dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/dup_MW.json
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{
"dupe":{
"antonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"definitions":{
": duplicate":[
"This new breed of browsing utility programs can also help you organize the pages you've retrieved, eliminating dupes , throwing out unwanted pages, and storing the useful ones in efficient hierarchies of folders.",
"\u2014 Fortune",
"\"I dropped off the keys \u2026 before I left this morning, but I still have a dupe on my key ring.\"",
"\u2014 Stephen King"
],
": duplicate , copy":[
"dupe a disc",
"The video quality was degraded by repeated duping ."
],
": one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool":[],
": to deceive or cheat easily : to make a dupe (see dupe entry 1 ) of":[
"was duped into buying a counterfeit"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb (1)",
"They duped her out of $300.",
"we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1681, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1704, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1912, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1900, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Middle French duppe , probably alteration of huppe hoopoe":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u00fcp",
"also \u02c8dy\u00fcp",
"\u02c8dy\u00fcp"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"chump",
"gull",
"mug",
"patsy",
"pigeon",
"pushover",
"sap",
"soft touch",
"sucker",
"tool"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223521",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dupery":{
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
],
"definitions":{
": the act or practice of duping":[],
": the condition of being duped":[]
},
"examples":[
"accusations of widespread dupery in the mortgage business"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1759, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u00fc-p\u0259-r\u0113",
"also \u02c8dy\u00fc-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072437",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duplex":{
"antonyms":[
"single"
],
"definitions":{
": a 2-family house":[],
": a duplex molecule of DNA or of RNA and DNA":[],
": allowing telecommunication in opposite directions simultaneously":[],
": duplex apartment":[],
": having two complementary polynucleotide strands of DNA or of DNA and RNA":[],
": having two principal elements or parts : double , twofold":[],
": something duplex: such as":[],
": to make duplex":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a duplex apartment with all of the bedrooms on the second floor",
"Noun",
"We live in the brick duplex .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Current projects include a duplex penthouse on Manhattan\u2019s Fifth Avenue and a family apartment on Park Avenue. \u2014 The Editors Of Elle Decor, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"Highlights for the new Norwegian Prima, the first in a new class of ships for the line, will include a duplex theater with seats that fold down to create space for a massive nightclub and several new dining concepts with rotating menus. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The project on 22 acres at FM 306 and Common Street will include 126 duplex -style homes with 252 units. \u2014 Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Authorities determined that the fire started after an electric space heater sparked in a duplex unit. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Once combined, the duplex penthouse will comprise about 6,100 interior square feet. \u2014 Helena Madden, Robb Report , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Meanwhile, the owners of the top two floors in the Palmolive have had that duplex penthouse on the market since last year for $11.9 million. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The fire was sparked in a duplex unit on the second and third floors when a space heater malfunctioned and lit, Nigro said. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 12 Jan. 2022",
"The intense fire started Wednesday morning on the second floor of the building in a duplex unit, and all fatalities occurred in the same unit, city officials said. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"It was built in 1974 as a two-family duplex , now separated into two units. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"The property where the killing took place is owned by Glen-Ross LLC, according to county records, and includes a cottage and a two-story duplex . \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 20 May 2022",
"Bartlett toured close to 50 properties, before discovering a four-bedroom duplex with three and a half baths that had been totally rehabbed. \u2014 Donna M. Owens, Baltimore Sun , 12 May 2022",
"Her original idea was to buy a duplex with them, but the family kept getting outbid by real estate investors offering all cash. \u2014 Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"After arriving at the building \u2013 a duplex \u2013 Norman said Ellis-Brown refused to come out, prompting the arrival of tactical enforcement and crisis negotiation units. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The family lives in a duplex with White's younger sister, who is six months pregnant, and their American Bully, Nala. \u2014 Malik Rainey For Cnn, CNN , 23 May 2022",
"Everyone in the duplex had evacuated by the time the Fire Department got there, Douglas said. \u2014 Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The property comprised a duplex with side-by-side, one-bedroom apartments in front and a freestanding two-bedroom traditional house at the back of the plot. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1833, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1922, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, from duo two + -plex -fold \u2014 more at two , -fold":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d(y)\u00fc-\u02ccpleks",
"\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"also \u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"\u02c8d\u00fc-\u02ccpleks"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"binary",
"bipartite",
"double",
"double-barreled",
"double-edged",
"dual",
"twin",
