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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Pitta , type genus + -idae":""
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],
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"1582, in the meaning defined above":""
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],
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],
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": to set to work on energetically":[],
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": to toss (something, such as coins) so as to fall at or near a mark":[
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],
": to turn about a lateral axis so that the forward end rises or falls in relation to the after end":[],
": to use as a starting pitcher":[],
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": top , zenith":[]
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"Middle English pich , from Old English pic , from Latin pic-, pix ; akin to Greek pissa pitch, Old Church Slavonic p\u012dc\u012dl\u016d":"Noun",
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": to begin to work":[],
": to contribute to a common endeavor":[]
},
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"everyone at the office pitched in to buy a gift for the soon-to-be-wed couple"
],
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"chip in",
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"bright",
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"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
],
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": extremely dark or black":[]
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"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8pich-\u02c8blak"
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"darkling",
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"dimmed",
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"lightless",
"murky",
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"sombre",
"stygian",
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"tenebrous",
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"brilliant",
"illuminated",
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"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
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"1704, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8pich-\u02c8d\u00e4rk"
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"darkling",
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"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
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"tenebrous",
"unlit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043306",
"type":[
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": to have the bow alternately plunge precipitately and rise abruptly":[],
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": to make a sales pitch":[],
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": to play as pitcher":[],
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": to throw a ball to a batter":[],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pitch Verb (2) throw , cast , toss , fling , hurl , pitch , sling mean to cause to move swiftly through space by a propulsive movement or a propelling force. throw is general and interchangeable with the other terms but may specifically imply a distinctive motion with bent arm. can throw a fastball and a curve cast usually implies lightness in the thing thrown and sometimes a scattering. cast it to the winds toss suggests a light or careless or aimless throwing and may imply an upward motion. tossed the coat on the bed fling stresses a violent throwing. flung the ring back in his face hurl implies power as in throwing a massive weight. hurled himself at the intruder pitch suggests throwing carefully at a target. pitch horseshoes sling stresses either the use of whirling momentum in throwing or directness of aim. slung the bag over his shoulder",
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": a glassy rock that has a resinous luster and that contains more water than obsidian does":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
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"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
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"a pitchy substance/residue"
],
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"\u2014 Rudyard Kipling"
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"\u2014 Boy George"
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"According to Psychology Today , nasal, pitchy voices are often caused by an obstructed airflow in the throat or nasal patches that causes an imbalance in sound vibrations during speech.",
"\u2014 Maya Rhodan"
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"we stood staring into the pitchy dark forest, trying to determine what had made the strange cry",
"the trigger-happy soldiers couldn't see a thing in the pitchy darkness",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Kelly was worried because there were a lot of pitchy moments. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The pitchy treatment can really backfire on the wrong structure. \u2014 Yelena Moroz Alpert, WSJ , 10 June 2021",
"Mindy fears performing after her viral, pitchy moment, but theatre fans know that Park would never shy away from the stage. \u2014 Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com , 4 Oct. 2020",
"Hammock hasn\u2019t shown off any tricks all season, sometimes slipping into pitchy territory. \u2014 Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Billboard , 9 Dec. 2019",
"The pitchy rendition kicked off a night dedicated to celebrating the team ahead of the upcoming NBA season. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Oct. 2019",
"At times the vocals felt a bit pitchy for both Cruz and Umoh, but the emotional portrayal Cruz gives to Eliza's character after tragedy repeatedly befalls her family in Act II redeems any misgivings about her vocal prowess from Act I. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2019",
