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{
"diablerie":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a representation in words or pictures of black magic or of dealings with the devil":[],
": black magic : sorcery":[],
": demon lore":[],
": mischievous conduct or manner":[]
},
"examples":[
"the boy, who was once filled with diablerie , grew up to be a staid and rather dull man",
"since the common folk had an unshakable belief in a personal devil, a charge of diablerie was taken seriously"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1726, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, going back to Old French, from diable \"devil, the Devil\" (borrowed from Late Latin diabolus ) + -erie -ery \u2014 more at devil entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8a-bl\u0259-",
"d\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-bl\u0259-(\u02cc)r\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"devilishness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"hob",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"shenanigan(s)",
"waggery",
"waggishness",
"wickedness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020931",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diabolic":{
"antonyms":[
"angelic",
"angelical"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish":[
"a diabolical plot"
]
},
"examples":[
"the police quickly mobilized to track down the diabolical serial killer",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pretty much being diabolical in every step of the way to get here. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"Jared Leto plays suspect Albert Sparma with diabolical cunningness that is both unnerving to a detective and irresistibly intriguing to a viewer. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 May 2022",
"Wouldn\u2019t the real diabolical trick be to convince my captive audience that the cautionary tales are, in fact, bunk",
"Like Klein\u2019s cast of diabolical neoliberals, Bremmer sees an opening in otherwise dispiriting circumstances. \u2014 Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic , 17 May 2022",
"This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Universal also showed footage of Jordan Peele\u2019s Nope, from Blumhouse and Atomic Monster, and M3GAN, about a diabolical robotic doll. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022",
"That was all there was: a six-year-old image of splintering glass, the blob of milk spreading over the dingy tiles like a diabolical hand. \u2014 Elif Batuman, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Throw in the fact that the entire Clone War had been a savvy manipulation by a Sith lord, and that Jedi (and Varactyl!) were simultaneously killed all over the galaxy thanks to the diabolical Order 66, and times were tough\u2026 to put it mildly. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"diabolical from diabolic + -ical ; diabolic going back to Middle English deabolik, borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French dyabolique, borrowed from Late Latin diabolicus, borrowed from Late Greek diabolik\u00f3s, going back to Greek, \"slanderous,\" from di\u00e1bolos \"accuser, backbiter, slanderer\" + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at devil entry 1":""
},
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"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8b\u00e4-li-k\u0259l"
],
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"cacodemonic",
"demoniac",
"demoniacal",
"demonian",
"demonic",
"demonical",
"devilish",
"fiendish",
"Luciferian",
"satanic"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010653",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"angelic",
"angelical"
],
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish":[
"a diabolical plot"
]
},
"examples":[
"the police quickly mobilized to track down the diabolical serial killer",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pretty much being diabolical in every step of the way to get here. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"Jared Leto plays suspect Albert Sparma with diabolical cunningness that is both unnerving to a detective and irresistibly intriguing to a viewer. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 May 2022",
"Wouldn\u2019t the real diabolical trick be to convince my captive audience that the cautionary tales are, in fact, bunk",
"Like Klein\u2019s cast of diabolical neoliberals, Bremmer sees an opening in otherwise dispiriting circumstances. \u2014 Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic , 17 May 2022",
"This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Universal also showed footage of Jordan Peele\u2019s Nope, from Blumhouse and Atomic Monster, and M3GAN, about a diabolical robotic doll. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022",
"That was all there was: a six-year-old image of splintering glass, the blob of milk spreading over the dingy tiles like a diabolical hand. \u2014 Elif Batuman, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Throw in the fact that the entire Clone War had been a savvy manipulation by a Sith lord, and that Jedi (and Varactyl!) were simultaneously killed all over the galaxy thanks to the diabolical Order 66, and times were tough\u2026 to put it mildly. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"diabolical from diabolic + -ical ; diabolic going back to Middle English deabolik, borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French dyabolique, borrowed from Late Latin diabolicus, borrowed from Late Greek diabolik\u00f3s, going back to Greek, \"slanderous,\" from di\u00e1bolos \"accuser, backbiter, slanderer\" + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at devil entry 1":""
},
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"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8b\u00e4-li-k\u0259l"
],
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"cacodemonic",
"demoniac",
"demoniacal",
"demonian",
"demonic",
"demonical",
"devilish",
"fiendish",
"Luciferian",
"satanic"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045900",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"diadem":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": crown sense 6a(1)":[
"diadems of power"
],
": something that adorns like a crown":[]
},
"examples":[
"Miss America's diadem was auctioned off for charity.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Also, Queen Victoria\u2019s favorite emerald and diamond diadem will arrive from Kensington Palace on the eve of the exhibition. \u2014 Carol Woolton, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
"The diadem was made in Paris for Jos\u00e9phine Bonaparte by artist Jacques-Ambroise Oliveras, around 1805. \u2014 Beth Bernstein, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Keen-eyed members of the public will recognize the diadem from the Wilding portrait that inspired the postage stamps used between 1953 and 1971. \u2014 Rob Picheta, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"The diadem has been passed down to the Queen, who wore it during her own coronation, according to the Royal Collection Trust. \u2014 Rob Picheta, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"Three pieces were made for her: a diadem for the procession to Westminster Abbey, the coronation crown, and a state crown for leaving the Abbey, crafted with 561 diamonds and 129 pearls and decorated with crosses patt\u00e9e and fleurs-de-lis. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 5 Mar. 2022",
"His love of nature comes through in his designs\u2014elaborate diamond brooches in the shape of a rose, or a diadem adorned with carved shells and pearls that belongs to the Spanish royal family. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Prior to Duckett\u2019s lucky find, scholars believed that the diadem was lost, its precious metals melted down to make coins and its jewels sold piecemeal following the fall of the British monarchy in 1649. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Skeletons of a man and a woman were draped in silver \u2014 earrings, bracelets, rings and, most notably, a silver diadem that had once gleamed on the woman\u2019s head. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English diademe \"monarch's crown, crownlike headdress,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin diad\u0113ma \"ornamental headband, crown,\" borrowed from Greek diad\u0113mat-, di\u00e1d\u0113ma \"headband, band wrapped around the headdress by Persian monarchs,\" from diad\u0113-, variant stem of diad\u00e9\u014d, diade\u00een \"to bind on either side, bandage\" (from dia- dia- + d\u00e9\u014d, de\u00een \"to bind, tie\") + -mat-, -ma, resultative noun suffix; Greek d\u00e9\u014d, de\u00een probably going back to a zero-grade form ( *dh 1 -i\u032f\u00e9- ":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccdem",
"-d\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"chaplet",
"coronal",
"coronel",
"coronet",
"crown"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162829",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diagnosis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the decision reached by diagnosis":[
"the doctor's diagnosis"
],
": investigation or analysis of the cause or nature of a condition, situation, or problem":[
"diagnosis of engine trouble"
],
": a statement or conclusion from such an analysis":[],
": a concise technical description of a taxon":[]
},
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"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259g-\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s",
"\u02ccd\u012b-ig-\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s, -\u0259g-",
"\u02ccd\u012b-ig-\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s",
"-\u0259g-"
],
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"award",
"call",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"deliverance",
"determination",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"opinion",
"resolution",
"verdict"
],
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"The unusual combination of symptoms made accurate diagnosis difficult.",
"She is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases.",
"The diagnosis was a mild concussion.",
"His doctor made an initial diagnosis of pneumonia.",
"The committee published its diagnosis of the problems affecting urban schools.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Life expectancy after diagnosis has inched upward, from 10 to 17 months to almost three years. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 26 June 2022",
"Through early detection and diagnosis of disease, people can now use NGS to assess individual risk of disease and inform disease-management strategies. \u2014 Demaris Mills, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"On top of that, a second doctor is required to corroborate the first specialist's diagnosis . \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 23 June 2022",
"An accurate diagnosis of what is affecting the labor market requires careful attention to chronic and acute problems. \u2014 Rachel Greszler, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Tambuzi continued his advocacy work to improve the lives of southeastern San Diegans despite lung cancer diagnosis Through years of fighting for equity for San Diego\u2019s Black residents, Robert Tambuzi didn\u2019t let anything stop him \u2014 not even cancer. \u2014 Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"According to the hip-hop mogul, whose real name is Percy Miller, his son did not receive proper medical attention after suffering the hip injury, and an improper diagnosis nearly led to the end of his playing career. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 21 June 2022",
"Manager Dave Roberts mentioned Betts\u2019 diagnosis after a 7-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
"The chance of a positive COVID-19 test result or diagnosis within nine months after full vaccination, though low, was 28% higher among people with HIV. \u2014 cleveland , 17 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek diagn\u014dsis , from diagign\u014dskein to distinguish, from dia- + gign\u014dskein to know \u2014 more at know":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012037"
},
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"1977, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004256",
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"Adjective",
"Ultrasound is now widely used as a diagnostic tool.",
"One important diagnostic feature of this condition is a mild rash.",
"Noun",
"the thesis that moral decline is the infallible diagnostic of a decadent society",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Experts currently think monkeypox, like smallpox, will always cause at least some of these symptoms, but that belief is based on pre-1980 science, before there were more sophisticated diagnostic tests. \u2014 Dr. Celine Gounder, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"Over the last week, the positivity rate for diagnostic tests is 12.5%, with 13,245 of 105,683 tests positive. \u2014 Arjun Thakkar, Detroit Free Press , 28 June 2022",
"Laboratories had completed 19,892,664 total diagnostic tests for COVID-19 as of June 18, 12.2% of which have come back positive. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"Laboratories had completed 19,804,859 total diagnostic tests for COVID-19 as of June 11, 12.2% of which have come back positive. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"The international body has also offered medical supplies, including WHO cholera kits with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), Harris said. \u2014 Somayeh Malekian, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
"More than 2,000 participants have joined the ROSE study (including women with diagnosed endometriosis, healthy controls and those waiting for diagnostic results). \u2014 Christine N. Metz, Scientific American , 13 May 2022",
"Michigan had a test positivity rate of 5.3% on Thursday, reporting that 864 of 17,142 diagnostic test results were positive. \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The school\u2019s recent diagnostic test results showed there were more fourth-graders behind grade-level reading expectations than students in any other grade. \u2014 Yoree Koh, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The current gold-standard diagnostic for Lyme disease misses up to 60 percent of early-stage cases, according to the Bay Area Lyme Foundation. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The time lag between taking a COVID test and getting the result is a critical factor in evaluating any diagnostic . \u2014 Anthony Warmack, Scientific American , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Tests such as the Abbott BinaxNOW, for example, were first studied as a rapid diagnostic that people could take shortly after their symptoms first appeared. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 Nov. 2021",
