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{
"Landmark Baptist":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a Baptist of the strictly denominational American Baptist Association which originated in Texas and Arkansas in 1905 and took its present name in 1924":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from the stress laid on what this sect regards as the landmarks of Baptist Christianity":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211223",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Landon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Alf(red Mossman) 1887\u20131987 American politician":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lan-d\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194024",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Landsm\u00e5l":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": nynorsk":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Norwegian, from land country + m\u00e5l speech":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00e4n(t)s-\u02ccm\u022fl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213528",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Langsdorffia":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a genus of parasitic fleshy yellow herbs (family Balanophoraceae) with purplish scales and flowers":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from G. H. von Langsdorff \u20201852 German physician + New Latin -ia":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)la\u014bz\u00a6d\u022f(r)f\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130821",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Langshan":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an Asiatic breed of large single-combed domestic usually black or white fowls resembling the Cochins but with longer neck, tail, and legs":[],
": any bird of the Langshan breed":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from Langshan , locality near Shanghai, China":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8la\u014b\u02ccshan"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191224",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Langton":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Stephen died 1228 English prelate":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8la\u014b(k)-t\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070738",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Langtry":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Lillie 1853\u20131929 n\u00e9e ( Emilie Charlotte ) Le Breton; the Jersey Lily British actress":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8la\u014b(k)-tr\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174837",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"lance":{
"antonyms":[
"gore",
"harpoon",
"impale",
"jab",
"peck",
"pick",
"pierce",
"pink",
"puncture",
"run through",
"skewer",
"spear",
"spike",
"spit",
"stab",
"stick",
"transfix",
"transpierce"
],
"definitions":{
": a spear used for killing whales or fish":[],
": a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry":[],
": any of various sharp objects suggestive of a lance: such as":[],
": lancer sense 1b":[],
": lancet":[],
": to move forward quickly":[],
": to open with or as if with a lancet":[
"lance a boil"
],
": to pierce with or as if with a lance":[],
": to throw forward : hurl":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the lance struck squarely on the knight's shield, knocking him from his horse",
"Verb",
"He had the boil on his arm lanced .",
"doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Hunched over, incredulous, the apostle extends his hand as Christ pulls back his robe, revealing a lance wound left by a Roman soldier. \u2014 Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"But one day, Averill and his friends came across a lance in their path. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 May 2020",
"Above the birdlike forefoot of a knight, Above Quixote\u2019s birdlike lance . \u2014 Osip Mandelstam, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"That leaves fine particles to coat stream and river bottoms where yellow lance mussels live and can eventually lead to declines in their population. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Many gig workers are free- lance workers like designers, artists and writers. \u2014 Bruce Rogers, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The knights are not humans but New Zealand giraffe weevils, a species of beetle with a snout like a lance . \u2014 New York Times , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Women are now eligible to serve as soldiers, lance corporals, corporals, sergeants, and staff sergeants. \u2014 Fortune , 23 Feb. 2021",
"But in this award-winning photo, the flag wasn't unfurled, but unleashed as a lance against a Black man by enraged white youths protesting Boston's busing plan. \u2014 Star Tribune , 15 Jan. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The rumor was a man had died, he\u2019d been caught beneath the rubble when lightning lanced the steeple. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2020",
"Brog next lanced various simulacra of common sense. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, Harper's magazine , 20 Jan. 2020",
"My ex-partner used to poke me in the belly to create a metaphorical release, like lancing a boil. \u2014 Maureen Stanton, Longreads , 17 Jan. 2020",
"The jet lanced the side of the tanker; the impact was shattering. \u2014 Robert Faturechi, ProPublica , 2 Jan. 2020",
"Oruc\u0327 fled, only to be found hiding in a goat pen, where a Spanish soldier first lanced him and then beheaded him. \u2014 National Geographic , 8 Oct. 2019",
"In other words, Mr. Carlson is free- lancing for partisan purposes and the Senate should ignore him. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 28 Sep. 2018",
"India\u2019s problems of corruption and cronyism would be impossible to fix without first lancing the boil of . . \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 4 July 2018",
"But the second captured the moment: The streak of the missile, drawn out in the long exposure, lanced up into the night, another one further behind it. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English launcen , from Anglo-French lancer , from Late Latin lanceare , from Latin lancea":"Verb",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lancea":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lans",
"\u02c8lan(t)s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"javelin",
"pike",
"pikestaff",
"shaft",
"spear"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210602",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"land":{
"antonyms":[
"anchor",
"dock"
],
"definitions":{
": a portion of the earth's solid surface distinguishable by boundaries or ownership":[
"bought land in the country"
],
": an area of a partly machined surface (such as the inside of a gun barrel) that is left without machining":[],
": country":[
"the finest cheese in all the land"
],
": gain , secure":[
"land a job",
"landed the leading role"
],
": ground or soil of a specified situation, nature, or quality":[
"dry land"
],
": realm , domain":[
"in the land of dreams",
"\u2014 sometimes used in combination TV- land"
],
": such as":[
"bought land in the country"
],
": the people of a country":[
"the land rose in rebellion"
],
": the surface of the earth and all its natural resources":[],
": to alight on a surface":[],
": to bring to a landing":[
"land an airplane"
],
": to bring to a specified condition":[
"his wit landed him in trouble"
],
": to catch and bring in":[
"land a fish"
],
": to cause to reach or come to rest in a particular place":[
"never landed a punch"
],
": to come to be in a condition or situation":[
"landed in jail"
],
": to come to the end of a course or to a stage in a journey : arrive":[
"took a wrong turn and landed on a dead-end street"
],
": to complete successfully by landing":[
"the skater landed all her jumps"
],
": to go ashore from a ship : disembark":[],
": to set down after conveying":[],
": to set or put on shore from a ship : disembark":[],
": to strike or meet a surface (as after a fall)":[
"landed on my head"
],
": to touch at a place on shore":[],
"Edwin Herbert 1909\u20131991 American inventor and industrialist":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the land along the highway",
"The land stretched as far as you could see.",
"They cleared some land to grow crops.",
"After two days of sailing, we were miles from land .",
"They invaded the country by land and by sea.",
"They own land in Alaska.",
"They bought some land and built a house.",
"His lands extend as far as the eye can see.",
"He was the most powerful politician in the land .",
"the lands of the Far East",
"Verb",
"The plane landed on the runway.",
"We watched the seaplanes landing on the water.",
"The bird landed in a tree.",
"A butterfly landed on the flower.",
"Our flight was scheduled to land in Pittsburgh at 4:00.",
"It was raining heavily at the airport when we landed .",
"The pilot was able to land the plane on the runway.",
"The golf ball landed in the trees.",
"I could not see where the ball landed .",
"The cat fell from the tree but landed on its feet.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Netherlands is famously deficient in something bulbs need: land . \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"But the federal government owns more than half of Oregon's total land , and the U.S. Department of Agriculture has its own program for outbreaks on Western public land. \u2014 Claire Rush, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"The rapid depletion of underground aquifers that took hundreds or thousands of years to form is so bad that shallower home wells are drying up, while the land above the aquifers is literally sinking. \u2014 Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone , 27 June 2022",
"Military veterans were often given the opportunity to buy land , Grace said. \u2014 Taylor Burnette, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022",
"That was on June 26, 1922, after the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club moved from its cozier, original home on Worple Road after purchasing land on Church Road to accommodate a new, larger stadium. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"As oil development expands across the tundra, money and modernization brings subtle changes, eroding the traditions formed around living off the land , said Peter Tagarook, 39, the cultural coordinator for the village. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"Over the years, his family had carved out their own slice of this island oasis, living off the land , tending to chicken and cattle and pigs on a family homestead, where cacao, taro, bananas and mangoes grew plentifully. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Though new permits aren\u2019t being issued by FWC, existing ITPs are grandfathered in and can be transferred when land changes hands. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But it\u2019s the Expectations Index that was hit hardest, plunging from 73.7 to 66.4 to land at its lowest level since March 2013. \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The question was whether the Blazers would trade the No. 7 pick in Thursday\u2019s NBA draft for Grant or try to land him another way. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"Collin Morikawa, the two-time major champion who went into the day tied for the lead at 5-under, finished with a 77 to land himself at 2-over par. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"And finally Draymond Green, who struggled for a lot of these Finals, turned in the kind of all-around performance that will one day land him in the Hall of Fame. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Bob Hope arrived on the first jet to land on the runway, in 1972, using Diego Garcia to stage one of his Christmas shows for American troops. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act applies only to land that is under federal control or institutions that receive federal funding. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 11 May 2022",
"Julie Swann, a professor and public health researcher at North Carolina State University, expects the situation this summer to land in the middle: a small wave throughout the country with a slight uptick in hospitalizations and deaths. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 9 May 2022",
"McCutchen becomes the second Brewers player to land on the COVID-19 list this season, joining catcher Victor Caratini. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lond, land, going back to Old English, going back to Germanic *landa- (strong neuter noun), perhaps originally \"untilled land\" (whence also Old Frisian land, lond \"land, earth, country, landed property,\" Old Saxon land, Old High German lant, Old Norse land, Gothic land \"field, country\"), going back to dialectal Indo-European *londh-o-, o-grade form of a noun with apparent zero-grade *ln\u0325dh-eh 2 - in Celtic *land-\u0101-, whence Old Irish land, lann \"land, plot, church building,\" Welsh llan \"church and its adjoining property, enclosure,\" also Old Irish ithlann \"threshing floor\" (with ith \"grain\"), Old Welsh itlann, glossing Latin \u0101rea \"threshing floor,\" Welsh ydlan \"barnyard\" (with \u0177d \"grain\"); and probably in Elfdalian (dialect of north central Sweden) linda \"overgrown field,\" Old Prussian lindan (accusative singular) \"valley\"; zero-grade *ln\u0325dh- or full grade *lendh- in Slavic *l\u0119d-, whence Russian ljad\u00e1 \"uncultivated field with first-growth forest,\" Old Russian ljadina \"wasteland, weeds, thick brush,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian l\u00e8dina, led\u00ecna \"wasteland, virgin soil,\" Polish l\u0105nd \"dry land, mainland\"":"Noun",
"Middle English londen, landen, derivative of lond, land land entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8land"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"commonwealth",
"country",
"nation",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"state"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205950",
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"land measure":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a unit or series of units of area (as square rod, acre) used especially in measuring land":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000346",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"land mine":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mine usually placed just below the surface of the ground and designed to be exploded usually by the weight of vehicles or troops passing over it":[
"\u2014 often used figuratively Every aspect of this scheme is a potential land mine . \u2014 Henry A. Kissinger a political land mine"
]
},
"examples":[
"parents of teenagers never know when they might set off an emotional land mine",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On that day, Ukrainian security officials said, a convoy of Russian vehicles was hit by shelling and drove over a land mine on the road through the village. \u2014 Isabel Coles, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"The women had been killed by a Russian land mine weeks earlier, the police said. \u2014 Isabelle Khurshudyan, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
