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"1848, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Conde de 1567\u20131626 Diego Sarmiento de Acu\u00f1a Spanish diplomat":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And for Big Sky 2025\u2019s final chapter, visitors can look forward to a massive base-to-summit lift network comprised of a two-stage gondola and tram. \u2014 Katie Chang, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"While there are no Olympic events yet planned at Dodger Stadium, the gondola would offer sweeping views to visitors of downtown and the San Gabriel Mountains. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The gondola will carry up to 1,400 people per hour, Alterra said. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The Utah Department of Transportation is weighing ideas for expanded bus service, a gondola or a railway to serve Little Cottonwood Canyon, but implementation would still be years away. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Mar. 2021",
"Cost is $75 for adults and $40 for kids 5 to 12; that includes the gondola ride to the lodge, plus the brunch buffet and beverages. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"During the summer, hike Dercum Mountain, go biking, play a few rounds of golf, or take a gondola ride. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 June 2022",
"In its first incarnation, the opera involved a dying magician contemplating his impending death on a gondola ride on the river Styx. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"In South Lake Tahoe, there's a shuttle bus that takes you up Ski Run Boulevard while others park downtown for $25 days in Heavenly Village and take the gondola up the mountain. \u2014 David Mckay Wilson, USA TODAY , 9 Mar. 2022"
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"1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Italian dialect (Venetian), probably from Middle Greek kontoura small vessel":""
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"2 and 3 also g\u00e4n-\u02c8d\u014d-l\u0259",
"\u02c8g\u00e4n-d\u0259-l\u0259 (usual for sense 1)",
"g\u00e4n-\u02c8d\u014d-",
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"Italian gondoletta , diminutive of gondola":""
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": one who propels a Venetian gondola":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Next up is Osteria Ai 4 Feri Stori, a popular gondolier hangout known for its modern take on cicchetti. \u2014 Janelle Davis, CNN , 1 May 2022",
"An article last Sunday about a young transgender man preparing to become a gondolier in Venice referred incorrectly to Alex Hai, who runs a private gondola service under the auspices of a hotel. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"This can help the gondolier in the practice of his art. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
"This includes a narrated tour of the Providence Riverwalk, handmade Italian wine biscuits, and singing from your gondolier . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Oct. 2020",
"This gyroscope is powered by a mixture of solar energy and a rotating turbine \u2014 if the gondolier so wishes. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Which stinks because my gondolier graduated as a theater major, and this is primarily a singing job. \u2014 T.m. Shine, Washington Post , 29 June 2021",
"Through Gondola Adventures, a gondolier will steer couples around the waterway. \u2014 Sarah Bahari, Dallas News , 11 June 2020",
"Venice gondoliers wore face masks while transporting people along the Grand Canal \u2013 where weeks earlier boat traffic was virtually nonexistent, and waterways looked empty from space. \u2014 Fox News , 18 May 2020"
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"1603, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02ccg\u00e4n-d\u0259-\u02c8lir"
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"ancient supercontinent that included the currently separate landmasses of South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica \u2014 compare laurasia":[]
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"existent",
"existing",
"extant",
"living"
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"\u2014 H. G. Armstrong"
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"a real gone fashion reporter",
"\u2014 Inez Robb"
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": involved , absorbed":[
"far gone in hysteria"
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"lost looks and gone faculties",
"\u2014 Penelope Gilliatt"
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": past":[
"memories of gone summers",
"\u2014 John Cheever"
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": possessed with a strong attachment or a foolish or unreasoning love or desire : infatuated":[
"\u2014 often used with on was real gone on that man \u2014 Pete Martin"
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"she's six months gone"
]
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"She should have been back by now. She's been gone for more than an hour.",
"The outfielder went back to the fence and jumped, but the ball was gone .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"People have found out in the process \u2014 some who\u2019ve gone virtual \u2014 their attendance has gone way up. \u2014 Peggy O\u2019hare, ExpressNews.com , 7 May 2020",
