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{
"Redunca":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a genus of antelopes consisting of the reedbucks":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, feminine of reduncus bent backward, from red- re- + uncus bent, curved; akin to Latin uncus hook":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"r\u0259\u0307\u02c8d\u0259\u014bk\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092822",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"red":{
"antonyms":[
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist"
],
"definitions":{
": a color whose hue resembles that of blood or of the ruby or is that of the long-wave extreme of the visible spectrum":[],
": a pigment or dye that colors red":[],
": a shade or tint of red":[],
": an animal with a red or reddish coat":[],
": being in the color range between a moderate orange and russet or bay":[
"a red setter",
"a horse with a red coat"
],
": being or having skin of a coppery hue":[],
": being or having skin tinged with red due to inflammation":[
"The wound was red and swollen.",
"Her skin was red from hours in the sun."
],
": bloodshot":[
"eyes red from crying"
],
": characterized by or displaying brutal emotion or violent behavior":[],
": communist":[],
": flushed especially with anger or embarrassment":[
"Her red face made clear that his remark was cruel."
],
": having red as a distinguishing color":[
"He was captain of the red team."
],
": heated to redness : glowing":[
"red coals"
],
": inciting or endorsing radical social or political change especially by force":[],
": of or relating to a communist country and especially to the former Soviet Union":[],
": of the color red":[
"a red rose",
"red tomatoes",
"I stopped at the red light."
],
": one of the three colors (see color entry 1 sense 15 ) that quarks have in the theory of quantum chromodynamics":[
"In QCD there is actually not just one type of quark, but three types or \"colors\" of quarks. These are sometimes denoted as \" red ,\" \"blue,\" and \"green\" quarks \u2026",
"\u2014 Edward Witten"
],
": one that is of a red or reddish color: such as":[],
": one who advocates the violent overthrow of an existing social or political order":[],
": red clothing":[
"the lady in red"
],
": red wine":[],
": ruddy , florid":[
"a healthy child with red cheeks"
],
": tending to support Republican candidates or policies":[
"Some choices are easy. You're either a dog guy or a cat guy. Red state or blue.",
"\u2014 Rick Reilly"
],
": the condition of showing a loss":[
"\u2014 usually used with the in the red"
],
": tinged with red : reddish":[
"a red sky/sunrise",
"red wine",
"red onions/potatoes"
],
"reduce; reduction":[],
"river 1018 miles (1638 kilometers) long flowing east on the Oklahoma\u2013Texas boundary and into the Atchafalaya and Mississippi rivers in Louisiana":[],
"river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southeastern Asia rising in central Yunnan, China, and flowing southeast across northern Vietnam into the Gulf of Tonkin":[],
"river in north central U.S. and south central Canada flowing north on the Minnesota\u2013North Dakota boundary and into Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba":[],
"\u2014 compare black sense 7":[
"\u2014 usually used with the in the red"
],
"\u2014 compare blue sense 9 , purple sense 3":[
"Some choices are easy. You're either a dog guy or a cat guy. Red state or blue.",
"\u2014 Rick Reilly"
],
"\u2014 see arctic red":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a shiny red fire truck",
"His face turns red when he gets angry.",
"Noun",
"The artist uses red to symbolize passion.",
"a lady dressed in red",
"the reds and oranges of autumn leaves",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Many Black people celebrate Juneteenth with a flag that is red , black and green. \u2014 Saleen Martin, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
"One side was decorated with red roses and green leaves cascading down the huge cake. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"Fresh off of her engagement proposal, Kourtney Kardashian posed for a topless selfie on a bed of red roses. \u2014 Seventeen Editors, Seventeen , 7 June 2022",
"Another study found that red and yellow roses elicited a more calming response than white ones. \u2014 Lala Tanmoy Das, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Though the Marathon and its adjacent businesses are now shuttered, his name is spelled out in red and white roses at a stand selling T-shirts emblazoned with his face outside the Marathon lot. \u2014 James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Children from the parish laid red roses before the altar, one for each of the 19 students and two teachers who had been killed in the attack on the elementary school just a mile away. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"Children from the parish laid red roses before the altar, one for each of the 19 students and two teachers killed in the attack on the elementary school just 1 mile away. \u2014 Rick Rojas, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Choose from red or multicolored roses, all 14\u2033 to 16\u2033 inch stems. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Asian equities were a sea of red following the US equity downdraft yesterday. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The wide seats' removable cushions come in gray or cream along with the black shown, plus bright turquoise and a striking shade of red . \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2022",
"After a hike, MacKenzie entered the shade of the bristlecone pine tree with troublesome shades of red and looked at its bark and needles, his eyes alive with anticipation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"But his show at the Art Museum of the Americas also includes pictures that employ a more folkloric mode, as well as a few that are realistic in style but not color, depicting water in shades of red . \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"The map on election night was a coast-to-coast sea of red . \u2014 Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica , 15 June 2022",
"Bitcoin believers are seeing red \u2014in their portfolios, that is. \u2014 Anne Sraders, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Stock prices have been plummeting and bond market signals are flashing red as Wall Street traders and economists increasingly expect that the economy may tip into a recession. \u2014 Jeanna Smialek, New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Other trends, like declining consumer confidence and real incomes, are also flashing red . \u2014 Damian J. Troise, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English red, rede, reed, going back to Old English r\u0113ad, going back to Germanic *rau\u0111a- (whence also Old Frisian r\u0101d, r\u014dd \"red, yellow,\" Old Saxon r\u014dd \"red,\" Middle Dutch root, rood, Old High German r\u014dt, Old Norse rau\u00f0r, Gothic rau\u00fes ), going back to Indo-European *h 1 rou\u032fdh-o-, whence also Old Irish r\u00faad \"reddish brown, dark red,\" Welsh rhudd \"red, tawny,\" Latin r\u016bfus (from a dialect or another Italic language, with -f- for expected -b- ), Lithuanian ra\u0169das \"red-brown, reddish,\" Russian dialect r\u00fadyj \"blood-red,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian r\u00fbd \"reddish brown\"; from a suffixed zero-grade form *h 1 rudh-ro-, Old Norse ro\u00f0ra \"blood,\" Latin ruber \"red,\" Tocharian B ratre, Greek erythr\u00f3s, Sanskrit rudhir\u00e1\u1e25 \"red, bloody\"":"Adjective",
"Middle English red, reed, derivative of red, reed red entry 1":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8red"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065127",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"geographical name",
"noun"
]
},
"red ant":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of various reddish ants (such as the pharaoh ant)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The common red ant is ingenious at traversing terrain. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"This has meant trekking glaciers in Patagonia, bathing elephants and eating red ant eggs in Thailand, riding motorcycles through Vietnam's countryside, road tripping around the Himalayas, and summiting mountains in Montenegro. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The titular character is a red ant , who in Mr. Rold\u00e1n\u2019s scratchy drawings has a bulbous body, long antennae and a comical overbite. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2021",
"Linger on a brown too long and red ants bite the ankles. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Oct. 2019",
"Sweden has changed radically since the 1970s, but Bernie Sanders has stood still in time, an irritable red ant suspended in amber. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 20 June 2019",
"The animals were also bitten by red ants and close to the 17th fissure of the eruption. \u2014 Natalie Dreier, ajc , 14 May 2018",
"The animal rescuers crawled through grass to the fence line to get to the dogs, which were covered in red ant bites, according to Hawaii News Now. \u2014 Nicole Darrah, Fox News , 14 May 2018",
"Every summer, blood- red ants of the species Formica sanguinea go on a mission to capture slaves. \u2014 Erica Tennenhouse, Science | AAAS , 11 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1667, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104622",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red bliss":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a potato with thin, smooth, red skin and white flesh":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The red bliss potatoes are creamy, savory goodness. \u2014 Jennifer Peter, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Feb. 2021",
"From French fingerling to red bliss to Yukon golds, to the smallest varietal, creamer potatoes, there are endless healthy ways to enjoy them. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Nov. 2019",
"Designed for two, this take on a classic New England boil includes shrimp, corn on the cob, Prince Edward Island mussels, Dungeness crab, red bliss potatoes and chorizo sausage with lemon and Old Bay Seasoning. \u2014 Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com , 14 June 2019",
"Shopping list: To buy: 3/4 pound red bliss potato, 1 red onion, 3/4 pound deli roast beef, 1 can beets, 1 jar Dijon mustard and 1 bunch parsley. \u2014 Linda Gassenheimer, miamiherald , 2 Apr. 2018",
"The individual serving, round and tall like a souffl\u00e9, is full of big chunks of turkey, red bliss potatoes, mushrooms and baby peas, all in a rich sherry cream sauce with a tender crust. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, USA TODAY , 15 Feb. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120609",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red blood cell":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of the hemoglobin -containing cells that carry oxygen to the tissues and in mammals are typically biconcave disks which lack a nucleus and cellular organelles and are formed from nucleated cells of the red bone marrow":[
"\u2014 compare white blood cell"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bergland assists groups training at altitude by providing physiological testing that monitors red blood cell counts and VO2 max, a measurement of the amount of oxygen an athlete can use. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"According to a family biography, Dr. Kazazian\u2019s early research was on the regulation of the synthesis of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein of the red blood cell . \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Athletes who enter with and maintain appropriate iron levels during the duration of their altitude training camps can expect roughly a 1% performance increase for a 4% red blood cell increase, Bergland said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The right mix of protein (6 grams) to carbohydrates (30 grams) in the recovery window after a workout helps delay cortisol secretion and getting enough iron is essential to red blood cell production, regulated by naturally-occurring EPO. \u2014 Kelly O'mara, Outside Online , 15 May 2014",
"However, Trudel\u2019s team performed the same test a year later and found that red blood cell destruction was still 30 percent higher in the astronauts. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Men who take testosterone supplements to get to your level are at risk of some alarming medical conditions, including dangerously high red blood cell counts, blood clots and possibly heart attack. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The research team developed ways to measure red blood cell destruction, including measuring the amounts of carbon monoxide detected in breath samples from the astronauts. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The system of rapidly-twitching, red blood cell -size mirrors that make home projectors possible are also MEMS; ditto the nozzles on inkjet printers. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 22 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105130",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red earth":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": hard red deep clays of tropical climates that are usually leached and low in combined silica":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014543",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red eft":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a brick red terrestrial form of a common North American newt ( Triturus viridescens )":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183822",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red elder":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": cranberry tree":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062913",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red elm":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of several American elms having reddish wood: such as":[],
": september elm":[],
": slippery elm":[],
": the wood of a red elm tree":[],
": winged elm":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045301",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red els":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a southern African shrub or small tree ( Cunonia capensis ) having bark that yields tannin":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"partial translation of Afrikaans rooie-els , from rooie red + els alder, from Middle High German else ; akin to Old High German elira, erila alder":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8elz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111740",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red flag":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a warning signal or sign":[
"A high body-mass index is a red flag in general to clinicians. But sudden, unexplained weight loss can be even more worrisome.",
"\u2014 Melinda Beck",
"Interested large investors often send in their own CPAs to conduct complete audits to verify statements or to spot red flags , such as excessively old inventory or uncollectible accounts receivable.",
"\u2014 Inc.",
"Whether you're dating a potential gold digger or are surrounded by friends who are constantly asking for handouts, you'll want to protect your money from those kinds of drains. Watch out for red flags such as dishonesty, secrecy around money matters and requests to co-sign a loan.",
"\u2014 Kimberly Palmer",
"Though Kearse did not take legal possession of the car until Jan. 4, 1999, after his eligibility had expired, the purchase raised red flags . [=aroused suspicions of wrongdoing]",
"\u2014 L. Jon Wertheim"
],
": something that indicates or draws attention to a problem, danger, or irregularity":[
"A high body-mass index is a red flag in general to clinicians. But sudden, unexplained weight loss can be even more worrisome.",
"\u2014 Melinda Beck",
"Interested large investors often send in their own CPAs to conduct complete audits to verify statements or to spot red flags , such as excessively old inventory or uncollectible accounts receivable.",
"\u2014 Inc.",
"Whether you're dating a potential gold digger or are surrounded by friends who are constantly asking for handouts, you'll want to protect your money from those kinds of drains. Watch out for red flags such as dishonesty, secrecy around money matters and requests to co-sign a loan.",
"\u2014 Kimberly Palmer",
"Though Kearse did not take legal possession of the car until Jan. 4, 1999, after his eligibility had expired, the purchase raised red flags . [=aroused suspicions of wrongdoing]",
"\u2014 L. Jon Wertheim"
],
": to identify or draw attention to (a problem or issue to be dealt with)":[
"Those who voice the most displeasure in their marriage, are more likely to complain about their partner's weight, Newport adds, which may help counselors red-flag weakening relationships before it's too late.",
"\u2014 Matthew J. Cravatta",
"Drug testing, detailed questions about previous employment history, and criminal-record checks go a long way toward red-flagging risks.",
"\u2014 Anne Fisher",
"We met, we got along great, and I [Spike Lee] told her, \"Not only do I want you to work with the actors, but I want you to look at this script. I am a man, and I know there's going to be stuff in there that's strictly from a male viewpoint\u2014I want you to red-flag that stuff.\"",
"\u2014 Anne Stockwell"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Gaps in your employment history are red flags to employers.",
"the r\u00e9sum\u00e9 she accidentally left on the office printer was a red flag that she was planning to quit",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But that trend line is a red flag for him, as are Biden\u2019s negative ratings. \u2014 Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Uh, led in the housing stock and yeah, that was a, that was a real red flag . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"If a math app asks for demographic data, that\u2019s a red flag . \u2014 Heather Kelly, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"In strictly functional terms, the murder serves as a red flag \u2014 a kind of trigger warning for the movie audience \u2014 an announcement of intent or at least narrative limits. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Should this be a red flag , worthy of reconsidering our engagement",
"The red flag and the swastika\u2014the two main visual symbols of twentieth-century totalitarianism\u2014emerged from years of ideological, aesthetic, and even spiritual movement-shaping. \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s an instant red flag for many employers, particularly those who have no personal experience of people with disabilities, or frame of reference to draw upon. \u2014 Gus Alexiou, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021",
"The New York Times first reported on the existence of the memo -- a significant, apparent red flag within the campaign at a time when Trump surrogates were still publicly railing about Dominion and election fraud. \u2014 Katelyn Polantz, CNN , 7 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1748, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1962, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8red-\u02c8flag"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"caution",
"red light",
"tip-off",
"tocsin",
"wake-up call",
"warning"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085241",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"red gum":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of several Australian eucalyptus trees including one ( Eucalyptus camaldulensis ) naturalized especially in California":[],
": sweet gum":[],
": the reddish-brown gum of a eucalyptus":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His stools are available in Claro walnut, hard maple, red gum eucalyptus, redwood, Douglas fir, ash and white oak, and can be used as side tables and plant stands. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121109",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red herring":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a herring cured by salting and slow smoking to a dark brown color":[],
": something that distracts attention from the real issue":[]
},
"examples":[
"The argument is a red herring . It actually has nothing to do with the issue.",
