG score, which in turn can be cited by a fund manager. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 26 May 2022",
"CFOs play a central role in helping devise and implement these elements. \u2014 Jim Deloach, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The nature of pandemics says there is great uncertainty that comes with a pandemic, including how to devise a vaccine to combat the pandemic. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"Last fall, the Treasury Department issued a report calling on Congress to devise rules for the stablecoin ecosystem. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In a statement Friday, the IS-K said the explosive devise that devastated Mazar-e-Sharif's Sai Doken mosque was hidden in a bag left inside among scores of worshippers. \u2014 Kathy Gannon And Mohammad Shaob Amin, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
"When the pandemic required the district to implement remote learning in March of last year, the district was forced to assure all students were issued an electronic devise . \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
"This is often a preferable arrangement if the couple's intent is for the surviving partner to have complete ownership of the home since this transfer is automatic by operation of law and not dependent upon a devise under a will. \u2014 Matthew Erskine, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Ally expects to surface in some of the content that creators who take part in the program devise . \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Grogan, over his two decades as CEO, figured out the nonprofit could drive change by combining the power of research on critical topics such as affordable housing and education reform with its ability to convene stakeholders and devise solutions. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 July 2021",
"Some fear China could use such data to give its drug industry an economic advantage, devise bioweapons tailored to Americans\u2019 genetics, or even blackmail people by threatening to publicize private information. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 14 June 2021",
"So Fuer had a millworker devise custom red covers, which connect to a red bookcase tucked between the room\u2019s two windows. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 1 Apr. 2021",
"The group has been working with Teen Vogue editors to firm up their collections and devise plans that are pandemic-proof. \u2014 Vogue Runway, Vogue , 23 Oct. 2020"
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": one who devises property in a will":[]
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"1543, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pronounciation":[
"di-\u02c8v\u012b-z\u0259r",
"\u02ccde-v\u0259-\u02c8z\u022fr",
"di-\u02ccv\u012b-\u02c8z\u022fr"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062423",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify"
],
"definitions":{
": to deprive of life, vigor, or effectiveness":[]
},
"examples":[
"overuse has devitalized many a once-striking figure of speech",
"she was devitalized by the infection",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Miller\u2019s writing d\u00e9but may have been precipitated by her assault, but the final work devitalizes its horrific beginnings. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2019",
"His lip was completely destroyed with multiple linear lacerations, jagged lacerations, devitalized tissue, denervated tissue with a 12 cm laceration in multiple pieces of the entire left upper lift, the mucosal surface, and orbicularis. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 1 June 2017"
": to pronounce (a sometimes voiced or formerly voiced sound) without vibration of the vocal cords":[]
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"1932, in the meaning defined above":""
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"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8v\u022fis"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133309",
"type":[
"verb"
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"antonyms":[
"filled",
"flush",
"fraught",
"full",
"replete",
"rife"
],
"definitions":{
": being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment":[
"\u2014 used with of an argument devoid of sense a landscape devoid of life"
]
},
"examples":[
"the so-called comedy is totally devoid of intelligence, originality, and even laughs",
"the picnic jug was completely devoid of juice after only a few minutes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our nutrition pros noted that many kids\u2019 snacks tend to be devoid of protein and high in sugar, but this one is packed with 7 to 8 g of high-quality protein and has only 1 to 2 g of sugar per 2-stick serving. \u2014 Good Housekeeping , 28 June 2022",
