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"Pocono Mountains":{
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"definitions":{
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"mountains in eastern Pennsylvania northwest of Kittatinny Mountain with a highest point of about 1600 feet (488 meters)":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u014d-k\u0259-\u02ccn\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093253",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"pock":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to mark with or as if with pocks : pit":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"noticed strange pocks on his torso",
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"Verb",
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"one of the many craters that pock the moon's surface",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"His time at the county has been tumultuous -- pock -marked by criminal convictions and non-prosecution agreements among top-level staff, and tragedy at the county jail, where eight inmates died in the span of a year. \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 21 Nov. 2021",
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"Philip wore the handkerchiefs folded into squares and tucked into the breast pock of his suits. \u2014 Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire , 18 Apr. 2021",
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"One particular bummer is that the textures applied to human faces originally split the difference between realistic and exaggerated, particularly in pock -marking the cheeks and jawlines of those who live in the game's corporate-run dystopia. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 4 June 2020",
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"But don\u2019t get carried away and string together too many loud, aggressive, irregular clucks and pocks that can drown out a turkey\u2019s gobble. \u2014 Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life , 20 Apr. 2020",
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"The field of Alzheimer\u2019s research has been pock -marked with failures after failure of clinical trials\u2014in part, researchers now believe, because the models weren\u2019t telling them the full story. \u2014 Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"Leading the night\u2019s awards categories was Post Malone, who earned the most nods with seven nominations, including artist of the year, collaboration of the year and favorite male artist \u2013 pop/ pock . \u2014 Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com , 24 Nov. 2019",
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"Sporting a bushy beard, a corncob pipe, and a face riddled with pocks and crags, Wake looks like a cross between Captain Birdseye and Trotsky and sounds like a cartoon pirate. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 18 Oct. 2019",
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"The door opposite the apartment was pock -marked with bullet holes. \u2014 Bianca Padr\u00f3 Ocasio, OrlandoSentinel.com , 13 June 2018",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The Defenders Black strafe marks pock a prop plane that sits on the runway of Mykolaiv\u2019s small international airport. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"More than 100 lakes pock the dense woods of Itasca. \u2014 Ashlea Halpern, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 6 July 2021",
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"Scientists estimate ages on the Moon and the rocky planets from the number of craters that pock their surfaces. \u2014 Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS , 19 Nov. 2020",
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"The Grant and Harding administrations were pocked with cronyism, corruption, and scandal. \u2014 Jonathan Stevenson, The New York Review of Books , 15 May 2020",
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"The lake\u2019s receding water left behind a crazy plain of sprawling cocklebur fields pocked with silty potholes. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 10 Mar. 2020",
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"In mid-November, the moms moved into the Magnolia Street house and got help from volunteers to repair the sagging interior, stock the kitchen, and drape a tarp over the roof, pocked with holes. \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New York Review of Books , 9 Mar. 2020",
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"That began an illustrious college career pocked with triple-doubles. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 25 Feb. 2020",
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"From the start, the new taxes were pocked with loopholes. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1841, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English pokke , from Old English pocc ; akin to Middle Low German & Middle Dutch pocke pock":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u00e4k"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"boil",
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"fester",
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"hickey",
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"papule",
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"pimple",
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"pustule",
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"whelk",
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"zit"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085214",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"pocket":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small bag carried by a person : purse":[],
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": a small bag that is sewed or inserted in a garment so that it is open at the top or side":[
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"coat pocket"
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],
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": supply of money : means":[],
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": receptacle , container : such as":[],
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": an opening at the corner or side of a billiard table":[],
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": a superficial pouch in some animals":[],
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": a small often isolated area or group":[
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"pockets of unemployment",
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],
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": a cavity containing a deposit (as of gold, water, or gas)":[],
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": air pocket":[],
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": a place for a batten made by sewing a strip on a sail":[],
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": blind alley":[],
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": the position of a contestant in a race hemmed in by others":[],
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": an area formed by blockers from which a football quarterback attempts to pass":[],
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": the concave area at the base of the finger sections of a baseball glove or mitt in which the ball is normally caught":[],
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": in one's control or possession":[],
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": provided with funds":[],
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": in the position of having made a profit":[],
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": low on money or funds":[],
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": having suffered a loss":[],
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": from cash on hand":[],
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": to put or enclose in or as if in one's pocket":[
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"pocketed the change"
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],
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": to appropriate to one's own use : steal":[],
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": to refuse assent to (a bill) by a pocket veto":[],
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": to put up with : accept":[],
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": to set aside : suppress":[
