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{
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"Lobata":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an order of ctenophores (class Tentaculata) with the body compressed in the vertical plane and produced into two large oral lobes and four pointed processes":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from lob- + -ata":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8b\u0101t\u0259",
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"l\u014d\u02c8b\u00e4t\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141208",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"Lobatae":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of Lobatae taxonomic synonym of lobata"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"New Latin, from lob- + Latin -atae (feminine plural of -atus -ate"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"-t\u02cc\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-132436",
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"type":[]
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},
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"lob":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a dull heavy person : lout":[],
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": a soft high-arching shot, throw, or kick":[],
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": lobe":[
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"lob ar",
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"lobo tomy"
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],
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": to direct (something, such as a question or comment) so as to elicit a response":[],
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": to hit a tennis ball easily in a high arc":[],
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": to let hang heavily : droop":[],
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": to move in an arc":[],
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": to move slowly and heavily":[],
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": to throw, hit, or propel easily or in a high arc":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"She lobbed a throw to the pitcher.",
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"The soldier lobbed a grenade into the bunker.",
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"He lobbed the ball over his opponent's head."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1508, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1599, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1851, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"lob a loosely hanging object":"Verb",
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"lobe":"Combining form",
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"probably of Low German origin; akin to Low German lubbe coarse person":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cast",
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"catapult",
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"chuck",
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"dash",
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"fire",
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"fling",
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"heave",
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"hurl",
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"hurtle",
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"launch",
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"loft",
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"peg",
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"pelt",
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"pitch",
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"sling",
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"throw",
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"toss"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000306",
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"type":[
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"combining form",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lobate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": lobed":[],
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": resembling a lobe":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Like many bird species, pigeons accomplish this with microscopic structures called lobate cilia, which ornithologists documented early in the 20th century. \u2014 Jim Daley, Scientific American , 10 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin lob\u0101tus, from Late Latin lobus lobe + Latin -\u0101tus -ate entry 3":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u014d-\u02ccb\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030439",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lobber":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one that lobs":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"lob entry 2 + -er":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4b\u0259(r)",
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"\""
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052126",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lobby":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a corridor or hall connected with a larger room or series of rooms and used as a passageway or waiting room: such as":[],
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": a group of persons engaged in lobbying especially as representatives of a particular interest group":[
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"the gun lobby",
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"the oil lobby"
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],
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": a large hall serving as a foyer (as of a hotel or theater)":[],
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": to attempt to influence or sway (someone, such as a public official) toward a desired action":[
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"lobbying senators for tax reform"
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],
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": to conduct activities aimed at influencing public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation":[],
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": to promote (something, such as a project) or secure the passage of (legislation) by influencing public officials":[
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"lobby a bill through Congress"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"I'll meet you in the lobby after the show.",
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"The proposed new law is supported by the oil lobby .",
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"Verb",
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"an organization that has been lobbying for reform of the tax laws",
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"The health-care industry has lobbied against the proposal.",
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"an organization that has been lobbying Congress for reform of the tax laws",