"Proctor\u2019s ride, scheduled for six laps, was to be done first thing, when the track was still devoid of NRE students, and the weather cool - well, as cool as Florida can be in late June. \u2014 Jim Clash, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"But that doesn't mean The Boys is devoid of subtlety. \u2014 Nojan Aminosharei, Men's Health , 24 June 2022",
"In contrast, the younger, overlying rocks that span the early part of the subsequent Triassic Period, some 252 million to 247 million years ago, are devoid of coal. \u2014 Chris Mays, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"In combination with the crisp throttle response that is devoid of delay in either tipping in or lifting off, the clutch and shifter will be excellent examples of this dying breed for future drivers. \u2014 Dan Carney, Ars Technica , 22 June 2022",
"Most of Garvey Avenue between Santa Anita and Merced avenues was devoid of activity by 6 p.m. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"Some industry experts quoted in the piece were quick to point to the prime release date, which was devoid of major competition, and others suggested the word-of-mouth from the U.S. got people excited in other parts of the world. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"But having faced adversity doesn\u2019t mean one is devoid of joy. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 9 June 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English, past participle of devoiden to dispel, from Anglo-French *desvoider , from des- dis- + voider to empty \u2014 more at void entry 3":""
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"di-\u02c8v\u022fid"
],
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"bare",
"barren",
"bereft",
"destitute",
"void"
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"type":[
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"patient confidentiality has long been an integral part of a physician's professional devoir"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"alteration of Middle English dever, devoir , from Anglo-French, from deveir, devoer to owe, be obliged, from Latin deb\u0113re \u2014 more at debt":""
},
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"\u02c8de-\u02ccvw\u00e4r",
"d\u0259-\u02c8vw\u00e4r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"charge",
"commitment",
"do",
"duty",
"imperative",
"incumbency",
"need",
"obligation",
"office",
"responsibility"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055720",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devolution":{
"antonyms":[
"ascent",
"rise",
"upswing"
],
"definitions":{
": retrograde (see retrograde entry 1 sense 2 ) evolution : degeneration":[]
},
"examples":[
"the gradual devolution of the neighborhood from a thriving community of close-knit families to a drug-ridden slum",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Afro-American Big Grrrls phenotypes are derived from the white radical feminist concept Riot Grrrls, perfectly linked to the dubious approval of Biden liberals, thus a cultural devolution . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 29 June 2022",
"Still, Cronenberg isn\u2019t too worried about making definitive statements on mankind\u2019s devolution . \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 2 June 2022",
"No story is imposed on this gradual evolution (or devolution , perhaps). \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Entering its final season, Better Call Saul had much to unpack about Jimmy's concerning devolution , Kim's alarming new scheme, and Lalo's frightening revenge mission. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Much of Season 4, the strongest in the series, quietly traced the painful devolution of their trust. \u2014 The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
"But questioning a person\u2019s religious claims will rarely come across as respectful, and the devolution of religion in America has turned everyone into their own religious authority. \u2014 Ira Bedzow, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The podcast \u2014 part true crime, part historical fiction \u2014 covers Lennon\u2019s ties with political revolutionaries, the devolution of his relationship with Paul McCartney and his assassination at the age of 40. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 16 Aug. 2021",
"The result is a devolution of controversy to the state, municipal, and local levels of government. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 10 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Medieval Latin d\u0113vol\u016bti\u014dn-, d\u0113vol\u016bti\u014d \"passage of time, passing down of a task, transference of legal proceedings,\" from Latin d\u0113vol\u016b-, variant stem of d\u0113volvere \"to roll (something) down, (in passive voice) sink or fall back, become subject to, be passed down to (an heir)\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at devolve":""
"his allegedly subversive campaigns \u2026 devolve from his belief in basic American rights",
"\u2014 Frank Deford"
],
": to degenerate through a gradual change or evolution":[
"The scene devolved into chaos."