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"pocketed his pride"
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],
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": to hem in":[],
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": to drive (a ball) into a pocket of a pool table":[],
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": to cover or supply with pockets":[],
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": small enough to be carried in the pocket":[],
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": small , miniature":[
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"a pocket park"
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],
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": of or relating to money":[],
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": carried in or paid from one's own pocket":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u00e4-k\u0259t",
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"\u02c8p\u00e4k-\u0259t"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bankroll",
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"coffers",
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"exchequer",
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"finances",
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"fund",
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"resources",
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"wherewithal"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"choke (back)",
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"hold back",
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"repress",
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"sink",
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"smother",
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"stifle",
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"strangle",
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"submerge",
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"suppress",
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"swallow"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"He keeps his gloves in his coat pocket .",
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"She was standing there with her hands in her pockets .",
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"I have a hole in my pocket .",
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"Her pocket was full of change.",
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"There are pockets on the back of each car seat.",
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"The tickets are in the zippered pocket on the front of the suitcase.",
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"Verb",
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"The chairman was fired for pocketing funds.",
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"The saleswoman had overcharged them and pocketed the difference.",
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"a professional golfer who pocketed more than four million dollars in winnings",
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"I had to pocket my pride and ask for some help.",
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"Adjective",
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"his pocket involvement in the company was minimal",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Yet overwhelmingly doulas are paid out-of- pocket \u2014typically between $500 and $2,500\u2014which has kept doulas a privilege. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 27 June 2022",
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"Depending on timing, the out-of- pocket cost ranges from $500 to $1,200, the latter expense nearly equal to an entire month\u2019s income. \u2014 Liz Farmer, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
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"But, Patrik Jonsson, Eli Lilly's president of immunology, told STAT that the company is dedicated to making sure out-of- pocket costs for the drug are as little as $5 a month for insured individuals and $25 for those who are uninsured. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
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"Fixing child identity theft takes longer than fraud against adults, according to Javelin, and costs the average U.S. family $372 out-of- pocket on top of any fraudulent charges. \u2014 Tatum Hunter, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
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"Although Ecuador is relatively financially stable, many Ecuadorians lack access to adequate medical care and the country has some of the highest out-of- pocket health spending in South America. \u2014 Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
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"Ford offers no reimbursement to these vehicle owners and lessees for out-of- pocket expenses, loss of use, and loss of value, the lawsuit says. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 8 June 2022",
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"Right now, semaglutide is costing about $1,600 a month, which is a lot for somebody to pay, obviously out-of- pocket . \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
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"Just over half of patients paid for the procedure out-of- pocket in 2014 despite nearly three-quarters having health insurance, according to the Guttmacher Institute. \u2014 Kara Dapena, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Tour gardens offer a variety of vistas from formal gardens to pocket gardens, historic farms, shade and vegetable gardens, unique patios and outdoor spaces. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
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"There's been lots of worries that really the fossil fuel companies, the oil companies, filling stations will pocket the benefit. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
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"The Senate version would allow the team to pocket that revenue. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Mar. 2022",
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"Warren said companies could pocket as much as 40% of their payments as profit. \u2014 Fortune , 6 June 2022",
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"So sell it yourself, and pocket the profit on the difference before buying something else. \u2014 Cristina Lourosa-ricardo, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
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"This season has a similar vibe so far, with the Giants continuing to pocket victories at will against Colorado, taking Tuesday\u2019s game 10-7 at Coors Field. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 May 2022",
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"Blue Flame Medical LLC\u2019s co-founder how to negotiate an advance payment and discouraged him from disclosing how much the company would pocket from the deal, Melody Gutierrez reports. \u2014 Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
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"Short sellers borrow shares and sell them, with a plan to repurchase them at lower prices and pocket the difference. \u2014 Joseph De Avila, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"On its e-commerce site this June, Banana Republic launched the BR Vintage collection: 225 items from the company\u2019s safari-style past, including khaki shirts, lengthy suede jackets and multi- pocket photojournalist vests. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 7 Sep. 2021",
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"My favorite and most-used is the Patagonia Baggies Brimmer ($50), which looks like a safari hat and should probably be matched with one of those tan, multi- pocket vests. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 1 June 2021",
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"The women\u2019s ready-to-wear blends utilitarian and sporty aesthetics, with multi- pocket skirts, gym sets and transformable jackets all dripping in the new logo. \u2014 Isabel Lord, Forbes , 13 May 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English poket , from Anglo-French poket, pochete , diminutive of poke, pouche bag \u2014 more at pouch":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