"The United States and its allies also contribute several hundred million dollars annually toward global land mine removal. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Land mines laid in Cambodia during decades of conflict have caused more than 64,000 casualties, according to the HALO Trust, a land mine clearance charity. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
"News reports have detailed how Oksana Balandina, a 23-year-old nurse from Lysychansk, in the eastern province of Luhansk, lost her legs and four fingers March 27, a little more than a month into the war, in a land mine explosion. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"He too, was killed by a land mine , nearly 30 years ago. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Her brother died immediately when a land mine exploded by the car. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"For example, a recent video allegedly showing a Ukrainian man smoking a cigarette and calmly carrying an unexploded land mine to safety quickly made the rounds on Twitter. \u2014 Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic , 8 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"booby trap",
"catch",
"catch-22",
"gimmick",
"gotcha",
"hitch",
"joker",
"pitfall",
"snag"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053615",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"land of Nod":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the state of sleep":[
"a friendly fat toad \u2026 who had lately taken himself off to the land of Nod under the rough bank fringing my lawn",
"\u2014 David Gunston"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from the Land of Nod in the Bible (Genesis 4:16); influenced in meaning by nod entry 1 ; from the nodding in drowsiness":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112751",
"type":[]
},
"land of opportunity":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a place where people have many chances to succeed, achieve things, etc.":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111028",
"type":[
"noun phrase"
]
},
"land on one's feet":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to be in good condition or in a good situation after having a bad or difficult experience":[
"He lost his job but landed on his feet when he was hired by another company just a few days later."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182024",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"land snail":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a terrestrial gastropod usually belonging to the pulmonate suborder Stylommatophora":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132933",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"land-mere":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": boundary":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083258",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landfill":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying land":[],
": an area built up by landfill":[]
},
"examples":[
"using landfill to dispose of trash",
"Part of the city was built on landfill .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Davis said both men told authorities that Ebrahim\u2019s body was put in a dumpster, which police determined was emptied at the landfill . \u2014 Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Henderson, a father of three, was hired to work at the landfill a few weeks ago, FOX 13 reported. \u2014 David Aaro, Fox News , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Henderson was working as a spotter for drivers of large vehicles at the landfill , Fox 13 reports. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The Okaloosa County Sheriff\u2019s Office reported that the body had been in trash collected by a private company around 9:30 a.m. at the landfill . \u2014 Christopher Cann, USA TODAY , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The Net Your Problem team has partnered with the city and the region\u2019s Qawalangin tribe to sort through piles of old nets and lines dumped at the landfill and undertake continuing outreach to boat owners to encourage them to recycle their gear. \u2014 Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Years later, Paul would tell his son that the men were passing down orders to bury Jimmy Hoffa at the landfill . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Nov. 2021",
"As part of the new program with Republic Services, residents will also be able to pick up free loads of compost that will be produced at the landfill . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Sep. 2021",
"Sunski takes scrap plastic destined for the landfill and repurposes it into lightweight polycarbonate resin and turned into sunglass frames. \u2014 Ebony Roberts, Outside Online , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lan(d)-\u02ccfil",
"\u02c8land-\u02ccfil"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"dump",
"sanitary landfill",
"tip"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095729",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
]
},
"landing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a level part of a staircase (as at the end of a flight of stairs)":[],
": a place for discharging and taking on passengers and cargo":[],
": the amount of fish or shellfish landed annually in a particular area":[]
},
"examples":[
"The plane made a smooth landing .",
"The helicopter had to make an emergency landing .",
"The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings .",
"Landing in high winds can be dangerous.",
"Our plane was cleared for landing .",
"We stopped to rest at the first floor landing .",
"I waited at the landing for the ferry.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Several vehicles exploded in flight, during touchdown or just after landing , but SpaceX's most recent test flight in May 2021 was a complete success. \u2014 William Harwood, CBS News , 13 June 2022",
"The elevator and stairs both lead to a top-floor landing with a wet bar. \u2014 Kathy Orton, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"The United States, rattled by the thought of living under a pinko moon, shakes off its crisis of confidence, fires up the Saturn V and, after a white-knuckle landing , puts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"The Starliner will undock from the ISS, maneuver its way toward home, then use its thrusters to slice back into the thick part of the Earth's atmosphere before parachuting to a landing in the desert of New Mexico. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 23 May 2022",
"The pilot who became unconscious during a flight in Florida last week, leading to a miraculous landing from a passenger with no flying experience, has been released from the hospital after undergoing surgery for a tear in his aorta, Today reported. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 17 May 2022",
"The stairs wrap around to the second-floor landing and balcony while the double windows give this stunning foyer an airy, open feel. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
"Air traffic controller Robert Morgan, a 20-year veteran, took over at that point, talking the passenger down to a safe landing . \u2014 Chron , 12 May 2022",
"People arriving to their destination by air and who intend to rent a car upon landing might also save more money by booking from a nearby, off-site car rental location (as opposed to the rental car outpost located at the airport). \u2014 cleveland , 24 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lan-di\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"dock",
"float",
"jetty",
"levee",
"pier",
"quai",
"quay",
"wharf"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024645",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"landing field":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a field where aircraft may land and take off":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her friend decided to meet the pilots in the landing field . \u2014 CNN , 25 Feb. 2022",
"After six months on the International Space Station, the Napa native is set to chart a fiery descent through the earth\u2019s atmosphere aboard a Russian spacecraft bound for a desolate landing field in Kazakhstan. \u2014 Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2021",
"The site is actually the birthplace of America\u2019s space program, and today is home not just to a space capsule landing field , but the latest in weapons tech, too, from lasers to electromagnetic railguns. \u2014 Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics , 25 Feb. 2021",
"But the location proved too windy (and perhaps elevated) for unloading human passengers who were to walk across a gangplank, even if the midtown location was more convenient than the airship landing field in Lakehurst. \u2014 Starre Vartan, Popular Mechanics , 31 Mar. 2020",
"The site is actually the birthplace of America\u2019s space program, and today is home not just to a space capsule landing field , but the latest in weapons tech, from lasers to electromagnetic railguns. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 24 Dec. 2019",
"On a sparse landing field in Liwonde, Peter Fearnhead, the CEO of African Parks, points toward where the park intersects with the Mangochi reserve, 15 miles away. \u2014 Nina Strochlic, National Geographic , 30 Sep. 2019",
"By January of the new year, HdF teams take to the roads the race will cross in order to locate nearby landing fields and drop zones (including those on private property). \u2014 Eric Tegler, Ars Technica , 11 July 2019",
"Renderings were revealed for a 1,600-foot, 150-story office building with a roof the size of an acre\u2014big enough, its investors declared, to fit a landing field for a relatively young invention, the passenger airplane. \u2014 Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics , 27 Mar. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rhys Darby stars as the landlubber Bonnet, and the show (premiering in March) follows his na\u00efve first forays into piracy. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
"In real life, their landlubber neighbors considered the houseboats an unsightly infringement on property values, and most were gone by the 1960s. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 17 Aug. 2021",
"In March, the company started offering its first landlubber tours of downtown Mobile on its new fleet of Gotcha scooters. \u2014 Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al , 17 Aug. 2020",
"But Brandt, Prendini and Wendruff are all hesitant to dub Parioscorpio a pure landlubber like the more recent members of its lineage. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Jan. 2020",
"Some on board had spent decades at sea; others were landlubbers . \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 10 May 2020",
"Many rivers flow through or beside remote country that rarely sees landlubber turkey hunters. \u2014 Jim Spencer, Outdoor Life , 4 May 2020",
"Dinosaurs are considered, after all, to be complete landlubbers . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Apr. 2020",
"Jennifer Lamb and Matt Davis Amphibians are half- landlubbers , half water-babies. \u2014 Joanna Klein, New York Times , 27 Feb. 2020"
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"Thirty-five words written as part of a landmark U.S. law forever changed the sporting world and, more specifically, Cincinnati female athletes. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"The Supreme Court lessened the impact of its landmark Miranda ruling Thursday, saying that while police must still advise suspects of their right to remain silent and consult a lawyer, they cannot be sued for damages for failing to do so. \u2014 Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2022",
"In the 50 years since the landmark Title IX legislation, millions of girls gained access to athletics. \u2014 CBS News , 19 June 2022",
"Two more dining options are expected to arrive by the fall, Smith said: Macayo's Mexican Food, the landmark Arizona restaurant; and Infusion Coffee & Tea Crafters, which has locations in Tempe and Queen Creek. \u2014 Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"An intern took on one of China's biggest TV stars in a landmark #MeToo case. \u2014 Nectar Gan, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"The landmark piece of legislation, enacted in 1990, is more or less the disability community\u2019s equivalent to the Civil Rights Act. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"After going dark more than five decades ago, a landmark sign in Dorchester\u2019s Lower Mills neighborhood will soon flicker with light. \u2014 Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"The filing bears similarities to the landmark $73 million settlement obtained in February by relatives of some of those killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. \u2014 Alan Cohen, NBC News , 4 June 2022"
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"That\u2019s a verdant expanse equivalent to roughly seven times the footprint of Utah\u2019s capital or slightly more than the entire dry landmass of Salt Lake County. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Now, the Asian landmass , including India, cools rapidly, and forms a large area of high pressure, while the oceans, which cool at a slower rate, form low pressure zones. \u2014 Anusha Krishnan, Quartz , 30 May 2022",
"The crop was so popular that by 2019 nearly 10% of Indonesia\u2019s sprawling landmass was covered by it, according to government statistics. \u2014 Jon Emont, WSJ , 7 May 2022",
"Glulam is manufactured at industrial scale from the spruce and pine forests that cover about a third of Norway\u2019s landmass , including the slopes around Brumunddal, from which the timber for Mj\u00f8st\u00e5rnet was harvested. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Seattle has the largest landmass occupied by single family homes of any city in the country, at 60%. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022",
"About 323 million years ago, a continent called Gondwana, which contains what is now Africa and South America slammed into a landmass called Laurasia, which had North America, Europe, and parts of Asia. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 29 Dec. 2021",
"That agency oversees one-tenth of our nation\u2019s landmass , yet Pendley\u2014who has written several openly racist and homophobic op-eds\u2014has been working toward the sale of those lands since at least the early 1980s. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 14 Aug. 2020",
"Finland\u2019s membership would bring the alliance closer to Russia\u2019s Kola Peninsula, a strategic landmass some 110 miles east of the border where Russia keeps ballistic missile submarines and stores nuclear warheads. \u2014 Dylan Moriarty, Washington Post , 19 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"While modern buildings withstand magnitude 6 earthquakes elsewhere, Afghanistan\u2019s mud-brick homes and landslide -prone mountains make such quakes more dangerous. \u2014 Ebrahim Noroozi, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"While modern buildings withstand magnitude 6 earthquakes elsewhere, Afghanistan\u2019s mud-brick homes and landslide -prone mountains make such quakes more dangerous. \u2014 Ebrahim Noroozi, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"And because the bargaining unit has not had a contract since October, the raises needed to be part of the new contract which was ratified in the landslide vote Wednesday. \u2014 Eileen Kelley, Sun Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"The election of Chesa Boudin in San Francisco was hailed as a progressive victory, but just 2-\u00bd years later, he was booted from office by the landslide margin of 60%. \u2014 Fox News , 9 June 2022",