],
": to fall or be passed usually as a responsibility or obligation":[
"the responsibility for breadwinning has devolved increasingly upon women",
"\u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich"
],
": to pass by transmission or succession":[
"the estate devolved on a distant cousin"
],
": to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another":[
"devolving to western Europe full responsibility for its own defense",
"\u2014 Christopher Lane"
]
},
"examples":[
"She cynically asserts that our species is devolving .",
"Somehow the debate devolved into a petty competition to see who could get more applause.",
"Community leaders hope that the new government will devolve more power to the community itself.",
"Responsibility has devolved to the individual teachers.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Animals stage a workers\u2019 coup on a farm, then devolve into a totalitarian state, in this classic broadside against Stalinism. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Organizations that devolve power and decision-making, and which offer specialists the scope to leverage their knowledge, are naturally more resilient, more flexible and more open to innovation. \u2014 Lars Lehne, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"How often can glowing spring predictions continue to devolve into dull autumn realities",
"The initial pursuit of fraud would devolve into a yearlong fracas between Republicans and local election officials in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix. \u2014 Nick Corasaniti, New York Times , 22 May 2022",
"The initial pursuit of fraud would devolve into a yearlong fracas between Republicans and local election officials in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix. \u2014 Nick Corasaniti, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
"Similarly, business decisions should not devolve to a simplistic question such as print advertising or online advertising. \u2014 Bill Conerly, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"From there, things devolve into an unholy symphony of human bickering, sending the cast and crew of this film-within-a-film into a hellish collective meltdown. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"Although much of the day\u2019s performances got off without a hitch, the end of the night seemed to devolve into chaos, per social media reports. \u2014 Shirley Ju, Variety , 14 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English devolven \"to transfer, overthrow,\" borrowed from Latin d\u0113volvere \"to roll (something) down, (in passive voice) sink or fall back, become subject (to), be passed down (to an heir),\" from d\u0113- de- + volvere \"to set in a circular course, cause to roll\" \u2014 more at wallow entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"di-\u02c8v\u022flv, -\u02c8v\u00e4lv",
"di-\u02c8v\u00e4lv",
"-\u02c8v\u022flv",
"d\u0113-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"atrophy",
"crumble",
"decay",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"descend",
"deteriorate",
"ebb",
"regress",
"retrograde",
"rot",
"sink",
"worsen"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162816",
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"devote":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to commit by a solemn act":[
"devoted herself to serving God"
],
": to give over or direct (time, money, effort, etc.) to a cause, enterprise, or activity":[
"Part of the lecture was devoted to taking questions from the audience.",
"She devoted her life to public service."
]
},
"examples":[
"I conscientiously devote several hours every weekend to playing with my dog.",
"planning a diplomatic career, she's been intensely devoting herself to the study of foreign languages in college",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In practice however, steering committees devote way too much time and effort to the construction of ornate business cases to justify their investment decisions. \u2014 Mark Settle, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Others suggest that a salary closer to market rates for midlevel tech workers is appropriate, and that founders at early stage companies should be able to devote their energies to building the company without worrying about basic necessities. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"White Charlestown resident Alice McGoff (Amanda Collins) and her daughter Lisa (Marianna Bassham) devote their energies to anti-busing protests, believing that the cohesion and identity of their neighborhood is at stake. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Too many of us devote far too much of our attention to angertainment. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
"Despite progress driven by Title IX, colleges devote fewer resources to women\u2019s sports, based on a first-of-its-kind data analysis by USA TODAY. \u2014 USA Today , 26 May 2022",
"The South Korean tech conglomerate will devote most of the money to its semiconductor, biotechnology, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence units. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
"High school students and their parents devote an extraordinary amount of time and energy to the college search process. \u2014 Adam Weinberg For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 15 May 2022",
"The bill would devote $70 million to salary enhancement grants for child care and early childhood education workers, and increase the number of infant and toddler slots in child development centers across the state to 2,800 spaces, up from 1,500. \u2014 Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant , 4 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin devotus , past participle of devov\u0113re , from de- + vov\u0113re to vow":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"di-\u02c8v\u014dt",