"One approach is ChangeShaper, Dare\u2019s proprietary diagnostic and their partner, GCM\u2019s \u2018who is your business\u2019 framework. \u2014 Benjamin Laker, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Silent, asymptomatic breakthroughs\u2014those that are effectively invisible in the absence of a virus-hunting diagnostic \u2014are simply not in the same league. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 13 July 2021",
"Turner stands by his company\u2019s test and attributes Curative\u2019s rapid growth to its ability to develop a simple diagnostic , build a robust supply chain and process millions of tests as other labs were overwhelmed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Accurate Knowledge Of The Team\u2019s Issues Team-building activities should only be undertaken after a thorough diagnostic that surfaces the issues the team is facing. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 9 Mar. 2021",
"Doctors use a clinical diagnostic like a strep test to tell whether a patient is sick with a disease that can be treated with particular medicines. \u2014 Caroline Chen, ProPublica , 1 Sep. 2020"
],
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"1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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"-\u0259g-",
"\u02ccd\u012b-ig-\u02c8n\u00e4-stik",
"-\u02c8n\u00e4s-tik"
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"individual",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125021",
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"Adjective",
"Ultrasound is now widely used as a diagnostic tool.",
"One important diagnostic feature of this condition is a mild rash.",
"Noun",
"the thesis that moral decline is the infallible diagnostic of a decadent society",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Experts currently think monkeypox, like smallpox, will always cause at least some of these symptoms, but that belief is based on pre-1980 science, before there were more sophisticated diagnostic tests. \u2014 Dr. Celine Gounder, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"Over the last week, the positivity rate for diagnostic tests is 12.5%, with 13,245 of 105,683 tests positive. \u2014 Arjun Thakkar, Detroit Free Press , 28 June 2022",
"Laboratories had completed 19,892,664 total diagnostic tests for COVID-19 as of June 18, 12.2% of which have come back positive. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"Laboratories had completed 19,804,859 total diagnostic tests for COVID-19 as of June 11, 12.2% of which have come back positive. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"The international body has also offered medical supplies, including WHO cholera kits with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), Harris said. \u2014 Somayeh Malekian, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
"More than 2,000 participants have joined the ROSE study (including women with diagnosed endometriosis, healthy controls and those waiting for diagnostic results). \u2014 Christine N. Metz, Scientific American , 13 May 2022",
"Michigan had a test positivity rate of 5.3% on Thursday, reporting that 864 of 17,142 diagnostic test results were positive. \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The school\u2019s recent diagnostic test results showed there were more fourth-graders behind grade-level reading expectations than students in any other grade. \u2014 Yoree Koh, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The current gold-standard diagnostic for Lyme disease misses up to 60 percent of early-stage cases, according to the Bay Area Lyme Foundation. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The time lag between taking a COVID test and getting the result is a critical factor in evaluating any diagnostic . \u2014 Anthony Warmack, Scientific American , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Tests such as the Abbott BinaxNOW, for example, were first studied as a rapid diagnostic that people could take shortly after their symptoms first appeared. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 Nov. 2021",
"One approach is ChangeShaper, Dare\u2019s proprietary diagnostic and their partner, GCM\u2019s \u2018who is your business\u2019 framework. \u2014 Benjamin Laker, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Silent, asymptomatic breakthroughs\u2014those that are effectively invisible in the absence of a virus-hunting diagnostic \u2014are simply not in the same league. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 13 July 2021",
"Turner stands by his company\u2019s test and attributes Curative\u2019s rapid growth to its ability to develop a simple diagnostic , build a robust supply chain and process millions of tests as other labs were overwhelmed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Accurate Knowledge Of The Team\u2019s Issues Team-building activities should only be undertaken after a thorough diagnostic that surfaces the issues the team is facing. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 9 Mar. 2021",
"Doctors use a clinical diagnostic like a strep test to tell whether a patient is sick with a disease that can be treated with particular medicines. \u2014 Caroline Chen, ProPublica , 1 Sep. 2020"
],
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"1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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"-\u0259g-",
"\u02ccd\u012b-ig-\u02c8n\u00e4-stik",
"-\u02c8n\u00e4s-tik"
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},
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"cant",
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"inclination",
"incline",
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"pitch",
"rake",
"slant",
"slope",
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],
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": inclined obliquely from a reference line (such as the vertical)":[
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": joining two vertices of a rectilinear figure that are nonadjacent or two vertices of a polyhedral figure that are not in the same face":[],
": passing through two nonadjacent edges of a polyhedron":[
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},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The blanket is covered with diagonal stripes.",
"the diagonal design ran up the wall all the way from the lower left to the upper right-hand corner",
"Noun",
"a design with strong diagonals",
"the ramp was set at a low diagonal to make it easier for physically challenged patrons",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"What\u2019s the backstory on that house at Ninth Avenue and E Street, on a diagonal from the train engine on the Park Strip",
"Almost the entire state on either side of a diagonal line from La Crosse to Green Bay is under a risk for severe storms, according to the Storm Prediction Center. \u2014 Joe Taschler, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Think of horizontal and diagonal moves instead of just vertical ones. \u2014 Mj Vigil, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
"The diagonal lines create a slimming appearance and the fabric is compressive, yet not too tight. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
"Add all the color, and go for diagonal lines to add even more intrigue to the look. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 May 2022",
"Lenovo is increasing the performance while shrinking the diagonal screen size of its P-series ThinkPad laptop workstation. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 17 May 2022",
"Then there is Japan\u2019s Hirano, who a few weeks ago landed the first triple cork trick in competition\u2014that\u2019s three diagonal head-over-heels flips. \u2014 Rachel Bachman, WSJ , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The driving rain is depicted with streaking diagonal lines. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The expansive volume under the tent, the spherical ring, the arcs of leaping gymnasts, the diagonals of tightrope were like the elements in the solar system, orbiting around one another, all bound by gravity. \u2014 Rachel Corbett, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2020",
"Pat dry, cut on the diagonal into 2-inch (5 cm) lengths and set aside. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 10 Apr. 2020",
"Diagonal: Long boards installed on a diagonal from the room's walls. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 13 Mar. 2020",
"This can be done by stretching a string across one diagonal and then the other. \u2014 James Dulley, Dallas News , 12 Jan. 2020",
"Every subrange of d, such as a target window of 0.95 to 1.05, will be a 2-D sandwich between lines parallel to, and on either side of, the above diagonal . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 29 June 2018",
"By move 42, both of Alpha- Zero\u2019s bishops control long open diagonals directed right at the king. \u2014 William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics , 23 Feb. 2020",
"Torey Krug made the key play on Pastrnak\u2019s goal, firing a hard, long-distance diagonal from 10-15 feet behind his own blue line into the right wing corner. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Nov. 2019",
"Yes, that Adolf, complete with the mini-mustache and the dark diagonal of hair. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2019"
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"Beginning April 20, 2022, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn will line up diagonally across the early morning sky, during which time Venus and Jupiter, the sky\u2019s two brightest planets, will appear to inch closer toward each other, according to NASA. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"However, a diagram included with the FCC filing clearly shows a device positioned behind a TV with a USB cable providing power and a remote controller. \u2014 Matthew Humphries, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
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"Students prepared verbal presentations to go along with their inventions, some of which included a demonstration or diagram . \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Wilson is a student of the game and should do well when teams ask him to talk football and diagram plays in interviews. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"Better than that, the coaches have the ability to place an inset on the screen diagramming plays Deer Park will want to employ next season. \u2014 Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle , 16 Apr. 2020",
"His stiff-necked sense of authenticity and his self-confidence in his salesman\u2019s ability to close the deal make his every burst of oratory a daunting challenge to those who diagram sentences. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 6 Jan. 2020",
"Drawings at the time, produced as part of the city\u2019s environmental review process, diagramed the heart of the Western Yard as a greensward with a lawn passing beneath the High Line and spilling to 12th Avenue at West 30th Street. \u2014 Michael Kimmelman, New York Times , 10 Jan. 2020",
"Even after squandering a 15-point lead and allowing the Pistons to surge in front Tuesday night, the brief review allowed the Cavs to diagram a play. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 8 Jan. 2020",
"And don\u2019t worry, the set comes complete with a handy how-to diagram for any facial tool newcomers. \u2014 Tanisha Pina, NBC News , 7 Dec. 2019",
"Position groups did their own things, with safeties coach Joe Harasymiak asking players to diagram Xs and Os on the white big board. \u2014 Andy Greder, Twin Cities , 29 Nov. 2019",
"Each layer of the neural network makes multiple, parallel connections between certain words while ignoring others \u2014 akin to a student diagramming a sentence in elementary school. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 17 Oct. 2019"
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"Singer, who has also worked on Mulan, The Survivor and Cabinet of Curiosities, was serving as the dialect coach while Carmichael (Pacific Rim: Uprising) was there visiting the set. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 June 2022",
"LaVoy, who directs the production with outgoing Theater J artistic director Adam Immerwahr, inhabits an array of shifting personas through some dexterous dialect work and Pamela Rodr\u00edguez-Montero\u2019s savvy costume tweaks. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"No number of italics or apostrophes can substitute the richness of listening to stories told in the regional dialect and original voice of the storyteller. \u2014 Santi Elijah Holley, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"Another issue raised by Darany and others is which type or dialect of Arabic will be used. \u2014 Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The regional dialect , akin to a strong Boston accent in the U.S., stuck. \u2014 Sam Wright, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"Even though none of us speak Italian, or the distinctive Sicilian dialect , this island kingdom in the middle of the Mediterranean is a little less foreign \u2014 and a little more like home. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
"Defined by Brittanica as a process of shifting from one language to another, Black Americans existing in white spaces don\u2019t necessarily have to shift from English to another country\u2019s dialect . \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 28 May 2022",
"The flat, flaky bread was laced with lard, which is called saim in Mallorqui, a Catalan dialect . \u2014 Dorothy Hernandez, CNN , 25 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Irrelevant, predictable, just a footnote to the dialectic . \u2014 Ross Douthat, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"With its two writer-stars playing six different characters competing for social survival, the piece creates a rigorous dialectic between inner and outer appearances. \u2014 Juan A. Ram\u00edrez, Vogue , 14 June 2022",
"Mega-developers sidestep this important civic dialectic by building adult playgrounds and tarting them up as caricatures of fancy European cities to disguise the fact that they are designed to control and monitor the lifestyles of their inhabitants. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"These ideas would culminate with Hegel\u2019s dialectic of history, through which humans progressively realize the Geist of their age, driving toward an ever more perfect human freedom. \u2014 Jeffrey Collins, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Godwin also discussed Hegel\u2019s dialectic of thesis, antithesis and synthesis, with which a case can be made that the United States is currently grappling. \u2014 Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