"The Democrat beat back the recall attempt by nearly the same landslide margin that elected him in November 2018. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Amid the country\u2019s rightward turn under Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n, who won a fourth term in a landslide vote in April, many Hungarian filmmakers see a deliberate effort to push a nationalist agenda in the film industry. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"On the road to an Alaskan resort community, a large landslide forces commuters to sail around. \u2014 CNN , 9 May 2022",
"\u00c1\u00f1ez left office after Luis Arce, who had been Morales\u2019s finance minister, won the presidency in a landslide in late 2020. \u2014 Katerina Ang, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Of the 195 votes cast by the Professional Hockey Writers\u2019 Association and select broadcasters, Bergeron garnered a whopping 160 first-place votes en route to landslide win. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"Wins were not guaranteed to arrive right away, but Aston believed the Roadrunners could captivate fans with pace and enthusiasm, leaving behind the tendency to wilt or allow games to landslide at the first misstep. \u2014 Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Feb. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This harvestman, or daddy long legs, spider moves along a dry branch in a small hollow created by a landslip on the hillside of Sierra Blanca, Andalusia, Spain. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Officials would not say whether there are people still missing, even as the death toll doubled overnight and more districts were reportedly hit by the landslips . \u2014 Julhas Alam, The Seattle Times , 14 June 2017"
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"during the time he was an American in Paris he felt a special kinship with his fellow landsmen",
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"Though as a Black man Gould had only limited opportunities for advancement, he was later promoted to landsman and then wardroom steward. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"This seems more like a landsman \u2019s longing, for rain to fall on fields and fertilise them. \u2014 The Economist , 16 Dec. 2017"
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"How many languages do you speak",
"French is her first language .",
"The book has been translated into several languages .",
"He's learning English as a second language .",
"a new word that has recently entered the language",
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"She expressed her ideas using simple and clear language .",
"He is always careful in his use of language .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The post includes a photo of several pallets of white, blue and purple cartons with Spanish- language labels, which are seemingly stored in a non-refrigerated section of the store. \u2014 Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"In recent years, the station has not only been pro-Trump, but also has become a hotbed for Spanish- language disinformation. \u2014 Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"TelevisaUnivision\u2019s new Spanish- language premium SVOD service is set to launch in July. \u2014 Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"To stay updated on Clear the Shelters 2022, visit ClearTheShelters.com and the Spanish- language site DesocuparlosAlbergues.com. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"In some cases, Chinese sellers label these deadly drug shipments with Spanish- language advertisements to help clear customs. \u2014 Jennifer Griffin, Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"For the first time, some action will also appear on the Spanish- language FOX Deportes. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"FOX Deportes will provide Spanish- language coverage of the competition, and Canadian dog lovers can watch the show on Sportsnet. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"These days, the site is run by a skeleton staff of two young nurses, a couple of medical assistants, and a burly Spanish- language translator. \u2014 Rachel Scheier, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French langage , from lange, langue tongue, language, from Latin lingua \u2014 more at tongue":""
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": the subjects (such as reading, spelling, literature, and composition) that aim at developing the student's comprehension and capacity for use of written and oral language":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Prior to her position in Cleveland, Zapotechne was a seventh-grade language arts teacher at Avon Middle School for three years and assistant principal for pre-K through eighth grade. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"Lack of proficiency in math, science, reading comprehensive and English language arts will be hard to overcome as young people progress through their academic and working careers. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"In March, Williams was able to return to the classroom as a teacher for middle school science and language arts classes. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Students who are English learners and are not proficient on the English language arts portion of the state\u2019s achievement test will not have their test scores included in the academic achievement portion of the school\u2019s A-F yearly report card. \u2014 Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Jason Gilliam-Alexander, 48, who is now an assistant basketball coach at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens, taught language arts and served as junior varsity basketball coach at Nova High in Davie from 2017 to 2019. \u2014 Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Fox taught sixth- and seventh-grade language arts at Estacada Middle School. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Stoyanova, an eighth grade language arts teacher, struggles with the public debates about school texts with LGBTQ+ topics. \u2014 Arthur Jones Ii, CBS News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The Alabama Board of Education on Thursday split the vote on adopting new English language arts textbooks, approving materials for grades four through 12 but taking no action on books for kindergarten through third grade. \u2014 al , 15 Feb. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085523",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The mayor added another reason to revisit the sign langue pertained to early voting. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 23 Feb. 2022",
"There are versions in Ethiopic, Old Norse, and the langue d\u2019oc. \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Kate Cox, Tech Policy Reporter: Oui, il faut l'utiliser quand \u00e9crire dans une langue utilisant des signes diacritiques. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 12 Apr. 2020",
"In tarnished silver light the royal ravens spoke la langue verte, the green tongue of living speech. \u2014 L. S. Asekoff, Harper's magazine , 19 Aug. 2019",
"In the grand colonial period, tableware, menus, etiquette and equipment were dominated by the langue fran\u00e7oise from Madagascar to Moscow. \u2014 Jim Kempton, Orange County Register , 2 Aug. 2019",
"The recommendation was put forth by the Commission d\u2019enrichissement de la langue fran\u00e7aise, which works in conjunction with the Academie Fran\u00e7aise to preserve the French language. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 16 Jan. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134818",
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"noun"
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"(\u02c8)la\u014b\u00a6gwes\u1d4ant"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134718",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Middle English, from Middle French languete , diminutive of langue":""
},
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"\u02c8la\u014b-gw\u0259t",
"la\u014b-\u02c8gwet"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203731",
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"ambitious",
"animated",
"energetic",
"enterprising",
"motivated"
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": drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak":[
"arms too languid with happiness to embrace him",
"\u2014 John Galsworthy"
],
": lacking force or quickness of movement : slow":[],
": sluggish in character or disposition : listless":[
"proceeded at a languid pace"
]
},
"examples":[
"They proceeded at a languid pace.",
"It was a hot, languid summer day.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lamenting his inability to spend more time with his lover, as well as wishing for the means to stop time in its tracks, Cuco delivers the wistful, sentimental lyrics in a languid manner indicative of his humanly limitations. \u2014 Jason Lipshutz, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
"The suspense, however, is dissipated by languid pacing, repetitive shots of figures in the landscape and heavily pregnant pauses. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"This trip, on a cold and wet winter day, will not allow for a languid boat ride. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"Biden\u2019s languid budget Eaglen expects partly in response to inflation and to the China-Taiwan threat. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"His approach to constructing scenes is languid , slow, unhurried. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"In their former life, the family would stroll through Odesa\u2019s historic city center after work and spend languid weekends at coffee shops and parks. \u2014 Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2022",
"Europe\u2019s growth in the first three months of the year was languid as the United States and China struggled to maintain momentum. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"To the propulsive accompaniment of a throbbing electronic score, the teens jump into the water, resurface and repeat the process in a languid loop of lazy pleasure, Ancarani\u2019s camera picking out the sensory specifics of tan lines and damp towels. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle French languide , from Latin languidus , from langu\u0113re to languish \u2014 more at slack":""
},
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"\u02c8la\u014b-gw\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for languid languid , languorous , lackadaisical , listless , spiritless mean lacking energy or enthusiasm. languid refers to an unwillingness or inability to exert oneself due to fatigue or physical weakness. was depressed and languid for weeks after surgery languorous suggests a dreamy boredom and delicacy that avoids unnecessary activity. languorous cats lying in the sun lackadaisical implies a carefree indifference marked by half-hearted efforts. lackadaisical college seniors pretending to study listless suggests a lack of interest caused by physical weakness or dissatisfied boredom. listless hospital patients listless children flipping through picture books on a rainy day spiritless refers to a lack of animation or vigor that gives one's actions and words life. a spiritless recital of the poem",
"synonyms":[
"enervated",
"lackadaisical",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025831",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"ambitious",
"animated",
"energetic",
"enterprising",
"motivated"
],
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": drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak":[
"arms too languid with happiness to embrace him",
"\u2014 John Galsworthy"
],
": lacking force or quickness of movement : slow":[],
": sluggish in character or disposition : listless":[
"proceeded at a languid pace"
]
},
"examples":[
"They proceeded at a languid pace.",
"It was a hot, languid summer day.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lamenting his inability to spend more time with his lover, as well as wishing for the means to stop time in its tracks, Cuco delivers the wistful, sentimental lyrics in a languid manner indicative of his humanly limitations. \u2014 Jason Lipshutz, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
"The suspense, however, is dissipated by languid pacing, repetitive shots of figures in the landscape and heavily pregnant pauses. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"This trip, on a cold and wet winter day, will not allow for a languid boat ride. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"Biden\u2019s languid budget Eaglen expects partly in response to inflation and to the China-Taiwan threat. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"His approach to constructing scenes is languid , slow, unhurried. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"In their former life, the family would stroll through Odesa\u2019s historic city center after work and spend languid weekends at coffee shops and parks. \u2014 Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2022",
"Europe\u2019s growth in the first three months of the year was languid as the United States and China struggled to maintain momentum. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"To the propulsive accompaniment of a throbbing electronic score, the teens jump into the water, resurface and repeat the process in a languid loop of lazy pleasure, Ancarani\u2019s camera picking out the sensory specifics of tan lines and damp towels. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French languide , from Latin languidus , from langu\u0113re to languish \u2014 more at slack":""
},
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"\u02c8la\u014b-gw\u0259d"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for languid languid , languorous , lackadaisical , listless , spiritless mean lacking energy or enthusiasm. languid refers to an unwillingness or inability to exert oneself due to fatigue or physical weakness. was depressed and languid for weeks after surgery languorous suggests a dreamy boredom and delicacy that avoids unnecessary activity. languorous cats lying in the sun lackadaisical implies a carefree indifference marked by half-hearted efforts. lackadaisical college seniors pretending to study listless suggests a lack of interest caused by physical weakness or dissatisfied boredom. listless hospital patients listless children flipping through picture books on a rainy day spiritless refers to a lack of animation or vigor that gives one's actions and words life. a spiritless recital of the poem",
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"enervated",
"lackadaisical",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015047",
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
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": to assume an expression of grief or emotion appealing for sympathy":[
"languished at him through screwed-up eyes",
"\u2014 Edith Wharton"
],
": to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated":[
"Plants languish in the drought."
