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{
"Stockholm syndrome":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the psychological tendency of a hostage to bond with, identify with, or sympathize with his or her captor":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1978, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from a 1973 robbery attempt in Stockholm , Sweden, during which bank employees held hostage developed sympathetic feelings toward their captors":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u00e4k-\u02cch\u014d(l)m-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182229",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Stockholm tar":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": pine tar used in shipbuilding and in the manufacture of cordage":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202656",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Stomoisia":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a large genus of herbs (family Lentibulariaceae) widely distributed on wet shores and having rootlike bladder-bearing branches, minute or scalelike leaves, and racemose or solitary irregular often spurred mostly yellow flowers \u2014 compare bladderwort":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, perhaps from stom- + Greek oisos agnus castus + New Latin -ia":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"st\u0259\u02c8m\u022fis\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000940",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Stone Age":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a stage in a human institution or field of endeavor regarded as primitive, outmoded, or obsolete":[
"the Stone Age of information handling before computers"
],
": of, relating to, or resembling the culture of the Stone Age especially in the use of stone implements":[
"modern Stone Age peoples",
"our Stone Age ancestors"
],
": primitive, outmoded, or unsophisticated (as in ideas or technology) by currently accepted standards":[
"marauding mercenaries with Stone Age political ideas",
"\u2014 Robert Moss",
"using a Stone Age camera"
],
": the first known period of prehistoric human culture characterized by the use of stone tools \u2014 compare mesolithic , neolithic , paleolithic":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Stone Age attitudes about the raising of children."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
"fossilized",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moribund",
"mossy",
"moth-eaten",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"out-of-date",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"rusty",
"superannuated"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023759",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Stoph":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Willi 1914\u20131999 prime minister of East Germany (1976\u201389)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u022ff",
"\u02c8sht\u022ff"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093248",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Stour":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": battle , conflict":[],
": dust , powder":[],
": stern , harsh":[],
": strong , hardy":[],
": tumult , uproar":[],
"river 20 miles (32 kilometers) long in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, central England, flowing northwest into the Avon River":[],
"river 20 miles (32 kilometers) long in west central England flowing south into the Severn River":[],
"river 40 miles (64 kilometers) long in Kent, southeastern England, flowing northeast into the North Sea":[],
"river 47 miles (76 kilometers) long in southeastern England flowing east between Essex and Suffolk into the North Sea":[],
"river 55 miles (88 kilometers) long in Dorset and Hampshire, southern England, flowing southeast into the Avon River":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English stor , from Old English st\u014dr ; akin to Old High German stuori large, Russian stary\u012d old, Old English standan to stand":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French estur, estour , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sturm storm, battle \u2014 more at storm":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8stau\u0307-\u0259r",
"\u02c8st\u022fr",
"\u02c8stau\u0307r",
"\u02c8stu\u0307r",
"specific variants can be found at senses below"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060747",
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name",
"noun"
]
},
"Stourbridge":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"town in the West Midlands, west central England, west of Birmingham population 63,000":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u022fr-",
"\u02c8stau\u0307(-\u0259)r-(\u02cc)brij"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183345",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"stock":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": the equipment, materials, or supplies of an establishment":[],
": livestock":[],
": the proprietorship element in a corporation usually divided into shares and represented by transferable certificates":[],
": a portion of such stock of one or more companies":[],
": stock certificate":[],
": a supporting framework or structure: such as":[],
": a device for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the feet or feet and hands can be locked":[],
": the wooden part by which a shoulder arm is held during firing":[],
": the butt of an implement (such as a whip or fishing rod)":[],
": bitstock , brace":[],
": a long beam on a field gun forming the third support point in firing":[],
": the frame or timbers holding a ship during construction":[],
": the descendants of one individual : family , lineage":[
"of European stock"
],
": a compound organism":[],
": the original (such as a person, race, or language) from which others derive : source":[],
": an infraspecific group usually having unity of descent":[],
": a related group of languages":[],
": a language family":[],
": liquid in which meat, fish, or vegetables have been simmered that is used as a basis for soup, gravy, or sauce":[],
": raw material from which something is manufactured":[],
": paper used for printing":[],
": the portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of a game":[],
": confidence or faith placed in someone or something":[
"put little stock in his testimony"
],
": an estimate or evaluation of something":[
"take stock of the situation"
],
": the estimation in which someone or something is held":[
"his stock with the electorate remains high",
"\u2014 Newsweek"
],
": the main stem of a plant : trunk":[],
": a plant or plant part united with a scion in grafting and supplying mostly underground parts to a graft":[],
": a plant from which slips or cuttings are taken":[],
": the production and presentation of plays by a stock company":[],
": stock car sense 1":[],
": the crosspiece of an anchor \u2014 see anchor illustration":[],
": the part of a tally formerly given to the creditor in a transaction":[],
": any of a genus ( Matthiola ) of Old World herbs or subshrubs of the mustard family with racemes of usually sweet-scented flowers":[],
": a wide band or scarf worn about the neck especially by some clergymen":[],
": a dull, stupid, or lifeless person":[],
": something without life or consciousness":[],
": stump":[],
": a log or block of wood":[],
": on hand : in the store and ready for delivery":[],
": having no more on hand : completely sold out":[],
": to procure or keep a stock of":[
"our store stocks that brand"
],
": to provide with stock or a stock : supply":[
"stock a stream with trout"
],
": to fit to or with a stock":[],
": to graze (livestock) on land":[],
": to make (a domestic animal) pregnant":[],
": to put in stock or supplies":[
"stock up on canned goods"
],
": to send out new shoots":[],
": commonly used or brought forward : standard":[
"the stock answer"
],
": kept regularly in stock":[
"comes in stock sizes",
"a stock model"
],
": employed in handling, checking, or taking care of the stock of merchandise on hand":[
"a stock clerk"
],
": kept for breeding purposes : brood":[
"a stock mare"
],
": devoted to the breeding and rearing of livestock":[
"a stock farm"
],
": used or intended for livestock":[
"a stock train"
],
": used in herding livestock":[
"a stock horse",
"a stock dog"
],
": of or relating to a stock company":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u00e4k"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood",
"clan",
"family",
"folks",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"kinfolk",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"line",
"lineage",
"people",
"race",
"tribe"
],
"antonyms":[
"conventional",
"current",
"customary",
"going",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"standard",
"usual"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"That camera is out of stock .",
"Do you have any more light bulbs in stock ",
"They carry a large stock of computer software.",
"We built up an ample stock of food before the storm.",
"She always seems to have a fresh stock of funny jokes.",
"The value of his stocks has soared.",
"Most of her money is invested in stocks .",
"Do you own any stock ",
"Verb",
"Our store stocks only the finest goods.",
"Do you stock this item",
"The bar is stocked with beer, wine and liquor.",
"They stocked the shelves in the store with a variety of imported foods.",
"Adjective",
"Here are the stock patterns you can choose from.",
"She gave a stock answer to the reporter's question.",
"a dull narrative with stock characters",
"That item is a stock model.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Nio's stock price in New York fell over 2% in Wednesday trading. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Its stock price is trending at a 52-week low point. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Today, Carnival shares sank 15% after a Morgan Stanley analyst outlined a worst-case scenario in which the company\u2019s stock price could fall to zero in the [not unlikely] event of a global recession. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"Viasat\u2019s stock price has plunged 52 percent since the deal was announced eight months ago, albeit in a down market. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"Bed Bath & Beyond\u2019s stock price dropped by 24% in Wednesday trading, closing at $4.99 per share. \u2014 Rayna Song, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"Its stock price is down nearly fifty per cent from a year ago. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker , 28 June 2022",
"First, the numbers board members tend to care about most: the stock price. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"Older people also benefit from a portfolio that provides alternative sources of income beyond gains in stock price, Williams said. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 24 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If not, now's the time to stock up on a few from Lodge. \u2014 Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens , 30 June 2022",
"Now\u2019s a great time to stock up on summer and pre-fall style staples, including women\u2019s and men\u2019s tees, sunglasses for women and men, swimwear and swim trunks, comfy footwear, hats, trendy jewelry, designer clothing and accessories and more. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 June 2022",
"And what better time to stock up on those must-haves than the Nordstrom beauty sale",
"Food and treats don't go on sale very often, so now is the time to stock up while everything is a few dollars off. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 24 June 2022",
"Now's the time to stock up on tried-and-trues like Tom Ford's natural-looking contour palette. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 25 May 2022",
"Zeloof had to stock his lab with vintage equipment too. \u2014 Tom Simonite, Wired , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Those two chicks, Sunny and Moon, grew to adulthood and led Stewart and his wife, Kaysle Brooks, to build an 8-by-8-foot coop and stock it with more chickens. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022",
"Don't hesitate to also stock her up with essential oil blends from the brand. \u2014 Isis Briones, House Beautiful , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"And the reassuringly stock characters require no special actorly finesse to bring to life. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 27 Mar. 2020",
"Anne Carpenter, an owner of an Ace Hardware store in Berkeley, said the retailer doesn\u2019t usually stock air conditioners. \u2014 Melia Russell, SFChronicle.com , 11 June 2019",
"The Red Branch production directed by Stephanie Lynn Williams features an endearing cast whose performances make potentially stock characters spring to life. \u2014 Mike Giuliano, Columbia Flier , 23 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English stok , from Old English stocc ; akin to Old High German stoc stick":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 14b":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 5":"Verb",
"1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181025"
},
"stock horse":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a horse used in herding cattle on ranches":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022131",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stock pigeon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": stock dove":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114655",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stock plant":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": stock entry 1 sense 5b(2)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133024",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stock-in-trade":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": something that resembles the standard equipment of a tradesman or business":[
"humor was her stock-in-trade as a writer"
],
": the equipment, merchandise, or materials necessary to or used in a trade or business":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1721, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccst\u00e4k-\u0259n-\u02c8tr\u0101d",
"\u02c8st\u00e4k-\u0259n-\u02cctr\u0101d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121227",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stockade":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense":[],
": an enclosure in which prisoners are kept":[],
": an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes":[],
": to fortify or surround with a stockade":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"prisoners of war confined in a stockade",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Percival is successfully in the stockade and locked in Veronica's vault by wedding time! \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
"In the middle of this expanse, a stockade , where sheep were gathered at night to protect them from bears and coyotes, had collapsed. \u2014 Thomas Mcguane, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Anthony set sail for New Amsterdam in 1629, and before long acquired a large farm just north of the city stockade at Wall Street, along with a reputation as one of the most quarrelsome characters in a town full of them. \u2014 Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times , 3 Dec. 2019",
"Epstein served 3 1/2 months locked down at the stockade before he was granted work release, which was approved in consultation with Epstein\u2019s high-powered legal staff, Gauger said. \u2014 Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com , 18 July 2019",
"But, according to a 2016 NPR article on the Leesburg Stockade, their parents were billed to cover the expenses for the girls\u2019 time in the stockade . \u2014 Jessica Feierman And Ashley C. Sawyer, Teen Vogue , 4 Oct. 2019",
"Records released this month show Epstein was given an array of special privileges, from an unlocked cell in a special wing of the stockade , to a work-release schedule of six days a week, up to 12 hours per day, at a West Palm Beach office building. \u2014 Marc Freeman, sun-sentinel.com , 23 Aug. 2019",
"Visitors tour the stockade , the Russian Orthodox chapel and a windmill like the one used by the settlers. \u2014 Graham Bowley, New York Times , 6 Oct. 2019",
"The initial agreement stipulated that Epstein leave the stockade only to work in his office or visit the doctor. \u2014 Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com , 19 Aug. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Epstein spent 13 months in the Palm Beach County stockade during 2008-09 as part of a plea deal widely criticized as being too lenient. \u2014 Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com , 10 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1677, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish estacada , from estaca stake, pale, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English staca stake":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"st\u00e4-\u02c8k\u0101d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"tolbooth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022047",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stockhorn":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an obsolete Scottish musical instrument similar to the Welsh pibgorn":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u00e4k\u02cch\u022frn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105110",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stockinette":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a soft elastic usually cotton fabric used especially for bandages and infants' wear":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The hospital provides her with rolls of white stockinette stitch fabric \u2014 which is the optimal material to regulate body temperature in babies \u2014 and Shaffer purchases her own blue and pink ribbon at Walmart to add a personal touch. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 July 2021",
"The entire costume was very easy to create and wear: a white blouse, anklet stockinettes with stripes, navy slacks, gloves, a scarf and a fantastic wig. \u2014 Martha Stewart, star-telegram , 7 Oct. 2017",
"Pretty crescent shawl with oodles of soothing stockinette stitch. \u2014 Mary Mooney, OregonLive.com , 17 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1784, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of earlier stocking net":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccst\u00e4-k\u0259-\u02c8net"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213725",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stocking":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a usually knit close-fitting covering for the foot and leg":[],
": sock":[],
": with the feet in stockings but not shoes":[]
},
"examples":[
"a pair of wool stockings",
"thick wool stockings designed to be worn with hiking boots",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2021, the company gave every employee a Christmas stocking filled with gadgets and toys for their children and spouses. \u2014 Michael Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
"Seasonal surprises on stage are a gift welcomed as much by audiences as an unexpected treat hidden in the toe of a holiday stocking , Director Susan Richter said. \u2014 Philip Potempa, chicagotribune.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The school worked to remove other barriers, which included the installation of a washer and dryer on school grounds and the stocking of feminine hygiene products in the girls\u2019 bathrooms. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, Hartford Courant , 8 May 2022",
"And how our modern meddling\u2014through the stocking of non-native species, land development, and climate change\u2014has hurt native fish populations. \u2014 Ian Dille, Outside Online , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The second spring stocking of rainbow trout in the East Branch of the Rocky River should arrive some time next week. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 24 Mar. 2022",
"To support the stocking of their full range, the brand\u2019s physical stores follow a strict distribution template, replenishing sizes three to four times a week when necessary. \u2014 Gianluca Russo, refinery29.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Filling the stocking with an orange \u2013 a Christmas tradition from the 19th century \u2013 might be a tribute to the St. Nick of old, wrote Emily Spivack for Smithsonian Magazine. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 12 Dec. 2021",
"The store design was a family affair (undertaken by Roche and her husband), and the stocking of it is too. \u2014 Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"obsolete stock to cover with a stocking":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u00e4-ki\u014b",
"\u02c8st\u00e4k-i\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"hose",
"sock"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004948",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"stocking cap":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a long knitted cone-shaped cap with a tassel or pom-pom worn especially for winter sports or play":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Photos contained in the affidavit show the person identified as Gould at several points inside the building, often alongside Laurens, who wore a distinctive, bright-orange stocking cap . \u2014 Chris Joyner, ajc , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Tim, who traded his cowboy hat for an 1883 stocking cap , shared some tidbits with his fans on Instagram. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 6 Mar. 2022",
"The suspect is described as a Black man, 50 to 59 years old, in a stocking cap , black sunglasses and a gray coat and carrying a blue bag. \u2014 Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Ford maintains a slender build and youthful appearance, roaming L.A. Live on a recent day in a black stocking cap , blue hoodie, gray basketball shorts and white leggings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
"In one photo posted on Twitter, Ryan wears an American flag scarf and Trump stocking cap in front of a broken Capitol building window while holding up a peace sign. \u2014 Rick Rouan, USA TODAY , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Officers were unable to locate the suspect, described as a male in his 20s wearing a black trench coat and black stocking cap . \u2014 Star Tribune Staff, Star Tribune , 24 Apr. 2021",
"Then, a young woman wearing only a face mask and stocking cap appeared. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Apr. 2021",
"With Bridgewater watching from the sideline in a stocking cap , Walker threw three interceptions of his own. \u2014 Luke Johnson, NOLA.com , 3 Jan. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1897, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044845",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stocking cutter":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a milling gear cutter for removing stock with heavy cuts in preparation for finishing":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023136",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stocking filler":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small gift that is usually placed in a Christmas stocking":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113139",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stockinger":{
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"an emergency stockpile of potable water and canned goods in the cellar",
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"The government stockpiled vaccines to prepare for a flu epidemic.",
"we should be able to stockpile enough vaccine for the upcoming flu season",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Health officials said earlier this month that the U.S. government has 72,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine in its stockpile . \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"Putin has been building his gold stockpile since 2014. \u2014 Fatima Hussein, ajc , 17 June 2022",
"As the world grapples with a monkeypox outbreak, the Biden administration has been quick to highlight the vaccines and other therapies the United States has in its national stockpile . \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 13 June 2022",