"Inspired by Eusope\u2019s great-grandfather\u2019s recipe, the palm-size puffs are maddeningly delicious and gone much too soon. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Hanks and Wilson, both 63, are the first major entertainment figures who appear to have caught the illness, and who\u2019ve gone public with the news. \u2014 Dan Singer, Dallas News , 12 Mar. 2020",
"During the final season of Friends, Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) chose pianist Mike (Paul Rudd) over scientist David (Hank Azaria) The romantic conclusion for Phoebe Buffay in Friends\u2018 final season could\u2019ve gone much differently. \u2014 Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com , 10 Dec. 2019",
"Be gone , debt: The University of Phoenix cancels $141 million in student loan debt. \u2014 Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY , 11 Dec. 2019",
"The rifle pictured has an aftermarket synthetic stock on it which replaced a wooden stock that was too far gone for repair\u2014another reason this rifle makes an excellent camp gun. \u2014 Craig Caudill, Outdoor Life , 13 Nov. 2019",
"Things haven't quite gone to plan for Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid side this season, despite positive results on the whole. \u2014 SI.com , 30 Oct. 2019",
"Much of the film\u2019s early conflict derives from Rosie\u2019s fear that Jojo is too far gone \u2014that the ideology of a regime that\u2019s existed his whole life has irrevocably brainwashed him. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 17 Oct. 2019"
],
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"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
"Is Nancy a goner ? Vol. 1 ends with Nancy in a precarious position, having fallen under Vecna's curse before making it through the Upside Down gateway. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 1 June 2022",
"Speculation continued for months that Murray, whose brother Bryan led the Wings before Bowman, was a goner at the season\u2019s conclusion. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 27 May 2022",
"But altogether, Paxton has become an example of how powerful allies and acts of God can drag out career-threatening criminal charges, and allow a politician to rise above being written off as a political goner . \u2014 Paul J. Weber And Jake Bleiberg, Chron , 23 May 2022",
"Davis, though, was far more unpopular than Newsom and was surely a goner no matter what Bustamante did or didn't do. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Bigger, 100 times more powerful, and also more intricate than Hubble, Webb will be a goner if its foldout mirror and sunshield snarl. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Bigger and more intricate than Hubble, Webb will be a goner if its foldout mirror and sunshield snarl. \u2014 Fox News , 24 Dec. 2021"
": a reproductive gland (such as an ovary or testis) that produces gametes":[]
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"\u02c8g\u014d-\u02ccnad"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And most purple urchins aren\u2019t marketable because their only edible parts, their gonads , are considered too small. \u2014 Maurice Roper, National Geographic , 30 Apr. 2020",
"The signal is read by cells that go on to form the animal's gonads , which go on to produce hormones that direct the turtle's development. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 17 Apr. 2020",
"But the urchins living in barren environments have little to eat so their insides, including their prized golden gonads , are shriveled and commercially worthless. \u2014 Smithsonian , 21 Sep. 2019",
"The one positive is that purple urchins have fleshy gonads known to sushi lovers as uni. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 22 Oct. 2019",
"The body and brain swap information via the chemicals released by endocrine organs like the thyroid and gonads , as well as parts of the immune system. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 23 Sep. 2019",
"After the spring, their male gonads age and drop off in a single molt and an ovary develops. \u2014 Emily Toomey, Smithsonian , 28 June 2019",
"Credit where credit is due: Evolution has invented a galaxy of clever adaptations, from fish that swim up sea cucumber butts and eat their gonads , to parasites that mind-control their hosts in wildly complex ways. \u2014 Matt Simon, WIRED , 4 July 2019",
"The hermaphrodite has 302 neurons, which connect to 132 muscles and 26 other spots, such as the gut, gonads and skin. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, Scientific American , 3 July 2019"
"Greek, from gonos procreation, seed, from gignesthai to be born \u2014 more at kin":"Combining form",
"New Latin -gonum , from Greek -g\u014dnon , from g\u014dnia angle; akin to Greek gony knee \u2014 more at knee entry 1":"Noun combining form"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a hormone secreted by the hypothalamus that stimulates the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland to release gonadotropins (such as luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone)":[
"\u2014 abbreviation GnRH"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first dose contains the gonadotropin-releasing hormone that resets the ovulation cycle of the female. \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Aug. 2021",
"These blockers, known as gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues, are medically safe, and their effects are reversible. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 30 June 2021",
"After that time, blockers\u2014or, more technically, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists\u2014are the first option available to young people. \u2014 Kristina R. Olson, Scientific American , 13 Apr. 2021",