],
": to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality":[
"languished in prison for ten years"
],
": to become dispirited":[],
": to suffer neglect":[
"the bill languished in the Senate for eight months"
]
},
"examples":[
"older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rather than languish in Tapachula, some migrants either pay human traffickers, many of whom have links to organized crime, or bribe immigration officials to speed up the process, Mr. Garc\u00eda said in a phone interview. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Letting either one of them languish is a recipe for sputtering, backfires, and name calling. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 3 June 2022",
"Museums are snapping up original lace confections for their private collections, and many pieces simply languish because of their poor packing. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 29 Apr. 2022",
"But that measure, following wrenching testimony on Capitol Hill from a survivor of the Uvalde attack, was always expected to languish in the Senate. \u2014 Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic , 12 June 2022",
"Since 2019, federal legislation to expand criminal background checks for gun purchases has twice passed the House only to languish amid Senate Republican opposition. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"Since 2019, federal legislation to expand criminal background checks for gun purchases has twice passed the House only to languish amid Senate Republican opposition. \u2014 Shawn Hubler, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Two years earlier, Putin had tried to assassinate his leading political opponent, Alexei Navalny, and, when the effort failed, left him to languish in prison. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"In Campbell\u2019s case, the disabled veteran was allowed to languish in a single-man cell in Rutledge\u2019s segregation unit because the lone officer on duty didn\u2019t check every 15 minutes as required. \u2014 Jennifer Peebles, ajc , 13 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French languiss- , stem of languir , from Vulgar Latin *languire , from Latin langu\u0113re":""
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"\u02c8la\u014b-gwish"
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"decay",
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"sag",
"sink",
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"wither"
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"verb"
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"languished at him through screwed-up eyes",
"\u2014 Edith Wharton"
],
": to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated":[
"Plants languish in the drought."
],
": to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality":[
"languished in prison for ten years"
],
": to become dispirited":[],
": to suffer neglect":[
"the bill languished in the Senate for eight months"
]
},
"examples":[
"older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rather than languish in Tapachula, some migrants either pay human traffickers, many of whom have links to organized crime, or bribe immigration officials to speed up the process, Mr. Garc\u00eda said in a phone interview. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Letting either one of them languish is a recipe for sputtering, backfires, and name calling. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 3 June 2022",
"Museums are snapping up original lace confections for their private collections, and many pieces simply languish because of their poor packing. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 29 Apr. 2022",
"But that measure, following wrenching testimony on Capitol Hill from a survivor of the Uvalde attack, was always expected to languish in the Senate. \u2014 Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic , 12 June 2022",
"Since 2019, federal legislation to expand criminal background checks for gun purchases has twice passed the House only to languish amid Senate Republican opposition. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"Since 2019, federal legislation to expand criminal background checks for gun purchases has twice passed the House only to languish amid Senate Republican opposition. \u2014 Shawn Hubler, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Two years earlier, Putin had tried to assassinate his leading political opponent, Alexei Navalny, and, when the effort failed, left him to languish in prison. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"In Campbell\u2019s case, the disabled veteran was allowed to languish in a single-man cell in Rutledge\u2019s segregation unit because the lone officer on duty didn\u2019t check every 15 minutes as required. \u2014 Jennifer Peebles, ajc , 13 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French languiss- , stem of languir , from Vulgar Latin *languire , from Latin langu\u0113re":""
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"\u02c8la\u014b-gwish"
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"fail",
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"go",
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"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither"
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"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
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"languor":{
"antonyms":[
"vigor",
"vim",
"vitality",
"vivacity"
],
"definitions":{
": listless indolence or inertia":[
"languor brought on by a hot summer afternoon"
],
": weakness or weariness of body or mind":[
"the languor of convalescence"
]
},
"examples":[
"They enjoyed the languor brought on by a hot summer afternoon.",
"They felt an indefinable languor .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Snyder\u2019s take on the classic American beach home\u2014 where John Derian oyster shell wallpaper, off-white hardwood floors, and sisal rugs envelop guests in luxurious languor . \u2014 Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Only an Octave Apart feels tinted by the shutdown \u2014 the faint pink of its languor , the deep blue of its loneliness, and the shimmering silver of our slightly out-of-control emotional release. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Soon Badminton, released from its lockdown languor , was teeming with masked members of the crew. \u2014 Georgia Beaufort, Vogue , 28 July 2021",
"Everything, always, is drenched in heavy yellow sunlight, as if the nation were basking in the languor of eternal late afternoon. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 27 Mar. 2021",
"And yet Irene is mesmerized by Clare\u2019s blond hair, her beautiful shoulders, her languor . \u2014 Hilton Als, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2021",
"The couch meant languor , stagnation and self-loathing. \u2014 Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News , 2 May 2020",
"Where the summer anthem has remained an inflexible proposition\u2014fossilized into the nation\u2019s collective memory during a period of intense languor , defined mostly by an appetite for maximalism\u2014fall is best described as a mood. \u2014 Wired , 15 Oct. 2019",
"August, for all its languor , is the urgent beginning of the end. \u2014 Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com , 2 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French langur , from Latin languor , from langu\u0113re":""
},
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"\u02c8la\u014b-g\u0259r",
"also -\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for languor lethargy , languor , lassitude , stupor , torpor mean physical or mental inertness. lethargy implies such drowsiness or aversion to activity as is induced by disease, injury, or drugs. months of lethargy followed my accident languor suggests inertia induced by an enervating climate or illness or love. languor induced by a tropical vacation lassitude stresses listlessness or indifference resulting from fatigue or poor health. a depression marked by lassitude stupor implies a deadening of the mind and senses by shock, narcotics, or intoxicants. lapsed into an alcoholic stupor torpor implies a state of suspended animation as of hibernating animals but may suggest merely extreme sluggishness. a once alert mind now in a torpor",
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"hebetude",
"lassitude",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"stupor",
"torpor"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001724",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"languorous":{
"antonyms":[
"ambitious",
"animated",
"energetic",
"enterprising",
"motivated"
],
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": full of or characterized by languor":[
"a languorous soak in the tub may be a rare respite for most women",
"\u2014 Vogue"
],
": producing or tending to produce languor":[
"a languorous climate",
"those hot and languorous southern days"
]
},
"examples":[
"the drummer's languorous playing caused the rest of the band to keep missing the beat",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After a few minutes, the synth chords began to jell into a languorous progression. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Patrick was adamant that air-conditioning be banned here, even in the languorous heat of summer. \u2014 James Mcauley, ELLE Decor , 20 Apr. 2022",
"According to the auction house, the rare portrait is from one of the most prolific years of the artist's career and captures Walter as a sea creature, with gray, languorous limbs and a woman's face in profile. \u2014 Toyin Owoseje, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The early reviews of the plan seemed positive, particularly among those who have been dismayed by the state\u2019s relatively languorous approach to both legalizing the drug and setting up a retail industry. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
"To the west, the Hudson River gives off a languorous midday sparkle. \u2014 Rob Haskell, Vogue , 15 Mar. 2022",
"If laid-back and languorous is your thing, there are sophisticated brands that will enable that. \u2014 Paul Croughton, Robb Report , 6 Mar. 2022",
"One couple reverses the traditional gender roles \u2014 the wife being aggressive and masculine, the husband languorous and feminine. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Mir\u00f3 stretched the crowning third movement to its languorous extreme, clocking in at roughly 20 minutes. \u2014 Elizabeth Nonemaker, baltimoresun.com , 15 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"-gr\u0259s",
"also -\u0259-r\u0259s",
"\u02c8la\u014b-g\u0259-r\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for languorous languid , languorous , lackadaisical , listless , spiritless mean lacking energy or enthusiasm. languid refers to an unwillingness or inability to exert oneself due to fatigue or physical weakness. was depressed and languid for weeks after surgery languorous suggests a dreamy boredom and delicacy that avoids unnecessary activity. languorous cats lying in the sun lackadaisical implies a carefree indifference marked by half-hearted efforts. lackadaisical college seniors pretending to study listless suggests a lack of interest caused by physical weakness or dissatisfied boredom. listless hospital patients listless children flipping through picture books on a rainy day spiritless refers to a lack of animation or vigor that gives one's actions and words life. a spiritless recital of the poem",
"synonyms":[
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"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002334",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"lank":{
"antonyms":[
"inflexible",
"resilient",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"sturdy",
"tense"
],
"definitions":{
": hanging straight and limp without spring or curl":[],
": insufficient in quantity, degree, or extent":[],
": not well filled out : slender , thin":[
"lank cattle"
]
},
"examples":[
"a woman with long, lank hair",
"right after a shower, her lank hair hung down to her shoulders"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English hlanc ; akin to Old High German hlanca loin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8la\u014bk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lank lean , spare , lank , lanky , gaunt , rawboned , scrawny , skinny mean thin because of an absence of excess flesh. lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours. a lean racehorse spare suggests leanness from abstemious living or constant exercise. the gymnast's spare figure lank implies tallness as well as leanness. the lank legs of the heron lanky suggests awkwardness and loose-jointedness as well as thinness. a lanky youth, all arms and legs gaunt implies marked thinness or emaciation as from overwork or suffering. a prisoner's gaunt face rawboned suggests a large ungainly build without implying undernourishment. a rawboned farmer scrawny and skinny imply an extreme leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality. a scrawny chicken skinny street urchins",
"synonyms":[
"droopy",
"flaccid",
"floppy",
"limp",
"yielding"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204455",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"lanky":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ungracefully tall and thin":[]
},
"examples":[
"the lanky basketball star was great at slam-dunking",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The few models featured on its website\u2014predominantly white, lanky and very fit\u2014 boast her same low-key, athletic surfer style. \u2014 Jemima Mcevoy, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"But then suddenly, this French Open semifinal, which looked ready to run and run, came to an abrupt and painful halt as Zverev, the tall and lanky German star, rolled his right ankle chasing a Nadal forehand late in the second set. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"One of the younger undercover officers, a lanky man with braces named Carlos, went into the barbershop and sat down for a haircut. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Adding more muscle and weight to his lanky 190-pound frame is an offseason focus for him. \u2014 Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press , 19 May 2022",