"The Russian Army has begun deployment of one of the oldest tanks in its stockpile , the T-62 main battle tank. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 10 June 2022",
"The stockpile also has reserves of antiviral treatments such as Tecovirimat and Cidofovir, officials said. \u2014 Dan Diamond, Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022",
"Even the new characters \u2014 notably Mamoudou Athie\u2019s corporate lackey and DeWanda Wise\u2019s world-weary pilot \u2014 are stock archetypes borrowed from the Pop Culture 101 stockpile . \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
"Senator Tom Cotton said if China were to cut the US off from these resources, the current Department of Defense stockpile would last under a year. \u2014 Jennifer Griffin, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
"O'Connell's agency oversees the national stockpile of both Jynneos and the older ACAM2000 vaccines, which have also been requested by at least one state. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Lauren Lopez, 38, of New York is trying to organize people on Twitter and Facebook to stockpile contraceptives such as Plan B so that they can be given to people who lack access. \u2014 Christopher Rowland, Yiwen Lu And Aaron Gregg, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
"Related: How was Ronald Andruchuk able to stockpile more than 200 guns",
"Cutting off those supplies, along with the uncertainty about the duration and scope of Western sanctions, has prompted other governments to block exports as nations try to stockpile goods. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"In May of last year, a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. disrupted the East Coast\u2019s largest fuel conduit for six days, leading some consumers to stockpile gasoline. \u2014 David Uberti, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
"While crypto spring may be coming, startups in the ecosystem, as well as their investors, may want to stockpile a good amount of patience alongside their cash. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"Because the aim of the activity was to out-argue the other side, debaters had to stockpile information. \u2014 Bo Seo, The Atlantic , 1 June 2022",
"Boy, Nick Saban sure is mad about the way some schools are using NIL to stockpile talent. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 19 May 2022",
"The council also encourages parents to keep a 10-day to two-week supply or formula at home, while urging them not to stockpile products. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 10 May 2022"
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},
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"That outfit makes you look stocky .",
"the stocky boxer's strength and speed more than make up for his opponent's longer reach",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Conrad, a stocky man with reddish blond hair who grew up in a wealthy family and attended Harvard, has crossed the billionaire mark for the first time. \u2014 Amy Feldman, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The English bulldog is beloved for its distinct features, like an exaggerated stout snout, stocky body shape, deep facial folds and protruding lower jaw. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
"Look for tomato plants that have dark green leaves and are short and stocky with strong stems. \u2014 Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"The suspect is described as 20 to 30 years of age and bald, with a stocky build. \u2014 Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"Police described the suspect as a male in his 40s, standing 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with a dark complexion and a stocky build. \u2014 Fox News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The medium-sized dog has a stocky , strong build and needs both physical and mental exercise. \u2014 Mattie Schuler, Outside Online , 1 May 2013",
"One stocky man named Abdullah, who had learned the English of a Marriott hotel kitchen, took charge. \u2014 Steve Hendrix, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, the sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) is a stocky , yellowish shark found in the same region, common on coral reefs as well as in shallow, sandy-bottom lagoons, and mangrove swamps. \u2014 Melissa Cristina M\u00e1rquez, Forbes , 3 May 2022"
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"\u02c8st\u00e4-k\u0113"
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"noun"
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"\u2014 E. E. S. Montagu"
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"the sitcom was offbeat and interesting in its first season, but has since become predictable and stodgy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Since 2018, the Recording Academy has attempted to reform its stodgy reputation with the creation of a diversity and inclusion task force and efforts to create a more transparent voting process. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
"Their storied rise in the 1980s was cast as villains to the Boston Celtics and drawn in simple strokes: the cool, Black team standing in the path of the stodgy , white one. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Stokes, a devastating match-winner with bat and ball, plays with aggression and his innate attacking instincts could desperately provide a tonic for a stodgy England team lacking confidence. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Ever since Dutch master Johan Cruyff brought that philosophy to Catalonia in the 1970s, winning with stodgy play has been considered to be a betrayal. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Generally speaking, the 2022 Grammys found the Recording Academy continuing its efforts to buck any lingering perceptions of themselves as a stodgy , old-school institution. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Case dubbed the venture Quantum Computer Services, a rather stodgy name that was rebranded as America Online in 1991. \u2014 Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022",
"Anyone who feels the Grammy Awards can be stodgy today might want to consider how far the show has come since the 1990s. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The wonton soup would fare far better without the stodgy , surprisingly sweet dumplings. \u2014 Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\"That would have been to dishonor him,\" said Carr, a notorious stoic who was nearly overcome by emotion in his postgame press conference. Instead, he told the Wolverines that the best way to honor Schembechler was \"to play in a way that would have made him proud.\" \u2014 Austin Murphy , Sports Illustrated , 27 Nov. 2006",
"The philosophical implications of this claim are as volcanic as the emotions it depicts, for Nussbaum here counters an age-old view espoused by Stoics , Christians and Kantians, alike: emotions are disruptive and subversive to reason, they arise from parochial needs and interests and therefore the life well lived is the life in which the things of this world are left behind for a higher sphere beyond accident, pain and desire. \u2014 Wendy Steiner , New York Times Book Review , 18 Nov. 2001",
"Whereas Ludwig Wittgenstein once compared philosophers to garbage men sweeping the mind clean of wrongheaded concepts, Nussbaum believes they should be \"lawyers for humanity\"\u2014a phrase she borrows from Seneca, her favorite Stoic thinker. \u2014 Robert S. Boynton , New York Times Magazine , 21 Nov. 1999",
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"My stoic Serbian brother-in-law, Aleksandar Vasilic, gave me the ultimate confidence booster of bawling all the way through the manuscript when I gave it to him to read. \u2014 Helene Cooper , The House At Sugar Beach , (2008) 2009",
"Grant recorded his thought-experiment when he was an old man dying of cancer, who in spite of his pain had managed to achieve a stoical serenity. \u2014 Jackson Lears , New Republic , 9 & 16 Sept. 2002",
"As it flew past the pole, a three-run homer, Richardson saw the stoical Berra do something he'd never seen him do. \"Halfway between home and first, he was jumping up and down,\" Richardson recalls. \"Boy, was he happy to hit that ball!\" \u2014 William Nack , Sports Illustrated , 23 Oct. 2000",
"He had a stoic expression on his face.",
"after waiting six years for permission to immigrate to the U.S., the family is stoic about a six-month postponement",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Jenner, typically the most stoic of the Kardashian-Jenners, completely lost her cool. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 14 May 2022",
"Inspired by Minhwa, a traditional Korean folk art, the brilliant creations awed the most stoic of fashion arbiters. \u2014 Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Apr. 2022",
"But this isn\u2019t a staid, academic philosopher\u2014not a stoic . \u2014 Willing Davidson, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Anthony was the bad boy in season 1, in many ways the shagging, chaotic, antithesis of the stoic , simmering Duke. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The short, scrawny boy was bullied, driving him to take up judo and sambo, a Soviet martial art that teaches participants to remain stoic even in the face of great pain. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Hulking, life-size statues of aliens and stoic , faceless Spartan soldiers stand vigil over the treasures, highlighted by a true-to-lore, 7-foot-2 recreation of the Chief himself. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020",
"As for my grandfather, the stoic fa\u00e7ade slowly melted away. \u2014 Michael Roppolo, CBS News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"If contemporaries like Bud Grant and Tom Landry epitomized the archetype of coach as sideline stoic , Madden served as their counterweight. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"James is stoic and fearless, rarely showing any vulnerability. \u2014 Daron James, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"The defendants appeared stoic and emotionless during Vaughn's testimony, looking at the screens in front of them where the evidence could be seen. \u2014 Pamela Kirkland, CNN , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The photographer was trying to catch the artist as stoic and powerful, not as someone puzzling for novel answers to my generic questions. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Madikizela-Mandela had been an iconic freedom fighter in her own right, a stoic and heroic figure. \u2014 Toby Shapshak, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"David Benner has been the calm, stoic , unflappable PR guy for the Indiana Pacers for nearly three decades. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said she was heartbroken. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said she was heartbroken. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Read full article Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said she was heartbroken. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022"
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"patient",
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"kvetchy",
"protesting"
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"Noun",
"\"That would have been to dishonor him,\" said Carr, a notorious stoic who was nearly overcome by emotion in his postgame press conference. Instead, he told the Wolverines that the best way to honor Schembechler was \"to play in a way that would have made him proud.\" \u2014 Austin Murphy , Sports Illustrated , 27 Nov. 2006",
"The philosophical implications of this claim are as volcanic as the emotions it depicts, for Nussbaum here counters an age-old view espoused by Stoics , Christians and Kantians, alike: emotions are disruptive and subversive to reason, they arise from parochial needs and interests and therefore the life well lived is the life in which the things of this world are left behind for a higher sphere beyond accident, pain and desire. \u2014 Wendy Steiner , New York Times Book Review , 18 Nov. 2001",
"Whereas Ludwig Wittgenstein once compared philosophers to garbage men sweeping the mind clean of wrongheaded concepts, Nussbaum believes they should be \"lawyers for humanity\"\u2014a phrase she borrows from Seneca, her favorite Stoic thinker. \u2014 Robert S. Boynton , New York Times Magazine , 21 Nov. 1999",
"Adjective",
"My stoic Serbian brother-in-law, Aleksandar Vasilic, gave me the ultimate confidence booster of bawling all the way through the manuscript when I gave it to him to read. \u2014 Helene Cooper , The House At Sugar Beach , (2008) 2009",
"Grant recorded his thought-experiment when he was an old man dying of cancer, who in spite of his pain had managed to achieve a stoical serenity. \u2014 Jackson Lears , New Republic , 9 & 16 Sept. 2002",
"As it flew past the pole, a three-run homer, Richardson saw the stoical Berra do something he'd never seen him do. \"Halfway between home and first, he was jumping up and down,\" Richardson recalls. \"Boy, was he happy to hit that ball!\" \u2014 William Nack , Sports Illustrated , 23 Oct. 2000",
"He had a stoic expression on his face.",
"after waiting six years for permission to immigrate to the U.S., the family is stoic about a six-month postponement",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Jenner, typically the most stoic of the Kardashian-Jenners, completely lost her cool. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 14 May 2022",
"Inspired by Minhwa, a traditional Korean folk art, the brilliant creations awed the most stoic of fashion arbiters. \u2014 Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Apr. 2022",
"But this isn\u2019t a staid, academic philosopher\u2014not a stoic . \u2014 Willing Davidson, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Anthony was the bad boy in season 1, in many ways the shagging, chaotic, antithesis of the stoic , simmering Duke. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The short, scrawny boy was bullied, driving him to take up judo and sambo, a Soviet martial art that teaches participants to remain stoic even in the face of great pain. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Hulking, life-size statues of aliens and stoic , faceless Spartan soldiers stand vigil over the treasures, highlighted by a true-to-lore, 7-foot-2 recreation of the Chief himself. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020",
"As for my grandfather, the stoic fa\u00e7ade slowly melted away. \u2014 Michael Roppolo, CBS News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"If contemporaries like Bud Grant and Tom Landry epitomized the archetype of coach as sideline stoic , Madden served as their counterweight. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"James is stoic and fearless, rarely showing any vulnerability. \u2014 Daron James, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"The defendants appeared stoic and emotionless during Vaughn's testimony, looking at the screens in front of them where the evidence could be seen. \u2014 Pamela Kirkland, CNN , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The photographer was trying to catch the artist as stoic and powerful, not as someone puzzling for novel answers to my generic questions. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Madikizela-Mandela had been an iconic freedom fighter in her own right, a stoic and heroic figure. \u2014 Toby Shapshak, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"David Benner has been the calm, stoic , unflappable PR guy for the Indiana Pacers for nearly three decades. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said she was heartbroken. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said she was heartbroken. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Read full article Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said she was heartbroken. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022"
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"patient",
"tolerant",
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},
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"The engineer stoked the coals.",
"The new ad campaign has helped to stoke sales.",
"Poor revenue figures have stoked concerns about possible layoffs.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Arguments that once centered on hunting and rural traditions have turned into bitter battles over identity, with no need for a giant lobbying group like the NRA to stoke the flames. \u2014 Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Such a shift would offer Biden ammunition to persuade Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, who\u2019s held up the president\u2019s longer-term economic agenda over concerns that a big package will further stoke inflation and add to debt. \u2014 Laura Davison, Fortune , 9 May 2022",
"The idea that aggression can stoke a certain popularity isn\u2019t new, says Brett Laursen, the lead author and a psychology professor at Florida Atlantic University. \u2014 Susan Pinker, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"Critics also say the tone of some of the Twitter account\u2019s posts could stoke hostility toward Chinese and other Asians around the world. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Apr. 2022",
"While punishments often seem unpredictable and unfair, which can stoke resentment, logical consequences help kids see how their choices affect others. \u2014 Stephanie H. Murray, The Week , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But both Silvio and Heckman say the names are meant to inspire unity, not stoke division. \u2014 Emily Heil, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Leaders are now struggling to balance efforts to contain outbreaks at any cost, while mitigating the risk that extreme curbs will stoke public discontent and hit business. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Park rejects those who say her dark descriptions of the condition of the community stoke fear and animus for the homeless. \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022"
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"He was stoked to see her.",
"we're pretty stoked about the upcoming benefit concert featuring a galaxy of rock stars",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tens of thousands of rockers came out Saturday for the third straight day of Louder Than Life, where band after band turned out massive, chest-rattling sets for stoked crowds that afternoon. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 26 Sep. 2021",
"George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police in May, and the protests and riots that followed, further stoked fears of social unrest and violence, intensifying the run on guns and ammunition for self-defense. \u2014 Star Tribune , 7 Sep. 2020",
"Love u cast and crew forever so stoked to be invited back. \u2014 Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com , 27 Oct. 2019",
"News of Big Pharma\u2019s patent protection efforts in the face of the global pandemic and the Bush administration\u2019s support of them sparked international outrage and stoked street protests from Philadelphia to Pretoria, even accusations of genocide. \u2014 Katherine Eban, Quartz India , 15 July 2019",
"The newborn son of Bethany Hamilton might not look too stoked to be waterside just yet, but his family \u2014 Mom, dad Adam Dirks and big brother Tobias, 2\u00bd \u2014 are all smiles in a sweet snap of the new family of four. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 23 Apr. 2018",
"Ask anyone who\u2019s been around him, either briefly or extensively, and the reaction is always the same: This is the most stoked individual on Earth. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Feb. 2018",
"His tag-team partner seemed pretty stoked about it, too. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star , 26 Dec. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1965, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8st\u014dkt"
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"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
],
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"demonstrative",
"expressive"
],
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": having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional":[]
},
"examples":[
"She remained stolid during the trial.",
"the butler responded to the duchess's constant demands with stolid indifference",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thus began an avalanche against a typically stolid Celtics defense. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
"The ideology behind Bush\u2019s war may have been cooked up in the stolid bureaucratic world of think-tank Washington. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"His Barry is stolid and irreparably damaged, a tragic antihero who longs for connection and forgiveness but lacks the moral center to deserve either. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Pozharskaya has a natural intensity that the film, with all its stolid sincerity, could have used more of. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s because the stolid , long-suffering Vic seems to tolerate her infidelity, rather than lose her to divorce. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Roxanne, a lover of poetry, craves love letters, but the stolid Christian is no writer. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Melissa Jacques gives Margaret a stolid steadiness that grounds the proceedings in essential ways. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
"One example was the Jewish playwright Carl Sternheim, whose satires of the stolid German middle class, banned by the Nazis, were undergoing a revival in the early sixties. \u2014 Max Norman, The New Yorker , 20 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1600, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Latin stolidus dull, stupid":""
},
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"\u02c8st\u00e4-l\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for stolid impassive , stoic , phlegmatic , apathetic , stolid mean unresponsive to something that might normally excite interest or emotion. impassive stresses the absence of any external sign of emotion in action or facial expression. met the news with an impassive look stoic implies an apparent indifference to pleasure or especially to pain often as a matter of principle or self-discipline. was resolutely stoic even in adversity phlegmatic implies a temperament or constitution hard to arouse. a phlegmatic man unmoved by tears apathetic may imply a puzzling or deplorable indifference or inertness. charitable appeals met an apathetic response stolid implies a habitual absence of interest, responsiveness, or curiosity. stolid workers wedded to routine",
"synonyms":[
"blank",
"catatonic",
"deadpan",
"empty",
"expressionless",
"impassive",
"inexpressive",
"numb",
"vacant"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064307",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"stomach":{
"antonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"accept",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"take",
"tolerate",
"wear"
],
"definitions":{
": a cavity in an invertebrate animal that is analogous to a stomach":[
"When a leaf containing the bacteria is ingested by the larva of certain insects, the new gene produces a protein that attacks the stomach lining of the insect and causes death.",
"\u2014 The New York Times"
],
": a saclike expansion of the digestive tract of a vertebrate that is located between the esophagus and duodenum and typically consists of a simple often curved sac with an outer serous covering, a strong muscular wall that contracts rhythmically, and an inner mucous membrane lining that contains gastric glands":[],
": desire for food caused by hunger : appetite":[
"After the hike, she had a good stomach for lunch."
],
": one of the compartments making up the stomach of a ruminant animal (such as a cow or sheep)":[
"\u2026 the rumen, the largest of the four stomachs in an older animal, is undeveloped at birth and is considerably smaller than the abomasum or true stomach .",
"\u2014 Norman Barron"
],
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": spirit , valor":[],
": spleen , resentment":[],
": the part of the body that contains the stomach : belly , abdomen":[
"He was punched in the stomach ."