"This tension is often observed in the dialectic between a founder\u2019s organization and a successor\u2019s organization. \u2014 Prudy Gourguechon, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"To collapse the Marxian dialectic of premature revolution: this was history simultaneously as tragedy and farce. \u2014 Will Self, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
"This public-private dialectic ultimately bore fruit in the form of an offbeat yet luxurious 12-piece furniture and glassware ensemble. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Oct. 2021"
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"Dialectical behavioral therapy Often considered a type of CBT, dialectical behavioral therapy is ideal for those who chronically struggle with managing their emotions. \u2014 Sourav Sengupta, The Conversation , 19 May 2022",
"Wondermind will then debut various podcasts and sell physical products\u2014cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) tools and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) tools\u2014to help people struggling with various conditions. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Find a therapist who provides dialectical behavioral therapy, ideally a therapist who has been certified by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability to deliver DBT with adherence to the manual. \u2014 Kevin King, The Conversation , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Tales have grown to occupy a rigorously intellectual and dialectical strata in the medium. \u2014 Eliza Harper Wallace, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Del Noce indicts the sweeping changes of secularism, eroticism, and relativism as the inevitable outcomes of Marx\u2019s dialectical victory over religious and liberal foes. \u2014 Richard M. Reinsch Ii, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The treatment for suicidal thoughts and behaviors with the most scientific backing is dialectical behavior therapy, says Dr. Cullen. \u2014 Andrea Petersen, WSJ , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The actress and singer, 29, suffered an emotional breakdown in 2018 that led her to seek dialectical behavior therapy, a form of talk therapy, to manage her depression and anxiety. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Harris leans on dialectical behavior therapy, a treatment that teaches people how to handle difficult situations without becoming emotionally overwhelmed. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 19 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Few of the younger nationalists there would likely have realized that the man writing a magnum opus on dialectical materialism on the outskirts of Jakarta was the revolutionary of legend. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker , 10 May 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician , Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019"
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"He is an expert at writing dialogue .",
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"The two sides involved in the labor dispute are trying to establish a dialogue .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Lawyer Tania Koen said in a text message that Pistorius and Barry Steenkamp met face-to-face on June 22 as part of what's known in South Africa as a victim-offender dialogue . \u2014 Gerald Imray, ajc , 1 July 2022",
"Lawyer Tania Koen said in a text message that Pistorius and Barry Steenkamp met face-to-face on June 22 as part of what\u2019s known in South Africa as a victim-offender dialogue . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"Anne Massie, owner and operator of Grounded Earth Farm with her husband Ben, provided tours of the property growing space, led a dialogue with guests and helped field questions. \u2014 Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Aim to establish an ongoing dialogue in short spurts rather than one long, formal conversation. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
"The two Prescott books together are welcome additions to a dialogue about place, heritage and the identity of people closely connected to seasons and the cycles of all life, who move between worlds. \u2014 Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"But Merriwether encourages people who don\u2019t drink for any reason to confidently make their choice clear; doing so may give other non-drinkers a confidence boost, or lead to a dialogue among company leaders. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"Then, civil unrest gave rise to greater dialogue around diversity, equity and inclusion. \u2014 Manulife Contributor, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"And the last South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, remained committed to dialogue with Kim to the end of his term despite being repeatedly rebuffed by the North. \u2014 CBS News , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Visitors are encouraged to dialogue with artists whose works-in-progress are on view June 4 through June 25. \u2014 Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"How might our politics look different if sincerity claims were an invitation to dialogue rather than a conversation-stopper",
"Be sure to regularly dialogue with your employees about stress management and burnout, formally through surveys and informally through check-ins. \u2014 Naz Beheshti, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
"In behind-the-scenes footage shared to her Story, El Moussa and Richards lip synched along to dialogue from her Netflix show. \u2014 Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com , 4 Feb. 2022",
"There will be time at the end of the program for audience members to dialogue with the performers. \u2014 Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Typically done after a project is completed, snapshots enable managers to dialogue with employees about their performance while the project is still top of mind. \u2014 Lisa Bodell, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Who knows, had Korach and his group agreed to seriously dialogue with Moses, Moses might have calmed them down. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 7 June 2021",
"Korach\u2019s cohorts also refused to dialogue with Moses (16:12). \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 7 June 2021"
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"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fg",
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"\u2014 Shakespeare"
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"There's very little dialogue in the film.",
"The best part of the book is the clever dialogue .",
"Students were asked to read dialogues from the play.",
"The two sides involved in the labor dispute are trying to establish a dialogue .",
"The two parties have been in constant dialogue with each other.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Lawyer Tania Koen said in a text message that Pistorius and Barry Steenkamp met face-to-face on June 22 as part of what's known in South Africa as a victim-offender dialogue . \u2014 Gerald Imray, ajc , 1 July 2022",
"Lawyer Tania Koen said in a text message that Pistorius and Barry Steenkamp met face-to-face on June 22 as part of what\u2019s known in South Africa as a victim-offender dialogue . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"Anne Massie, owner and operator of Grounded Earth Farm with her husband Ben, provided tours of the property growing space, led a dialogue with guests and helped field questions. \u2014 Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Aim to establish an ongoing dialogue in short spurts rather than one long, formal conversation. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
"The two Prescott books together are welcome additions to a dialogue about place, heritage and the identity of people closely connected to seasons and the cycles of all life, who move between worlds. \u2014 Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"But Merriwether encourages people who don\u2019t drink for any reason to confidently make their choice clear; doing so may give other non-drinkers a confidence boost, or lead to a dialogue among company leaders. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"Then, civil unrest gave rise to greater dialogue around diversity, equity and inclusion. \u2014 Manulife Contributor, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"And the last South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, remained committed to dialogue with Kim to the end of his term despite being repeatedly rebuffed by the North. \u2014 CBS News , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Visitors are encouraged to dialogue with artists whose works-in-progress are on view June 4 through June 25. \u2014 Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"How might our politics look different if sincerity claims were an invitation to dialogue rather than a conversation-stopper",
"Be sure to regularly dialogue with your employees about stress management and burnout, formally through surveys and informally through check-ins. \u2014 Naz Beheshti, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
"In behind-the-scenes footage shared to her Story, El Moussa and Richards lip synched along to dialogue from her Netflix show. \u2014 Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com , 4 Feb. 2022",
"There will be time at the end of the program for audience members to dialogue with the performers. \u2014 Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Typically done after a project is completed, snapshots enable managers to dialogue with employees about their performance while the project is still top of mind. \u2014 Lisa Bodell, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Who knows, had Korach and his group agreed to seriously dialogue with Moses, Moses might have calmed them down. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 7 June 2021",
"Korach\u2019s cohorts also refused to dialogue with Moses (16:12). \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 7 June 2021"
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"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fg",
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"that husband and wife have seemingly diametric personalities, but somehow their marriage works",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Jenner\u2019s position put her in diametric opposition to LGBTQ advocacy groups around the country, who have been battling a record number of anti-trans bills pushed by conservatives in more than 30 states. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 July 2021"
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"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"that husband and wife have seemingly diametric personalities, but somehow their marriage works",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"As sheltered as my life had been, his life had been the diametric opposite. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Jenner\u2019s position put her in diametric opposition to LGBTQ advocacy groups around the country, who have been battling a record number of anti-trans bills pushed by conservatives in more than 30 states. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 July 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To meet the winter part of your nectar supply calendar, grow alyssum, calendula, dianthus and stocks. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 21 May 2020",
"To replace them as a source of nectar for winter flying butterflies, plant dianthus , stock, calendula and alyssum. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 21 Nov. 2019",
"For color in the sun, plant pansies, calendula, stocks, dianthus and alyssum. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Plant winter annuals such as snapdragons, stocks, dianthus , petunias, ornamental kale and calendula in full sun now for winter color. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Cool weather annual flowers such as snapdragons, stocks, dianthus , alyssum and calendula can be planted as transplants in September. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 6 Sep. 2019",
"The neighboring iris, coralbells, dianthus and euphorbia \u2014 all sun-lovers \u2014 would have died from lack of sun and water. \u2014 Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities , 29 June 2019",
"And the first course is novel yet always the same: a golden sphere with \u2018Green Ball\u2019 dianthus flowers tucked inside, made to present an uni pate sandwiched between two wafers. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 20 June 2019",
"Continue to deadhead: Remove faded, dead flowers from cool-season bedding plants, such as foxglove, columbine, snapdragon and dianthus . \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 29 Apr. 2018"
],
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"circa 1766, in the meaning defined above":""
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"New Latin, genus name, from Greek dios heavenly + anthos flower \u2014 more at deity , anthology":""
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": a perfume of powdered aromatic herbs sometimes made into little balls and strung together":[]
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"the survey ultimately recorded the full diapason of seemingly possible replies regarding sexual practices"
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"circa 1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Middle English, from Latin, from Greek (h\u0113) dia pas\u014dn (chord\u014dn symph\u014dnia) , literally, the concord through all the notes, from dia through + pas\u014dn , genitive feminine plural of pas all \u2014 more at dia- , pan-":""
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"-s\u1d4an",
"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8p\u0101-z\u1d4an"
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"spread",
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"noun"
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"-\u0101s|",
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": a period of physiologically enforced dormancy between periods of activity":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Outside of the tropics, winter temperatures cause mosquitoes to go into a kind of hibernation called diapause . \u2014 Todd Nelson, Star Tribune , 22 June 2021",
"The state, scientifically known as diapause , prevents the embryos from needing critical resources when none is available in its environment. \u2014 Joel Goldberg, Science | AAAS , 20 Feb. 2020",
"This video compares the embryos and life spans of killifish who either experienced or skipped diapause , capturing time-lapses and detailed snapshots of their embryonic development. \u2014 Joel Goldberg, Science | AAAS , 20 Feb. 2020",
"As the soil dries, the animals enter a state of diapause \u2014or dormancy\u2014that can last for decades, Tim Maret, an ecologist at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, says by email. \u2014 Liz Langley, National Geographic , 20 Mar. 2019",
