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"Zermatt":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"village in the canton of Valais, southwest central Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps northeast of the Matterhorn population 5800":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(t)ser-\u02c8m\u00e4t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081212",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"zealot":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonmilitant"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of a fanatical sect arising in Judea during the first century a.d. and militantly opposing the Roman domination of Palestine":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"zealots on both sides of the issue resorted to name-calling and scare tactics",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Indeed, rather than construing Lemoine\u2019s position as aberrant (and a sinister product of engineers\u2019 faith in computational theocracy), or just ignoring him (as one might a religious zealot ), many observers have taken his claim seriously. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
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"Another mass shooting, another zealot in the sort of tactical gear Riddell disperses to a deliberately limited clientele. \u2014 Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press , 19 May 2022",
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"Creighton Horton, who prosecuted Ron in the 1996 retrial (after the first trial was thrown out due to a question of mental competency), does not believe that Ron was a religious zealot . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 May 2022",
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"The show\u2019s primary antagonist, however, is Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke), a zealot associated with the god Ammit on a righteous (at least for him) mission that turns murderous. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"To speak up as a pro-life woman means your peers and professors will cast you off as an unsophisticated religious zealot . \u2014 Myles Mcknight, National Review , 13 Feb. 2022",
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"Graham went on Fox News in mid-October to claim Brazilian asylum-seekers were secretly rich, that Biden was an open-borders zealot , and that terrorists might be crossing the border. \u2014 Felipe De La Hoz, The New Republic , 21 Dec. 2021",
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"Of course, Indiana\u2014home of super zealot Mike Pence\u2014has already banned the pills after 10 weeks, however, so don\u2019t bet on these pills being too widely available. \u2014 Vogue , 1 Dec. 2021",
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"The zealot \u2014 played by Toby Leonard Moore in TV clips \u2014 successfully ran for US President (on a ticket that included, no kidding, forgiving all student debts) and remains in power by employing The Volunteers as a national police force. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 8 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1537, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin zelotes , from Greek z\u0113l\u014dt\u0113s , from z\u0113los":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ze-l\u0259t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"crusader",
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"fanatic",
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"ideologue",
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"idealogue",
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"militant",
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"partisan",
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"partizan",
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"red hot",
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"true believer"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190117",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"zenith":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bottom",
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"nadir",
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"rock bottom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": culminating point : acme":[
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"at the zenith of his powers",
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"\u2014 John Buchan"
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],
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": the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body":[],
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": the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer \u2014 see azimuth illustration":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"at the zenith of her career as a dancer",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The loyalty between Calvi and Stokes reached perhaps its zenith this past Sunday against Arkansas State. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 13 May 2022",
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"International trade as a percentage of world gross domestic product peaked in 2008 and shows no signs of recovering its zenith , according to the World Bank. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"There\u2019s a sense that the sneaker space has reached some kind of zenith where everything is a collab and companies build hype around launches practically daily. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"Not even President Lyndon Johnson, during liberalism\u2019s Great Society zenith , could find the votes to repeal Taft-Hartley. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 9 Feb. 2022",
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"The Last Waltz, Martin Scorcese's 1978 documentary, captures the group at its zenith , according to the Arkansas Encyclopedia. \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
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"With America's appetite for Korean culture at a zenith and the golf apparel market growing rapidly, JDX sees a growth opportunity for its fairway fashions. \u2014 Justin Birnbaum, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
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"Executive producer Shaffer, who\u2019s worked on every season of the series with David, says that mosaic style of storytelling gets pushed to its zenith in Season 11. \u2014 Scott Huver, Variety , 23 Oct. 2021",
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"Both reached their zenith around the turn of the century, but in recent years their box office powers waned. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English cenyth, senyth , from Middle French cenit , from Medieval Latin, from Old Spanish zenit , modification of Arabic samt ( al-ra's ) way (over one's head)":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-nith",
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"\u02c8z\u0113-n\u0259th",
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"Canadian also and British usually \u02c8ze-n\u0259th"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"acme",
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"apex",
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"apogee",
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"capstone",
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"climax",
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"crescendo",
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"crest",
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"crown",
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"culmination",
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"head",
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"height",
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"high noon",
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"high-water mark",
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"meridian",
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"ne plus ultra",
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"noon",
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"noontime",
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"peak",
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"pinnacle",
