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"Anomalurus":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus (the type of the family Anomaluridae) of sciuromorph rodents comprising the scaletails and resembling flying squirrels but having scaly tails used in climbing":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from anomal- + -urus":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02ccn\u00e4m\u0259\u02c8lu\u0307r\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110626",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anodyne":{
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"antonyms":[
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"analgesic",
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"anesthetic",
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"painkiller"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a drug that allays pain":[],
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": not likely to offend or arouse tensions : innocuous":[
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"\u2026 his speech contained a single anodyne reference to the man who preceded him.",
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"\u2014 John F. Burns"
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],
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": serving to alleviate pain":[
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"the anodyne properties of certain drugs"
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],
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": something that soothes, calms, or comforts":[
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"The sweetness of sojourn there \u2026 was an anodyne for the sorrows the pilgrims had endured \u2026",
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"\u2014 Amy Kelly"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"the otherwise anodyne comments sounded quite inflammatory when taken out of context",
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"Noun",
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"the dentist prescribed an anodyne after the root canal",
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"as an anodyne for the stress and superficiality of the modern world, there's nothing better than reading a literary classic of substance and insight",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, Zoom has evolved from being anodyne conference call software to a household name symbolizing much of remote-work life. \u2014 Marty Swant, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
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"But that seems to be an anodyne way of saying that the exact nature, cause, and solution to burnout aren't entirely clear. \u2014 Whizy Kim, refinery29.com , 28 Sep. 2021",
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"When skeptics question tenets of critical race theory that are far more radical than this anodyne description suggests, these same activists perform one of two rhetorical maneuvers. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 11 July 2021",
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"For Eastman, an anodyne new music culture that prided itself on functioning outside of personal identity is what needed changing. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2021",
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"For officials of both the U.S. Armed Forces Radio and the Chinese Communist Party, Denver offered an anodyne simplicity fit for programming, and in this simplicity, millions of Asian listeners found resonance. \u2014 Jason Jeong, The Atlantic , 4 May 2021",
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"Whether this shift toward a more anodyne , algorithmic ethos is a good thing, of course, depends on your vantage point. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2021",
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"Despite massive public investment, Victory Park is only just emerging from its status as an anodyne , corporate non-place into an area that bears a semblance of humanity. \u2014 Mark Lamster, Dallas News , 18 Dec. 2020",
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"Another patient leaves an anodyne message requesting medication refills. \u2014 Danielle Ofri, The New Yorker , 1 Oct. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Peterson pauses, running his hand along the blue aluminum- anodyne actuator machined to match the length of Daniel\u2019s right thigh. \u2014 John Brant, Popular Mechanics , 27 Apr. 2020",
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"This is the confluence that defines the spectacle: statistics, like photographs, have a kind of moral authority, one whose meaning may repel us but one that nevertheless encourages certainty, and thus anodyne . \u2014 Shannon Pufahl, The New York Review of Books , 21 Apr. 2020",
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"Ten years ago, lazy auto writers used the Toyota Camry as shorthand for anodyne transportation, a car for people who think of cars as appliances. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 13 Mar. 2020",
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"The result of all that rulemaking and political sensitivity is the anodyne Covid-19. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 11 Feb. 2020",
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"To yield to the soft tyranny of transgender pronouns is to pretend that gender dysphoria is an anodyne lifestyle on which societal legitimacy should be conferred, not a psychological malady requiring compassion and psychological treatment. \u2014 Josh Hammer, National Review , 27 Jan. 2020",
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"As head of state, the British monarch is expected to remain publicly neutral on political matters, and the queen\u2019s addresses tend to be broad, anodyne and even a little opaque. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Dec. 2019",
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"Santa Clausification\u2019\u2014the softening of a public figure\u2019s profile into something more anodyne and broadly acceptable. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 25 Sep. 2019",
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"Even gluttony can be spun as anodyne , a form of self-care. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 2 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Latin an\u014ddynum \"something allaying pain,\" borrowed from Greek an\u1e53dynon \"freedom from pain,\" noun derivative of an\u1e53dynos \"free from pain, causing no pain, harmless, allaying pain\" \u2014 more at anodyne entry 1":"Noun",
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"borrowed from Latin an\u014ddynus \"allaying pain,\" borrowed from Greek an\u1e53dynos \"free from pain, causing no pain, harmless, allaying pain,\" from an- an- + -\u014ddynos, adjective derivative (with compositional lengthening) of od\u00fdn\u0113 \"pain,\" of uncertain origin":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccd\u012bn",
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"\u02c8an-\u0259-\u02ccd\u012bn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"benign",
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"harmless",
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"hurtless",
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"innocent",
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"innocuous",
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"inoffensive",
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"safe",
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"white"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192626",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anoint":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to apply oil to as part of a religious ceremony":[
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"The priest anointed the sick."