"Meanwhile, toward the equator, warmer temperatures are disrupting other insects\u2019 diapause cycles. \u2014 Ben Panko, Smithsonian , 15 Feb. 2017",
"Insects have their own version of this powerful tool: diapause . \u2014 Ben Panko, Smithsonian , 15 Feb. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1893, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Greek diapausis pause, from diapauein to pause, from dia- + pauein to stop":""
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"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccp\u022fz"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193258",
"type":[
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"first_known_use":{
"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccp\u022f-zi\u014b",
"-\u02ccp\u022f-zi\u014b"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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},
"examples":[
"the bride wore a diaphanous veil",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Varun Rana, who worked for Sabyasachi as an assistant designer in 2004, recalled walking with him through a local bazaar and stumbling on a diaphanous textile in crimson. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"The baby, wearing a diaphanous dress of a pale blue color and a little white bow in her hair, which is the same red color as Prince Harry's hair, is pictured smiling happily on a lawn. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"Scrolling below us was a mesmerizing, diaphanous panorama of rainbow parrotfish and blue angelfish darting in and out of the reef. \u2014 Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online , 2 July 2019",
"The diaphanous sleeves that draped so elegantly off her shoulders were attached to the dress with an edgy metal collar. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
"Delicate and diaphanous , the blooms signify rebirth, even if only tentatively. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"After a high-profile hiatus in 2015, Phan returned to YouTube with a splash in 2019, continuing to make soft-spoken beauty tutorials featuring diaphanous , ethereal makeup. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2022",
"For any bride seeking to emulate the delicate romance of Kennedy\u2019s gown\u2014its elegant portrait neckline, its billowing silk taffeta skirt, its diaphanous lace veil\u2014the trail went cold. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This is the latest, which steals back the record for history's thinnest-ever wristwatch from Piaget, by cutting things back another 0.2 millimeters to a diaphanous 1.8 millimeters (0.07 inches). \u2014 Alex Doak, CNN , 11 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"extension with -ous of Medieval Latin diafanus, diaphanus, borrowed from Greek diaphan\u1e17s \"transparent, manifest, conspicuous,\" adjective derivative from the stem of diapha\u00ednein \"to let be seen through,\" diapha\u00ednesthai \"to show through, be seen through,\" from dia- dia- + pha\u00ednein (active voice) \"to bring to light, cause to appear,\" and pha\u00ednesthai (middle voice) \"to become visible, come to light, appear\" \u2014 more at fantasy entry 1":""
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"filmy",
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"see-through",
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": a molded cap usually of thin rubber fitted over the uterine cervix to act as a mechanical contraceptive barrier":[],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Waist trainers are very tight, and wearing them restricts your diaphragm , which is the muscle that separates your heart and lungs from other organs, Toshkoff explains. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Your core also includes your diaphragm , obliques (muscles along the side of your abdomen), transverse abdominis (your deepest core muscles), erector spinae, and more. \u2014 Manee Magee, SELF , 7 May 2022",
"The lower ribs are attached to the diaphragm , a muscle between the chest and belly that contracts to create hiccups. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 June 2022",
"While interacting with someone who seems anxious, take deep, slow breaths from your diaphragm . \u2014 Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"In the case of pulling your knees up to your chest, this might work by putting pressure on the diaphragm , notes a 2015 systematic review of hiccup cures in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. \u2014 Jessica Migala, Health.com , 16 Nov. 2021",
"The importance of this research is that the traditional recovery posture of upright and hands on head is not optimal for the diaphragm and recovery. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 29 May 2020",
"As new contraceptive options emerged in the first two-thirds of the 20th century, from the diaphragm to the birth control pill, Christian leaders wrestled with what to think. \u2014 Samira Mehta, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
"But studies have found that ETAP occurs even in activities with low respiratory demands on the diaphragm and having a side stitch doesn\u2019t result in limited lung capacity. \u2014 Kelly O'mara, Outside Online , 8 May 2020"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English diafragma, borrowed from Late Latin diaphragma, borrowed from Greek di\u00e1phragma \"partition, barrier, partition of tissue separating organs,\" from diaphrak-, stem of diaphr\u00e1ssein \"to divide off, separate\" (from dia- dia- + phr\u00e1ssein, Attic phr\u00e1ttein \"to fence in, enclose, block,\" of obscure origin) + -ma, resultative noun suffix":""
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"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccfram"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130034",
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": inspiration and expiration produced chiefly by movements of the diaphragm":[
"\u2014 distinguished from costal respiration"
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": to keep or write in a diary":[
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"antonyms":[],
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"verbal diarrhea"
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"The symptoms of the disease include fever, nausea, and diarrhea .",
"I was taken with severe diarrhea while attending the conference.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For example, one bacteria, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, is better for those with diarrhea , compared with other strains, Gilbert says. \u2014 Melissa Matthews, Men's Health , 4 May 2022",
"Infections usually present with diarrhea , vomiting, respiratory symptoms, and fever. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2022",
"My gastroenterologist has prescribed colestipol for irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Most people infected with Salmonella experience diarrhea , fever and stomach cramps. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Soon after, his 2-year-old son became sick with diarrhea . \u2014 Joshua Berlinger, CNN , 31 Aug. 2021",
"This is consistent with diarrhea , which could signify a more serious intestinal problem and some trouble in the digestion department. \u2014 Shelby Deering, Good Housekeeping , 4 Aug. 2021",
"His children woke up in the middle of the night with diarrhea , which continued into the next day. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 May 2021",
"The 83-year-old passenger on the Quantum of the Seas tested positive for COVID-19 after reporting to the ship's medical center with diarrhea and was immediately isolated, Royal Caribbean and Singapore's Tourism Board said. \u2014 CBS News , 9 Dec. 2020"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English diaria , from Late Latin diarrhoea , from Greek diarrhoia , from diarrhein to flow through, from dia- + rhein to flow \u2014 more at stream":""
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"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259"
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"flux",
"Montezuma's revenge",
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"turista"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": an arsenide containing two atoms of arsenic":[]
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"(\u02c8)d\u012b+"
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"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": a book intended or used for a diary":[]
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"has diligently kept a diary since she was 15",
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"Any kind of resistance is against the law, but 16-year-old Katya notes everything in her diary , which will resurface decades later. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 29 May 2022",
"With his diary , letters and decades of study, his family became intimately familiar with the Ploie\u0219ti raid. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 23 May 2022",
"About a half-hour before the attack, Mr. Gendron invited 15 people to view his online diary , a person with knowledge of the matter said Wednesday. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"Police said Monday that the shooter had planned other attacks, and Gendron detailed several of those in his online diary . \u2014 Silvia Foster-frau, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"The most recent diary entry is dated 1983, meaning the Upside Down is three years old\u2014or at least, the version of the Upside Down the gang entered is three years old. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 29 May 2022",
"The Quest reached South Georgia on January 4, 1922, and Shackleton made his final diary entry before retiring to bed. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022",
"On March 29, 1912, Captain Robert Falcon Scott lay in his tent during an Antarctic blizzard and wrote his last diary entry. \u2014 Eva Holland, Outside Online , 8 Mar. 2018",
"Below, Sandeep Salter shares her seven-day travel diary through Italy. \u2014 Monica Mendal, Vogue , 3 June 2022"
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"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Latin diarium , from dies day \u2014 more at deity":""
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"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-r\u0113",
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"\u2026 his apparent inability to keep his pen from drifting from the main objective of his words into diatribe must have taken away from the sound and otherwise convincing arguments that he advanced. \u2014 Henry Petroski , Engineers of Dreams , 1995",
"I looked \u2026 and listened to her ahistorical and apolitical diatribe . Her comments were a more extreme form of the kind of Black bashing I've often heard \u2026 \u2014 Itabari Njeri , \"Sushi and Grits,\" in Lure and Loathing , 1993",
"\u2026 gradually I realize the headman's diatribe has begun to feature a new term I was unfamiliar with at the time\u2014the word for caterpillar, as it turns out, in the Iban dialect. \u2014 T. Coraghessan Boyle , Harper's , April 1993",
"The article is a diatribe against mainstream media.",
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"Overwhelmingly, these discussions describe the diatribe as relying on pseudoscience or discredited science and co-opting or misreading mainstream science. \u2014 Emily Klancher Merchant, STAT , 23 June 2022",
"Kid Rock is standing by his drunken 2019 diatribe against Oprah on Tuesday (June 7) in a new interview with Tucker Carlson. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 7 June 2022",
"Nor is this story a diatribe about privileged parenting in America. \u2014 Elizabeth Macbride, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Authorities believe the Buffalo shooting suspect published a 180-page diatribe before the massacre, detailing his plans to kill Black people and describing himself as a white supremacist and a terrorist. \u2014 Emily Guskin, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
"And like in El Paso, the racist suspect left behind a long diatribe explaining that his actions were rooted in the belief that nonwhite people are taking over the country. \u2014 Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"In a 180-page diatribe , the 18-year-old White suspect allegedly details how he had been radicalized and describes the attack as terrorism and himself as a White supremacist. \u2014 Adrienne Vogt, CNN , 17 May 2022",
"Russo delivered a typical diatribe of being fed up with athletes talking instead of playing the game. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
"The right-wing Fox pundit's Thursday-night diatribe was in fact just the latest articulation of a conspiracy theory that's been doing the rounds in recent weeks, particularly among those who were already opposed to COVID lockdown measures. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 20 May 2022"
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"Latin diatriba , from Greek diatrib\u0113 pastime, discourse, from diatribein to spend (time), wear away, from dia- + tribein to rub \u2014 more at throw entry 1":""
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"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02cctr\u012bb"
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"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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"d\u012b-\u02c8a-m\u0259-t\u0259r",
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"The dotted line indicates the diameter of the circle.",
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"The outdoor plant stand can accommodate a planter that's 8 inches in diameter or smaller, and it's sold separately in other sizes, including 10-, 12-, and 15-inch, as well as in a set of three. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 22 June 2022",
"The new barrels come in various sizes, both in length and diameter . \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
"The application form includes other information on the kind of tree purchased including its species, purchase price, the tree's height at the time of planting and the tree's diameter at the time of planting. \u2014 Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal , 2 June 2022",
"In total, the dome measures 10 meters (33 feet) in diameter and 5.2 meters (17 feet) in height, and features glass windows that open and close to allow for the ultimate view of the mountains surrounding the resort. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 5 May 2022",
"Attempts to pull him out have been complicated by the depth and diameter of the location where he is lodged. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Two different local gastroenterologists have refused to remove this 2.5-inch- diameter tumor, probably due to my daily blood-thinning medication apixaban. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"The stock Goodyear\u2019s aren\u2019t Three Peak Mountain Snowflake-rated, and there are no real winter tires available with a 35-inch diameter for an 18-inch wheel. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 12 Apr. 2022",