"The plot of the mystery was full of red herrings .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What if voters were faced with an eleventh-hour red herring , another disaster like the James Comey letter",
"But Sussmann and the researchers called this a red herring . \u2014 Marshall Cohen, CNN , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Is that creepy stalker staring from across the courtyard a red herring ",
"But her lawyer, David Boies, says it\u2019s a red herring . \u2014 Bob Van Voris, Fortune , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Schenk, in the government's closing arguments, sought to convince jurors that the missing database is a red herring . \u2014 Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Is adenovirus a red herring , just as dogs likely are",
"Quicksilver red herring in 2021's WandaVision\u2014fans are now speculating as to which other mutant characters might be showing up in Multiverse of Madness, which will follow Steven Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) through infinite realities. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The lo mein was simply a red herring that the doctors dismissed, according to the article's editor and director of the clinical microbiology laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital, Eric Rosenberg. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccred-\u02c8her-i\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124840",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red hot":{
"antonyms":[
"crusader",
"fanatic",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"militant",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"true believer",
"zealot"
],
"definitions":{
": a small red candy strongly flavored with cinnamon":[],
": exhibiting or marked by intense emotion, enthusiasm, or violence":[
"a red-hot campaign"
],
": extremely hot: such as":[],
": extremely popular":[],
": fresh , new":[
"red-hot news"
],
": glowing with heat":[],
": hot dog sense 1":[],
": one who shows intense emotion or partisanship":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the inflammatory language favored by the red hots is simply polarizing voters and stifling all dialogue"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8red-\u02c8h\u00e4t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"designer",
"hot",
"mod",
"modern",
"modernistic",
"new",
"new age",
"new-fashioned",
"newfangled",
"present-day",
"space-age",
"state-of-the-art",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080112",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"red liquor":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a solution consisting essentially of an aluminum acetate used in making red color lakes and as a mordant especially in dyeing red":[],
": the mother liquor left in the evaporation of the solution obtained by leaching black ash in the Leblanc process":[],
": the mother liquor obtained in the recrystallization of tartar":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191833",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red orpiment":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": realgar":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112602",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red osier":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a common shrubby North American dogwood ( Cornus stolonifera synonym C. sericea ) with reddish-purple twigs, small white flowers, and globose blue or whitish fruit":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Norris often leans on chokeberry, leadplant, red osier dogwood, and small junipers in his garden. \u2014 Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens , 7 Sep. 2021",
"Indeed, dormant stems of some plants such as red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea) can handle immersion in liquid nitrogen \u2013 that\u2019s better than -300 degrees F! \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 5 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1807, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001223",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red rag":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": something that incites to anger or vexation":[
"the jibe was a red rag goading him to violence"
]
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"Captain Longergan dies by the knife of the rebel leader of the Undersea, played by Kirsten, a red ribbon unspooling theatrically from his pretend wound. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 30 Dec. 2021",
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"Last year\u2019s event was virtual, but participants were able to come out live this year and also got swag that was a medal on a red ribbon . \u2014 Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
"One example is Bobi Biederman\u2019s Photography Studio in Avon Lake, which celebrated a red ribbon grand reopening Wednesday (Nov. 10). \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Avon Mayor Bryan Jensen and X-Golf staff cut the red ribbon in front of one of the eight big screens inside the new 10,000 square foot facility. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 27 Dec. 2021",
"O'Mara Vignarajah cut the oversized, red ribbon to officially open a new office location last week in Alexandria, where Azizy and Hadidi work. \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The red ribbon subtly signifies classic holiday and always piques guests\u2019 interest. \u2014 Essence , 23 Dec. 2021"
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"As a result of dwindling habitat and unstable numbers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the red squirrel subspecies in 1987, but conservation efforts have been patchy and inconsistent. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Festus is a red squirrel who has spent most of the summer building a variety of nests and storage facilities on a shelf under the part of our deck covered for wood storage. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Oct. 2021",
"For instance, scientific imaging suggests that the artist added a small red squirrel to A Lady With a Squirrel and a Starling (1526\u201328) rather late in the painting process. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Since 2013, Fischer, 56, has dealt with the strange phenomenon every two years \u2014 the tree\u2019s maturation cycle \u2014 and, without fail, a red squirrel selects Fischer\u2019s Chevrolet Avalanche as its hideaway. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Sep. 2021",
"Bill Fischer of Fargo, North Dakota, removed seven buckets of walnuts from his vehicle after seeing a red squirrel slipping in and out of the truck's hood. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 6 Oct. 2021",
"On that 30-degree morning, other traps contained a northern flying squirrel, an American red squirrel and two more voles. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Sep. 2021",
"The telescope project would also play havoc with the red squirrel \u2019s prime habitat, which brought environmentalists together with tribal leaders in opposition. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Native species like the Mount Graham red squirrel cling to survival in the forests. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 20 Aug. 2021"
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"Based on Drizly\u2019s nationwide survey of adults of legal drinking age conducted during April 2022, the most remarkable metric shows that the Gen Z consumer has a surprisingly big taste for red wine . \u2014 Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Add the balsamic and red wine vinegars and bring to a simmer. \u2014 G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Co-owned by ESSENCE Fest headliner Nicki Minaj, this wine brand is known for its tasty moscatos, sangrias, red wine blends and more. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 22 June 2022",
"So this question was brought up during this, uh, forum at the, uh, city club by red wine and blue founder, Katie Parr. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"Named boeuf Bourguignon after the famed red wine from the Burgundy region of France, this dish combines a nice, fatty cut of beef with a dry pinot noir and plenty of fresh vegetables to create a hearty and indulgent stew. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Also on the horizon: red wine and hard seltzer slushies in the summertime. \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"The color red is associated with Juneteenth, and this chicken dish, with its sweet glaze, will go beautifully with a rich red wine . \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"Paired with a nice red wine to cut through the heavy flavors, this dish becomes the ultimate casual dinner entr\u00e9e. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022"
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"Roberts explained that this matchmaking is especially crucial for species like the red wolf that have extremely small populations. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 4 June 2022",
"Breeding programs are seen as critical to ensuring the red wolf population has a future. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
"During the 2021-2022 breeding season, the number of red wolf breeding pairs jumped to 38, the agency said. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
"In 2018, researchers discovered red wolf genes in Galveston coyotes, said Bridgette vonHoldt, associate professor at Princeton and co-director of the Gulf Coast Canine Project. \u2014 Keri Heath, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Jan. 2022",
"One reason that the red wolf populations declined in the wild is because the animals frequently interbred with coyotes. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Oct. 2021",
"There's also talk of establishing a red wolf breeding and research facility in Arkansas. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 2 July 2021",
"Guests can expect to see the pups in the zoo\u2019s red wolf habitat in June. \u2014 Alexis Oatman, cleveland , 13 May 2021",
"The four red wolf pups remaining at the Akron Zoo, three males and one female, are currently living in a den box in a private habitat. \u2014 Alexis Oatman, cleveland , 13 May 2021"
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"But that trend line is a red flag for him, as are Biden\u2019s negative ratings. \u2014 Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Uh, led in the housing stock and yeah, that was a, that was a real red flag . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"If a math app asks for demographic data, that\u2019s a red flag . \u2014 Heather Kelly, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"In strictly functional terms, the murder serves as a red flag \u2014 a kind of trigger warning for the movie audience \u2014 an announcement of intent or at least narrative limits. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
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"The red flag and the swastika\u2014the two main visual symbols of twentieth-century totalitarianism\u2014emerged from years of ideological, aesthetic, and even spiritual movement-shaping. \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s an instant red flag for many employers, particularly those who have no personal experience of people with disabilities, or frame of reference to draw upon. \u2014 Gus Alexiou, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021",
"The New York Times first reported on the existence of the memo -- a significant, apparent red flag within the campaign at a time when Trump surrogates were still publicly railing about Dominion and election fraud. \u2014 Katelyn Polantz, CNN , 7 Oct. 2021"
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"Odds are good to spot a great blue heron and certainly a red-winged blackbird . \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
"Researchers studying yellow warbler responses to the parasitic cowbird realized that red-winged blackbirds were eavesdropping and reacting too. \u2014 Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American , 13 Apr. 2020",
"There were two swamp sparrows at Post Farm Marsh in Lenox, a red crossbill at Steepletop Reserve in New Marlborough, 105 red-winged blackbirds at Ashley Falls in Sheffield. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Feb. 2020",
"And what a photo: A solitary red-winged blackbird perches atop a leafless shrub. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 24 July 2019",
"The results are almost too cute to be real: A red-winged blackbird small enough to serve as a larger predator's breakfast hitches a ride on the back of a bald eagle. \u2014 Scottie Andrew And Saeed Ahmed, CNN , 9 July 2019",
"Walrath is not alone: Park spokeswoman Kelly Barkley says that during mating season, male red-winged blackbirds are fiercely territorial of their nests. \u2014 USA TODAY , 5 June 2019",
"The spokeswoman for the park, Kelly Barkley, said that during the mating season male red-winged blackbirds are fiercely territorial of their nests. \u2014 Amber Jayanth, Cincinnati.com , 4 June 2019",
"Ohio Cincinnati: Just like in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film, an Ohio woman reports that she was attacked twice in two nights by red-winged blackbirds at Voice of America Park in West Chester. \u2014 USA TODAY , 5 June 2019"
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"At night, lights along the valley climb the slopes of the back hills to quiet residential sections, while along the river, steel converters redden the sky. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Saget could \u2014 and always would \u2014 pummel decency so vigorously, so joyfully, that our cheeks would redden while our hang-ups began to feel more and more ridiculous. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
"While an in-clinic peel can really redden the face (and require a day or two of social hibernation), an at-home one is typically much gentler. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Winter trees reddened ; moss was bright on the stone walls. \u2014 Jane Brox, The New Yorker , 16 May 2020",
"Mok\u2019s face swelled with rage, reddening like a berry in the sun. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 5 May 2020",
"The interrogator bit down hard on the towel and screamed and his eyes welled and reddened . \u2014 Rumaan Alam, The New Republic , 29 Jan. 2020",
"The expansion of space stretches light, reddening its color. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 17 Dec. 2019",
"The white participants dress up like Indians and redden their skin with body paint made from iron ore. \u2014 Jennifer Percy, Harper's magazine , 20 Jan. 2020"
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"The fishing for bass, bluegills and redear sunfish \u2014 also known as the chinquapin in Cajun country \u2014 was a bit slow in the wake of recent deluges that raised the water in the miles of canals a foot or so. \u2014 John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News , 24 June 2021",
"The redear gets its name from the colorful edges on its ear flaps. \u2014 Matt Williams, Dallas News , 22 May 2021",
"What gives with all the super-sized redear sunfish at Havasu",
"There are bluegill, yellow perch, channel catfish, hybrid bluegill, redear shellcrackers, fathead minnows, white amur and koi. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Included are largemouth bass, channel catfish, bluegill/sunfish, minnows, redear sunfish, white amurs and yellow perch. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 5 Jan. 2021",
"The habitat attracts geese, shorebirds and waterfowl, and also helps support turtles, small bass and redear sunfish. \u2014 Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com , 12 Nov. 2020",
"Trophy bluegills and redear sunfish enjoy crayfish as part of their diet. \u2014 Steve Ryan, Outdoor Life , 2 July 2020",
"Captain Debbie Hanson, owner of Shefishes2 in southwest Florida, is a full-time guide specializing in largemouth bass, peacock bass, and redear sunfish. \u2014 Tom Keer, Field & Stream , 16 June 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The payouts here are absurd, and these guys have jets to redecorate like anyone else. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"Now is an ideal time to launch a new side business or redecorate your home. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Ever since Martha Washington assumed the position for the first time, many first ladies have tried to find a way to do more than redecorate the White House and host ceremonial receptions. \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 6 May 2022",
"Many took this time to revamp, redecorate , and rediscover how much comfort and joy a home can bring. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 22 Apr. 2022",
"As people spent more time at home, Etsy benefited from a wider desire to redecorate . \u2014 Christian Stadler, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"And when the Obamas worked with Michael S. Smith to redecorate the executive mansion, the focus was on creating a more welcome and inclusive space, where history could mix and mingle with the present-day. \u2014 Olivia Hosken, Town & Country , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The first month of the year is the perfect time to redecorate your space and put away the stuff that is so last season. \u2014 Victoria Priola, cleveland , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Before then, Bond is planning to redecorate and perhaps install a smoker for the turkey legs . \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Jan. 2022"
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"Nearly 115 million Americans clip coupons and redeem them at some point during the year. \u2014 David J. Morrow , New York Times , 17 Mar. 1996",
"\u2026 nor does the book try to justify whatever is reckless about it by claiming some redeeming social or political value. \u2014 Philip Roth , Reading Myself and Others , 1975",
"She had once told Rowland that she would show him, some day, how gracious her manners could be; she was now redeeming her promise. \u2014 Henry James , Roderick Hudson , 1875",
"We had, however, redeemed \u2026 the character of our country, by showing that there was at any rate a body of persons determined to use all the means which the law afforded to obtain justice for the injured. \u2014 John Stuart Mill , Autobiography , 1874",
"Their temporal dominion is now confirmed by the reverence of a thousand years; and their noblest title is the free choice of a people, whom they had redeemed from slavery. \u2014 Edward Gibbon , The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , 1788",
"The exciting ending partially redeems what is otherwise a very dull movie.",
"He wants to redeem his reputation .",
"You can redeem this coupon at any store.",
"You have 90 days to redeem your winning lottery ticket.",
"This voucher can be redeemed for a free meal at several local restaurants.",
"The government will pay you interest when it redeems the bonds you bought.",
"The company redeemed some of its stock.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So, begin to redeem frequent flyer miles as soon \u2014 and as often \u2014 as possible. \u2014 Peter Greenberg, CBS News , 20 June 2022",
"That plot\u2019s object is to redeem Tracy, and its climax is a feat of heroism that feels imported from a Marvel comic. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Historically, around 54 percent of shareholders would opt to redeem shares when a merger was announced. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"This week, Tims Rewards Members who purchase a donut via the Tim Hortons App or at timhortons.com will receive a free donut offer to redeem on their next order. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 3 June 2022",
"Tether, for instance, is always meant to be worth $1, and promises to redeem coins for $1 if customers want their money back. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
"Kimpton is one of the many IHG Rewards hotel brands where members can earn and redeem points. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Stablecoins typically peg themselves to the dollar and hold a reserve of actual dollars in a bank deposit to redeem the coins. \u2014 Greg Ip, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"The more expensive packages include perks like unlimited points to play games, free tickets to redeem for prizes, Dippin' Dots ice cream and goody bags. \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022"