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],
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": to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The magazine anointed her the most popular actress of the year.",
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"anoint the wound with antiseptic to prevent infection",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Moscow Patriarchate has sought to anoint itself the true seat of Orthodoxy ever since Constantinople, now Istanbul, fell to Islamic invaders in 1453. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"That elite defensive performance has led Las Vegas odds-makers to anoint Georgia a 21.5-point favorite versus the first Kentucky team to win its first six games of the season since 1950. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 15 Oct. 2021",
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"Burmese people also believe that washing their hair with tayaw kinbun will get rid of bad luck and anoint them with dignified blessings. \u2014 Jada Jackson, Allure , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"If Purdue wins the primary and then bests Abrams next November, expect Georgia to join the camp of states angling to anoint a Republican president in 2024 no matter what the voters decide. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 1 Jan. 2022",
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"Thankfully, on his fifth album, Dawn FM, the Weeknd focuses those interstellar ambitions to anoint us with the most enchanting music to the portal through purgatory. \u2014 Will Dukes, Rolling Stone , 7 Jan. 2022",
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"One of the great achievements of the American world order, crafted in the wake of World War II, was to anoint democracy as the ultimate form of political organization, the standard by which every country is judged. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 14 Dec. 2021",
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"For the January issue -- the magazine's first global issue -- AD editors from around the world sat down together virtually to anoint the most important architectural leaders and projects of the year. \u2014 CNN , 30 Nov. 2021",
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"The changes to the nominating process came in response to the 1968 campaign and its upheavals, in particular the move by party leaders to anoint Democratic Vice President Hubert Humphrey despite fierce opposition from Vietnam War opponents. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Nov. 2021"
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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, from Anglo-French enoint , past participle of enoindre , from Latin inunguere , from in- + unguere to smear \u2014 more at ointment":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8n\u022fint"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bedaub",
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"besmear",
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"daub",
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"smear"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171939",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"anomalous":{
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"antonyms":[
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"common",
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"customary",
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"normal",
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"ordinary",
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"typical",
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"unexceptional",
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"unextraordinary",
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"usual"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular , unusual":[
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"Researchers could not explain the anomalous test results."
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],
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": marked by incongruity or contradiction : paradoxical":[],
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": of uncertain nature or classification":[
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"an anomalous figure in the world of politics"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Researchers could not explain the anomalous test results.",
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"that was an anomalous year for the housing industry, so the number of starts is anything but typical",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For its part, Roblox appears to view both the COVID-era spike and its subsequent fade as anomalous moments on an overall growth path. \u2014 Rob Walker, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
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"The anomalous heat in the Arctic can form rising air from the surface, and that can strengthen the low pressure system, which is one of the the spinning vortex. \u2014 Emily Schwing, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
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"In each case, a major catastrophe, the Great Depression and the 9-11 terror attacks, probably explained the anomalous outcome. \u2014 Maya Wiley, The New Republic , 13 May 2022",
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"The forces that drive inflation tend to move slowly, so the almost unprecedented surge since early 2021 means something anomalous is going on. \u2014 Greg Ip, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
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"The shooting in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, that left 10 grocery shoppers dead wasn't anomalous . \u2014 Brandon Tensley, CNN , 19 May 2022",
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"In the quick-service restaurant business, 34% year-over-year sales are stunningly anomalous , but that\u2019s exactly what Popeyes generated in the quarter following its late-2019 chicken sandwich launch. \u2014 Alicia Kelso, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
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"That was enough to elevate the researchers\u2019 anomalous result to remarkable heights of statistical significance: nearly seven sigma, in the parlance of statistics. \u2014 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"However initially demoralizing and anomalous , these reductive ideas were developed into a comprehensive worldview. \u2014 M. D. Aeschliman, National Review , 27 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin anomalus , from Greek an\u014dmalos , literally, uneven, from a- + homalos even, from homos same \u2014 more at same":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-m\u0259-l\u0259s",
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"\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4m-\u0259-l\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for anomalous irregular , anomalous , unnatural mean not conforming to rule, law, or custom. irregular implies not conforming to a law or regulation imposed for the sake of uniformity in method, practice, or conduct. concerned about his irregular behavior anomalous implies not conforming to what might be expected because of the class or type to which it belongs or the laws that govern its existence. her drive made her an anomalous figure in a sleepy organization unnatural suggests what is contrary to nature or to principles or standards felt to be essential to the well-being of civilized society. prisoners treated with unnatural cruelty",
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"synonyms":[
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"aberrant",
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"aberrated",
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"abnormal",
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"atypical",
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"especial",
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"exceeding",
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"exceptional",
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"extraordinaire",
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"extraordinary",
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"freak",
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"odd",
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"peculiar",
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"phenomenal",
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"preternatural",
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"rare",
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"singular",
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"uncommon",
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"uncustomary",
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"unique",
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"unusual",
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"unwonted"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111014",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anomalous dispersion":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": dispersion of light in some refraction spectra in which the normal order of the separation of components is reversed in the vicinity of certain wavelengths":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1871, 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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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114749",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anomaly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": deviation from the common rule : irregularity":[],
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": something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous":[
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"They regarded the test results as an anomaly ."