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"1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143124"
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},
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"pocket-size":{
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"antonyms":[
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"big",
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"biggish",
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"considerable",
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"goodly",
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"grand",
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"great",
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"handsome",
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"husky",
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"king-size",
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"king-sized",
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"large",
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"largish",
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"outsize",
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"outsized",
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"overscale",
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"overscaled",
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"oversize",
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"oversized",
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"sizable",
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"sizeable",
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"substantial",
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"tidy",
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"whacking",
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"whopping"
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"definitions":{
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": of a size convenient for carrying in the pocket":[],
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"examples":[],
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"1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8p\u00e4-k\u0259t-\u02ccs\u012bz"
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"synonyms":[
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"bantam",
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"diminutive",
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"dinky",
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"dwarfish",
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"fine",
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"half-pint",
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"Lilliputian",
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"little",
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"pint-size",
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"pint-sized",
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"pocket",
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"puny",
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"pygmy",
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"shrimpy",
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"slight",
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"small",
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"smallish",
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"subnormal",
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"toylike",
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"undersized",
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"undersize"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023955",
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"goodly",
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"grand",
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"handsome",
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"husky",
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"king-sized",
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"whopping"
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"dwarfish",
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"fine",
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"Lilliputian",
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"little",
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"pint-size",
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"pint-sized",
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"small",
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"smallish",
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"subnormal",
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"toylike",
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"undersized",
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"undersize"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170738",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"pockmark":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to cover with or as if with pockmarks : pit":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The bullets left pockmarks in the wall.",
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"the explosion left little pockmarks all over the face of the adjacent building",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Taylor did fumble on his final carry, a pockmark on an otherwise solid day, but Indianapolis stuck to the run despite the early struggles, and eventually overpowered a hapless Houston front. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Worthy\u2019s fumble was the lone pockmark on an otherwise pristine day. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 13 Oct. 2021",
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||
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"The Patriots released kicker Justin Rohrwasser this past week, leaving another pockmark on Bill Belichick\u2019s draft record. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Mar. 2021",
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"Smaller collisions occur more often, so the pattern of pockmarks on Ryugu could have been produced in just nine million years. \u2014 Kenneth Chang, New York Times , 23 Mar. 2020",
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"One-time pollution episodes left further pockmarks in the nation\u2019s mussel beds. \u2014 Marion Renault, Wired , 18 Apr. 2020",
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||
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"The pop-up camera gave you a front camera without any screen blemishes at all, and now OnePlus has downgraded with a pockmark in the top-left corner of the phone. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2020",
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"Last year, a New York Times investigation showed the disconnect between Europe\u2019s green image and its farm policy, which has caused lasting environmental damage and left visible pockmarks across Europe. \u2014 Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
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"Jimmy Tobias reports for High Country News on the National Park Service's push to work with AT&T and other telecom giants to pockmark protected lands with cell towers. \u2014 Mark Olalde, USA TODAY , 20 Mar. 2020",
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Poles flocked to try McDonald\u2019s cheeseburgers, kebabs and Vietnamese food, while milk bars came to be seen as a grim reminder of a past pockmarked with scarcity and oppression. \u2014 Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2020",
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"Holding up a map of the Trump plan in a UN Security Council meeting, Abbas said the land allocated for Palestinians looked like Swiss cheese due to the settlements that pockmark the West Bank. \u2014 David Wainer, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
|
||
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"Their legacy has been pockmarked by lawsuits, all hurled by Love\u2014for songwriting credits in 1993, against Jardine using the Beach Boys name on tour in 2003, and over a free CD included with Brian\u2019s solo album Smile in 2005. \u2014 Morgan Enos, Fortune , 3 Mar. 2020",
|
||
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"The craters which pockmark the moon are formed by asteroid impacts millions of years ago. \u2014 Fox News , 16 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
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"Others had decamped to settlements along the Turkish border, where blue and white tents pockmark rocky hillsides and olive groves. \u2014 Mike Ives, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