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"a player who has lobbied hard to be included in the team's starting lineup",
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"I lobbied our company for a new computer.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"There\u2019s a wall of gold skeleton keys behind the reception desk and a clubby retro lobby , illuminated with Edison-style bulbs and dotted with vintage art books. \u2014 David Hochman, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
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"Amenities include a lobby with a 24-hour concierge and artwork designed by Gehry. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
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"The lobby level restaurant will offer wild prawns with yuzu kosho butter and pickled carrot, pecorino sardo (a sheep\u2019s milk cheese) with raw honey and fennel pollen, and whipped ricotta tartine. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 30 June 2022",
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"The venue could fit about 40 people comfortably, assuming at least half of them are seated at arcade games, and not occupying the single-file corridor that runs through its lobby . \u2014 Khari Nixon, SPIN , 30 June 2022",
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"But this policy can seem to invite more crime, said Mr. Settles, who is on the executive board of Local 7 and has been trying to raise the alarm about employee safety and lobby for more security. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
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"The new quarantine rules were welcomed by American, British and European business lobby groups in China. \u2014 Fox News , 28 June 2022",
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"The transphobic lobby is an elite group with access to media columns and broad networks to fund litigation costs. \u2014 Janey Starling, refinery29.com , 28 June 2022",
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"On March 22, Rosen deposes a representative from the overnight lobby guard\u2019s employer, Securitas, the second biggest security company on Earth. \u2014 Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Mierzwinski called the issue a loophole in the law and noted last year that the watchdog group planned to lobby Congress to fix that problem. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 30 June 2022",
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"White House officials also laid out their push to lobby Congress for more funding to purchase vaccines, treatments and tests. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
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"Some have continued to lobby for changes to the plan leading up to Monday\u2019s vote. \u2014 Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Jan. 2022",
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"Even on the bench, Justice Torres continued to lobby for the appointment and election of more Hispanic judges. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
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"The celebration spread and Jarvis - who never married and had no children of her own - continued to lobby for a holiday honoring women. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 19 Apr. 2021",
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"His father, Joey Reed, flew to Russia, spending over a year alone there to be at his son's court hearings and lobby U.S. diplomats in Moscow. \u2014 Patrick Reevell, ABC News , 23 May 2022",
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"Shanel Lindsay, the cofounder of Equitable Opportunities Now, said her advocacy group would lobby for more to be set aside. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
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"As taxi drivers felt financial setbacks in recent months, zTrip's Houston leaders polled drivers about what kind of changes the company should lobby for to help ease the burden, according to Melissa McGehee, who heads the company. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 17 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1820, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Medieval Latin lobium gallery, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German louba porch":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4-b\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"foyer",
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"hall"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030642",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lobbygow":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an errand boy":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4-b\u0113-\u02ccgau\u0307"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164601",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lobbyist":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one who conducts activities aimed at influencing or swaying public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation : a person engaged in lobbying public officials":[
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"The new rule says that if you were a registered lobbyist in the past two years, you can't work for the administration on any issue you touched. After you leave government, you can't lobby the administration at all.",
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"\u2014 Jacob Weisberg",
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"Because so many lobbyists have past experience on Capitol Hill, they usually have personal ties both to members of congress and to their key staffers, who vet and prioritize the earmark requests.",
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"\u2014 Ken Silverstein"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4-b\u0113-ist"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004203",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lobbyman":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-m\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030711",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lobcock":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a stupid blundering person : lout":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"lob entry 1 + cock":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180947",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lobe":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"the frontal lobe of the brain",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Ponte says that the vertical lobe is the structure of the brain that acts as the seat of learning and cognitive abilities in octopuses. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 29 June 2022",
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"The device drew on the principle that a curved lobe could intercept the rock at a constant angle, all of which was described in Lowe\u2019s 1973 application for a cam precursor. \u2014 Andrew Freeman, Outside Online , 21 May 2012",