"d\u0113-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for devote devote , dedicate , consecrate , hallow mean to set apart for a special and often higher end. devote is likely to imply compelling motives and often attachment to an objective. devoted his evenings to study dedicate implies solemn and exclusive devotion to a sacred or serious use or purpose. dedicated her life to medical research consecrate stresses investment with a solemn or sacred quality. consecrate a church to the worship of God hallow , often differing little from dedicate or consecrate , may distinctively imply an attribution of intrinsic sanctity. battlegrounds hallowed by the blood of patriots",
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"earmark",
"give up (to)",
"reserve",
"save",
"set by"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104550",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"devoted":{
"antonyms":[
"unloving"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by loyalty and devotion":[
"a devoted fan",
"he is devoted to her"
]
},
"examples":[
"a rock star's most devoted fans",
"The TV show has a devoted following.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From 1969 to his death in 1977, only 797 out of 2,936 days were devoted to performing concerts or recording in the studio. \u2014 Michael T. Bertrand, The Conversation , 22 June 2022",
"The 10th floor is entirely devoted to the primary suite, with an area encompassing a luxurious spa bath, sauna, and dressing room. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
"Ihor Tkachov\u2019s farm are devoted to winter wheat, a variety planted in autumn and harvested in summer. \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
"Mike, a devoted husband, is survived by his wife Mary Kathryn, his sister Mary Ann Hagerty, her wife Kathleen O\u2019Rourke, and their daughter Meg. \u2014 Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Mike, a devoted husband, is survived by his wife Mary Kathryn, his sister Mary Ann Hagerty [and] her wife Kathleen O\u2019Rourke, and their daughter Meg. \u2014 Marc Berman, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Directed by Neil Berkeley, the film presented a sympathetic, down-to-earth image of Gottfried as a devoted husband and father. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"How could this devoted husband and father abandon his family like that",
"Her devoted husband, Paul, was a more average height: 5 feet 9 inches. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 16 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1586, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see devote":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u0113-",
"di-\u02c8v\u014d-t\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222553",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"devotedness":{
"antonyms":[
"unloving"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by loyalty and devotion":[
"a devoted fan",
"he is devoted to her"
]
},
"examples":[
"a rock star's most devoted fans",
"The TV show has a devoted following.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From 1969 to his death in 1977, only 797 out of 2,936 days were devoted to performing concerts or recording in the studio. \u2014 Michael T. Bertrand, The Conversation , 22 June 2022",
"The 10th floor is entirely devoted to the primary suite, with an area encompassing a luxurious spa bath, sauna, and dressing room. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
"Ihor Tkachov\u2019s farm are devoted to winter wheat, a variety planted in autumn and harvested in summer. \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
"Mike, a devoted husband, is survived by his wife Mary Kathryn, his sister Mary Ann Hagerty, her wife Kathleen O\u2019Rourke, and their daughter Meg. \u2014 Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Mike, a devoted husband, is survived by his wife Mary Kathryn, his sister Mary Ann Hagerty [and] her wife Kathleen O\u2019Rourke, and their daughter Meg. \u2014 Marc Berman, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Directed by Neil Berkeley, the film presented a sympathetic, down-to-earth image of Gottfried as a devoted husband and father. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"How could this devoted husband and father abandon his family like that",
"Her devoted husband, Paul, was a more average height: 5 feet 9 inches. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 16 Mar. 2022"
"Elsewhere, hours after Lily James was pictured on the step and repeat in a spellbinding cut-out Versace gown adorned with crystals, the Donatella Versace devotee turned out another traffic-stopping look. \u2014 Eni Subair, Vogue , 3 May 2022",
"In true darshan, the devotee can view the deity and the deity will also reveal its soul. \u2014 al , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The Didion devotee will always feel in some way indebted. \u2014 Steffie Nelson, Los Angeles Times , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Flacks is not the only one passionate about pay phones; another pay phone devotee is Mark Thomas, who documents them on his website The Payphone Project. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"During her travel-heavy days as a corporate trainer in the mid-2010s, Covarrubias became a particular devotee of interview podcasts. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