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"Not far from the temple in Prey Chhor lies a rice field pockmarked with the remnants of mass graves. \u2014 Andrew Nachemson, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2020",
|
||
|
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"The result is frustrated drivers swerving haphazardly around gouged and pockmarked roads. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, Indianapolis Star , 22 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
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"The makeup has come off, their hair is now gray and balding, their six-pack has turned into a beer gut, and their face is pockmarked with pimples. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2020"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"first_known_use":{
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"1756, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
||
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"circa 1646, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u00e4k-\u02ccm\u00e4rk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"blemish",
|
||
|
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"blight",
|
||
|
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"blotch",
|
||
|
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"defect",
|
||
|
|
"deformity",
|
||
|
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"disfigurement",
|
||
|
|
"excrescence",
|
||
|
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"excrescency",
|
||
|
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"fault",
|
||
|
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"flaw",
|
||
|
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"imperfection",
|
||
|
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"mar",
|
||
|
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"mark",
|
||
|
|
"scar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223840",
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
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"noun",
|
||
|
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"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"pocky":{
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": covered with pocks":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u00e4-k\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131436",
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"poco":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": to a slight degree : somewhat":[
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 used to qualify a direction in music poco allegro"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1724, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"Italian, little, from Latin paucus \u2014 more at few":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u014d-(\u02cc)k\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u022f-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181211",
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"poco a poco":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": little by little : gradually":[
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"circa 1854, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"Italian":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u014d-k\u014d-(\u02cc)\u00e4-\u02c8p\u014d-(\u02cc)k\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u022f-k\u014d-(\u02cc)\u00e4-\u02c8p\u022f-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202530",
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pococurante":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"concerned",
|
||
|
|
"interested"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": indifferent , nonchalant":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she has put up a strangely pococurante front throughout this whole ordeal"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"Italian poco curante caring little":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-ku\u0307-",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u014d-k\u014d-kyu\u0307-\u02c8ran-t\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"apathetic",
|
||
|
|
"casual",
|
||
|
|
"complacent",
|
||
|
|
"disinterested",
|
||
|
|
"incurious",
|
||
|
|
"indifferent",
|
||
|
|
"insensible",
|
||
|
|
"insouciant",
|
||
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
||
|
|
"perfunctory",
|
||
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
||
|
|
"uncurious",
|
||
|
|
"uninterested"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090738",
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocosin":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": an upland swamp of the coastal plain of the southeastern U.S.":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1634, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"probably from Virginia or North Carolina Algonquian":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"p\u0259-\u02c8k\u014d-s\u1d4an"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010258",
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket mouse":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": any of various nocturnal burrowing rodents (family Heteromyidae) that resemble mice, live in arid parts of western North America, and have long hind legs and tail and fur-lined cheek pouches":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The desert pocket mouse , for example, can live without water for months, in part because of the extreme extent to which its kidneys can concentrate urine. \u2014 Asher Y. Rosinger, Scientific American , 1 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Low-elevation species like the California vole and California pocket mouse moved to higher elevations while high-elevation species like the bushy-tailed woodrat and Allen's chipmunk decreased their range. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Wired , 23 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"One of these invaders, Argentine ants, impact the Pacific pocket mouse in a number of ways. \u2014 Ben Brazil, Daily Pilot , 27 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"The Pacific pocket mouse is the smallest mouse species in North America. \u2014 Ben Brazil, Daily Pilot , 27 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Merrill said the gnatcatcher is doing much better than the pocket mouse . \u2014 Ben Brazil, Daily Pilot , 27 July 2019"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160705"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket battleship":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a small German battleship built so as to come within treaty limitations of tonnage and armament":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1929, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163151"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket borough":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": an English constituency controlled before parliamentary reform by a single person or family":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1783, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182655"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pock-arred":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": pockmarked":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-\u0227d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"English dialect pock-arr pockmark (from pock entry 1 + arr ) + -ed":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182708"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pockets":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a small bag carried by a person : purse":[],
|
||
|
|
": a small bag that is sewed or inserted in a garment so that it is open at the top or side":[
|
||
|
|
"coat pocket"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": supply of money : means":[],
|
||
|
|
": receptacle , container : such as":[],
|
||
|
|
": an opening at the corner or side of a billiard table":[],
|
||
|
|
": a superficial pouch in some animals":[],
|
||
|
|
": a small often isolated area or group":[
|
||
|
|
"pockets of unemployment",
|
||
|
|
":"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": a cavity containing a deposit (as of gold, water, or gas)":[],
|
||
|
|
": air pocket":[],
|
||
|
|
": a place for a batten made by sewing a strip on a sail":[],
|
||
|
|
": blind alley":[],
