dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/mul_MW.json
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"Mull":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a finely powdered solid especially in a suspension":[],
": a soft fine sheer fabric of cotton, silk, or rayon":[],
": friable forest humus that forms a layer of mixed organic matter and mineral soil and merges gradually into the mineral soil beneath":[],
": meditate , ponder":[
"all his talk of mulling and weighing and balancing was vacillation",
"\u2014 J. P. Marquand"
],
": to consider at length : ponder":[
"\u2014 often used with over mulled over his choices It's a fine offer, but we need time to mull it over."
],
": to grind or mix thoroughly : pulverize":[
"mull a portion of the pigment with the oil",
"\u2014 H. J. Wolfe"
],
": to heat, sweeten, and flavor (a beverage, such as wine or cider) with spices":[],
"island of western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides area 351 square miles (913 square kilometers), population 1499":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1618, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1778, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Danish muld , from Old Norse mold dust, soil; akin to Old High German molta dust, soil \u2014 more at mold entry 5":"Noun",
"Middle English, from mul, mol dust, probably from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English melu meal \u2014 more at meal":"Verb",
"by shortening & alteration from mulmul muslin, from Hindi malmal":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203500",
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"mulberry purple":{
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"definitions":{
": a dark purple that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average prune, bluer and deeper than mulberry (see mulberry sense 2a ), and bluer and stronger than plum (see plum sense 6b )":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140544",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mulberry whelk":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a boring mollusk ( Morula uva ) having a bluish white shell with black tubercles and a violet aperture and being sometimes a serious pest of Australian oyster beds":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114636"
},
"mulch":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a protective covering (as of sawdust, compost, or paper) spread or left on the ground to reduce evaporation, maintain even soil temperature, prevent erosion, control weeds, enrich the soil, or keep fruit (such as strawberries) clean":[]
},
"examples":[
"She spread some mulch around the plants.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One method deploys a backhoe to put moss back in place, then cover the moss with mulch . \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"The new pipes will have to discharge at least 2 inches underground, typically into a small basin or trench filled with mulch . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"Lastly, use an organic mulch (wood chips, bark, pine needles, or live groundcovers) to slow evaporation so more of that moisture stays in the soil. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 13 Apr. 2022",
"This physical barrier can be ground-covering plants or an organic mulch . \u2014 Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Then top this compost layer with mulch such as wood chips, bark, or a mix of coarse organic materials. \u2014 Emily Murphy, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Mornings would be spent hauling 50-pound bags of mulch to be spread amongst the flower beds. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 25 May 2022",
"Two to 3 inches of mulch applied over beds will help keep soil moisture balanced, but take care not to cover exposed tree roots. \u2014 Jessica Damiano, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"There\u2019s something both feral and fertile in the rich sonic mulch of Aaron Dilloway, the psychoacoustic environments of Maryanne Amacher and the thick digital thickets of Editions Mego founder Peter Rehberg (who died of a heart attack this year). \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1657, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps irregular from English dialect melch soft, mild":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259lch",
"\u02c8m\u0259lsh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024207",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"mulcher":{
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"definitions":{
": a device for applying mulch":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-ch\u0259(r)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061012",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mulct":{
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"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"definitions":{
": fine entry 3 , penalty":[],
": to defraud especially of money : swindle":[],
": to obtain by fraud, duress, or theft":[],
": to punish by a fine":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the loan shark usually imposed a mulct of an additional 20% on overdue payments",
"Verb",
"trying to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1584, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin multa, mulcta":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259lkt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"damages",
"fine",
"forfeit",
"forfeiture",
"penalty"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115150",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"mulder":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of mulder dialectal British variant of molder"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mu\u0307ld\u0259(r)",
"\u02c8m\u0259l-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-001951",
"type":[]
},
"mule":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a machine for simultaneously drawing and twisting fiber into yarn or thread and winding it into cops":[],
": a person who smuggles or delivers illicit substances (such as drugs)":[],
": a self-sterile plant whether hybrid or not":[],
": a shoe or slipper without quarter or heel strap \u2014 compare scuff":[],
": a usually sterile hybrid":[],
": a very stubborn person":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1562, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French mul , from Latin mulus":"Noun",
"Middle French, a kind of slipper, from Latin mulleus shoe worn by magistrates":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8my\u00fcl",
"\u02c8my\u00fc(\u0259)l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111531",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"muliebria":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the female genitalia":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, from neuter plural of muliebris":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8\u0113b-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112321",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"muliebrity":{
"antonyms":[
"manhood",
"manliness",
"masculinity",
"virility"
],
"definitions":{
": femininity":[]
},
"examples":[
"with her lovely outfit and graceful manners, she was the epitome of matronly muliebrity"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1592, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin muliebritat-, muliebritas , from Latin muliebris of a woman, from mulier woman":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmy\u00fc-l\u0113-\u02c8e-br\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"femininity",
"feminity",
"womanhood",
"womanishness",
"womanliness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193947",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mulier puisne":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a younger legitimate son of a married woman who prior to her marriage has had an older illegitimate son by the father of her legitimate child \u2014 compare bastard eigne":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"mulier puisne from (assumed) Anglo-French mulier\u00e9 puisn\u00e9 , from Anglo-French mulier\u00e9 legitimate son (from mulier wife, from Latin, woman, wife) + Middle French puisn\u00e9 younger; mulier younger partial translation of (assumed) Anglo-French mulier\u00e9 puisn\u00e9":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6my\u00fcl\u0113\u0259(r) \u02c8py\u00fcn\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114605",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"muling":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": mule entry 1 sense 7":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from gerund of mule entry 3":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060042",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mulish":{
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
],
"definitions":{
": unreasonably and inflexibly obstinate":[]
},
"examples":[
"She approached the job with mulish determination.",
"a mulish insistence on doing things his own way",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Again, that is happening while the Biden administration makes U.S. energy production increasingly difficult, putting more upward pressure on prices in its mulish determination to appease the far Left. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 7 Feb. 2022",
"His daughter, Anne (Olivia Colman), who comes to see him, is galled by the situation, but Anthony is mulish and unmoved. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 26 Feb. 2021",
"They are increasingly irritated by the Democrats\u2019 mulish persistence in an anti-Trump impeachment gambit at the expense of dealing with pressing national problems. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 22 June 2019",
"And still fashion week keeps its mulish course, a carousel spinning madly. \u2014 Matthew Schneier, New York Times , 21 Feb. 2018",
"Only a supranational institution such as the EU has the heft and mulish determination to override national attempts to impose banana uniformity, vacuum-cleaner-motor wattage limits or standards for automobile safety systems. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 17 Aug. 2017",
"Although the Democrat who defeated him, Sheldon Whitehouse, is not considered unfriendly to the environment, Chafee's ouster has to please Sen. James Inhofe, the mulish Republican chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. \u2014 Wired News Report, WIRED , 8 Nov. 2006"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1751, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"mule entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8my\u00fc-lish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mulish obstinate , dogged , stubborn , pertinacious , mulish mean fixed and unyielding in course or purpose. obstinate implies usually an unreasonable persistence. an obstinate proponent of conspiracy theories dogged suggests an admirable often tenacious and unwavering persistence. pursued the story with dogged perseverance stubborn implies sturdiness in resisting change which may or may not be admirable. a person too stubborn to admit error pertinacious suggests an annoying or irksome persistence. a pertinacious salesclerk refusing to take no for an answer mulish implies a thoroughly unreasonable obstinacy. a mulish determination to have his own way",
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205222",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"mulishness":{
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
],
"definitions":{
": unreasonably and inflexibly obstinate":[]
},
"examples":[
"She approached the job with mulish determination.",
"a mulish insistence on doing things his own way",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Again, that is happening while the Biden administration makes U.S. energy production increasingly difficult, putting more upward pressure on prices in its mulish determination to appease the far Left. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 7 Feb. 2022",
"His daughter, Anne (Olivia Colman), who comes to see him, is galled by the situation, but Anthony is mulish and unmoved. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 26 Feb. 2021",
"They are increasingly irritated by the Democrats\u2019 mulish persistence in an anti-Trump impeachment gambit at the expense of dealing with pressing national problems. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 22 June 2019",
"And still fashion week keeps its mulish course, a carousel spinning madly. \u2014 Matthew Schneier, New York Times , 21 Feb. 2018",
"Only a supranational institution such as the EU has the heft and mulish determination to override national attempts to impose banana uniformity, vacuum-cleaner-motor wattage limits or standards for automobile safety systems. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 17 Aug. 2017",
"Although the Democrat who defeated him, Sheldon Whitehouse, is not considered unfriendly to the environment, Chafee's ouster has to please Sen. James Inhofe, the mulish Republican chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. \u2014 Wired News Report, WIRED , 8 Nov. 2006"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1751, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"mule entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8my\u00fc-lish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mulish obstinate , dogged , stubborn , pertinacious , mulish mean fixed and unyielding in course or purpose. obstinate implies usually an unreasonable persistence. an obstinate proponent of conspiracy theories dogged suggests an admirable often tenacious and unwavering persistence. pursued the story with dogged perseverance stubborn implies sturdiness in resisting change which may or may not be admirable. a person too stubborn to admit error pertinacious suggests an annoying or irksome persistence. a pertinacious salesclerk refusing to take no for an answer mulish implies a thoroughly unreasonable obstinacy. a mulish determination to have his own way",
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084531",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"mulita":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": mule armadillo":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish, diminutive of Spanish mula she-mule":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"m\u00fc\u02c8l\u0113t\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043644",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mull":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a finely powdered solid especially in a suspension":[],
": a soft fine sheer fabric of cotton, silk, or rayon":[],
": friable forest humus that forms a layer of mixed organic matter and mineral soil and merges gradually into the mineral soil beneath":[],
": meditate , ponder":[
"all his talk of mulling and weighing and balancing was vacillation",
"\u2014 J. P. Marquand"
],
": to consider at length : ponder":[
"\u2014 often used with over mulled over his choices It's a fine offer, but we need time to mull it over."