"The personification of those enthusiasms was the composer John Cage\u2014a student of Schoenberg, a devotee of Eastern thought, and an idolater of Duchamp. \u2014 Louis Menand, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"The eight-episode series, which Bayer co-created with fellow SNL alum Jeremy Beiler, is loosely based on her own life as a home-shopping devotee and a pediatric cancer survivor. \u2014 Shannon Carlin, Time , 10 May 2022",
"Steve Kambouris, 38, a snakehead devotee from Dundalk, Md., believes the species will eventually be considered a nonnative game fish, something to market to sport fishermen, not a pest to eradicate. \u2014 Jason Nark, Washington Post , 17 May 2022"
": a religious exercise or practice other than the regular corporate (see corporate sense 2 ) worship of a congregation":[],
": an act of prayer or private worship":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural during his morning devotions"
],
": religious fervor : piety":[],
": the act of dedicating something to a cause, enterprise, or activity : the act of devoting":[
"the devotion of a great deal of time and energy"
],
": the fact or state of being ardently dedicated and loyal":[
"her devotion to the cause",
"filial devotion"
],
": the object of one's devotion":[]
},
"examples":[
"She has cared for the poor with selfless devotion .",
"The devotion they felt for each other was obvious.",
"The project will require the devotion of a great deal of time and money.",
"They spend an hour each morning at their devotions .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ruangrupa\u2019s devotion to the collaborative process and its various allergies \u2014 toward authorship, markets, ticketed shows and all the other beams and buttresses of the art world \u2014 are thoroughgoing. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"But the devotion and power represented by that chorus, that melody, that feeling, somehow connect to people in this context. \u2014 Alan Light, Variety , 30 May 2022",
"Boston was a center of both Protestant devotion and intellectual innovation. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 18 May 2022",
"White wants people to remember her daughter for her devotion and love as a mother. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
"The difficulty Manchester United might have with Phillips is his devotion and love for current club Leeds. \u2014 Liam Canning, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In 1984 Pham worked as a systems engineer for Steve Jobs when Apple was a small company; their paths didn\u2019t cross for long, but Pham never forgot Jobs\u2019 utter sense of devotion and belief in a product. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
"In Wright\u2019s version, Cyrano\u2019s proud and vain outburst onstage is really just a performative bit of theatre criticism, an act of sincere principle inseparable from his romantic devotion and his martial virtue. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Fourteen years later, Emmett is a clever, happy young man, a fact that both establishes Mamie\u2019s maternal devotion and amplifies the tragedy to come. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see devote":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"di-\u02c8v\u014d-sh\u0259n",
"d\u0113-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for devotion fidelity , allegiance , fealty , loyalty , devotion , piety mean faithfulness to something to which one is bound by pledge or duty. fidelity implies strict and continuing faithfulness to an obligation, trust, or duty. marital fidelity allegiance suggests an adherence like that of citizens to their country. pledging allegiance fealty implies a fidelity acknowledged by the individual and as compelling as a sworn vow. fealty to the truth loyalty implies a faithfulness that is steadfast in the face of any temptation to renounce, desert, or betray. valued the loyalty of his friends devotion stresses zeal and service amounting to self-dedication. a painter's devotion to her art piety stresses fidelity to obligations regarded as natural and fundamental. filial piety",
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotedness",
"fondness",
"love",
"passion"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091739",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devotional":{
"antonyms":[
"nonreligious",
"profane",
"secular"
],
"definitions":{
": a short worship service":[],
": of, relating to, or characterized by devotion":[
"devotional literature"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a religious bookstore with an extensive stock of devotional literature",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This two-sided tabletka, a small, wafer-thin devotional painting, would have been displayed at specific times in the Orthodox church\u2019s religious calendar. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"From around the 18th to the early 20th centuries, Catholic pilgrims in Europe would eat small devotional images of the Madonna, Jesus or a saint printed in sheets like postage stamps, long preceding avant-garde chefs and their menus of edible ink. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"Veteran Hindu devotional singer Krishna Das performs at 9 p.m. from Boulder, Colo. as part of the Buddhist Arts and Film Festival. \u2014 Gary Graff, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"His mother, when not marching for equal rights, played a lot of Qawwali, a genre of Sufi devotional music. \u2014 Priyanka Mattoo, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"The 31-day devotional inspires men to rise to a higher calling, while encouraging them to have broader conversations about their faith. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 June 2022",