|
||
|
|
": the position of a contestant in a race hemmed in by others":[],
|
||
|
|
": an area formed by blockers from which a football quarterback attempts to pass":[],
|
||
|
|
": the concave area at the base of the finger sections of a baseball glove or mitt in which the ball is normally caught":[],
|
||
|
|
": in one's control or possession":[],
|
||
|
|
": provided with funds":[],
|
||
|
|
": in the position of having made a profit":[],
|
||
|
|
": low on money or funds":[],
|
||
|
|
": having suffered a loss":[],
|
||
|
|
": from cash on hand":[],
|
||
|
|
": to put or enclose in or as if in one's pocket":[
|
||
|
|
"pocketed the change"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": to appropriate to one's own use : steal":[],
|
||
|
|
": to refuse assent to (a bill) by a pocket veto":[],
|
||
|
|
": to put up with : accept":[],
|
||
|
|
": to set aside : suppress":[
|
||
|
|
"pocketed his pride"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": to hem in":[],
|
||
|
|
": to drive (a ball) into a pocket of a pool table":[],
|
||
|
|
": to cover or supply with pockets":[],
|
||
|
|
": small enough to be carried in the pocket":[],
|
||
|
|
": small , miniature":[
|
||
|
|
"a pocket park"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to money":[],
|
||
|
|
": carried in or paid from one's own pocket":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u00e4-k\u0259t",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u00e4k-\u0259t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bankroll",
|
||
|
|
"coffers",
|
||
|
|
"exchequer",
|
||
|
|
"finances",
|
||
|
|
"fund",
|
||
|
|
"resources",
|
||
|
|
"wherewithal"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"choke (back)",
|
||
|
|
"hold back",
|
||
|
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"repress",
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"sink",
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"smother",
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"stifle",
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"strangle",
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"submerge",
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"suppress",
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"swallow"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"He keeps his gloves in his coat pocket .",
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"She was standing there with her hands in her pockets .",
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"I have a hole in my pocket .",
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"Her pocket was full of change.",
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"There are pockets on the back of each car seat.",
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"The tickets are in the zippered pocket on the front of the suitcase.",
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"Verb",
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"The chairman was fired for pocketing funds.",
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"The saleswoman had overcharged them and pocketed the difference.",
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"a professional golfer who pocketed more than four million dollars in winnings",
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"I had to pocket my pride and ask for some help.",
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"Adjective",
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"his pocket involvement in the company was minimal",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Yet overwhelmingly doulas are paid out-of- pocket \u2014typically between $500 and $2,500\u2014which has kept doulas a privilege. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 27 June 2022",
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"Depending on timing, the out-of- pocket cost ranges from $500 to $1,200, the latter expense nearly equal to an entire month\u2019s income. \u2014 Liz Farmer, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
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"But, Patrik Jonsson, Eli Lilly's president of immunology, told STAT that the company is dedicated to making sure out-of- pocket costs for the drug are as little as $5 a month for insured individuals and $25 for those who are uninsured. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
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"Fixing child identity theft takes longer than fraud against adults, according to Javelin, and costs the average U.S. family $372 out-of- pocket on top of any fraudulent charges. \u2014 Tatum Hunter, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Although Ecuador is relatively financially stable, many Ecuadorians lack access to adequate medical care and the country has some of the highest out-of- pocket health spending in South America. \u2014 Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
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"Ford offers no reimbursement to these vehicle owners and lessees for out-of- pocket expenses, loss of use, and loss of value, the lawsuit says. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 8 June 2022",
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"Right now, semaglutide is costing about $1,600 a month, which is a lot for somebody to pay, obviously out-of- pocket . \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
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"Just over half of patients paid for the procedure out-of- pocket in 2014 despite nearly three-quarters having health insurance, according to the Guttmacher Institute. \u2014 Kara Dapena, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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||
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"Tour gardens offer a variety of vistas from formal gardens to pocket gardens, historic farms, shade and vegetable gardens, unique patios and outdoor spaces. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
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||
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"There's been lots of worries that really the fossil fuel companies, the oil companies, filling stations will pocket the benefit. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
|
||
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"The Senate version would allow the team to pocket that revenue. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
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"Warren said companies could pocket as much as 40% of their payments as profit. \u2014 Fortune , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"So sell it yourself, and pocket the profit on the difference before buying something else. \u2014 Cristina Lourosa-ricardo, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"This season has a similar vibe so far, with the Giants continuing to pocket victories at will against Colorado, taking Tuesday\u2019s game 10-7 at Coors Field. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Blue Flame Medical LLC\u2019s co-founder how to negotiate an advance payment and discouraged him from disclosing how much the company would pocket from the deal, Melody Gutierrez reports. \u2014 Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Short sellers borrow shares and sell them, with a plan to repurchase them at lower prices and pocket the difference. \u2014 Joseph De Avila, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"On its e-commerce site this June, Banana Republic launched the BR Vintage collection: 225 items from the company\u2019s safari-style past, including khaki shirts, lengthy suede jackets and multi- pocket photojournalist vests. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 7 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"My favorite and most-used is the Patagonia Baggies Brimmer ($50), which looks like a safari hat and should probably be matched with one of those tan, multi- pocket vests. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 1 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The women\u2019s ready-to-wear blends utilitarian and sporty aesthetics, with multi- pocket skirts, gym sets and transformable jackets all dripping in the new logo. \u2014 Isabel Lord, Forbes , 13 May 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"Middle English poket , from Anglo-French poket, pochete , diminutive of poke, pouche bag \u2014 more at pouch":"Noun"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202021"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket calculator":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a calculator that can fit in a shirt pocket":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204245"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket veto":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