"They were built in a range of sizes, from rifles with a 2.9-inch diameter all the way up to ten inches. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 Mar. 2022"
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": of, relating to, or being a musical scale (such as a major or minor scale) comprising intervals of five whole steps and two half steps":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Messina is also credited with creating the Interval Study Method, a playing technique using diatonic and chromatic scales. \u2014 Gary Graff, Billboard , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Today, the two types of marimba used in Guatemala are the single marimba, with one row of diatonic keys like the white keys of the piano, and the double marimba, which adds a row of chromatic keys (the black keys). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2021",
"The musical language is steeped in older modal scales, however crucial passages and final phrases settle into diatonic harmony (major and minor chords), the newer language that was emerging in Sch\u00fctz\u2019s time. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Mar. 2020",
"Elements of atonality and sturdy diatonic harmony and moments of fleeting lyricism and blazing sonorities often merge or clash. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Instead, Gaxiola devotes to the tuba for the bass notes, and in combination with a twelve-fret guitar, a diatonic accordion and drums, the group has become one of the vanguards of the genre. \u2014 Pamela Bustios, Billboard , 30 Aug. 2019",
"Others had dreamed up the piano, diatonic tonality, and the 12-bar blues riff. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 28 June 2018",
"There are musical instruments\u2014like Louisiana\u2019s diatonic accordion. \u2014 Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian , 16 Mar. 2017",
"The Coplandesque fields of diatonic harmony in the orchestra are as open as the prairie skies. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 20 June 2017"
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"borrowed from Late Latin diatonicus, borrowed from Greek diatonik\u00f3s \"(of a tetrachord) comprising two steps and a half step,\" from di\u00e1tonos \"a scale so comprised\" (noun use of di\u00e1tonos, adjective\u2014with g\u00e9nos \"type, kind\" understood\u2014nominal ablaut derivative of diate\u00ednein \"to stretch as far as possible, extend,\" from dia- dia- + te\u00ednein \"to stretch, extend\") + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at tenant entry 1":""
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"the police quickly mobilized to track down the diabolical serial killer",
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"Pretty much being diabolical in every step of the way to get here. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"Jared Leto plays suspect Albert Sparma with diabolical cunningness that is both unnerving to a detective and irresistibly intriguing to a viewer. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 May 2022",
"Wouldn\u2019t the real diabolical trick be to convince my captive audience that the cautionary tales are, in fact, bunk",
"Like Klein\u2019s cast of diabolical neoliberals, Bremmer sees an opening in otherwise dispiriting circumstances. \u2014 Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic , 17 May 2022",
"This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Universal also showed footage of Jordan Peele\u2019s Nope, from Blumhouse and Atomic Monster, and M3GAN, about a diabolical robotic doll. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022",
"That was all there was: a six-year-old image of splintering glass, the blob of milk spreading over the dingy tiles like a diabolical hand. \u2014 Elif Batuman, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Throw in the fact that the entire Clone War had been a savvy manipulation by a Sith lord, and that Jedi (and Varactyl!) were simultaneously killed all over the galaxy thanks to the diabolical Order 66, and times were tough\u2026 to put it mildly. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"diabolical from diabolic + -ical ; diabolic going back to Middle English deabolik, borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French dyabolique, borrowed from Late Latin diabolicus, borrowed from Late Greek diabolik\u00f3s, going back to Greek, \"slanderous,\" from di\u00e1bolos \"accuser, backbiter, slanderer\" + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at devil entry 1":""
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"Whatever their theme \u2014 spectral invasion, diabolism , shape-changing \u2014 Blackwood expertly builds up an atmosphere of the otherworldly coupled with the spiritually threatening. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2020",
"In this riposte to #MeToo diabolism , Tarantino finally finds a social context that challenges his audience. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 26 July 2019"
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"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bd",
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"adjective",
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"definitions":{
": a stereoisomer of a compound having two or more chiral centers that is not a mirror image of another stereoisomer of the same compound \u2014 compare enantiomer":[]
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"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8ster-\u0113-\u014d-(\u02cc)m\u0259r",
"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8ster-\u0113-\u014d-(\u02cc)m\u0259r, -\u02c8stir-",
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"definitions":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"definitions":{
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"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"\u02ccd\u012b\u0259\u02c8t\u00e4n\u0259\u02ccsiz\u0259m"
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": a mineral Pb 2 CuCl 2 (OH) 4 consisting of a basic chloride of lead and copper":[]
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"\u00a6d\u012b\u0259+"
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"dia- + boleite":""
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"verb"
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": to represent as or make diabolical":[]
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"d\u012b-\u02c8a-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For example, while a new fascism would necessarily diabolize some enemy, both internal and external, the enemy would not necessarily be Jews. \u2014 Robert O. Paxton, Slate Magazine , 6 Apr. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"diabol(ic) + -ize":""
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"1653, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012525"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": diatomaceous earth":[]
},
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"d\u012b-\u02c8at-\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bt",
"d\u012b-\u02c8a-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bt"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014211"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"d\u012b\u02c8ab\u0259\u02ccl\u014d",
"d\u0113\u02c8-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"from Diabolo , a trademark":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014500"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": the shaft of a long bone":[]
},
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"d\u012b-\u02c8af-\u0259-s\u0259s",
"d\u012b-\u02c8a-f\u0259-s\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek, spinous process of the tibia, from diaphyesthai to grow between, from dia- + phyein to bring forth \u2014 more at be":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1831, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015921"
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"abbreviation",
"noun",
"verb"
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": the graduated face of a timepiece":[],
": a face upon which some measurement is registered usually by means of graduations and a pointer":[
"the thermometer dial reads 70\u00b0F"
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"a radio dial",
"a telephone dial"
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": to measure with a dial":[],
": to manipulate a device (such as a dial) so as to operate, regulate, or select":[
"dial your favorite program",
"dialed the wrong number"
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": call sense 1m(1)":[
"dialed the office"
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": to manipulate a dial":[],
": to make a telephone call or connection":[],
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"dialectical":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259l"
],
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"call",
"phone",
"ring (up)",
"telephone"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"the dial of a pressure gauge",
"I had to keep adjusting the radio dial to make the station come in clearly.",
"Verb",
"I'm sorry. I must have dialed the wrong number.",
"dialed 911 and asked for the police",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"According to 2021 data by the US Census Bureau, 27.6 million American households still don't have home internet and over a quarter-million households use dial -up. \u2014 Carolina Milanesi, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Most of the 450-square-mile reservation doesn\u2019t have cell service and dial -up is still the only way for many residents to access the internet. \u2014 Sidney Fussell, Wired , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Nearly two decades ago, when the Smithsonian\u2019s Arts and Industries Building closed because of structural issues, the Internet was mostly dial -up, the iPhone didn\u2019t exist and a niche website called The Facebook had just launched. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"The new mine wouldn\u2019t move the dial on climate change, Mr. Starkie said. \u2014 Max Colchester, WSJ , 28 Sep. 2021",
"This format features an applicator with a metered dial that releases a small dose of product for each use. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Speaking of luxury sparklers, the priceless gift of time gets the Herm\u00e8s treatment in this stainless still Swiss timepiece boasting a mother-of-pearl dial that\u2019s finished with diamonds and an alligator strap. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Aimed squarely at trail and enduro riders, the Gambit has ventilation in spades and a fit dial similar to those on standard trail helmets. \u2014 Ryan Labar, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"The attachment also features a large dial that\u2019s easy to adjust, and there's a comfortable trigger, along with three different spray patterns. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to researchers, this medicine can also help dial down negative or obsessive thought patterns, a common symptom of generalized anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. \u2014 Melissa Whippo, Glamour , 23 June 2022",
"Attempts to dial down our understanding of past acts of hate will damage our future. \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"For that change to happen, entrepreneurs would have to dial down their own hype, which could mean losing potential investors to louder startups with fewer qualms. \u2014 Michael Liedtke, ajc , 4 Jan. 2022",
"DAOs are still \u2014 to borrow a favorite phrase of crypto fans \u2014 in the dial -up phase, and proponents argue that better, more powerful examples will arrive in the next few years. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Sustainably minded and vegan, Shawdy pairs are designed for everyday wear, while Honor The Treaties sets dial -up definition. \u2014 Vogue , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Now combine it with a buggy website from the dial -up internet days. \u2014 Anonymous, Quartz , 9 Dec. 2021",
"As my colleague Rolfe Winkler reported, Apple is working on a car-crash detection feature that will automatically dial 911 if the phone senses there was an accident. \u2014 Joanna Stern, WSJ , 5 June 2022",
"Guests can dial into a hotel phone hotline and Lynch\u2019s voice will direct them to various spots on the property. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English dyal , from Medieval Latin dialis clock wheel revolving daily, from Latin dies day \u2014 more at deity":"Noun"
},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1653, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022315"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the final stage of the meiotic prophase marked by contraction of the bivalents":[]
},
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"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-k\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113-s\u0259s, -(\u02cc)k\u012b-",
"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-k\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113-s\u0259s",
"-(\u02cc)k\u012b-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1902, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024941"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a light friable siliceous material derived chiefly from diatom remains and used especially as a filter":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Various models use different filter media (such as sand, cartridges, and diatomaceous earth ) to capture debris floating in your pool water, which means there are quite a few filter options to choose from. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 14 June 2022",
"Hume is a lot of good things: free of baking soda and aluminum, and loaded with moisture- and odor-absorbing kaolin clay, tapioca starch, and diatomaceous earth as well as soothing aloe. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Fones Cliffs, an unusual outcropping of white diatomaceous earth , is on the east side of the river in Richmond County on the Northern Neck of Virginia. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022",
"This one is made of diatomaceous earth , a natural rock that soaks up water instantly (mildew doesn't stand a chance!). \u2014 Petra Guglielmetti, Health.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"These sleek, modern dog bowls from Dorai Home come with a base made from diatomaceous earth . \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Here, the attack includes neem oil, diatomaceous earth , and hydrogen peroxide. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living , 21 May 2021",
"Plug up any gaps in the windows or paneling, placing diatomaceous earth or cedar chips to ward off insects. \u2014 Andrew Hard, chicagotribune.com , 22 Jan. 2021",