],
": to bear without overt reaction or resentment : put up with":[
"couldn't stomach office politics"
],
": to take offense at":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She has problems with her stomach .",
"I've had enough to eat. My stomach is full.",
"He was lying on his stomach .",
"Verb",
"I could barely stomach the smell.",
"I can't stomach raw onions.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In two photos in her Instagram Stories, splotches of redness can be seen on her stomach . \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 23 June 2022",
"The video finds Bailey getting very up close and personal with her male partner, laughing with him in the kitchen, singing shirtless on a bed laying on her stomach , and dancing in a Balenciaga underwear set. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 17 June 2022",
"Courtney hopped onto the shiny surface and laid flat on her stomach , then lifted her hips into the air and arched her back, staring into the camera on Nick\u2019s phone. \u2014 Kat Tenbarge, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"Lie on your stomach with your arms overhead and feet hip-width apart. \u2014 Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health , 14 June 2022",
"In my first physical-therapy visit, I was asked to lay on my stomach and lift my foot toward my butt. \u2014 Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
"The charges stem from the former officers' actions -- or lack thereof -- as their colleague Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into the neck and back of Floyd, who was handcuffed and lying on his stomach , for over nine minutes on May 25, 2020. \u2014 Brad Parks, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"During an encounter with a brown bear, the best means of action is to lay flat on your stomach and place your hands behind your neck. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
"After laying flat on his stomach on the court for a few seconds, Booker, with teammates around him, first turned his head up and seemed to look right into a camera phone. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"What firmness level should stomach sleepers look for in a mattress",
"Sometimes the decision-making comes down to gut instinct, like a founder or consumer that can't stomach the possibility of another plastic bottle bobbing in the ocean. \u2014 Katie Becker, Allure , 20 May 2022",
"The only formula Lennix can stomach is a hypoallergenic kind called PurAmino, which Ms. Fleming cannot find anywhere nearby. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Schools with billionaire boosters can stomach spending millions for unproven recruits in the name of an SEC title. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"But my light-sleeping partner can\u2019t stomach a night with no Zzs. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Rams were still in the running for a high playoff seed as well, and McVay couldn't stomach going 0-2 to Kingsbury in the same year. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 11 Jan. 2022",
"But there is a chance the Fed overdoes it by raising rates faster than the economy, or financial markets, can stomach . \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 31 Dec. 2021",
"And neither the government nor the people can stomach another round of severe pandemic restrictions. \u2014 Glen Retief, The New Republic , 18 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
"1523, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English stomak , from Anglo-French estomac , from Latin stomachus gullet, esophagus, stomach, from Greek stomachos , from stoma mouth; akin to Middle Breton staffn mouth, Avestan staman-":"Noun"
},
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"-mik",
"\u02c8st\u0259m-\u0259k, -ik",
"\u02c8st\u0259-m\u0259k"
],
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"abdomen",
"belly",
"breadbasket",
"gut",
"solar plexus",
"tummy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190040",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stomachache":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": pain in or in the region of the stomach":[]
},
"examples":[
"Eating too much food will give you a stomachache .",
"Side effects include gas, bloating, and stomachache .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Music class, where we were expected to sing solos, gave me a stomachache . \u2014 Vogue , 31 May 2022",
"One day, Maria gets a terrible stomachache and goes to the emergency room. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The boy came into the nurse\u2019s office that day complaining of a stomachache . \u2014 Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Sep. 2021",
"Because of social stigmas about gender an mental illness, individuals may think that IBS is little more than a nervous stomachache or passing discomfort. \u2014 Laken Brooks, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
"For those who try the frozen honey trend only once, nutrition experts said, major ramifications aren't likely, aside from a stomachache . \u2014 NBC News , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Just thinking about how embarrassing that will be is enough to give me a stomachache . \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 20 Mar. 2021",
"Rarely sick before a stomachache kept her home from school for three days in October, the Bloomington, Ill., eighth-grader was hit by a headache in January that still hasn\u2019t loosened its grip. \u2014 Elizabeth Cooney, STAT , 12 June 2021",
"Including the punitive stomachache ruined the effect. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1744, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u0259-m\u0259k-\u02cc\u0101k",
"-\u02cc\u0101k",
"-mik-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bellyache",
"collywobbles"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022832",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stomodeum":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the embryonic anterior ectodermal part of the digestive tract":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek stoma mouth + hodaion , neuter of hodaios being on the way, from hodos way":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccst\u014d-m\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113-\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140222",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"stomp":{
"antonyms":[
"breeze",
"coast",
"glide",
"slide",
"waltz",
"whisk"
],
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": a jazz dance marked by heavy stamping":[],
": stamp sense 2":[
"stomped on the brakes"
],
": stamp sense 4":[],
": to walk with a loud heavy step usually in anger":[
"stomped out of the office in a fit"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He stomped angrily out of the room.",
"The fans were stomping their feet and shouting.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There were mornings earlier this year when Neil would have to stomp into his son\u2019s room twice to wake him up and a third time to drag him out of bed. \u2014 Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"Elizabeth Banks\u2019 directorial outing Cocaine Bear will stomp into theaters nationwide on Feb. 24, 2023, Universal announced Monday. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"However, the economic impact of the Shanghai lockdown\u2014which hasn\u2019t fully managed to stomp out the virus in the city\u2014has raised questions about the continued viability of such an effort. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Evan Greer, director of Fight for the Future, a digital rights nonprofit advocacy group, said that trying to stomp out specific words on platforms is a fool's errand. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Of course, the time came to stomp on the brakes as confidence soared and possibilities spiked. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Jan. 2022",
"While cases in Beijing have not surged upwards like Shanghai, authorities in the city have failed to completely stomp them out with several dozens being reported every day. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"In spite of everything trying to stomp it out, life persists. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Not to necessarily stomp on an opponent that had survived the play-in round just 39 hours earlier. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Fists pump, arms flail, shoulders shimmy, hips swivel, feet stomp ; every body part explores space. \u2014 Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"The brute then begins to foot- stomp the woman \u2013 and does so seven times \u2013 and spits on her, according to police and the video. \u2014 Fox News , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The temptation is to grab them off the offending wearer\u2019s face and stomp on them, but one recognizes that this would not be courteous. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Around Jordan\u2019s last stomp , the shooter got out of the car, circled Jordan and shot Thomas in the head. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Play Bocce, stomp grapes and eat pasta at the Arkansas Italian Food and Wine Festival. \u2014 Nyssa Kruse, Arkansas Online , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In our hyperpartisan era, the play\u2019s reflections on conformism, groupthink and ideological contagion pack a wallop like a 5,000-pound pachyderm\u2019s stomp . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
"His main combat tactic of choice is a sword in one hand and an axe in the other while spamming a frost stomp move to damage enemies. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The stomp , completely with handclaps, praises the Lord for southern women and crispy chicken and other things that make life worth living. \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 8 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1803, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"circa 1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"by alteration":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8st\u00e4mp",
"\u02c8st\u022fmp"
],
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"barge",
"clump",
"flog",
"flounder",
"galumph",
"lumber",
"lump",
"plod",
"pound",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"slog",
"slough",
"stamp",
"stumble",
"stump",
"tramp",
"tromp",
"trudge"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071332",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stomping ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"The mall was their stomping ground .",
"a major part of the fun of alumni weekend is visiting the old stomping grounds",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Surprisingly, former teen idol Miranda Cosgrove led the charge by making a stylish return to her old stomping ground . \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Your father-in-law is going to love this custom portrait that'll transport him to a favorite childhood home or old stomping ground . \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The venue \u2014 known for being the stomping ground for reggaeton, Latin music\u2019s biggest genre \u2014 was about to be graced by Panama\u2019s most popular artist, whose ballads and surprise performances would captivate the 18,000 attendees throughout the night. \u2014 Katelina Eccleston, Rolling Stone , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Hollywood studios are stopping the release of films, while Europe is no longer a nearby stomping ground but an ever-more-inaccessible universe, brimming with anger at Russians. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Poshmark, frequented by a slightly older buyer, sees itself as not merely a selling tool but also as a social stomping ground . \u2014 Patricia Marx, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Now, working on Ifill's old stomping ground , Hays is proud to help her idol's legacy continue. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Back in Billy Napier\u2019s North Georgia stomping ground , the Bulldogs\u2019 first national title since 1980 was met with joyous celebration. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
"That\u2019s because this cozy apr\u00e9s hang has a long and storied history in Aspen life, including, among other things, being the former stomping ground of one of Aspen\u2019s most notorious residents, Hunter S. Thompson. \u2014 Michelle Gross, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1854, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[
"hangout",
"haunt",
"purlieu",
"rendezvous",
"resort",
"stamping ground"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052453",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stone":{
"antonyms":[
"edge",
"grind",
"hone",
"sharpen",
"strop",
"whet"
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": a surface upon which a drawing, text, or design to be lithographed is drawn or transferred":[],
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"\u2014 Edwin Shrake"
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": entirely , utterly":[
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": such a concretion of indeterminate size or shape":[],
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": to make hard or insensitive to feeling":[],
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"Irving 1903\u20131989 originally surname Tennenbaum American writer":[],
"Lucy 1818\u20131893 American suffragist":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The pedestal is made of stone .",
"His birthdate and date of death were carved on the stone .",
"Verb",
"He was stoned to death for his crimes.",
"Stone the peaches before serving.",
"Adverb",
"The soup was stone cold .",
"Adjective",
"the stone stupidity of the senator's statements embarrassed even her staffers",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Arun Devarajan, the founder and CEO of MoHash, thinks his start-up investment business can kill two birds with one stone . \u2014 David Prosser, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The Group of Seven major economies\u2019 proposal to cap the price of Russian oil is, in theory, an elegant one that can kill two birds with one stone : Curb inflation while minimizing Russia\u2019s oil revenue. \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"Large timbers were laid in the rock in a crisscross pattern and have been replaced with inlaid stone . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 19 June 2022",
"These Glow Pads from Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare kill two birds with one stone , exfoliating the skin with alpha- and beta-hydroxy acids while also delivering an odorless, non-streaky color. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, SELF , 27 May 2022",
"The mother confiscates it, removes and destroys the SIM card, and buries the phone in a nearby field, marking the spot with a stone for the return trip. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Who doesn\u2019t like products that kill two birds with one stone ",
"Unlike many canals of the time, the Windsor Locks Canal is lined with stone . \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The contractor will be installing cages with stone in it, which will help prevent further erosion of the slope. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Paiute Indians who long ago called this area home believed that these thin spires of rock were once an entire race called the Legend People, who were turned to stone for bad deeds by Coyote. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 26 May 2020",
"There\u2019s no extradiegetic sound at all \u2014 just the forest\u2019s chirping melodies and the rustling and chopping and hammering of insects, birds, wind in leaves, stone on wood. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Much of the technology was developed for use by the U.S. military in Iraq as part of a project dubbed Gorgon Stare after the mythical Greek monster that could turn men to stone with a glance. \u2014 Todd Richmond, ajc , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Played by the underwhelming Gemma Chan, Sirse is a Sino-English anthropologist who can turn things to stone or to dust. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 31 Oct. 2021",
"And the superb Baryshnikov somehow turns his body to stone , ending the colloquy. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books , 14 May 2020",
"Gorgon Medusa can Turn you to stone just by Looking your way. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Aug. 2021",
"And the symmetry was beautifully designed: the former handmaids (and maybe Marthas) arranged in a perfect circle around him, just as they\u2019d been trained to do when told to stone and kill one of their own kind. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, Vulture , 16 June 2021",
"The Medusa of Greek mythology turned opponents to stone with a glance. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 4 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Lovely wet- stone minerality melds with delicate white blossoms as the wine opens, with Asian citrus\u2014along the lines of yuzu or Buddha\u2019s hand\u2014joining up with white nectarine aromas. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Over 30 pieces are available for sale by Hopi jeweler Charles Loloma, with prices expected to rise up to $60,000 for a multi- stone and gold cuff (top), the peaks and ridges of which call to mind the landscapes of his native Arizona. \u2014 Kate Matthams, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Hints of jasmine float over notes of apple, green melon, and lime, with a lovely wet- stone quality underneath. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 5 July 2021",
"Like the name indicates, a multi- stone ring has multiple stones that compete for attention, which can be a good thing. \u2014 Jennifer Prince, Southern Living , 8 June 2021",
"White blossom aromas are touched by a salty sea breeze mixed with grapefruit and wet- stone minerality. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 17 May 2021",
"Hints of honeysuckle float above lemon, fresh herbs and wet- stone minerality on the nose, with beautiful ripe stone fruit, grapefruit and guava following on the palate. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Instead, a curved, gently sloped, stone path landscaped with shrubs, leads from the driveway to the front door. \u2014 Sally A. Downey, Philly.com , 5 Feb. 2018",
"Stone tools, animal bones and evidence of fire were also found within the same layer at the site. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 7 June 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English st\u0101n ; akin to Old High German stein stone, Old Church Slavonic st\u011bna wall, and perhaps to Sanskrit sty\u0101yate it hardens \u2014 more at steato-":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8st\u014dn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"gravestone",
"headstone",
"monument",
"tombstone"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061726",
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"verb"
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},
"stone crab":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a large brownish edible crab ( Menippe mercenaria of the family Xanthidae) found on the southern coast of the U.S. and in the Caribbean area":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Don\u2019t worry if stone crab season has passed: seafood and Southern-style dishes are available in town all year long. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
"This package also comes with caviar and stone crab pairings along with Dom P\u00e9rignon glassware and ice buckets for a total cost of $10,000. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 30 Nov. 2021",
"But not every seafood market is feeling the stone crab pinch. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Mother\u2019s Day wasn\u2019t a concern for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which last summer created four new permanent rules aimed at protecting the state\u2019s stone crab population after years of declining harvests. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 30 Apr. 2021",
"Supplemental dishes available, such as stone crab claws ($10 a person). \u2014 Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Ardent Carbone fans will recognize menu favorites with subtle updates like stone crab from the raw bar or coconut-lime confections for a local touch. \u2014 Taylor Stoddard, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2021",
"Being surrounded by fishing grounds, the Keys are a superb place to eat fresh seafood \u2014 classic catch includes yellowtail, grouper, mutton, snapper, mahi-mahi, spiny lobster, and stone crab . \u2014 Tracey Minkin, Travel + Leisure , 2 Mar. 2021",
"The strong landings come despite new restrictions imposed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission aimed at protecting the stone crab population after years of declining harvests. \u2014 Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com , 19 Nov. 2020"
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"This charming boutique hotel, which is just a stone's throw from the Hollywood Boulevard, briefly made its debut in February 2020 before reopening its fire-engine red door in July. \u2014 Vogue , 21 June 2022",
"Olympos Lodge, a boutique hotel on the Mediterranean coast, is also a stone's throw from Mt. Olympos, another Lycian city. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Centrally located in the sixth district (a stone's throw from Vienna's world-class museums), this 91-room property is like an explosion of Belle \u00c9poque exuberance filtered through the lens of Wes Anderson. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Just a stone's throw from the center of Todos Santos, guests of Jazamango are greeted by a long, lush green driveway flanked by an orchard which leads to its beautiful open dining space. \u2014 William Curtis, Travel + Leisure , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Nestled in a valley northeast of Beijing, a stone's throw from the Great Wall, the boulder-like Chapel of Sound looks as if it were carved from the landscape itself. \u2014 CNN , 3 Oct. 2021",
"This year\u2019s Super Bowl is in Inglewood, a stone's throw from Los Angeles International Airport, and that means it\u2019s a probable loss from a tax standpoint for players and coaches of both teams \u2014 and a win for California. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Wine buffs will love this new boutique hotel in the heart of the Burgundy wine region, just a stone's throw away from some of the most famous Grand Cru vineyards. \u2014 Kris Fordham, CNN , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The manmade Emerald Beach is one of Okinawa's more stunning and sits only a stone's throw from Okinawa's famous Churaumi Aquarium. \u2014 David Mcelhenney, CNN , 27 Dec. 2021"
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"Carucci, Dickerson and others in the real estate market said the property likely is owned by one of Kittler\u2019s wealthy clients, who now, like Brady and Gisele once did, has use the yoga studio, a stoned carport with space for up to 20 cars and a gym. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Unfortunately, amateur recording equipment of the era was difficult to sneak past security, let alone operate properly, and your average Floyd fan was a stoned teenager. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 6 July 2021",
"In the film, Seth Rogen\u2019s immature, stoned character must rally, rather quickly, to become a partner and father. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2021",
"Janicza Bravo\u2019s Zola was one of the first movie casualties of the pandemic, premiering at Sundance all the way back in January of 2020 to a stoned and adoring midnight audience before disappearing from A24\u2019s slate for a year and a half. \u2014 Rachel Handler, Vulture , 30 June 2021",
"The stoned attention span perfectly matches the length of each vignette, in which Attenborough\u2019s soothing, avuncular voice guides you through a simple story about animal life. \u2014 Emma Marris, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2021",
"The stoned , nightmare sequence clearly comes from the imagination of someone safe, successful, and unafraid \u2014 but who follows today\u2019s seditious fashion. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 3 Mar. 2021",
"If the sound of California cool jazz as presented by players such as Baker and Gerry Mulligan was informed by a gentler, more stoned approach than the New York center, Budd took that approach to the extreme. \u2014 Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times , 9 Dec. 2020",
"Opponents fear children will be lured into use, roads will become drag strips for stoned drivers and widespread consumption will spike health care costs. \u2014 Michael R. Blood, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Oct. 2020"
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"Not exactly the ideal setup for stoner tourists staying in hotels or Airbnbs that don\u2019t allow smoking on their premises. \u2014 Red Rodriguez, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022",
"Jonathan spends most of his time getting high with his new stoner pal, Argyle (Eduardo Franco), who drives a delivery truck for Surfer Boy Pizza. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 May 2022",
"Jonathan is mostly used as stoner comic relief in the new episodes and is not involved in the main storyline set in Hawkins. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"The Weed King himself, a 25-year-old stoner , fired me on the spot. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 25 May 2022",
"Mike heads to California on spring break to see Eleven, but instead gets stuck on a frantic road trip with the Byers brothers and Jonathan\u2019s new stoner friend Argyle (Eduardo Franco). \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 24 May 2022",
"After several acting roles in the last few years, rocker Machine Gun Kelly \u2014 also known by his real name, Colson Baker \u2014 has gone fully Hollywood, co-writing, co-directing and starring in new stoner comedy Good Mourning. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
"But the film found its director in a way more befitting a stoner comedy. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Each short chapter takes the form of a different genre\u2014 stoner comedy, self-help bestseller, modern art. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 4 Feb. 2021"
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"collects 19th-century English stoneware , especially soup tureens",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dishwasher-safe and hard to tip over (either thanks to its rubber base or sturdy stoneware construction), these pet bowls check all the necessary boxes to feed your pup with minimal mess and easy cleaning. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 11 May 2022",
"Hot pink roses and fresh greens cluster in a food-safe stoneware pitcher that mom can keep forever. \u2014 cleveland , 6 May 2022",
"This small pottery made stoneware items from 1858 through 1885, and your jug dates to 1865-1880. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
"This customizable stoneware bowl is perfect for any mother-in-law who loves to knit. \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The stoneware and recycled glass puddler is crafted to hold sand and water, leaving a crystal residue that attracts butterflies. \u2014 Brittney Morgan And Medgina Saint-elien, House Beautiful , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Crafted in Portugal, the beautifully detailed stoneware pieces feature a wide brim and rich crackle glaze. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The other items, all stoneware or porcelain tinted with natural materials, include standing vessels that appear almost functional and wall pieces that ripple and rupture as if made of something much softer. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Louisa Neill makes handsome stoneware boxes filled with ceramic sticks that can be repositioned to represent the passage of time. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"Such trees, gnarly and stout, can live for hundreds of years on the harsh, stony landscape of the higher elevations. \u2014 Robert O'harrow Jr., Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Gagosian\u2019s concerns were echoed by several curators known to write widely on Basquiat\u2019s work, who have greeted the Orlando museum\u2019s show with a stony public silence. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Martha returns to work just three weeks later with no explanation, just cool, stony defiance. \u2014 Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times , 6 Jan. 2021",