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": an indirect veto of a legislative bill by an executive through retention of the bill unsigned until after adjournment of the legislature":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Lawmakers in his party in January\u2014many of whom quietly wanted to preserve the pocket veto should Republicans reclaim their majority in fall\u2019s election\u2014still stood behind Biden. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Brinkman's amendment would also eliminate the pocket veto . \u2014 Scott Wartman, The Enquirer , 1 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"One possibility, however unlikely, is that Trump could attempt to kill the bill with a pocket veto , reports Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner chief congressional correspondent. \u2014 Jamie Mcintyre, Washington Examiner , 7 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Whitmer spokeswoman Tiffany Brown confirmed the pocket veto but would not state the reason. \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 5 Jan. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Up until the 1990s, the pocket veto was used routinely by presidents, but Congress in recent years has tended to hold pro forma sessions rather than adjourning. \u2014 Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner , 5 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The silence amounted to a pocket veto of the proposal. \u2014 Jason Horowitz, New York Times , 12 Feb. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Passed in 1988, the amendment prohibited pocket vetoes of bills by committee chairpersons, instead requiring any bill brought before the Colorado House or Senate to receive a hearing and a vote. \u2014 Carina Julig, The Denver Post , 22 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"The tradition was intended to give Senators a chance to flag a particular problem with a nominee that others might not know about, but it was never intended as an ideological pocket veto . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 11 Oct. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210834"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket gopher":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": gopher sense 2a":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Common ingredients in the tamales made by the Aztecs were rabbit, beans, squash, fruits, honey, turkey eggs, fish, pocket gopher , frog, flamingo and turkey, the website said. \u2014 Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"And somewhere, no doubt, a bull snake kept residence in a pocket gopher hole. \u2014 Bob Timmons, Star Tribune , 31 July 2020",
|
||
|
|
"This publication will provide further information on pocket gophers (and meadow voles) and potential management techniques: Meadow Voles & Pocket Gophers: Management in Lawns, Gardens, & Croplands. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The non-venomous constrictors mainly prey upon pocket gophers . \u2014 Sara Sneath, NOLA.com , 6 Apr. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"The non-venomous constrictors mainly prey upon pocket gophers . \u2014 Sara Sneath, NOLA.com , 6 Apr. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"The snakes spend much of their time underground in the burrows of their pocket gopher prey. \u2014 Sara Sneath, NOLA.com , 6 Apr. 2018"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1873, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213534"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocketknife":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a knife that has one or more blades that fold into the handle and that can be carried in the pocket":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u00e4-k\u0259t-\u02ccn\u012bf"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"DFC Bryant Ovalles Vasquez went into action, using a pocketknife to free the man from his seatbelt, and were able to pull him to safety. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Just like the clip on a pocketknife , that sheath should be considered the primary determining factor in your purchase. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 3 Sep. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"So did Blind Willie Johnson, using a pocketknife as a slide. \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"According to an arrest warrant, Justin Tyler was charged in February with first-degree domestic violence for injuring Martella Tyler with a pocketknife . \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"She was hit from behind with a 2-by-4 and repeatedly stabbed in the neck with a pocketknife , the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Wilson pleaded guilty Wednesday to seditious conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding for allegedly entering the Capitol during the riot armed with a pocketknife and wearing a neck gaiter and hat as a disguise. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"When the two were alone, the other boy showed him a pocketknife . \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The location, design, and quality of that clip should therefore be considered primary factors in choosing a pocketknife . \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 3 Sep. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1676, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225108"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pockety":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": having an uneven distribution of ore":[
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 used of an ore deposit"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": forming, resembling, or having the characteristics of a pocket":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-\u0259\u0307t\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u00e4k\u0259\u0307t\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"-i"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"pocket entry 1 + -y":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234151"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocketbook":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a small especially paperback book that can be carried in the pocket":[],
|
||
|
|
": a flat typically leather folding case for money or personal papers that can be carried in a pocket or handbag":[],
|
||
|
|
": purse":[],
|
||
|
|
": handbag sense 2":[],
|
||
|
|
": financial resources : income":[],
|
||
|
|
": economic interests":[],
|
||
|
|
": relating to or involving economic interests":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u00e4-k\u0259t-\u02ccbu\u0307k"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bag",
|
||
|
|
"handbag",
|
||
|
|
"purse"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"White gloves, green sunglasses, and a white straw pocketbook finish off her character's look. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Celebrities must have a pocketbook full of simple styling tricks that make any look instantly cooler. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The shops and their windows were small and seemed in scale with a Baltimore pocketbook . \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 11 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Lawmakers are playing politics with the nation's pocketbook and the clock is ticking. \u2014 Melissa Mahtani, CNN , 29 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"With men\u2019s golf in the midst of an ugly civil war, a battle for the heart, soul and pocketbook of the game playing out on one of its grandest stages, leave it to Rory McIlroy to swoop in to try to save the day. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Transparency is about more than the consumer's pocketbook , though. \u2014 Morris Panner, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Competition for that portion of Madison Avenue\u2019s pocketbook has started to heat up. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rising fuel costs are hitting consumers directly in the pocketbook , but the sustained upward trend is pushing up other everyday costs, including the price of groceries and other goods. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1617, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1894, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001057"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket judgment":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": statute merchant":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"so called from its summary enforcement":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001725"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket chronometer":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a pocket watch with a chronometer escapement or with an observatory rating":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013042"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket bird":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": scarlet tanager":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015321"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket boom":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a storage boom for sorted logs":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025552"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket-handkerchief":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a handkerchief carried in the pocket":[],