"Although the program got off to a pitchy start, things eventually seemed to smooth out. \u2014 Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living , 15 Nov. 2018"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1997, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8pi-ch\u0113"
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"dark",
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"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
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"unlit"
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"definitions":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Portuguese, from pita + -eira -ary (from Latin -aria )":""
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"p\u0259\u0307\u02c8ter\u0259",
"-t\u0101r\u0259"
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": of a kind to move to pity or compassion":[]
},
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"The child cried out in a piteous voice.",
"a piteous beggar huddled in the doorway of an abandoned building",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In roaring luxury markets from Manhattan to San Francisco over the past few years, buyers were a piteous bunch. \u2014 Katy Mclaughlin, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2019"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8pi-t\u0113-\u0259s"
],
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"pitiful",
"poor",
"rueful",
"sorry",
"wretched"
],
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": a hidden or not easily recognized danger or difficulty":[]
},
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"buying a house can be full of pitfalls for the unwary",
"one of the pitfalls of ignorance is that people will also assume you're stupid",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brokers, too, need deep skills, a strong emotional IQ, and social adroitness in order to navigate the pitfall -laden terrain incumbent on either selling or buying a home. \u2014 Frederick Peters, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Perfectionism can be a professional and personal pitfall . \u2014 Nuala Walsh, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The mix of plaintiffs in Jones v. Bonta is engineered to avoid that pitfall . \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
"That could erode the current economic expansion, but if the U.S. weathers the storm without too much upheaval, then that potential pitfall may not be a factor. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 19 May 2022",
"Creator partnerships can be structured to sidestep this all-too-common pitfall : Instead of a script of stale sales pitches, provide influencers with content prompts that allow for flexible brand storytelling. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"The most obvious pitfall : Tracking breeds a lack of trust, especially when it's used to police kids' behavior. \u2014 Amy Paturel, Wired , 29 Mar. 2022",
"In a way, the series is a consideration of a pitfall that entrepreneurs face every day, especially when big money is involved. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Panic avoids this pitfall with a few crucial design-language tricks, including thinness (9 mm), lightness (3.03 oz / 86 g), and adequate width. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 18 Apr. 2022"
],
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"\u02c8pit-\u02ccf\u022fl"
],
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"catch",
"catch-22",
"gimmick",
"gotcha",
"hitch",
"joker",
"land mine",
"snag"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043637",
"type":[
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"Noun",
"finally got to the pith of the discussion",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Their fans applauded the quips in the comments and replies sections of their posts, and the pith didn\u2019t stop there. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Or, slice peeled orange into rounds, discarding seeds and trimming any remaining pith . \u2014 Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"But some, including me, prefer a thicker piece of peel that includes the pith . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The nose transports you to an orchard full of green apples with hints of lemon pith , fresh cut green pineapple, and chamomile. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Brown coloration indicates a dead or dying cane and may require pruning to a bud eye lower to the crown to find live pith . \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The animals chew plant pith and swallow whole leaves to kill intestinal parasites. \u2014 Aylin Woodward, WSJ , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Trim the tops and bottoms off each orange, then place an orange onto one of its cut ends and use a knife to slice down along the curve of the fruit to remove the remaining peel and pith . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Set fruit on end and cut away peel and pith , slicing top to bottom following curve of fruit. \u2014 Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Neither was Trey Wingenter, who warmed up multiple times before pithing an inning Tuesday and three innings in the four-game series in Colorado. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 June 2019"
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"\u2026 Gore's prowess had been blurred by his performance in the Quayle debate and by his four preceding years in the Senate, where the prevailing style is indirect and woolly-swathed in layers of \"my distinguished colleague\" and short on zingers and pithy remarks. \u2014 James Fallows , Atlantic , July 2000",
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"He does not hold forth to his family or to his court of old men; he listens, \u2026 then delivers short, pithy edicts that are then followed. \u2014 Guy Martin , Esquire , June 1997",
"Unlike a great many other science books, the pithy , lyrical text never bogs down in a mudflat of facts. \u2014 Leonard S. Marcus , Parenting , December/January 1996",
"The critic gave the film a pithy review.",
"The book is filled with pithy sayings about love and loss.",