"If symptoms are very severe, drugs called gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues (GnRHa) may be used. \u2014 Eleanor Morgan, refinery29.com , 10 Sep. 2020",
"Other types of drugs \u2014 such as gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists \u2014 can shrink tumors by decreasing the hormone producing activity of your ovaries, lowering your estrogen levels. \u2014 Hilda Hutcherson, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"With this therapy, doctors can inject a compound or use an implant that mimics the actions of a puberty-stimulating hormone that is released in the brain known as gonadotropin-releasing hormone . \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 23 Jan. 2020",
"Then there are still other forms of hormonal therapy, like elagolix, an oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone (Gn-RH) antagonist that\u2019s FDA-approved to treat moderate to severe endo pain. \u2014 Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF , 25 Sep. 2019",
"Hypothalamic hypogonadism: This condition happens when your ovaries produce little or no gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and luteinizing hormone (LH), according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 17 May 2018"
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"1974, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004139"
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"g\u014d-\u02ccnad-\u0259-\u02c8tr\u00e4p-ik",
"g\u014d-\u02ccna-d\u0259-\u02c8tr\u00e4-pik"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1923, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011258"
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": a saucer-shaped bell (as in a fire alarm) that is struck by a mechanical hammer":[],
": a wire rod wound in a flat spiral for sounding the time or chime or alarm (as in a clock)":[],
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"\u02c8g\u00e4\u014b",
"\u02c8g\u022f\u014b"
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"They sounded a gong to summon us to dinner.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Buddha was seated on a platform and beside it there was a gong and a singing bowl and some incense. \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"The new caliber, 956AA, constitutes a complete redesign of the striking mechanism, with the gong attached to the case side. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Thomas was remembered by his family as a generous man who had a reputation for gong out of his way to help strangers. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Yeah, the soundtrack to this book does not include a gong . \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Ultimately, Grainge and his team trudged to a Santa Monica, Calif., studio to livestream the ceremony at midnight local time, with one festive addition: a gong that executive vp/chief business administrator Will Tanous had airfreighted in. \u2014 Dan Rys, Billboard , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The model\u2019s key differentiating detail is its one-piece crystal and gong component, machined from a single block of sapphire, that indicates the time through a combination of two notes, C# and F, with a crystal-clear, constant sound. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 31 Dec. 2021",
"What differentiates it from other repeaters is the one-piece crystal and gong component, machined from a single block of sapphire. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 15 Nov. 2021",
"The former sounds are mostly nature based\u2014think waterfalls and birdsong\u2014where the latter usually involves a cheerful bell or gong . \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 5 Oct. 2021"
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"Malay & Javanese, of imitative origin":""
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"circa 1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113751"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a gonadotropic hormone (such as follicle-stimulating hormone)":[]
"And since sperm production is dependent on very high testosterone levels in the testes (much higher than the testosterone levels in the blood), shutting the gonadotropins lowers sperm production. \u2014 Julia Belluz, Vox , 4 May 2018",
"Moonlight likely increases production of the hormone gonadotropin in these fish, which promotes gamete maturation. \u2014 Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian , 21 June 2017",
"Severe morning sickness is thought to be caused by high levels of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which is made by the placenta and produced mainly during the first trimester. \u2014 Rachael Rettner, Fox News , 30 Jan. 2013",
"In the 1960s, scientists developed chemical tests that searched directly for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)\u2014the tell-tale hormone that the frogs were reacting to. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 4 May 2017",
"Moonlight likely increases production of the hormone gonadotropin in these fish, which promotes gamete maturation. \u2014 Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian , 22 June 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1931, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8g\u00e4nf\u0259\u02ccn\u00e4n",
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"definitions":{