|
||
|
|
": something tiny":[
|
||
|
|
"established in a hut on a pocket-handkerchief of land",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 Fletcher Pratt"
|
||
|
|
]
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": to cover with or as if with pockmarks : pit":[]
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"\u02c8p\u00e4k-\u02ccm\u00e4rk"
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"blotch",
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"defect",
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"deformity",
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"disfigurement",
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"excrescence",
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"excrescency",
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"fault",
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"flaw",
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"imperfection",
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"mar",
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"mark",
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"scar"
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"Noun",
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"The bullets left pockmarks in the wall.",
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"the explosion left little pockmarks all over the face of the adjacent building",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Taylor did fumble on his final carry, a pockmark on an otherwise solid day, but Indianapolis stuck to the run despite the early struggles, and eventually overpowered a hapless Houston front. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Worthy\u2019s fumble was the lone pockmark on an otherwise pristine day. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 13 Oct. 2021",
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||
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"The Patriots released kicker Justin Rohrwasser this past week, leaving another pockmark on Bill Belichick\u2019s draft record. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Mar. 2021",
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||
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"Smaller collisions occur more often, so the pattern of pockmarks on Ryugu could have been produced in just nine million years. \u2014 Kenneth Chang, New York Times , 23 Mar. 2020",
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||
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"One-time pollution episodes left further pockmarks in the nation\u2019s mussel beds. \u2014 Marion Renault, Wired , 18 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The pop-up camera gave you a front camera without any screen blemishes at all, and now OnePlus has downgraded with a pockmark in the top-left corner of the phone. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2020",
|
||
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"Last year, a New York Times investigation showed the disconnect between Europe\u2019s green image and its farm policy, which has caused lasting environmental damage and left visible pockmarks across Europe. \u2014 Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
|
||
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"Jimmy Tobias reports for High Country News on the National Park Service's push to work with AT&T and other telecom giants to pockmark protected lands with cell towers. \u2014 Mark Olalde, USA TODAY , 20 Mar. 2020",
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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||
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"Poles flocked to try McDonald\u2019s cheeseburgers, kebabs and Vietnamese food, while milk bars came to be seen as a grim reminder of a past pockmarked with scarcity and oppression. \u2014 Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2020",
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||
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"Holding up a map of the Trump plan in a UN Security Council meeting, Abbas said the land allocated for Palestinians looked like Swiss cheese due to the settlements that pockmark the West Bank. \u2014 David Wainer, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
|
||
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"Their legacy has been pockmarked by lawsuits, all hurled by Love\u2014for songwriting credits in 1993, against Jardine using the Beach Boys name on tour in 2003, and over a free CD included with Brian\u2019s solo album Smile in 2005. \u2014 Morgan Enos, Fortune , 3 Mar. 2020",
|
||
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"The craters which pockmark the moon are formed by asteroid impacts millions of years ago. \u2014 Fox News , 16 Mar. 2020",
|
||
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|
"Others had decamped to settlements along the Turkish border, where blue and white tents pockmark rocky hillsides and olive groves. \u2014 Mike Ives, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
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"Not far from the temple in Prey Chhor lies a rice field pockmarked with the remnants of mass graves. \u2014 Andrew Nachemson, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2020",
|
||
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|
"The result is frustrated drivers swerving haphazardly around gouged and pockmarked roads. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, Indianapolis Star , 22 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The makeup has come off, their hair is now gray and balding, their six-pack has turned into a beer gut, and their face is pockmarked with pimples. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2020"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
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"first_known_use":{
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||
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"circa 1646, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
||
|
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"1756, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
||
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},
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062954"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"pocket money":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"definitions":{
|
||
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": money for small personal expenses":[]
|
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},
|
||
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Keiichi Shibahara went from making pocket money on wine arbitrage to building Japan\u2019s most valuable hospice care firm Amvis. \u2014 James Simms, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"San Francisco gangsters offered Eddy and his friends pocket money to run errands. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
