{
  "eighth":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": octave":[],
      ": one that is number eight in a series \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "one eighth of the pie",
      "An eighth of a pound is two ounces.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Freddie Freeman delivered the crushing blow in the team\u2019s 9-3 win against the Cincinnati Reds, lacing a leadoff double in the eighth to spark the team\u2019s six-run game-winning rally. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Sluchak, now in her personal capacity, hands Bell the equivalent of an eighth of an ounce of marijuana. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The test of the new method, which has been approved by city building officials, could cause the building to sink no more than an eighth of in inch \u2014 within the tolerance for the repair work \u2014 Hamburger wrote. \u2014 Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "Naomi Osaka, a two-time U.S. Open champion who is in the same eighth of the draw as the past U.S. Open champions Sloane Stephens and Angelique Kerber. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "The homer run was Sandle\u2019s team-high eighth of the year, and gave him 39 RBIs, also best on the club. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 16 May 2021",
      "The marquee eighth has 11 allowance runners going 5 \u00bd furlongs. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "By his example, Pong teaches Tiller to look past the superficial, which proves a useful lesson in Asia, where Tiller, despite his Asian eighth , is categorically dismissed as a bule, a farang\u2014white, foreign. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2021",
      "The Model 3 was the bestselling electric vehicle in China last year, with more than 138,000 sold, according to the China Passenger Car Association\u2014an eighth of the 1.11 million EVs sold nationwide. \u2014 Trefor Moss, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0101tth",
      "\u02c8\u0101th"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194044",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective or adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "eighthly":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": in the eighth place":[
        "the search is \u2026, eighthly , a search for ideals",
        "\u2014 R. G. F. Robinson"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00f7\u02c8\u0101th-",
      "\u02c8\u0101tthl\u0113",
      "-li"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194233",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "eighty-six":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to refuse to serve (a customer)":[
        "\"Beer here, barkeep,\" he said. \"You're eighty-sixed ,\" Lucy said. \"Cut off. No more for you.\"",
        "\u2014 Mary Karr"
      ],
      ": to reject, discontinue, or get rid of (something)":[
        "Democratic leaders also eighty-sixed a similar amendment introduced in the House version of the bill \u2026",
        "\u2014 Dell Cameron",
        "Sadly, \u2026 the heartless bottom-liners on the food committee eighty-sixed the black raspberry [ice cream] for good.",
        "\u2014 Greg Kesich",
        "So after attempting a Zoom interview that had them sounding as garbled as the off-camera adults in a \"Peanuts\" special, we eighty-sixed the audio on our computers and talked on the phone \u2026",
        "\u2014 Brian O'Neill"
      ],
      ": to remove (an item) from a menu : to no longer offer (an item) to customers":[
        "Many small restaurants or bars may run into issues with their inventory. When there are not enough ingredients left to make a popular dish or drink, they'll have to 86 it. This prevents customers from ordering it and then getting upset.",
        "\u2014 Joshua Weatherwax"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1948, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably rhyming slang for nix entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u0101-t\u0113-\u02c8siks"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cashier",
      "cast (off)",
      "chuck",
      "deep-six",
      "discard",
      "ditch",
      "dump",
      "exorcise",
      "exorcize",
      "fling (off ",
      "jettison",
      "junk",
      "lay by",
      "lose",
      "pitch",
      "reject",
      "scrap",
      "shed",
      "shuck (off)",
      "slough (off)",
      "sluff (off)",
      "throw away",
      "throw out",
      "toss",
      "unload"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024901",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "eightpenny nail":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a nail typically 2\u00b9/\u2082 inches (6.35 centimeters) long":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u0101t-\u02ccpe-n\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from its original price per hundred":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052731"
  },
  "eight-pointed cross":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": maltese cross":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104717"
  },
  "eightsome":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Scottish reel for eight dancers":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0101ts\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "eight entry 1 + -some":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210132"
  },
  "eighth note":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a musical note with the time value of \u00b9/\u2088 of a whole note \u2014 see note illustration":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "So the first iteration of the chord progression takes about three minutes, then each variation after that gets shorter and shorter until each chord becomes only an eighth note long. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Feb. 2020",
      "Rechtshaid added drums and moved the chorus over an eighth note , adding a backbeat. \u2014 Chris Payne, Billboard , 28 June 2019",