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"Dixie adorned the trend with simple silver studs, while rocking tiny silver hoops in her double lobe piercings. \u2014 Seventeen , 25 May 2022",
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"Slice straight down, from top to bottom, to remove one big pineapple lobe . \u2014 Meredith Stettner, Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Ackee, a pink, lobe -like fruit with a mild and elusive flavor, came from Africa on slave ships. \u2014 Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant , 2 May 2022",
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"Living donors can give kidneys, a liver lobe , a lung, part of a lung, part of the pancreas or part of the intestines. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"For the lobe skin to return to at least 80 percent of its original strength. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"And of course, in the most extreme scenario, when the jewelry rips through the bottom of the lobe , creating two flaps of skin. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1541, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French, from Late Latin lobus , from Greek lobos":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u014db"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111930",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lobectomy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": surgical removal of a lobe of an organ (such as a lung) or gland (such as the thyroid)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"They were removed during a pulmonary lobectomy , and the recovery period forced her to miss six days of oral arguments at the court for the first time in her career. \u2014 Richard Wolf, USA TODAY , 19 Sep. 2020",
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"The removal of an entire lobe (which can still be done with minimally invasive surgery) is called a lobectomy . \u2014 Lambeth Hochwald, Health.com , 3 Dec. 2019",
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"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent a pulmonary lobectomy today at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. \u2014 Sarah Kliff, Vox , 21 Dec. 2018",
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"Van Gompel said a temporal lobectomy carries a much higher risk of serious complications, including the possibility of death. \u2014 Wayne Drash, CNN , 11 Feb. 2018",
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"Van Gompel said a temporal lobectomy carries a much higher risk of serious complications, including the possibility of death. \u2014 Wayne Drash, CNN , 11 Feb. 2018",
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"Van Gompel said a temporal lobectomy carries a much higher risk of serious complications, including the possibility of death. \u2014 Wayne Drash, CNN , 11 Feb. 2018",
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"Van Gompel said a temporal lobectomy carries a much higher risk of serious complications, including the possibility of death. \u2014 Wayne Drash, CNN , 11 Feb. 2018",
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"Van Gompel said a temporal lobectomy carries a much higher risk of serious complications, including the possibility of death. \u2014 Wayne Drash, CNN , 11 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"lobe + -ectomy":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u014d-\u02c8bek-t\u0259-m\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183837",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lobotomize":{
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"antonyms":[
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"brace",
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"energize",
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"enliven",
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"invigorate",
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"quicken",
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"stimulate",
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"vitalize",
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"vivify"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to deprive of sensitivity, intelligence, or vitality":[
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"fear of prosecution was causing the press to lobotomize itself",
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"\u2014 Tony Eprile"
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],
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": to perform a lobotomy on":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"fear of saying anything controversial has so lobotomized this book on geopolitics that it fails to say anything at all",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"What the choice actually did was magically lobotomize them, sending them wandering the streets. \u2014 Steven Strom, Ars Technica , 6 June 2018",
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"In other words, lobotomize the civil rights and antiwar protesters. \u2014 Rob Verger, Newsweek , 17 Apr. 2014"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1943, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"lobotomy + -ize":""
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u014d-\u02c8b\u00e4-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"castrate",
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"damp",
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"dampen",
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"deaden",
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"dehydrate",
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"desiccate",
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"devitalize",
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"enervate",
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"geld",
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"petrify"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112401",
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"type":[
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lobworm":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": lugworm":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"lob entry 1 + worm":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030553",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"loblolly pine":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Some of the trees that can be seen on the mountain are eastern red cedar, loblolly pine , black cherry and Georgia oak. \u2014 AccessAtlanta , 17 June 2022",
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"The resulting planting projects focused largely on the loblolly pine . \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Sep. 2021",
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"Needles from slash and loblolly pine trees are also sold as pine straw. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2021",
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"The first two trees registered were a national champion loblolly pine in Cleveland County (which fell in a March 2003 storm) and a national champion persimmon tree in the front yard of a Dardanelle home. \u2014 Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online , 20 Dec. 2020",