"Additionally, Itokawa was a bright, stony object, with a very different history and scientific potential from dark, carbonaceous asteroids such as Bennu. \u2014 Dante S. Lauretta, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2016",
"Located roughly 10 miles north of the town of Strawberry in Coconino National Forest, the stony peninsula juts out over the eastern edge of Fossil Springs Wilderness. \u2014 Mare Czinar, azcentral , 29 May 2020",
"The senators watched, with stony faces, as Mr. Schiff spoke. \u2014 Lindsay Wise, WSJ , 16 Jan. 2020",
"Outbreaks of stony coral tissue loss disease, first noticed off Miami in 2014, have spread as far as Cozumel, the Caribbean region, and have baffled marine biologists. \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 11 Dec. 2019",
"Outbreaks of stony coral tissue loss disease, first noticed off Miami in 2014, have spread as far as Cozumel, the Caribbean region, and have baffled marine biologists. \u2014 USA TODAY , 11 Dec. 2019"
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"Such trees, gnarly and stout, can live for hundreds of years on the harsh, stony landscape of the higher elevations. \u2014 Robert O'harrow Jr., Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Gagosian\u2019s concerns were echoed by several curators known to write widely on Basquiat\u2019s work, who have greeted the Orlando museum\u2019s show with a stony public silence. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Martha returns to work just three weeks later with no explanation, just cool, stony defiance. \u2014 Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times , 6 Jan. 2021",
"Additionally, Itokawa was a bright, stony object, with a very different history and scientific potential from dark, carbonaceous asteroids such as Bennu. \u2014 Dante S. Lauretta, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2016",
"Located roughly 10 miles north of the town of Strawberry in Coconino National Forest, the stony peninsula juts out over the eastern edge of Fossil Springs Wilderness. \u2014 Mare Czinar, azcentral , 29 May 2020",
"The senators watched, with stony faces, as Mr. Schiff spoke. \u2014 Lindsay Wise, WSJ , 16 Jan. 2020",
"Outbreaks of stony coral tissue loss disease, first noticed off Miami in 2014, have spread as far as Cozumel, the Caribbean region, and have baffled marine biologists. \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 11 Dec. 2019",
"Outbreaks of stony coral tissue loss disease, first noticed off Miami in 2014, have spread as far as Cozumel, the Caribbean region, and have baffled marine biologists. \u2014 USA TODAY , 11 Dec. 2019"
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"Noun",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The large ensuite has a jetted tub, a separate shower, double sinks and an area for a vanity chair or stool . \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 25 June 2022",
"And instead of adding a side table or console, which might look too large here, Kirk opted for a low stool . \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 24 June 2022",
"See-through elements such as an acrylic counter stool and open tread staircase can make a room look bigger. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"Standing remains a wobbly affair for Gadsby, and a stool was required for support. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
"Knoll introduced an oak chair, bench and stool series by Antonio Citterio called Klismos. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 13 June 2022",
"Find me a stool along a counter where the waitstaff bustle by with greetings, slap down menus that run for pages, pour hot coffee into porcelain mugs, and serve up something delicious with a side of banter. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"Barreto unearths a stool and sets up his laptop beside the soup. \u2014 Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
"Ball & Cast's stool end table that resembles a tree trunk can easily be paired with beige or teak lounge chairs and linen throw pillows, and will blend right in with any greenery dotting your backyard. \u2014 Nina Huang, Better Homes & Gardens , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Blood tests such as an eosinophil level -- a type of blood cell that is increased in many parasitic diseases -- can be helpful, and occasionally stool tests are of benefit. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
"Shonkoff\u2019s center is working on an approach to use children\u2019s saliva as a potential screening tool related to early life stress, while other researchers are focusing on blood, hair, and even stool samples from pregnant women. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Siegel wishes more doctors would offer their patients stool tests as an option. \u2014 Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The trial, which started in 2018, measures levels of miRNA found in breast milk, infant saliva and infant stool over 12 months. \u2014 Tien Nguyen, Scientific American , 17 June 2020",
"Jack Gilbert, director of the Microbiome Center at the University of Chicago, agrees that the observed change in pH is an interesting observation, and one that fits the current understanding that bifidobacterium lowers stool pH. \u2014 Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science , 16 Mar. 2018",
"Weird but true: Dogs lower intestinal tract glands produce a clear, jelly-like slime to lubricate the colon and help stool pass more easily. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, Good Housekeeping , 11 July 2018",
"Weird but true: Dogs lower intestinal tract glands produce a clear, jelly-like slime to lubricate the colon and help stool pass more easily. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, Good Housekeeping , 11 July 2018",
"It's Coated In Mucus Weird but true: Dogs lower intestinal tract glands produce a clear, jelly-like slime to lubricate the colon and help stool pass more easily. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, Good Housekeeping , 13 Apr. 2017"
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"the FBI finally got a break when one of the mob boss's top henchmen turned stool pigeon",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"They are barred from using certain language during debates including git, guttersnipe, swine and stool pigeon . \u2014 Max Colchester, WSJ , 3 Jan. 2019"
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"told the mule that if he ever turned stoolie , he'd end up spilling his guts in more ways than one",
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"At one point my head was whipped back and forth like a mafia stoolie being slapped silly by his don. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Aug. 2019"
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"He really did that"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The tough stoop labor was necessary for family survival. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Oct. 2020"
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"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 Harvey Fergusson"
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"Verb",
"She was walking toward me, and then she suddenly stopped .",
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"He stopped to watch the sun set.",
"He stopped to pick up a penny.",
"The car was going so fast that it couldn't stop in time.",
"The traffic light turned red, so she had to stop .",
"Stop that man! He stole my wallet.",
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"She stopped the car and turned back.",
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"Noun",
"His first stop will be Washington, D.C.",
"Our first stop has to be the gas station.",
"I need to make a stop at the grocery store on the way home.",
"The next stop is Main Street and Tower Square.",
"I'm getting off at the next stop .",
"Slow down as you approach the stop .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But what the Red Planet can tell us doesn\u2019t simply stop there. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 2 July 2022",
"That did not stop running backs coach Tony Alford from giving him the reward that was waiting for him in Columbus. \u2014 Robert Fenbers, cleveland , 2 July 2022",
"More importantly, Microsoft didn\u2019t stop at donations. \u2014 Zack Rosen, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"The abuse didn\u2019t stop after the schools closed in 1969. \u2014 ELLE , 1 July 2022",
"The murderous acts of the Myanmar military will not stop until their income fails. \u2014 Zin Mar Aung, CNN , 1 July 2022",
"Wilmer's father, Manuel de Jes\u00fas Tulul, could not stop crying Wednesday. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"But that doesn\u2019t stop her for reaching for victim status. \u2014 Guy Martin, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The wallet-draining price of gasoline probably won\u2019t stop people from taking a drive to their Independence Day holiday destination. \u2014 Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Diaz was forced to make a hard stop to avoid a crash, injuring Cox in the process. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"The gondola would move up to 3,400 people an hour, using cars that hold 35 people and cover the distance to Alta in 36 minutes with a single intermediary stop at Snowbird. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Shortly after Wright's death, the Brooklyn Center Police Department released video of how the traffic stop unfolded. \u2014 Jamiel Lynch, Brad Parks And Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Meyers spoke to Variety\u2019s Awards Circuit podcast during a recent stop in Los Angeles, his first trip to the city in three years, before the pandemic began. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"The film will culminate in the singer\u2019s final stop on his farewell tour of North America this November at Dodger Stadium in L.A. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
"The traffic stop occurred last Wednesday in North Miami Beach, where Gerardson Nicolas was on his way to work when he was pulled over, according to NBC 6. \u2014 Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"Then, in 2024, Laver Cup returns to Europe for a stop in Berlin's Mercedes-Benz Arena. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"During a June 7 traffic stop of a Jeep Grand Cherokee with an equipment violation on Deborah Drive, police discovered that the Parma driver and a Maple Heights passenger both had guns. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In times of uncertainty and non- stop disruption, the digital twin technology can be a way to achieve both by improving the supply chain visibility, performance and more. \u2014 Alex Koshulko, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Dripping with potential, the energetic forward has what the NBA looks for in modern-day wing defenders -- size, switchability, strength, length, quickness, athleticism, non- stop motor. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"The years of recording and non- stop touring started to catch up with them. \u2014 Daniel Kohn, SPIN , 2 June 2022",
"The non- stop commercials for the primary Senate campaign were vicious, cynical and focused on tapping into the basest emotions of voters. \u2014 cleveland , 14 May 2022",
"The non- stop [00:09:00] controversies that were coming out of there. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The draft has been quite intriguing thus far, with a non- stop frenzy of trading activity shaking up the draft order and adding even more unpredictability to an event already impossible to accurately project. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Hutchinson, who has a non- stop motor, was also a two-time team captain in Ann Arbor \u2013 and should help establish the kind of culture coach Dan Campbell and the Lions are seeking. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"As one of the biggest music festivals in the world, Coachella draws hundreds of thousands of music lovers for two weekends of non- stop tunes from some of the best artists in the industry. \u2014 Ellise Shafer, Variety , 25 Apr. 2022"
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": one of the handles by which an organist draws or shuts off a particular stop":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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": an order to a broker to buy or sell respectively at the market when the price of a security advances or declines to a designated level":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dealers who have orders pending but haven't delivered the vehicle yet have a stop order on delivery until the defect is fixed. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 23 June 2022",
"The last order type is a stop order , which is just a market or limit order with an activation price that triggers the order. \u2014 Jj Kinahan, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Over the past year and a half, failure to stop during a red signal or stop order has contributed to multiple incidents, including an after-hours collision in fall 2019. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2021",
"TerraSlate, which makes waterproof, tear-proof paper, has suffered a 30% loss in revenue as many restaurants in China, Southeast Asia and Europe have stopped ordering its paper for menus amid sharp sales declines, says company president Kyle Ewing. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2020",
"The retailer stopped ordering more supply of Exploding Kittens, and the most popular version of the game soon fell out of stock. \u2014 Karen Weise, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Restaurants have stopped ordering our chicken or eggs. \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Mar. 2020",
"Is there anyone else who can\u2019t stop ordering from Amazon",
"Gap and Ralph Lauren temporarily stopped ordering for the fall season, having no clear view of when stores will reopen. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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": to withdraw temporarily from enrollment at a college or university":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"ConocoPhillips has said it\u2019s leading the response but has hired some experts to help, including Wild Well Control out of Houston, Texas, a company that helps stop out -of-control wells. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Mar. 2022",
"According to traditional metrics, this would be a dropout or a stop out , which would be considered a bad outcome. \u2014 Michael B. Horn, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Some walked to the bus stop out front, waiting for a bus to take them to the Metro a mile way. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Studies of these charts revealed that people basically never died when these vital signs were normal; hearts don\u2019t stop out of the blue. \u2014 Neil Singh, Wired , 15 June 2021",
"My last stop out of town was the Oshkosh post office, just west of the airport. \u2014 Luther Ray Abel, National Review , 19 Aug. 2020",
"Smith and his team of union executives usually spread their stops out over a 10-week span, wrapping up just before Thanksgiving. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 15 Oct. 2019",
"The Frenchman was minutes away from being announced as a Red before the World Cup kicked off in Russia, but the deal was suddenly stopped out of nowhere. \u2014 SI.com , 5 July 2018",
"One long ball caused Colombia problems as Lewandowski raced through on goal, and forced a very good stop out of Ospina, reminding Colombia that Poland can cause a threat. \u2014 SI.com , 24 June 2018"
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"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a soft shot in tennis intended to carry just over the net short of the reach of one's opponent":[]
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": a cock for stopping or regulating flow (as through a pipe)":[]
},
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"a mechanical engineer who designs industrial valves and stopcocks",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Levers, stopcocks , switches and buttons sent decisions back out. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Dec. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1584, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170238",
"type":[
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},
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"The new law is intended only as a stopgap .",
"the coach we have now was only hired as a stopgap until someone with more experience is found",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As for the return of the A380 the company positions it as happy news, rather than as a stopgap measure. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"These payouts can serve as an incentive, or stopgap measure. \u2014 Rob Walker, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
"In some ways, the Ferrari 365GTC/4 served as a stopgap measure. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 31 May 2022",
"Oregon lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday allowing the sale of cocktails to-go to continue after the pandemic, turning what had been a stopgap for struggling restaurants and bars into a permanent fact of life. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2021",
"Congress created the Paycheck Protection Program in March 2020 as an emergency stopgap for what lawmakers expected to be a few months of sharp economic disruption. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2021",
"The Freeport blast could deal a blow to that stopgap solution, particularly if the facility fails to come back online soon. \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 9 June 2022",
"Patrick Peterson is back for another go in Minnesota, but the 31-year-old likely is a mere stopgap solution for a team desperate for support in the secondary. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The stopgap solution to the Clarke scandal, at least, has been to scrap any honorary awards for this year, as organizers review their selection processes and aim to incorporate the wider membership\u2019s input into such decisions. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1684, in the meaning defined above":""
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"expedient",
"makeshift"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212030",
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"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"from gerund of stope entry 2":""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070103",
"type":[
"noun"
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"stopless":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having no stop":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u00e4pl\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093550",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun,"
]
},
"stoplight":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a light on the rear of a motor vehicle that is illuminated when the driver presses the brake pedal":[],
": traffic signal":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This tiny one- stoplight town is just a 13-mile drive from Grandfather Mountain, part of the United Nations\u2019 Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve and home to the Wilson Center for Nature Discovery, opening this June. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
"The massacre begins with this sequence of Sons getting picked off one by one in broad daylight \u2014 in a motel room, at a coffee cart, at a stoplight . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
"The classroom of the outstanding Register\u2019s Mr. Smith seems a kind of oasis of enlightenment for a one- stoplight town in northern Georgia (or maybe, we city slickers are just too quick to impose our own provincialism on rural America). \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Video footage released by the Boynton Beach Police Department shows a black vehicle beginning to drift from its lane and into the middle of the busy intersection as the stoplight turns red. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"Cars were passing through a busy South Florida intersection last week when a black vehicle began slowly rolling diagonally past the stoplight . \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Victims have reported being struck by this confluence of symptoms in embassies and personal residences around the globe, and in at least one instance, at open-air stoplight in a foreign country. \u2014 Katie Bo Lillis, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Walker tried to establish an ambulance service based in Statenville, the one- stoplight county seat in Echols, but the cost of providing one was projected at $280,000 a year. \u2014 Andy Miller, ajc , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Harris, who works as a hairstylist, said one of her friends was recently robbed at a stoplight while driving in Columbus with her daughter. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u00e4p-\u02ccl\u012bt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061016",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stopover":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a stop at an intermediate point in one's journey":[],
": a stopping place on a journey":[]
},
"examples":[
"The city is a favorite stopover for tourists.",
"I've been to Belgium\u2014if you count a stopover in Brussels on my way to Istanbul.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On a ridge in Idaho that acts as a stopover for migrating birds, the team set up a half-mile corridor of speakers that played looped recordings of passing cars. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"Scientists have long known the health of most migratory species rests on a triumvirate of habitat needs: breeding, wintering and migratory, or stopover . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In the nearly 60 years since those events, Selma has become an annual stopover for politicians looking to bolster their civil rights bona fides. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The setting is Leverett, an elite, formerly all-male boarding school in Connecticut and a stopover for the scions of old-money families before the Ivy League. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Delta Air Lines doesn\u2019t have a formal stopover program. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"However, the plan did not mention the maintenance of stopover sights along the migratory pathway. \u2014 Freep.com , 27 May 2022",
"More information on the stopover program can be found on the Turkish Airlines website. \u2014 Breanna Wilson, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"The new flight experience comes just weeks after Turkish Airlines resumed its stopover program, giving travelers a free one-night stay in Istanbul. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 31 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u00e4p-\u02cc\u014d-v\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"layover",
"stop"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031643",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stoppage":{
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
],
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": the act of stopping : the state of being stopped : halt , obstruction":[
"a stoppage in play"
]
},
"examples":[
"The penalty caused a stoppage in play.",
"There have been more than 10 minutes in stoppages .",
"10 minutes of stoppage time",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to Mueller, in the event of a gas supply stoppage , private households would be specially protected, as would hospitals or nursing homes. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 3 July 2022",
"The official stoppage came 17 seconds into the second round. \u2014 Danny Segura, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"In November, hundreds of Gopuff gig workers went on strike, said Candace Hinson, a delivery driver in Philadelphia who helped organize the stoppage . \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Locals initially joked that Azerbaijan\u2019s authorities, assumed to be behind the stoppage , were congratulating the women of Nagorno-Karabakh, giving them a break from cooking or showering. \u2014 Simon Maghakyan, Time , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The current stoppage marks one of the longest suspensions since the factory started production in late 2019. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Prior to the stoppage , the BBC\u2019s Russian and Ukrainian coverage saw record levels of consumption in both countries. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 24 Mar. 2022",
"For now, though, some sort of solution to the production stoppage is in the works, based on an Avtovaz statement about restarting car assembly next week. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 12 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s one reason why Saturday night\u2019s unification fight is so compelling: Both have the ability to score a highlight-reel stoppage at any time. \u2014 Josh Katzowitz, Forbes , 18 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8st\u00e4-pij"
],
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"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071327",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stopped":{
"antonyms":[
"layover",
"stopover"
],
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": a corresponding set of vibrators or reeds of a reed organ":[],
": a depression in the face of an animal at the junction of forehead and muzzle":[],
": a device for arresting or limiting motion":[],
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": a function of an electronic device that stops a recording":[],
": a graduated set of organ pipes of similar design and tone quality":[],
": a halt in a journey : stay":[
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": a means of regulating the pitch of a musical instrument":[],
": a pause or break in a verse that marks the end of a grammatical unit":[],
": a pause or breaking off in speech":[],
": a stopping place":[
"a bus stop"
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": an order stopping payment (as of a check or note) by a bank":[],
": any of several punctuation marks":[],
": baffle , nonplus":[],
": cessation , end":[],
": discontinue":[],
": parry":[],
": pause , hesitate":[],
": remain":[],
": serving to stop : designed to stop":[
"stop line",
"stop signal"
],
": something that impedes, obstructs, or brings to a halt : impediment , obstacle":[],
": stop knob":[
"\u2014 often used figuratively in phrases like pull out all the stops to suggest holding nothing back"
],
": stop order":[],
": the act of stopping : the state of being stopped : check":[],
": to arrest the progress or motion of : cause to halt":[
"stopped the car"
],
": to become choked : clog":[
"the sink often stops up"
],
": to break one's journey : stay":[],
": to cause to cease : check , suppress":[],
": to cause to give up or change a course of action":[],
": to cease activity or operation":[
"his heart stopped",
"the motor stopped"
],
": to cease to move on : halt":[],
": to change the pitch of (a wind instrument) by closing one or more finger holes or by thrusting the hand or a mute into the bell":[],
": to change the pitch of (something, such as a violin string) by pressing with the finger":[],
": to check by means of a weapon : bring down , kill":[],
": to close by filling or obstructing":[],
": to close up or block off (an opening) : plug":[],
": to come to an end especially suddenly : close , finish":[
"The talking stopped when she entered the room."
