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"I could quote to you a hundred instances in the past when you've lied to me"
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"emulating",
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"mimicking",
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"overlooked",
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"passed over",
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"repeated"
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"aped",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"emulated",
"imitated",
"mimed",
"mimicked"
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"reference",
"excerpt",
"extract",
"line",
"part",
"section",
"snippet"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"former",
"late",
"old",
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"sometime",
"whilom"
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"near synonyms":[
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"dead",
"defunct",
"departed",
"expired",
"extinct",
"gone",
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"vanished"
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"near antonyms":[
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"current",
"extant",
"ongoing",
"present",
"present-day",
"coming",
"future",
"prospective",
"unborn"
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},
"type":[
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"cuts",
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"pieces",
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"proportions",
"shares",
"slices",
"takes"
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"rations",
"commissions",
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"members",
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"sections",
"segments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregates",
"composites",
"compounds",
"pools",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes"
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"noun"
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"mentionable",
"nameable",
"namable",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"observable",
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"indelible",
"unforgettable",
"newsworthy"
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"unmemorable",
"unremarkable",
"average",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
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"I could quote to you a hundred instances in the past when you've lied to me"
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"cites",
"instances",
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"represents",
"adverts (to)",
"illustrates",
"names",
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"specifies",
"touches (on or upon)",
"bears out",
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"documents",
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"references",
"sources"
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"instances",
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"overpasses",
"passes over",
"slights"
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"examples":[
"don't quote this to anyone, but I think we're going to Veracruz for winter vacation"
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"parrots",
"reechos",
"repeats"
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"apes",
"copies",
"copycats",
"emulates",
"imitates",
"mimes",
"mimics"
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"references",
"excerpts",
"extracts",
"lines",
"parts",
"sections",
"snippets"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"continuous",
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"plagued by a quotidian coughing fit, the result of years of smoking"