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"ri-\u02c8d\u0113m"
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"Nearly 115 million Americans clip coupons and redeem them at some point during the year. \u2014 David J. Morrow , New York Times , 17 Mar. 1996",
"\u2026 nor does the book try to justify whatever is reckless about it by claiming some redeeming social or political value. \u2014 Philip Roth , Reading Myself and Others , 1975",
"She had once told Rowland that she would show him, some day, how gracious her manners could be; she was now redeeming her promise. \u2014 Henry James , Roderick Hudson , 1875",
"We had, however, redeemed \u2026 the character of our country, by showing that there was at any rate a body of persons determined to use all the means which the law afforded to obtain justice for the injured. \u2014 John Stuart Mill , Autobiography , 1874",
"Their temporal dominion is now confirmed by the reverence of a thousand years; and their noblest title is the free choice of a people, whom they had redeemed from slavery. \u2014 Edward Gibbon , The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , 1788",
"The exciting ending partially redeems what is otherwise a very dull movie.",
"He wants to redeem his reputation .",
"You can redeem this coupon at any store.",
"You have 90 days to redeem your winning lottery ticket.",
"This voucher can be redeemed for a free meal at several local restaurants.",
"The government will pay you interest when it redeems the bonds you bought.",
"The company redeemed some of its stock.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So, begin to redeem frequent flyer miles as soon \u2014 and as often \u2014 as possible. \u2014 Peter Greenberg, CBS News , 20 June 2022",
"That plot\u2019s object is to redeem Tracy, and its climax is a feat of heroism that feels imported from a Marvel comic. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Historically, around 54 percent of shareholders would opt to redeem shares when a merger was announced. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"This week, Tims Rewards Members who purchase a donut via the Tim Hortons App or at timhortons.com will receive a free donut offer to redeem on their next order. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 3 June 2022",
"Tether, for instance, is always meant to be worth $1, and promises to redeem coins for $1 if customers want their money back. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
"Kimpton is one of the many IHG Rewards hotel brands where members can earn and redeem points. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Stablecoins typically peg themselves to the dollar and hold a reserve of actual dollars in a bank deposit to redeem the coins. \u2014 Greg Ip, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"The more expensive packages include perks like unlimited points to play games, free tickets to redeem for prizes, Dippin' Dots ice cream and goody bags. \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022"
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"The job's only redeeming feature is the employee discount.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"None of her victims has a redeeming quality or generates empathy for their demise. \u2014 Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"That has a certain redeeming quality, thinking, \u2018This is hard, and these are the risks. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Feb. 2022",
"But even as the flow of the movie approaches incoherence, then rushes headlong past it, a redeeming strain of brotherly camaraderie takes root, even amid constant sniping and bitching. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 24 Jan. 2022",
"And most of the time, probably without the redeeming quality of rainbows. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Both films grind away for almost two and a half hours, stripped of the pop and the rush that are, or ought to be, the redeeming virtue of the genre. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The battery on the phone, thankfully, is a redeeming quality. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 28 July 2021",
"Kmart\u2019s vast quantities of real estate once considered a possible redeeming quality for its way forward made the vacancies all the more painful to behold. \u2014 Grace L. Williams, Forbes , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Considering the messages shared are rooted in biblical principles of love, forgiveness and empathy, where else will such redeeming traits of living and belonging be instilled"
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 Henry Chettle"
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"first_known_use":{
"1955, in the meaning defined above":""
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"learning that he had been adopted forced him to completely redefine his identity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the process, Baca has helped to redefine the traditional definition of the artist. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Attach a feeling to your goal and redefine it with emotion. \u2014 Stephanie Mansour, CNN , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Battery cars could help some brands redefine themselves \u2014 starting with Chrysler. \u2014 Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News , 7 Jan. 2022",
"There is a major effort to redefine what is material, to include information that is directed at achieving various social or political objectives. \u2014 Norbert Michel, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
"For many people, this has become a moment to literally redefine what is work. \u2014 Joanne Lipman, Time , 27 May 2021",
"But in fall 2019, Ms. Chase joined a small group of students across the country in an experiment that sought to redefine what is possible for students who share her underprivileged background. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Feb. 2021",
"There are plenty of opportunities for working-class, populist Democrats to wage the necessary battles to redefine the brand. \u2014 Faiz Shakir, The New Republic , 27 May 2022",
"Michel Kilzi is a serial entrepreneur, data intelligence expert with a vision to redefine the role of data as an asset. \u2014 Michel Kilzi, Forbes , 20 May 2022"
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"review",
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": to deliver (something) again: such as":[],
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"The mayor redelivered a shortened version of her first state of the city address to the group during its luncheon Monday at the Park Inn.",
"\u2014 Ignazio Messina",
"The public is consuming content across numerous platforms and in non-linear fashion, meaning successful marketing campaigns can no longer simply redeliver the same message or ad already running on TV.",
"\u2014 Katie McQuater",
"For the last couple of years, he's made a cottage industry of lifting bits of old hip-hop songs and redelivering them in his sleepy drawl \u2026",
"\u2014 Jon Caramanica"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Take a half- or full-day trip to reel in tarpon, grouper, trout, redfish , and even sharks. \u2014 Outside Online , 2 May 2022",
"Take a half- or full-day trip to reel in tarpon, grouper, trout, redfish , and even sharks. \u2014 Outside Online , 2 May 2022",
"Take a half- or full-day trip to reel in tarpon, grouper, trout, redfish , and even sharks. \u2014 Outside Online , 2 May 2022",
"Take a half- or full-day trip to reel in tarpon, grouper, trout, redfish , and even sharks. \u2014 Outside Online , 2 May 2022",
"Not only the pompano find it, but also bluefish, whiting, black drum and even the occasional redfish . \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 7 May 2021",
"Ray, mullet, sole, redfish and prawns gaze up from the bubbling pot, swimming in a pool alongside semi-ripe tomatoes, parsley, pepperoni and garlic. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"As an alternative, producers and consumers could try underutilized fish species caught domestically, such as Atlantic pollock and redfish , said Ben Martens, executive director of Maine Coast Fishermen\u2019s Association. \u2014 Patrick Whittle, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Large redfish are also running along this bar, and can be caught on live croaker or other baitfish. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 27 Aug. 2021"
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"They dug trenches near the river to redirect the flow of the water.",
"Traffic will be redirected to avoid downtown.",
"Visitors to the old website address are redirected automatically to the new one.",
"I tried to redirect their attention to the other painting.",
"It's time to redirect your energy to your homework.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In an interview with The Times, Horvath did not take a position on a proposal to cut the West Hollywood sheriff\u2019s budget by $3.2 million and redirect the money to homeless services. \u2014 Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times , 15 May 2022",
"Democrats want to redirect that money to pay for unrelated spending priorities. \u2014 Newt Gingrich, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"Rather than accept the donations, Randall decided to redirect the money to the American Cancer Society. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Now, the state wants to take millions of Mass Save dollars paid by heating oil homeowners and essentially redirect the money to incentivize the conversion of thousands of homes from heating oil to electric heat pumps. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2021",
"But the company has a strong argument to redirect requests for data of corporate customers based on the Justice Department\u2019s own recommendations. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2021",
"Trump\u2019s ban on immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, and joined Democrats in voting against Trump\u2019s effort to unilaterally redirect money to building a wall along the Southwest border. \u2014 Alan Fram, chicagotribune.com , 6 May 2021",
"The staff report also stresses that the camera systems are controlled by the Surfline company, not the subscribers, so viewers can\u2019t redirect them to stare at sunbathers on the beach. \u2014 Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Sep. 2020",
"Should America invest more in its police or redirect funding and attention elsewhere"
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"\u02ccr\u0113-(\u02cc)d\u012b-",
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": to discriminate against in housing or insurance":[],
": to withhold home-loan funds or insurance from neighborhoods considered poor economic risks":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The automatic gearbox's tendency to upshift well short of the 6900-rpm redline seems to have little effect on the rate of acceleration. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 11 May 2022",
"The engine is mated to a Hollinger five-speed manual and generates 400 horses, 336 ft lbs of twist and has a redline of 7,600 rpm. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 26 May 2022",
"The small, fringe group had advocated for Hong Kong\u2019s independence from China, a position that is viewed as a redline for Beijing. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022",
"The latest iteration of BMW's S58 straight-six is an absolute riot all the way up to its 7200 rpm redline . \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 13 May 2022",
"There is little point in trying to reach the rev limiter, and in Drive the automatic gearbox always chooses to upshift well before the marked redline at 6000 rpm. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The sound as the V-12 approaches its 8700-rpm redline is audio fentanyl. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The video reveals the Escalade V will have a redline around 6200 rpm, 300 rpm lower than in the CT5-V Blackwing. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Despite its raucous audible theatrics and the need to shift near redline to squeeze every bit of power out of the engine, the car delivers a zero-to-60 mph sprint in just over 12 seconds. \u2014 Michael Harley, Robb Report , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Switch to Race mode and the transmission becomes aggressive, downshifting under braking and holding gears to redline . \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Switch to Race mode and the transmission becomes aggressive, downshifting under braking and holding gears to redline . \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Switch to Race mode and the transmission becomes aggressive, downshifting under braking and holding gears to redline . \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Switch to Race mode and the transmission becomes aggressive, downshifting under braking and holding gears to redline . \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Switch to Race mode and the transmission becomes aggressive, downshifting under braking and holding gears to redline . \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Switch to Race mode and the transmission becomes aggressive, downshifting under braking and holding gears to redline . \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Switch to Race mode and the transmission becomes aggressive, downshifting under braking and holding gears to redline . \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Switch to Race mode and the transmission becomes aggressive, downshifting under braking and holding gears to redline . \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 9 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1952, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1968, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8red-\u02ccl\u012bn",
"\u02c8red-\u02c8l\u012bn",
"-\u02c8l\u012bn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203939",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redo":{
"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
],
"definitions":{
": redecorate":[],
": to do over or again":[]
},
"examples":[
"Let's hope we don't have to redo our paperwork.",
"I want to redo the kitchen and put in new cabinets and new appliances.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Take an optional rest day then redo the sequence for the rest of the week. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 26 May 2022",
"Users can also tap the keyboard button to type replies, and may redo or edit an answer as many times as required. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 18 May 2022",
"Toshinsky also asked drummer Shannon Forrest to redo the original percussion track, mostly to take advantage of the sound at Forrest\u2019s home studio. \u2014 Tom Roland, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
"The couple hired Cooper Henk of Skyline Landscaping to redo the lot. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"During a special meeting Wednesday (March 23) that turned testy on several occasions, City Council voted to redo its vote from two days earlier and agree to move forward with the Cedar Road repaving project. \u2014 cleveland , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Souki got Bechtel to redo the entire project an an export facility, and today Cheniere is thriving, courtesy in large part to heavy demand from Europe. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Port of San Diego Commissioners question size and overall feasibility of 1HWY1\u2019s $3.5 billion plan to redo the Central Embarcadero. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The goal, the attorney said, is to get the city to redo the negotiations with proper public input. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)r\u0113-\u02c8d\u00fc",
"\u02ccr\u0113-\u02c8d\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010701",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redoing":{
"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
],
"definitions":{
": redecorate":[],
": to do over or again":[]
},
"examples":[
"Let's hope we don't have to redo our paperwork.",
"I want to redo the kitchen and put in new cabinets and new appliances.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Take an optional rest day then redo the sequence for the rest of the week. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 26 May 2022",
"Users can also tap the keyboard button to type replies, and may redo or edit an answer as many times as required. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 18 May 2022",
"Toshinsky also asked drummer Shannon Forrest to redo the original percussion track, mostly to take advantage of the sound at Forrest\u2019s home studio. \u2014 Tom Roland, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
"The couple hired Cooper Henk of Skyline Landscaping to redo the lot. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"During a special meeting Wednesday (March 23) that turned testy on several occasions, City Council voted to redo its vote from two days earlier and agree to move forward with the Cedar Road repaving project. \u2014 cleveland , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Souki got Bechtel to redo the entire project an an export facility, and today Cheniere is thriving, courtesy in large part to heavy demand from Europe. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Port of San Diego Commissioners question size and overall feasibility of 1HWY1\u2019s $3.5 billion plan to redo the Central Embarcadero. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The goal, the attorney said, is to get the city to redo the negotiations with proper public input. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)r\u0113-\u02c8d\u00fc",
"\u02ccr\u0113-\u02c8d\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034855",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redolence":{
"antonyms":[
"fetor",
"malodor",
"reek",
"stench",
"stink"
],
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": an often pungent or agreeable odor":[],
": the quality or state of being redolent":[]
},
"examples":[
"breathed in the redolence of the apple orchard",
"the redolence of fir trees always reminds me of Christmas",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This version is especially pared down, relying mostly on the bones, which are boiled over multiple hours to imbue the broth with fatty redolence . \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"To celebrate the occasion, Green\u2019s son, Grant Green Jr. \u2014 a guitarist of cool, unhurried disposition, bearing the striking redolence of his father\u2019s style \u2014 leads an all-star band at Jazz Standard. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2018",
"This new sound often bears the markings of calypso, Afrobeat, grime and drum \u2019n\u2019 bass, plus the spiritual jazz of the 1960s and \u201970s, and an abiding redolence of Indian classical. \u2014 Giovanni Russonello, New York Times , 29 Aug. 2017",
"A huge pot bubbles on the stove at the yellow guest house for hours, filling the air with the cloying redolence of burning tires. \u2014 Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian , 17 Jan. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8re-d\u0259-l\u0259n(t)s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for redolence fragrance , perfume , scent , redolence mean a sweet or pleasant odor. fragrance suggests the odors of flowers or other growing things. the fragrance of pine perfume may suggest a stronger or heavier odor. the perfume of lilacs scent is very close to perfume but of wider application because more neutral in connotation. scent -free soaps redolence implies a mixture of fragrant or pungent odors. the redolence of a forest after a rain",
"synonyms":[
"aroma",
"attar",
"otto",
"balm",
"bouquet",
"fragrance",
"fragrancy",
"incense",
"perfume",
"scent",
"spice"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021640",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redolent":{
"antonyms":[
"fetid",
"foul",
"malodorous",
"noisome",
"putrid",
"rancid",
"rank",
"reeking",
"reeky",
"skunky",
"smelly",
"stenchful",
"stenchy",
"stinking",
"stinky",
"strong"
],
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": evocative , suggestive":[