"Over three years at Vanderbilt, Buehler grew into his long, lanky frame. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Van Demark, long and lanky as a kid, had always had trouble putting on weight. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 13 May 2022",
"Webster, a lanky creator and the home's ultimate prankster, recreated the slap on video with Theodore Wisseh, who played Chris Rock. \u2014 Lynsey Weatherspoon/redux For Cnn, CNN , 7 May 2022",
"The aircraft is the brainchild of Israeli entrepreneur Omer Bar-Yohay, a lanky 43-year-old veteran of the electric-car-battery industry who co-founded Eviation in 2015. \u2014 Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1818, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8la\u014b-k\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lanky lean , spare , lank , lanky , gaunt , rawboned , scrawny , skinny mean thin because of an absence of excess flesh. lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours. a lean racehorse spare suggests leanness from abstemious living or constant exercise. the gymnast's spare figure lank implies tallness as well as leanness. the lank legs of the heron lanky suggests awkwardness and loose-jointedness as well as thinness. a lanky youth, all arms and legs gaunt implies marked thinness or emaciation as from overwork or suffering. a prisoner's gaunt face rawboned suggests a large ungainly build without implying undernourishment. a rawboned farmer scrawny and skinny imply an extreme leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality. a scrawny chicken skinny street urchins",
"synonyms":[
"gangling",
"gangly",
"rangy",
"spindling",
"spindly"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055741",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"land of milk and honey":{
"type":[
"noun phrase"
],
"definitions":{
": a place where there is plenty of food and money and life is very easy":[
"Many immigrants thought that America was a land of milk and honey ."
]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145009"
},
"land-office business":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": extensive and rapid business":[
"money changers \u2026 did a land-office business on payday",
"\u2014 F. J. Haskin"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145040"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a government office in which entries upon and sales of public land are registered":[]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Plano\u2019s Legacy Central development continues to land office tenants. \u2014 Steve Brown, Dallas News , 7 June 2021",
"The land office is required to safely remove marine life found in the construction site and place animals in a safe location, officials said. \u2014 USA TODAY , 4 Feb. 2020",
"Doing so would mean the city and the county would not need to work through the land office to design recovery programs or request reimbursement. \u2014 Rebecca Elliott, Houston Chronicle , 12 Apr. 2018",
"The land office will have to repeat the planning process for the additional $5 billion allocated to Texas on Tuesday. \u2014 Kevin Diaz, Houston Chronicle , 10 Apr. 2018",
"The land office will have to repeat the planning process for the additional $5 billion allocated to Texas on Tuesday. \u2014 Rebecca Elliott, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Apr. 2018",
"The land office oversees millions of acres, including a patchwork along the state\u2019s border with Mexico. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2018",
"The land office oversees millions of acres, including a patchwork along the state's border with Mexico. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan, Fox News , 15 Mar. 2018",
"Texas now expects to spend just $1.1 billion of the more than $2.6 billion land office officials say FEMA budgeted for short-term housing programs. \u2014 Rebecca Elliott And James Drew, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Mar. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1681, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152506"
},
"landocracy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a class gaining prominence or power through the possession of land":[]
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"lan\u02c8d\u00e4kr\u0259s\u0113"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"land entry 1 + -o- + -cracy":""
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"The dirt landing strip , stark and rust-colored under a bluebird sky. \u2014 Jacqueline Gifford, Travel + Leisure , 27 Mar. 2022",
"But Doc\u2019s conservation journey began in earnest in the early 1970s at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center, searching for skunks, shrews, mice and other small mammals where the space agency had planned to pave the Space Shuttle landing strip . \u2014 Jim Waymer, orlandosentinel.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
"After 23 years headquartered at an 85-acre field in Fallbrook near the northeast corner of Interstate 15 and Highway 76, Palomar RC Flyers is shutting down its landing strip for good in July. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
"The runway is among the longest in Africa and at one point was designated an emergency landing strip for NASA\u2019s space shuttle. \u2014 Michael M. Phillips, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The base has gone from a dusty landing strip to ... something much more mysterious. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 6 July 2021",
"Forward Operating Base Dwyer \u2014 a sprawling complex in the south with a sizable landing strip \u2014 is closing in weeks, if not days. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2021",
"They\u2019re not built with big fancy flowers marked with infrared landing strip attractants for pollinating insects. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 5 Mar. 2021",
"On a purely formal level, Dillon\u2019s call for an ambitious architecture was answered with a fair number of signature buildings by signature architects, including a landing strip of trophy buildings in the Arts District. \u2014 Mark Lamster, Dallas News , 18 Dec. 2020"
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"The officials who spoke to ABC News point to the plane\u2019s flaps not being engaged and landing gear not put down. \u2014 Gio Benitez, ABC News , 17 May 2022",
"The retractable landing gear also reduces drag for a faster, smoother flight. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Collins Aerospace, which makes airline cabin interiors, landing gear , cockpit equipment and most other components, posted revenue of $4.8 billion, up 10% from same quarter last year. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The aircraft\u2019s landing gear and right wing were damaged, but there was no damage to any other surrounding property, Burt said. \u2014 Emily Alvarengacommunity Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Park ranger Jana McCabe told the Fresno Bee that the plane, a 1996 Piper PA28 Cherokee, had damaged landing gear and wings. \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 17 Sep. 2014",
"The landing gear of a Nigeria Airways DC-8 catches on fire shortly after takeoff and upon return to the airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the plane crashes, killing all 261 people onboard. \u2014 CNN , 17 Feb. 2022",
"In recent days, workers have recovered parts of the plane\u2019s engines, wings and main landing gear , along with other pieces of wreckage. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Boeing uses Russian titanium in its 737, 767, 787, 777 and 777x airplanes for items such as fasteners, landing gear and flight-control structures. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022"
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"As the landlord , your co-op board is legally obligated to exterminate bedbug infestations and prevent them from returning, although the rules don\u2019t say who has to pay for the treatment. \u2014 Ronda Kaysen, New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"The church will serve as the landlord for the property, and rent will be adjusted to fit families\u2019 income. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"Jack Kehler, the actor known for his role as the Dude's landlord in The Big Lebowski, has died. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Another case was filed by the city against an LLC created by Cisterra Development, a San Diego company that acted as the landlord in the 2016 Ash Street deal, as well as its lender. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Kiezi owns commercial real estate in Ohio and Michigan, including as a landlord for some local Savvy Sliders and Popeyes locations. \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 28 Mar. 2022",
"His company doesn\u2019t own it, but rather purchased in 1995 the right to act as the landlord for its office and retail space. \u2014 Heather Vogell, ProPublica , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Tenants in a Harlem, New York, building where a deadly fire last November killed three people filed a lawsuit against their landlord and property manager for failing to start repairs on the building. \u2014 ABC News , 8 June 2022",
"There are two instances where the landlord and restaurant tenant must come to an agreement. \u2014 Robin Gagnon, Forbes , 7 June 2022"
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"In his fourth State of the State address to the Alaska Legislature, Gov. Mike Dunleavy urged lawmakers to overcome deadlock and act on several of his legislative priorities, including land reform and a new formula for the Permanent Fund dividend. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Jan. 2022",
"In the countryside, where young men were willing to die fighting the imposition of new ways of life\u2014including girls\u2019 schools and land reform \u2014young women remained unseen. \u2014 Anand Gopal, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Some on Twitter took pleasure in posting pictures of Chairman Mao Zedong who during his land reform campaign killed as many as 7 million people. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
"The projects Germany agreed to fund will cover areas such as land reform , including land purchases, rural infrastructure, water supply and vocational training. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2021",
"The projects Germany will now fund are expected to stretch over a 30-year period and will cover areas such as land reform , including land purchases, agriculture, rural infrastructure, water supply and vocational training. \u2014 Geir Moulson, Star Tribune , 28 May 2021",
"The projects Germany will now fund are expected to stretch over a 30-year period and will cover areas such as land reform , including land purchases, agriculture, rural infrastructure, water supply and vocational training. \u2014 Geir Moulson, USA TODAY , 28 May 2021",
"Not to mention misguided initiatives such as the 1980s land reform in El Salvador. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 Apr. 2021",
"The novel also touches on land reform , cricket, and religious tension, in playful, inventive language and sometimes with laugh-out-loud humor. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020"
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"Vanicream\u2019s body wash doesn\u2019t contain harsh agents that typically irritate the skin like dyes, fragrances, soaps, botanical extracts and lanolin . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"The hair benefits from this product with the use of beeswax and lanolin to trap and preserve moisture, cetyl palmitate to nourish the hair from the root up, and ceteareth-20 to condition. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Cow, goat, deer, and sheep leathers differ in durability and softness and contain varying amounts of lanolin \u2014a natural wax that keeps the material from getting brittle. \u2014 Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online , 21 Mar. 2020",
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"Another top pick from Health's editors, this social media-favorite lip balm is formulated with a trio of moisture-locking ingredients: castor oil, beeswax, and lanolin . \u2014 Health.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"Using traditional petrochemical manufacturing processes to make materials is like using a blunt instrument, Emanuel said, while bio-manufacturing is more akin to a lancet . \u2014 James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com , 14 May 2021",
"With traditional methods, patients may take regular blood sugar measurements by pricking their finger with a needle-like device known as a lancet , but not record them. \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 24 Feb. 2021",
"In promotional videos for the new Kickstarter project, called DIPLE, a tester used a commercial lancet to take a small sample of blood before sandwiching it between thin glass slides to examine red blood cells. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Needles, syringes, lancets and liquids will not be accepted, according to the news release. \u2014 Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle , 16 Sep. 2019",
"The Crush the Crisis program will be taking multiple varieties of opioid medications, including capsules, tablets and patches, but will not be accepting needles, syringes, inhalers, lancets or liquids. \u2014 Chevall Pryce, Houston Chronicle , 12 Sep. 2019",
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"For the finger pricks, a lancet is used to draw four drops of blood, which is dripped onto a blood collection card. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 30 Aug. 2018"