],
": to grind or mix thoroughly : pulverize":[
"mull a portion of the pigment with the oil",
"\u2014 H. J. Wolfe"
],
": to heat, sweeten, and flavor (a beverage, such as wine or cider) with spices":[],
"island of western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides area 351 square miles (913 square kilometers), population 1499":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1618, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1778, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Danish muld , from Old Norse mold dust, soil; akin to Old High German molta dust, soil \u2014 more at mold entry 5":"Noun",
"Middle English, from mul, mol dust, probably from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English melu meal \u2014 more at meal":"Verb",
"by shortening & alteration from mulmul muslin, from Hindi malmal":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191522",
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"mull (over)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"to give serious and careful thought to mull over the idea for a while and then let me know"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-124843",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"multi-industry":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": involving or relating to more than one industry":[
"multi-industry companies",
"\u2026 a multi-industry alignment of forces from digital broadcasting, consumer media computing, video games, and the broadcast Web.",
"\u2014 Jeff Mace et al."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cct\u012b-",
"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02c8in-(\u02cc)d\u0259-str\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033405",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"multi-institutional":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": involving, relating to, or occurring within more than one institution":[
"multi-institutional research projects"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al",
"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02ccin(t)-st\u0259-\u02c8t(y)\u00fc-shn\u0259l",
"-\u02cct\u012b-"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-074805"
},
"multi-instrumentalist":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a musician who plays two or more instruments":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02ccin(t)-str\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u0259-list",
"-\u02cct\u012b-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131412",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"multicolored":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having more than two colors : multicolor sense 1":[
"With a single stroke the octopus glommed onto a multicolored rock and immediately assumed that rock's coloring\u2014shades of reds, browns and yellows.",
"\u2014 E. M. Swift"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccm\u0259l-ti-\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259rd",
"-\u02cct\u012b-",
"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193128",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"multiethnic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just days after the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, Polish soldiers arrived in Lviv, a multiethnic city with significant Polish and Jewish populations, and a Ukrainian minority amounting to just under 20 percent, to claim it for Poland. \u2014 Magda Teter, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
"Connecticut\u2019s shoreline is instead seen as a multiethnic hub that offers researchers and entrepreneurs a rare opportunity to market the region as singularly effective in medical and pharmaceutical research and testing. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 23 May 2022",
"The success of chefs like Wong, Roy Yamaguchi, and Sam Choy inspired a new generation of chefs\u2014including Hirata\u2014to embrace the islands\u2019 fresh ingredients, as well as its multiethnic background. \u2014 Rachel Ng, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 May 2022",
"The human story being everyone\u2019s story, Jewison enlisted multiethnic talents to transfer the project\u2019s essence \u2014 an idea of survival inspired by a Marc Chagall 1923 painting, Green Violinist. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 13 May 2022",
"In an appreciation of Liang\u2019s legacy, food writer Eddie Lin pays tribute to the chef, who embraced the multiethnic mixture of L.A. after immigrating to Baja. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"But Ok said that while there are more of them in ministry now, most end up serving in mainline or multiethnic congregations rather than Korean American churches. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Apr. 2022",
"But Ok said that while there are more of them in ministry now, most end up serving in mainline or multiethnic congregations rather than Korean American churches. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Apr. 2022",
"But Ok said that while there are more of them in ministry now, most end up serving in mainline or multiethnic congregations rather than Korean American churches. \u2014 Deepa Bharath, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cct\u012b-",
"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02c8eth-nik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131946",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"multifaceted":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having many facets (see facet sense 1 ) or aspects":[
"a multifaceted approach to health care"
]
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"As a result, the straight-through automation rates have a multifold increase within just a few months, and business-critical processes can effectively be automated end to end. \u2014 Vidur Amin, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
"An e-commerce giant like Amazon India working with artisans and weavers faces multifold challenges. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 8 Jan. 2020",
"Humankind\u2019s first journeys beyond the haven of Earth, into the void and the desolate places beyond, is a story filled with multifold perspectives and endless contemplations. \u2014 Jay Bennett, Smithsonian , 20 July 2019",
"If medical researchers like the ASU team can continue to make progress developing a microbiome treatment for ASD, many more kids could benefit from the multifold value of a healthy gut. \u2014 Bob Roehr, Smithsonian , 14 June 2019"
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"The five-time world champion, who scored silver at the \u201872 Olympics, won the Route du Rhum in \u201882 and has been a semi-finalist of America\u2019s Cup twice, just unveiled a new hybrid multihull designed to sail the high seas cleanly and efficiently. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The zero-emissions multihull , known as Senses 62, comes fitted with rooftop solar panels that generate up to 50 kWh of clean, green energy to power the vessel and the onboard amenities. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Crafted from composite, the multihull will be equipped with Sunreef\u2019s in-house photovoltaic system that will see solar panels seamlessly integrated into the hull, superstructure, bimini, boom and mast. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The futuristic new multihull , which is set for delivery in 2023, is designed to be an environmentally friendly boat that combines modern comforts with innovative green technologies for sustainable cruising sans noise and emissions. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The multihull has been customized to reflect her new owner\u2019s appreciation for classic design. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 10 Nov. 2021",
"With a carbon-fiber exterior and foam cores, the multihull features an innovative electric suspension system that adjusts in real-time to the height and angle of the waves. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Spanning 252 feet from tip to tail, the striking multihull is characterized by powerful, angular lines similar to a spaceship\u2019s. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The multihull is to be equipped with electric motors for smooth and silent cruising sans emissions. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 7 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In addition to burning fossil fuels, food production also contributes greatly to greenhouse gas emissions, water and land use, and multiple forms of pollution \u2026 leaving a lasting impact on our environment. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Efraim Gordon, 31, was shot multiple times May 3 during a robbery outside a relative\u2019s house on the 3700 block of Fords Lane. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
"Driving a steady 55-60 mph, rather than revving up to 80 mph and having to slow down and speed up multiple times, is a more efficient use of fuel and can save you money, De Haan said. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"At multiple times during the video, their faces are caught looking directly into the cameras. \u2014 Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"The ramifications of Elias\u2019s almost-action are multiple \u2014not least, his institutionalization for some time. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Instead of giving a yearly raise, awarding frequent or multiple raises for higher performance, even if the individual raises are small, boosts morale and encourages individuals to perform at an even higher level. \u2014 Mohammad Anwar, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Kyle Malemute overheated multiple times and ripped a hole in his rear fuel tank near Galena that held him up. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
"To avoid waking up to pee multiple times throughout the night, Meyer suggests front-loading hydration during the day. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With 2022 earnings-per-share believed to come out close to $12, the stock trades at a forward multiple of about 60x \u2014 lofty for most companies but justified according to bulls given that few companies around can match that kind of growth. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"That\u2019s why the stock trades at the paltry multiple of four times earnings. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Strong growth might allow owners to cash out at a better multiple , offsetting some of the drag of higher interest rates. \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Dateline has reached out to the River Rouge Police Department multiple times since originally publishing this article regarding the status of the investigation, but has yet to receive a response. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Dec. 2020",
"So the higher the burn multiple , the more the company is spending to achieve each unit of growth. \u2014 Omari Rigg, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"After experiencing a sharp sell-off, their price as a multiple of future earnings is very low, especially compared to stocks in the United States. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"That slightly below average multiple might make stocks look somewhat cheap. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"At around 15 times forward earnings, Broadcom\u2019s multiple is well ahead of the single-digit valuations HP and Dell carried in their conglomerate days. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 1 June 2022"
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"The mansion at 944 Airole Way features ultra-luxury amenities such as multiple pools, a spa, a beauty salon, cigar and candy rooms, a four-lane bowling alley, a rooftop putting green and a multiplex -size movie theater. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The mansion at 944 Airole Way features luxurious amenities such as infinity pools, a spa and beauty salon, a billiard room and bowling alley, a multiplex -size movie theater and a 50-car garage with carousels to display exotic cars. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Probably for good, if another multiplex brand such as Cinemark (which recently bailed on the downtown Evanston 18-screen Century complex) doesn\u2019t take it over. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Associated Press NEW YORK \u2014 The drive-in theater, long a dwindling nostalgia act in a multiplex world, is experiencing a momentary return to prominence. \u2014 USA TODAY , 20 Mar. 2020",
"Studios have had to hit pause on their plans to release movies there, and there\u2019s no indication of when multiplex doors will reopen. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
"Mayor Bloomberg delivered his standard sermon about obesity, nutrition, and the multiplex horrors of sugary drinks. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 23 July 2019",
"Now picture her sporting tight white jeans and a black leather jacket, making her way carefully (in 4-inch platform sandals) through a garish and loud multiplex lobby with its cacophony of video-game arcades. \u2014 Vance Muse, Houston Chronicle , 14 June 2019",
"But a detailed 1983 article about the decline of the drive-in, written by The Chronicle\u2019s John Stanley, gave data and testimonials that suggested the multiplex theater was the largest culprit for failing drive-ins. \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com , 13 July 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Perturb-seq provides genomic scale and resolution, allowing both multiplexed intervention in a genome as well as analysis of non-natural configurations for the first time. \u2014 John Stuelpnagel, Fortune , 13 Jan. 2020",
"Why not cut out distributors completely by going straight to multiplex operators",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"My local Regal was packed last night with a variety of moviegoers buying concessions and waltzing into the multiplex . \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Jackman might be the best parallel, a ruggedly handsome multiplex star who remained at heart a song-and-dance man, craving nothing so much as a live audience. \u2014 Geoff Edgers, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"The current focus is on the stretch between Pratt & Whitney\u2019s complex and Forbes Lane, an area where once-successful stores, a supermarket, restaurants and a multiplex movie house all fell on bad times in recent decades. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
"First, Councilmember Joe Buscaino\u2018s mayoral campaign took its dying breaths a stone\u2019s throw from an AMC multiplex . \u2014 Julia Wickstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
"Its owner has shown up on multiplex screens as a milky-eyed villain in the Tom Cruise vehicle Jack Reacher and in prime-time living rooms as an eccentric homeowner on an episode of Parks and Recreation. \u2014 A. O. Scott, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
"Expected to open its doors in 2024, the multiplex is located next to the Opera. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 10 May 2022",
"And, of course, the aforementioned Spider-Man movies, which helped pave the way for Marvel\u2019s current multiplex domination. \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 30 Apr. 2022",
"During the 1970s, '80s and '90s, modern theaters came in many forms, including the popular multiplex , established mostly by Danny Harkins\u2019 company, with a few theatres operated by AMC and others. \u2014 Paul R. Messinger, The Arizona Republic , 19 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"February also saw the announcement that the unit conjecture is false, meaning that multiplicative inverses actually exist in more complicated structures than mathematicians thought. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Despite the generational gap, the affinity between Aretha Franklin and Jennifer Hudson is multiplicative . \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Look at both the number of ways to factor the first three perfect numbers, as well as the small number in each of those multiplicative examples. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
"Such interventions work together in a synergistic way and the benefits are multiplicative . \u2014 John Drake, Forbes , 21 May 2021",
"Within a broad family of algebraic structures, which elements have multiplicative inverses",
"The dazzling array of new products means that innovation is multiplicative and not additive for economic growth. \u2014 Philip Cross, National Review , 30 Dec. 2020",
"One exploding head makes for great television, but the effect is not multiplicative : A roomful of exploding heads is just a mess. \u2014 Jason Kehe, Wired , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Education has so many multiplicative impacts on a student\u2019s life, ensuring that every single student gets a quality education is critical to community and long-term recovery. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 May 2020"