"There is a huge chunk of diatomaceous earth in one corner \u2014 the limestone-like soils prevalent in the Sta. \u2014 Matt Kettmann, SFChronicle.com , 23 June 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025711"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a snake of a variety of the carpet snake restricted to parts of the east coast of Australia and distinguished by smaller size, darker color, and reduction of the pattern to diamond-shaped clusters of spots":[],
": copperhead sense 1b":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034550"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an instrument for measuring distances":[]
},
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"\u02ccd\u012b\u0259\u02c8stim\u0259t\u0259(r)"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary diasti- (from Greek diastasis interval, separation) + -meter":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040019"
},
"diaheliotropism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": diaphototropism in response to sunlight":[]
},
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"\u00a6d\u012b\u0259+"
],
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"dia- + heliotropism":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042118"
},
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"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": containing two amido groups":[
"\u2014 especially in names of inorganic acids diamido phosphoric acid HPO 2 (NH 2 ) 2"
]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from di- + amid-":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043513"
},
"diapir":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an anticlinal fold in which a mobile core has broken through brittle overlying rocks":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccpir"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, probably from Greek diapeirein to drive through, from dia- + peirein to pierce; akin to Greek poros passage \u2014 more at fare":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044003"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a fabric with a distinctive pattern:":[],
": a rich silk fabric":[],
": a soft usually white linen or cotton fabric used for tablecloths or towels":[],
": an allover pattern consisting of one or more small repeated units of design (such as geometric figures) connecting with one another or growing out of one another with continuously flowing or straight lines":[],
": to ornament with diaper designs":[],
": to put on or change the diaper of (an infant)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u012b-p\u0259r",
"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-p\u0259r",
"also \u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-",
"\u02c8d\u012b(-\u0259)-p\u0259r"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If you\u2019re done with the diaper bag, but still need a large backpack to carry all of your toddler\u2019s belongings to and from daycare, this Pottery Barn classic carryall is perfect. \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 16 June 2022",
"Famous for its best-selling diaper bag, Fawn Design's fanny pack impressed GH Textiles Lab pros. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
"Those decisions continued through her recent trip to the Grammy Awards, traveling to Vegas \u2014 this time with her 3-month-old baby in tow, as well as diaper bag, breast pump, wipes and bottle heater. \u2014 Leila Cobo, Billboard , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Several owners say it can be used as a diaper bag, too, with that roomy interior. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Durability is a primary feature to seek out in a stylish diaper bag. \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue , 12 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s not unusual, Tovar says: Parents often take alternate views on issues including how and when to discipline, divisions of labor, and even smaller stuff like the proper way to pack the diaper bag. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Between diaper changes and feedings, dad will need a little recovery time to himself and oftentimes music is a soothing form of self-care. \u2014 Tiffany Leigh, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The dress can be purchased as part of a three-piece set, which includes a matching bonnet and diaper cover. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"HealthySteps specialists, often social workers, accompany families with children below 3 on their pediatric visits, monitoring and supporting the babies' development and helping with everything from counselor referrals to diaper drop-offs. \u2014 USA Today , 9 June 2022",
"This person should have your full authority to wipe the noses of users and diaper the salespeople when needed. \u2014 Gene Marks, Forbes , 7 June 2021",
"Families spend $75 a month to diaper one child, or 8% of a full-time minimum wage salary, and prices are expected to go up. \u2014 Jennifer Randles, Time , 6 May 2021",
"And among the Black fathers who do live with their children, a higher percentage of them bathe, dress or diaper their kids compared with White dads, the study found. \u2014 Michelle Singletary, Washington Post , 4 Dec. 2020",
"The baby shower host had trivia games (guessing lines from popular children's books) and activities for the soon-to-be parents ( diapering a doll blindfolded). \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 19 May 2020",
"The more intense care required at this age \u2014 diapering , bottle feeding \u2014 also can\u2019t be done without almost continual close contact and requires more adults per child, increasing the inherent risk. \u2014 Marshall Allen, ProPublica , 23 May 2020",
"Besides environmental impact, Austin started cloth diapering her now 2-year-old twins for health reasons. \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Oct. 2019",
"Extra towels provided padding for my makeshift diapering stations: the console under the TV at the Dupont Circle, the dresser at Four Seasons Montreal. \u2014 Sarah Firshein, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 9 Aug. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English diapre , from Anglo-French diaspre , from Medieval Latin diasprum":"Noun"
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044926"
},
"diamine":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a compound containing two amino groups":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u012b-\u02c8am-\u0259n",
"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113n",
"d\u012b-\u02c8a-m\u0259n"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Silver diamine gives the dentist and the families an option to halt the disease and defer final treatment until the child matures and is capable of receiving treatment in a normal setting without extraordinary measures. \u2014 Anna Nguyen, Philly.com , 17 Oct. 2017",
"Inside a cooler located in the garage directly underneath the apartment, investigators found the chemical hexamethane triperoxide diamine , or HMTD, which can be used to make bombs. \u2014 David Goodhue, miamiherald , 13 June 2017",
"Police discovered Russell's bomb-making devices, as well as an explosive known as HTMD (hexamethylene triperoxide diamine ), in the garage after searching the apartment, court records say. \u2014 The Washington Post, AL.com , 11 June 2017",
"Police discovered Russell's bomb-making devices, as well as an explosive known as HTMD (hexamethylene triperoxide diamine ), in the garage after searching the apartment, court records say. \u2014 Bob Warren, NOLA.com , 11 June 2017",
"Police discovered Russell\u2019s bomb-making devices, as well as an explosive known as HTMD (hexamethylene triperoxide diamine ), in the garage after searching the apartment, court records say. \u2014 Kristine Phillips, Washington Post , 11 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052401"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a direct blue disazo dye that can be converted into a navy blue or black developed dye on the fiber":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060208"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": consisting of or abounding in diatoms or their siliceous remains":[
"diatomaceous silica"
]
},
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"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259t-\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259s",
"(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02cca-t\u0259-",
"(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02ccat-",
"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-t\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259s"
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"first_known_use":{
"1847, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062149"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": a mark \u00a8 placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is pronounced in a separate syllable (as in na\u00efve or Bront\u00eb ) \u2014 compare umlaut":[],
": the break in a verse caused by the coincidence of the end of a foot with the end of a word":[]
},
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"d\u012b-\u02c8er-\u0259-s\u0259s",
"British also -\u02c8ir-"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Examples include Spanish or French words like jalape\u00f1o (tilde), fianc\u00e9 (acute), tr\u00e8s (accent grave), No\u00ebl ( diaeresis ), fa\u00e7ade (cedilla) or h\u00f4pital (circumflex). \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 19 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Late Latin diaeresis , from Greek diairesis , literally, division, from diairein to divide, from dia- + hairein to take":""
},
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"circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063338"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a triaene with one ray reduced or absent":[]
},
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"\u02c8d\u012b\u02cc\u0113n"
],
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"examples":[],
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"di- + tri aene":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063628"
},
"Diatomales":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an order coextensive with the class Bacillariophyceae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd\u012b\u0259t\u0259\u02c8m\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113z",
"(\u02cc)d\u012b\u02ccat\u0259-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Diatoma + -ales":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063844"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": consisting of or resembling diamond":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-ant\u1d4an",
"-t\u0113n",
"\u00a6d\u012b\u0259\u00a6man\u2027\u02cct\u012bn"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French diamantin , from diamant diamond + -in -ine":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1605, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064902"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u012b-\u02c8as-t\u0259-(\u02cc)l\u0113",
"d\u012b-\u02c8a-st\u0259-(\u02cc)l\u0113"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For us this was diastole ; the condition of the heart when it's fully dilated with blood just before it's ejected with a heart contraction to the body. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian , 21 July 2017",
"For us this was diastole ; the condition of the heart when it's fully dilated with blood just before it's ejected with a heart contraction to the body. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian , 21 July 2017",
"For us this was diastole ; the condition of the heart when it's fully dilated with blood just before it's ejected with a heart contraction to the body. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian , 21 July 2017",
"For us this was diastole ; the condition of the heart when it's fully dilated with blood just before it's ejected with a heart contraction to the body. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian , 21 July 2017",
"For us this was diastole ; the condition of the heart when it's fully dilated with blood just before it's ejected with a heart contraction to the body. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian , 21 July 2017",
"For us this was diastole ; the condition of the heart when it's fully dilated with blood just before it's ejected with a heart contraction to the body. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian , 21 July 2017",
"For us this was diastole \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian , 21 July 2017",
"For us this was diastole ; the condition of the heart when it's fully dilated with blood just before it's ejected with a heart contraction to the body. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian , 22 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek diastol\u0113 dilatation, from diastellein to expand, from dia- + stellein to prepare, send":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1578, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070411"
},
"diaper rash":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": skin irritation of the diaper-covered area of an infant especially from exposure to feces and urinary ammonia":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chafe prevention products can come in all shapes and sizes, from sticks, balms, gels, or even diaper rash creams. \u2014 ELLE , 18 June 2022",
"The origin story for Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade\u2018s new baby care line for children of color begins with a diaper rash . \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Tayla had suffered from a severe diaper rash and a black eye, according to investigators. \u2014 Fox News , 29 Mar. 2022",
"If your baby is prone to diaper rash , there is nothing wrong with reminding your husband of the need for more frequent changes, of course. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"If your child has diaper rash , a border wall will fix it. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The brand also carries diaper rash cream and eczema lotion specifically for baby, as well as eye gel, a brightening mask, and both a belly oil and belly butter for anyone who's expecting. \u2014 Amanda Richards, PEOPLE.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
"His father, Anthony Elfalak, said AJ had been bitten by ants, had diaper rash and suffered abrasions. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Anthony said his son had been bitten by ants and suffered diaper rash and abrasions, but was expected to be okay, the AP reported. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 6 Sep. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 G. Timothy Johnson",
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"\u2014 Richard D. Sautter et al."
