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{
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"hub":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a center of activity : focal point":[
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"The island is a major tourist hub ."
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],
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": a central device that connects multiple computers on a single network (see network entry 1 sense 3b )":[],
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": a steel punch from which a working die (see die entry 2 sense 3a ) for a coin or medal is made":[],
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": an airport or city through which an airline routes most of its traffic":[],
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": the central part of a circular object (such as a wheel or propeller)":[
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"spokes attached to the hub of the wheel"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the hub of the city",
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"She was at the hub of all the activity.",
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"All of the airline's coast-to-coast flights pass through its hub .",
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"The spokes attach to the hub of the wheel.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This year, the festival featured a Ukrainian talent hub and producer Karina Kostyna was present to pitch her own projects and put Ukrainian documentary projects in the spotlight. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 24 June 2022",
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"Best known for its vibrant music scene, Austin is an up-and-coming tech hub and remote worker\u2019s paradise. \u2014 Ashley Stahl, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
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"There will also be a live podcast, a kid\u2019s village with activities, local entertainers, a health and wellness fair, local vendors, an artists\u2019 hub and more. \u2014 Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
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"On June 21, the US will begin enforcing a ban on goods from Xinjiang, a major manufacturing hub and the site of extensive alleged human rights violations against the region\u2019s Uyghur minority. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
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"For more than two months, Shanghai, a financial hub and home to some twenty-five million people, came to a halt. \u2014 Han Zhang, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
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"Local leaders say Russians have occupied nearly a third of the region, but Ukraine maintains control of Kharkiv, a northeastern hub and a major target for Russia that lies close to the border. \u2014 Rachel Pannett, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
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"The centenarians were young children when White Tulsans formed a lynch mob in 1921 and attacked the Greenwood District, a thriving Black hub of commerce and home to multiple millionaires. \u2014 Nicole Chavez, CNN , 19 May 2022",
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"Though curbs are now being loosened in Hong Kong, harsh travel restrictions over the past two years have temporarily reduced the proud aviation hub and freewheeling financial center to a shadow of its former self. \u2014 Time , 6 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably alteration of hob entry 2":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u0259b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"axis",
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"base",
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"capital",
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"center",
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"central",
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"core",
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"cynosure",
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"epicenter",
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"eye",
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"focus",
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"ground zero",
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"heart",
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"locus",
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"mecca",
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"navel",
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"nerve center",
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"nexus",
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"nucleus",
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"omphalos",
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"seat"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083307",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"hubble-bubble":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a flurry of sound or activity : commotion":[],
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": water pipe sense 2":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"reduplication of bubble":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02ccb\u0259-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"ado",
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"alarums and excursions",
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"ballyhoo",
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"blather",
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"bluster",
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"bobbery",
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"bother",
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"bustle",
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"clatter",
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"clutter",
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"coil",
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"commotion",
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"corroboree",
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"disturbance",
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"do",
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"foofaraw",
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"fun",
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"furor",
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"furore",
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"fuss",
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"helter-skelter",
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"hoo-ha",
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"hoo-hah",
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"hoopla",
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"hubbub",
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"hullabaloo",
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"hurly",
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"hurly-burly",
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"hurricane",
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"hurry",
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"hurry-scurry",
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"hurry-skurry",
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"kerfuffle",
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"moil",
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"pandemonium",
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"pother",
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"row",
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"ruckus",
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"ruction",
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"rumpus",
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"shindy",
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"splore",
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"squall",
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"stew",
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"stir",
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"storm",
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"to-do",
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"tumult",
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"turmoil",
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"uproar",
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"welter",
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"whirl",
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"williwaw",
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"zoo"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023937",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"hubbub":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": confusion , turmoil":[],
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": noise , uproar":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"All the hubbub in the airport made it hard to hear the flight announcements.",
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"the hubbub surrounding the film star",
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"We went to the country to escape the hubbub of the city.",
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"What's all the hubbub about",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Twitter hubbub over uncredited scholars is a sideshow. \u2014 Amy Wilentz, The New Republic , 25 May 2022",
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"The hubbub over entertainment awards seemed offensively trivial at the time. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
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"The hubbub for the past few weeks in the U.S. has been all about whether or not the government should recommend that people get booster shots for Covid-19. \u2014 Steven Salzberg, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
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"During the hubbub , police notice a man watching from a room at the hotel across the street. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
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"The tweet was later deleted but too late to avoid a Twitter hubbub . \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
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"Of course, in typical WSB fashion, that same commenter also suggested more conspiratorial motives for all the hubbub about short squeezes. \u2014 Brandon Kochkodin, Bloomberg.com , 12 June 2021",
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"That all this hubbub centers on two small rodents feels incidental. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Variety , 17 May 2022",
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"Given the unpredictability and hubbub in their lives, how can unhabiters create lasting changes"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps of Irish origin; akin to Scottish Gaelic ub ub , interjection of contempt":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u0259-\u02ccb\u0259b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"ado",
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"alarums and excursions",
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"ballyhoo",
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"blather",
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"bluster",
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"bobbery",
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"bother",
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"bustle",
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"clatter",
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"clutter",
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"coil",
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"commotion",
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"corroboree",
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"disturbance",
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"do",
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"foofaraw",
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"fun",
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"furor",
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"furore",
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"fuss",
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"helter-skelter",
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"hoo-ha",
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"hoo-hah",
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"hoopla",
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"hubble-bubble",
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"hullabaloo",
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"hurly",
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"hurly-burly",
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"hurricane",
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"hurry",
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"hurry-scurry",
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"hurry-skurry",
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"kerfuffle",
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"moil",
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"pandemonium",
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"pother",
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"row",
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"ruckus",
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"ruction",
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"rumpus",
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"shindy",
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"splore",
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"squall",
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"stew",
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"stir",
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"storm",
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"to-do",
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"tumult",
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"turmoil",
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"uproar",
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"welter",
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"whirl",
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"williwaw",
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"zoo"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221050",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"hubby":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": husband":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"my hubby's been gone on a business trip all week, and I really miss him",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For example, Cardi B cooked up oxtails for hubby Offset and their beautiful blended family. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 21 June 2022",
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"Hailey Baldwin and her hubby Justin Bieber escaped their massive mansion for a getaway in the deserts of Utah. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 25 May 2022",
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"That's just a short train ride away from her awesome house, where her genial hubby and goofy son wait patiently. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
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"Peltz swapped wedding white for a hot pink gown by while her new hubby wore an ivory suit. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
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"So good, in fact, that Hailey couldn't resist to gush about her hubby on Instagram. \u2014 Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen , 2 May 2022",
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"From conquering her fear of heights to twirling around with rhythmic gymnasts, to tattooing her hubby , holistic healing, cooking thanksgiving dinner and officiating a wedding. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"Ci Ci and her hubby snapped photos with sports-meets-music couple Noami Osaka and rapper bae Cordae. \u2014 Essence , 14 Feb. 2022",
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"The actress just rang in the last birthday of her 40s by enjoying a vacation with her hubby . \u2014 Essence , 30 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1688, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"by alteration":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u0259-b\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"husband",
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"man",
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"mister",
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"old man"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040640",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"hubam clover":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an annual variety ( Melilotus alba annua ) of sweet clover":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hy\u00fc\u02ccbam-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Harold DeMott Hu ghes born 1882 American agronomist, its discoverer + Ala bam a, state in the U.S., source of the seed for the experimental plot in which it was discovered":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003042"
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}
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} |