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"sum",
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"summit",
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"tip-top",
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"top"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085104",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"zephyr":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a breeze from the west":[],
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": a gentle breeze":[],
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": any of various lightweight fabrics and articles of clothing":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a summer zephyr gently stirred her hair",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Not some Paris-in-the-springtime zephyr , but something better suited to wintertime and the coast of Brittany. \u2014 Christopher Clarey, New York Times , 7 June 2019",
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"The movements were more scene setting than story telling, with wafting, zephyr -like patterns from piano, the themes eliding wind to string voices in a delicate and tricky texture. \u2014 By Libby Hanssen, kansascity , 16 July 2017",
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"Windsurfers lean into the prevailing southwestern zephyr at incredible speeds. \u2014 Dino Vournas, The Mercury News , 21 May 2017",
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"What lingers from this alien encounter is neither the wizardry nor the climax but the zephyr of emotional intensity that blows through the film. \u2014 Adam Davidson, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English Zephirus , west wind (personified), from Latin Zephyrus , god of the west wind & zephyrus west wind, zephyr, from Greek Zephyros & zephyros":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ze-f\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"air",
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"breath",
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"breeze",
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"puff",
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"waft"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202758",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"zeppole":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a doughnut made from cream puff dough":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian zeppole , plural of zeppola fritter, from Italian dialect (southern Italy), perhaps from Late Latin zippulae , a kind of sweet; zeppoli from It, plural of zeppolo , alteration of zeppola":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(t)se(p)\u02c8p\u014d(\u02cc)l\u0101",
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"ze-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114850",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"zepto-":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one sextillionth (10 \u221221 ) part of":[
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"zepto second"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, probably alteration of hepta- ; from the fact that 10 21 is the seventh power of 10 3":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194554",
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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]
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},
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"zeptosecond":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one sextillionth of a second":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The ultra-quick journey took 247 zeptoseconds, according to a team of German researchers, with a zeptosecond representing a trillionth of a billionth of a second. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Oct. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1994, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8zep-t\u0259-\u02ccse-k\u0259nd",
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"-k\u0259nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190632",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"zequin":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": zecchino":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration (influenced by Italian zecchino sequin) of sequin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181346",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"zerda":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": fennec":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Arabic zerdaw\u0101 , probably of Persian origin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8z\u0259rd\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174643",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"zeriba":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of zeriba variant spelling of zareba"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-151630",
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"type":[]
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},
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"zerk":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a grease fitting":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Oscar U. Zerk \u20201968 American (Austrian-born) inventor":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8z\u0259rk"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180529",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"zero":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a state of total absence or neutrality":[],
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": a value of an independent variable that makes a function equal to zero":[
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"+2 and \u22122 are zeros of f(x)=x 2 \u22124"
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],
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": an insignificant person or thing : nonentity":[],
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": having no magnitude or quantity : not any":[
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"zero growth",
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"zero tolerance"
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],
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": having no modified inflectional form":[
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"a zero plural"
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],
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": having no phonetic manifestation":[
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"the zero modification in the past tense of cut"
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],
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": limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less":[],
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": limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less":[],
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": of, relating to, or being a zero":[],
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": something arbitrarily or conveniently designated zero":[],
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": the absence of a measurable quantity \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
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": the arithmetical symbol 0 or 0\u0338 denoting the absence of all magnitude or quantity":[],
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": the lowest point : nadir":[],
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": the setting or adjustment of the sights of a firearm that causes it to shoot to point of aim at a desired range":[],
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": the temperature represented by the zero mark on a thermometer":[],
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": to adjust fire on a specific target":[
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"\u2014 usually used with in"
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],
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": to bring to bear on the exact range of a target":[
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"\u2014 usually used with in"
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],
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": to close in on or focus attention on an objective":[