"twofold"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063950",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"duplex querela":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a complaint in the nature of an appeal from an ordinary to an immediate superior (as from a bishop to an archbishop)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, double complaint":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130808",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duplex steel":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": steel made by a duplex process":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234358",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duplicable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": capable of being duplicated":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"duplicate + -able":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u2027d(y)\u00fcpl\u0259\u0307k\u0259b\u0259l",
"-l\u0113k-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201713",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"duplicand":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin duplicando , ablative of duplicandum , gerund of duplicare":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6d(y)\u00fcpl\u0259\u00a6kand"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163207",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duplicate":{
"antonyms":[
"clone",
"copy",
"copycat",
"imitate",
"reduplicate",
"render",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
],
"definitions":{
": an additional copy of something (such as a book or stamp) already in a collection":[],
": being the same as another":[
"duplicate copies"
],
": consisting of or existing in two corresponding or identical parts or examples":[
"duplicate invoices"
],
": either of two things exactly alike and usually produced at the same time or by the same process":[],
": one that resembles or corresponds to another : counterpart":[],
": to do over or again often needlessly":[
"duplicated effort"
],
": to make a copy of":[
"a cell duplicates itself when it divides"
],
": to make double or twofold":[],
": to produce something equal to":[
"trying to duplicate last year's success"
],
": two identical copies":[
"\u2014 used in the phrase in duplicate"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"I began receiving duplicate copies of the magazine every month.",
"I had a duplicate key made.",
"Verb",
"She duplicated the video to give to family and friends.",
"Unfortunately, the results of the first study could not be duplicated .",
"Noun",
"In case you lose your keys, keep a set of duplicates somewhere safe.",
"doll carriages that are duplicates of baby carriages",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Chrome will remove duplicate New Tab Page tabs in the background. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 June 2022",
"Jefferson Circuit Judge Brian Edwards ruled in October 2020 that thousands of signatures on the petition were invalid because of duplicate or inaccurate information, and the clerk's office should not have certified the petition. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 16 June 2022",
"Often, scammers will copy email templates from trusted companies and even stand up duplicate websites, all to collect your personal information. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"To cut the wait time, Lee has dipped into her own bank account to pay for services \u2014 paying to order a duplicate birth certificate or a Social Security card, covering the fee to submit a rental application or obtain a California ID. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Of the 107 schools analyzed, 75 showed a net increase of women's roster spots through duplicate counting. \u2014 Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"Guglielmi also says that banks should in most cases cancel out the duplicate charge. \u2014 Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press , 23 May 2022",
"This week\u2019s report notes that over-counts were partly due to people or census workers filling out duplicate surveys. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Then, Fornshell said, Holmes disposed of the duplicate copies of the citations that would ordinarily be served on the motorists and filed with the court. \u2014 Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Only one pre-application per family will be accepted; duplicate pre-applications will be disqualified. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
"Of course, not even the most stellar Broadway performers can duplicate the miracle that was Jackson. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
"Lithuania did not duplicate the result, finishing 14th. \u2014 Fred Bronson, Billboard , 15 May 2022",
"Can Olivia Rodrigo duplicate Billie Eilish's sweep in the 'big four' categories",
"The first man and woman to run back and duplicate the pattern exactly on their board first win and are safe from elimination. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"The iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and HomePod mini all duplicate the iPod's music streaming abilities, the company noted. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 11 May 2022",
"Now, the Drug Enforcement Administration is reportedly investigating the company for issues with provider licensing and duplicate patient accounts, Business Insider reports. \u2014 Mohana Ravindranath, STAT , 9 May 2022",
"Some county officials questioned whether Newsom\u2019s approach would duplicate existing behavioral courts in some parts of the state. \u2014 Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Is there any way to pay someone to make a duplicate ",
"In her showroom, in the heart of New York\u2019s garment district, Sui stands with a duplicate of Naomi\u2019s dress explaining her inspirations and her process. \u2014 Taylor Lashley, Vogue , 9 May 2022",
"Standard human cells contain two sets of DNA, a maternal copy and a paternal copy, but this team used DNA from a group of cells called a complete hydatidiform mole, which contains a duplicate of the paternal set of DNA. \u2014 Tasnim Ahmed, CNN , 31 Mar. 2022",
"But according to the lawsuit, Heritage Auctions contacted Jostens on June 10, 2021, and was informed that their ring was a duplicate that had been stolen. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Its chief critique\u2014the very one @GoddessGiselle_ posed\u2014was not unfounded: The show does feel like a glossy duplicate of Run the World. \u2014 Jason Parham, Wired , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Starring as Cameron Turner, a husband and father who is diagnosed with a terminal illness, the fantasy drama delves into the realm of artificial intelligence with Ali, at times, portraying a duplicate of himself on screen. \u2014 Brande Victorian, Essence , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Data can also be obsolete or a duplicate of what\u2019s held somewhere else by the company. \u2014 Verne Kopytoff, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The duplicate of the Renaissance masterpiece was placed inside an octagonal glass gallery with viewing platforms on two floors. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin duplicatus , past participle of duplicare to double, from duplic-, duplex":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t",