"Most of the medieval manuscripts are books of hours \u2014 Christian devotional books used to pray at certain hours. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
"Training her kids in the word of God through daily devotional readings and church. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 3 May 2022",
"There was perhaps no American pianist more steeped in the sonatas, or more prepared to take on the next logical feat of devotional derring-do: performing all 32 of them live in a nine-month period. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Additionally, Temple Square buildings were open from 3 to 9 p.m so young adults could gather before and after the devotional . \u2014 Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"The 97-year-old church leader\u2019s remarks came during a worldwide devotional for Latter-day Saints ages 18 to 30 and livestreamed from the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City. \u2014 Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"That evening, from 6 to 7:30, the group will continue the celebration in words and song with a devotional at the Tabernacle on downtown Salt Lake City\u2019s Temple Square. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Oct. 2021",
"One, In-N-Out, has stayed in the family since the first one opened, in Baldwin Park in 1948, and the loyalty of its customers and workers approaches the devotional . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The First Presidency\u2019s annual Christmas devotional , featuring Christmas messages from top church leaders and music by The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. \u2014 Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Nov. 2021",
"The devotional included lively sermons and music by the famed Debra Bonner Unity Gospel Choir. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Oct. 2021",
"This novel is a paean to slasher films, a devotional about an acolyte written by an obsessive. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Aug. 2021",
"This extremely intelligent devotional on the absolute freedom and joy of embracing one\u2019s inner bimbo. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 27 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1648, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1659, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al",
"di-\u02c8v\u014d-shn\u0259l",
"d\u0113-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"religious",
"sacred",
"spiritual"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214213",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"devotionalism":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of one markedly characterized by religious devotion":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u1d4al\u02cciz\u0259m",
"-\u0259\u02ccli-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175122",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devotionalist":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one that is characterized by marked religious devotion":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u1d4al\u0259\u0307st",
"-\u0259l\u0259\u0307st"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230822",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devotionary":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of devotionary archaic variant of devotional"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[
"-sh\u0259\u02ccner\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-174950",
"type":[]
},
"devour":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to eat up greedily or ravenously":[
"devoured the turkey and mashed potatoes"
],
": to enjoy avidly":[
"devours books"
],
": to prey upon":[
"devoured by guilt"
],
": to use up or destroy as if by eating":[
"We are devouring the world's resources."
]
},
"examples":[
"He devoured everything on his plate.",
"The lions devoured their prey.",
"She devoured every golf magazine she could find.",
"He watched intently, devouring the scene before him with his eyes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Get ready, kiddos will devour these addictive chicken avocado pinwheels, which are great for lunch or an after-school snack. \u2014 Katelyn Lunders, Woman's Day , 15 June 2022",
"The pro-gun lobby in this nation is inviting us to devour the flesh of our sons and of our daughters. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Mariko rose to fame with her leftover salmon bowl recipe and more than 10.6 million followers continue to devour her cooking and cleaning content. \u2014 Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
"Serve in warmed corn tortillas topped with more fresh lime juice, cilantro, and pickled onions; over rice and beans; in a burrito; or devour it straight from the pan. \u2014 Kaelyn Lynch, Outside Online , 4 June 2020",
"Goldfish, as voracious eaters, will devour snails, small insects, fish eggs, and young fish\u2014and will wildly out-compete native fish. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022",
"More recently, goats have been deployed\u2014a lone grazer can devour 300 square feet of invasive buckthorn per day. \u2014 Jon Waterman, Outside Online , 15 June 2020",
"From prolific prize winners to hotshot debuts, the best and brightest books to devour this season. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 9 May 2022",
"McDermott declared that, if Idaho kept harboring more than five hundred, the animals would devour the entire ecosystem. \u2014 Paige Williams, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French devour- , stem of devorer , from Latin devorare , from de- + vorare to devour \u2014 more at voracious":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"di-\u02c8vau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