"a city redolent of antiquity"
],
": exuding fragrance : aromatic":[],
": full of a specified fragrance : scented":[
"air redolent of seaweed"
]
},
"examples":[
"my grandmother's house always seemed to be redolent with the aroma of baking bread",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some burst with juniper flavor, while others are redolent with the aroma of rose petals. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Dec. 2019",
"But while their observations are interesting, their presence in the film (and the clips from the production) seem more redolent of star power than insightful historical commentary. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Oct. 2019",
"The spaghettoni al limone is especially strong, a twist on the Southern Italian dish with a redolent fruitiness that seems to infuse every pasta strand. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Aug. 2019",
"So soothing, so redolent of simpler times (which is sort of my ZIP Code). \u2014 Chris Erskine, latimes.com , 3 July 2019",
"The finished pickles are slightly salty, redolent with herbaceous Mexican oregano and laced with chipotle smoke, followed by the sharper heat of fresh jalape\u00f1o. \u2014 SFChronicle.com , 26 July 2019",
"David D\u2019Orio\u2019s arsenal, a dozen weapons made of colorful glass, are too redolent of Flash Gordon serials to frighten. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 21 June 2019",
"The elegiac score by Lisa Gutkin and Aaron Halva is redolent with the buoyant melancholy of klezmer. \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 11 June 2019",
"When Jeffrey Kalinsky opened his eponymous store in New York\u2019s Meatpacking district in the late 90s, the neighborhood was still redolent with the industry that gave it its name. \u2014 Olivia Martin, Town & Country , 30 Aug. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin redolent-, redolens , present participle of redol\u0113re to emit a scent, from re-, red- + ol\u0113re to smell \u2014 more at odor":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8re-d\u0259-l\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for redolent odorous , fragrant , redolent , aromatic mean emitting and diffusing scent. odorous applies to whatever has a strong distinctive smell whether pleasant or unpleasant. odorous cheeses should be tightly wrapped fragrant applies to things (such as flowers or spices) with sweet or agreeable odors. a fragrant rose redolent applies usually to a place or thing impregnated with odors. the kitchen was redolent of garlic and tomatoes aromatic applies to things emitting pungent often fresh odors. an aromatic blend of tobaccos",
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021046",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"redouble":{
"antonyms":[
"abate",
"moderate"
],
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": repeat":[],
": resound":[],
": to become redoubled":[],
": to double an opponent's double in bridge":[],
": to echo back":[]
},
"examples":[
"They redoubled their efforts to finish the work on time.",
"Their efforts to finish the work redoubled as the deadline drew near.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By contrast, women didn\u2019t appear to show any such deterioration in performance and instead tended to redouble their efforts. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Sometimes, the shock of seeing democracy\u2019s vulnerability will lead them to redouble their commitment to it, and sometimes to jettison that system in part or whole. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
"One of the experts hired to do the analysis, Carmen Bianco, former head of New York City Transit, said the MBTA should redouble its efforts to complete the panel\u2019s recommendations. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"The company also updated its fabled culture deck in recent days, promising to redouble its efforts toward spending subscribers\u2019 money wisely on new Netflix shows and the like. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 14 May 2022",
"Biden has pledged to redouble his efforts for easing the burden of rising prices on average Americans. \u2014 Hamza Shaban, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Madhi said that South Africa could close down mass vaccination sites and instead redouble its efforts to seek out the most vulnerable at church services and at government offices that pay out monthly pension benefits. \u2014 Stephanie Nolen, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The researchers said stepping up water-efficiency strategies could help redouble those savings over the long term. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Stymied in the opening phase of its invasion, Russia seems certain to redouble its military efforts. \u2014 Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)r\u0113-\u02c8d\u0259-b\u0259l",
"r\u0113-\u02c8d\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"accentuate",
"amp (up)",
"amplify",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"consolidate",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"step up",
"strengthen"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070914",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redoublement":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an act or instance of redoubling":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Middle French, from redoubler to redouble (from re- + doubler to double) + -ment":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+m\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224147",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redoubt":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a defended position : protective barrier":[],
": a secure retreat : stronghold":[],
": a small usually temporary enclosed defensive work":[]
},
"examples":[
"The refugees gathered in a hilly redoubt several miles outside the city.",
"a massive stone redoubt at the entrance of the bay guarded the city",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In his basement redoubt , Bussard walks over to his wall of records to make another selection. \u2014 Joe Heim, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
"To underscore its resolve, Russian forces on Friday aimed a punishing new barrage at areas in the country\u2019s north, east and south, including bombardment of a final Ukrainian redoubt in the shattered southern port of Mariupol. \u2014 Laura King And Tracy Wilkinson, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"Herrero grew up in a family of brawny, oddball leftists in the right-wing redoubt of Toulon, on the Mediterranean coast. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Ukrainian soldiers in Mariupol laid down their arms at the steel plant that served as their final redoubt , ending months of bloody battle for the port city that has become a symbol of Russia\u2019s invasion and Ukraine\u2019s resistance. \u2014 WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"Ukrainian defenders continue to hold a last redoubt , a sprawling steelworks plant, which Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his troops to blockade. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The images show how concentrated attacks have greatly damaged a central facility at the Azovstal steelworks, the last redoubt of Ukrainian fighters in the key battleground city. \u2014 Inna Varenytsia And David Keyton, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The images show how concentrated attacks have greatly damaged a central facility at the Azovstal steelworks, the last redoubt of Ukrainian fighters in the key battleground city. \u2014 Inna Varenytsia And David Keyton, Chicago Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Putin ordered a tight blockade of the steel plant, the Ukrainians\u2019 final redoubt , which is a sprawling collection of above- and below-ground structures. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1608, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French redoute , from Italian ridotto , from Medieval Latin reductus secret place, from Latin, withdrawn, from past participle of reducere to lead back \u2014 more at reduce":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ri-\u02c8dau\u0307t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bastion",
"castle",
"citadel",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortification",
"fortress",
"hold",
"stronghold"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062748",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redoubtable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": causing fear or alarm : formidable":[]
},
"examples":[
"There is a new biography of the redoubtable Winston Churchill.",
"his next opponent, the reigning champion, would be by far the most redoubtable adversary the young boxer had ever faced",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its twinkling eye is instead trained on three redoubtable forces: dreams, family and British eccentricity. \u2014 Kyle Smith, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
"Real Madrid could risk absorbing pressure, conceding chances, safe in the knowledge that Courtois is a redoubtable last line of defense. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"That would excite me enough even if the movie didn\u2019t boast two leads as redoubtable as Marion Cotillard and Melvil Poupaud. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"Our second father/son-in-law street-name duo was the redoubtable Otis/Chandler pairing. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"The redoubtable Christine Lahti stars as Alice Murchow, the kind of strung-out character that in Williams\u2019 lifetime would have been played to the hilt by Elizabeth Ashley. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Hunt wound up selling Vanderbilt on a stupendously sumptuous design inspired by redoubtable piles such as Blois and the Palace of Jacques Coeur in Bourges. \u2014 Catesby Leigh, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Adopting the formulation of the redoubtable George Kennan, the Truman Doctrine argued that the United States needed to contain an aggressive and expansionist Soviet Union, lest the world end up with another totalitarian blitzkrieg across Europe. \u2014 Beverly Gage, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The dilemmas of when and how to signal a plan to step away from formal office and confirm an heir could test Mr. Xi\u2019s redoubtable political skills. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English redoutable , from Anglo-French, from reduter to dread, from re- + duter to doubt":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ri-\u02c8dau\u0307-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"scary",
"shocking",
"spine-chilling",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042344",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"redraft":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to draft (something) again":[
"redraft a contract/letter/will",
"was hired to redraft the script",
"Major energy legislation \u2026 ran into insurmountable hurdles in the Senate last year and may be redrafted to avoid some of the stumbling blocks \u2026",
"\u2014 Helen Dewar",
"\u2026 the tortured hours [poet Elizabeth] Bishop spent not writing and then, once she finally got started, drafting and redrafting until a poem found \u2026 virtuosic form \u2026",
"\u2014 Meghan O'Rourke"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1795, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8dr\u00e4ft",
"(\u02cc)r\u0113-\u02c8draft"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104254",
"type":[
"noun,",
"verb"
]
},
"redraw":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to become refreshed (see refresh sense 5 )":[
"\u2014 used of a display screen or the visual information it presents \u2026 the number of times the screen redraws per second will adjust based on the needs of the app\u2014moment-to-moment. \u2014 Lance Ulanoff"
],
": to draw (something) again":[
"redraw a map/plan",
"Wars redrew the boundaries of the nation."
],
": to project an image on (a display screen) again":[
"The refresh rate is measured in Hertz, which translates to the number of times the screen is redrawn in one second.",
"\u2014 Jackie Fox"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)r\u0113-\u02c8dr\u022f"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164419",
"type":[
"noun,",
"verb"
]
},
"redrawer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+(\u0259)r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184207",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redream":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to dream or imagine (something) in a new or different way":[
"The dance version of \"Edward Scissorhands\" doesn't stick to the plot of the movie\u2014it redreams it.",
"\u2014 Jane Vranish"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)r\u0113-\u02c8dr\u0113m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063441",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redress":{
"antonyms":[
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"remuneration",
"reparation",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"definitions":{
": an act or instance of redressing":[],
": compensation for wrong or loss : reparation":[],
": heal":[],
": means or possibility of seeking a remedy":[
"without redress"
],
": relief from distress":[],
": retribution , correction":[],
": to exact reparation for : avenge":[],
": to make up for : compensate":[],
": to remove the cause of (a grievance or complaint)":[],
": to requite (a person) for a wrong or loss":[],
": to set right : remedy":[
"looked to charity, not to legislation, to redress social wrongs",
"\u2014 W. R. Inge"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"It is time to redress the injustices of the past.",
"the belief that redressing a murder with another murder, even if carried out by the state, is not morally justified",
"Noun",
"the new skis were certainly an adequate redress for the lost snowboard",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Harvard University announced a $100 million fund Tuesday to redress its ties to slavery after a report found that the university's leaders enslaved more than 70 people in the 17th and 18th centuries. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"So often, human attempts to redress the wrongs done to other species end up failing, sometimes spectacularly. \u2014 Marion Renault, The Atlantic , 19 May 2022",
"And if Roe is indeed overturned, God bless our country that can make such a terrible, coldhearted mistake and yet, half a century later, redress it, right it, turn it around. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"To redress this, India\u2019s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has entrusted the Film Facilitation Office with the task of simplifying the process of opening new theaters via an online single window clearance system. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"In order for nations to meet their climate goals and reduce emissions, country\u2019s need to get redress the wealth-disparity inherent in individual emissions. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 18 May 2022",
"Harvard University \u2014 after divulging last month that former leaders, faculty and staff enslaved 79 people \u2014 pledged $100 million to redress the injustices. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022",
"Backed by producers body Pact, the fund aims to redress the national unscripted TV skills shortage by offering training and development opportunities. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Factors such as money and ego come into play, along with thorny questions such as how to account for the modern consequences of long-ago systems and structures, and the most effective ways to redress past wrongs. \u2014 Lee Hawkins And Douglas Belkin, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Knowing how unlikely redress is through official channels, some turn to other sources for help. \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Wednesday, June 22, 2022: Municipalities try to offer redress to the descendants of Black families evicted for freeway construction. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"But the show is less about futility than the value of keeping the struggle alive, and the collective work of redress and repair in an unendingly anxious moment in American life. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"For the foreseeable future it will be directed toward redress of those collection imbalances, although Levine did not identify any specific collecting targets. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"In past disasters, such as a high-speed rail accident in 2011, survivors and family members of victims galvanized to protest the government and demand information and redress . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Female journalists at Time, Newsweek, Reader\u2019s Digest, the Associated Press, the New York Times and many other news outlets also were beginning to seek legal redress over similar concerns involving promotion and pay. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Dec. 2021",
"In the United States, on the other hand, citizens take on much of the responsibility of voting and cannot easily seek redress from the state when new burdens are enacted. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Fontaine spent years pressing the government for redress . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French redresser to set upright, restore, redress, from re- + dresser to set straight \u2014 more at dress":"Verb"
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"\u02c8r\u0113-\u02ccdres",
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"revenge",
"venge"
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"-sm\u0259nt"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"(\u02c8)r\u0113\u00a6dr\u012b(\u0259)r"
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"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
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"(\u02cc)r\u0113-\u02c8dril"
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"raise"
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": to decrease the volume and concentrate the flavor of by boiling":[
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"The medicine reduces the risk of infection.",
"We are trying to reduce our debt.",
"Stricter speed limit enforcement has reduced the number of car accidents.",
"Her prison sentence was reduced from 15 years to 10.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On days with air quality advisories, people are encouraged to take action to help reduce ozone formation by taking the bus, carpooling, biking or walking instead of driving. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 15 June 2022",
"Cruise said that its vehicles have logged millions of miles of roadway travel in complex urban settings, such as San Francisco, and that deployment of autonomous vehicles should help reduce fatal crashes in the U.S. \u2014 Ryan Felton, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Therefore, although many cases of Ramsay Hunt syndrome may resolve on their own with time, treatment with antiviral medications and steroids may help reduce the risk of such persistent problems. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"The medication relaxes muscles in the airways and tightens blood vessels, which help reduce symptoms, according to the NLM. \u2014 Julie Marks, SELF , 11 June 2022",
"Creamy Vegan Asparagus PestoCashews are a luxurious mainstay that also help reduce total and LDL cholesterol. \u2014 Time , 10 June 2022",
"Such export bans sometimes help reduce domestic prices of the commodities in question, analysts say. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"This can then help reduce feelings of anxiety and other things in adults. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 10 June 2022",
"These noise-canceling Bluetooth earbuds help reduce ambient noise and give a no-pressure feel, delivering clearer tones with even punchier sound and deeper bass. \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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"Middle English, to lead back, from Latin reducere , from re- + ducere to lead \u2014 more at tow entry 1":""
},
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"ri-\u02c8d\u00fcs, -\u02c8dy\u00fcs",