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],
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": the angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"In approximately 10% of patients, autism can be explained by genetic syndromes and known chromosomal anomalies (most of which have recognizable features in addition to autism) \u2026 \u2014 Lauren A. Weiss et al. , New England Journal of Medicine , 14 Feb. 2008",
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"Eleven minutes may not sound like much when you're waiting for a table at your favorite restaurant, but in the course of centuries, eleven minutes and change become a formidable chunk of time. By the 1300s, those superfluous minutes had added up to hours, then days, then more than a week. The calendar was losing time, irrevocably, to the \"real\" year, slipping further and further behind in its measurement of the earth's orbit. Anomalies began to creep into what had been the certainties of life. The spring equinox\u2014one of two moments in the year when day and night are of equal length all over the earth, and which occurs on or about March 21\u2014began to fall on March 16, then 15, then 14. \u2014 Michelle Stacey , Harper's , December 2006",
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"Californians aren't the only ones vexed by rolling brownouts and other power-supply anomalies . Everyday power spikes, surges, sags, and line noise cause computers, stereo equipment, televisions, telephones, and other delicate electronic equipment to go psychotic or have complete nervous breakdowns. \u2014 Fortune , 25 June 2001",
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"This policy may well have made sense back when steroid use was an anomaly . Now that bulking up with chemical help seems to be more popular than ever, it's incumbent on baseball to take action. \u2014 Steve Kettman , New York Times , 20 Aug. 2000",
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"We couldn't explain the anomalies in the test results.",
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"her C grade is an anomaly , as she's never made anything except A's and B's before",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The map featured in the post shows a 0.1 degree Celsius temperature anomaly for May 9, 2022. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
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"The festival\u2019s opening day last year was delayed by heavy rains \u2014 an anomaly in Southern California in September \u2014 that also led to a brief evacuation of the festival site. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
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"The rubbery clogs are certainly one of fashion\u2019s most polarizing shoes, but Lipa is an anomaly among her peers. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 2 June 2022",
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"That film brought playful wit and tender observation to a spiky relationship between Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche, playing a famous mother and daughter, their starry double-act an anomaly in Kore-eda\u2019s filmography. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
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"But as more information came in, the bump in the data turned out to be a statistical anomaly , not a new particle. \u2014 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"But an anomaly just under the soil may cement its legacy in the annals of Chicago-area history. \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com , 19 Dec. 2021",
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"Grocery shopping is not typically a daily activity, but Miele is not an anomaly among Erewhon\u2019s extremely devoted and spendy customer base. \u2014 Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"Gaspery Roberts travels through time, hunting for answers to a mysterious anomaly . \u2014 Monitor Reviewers, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1603, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"see anomalous":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-m\u0259-l\u0113",
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"\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4m-\u0259-l\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"aberration",
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"abnormality",
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"exception",
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"oddity",
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"oddment",
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"rarity"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110047",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anon":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": after a while : later":[
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"more of that anon"
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],
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": at once : immediately":[],
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": soon , presently":[
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"\u2026 tomorrow will be here anon .",
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"\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne"
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],
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"anonymous ; anonymously":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adverb",
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"I will answer his letter anon .",
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"be ready\u2014we will begin our Yuletide Boar's Head Feast anon",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"Look Alive\u2019 The Drake comeback continues anon with this appealingly greasy collaboration with the rising Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB. \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 9 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adverb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English on \u0101n , from on in + \u0101n one \u2014 more at on , one":"Adverb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"before long",
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"by and by",
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"directly",
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"momentarily",
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"presently",
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"shortly",
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"soon"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071159",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"anonang":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Tagalog":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02c8n\u014d\u02ccn\u00e4\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165938",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anoncillo":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the fiber yielded by the bark of various Venezuelan trees on the genus Annona":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1920, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"American Spanish, diminutive of Spanish an\u00f3n":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u00e4(\u02cc)n\u014dn\u02c8s\u0113l\u02ccy\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082404",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anonym":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an anonymous person":[],