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"By this time, the giant loblolly pine was larger and more spectacular than most remaining big pines. \u2014 Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online , 20 Dec. 2020",
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"Avoid the acid-loving pines such as Virginia and loblolly pine . \u2014 ExpressNews.com , 26 Nov. 2020",
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"The viridian-green branches of loblolly pines rise 60 feet above a carpet of soft, tufted grasses, rippling slightly in the breeze. \u2014 Brian Barth, Popular Science , 1 Apr. 2020",
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"The coil basketry technique can be done with longer pine needles (like longleaf pine and loblolly pine ). \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Popular Science , 26 Dec. 2019"
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"1760, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a surgeon's attendant on shipboard":[]
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": a West Indian or tropical American tree having more or less leathery leaves (as Pisonia subcordata, Cordia alba, Cupania glabra )":[]
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": an ornamental evergreen shrub or small tree ( Gordonia lasianthus ) of the southern U.S.":[],
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": an endemic Jamaican tree ( Haemocharis haematoxylon ) of the family Theaceae":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The suit alleges that the Brazilian plywood mills source all of their veneer from fast-growing plantations of loblolly and slash pine. \u2014 David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com , 9 Sep. 2019",
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"Farther south, cypress, loblolly pines and Eastern red cedar are dying. \u2014 Wayne Parry, The Seattle Times , 1 Aug. 2017"
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"probably from English dialect lob to boil + obsolete English dialect lolly broth":""
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"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"city and port on the Atlantic in western Angola population 59,528":[]
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": having lobate toes":[],
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": lobefoot":[]
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"\u02c8l\u014db\u0259\u0307\u02ccped",
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"\""
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"International Scientific Vocabulary lob- + -ped":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195913"
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"lobotomy":{
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": surgical severance of nerve fibers connecting the frontal lobes to the thalamus that has been performed especially formerly chiefly to treat mental illness":[]
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"l\u014d-\u02c8b\u00e4t-\u0259-m\u0113",
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"l\u014d-\u02c8b\u00e4-t\u0259-m\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But two things threaten to undo her emotionally: the lobotomy her husband arranged for mentally disabled daughter Rosemary, and Teddy's crisis. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
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"Another remedy was lobotomy , pioneered by Egas Moniz, a Portuguese neurologist whose innovation earned him the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. \u2014 Richard J. Mcnally, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
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"When Bruce was around 5, she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, subjected to a prefrontal lobotomy and confined to mental institutions. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
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"In 1949, Antonio Egas Moniz shared the prize for his development of the lobotomy , a controversial\u2014and now discredited\u2014surgical procedure to cut away parts of the brain in the hope of curing mental illness. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021",
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"The first series saw the nurse at its heart stirring up trouble in the lobotomy -friendly Lucia State Hospital in Northern California. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune , 13 July 2021",
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"Tragically, a lobotomy in 1941 had left Rosemary in a wheelchair and with greatly limited speech \u2014 an injustice that Eunice never forgave. \u2014 Nick Maslow, PEOPLE.com , 9 July 2021",
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"The lobotomy is a favorite, a swift blow with a hammer and ice pick straight through the eye socket. \u2014 Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2021",
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"No aristocratic title is worth a voluntary lobotomy . \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 8 Mar. 2021"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"lobe + -o- + -tomy":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220516"
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"lobo":{
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"definitions":{
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": gray wolf":[
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"Once a year, the Biology Undergraduate Society (BUGS) creates an opportunity for students to meet live lobos .",
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"\u2014 UNM Newsroom",
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"Members of the Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team and their equally dedicated colleagues at the Endangered Wolf Center are to be congratulated for successfully placing a total of eight tiny lobo puppies into wild dens.",
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"\u2014 Jean C. Ossorio"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u014d-(\u02cc)b\u014d"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Every Global Academy of Phoenix teacher wore a mask with the school's logo on it \u2014 a lobo , or a wolf \u2014 and their name. \u2014 Lily Altavena, The Arizona Republic , 12 Aug. 2020",
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"The gray wolf that made headlines in 2011 for becoming the first lobo in nearly a century to lope in California\u2019s wilderness is presumed dead. \u2014 Suzanne Espinosa Solis, SFChronicle.com , 15 Apr. 2020",
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"A woman sitting in front of him expressed indignation that one of the scenes featured a bison that had become trapped in ice and slowly dying from hypothermia before it was feasted upon by lobos . \u2014 National Geographic , 24 May 2016"
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"Spanish, wolf, from Latin lupus \u2014 more at wolf":""
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"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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