      "My eighth notes provided urgency, a racing pulse under the whole thing rather than the original\u2019s sleepy conga. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 22 Nov. 2018",
      "Kal Marks, a band from Boston, plays with lurching bass lines, plodding eighth notes and similarly stripped-down drum beats set against brittle guitars and vocals that sound strained and scraped. \u2014 John Adamian, courant.com , 19 May 2018",
      "Its shape resembles that of an eighth note , and its sound has been likened to that of a theremin. \u2014 Stephen J. Beard, Indianapolis Star , 24 May 2018",
      "The British band Basement believes in the power of a saturated guitar tone and steady, insistent eighth notes . \u2014 John Adamian, courant.com , 12 May 2018",
      "The combination of openness and complexity in this music spells a certain kind of possibility: Mr. Mitchell took a solo that was almost entirely eighth notes , with nearly no rests, and still seemed to create rhythmic suspense at every turn. \u2014 Giovanni Russonello, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2018",
      "But even a relatively simple symbol, like an eighth note , can be drawn in so many different ways that calculating the possible variations is computationally intensive and time-consuming. \u2014 Janne Lindqvist, Smithsonian , 4 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1839, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234419"
  },
  "eightling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0101tli\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005342"
  },
  "eigenfunction":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the solution of a differential equation (such as the Schr\u00f6dinger wave equation) satisfying specified conditions":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "partial translation of German eigenfunktion , from eigen- + funktion function":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024041"
  },
  "eighth pole":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the furlong pole on a racetrack that is \u00b9/\u2088 of a mile from the finish":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024550"
  },
  "eight":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "pronoun, plural in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a number that is one more than seven \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
      ": the eighth in a set or series":[
        "the eight of spades"
      ],
      ": something having eight units or members: such as":[],
      ": an 8-oared racing boat or its crew":[],
      ": an 8-cylinder engine or automobile":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another eight who completed their quarantine re-boarded the ship to make their way back to Germany. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 10 June 2020",
      "And refineries, storage tank hubs and pipelines are quickly filling to the brim, while ocean tankers carrying as much as 300 million barrels of oil are floating or sailing figure- eights waiting for buyers. \u2014 Clifford Krauss, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "For the awards show, nail artist Eri Ishizu decorated Lizzo\u2019s tips with glitter- eights in honor of the singer receiving eight Grammy nominations. \u2014 Jennifer Ford, Essence , 28 Jan. 2020",
      "Inside linebackers Who's leaving: After an up-and-down senior year, two-year starter Kash Daniel closed his career on a high note with a team-high eight tackles in the Belk Bowl. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 1 Jan. 2020",
      "The 6-foot-2, 245-pound linebacker had a career-best and team-high nine tackles in last week\u2019s loss to the New England Patriots, seven days removed from what was previously his season-high eight tackles in Cleveland. \u2014 Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com , 20 Dec. 2019",
      "Smith made a career-high eight tackles, shared a sack to bring his season total to 8.5 and registered two quarterback hits. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 4 Nov. 2019",
      "Jones caught a game-high eight passes for 126 yards and a touchdown Sunday, and delivered a handful of the Lions\u2019 biggest plays. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 4 Nov. 2019",
      "Travis Dye ran 12 times for 91 yards, Mykael Wright returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown, and Thomas Graham Jr. finished with a team-high eight tackles for Oregon. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English eighte , from eighte , adjective, from Old English eahta ; akin to Old High German ahto eight, Latin octo , Greek okt\u014d":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044848"
  },
  "eigenvalue":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u012b-g\u0259n-\u02ccval-(\u02cc)y\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Time and again, regardless of their specific characteristics, the random matrices are found to exhibit that same chaotic yet regular pattern in the distribution of their eigenvalues . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 5 Feb. 2013",
      "The pattern involved a second layer of numbers called eigenvalues , which are like the DNA of a matrix. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 6 May 2019",
      "By contrast, the Tracy-Widom curve appears to arise from variables that are strongly correlated, such as interacting species, stock prices and matrix eigenvalues . \u2014 Natalie Wolchover, WIRED , 27 Oct. 2014"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "partial translation of German Eigenwert , from eigen own, peculiar + Wert value":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1927, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-054155"
  },
  "eight ball":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a black pool ball numbered 8":[],
      ": misfit":[],
      ": in a highly disadvantageous position":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, Nine kids a-barfing, an eight ball of cocaine, seven stripping Susans, six kinds of chutney, five hundred miles both ways! \u2014 The Washington Post , 11 Dec. 2020",