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"-l\u0259n",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Italian gonfalone, dissimilated from gonfanone, borrowed from Old French gunfanun, gonfanon \"battle standard, banner,\" going back to Old Low Franconian *gundfan\u014dn, going back to Germanic *gun\u00fefan\u014dn (whence also Old English g\u016b\u00fefana \"battle standard, banner,\" Old Saxon g\u016bthfano, Old High German gundfano, Old Icelandic gunnfani ), from *gun\u00fe\u012b, gun\u00fej\u014d \"battle, combat\" + *fan\u014dn \"piece of cloth\" \u2014 more at defend , vane":""
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"1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185053"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the chief magistrate or other official of any of several republics in medieval Italy":[]
"Italian gonfaloniere , from Old Italian, from Old French gonfanonier, gonfalonier , from gonfanon, gonfalon + -ier -er":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204947"
},
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"type":[
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],
"definitions":{
": gonfalonier":[]
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"-e(\u02cc)r\u0101"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232100"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": a reproductive gland (such as an ovary or testis) that produces gametes":[]
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"\u02c8g\u014d-\u02ccnad"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And most purple urchins aren\u2019t marketable because their only edible parts, their gonads , are considered too small. \u2014 Maurice Roper, National Geographic , 30 Apr. 2020",
"The signal is read by cells that go on to form the animal's gonads , which go on to produce hormones that direct the turtle's development. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 17 Apr. 2020",
"But the urchins living in barren environments have little to eat so their insides, including their prized golden gonads , are shriveled and commercially worthless. \u2014 Smithsonian , 21 Sep. 2019",
"The one positive is that purple urchins have fleshy gonads known to sushi lovers as uni. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 22 Oct. 2019",
"The body and brain swap information via the chemicals released by endocrine organs like the thyroid and gonads , as well as parts of the immune system. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 23 Sep. 2019",
"After the spring, their male gonads age and drop off in a single molt and an ovary develops. \u2014 Emily Toomey, Smithsonian , 28 June 2019",
"Credit where credit is due: Evolution has invented a galaxy of clever adaptations, from fish that swim up sea cucumber butts and eat their gonads , to parasites that mind-control their hosts in wildly complex ways. \u2014 Matt Simon, WIRED , 4 July 2019",
"The hermaphrodite has 302 neurons, which connect to 132 muscles and 26 other spots, such as the gut, gonads and skin. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, Scientific American , 3 July 2019"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-053549"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the prominent ridge along the line of union of the two halves of the lower mandible of certain birds (as the gulls)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
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"New Latin, probably modification of Greek genys jaw, cheek":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-114815"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small genus of southeast Asian trees (family Thymelaeaceae) having alternate leathery leaves, regular paniculate flowers and woody fruits, and yielding fragrant timber resembling agarwood":[]
"New Latin, from Greek gony knee + stylos pillar; from the geniculate styles":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-143858"
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"type":[
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],
"definitions":{
"Saint Aloysius 1568\u20131591 Italian Jesuit":[]
},
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"-\u02c8za-",
"g\u00e4n-",
"g\u0259n-\u02c8z\u00e4-g\u0259"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the meantime, the vaccine's effectiveness could provide significant clues for vaccine developers to make a more effective gonorrhea -specific shot. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Conversely, positive gonorrhea tests for girls 12 to 17 declined 14%, according to findings for the study. \u2014 Christen A. Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 22 Sep. 2020",
"Eye prophylaxis, when eye drops or ointment containing antibiotics are placed in a newborn's eyes after birth, should be administered to protect the baby from a possible gonorrhea infection in the mother's body. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 20 Apr. 2020",
"The same collection kit is used for the scores of pathogens \u2014 influenza, gonorrhea , whooping cough \u2014 that need identification for treatment. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2020",
"One of her favorite recent illustrations, of a cluster of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria that cause gonorrhea , was used in a 2019 report on antibiotic resistance. \u2014 Cara Giaimo, New York Times , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Women with pelvic inflammatory disease, an infection of the reproductive organs that\u2019s often caused by chlamydia or gonorrhea , are more likely to have damaged tubes than women who don\u2019t have the condition. \u2014 Melinda Wenner Moyer, New York Times , 18 Apr. 2020",