"ri-\u02c8d\u00fcs",
"ri-\u02c8d(y)\u00fcs",
"-\u02c8dy\u00fcs"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for reduce decrease , lessen , diminish , reduce , abate , dwindle mean to grow or make less. decrease suggests a progressive decline in size, amount, numbers, or intensity. slowly decreased the amount of pressure lessen suggests a decline in amount rather than in number. has been unable to lessen her debt diminish emphasizes a perceptible loss and implies its subtraction from a total. his visual acuity has diminished reduce implies a bringing down or lowering. you must reduce your caloric intake abate implies a reducing of something excessive or oppressive in force or amount. the storm abated dwindle implies progressive lessening and is applied to things growing visibly smaller. their provisions dwindled slowly conquer , vanquish , defeat , subdue , reduce , overcome , overthrow mean to get the better of by force or strategy. conquer implies gaining mastery of. Caesar conquered Gaul vanquish implies a complete overpowering. vanquished the enemy and ended the war defeat does not imply the finality or completeness of vanquish which it otherwise equals. the Confederates defeated the Union forces at Manassas subdue implies a defeating and suppression. subdued the native tribes after years of fighting reduce implies a forcing to capitulate or surrender. the city was reduced after a month-long siege overcome suggests getting the better of with difficulty or after hard struggle. overcame a host of bureaucratic roadblocks overthrow stresses the bringing down or destruction of existing power. violently overthrew the old regime",
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"break",
"bust",
"degrade",
"demote",
"disrate",
"downgrade"
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"accession",
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": something made by reducing":[],
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": the amount by which something is reduced":[]
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"examples":[
"a drastic reduction in size",
"Many voters want to see some reduction of the deficit.",
"There is a 20 percent reduction on selected items during this sale.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In other words, the reduction in violent deaths simply cannot be attributed to Bolsonaro\u2019s gun policies. \u2014 Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic , 1 July 2022",
"That reduction in plastic packaging can be met through a combination of reducing package sizing, switching to a different material or making the product easily reusable or refillable. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
"That reduction in plastic packaging can be met through a combination of reducing package sizing, switching to a different material or making the product easily reusable or refillable. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, ajc , 1 July 2022",
"Despite the reduction in law enforcement funds, the council also voted to give $14,000 more to a Russian Arts festival, amounting to a total of $50,000 in a move that received criticism on social media. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"The reduction in coronavirus contact tracing accelerated this spring as cases caused by the highly infectious omicron variant began to wane. \u2014 Michael Brice-saddler, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"The emissions reduction announced Thursday is an increase from an earlier, preliminary estimate by the state. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"At the start of the pandemic, the quick reduction in workforce demand laid bare the fundamentals of the company and employee relationship. \u2014 Nathan Peart, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The biggest reduction took place at the New York City Children\u2019s Center, where the bed total was cut nearly in half \u2014 down to 92 in 2021. \u2014 ProPublica , 23 June 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English reduccion restoration, from Middle French reducion , from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin reduction-, reductio reduction (in a syllogism), from Latin, restoration, from reducere":""
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"ri-\u02c8d\u0259k-sh\u0259n"
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"discount"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223443",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"reductive":{
"antonyms":[],
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": of or relating to reductionism : reductionistic":[],
": of, relating to, causing, or involving reduction":[]
},
"examples":[
"a reductive interpretation of the theory",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jaye Ayres-Brown is deliciously repugnant as Kean\u2019s son Charles, portraying entitlement through exaggerated posture, reductive rhetoric and, eventually, an all-out temper tantrum. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Providing reductive lessons in gay culture, the grating voice-over describes Fire Island as a gay Disney World with a community separating levels of attraction based on race, ethnicity, wealth and body types. \u2014 Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"To many readers, all of this will seem both obvious and somewhat reductive . \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Is that a reductive understanding of the experience of dyslexia",
"The metal-mesh texture of James\u2019s dress and its gleaming pastel color kept it from feeling reductive . \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 9 May 2022",
"Also showcasing the latest evolution of Lincoln\u2019s design language, referred to as Quiet Flight 2.0, the Star features a strong stance, a dropping roofline, reductive surfaces and aerodynamic enhancements. \u2014 Laura Burstein, Robb Report , 21 Apr. 2022",
"But Banksy critics have argued that, while eye-catching, the artist\u2019s work is typically reductive and reactive, rather than innovative. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Yet the Dardennes, in the humanity of their austerity, aren\u2019t being reductive . \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 24 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"ri-\u02c8d\u0259k-tiv"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134546",
"type":[
"adjective",
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"noun"
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"reductone":{
"antonyms":[],
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"-k\u02cct\u014dn"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164839",
"type":[
"noun"
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"reductor":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an apparatus for carrying out chemical reduction (as of a ferric salt to a ferrous salt) \u2014 compare jones reductor":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"reduct ion + -or":""
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"pronounciation":[
"-kt\u0259(r)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212309",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6r\u0113\u02ccd\u0259k\u00a6t\u014dr\u0113\u0259l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211335",
"type":[
"adjective"
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": deduct":[
"you can reduct it from my wages",
"\u2014 A. E. Coppard"
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181208",
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"transitive verb"
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"antonyms":[],
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": an act or instance of needless repetition":[],
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},
"examples":[
"Avoid redundancy in your writing.",
"Try to avoid using redundancies in your writing.",
"The design incorporates several redundancies .",
"a system with a high level of redundancy",
"The restructuring is expected to result in the redundancy of several hundred workers.",
"The workers are now facing redundancy .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But in spite of Kathleen's lucrative salary, the Peterson family had reportedly gotten itself into dire straits, with the matriarch fearing redundancy at her workplace. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
"Misplacing a hardware wallet is easy, but this threat can be mitigated with redundancy , backups, and inheritance planning. \u2014 Jameson Lopp, Forbes , 17 Oct. 2021",
"These systems can also tie together information from multiple touchpoints and channels (e.g., chat, text, phone, web) to mitigate redundancy and error, while reducing customer friction. \u2014 Gaurav Tewari, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Running fewer, larger manufacturing plants is more cost-efficient than having more, smaller plants around the country, even if that redundancy would reduce the risk of catastrophic shortages. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 14 May 2022",
"Her team set up a system with triple redundancy , beefing up the architecture, separating the customer experience process from the order fulfillment, and caching data multiple times in the process. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The problem is there just isn\u2019t much redundancy in U.S. infant formula production. \u2014 Steven A. Abrams, Chron , 12 May 2022",
"But on a roster loaded with wings, his skill set is no redundancy and is why the Clippers coveted him ahead of the trade deadline. \u2014 Andrew Greifstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Hence, perhaps, that feeling of deflation at the heavily determined backstory, that feeling of our own redundancy , the squandering of our intuition. \u2014 Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker , 27 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"pronounciation":[
"ri-\u02c8d\u0259n-d\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
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"synonyms":[
"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"logorrhea",
"long-windedness",
"periphrasis",
"prolixity",
"verbalism",
"verbiage",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordage",
"wordiness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081749",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"redundant":{
"antonyms":[],
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": characterized by similarity or repetition":[
"a group of particularly redundant brick buildings"
],
": exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous":[],
": no longer needed for a job and hence laid off":[],
": profuse , lavish":[],
": serving as a duplicate for preventing failure of an entire system (such as a spacecraft) upon failure of a single component":[]
},
"examples":[
"The drone had originally been designed to go places the Blackbird could not, but it had become redundant on discovery of the fact that there was nowhere the SR-71 could not go in safety \u2026 \u2014 Tom Clancy , The Cardinal of the Kremlin , 1989",
"Undoubtedly in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred a witness to an occurrence is someone who has seen it. Therefore, some editors have said, eyewitness is a redundant word and it should be consigned to the dustbin. \u2014 Theodore M. Bernstein , Mrs. Thistlebottom's Hobgoblins , 1971",
"There they sat, grounded upon the ground, silent, uncomplaining, with bowed heads, a pathetic sight. And by hideous contrast, a redundant orator was making a speech to another gathering not thirty steps away \u2026 \u2014 Mark Twain , A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court , 1889",
"He edited the paper and removed any redundant information or statements.",
"Avoid redundant expressions in your writing.",
"Some people say that since all adages are old, the phrase \u201cold adage\u201d is redundant .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Of course, limiting the perks to just paying users is redundant . \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 22 June 2022",
"And not to continually be redundant here, but Kyle was brought in at Jimmy Butler\u2019s behest. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Barton wants the justices to go back to riding circuit to interact with regular Americans and routine cases, but that seems redundant with selecting justices who have prior practical experience. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Some passages might seem redundant , but so is grief, so viciously efficient in its elasticity. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2021",
"But even apps that are not redundant can also be risky. \u2014 Ritish Puttaparthi, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Something so quintessentially White that a qualifier was redundant . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"The first part is redundant \u2014no one gets doxxed voluntarily. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"This has resulted in a redundant system in which prescribers enter lab values into the online clozapine REMS system to meet FDA requirements while also faxing hard copies to pharmacies. \u2014 Brian Barnett, STAT , 9 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin redundant-, redundans , present participle of redundare to overflow \u2014 more at redound":""
},
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"ri-\u02c8d\u0259n-d\u0259nt"
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"excess",
"extra",
"spare",
"supererogatory",
"superfluous",
"supernumerary",
"surplus"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083858",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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"antonyms":[
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},
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"reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend",
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],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Late Latin reduplicatus , past participle of reduplicare , from Latin re- + duplicare to double \u2014 more at duplicate":""
},
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"ri-\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t",
"-\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"ri-\u02c8d(y)\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t, \u02c8r\u0113-",
"\u02ccr\u0113-"
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"clone",
"copy",
"copycat",
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"imitate",
"render",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
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": anadiplosis":[],
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"examples":[
"that old-looking colonial mansion is actually a 20th-century reduplication of the original, which was destroyed many years ago",
"ever since I was forced to do a reduplication of a day's work, I've been more conscientious about hitting my computer's \u201csave\u201d button",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The collection, dubbed with another fun reduplication , Bon Bon, was inspired by the packaging for the Apple AirPods. \u2014 Leilani Marie Labong, SFChronicle.com , 26 June 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccr\u0113-",
"-\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"ri-\u02ccd\u00fc-pli-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"ri-\u02ccd(y)\u00fc-pli-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n, \u02ccr\u0113-"
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"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191306",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"redwing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a European thrush ( Turdus iliacus synonym T. musicus ) having the underwing coverts red":[],
": red-winged blackbird":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bass also have been known to eat birds such as baby ducks and cattail-hopping redwing blackbirds, and artificial imitations of small birds and other animals are available. \u2014 Popular Science , 1 June 2020",
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"Though 27 counties were listed for red alert this week, the number has shrunk over the last couple of months. \u2014 Rich Exner, cleveland , 13 May 2021",
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"But, as the dangers of Great Lakes ice can turn a day of fun into a red alert , rescuers were lucky to have emergency medical services standing by. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Feb. 2022",
"These map tiles are perfect for when there\u2019s a red alert or warp core breach and the players need a better idea of who is acting where. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"On Sunday, the Department for Civil Protection issued a red alert \u2014 the most severe weather warning \u2014 for parts of Sicily and Calabria warning of a threat to life and property. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Last week, de Moraes ordered the preventative imprisonment of a prominent Bolsonaro booster and blogger currently residing in the U.S, and directed the federal police to ask Interpol to put out a red alert . \u2014 David Biller, ajc , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The Belgian meteorological institute issued a red alert Wednesday for the zone around Liege, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Brussels, which was forecast to get more rain in a day than the area would normally receive in a whole summer month. \u2014 Frank Jordans, Star Tribune , 14 July 2021",
"If, in the future, works of fiction must carry content warnings, this one will require a red alert . \u2014 Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books , 31 Mar. 2021"
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"The couple's jackets \u2014 which their stylist Andrea Pezzillo showed in a behind-the-scenes Instagram post \u2014 was adorned with the menswear's brand signature red coral logo. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Zlarin is also known for its exquisite jewelry handmade out of red coral that's harvested from the surrounding seas. \u2014 Anja Mutic, Travel + Leisure , 27 Nov. 2021",
"The skirt was made from organza with metallic thread, and a red coral tiara that her future mother-in-law had given her months before adorned her tulle veil. \u2014 Priya Rao, Town & Country , 4 Feb. 2013",
"The red coral , which can live for five hundred years, is one of several marine species that make human lifespans look like a blink of the eye by comparison. \u2014 National Geographic , 31 Mar. 2018",
"Mediterranean red coral , with a potential lifespan of more than 500 years, live at depths of over half a mile deep. \u2014 National Geographic , 31 Mar. 2018",
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"Keep an eye out for the tropical fruit orchard, flaming red coral trees, and pua kala blossoms. \u2014 Alex Schechter, Smithsonian , 3 Mar. 2017"
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"Rumors that Edward II had been gruesomely executed by having a red-hot poker inserted into his backside spread quickly, likely started by his political enemies. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Oct. 2021",
"The image on one side is a skewed view of nature \u2014 a field or garden full of red-hot poker plants, their spiky crimson and yellow flowers shown in human-size close-up, pressed against the picture plane. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Examples of easy-to-plant perennials are bear's breeches, hostas, and red-hot pokers . \u2014 Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics , 1 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"A century or so later, during the Hell Gap occupation, Paleoindian people returned to the site and once again dug up red ocher . \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"The now 88-year-old French-Brazilian archaeologist Ni\u00e8de Guidon first documented the exuberant red ocher cave drawings depicting hunters, prey, revelers and play in the 1960s. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The team posits that someone applied a red ocher pigment around the injury, possibly for therapeutic or symbolic purposes. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Mar. 2021",
"The 23-year-old\u2019s body was dusted with red ocher , a pigment used by many ancient cultures in burial ceremonies. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2020",