"a pithy little Mother's Day card",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pithy name of the brand came from something her friends and family would say to one another in an effort to lift spirits. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"But ask Hollywood directors who have hired her to please describe the magic behind those pipes, and any pithy description only scratches the surface. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Tropical mango and guava layer under red cherry, berry, and orange peel flavors, with a minerally salinity emerging with pithy , puckery lime zest on a beautifully long and intense finish. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
"Some of our more reserved teammates revealed themselves to be quick with a pithy observation or wry remark. \u2014 Robin Wadsworth, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Rigsby has more than a million followers on Instagram, has appeared as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, and his pithy lines\u2014including that one about Britney\u2014have spawned a cottage industry of Etsy stores hawking mugs featuring his quotes. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
"The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"Some fans are drawn to the solidarity found in songs about screwing up and the pithy reactions to one\u2019s mess. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
"Chad Brown, the trainer of Zandon, was pithy in his reaction. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022"
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"\u2026 Gore's prowess had been blurred by his performance in the Quayle debate and by his four preceding years in the Senate, where the prevailing style is indirect and woolly-swathed in layers of \"my distinguished colleague\" and short on zingers and pithy remarks. \u2014 James Fallows , Atlantic , July 2000",
"I read my poems in L.A., chatted up the literary set, waxed pithy and beleaguered at the book signings and wine and cheese receptions. \u2014 Thomas Lynch , The Undertaking , 1997",
"He does not hold forth to his family or to his court of old men; he listens, \u2026 then delivers short, pithy edicts that are then followed. \u2014 Guy Martin , Esquire , June 1997",
"Unlike a great many other science books, the pithy , lyrical text never bogs down in a mudflat of facts. \u2014 Leonard S. Marcus , Parenting , December/January 1996",
"The critic gave the film a pithy review.",
"The book is filled with pithy sayings about love and loss.",
"a pithy little Mother's Day card",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pithy name of the brand came from something her friends and family would say to one another in an effort to lift spirits. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"But ask Hollywood directors who have hired her to please describe the magic behind those pipes, and any pithy description only scratches the surface. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Tropical mango and guava layer under red cherry, berry, and orange peel flavors, with a minerally salinity emerging with pithy , puckery lime zest on a beautifully long and intense finish. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
"Some of our more reserved teammates revealed themselves to be quick with a pithy observation or wry remark. \u2014 Robin Wadsworth, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Rigsby has more than a million followers on Instagram, has appeared as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, and his pithy lines\u2014including that one about Britney\u2014have spawned a cottage industry of Etsy stores hawking mugs featuring his quotes. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
"The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"Some fans are drawn to the solidarity found in songs about screwing up and the pithy reactions to one\u2019s mess. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
"Chad Brown, the trainer of Zandon, was pithy in his reaction. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022"
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"\u2026 Gore's prowess had been blurred by his performance in the Quayle debate and by his four preceding years in the Senate, where the prevailing style is indirect and woolly-swathed in layers of \"my distinguished colleague\" and short on zingers and pithy remarks. \u2014 James Fallows , Atlantic , July 2000",
"I read my poems in L.A., chatted up the literary set, waxed pithy and beleaguered at the book signings and wine and cheese receptions. \u2014 Thomas Lynch , The Undertaking , 1997",
"He does not hold forth to his family or to his court of old men; he listens, \u2026 then delivers short, pithy edicts that are then followed. \u2014 Guy Martin , Esquire , June 1997",
"Unlike a great many other science books, the pithy , lyrical text never bogs down in a mudflat of facts. \u2014 Leonard S. Marcus , Parenting , December/January 1996",
"The critic gave the film a pithy review.",
"The book is filled with pithy sayings about love and loss.",
"a pithy little Mother's Day card",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pithy name of the brand came from something her friends and family would say to one another in an effort to lift spirits. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"But ask Hollywood directors who have hired her to please describe the magic behind those pipes, and any pithy description only scratches the surface. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Tropical mango and guava layer under red cherry, berry, and orange peel flavors, with a minerally salinity emerging with pithy , puckery lime zest on a beautifully long and intense finish. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
"Some of our more reserved teammates revealed themselves to be quick with a pithy observation or wry remark. \u2014 Robin Wadsworth, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Rigsby has more than a million followers on Instagram, has appeared as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, and his pithy lines\u2014including that one about Britney\u2014have spawned a cottage industry of Etsy stores hawking mugs featuring his quotes. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