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"Perhaps they were rejected earlier under Ohio\u2019s regular unemployment system and didn\u2019t realize a new one is now available for lower-wage workers and people such as free- lancers who report income on IRS 1099 forms. \u2014 Rich Exner, cleveland , 4 June 2020",
"The empire specializes in magic, the kingdom focuses on lancers , while the alliance touts the best archers. \u2014 Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News , 26 July 2019",
"Turkish troops retreated under the command of Mustafa Kemal\u2014later the founder of the republic of Turkey (and better known as Atat\u00fcrk)\u2014and were pursued by the emir Faisal\u2019s Arab forces, by Mysore lancers , and by Australian armored car units. \u2014 Mark Mazower, The New York Review of Books , 4 Apr. 2019",
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"The junior played a huge part in the big GMC match against Middletown bowling games of 224 and 244 and helped his team to a second-place finish at the lancer baker bash. \u2014 Melanie Laughman, Cincinnati.com , 19 Jan. 2018",
"Fleming set numerous records on the hardwood for the Lancers while White helped lead La Salle to three-straight state football championships while playing multiple positions during his career. \u2014 John Snodgrass, Cincinnati.com , 25 June 2017",
"That's because his Lancers held up their end of an early-season bet, winning the Public League title, 17-10, against a feisty Simon Gratz squad. \u2014 Aaron Carter, Philly.com , 19 May 2017"
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"The lush woods enveloping the property peek through the church-like lancet windows . \u2014 Jenn Pelly, Los Angeles Times , 21 Aug. 2019",
"Boards shield what's left of the original stained glass, lancet windows . \u2014 Zahria Rogers, The Courier-Journal , 15 June 2018",
"Boards shield what's left of the original stained glass, lancet windows . \u2014 Zahria Rogers, The Courier-Journal , 15 June 2018"
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"Their goals for the new landscape include meadows of native plants, grasses and trees, and community gardens growing food, using methods that conserve water, harvest rainfall and rebuild the soil. \u2014 Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"The college sports landscape on the West Coast is about to change, in a seismic way. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 June 2022",
"Each landscape is distinct, which supports and helps to determine the diverse range of experiences that are programmed, and of course the grapes that are grown. \u2014 Cathy Huyghe, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The haunting landscape of sprawling volcanic lava fields is so desolate that NASA sent astronauts destined for the moon to Idaho to train. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"The craft beer landscape is widespread, and Tavour does an excellent job of consolidating its massive sprawl through its website. \u2014 Rich Manning, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"The storied landscape can be an act of collective memory. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
"For the women behind those initial CBAs, however, the landscape was much different. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"In the 1990s, though, the filmmaking landscape was still very male, very old school and very White, Seshagiri said. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 12 June 2022",
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"Born in 1839, C\u00e9zanne pointed the way ahead by looking backward, turning traditional genres such as still life and landscape into vehicles of subjective expression. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"The main characters\u2019 lives intersect to reveal how an individual\u2019s choices influence the people and landscape around them\u2014a cornerstone of conservation philosophy that Martin wove into the plot. \u2014 Maura Fox, Outside Online , 7 June 2020",
"The arboretum routinely brings in a herd of rented goats from Rent-a-Ruminant Texas to graze on portions of the preserve rather than hiring gas-guzzling mowers to landscape the area. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Before opening, the city plans to landscape the property and add security, including lighting and screened fencing, planting trees and shrubs and establishing round-the-clock security. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The 32-acre Laurelhurst Park was inspired by the English naturalist style of New York City\u2019s Central Park, which was also designed by the Olmstead Brothers landscape architectural firm of Brookline, Massachusetts. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Whereas Murry was applying his ideas to landscape , her commitment was to the human figure, in particular the female nude. \u2014 Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books , 17 Nov. 2021",
"The low percentage of women in the field means they haven\u2019t been represented in the effects awards landscape either \u2014 only one woman has won the Oscar for visual effects. \u2014 Pat Saperstein, Variety , 8 Nov. 2021",
"The 16-foot-tall, yellow pyramidal steel structure is set in a field of native grasses that took Storm King 25 years to landscape and cultivate. \u2014 Irene S. Levine, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021"
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"Dutch landschap , from land + -schap -ship":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Scientists speculate that the squid are likely feasting on the many small animals such as krill and lantern fish that are adapted to spend the day there hiding from other predators that are not equipped to spend time in the hypoxic areas. \u2014 Katherine Harmon, Scientific American , 8 Apr. 2010"
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"the lance struck squarely on the knight's shield, knocking him from his horse",
"Verb",
"He had the boil on his arm lanced .",
"doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean",
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"Hunched over, incredulous, the apostle extends his hand as Christ pulls back his robe, revealing a lance wound left by a Roman soldier. \u2014 Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"But one day, Averill and his friends came across a lance in their path. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 May 2020",
"Above the birdlike forefoot of a knight, Above Quixote\u2019s birdlike lance . \u2014 Osip Mandelstam, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"That leaves fine particles to coat stream and river bottoms where yellow lance mussels live and can eventually lead to declines in their population. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Many gig workers are free- lance workers like designers, artists and writers. \u2014 Bruce Rogers, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The knights are not humans but New Zealand giraffe weevils, a species of beetle with a snout like a lance . \u2014 New York Times , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Women are now eligible to serve as soldiers, lance corporals, corporals, sergeants, and staff sergeants. \u2014 Fortune , 23 Feb. 2021",
"But in this award-winning photo, the flag wasn't unfurled, but unleashed as a lance against a Black man by enraged white youths protesting Boston's busing plan. \u2014 Star Tribune , 15 Jan. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The rumor was a man had died, he\u2019d been caught beneath the rubble when lightning lanced the steeple. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2020",
"Brog next lanced various simulacra of common sense. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, Harper's magazine , 20 Jan. 2020",
"My ex-partner used to poke me in the belly to create a metaphorical release, like lancing a boil. \u2014 Maureen Stanton, Longreads , 17 Jan. 2020",
"The jet lanced the side of the tanker; the impact was shattering. \u2014 Robert Faturechi, ProPublica , 2 Jan. 2020",
"Oruc\u0327 fled, only to be found hiding in a goat pen, where a Spanish soldier first lanced him and then beheaded him. \u2014 National Geographic , 8 Oct. 2019",
"In other words, Mr. Carlson is free- lancing for partisan purposes and the Senate should ignore him. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 28 Sep. 2018",
"India\u2019s problems of corruption and cronyism would be impossible to fix without first lancing the boil of . . \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 4 July 2018",
"But the second captured the moment: The streak of the missile, drawn out in the long exposure, lanced up into the night, another one further behind it. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the time, the man had been a U.S. Marine Corps lance corporal stationed at a military base, according to court-martial records obtained by The Post. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"Ryan Douglas White, 24, a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, who is charged with being an accessory after the fact for allegedly attempting to hinder law enforcement\u2019s apprehension of Whisenant and Solis. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"McCollum, a Marine lance corporal , grew up, went to school and enlisted for the Corps in the mountain valley area known as Jackson Hole, home to the town of Jackson. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The lance corporal complied and lowered the blue flame to a low flicker. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 13 Dec. 2021",
"McCollum, a Marine lance corporal , grew up, went to school and enlisted for the Corps in the mountain valley area known as Jackson Hole, home to the town of Jackson. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Oct. 2021",
"McCollum, a Marine lance corporal , grew up, went to school and enlisted for the Corps in the mountain valley area known as Jackson Hole, home to the town of Jackson. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Oct. 2021",
"McCollum, a Marine lance corporal , grew up, went to school and enlisted for the Corps in the mountain valley area known as Jackson Hole, home to the town of Jackson. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Oct. 2021",
"McCollum, a Marine lance corporal , grew up, went to school and enlisted for the Corps in the mountain valley area known as Jackson Hole, home to the town of Jackson. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"transitive verb"
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": to add lanolin or lanolin derivatives to (as soap)":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The county is just one of the many public agencies paying to prevent the landform from collapsing into the Cuyahoga River. \u2014 Lucas Daprile, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"The change settles an issue first raised last Fourth of July by state wildlife officials and other environmental groups that changes to the landform in Lewis Bay have put the barge too close to nesting grounds. \u2014 Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"The contoured landform in the Coyote Buttes North area of Arizona and Utah can only be hiked with a permit obtained by lottery. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The contoured landform in the Coyote Buttes North area of Arizona and Utah can only be hiked with a permit obtained by lottery. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The contoured landform in the Coyote Buttes North area of Arizona and Utah can only be hiked with a permit obtained by lottery. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The contoured landform in the Coyote Buttes North area of Arizona and Utah can only be hiked with a permit obtained by lottery. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The contoured landform in the Coyote Buttes North area of Arizona and Utah can only be hiked with a permit obtained by lottery. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The contoured landform in the Coyote Buttes North area of Arizona and Utah can only be hiked with a permit obtained by lottery. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022"
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"noun"
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": lanate , woolly":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a telephone that connects by wire : a landline telephone":[
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"\u2014 Kiera Butler"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Trying her landline resulted in a message that it had been disconnected. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The service disruption originated in Fort Bragg and was affecting landline services along the coast, including 9-1-1 dispatch and DSL internet, the Mendocino County Sheriff\u2019s Office said on Twitter. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 May 2022",
"Trying her landline resulted in a message that it had been disconnected. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Trying her landline resulted in a message that it had been disconnected. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Trying her landline resulted in a message that it had been disconnected. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Then, in the months after her husband died, Ephron attempted to cancel his landline and accidentally crashed her Internet. \u2014 Annabel Gutterman, Time , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Davis installed the phone last fall for about $800 (plus an additional $20 added to his landline phone bill). \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Between 2016 and 2022, prices for landline broadband dropped across all download speeds, with the fastest broadband speed plans dropping 42 percent, an average of $60 per month. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": megrim entry 2 sense a":[]
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"geographical name"
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"city in northeastern Texas south of Dallas population 36,361":[],