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": pseudonym":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccnim"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014650",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anonymity":{
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"antonyms":[
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"celebrity",
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"fame",
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"notoriety",
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"renown"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one that is anonymous":[
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"a crowd of faceless anonymities"
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],
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": the quality or state of being anonymous":[
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"enjoyed the anonymity of life in a large city"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"They are trying to protect their child's anonymity .",
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"She enjoyed the anonymity of life in a large city.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Both people spoke on condition of anonymity because the hearing isn\u2019t public. \u2014 Rob Maaddi, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
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"The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the situation. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
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"In all, 48 people were dead at the scene and two died later at hospitals, said a federal law enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity . \u2014 Nicole Chavez, CNN , 29 June 2022",
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"And some employees are getting frustrated, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. \u2014 Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
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"McLaurin agreed to terms on a three-year contract, according to two people with knowledge of the move who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the deal had not been announced. \u2014 Stephen Whyno, Baltimore Sun , 28 June 2022",
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"The person familiar with the committee\u2019s plans to call Hutchinson could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
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"The person familiar with the committee's plans to call Hutchinson could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity . \u2014 Mary Clare Jalonick, Farnoush Amiri, Chron , 28 June 2022",
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"The hearing will continue Wednesday, and Watson is scheduled to be there for the duration, according to one person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the hearing isn\u2019t public. \u2014 Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"see anonymous":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8ni-m\u0259-t\u0113"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"facelessness",
|
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"namelessness",
|
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"nowhere",
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"nowheresville",
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"obscurity",
|
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"silence"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180513",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"anonymize":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to remove identifying information from (something, such as computer data) so that the original source cannot be known : to make (something) anonymous":[
|
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"There's an incredible amount of data in your travel profile. So they improved security and created a sophisticated way to anonymize data.",
|
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"\u2014 Dana Hawkins"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Look out for loopholes the app may be using, such as claiming to de-identify or anonymize personal data. \u2014 Heather Kelly, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
|
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"The committee has agreed to anonymize accounts from those who have expressed fear or discomfort with publicly coming forward, according to people involved with the investigation. \u2014 Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey And Amy Gardner, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Once the full network of hundreds of cameras is built, QuayChain will have an ongoing contract to manage and anonymize the data. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
|
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"Given that history, the question of how much to anonymize a patient in these tales is well-trod territory for medical ethicists. \u2014 Rose Eveleth, Wired , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Essentially, Unity says, PeopleSansPeople will help anonymize data collected about humans going about their lives, and the software\u2019s operators can modulate those virtual people\u2019s appearances to create more customizable datasets. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
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"The report will anonymize the information to get around restrictions on releasing discipline information for individual officers, Briggs said. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
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"One way is to anonymize data and share it across different industries to aid in the development of predictive models that help manage legal risk more effectively. \u2014 Mark A. Cohen, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"While Big Tech outfits can afford to hire specialized privacy engineers to anonymize sensitive data, developers at smaller companies typically wait weeks or months for compliance approvals to access similar data. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Oct. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1858, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"anonym(ous) + -ize":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093447",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anonymous":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lacking individuality, distinction, or recognizability":[
|
|
"the anonymous faces in the crowd",
|
|
"\u2026 the gray anonymous streets \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 William Styron"
|
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],
|
|
": not named or identified":[
|
|
"an anonymous author",
|
|
"They wish to remain anonymous ."