"\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t, \u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t",
"\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t, \u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"also \u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"\u02c8d(y)\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for duplicate Noun reproduction , duplicate , copy , facsimile , replica mean a thing made to closely resemble another. reproduction implies an exact or close imitation of an existing thing. reproductions from the museum's furniture collection duplicate implies a double or counterpart exactly corresponding to another thing. a duplicate of a house key copy applies especially to one of a number of things reproduced mechanically. printed 1000 copies of the lithograph facsimile suggests a close reproduction often of graphic matter that may differ in scale. a facsimile of a rare book replica implies the exact reproduction of a particular item in all details a replica of the Mayflower but not always in the same scale. miniature replicas of classic cars",
"synonyms":[
"coequal",
"equal",
"even",
"identical",
"indistinguishable",
"same"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201131",
"type":[
"adjective",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"duplicate board":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": board sense 5f(1)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053621",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duplicate bridge":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tournament form of contract bridge in which identical deals are played in order to compare individual scores":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Houston, Margie Beegle, 79, was sitting down Saturday morning to play duplicate bridge online when her partner in the game bailed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Nov. 2020",
"Throughout his life Malouf was also an avid tennis player at the Olympic Club and California Tennis Club of San Francisco, a Giants season tickets holder and a weekly competitive duplicate bridge player. \u2014 Tony Bravo, SFChronicle.com , 3 July 2019",
"Dave\u2019s passion for life was evident as a loving husband, doting father & grandfather, a fierce adversary in the courtroom, an avid and accomplished duplicate bridge player and was addicted to all sports Gators. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com , 3 June 2018",
"Sherman was an avid golfer, duplicate bridge player, world traveler, and enjoyed his home computer. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com , 23 May 2018",
"Dorothy was an avid golfer and an excellent duplicate bridge player. \u2014 courant.com , 6 Mar. 2018",
"Upon retirement, Harold continued to meet new people and see new places while cruising and playing duplicate bridge . \u2014 Sun-Sentinel.com , 4 Mar. 2018",
"The bridge union promotes a form known as duplicate bridge , which minimizes the role of chance by having teams score points based on how well each plays the same hands. \u2014 Liam Stack, New York Times , 26 Oct. 2017",
"Middleburg duplicate bridge Open game. 12:30 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 105 E. Washington St., Middleburg. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Sep. 2010"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073413",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duplicate factor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of two or more nonallelic factors having the same expression":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-052959"
},
"duplicate stitch":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a hand-sewn stitch that imitates a knitted stitch and that is used for working patterns on finished knitted garments":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124820",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duplication":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": duplicate , counterpart":[],
": the act or process of duplicating":[],
": the quality or state of being duplicated":[]
},
"examples":[
"He sent the manuscript out for duplication .",
"Please eliminate duplication when combining the lists.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The scale of the efforts has raised concerns about duplication and overlap, which the joint investigation team \u2014 created in March and initially including Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland, is meant to address. \u2014 Annabelle Chapman, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"The scale of the efforts has raised concerns about duplication and overlap, which the joint investigation team - created in March and initially including Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland, is meant to address. \u2014 Claire Parker, Ellen Francis And Annabelle Chapman, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
"In addition to making tasks like opening bank accounts and obtaining SIM cards more convenient for Aadhaar users, this system also helps the government prevent identity duplication and other forms of fraud. \u2014 Riddhima Dave, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The county has used the duplication process in the past in cases where something was spilled on a ballot, but has never had to duplicate votes at this scale. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 12 May 2022",
"Any unauthorized duplication is strictly prohibited. \u2014 CBS News , 6 May 2022",
"As a result, employees are losing 236 hours to duplication of efforts a year. \u2014 Saurbh Khera, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Zaslav, in addressing cost synergies in February on an earnings call, pointed to duplication at HBO Max and Discovery+. \u2014 Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
"One difference is that there\u2019s going to be a lot more duplication among entries, even with the long list, because everyone\u2019s working from the same set of words. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd(y)\u00fc-pli-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccd\u00fc-pli-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n, \u02ccdy\u00fc-",