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"\u2014 Maria Cheng"
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"The mechanic diagnosed the problem with the engine."
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"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259g-\u02ccn\u014ds",
"-\u02ccn\u014dz",
"\u02ccd\u012b-ig-\u02c8n\u014ds",
"\u02ccd\u012b-ig-\u02c8",
"\u02c8d\u012b-ig-\u02ccn\u014ds",
"-\u0259g-",
"-\u02c8n\u014dz"
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"The test is used to help in diagnosing heart disease.",
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"The doctor was unable to diagnose the skin condition.",
"a new doctor with little experience diagnosing patients",
"The mechanic was unable to diagnose the problem.",
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"Any combination and severity of the following symptoms may prompt a healthcare provider to diagnose you with Long COVID. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 18 June 2022",
"People with intellectual disabilities are often denied health care because many doctors do not know how to treat or diagnose them. \u2014 Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"Your doctor may run a few tests to identify your allergy triggers and possibly diagnose you with asthma. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 31 May 2022",
"The trouble is that doctors often cannot diagnose pneumonia that quickly. \u2014 Sandeep Jauhar, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2021",
"The Mayo Clinic explains that doctors can diagnose a norovirus infection based on symptoms, but a stool sample is needed to confirm it. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 22 May 2022",
"But for doctors to diagnose most of them, patients usually need to go to a clinic and undergo a sleep study. \u2014 Milly Chan, CNN , 17 May 2022",
"In Bwiti traditions, iboga is used in initiation rites, and is thought to allow those who take it to meet with deceased ancestors and diagnose illness. \u2014 Amanda Siebert, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"To get Bassoon back to a place where the turtle could care for himself and safely return to the ocean, the National Aquarium took the reptile in for a CT scan, which helped veterinarians diagnose Bassoon with myositis of the jaw muscles. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"back-formation from diagnosis":""
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"circa 1841, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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"diabolo cracy"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of a class (Bacillariophyceae) of minute planktonic unicellular or colonial algae with silicified skeletons that form diatomaceous earth":[]
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"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02cct\u00e4m"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Prior studies suggested the diatom mats would have created an anaerobic environment, thanks to extracellular polymeric substances. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The algal cell pictured here in red, a Coscinodiscus diatom , is 90 micrometers across, or one tenth the width of a ballpoint pen\u2019s tip. \u2014 Leslie Nemo, Scientific American , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Because small fish in the lakes eat zooplankton, a plunge in the diatom numbers would cause fish populations to crash. \u2014 Tim Folger, National Geographic , 17 Nov. 2020",
"Going a step further, Martin proposed that using iron to trigger diatom blooms might help combat global warming. \u2014 Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Jan. 2020",
"When a krill dies, the powerful enzymes in its belly that dissolve diatoms turn on and swiftly autodigest the body. \u2014 Lucy Jakub, Harper's magazine , 2 Mar. 2020",
"To reconstruct lake levels as far back as 18,000 years, scientists examined diatoms (a type of algae) collected from the bottom of the lake to see how fresh or brackish the water used to be. \u2014 Emily J. Beverly, Quartz Africa , 26 Jan. 2020",
"Brackish diatoms indicate lower lake levels because the water becomes saltier as the water evaporates. \u2014 Emily J. Beverly, Quartz Africa , 26 Jan. 2020",
"In roughly a third of the ocean, iron is so rare that its absence can hinder the growth of diatoms and other phytoplankton. \u2014 Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Jan. 2020"
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"ultimately from Greek diatomos cut in half, from diatemnein to cut through, from dia- + temnein to cut \u2014 more at tome":""
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"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": one who studies diatoms":[]
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"\u02c8d\u012b\u0259\u02cct\u00e4m\u0259\u0307st",
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"plural noun"
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": a family of rectangular diatoms":[]
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"\u02ccd\u012b\u0259t\u0259\u02c8m\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085501"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": stomatal":[]
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"\u00a6d\u012b\u0259st\u014d\u00a6matik"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090330"
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": any of numerous direct dyes containing a diamine element":[]
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a mineral Pb 2 Ag 3 Sb 3 S 8 consisting of sulfide of lead, silver, and antimony in orthorhombic crystals":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094655"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a genus of freshwater diatoms (family Diatomaceae ) that sometimes cause aromatic or disagreeable odors in water":[]
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"d\u012b\u02c8at\u0259m\u0259"
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"New Latin, from Greek diatom\u0113 , feminine of diatomos cut in half, from diatemnein to cut through, from dia- + temnein to cut":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1960, in the meaning defined above":""
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"abbreviation"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the interval or consonance of the fifth in ancient music":[]
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"\u02ccd\u012b\u0259\u02c8pent\u0113",
"-en\u2027\u02cct\u0113"
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"Middle English, from Latin, from Greek ( h\u0113 ) dia pente ( chord\u014dn symph\u014dnia ) the concord through five notes, from dia through + pente five":""
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a deformation of the earth's crust":[]
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"adjective"
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"d\u012b-\u02c8a-dr\u0259-m\u0259s"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So far, two American shad, 80 alewife herring, 87 gizzard shad, 12 sea lamprey, 17 American eel, and 1 striped bass \u2014 all diadromous \u2014 were logged by the video camera that records everything swimming upstream at StanChem. \u2014 Bill Leukhardt, courant.com , 12 June 2017",
"Case in point is one diadromous fish: the blueback herring. \u2014 Bill Leukhardt, courant.com , 12 June 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1949, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a constitutional predisposition toward a particular state or condition and especially one that is abnormal or diseased":[]
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"d\u012b-\u02c8ath-\u0259-s\u0259s",
"d\u012b-\u02c8a-th\u0259-s\u0259s"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So psychologists have come up with a hypothesis called diathesis stress model which sort of explains why certain vulnerabilities emerge. \u2014 Fox News , 26 July 2018"
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"New Latin, from Greek, literally, arrangement, from diatithenai to arrange, from dia- + tithenai to set \u2014 more at do":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1651, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a valve opened or closed by pressure of or against a diaphragm":[]
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": a tone emitted by a telephone as a signal that the system is ready for dialing":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Invest in supply chain operating systems to begin the journey of building a supply chain bi-directional dial tone . \u2014 Lora Cecere, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021",
"The implementation of control towers lack a dial tone giving business leaders a false sense of security. \u2014 Lora Cecere, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Next step: Get out the ladder and mount a few phones on the wooden noise barrier, where the constant hum of traffic on the highway serves as a sort of eternal dial tone . \u2014 John Reinan, Star Tribune , 20 July 2021",
"Sometime that morning Johan had entered the office and, attempting to make a call, found no dial tone . \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Streep blissing out to a dial tone , flirting awkwardly with Chris Cooper, brushing her teeth while stoned, smiling at her toes. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 8 Dec. 2020",
"But, after the sound of a dial tone , the pair went silent, and Negandhi\u2019s studio crew again took over. \u2014 Ramon Antonio Vargas | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 19 Sep. 2020",
"The din of city traffic is about 85 decibels; the hum of a dial tone , 80 decibels. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 9 Sep. 2020",
"Even landlines weren\u2019t exempt: The dial tone on my grandparents\u2019 phone was temporarily replaced with the same PSA. \u2014 Shraddha Chakradhar, STAT , 27 Mar. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1923, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154900"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"\u00a6d\u012b\u0259\u00a6t\u022frik"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German diatoros pierced (from diateirein to pierce, from dia- + teirein to bore, turn) + English -ic":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163839"
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"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": having the power to increase perspiration":[],
": perspiring profusely":[]
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"-\u02c8ret-ik",
"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8re-tik",
"(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02cca-f\u0259-"
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170518"
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"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"mountain 3849 feet (1173 meters) high at the northern end of the":[
"Diablo Range"
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"pronounciation":[
"d\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-(\u02cc)bl\u014d",
"d\u012b-\u02c8a-"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": devil":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dy\u0227\u1e07l\u014d",
"\u02c8t\u035fhy-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, from Late Latin diabolus":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172142"
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"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
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"diaphano scopy",
"diaphano meter"
],
": transparency":[
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"diaphano meter"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English diaphan- , from Middle French, from diaphane":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180450"
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"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
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"city in the eastern Brazil state of Minas Gerais population 26,075":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a camera shutter that opens from and closes to the center":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180850"
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"diaglyphic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to sculpture or engraving formed by depressions in the general surface":[
"\u2014 opposed to anaglyphic"
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},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6d\u012b\u0259\u00a6glifik"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek diaglyph os & diaglypt os hollowed out + English -ic":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182349"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": diamondiferous":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6d\u012b(\u0259)m\u0259n\u2027\u00a6tif(\u0259)r\u0259s",
"\u00a6d\u0113\u0259m-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French diamantif\u00e8re , from diamant diamond + -i- + -f\u00e8re -ferous":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182545"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a sparkling decoration (as of sequins) or material decorated with this":[
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"\u02ccd\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccm\u00e4n-\u02c8t\u0101"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ambar Lucid is the true definition of a diamante en bruto. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 23 June 2022",