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"The earnings helped pay for his textbooks and gave him pocket money to start riding the bus to school. \u2014 Sonia Paul, Wired , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"An immigration official welcomed Mr. Hasenfratz and gave him 5 Canadian dollars of pocket money . \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Chieng, 36, followed with a discussion about red pocket money or h\u00f3ngb\u0101o, a tradition where children and unmarried young adults receive red envelopes filled with cash from older family members. \u2014 Tara Massouleh Mccay, PEOPLE.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Selling eggs from their roughly 85 chickens generates additional pocket money . \u2014 Veronica Dagher, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"By May, the Taliban started taking one district after another, often without a fight, allowing government troops to go home unharmed and giving them pocket money for the road. \u2014 Jessica Donati, WSJ , 24 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"It\u2019s fixing the bridges, getting more pocket money into folks\u2019 wallets, and leading a collective response to a pandemic that requires actual hard work. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 15 Nov. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1625, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090607"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket beach":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a usually small beach at the head of a bay or other inlet":[]
|
||
|
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},
|
||
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
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|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092853"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket-hole":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": an opening in an article of clothing that gives access to a pocket":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111307"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket piece":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a coin or token kept in the pocket as a charm or good-luck piece":[
|
||
|
|
"the Scout Good Turn pocket piece",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 Boy Scout Handbook"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": a movable part in a window-frame pulley stile that gives access to the enclosed weight and sash cord":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113410"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocketless":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": having no pocket":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u00e4k\u0259\u0307tl\u0259\u0307s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130457"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pockmarks":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": to cover with or as if with pockmarks : pit":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u00e4k-\u02ccm\u00e4rk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blemish",
|
||
|
|
"blight",
|
||
|
|
"blotch",
|
||
|
|
"defect",
|
||
|
|
"deformity",
|
||
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
||
|
|
"excrescence",
|
||
|
|
"excrescency",
|
||
|
|
"fault",
|
||
|
|
"flaw",
|
||
|
|
"imperfection",
|
||
|
|
"mar",
|
||
|
|
"mark",
|
||
|
|
"scar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The bullets left pockmarks in the wall.",
|
||
|
|
"the explosion left little pockmarks all over the face of the adjacent building",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Taylor did fumble on his final carry, a pockmark on an otherwise solid day, but Indianapolis stuck to the run despite the early struggles, and eventually overpowered a hapless Houston front. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Worthy\u2019s fumble was the lone pockmark on an otherwise pristine day. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 13 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The Patriots released kicker Justin Rohrwasser this past week, leaving another pockmark on Bill Belichick\u2019s draft record. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Smaller collisions occur more often, so the pattern of pockmarks on Ryugu could have been produced in just nine million years. \u2014 Kenneth Chang, New York Times , 23 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"One-time pollution episodes left further pockmarks in the nation\u2019s mussel beds. \u2014 Marion Renault, Wired , 18 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The pop-up camera gave you a front camera without any screen blemishes at all, and now OnePlus has downgraded with a pockmark in the top-left corner of the phone. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Last year, a New York Times investigation showed the disconnect between Europe\u2019s green image and its farm policy, which has caused lasting environmental damage and left visible pockmarks across Europe. \u2014 Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Jimmy Tobias reports for High Country News on the National Park Service's push to work with AT&T and other telecom giants to pockmark protected lands with cell towers. \u2014 Mark Olalde, USA TODAY , 20 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Poles flocked to try McDonald\u2019s cheeseburgers, kebabs and Vietnamese food, while milk bars came to be seen as a grim reminder of a past pockmarked with scarcity and oppression. \u2014 Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Holding up a map of the Trump plan in a UN Security Council meeting, Abbas said the land allocated for Palestinians looked like Swiss cheese due to the settlements that pockmark the West Bank. \u2014 David Wainer, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Their legacy has been pockmarked by lawsuits, all hurled by Love\u2014for songwriting credits in 1993, against Jardine using the Beach Boys name on tour in 2003, and over a free CD included with Brian\u2019s solo album Smile in 2005. \u2014 Morgan Enos, Fortune , 3 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The craters which pockmark the moon are formed by asteroid impacts millions of years ago. \u2014 Fox News , 16 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Others had decamped to settlements along the Turkish border, where blue and white tents pockmark rocky hillsides and olive groves. \u2014 Mike Ives, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Not far from the temple in Prey Chhor lies a rice field pockmarked with the remnants of mass graves. \u2014 Andrew Nachemson, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The result is frustrated drivers swerving haphazardly around gouged and pockmarked roads. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, Indianapolis Star , 22 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The makeup has come off, their hair is now gray and balding, their six-pack has turned into a beer gut, and their face is pockmarked with pimples. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"circa 1646, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1756, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151320"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket pistol":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a small pistol":[],
|
||
|
|
": a pocket flask for liquor":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183759"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket conveyor":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a conveyor with pockets attached to an endless moving chain":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184610"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket billiards":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun, plural in form but usually singular in construction"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": pool sense 2b":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"In that respect, high-level croquet is a mix of outdoor chess and pocket billiards . \u2014 Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com , 20 Oct. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Snooker is an unfamiliar sport for many Americans \u2014 a cousin of cue games like pocket billiards , though played on a surface about four times the size of your average pub pool table. \u2014 Charlie Campbell / Beijing, Time , 19 Apr. 2018"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194452"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pocket bread":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": pita entry 2":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1973, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234848"
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
}
|