"The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"Some fans are drawn to the solidarity found in songs about screwing up and the pithy reactions to one\u2019s mess. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
"Chad Brown, the trainer of Zandon, was pithy in his reaction. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022"
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"Even now, nostalgia remains a pitiable condition in the popular imagination\u2014not dangerous or life-threatening, but sentimental and backward-looking. \u2014 Eula Biss, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"Ukrainians are perfectly capable of writing Russian correctly, but during the war some internet commentators have spelled the occasional Russian word using the Ukrainian writing system, leaving it looking unmoored and pitiable . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The third week of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine shows, like its predecessors, gallant resistance, pitiable suffering, and slow Russian progress. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The dogs will walk back and forth along the circumference of their pitiable circle, compulsively, like death-row inmates pacing their cells. \u2014 Gene Weingarten, Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Remember that Nike spoof, Eris running shoes, about a pitiable boy who works in a sweatshop and accidentally sews his hands together",
"But as with most of Binoche\u2019s vulnerable characters, Tereza is never pitiable . \u2014 Susan Dominus Photographs By Joshua Kissi Styled By Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs By Collier Schorr Styled By Jay Massacret Megan O\u2019grady Portrait By Mickalene Thomas And Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs By Tina Barney, New York Times , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Shane Vogel: The characters are almost pitiable in their effort to create some kind of routine or rhythm to occupy themselves and avoid thinking about the absurdity of their situation. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 12 Sep. 2021",
"In those places as elsewhere, Internet connections are pitiable , roads beyond the highways often are tortuous, and the refugees to brighter prospects out of state tend to be younger, better educated and better trained. \u2014 David M. Shribman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 July 2021"
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"She made a pitiful attempt to complete her work.",
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"The state of music journalism in 2022 is pitiful and depressing. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"But, as anyone who has run the gauntlet of fertility treatment knows, that coverage is often pitiful and hard-won. \u2014 Kate Willsky, ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The women, meanwhile, are reduced to modish caricature: Gertrude, sung by Sarah Connolly, assumes arch poses, while Ophelia, played by Brenda Rae, lurches from pitiful fretting to orgasmic writhing. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Most everybody dismissed the poor, pitiful Miami Heat as mere cannon fodder for the Celts after Boston dominated the Heat in Games 4 and 5 of their Eastern Conference final. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"Patti Aaron, a spokesperson for the Bureau of Reclamation, told CNN that this is because of several factors \u2014 and last winter\u2019s pitiful precipitation played a large role. \u2014 Angela Fritz, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"With the stock market continuing its slide downward and banks paying pitiful rates on checking, savings and money market accounts, people are fleeing to Series I bonds, which were created to keep pace with inflation. \u2014 Michelle Singletary, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Society needs to stop viewing singles as pitiful loners who need to find someone. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Not only have results and performances on the pitch been pitiful for a number of months, there are widespread suggestions of disgruntlement within the Old Trafford dressing room. \u2014 Graham Ruthven, Forbes , 14 May 2022"
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"The soldiers were pitiless toward their enemy.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The number of casualties is not yet known \u2014 and the Kremlin denies targeting civilians \u2014 but experts say the incident is an indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned to a familiar and pitiless playbook. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"One\u2019s eye is at first dazzled, then sated, and eventually tired by this pitiless inflation of scale. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Nabokov started to seem less like a lovable, bumbling Professor Pnin and more like a pitiless White Russian with a monocle and an ebony cigarette holder. \u2014 Ian Frazier, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Soon friends chimed in with their own artifacts, surviving examples of Washington\u2019s pitiless retail ecosystem. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Sep. 2020",
"No one wants to think about this now, but eventually our old friend Adam Smith will come calling to collect his inevitable and pitiless fee. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Sep. 2020",
"The Snowtown Murders, his pitiless debut, depicted the murders committed by notorious serial killer John Bunting with a nightmarish inexorability, heightened by an overcast color palette that could be described as gunmetal. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Prices dropped to less than $10 a barrel, triggering a pitiless industry shakeout. \u2014 Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
"That dream is quickly dying, and our government has been particularly pitiless during this crisis. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2020"