"Tie your hair back and let a diamante fringe ear crawler do the talking for just under $40. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 10 Dec. 2019",
"At Art Basel Miami Beach last week for a DJ gig at Wall Miami, Hilton repeated the very same outfit, matching its sparkling surface to headphones replete with glittering diamante studs spelling out her name. \u2014 Rachel Hahn, Vogue , 12 Dec. 2018",
"The satin gown featured a circle skirt and a gorgeous diamante belt. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2018",
"Hadid turned heads at the premiere of BlacKkKlansman, her slinky diamante gown centering on a haltered silhouette designed for a back reveal worthy of a balmy summer night. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 14 May 2018",
"Out of this emerged Sridevi, shining brighter than the hundreds of rhinestones and diamantes on her (sometimes) terrible outfits. \u2014 Deepanjana Pal, The Atlantic , 1 Mar. 2018"
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"French, adjective, like a diamond, from diamant diamond, from Middle French":""
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"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"definitions":{},
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"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-s\u0259s",
"(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02cca-f\u0259-",
"(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02ccaf-\u0259-"
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"Late Latin, from Greek diaphor\u0113sis , from diaphorein to dissipate by perspiration, from dia- + phorein , frequentative of pherein to carry":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a yellow or yellowish brown pigment found in certain algae and diatoms":[]
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"d\u012b\u02c8ad-\u0259m\u0259\u0307n"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": the generation of heat in tissue by electric currents for medical or surgical purposes":[]
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"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccth\u0259r-m\u0113"
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"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203519"
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"noun"
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": either of two large and deadly rattlesnakes ( Crotalus adamanteus of the southeastern U.S. and C. atrox of the south central and southwestern U.S. and Mexico)":[]
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"\u02c8d\u012b-(\u0259-)m\u0259n(d)-\u02ccbak-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Graywolf Alto, who is Kumeyaay, contributed a diamondback rattlesnake out of chicken wire and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 to the exhibit. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"The giant, mysterious figures include an 11-foot diamondback rattlesnake and four humanlike figures wearing elaborate outfits. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 7 May 2022",
"To investigate their question, the research team designed a series of experiments in which an object\u2014including a humanlike torso and large black disk\u2014would approach a western diamondback rattlesnake . \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Aug. 2021",
"The Western diamondback rattlesnake is a master of nonverbal communication. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Aug. 2021",
"The promenade resembles the skin of a diamondback rattlesnake from above. \u2014 Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Choctaw farmers traditionally venerated the diamondback rattlesnake as a protector of crops. \u2014 Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Oct. 2020",
"Each of the five flag designs incorporate a segmented star comprised of diamonds, a reference to the eastern diamondback rattlesnake which is revered in Native American cultures. \u2014 Alissa Zhu, USA TODAY , 25 Aug. 2020",
"Choose from dark or medium brown belting leather, or get extra wild with crocodile print, ostrich print or genuine Western diamondback rattlesnake inlay. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com , 4 Aug. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203802"
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"\u02c8d\u012b-\u0259-m\u0259nd",
"\u02c8d\u012b-m\u0259nd",
"\u02c8d\u012b-(\u0259-)m\u0259nd"
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"Noun",
"a necklace studded with diamonds and rubies",
"The ruby was surrounded by a ring of diamond .",
"The children cut the fabric into diamonds .",
"one heart, two diamonds , and two clubs",
"He played the queen of diamonds .",
"Adjective",
"the celebration of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At its peak, there were a dozen or so buildings, wide pathways and even a baseball diamond . \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune , 3 July 2022",
"Developers have now torn up the grass field, including two softball diamonds, to make way for a multi-use field with one softball diamond in one corner. \u2014 David Abel, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
"While attending the Variety Power of Women event, photos showed Lorde rocking a pretty gold ring with what appeared to be a large diamond . \u2014 Jessica Sager, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"There's now a diamond in the sky in the country of Georgia \u2014 in the form of a glass bar suspended from a bridge dangling about 900 feet above the Dashbashi Canyon (also known as Tsalka Canyon). \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 21 June 2022",
"Atop her head is a diamond and pearl tiara passed down from Princess Ingeborg of Sweden. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"In this case, the field happened to be the diamond at Petco Park, where Lane was able to get back to competition Sunday as a participant in the Padres High School All-Star Game. \u2014 Rick Hoff, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"The cost will largely depend on your choice of design and materials (a Swarovski crystal, for example, will be cheaper than a diamond ). \u2014 Fiona Embleton, Allure , 5 June 2022",
"And then also the costume designer, Sian, made his golf jumper with the Superman diamond with all the Superman colors. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Instead, they were drawn to the idea that diamonds represent authenticity. \u2014 Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times , 11 July 2018",
"The Del Paso Youth Baseball league has not used the Johnston Park diamonds in two years, according to a staff report. \u2014 Anita Chabria, sacbee , 24 Apr. 2017",
"They are accused of burglarizing Tustin Village Jewelers, Diamonds Direct in Laguna Hills, Nick\u2019s Jewelry and Watch Craft in Fullerton and Mimi\u2019s Jewelry and Ballard and Ballard Jewelry in Fountain Valley. \u2014 Orange County Register , 20 Jan. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Alpine Eagle Frozen is fully set, which means even the bracelet is completely paved with diamonds \u2013 there is no non- diamond -bracelet option. \u2014 Carol Besler, Forbes , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Diamond experts say the gem could be the 10th-largest ever discovered and initially pegged its value at $50 million. \u2014 Alpha Kamara, USA TODAY , 4 July 2017",
"Diamond \u2019s facility in the county is Pump Station #1 in San Diego, where large-scale waterfalls help dilute the wastewater entering the treatment plant. \u2014 Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com , 3 June 2017"
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"Middle English diamaunde , from Middle French diamand , from Late Latin diamant-, diamas , alteration of Latin adamant-, adamas hardest metal, diamond, from Greek":"Noun"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1751, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1872, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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": tectonism":[]
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"d\u012b-\u02c8a-str\u0259-\u02ccfi-z\u0259m"
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"Greek diastroph\u0113 twisting, from diastrephein to distort, from dia- + strephein to twist":""
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"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214402"
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"\u02c8d\u012b-(\u0259-)m\u0259nd",
"\u02c8d\u012b-m\u0259nd"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"a necklace studded with diamonds and rubies",
"The ruby was surrounded by a ring of diamond .",
"The children cut the fabric into diamonds .",
"one heart, two diamonds , and two clubs",
"He played the queen of diamonds .",
"Adjective",
"the celebration of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At its peak, there were a dozen or so buildings, wide pathways and even a baseball diamond . \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune , 3 July 2022",
"Developers have now torn up the grass field, including two softball diamonds, to make way for a multi-use field with one softball diamond in one corner. \u2014 David Abel, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
"While attending the Variety Power of Women event, photos showed Lorde rocking a pretty gold ring with what appeared to be a large diamond . \u2014 Jessica Sager, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"There's now a diamond in the sky in the country of Georgia \u2014 in the form of a glass bar suspended from a bridge dangling about 900 feet above the Dashbashi Canyon (also known as Tsalka Canyon). \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 21 June 2022",
"Atop her head is a diamond and pearl tiara passed down from Princess Ingeborg of Sweden. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"In this case, the field happened to be the diamond at Petco Park, where Lane was able to get back to competition Sunday as a participant in the Padres High School All-Star Game. \u2014 Rick Hoff, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"The cost will largely depend on your choice of design and materials (a Swarovski crystal, for example, will be cheaper than a diamond ). \u2014 Fiona Embleton, Allure , 5 June 2022",
"And then also the costume designer, Sian, made his golf jumper with the Superman diamond with all the Superman colors. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Instead, they were drawn to the idea that diamonds represent authenticity. \u2014 Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times , 11 July 2018",
"The Del Paso Youth Baseball league has not used the Johnston Park diamonds in two years, according to a staff report. \u2014 Anita Chabria, sacbee , 24 Apr. 2017",
"They are accused of burglarizing Tustin Village Jewelers, Diamonds Direct in Laguna Hills, Nick\u2019s Jewelry and Watch Craft in Fullerton and Mimi\u2019s Jewelry and Ballard and Ballard Jewelry in Fountain Valley. \u2014 Orange County Register , 20 Jan. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Alpine Eagle Frozen is fully set, which means even the bracelet is completely paved with diamonds \u2013 there is no non- diamond -bracelet option. \u2014 Carol Besler, Forbes , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Diamond experts say the gem could be the 10th-largest ever discovered and initially pegged its value at $50 million. \u2014 Alpha Kamara, USA TODAY , 4 July 2017",
"Diamond \u2019s facility in the county is Pump Station #1 in San Diego, where large-scale waterfalls help dilute the wastewater entering the treatment plant. \u2014 Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com , 3 June 2017"
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": a blue trisazo direct dye":[]
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": consisting of two atoms : having two atoms in the molecule":[]
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"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4-mik",
"\u02ccd\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4m-ik"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pairs of oxygen atoms rapidly combine to form the stable diatomic oxygen, which exits with carbon monoxide. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 July 2020"
],
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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"circa 1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a genus of moderate-sized dull-colored moths (family Pyralidae or Crambidae ) producing boring larvae that are serious pests in a number of crop plants especially in warm regions \u2014 see southern cornstalk borer":[]
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"definitions":{
": transmitting infrared radiation \u2014 compare athermanous":[]
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"definitions":{
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the ribs in a groined arch springing from the corners in a diagonal direction":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024634"
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"\u02c8d\u012b\u0259\u02ccf\u0101n",
"\""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a telegraph in which letters and numbers or other symbols are placed upon the border of a circular dial plate at each station, the apparatus being so arranged that the needle or index of the dial at the receiving station copies the movements of that at the transmitting station":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025614"
}
}
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