"Maparasha Hills, KenyaThousands of Maasai men clad in red and purple shawls and with their heads coated in red ocher gathered this week for a ceremony that transforms them from Moran (warriors) to Mzee (elders). \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 24 Sep. 2020",
"Some 7,000 years ago, a prehistoric human (or humans) added red ocher paintings to Los Machos, a natural rock shelter in southern Spain. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Sep. 2020",
"Today Himba women in southern Africa cover their bodies in a mix of butterfat and red ocher , a culturally important tradition that also acts as sunscreen and bug repellent. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, National Geographic , 8 Sep. 2020",
"At least one reason, Meacham said, was to prospect and mine red ocher . \u2014 Fox News , 7 July 2020"
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"Moreover, the benefits of that concentration overwhelmingly redound to consumers. \u2014 Robert D. Atkinson, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"If anything, Election Day controversies are most likely to redound to the party\u2019s benefit. \u2014 Nick Tabor, The New Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
"All ticket sales and proceeds from my auctioning myself off for language performances and poker lessons will redound to NCRT. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Feb. 2022",
"If a person wants to use drugs, the thinking goes, the impacts of those choices redound almost entirely on him. \u2014 Jeff Eager, National Review , 7 Feb. 2022",
"These are things that ultimately would redound in favor of our collective security. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 12 Jan. 2022",
"But these kinds of social media interactions have become an enormous part of how people enjoy the Games together, and trying to crack down on that only stifles the excitement and conversation that would redound to NBC's benefit. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 8 Aug. 2021",
"That heritage has given him standing with immigrant activists, bona fides that can redound to his benefit. \u2014 Manuel Roig-franzia, Washington Post , 1 Nov. 2021",
"That benefit would redound worldwide, shaping a far larger share of global climate pollution. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 16 Oct. 2021"
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"Finish your trip hiking through Dolly Sods Wilderness, 17,000 acres of red spruce forest. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 8 Sep. 2020",
"The result is a rare blend of hardwoods, such as red oak, sugar maple, and yellow birch, and coniferous species such as red spruce , white pine, and eastern hemlock \u2013 32 varieties in all. \u2014 Moira Donovan, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The areas include more than 2,200 acres of rare conifer swamps and red spruce forest with more than 40 rare plants, 12 rare invertebrates and several animals unique to the area, the agency said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The land was degraded by the logging of its red spruce forests, which led to fires, and by artillery exercises conducted during World War II. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Sep. 2021",
"That includes red spruce , which make up 40 percent of the trees in the park. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2021",
"That includes red spruce , which make up 40 percent of the trees in the park. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2021",
"Right now, park managers are still finding new red spruce saplings around the park, which is a good sign. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2021",
"Right now, park managers are still finding new red spruce saplings around the park, which is a good sign. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2021"
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"Three redpoll species are currently recognized: common, hoary, and lesser (a Eurasian species). \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Other reports included a Philadelphia vireo and a mourning warbler at Santuit Pond in Mashpee, a common redpoll at North Beach, and a cattle egret at South Monomoy Island. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Individual hoary redpolls were found among increasingly large common redpoll flocks in Sandwich and Wellfleet, which have numbered from 90-200. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Jan. 2021",
"Stiteler also suggests the Sax-Zim Bog between Duluth and Hibbing, a national birding destination and a winter habitat for birds like the great gray owl, the pine grosbeak and the hoary redpoll . \u2014 Richard Chin, Star Tribune , 20 Dec. 2020",
"Miscellaneous: Among sightings were a Eurasian wigeon in Broad Cove in Somerset, a vesper sparrow off of Bakerville Road in Dartmouth, and a common redpoll at the Thoreau School Riverwalk in West Concord. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Nov. 2019",
"Meanwhile, the irruptive species\u2014birds who irregularly migrate\u2014like crossbills, redpolls , grosbeaks, and purple finches stayed north, resulting in lower talleys for the annual count in most of the United States. \u2014 Mika Mckinnon, Smithsonian , 15 Dec. 2017"
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"Flavors include a red panda swirl (a red velvet ice cream mixed with handmade cheesecake frosting) that\u2019s exclusive to the zoo. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 June 2022",
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"The blooms can block sunlight from underwater grasses and other vegetation, reduce oxygen in the water and cause fish kills similar to red tide as well as add toxins to the ecosystem that run up through the food chain. \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 14 June 2021",
"Many seafood markets began relying on Russian imports of sea urchin particularly after last year\u2019s rare red tide , a harmful algae bloom that discolors the water, killed sea urchin and salmon around Hokkaido, Japan\u2019s northernmost island. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Over the summer, excessive levels of nutrients in the water were linked to algal blooms and red tide along Florida's Gulf Coast. \u2014 Li Cohen, CBS News , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The state spent millions in 2018 on beach cleanups as well as money into research on how to battle red tide . \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 14 July 2021",
"Outbreaks of red tide , which are natural toxic organisms originally noticed by the Spanish explorers, have become more frequent and more deadly because of warmer air and water, experts say. \u2014 Rebecca Santana And Curt Anderson, Chron , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Outbreaks of red tide , which are natural toxic organisms originally noticed by the Spanish explorers, have become more frequent and more deadly because of warmer air and water, experts say. \u2014 Rebecca Santana And Curt Anderson, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Mar. 2022",
"From 2017 to 2019, according to a University of Florida study, tourism sectors lost $184 million in revenue because of red tide . \u2014 Rebecca Santana And Curt Anderson, Chron , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"But that was probably hard red wheat , which is higher in protein and more finicky than spelt. \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Recently, my order included a squat loaf of red wheat sourdough, hummus blended with mint and sweet green peas, and pickled spring onion and green garlic. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 25 May 2020"
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"Biologists leading outings with Oxbow River Snorkeling will be sure to point out species like river redhorse , central stonerollers and elusive eastern hellbender salamanders. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 June 2021",
"But the fish Sweitz saw were not the white suckers, greater redhorse , steelhead (rainbow trout) or northern pike that more commonly travel the watery highway this time of year. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Apr. 2021",
"The golden redhorse , found in the Root River among other places, is the sucker highlighted in the DNR's 2021 booklet of fishing regulations. \u2014 Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune , 1 Apr. 2021",
"Other fish, including the river redhorse sucker, haven\u2019t been seen in the Pearl in years and likely won\u2019t return. \u2014 Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com , 23 Jan. 2021"
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"The formula utilizes Japanese angelica root as its effective yet gentle dark-spot- reducing agent . \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The formula utilizes Japanese angelica root as its powerful dark-spot- reducing agent . \u2014 Nykia Spradley, Allure , 8 June 2021",
"Genetically engineered bacteria had already been harnessed to replace chemical synthesis of indigo; but this new work has also managed to avoid using the hazardous reducing agents needed to render the dye active. \u2014 Diana Gitig, Ars Technica , 11 Jan. 2018",
"This is a commercial challenge, the authors admit, but is less toxic than the current reliance on reducing agents . \u2014 Diana Gitig, Ars Technica , 11 Jan. 2018"
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"Firefighters cut low-lying branches from old pine trees where the red-cockaded woodpecker nests and burned other potential fuel. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Firefighters cut low-lying branches from old pine trees where the red-cockaded woodpecker nests and burned other potential fuel. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Firefighters cut low-lying branches from old pine trees where the red-cockaded woodpecker nests and burned other potential fuel. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Firefighters cut low-lying branches from old pine trees where the red-cockaded woodpecker nests and burned other potential fuel. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Firefighters cut low-lying branches from old pine trees where the red-cockaded woodpecker nests and burned other potential fuel. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Firefighters cut low-lying branches from old pine trees where the red-cockaded woodpecker nests and burned other potential fuel. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Firefighters cut low-lying branches from old pine trees where the red-cockaded woodpecker nests and burned other potential fuel. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Firefighters cut low-lying branches from old pine trees where the red-cockaded woodpecker nests and burned other potential fuel. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Oct. 2021"
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"Two redbird logos embedded in hallway tiles are kept dust-free by Moncada and his co-workers. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Mar. 2022",
"In the Alamo City, the redbird represents the University of the Incarnate Word and the Southside Independent School District. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com , 7 July 2020",
"And who better to lead this new series than the cardinal, that familiar redbird often associated with hope and passion",
"Things quickly go awry as students contract some sort of disease and a flock of creepy redbirds keeps showing up at pivotal scenes. \u2014 David Canfield, EW.com , 1 Feb. 2020",
"The Cards will struggle more against Baltimore, so RB David Johnson is the only must-start for the redbirds . \u2014 Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities , 15 Sep. 2019",
"Bishop, a Parkton resident whose Redbirds include players from Hereford and students from Gilman, Calvert Hall, St. Paul\u2019s and Friends, was the former strength and conditioning coach for the Baltimore Orioles from 1993 through 2006. \u2014 Craig Clary, baltimoresun.com , 15 Aug. 2017"
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"The word steort fell out of general use around 1300, surviving only in the names of birds like redstart and wagstart (better known today as the wagtail). \u2014 Simon Horobin, Quartz , 10 Nov. 2019",
"Also among reports were a smattering of warblers: ovenbird, black-and-white, common yellowthroat, American redstart , yellow, and pine. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2019",
"At Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, there were two Wilson\u2019s phalaropes, three swamp sparrows, four American redstarts , and a blackpoll warbler. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2019",
"Getty Images/Morgan McMullenGetty Images Hello, redstarts , and welcome to another edition of This Week in Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet. \u2014 Cady Drell, Marie Claire , 17 May 2019",
"Warblers and thrashers, hummingbirds and catbirds, redstarts and orioles, dozens of migratory species can be seen or heard on the narrow slip of land between Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. \u2014 Ben Raines, AL.com , 20 Apr. 2018",
"Aristotle thought that the robins living in Greece in the winter somehow turned into redstarts in the summer. \u2014 Carl Zimmer, New York Times , 5 Jan. 2017",
"In another account, a small black redstart reportedly landed in the reservoir and was struggling to stay above water. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2017"
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"An infra- red heat lamp turns on at dusk and off at dawn. \u2014 Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities , 12 Oct. 2019",
"An image of Herro wearing a red Heat jersey from his childhood went viral during ESPN\u2019s telecast of the NBA draft on Thursday night after it was displayed following his selection by the Heat with the No. \u2014 David Furones, sun-sentinel.com , 21 June 2019",
"The drawings are arranged under red heat lamps \u2014 the kind that are used to hatch chicken eggs \u2014 and the environment is not unlike a stomach, the artist pointed out. \u2014 Meredith Mendelsohn, New York Times , 10 Apr. 2018"
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"The state says its weekends-only red snapper season for anglers will start May 27 in state and federal waters, with a daily limit of three of the popular sport and food fish. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Alabama\u2019s 2022 red snapper season will start May 27, state officials have announced. \u2014 al , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Traditionally, escovitch calls for whole red snapper , but living in New York, Francine has learned to adapt. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Each licensed angler may take up to three red snapper a day, with a minimum length limit of 16 inches, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said in a news release. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Expect seasonal soft-shell crab and crawfish, Gulf shrimp and oysters, fresh red snapper , grouper and mahi. \u2014 Brooke Viggiano, Chron , 24 Mar. 2022",
"On a single day in August, U.S. officials intercepted four Mexican skiffs in U.S. waters carrying more than a thousand pounds of shark and more than 300 pounds of red snapper . \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Fellow fisherman Gerald Davis was cleaning the catch of red snapper and trigger fish on a table as the couple passed. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Caviar currently stars in a dish of seared red snapper with sunchoke confit and a saffron citrus beurre blanc. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Mar. 2022"
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"The Ohlson Recreation Center pool features a majestic redwood structure with massive barn doors between the pool and tennis court and a native plant garden. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
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"The 2019 Pluribus seems to evoke the flavors and smells of the mountainous redwood forest where its grapes grew. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Still, Tucsonites are as proud of their saguaro as Northern California is of its redwood . \u2014 Jon Waterman, Outside Online , 15 June 2020",
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"The stay also includes the use of the cube's outside lounge kitchen, a dreamy redwood outside shower/bath that is open to the elements, along with a pool, hot tub, and hammocks for relaxing. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Since then, the researchers have discovered intimate items within the collection, such as ebony dominoes, a calligraphy brush, and chopsticks made from bamboo and redwood . \u2014 Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2022",
"To protect the redwood from the elements \u2014 sun, wind, ocean air and rain, Kevin Bockman soaked the wood for five days in Tung oil and applied additional coats of the oil. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Feb. 2022"
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"In one sign that concern for non-drivers might extend beyond the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Transportation recently earmarked five billion dollars over the next five years to help states and cities redesign dangerous streets. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"And there is also the considerable data cost and the probable cost of having to redesign the in-house approach to meet evolving global standards. \u2014 Carrie Mccabe, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"National City residents are invited to a virtual design workshop at 6 p.m. March 23 to help redesign Pepper Park. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Sullivan may remove and refinish lace, add pleating, redesign a dress as a jumpsuit or completely remake the top of a gown. \u2014 Ingrid Schmidt, Los Angeles Times , 30 Dec. 2021",
"The Cavaliers\u2019 redesign comes on the heels of the Guardians also reworking their logo for jerseys and typography for the scoreboard. \u2014 cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"Executives have said Boeing may redesign the valve system as a longer-term fix. \u2014 Micah Maidenberg, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"As a result, organizations across almost every industry are having to redesign their business models and critically support IT infrastructure to introduce flexibility and agility on a scale never seen before. \u2014 Cindy Jaudon, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Staying under the threshold, the panel concluded, would involve a coordinated push to expand renewable energy production, revamp transportation networks, extract carbon from the air, and redesign how cities are built and farming is done. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022"
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"The motorcyclist then ran a red light at Mapleway Drive and turned onto Olmway. \u2014 cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"San Diego police said the driver ran a red light at high speed while headed west on Othello around 8:30 a.m. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"According to the charges, Contreras ran a red light on May 28 at the intersection of 800 South and Orem Blvd., crashing into another car. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"One case involved Troy McAlister, then 45, who on New Year\u2019s Eve of 2020 ran a red light and killed two women crossing a street in downtown San Francisco. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
"The pursuit began when Ruelas ran a red light on Century Boulevard, a CHP spokesperson said at the time. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"Initial reports indicate more than ten people were injured after a car reportedly ran a red light , struck another vehicle and the two cars hit the crowd. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 30 May 2022",
"Instead, Tolbert ran a red light and struck another vehicle, Young said. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 27 May 2022",
"The tiny tool combines four dermatology technologies in one sleek, portable device \u2014 one of the most important being red light therapy. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022"