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"The soldiers were pitiless toward their enemy.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The number of casualties is not yet known \u2014 and the Kremlin denies targeting civilians \u2014 but experts say the incident is an indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned to a familiar and pitiless playbook. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"One\u2019s eye is at first dazzled, then sated, and eventually tired by this pitiless inflation of scale. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Nabokov started to seem less like a lovable, bumbling Professor Pnin and more like a pitiless White Russian with a monocle and an ebony cigarette holder. \u2014 Ian Frazier, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Soon friends chimed in with their own artifacts, surviving examples of Washington\u2019s pitiless retail ecosystem. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Sep. 2020",
"No one wants to think about this now, but eventually our old friend Adam Smith will come calling to collect his inevitable and pitiless fee. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Sep. 2020",
"The Snowtown Murders, his pitiless debut, depicted the murders committed by notorious serial killer John Bunting with a nightmarish inexorability, heightened by an overcast color palette that could be described as gunmetal. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Prices dropped to less than $10 a barrel, triggering a pitiless industry shakeout. \u2014 Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
"That dream is quickly dying, and our government has been particularly pitiless during this crisis. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2020"
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"the internship offers only a pittance for a salary, but it is a great opportunity to gain experience",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Available jobs paid a pittance \u2014 about 30,000 pounds a day, or slightly more than a dollar at the current black market rate, most of which went to public transportation to get to and from work. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"The technology has received a pittance from investors compared to renewable energy or electric vehicles. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The Federation of American Scientists estimates that China has 350 nuclear warheads, a pittance compared with Russia\u2019s 6,257 and America\u2019s 5,600. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Aisha has to navigate the anxieties and casual cruelties of a wealthy New York couple (played with wincing realism by Michelle Monaghan and Morgan Spector), all while sending a pittance home to her son in Senegal. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 4 Feb. 2022",
"But Bandcamp is the most direct way to point your streaming dollars to artists who make a pittance from Spotify. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Compared to today's notorious cons, the loss associated with this scam in 1920 might seem a pittance . \u2014 Breeanna Hare And Marika Gerken, CNN , 24 Apr. 2021",
"The only price to pay is a fair amount of clouds and a stray shower, a pittance . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"At the same time, 27 votes out of nearly 6 million cast is an absolute pittance -- and not evidence of any sort of broad (or coordinated) attempts at voter fraud. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022"
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"the pitted surface of the bowl",
"a man with pitted and scarred cheeks",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Eventually the lesions turn to scabs, which can fall off and leave pitted scars. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 25 May 2022",
"Garnish with a long straw and baby corn, large pitted black olive and cherry pepper, all on a stick. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Garnish with a long straw and baby corn, large pitted black olive and cherry pepper, all on a stick. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Victims suffered scorching fever and body aches, followed by spots and blisters that would leave survivors with pitted scars. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Victims suffered scorching fever and body aches, and then spots and blisters that would leave survivors with pitted scars. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Nov. 2021",
"The game not only pitted area rivals against each other, but also Trinity Is coached by Sarah Dubberley and Montgomery Catholic by her husband, Sellers Dubberley. \u2014 Bill Lumpkin Iii, al , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The pitted and marred shape feels closer to the inherent beauty of nature. \u2014 Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Phantom and intermittent flushing can also be caused by a pitted valve seat. \u2014 Fran Aliwalas, Popular Mechanics , 15 Apr. 2021"
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"Noun",
"She has had a hard life and deserves your pity .",
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"Verb",
"I pity anyone who has to work at that place.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There\u2019s no trace of disappointment or self- pity in his response, only a genial matter-of-factness. \u2014 Thr Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 June 2022",
"Anatoly Tsyganok, an independent military expert, says it\u2019s a pity that Western countries have mostly banned or curtailed Russian-sourced reportage from reaching their own populations. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 June 2022",
"The other pity of it is that the BMW M3 Touring is like the Audi RS4, but gives more of everything. \u2014 Michael Taylor, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"And this was not a pity vote or Finals MVP lifetime achievement award. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"There\u2019s so much self- pity , anger and expectations that haven\u2019t been met. \u2014 Ethan Shanfeld, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Poems of pity and letters home of love were just as frequent as rage. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