"city in Lancashire , northwestern England north of Liverpool population 48,000":[]
},
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"\u02c8la\u014b-\u02ccka-st\u0259r",
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"\u02c8la\u014b-k\u0259-st\u0259r"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a musical cadence common in 15th- and 16th-century polyphony in which the melody ends with the scale-degree succession 7-6-1 and the bass ends with the succession 2-1":[]
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"l\u00e4n-\u02c8d\u0113-n\u0113-"
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"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": a narrow passageway between fences or hedges":[],
": a relatively narrow way or track: such as":[],
": an ocean route used by or prescribed for ships":[],
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": air lane":[],
": any of several parallel courses on a track or swimming pool in which a competitor must stay during a race":[],
": an unmarked lengthwise division of a playing area which defines the playing zone of a particular player":[],
": a narrow hardwood surface having pins at one end and a gutter along each side that is used in bowling":[],
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"Edward William 1801\u20131876 English orientalist":[]
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"\u02c8l\u0101n"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"The truck's driver kept changing lanes .",
"She moved to the outside lane .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When activated, BlueCruise keeps the truck in its lane , steers around curves, and keeps a safe distance between you and the car ahead. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"Nor is portraying a character who stays in her lane , which wasn\u2019t a stretch from Anderson\u2019s own personality. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Commodities fall outside of its lane though interestingly its sister agency, the Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which currently oversees derivative markets and contracts based on digital commodities. \u2014 Steven Ehrlich, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"My friend Kim, who grew up in Annecy, confronted the girl who pulled into our lane . \u2014 Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
"The driver also was weaving the car and failed to maintain its lane . \u2014 cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"On the road, the ID.5's Travel Assist adaptive cruise control keeps the car centered in its lane , adjusts to speed limits or bends, and maintains a safe distance from the vehicle ahead. \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 24 May 2022",
"Impatient drivers on the other side of the road kept crossing into our lane to pass the cars in front of them. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Like the hyper-competent aces at the story\u2019s core, this is a movie that defines its lane early and sticks to it, with finesse, unfussy style and more than a few sneak attacks of emotion. \u2014 Ann Hornaday, Washington Post , 24 May 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English lanu ; akin to Middle Dutch lane lane":"Noun"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155256"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": resembling land":[
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"\u2014 Alfred Tennyson"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The county is just one of the many public agencies paying to prevent the landform from collapsing into the Cuyahoga River. \u2014 Lucas Daprile, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"The change settles an issue first raised last Fourth of July by state wildlife officials and other environmental groups that changes to the landform in Lewis Bay have put the barge too close to nesting grounds. \u2014 Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"The contoured landform in the Coyote Buttes North area of Arizona and Utah can only be hiked with a permit obtained by lottery. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The contoured landform in the Coyote Buttes North area of Arizona and Utah can only be hiked with a permit obtained by lottery. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The contoured landform in the Coyote Buttes North area of Arizona and Utah can only be hiked with a permit obtained by lottery. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The contoured landform in the Coyote Buttes North area of Arizona and Utah can only be hiked with a permit obtained by lottery. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The contoured landform in the Coyote Buttes North area of Arizona and Utah can only be hiked with a permit obtained by lottery. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The contoured landform in the Coyote Buttes North area of Arizona and Utah can only be hiked with a permit obtained by lottery. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02c8la\u014b-k\u0259-\u02ccshir",
"-sh\u0259r"
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"Edward William 1801\u20131876 English orientalist":[]
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"The truck's driver kept changing lanes .",
"She moved to the outside lane .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When activated, BlueCruise keeps the truck in its lane , steers around curves, and keeps a safe distance between you and the car ahead. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"Nor is portraying a character who stays in her lane , which wasn\u2019t a stretch from Anderson\u2019s own personality. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Commodities fall outside of its lane though interestingly its sister agency, the Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which currently oversees derivative markets and contracts based on digital commodities. \u2014 Steven Ehrlich, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"My friend Kim, who grew up in Annecy, confronted the girl who pulled into our lane . \u2014 Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
"The driver also was weaving the car and failed to maintain its lane . \u2014 cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"On the road, the ID.5's Travel Assist adaptive cruise control keeps the car centered in its lane , adjusts to speed limits or bends, and maintains a safe distance from the vehicle ahead. \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 24 May 2022",
"Impatient drivers on the other side of the road kept crossing into our lane to pass the cars in front of them. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Like the hyper-competent aces at the story\u2019s core, this is a movie that defines its lane early and sticks to it, with finesse, unfussy style and more than a few sneak attacks of emotion. \u2014 Ann Hornaday, Washington Post , 24 May 2022"
],
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"Middle English, from Old English lanu ; akin to Middle Dutch lane lane":"Noun"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a crystalline dihydroxy acid (HO) 2 C 29 H 57 COOH found as an ester in wool grease":[]
},
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"\u00a6lan\u0259\u00a6si|rik-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary lan- + cer- + -ic":""
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"noun"
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": land rent in early England":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English & Old English; Middle English londgavel, landgavel , from Old English landgafol, londgafol , from land, lond land + gafol gavel":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193343"
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"noun"
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"noun"
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": the governor of a German royal province or district":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u00e4nt\u02ccf\u014dkt"
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"German, from land land, province, country (from Old High German lant land) + vogt bailiff, from Old High German fogat , from Medieval Latin vocatus legal representative":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194727"
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"\u2014 see lan-":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195350"
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"noun"
],
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": a small snapper ( Lutjanus synagris ) found from Florida to northern Brazil":[]
},
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"\u02c8l\u0101n-"
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"examples":[],
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"probably from the name Lane":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201410"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": any of several large brightly marked homopterous insects (family Fulgoridae) having the front of the head prolonged into a hollow structure":[]
},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced Thursday that egg masses and dead adult spotted lantern flies were detected at a stone yard near Winchester last month. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Feb. 2018"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1753, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204941"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a grant of land made by the government especially for roads, railroads, or agricultural colleges":[]
},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The property has a long, rich history; now owned by the University of Virginia, the land was part of Virginia's first land grant , dating back to 1734. \u2014 Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
"More than two hundred years ago, Anzaldua\u2019s ancestors settled on the Texas side of the river, on a Spanish land grant of more than half a million acres. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The family bought Brookfield Farm in 1983, shifting dairy operations from land in Meriden and Wallingford near I-91, where Greenbackers had been farming since 1723, under a colonial land grant from the King of England. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 5 May 2022",
"Primland, which covers 12,000 acres, is located 3,000 feet up in the Blue Ridge Mountains, on a former land grant where Cherokee Indians once roamed. \u2014 Emily Nunn, Outside Online , 3 June 2019",
"The exhibit will focus on Maria Juana de Los Angeles who, in 1845, received a Mexican land grant of 2,174 acres from Governor Pio Pico, according to Robert Lerner, historian at the Valley Center History Museum. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The wealthy jet-setter paid $10 million in 1974 for the property, which encompasses California\u2019s last undivided 19th century Mexican land grant . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Jan. 2022",
"And like everything related to the bust, the loss was divisive: The land was part of the original Santa Cruz land grant of 1695, established for Indigenous and Hispano communities along New Spain\u2019s northern frontier. \u2014 Alicia Inez Guzm\u00e1n, Rolling Stone , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Utah State is a land grant college, as is Oregon State. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Dec. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1862, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205325"
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"noun"
],
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": a usually swift acquisition of property (such as land or patent rights) often by fraud or force":[]
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"\u02c8lan(d)-\u02ccgrab"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The average Bostonian probably isn\u2019t thinking about a metaverse land grab in lieu of buying a house in the suburbs. \u2014 Cameron Sperance, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
"Now, those aspirations appear to have been scaled back to a land grab that can be touted as triumph to the Russian masses and the country\u2019s compliant media. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell And Nabih Bulos, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2022",
"Now, those aspirations appear to have been scaled back to a land grab that can be touted as triumph to the Russian masses and the country\u2019s compliant media. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"So have attempts to expand Russia\u2019s southern land grab westward to include Mykolaiv and Odessa. \u2014 Paul Sonne And Robyn Dixon, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Still others say the American land grab in Haiti set off one of the most intractable crises besieging the hemisphere today: the vast migration of Haitians to countries across the region. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"So have attempts to expand Russia\u2019s southern land grab westward to include Mykolaiv and Odessa. \u2014 Paul Sonne And Robyn Dixon, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The Biden administration, which has largely succeeded in building a united NATO front against Putin in recent weeks, is already facing demands from Capitol Hill for a swifter, harsher response to his land grab -- even from some Democrats. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"It\u2019s a gambler land grab , and a lot of money is being spent on promotions like limited-time free bets and big advertising campaigns. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214027"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": enclosed or nearly enclosed by land":[
"a landlocked country"
],
": confined to fresh water by some barrier":[
"landlocked salmon"
],
": living or located away from the ocean":[