|
|
],
|
|
": of unknown authorship or origin":[
|
|
"an anonymous tip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The donor wishes to remain anonymous .",
|
|
"An anonymous buyer purchased the painting.",
|
|
"The college received an anonymous gift.",
|
|
"He made an anonymous phone call to the police.",
|
|
"The reporter got an anonymous tip.",
|
|
"His was just another anonymous face in the crowd.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Tipsters to Crime Stoppers can remain anonymous and are eligible for a cash reward. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"To remain anonymous , contact Milwaukee Crime Stoppers at 414-224-Tips or use the P3 Tips app. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact IMPD by dialing 317-327-3475 or CrimeStoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 to remain anonymous . Contact Jake Allen at jake.allen@indystar.com. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"But The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed with possible bidders on the controlling interest, who wished to remain anonymous , that an informal sales process is underway. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"The teenager, who asked to remain anonymous due to not being completely out, uses the gender-neutral or gender-inclusive pronouns zie/zem/zeir. \u2014 Rachel Fadem, CNN , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Police asked anyone with information about the second individual or the investigation \u2014 including surveillance footage \u2014 to call 911, or contact Crime Stoppers at anchoragecrimestoppers.com or 907-561-STOP to remain anonymous . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Another Dalit tech worker, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, said the stakes of coming forward are extremely high. \u2014 Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The 61-year-old player, who wants to remain anonymous , bought the Cashword Times 10 ticket at the BP gas station at 3592 East Apple Avenue in Muskegon. \u2014 Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press , 22 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Late Latin anonymus , from Greek an\u014dnymos , from a- + onyma name \u2014 more at name":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-n\u0259-m\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"one",
|
|
"some",
|
|
"unidentified",
|
|
"unnamed",
|
|
"unspecified"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002446",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an additional one of the same kind : one more":[
|
|
"one copy to send out, another for the files"
|
|
],
|
|
": being one more in addition to one or more of the same kind":[
|
|
"have another piece of pie"
|
|
],
|
|
": different or distinct from the one first considered":[
|
|
"the same scene viewed from another angle"
|
|
],
|
|
": one of a group of unspecified or indefinite things":[
|
|
"in one way or another"
|
|
],
|
|
": one that is different from the first or present one":[
|
|
"Complaining about problems is one thing, but finding solutions to them is another ."
|
|
],
|
|
": some other":[
|
|
"do it another time"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"Should we open another bottle of wine",
|
|
"That's another way of saying the same thing.",
|
|
"We had dinner at another one of the city's many Italian restaurants.",
|
|
"This is yet another example of government waste.",
|
|
"We'll discuss this again on another occasion.",
|
|
"The view is very different when it is seen from another angle.",
|
|
"Please bring me another cup. This one is chipped.",
|
|
"The city advertises itself as another Las Vegas.",
|
|
"Pronoun",
|
|
"I've had one drink, but I think I'll have another .",
|
|
"One copy of the letter was sent out, and another was placed in the files.",
|
|
"This cup is chipped. Could you please bring me another ",
|
|
"We had dinner at another of the city's many Italian restaurants.",
|
|
"The family seems to move from one city to another .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Chief Randal Taylor, in an another car behind Adams, aided the pursuit, the police said. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star , 7 May 2020",
|
|
"This desire to preserve tradition, however, is likely to be met with a growing desire to preserve an another value: openness. \u2014 Jeff John Roberts, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"As the Gophers kept winning in a historic season, stakes surrounding their season-ending rivalry game with Wisconsin kept ratcheting up \u2014 outgrowing even the another annual Battle for Paul Bunyan\u2019s Axe. \u2014 Andy Greder, Twin Cities , 30 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"The bones are from two sites, one about 200 years old and another about 100 years old, left by ancestors of today's Kenai Peninsula-area Sugpiaq people. \u2014 Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Aug. 2017",
|
|
"Upstairs on the roof is an another buzzworthy amenity: An under-construction roof deck, built atop a combination of steel and lightweight foam. \u2014 Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com , 17 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Bradley was not so successful in an another foray into international flights. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com , 2 July 2018",
|
|
"By abandoning agreements America had made, Trump may have also inadvertently cleared an another path forward for his North Korean counterpart. \u2014 Brett Bruen, Time , 12 June 2018",
|
|
"Products from their stores in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin purchased between Sept. 27 through Oct. 20, are also affected, according to an another FDA release. \u2014 Thomas Novelly, The Courier-Journal , 23 Oct. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Pronoun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"see other entry 1":"Pronoun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"or \u0101-",
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8n\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259r",
|
|
"also a-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"added",
|
|
"additional",
|
|
"else",
|
|
"farther",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"other"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095906",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"pronoun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"another thing/matter/story":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": something that does not automatically follow from the previous stated fact":[
|
|
"I'm willing to help you, but if you're asking for money, that's another thing/matter/story ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113744",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Anouilh":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"Jean 1910\u20131987 French dramatist":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"a-\u02c8n\u00fc-\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141911"
|
|
},
|
|
"another thing":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142940"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anomalopteryx":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of moas of slender build and a height of three or four feet":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02ccn\u00e4m\u0259\u02c8l\u00e4pt\u0259\u02ccriks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from anomal- + -pteryx":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145426"
|
|
},
|
|
"another story":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150842"
|
|
},
|
|
"another-guess":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of another sort":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8n\u0259-t\u035fh\u0259r-\u02ccges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"alteration of anothergates , from another entry 1 + gate":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1625, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164841"
|
|
},
|
|