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"If personhood and the ability to think are the criteria by which to judge whether a sound is music, then music is a multiplicity encompassing the many forms of personhood and cognition in the living world. \u2014 David George Haskell, Wired , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Scientific-seeming plates and full-page illustrations of ocean habitats show a great multiplicity of mammals, birds, fish, mollusks and more. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"In a commercial setting, a multiplicity of hydraulic fractures would be created to interconnect wells. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Integrating all those companies has been a complex task due to the multiplicity of corporate records and payment systems. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"That title suggests illuminating new material from a multiplicity of voices to clarify the whirl of controversy and conspiracy theories that have long surrounded Monroe\u2019s death in 1962. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Given this multiplicity of audiences, Rogers and producer Alan Poul tell EW that a major priority was making sure that Tokyo Vice's depiction of '90s Japan did not seem embarrassing or cringe-worthy to Japanese viewers. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"China has become a difficult hunting ground for Hollywood movies in the last couple of years, due to a multiplicity of factors. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Almost 20 years later, the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explained that her decision to be a beauty ambassador was in part to remind society that women can have a multiplicity of interests. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"When submerged in water, bacteria and funguses multiply rapidly. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 1 June 2022",
"Never thaw chicken by leaving it out on the counter or submerging it in hot water, as this will allow bacteria to multiply rapidly. \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"Digital Journal says the global NFT market could multiply by nearly 5x at a 23.3% CAGR by 2028 and could power the next iteration of the internet: Web 3.0. \u2014 Robert Samuels | For Iron Monk Solutions, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Shining Girls showrunner Silka Luisa uses time travel as a mechanism of control and a way of demonstrating how one man\u2019s violent impulses multiply across generations. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Among them are the ability to look giant or tiny in a room, multiply your image and your dog\u2019s image in the Infinity Room and turn things upside down in the Reversed Room, creating confounding photo opportunities. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"By disabling key immune fighters, autoantibodies against interferon allow the coronavirus to multiply wildly. \u2014 Liz Szabo, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The tea acts as an antimicrobial to ensure that the bacteria and fungus on your skin do not multiply \u2013 yuck \u2013 while the sugar cane acts as a natural, non-irritating, exfoliant. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"These numbers will multiply if Roe v. Wade is overturned. \u2014 Amanda Allen, ELLE , 24 May 2022",
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"Once the sun broke through, some microbes did multiply , but their reign was short-lived and relatively restricted, probably because of the modest increases in global CO2 and temperature. \u2014 Chris Mays, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"God blessed them and said to them, \u2018Be fertile and multiply ; fill the earth and master it. \u2014 Alexa Tucker, Woman's Day , 1 June 2022",
"As telematics and sensor devices for homes, vehicles and wearables multiply , insurers have more real-time data about customers. \u2014 Kannan Amaresh, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"If sophisticated brain-computer interfaces eventually transcend medical applications and become consumer goods available to the general public, the ethical considerations surrounding them multiply exponentially. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"For gardening outdoors, multiply the length, width and height of your space to calculate the cubic feet, then divide by 27 to determine cubic inches. \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 May 2022",
"However, one way some arborists estimate a beech tree\u2019s age is to divide a tree\u2019s circumference in inches by 3.14 (or pi) and multiply by six. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"Following three trans men of color, this short documentary explores the intersectionality between race, gender and identity and the struggles that can come with living authentically as a multiply marginalized person. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Take the quotient and multiply by 1,000, arriving at 743. \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"However, the real draw to this seaside outpost located about a two-hour drive south of Anchorage should be its multitude of breathtaking hikes, away from the glaciers and outside the park, which include some of the best in the state. \u2014 Nevin Martell, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Lipa, 26, rocked the attention-getting garment with its multitude of black straps and gold buckles on the red carpet. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"While obesity is a complex health issue that can be caused by a multitude of factors, the study used national surveys to show a possible link between the unhealthy habits. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The serious road runners show up in force and they were joined by a multitude of participants who were eager to get into the festive spirit of the race. \u2014 Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The 15-week restriction has been stayed pending a court ruling, but the clinic, restricted by a multitude of other state laws, performs abortions only up to 16 weeks. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The global supply chain has been buffeted by a multitude of problems, from factories having to close due to COVID-19 surges, a lack of containers to ship items in, backups at ports and warehouses, and a shortage of truckers. \u2014 Mae Anderson, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The global supply chain has been buffeted by a multitude of problems, from factories having to close due to COVID-19 surges, a lack of containers to ship items in, backups at ports and warehouses, and a shortage of truckers. \u2014 Mae Anderson, ajc , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Picturing the daily work of the two policemen faced by a multitude of potential threats but without the resources to monitor them, the series depicts their job as a kind of almost impossible risk management, Amberger said. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 12 Oct. 2021"
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"Aside from his multitudinous endurance-racing accomplishments, Dumas has also set outright records at Goodwood and Pikes Peak in the fully electric Volkswagen I.D. R. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
"Right now, the tool is being used to predict outcomes for a client facing mass actions, a class of litigation that includes, for example, multitudinous claims related to asbestos exposure. \u2014 Richard Vanderford, WSJ , 28 May 2022",
"Belts, long '70s neck scarves, socks, straps, badges, and stripes \u2014 all in multitudinous color \u2014 gave styles a haphazard feel. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Data is the crux of why AI and 5G are so synergistic: 5G is a firehose for data, which AI can then analyze and learn from faster in order to develop unique customer experiences that meet users' multitudinous needs. \u2014 Bruce Kelley, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Of the multitudinous upstarts, the two most worthy of mention are the mugs of Commentary magazine and National Review. \u2014 Luther Ray Abel, National Review , 22 Aug. 2021",
"Burnham\u2019s special has consumed the comedy conversation for over a month now, thanks to its multitudinous offerings. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 8 July 2021",
"The music video, directed by Art Camp, plays on this theme of multitudinous destiny with an animated adventure. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Overwhelmed by the demands of his multitudinous and sickly family, the doctor is reluctant. \u2014 Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books , 23 Feb. 2021"
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"Walker has said that he was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, once known as multiple personality disorder . \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
"In 2021, McCord publicly detailed her battle with dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Isaac plays Marc Spector in a Disney + series, which takes inspiration from the modern comics, which depict the character\u2019s struggle with multiple personality disorder . \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Walker said had been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, which was previously known as multiple personality disorder . \u2014 Sara Murray, CNN , 25 Oct. 2021",
"In 1978, Billy Milligan became the first person in U.S. history to cite multiple personality disorder in an insanity defense. \u2014 Lorraine Ali Television Critic, Los Angeles Times , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Walker, now 59, has at times been open about his struggle with mental illness, writing at length in a 2008 book about being diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, once known as multiple personality disorder . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 July 2021",
"Walker, now 59, has at times been open about his long struggle with mental illness, writing at length in a 2008 book about being diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, once known as multiple personality disorder . \u2014 Brian Slodysko, chicagotribune.com , 23 July 2021",
"For one, the 90210 star hoped to counter the pervasive stigma that surrounds the disorder (sometimes called multiple personality disorder ). \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 23 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Commonly known as moth mullein for its antenna-like stamens, this species was introduced to North America in the 1800s and lives an unassuming life in fields and meadows. \u2014 Cara Giaimo New York, Star Tribune , 5 June 2021",
"Early European settlers used common mullein seeds to paralyze fish. \u2014 Popular Science , 28 Mar. 2020",
"Today, mullein leaves are occasionally used to fashion insoles for weary hikers. \u2014 Popular Science , 28 Mar. 2020",
"Throughout history, mullein has been used by just about everybody for just about everything. \u2014 Popular Science , 28 Mar. 2020",
"On a walk Lynx found some deer scat and handed it out, and a bit of stringy inner bark too, some dead limbs, mullein stalks. \u2014 Nellie Bowles, New York Times , 5 Mar. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And its sheer complexity is why the semiprime products of RSA encryption can be shared openly, because only someone with one of the two multiplicands in hand could work out what the second one is. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 6 Dec. 2019"
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"Complaints about the new procedure soon multiplied .",
"Her responsibilities multiplied when she was promoted.",
"Her responsibilities were multiplied by the promotion.",
"The bacteria multiply rapidly in warm, moist conditions.",
"The teacher taught the children how to add, subtract, multiply , and divide.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"When submerged in water, bacteria and funguses multiply rapidly. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 1 June 2022",
"Never thaw chicken by leaving it out on the counter or submerging it in hot water, as this will allow bacteria to multiply rapidly. \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"Digital Journal says the global NFT market could multiply by nearly 5x at a 23.3% CAGR by 2028 and could power the next iteration of the internet: Web 3.0. \u2014 Robert Samuels | For Iron Monk Solutions, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Shining Girls showrunner Silka Luisa uses time travel as a mechanism of control and a way of demonstrating how one man\u2019s violent impulses multiply across generations. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Among them are the ability to look giant or tiny in a room, multiply your image and your dog\u2019s image in the Infinity Room and turn things upside down in the Reversed Room, creating confounding photo opportunities. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"By disabling key immune fighters, autoantibodies against interferon allow the coronavirus to multiply wildly. \u2014 Liz Szabo, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The tea acts as an antimicrobial to ensure that the bacteria and fungus on your skin do not multiply \u2013 yuck \u2013 while the sugar cane acts as a natural, non-irritating, exfoliant. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"These numbers will multiply if Roe v. Wade is overturned. \u2014 Amanda Allen, ELLE , 24 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Once the sun broke through, some microbes did multiply , but their reign was short-lived and relatively restricted, probably because of the modest increases in global CO2 and temperature. \u2014 Chris Mays, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"God blessed them and said to them, \u2018Be fertile and multiply ; fill the earth and master it. \u2014 Alexa Tucker, Woman's Day , 1 June 2022",
"As telematics and sensor devices for homes, vehicles and wearables multiply , insurers have more real-time data about customers. \u2014 Kannan Amaresh, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"If sophisticated brain-computer interfaces eventually transcend medical applications and become consumer goods available to the general public, the ethical considerations surrounding them multiply exponentially. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"For gardening outdoors, multiply the length, width and height of your space to calculate the cubic feet, then divide by 27 to determine cubic inches. \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 May 2022",
"However, one way some arborists estimate a beech tree\u2019s age is to divide a tree\u2019s circumference in inches by 3.14 (or pi) and multiply by six. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"Following three trans men of color, this short documentary explores the intersectionality between race, gender and identity and the struggles that can come with living authentically as a multiply marginalized person. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Take the quotient and multiply by 1,000, arriving at 743. \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Madhavan: There are multiple factors to be considered. \u2014 Cassie Shortsleeve, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 22 May 2020",
"But there are often multiple factors at play when a newborn has trouble feeding. \u2014 Christina Caron, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2020",
"There are multiple factors \u2014a checklist even\u2014that women have to mentally consider before meeting with male colleagues or partners. \u2014 Grace Chen, Quartz at Work , 7 May 2020",
"Those poor shooting nights have also included extended scoring droughts, the result of multiple factors . \u2014 Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Mar. 2020",
"One thing is certain: There\u2019s no one single cause of autism, and every case is the product of multiple factors working together. \u2014 Nicholette Zeliadt, New York Times , 20 Apr. 2020",
"The likelihood that the virus spreads can vary depending on multiple factors \u2014 for example, whether a worker hands mail directly to a person or puts it in a mailbox. \u2014 Maryam Jameel, ProPublica , 18 Mar. 2020",
"How long a corporate chief lasts in the corner office can depend on multiple factors , including the CEO\u2019s financial stake in a company. \u2014 Chip Cutter, WSJ , 3 Feb. 2020",
"The analysis cites multiple factors for the growth, such as increasingly sophisticated lenders with access to better underwriting data. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Aug. 2019"
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"\u2014 Jessamy Calkin",
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"\u2014 Clemmie Moodie"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the letter, Armstrong pledged to set aside a portion of the capital budget for her district this fiscal year to find other methods of multimodal infrastructure in the Highlands area. \u2014 Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal , 1 July 2022",
"Max Upton said the general goal is to make transit on the busy street more accessible and multimodal -- walkable, bike-able, etc. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"This business will continue to help public sector transportation agencies capture revenue while improving traveler experiences, increasing public safety and accessibility, reducing congestion and emissions, and modernizing multimodal travel. \u2014 Joe Cornell, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Prasad aims to develop an Alexa that is more self-aware and makes use of multimodal intelligence. \u2014 Stephanie Cain, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Jack Clark, a co-director of Stanford\u2019s AI Index Steering Committee, discussed with Fortune some of the complications that these multimodal A.I. systems. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The hope is that Houston cyclists who feel discouraged from speaking up about issues in their backyard will be able to do so with BikeHouston's full force behind them \u2014 including the know-how, manpower and will to organize for a multimodal city. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Ultimately, the decision to embrace a multimodal approach or double down on highways lies with states themselves. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 29 Oct. 2021",