"When joy, kindness and self-control were considered fruits of the spirit, not anger, disdain and self- pity . \u2014 Gareth Vipers, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"So much sorrow and so much pity , even as the Germans are gone. \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So my grandmother knew that if we weren\u2019t circumcised, people would pity us. \u2014 Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Aug. 2021",
"When things don\u2019t go well, the audience is meant to pity her as just another victim of Leighton Meester\u2019s queen bee, Blair Waldorf. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 July 2021",
"Because our parents made a choice\u2014the choice to migrate\u2014few people pity them, or wonder whether restitution should be made for decades of exploitation. \u2014 Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The New Yorker , 18 Jan. 2021",
"And pity the fool who goes out too hard, which is a bad idea in any kind of racing but can result in severe oxygen debt at altitude in snowshoes. \u2014 John Meyer, The Know , 18 Feb. 2020",
"Cut off from his language, culture, profession and passions, stripped of his fancy degrees, bitter and self- pitying and at least said to be suicidal, Mengele always knew how history would judge him. \u2014 David Margolick, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2020",
"Is that a way to get us to almost pity him for his professed inadequacies as a husband and father",
"For this reason everybody pitied them no less than the sufferers. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 30 Mar. 2020",
"But whether Cardinals fans were mocking or pitying Cubs fans, the feeling of superiority was widespread. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 30 July 2019"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pity Noun pity , compassion , commiseration , condolence , sympathy mean the act or capacity for sharing the painful feelings of another. pity implies tender or sometimes slightly contemptuous sorrow for one in misery or distress. felt pity for the captives compassion implies pity coupled with an urgent desire to aid or to spare. treats the homeless with great compassion commiseration suggests pity expressed outwardly in exclamations, tears, or words of comfort. murmurs of commiseration filled the loser's headquarters condolence applies chiefly to formal expression of grief to one who has suffered loss. expressed their condolences to the widow sympathy often suggests a tender concern but can also imply a power to enter into another's emotional experience of any sort. went to my best friend for sympathy in sympathy with her desire to locate her natural parents",
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": the surface of either of two tangent imaginary friction wheels having the same axes and the same angular velocities as those of a pair of real gears in mesh":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230112"
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": a small oval endocrine organ that is attached to the infundibulum of the brain, consists of an epithelial anterior lobe joined by an intermediate part to a posterior lobe of nervous origin, and produces various internal secretions directly or indirectly impinging on most basic body functions":[
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An article on Page 16 this weekend about a woman diagnosed with acromegaly misstates the location of the pituitary gland in relation to the optic nerves. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"When the thyroid hormone levels are normal (T3 and T4 are the thyroid hormones) and the control by the pituitary gland also shows normal hormone level, then treatment with thyroid hormone is unnecessary. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
"Tumors near the pituitary gland can interfere with hormonal messaging; growths on ovaries or testes can inhibit standard function. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Despite recovering from the disease following treatment, her pituitary gland essentially became dormant and stunted her growth as a result. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
"The doctor suggested additional follow-up to look at potential issues with her pituitary gland , a pea-size organ located at the base of the brain. \u2014 Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s known to sometimes be caused by genetic syndromes, a family history of the disease, central nervous system problems, and tumors or growths on the ovaries, adrenal glands, pituitary gland or brain. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Progesterone levels are high during this time, and one theory is that progesterone disruption, perhaps caused by harm to the pituitary gland , could have an especially harsh impact on neurons. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The animal was diagnosed with Equine Cushing's disease \u2014 a chronic progressive disease of the pituitary gland \u2014 four years ago, according to the announcement of her death on Twitter. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 7 Feb. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1707, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230949"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a plant (especially family Sarraceniaceae, the pitcher-plant family) with pitcher-shaped leaves in which insects are trapped and digested by means of a fluid secreted by the leaves":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"No other species of pitcher plant known to science catches its prey underground. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 1 July 2022",
"There are five different species of pitcher plant to be found, as well as other carnivorous species such as bladderworts and butterworts. \u2014 Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al , 9 Jan. 2022",
"It\u2019s about water quality, it\u2019s about public access to nature, it\u2019s about ecological interconnection from the pitcher plant bogs of Splinter Hill to the last little islands before the river opens onto the Gulf of Mexico. \u2014 Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al , 9 Jan. 2022",