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"Prior to the deal, PotlatchDeltic owned about 87,000 acres of Alabama timberland, growing southern yellow pine, red oak , sweetgum and other commercial hardwood species. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 6 June 2022",
"This DeWalt is different, consistently firing one nail after the other into red oak without a problem. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 3 May 2022",
"Nichols\u2019 mother, Pamela S. Nichols of Boise, seeks $2 million from the city of Portland for failing to trim the 93-foot-tall red oak , which was part of the city\u2019s heritage tree program. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 May 2022",
"White oak, red oak , and maple are some of the most affordable domestic hardwoods. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2022",
"Tree varieties include red oak , bur oak and swamp white oak. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Don\u2019t assume that the Shumard red oak died of Texas root rot (also known as cotton root rot). \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The result is a rare blend of hardwoods, such as red oak , sugar maple, and yellow birch, and coniferous species such as red spruce, white pine, and eastern hemlock \u2013 32 varieties in all. \u2014 Moira Donovan, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The prior homeowner had replaced a Shumard red oak that must have died of the same disease. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Known to entomologists as , the red admiral is mostly black, with white spots near the wing tips, orange bands on the hind wings, and a bright red band on the forewing. \u2014 Dan Southerland, Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Queen, Gulf fritillary, black swallowtail, giant swallowtail, sulfur, red admiral , American beauty and other species of butterflies are flying right now in area landscapes. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 13 Sep. 2019"
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"Oh, and the price of each mass redactor is lopsided: The magnesium rims save 25 pounds, while the Weissach kit\u2019s bevy of carbon-fiber bits chop about 13 pounds yet cost $5K more. \u2014 Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver , 28 Mar. 2018",
"The next five paragraphs are covered in black by a redactor \u2019s marker. \u2014 Carol Rosenberg, miamiherald , 12 Oct. 2017",
"In many Genesis passages, the final editor or redactor has collated at least two narratives. \u2014 A.n. Wilson, WSJ , 8 Sep. 2017"
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"The most popular variety is sockeye salmon, also called red salmon because of its beautiful deep red color. \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"For certain fish, however, including 79 percent of red salmon , 56 percent of crab and 47 percent of sea urchin imported into Japan, Russia is the dominant supplier. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Tweedsmuir Glacier has tongued into the Alsek \u2014 most recently in 2008 \u2014 discouraging red salmon from venturing farther upstream. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Apr. 2021",
"Across the water Environmentalists and locals are worried that spills could happen on the ferry across Lake Iliamna, the world\u2019s single largest contiguous nursery for red salmon and home to a rare population of freshwater seals. \u2014 Acacia Johnson, National Geographic , 14 Jan. 2020",
"Even the plump, red salmon were visible from above. \u2014 Eva Sohlman, New York Times , 7 Oct. 2019",
"Gone are the days of long delivery times, fish stacked without ice on tenders and red salmon picked from nets gone dry on the mud. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 17 June 2018",
"For sockeyes, a statewide catch of about 52 million is down by 1.8 million fish from 2017, which was the fifth-largest red salmon catch since 1970. \u2014 Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2018",
"Japan, which used to be the destination for the majority of Bristol Bay red salmon , is no longer the major sales motivator. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 17 June 2018"
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"Grouse and red deer , in season, comes from Balmoral, along with pheasant and partridge from Sandringham, and more pheasant from Windsor, too. \u2014 Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country , 15 May 2022",
"That\u2019s unusual in the UK, where wild boar and red deer seem to have made up a more significant proportion of Mesolithic people\u2019s diets. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022",
"Horses, ibex, reindeer, red deer , bison and chamois are prominent among the animals, which include just one or two possibly human forms. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Outrageous headdresses replaced by the distant antlers of the estate\u2019s red deer . \u2014 Vogue , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The bones of red deer , roe deer, and boar were made into wind instruments and decorative objects. \u2014 Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Once a day time color photo was turned in, DNR officials recognized it as a red deer . \u2014 Parish Howard, USA TODAY , 6 Nov. 2021",
"The deer, which appeared to be a young red deer doe, was exhausted by the time it was brought onto the boat by Bowditch and his charter guest Morgan Lloyd. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Per the Guardian\u2019s Severin Carrell, the carvings depict two male red deer with full antlers and several other animals believed to be young deer. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2021"
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"On top of that, the letter said, the sheriff's office did not redact Hutchins' private and personal information. \u2014 Amir Vera And Paul Vercammen, CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"It had been reported that the US rejected China\u2019s proposal that audit reviews redact user data and personal information. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
"In a 9-0 vote, the redactions were largely upheld, though the Assembly instructed municipal attorneys to un- redact some portion of the records. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Feb. 2022",
"However, the attorney had asked that the court either file the affidavit under seal or, alternately redact the witness\u2019s name for privacy reasons and the witness\u2019 protection. \u2014 Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Tom did redact one reference, which had to do with women\u2019s work. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The coveted metal is used in redox -flow batteries, which store excess charge from intermittent sources like solar and wind and feed it back to the grid. \u2014 William Ralston, Wired , 16 Dec. 2021",
"What if bacteria buried in the mud were completing the redox reaction by somehow bypassing the oxygen-poor layers"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This mask is packed with a quenching blend of snow mushroom, hyaluronic acid, kangaroo paw flower, red spider flower, and candlestick flower. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 16 Sep. 2021",
"Mohr swears by a Neem oil spray that Greaver developed that revived a prized plant infested with red spider mites \u2014 a destructive pest that\u2019s difficult to eradicate. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 26 Feb. 2021",
"Other names for them include red spider lily and hurricane lily. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 9 Sep. 2020",
"During a school field trip to Columbia University's science department, a blue and red spider bites Peter Parker on the hand. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 26 Aug. 2020",
"There are nebulae named after tarantulas and red spiders , ants and butterflies, and lobsters and prawns. \u2014 National Geographic , 20 Mar. 2018"
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"The book\u2019s original illustrators, based in Angers, used red lead paint, while the artists in Nantes who painted over the portrait used vermillion red for Isabella\u2019s gown and coats of arms. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 May 2021",
"Isabella's coat of arms was added to the floral borders, using the same vermilion red as her gown, which the analysis distinguished from the red lead paint of the original. \u2014 Maev Kennedy, CNN , 19 May 2021"
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"The Pentagon declined to make the \u2026 report public, and only when pressed with Freedom of Information Act demands did it disclose parts of the report, some 1,700 pages of documents so heavily redacted as to be nearly incomprehensible.",
"\u2014 Scott Horton"
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"river 1018 miles (1638 kilometers) long flowing east on the Oklahoma\u2013Texas boundary and into the Atchafalaya and Mississippi rivers in Louisiana":[],
"river in north central U.S. and south central Canada flowing north on the Minnesota\u2013North Dakota boundary and into Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba":[],
"\u2014 see arctic red":[],
"river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southeastern Asia rising in central Yunnan, China, and flowing southeast across northern Vietnam into the Gulf of Tonkin":[],
": a color whose hue resembles that of blood or of the ruby or is that of the long-wave extreme of the visible spectrum":[],
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"\u2014 Edward Witten"
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"the reds and oranges of autumn leaves",
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"Many Black people celebrate Juneteenth with a flag that is red , black and green. \u2014 Saleen Martin, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
"One side was decorated with red roses and green leaves cascading down the huge cake. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"Fresh off of her engagement proposal, Kourtney Kardashian posed for a topless selfie on a bed of red roses. \u2014 Seventeen Editors, Seventeen , 7 June 2022",
"Another study found that red and yellow roses elicited a more calming response than white ones. \u2014 Lala Tanmoy Das, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Though the Marathon and its adjacent businesses are now shuttered, his name is spelled out in red and white roses at a stand selling T-shirts emblazoned with his face outside the Marathon lot. \u2014 James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Children from the parish laid red roses before the altar, one for each of the 19 students and two teachers who had been killed in the attack on the elementary school just a mile away. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"Children from the parish laid red roses before the altar, one for each of the 19 students and two teachers killed in the attack on the elementary school just 1 mile away. \u2014 Rick Rojas, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Choose from red or multicolored roses, all 14\u2033 to 16\u2033 inch stems. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Asian equities were a sea of red following the US equity downdraft yesterday. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The wide seats' removable cushions come in gray or cream along with the black shown, plus bright turquoise and a striking shade of red . \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2022",
"After a hike, MacKenzie entered the shade of the bristlecone pine tree with troublesome shades of red and looked at its bark and needles, his eyes alive with anticipation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"But his show at the Art Museum of the Americas also includes pictures that employ a more folkloric mode, as well as a few that are realistic in style but not color, depicting water in shades of red . \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"The map on election night was a coast-to-coast sea of red . \u2014 Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica , 15 June 2022",
"Bitcoin believers are seeing red \u2014in their portfolios, that is. \u2014 Anne Sraders, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Stock prices have been plummeting and bond market signals are flashing red as Wall Street traders and economists increasingly expect that the economy may tip into a recession. \u2014 Jeanna Smialek, New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Other trends, like declining consumer confidence and real incomes, are also flashing red . \u2014 Damian J. Troise, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022"
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"That\u2019s how eery red water ends up flowing out of the icy white glacier. \u2014 Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online , 14 May 2022",
"Less than 100 years ago the whaling business was thriving, the continent\u2019s bay swirled with red water , and whales were almost hunted to extinction. \u2014 Mary Holland, Robb Report , 1 May 2022",
"Spiral Jetty \u2022 Brian Footen waded out from the soupy red water of the Great Salt Lake\u2019s north arm, his boat and bibs crusted in brine, his cockpit filled with foam, a wide toothy grin on his face. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Created by Polish artist Jerzy Kalina, the sculpture\u2014titled Poisoned Well\u2014shows the late pontiff lifting a boulder over his head, poised to throw it into a pool of red water . \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Sep. 2020",
"Along the R\u00edo Tinto in western Spain, layers of multicolored sediment combine with blood red water to produce an otherworldly effect. \u2014 Popular Science , 13 May 2020",
"At the hot-pot restaurant, the staff brought out a cauldron of dark- red water . \u2014 Weike Wang, The New Yorker , 12 Nov. 2019",
"The substitution appeared to pain Vela more than his hamstring did, however, with the LAFC captain gesturing angrily at coach Bob Bradley, then punching at a row of red water bottles behind the bench. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Aug. 2019",
"What does the red water represent in your blood-flow model"
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"There are a few types of color vision deficiencies, but red-green color blindness is the most common type. \u2014 Brooke Swanson As Told To Kate Morgan, The Cut , 22 Feb. 2018"
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"The only exception to those entries is the redaction of names or identifying information of survivors and/or other individuals unrelated to the offender. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 27 May 2022",
"The DeWine administration justified the redactions on the grounds of attorney-client privilege and an exemption allowing redaction of trade secrets. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 5 May 2022",
"In its volume and its lack of editing and redaction , the information dump is difficult not to see as something more than disclosure. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s also newer software that allows for video redaction to edit faces, juveniles, audio and social security numbers. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Payment will not be required until the video redaction is complete and ready to be delivered. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Lara Yeretsian, a high-profile criminal defense attorney, said a redaction of the victims\u2019 names may not have been enough to protect their identities, given the case\u2019s publicity and its involvement of children. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Commissioners approved an extension of the contract with Axon through 2025 for new Tasers and automatic body camera video editing capability to meet legal requirements for redaction . \u2014 Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Then it will be delivered via email following redaction and review, according to the department. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Feb. 2022"
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"Thor 4 leaks that preceded the red carpet premiere said the film would have two post-credits scenes. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 28 June 2022",
"After showing his support for Lil Nas X on the 2022 BET Awards red carpet , Jack Harlow continued to surprise the crowd for his performance at the awards show held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Sunday (June 26). \u2014 Cydney Lee, Billboard , 26 June 2022",
"The dress, which Kardashian wore for just mere minutes while taking photos on the Met Gala red carpet before changing into a replica, is currently on display at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"And then of course all the activity on that iconic red carpet lining the entrance to the Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lumi\u00e8re. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 1 June 2022",
"Earlier this month, Hailey walked the Met Gala red carpet solo in a dreamy white backless gown by Anthony Vaccarello for YSL. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 May 2022",
"That's right: Less than a month after Kardashian stepped onto the 2022 Met Gala red carpet with a new, bleach-blonde look, Davidson has gone blonde, as well. \u2014 Rosemary Donahue, Allure , 30 May 2022",
"After storming the Cannes red carpet , security authorities rushed toward the half-naked activist, covered her with a coat and attempted to block some cameras from filming. \u2014 Nicole Acevedo, NBC News , 21 May 2022",
"The couple's firstborn, 4-year-old daughter Stormi, stepped out on the Billboard Music Awards red carpet with them, too. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 16 May 2022"
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"Kwiatkowski said luna moth caterpillars are also known to feed on the leaves of hickory, birch, red maple , white oak, and sassafras. \u2014 Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Sherwood recommended placing a rain garden at least 10 feet away from the house, and likes to include native red maple and tupelo trees if there\u2019s room. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The saplings of red maple , northeastern red oak and eastern redbud are $5 each. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The grant will help pay for serviceberry shrubs, ornamental grass and red maple trees. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Undeterred, Monaco sorted through the registered list of big trees in Maryland and realized that no red maple had yet been registered in Baltimore County. \u2014 Courtney Mcgee, baltimoresun.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"The red maple in his front yard is about 186 years old and 76 feet tall. \u2014 Courtney Mcgee, baltimoresun.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Some popular native fall foliage plants include the burgundy black gum tree, the bright yellow American beech and the red maple tree. \u2014 Tammy Sons, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Built over a small creek between a red maple and a white oak, this charming little treehouse is the perfect getaway for couples and honeymooners. \u2014 Cari Shane, Better Homes & Gardens , 21 July 2021"
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"The most celebrated multi-planet system to date is located just 39 light years from Earth, where seven planets orbit the red dwarf known as Trappist-1. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Typically, the mythical red dwarf that has taunted Detroit since its founding appears at the event in devilish flair, with horns and an eerie grin, to cause trouble. \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Since Proxima Centauri is a dim red dwarf star, however, its habitable zone is quite close as well, with Proxima Centauri b being solidly within it. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Scientists discovered the hellish planet orbiting around a small red dwarf star named GJ 367. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Gliese 1132 is an M-dwarf star (also known as a red dwarf ) only 21 percent the size of the sun, and emits only one-half a percent as much light. \u2014 Calla Cofield, Scientific American , 12 Nov. 2015",
"Proxima Centauri, on the other hand, is a small and very dim red dwarf star discovered by telescope in 1915, far away from the system\u2019s two main stars. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Feb. 2022",