"First, reducing our emissions by investing in more multimodal options like transit, biking and walking. \u2014 Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Oct. 2021"
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"\u2014 John Galsworthy"
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"Noun",
"35 is a multiple of 7.",
"12 is a multiple of 6.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Big Dave\u2019s Cheesesteaks, meanwhile, are featured at multiple metro Atlanta locations. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 5 July 2022",
"The involvement of multiple countries and organizations does not necessarily lead to a more productive investigation, said Wayne Jordash, a British criminal lawyer who lives in Ukraine. \u2014 New York Times , 3 July 2022",
"For companies doing business across multiple countries, a strong dollar means reviewing their currency exposure. \u2014 Julia-ambra Verlaine, WSJ , 1 July 2022",
"There are multiple countries represented among the team. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
"Identifying 51 people found dead in a truck in San Antonio is complicated because multiple countries are involved and concerned families of migrants may fear potential legal ramifications for coming forward. \u2014 Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"The Biden administration is planning to send out hundreds of thousands of monkeypox vaccines in response to the outbreak of the rare disease that has been identified in multiple non-endemic countries. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 28 June 2022",
"Since then, the infection increasingly appeared in urban areas and multiple countries. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 27 June 2022",
"Celebrations are now global, taking place throughout the year in multiple countries, with many of the biggest parades taking place in June. \u2014 Bobby Caina Calvan, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"However, due to the increased economic uncertainty weighing on the broader markets, the P/S multiple has pulled back, currently standing at around 0.2x. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
"But multiple of these teams will be stationed throughout the area, according to authorities. \u2014 Peter Hermann, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Carmine Di Sibio said that the firm would give all partners in a country the same multiple of pay, according to a recording of the webcast reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"With 2022 earnings-per-share believed to come out close to $12, the stock trades at a forward multiple of about 60x \u2014 lofty for most companies but justified according to bulls given that few companies around can match that kind of growth. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"That\u2019s why the stock trades at the paltry multiple of four times earnings. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Strong growth might allow owners to cash out at a better multiple , offsetting some of the drag of higher interest rates. \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Dateline has reached out to the River Rouge Police Department multiple times since originally publishing this article regarding the status of the investigation, but has yet to receive a response. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Dec. 2020",
"So the higher the burn multiple , the more the company is spending to achieve each unit of growth. \u2014 Omari Rigg, Forbes , 9 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"More than half the stars in the sky are in a binary or multiple star system setup. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"So over half the stars in the sky are actually in binary or multiple star systems. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"About 10% of stars are in triple or multiple star systems. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The effect, aided by lighting designer Bruno Poet\u2019s multiple star -effect lights, is dazzling. \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Castor is a hot, white-colored star that is well known for being a multiple star system. \u2014 Todd Nelson, Star Tribune , 17 Apr. 2021",
"The Falcons have seen multiple star players leave since winning their last state title in 2018. \u2014 Tess Demeyer, Dallas News , 16 Sep. 2020",
"Just days after the announcement was made, the WWE was also forced to release multiple stars , most notably veteran Kurt Angle. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Cinderella\u2019s fairy godmother has been portrayed by multiple stars over the years. \u2014 Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com , 5 Mar. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet John Jacob\u2019s new ditty has taken a feverish hold of this town\u2014being sung in the schoolyards, the general store, even the mulberry fields. \u2014 Pete Lynch, The New Yorker , 10 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a translucent mulberry gloss in Isamaya Ffrench\u2019s makeup line that clouds the lips in shape-enhancing shadows. \u2014 Anders Christian Madsen, Vogue , 24 May 2022",
"Chan is making five, large-scale Rokkaku-style kites \u2014 traditional six-sided Japanese kites \u2014 crafted from Japanese mulberry paper, which is especially light but also sturdy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"The old mulberry tree had burned and died and been cut down to a stump and was now used as a place to axe firewood. \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Her grandmother\u2019s apartment overlooked the mulberry trees lining Morskyi Boulevard, and the Sea of Azov beyond. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022",
"Why not give the gift of a blissful night\u2019s sleep with this duo made from high-quality mulberry silk",
"Alder, birch and oak are the three top deciduous trees for causing allergies, though there are others, like mulberry . \u2014 Allison L. Steiner, The Conversation , 15 Mar. 2022",
"But Soon Yul Kang and Suhyeon Kim do their cutting and pasting by hand, grounding their work on such venerable media as canvas and mulberry paper. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English mulbere, mulbery, probably dissimilated from Old English *m\u016brberie, variant of m\u014drberie (with m\u016br- as in m\u016brb\u0113am \"mulberry tree\"), from m\u016br- (borrowed from Medieval Latin m\u016brum, variant of Latin m\u014drum \"black mulberry, blackberry,\" probably of Mediterranean substratal origin, as also Greek m\u00f3ron \"black mulberry, blackberry,\" Armenian mor \"blackberry\") + berie berry entry 1":""
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"\u2014 Jennifer Sherry",
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"\u2014 Doug Aamoth",
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"\u2014 National Geographic Adventure"
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"This has proven to be more of a theoretical concern than a real one, with no more flares after vaccination reported than would be expected without one, in people with multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 14 June 2022",
"Its harms are multiplied in the very old and very young, and in people with high blood pressure, asthma, multiple sclerosis and other conditions. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"Nerve pain is a common condition that can be caused by various health conditions, including diabetes, multiple sclerosis , and fibromyalgia. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Spasticity can occur after other causes of brain damage too, including certain neurological conditions like multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 16 May 2022",
"After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2009, Taylor returned to the field in 2012 with the CFL\u2019s British Columbia Lions. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Hudspeth was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1979 and was forced to leave the Army after just three years. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Hill, who was born in Minneapolis but lived in Idaho, had been living in Kyiv but was in Chernihiv seeking treatment for his partner, who has multiple sclerosis , his family told the station. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Mar. 2022",
"In the course of some anxious and frankly terrifying days, he was diagnosed with a rare type of multiple sclerosis , the often-debilitating disease of the brain and spinal cord. \u2014 Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com , 2 Mar. 2022"
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"a car with multimode traction control"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So the researchers sought to control for other factors like gender, race, age, education, political leaning and even personal feelings about Clinton and Trump using multiple regression analysis. \u2014 The Washington Post, NOLA.com , 3 Apr. 2018",
"So the researchers sought to control for other factors like gender, race, age, education, political leaning, and even personal feelings about Clinton and Trump using multiple regression analysis. \u2014 Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Apr. 2018"
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"\u2014 Judy Waytiuk",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For Waleed and Mohammed Hamza, Monday\u2019s trip to Amman, Jordan \u2014 unfathomable just months ago \u2014 could mean the difference between life and death for their mother, Lutfiya, who has multiple myeloma , a form of cancer. \u2014 Siobh\u00e1n O'grady, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
"For all the recent advances in treating multiple myeloma , scientists have only inched forward in finding ways of screening or intervening early for the disease. \u2014 Angus Chen, STAT , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The cause was complications of bladder cancer and multiple myeloma , said his daughter, Laura. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"The cause was complications of bladder cancer and multiple myeloma , his daughter, Laura Merriman, said. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"At almost the same time, Macdonald\u2019s monthly visit to the hospital revealed that the original cancer, multiple myeloma , had metastasized into myelodysplastic syndrome, which can often lead to acute leukemia. \u2014 Geoff Edgers, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"Leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma arise in cells that create antibody-producing cells, so drugs that attack the cancer remove not just malignant cells, but also benign immune cells. \u2014 Elizabeth Cooney, STAT , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Delgado was diagnosed with multiple myeloma late in 2020, but was still making appearances and giving interviews in 2021, until his health started to decline. \u2014 The Enquirer , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Mosley ended his playing career and moved back to the United States shortly after Deborah\u2019s death in November 2004 because of multiple myeloma (a cancer of plasma cells) \u2014 a period Mosley called the turning point of his life. \u2014 Khobi Price, orlandosentinel.com , 12 Mar. 2022"
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"The novel's plot is multilayered .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If, on the other hand, your company wants to minimize its risk of a cybersecurity event, then obviously finding more money to invest in tools and staffing to provide multilayered security is a priority. \u2014 Claire Rutkowski, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"While the story\u2019s about refining an artistic practice, Queyras\u2019s multilayered , elliptical mode exemplifies their liberatory aesthetic. \u2014 Hanif Abdurraqib, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Instead, providers and advocates say, the state created a complex, multilayered application system that slows down applications and keeps kids off the waitlist. \u2014 ProPublica , 9 June 2022",
"What's needed is a multilayered approach to improve IT security overall. \u2014 Chuck Brooks, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"In some ways, Baker is the most important figure in Gergen\u2019s fascinating, multilayered book. \u2014 Jeremi Suri, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Sagittarius A* is concealed by a multilayered veil. \u2014 Seth Fletcher, Scientific American , 12 May 2022",
"Adams was a multilayered man who pushed for the Auschwitz Museum to return paintings made by Holocaust survivor Dina Babbitt. \u2014 Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"Walking through Sofia\u2019s city center in 2019, I was struck by the Bulgarian capital\u2019s multilayered history. \u2014 Jordan Mcgillis, National Review , 2 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Chemical & Engineering News"
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"In the past, these often arcane rules generally didn't need to be learned in much detail, because they governed only partnerships, which usually have very simple arrangements, lawyers say. Now they also govern all multimember LLCs that don't elect to be taxed as a corporation.",
"\u2014 James L. Dam"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"New approaches to negotiating multilateral and bilateral trade treaties can limit corporate use of new knowledge for private gain. \u2014 Nicholas Freudenberg, STAT , 3 Apr. 2021",
"Le Pen, echoing the arguments of anti-globalists across the continent, said France had surrendered its sovereignty to multilateral organizations like the EU and NATO. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
"About $4 billion in emergency financing from multilateral organizations, including the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, has already been received by Ukraine, and an additional $2 billion is being negotiated. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"In Iran, Washington is rethinking multilateral diplomacy. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Biden also made the case that multilateral institutions like NATO are more important than ever if the West and its allies are going to successfully push back against autocrats like Putin. \u2014 Chris Megerian, Vanessa Gera And Aamer Madhani, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"For all its powerful geopolitical symbolism, the first-ever multilateral Arab-Israeli summit on Israeli soil was a largely transactional affair. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"All three countries have participated in multilateral meetings and exchanges with peers and shared information with local citizens. \u2014 Jennapher Lunde Seefeldt, The Conversation , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Thus, though the JCPOA was technically an unenforceable multilateral executive agreement, Obama and Biden were able to project it as bearing Congress\u2019s imprimatur and the status of international law. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 7 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Here are five common ways to put your digital multimeter to good use. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 29 Mar. 2022",
"If this is your first time using a multimeter to read electrical data, Pop Mech has a handy how-to guide here. \u2014 Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics , 7 July 2021",
"Check the resistance using your multimeter across the wheel speed sensors. \u2014 Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics , 7 July 2021",
"The best option is to use either an electrician\u2019s multimeter or a tool specifically designed for repairing Christmas lights, such as the Lightkeeper Pro. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 19 Nov. 2020",
"Here are five common uses for your digital multimeter . \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 21 Oct. 2020",
"Ekanayake spent the remainder of the afternoon going back and forth from his lab to the parking garage\u2014carrying his multimeter , his soldering station, his oscilloscope and numerous bags of cables, wires and circuit boards. \u2014 Dieynaba Young, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 July 2020",
"In choosing a multimeter , the main consideration will be whether to go with a digital one or analog meter. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 20 Nov. 2019",
"Note that the instructions given here are applicable to most multimeters . \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 25 July 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Adalatherium\u2019s anatomy suggests a connection with another group of mammals called multituberculates , which lived in the northern hemisphere. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 May 2020",
"Jeholbaatar belonged to a now extinct lineage of mammals called the multituberculates that endured for well over 100 million years. \u2014 Jim Daley, Scientific American , 5 Dec. 2019"