"The show\u2019s playful look is like the sweet-smelling nectar of a pitcher plant , luring unsuspecting viewers into its welcoming cavity, only to plunge them into deeper, scarier emotions. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Each specimen\u2014say, a species of pitcher plant from Florida or a deer mouse from arid New Mexico\u2014is catalogued with a scientific name, a collection date and the place where it was collected, and often with other relevant information. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 26 June 2020",
"The family lived for a while in a hut in Borneo, surrounded by pitcher plants , flowers the size of beanbag chairs, flying snakes and pygmy forest elephants. \u2014 Blair Braverman, New York Times , 18 Feb. 2020",
"Surprisingly, the pond garden can be scented, with pitcher plants and waterlilies, particularly tropical varieties. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Dec. 2019",
"Southwards, the coast yields to low stands of dwarf birch and willow, sphagnum bogs of arctic cotton grass, pitcher plants , blueberries, lingonberries, and cloudberries. \u2014 Juliana Hanle, Scientific American , 18 Nov. 2019"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004340"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the part of the pit cavity of a bordered pit enclosed by the overarching extension of the secondary cell wall":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005937"
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"pitch pipe":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small reed pipe or flue pipe producing one or more tones to establish the pitch in singing or in tuning an instrument":[]
},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then the woman pulls out a pitch pipe and blows a note. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"One member blew a single note on a pitch pipe , and with that one note, the chorus launched into four-part harmony singing Christmas classics. \u2014 Carson Gerber, The Seattle Times , 24 Dec. 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1685, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013709"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the molding of clay ware in molds made of lightly fired clay":[]
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": the wood of a pitch pine":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The rest chimed in then, proffering the ways and hows of oyster-eating\u2014this, without any of us noting the sombre white man who had emerged from the thicket of pitch pine . \u2014 David Wright Falad\u00e9, The New Yorker , 24 Aug. 2020",
"Dollops of snow balance on the tops scraggly oaks and boughs of pitch pine . \u2014 Peter Marteka, courant.com , 6 Dec. 2019",
"Much of the trail winds past huge white pines and pitch pine . \u2014 Peter Marteka, courant.com , 21 June 2019",
"Areas most at risk of southern pine beetle infestation are pitch pine barrens, which are scattered around the Northeast including Long Island and Albany in New York and Cape Cod in Massachusetts. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 June 2018",
"The southern pine beetle\u2019s primary targets are pitch pines , red pines and jack pines. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 June 2018",
"The marshes, pitch pines and scrub oaks give an outer Cape Cod feel to the park. \u2014 Peter Marteka, courant.com , 15 May 2018",
"So too, at varying frequencies, do lodgepole pines in Montana and Idaho, black spruce in Minnesota, and pitch pines in New Jersey. \u2014 Kyle Dickman, Outside Online , 9 May 2018",
"Lauren Theis, a 33-year-old yoga instructor, will lead a group hike Saturday through a trail deep in the New Jersey Pinelands, past stands of Atlantic white cedar, oak and pitch pine \u2014 and maybe even a bald eagle nest. \u2014 Frank Kummer, Philly.com , 19 Apr. 2018"
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": a very large earthenware jar with a wide round mouth used throughout the ancient Greek world especially for holding and storing large quantities of food (as grain) or liquids (as wine, oil) and sometimes for the burial of the dead":[]
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": a membrane of a plant pit that consists of primary wall and middle lamella and that closes the pit externally":[
"\u2014 compare torus"
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": a person who oversees the cooking done in a barbecue pit : a professional or skilled barbecuer":[
"\"This is good, really good,\" Allan says, tasting pitmaster Scott Smith's first cured pork belly. \"I wouldn't change a thing.\"",
"\u2014 John T. Edge",
"He was one of Houston's most celebrated pitmasters and helped to kick off the barbecue renaissance here.",
"\u2014 J. C. Reid",
"Robert Polk, the pit master I met earlier this morning, comes in carrying a gorgeous brisket fresh from the smoker and hands it off to Smitty, who starts slicing it to make sandwiches and plates.",
": a game in which the player who pitches coins nearest to a mark has first chance at tossing up all the coins played and winning those that fall heads up":[]
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"pitch entry 3":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172014"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": sensitive to or having exactly the right tone or style":[
"a pitch-perfect translation",
"The political newcomer launched and led a pitch-perfect race over the summer.",
"\u2014 Mattie Kahn"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pich-\u02c8p\u0259r-fikt"
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"first_known_use":{
"1902, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172749"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": pitch-and-toss":[]
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"pitch entry 3":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173321"
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"pitch twig moth":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a small largely reddish brown pitch moth ( Petrova comstockiana ) whose larvae attack various hard pines":[]
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"pitch entry 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183226"
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"pitch up":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to appear or arrive at a place":[
"Several hundred fans pitched up at the hotel to welcome the team."