      "Long-term injuries to pitchers Adbert Alzolay and Codi Heuer put them behind the eight ball , and starter Wade Miley also is out to begin the season. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Iowa, building an impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9 for a squad that started behind the eight ball . \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Tuesday\u2019s speech provides the President the opportunity to get out from behind the eight ball . \u2014 Felicia Wong, The New Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The pandemic put Johnson behind the eight ball in 2022. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "The pandemic and everything else put the club behind the eight ball . \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Firefighters, teachers, police and other workers in four other states that have cut the increases entirely \u2014 Iowa, New Jersey, Washington and Wyoming \u2014 are now behind the eight ball . \u2014 NBC News , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "The Delaware senator promised that Biden would not show up in Scotland behind the eight ball on the issue of climate. \u2014 Andrew Murray, Fox News , 26 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1932, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-062122"
  },
  "eigentone":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tone or one of several tones produced by and characteristic of a vibrating body or system":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "partial translation of German eigenton , from eigen- + ton tone":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-065344"
  },
  "eighth rest":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a musical rest corresponding in time value to an eighth note":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For his part, Mr. Muti has responded with Verdi interpretations that are pledges of allegiance to each marking in the music, each 16th rest (never to be confused with an eighth rest , so help him God). \u2014 Zachary Woolfe, New York Times , 23 June 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1839, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-081259"
  },
  "eight-spotted forester":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a familiar day-flying moth ( Alypia octomaculata ) of the eastern U.S. that is black with eight conspicuous pale spots on the wings and has humped and transversely striped larvae which often defoliate ornamental vines and grapevines":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-085145"
  },
  "eigenvector":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a nonzero vector that is mapped by a given linear transformation of a vector space onto a vector that is the product of a scalar multiplied by the original vector":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u012b-g\u0259n-\u02ccvek-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary eigen- (from German eigen ) + vector":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1941, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-091522"
  },
  "eight-square":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": octagonal":[
        "an eight-square rifle barrel"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-102248"
  },
  "Eiger":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "mountain 13,025 feet (3970 meters) high in west central Switzerland northeast of the Jungfrau":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u012b-g\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-133309"
  },
  "eighteen":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective or noun",
      "noun",
      "pronoun, plural in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a number that is one more than seventeen \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)\u0101(t)-\u02c8t\u0113n",
      "\u02c8\u0101t-\u02cct\u0113n",
      "\u0101-\u02c8t\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English eightetene , adjective, from Old English eahtat\u012bene , from eahta + -t\u012bene ; akin to Old English t\u012ben ten":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-151124"
  },
  "eighteenmo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "eighteen + -mo (as in duodecimo )":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-201837"
  },
  "eighteen-one balkline":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a carom billiards game in which balklines are 18 inches from the cushions and a player may score only one point when balls are in balk":[
        "\u2014 usually written 18.1 balkline"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare eighteen-two balkline":[
        "\u2014 usually written 18.1 balkline"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-214053"
  },
  "eigenstate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a state of a quantized dynamic system (such as an atom, molecule, or crystal) in which one of the variables defining the state (such as energy or angular momentum) has a determinate fixed value":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "partial translation of German eigenstand , from eigen- + stand state, condition":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-232850"
  },
  "eigenmode":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a normal mode of vibration of an oscillating system":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u012b-g\u0259n-\u02ccm\u014dd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "eigen- (as in eigenvector ) + mode entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1972, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-014314"
  },
  "eighty":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective or noun",
      "noun",
      "pronoun, plural in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a number that is equal to eight times 10 \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0101-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "The temperature rose to the high eighties .",