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"As of this month, the country\u2019s electric utility company, which hasn\u2019t paid its foreign power suppliers or collected much revenue at home since Aug. 15, is headed by a mullah . \u2014 Saeed Shah, WSJ , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Once the mullah fell to the ground, another person shot him four times in the chest. \u2014 WSJ , 26 Sep. 2021",
"After receiving permission from the local mullah , or Islamic religious leader, the soldiers filled several Conex boxes with food, toys, candy and other presents and delivered them to the villagers. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Sep. 2021",
"The mullah crouched beside him and read a prayer, asking for God to show mercy on his soul. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Aug. 2021",
"The mullah , his feet in shiny leather loafers, hopped out of the vehicle, climbed onto the cargo bed and affixed the flag to the antenna. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Some children attend a madrasa, or Islamic school, run by a mullah at a tiny mosque in a nearby settlement. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2020",
"This argument will probably permeate Israeli decision-making as long as Iran is ruled by mullahs and the Revolutionary Guards. \u2014 Steven Simon, The New York Review of Books , 16 Jan. 2020",
"In 2004, Lautenberg was extended to Iran \u2014 and not just the Jews and Christians in the country but also the Baha'is, a religious sect that is considered heretical by Iran's mullahs . \u2014 Shikha Dalmia, TheWeek , 7 Feb. 2020"
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"Is a multimedia Mexican company founded in 2012 by Mariano Men\u00e9ndez and Marco Landucci. \u2014 Forbes Partner Releases, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The first live music event in the PVAC will showcase separate performances of the symphony\u2019s brass and percussion, woodwind and string ensembles; the master chorale; and a multimedia performance of the Grossmont Symphony Chamber Orchestra. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Participants in the exhibition include multimedia artist Harriet Bowman and her son Len, who created a large-scale wallpaper that will cover the back of the gallery. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Imagine Mural Festival brings artists together to create multimedia art installations in downtown Louisville, adjacent to the Muhammad Ali Center. \u2014 Sylvia Goodman, The Courier-Journal , 17 July 2021",
"With progress stalled, the state is relaunching a multimedia public awareness campaign to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 10 June 2021",
"The Black president and his fabulous wife are now multimedia mega-superstars. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2021",
"The multimedia virtual performance features Assaf as well as an all-female Middle Eastern music ensemble. \u2014 Jim Kiest And Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Apr. 2021",
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"Oregon author Elena Passarello and authors Kristen Radtke and Chlo\u00e9 Cooper Jones will be among the contributors to the spring issue of Pop-Up Magazine, a live multimedia show. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"The result was a multimedia installation that was exhibited in Vienna, Berlin and Poznan, Poland. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"The result was a multimedia installation that was exhibited in Vienna, Berlin and Poznan, Poland. \u2014 Tim Arango, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"The bulk of Mohammed\u2019s multimedia installation is painted. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"The first Native American to win the Pulitzer music prize, the 44-year-old Chacon is a composer, performer and multimedia installation artist from Fort Defiance in the Navajo Nation in Arizona. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
"The gifted Rick Sanchez directs the multimedia show. \u2014 San Antonio Express-News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Another new artwork by Sze, a multimedia installation called Fifth Season, is housed in the 1935 Normandy-style Museum Building, also on Museum Hill. \u2014 Irene S. Levine, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The current conceptual configuration of experimental German synth-rock pioneers Kraftwerk is the immersive multimedia musical/visual experience Kraftwerk 3-D. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022"
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"When submerged in water, bacteria and funguses multiply rapidly. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 1 June 2022",
"Never thaw chicken by leaving it out on the counter or submerging it in hot water, as this will allow bacteria to multiply rapidly. \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"Digital Journal says the global NFT market could multiply by nearly 5x at a 23.3% CAGR by 2028 and could power the next iteration of the internet: Web 3.0. \u2014 Robert Samuels | For Iron Monk Solutions, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Shining Girls showrunner Silka Luisa uses time travel as a mechanism of control and a way of demonstrating how one man\u2019s violent impulses multiply across generations. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Among them are the ability to look giant or tiny in a room, multiply your image and your dog\u2019s image in the Infinity Room and turn things upside down in the Reversed Room, creating confounding photo opportunities. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"By disabling key immune fighters, autoantibodies against interferon allow the coronavirus to multiply wildly. \u2014 Liz Szabo, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The tea acts as an antimicrobial to ensure that the bacteria and fungus on your skin do not multiply \u2013 yuck \u2013 while the sugar cane acts as a natural, non-irritating, exfoliant. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"These numbers will multiply if Roe v. Wade is overturned. \u2014 Amanda Allen, ELLE , 24 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Once the sun broke through, some microbes did multiply , but their reign was short-lived and relatively restricted, probably because of the modest increases in global CO2 and temperature. \u2014 Chris Mays, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"God blessed them and said to them, \u2018Be fertile and multiply ; fill the earth and master it. \u2014 Alexa Tucker, Woman's Day , 1 June 2022",
"As telematics and sensor devices for homes, vehicles and wearables multiply , insurers have more real-time data about customers. \u2014 Kannan Amaresh, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"If sophisticated brain-computer interfaces eventually transcend medical applications and become consumer goods available to the general public, the ethical considerations surrounding them multiply exponentially. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"For gardening outdoors, multiply the length, width and height of your space to calculate the cubic feet, then divide by 27 to determine cubic inches. \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 May 2022",
"However, one way some arborists estimate a beech tree\u2019s age is to divide a tree\u2019s circumference in inches by 3.14 (or pi) and multiply by six. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"Following three trans men of color, this short documentary explores the intersectionality between race, gender and identity and the struggles that can come with living authentically as a multiply marginalized person. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Take the quotient and multiply by 1,000, arriving at 743. \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"Solomon works at the Tokyo branch of a multinational investment bank. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 June 2022",
"Irvin\u2019s campaign was boosted by millions in support from billionaire conservative Ken Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, the multinational hedge fund and financial services behemoth. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"Sustainability changes can be incredibly difficult even on the individual level with a highly motivated person, without all the moving parts of a large, multinational organization. \u2014 Luis D\u2019acosta, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"However, thanks in part to the multinational efforts of the commission, the species has bounced back. \u2014 Joshua Goodman, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
"Before the pandemic, some larger and multinational chains borrowed a tactic from these fast-fashion chains by producing smaller batches of certain items and then quickly reordering bestsellers. \u2014 Suzanne Kapner, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"The 2026 championship will be a multinational affair, hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, which won the bidding for the event four years ago. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"Although some run by franchisees stayed open, the action by the multinational fast-food chain was among the most visible responses by foreign companies to Russia sending troops into Ukraine. \u2014 Jim Heintz, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 June 2022",
"Although some run by franchisees stayed open, the action by the multinational fast-food chain was among the most visible responses by foreign companies to Russia sending troops into Ukraine. \u2014 Jim Heintz, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022"
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"Cummings and her young son both suffered from multiple chemical sensitivity and became increasingly sick. \u2014 Samantha Hendrickson, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"One of the subjects suffers from Hashimoto\u2019s thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease, and has been diagnosed with multiple chemical sensitivity . \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"An oasis for mule deer , bighorn sheep, cougars, coyotes, bobcats, and soaring falcons, the 12,380-acre forested park sits at about 5,000 feet and boasts high-alpine Hanson Lake. \u2014 Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online , 30 Jan. 2020",
"Griffith Park is only a fraction of a mountain lion\u2019s normal territory, but the easy access to mule deer apparently made up for the lack of females. \u2014 Emily Witt, The New Yorker , 17 May 2022",
"Most are from mule deer and elk, although some are from moose and pronghorn. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"One mule deer among a group in Wyoming migrated about 250 kilometers along a familiar corridor from its winter range to its summer range, Kauffman and his colleagues reported in 2019. \u2014 Robin Lloyd, Scientific American , 7 Apr. 2022",
"With climate change drying the environment and extreme drought conditions, mule deer numbers have decreased in Utah since a high in 2014, according to a recent study by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"For years, Traphagen, using trail cameras, had captured images of javelinas, bobcats, mountain lions, Coues white-tailed deer, and Sonoran mule deer traversing the border. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Oregon\u2019s mule deer population has fallen about 40% since 2000, in part due to a lack of water, state officials say. \u2014 Jim Carlton, WSJ , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Between an abundance of whitetails and mule deer , elk in the rugged Black Hills, plenty of pronghorn and some bruiser bighorn sheep, South Dakota is far more than a pheasant hunter\u2019s paradise. \u2014 Chris Dorsey, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All of the models were shod in aggressive platform Mary Janes in black or white, and many wore dark wigs that appeared shaved into a severe, neo-goth mullet . \u2014 Jessica Iredale, New York Times , 28 June 2022",
"The Bombshell star transformed her signature blonde bob into a dark brown shaggy mullet . \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"Someone jokingly asked if this modern-day Samson might consider cutting his trademark mullet to try to throw Scheffler off his game. \u2014 Paul Newberry, ajc , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Theron, dressed in jeans and a white button-down by Dior, debuted a dark mullet and said the hairstyle is for another superhero role of sorts, reprising her part as Andy in The Old Guard for director Victoria Mahoney. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 June 2022",
"Along its shores, which are rimmed with ports, piers, summer houses, and factories, fishermen in wooden boats still haul in sea bass, mullet , and anchovies. \u2014 Jenna Scatena, The Atlantic , 18 Dec. 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",
"For centuries, hearty folk have trekked up these slopes from the breakwater after a day of fishing mullet , anchovies, hake, and eel. \u2014 John Oseid, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The reds will eat shrimp, cut mullet , crabs and all sorts of live baitfish including pinfish and pigfish. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 1 Dec. 2021"
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"obsolete English multiloquy garrulousness (from Latin multiloquium , from multi- + -loquium \u2014as in colloquium colloquy) + English -ous":""
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02c8plat-n\u0259m",
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"He's won multiple Grammy Awards and earned many gold, platinum and multiplatinum awards. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022",
"Many took to social media to show their love for the multiplatinum band's latest release. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 13 May 2022",
"As Akon became a multiplatinum R&B star, Thiam began branching out, playing a role in the early careers of Lady Gaga, Jeremih and T-Pain. \u2014 Shirley Halperin, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The multiplatinum alternative rockers are headed to Phoenix with Gojira on a tour that was originally scheduled to swing through the Valley two summers ago. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The renamed event, now hosted by merged organizations Gateway for Cancer Research and Celebrity Fight Night, will feature headliner and multiplatinum music artist Pitbull. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The clips grew a cult following, eventually grabbing the attention of multiplatinum pop artists and tastemakers like Lily Allen and British rapper Professor Green. \u2014 Nicolas Stecher, Rolling Stone , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Furstenfeld, meanwhile, is the frontman of the multiplatinum recording artist Blue October, and recently made his acting debut in Section 8. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Goldstein\u2019s background served her well in guiding the Weeknd and Grande to multiplatinum albums and singles. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022"
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"1980, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Strengthen 287g, to create a powerful force multiplier , across all law enforcement agencies. \u2014 Dave Wallace, Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"The good news is that the film has earned $53.8 million in eight days, a decent 1.31x weekend-to-cume multiplier . \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Bad weather was an unwelcome multiplier , causing many to delay or cancel their trips. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Team defense was also a strength, especially in the infield where their 87.4 grounder multiplier was the best in the game. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Without getting too apples-to-apples, a similar multiplier would push Free Guy to a terrific $83 million Chinese cume. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Anyway, Hotel Transylvania earned $148.3 million domestic (and $358.3 million worldwide) on an $85 million budget, giving Sandler his biggest global hit and giving the film a strong (even for animated) 3.49x weekend-to-final multiplier . \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2021",
"The $1 million prize was tripled by the random multiplier for that drawing. \u2014 Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Sep. 2021",
"The Keynesian multiplier is two, so government spending can make society richer, but when government spending collapses by 10 percent relative to GDP \u2014 as it is currently scheduled to do \u2014 GDP will not suffer. \u2014 Kevin A. Hassett, National Review , 19 July 2021"
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"Complaints about the new procedure soon multiplied .",
"Her responsibilities multiplied when she was promoted.",
"Her responsibilities were multiplied by the promotion.",
"The bacteria multiply rapidly in warm, moist conditions.",
"The teacher taught the children how to add, subtract, multiply , and divide.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Then, divide that number by your initial investment and multiply it by 100. \u2014 Erin Weaver, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Michael Blowen, who founded Old Friends, says the best way to equate a horse's age to human years is to multiply it by three and add eight, which puts our buddy Silver Charm at 92 years old. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 14 Apr. 2022",