"This artist\u2019s impression shows a close-up view of Proxima d, a planet candidate recently found orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The odds of life finding the right conditions to arise at some point in a star\u2019s life span are good around one like AU Microscopii, because red dwarf stars aren\u2019t like our sun. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 12 Jan. 2022"
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"The red fox in Unalaska, where the virus was also detected in eagles, joins other foxes in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ontario to test positive for the virus, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. \u2014 Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
"Our mature 85-foot western red cedar has been suffering the impact of invasive eastern red fox squirrels nipping off fronds for the last several years and the tree\u2019s foliage density is severely diminished. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Apr. 2022",
"However, Michiganders aren't going to see much of their red fox neighbors. \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The nearest Sierra Nevada red fox sighting in recent memory was in the Sonora Pass area, north of the park. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 29 Jan. 2015",
"The Sierra Nevada red fox of California is considered one of the rarest mammals on the continent; fewer than 50 exist. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 29 Jan. 2015",
"And rarely, a Cooper's hawk, coyote or red fox will make a rush through the feeding zone. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Feb. 2022",
"When the monstrous Dixie fire scorched a northeastern California expanse that the elusive Sierra Nevada red fox calls home, wildlife officials were worried. \u2014 Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times , 15 Nov. 2021",
"This sandy cove is home to wildlife including moose, white tailed deer, red fox , coyote, raccoons, and porcupines. \u2014 Miriam Porter, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rock started photographing Bowie as the artist was forming his Ziggy Stardust persona: bright red mullet , with blood-red rouge and eye shadow and glittery gold lipstick. \u2014 Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times , 19 Nov. 2021",
"In the louche bar and restaurant, the menu nods at the Languedoc with dishes like gardiane, or bull\u2019s meat stew, and red mullet with pesto sauce. \u2014 Travel + Leisure Staff, Travel + Leisure , 19 Feb. 2020",
"Kathi is a taskmaster and her style hasn\u2019t changed over the years, including her fiery, red mullet . \u2014 Gerrad Hall, EW.com , 10 July 2019",
"The night drew on, and the courses kept coming, each fancier than the next\u2014 red mullet with Provence artichokes and argan oil, veal fillet mignon with a thin tian tart. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 30 July 2018",
"Usually, this is a placid spot where Mr. Raftis fishes for red mullet and snapper. \u2014 Patrick Kingsley, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2018",
"At first blush, model Lina Hoss\u2019 directional new look at today\u2019s Gucci show looked like a re-imagination of David Bowie\u2019s famous flame red mullet . \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 21 Feb. 2018"
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"the reporter took her glower as a red light and stopped asking questions",
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"The motorcyclist then ran a red light at Mapleway Drive and turned onto Olmway. \u2014 cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"San Diego police said the driver ran a red light at high speed while headed west on Othello around 8:30 a.m. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"According to the charges, Contreras ran a red light on May 28 at the intersection of 800 South and Orem Blvd., crashing into another car. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"One case involved Troy McAlister, then 45, who on New Year\u2019s Eve of 2020 ran a red light and killed two women crossing a street in downtown San Francisco. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
"The pursuit began when Ruelas ran a red light on Century Boulevard, a CHP spokesperson said at the time. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"Initial reports indicate more than ten people were injured after a car reportedly ran a red light , struck another vehicle and the two cars hit the crowd. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 30 May 2022",
"Instead, Tolbert ran a red light and struck another vehicle, Young said. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 27 May 2022",
"The tiny tool combines four dermatology technologies in one sleek, portable device \u2014 one of the most important being red light therapy. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022"
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"\u2026 enterprisers that show how people across the Nation are coping (or not coping) with such problems as unemployment, the budget deficit and Government red tape .",
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"\u2026 pompous officials (often lowly clerks) in love with red tape who delight in obstructing the expedition of what should be simple procedures.",
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"You would not believe the red tape involved in getting the required permits.",
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"Adopting one child is a major undertaking that involves lots of red tape and sleepless nights. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 1 July 2022",
"Government rental vouchers guarantee monthly payments, but there is often more money to be made \u2014 and less red tape \u2014 when renting to unsubsidized tenants. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Herring has been able to cut through some of that red tape at his Oakland clinic by working with the Highland pharmacy to stock and distribute Sublocade. \u2014 Jenny Gold, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
"Some of the measures will likely be seen as red tape , according to a member of Grijalva\u2019s team. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
"By now, your system should be flawless and free from red tape and give more freedom to experienced employees. \u2014 Alex Borisov, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"For one thing, the existence of the special district allows Disney to operate without much of the red tape that usually comes with dealing with local governments. \u2014 Christopher Palmeri, Fortune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Even after the Supreme Court directive of 2020, the installation of a firefighting system at the Ahmednagar hospital was slowed down by red tape . \u2014 Tabassum Barnagarwala, Quartz , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Renee, still dealing with the overwhelming red tape that follows death, had visited the vital records office in Santa Fe. \u2014 Karin Brulliard And Adria Malcolm, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Apr. 2022"
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"Along Main Street on a spring day \u2014 the surrounding mountains just beginning to blush with green and sprayed with purple redbud blossoms \u2014 there is only a lonely suggestion of the place Pound once was. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"Its trunk grows straight but the redbud \u2019s branches do not. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Perhaps a redbud or Mexican plum would be a good fit. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Dec. 2021",
"There\u2019s always room somewhere for a redbud or a sweetbay magnolia or possibly a ginkgo. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Unfortunately, your redbud is susceptible to this disease and frequently affected. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 May 2021",
"For example, a specimen tree such as a redbud looks smashing in spring, while oakleaf hydrangeas and serviceberry bushes have stunning fall color. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Even ordinary birds like starlings and sparrows look extraordinary with gorgeous redbud blooms surrounding them. \u2014 Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Those who register will receive a free Mood Stadium Cup, free redbud tree seedling and neighborhood walking routes. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 27 Apr. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company filed for bankruptcy protection this week, its financial statements awash in red ink . \u2014 Lauren Hirsch, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"This week, Revlon filed for bankruptcy protection, its financial statements awash in red ink . \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"The company also lessened its red ink to $378,000 from almost $11 million, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission before its initial public offering. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 1 June 2021",
"Retailers caught with excess inventory \u2014 as Walmart and Target reported recently \u2014 will pay the price in heavy promotions, markdowns, and red ink . \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"The ocean of red ink in Amazon's report came from the company's accounting for a $7.6 billion loss in value of its stock investment in Rivian Automotive. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The ocean of red ink in Amazon\u2019s report came mostly from the company\u2019s accounting for a $7.6 billion loss in value of its stock investment in Rivian Automotive. \u2014 Haleluya Hadero, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"For red ink tattoos, Barry suggests a green color corrector. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Evergrande\u2019s $300 billion debt challenge is a small matter alongside that level of red ink , which even the central government cannot readily address. \u2014 Therese Shaheen, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022"
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"Fishermen can catch blue crab, spotted and sand seatrout, sea catfish, red drum , and southern flounder in the island's waters. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 4 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s particularly noted for producing huge black drum as well as red drum or redfish in winter\u2014the recent Thanksgiving weekend turned out some whoppers both for anglers fishing during the day and those fishing under the lights after sundown. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Though red drum are only stocked once each year, Nisbet said catfish are put into several area ponds throughout the area multiple times each year. \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Though red drum fish are a coastal species, the rules for catching them in the San Antonio-area lakes are different. \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Kiene said his program predecessor, Reid Nelson, observed little to no movement from red drum in certain locations. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 6 June 2021",
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"The same applies to saltwater anglers wanting to tag a red drum over 28 inches. \u2014 Dallas News , 15 Aug. 2020"
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"Exuberant raspberry, blackberry and red currant flavors announce themselves at the very first sip of this endearing sparkler. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
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"For the f\u00eate, EmRata opted for a striking sequined minidress in a flashy shade of reddish orange. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2022",
"The moon will appear reddish orange for the first time since 2021. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 12 May 2022",
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"This tree has unusual clusters of airy, smoke-like seeds with reddish foliage that turns to orange in fall. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
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"Hot habanero peppers look deliciously inviting with their reddish orange skins. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
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"Arabidopsis thaliana grew more slowly, had stunted roots, smaller leaves, and had some reddish pigmentation, a sign of stress. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022"
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"In fact, the male red-eyed vireo sings and sings and sings all day long, sometimes more than 20,000 snippets a day. \u2014 Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 8 May 2021"
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"From Californian poppy orange and Granny Smith green to flame red rust , even the more muted colors \u2014 think buttermilk yellow and gentle olive \u2014 make an impact. \u2014 Georgia Murray, refinery29.com , 5 Feb. 2021",
"Iron oxides, the same compounds that create brown and red rust , are turning icebergs emerald. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 7 Mar. 2019"
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"In particular, yellow perch suffer from red worms , which are between 2 and 2\u00bd inches long. \u2014 Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life , 27 May 2020",
"Then just adopt about a pound of red worms or red wigglers from your local pet or garden store, have the kids feed them leafy scraps and peels, and let the pooping begin. \u2014 Jamie Kiffel-alcheh, National Geographic , 24 Dec. 2019",
"Bluegill fishing is good off of Eight Mile Road with jumbo red worms . \u2014 sacbee , 23 Apr. 2018",
"Crappie are showing up in the south Delta sloughs with small to medium minnows along with mini-jigs while bluegill to 1.5 pounds are abundant on waxworms or jumbo red worms on a drop-shot presentation. \u2014 Bee Staff, sacbee , 26 Feb. 2018",
"Below the dam: Cotter Trout Dock reports: variable generation; trout fair to good on shrimp or PowerBait (during low flows), also drifting sculpins, red worms or pink Power Worms (during high flows). \u2014 Bruce Janssen, kansascity , 11 Oct. 2017"
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"Instead, Fallon showed off Goldberg's red snow globe holiday scarf. \u2014 Susan Tompor, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Instead, Fallon showed off Goldberg's red snow globe holiday scarf. \u2014 Susan Tompor, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Instead, Fallon showed off Goldberg's red snow globe holiday scarf. \u2014 Susan Tompor, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Instead, Fallon showed off Goldberg's red snow globe holiday scarf. \u2014 Susan Tompor, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Instead, Fallon showed off Goldberg's red snow globe holiday scarf. \u2014 Susan Tompor, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Instead, Fallon showed off Goldberg's red snow globe holiday scarf. \u2014 Susan Tompor, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Instead, Fallon showed off Goldberg's red snow globe holiday scarf. \u2014 Susan Tompor, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Instead, Fallon showed off Goldberg's red snow globe holiday scarf. \u2014 Susan Tompor, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2021"
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"The Executive Committee did not make additions to the published list, but their attorneys did redact several entries as well as the names and identifying information of survivors and others unrelated to the accused, Thursday's joint statement said. \u2014 CBS News , 26 May 2022",
"On top of that, the letter said, the sheriff's office did not redact Hutchins' private and personal information. \u2014 Amir Vera And Paul Vercammen, CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Anchorage police redact graphic portions of the footage either by cutting the footage or blurring it, said community relations director Sunny Guerin. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Mar. 2022",
"The trials allowed the various groups to review, share and redact camera footage and evaluate storage and security solutions. \u2014 Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
"It had been reported that the US rejected China\u2019s proposal that audit reviews redact user data and personal information. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
"In a 9-0 vote, the redactions were largely upheld, though the Assembly instructed municipal attorneys to un- redact some portion of the records. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Feb. 2022",
"However, the attorney had asked that the court either file the affidavit under seal or, alternately redact the witness\u2019s name for privacy reasons and the witness\u2019 protection. \u2014 Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"Keepers at New York City's Bronx Zoo decided to hand-rear the red kangaroo joey, originally from the Nashville Zoo, after Troody's mother rejected her. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"The baby kangaroo is an excellent addition for the Bronx Zoo keepers that helped care for Dave, the Bronx Zoo's red kangaroo ambassador. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Troody is set up to become the next red kangaroo ambassador at the Bronx Zoo. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Another red kangaroo also died without adequate care in 2016. \u2014 Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal , 7 Feb. 2020",
"Visitors can see the new joey on the Outback Trail of the Franklin Park Zoo with the other red kangaroos . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Sep. 2019",
"The Beaumont Enterprise reports the young red kangaroos are two of the 17 marsupials Viator keeps on his 12-acre property, along with several dogs, a miniature donkey named Rocky, and more than 55 red stag deer. \u2014 Liz Teitz, The Seattle Times , 28 Jan. 2018",
"When Hurricane Matthew hit the zoo last year, a little red kangaroo was ejected from her mother's pouch. \u2014 Sean Rossman, USA TODAY , 9 Sep. 2017"
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"Palin\u2019s political future, in other words, may come down to whether Alaskan voters prefer someone who will dish out red meat or bring home the bacon. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Luckily, the quality of a true piece of A5 Wagyu is immediately apparent: fine marbling spread so evenly across the entire cut that the white fat blends into the red meat , making the entire steak look light pink. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 18 Aug. 2020",
"Champagne and meat can pair very well, even red meat . \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"On Eid al- Adha, halal red meat is donated to needy Muslims. \u2014 Manal Aman, Woman's Day , 7 June 2022",
"The current spring-summer menu \u2014 which will be replaced in September by a tasting menu \u2014 features a appetizers, salads, risottos, pastas and red meat and seafood entrees and desserts available a la carte or in a five-course tasting menu for $99. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
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"Passengers on board get the full experience, including specialty drinks, music and amazing views of the agave plantations that contrast the red soil and the blue plant. \u2014 Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The red soil outlines where trees, downed by Wallow, had lain for years. \u2014 Anton L. Delgado, USA TODAY , 5 Sep. 2021",
"The red soil outlines where trees, downed by Wallow, had lain for years. \u2014 Anton L. Delgado, USA TODAY , 5 Sep. 2021",
"The red soil outlines where trees, downed by Wallow, had lain for years. \u2014 Anton L. Delgado, USA TODAY , 5 Sep. 2021",
"The red soil outlines where trees, downed by Wallow, had lain for years. \u2014 Anton L. Delgado, USA TODAY , 5 Sep. 2021",
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"The red soil outlines where trees, downed by Wallow, had lain for years. \u2014 Anton L. Delgado, USA TODAY , 5 Sep. 2021",
"The red soil outlines where trees, downed by Wallow, had lain for years. \u2014 Anton L. Delgado, USA TODAY , 5 Sep. 2021"
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