],
": to cover over or fill in (a hole or crevice)":[],
": to deduct or withhold (a sum due)":[],
": to get in the way of : be wounded or killed by":[
"easy to stop a bullet along a lonely \u2026 road",
"\u2014 Harvey Fergusson"
],
": to hinder or prevent the passage of":[],
": to hold an honor card and enough protecting cards to be able to block (a bridge suit) before an opponent can run many tricks":[],
": to instruct one's bank to refuse (payment) or refuse payment of (something, such as a check)":[],
": to keep from carrying out a proposed action : restrain , prevent":[
"stopped them from leaving"
],
": to make a brief call : drop in":[],
": to make impassable : choke , obstruct":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She was walking toward me, and then she suddenly stopped .",
"The bus stopped at the corner.",
"He stopped to watch the sun set.",
"He stopped to pick up a penny.",
"The car was going so fast that it couldn't stop in time.",
"The traffic light turned red, so she had to stop .",
"Stop that man! He stole my wallet.",
"They stopped us at the border to check our passports.",
"She stopped the car and turned back.",
"He was stopped by the police for speeding.",
"Noun",
"His first stop will be Washington, D.C.",
"Our first stop has to be the gas station.",
"I need to make a stop at the grocery store on the way home.",
"The next stop is Main Street and Tower Square.",
"I'm getting off at the next stop .",
"Slow down as you approach the stop .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But what the Red Planet can tell us doesn\u2019t simply stop there. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 2 July 2022",
"That did not stop running backs coach Tony Alford from giving him the reward that was waiting for him in Columbus. \u2014 Robert Fenbers, cleveland , 2 July 2022",
"More importantly, Microsoft didn\u2019t stop at donations. \u2014 Zack Rosen, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"The abuse didn\u2019t stop after the schools closed in 1969. \u2014 ELLE , 1 July 2022",
"The murderous acts of the Myanmar military will not stop until their income fails. \u2014 Zin Mar Aung, CNN , 1 July 2022",
"Wilmer's father, Manuel de Jes\u00fas Tulul, could not stop crying Wednesday. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"But that doesn\u2019t stop her for reaching for victim status. \u2014 Guy Martin, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The wallet-draining price of gasoline probably won\u2019t stop people from taking a drive to their Independence Day holiday destination. \u2014 Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Diaz was forced to make a hard stop to avoid a crash, injuring Cox in the process. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"The gondola would move up to 3,400 people an hour, using cars that hold 35 people and cover the distance to Alta in 36 minutes with a single intermediary stop at Snowbird. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Shortly after Wright's death, the Brooklyn Center Police Department released video of how the traffic stop unfolded. \u2014 Jamiel Lynch, Brad Parks And Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Meyers spoke to Variety\u2019s Awards Circuit podcast during a recent stop in Los Angeles, his first trip to the city in three years, before the pandemic began. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"The film will culminate in the singer\u2019s final stop on his farewell tour of North America this November at Dodger Stadium in L.A. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
"The traffic stop occurred last Wednesday in North Miami Beach, where Gerardson Nicolas was on his way to work when he was pulled over, according to NBC 6. \u2014 Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"Then, in 2024, Laver Cup returns to Europe for a stop in Berlin's Mercedes-Benz Arena. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"During a June 7 traffic stop of a Jeep Grand Cherokee with an equipment violation on Deborah Drive, police discovered that the Parma driver and a Maple Heights passenger both had guns. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In times of uncertainty and non- stop disruption, the digital twin technology can be a way to achieve both by improving the supply chain visibility, performance and more. \u2014 Alex Koshulko, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Dripping with potential, the energetic forward has what the NBA looks for in modern-day wing defenders -- size, switchability, strength, length, quickness, athleticism, non- stop motor. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"The years of recording and non- stop touring started to catch up with them. \u2014 Daniel Kohn, SPIN , 2 June 2022",
"The non- stop commercials for the primary Senate campaign were vicious, cynical and focused on tapping into the basest emotions of voters. \u2014 cleveland , 14 May 2022",
"The non- stop [00:09:00] controversies that were coming out of there. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The draft has been quite intriguing thus far, with a non- stop frenzy of trading activity shaking up the draft order and adding even more unpredictability to an event already impossible to accurately project. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Hutchinson, who has a non- stop motor, was also a two-time team captain in Ann Arbor \u2013 and should help establish the kind of culture coach Dan Campbell and the Lions are seeking. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"As one of the biggest music festivals in the world, Coachella draws hundreds of thousands of music lovers for two weekends of non- stop tunes from some of the best artists in the industry. \u2014 Ellise Shafer, Variety , 25 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1594, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English stoppen , from Old English -stoppian , from Vulgar Latin *stuppare to stop with tow, from Latin stuppa tow, from Greek stypp\u0113":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u00e4p"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for stop Verb stop , cease , quit , discontinue , desist mean to suspend or cause to suspend activity. stop applies to action or progress or to what is operating or progressing and may imply suddenness or definiteness. stopped at the red light cease applies to states, conditions, or existence and may add a suggestion of gradualness and a degree of finality. by nightfall the fighting had ceased quit may stress either finality or abruptness in stopping or ceasing. the engine faltered, sputtered, then quit altogether discontinue applies to the stopping of an accustomed activity or practice. we have discontinued the manufacture of that item desist implies forbearance or restraint as a motive for stopping or ceasing. desisted from further efforts to persuade them",
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"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"end",
"give over",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"leave off",
"pack (up ",
"quit",
"shut off"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184307",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stopwatch":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a watch with a hand or a digital display that can be started and stopped at will for exact timing (as of a race)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The moment a dancer is in the middle of the circle waiting for the stopwatch and beat to start with the hoops organized on the floor and ready to be picked up, can be intense even for people who have danced for years. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The gist of the process is this \u2014 for 20 seconds, 14 pingpong balls are mixed before one is drawn (someone has a stopwatch and his back to the machine, signaling for one of the accountants to draw a ball). \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"But equipping the Macan with the Sport Chrono option ($1220) adds a wart-like stopwatch to the top of the dashboard and some critical launch-control software. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Sport Chrono package will come standard on the Macan T, adding a driving mode switch on the steering wheel, launch control, and an analog and digital stopwatch . \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Now the film industry is back in action, and Williams, who turned 90 on Tuesday, is once again at the piano churning out earworms \u2014 pencil, paper and stopwatch in hand. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Fraser performed six tasks, including counting out a duration of 30 seconds in his head, as if to test his inner stopwatch . \u2014 Amanda Chicago Lewis, Wired , 15 Feb. 2022",
"At the end of 1995\u2014the first year computer controls replaced four guys with ropes, one with a stopwatch , and a supervisor\u2014the ball descended two seconds late, Mr. Straus said. \u2014 Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
"No, Kastor doesn\u2019t assess her races according to the stopwatch or even her medal collection. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 24 Aug. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1737, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u00e4p-\u02ccw\u00e4ch"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181425",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stopwater":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a plug of soft wood driven into a hole bored in the seam of a scarf":[],
": any of various devices or procedures for securing watertightness: such as":[],
": canvas backed with red lead or other material and fitted between metal parts (as of a ship)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"stop entry 1 + water":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202830",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stopwork":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a device to prevent tight winding of the mainspring of a watch or clock \u2014 compare maltese cross":[],
": stoppage of work : strike":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"stop entry 2 + work":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173805",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stor":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"storage":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070945",
"type":[
"abbreviation"
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},
"storage":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an amount stored":[],
": memory sense 4":[],
": space or a place for storing":[],
": the price charged for keeping goods in a storehouse":[],
": the production by means of electric energy of chemical reactions that when allowed to reverse themselves generate electricity again without serious loss":[]
},
"examples":[
"Her new house is much smaller, so she had to rent additional storage .",
"We need to get our furniture out of storage .",
"the body's storage of fat",
"the storage of nuclear waste",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Back up your data to an external hard drive, USB drive, or cloud storage before selecting this option. \u2014 Toby Grey, BGR , 28 June 2022",
"There\u2019s also a MicroSD slot for less expensive storage expansion. \u2014 Barry Collins, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The Ministry of Defense also said that the mall was closed at the time and caught fire after the weapons and ammunition storage exploded following the missile attack. \u2014 WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"The Carmel High School marching band and winter guard are getting a new indoor rehearsal and storage space. \u2014 Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
"The volcanic island in the North Atlantic is now about to get its second such direct air capture and storage facility, this one an order of magnitude larger. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"The build instructions mirror the way a real Bugatti is constructed, and the model includes a W16 engine, authentic cockpit, unique serial number, and even a Bugatti overnight bag in the storage compartment. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 27 June 2022",
"The Bureau of Reclamation\u2019s policy is to balance the storage in both reservoirs, keeping as much water in the lakes as possible while also meeting obligations to water users. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Previously, there were offices and storage areas in that space, with a few movie posters and pictures on exhibit. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u022fr-ij"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"depository",
"depot",
"magazine",
"repository",
"storehouse",
"warehouse"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233316",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"storage battery":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a cell or connected group of cells that converts chemical energy into electrical energy by reversible chemical reactions and that may be recharged by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to that of its discharge":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There have been more than 35 large lithium-ion battery fires since 2018, Paul Christensen, an expert in lithium fires, told the Financial Times, including a 13-ton Tesla megapack storage battery in Victoria Australia that burned for three days. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 21 Feb. 2022",
"This year, China is aiming to become the first Winter Olympics to achieve carbon neutrality, in a technological showcase of wind and solar energy, hydrogen fuel cell transport, and the world\u2019s largest hydro energy storage battery . \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 3 Feb. 2022",
"But Jim\u2019s car draws from a high-capacity energy storage battery charged by solar panels during daylight hours the day before. \u2014 John Barton, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
"From building the world\u2019s largest storage battery by Tesla in 2017 to record heat and unprecedented wildfires in 2019, Australia appears to be focused on climate change solutions. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 26 May 2021",
"Byrne worked with Swell Energy, a storage energy provider that helps design at-home microgrids using various company products, to build his solar power system using Sunpower solar panels and a Tesla storage battery . \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2021",
"An auto generator powered by a storage battery could also be used to drive the propeller. \u2014 Popular Science , 9 Aug. 2020",
"The result was the world\u2019s first electric storage battery . \u2014 John Fialka, Scientific American , 12 May 2020",
"But the company's solar power and storage battery business could be a major factor in the performance of Tesla shares, according to a new analyst note. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 19 Feb. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034000",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"storage bellows":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a chamber in a pipe organ in which the compressed air supplied by the blower is kept at a uniform pressure by means of weights or springs":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094710",
"type":[
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
]
},
"storage car":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a railway car for hauling mail and parcels that do not require sorting and distribution en route \u2014 compare railway mail car":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192019",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"storax family":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": styracaceae":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123920",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"store":{
"antonyms":[
"cache",
"deposit",
"hoard",
"reserve"
],
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"Noun",
"I'm going to the store to buy groceries.",
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"The employees are asking for lactation rooms that are private for people who are breastfeeding or pumping and that the rooms are only open to people who lactate, locked by a key or code, with a place to store breastmilk. \u2014 Shannon Liao, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Reach LinkedIn\u2014particularly the Premium and Sales Navigator versions\u2014has moved from being a place to store your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to a communications and content platform. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Like all foodstuffs, the best place to store emergency food kits is in a clean, dry place. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The property has had various uses over the years, including as a gas station, a place to store coal and a scrap metal yard. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Only two years ago, oil prices plummeted by more than $50 a barrel in a single day to less than zero as the pandemic took hold and producers had no place to store oil that nobody needed to buy. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Despite the name, your bathroom medicine cabinet is not a good place to store drugs and diagnostics because the room often gets hot and humid, Wu adds. \u2014 Jamie Ducharme, Time , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In the kitchen\u2019s original location, an 8 foot wall was built to create an entry way, and a mud bench installed for a convenient place to store bags and coats upon entry. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The family uses the garage, built beneath Ms. French-Kennedy\u2019s studio, as a wine cellar and a place to store her husband\u2019s surfboards. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Read on to see what\u2019s in store for your sign with your monthly tarot horoscope, Aquarius. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
"Critically, the company sells these styles online\u2014a big change for an industry that once asked health care workers to shlep to a medical supply store to buy their scrubs amid bedpans and knee braces. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Some say what\u2019s in store for the state could be akin to the conditions that drove people thousands of years ago to abandon cities in the Southwest. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"But, of course, that\u2019s not what the Arconia has in store for them. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 28 June 2022",
"Perhaps more exciting than the Isocell HP3 itself is the prospect of what camera technology Samsung might have in store for the Galaxy S23 Ultra. \u2014 Paul Monckton, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the child was in the car for about two to three hours after his family returned home from purchasing items at a store for his 8-year-old sister\u2019s birthday. \u2014 Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"The first Petco Neighborhood Farm & Pet Supply store is set to open June 17 in Floresville, Texas, which is 28 miles southeast of San Antonio. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"Excessive heat is in store for the Cincinnati region Tuesday. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Motor vehicle sales were down 1.9%, and volatile non- store retail sales, or online sales, fell sharply at 6.4%. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Bose began selling direct-to-consumer hearing aids for $849 a pair via its website and a limited number of other non- store channels last year. \u2014 Amara Omeokwe, WSJ , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Many of the new businesses were concentrated in the non- store retail sector, which includes e-commerce, truck transportation, and accommodation and food services. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 29 June 2021",
"The group expects that online and other non- store sales, which are included in the total, will increase between 11% and 15%. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Included in the total are online and non- store sales, NRF projects an increase between 11% and 15% totaling between $218.3 billion and $226.2 billion. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"For instance, a third of the increase in new business applications came from non- store retailers\u2014a direct result of the shift to remote interactions between businesses and customers. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 22 July 2021",
"In addition, non- store retailers were up 25.9% from February last year, while food services and drinking places were down 17% from last year. \u2014 Kristin Larson, Forbes , 16 Mar. 2021",
"Even though the Baltimore County center\u2019s movie theater, Regal Hunt Valley, has been closed since March of last year, Greenberg Gibbons\u2019 plans have progressed, including the signing of several non- store tenants. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 18 Mar. 2021"
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"Noun",
"He rented a storefront on Main Street.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The visitor center will be housed in the storefront adjoining the Stonewall, which was part of the bar in 1969. \u2014 Karen Matthews, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"Synanon, originally a drug-and-booze rehab program, began in 1958 in a rundown Ocean Park storefront . \u2014 Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"Curious to explore the hidden gems awaiting you in the Amazon Global Style storefront ",
"Police officers stand next to a car that crashed into a group of people and ended up in a storefront near Breitscheidplatz, on June 8. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"After discussing the opportunity, Cole said the Christ Child Society decided to pursue a second location in the Lorain Road storefront . \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"In 1960, Callewaert and Ryba opened their first fudge operation in a storefront on Mackinac Island. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 10 May 2022",
"Marshall and Sawyer settled in a converted storefront in the Mission District. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Chernikova stood in the empty storefront full of boxes with clothing donations from all over the world, including the United States. \u2014 NBC News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The company is the first of its kind in the Bayou City and the first Texas Original storefront open five days a week, offering next-day pickup for customers. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 23 June 2022",
"With the storefront vacant, the couple looked for the next opportunity. \u2014 Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 May 2022",
"For some 25 years, the shop sponsored a poetry contest at Brookline Public Schools, displaying the winners in the storefront window for passersby to see. \u2014 Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
"On Saturday, Marie Hannie, 61, carried artificial plants and a decorative bird cage into her antique store, Recent Relics, to keep them from hitting the storefront window or blowing out into the street once Hurricane Ida bears down on the state. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Aug. 2021",
"Like Klara gazing at the crowds from the storefront window, Stevens might be watching the Aurora Borealis, such is his amazement at the sight of this commonplace event. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Feb. 2021",
"The 1886 property housed various businesses before turning residential in the 1960s, and still has storefront -style plate glass windows that face the street. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
"The Beat Exchange connects producers with UnitedMasters\u2019 1.5 million independent artists while providing them with tools to upload and manage a personal beats storefront . \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 11 May 2022",
"Most of its storefront business or about 65% stems from retail sales, but about 30% stems from online sales via its website and third-party sales, with about 5% for catering sales. \u2014 Gary Stern, Forbes , 2 May 2022"
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"1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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": a city church that utilizes storefront quarters as a meeting place":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The historic building has housed a storefront church , a drama school, and for four decades served as headquarters for the tile layers union, Local 18. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Oct. 2021",
"One man stood outside a storefront church on a recent morning and stuck a needle in his arm. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2021",
"The location of the shooting is a storefront in a line of one-story storefronts on 79th Street that includes businesses including a day care center, an electronics shop, a storefront church and a salon. \u2014 Liam Ford, chicagotribune.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
"From the ages of 14 to 17, Baldwin preached at the Fireside Pentecostal Assembly, a storefront church in Harlem located at Fifth Avenue and 136th Street that has since moved to 69-71 Thayer Street. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Dec. 2020",
"Neither Hnath's script nor Cecsarini's performance shows us the charisma that must have enabled Paul to build up this edifice from a little storefront church . \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Nov. 2020",
"Francisco Soto, 61, stood outside a storefront church on 23rd Street in Richmond, the Iglesia El Espiritu Santo. \u2014 Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com , 6 Nov. 2020",
"Roxroy Edmondson was literally keeping the door open \u2014 holding it so people wouldn\u2019t have to touch it to get inside the storefront church . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 6 Apr. 2020",
"It was built in 1972 and is now near a downtown entertainment district that includes bars and bistros, offices, storefront churches and vacant lots. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Jan. 2020"
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"the company has a large storehouse filled with lumber for manufacturing its line of furniture",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a series of solos, Onikeku explored philosophical ideas: the isolation of exile, the difference between history and the past, the body as a storehouse of generational memory. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"The boreal forests in the Arctic and the Congo rainforest also safeguard, just below the surface, huge deposits of peat, the largest storehouse of carbon on the planet. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The king\u2019s statue, composed of 4,000 pounds of the metal, was a tempting storehouse of potential ammunition. \u2014 Wendy Bellion, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Build a storehouse of knowledge that can respond to challenges aired. \u2014 Simone E. Morris, Forbes , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Mechanical engineer Brent Yamasaki set out amid the recent blistering heat wave to take stock of the giant dams, pumps and pipes that support Diamond Valley Lake in Riverside County, the largest storehouse of water in Southern California. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2021",