"When submerged in water, bacteria and funguses multiply rapidly. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 1 June 2022",
"Never thaw chicken by leaving it out on the counter or submerging it in hot water, as this will allow bacteria to multiply rapidly. \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"Digital Journal says the global NFT market could multiply by nearly 5x at a 23.3% CAGR by 2028 and could power the next iteration of the internet: Web 3.0. \u2014 Robert Samuels | For Iron Monk Solutions, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Shining Girls showrunner Silka Luisa uses time travel as a mechanism of control and a way of demonstrating how one man\u2019s violent impulses multiply across generations. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Among them are the ability to look giant or tiny in a room, multiply your image and your dog\u2019s image in the Infinity Room and turn things upside down in the Reversed Room, creating confounding photo opportunities. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"By disabling key immune fighters, autoantibodies against interferon allow the coronavirus to multiply wildly. \u2014 Liz Szabo, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"But any coronavirus infection carries risk, and the risk of a really bad outcome - a heart attack, for example - builds cumulatively, like a plaque, as infections multiply . \u2014 Joel Achenbach, BostonGlobe.com , 10 July 2022",
"But any coronavirus infection carries risk, and the risk of a really bad outcome - a heart attack, for example - builds cumulatively, like a plaque, as infections multiply . \u2014 Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News , 10 July 2022",
"Once the sun broke through, some microbes did multiply , but their reign was short-lived and relatively restricted, probably because of the modest increases in global CO2 and temperature. \u2014 Chris Mays, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"God blessed them and said to them, \u2018Be fertile and multiply ; fill the earth and master it. \u2014 Alexa Tucker, Woman's Day , 1 June 2022",
"As telematics and sensor devices for homes, vehicles and wearables multiply , insurers have more real-time data about customers. \u2014 Kannan Amaresh, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"If sophisticated brain-computer interfaces eventually transcend medical applications and become consumer goods available to the general public, the ethical considerations surrounding them multiply exponentially. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"For gardening outdoors, multiply the length, width and height of your space to calculate the cubic feet, then divide by 27 to determine cubic inches. \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 May 2022",
"However, one way some arborists estimate a beech tree\u2019s age is to divide a tree\u2019s circumference in inches by 3.14 (or pi) and multiply by six. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022"
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": an uncommon, sometimes life-threatening, inflammatory condition that chiefly affects children and adolescents and usually develops two to four weeks following infection with or exposure to the coronavirus causing COVID-19":[
"Children's National Hospital is treating 23 children for an inflammatory syndrome associated with covid-19, a hospital spokesperson said Wednesday night. The illness, known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children , is a recently discovered complication from the novel coronavirus.",
"\u2014 Fenit Nirappil and Ann E. Marimow",
"The syndrome bears a resemblance to Kawasaki disease , another rare inflammatory syndrome that occurs in young children. But multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children has been reported to occur in children older than this.",
"\u2014 Ian Richardson",
"The medical condition, known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children , or MIS-C, is a rare but potentially deadly medical condition typically affecting multiple organs\u2014including the heart, kidneys, brain, among others\u2014that has been detected in children or young adults up to 21 years of age who are believed to have had COVID-19 or been exposed to it, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control.",
"\u2014 Andy East",
"One rare but serious complication children can develop from a coronavirus infection is known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome , or MIS-C, and at least 570 cases have been reported, the CDC said. As the pandemic continues, health care providers should be on the lookout for the syndrome that most commonly causes abdominal pain, vomiting and a skin rash.",
"\u2014 Madeline Holcombe and Dakin Andone",
"\u2014 abbreviation MIS-C"
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": consisting of multiple lines of text":[
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"\u2014 Jake Page"
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"\u2014 Thomas Moore",
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"\u2014 Occupational Outlook Handbook"
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"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02c8l\u012bn",
"-\u02cct\u012b-"
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"1870, in the meaning defined above":""
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"muleteer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": one who drives mules":[]
},
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"\u02ccmy\u00fc-l\u0259-\u02c8tir"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The year prior, Bingham had stumbled onto the ruins of Machu Picchu after following a tip from a local muleteer , as Lily Rothman reported for Time magazine in 2015. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Aug. 2021"
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"French muletier , from mulet, mule , from Old French, diminutive of mul mule":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1538, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-143543"
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"multiyear":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": involving, effective for, or taking place over more than one year":[
"a multiyear period",
"a multiyear project/study",
"\u2026 some key global bond yields have climbed to multi-year highs in the last few days.",
"\u2014 Evelyn Cheng",
"\u2026 as the team's franchise player, he was offered a one-year, $4.25 million contract, but he wants a multiyear deal \u2026",
"\u2014 Peter King"
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},
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"-\u02cct\u012b-",
"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02c8yir"
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"first_known_use":{
"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-151743"
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"multiplying coil":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": a resistor connected in parallel with an ammeter or in series with a voltmeter and so adjusted that the readings of the instrument must be multiplied in a fixed ratio (as 10: 1) to give the correct value":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-155357"
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"mule fat":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a California composite shrub ( Baccharis viminea ) with slender leafy branching shoots that are an important browse for mule deer":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-163359"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"a mule-foot hog",
"a mule-foot calf"
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": a mule-foot hoof":[],
": a mule-foot animal":[],
": box turtle":[]
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"mule entry 1 + foot ; from the shape of the shell":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-165710"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": of, having, or expressed in several languages":[
"a multilingual sign",
"multilingual dictionaries"
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": using or able to use several languages especially with equal fluency":[
"multilingual translators"
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"-\u02cct\u012b-",
"-\u02c8li\u014b-gy\u0259-w\u0259l",
"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02c8li\u014b-gw\u0259l"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The series amplifies the complexities of being multilingual , immigrants, or AAPI in Boston. \u2014 Serena Puang, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"The Dolomite Mountains team is nearly all women, and company founder Agustina Lagos Marmol is a multilingual world traveler, adventurer, rock and mountain climber, windsurfer, cyclist, skier and devout hiker. \u2014 Allison Olmsted, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Still, there\u2019s always been some question about the veracity of this tireless con artist ( multilingual pun intended). \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"For: Someone who is multilingual and comfortable speaking and writing in different languages. \u2014 Nicol Natale, Woman's Day , 13 June 2022",
"For Daisy Torres, director of services for multilingual learners, the seal is a way to highlight the rich diversity in Hartford public schools, which have more than 85 different languages spoken in them by students. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
"Grant is multilingual as a result of her educational past and speaks English, Spanish and French. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"Diocesan Bishop Anthony Taylor celebrated the multilingual Mass, which featured music in English, Spanish and Latin, with a dash of Greek as well. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
"To increase public safety, DCR has also installed multilingual waterfront signage and added life preserver rings to many locations, according to Cooper. \u2014 Grace Gilson, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022"
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"1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-173354"
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"noun"
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": a mixer in American social dances starting with one couple and multiplying by continual choice of new partners":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-173805"
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"noun"
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": garrulousness , talkativeness":[]
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"\u02ccm\u0259l\u02c8til\u0259\u0307kw\u0259n(t)s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin multiloquentia , from Latin multi- + -loquentia (as in eloquentia eloquence)":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-174654"
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"muley":{
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"adjective"
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"\u02c8mu\u0307-",
"\u02c8my\u00fc-l\u0113",
"\u02c8m\u00fc-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"of Celtic origin; akin to Irish & Scottish Gaelic maol bald, hornless, Welsh moel":""
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"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": a foil of more than five divisions":[
"\u2014 used especially of a window foil"
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"\u02c8m\u0259lt\u0259\u0307+\u02cc-",
"\""
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"adjective"
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": having more than one and usually more than three syllables : polysyllabic":[
"a multisyllabic word"
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"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-s\u0259-\u02c8la-bik",
"-\u02cct\u012b-"
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"first_known_use":{
"1847, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-183255"
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"mulligan":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a free shot sometimes given a golfer in informal play when the previous shot was poorly played":[]
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"\u02c8m\u0259-li-g\u0259n"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Players who sign up essentially get a mulligan on their first real-money bet. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 20 June 2022",
"Similarly, in golf, casual players are often given a mulligan . \u2014 Justin Goodbread, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The Celtics considered the Toronto game their mulligan . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
"This is despite the fact that trade deficits are a mulligan . \u2014 Noah C. Gould, National Review , 11 Oct. 2021",
"If passing on Mahomes was like a tee shot into the woods, how about the ensuing mulligan ? \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Sep. 2021",
"Indeed, Ashby has been a different pitcher since that opening mulligan . \u2014 Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Contestants can also take a mulligan now and keep their streak alive after one hitless day. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Jason Lane got his mulligan out of the way immediately. \u2014 Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2021"
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"probably from the name Mulligan":""
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"1931, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adverb",
"verb"
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],
": to use as a multiplicand in multiplication with another number":[
"multiply 7 by 8"
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": to become greater in number : spread":[],
": breed , propagate":[],
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": in a multiple manner : in several ways":[
"multiply talented children"
],
": composed of several plies":[]
},
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"-\u02cct\u012b-",
"\u02c8m\u0259l-t\u0259-\u02ccpl\u012b",
"\u02c8m\u0259l-t\u0259-pl\u0113",
"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02c8pl\u012b"
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"breed",
"procreate",
"propagate",
"reproduce"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"Complaints about the new procedure soon multiplied .",
"Her responsibilities multiplied when she was promoted.",
"Her responsibilities were multiplied by the promotion.",
"The bacteria multiply rapidly in warm, moist conditions.",
"The teacher taught the children how to add, subtract, multiply , and divide.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"When submerged in water, bacteria and funguses multiply rapidly. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 1 June 2022",
"Never thaw chicken by leaving it out on the counter or submerging it in hot water, as this will allow bacteria to multiply rapidly. \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"Digital Journal says the global NFT market could multiply by nearly 5x at a 23.3% CAGR by 2028 and could power the next iteration of the internet: Web 3.0. \u2014 Robert Samuels | For Iron Monk Solutions, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Shining Girls showrunner Silka Luisa uses time travel as a mechanism of control and a way of demonstrating how one man\u2019s violent impulses multiply across generations. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Among them are the ability to look giant or tiny in a room, multiply your image and your dog\u2019s image in the Infinity Room and turn things upside down in the Reversed Room, creating confounding photo opportunities. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"By disabling key immune fighters, autoantibodies against interferon allow the coronavirus to multiply wildly. \u2014 Liz Szabo, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The tea acts as an antimicrobial to ensure that the bacteria and fungus on your skin do not multiply \u2013 yuck \u2013 while the sugar cane acts as a natural, non-irritating, exfoliant. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"These numbers will multiply if Roe v. Wade is overturned. \u2014 Amanda Allen, ELLE , 24 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Once the sun broke through, some microbes did multiply , but their reign was short-lived and relatively restricted, probably because of the modest increases in global CO2 and temperature. \u2014 Chris Mays, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"God blessed them and said to them, \u2018Be fertile and multiply ; fill the earth and master it. \u2014 Alexa Tucker, Woman's Day , 1 June 2022",
"As telematics and sensor devices for homes, vehicles and wearables multiply , insurers have more real-time data about customers. \u2014 Kannan Amaresh, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"If sophisticated brain-computer interfaces eventually transcend medical applications and become consumer goods available to the general public, the ethical considerations surrounding them multiply exponentially. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"For gardening outdoors, multiply the length, width and height of your space to calculate the cubic feet, then divide by 27 to determine cubic inches. \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 May 2022",