]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184059"
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"pitcher-plant family":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": sarraceniaceae":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220853"
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"pitaya":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of several erect, sprawling, or vining cacti (as of the genera Selenicereus , Hylocereus , or Sternocereus ) of Central and South America and Mexico that have large colorful fruits : dragon fruit sense 2":[
"\u2026 he was enthusiastic about the prospects of the pitahaya , which is grown in Central America and in Asia, where it's known as dragon fruit.",
"\u2014 John Seabrook"
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": the large, usually red, yellow, or white oval or oblong fruit of a pitaya that typically has leathery skin with prominent scaly spikes and a juicy flesh with many tiny black seeds : dragon fruit sense 1":[
"Native to Central and South America, where it's called pitaya or pitahaya , the fruit traveled to Southeast Asia with the French more than a century ago.",
"\u2014 A. R. Williams"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u0259-\u02c8t\u012b-\u0259"
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"first_known_use":{
"1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225035"
},
"pitcher sage":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Californian mint ( Sphacele calycina ) with pubescent or woolly herbage and large white flowers":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011952"
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"pitot-static tube":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a device that consists of a pitot tube and a static tube and that measures pressures in such a way that the relative speed of a fluid can be determined":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccp\u0113-\u02cct\u014d-\u02c8sta-tik-"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013047"
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"pit bull":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a muscular, short-haired, stocky dog (such as an American pit bull terrier or American Staffordshire terrier ) of any of several breeds or a hybrid with one or more of these breeds that was originally developed for fighting and is noted for strength, stamina, and tenacity":[],
": an aggressive and tenacious person":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"barracuda",
"fire-breather",
"fire-eater",
"tiger"
],
"antonyms":[
"milquetoast"
],
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"examples":[
"a pit bull who won't let anyone stand in her way to the top of the corporate ladder",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pit bull \u2019s owner appeared and called off the animal. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"During the incident, a 3-year-old dog tackled the baby, identified by her family as Ruby Cervantes, before the second pit bull came in and also attacked the child. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
"One of the first people charged with a felony was a Warren man who was sentenced for skinning a pit bull and posting video of it online. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The officer who fatally shot a pit bull that was fighting with another leashed dog during the Bockfest 5K in March was within policy to shoot but was wrong not to turn his body camera on, according to a report released Wednesday. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022",
"Police were called to a home at 11:49 a.m. April 15 where a grumpy pit bull was hanging out in a woman\u2019s yard. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022",
"There was a report of a dog bite in the 4100 block of Overhill Avenue on March 21 after a pit bull killed a pet Chihuahua, then bit a woman who came to the dog\u2019s aid. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"And there were scary encounters, like when a pit bull charged at them. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"In addition to Chesterfield, Aniston also has a white pit bull named Sophie and a gray schnauzer mix named Clyde. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 23 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014526"
},
"pitch-faced":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having a rough quarry finish along the vertical surface except for edges faced cleanly with a pitching chisel":[
"pitch-faced stonework"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"pitch entry 4":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020349"
},
"pitch factor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the ratio of the voltage induced in a short-pitch winding to the voltage that would be induced if the winding were full pitch":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"pitch entry 4":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021947"
},
"pit viper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of various mostly New World vipers (subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae) with a sensory pit on each side of the head and hollow perforated retractable fangs":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Captopril, the first, was created in the 1970s from the venom of a Brazilian jararaca pit viper to treat high blood pressure. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"The owner also explained that the city removed two other snakes from his residence, including a pit viper . \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 5 Aug. 2021",
"The team analyzed the genome of the Taiwan habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus) brown pit viper to see which genes are associated with the venom system. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 5 Apr. 2021",
"But a paper published in 2013 in the Journal of Comparative Pathology found that of 4,087 pit viper hatchlings studied, three hatched with bicephaly, and of 324 rattlesnake hatchlings, none had bicephaly. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Oct. 2020",
"Snake-lovers celebrated the inclusion of the lime-green Mangshan pit viper . \u2014 The Economist , 27 Feb. 2021",
"The expedition team also found the mountain fer-de-lance (Bothrops monsignifer), a new species of venomous pit viper , which uses heat-sensing pits on its head to detect prey, and the Bolivian flag snake (Eutrachelophis sp. \u2014 Eric Niiler, Wired , 14 Dec. 2020",
"The venom of the Brazilian pit viper , which causes a sudden drop in blood pressure in its prey. \u2014 Samantha Bresnahan, CNN , 9 Nov. 2020",
"But Salazar\u2019s pit viper seems to be set apart from the rest by an orange-reddish stripe found on the sides of the heads of males, according to Annie Lord at the Independent. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Apr. 2020"
": an instrument that consists essentially of two pitot tubes one of which is turned upstream and the other downstream and that is used to record autographically the velocity of a flowing liquid or gas":[]