      "She is in her mid- eighties .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But, travelling the country, I routinely am picked up by people in their seventies and sometimes eighties doing their next jobs. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2020",
      "One of those, an Anchor Point man reported to be in his eighties , was tested only after being admitted to the hospital for other serious health problems. \u2014 Tom Kizzia, Anchorage Daily News , 11 May 2020",
      "The two writers are tied together in my mind (Berry, now in his eighties , was a student of Stegner, who died in 1993) and have become a touchstone in difficult times. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 12 Apr. 2020",
      "The glamorous eighties modernism of Trump Tower in Manhattan is transformed by the equally glamorous neoclassical mode favored in Las Vegas. \u2014 Bruce Handy, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2020",
      "Tucked away in his archive were more than two thousand rolls of film from the nineteen-seventies and eighties , which had for some reason slipped through the cracks. \u2014 Chris Wiley, The New Yorker , 11 Nov. 2019",
      "Amazonia hits the eighties every day, too warm and humid to feel comfortable suited up for wetland birding in long pants and rubber boots. \u2014 Nell Zink, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
      "For 2018/19, New Balance set out to recreate the popular (if ugly) 2008/09 away kit, which itself was an attempt to recreate the popular (but attractive) away kits of the late eighties . \u2014 SI.com , 29 Sep. 2019",
      "Marie also enjoyed ballroom and line dancing with other seniors at the West Hartford Senior Center and walked several miles each day until her late eighties at West Farms Mall. \u2014 courant.com , 14 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English eighty , adjective, from Old English eahtatig , short for hundeahtatig , noun, group of eighty, from hund- , literally, hundred + eahta eight + -tig group of ten; akin to Old English t\u012ben ten":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-035814"
  },
  "eighty-eight":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "pronoun, plural in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": being one more than 87 in number":[
        "eighty-eight years"
      ],
      "\u2014 see Table of Numbers":[
        "eighty-eight years"
      ],
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      "One of those, an Anchor Point man reported to be in his eighties , was tested only after being admitted to the hospital for other serious health problems. \u2014 Tom Kizzia, Anchorage Daily News , 11 May 2020",
      "The two writers are tied together in my mind (Berry, now in his eighties , was a student of Stegner, who died in 1993) and have become a touchstone in difficult times. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 12 Apr. 2020",
      "The glamorous eighties modernism of Trump Tower in Manhattan is transformed by the equally glamorous neoclassical mode favored in Las Vegas. \u2014 Bruce Handy, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2020",
      "Tucked away in his archive were more than two thousand rolls of film from the nineteen-seventies and eighties , which had for some reason slipped through the cracks. \u2014 Chris Wiley, The New Yorker , 11 Nov. 2019",
      "Amazonia hits the eighties every day, too warm and humid to feel comfortable suited up for wetland birding in long pants and rubber boots. \u2014 Nell Zink, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
      "For 2018/19, New Balance set out to recreate the popular (if ugly) 2008/09 away kit, which itself was an attempt to recreate the popular (but attractive) away kits of the late eighties . \u2014 SI.com , 29 Sep. 2019",
      "Marie also enjoyed ballroom and line dancing with other seniors at the West Hartford Senior Center and walked several miles each day until her late eighties at West Farms Mall. \u2014 courant.com , 14 Nov. 2019"
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      "There has been an eightfold increase in membership in the past year.",
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      "At summer meal distributions, 1.3 billion meals and snacks were given out nationwide in fiscal year 2020 at a cost of $4.1 billion \u2013 an eightfold increase from the previous year in terms of meals and cost, according to the USDA. \u2014 Lisa Rathke, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 June 2022",
      "At summer meal distributions, 1.3 billion meals and snacks were given out nationwide in fiscal year 2020 at a cost of $4.1 billion \u2014 an eightfold increase from the previous year in terms of meals and cost, according to the USDA. \u2014 Lisa Rathke, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
      "Early trial results found the bivalent vaccine \u2014 which is designed to target both the omicron variant and the original coronavirus strain in a single shot \u2014 led to an eightfold increase in neutralizing antibody levels, according to the company. \u2014 Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News , 8 June 2022",
      "In unvaccinated samples, there was a nearly eightfold drop in antibodies against BA.4. \u2014 NBC News , 3 May 2022",
      "Sigal's research team found that those who had been previously infected with Omicron BA.1 but not vaccinated suffered a nearly eightfold drop in neutralizing antibodies when exposed to BA.4 and B.5. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
      "As The Guardian reports, train-centric travel companies like Centralens Resebutik announced an eightfold increase in sales in January 2019, as compared to two years ago. \u2014 Outside Online , 30 May 2019",
      "On Wednesday, Tesla reported earning net income in 2021\u2019s fourth quarter of $2.32 billion, an eightfold increase from a year earlier, and revenue of $17.7 billion. \u2014 Alan Ohnsman, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "This compares to a fourfold reduction for delta and an eightfold reduction for beta. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Dec. 2021"
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