"However, one way some arborists estimate a beech tree\u2019s age is to divide a tree\u2019s circumference in inches by 3.14 (or pi) and multiply by six. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"Following three trans men of color, this short documentary explores the intersectionality between race, gender and identity and the struggles that can come with living authentically as a multiply marginalized person. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Take the quotient and multiply by 1,000, arriving at 743. \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"Middle English multiplien , from Anglo-French multiplier , from Latin multiplicare , from multiplic-, multiplex multiple":"Verb"
},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1881, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"1926, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"adjective"
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": tuned to more than one frequency or by more than one circuit or element":[
"\u2014 usually used of antennas or electrical networks"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-192612"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-193638"
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"noun"
],
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": multilingual":[]
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"\"+"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-202357"
},
"multinuclear":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having multiple world powers armed with nuclear weapons":[
"It was the frightening prospect of a multinuclear world as much as the older Arab-Israeli confrontation that propelled American policy on the Middle East.",
"\u2014 William Hyland"
]
},
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"-\u02cct\u012b-",
"-\u02c8ny\u00fc-",
"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02c8n\u00fc-kl\u0113-\u0259r",
"nonstandard -ky\u0259-l\u0259r"
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"first_known_use":{
"1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-202824"
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"muley axle":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a railroad car axle without collars at the outer ends of the journals":[]
},
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"muley entry 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-212759"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": having more than two stems or branches":[
"a multistemmed tree"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cct\u012b-",
"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02c8stemd"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-215401"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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"a multicomponent stereo system",
"\u2026 could be accomplished only if the designers began a process of multicomponent redesign, which meant simultaneously redesigning the streetcars' motors, their brakes, their wheels, their trucks (the frames holding the wheels), and their seats.",
"\u2014 Tony Hiss",
"A new study \u2026 found that multilevel, multicomponent interventions were best at helping patients control their hypertension.",
"\u2014 Faith Dawson"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-k\u00e4m-\u02c8p\u014d-",
"-\u02c8k\u00e4m-\u02ccp\u014d-",
"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-k\u0259m-\u02c8p\u014d-n\u0259nt"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1902, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-215736"
},
"mullet hawk":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": osprey":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"mullet entry 2":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-224517"
},
"multilith":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a small offset press used typically for duplicating office forms":[
"\u2014 formerly a U.S. registered trademark"
],
": to print on a multilith machine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259lt\u0259\u0307\u02cclith"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1933, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-225655"
},
"multiplant":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": composed of or involving several plants or factories":[
"multiplant products",
"a multiplant manufacturing company"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cct\u012b-",
"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02c8plant"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-231028"
},
"Mullidae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a family of percoid fishes consisting of the red mullets":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Mullus , type genus + -idae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-005720"
},
"multinucleated":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having more than two nuclei":[
"a multinucleated macrophage",
"multinucleated muscle fibers"
],
"\u2014 compare binucleate , uninucleate":[
"a multinucleated macrophage",
"multinucleated muscle fibers"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cct\u012b-",
"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02c8n\u00fc-kl\u0113-\u02cc\u0101-t\u0259d",
"-\u02c8ny\u00fc-"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-012409"
},
"muley saw":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a stiff saw with vertical reciprocating motion used in sawmills":[]
},
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"muley entry 2":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-014044"
},
"mules":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a usually sterile hybrid":[],
": a very stubborn person":[],
": a machine for simultaneously drawing and twisting fiber into yarn or thread and winding it into cops":[],
": a person who smuggles or delivers illicit substances (such as drugs)":[],
": a shoe or slipper without quarter or heel strap \u2014 compare scuff":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8my\u00fc(\u0259)l",
"\u02c8my\u00fcl"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French mul , from Latin mulus":"Noun",
"Middle French, a kind of slipper, from Latin mulleus shoe worn by magistrates":"Noun"
},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1562, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-015452"
},
"multiple thread":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a screw thread composed of two or more distinct parallel intertwined threads or helices":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-020634"
},
"multiple synchronous telegraph":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a multiplex telegraph in which at the receiving station apparatus is maintained in exact synchronism with corresponding apparatus at the sending station":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-032849"
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"multiplication":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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": a mathematical operation that at its simplest is an abbreviated process of adding an integer to zero a specified number of times and that is extended to other numbers in accordance with laws that are valid for integers":[],
": any of various mathematical operations that are analogous in some way to multiplication of the real numbers but are defined for other or larger sets of elements (such as complex numbers, vectors, matrices, or functions)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
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],
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"accumulation",
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"Lucky for the park\u2019s newest employees, though, the 0.65 acre hillside is ripe with multiflora rose plants and wineberries \u2014 two types vegetation that McGough said are tasty treats for goats. \u2014 Angela Roberts, baltimoresun.com , 16 Oct. 2020",
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"After all, at the time of the Common Threads store opening, the three current top-selling items on Amazon, in clothing, shoes and jewelry, were a men\u2019s T-shirt multipack , a Hanes men\u2019s sweatshirt and a classic Croc. \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 14 May 2020",
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"The multilayered narrative is launched in the pilot when a young man is murdered in the streets. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 July 2022",
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"While the story\u2019s about refining an artistic practice, Queyras\u2019s multilayered , elliptical mode exemplifies their liberatory aesthetic. \u2014 Hanif Abdurraqib, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
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"In some ways, Baker is the most important figure in Gergen\u2019s fascinating, multilayered book. \u2014 Jeremi Suri, Washington Post , 3 June 2022"
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"Tarka\u2019s mulligatawny , made from a base of rich coconut milk and ground chicken, is super silky and boasts layers of mild spice. \u2014 Joanna O'leary, Chron , 15 Oct. 2021",
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"Tarka\u2019s mulligatawny , made from a base of rich coconut milk and ground chicken, is super silky and boasts layers of mild spice. \u2014 Joanna O'leary, Chron , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Tarka\u2019s mulligatawny , made from a base of rich coconut milk and ground chicken, is super silky and boasts layers of mild spice. \u2014 Joanna O'leary, Chron , 15 Oct. 2021",
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"This macro context, and the prosecution of policies such as the change to the Protocol, will relegate the UK well below the super powers of the multipolar world. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"In a multipolar world no longer dominated by the West, MbZ has found room not only for a city-state to maneuver, but often to get its own way. \u2014 Andreas Krieg, Time , 3 June 2022",
"In this multipolar world, very different countries with growing influence are demanding a greater political participation. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"My endpoint is a multipolar world of large regions who \u2018do things\u2019 differently. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
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"The space partnership has not been branded as a part of that agreement, but the backdrop \u2014 an increasingly contested, multipolar era \u2014 remains the same. \u2014 Damien Cave, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2014 S. T. Coleridge"
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"\u2014 S. H. Adams"
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"\u2014 Anthony Miller"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Would a toreador be insulted when the bull responds to the muleta ? \u2014 Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com , 19 June 2019"
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"\u2014 Albert E. Cowdrey",
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"\u2014 Fran Golden"
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"Some of the contracting companies that manage FedEx Ground deliveries are multistate operations, but many are small, local businesses where margins can be tight, drivers said. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Mar. 2020",
"Currently, Delaware and Connecticut \u2013 both part of the multistate consortium with New Jersey \u2013 are running their auto dealerships on an appointment-only basis. \u2014 Fox News , 5 May 2020",
"So will some multistate issuers, which can include entities like the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Biden's dominance was confirmed soon after, when overwhelming support from black voters helped him to victories in Super Tuesday's multistate contests. \u2014 Janet Hook, Anchorage Daily News , 15 Apr. 2020",
"That state, which has the longest standing adult-use marijuana market in North America, recently removed a restriction on investment from large multistate companies like Curaleaf. \u2014 Craig Giammona, BostonGlobe.com , 17 July 2019",
"Boehner, an avid cigarette smoker, has joined the advisory board of Acreage Holdings, a multistate cannabis company. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2018",
"California has spearheaded a pair of multistate lawsuits to block both rules, escalating a political war between Mr. Trump and the nation\u2019s most populous state. \u2014 Coral Davenport, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2020",
"Big-city physician and specialist groups, tiny independent hospitals from Oregon to Connecticut, and big multistate hospital systems such as Steward Health Care are seeing big dropoffs in revenue and laying off or furloughing hundreds of workers. \u2014 Author: Mark Levy, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Apr. 2020"
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"\u2014 CoosaValleyNews.com (Rome, Georgia)",
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"\u2014 Spencer Michels"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Architectural details include eyebrow dormer windows, two-story columns and spiderweb mullion windows, according to Ms. Seery. \u2014 Sarah Paynter, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Then, spread glue in the back rail mortises and on the mullion tenons. \u2014 Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics , 8 Aug. 2020",
"Mark the locations of the mullion mortises in the back rails and rout them with a 3/8-in. \u2014 Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics , 8 Aug. 2020",
"Mies made the mullions in the same I-beam shape as the steel structure inside the building. \u2014 Michael Kimmelman, New York Times , 29 Apr. 2020",
"Nonetheless, Hancock\u2019s board, determined to avoid future embarrassments, decided that as the building was repaired, each large sheet of glass should be replaced by three smaller panels, separated by mullions . \u2014 Fred A. Bernstein, New York Times , 4 Mar. 2020",
"The paneled wood walls and lack of trim are modern touches, as is the floor-to-ceiling window, but the small panes and mullions are traditional. \u2014 Mimi Read, House Beautiful , 2 Jan. 2013",
"Black window mullions and door and chair frames add graphic punch in a family vacation home on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. \u2014 Sarah Yang, House Beautiful , 2 June 2014",
"There are a variety of code violations with the most costly being a mullion that needs to be replaced on a door. \u2014 Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2018"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-021432"
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": a mucker who shovels waste material for removal from a mine":[]
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"definitions":{
": organic sediment that accumulates in an aquarium":[]
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"definitions":{
": muslin":[]
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"Your multitasking -from-anywhere skills are perfect for today\u2019s work world. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
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"From high-powered 4K gaming to multitasking , this machine does it all with striking style. \u2014 Maren Estrada, BGR , 7 Dec. 2021"
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"The multistage rockets can now hit the lower 48 states, and there was a legitimate military threat that brought them to the table. \u2014 Fox News , 13 June 2018",
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"-s\u0259-si\u014b",
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"The same low-memory scheduler is also available in a variant designed for symmetric multiprocessing systems with multiple processors running in parallel. \u2014 Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica , 2 Oct. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Plus, it's considered to be a complete multivitamin and has 40% of your daily Vitamin B12 needs, a tough-to-find nutrient for vegans. \u2014 Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
"The full lineup offers eight vitamin boost options that cover all your wellness needs; ranging from Vitamin C to a women\u2019s multivitamin , and a beauty capsule that contains biotin for healthy and strong hair, skin, and nails. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 2 June 2022",
"Dietary supplements are popular, with half of all Americans, and 70% of older Americans, taking at least a multivitamin daily. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Though multivitamins aren't specifically intended for anti-aging, Dr. Bazilian says there can be potential anti-aging benefits of taking a multivitamin . \u2014 Amy Capetta, Woman's Day , 19 May 2022",
"Supradyn is a multivitamin , but the other two substances are used to improve heart function and boost oxygen levels. \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The basics in my opinion are a multivitamin , amino acids (BCAA), and whey protein isolate. \u2014 Roger Lockridge, Men's Health , 23 Mar. 2022",
"At present, a few large-scale medical research studies have found that taking a multivitamin does not reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, or mental decline. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 3 Mar. 2022",