"anomie":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259-m\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"To have seen so early in his career the anomie at the heart of boredom, stasis, inertia\u2014what a gift that was. \u2014 Vivian Gornick, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"This doesn\u2019t accord with the stereotype of the Lost Generation, its members drinking away their anomie in Parisian caf\u00e9s. \u2014 Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Those two novels plus Hemingway\u2019s memoir of Lost Generation\u2013era Paris, A Moveable Feast, offer a better window into the horror of the Great War and the anomie and decadence of the Twenties than anything in Gatsby. \u2014 Sarah Schutte, National Review , 6 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Brian Alexander\u2019s recent account of a hospital in Bryan, a small town in Ohio\u2019s northeast corner, offers a glimpse into how destructive anomie can be. \u2014 David Introcaso, STAT , 30 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Crystal meth is in some ways a metaphor for our times\u2014times of anomie and isolation, of paranoia and delusion, of communities coming apart. \u2014 Sam Quinones, The Atlantic , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"But when introduced during currency crises in countries that suffer from weak institutions and endemic anomie , such systems have a poor record. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 24 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"But when introduced in the midst of currency crises and in countries that suffer from weak institutions and endemic anomie , such systems have a poor record. \u2014 Jacques De Larosi\u00e8re And Steve H. Hanke, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Writers, working in a vein that grew from American anomie , steadily chronicled the misfortunes of a population of women and men now genuinely adrift. \u2014 Vivian Gornick, The New York Review of Books , 9 Mar. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French anomie , from Middle French, from Greek anomia lawlessness, from anomos lawless, from a- + nomos law, from nemein to distribute \u2014 more at nimble":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1933, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173108"
|
|
},
|
|
"anomalous indorser":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person other than the maker, payee, or holder of a negotiable bill or note who indorses it for some purpose other than to transfer it":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192130"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anomalops":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of fishes (order Berycomorphi) having a luminous organ beneath each eye filled with light-producing bacteria and known from warm seas of the southwestern Pacific and about Puerto Rico":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4m\u0259\u02ccl\u00e4ps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from anomal- + -ops":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200933"
|
|
},
|
|
"anoxygenic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being or carrying out photosynthesis in which oxygen is not produced as a by-product":[
|
|
"anoxygenic purple bacteria"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"an- + oxygenic":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201129"
|
|
},
|
|
"anomalistic year":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again, being 365 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, and 53.1 seconds":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1780, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202347"
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},
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"anomite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a variety of biotite differing optically from the ordinary kind":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8an\u0259\u02ccm\u012bt"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary anom- + -ite ; originally formed as German anomit":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1809, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203851"
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},
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"anomalous plea":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a plea partly affirmative and partly negative, the one part being used to show that the other does not defeat the rights of the pleader":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221440"
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},
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"anointing":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance":[],
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": to apply oil to as part of a religious ceremony":[
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"The priest anointed the sick."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8n\u022fint"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bedaub",
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"besmear",
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"daub",
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"smear"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"The magazine anointed her the most popular actress of the year.",
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"anoint the wound with antiseptic to prevent infection",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Klitschko's athletic history and dedication to protecting his people prompted ESPN to anoint him the 2022 Arthur Ashe Courage Award winner, the company announced Tuesday. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
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"The Moscow Patriarchate has sought to anoint itself the true seat of Orthodoxy ever since Constantinople, now Istanbul, fell to Islamic invaders in 1453. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"That elite defensive performance has led Las Vegas odds-makers to anoint Georgia a 21.5-point favorite versus the first Kentucky team to win its first six games of the season since 1950. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 15 Oct. 2021",
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"Burmese people also believe that washing their hair with tayaw kinbun will get rid of bad luck and anoint them with dignified blessings. \u2014 Jada Jackson, Allure , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"If Purdue wins the primary and then bests Abrams next November, expect Georgia to join the camp of states angling to anoint a Republican president in 2024 no matter what the voters decide. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Thankfully, on his fifth album, Dawn FM, the Weeknd focuses those interstellar ambitions to anoint us with the most enchanting music to the portal through purgatory. \u2014 Will Dukes, Rolling Stone , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"One of the great achievements of the American world order, crafted in the wake of World War II, was to anoint democracy as the ultimate form of political organization, the standard by which every country is judged. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 14 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"For the January issue -- the magazine's first global issue -- AD editors from around the world sat down together virtually to anoint the most important architectural leaders and projects of the year. \u2014 CNN , 30 Nov. 2021"
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|
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French enoint , past participle of enoindre , from Latin inunguere , from in- + unguere to smear \u2014 more at ointment":""
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222958"
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},
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"anomalistic month":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the mean time of the moon's revolution from perigee to perigee again, being approximately 27.554550 days":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1767, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234034"