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"\u2014 usually used with in investigators are zeroing in on a suspect"
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],
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": to concentrate firepower on the exact range of":[
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"\u2014 usually used with in"
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": to determine or adjust the zero of":[
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"zero a rifle"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Two minus two equals zero .",
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"It's supposed to fall below zero tonight.",
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"The temperature is 10\u00b0 above zero .",
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"They are working to reduce the mortality rate to zero .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The drive toward clean energy and net- zero is steady and strong. \u2014 Ken Silverstein, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
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"What net zero does however is reframe the goal completely. \u2014 Felicia Jackson, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
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"Exxon also nodded to the need to reduce emissions to net- zero across the world by 2050, without committing for itself as a company to achieve such a target for midcentury. \u2014 Abby Smith, Washington Examiner , 14 Dec. 2020",
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"Noble House zeroes in on women and other marginalized farmers, working with them to develop new practices and walking them through paperwork. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"Rather than encrypt this data with the session key negotiated earlier and used during the normal connection, vulnerable devices use a key consisting of all zeros , a move that makes decryption trivial. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 26 Feb. 2020",
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"Instead, the sequence zeros in on Maeve, a withdrawn teenager with an absentee mother, as well as an older patient who already has multiple children. \u2014 Sonia Rao, Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2020",
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"Kyla Irwin, starting for the third time in her career, had one foul and one rebound and zeroes the rest of the way through her line in the box score. \u2014 Mike Anthony, courant.com , 11 Nov. 2019",
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"After the Blazers scrambled out to a 105-102 lead in overtime, Porter ended another string of zeros by swishing a 3-pointer from the corner. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Apr. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Many students have been missing the typical social interactions that are part of life in school (though a non- zero number of students have benefitted from not having to navigate such interactions). \u2014 Peter Greene, Forbes , 5 June 2021",
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"Yet following an ineffective appearance last week against Clemson, Conley totaled exactly zero yards of total offense in playing almost the entirety of the second quarter Saturday night. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 27 Oct. 2019",
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"There is a decidedly non- zero possibility that the federal government will shut down on Friday night. \u2014 Sy Mukherjee, Fortune , 18 Jan. 2018",
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"Davis has played in just 13 NFL games, made zero appearances last year, and posted a passer rating of 66.2 in his three performances with the Browns in 2015. \u2014 Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times , 5 June 2017",
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"There\u2019s absolutely zero evidence that dogs or cats can contract or transmit the virus. \u2014 Patty Khuly, miamiherald , 10 May 2017",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"On Friday, Berding said the hiring process, which started with more than 100 candidates, produced Stam as the candidate FCC has zeroed in on. \u2014 Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com , 15 May 2020",
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"He's also taken more novel approaches, zeroing in on students' interests, like creating an activity using Google Maps for one student who loves maps. \u2014 Dakin Andone, CNN , 3 May 2020",
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"The director Kathryn Bigelow, who was gearing up to make the high-octane surfer-cops movie Point Break, zeroed in on Reeves\u2019s innate likability in these movies and fought for his casting as the hero, Johnny Utah. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 24 Apr. 2020",
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"Warriors general manager Bob Myers gave head coach Steve Kerr some homework last week: watch seven or eight prospects Golden State was zeroing in on with its first-round pick. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com , 1 Apr. 2020",
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"One such couple\u2014the groom being from Australia and the bride from Mumbai\u2014and zeroed in on picturesque Goa to get married next month. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 19 Mar. 2020",
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"Thank Google not only for all of those interactive exhibitions but also for Art Zoom videos that play like mini documentaries, zeroed in on tiny details of famous canvases and narrated by famous musicians including Jarvis Cocker and Maggie Rogers. \u2014 Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2020",
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"Sure, two big-screen productions zeroing in on the same town is a bizarre coincidence. \u2014 Dan Singer, Dallas News , 20 Feb. 2020",
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"In total, 43 percent of the normal mosquitoes zeroed in on the warmed blood sample, while most of the rest didn't land anywhere (the unheated sample was nearly devoid of mosquitoes). \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 7 Feb. 2020"
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"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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"1911, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French or Italian; French z\u00e9ro , from Italian zero , from Medieval Latin zephirum , from Arabic \u1e63ifr":"Noun"
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8zi(\u0259)r-(\u02cc)\u014d",
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"\u02c8z\u0113-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
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"\u02c8zir-\u014d",
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"\u02c8z\u0113-r\u014d",
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"\u02c8zir-(\u02cc)\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aught",
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"cipher",
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"goose egg",
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"naught",
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"nought",
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"nil",
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"nothing",
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"o",
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"oh",
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"zilch",
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"zip"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104223",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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"zero beat":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a condition in which two radio frequencies are adjusted to equality by first producing beats between them and then reducing the beat frequency to zero \u2014 compare heterodyne":[],
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": to adjust to zero beat":[]
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"zero entry 2":"Noun"