"d\u0113-",
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],
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"consume",
"eat (up)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214737",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"devourment":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an act of devouring":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-au\u0307(\u0259)rm\u0259nt",
"-au\u0307\u0259m-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105940",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devout":{
"antonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue"
],
"definitions":{
": committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises":[
"a devout Catholic"
],
": devoted to a pursuit, belief, or mode of behavior : serious , earnest":[
"a devout baseball fan",
"born a devout coward",
"\u2014 G. B. Shaw"
],
": expressing piety or religious fervor : expressing devotion":[
"a devout attitude"
],
": warmly sincere":[
"a devout wish for peace"
]
},
"examples":[
"It is his devout wish to help people in need.",
"devout Red Sox fans never lost faith during the long World Series drought",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But when Snow's BBQ opened in 2003, she was convinced to oversee the pits at the Saturday-only restaurant that is now a mecca in Texas for devout barbecue eaters. \u2014 Todd A. Price, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"With its house music vibe, the dance track marked the return the Bey Hive (as her devout fan base is known) was more than ready for. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Onoda\u2019s devout belief in his mission becomes a form of schizophrenia, warping everything in its path. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"The Dolomite Mountains team is nearly all women, and company founder Agustina Lagos Marmol is a multilingual world traveler, adventurer, rock and mountain climber, windsurfer, cyclist, skier and devout hiker. \u2014 Allison Olmsted, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Bridegan remained a devout LDS member, while Gardner-Fernandez began straying from her faith, sources said. \u2014 Fox News , 14 June 2022",
"Much to the satisfaction of devout customers, it was reintroduced in October 2019. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"His mother was a homemaker whose optimism and devout Catholicism were strong influences on a young Tom Murphy, who later had his corporate headquarters in a building opposite St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in Manhattan. \u2014 Harrison Smith, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"All of this offseason acclaim is invigorating for the most optimistic Bears fans and the most devout Fields backers, who have visions of a bright star soon appearing in a Chicago sky that often has been pitch black the last 30 years. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for deviate Verb swerve , veer , deviate , depart , digress , diverge mean to turn aside from a straight course. swerve may suggest a physical, mental, or moral turning away from a given course, often with abruptness. swerved to avoid hitting the dog veer implies a major change in direction. at that point the path veers to the right deviate implies a turning from a customary or prescribed course. never deviated from her daily routine depart suggests a deviation from a traditional or conventional course or type. occasionally departs from his own guidelines digress applies to a departing from the subject of one's discourse. a professor prone to digress diverge may equal depart but usually suggests a branching of a main path into two or more leading in different directions. after school their paths diverged",
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"But while maximalist Bitcoiners may not want to deviate from Nakamoto\u2019s vision, Larsen contends times are changing. \u2014 Olga Kharif, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"For an austere, efficiency-minded repair depot, laser-focused on schedule, maintainers may be hard-pressed to deviate from standardized procedures. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Still, China's government does not appear willing to deviate from its commitment to regular mass PCR testing despite the policy's ineffectiveness and economic toll. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
"After working in some capacity every day for the better part of four months, the Beavers\u2019 coach didn\u2019t want to deviate from what has worked. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"On Monday, during a press conference in Tokyo, President Joe Biden said the US would intervene militarily if China attempts to take Taiwan by force, a warning that appeared to deviate from the deliberate ambiguity traditionally held by Washington. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 24 May 2022",
"But in the midst of the largest land war in Europe since World War II, Biden\u2019s tendency to deviate from official U.S. policy has the potential to complicate efforts to end the conflict and confuse allies and partners, some diplomats say. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Nick Bostrom of Oxford University published his book \u2018\u2018Superintelligence,\u2019\u2019 introducing a range of scenarios whereby advanced A.I. might deviate from humanity\u2019s interests with potentially disastrous consequences. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Both ladies are proof that there\u2019s no need to deviate from your go-to ensembles. \u2014 Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The track falls under a new rule that sets a separate coefficient to tracks whose stream counts on a particular platform deviate significantly from the average balance of the overall market due to measures promoted by said streaming service. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