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},
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"anomalous trichromatism":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a slight defect of color vision in which the proportions of the three primary colors required in color mixture deviate from the normal \u2014 compare color sense 1":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005317"
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},
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"anomalistic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": relating to the anomaly (see anomaly sense 4a )":[],
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": of or relating to the anomalists":[],
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": anomalous":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u00a6n\u00e4m\u0259\u00a6listik",
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"-\u0113k"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"anomaly + -istic":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1727, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024408"
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},
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"anomo-":{
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"type":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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"\u2014 see anom-":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042206"
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},
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"anom-":{
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": unusual : abnormal : irregular":[
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"anom ite",
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"anomo carpous"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek anom- lawless, from anomos , from a- a- entry 2 + nomos law, from nemein to distribute":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044756"
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},
|
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"anoine":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to the anoa":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u0259\u0307n",
|
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"\u02c8an\u014d\u02cc\u012bn"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"anoa + -ine":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1879, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052201"
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},
|
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"anomalure":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a member of the genus Anomalurus : scaletail":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4m\u0259\u02cclu\u0307(\u0259)r"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin Anomalurus":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063240"
|
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},
|
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"anoia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8n\u022fi(y)\u0259"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Greek anoia lack of understanding, from a- a- entry 2 + noos, nous sense, mind, understanding + -ia":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1847, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063824"
|
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},
|
|
"anointment":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance":[],
|
|
": to apply oil to as part of a religious ceremony":[
|
|
"The priest anointed the sick."
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259-\u02c8n\u022fint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedaub",
|
|
"besmear",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"smear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The magazine anointed her the most popular actress of the year.",
|
|
"anoint the wound with antiseptic to prevent infection",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Klitschko's athletic history and dedication to protecting his people prompted ESPN to anoint him the 2022 Arthur Ashe Courage Award winner, the company announced Tuesday. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"The Moscow Patriarchate has sought to anoint itself the true seat of Orthodoxy ever since Constantinople, now Istanbul, fell to Islamic invaders in 1453. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"That elite defensive performance has led Las Vegas odds-makers to anoint Georgia a 21.5-point favorite versus the first Kentucky team to win its first six games of the season since 1950. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 15 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Burmese people also believe that washing their hair with tayaw kinbun will get rid of bad luck and anoint them with dignified blessings. \u2014 Jada Jackson, Allure , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"If Purdue wins the primary and then bests Abrams next November, expect Georgia to join the camp of states angling to anoint a Republican president in 2024 no matter what the voters decide. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Thankfully, on his fifth album, Dawn FM, the Weeknd focuses those interstellar ambitions to anoint us with the most enchanting music to the portal through purgatory. \u2014 Will Dukes, Rolling Stone , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"One of the great achievements of the American world order, crafted in the wake of World War II, was to anoint democracy as the ultimate form of political organization, the standard by which every country is judged. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 14 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"For the January issue -- the magazine's first global issue -- AD editors from around the world sat down together virtually to anoint the most important architectural leaders and projects of the year. \u2014 CNN , 30 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French enoint , past participle of enoindre , from Latin inunguere , from in- + unguere to smear \u2014 more at ointment":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064958"
|
|
},
|
|
"anomalist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an adherent of the view held by certain Greek grammarians of the 2d century b.c. that in language the connection between the word and the idea is arbitrary and based on convention alone":[
|
|
"\u2014 opposed to analogist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-l\u0259\u0307st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"perhaps from German, from anomal- + -ist":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081433"
|
|
},
|
|
"anonymuncule":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an insignificant anonymous writer":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02ccn\u00e4n\u0259\u02c8m\u0259\u014b\u2027\u02ccky\u00fcl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"blend of anonymous and homuncule \"homuncle\", from Latin homunculus":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105648"
|
|
},
|
|
"anoxybiotic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to anoxybiosis":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"an- + oxy- + -biotic":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1908, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112327"
|
|
},
|
|
"anointing of the sick":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": extreme unction":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1579, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113259"
|
|
},
|
|
"anomal-":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": anomalous : irregular":[
|
|
"anomali florous",
|
|
"anomal ism",
|
|