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"zero coupon":{
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": of, relating to, or being an investment security that is sold at a deep discount, is redeemable at face value on maturity, and that pays no periodic interest":[
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"zero coupon municipal bonds"
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Investors gobbled up convertible bonds with zero coupon from companies including Airbnb , SoFi , Snap , Ford , DraftKings , Twitter , Shake Shack , Spotify and Dish Network . \u2014 Corrie Driebusch, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
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"Italy issued one of its mainstream government bonds with a zero coupon for the first time on Oct. 13. \u2014 Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ , 20 Oct. 2020",
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"For the first time in living memory, the Italian Treasury this week sold Italian bonds that carried a zero coupon . \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 15 Oct. 2020",
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"Nevertheless, the fact that zero coupon Italian debt is seen as a good deal is a sign of a deeply dysfunctional debt market, with serious implications for insurance companies, pensioners, and savers. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 13 Oct. 2020",
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"Those notes are significantly discounted, with the company receiving just 50 cents in cash for every dollar accrued as zero coupon debt. \u2014 Lukas I. Alpert, WSJ , 19 Apr. 2018"
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"1979, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175442",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"zero hour":{
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"definitions":{
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": a time when a vital decision or decisive change must be made":[],
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": the hour at which a planned military operation is scheduled to start":[],
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": the time at which a usually significant or notable event is scheduled to take place":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"we're at the zero hour , so someone has to make a decision",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Biden's August deadline marks zero hour for the next phase of a larger international quest: to trace back the virus in order to hold the responsible parties to account, and to understand its inception in order to prevent the next one. \u2014 Sasha Pezenik, ABC News , 25 Aug. 2021",
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"In Germany, some 3 million workers are being supported, with the government paying up to 60% of their net salary if they are temporarily put on shorter or zero hours . \u2014 Masha Macpherson And David Mchugh, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Apr. 2020",
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"Major milestones in the emergency plan are performed according to a predetermined schedule in the hours and days leading up to the zero hour . \u2014 Daniel B. Hess, CNN , 2 Sep. 2019",
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"In Act Two, tensions continue to rise and reach their frightful climax at zero hour detonation. \u2014 Paul Ross, Popular Mechanics , 27 July 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from its being marked by the count of zero in a countdown":""
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"boiling point",
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"breaking point",
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"clutch",
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"conjuncture",
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"crisis",
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"crossroad(s)",
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"crunch",
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"crunch time",
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"Dunkirk",
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"emergency",
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"exigency",
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"extremity",
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"flash point",
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"head",
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"juncture",
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"tinderbox"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043103",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"zero-based":{
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"definitions":{
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": having each item justified on the basis of cost or need":[
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"zero-based budgeting"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8zir-(\u02cc)\u014d-\u02c8b\u0101st",
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"\u02c8z\u0113-(\u02cc)r\u014d-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105138",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"zero-beat reception":{
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"definitions":{
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": a method of reception with an electron tube in generating condition in exact synchronism with the received wave as determined by zero beat \u2014 compare homodyne":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"zero beat entry 1":""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201848",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"zero-day":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or being a vulnerability (as in a computer or computer system) that is discovered and exploited (as by cybercriminals) before it is known to or addressed by the maker or vendor":[
|
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"Thus, in the parlance of the trade, these vulnerabilities are known as \" zero-day exploits,\" because it has been zero days since they have been uncovered and fixed.",
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"\u2014 James Bamford",
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"There's a zero-day vulnerability in RealPlayer and Internet Explorer that allows malicious code to be installed \u2026",
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"\u2014 Mark Hopkins",
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"\u2026 most of what's on the black market doesn't have that zero-day freshness. Criminals typically target older vulnerabilities, for which fixes have already been released \u2026",
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"\u2014 Lev Grossman"
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"2000, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8z\u0113-(\u02cc)r\u014d-",
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"\u02c8zir-(\u02cc)\u014d-\u02c8d\u0101"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125400",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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},
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"zero tolerance":{
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"noun"
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": a policy of giving the most severe punishment possible to every person who commits a crime or breaks a rule":[
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"The police announced that there will be zero tolerance for looters.",
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"The camp has a zero tolerance drug and alcohol policy."
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]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145727"
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},
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"zero tillage":{
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"noun"
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"1963, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145942"
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}
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