"Will Trump deviate beyond his usual script to discuss the events of January 6",
"And so the question is, in the case, did the image and the artwork that Warhol created, did that deviate enough",
"How is voting supposed to be conducted in nursing homes and how did elections in 2020 deviate from that",
"The marks on the Krapina 3 Neandertal skull deviate from all the other examples of bone modification at the site and are unique in the fossil record. \u2014 David W. Frayer, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Rather than drastically deviate from your norm, try keeping your caffeine intake consistent. \u2014 Sarah Garone, Health.com , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Boards, schools, and even teachers can choose to do the bare minimum or deviate from script, which means what students learn is wildly different from school to school, and even classroom to classroom. \u2014 Carli Whitwell, refinery29.com , 24 Aug. 2021",
"As a result, many of the structures deviate from current building standards. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Aggravating circumstances: Rape/criminal deviate conduct, on probation or parole, mutilation/torture. \u2014 Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star , 31 Jan. 2014"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Who plays the, who plays the role of devil's advocate on that committee hearing",
"Kavanaugh, for his part, gave a list of prominent cases in which the court overturned precedent (though oral arguments can at times be misleading, and intended to play devil's advocate ). \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Because something's gotta give, and championing this book doesn't require anyone to play devil's advocate . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Having a culture that is constantly playing devil's advocate can disarm the casual disagreements and feel like an organic response as opposed to a clash. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 13 May 2021",
"But just to play devil's advocate , is any part of Kate jealous of the ease with which Rebecca mothers and supports Madison in the bridal shop",
"Fortunately, recent technology advancements provide the tools midmarket finance leaders need to serve as an effective best devil's advocate . \u2014 Forbes , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Still, the devil's advocate argument: Riley has yet to develop a high school prospect of his own, with Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray and Jalen Hurts all arriving via the transfer route. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 1 Sep. 2020",
"Lawyers, for instance, might indulge in grandstanding while justices, who often pose devil's advocate \u2013style questions, might be more reticent to speak for fear a video clip would be used out of context. \u2014 Jeff John Roberts, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2020"
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"These redesigns assert a commitment to action; reversing years of rising inflation, devaluation , and structural poverty and inequality is a far more difficult task. \u2014 Federico Perelmuter, The New Republic , 21 June 2022",
"The sanctions caused a massive devaluation in that country's currency, while the Bank of Russia more than doubled interest rates to 20% to slow runs on its banks. \u2014 Matthew Brown, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022",
"And, when the devaluation of the Mexican peso, in 1982, cratered cross-border trade, South Texas increasingly turned to winter tourism to boost its economy. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2022",
"In theory, the Bank of Japan could stanch the yen\u2019s devaluation by raising interest rates. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Last week\u2019s devaluation stoked further inflation, inflicting more distress on Sri Lankans battling rolling power cuts and fuel shortages. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Bermuda\u2019s Civil Aviation Authority removed all aircraft tied to Russia from its airworthiness registry, exposing hundreds of jetliners owned by foreign leasing firms to devaluation . \u2014 Anthony Palazzo, Fortune , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Elis Bond, 30, knows a thing or two about devaluation . \u2014 Vivian Song, Robb Report , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My first encounter with devil's claw (Proboscidea louisianica) was with the late Jim Story, a retired Navy vet who lived and gardened in Pendleton, Indi. \u2014 Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star , 27 Apr. 2018"
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"The story tells of how devil's club resulted from the conflict, and despite its thorny reputation with Alaskans, serves to remind readers that the plant has had medicinal uses among the Tlingit for countless generations. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 28 Apr. 2018"
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": any of several New World blazing stars (such as Chamaelirium luteum, Liatris spicata , or Aletris farinosa ) \u2014 compare button snakeroot , colicroot":[]
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"perhaps irregular from Sanskrit dev\u0101c directed toward the gods, from deva":""
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