"For the next decade, the team examined skeletal remains and artifacts recovered from the site, until ISIS razed the dig\u2019s storehouse . \u2014 Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2021",
"Even such a slow-motion shutdown is momentous because the Emersons will leave an immense storehouse of recordings, prot\u00e9g\u00e9s, and memories plus a legacy of lofty standards. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Vulture , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Countries and companies doing business with China could be required to use the digital RMB\u2014giving Beijing an unprecedented storehouse of business data. \u2014 Charlie Campbell, Time , 11 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The actress and singer plays a Doan's Crossing storekeeper named Carolyn, who helps Hill's character Margaret relax with some whiskey punch. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
"On January 5, Variety exclusively reported that Rita is guest starring in an upcoming episode of the Paramount+ show as a storekeeper named Carolyn. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 16 Jan. 2022",
"Variety reports that Wilson's role will be a woman named Carolyn, a storekeeper at Doan's Crossing. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Having police misinterpret behaviors that are partially shaped by a disability \u2013\u2013 after a storekeeper , neighbor, or even family member gets nervous and calls the police \u2013\u2013 may be a more rare occurrence than being ignored or denied a job opportunity. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
"The result is that a host of jobs, including storekeeper and field engineer, that seemed out of reach of remote work are likely to be firmly in the remote-work orbit within the next 10 years. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2020",
"Latasha Harlins was killed by a Korean storekeeper . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2020",
"In the communal parlance of Laguna Honda, LeBoeuf is a storekeeper . \u2014 Jason Fagone, SFChronicle.com , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Hanna is an only child, and Ben Edmunds is a storekeeper , with more money than the Ingalls family can raise in three books combined. \u2014 Nalini Jones, New York Times , 6 Mar. 2020"
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"Verb",
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"Noun",
"I'm going to the store to buy groceries.",
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"Adjective",
"preferred homemade bread to store brands",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The employees are asking for lactation rooms that are private for people who are breastfeeding or pumping and that the rooms are only open to people who lactate, locked by a key or code, with a place to store breastmilk. \u2014 Shannon Liao, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Reach LinkedIn\u2014particularly the Premium and Sales Navigator versions\u2014has moved from being a place to store your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to a communications and content platform. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Like all foodstuffs, the best place to store emergency food kits is in a clean, dry place. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The property has had various uses over the years, including as a gas station, a place to store coal and a scrap metal yard. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Only two years ago, oil prices plummeted by more than $50 a barrel in a single day to less than zero as the pandemic took hold and producers had no place to store oil that nobody needed to buy. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Despite the name, your bathroom medicine cabinet is not a good place to store drugs and diagnostics because the room often gets hot and humid, Wu adds. \u2014 Jamie Ducharme, Time , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In the kitchen\u2019s original location, an 8 foot wall was built to create an entry way, and a mud bench installed for a convenient place to store bags and coats upon entry. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The family uses the garage, built beneath Ms. French-Kennedy\u2019s studio, as a wine cellar and a place to store her husband\u2019s surfboards. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Read on to see what\u2019s in store for your sign with your monthly tarot horoscope, Aquarius. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
"Critically, the company sells these styles online\u2014a big change for an industry that once asked health care workers to shlep to a medical supply store to buy their scrubs amid bedpans and knee braces. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Some say what\u2019s in store for the state could be akin to the conditions that drove people thousands of years ago to abandon cities in the Southwest. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"But, of course, that\u2019s not what the Arconia has in store for them. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 28 June 2022",
"Perhaps more exciting than the Isocell HP3 itself is the prospect of what camera technology Samsung might have in store for the Galaxy S23 Ultra. \u2014 Paul Monckton, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the child was in the car for about two to three hours after his family returned home from purchasing items at a store for his 8-year-old sister\u2019s birthday. \u2014 Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"The first Petco Neighborhood Farm & Pet Supply store is set to open June 17 in Floresville, Texas, which is 28 miles southeast of San Antonio. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"Excessive heat is in store for the Cincinnati region Tuesday. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Motor vehicle sales were down 1.9%, and volatile non- store retail sales, or online sales, fell sharply at 6.4%. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Bose began selling direct-to-consumer hearing aids for $849 a pair via its website and a limited number of other non- store channels last year. \u2014 Amara Omeokwe, WSJ , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Many of the new businesses were concentrated in the non- store retail sector, which includes e-commerce, truck transportation, and accommodation and food services. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 29 June 2021",
"The group expects that online and other non- store sales, which are included in the total, will increase between 11% and 15%. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Included in the total are online and non- store sales, NRF projects an increase between 11% and 15% totaling between $218.3 billion and $226.2 billion. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"For instance, a third of the increase in new business applications came from non- store retailers\u2014a direct result of the shift to remote interactions between businesses and customers. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 22 July 2021",
"In addition, non- store retailers were up 25.9% from February last year, while food services and drinking places were down 17% from last year. \u2014 Kristin Larson, Forbes , 16 Mar. 2021",
"Even though the Baltimore County center\u2019s movie theater, Regal Hunt Valley, has been closed since March of last year, Greenberg Gibbons\u2019 plans have progressed, including the signing of several non- store tenants. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 18 Mar. 2021"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French estorer to establish, restore, supply, from Latin instaurare to resume, restore":"Verb"
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"\u02c8st\u022fr"
],
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"keep",
"put up",
"reposit",
"stow"
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"verb"
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": in a remarkable or energetic fashion":[
"\u2014 used as an intensifier dancing up a storm"
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": to attack by storm":[
"stormed ashore at zero hour"
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"storming at the unusual delay"
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"the mob stormed through the streets"
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": whole gale \u2014 see Beaufort Scale Table":[],
": wind having a speed of 64 to 72 miles (103 to 117 kilometers) per hour":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The sky got dark and it looked like a storm was coming.",
"a winter storm bringing about six inches of snow",
"Verb",
"The mob stormed through the streets.",
"She yelled at us and stormed off.",
"He stormed out of the room.",
"She stormed into the office.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"So now his second HR startup is prepared to weather the storm with a boatload of cash. \u2014 Amy Feldman, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Talking to her feels like talking to your best friend\u2014if your best friend was a cool, personable multihyphenate taking Hollywood by storm . \u2014 Kimberly Truong, Glamour , 23 June 2022",
"Despite an early yellow card assessed to center back Larrys Mabiala in the 10th minute, Portland was able to weather the storm of chances for the Galaxy in the first half. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
"White said crypto companies that don\u2019t issue tokens or rely on crypto funds might weather the storm better than others, though any company related to the industry could be hurt. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"Abbott, the largest producer of formula in the US, has stopped production of its EleCare specialty formula to assess damage caused by the storm and to clean the plant. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
"The Dergoff farm is relatively well positioned to weather the economic storm thanks to diversification. \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
"Like everyone else in tech right now, Mr. Son seems confident SoftBank can weather the storm with a few important changes. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"Many have noted that historical precedence suggests Johnson is likely to weather the storm of today\u2019s vote, but a vote of no confidence can serve as a significant stepping stone in a leader\u2019s eventual demise. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 6 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"After detailing the first three steps to infiltrate the buildings, storm them and distract law enforcement, the plan reaches its goals. \u2014 Will Carless, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"However other clips showed leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers extremist organizations preparing to storm the Capitol to stand up for Trump. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 10 June 2022",
"Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. \u2014 Scott Macfarlane, CBS News , 24 May 2022",
"An adviser to Ukraine's presidential office, Oleksiy Arestovich, said Russian forces resumed airstrikes on the Azovstal plant and were also trying to storm it, in an apparent reversal of tactics. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said Russian forces were launching air strikes against the Azovstal plant and appeared to be preparing to storm it. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 23 Apr. 2022",
"An advisor to Ukraine\u2019s presidential office, Oleksiy Arestovich, said during a Saturday briefing that Russian forces had resumed air strikes on the Azovstal plant and were trying to storm it. \u2014 David Keyton And Yesica Fisch, Chicago Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
"An adviser to Ukraine\u2019s presidential office, Oleksiy Arestovich, said during a Saturday briefing that Russian forces had resumed air strikes on the Azovstal plant and were trying to storm it. \u2014 David Keyton, Yesica Fisch, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Most banks in the country remain closed, and Mujahid said there were no immediate plans to reopen them, citing the risk that people would storm them. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Sep. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German sturm storm, Old English styrian to stir":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8st\u022frm",
"\u02c8st\u022f(\u0259)rm"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for storm Verb attack , assail , assault , bombard , storm mean to make an onslaught upon. attack implies taking the initiative in a struggle. plan to attack the town at dawn assail implies attempting to break down resistance by repeated blows or shots. assailed the enemy with artillery fire assault suggests a direct attempt to overpower by suddenness and violence of onslaught. commandos assaulted the building from all sides bombard applies to attacking with bombs or shells. bombarded the city nightly storm implies attempting to break into a defended position. preparing to storm the fortress",
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"squall",
"tempest"
],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"nonviolent",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
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"a stormy life",
"a stormy conference"
],
": relating to, characterized by, or indicative of a storm":[
"a stormy day",
"a stormy autumn"
]
},
"examples":[
"The weather was cold and stormy .",
"Their relationship was very stormy .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The service interruptions followed delays for hundreds of flights at Logan on Thursday night, after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a ground stop at the airport due to stormy weather along the East Coast. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"On Thursday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a ground stop at Logan due to stormy weather along the East Coast. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"Guru Buffett puts enormous store in a having a good financial plan, both to survive the stormy times and benefit from the sunny days. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
"Russian officials claimed the ship accidentally caught fire, causing a damaging munitions explosion, and then sank in stormy seas while being towed to port. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"They'll be particularly heightened when the Moon sextiles Uranus in your communications sector, creating some stormy seas where everyone else is concerned. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The stormy weather had fortuitously vacated the area about an hour or so earlier. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 30 Apr. 2022",
"When looking back to 2021, the only issue was stormy weather, which caused the district to cancel one film screening. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Another day of stormy weather has played out for much of Alabama on Easter Sunday. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 17 Apr. 2022"
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8st\u022fr-m\u0113"
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"bang-bang",
"blood-and-guts",
"convulsive",
"cyclonic",
"explosive",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"furious",
"hammer-and-tongs",
"hot",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"paroxysmal",
"rabid",
"rough",
"tempestuous",
"tumultuous",
"turbulent",
"violent",
"volcanic"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200638",
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
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": to adorn with a story or a scene from history":[],
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"Joseph 1779\u20131845 American jurist":[],
"William Wetmore 1819\u20131895 son of Joseph Story American sculptor":[]
},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8a":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English storie , from Anglo-French estoire, estorie , from Latin historia \u2014 more at history":"Noun",
"Middle English storie , from Medieval Latin historia narrative, illustration, story of a building, from Latin, history, tale; probably from narrative friezes on the window level of medieval buildings":"Noun"
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"\u02c8st\u022fr-\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040010",
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"stound":{
"antonyms":[],
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": time , while":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English stund ; akin to Old High German stunta time, hour":""
},
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"\u02c8stau\u0307nd",
"\u02c8st\u00fcnd"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112237",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stoup":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a basin for holy water at the entrance of a church":[],
": a beverage container (such as a glass or tankard)":[],
": flagon":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thin footpaths weave past remnants of a fifth-century hut, ancient field boundaries and an eighth-century medieval chapel, still with its holy water stoup . \u2014 Kate Eshelby, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"Likely used between Edward and Henry\u2019s reigns, the stoup , or basin, held holy water for monks to wash their hands in upon entering the abbey. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Aug. 2020",
"The stoups were dry in churches in the weeks leading to the shelter-in-place order. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2020",
"Churchgoers have been asked to stop shaking hands, communal cups are in storage and holy water stoups are dry. \u2014 Fox News , 4 Mar. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English stowp , probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse staup cup; akin to Old English st\u0113ap flagon":""
},
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"\u02c8st\u00fcp"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174113",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": strong , hardy":[],
": tumult , uproar":[],
"river 20 miles (32 kilometers) long in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, central England, flowing northwest into the Avon River":[],
"river 20 miles (32 kilometers) long in west central England flowing south into the Severn River":[],
"river 40 miles (64 kilometers) long in Kent, southeastern England, flowing northeast into the North Sea":[],
"river 47 miles (76 kilometers) long in southeastern England flowing east between Essex and Suffolk into the North Sea":[],
"river 55 miles (88 kilometers) long in Dorset and Hampshire, southern England, flowing southeast into the Avon River":[]
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English stor , from Old English st\u014dr ; akin to Old High German stuori large, Russian stary\u012d old, Old English standan to stand":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French estur, estour , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sturm storm, battle \u2014 more at storm":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8stau\u0307-\u0259r",
"\u02c8st\u022fr",
"\u02c8stau\u0307r",
"\u02c8stu\u0307r",
"specific variants can be found at senses below"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211557",
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"geographical name",
"noun"
]
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"stoury":{
"antonyms":[],
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": dusty":[],
": marked by driving snow":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"stour entry 2 + -y, -ie":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031209",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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": defeat":[],
": fight , brawl , violence":[],
": to hit hard : strike , thrash":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably of imitative origin":"Transitive verb"
},
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"\"",
"\u02c8stau\u0307sh"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174850",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
]
},
"stout":{
"antonyms":[
"delicate",
"nonhardy",
"soft",
"tender",
"weak"
],
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": a clothing size designed for the large figure":[],
": a fat person":[],
": a very dark, full-bodied ale with a distinctive malty flavor that is typically brewed with unmalted roasted barley":[
"Stout is a darker, heavily hopped ale that has a creamy head in the glass \u2026",
"\u2014 Anthony Dias Blue"
],
": brave , bold":[],
": broad in proportion to length : large in diameter":[
"a stout fly",
"a stout bird's bill"
],
": bulky in body : fat":[],
": physically or materially strong:":[],
": staunch , enduring":[],
": strong of character: such as":[],
": sturdily constructed : substantial":[],
": sturdy , vigorous":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He has a stout heart.",
"His lawyer put up a stout defense in court.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Butler has been relatively stout in organizing half-court defense, and there weren\u2019t enough turnovers or long rebounds for Creighton to score in transition. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The defense is stout as usual, but Utah has also been a machine on offense, with the league's top rating by a wide margin. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Auburn\u2019s pass defense (No. 85 in EPA per snap) isn\u2019t nearly as stout as its run defense (No. 28). \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 22 Nov. 2021",
"When the Rams were trying to bleed the clock in the fourth quarter, a run defense that had been stout to that point wilted as Darrell Henderson finally got loose. \u2014 Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The Steelers are always stout at linebacker, and the Ravens\u2019 secondary stacks right up with the Browns. \u2014 cleveland , 19 May 2021",
"Maximum towing capacity is a stout 9020 to 9520 pounds, depending on the model. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 8 June 2022",
"Packing a stout 222 pounds on his frame and boasting a 7-foot wingspan, Griffin has the strength and power to attack the paint as well. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
"At the rear, OLED taillights and four stout tailpipes distinguish the S8 from the A8. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Keilty in January will produce an Irish stout aged in whiskey barrels, the next version of the annual Stout of the Gods experimental series paying homage to the Bridge of the Gods down the street. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Such trees, gnarly and stout , can live for hundreds of years on the harsh, stony landscape of the higher elevations. \u2014 Robert O'harrow Jr., Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Double Astral is a delightfully murky stout brewed with copious amounts of Maverick Chocolate and aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. \u2014 Matt Koesters, The Enquirer , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The newest brewery in the Portland beer scene has taken over the 15-barrel brewhouse and has produced its first beers \u2013 offering up a handful of initial styles ranging from a pilsner, to hazy and West Coast IPAs, and a coffee milk stout . \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
"This robust winter milk stout at Goodwood Brewing is brewed with Cholaca \u2014 the liquified form of cocoa. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Expect Golden State\u2019s stout defense to keep Doncic in check tonight and below this generous prop total. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"Mike Budenholzer, a two-time NBA coach of the year, has kept the Bucks\u2019 defense stout despite the absence of versatile wing Khris Middleton, who is out with a knee injury. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
"His stout resume of twenty-somethings includes Juice WRLD, Lil Uzi Vert, Nardo Wick, 42 Dugg, and more. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 10 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French estut, estout , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German stolz proud; perhaps akin to Old High German stelza stilt \u2014 more at stilt":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8stau\u0307t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for stout Adjective strong , stout , sturdy , stalwart , tough , tenacious mean showing power to resist or to endure. strong may imply power derived from muscular vigor, large size, structural soundness, intellectual or spiritual resources. strong arms the defense has a strong case stout suggests an ability to endure stress, pain, or hard use without giving way. stout hiking boots sturdy implies strength derived from vigorous growth, determination of spirit, solidity of construction. a sturdy table people of sturdy independence stalwart suggests an unshakable dependability. stalwart environmentalists tough implies great firmness and resiliency. a tough political opponent tenacious suggests strength in seizing, retaining, clinging to, or holding together. tenacious farmers clinging to an age-old way of life",
"synonyms":[
"cast-iron",
"hard",
"hard-bitten",
"hardened",
"hardy",
"inured",
"rugged",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"toughened",
"vigorous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060652",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"stouten":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
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": to make stout":[
"stouten a resolve"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1834, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8stau\u0307-t\u1d4an"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031801",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"stouth":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": theft , robbery":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English stulth, stouth , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse stuldr theft, stela to steal":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8st\u00fcth"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094132",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stouth and routh":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": plenty":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205615",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stouthearted":{