"Genital herpes surges all over the country in the spring and summer, whereas tetanus favors midsummer; gonorrhea takes off in the summer and fall, and pertussis has a higher incidence from June through October. \u2014 Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS , 13 Mar. 2020",
"About 580,000 cases of gonorrhea and 35,000 cases of syphilis were reported. \u2014 Erika Edwards, NBC News , 14 Oct. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Perhaps owing to these gonzo genetics, apples are remarkably susceptible to disease and rot. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 8 June 2020",
"Eugene Levy portrayed Johnny with an owlish deadpan, and Catherine O\u2019Hara, his frequent collaborator on the Canadian sketch circuit, granted Moira a loopy flair, an unplaceable accent, and a gonzo lexicon. \u2014 Eren Orbey, The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Its late #MeToo turn seems a bit tacked on, but its provocations feel right for a 2019 book about adults, students, and power; a bit of righteous rage coursing through a story in which its author wields gonzo confidence. \u2014 David Canfield, EW.com , 18 Dec. 2019",
"Expect gonzo adventure and cutting-edge mathematical ideas, plus a literal million-mile road trip. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Nov. 2019",
"Midnight Madness will close with a world premiere for Isaac Nabwana\u2019s gonzo action flick Crazy World. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Aug. 2019",
"In the gonzo math of climate change, two flights plus a water crossing produce fewer moral emissions than one flight. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 26 Sep. 2019",
"Saturday\u2019s masquerade may be a costume maker\u2019s nirvana, but every day at the Con is chockablock with gonzo wardrobes, seductive graphics, stunning animations. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland.com , 18 July 2019",
"Saturday\u2019s masquerade may be a costume maker\u2019s nirvana, but every day at the Con is chockablock with gonzo wardrobes, seductive graphics, stunning animations. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland.com , 18 July 2019"
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"origin unknown":""
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": a genus of slender cylindrical marine fishes without adipose fin, air bladder, or teeth that constitutes a family (Gonorhynchidae) and is the sole surviving representative of a distinct suborder of the order Isospondyli":[]
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": the totality of reproductive zooids of a hydroid \u2014 compare trophosome":[]
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"mountain 24,790 feet (7556 meters) high in Sichuan, western China":[]
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": a small family of slender elongate deep-sea isospondylous fishes of the Pacific and Indian oceans \u2014 compare viperfish":[]
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"definitions":{
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"adjective",
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"definitions":{
": a literary style characterized by studied obscurity and by the use of various ornate devices":[]
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"Spanish gongorismo , from Luis de G\u00f3ngora y Argote \u20201627 Spanish poet":""
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": a common genus (the type of the family Goniasteridae) of cushion stars consisting of nearly pentagonal, rigid, and often brightly colored starfishes":[]
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"gon- + Greek tok\u014dnt-, tok\u014dn , present participle of tokan to be near delivery; akin to Greek teknon child":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-225520"
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": the anal fin of a male fish when modified to serve as a copulatory organ":[]
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"International Scientific Vocabulary gon- + -chorism (from Greek ch\u014drismos separation, from ch\u014drizein to separate); originally formed as German gonochorismus":""
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-065147"
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-213040"
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"definitions":{
": a device used in cutting gem facets":[]
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"definitions":{
": the terminal cell of a gonimoblast that produces a carpospore":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"definitions":{
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"definitions":{
": a layer of green chlorophyll-bearing cells found within the thallus of a lichen":[]
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"definitions":{
": resembling or having the nature of gonidia":[]
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": relating to, consisting of, or containing a gonidium":[]
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"definitions":{
": an asexual reproductive cell or group of cells especially in algae (such as volvox)":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from gon- + -idium":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-232809"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin gonidium":""
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"definitions":{
": a genus of bird lice attacking various wild and domestic birds \u2014 see fluff louse":[]