"\u02ccd\u00fc-pli-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccdy\u00fc-",
"also \u02ccdy\u00fc-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030743",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duplicative":{
"antonyms":[
"clone",
"copy",
"copycat",
"imitate",
"reduplicate",
"render",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
],
"definitions":{
": an additional copy of something (such as a book or stamp) already in a collection":[],
": being the same as another":[
"duplicate copies"
],
": consisting of or existing in two corresponding or identical parts or examples":[
"duplicate invoices"
],
": either of two things exactly alike and usually produced at the same time or by the same process":[],
": one that resembles or corresponds to another : counterpart":[],
": to do over or again often needlessly":[
"duplicated effort"
],
": to make a copy of":[
"a cell duplicates itself when it divides"
],
": to make double or twofold":[],
": to produce something equal to":[
"trying to duplicate last year's success"
],
": two identical copies":[
"\u2014 used in the phrase in duplicate"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"I began receiving duplicate copies of the magazine every month.",
"I had a duplicate key made.",
"Verb",
"She duplicated the video to give to family and friends.",
"Unfortunately, the results of the first study could not be duplicated .",
"Noun",
"In case you lose your keys, keep a set of duplicates somewhere safe.",
"doll carriages that are duplicates of baby carriages",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Chrome will remove duplicate New Tab Page tabs in the background. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 June 2022",
"Jefferson Circuit Judge Brian Edwards ruled in October 2020 that thousands of signatures on the petition were invalid because of duplicate or inaccurate information, and the clerk's office should not have certified the petition. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 16 June 2022",
"Often, scammers will copy email templates from trusted companies and even stand up duplicate websites, all to collect your personal information. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"To cut the wait time, Lee has dipped into her own bank account to pay for services \u2014 paying to order a duplicate birth certificate or a Social Security card, covering the fee to submit a rental application or obtain a California ID. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Of the 107 schools analyzed, 75 showed a net increase of women's roster spots through duplicate counting. \u2014 Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"Guglielmi also says that banks should in most cases cancel out the duplicate charge. \u2014 Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press , 23 May 2022",
"This week\u2019s report notes that over-counts were partly due to people or census workers filling out duplicate surveys. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Then, Fornshell said, Holmes disposed of the duplicate copies of the citations that would ordinarily be served on the motorists and filed with the court. \u2014 Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Only one pre-application per family will be accepted; duplicate pre-applications will be disqualified. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
"Of course, not even the most stellar Broadway performers can duplicate the miracle that was Jackson. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
"Lithuania did not duplicate the result, finishing 14th. \u2014 Fred Bronson, Billboard , 15 May 2022",
"Can Olivia Rodrigo duplicate Billie Eilish's sweep in the 'big four' categories",
"The first man and woman to run back and duplicate the pattern exactly on their board first win and are safe from elimination. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"The iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and HomePod mini all duplicate the iPod's music streaming abilities, the company noted. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 11 May 2022",
"Now, the Drug Enforcement Administration is reportedly investigating the company for issues with provider licensing and duplicate patient accounts, Business Insider reports. \u2014 Mohana Ravindranath, STAT , 9 May 2022",
"Some county officials questioned whether Newsom\u2019s approach would duplicate existing behavioral courts in some parts of the state. \u2014 Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Is there any way to pay someone to make a duplicate ",
"In her showroom, in the heart of New York\u2019s garment district, Sui stands with a duplicate of Naomi\u2019s dress explaining her inspirations and her process. \u2014 Taylor Lashley, Vogue , 9 May 2022",
"Standard human cells contain two sets of DNA, a maternal copy and a paternal copy, but this team used DNA from a group of cells called a complete hydatidiform mole, which contains a duplicate of the paternal set of DNA. \u2014 Tasnim Ahmed, CNN , 31 Mar. 2022",
"But according to the lawsuit, Heritage Auctions contacted Jostens on June 10, 2021, and was informed that their ring was a duplicate that had been stolen. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Its chief critique\u2014the very one @GoddessGiselle_ posed\u2014was not unfounded: The show does feel like a glossy duplicate of Run the World. \u2014 Jason Parham, Wired , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Starring as Cameron Turner, a husband and father who is diagnosed with a terminal illness, the fantasy drama delves into the realm of artificial intelligence with Ali, at times, portraying a duplicate of himself on screen. \u2014 Brande Victorian, Essence , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Data can also be obsolete or a duplicate of what\u2019s held somewhere else by the company. \u2014 Verne Kopytoff, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The duplicate of the Renaissance masterpiece was placed inside an octagonal glass gallery with viewing platforms on two floors. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021"
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"\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t",
"\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101t, \u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t",
"\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-k\u0259t, \u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"also \u02c8dy\u00fc-",
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"duplicitous tactics"