"antonyms":[
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"chicken-livered",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"nerveless",
"poltroon",
"poor-spirited",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"spiritless",
"timorous",
"uncourageous",
"ungallant",
"unheroic",
"weakhearted",
"yellow"
],
"definitions":{
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": having a stout heart or spirit:":[],
": stubborn":[]
},
"examples":[
"stouthearted men and women who served in the army medical corps",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Much like the valiant former Roman general Maximus of Gladiator or the stouthearted Crusader Balian of Kingdom of Heaven, Jean proudly charges into battle, sword in hand, hacking at the enemy with no regard for his own life. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Ernaux, who is seventy-nine years old, is not well known outside of France, but in her native country she is considered something of a literary lioness, for her stouthearted willingness to mine material from her own life. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 4 Mar. 2020",
"Just a few days after airline passengers witnessed another inspiring example of the stouthearted professionals trained by the U.S. military, along comes an everyday hero who says his only combat training is wrestling his daughter to bed. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2018",
"Of course the musketeers and d\u2019Artagnan, who dreams of becoming one of them, also have their share of gentlemanly and stouthearted qualities, but Dumas is more interested in using their shortcomings to propel his plot. \u2014 Tobias Grey, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1552, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8stau\u0307t-\u02cch\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
],
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"bold",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"gutty",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025701",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"nonhardy",
"soft",
"tender",
"weak"
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": a fat person":[],
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"\u2014 Anthony Dias Blue"
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": broad in proportion to length : large in diameter":[
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"a stout bird's bill"
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": bulky in body : fat":[],
": physically or materially strong:":[],
": staunch , enduring":[],
": strong of character: such as":[],
": sturdily constructed : substantial":[],
": sturdy , vigorous":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He has a stout heart.",
"His lawyer put up a stout defense in court.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Butler has been relatively stout in organizing half-court defense, and there weren\u2019t enough turnovers or long rebounds for Creighton to score in transition. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The defense is stout as usual, but Utah has also been a machine on offense, with the league's top rating by a wide margin. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Auburn\u2019s pass defense (No. 85 in EPA per snap) isn\u2019t nearly as stout as its run defense (No. 28). \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 22 Nov. 2021",
"When the Rams were trying to bleed the clock in the fourth quarter, a run defense that had been stout to that point wilted as Darrell Henderson finally got loose. \u2014 Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The Steelers are always stout at linebacker, and the Ravens\u2019 secondary stacks right up with the Browns. \u2014 cleveland , 19 May 2021",
"Maximum towing capacity is a stout 9020 to 9520 pounds, depending on the model. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 8 June 2022",
"Packing a stout 222 pounds on his frame and boasting a 7-foot wingspan, Griffin has the strength and power to attack the paint as well. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
"At the rear, OLED taillights and four stout tailpipes distinguish the S8 from the A8. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Keilty in January will produce an Irish stout aged in whiskey barrels, the next version of the annual Stout of the Gods experimental series paying homage to the Bridge of the Gods down the street. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Such trees, gnarly and stout , can live for hundreds of years on the harsh, stony landscape of the higher elevations. \u2014 Robert O'harrow Jr., Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Double Astral is a delightfully murky stout brewed with copious amounts of Maverick Chocolate and aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. \u2014 Matt Koesters, The Enquirer , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The newest brewery in the Portland beer scene has taken over the 15-barrel brewhouse and has produced its first beers \u2013 offering up a handful of initial styles ranging from a pilsner, to hazy and West Coast IPAs, and a coffee milk stout . \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
"This robust winter milk stout at Goodwood Brewing is brewed with Cholaca \u2014 the liquified form of cocoa. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Expect Golden State\u2019s stout defense to keep Doncic in check tonight and below this generous prop total. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"Mike Budenholzer, a two-time NBA coach of the year, has kept the Bucks\u2019 defense stout despite the absence of versatile wing Khris Middleton, who is out with a knee injury. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
"His stout resume of twenty-somethings includes Juice WRLD, Lil Uzi Vert, Nardo Wick, 42 Dugg, and more. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 10 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Butler has been relatively stout in organizing half-court defense, and there weren\u2019t enough turnovers or long rebounds for Creighton to score in transition. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The defense is stout as usual, but Utah has also been a machine on offense, with the league's top rating by a wide margin. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Auburn\u2019s pass defense (No. 85 in EPA per snap) isn\u2019t nearly as stout as its run defense (No. 28). \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 22 Nov. 2021",
"When the Rams were trying to bleed the clock in the fourth quarter, a run defense that had been stout to that point wilted as Darrell Henderson finally got loose. \u2014 Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The Steelers are always stout at linebacker, and the Ravens\u2019 secondary stacks right up with the Browns. \u2014 cleveland , 19 May 2021",
"Maximum towing capacity is a stout 9020 to 9520 pounds, depending on the model. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 8 June 2022",
"Packing a stout 222 pounds on his frame and boasting a 7-foot wingspan, Griffin has the strength and power to attack the paint as well. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
"At the rear, OLED taillights and four stout tailpipes distinguish the S8 from the A8. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Keilty in January will produce an Irish stout aged in whiskey barrels, the next version of the annual Stout of the Gods experimental series paying homage to the Bridge of the Gods down the street. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Such trees, gnarly and stout , can live for hundreds of years on the harsh, stony landscape of the higher elevations. \u2014 Robert O'harrow Jr., Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Double Astral is a delightfully murky stout brewed with copious amounts of Maverick Chocolate and aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. \u2014 Matt Koesters, The Enquirer , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The newest brewery in the Portland beer scene has taken over the 15-barrel brewhouse and has produced its first beers \u2013 offering up a handful of initial styles ranging from a pilsner, to hazy and West Coast IPAs, and a coffee milk stout . \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
"This robust winter milk stout at Goodwood Brewing is brewed with Cholaca \u2014 the liquified form of cocoa. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Expect Golden State\u2019s stout defense to keep Doncic in check tonight and below this generous prop total. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"Mike Budenholzer, a two-time NBA coach of the year, has kept the Bucks\u2019 defense stout despite the absence of versatile wing Khris Middleton, who is out with a knee injury. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
"His stout resume of twenty-somethings includes Juice WRLD, Lil Uzi Vert, Nardo Wick, 42 Dugg, and more. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 10 May 2022"
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"He stowed his gear in a locker.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Use them as planters, or to stow extra blankets and pillows near a sofa. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 2 May 2022",
"That\u2019s enough to stow a few suitcases, the groceries, and so on. \u2014 Maren Estrada, BGR , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Hadid plays it fast and loose in an Alexander McQueen denim jacket, Tory Sport top and Alo leggings, showing how Chanel\u2019s bag adds instant polish to an otherwise casual look with enough space to stow all your essentials whilst on the go. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s space here to land a helicopter, carry a fleet of tenders and toys, and stow a converted shipping container full of ATVs and motorbikes. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Best of all, the zippered hip belt pocket is large enough to stow your cell phone. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 19 May 2022",
"As the energy dwindles, the managers will begin to shut down the spacecraft\u2019s instruments and stow its mechanical arm. \u2014 Kenneth Chang, New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"The backpack is less expensive than other options on the market and even has bungee straps on top for extra storage, a great spot to stow sunscreen or granola bars. \u2014 Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2022",
"One frame feature in particular made the Domane stand out from the pack: the down tube features a removable cover that allows the rider to stow repair essentials and a rainjacket inside the carbon frame. \u2014 Josh Patterson, Outside Online , 18 May 2020"
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"His comment was a conversation stopper .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Vintage tile bathrooms often come with other bygone luxuries: tidy mortar that lasts forever, a tub stopper that actually stops water, and the holy grail itself \u2014 high water pressure. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"The Milwaukee Brewers needed Eric Lauer to step up and be a stopper on Saturday afternoon. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
"This is usually a conversation stopper in Los Angeles, but not today. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"Paschal is a good run- stopper and joins Aidan Hutchinson in an interesting defensive end room in Detroit. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 30 Apr. 2022",
"But at this point, emerging as a Jimmy Butler stopper this postseason might be something easier said than done. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 19 May 2022",
"Talk about a show stopper at your next dinner party! \u2014 Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Polka dots and an enormous white rose sitting atop a feminine bow add the extra embellishments to make this hat a Kentucky Derby show stopper . \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The Hornets also don't have an elite wing stopper who can harass James Harden into an off shooting night. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like O\u2019Rourke, this debate will be one of his best chances to stopper any more losses. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 July 2019",
"Karius remains under fire following his high profile errors in the Champions League final in May, while Liverpool have met difficulty in the transfer market after being heavily linked with very expensive Roma and Brazil stopper Alisson. \u2014 SI.com , 13 July 2018",
"Alexandre Lacazette and substitute Danny Welbeck both had one-on-one chances to score but both were thwarted by Terriers stopper Jonas Lossl. \u2014 SI.com , 13 May 2018",
"Facebook Advertising Works On April 3, game wardens received an Operation Game Thief crime stoppers call alleging an individual was trying to sell an alligator on Facebook. \u2014 Community Report Community Report, Houston Chronicle , 1 May 2018",
"The reviews from the keepers were far from glowing, with Napoli's Reina and Manchester United's De Gea teaming up with Die Mannschaft and Barcelona stopper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen to criticize the new Adidas product. \u2014 SI.com , 24 Mar. 2018",
"Having dictated play with their pressure off the ball in an organized approach, a costly mix-up between Terriers stopper Jonas Lossl and winger Lolley gifted the Hammers the lead in the 25th minute. \u2014 SI.com , 13 Jan. 2018",
"Goalkeeper As far as goalkeepers were concerned, there was one clear winner for supporters as nearly half chose Manchester United and Spain stopper David de Gea. \u2014 SI.com , 17 Oct. 2017",
"Fellow Magpies stoppers Karl Darlow and Tim Krul, on the other hand, are expected to be allowed to leave - but only for the right price, with the club having already rejected a \u00a35m bid from Middlesbrough for Darlow. \u2014 SI.com , 27 July 2017"
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"Streaming your favorite song and getting a fractional payment of those royalties is much sexier than a blue-chip stock dividend . \u2014 Elan Jacoby, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
"Tesla shares jumped 8% in midday trading Monday after disclosing plans for a stock split likely aimed at increasing retail investor interest and enabling a stock dividend . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The company recently approved a three-for-two stock split in the form of a 50% stock dividend . \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
"The company paid out a 98-cent stock dividend in the quarter. \u2014 Diego Mendoza-moyers, ExpressNews.com , 30 July 2020",
"The company also suspended stock dividends and corporate stock buy-backs and also curtailed capital spending. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 May 2020",
"In the time between the Oct. 29, 2018 crash in Indonesia and the March 10, 2019 crash in Ethiopia, the company increased its stock dividend from $1.71 per share to $2.05 per share. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2020",
"Christina Rexrode Bank of New York Mellon and State Street, rival trust banks, unveil plans to buy back billions of dollars in stock and boost their quarterly stock dividends . \u2014 WSJ , 28 June 2017",
"But during that same period, stock dividends rose 31%, a trend that favors the wealthy given that the richest 1% own half of all stocks. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 19 Jan. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thread the free end through the loop and through the handle, tying a stopper knot on the other side. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 24 Aug. 2020",
"Take a two-foot length of webbing\u2014essentially flat rope\u2014and tie the two ends together with a stopper knot such as a figure eight. \u2014 Andrew Northshield, Popular Mechanics , 2 Dec. 2018"
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"Tesla noted that its stock had soared after its last stock split , in August 2020. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"The company announced the stock split in a securities filing on Friday. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"LAM Research, a company that supplies wafer fabrication equipment and related services to the semiconductor industry saw its last stock split in 2020. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"The company announced Wednesday that its board approved a 20-for-1 stock split , its first since 1999. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Amazon\u2019s board approved a 20-for-1 stock split and authorized the repurchase of up to $10 billion of the company\u2019s common stock. \u2014 WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The company also is proposing a 10-for-1 stock split . \u2014 Vipal Monga, WSJ , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Recent data from financial analysis firm Vanda Research shows that retail interest does, in fact, surge upon the news of a stock split , a finding confirmed by outside researchers. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Amazon\u2019s recent gains have a lot to do with the stock split and buybacks -- which are clear signals the company is becoming more shareholder friendly. \u2014 Jeran Wittenstein, Bloomberg.com , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"Also known as stonecrops , these plants can take a lot of abuse and adapt well to life in pots. \u2014 Debbie Arrington, sacbee , 8 Mar. 2018",
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"His own brother fired him from his first job as a stock boy at Woolworth\u2019s. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"To help pay for his sweater where his letter would be displayed, Mr. Ammiano worked extra hours as a stock boy . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Feb. 2021",
"Charles Himelhoch \u2014 who started as a stock boy in his family's department store business and rose to CEO, spearheading innovations in the fashion industry \u2014 died Monday morning. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 7 Dec. 2020",
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"Pedro Hernandez worked as a stock boy at that corner store by the bus stop. \u2014 CBS News , 8 June 2019",
"Pedro Hernandez worked as a stock boy at that corner store by the bus stop. \u2014 CBS News , 8 June 2019"
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"The federal government plans to air-drop poison onto the Farallon Islands off San Francisco to kill mice that are indirectly harming a bird called the ashy storm petrel . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The organization contends the nonnative, invasive mice, likely introduced by sailing vessels in the 19th century, are messing with the natural environment and threatening the ashy storm petrel , among other seabirds. \u2014 Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The couple\u2019s boat was coming around Cape Blanco off the southern Oregon coast at about 1:30 in the morning when a storm petrel , a small seabird, crashed into the back of Laidlaw\u2019s head and fell into the cockpit. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Sep. 2020",
"This is highly unusual behavior for a storm petrel : the birds live in the open ocean and only come ashore to nest. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Sep. 2020",
"In the winter, when the mouse population crashes, the owls turn to the storm petrels , which are just then arriving on the islands in large numbers. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 7 Oct. 2019",
"The Farallones are home to half of the world\u2019s population of 8,000 or so Ashy storm petrels , which are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and a species of special concern in California. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 7 Oct. 2019",
"But when the mouse population crashes in the winter, the owls prey on the ashy storm-petrel, whose population on the islands \u2014 where half the world\u2019s storm petrels nest \u2014 has been declining since the \u201990s. \u2014 Laura Newberry, latimes.com , 7 July 2019",
"Half of the 8,000 Ashy storm petrels in the world feed and nest on the Farallon Islands. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 10 July 2019"
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"Yet until Su\u00e1rez no Mexican had broken through in that most American of series, stock car racing. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
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"But within his little corner, as a five-time Slinger Speedway champion and sometimes regional stock car racer, maybe his name may carry some clout. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Most stock car races are held on oval asphalt tracks. \u2014 CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Gaining stock car experience with mid-pack and back-marker teams. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2021",
"Gambling is a big part of auto racing, and that was never more clear than in the Governor\u2019s Cup 250 mile stock car race Sunday at State Fair Park. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Garner then appeared for Asher in Muscle Beach Party (1964), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) and Fireball 500 (1966), that last one set in the world of stock car racing but starring Funicello and Avalon nonetheless. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Local/regional stock car driver; participated in the NASCAR Drive for Diversity. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2021"
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"Fathers don\u2019t tend to schedule a photoshoot just for themselves and their kids, and yet knowing that these photos would actually hold an important part in their stories was empowering for me as a storyteller and an artist. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"Heynderickx knits metaphors into her breathy vocals, both a storyteller and an observer. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Though his time on TWD has come to a close, Reedus is also an avid visual storyteller who will continue to share his perspective of the world skillfully, thanks to his experience both in front of and behind the camera. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
"While Dawe is a master storyteller , this is more standup than story \u2014 not one-liner standup, but comedy that takes some thought and a minute or two to build to the laugh. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
"Slater proves himself to be a gifted storyteller , weaving all the threads of this complicated narrative into a seamless whole while exploring themes of identity and recovery from trauma. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 6 May 2022",
"Jon Ronson is a master storyteller who brings an inquisitive, empathetic, and slightly neurotic intelligence to bear on fascinating tales no one has told. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 20 Feb. 2022",
"My Fabulous storyteller lets kids choose their own adventures while encouraging their imaginations \u2014 and without screen time. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"The great benefit of Mosebach\u2019s reflection on the Mass springs out of his vocation as a storyteller and librettist. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 9 Mar. 2022"
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"Also called a blank-check firm, a SPAC is a shell company that raises money and lists on a stock exchange with the intent of merging with a private firm to take it public. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
"As a quick refresher: SPACs are essentially shell companies that raise money from investors, go public on a stock exchange , and acquire a private company. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
"Prices fell back 1% Thursday after Widodo's announcement, according to the Malaysia stock exchange . \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"Before starting her business, F/10, Lazar worked as a trader on the options floor of the stock exchange in San Francisco. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"However, the makeup of the stock exchange has changed dramatically since then. \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The specific case for Ramkrishna\u2019s arrest pertains to allegations of providing a select group of nine brokers preferential access to the stock exchange \u2019s algorithmic trading platform. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Long before the opening bell of the stock exchange , downtown Manhattan is always stirring with people preparing for another busy day \u2014 whether that means doubling up on coffee, catching a cab in time, or dodging tourists on the morning commute. \u2014 Tim Latterner, Travel + Leisure , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Daimler finally caved in to pressure, breaking itself up into its two constituent halves, while Geely\u2019s Volvo and Polestar brands have also sought their separate ways onto the stock exchange . \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The 12x3x3 weekly slow stochastic reading is declining at 57.80. \u2014 Richard Henry Suttmeier, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The 12x3x3 weekly slow stochastic level is declining at 15.19, which makes bitcoin oversold. \u2014 Richard Henry Suttmeier, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Remember that stochastic readings scale between 00.00 and 100.00 with readings above 80.00 overbought and readings below 20.00 oversold. \u2014 Richard Henry Suttmeier, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The 12x3x3 weekly slow stochastic reading is rising at 56.68, which keeps the chart neutral. \u2014 Richard Henry Suttmeier, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The 12x3x3 weekly slow stochastic reading is declining at 19.00. \u2014 Richard Henry Suttmeier, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The risk of toxicity in the large-language-model approach briefly made headlines in late 2020, after Bender, Gebru and their co-authors circulated an early version of the \u2018\u2018 stochastic parrots\u2019\u2019 paper. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Use stochastic analysis to optimize forecast value. \u2014 Patrick Mcdonald, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2021",
"We were not born to stand astride thin wedges of composite material on a turbulently stochastic ocean. \u2014 Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online , 28 Feb. 2022"
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"He works as a produce stocker at the grocery store.",