"My doctor told me to stop taking my multivitamin that has high levels of folate. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 22 Mar. 2022"
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"Satellites are being equipped with multispectral cameras, seeing machines that can operate at wavelengths and frequencies the human eye can\u2019t. \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
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"While there's no simple fix to streamline the multipronged act of cooking, Brown emphasizes acknowledging the work and the mental load that comes with every meal. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"The e-commerce giant\u2019s first-quarter results Thursday afternoon showed starkly the multipronged impact of rising costs and slowing demand in an inflationary environment. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Russia, for its part, has used a multipronged approach to ensure that its interests are embedded in Bulgarian public policy, including funding anti-fracking activism and courting Bulgarian political elites. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 7 May 2022",
"But as the multipronged Russian invasion moves ever closer to this Black Sea port, Yevhen is an example of how the brutality of Moscow\u2019s war has changed minds here, and forged what residents describe as unprecedented, pro-Ukrainian unity. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The shipment list suggests that the Biden administration anticipated Ukraine would need to arm itself for a multipronged invasion. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Europe woke up to a major war on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a violent, multipronged invasion of Ukraine, the democracy that sits between NATO countries and Russia. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Ukrainian officials have said that Moscow could use Belarusian territory to launch a potential multipronged invasion. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Jan. 2022"
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"Nonetheless, both recent studies did include multivariable adjustments intended to limit confounders. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Leading a healthy, sustainable, people-centric organization that is continuously competitive in the marketplace requires some serious multivariable calculus. \u2014 Jonathan H. Westover, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Quantum computers are expected to solve multivariable constrained optimizations with relative ease. \u2014 Ari Zoldan, Forbes , 12 Mar. 2021",
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"Complete high school math, including calculus, in middle school and devote high school to more complex subjects: multivariable calculus, abstract algebra, probability, game theory and other college subjects. \u2014 Jay Mathews, Washington Post , 17 Sep. 2017"
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"When compared to their makeup of the city\u2019s population, Asian, Hispanic and multiracial employees were underrepresented in management roles, while Black workers were overrepresented. \u2014 Shwanika Narayan, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 June 2022",
"And then there\u2019s the victory at Amazon, where union supporters say their multiracial coalition was a source of strength, as was a diversity of political views. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"This formative experience led to Pageot developing a docuseries about the history of Black and multiracial composers in classical music with his producing partner, Scott Power. \u2014 Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"The percentage of Asian, Black and multiracial employees in management slightly increased over the two-year period. \u2014 Shwanika Narayan, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 June 2022",
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"Such censorship impoverishes our nation, dishonors the countless numbers of White, Black and multiracial activists who have struggled (and still struggle) to achieve equal citizenship and dignity for all people. \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022"
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"Organizers hope to bring attention to other issues impacting multicultural and marginalized communities. \u2014 Maria Aguilar, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
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"The multicultural communities in Hawai'i have long shaped the cuisine of the islands, introducing Portuguese malasadas and Japanese kakig\u014dri, the precursor to Hawaiian shave ice. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
"There will be multicultural and interfaith music, dance, poetry and Sufi Art displays, along with an artist reception for the Oneness exhibition for the gallery show that is at the Encinitas Community Center through June 30. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"These children were multicultural and often multilingual. \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Canada prides itself for its multicultural and immigrant heritage and that heritage is evident in Canada\u2019s tennis team. \u2014 Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Paris is indeed a multicultural city, but the extent of its diversity is difficult to quantify exactly because France largely prohibits the government from counting people by race or ethnicity. \u2014 Saphora Smith, NBC News , 23 Jan. 2022",
"One of the show's judges, Melissa Leong, says that what Lee does with Taiwanese food this season reflects how MasterChef helps educate viewers about multicultural cooking that otherwise doesn't get the spotlight. \u2014 Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"In remembering his life and times and attempting to parse the man from the myth, audiences come closer to understanding the multivalent meanings of American culture. \u2014 Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 June 2022",
"But Moderna touted the findings as evidence that bivalent or multivalent vaccines\u2014those that target two or more versions of the virus in a single shot\u2014are the way forward for COVID-19 boosters. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Deploying a vaccine that targets more than one variant, also known as a multivalent vaccine, could provide broader protection than the existing vaccines. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Hoge also said the company is working on a multivalent vaccine dose that would target four variants, including omicron. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The company is taking a three-pronged approach, studying how a higher-dose booster holds up against omicron, as well as testing two other multivalent boosters and one that's specifically created to address the omicron mutations. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Writer-director Leslie Harris uses Brooklyn in all its multivalent Blackness as a backdrop for the story of Chantal (Ariyan A. Johnson), a high-school junior whose strength of characterization is rooted in her normalcy. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"On November 26, Moderna released a three-pronged plan to address Omicron that includes testing higher doses, developing multivalent vaccines, and making an Omicron-specific vaccine. \u2014 Yasmin Tayag, Fortune , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Several companies are developing multivalent Covid-19 vaccines, which would target SARS-CoV-2 variants. \u2014 Betsy Mckay, WSJ , 4 Oct. 2021"
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"The works of music in 2016 that seemed most representative of their time all suggested, in some way, a positive state of unfinishedness or multivalence , through either the music itself or the creator, or both. \u2014 Ben Ratliff, Esquire , 2 Dec. 2016"
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"\u2014 John Briggs and F. David Peat",
"\u2026 a combination of services that result in a multidimensional approach to education \u2026",
"\u2014 Corrine E. Munoz-Plaza et al.",
"\u2026 he shows us both the inner and outer lives of the athletes, transforming them from heroes or villains into the kind of multidimensional characters you expect to find in good fiction.",
"\u2014 Bill Ott"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wellness House at the ESSENCE Festival of Culture kicked off on Friday morning at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in a multidimensional space intending to promote healing, joy and community. \u2014 Anisha Vanita Williams, Essence , 3 July 2022",
"As gaming has grown in importance and sophistication, a new multidimensional , multifunctional social gaming world has emerged. \u2014 Adam Rumanek, Rolling Stone , 6 June 2022",
"Addressing such complex, multidimensional issues requires collaborative solutions that bring together government, business, and social institutions. \u2014 Punit Renjen, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The brush is designed to separate and coat each lash (including those fine ones) for a multidimensional effect. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
"The episode implies these Egyptian gods are multidimensional beings that can occupy different planes of existence at the same time. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The company is now taking a multidimensional approach to achieving a living income in farming communities. \u2014 Shayna Harris, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Buyers know that value is multidimensional and includes purchase price, functionality, quality and repairability. \u2014 Prasad Akella, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"The notion of consumers entering multidimensional digital environments was considered the stuff of fantasy and science fiction. \u2014 Sean Finn, Forbes , 6 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Claire Martin"
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"definitions":{
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"\u2014 Hans Fantel"
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"\u2014 Nick Kotsopoulos"
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"definitions":{
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"\u02ccm\u0259l-t\u0113-\u02c8y\u00fcn-y\u0259n",
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"definitions":{
": having more than one and usually several blades":[
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"Then, just after the Civil War, several U.S. companies patented a type of wind machine that was to become a symbol of the Great Plains: the multibladed , water-pumping \"wind motor,\" perched atop a pointed derrick.",
"\u2014 Janet L. Hopson"
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"definitions":{
": having, consisting of, or involving more than two branches":[
"a multibranch organization",
"The flower heads are flat-topped, multibranched clusters that some people have described as looking somewhat similar to a head of cauliflower.",
"\u2014 Sylvan T. Runkel and Dean M. Roose"
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"definitions":{
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"\u2014 Michelle L. Cameron Donaldson",
"However, the task of interpreting such spectra \u2026 will take a multidisciplinary team of astrophysicists, Earth scientists, climate scientists, and biologists.",
"\u2014 Sarah Scoles",
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"\u2014 Stephen L. Girshick and Arun Majumdar"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Daveed Baptiste is a multidisciplinary Haitian-American artist based in New York, who produced his photographs in consultation with Ayanna Legros, Yvena Despagne and Shanna Jean Baptiste. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"Financial modeling is a multidisciplinary skill set. \u2014 Ian Schnoor Cfa, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"That argument is set to be tested anew if EY does decide to exit from the multidisciplinary model, accounting academics said. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"This means broader adoption of multidisciplinary assessment and threat management protocols. \u2014 Byjohn Cohen, ABC News , 21 May 2022",
"Illinois Arts Alliance; $50,000 for presenting and multidisciplinary works. \u2014 Doug George, Chicago Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"Officials anticipate serving patients with increasingly complex cancers that require multidisciplinary treatment and lengthy follow-up care. \u2014 Meredith Cohn, Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022",
"Open Trails Days return to I-Park, a multidisciplinary artists-in-residence program set within a 450-acre nature preserve. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 11 May 2022",
"Pplpleasr, a hugely popular multidisciplinary artist based in New York who has been involved in philanthropy, is creating the 75 NFT\u2019s which will feature visuals tied to the Cannes Film Festival. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022"
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"\u2026 leadership challenges in a multidiscipline department \u2026",
"\u2014 AAG Abstracts",
"A $20,000 grant \u2026 helped the staff develop a large, multidiscipline area divided into areas focusing on science, technology, math, language arts, art, music and engineering \u2026",
"\u2014 Jill Cueni-Cohen et al.",
"The system is designed to support multidiscipline classroom use, change the table height to adapt to a particular activity, integrate the latest teaching technology, meet ADA requirements, and decrease the size required for science classrooms.",
"\u2014 Science Activities"
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"definitions":{
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"definitions":{
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"\u2014 Peter Cohen"
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"It is probable that with a few exceptions all the cells in a multicellular organism have the same genetic information encoded in the chains of nucleotide bases that make up their DNA.",
"\u2014 James E. Darnell, Jr.",
"A biofilm is a community of bacteria that use intercellular signaling to establish complex multicellular structures by coordinating gene expression and phenotypic changes.",
"\u2014 J. Christopher Post et al."
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The University of Illinois at Chicago was recently selected by the National Institutes of Health as the main site for a multicenter collaboration to research and create outreach to communities disproportionality affected by COVID-19. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com , 2 June 2021",
"There were multicenter clinical trials with thousands of patients with COVID that were started in a week\u2014a week from the idea to enrolling patients. \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 2 Apr. 2021",
"Since March, the two of us have been conducting a multicenter clinical trial evaluating the utility of adding sarilumab to the current standard of care versus standard of care alone for patients with moderate-to-severe Covid-19. \u2014 Paul Monach, STAT , 12 Feb. 2021",
"Surapaneni, who is a part of a multicenter research program called PlaMatSu, is interested in developing polymers that mimic these microscopic wrinkles to produce insect-deterring surfaces. \u2014 Monique Brouillette, Scientific American , 26 Jan. 2021",
"It\u2019s not unusual for the military to participate in multicenter trials for treatments of ailments as diverse as cancer and trauma. \u2014 Patricia Kime, USA TODAY , 9 Nov. 2020",
"This was a multicenter study of 3,099 critically ill adults with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units at 67 hospitals across the United States, including UH. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 5 Nov. 2020",
"In two multicenter studies published in 2015 and 2018, 23 and 38 percent of babies born at 22 weeks and given intensive care survived to hospital discharge. \u2014 Sarah Digregorio, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2020"
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"\u2014 Richard Cerilli"
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"\u2026 cows are born with the ability to digest almost any plant they can chew, thanks to a multichambered stomach and a helpful army of gut microbes that break down food that most mammals cannot.",
"\u2014 Laura Beil"
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"What's most novel about the series is its globe-hopping scope and multicharacter structure, which are reminiscent of what TV looked like in the years after Lost became a hit.",
"\u2014 Noel Murray"
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"The Minolta-made, internal-focusing zoom lens has 15 multicoated elements and covers a focal length range from 8.5mm to 68mm.",
"\u2014 Elinor H. Stecker",
"High-quality eyepieces also feature fully coated lenses. \u2026 Better still are fully multicoated lenses, where the optical coatings have been applied in several microscopically thin layers.",
"\u2014 Phil Harrington"
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"\u2026 Hawaiian shirts that come in bright prints, including geometric designs and multicolor cartoons of the Jetsons.",
"\u2014 Elle"
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