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"warned her not to trust the duplicitous art dealer",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pike's duplicitous performance is a blast to witness, but seeing Marla meet her match is just as gratifying. \u2014 Gwen Ihnat, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
"To Raffi, though, Gessen\u2019s Russian rages seem duplicitous . \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"As implied earlier, felons, especially the ones who escape from prisons, are extremely clever and duplicitous in nature. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"But, those who are in Mike\u2019s immediate social circle have always known his duplicitous nature, and therefore his tentacled approach to business, socio-political activism, and Black financial empowerment is nothing new to them. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 6 May 2022",
"As a white playwright, Johnson explores this duplicitous dynamic with unflinching honesty, exposing its destructive effects on both Black and white people. \u2014 Emily Mcclanathan, Chicago Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"The wife of railroad baron Leland Stanford, Jane was rich, duplicitous and convinced that God was whispering in her ear. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Doctors refuse her \u2014 one is vaguely understanding, if ineffectual, while another is openly contemptuous and ultimately duplicitous . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
"Once an investment gains traction, duplicitous developers execute the famous rug pull, leaving investors with worthless investments. \u2014 Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022"
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"1928, in the meaning defined above":""
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"d\u00fc-\u02c8pli-s\u0259-t\u0259s, dy\u00fc-",
"also dyu\u0307-",
"du\u0307-\u02c8pli-s\u0259-t\u0259s"
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"crooked",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"double-dealing",
"fast",
"fraudulent",
"guileful",
"rogue",
"shady",
"sharp",
"shifty",
"underhand",
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},
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"d\u00fc-\u02c8pli-s\u0259-t\u0113, dy\u00fc-",
"also dyu\u0307-",
"du\u0307-\u02c8pli-s\u0259-t\u0113"
],
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"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
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"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
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"He exposed the spy's duplicity .",
"we were lucky not to be taken in by his duplicity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Neighbors have gathered to contemplate the gravity of the rabbi\u2019s sin, the nature of evil and the lingering shock that a pillar of the community could have been capable of such murderous duplicity . \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 5 July 2022",
"But what\u2019s most interesting, and what connects this novel with the others set in wartime\u2014A Guardian Angel Recalls and The Darkroom of Damocles\u2014are questions of identity, authenticity, and duplicity . \u2014 Francine Prose, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"It\u2019s not politicians who run on sanctimony but live in duplicity . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"The warlock\u2019s pot stocked with hypocrisy calling the kettle brimming with duplicity black. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
"In fact, this lack of duplicity is why Return to Space is so effective as a vehicle to elevate Musk\u2019s already admirable reputation to a different, mythic level. \u2014 Jeff Bradford, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"Offering tens of millions of items to hundreds of millions of customers prevents any human touch \u2014 but opens up a lot of space for advertising, and for confusion and duplicity . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Both governments are known for lawless behavior, duplicity , bullying, domestic oppression, coercive economic practices, and grave human rights abuses. \u2014 Keith Krach, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Her carefree duplicity very much suggests worst practices in a Beltway training film. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 9 Feb. 2022"
],
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"Middle English duplicite , from Middle French, from Late Latin duplicitat-, duplicitas , from Latin duplex":""
},
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"contraction of do up":"Verb"
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": a haunting spirit of the dead conceived in folklore of West Indians as a usually malevolent shadow or immaterial body":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thirty people including several children were critically injured, with firefighters making dramatic rescues using tower ladders and ladders, after a fire broke out inside a third floor duplex apartment in the Bronx on Jan. 9, 2022. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Dozens more victims were hurt when the fire broke out in a duplex apartment of a 19-story building at 333 East 181st Street in the Bronx\u2019s Fordham Heights neighborhood. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 12 Jan. 2022",
"The duplex apartment consists of a private penthouse on the building's sixth floor and half of the fifth floor. \u2014 Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The flames ignited Sunday morning before 11 a.m. ET, due to a malfunctioning electric space heater in a bedroom of a duplex apartment on the third floor. \u2014 Morgan Winsor, ABC News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"The fire started on the second and third floors of the building in a duplex apartment , the New York Times reported. \u2014 Fox News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"On Sunday, first responders arrived within three minutes of receiving a call about a fire that had engulfed a duplex apartment on East 181st Street in Fordham Heights, the commissioner said. \u2014 Abigail Adams And Jd Knapp, PEOPLE.com , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Nigro said the fire started in a duplex apartment between the second and third floors. \u2014 Caroline Linton, CBS News , 10 Jan. 2022",
"The fire started in a duplex apartment in the 19-story building and spread quickly through an open door, authorities said at a Sunday afternoon news conference. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Jan. 2022"
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