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"The original Frank\u2019s was founded by the Sherr and Weinberg families in the early 1940s on the east side of Detroit, Boyd said, and his dad started working there shortly after its opening as a stocker . \u2014 Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Before becoming a police officer, Thao worked as a security guard, a stocker at a grocery store and a trainer at McDonald's. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur And Nicole Chavez, CNN , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Adams -- a grocery stocker at Aldi and college student \u2013 had already been seeing a rheumatologist and physical therapist for a year because of painful partial dislocations in her hips and feet. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Agnes\u2019 best friend, Mary (Molly Quinn), is one of the ones who quits and then struggles to adjust to a lonely existence as a grocery store shelf- stocker . \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"During his tenure as a radio voice in Indianapolis, Lehr covered 9/11, the war in the Middle East, the loss of the space shuttle Columbia, the stock market troubles of 2008-09 and the inaugurations of four presidents. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
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"Born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Italian immigrant parents, who moved to the predominantly Protestant South as his father sought work as a stonecutter and granite quarry worker. \u2014 Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The son of an immigrant Italian stonecutter , Joseph Bernardin grew up in the South and described himself as twice an outsider because of his heritage and religion. \u2014 Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com , 12 Nov. 2021",
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"Set in Germany, this ambitious d\u00e9but novel begins in 1229, when a young serf buys his freedom and becomes an apprentice stonecutter , working on the construction of a cathedral. \u2014 The New Yorker , 1 Mar. 2021",
"The monument includes a stonecutter with a mallet in hand. \u2014 Christine Fernando, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Oct. 2020",
"Socrates, a stonecutter \u2019s son, felt most at home in the agora, or marketplace, of ancient Athens. \u2014 Eric Weiner, Fortune , 25 Aug. 2020",
"Amid the destruction, scientists have discovered opportunities to learn where the limestone blocks were quarried, as well as how 13th century stonecutters chose each stone\u2019s placement and the order in which portions of the church were built. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 19 Mar. 2020",
"With their rock faces still scored with tool marks, the cliffs have an odd immediacy \u2014 as if armies of stonecutters could reappear at any moment. \u2014 Michelle Green, New York Times , 11 Nov. 2019"
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"In Life With Father (1947), directed in three-strip Technicolor by Michael Curtiz, Lydon played Clarence Day Jr., the first of four redheaded sons of a stubborn well-to-do stockbroker in 1880\u2019s New York City. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Her mom, a former stockbroker who stayed home to raise her daughters, took Kait to doctor after doctor but got no answers. \u2014 Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"After cashing out of palm oil giant Wilmar over a decade ago, Lim (a former stockbroker ) has been investing in property, healthcare and sports. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"According to prosecutors, Allen traveled in 2020 from his home state of Washington to California with an AR-15-style rifle, intending to harm a San Francisco stockbroker . \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"An obituary on March 28 about Vera Gissing, who in 1939 was one of the many Jewish children evacuated from Czechoslovakia by the stockbroker Nicholas Winton, misstated the surnames of her parents. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Raised in Far Rockaway, Queens, Icahn kicked off his career as a stockbroker in 1961 before buying a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and opening his own shop focused on risk arbitrage and options trading in 1968. \u2014 Jonathan Ponciano, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Richard Gilder, a stockbroker and longtime donor to the museum, who died in 2020, contributed $50 million to the project. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Soon Fortune 500 companies were jockeying for Patton\u2019s advice on how to attract and retain top executives, by stuffing their pay packages full of bonus plans and stock option programs that would pay out excess rewards for share performance. \u2014 Scott Decarlo, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
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"According to the Journal, Zaslav\u2019s pay packet includes a $203 million stock option that depends upon the company\u2019s stock price doubling by December 2027\u2014a feat that would add tens of billions of dollars in value for shareholders. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
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"The agricultural fields around Paonia, to the west, supply Aspen restaurants with pristine produce \u2014 especially stone fruit , for which the region is famous. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 16 June 2022",
"Whether sweet or sour, fresh or frozen, these cherry desserts put the crimson stone fruit to great use. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
"This is pure pleasure from its copper blush color to its floral aromatics and stone fruit flavors. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Fermented and aged in neutral French oak barrels for 18 months, this is a stunning combination of stone fruit and saline. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Today, his daughter Paula delivers on a high value sparkling that shows freshness, raciness and notes of stone fruit laced with lemon cream. \u2014 Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Feed all stone fruit , apple and pear trees with a general organic fruit tree fertilizer. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The Vodka Crown, for example, has sherry, tarragon and stone fruit liqueurs, vermouth and only an ounce of vodka; by comparison, there are usually three ounces of vodka in a martini. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"The Soter Vineyards Origin Series Pinot Noir Ros\u00e9 has a similar red fruit and stone fruit profile, along with notes of orange zest and a noticeable minerality. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"Banco Giro has transformed from 17th-century bank to 21st-century osteria, and stands out with its fluffy homemade baccal\u00e0 mantecato, a Venetian standard made from Norwegian stockfish , which is creamed and spread on crostini. \u2014 Cat Bauer, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Characters carry on conversations about preparing stockfish and pounded yam and pepper their dialogue with non-English words. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Sep. 2019"
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"The employees are asking for lactation rooms that are private for people who are breastfeeding or pumping and that the rooms are only open to people who lactate, locked by a key or code, with a place to store breastmilk. \u2014 Shannon Liao, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Reach LinkedIn\u2014particularly the Premium and Sales Navigator versions\u2014has moved from being a place to store your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to a communications and content platform. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Like all foodstuffs, the best place to store emergency food kits is in a clean, dry place. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Only two years ago, oil prices plummeted by more than $50 a barrel in a single day to less than zero as the pandemic took hold and producers had no place to store oil that nobody needed to buy. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Despite the name, your bathroom medicine cabinet is not a good place to store drugs and diagnostics because the room often gets hot and humid, Wu adds. \u2014 Jamie Ducharme, Time , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In the kitchen\u2019s original location, an 8 foot wall was built to create an entry way, and a mud bench installed for a convenient place to store bags and coats upon entry. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The family uses the garage, built beneath Ms. French-Kennedy\u2019s studio, as a wine cellar and a place to store her husband\u2019s surfboards. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Read on to see what\u2019s in store for your sign with your monthly tarot horoscope, Aquarius. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
"Critically, the company sells these styles online\u2014a big change for an industry that once asked health care workers to shlep to a medical supply store to buy their scrubs amid bedpans and knee braces. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Some say what\u2019s in store for the state could be akin to the conditions that drove people thousands of years ago to abandon cities in the Southwest. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"But, of course, that\u2019s not what the Arconia has in store for them. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 28 June 2022",
"Perhaps more exciting than the Isocell HP3 itself is the prospect of what camera technology Samsung might have in store for the Galaxy S23 Ultra. \u2014 Paul Monckton, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the child was in the car for about two to three hours after his family returned home from purchasing items at a store for his 8-year-old sister\u2019s birthday. \u2014 Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"The first Petco Neighborhood Farm & Pet Supply store is set to open June 17 in Floresville, Texas, which is 28 miles southeast of San Antonio. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"Excessive heat is in store for the Cincinnati region Tuesday. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
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"Motor vehicle sales were down 1.9%, and volatile non- store retail sales, or online sales, fell sharply at 6.4%. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Bose began selling direct-to-consumer hearing aids for $849 a pair via its website and a limited number of other non- store channels last year. \u2014 Amara Omeokwe, WSJ , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Many of the new businesses were concentrated in the non- store retail sector, which includes e-commerce, truck transportation, and accommodation and food services. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 29 June 2021",
"The group expects that online and other non- store sales, which are included in the total, will increase between 11% and 15%. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Included in the total are online and non- store sales, NRF projects an increase between 11% and 15% totaling between $218.3 billion and $226.2 billion. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"For instance, a third of the increase in new business applications came from non- store retailers\u2014a direct result of the shift to remote interactions between businesses and customers. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 22 July 2021",
"In addition, non- store retailers were up 25.9% from February last year, while food services and drinking places were down 17% from last year. \u2014 Kristin Larson, Forbes , 16 Mar. 2021",
"Even though the Baltimore County center\u2019s movie theater, Regal Hunt Valley, has been closed since March of last year, Greenberg Gibbons\u2019 plans have progressed, including the signing of several non- store tenants. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 18 Mar. 2021"
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"But even in that story line , alpine glaciers will be lost forever, as will the mountain streams and valleys that thrive on their meltwater. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 1 Mar. 2022",
"This is where Zeke becomes a central figure in Monet\u2019s story line . \u2014 Kyesha Jennings, Vulture , 23 Nov. 2021",
"One challenge is creating an experience with a closed-end story line delivered in a live, randomized improvisatory setting. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Brit is someone who has been hurt deeply by Sam and who, like each character in the complex interweaving of the story line , has to cope with her own issues. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 17 Mar. 2022",
"When a presidency isn\u2019t going well, a press corp in search of a story line inevitably starts looking at personnel, and the chief of staff is the obvious first target. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 27 Jan. 2022",
"That's part of the story line for season two, which continues to follow the Navarro College cheer team's quest to be the best despite challenges and setbacks. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 15 Jan. 2022",
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"For most of us, getting back into the swing of social life feels a bit like coming out of the storm cellar after a tornado. \u2014 Jeanne Martinet, CNN , 14 June 2021",
"The more adventurous might be invited down into the home\u2019s dungeon, its black storm cellar doors pitched against the house near the back door. \u2014 R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times , 2 Oct. 2019",
"On a cool July morning, one of the dungeon\u2019s black storm cellar doors was propped open for the first time during several days of visits. \u2014 R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times , 2 Oct. 2019",
"Scarboro said some of the rescues included at least one person in a wheelchair who needed help because of debris and older couples who were trapped in storm cellars by debris. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2018"
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"The perfect reading accessory, this would be a practical and slightly unexpected gift or stocking stuffer for the senior bookworm in your life. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 June 2022",
"Below, find more unique stocking stuffer ideas to gift this year. \u2014 Anna Tingley, Variety , 23 Nov. 2021",
"This easy sewing project makes a great gift or stocking stuffer . \u2014 Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens , 4 Feb. 2022",
"One of these stickers designed by Bridgerton author Julia Quinn would make for a fun stocking stuffer , or a sweet surprise tucked inside a card. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Perfect as a stocking stuffer gift for travelers who don\u2019t want to leave their beauty and grooming routines at home, this 11-piece travel set comes with reusable bottles and containers in stylish black and white prints. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Thank you, as always, for being a loyal reader and remember it\u2019s not too late to add a digital subscription to The Times as a stocking stuffer . \u2014 John Myers, Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Drop any stocking stuffer donations off at our office, 300 West 31st Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99503, now until Dec. 10, 2021. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Don't sleep on these sporty accessories that are seriously reduced, including cool sunglasses, tote bags, backpacks, and more for crowd-pleasing stocking stuffer gifts. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 26 Nov. 2021"
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"There\u2019s an old piece of pipe from a local church organ; a chunk of the castle from The Enchanted Forest, a onetime storybook park for kids; and shards of china fished from the Patapsco River after one of the town\u2019s floods. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 29 June 2022",
"The residents graciously invite visitors to take a look at the exterior of the storybook castles. \u2014 Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al , 29 June 2022",
"The Frank, Workshops, step-by-step craft tutorials, video lectures and storybook readings, art engagement and more. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"This storybook Central Coast community on the Monterey Peninsula is the perfect place for duos to soak in some seaside relaxation while still enjoying plenty of things to do. \u2014 Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
"The Plucky Squire is an adventure where two dimensional storybook character, Jot, discovers the three dimensional world. \u2014 Andy Robertson, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"While the character and production designs reimagine Puss and his surroundings with slightly more classical, storybook shadings, the action scenes display \u2013 for lack of better terms \u2013 a more stylized and cartoonish appearance. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Johnson, who has played in 1,397 regular-season and playoff games but never won a title, would be the storybook choice. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
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"Its handsome white building, with storybook steeple, was part-funded by a pious niece of Walt. \u2014 The Economist , 23 May 2020",
"Here's a look back at the series that could have finished off a dynasty without the storybook ending. \u2014 Matthew Glenesk, Indianapolis Star , 15 May 2020",
"In terms of storybook endings, a gold medal might work as well as any. \u2014 Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com , 14 Apr. 2020",
"The rhythm of the dialogue\u2014the rhythm of life in that storybook -like small town\u2014was heightened beyond reality. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 7 Apr. 2020",
"By placing the tiles on the control board in the correct order, kids can follow the steps listed in the storybook to help Cubetto get to its next destination. \u2014 USA TODAY , 27 Mar. 2020",
"Like a certain other seasonal plaything that sits on a shelf, Peep on a Perch comes with a storybook and a plush. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 9 Mar. 2020",
"Although the pair were masterful writers, these storybook images also conveyed just how united the Bryants were. \u2014 Kelly Dearmore, Dallas News , 26 Mar. 2020",
"What makes the loss of the hoped for storybook ending all the more difficult for fans to take is that Brady and the Patriots still looked like each other's best option for winning another Super Bowl. \u2014 TheWeek , 18 Mar. 2020"
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"The tabloid press chronicled the entire romantic extravaganza, but that stock certificate is what people are still talking about. \u2014 Rory Satran, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2021",
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"Brokers are seeking permission from regulators to suspend some tasks that were developed during the era of paper stock certificates . \u2014 Dave Michaels, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2020",
"Bankers there received a stack of stock certificates worth roughly $1 billion that Mr. Wexner wanted to deposit, according to two private-bank employees who were there. \u2014 Emily Flitter, New York Times , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Liu adds the problem is unlikely to get cleared up soon, especially as, unlike stock certificates , many crypto assets are unique, and require extra effort from any would-be custodian that wants to store them. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 15 July 2019",
"Before McCartney played his concert at Lambeau Field last Saturday, Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy gave the former Beatle a stock certificate , according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette. \u2014 Jenna West, SI.com , 14 June 2019",
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"The older technology didn\u2019t hold his interest and his investors forced him out, with only worthless stock certificates in hand. \u2014 John F. Wasik, WSJ , 14 Sep. 2018"
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"Set in Alice Springs, Australia, in 1929, the movie tracks the fate of Sam (a fine Hamilton Morris), an Aboriginal stockman forced to flee after killing a white farmer in self-defense. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 5 Apr. 2018",
"The Oregon Badlands are home to ancient Native American petroglyphs, which pop up on weathered rocks, as well as remnants of white settlement, like an old stockman \u2019s shelter and a fenced-off cistern on the side of the trail. \u2014 OregonLive.com , 15 Oct. 2017",
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"Riggott and Rivas also started riding together as a blind stoker team that year. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 July 2021",
"In October 1881 Manet received authorization from the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l\u2019Ouest to visit the Batignolles railway depot to make studies of a driver and a stoker at work, in preparation for a painting for the Salon. \u2014 Colin B. Bailey, The New York Review of Books , 17 Nov. 2020",
"The driver and engine stoker were killed, and several passengers were injured. \u2014 Paul Brown, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"But the number of those items is low, and NASA pitched and built SOFIA as a real working research unit, not a high-profile stoker of public imagination for its own sake. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 15 Apr. 2020",
"Also known as the stoker , the fireplace poker is a short, iron, fireproof rod that homeowners use to hook, rake, and push burning materials in their fireplace. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 20 Nov. 2019",
"The stokers will be piloted by four equally accomplished endurance athletes. \u2014 Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com , 16 June 2018",
"And when the pipelined bounty of the 1920s\u2019 natural gas boom spread from New Mexico and Texas across the West, homeowners switched en masse to gas for cooking and heating, saying goodbye to stokers , clinkers and coal\u2019s pervasive, greasy film. \u2014 Jonathan Thompson, New Republic , 21 Sep. 2017",
"Preoccupied with fears of a communist invasion, the John Birch Society came to prominence in the 1960s, following the death of quintessential communist fear stoker Sen. Joseph McCarthy. \u2014 Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press , 17 Aug. 2017"
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"But the number of those items is low, and NASA pitched and built SOFIA as a real working research unit, not a high-profile stoker of public imagination for its own sake. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 15 Apr. 2020",
"Also known as the stoker , the fireplace poker is a short, iron, fireproof rod that homeowners use to hook, rake, and push burning materials in their fireplace. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 20 Nov. 2019",
"The stokers will be piloted by four equally accomplished endurance athletes. \u2014 Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com , 16 June 2018",
"And when the pipelined bounty of the 1920s\u2019 natural gas boom spread from New Mexico and Texas across the West, homeowners switched en masse to gas for cooking and heating, saying goodbye to stokers , clinkers and coal\u2019s pervasive, greasy film. \u2014 Jonathan Thompson, New Republic , 21 Sep. 2017",
"Preoccupied with fears of a communist invasion, the John Birch Society came to prominence in the 1960s, following the death of quintessential communist fear stoker Sen. Joseph McCarthy. \u2014 Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press , 17 Aug. 2017"
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"The simplest method to cook most rice is in a pot on the stove . \u2014 Christopher Michel, Country Living , 5 July 2022",
"Beautiful, sweet-scented red velvet cakes sat on the stove waiting to be frosted. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
"Through the doorway into the kitchen, enormous stockpots of tamales are visible on the stove , steam forcing their plastic-wrap lids to go convex, bulging into domes, antiquity adapted. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 1 July 2022",
"Keep this thing on the stove for your morning coffee, tea, and oatmeal. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 27 June 2022",
"Handmade sesame noodles may sound like a treat reserved for dining in or taking out, but with Sesanood instant noodle packets, the savory meal can be yours after no more than 5 to 6 minutes on the stove . \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 22 June 2022",
"Jackson stars as Dan Gallagher, a married man whose brief affair with a woman named Alex (played here by Lizzy Caplan) ends with obsession, violence \u2014 and, apparently, another pet bunny boiling on the stove . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
"Electrical work, their complaint says, was done without proper permitting, and the gas line of the stove was improperly installed. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"With a picture-perfect outdoor gathering space and simple boho interiors, including a soft leather sofa and Moroccan rug in front of a wood stove , the barn is the ideal spot for long nights in. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 24 May 2022"
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"In the predawn hours of a cold winter morning in the French Alps, the photographer Jose Grand\u00edo lay still in the snow, waiting for a stoat (Mustela erminea) to emerge from its burrow. \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"The stoat leaped and danced for about half an hour before returning to his den for the rest of the day. \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"Alpine areas that previously were just beyond a stoat \u2019s range may be warming up enough through climate change to allow the mammals to survive. \u2014 Naomi Arnold, Washington Post , 31 Dec. 2020",
"Most Wanted\u2014every last rat, weasel, ferret, possum, and stoat that has invaded the city. \u2014 Mara Johnson-groh, Popular Science , 26 May 2020",
"By 1880, rabbits were already recognized as an ecological plague, and mustelids\u2014a family of carnivorous mammals encompassing weasels, stoats , and ferrets, among others\u2014were introduced to control their population. \u2014 Mara Johnson-groh, Wired , 30 May 2020",
"By 1880, rabbits were already recognized as an ecological plague and mustelids\u2014a family of carnivorous mammals encompassing weasels, stoats , and ferrets among others\u2014were introduced to control their population. \u2014 Mara Johnson-groh, Popular Science , 26 May 2020",
"Stoat \u2013 Related to weasels, polecats and ferrets, the stoat is a small but ferocious predator. \u2014 Sarah Lazarus, CNN , 26 Dec. 2019",
"The increase in seeds also means more rats, stoats and feral cats -- all of which pose risks to the bird. \u2014 Leah Asmelash And Brian Ries, CNN , 19 July 2019"
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