"anomalo cephalus"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin anomal- , from Greek, from an\u014dmalos uneven, irregular":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120155"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anomala":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of beetles (family Scarabaeidae) having grubs that feed mainly on the roots of plants and including several pests of cultivated grasses \u2014 see oriental beetle":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4m\u0259l\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Late Latin, feminine of anomalus anomalous":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124823"
|
|
},
|
|
"anomocoelous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": concave in front":[
|
|
"\u2014 used of a vertebra in which the anterior surface of the centrum is hollowed out while the posterior surface is flat or convex"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6an\u0259(\u02cc)m\u014d\u00a6s\u0113l\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"anom- + coelous":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161034"
|
|
},
|
|
"anole":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a genus ( Anolis ) of arboreal American lizards (such as the green anole) of the iguana family that have a brightly colored dewlap and the ability to change color":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8n\u014d-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Researchers placed six different anole species into tanks filled with water to see how the evolutionary trick worked. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2021",
|
|
"By contrast, the anole lizards\u2019 story is disquieting in its intimacy. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 9 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The researchers also noted that the air bubble stuck onto the anole lizard's hydrophobic, or water-repelling, scales. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2021",
|
|
"The researchers plan on further looking into how the behavior evolved in the anole lizards. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2021",
|
|
"And unlike the colorful green anole , the Texas spiny lizard keeps a low profile by blending in with its surroundings rather than sticking out. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com , 22 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Williams\u2019s lab had already produced several leading evolutionary biologists, and Losos figured the field of anole research was getting too crowded. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 30 July 2020",
|
|
"This was true across 188 different species of anole scattered across the Caribbean as well as Central and South America. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Sarah Baade practically considers anole lizards her personal gardeners. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com , 12 Aug. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from French anolis, borrowed from Dominica Island Carib an\u00e1oli":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1745, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162358"
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},
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"anonymously":{
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": in an anonymous manner : without identification of the source":[
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"They made the donation anonymously .",
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"The problem, of course, is that so much of online commenting is done anonymously , making it easier for keyboard poltroons to write whatever they want without the accountability\u2014without the shame.",
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"\u2014 Daniel Ruth",
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"Holocaust denial material can frequently be found on computer bulletin boards, which are used by white-power and neo-Nazi groups to schedule meetings and disseminate information anonymously .",
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"\u2014 Michiko Kakutani",
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"A few scrupulous tax lawyers have anonymously leaked details of shelter schemes to the IRS.",
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"\u2014 Franklin Foer"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-n\u0259-m\u0259s-l\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1699, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172601"
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},
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"anomalism":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality of being anomalous":[],
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": anomaly":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4m\u0259\u02ccliz\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"anomal- + -ism":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1688, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174816"
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},
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"anolyte":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": that portion of the electrolyte in the immediate vicinity of the anode in an electrolytic cell":[
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"\u2014 opposed to catholyte"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8an\u0259\u02ccl\u012bt",
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"-n\u014d\u02cc-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"ano de + electro lyte":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182813"
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},
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"anomaliped":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": having more or less of the digits united":[
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"the kingfisher and the kangaroo are anomaliped"
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],
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": syndactylic":[
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"the kingfisher and the kangaroo are anomaliped"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4m\u0259l\u0259\u02ccped"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French anomalip\u00e8de , from anomal- + -p\u00e8de -ped":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191508"
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},
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"Anolis":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a genus of small American pleurodont lizards (family Iguanidae) comprising the New World chameleons that have the power of changing color like the true chameleons of the Old World":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8an\u0259-",
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"\u0259\u02c8n\u014dl\u0259\u0307s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from French anolis anole":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1706, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211530"
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},
|
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"Anogra":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a genus of herbs (family Onagraceae) found in the southern part of North America and having alternate leaves and flowers with four notched petals":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259\u02c8n\u014dgr\u0259"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin anagram of Onagra (synonym of Oenothera )":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222700"
|
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},
|
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"anoesia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": anoia":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccan\u014d\u02c8\u0113zh(\u0113)\u0259"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Greek ano\u0113sia want of understanding, from a- a- entry 2 + no\u0113sis":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1847, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013840"
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}
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} |