"a landlocked sailor"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8land-\u02ccl\u00e4kt"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And a handful have moved to Tashkent, of all places, an ancient city deep in Central Asia, in landlocked Uzbekistan. \u2014 Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes , 3 July 2022",
"The food of landlocked Laos, however, incorporates more lime and fermented fish pastes, yet fewer curries, than that of Thailand. \u2014 Esther Tseng, Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 July 2022",
"Open water has always been a precious, and contested, commodity in landlocked Beijing, which, until the 1930s, had only three swimming pools. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
"Botswana, a landlocked safari favorite, moved all the way up from Level 1 while Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa in the North Atlantic, moved up from Level 2. \u2014 CNN , 21 June 2022",
"But close to a third of the countries on the continent are landlocked ; the same solutions won\u2019t apply. \u2014 Ciku Kimeria, Quartz , 21 June 2022",
"Maybe the painstaking process of working with thousands of private landowners over more than a dozen states is a solution to opening millions of acres of landlocked public land across the West. \u2014 Christine Peterson, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
"The low water levels in the lake have presented some challenges, mainly in the way of a landlocked dock. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Last month, #MassWildlife stocked the Quabbin Reservoir with its annual allotment of 10,000 landlocked salmon raised at their Palmer Fish Hatchery. \u2014 Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214424"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": lance corporal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"lance (as in lancepesade ) + jack":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223208"
},
"land rail":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": corncrake":[],
": an Australasian rail ( Rallus philippensis )":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224606"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a local variety of a species of plant or animal that has distinctive characteristics arising from development and adaptation over time to conditions of a localized geographic region and that typically displays greater genetic diversity than types subjected to formal breeding practices":[
"A small number of popular, high-yielding crop varieties bred by these companies have increasingly edged out landraces , the varieties adapted to localized conditions during millennia of farming.",
"\u2014 Janet Raloff",
"By the 1900s most indigenous, colored cotton landraces , or cultivars, grown in Africa, Asia and Central and South America were replaced by all-white, commercial varieties.",
"\u2014 James M. Vreeland, Jr.",
"Unlike pedigreed breeds, dogs described as a landrace are a loose population of canines with greater variation in appearance and temperament. They are physically adapted to a specific environment and often selected for working ability.",
"\u2014 Kim Thornton"
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": a usually white, long-bodied pig of any of several breeds having large, drooping ears and developed from stock of the original Danish breed derived from a localized population of free-breeding swine native to Denmark":[
"Although [Emma] Wischmeier said she tends to have a special bond with the cows she has raised, first-year exhibitor Sam Williams can't say the same about the 312-pound American Landrace pig he has been caring for since March.",
"\u2014 Mark Webber"
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},
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"\u02c8l\u00e4n(d)-\u02ccr\u00e4-s\u0259",
"\u02c8lan(d)-\u02ccr\u0101s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"probably partly from Landrace , partly as translation of German Landrasse or Dutch landras":"Noun",
"borrowed from Danish, from land \"country\" (going back to Old Danish, going back to Germanic *landa- ) + race \"breed, race,\" borrowed from French \u2014 more at land entry 1 , race entry 1":"Noun"
},
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"1939, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1908, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231557"
},
"landloper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": vagabond , vagrant":[],
": landlubber":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Dutch landloper , from Middle Dutch, from land + loper runner, from lopen to run + -er ; akin to Old High German lant land and to Old High German loufan to run":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235416"
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"landward":{
"type":[
"adverb or adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": to or toward the land":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8land-w\u0259rd"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Beaches are dynamic systems that naturally migrate landward , Jaffee explained, with eroding bluffs providing sand. \u2014 Paul Kvinta, Outside Online , 13 Dec. 2021",
"State laws and Hawaii Supreme Court rulings have repeatedly prioritized beaches over private property: As the ocean migrates landward , so does the public shoreline. \u2014 Sophie Cocke, ProPublica , 5 Dec. 2020",
"On the ground That grounding line migrates seaward or landward as the glacier advances or retreats\u2014processes that are controlled by water temperatures and currents, air temperatures, snowfall, and the topography of the bedrock beneath the ice. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2018"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011706"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
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": a landlocked state or place":[],
": to cause to be landlocked : enclose within land":[]
},
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"\u02c8lan(d)\u02ccl\u00e4k",
"\""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"back-formation from landlocked":"Transitive verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013043"
},
"lanate":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": covered with fine hair or hairlike filaments : woolly":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u0101\u02ccn\u0101t"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin lanatus , from lana wool + -atus -ate, -ated":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021539"
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"lands":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": ground or soil of a specified situation, nature, or quality":[
"dry land"
],
": the surface of the earth and all its natural resources":[],
": a portion of the earth's solid surface distinguishable by boundaries or ownership":[
"bought land in the country"
],
": such as":[
"bought land in the country"
],
": country":[
"the finest cheese in all the land"
],
": realm , domain":[
"in the land of dreams",
"\u2014 sometimes used in combination TV- land"
],
": the people of a country":[
"the land rose in rebellion"
],
": an area of a partly machined surface (such as the inside of a gun barrel) that is left without machining":[],
"Edwin Herbert 1909\u20131991 American inventor and industrialist":[],
": to set or put on shore from a ship : disembark":[],
": to set down after conveying":[],
": to cause to reach or come to rest in a particular place":[
"never landed a punch"
],
": to bring to a specified condition":[
"his wit landed him in trouble"
],
": to bring to a landing":[
"land an airplane"
],
": to complete successfully by landing":[
"the skater landed all her jumps"
],
": to catch and bring in":[
"land a fish"
],
": gain , secure":[
"land a job",
"landed the leading role"
],
": to go ashore from a ship : disembark":[],
": to touch at a place on shore":[],
": to come to the end of a course or to a stage in a journey : arrive":[
"took a wrong turn and landed on a dead-end street"
],
": to come to be in a condition or situation":[
"landed in jail"
],
": to strike or meet a surface (as after a fall)":[
"landed on my head"
],
": to alight on a surface":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8land"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonwealth",
"country",
"nation",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"state"
],
"antonyms":[
"anchor",
"dock"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the land along the highway",
"The land stretched as far as you could see.",
"They cleared some land to grow crops.",
"After two days of sailing, we were miles from land .",
"They invaded the country by land and by sea.",
"They own land in Alaska.",
"They bought some land and built a house.",
"His lands extend as far as the eye can see.",
"He was the most powerful politician in the land .",
"the lands of the Far East",
"Verb",
"The plane landed on the runway.",
"We watched the seaplanes landing on the water.",
"The bird landed in a tree.",
"A butterfly landed on the flower.",
"Our flight was scheduled to land in Pittsburgh at 4:00.",
"It was raining heavily at the airport when we landed .",
"The pilot was able to land the plane on the runway.",
"The golf ball landed in the trees.",
"I could not see where the ball landed .",
"The cat fell from the tree but landed on its feet.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Netherlands is famously deficient in something bulbs need: land . \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"But the federal government owns more than half of Oregon's total land , and the U.S. Department of Agriculture has its own program for outbreaks on Western public land. \u2014 Claire Rush, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"The rapid depletion of underground aquifers that took hundreds or thousands of years to form is so bad that shallower home wells are drying up, while the land above the aquifers is literally sinking. \u2014 Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone , 27 June 2022",
"Military veterans were often given the opportunity to buy land , Grace said. \u2014 Taylor Burnette, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022",
"That was on June 26, 1922, after the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club moved from its cozier, original home on Worple Road after purchasing land on Church Road to accommodate a new, larger stadium. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"As oil development expands across the tundra, money and modernization brings subtle changes, eroding the traditions formed around living off the land , said Peter Tagarook, 39, the cultural coordinator for the village. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"Over the years, his family had carved out their own slice of this island oasis, living off the land , tending to chicken and cattle and pigs on a family homestead, where cacao, taro, bananas and mangoes grew plentifully. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Though new permits aren\u2019t being issued by FWC, existing ITPs are grandfathered in and can be transferred when land changes hands. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But it\u2019s the Expectations Index that was hit hardest, plunging from 73.7 to 66.4 to land at its lowest level since March 2013. \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The question was whether the Blazers would trade the No. 7 pick in Thursday\u2019s NBA draft for Grant or try to land him another way. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"Collin Morikawa, the two-time major champion who went into the day tied for the lead at 5-under, finished with a 77 to land himself at 2-over par. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"And finally Draymond Green, who struggled for a lot of these Finals, turned in the kind of all-around performance that will one day land him in the Hall of Fame. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Bob Hope arrived on the first jet to land on the runway, in 1972, using Diego Garcia to stage one of his Christmas shows for American troops. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act applies only to land that is under federal control or institutions that receive federal funding. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 11 May 2022",
"Julie Swann, a professor and public health researcher at North Carolina State University, expects the situation this summer to land in the middle: a small wave throughout the country with a slight uptick in hospitalizations and deaths. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 9 May 2022",
"McCutchen becomes the second Brewers player to land on the COVID-19 list this season, joining catcher Victor Caratini. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lond, land, going back to Old English, going back to Germanic *landa- (strong neuter noun), perhaps originally \"untilled land\" (whence also Old Frisian land, lond \"land, earth, country, landed property,\" Old Saxon land, Old High German lant, Old Norse land, Gothic land \"field, country\"), going back to dialectal Indo-European *londh-o-, o-grade form of a noun with apparent zero-grade *ln\u0325dh-eh 2 - in Celtic *land-\u0101-, whence Old Irish land, lann \"land, plot, church building,\" Welsh llan \"church and its adjoining property, enclosure,\" also Old Irish ithlann \"threshing floor\" (with ith \"grain\"), Old Welsh itlann, glossing Latin \u0101rea \"threshing floor,\" Welsh ydlan \"barnyard\" (with \u0177d \"grain\"); and probably in Elfdalian (dialect of north central Sweden) linda \"overgrown field,\" Old Prussian lindan (accusative singular) \"valley\"; zero-grade *ln\u0325dh- or full grade *lendh- in Slavic *l\u0119d-, whence Russian ljad\u00e1 \"uncultivated field with first-growth forest,\" Old Russian ljadina \"wasteland, weeds, thick brush,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian l\u00e8dina, led\u00ecna \"wasteland, virgin soil,\" Polish l\u0105nd \"dry land, mainland\"":"Noun",
"Middle English londen, landen, derivative of lond, land land entry 1":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-023320"
}
}
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