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{
"Mannar, Gulf of":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"inlet of the Indian Ocean between Sri Lanka and the southern tip of India south of Palk Strait":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"m\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103318",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Mannerheim":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Baron Carl Gustaf Emil von 1867\u20131951 Finnish general and statesman":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cch\u012bm",
"\u02c8ma-",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259r-\u02cch\u0101m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183740",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Mantidae":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Mantidae (Entry 1 of 2) taxonomic synonym of manteidae",
"Definition of Mantidae (Entry 2 of 2) taxonomic synonym of mobulidae"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Mantis , type genus + -idae",
"New Latin, from Manta , type genus + -idae"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-t\u0259\u02ccd\u0113",
"\""
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-081438",
"type":[]
},
"Mantua":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a usually loose-fitting gown worn especially in the 17th and 18th centuries":[],
"commune on the Mincio River west-southwest of Venice in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy population 47,969":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1678, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"modification of French manteau mantle":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4n-t\u00fc-\u00e4",
"\u02c8man(t)-sh(\u0259-)w\u0259",
"\u02c8man-ch\u0259-w\u0259",
"\u02c8man-t\u0259-w\u0259",
"\u02c8manch-w\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014528",
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"geographical name",
"noun"
]
},
"Mantzu":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": man":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4nt(\u02cc)s\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025858",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Manu":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the progenitor of the human race and giver of the religious laws of Manu according to Hindu mythology":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1785, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Sanskrit":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma-(\u02cc)n\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102156",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Manua Islands":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"islands of the southwestern Pacific east of Tutuila in American Samoa area 22 square miles (57 square kilometers)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"m\u00e4-\u02c8n\u00fc-\u00e4"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214728",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
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"Manus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the distal segment of the vertebrate forelimb from carpus to terminus":[],
"island of the southwestern Pacific in the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea; largest of the group area 600 square miles (1560 square kilometers)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Technology (machina) is not replacing the hand ( manus ); rather, the two are collaborating as never before, stimulating innovation and expression. \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 5 May 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, hand":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4-",
"\u02c8m\u0101-n\u0259s",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141004",
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
]
},
"man":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a feudal tenant : vassal":[],
": a man belonging to a particular category (as by birth, residence, membership, or occupation)":[
"\u2014 usually used in combination council man"
],
": an adult male servant":[],
": an alumnus of or student at a college or university":[
"a Bowdoin man"
],
": fellow , chap":[
"\u2014 used as mode of familiar address"
],
": free from interference or control":[
"He left home and moved to the city to become his own man ."
],
": husband":[
"I now pronounce you man and wife."
],
": individual , person":[
"a man could get killed there"
],
": lover":[
"He was her man ."
],
": one extremely fond of or devoted to something specified":[
"strictly a vanilla ice cream man"
],
": one of the distinctive objects moved by each player in various board games":[],
": one of the players on a team":[
"nine men on each side"
],
": one possessing in high degree the qualities considered distinctive of manhood (such as courage, strength, and vigor)":[],
": police":[
"when I heard the siren, I knew it was the Man",
"\u2014 Amer. Speech"
],
": the compound idea of infinite Spirit : the spiritual image and likeness of God : the full representation of Mind":[],
": the human race : humankind":[
"the history of man"
],
": the individual who can fulfill or who has been chosen to fulfill one's requirements":[
"she's your man"
],
": the quality or state of being manly : manliness":[],
": the white establishment : white society":[
"We should control anything that affects black people. Why should The Man control us",
"\u2014 Jimmy Denham"
],
": the working force as distinguished from the employer and usually the management":[
"The men have been on strike for several weeks."
],
": to accustom (a bird, such as a hawk) to humans and the human environment":[],
": to furnish with strength or powers of resistance : brace":[
"My hair bristled and my knees shook. I manned myself, however, and determined to return to my quarters.",
"\u2014 Sir Walter Scott"
],
": to serve in the force or complement of":[
"man the ticket booth"
],
": to station members of a ship's crew at":[
"man the capstan"
],
": to supply with people (as for service)":[
"man a fleet"
],
": with the agreement and consent of all : unanimously":[
"The council voted as one man ."
],
": without exception":[
"His friends, to a man , supported him."
],
"Manitoba":[],
"manual":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He was a shy boy, but he grew to be a strong and confident man .",
"He's a grown man now.",
"The movie is popular with men and women.",
"Are you man enough to meet the challenge",
"Verb",
"He stocked shelves while I manned the cash register.",
"We'll need someone to man the phones this evening.",
"No one was manning the front desk.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Absolutely the jump shot is the best from any man his size in the last 10 years in college basketball \u2014 all the way to KD (Kevin Durant) maybe. \u2014 Erik Hall, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"New York man cycling across America is bitten by a dog in Illinois, but keeps on going. \u2014 Fox News , 22 June 2022",
"These were employees, observers say, who could revive a long-declining labor movement in the United States \u2014 employees like Miller, the irritated 5-foot-3, 24-year-old transgender man barreling toward his managers. \u2014 Rebecca Tan, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Leadoff man Justin Bench went 4 for 6 with 4 runs scored and 2 RBI. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 22 June 2022",
"Another man inexplicably busied himself rifling through trinkets on a shelf. \u2014 J. Lester Feder, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
"By 2012, Thomas was in his first serious relationship with another man and brought him home for Thanksgiving dinner. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"McIntyre missed the mark a bit, as any grown man would. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"The demotion of Detmers leaves the Angels with only four starters \u2014 Shohei Ohtani, Michael Lorenzen, Noah Syndargaard and Patrick Sandoval \u2014 in their six- man rotation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And to support the participating chefs who don\u2019t have the workers to man their booths this year, students from Grossmont College\u2019s culinary program will be helping out. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"So the idea was to man up everywhere and just to be spare in the back. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Police departments provided officers, without charge, to man the tip lines. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Liftoff is scheduled for 11:17 a.m. Friday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida as the crew will man a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, that will be taken into orbit on top of one of SpaceX's 230-foot-tall Falcon 9 rockets. \u2014 Wayne Baker, The Enquirer , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Shortly before the season began, Gabrione received an email from freshman goalie John Trontz\u2019s family who had just moved into town asking if the team needed someone to man the nets. \u2014 Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"And taking into account the total package, Milwaukee went into this past offseason feeling confident that Ur\u00edas could continue to man third base moving forward while also taking advantage of his ability to play shortstop and second base when needed. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The Bulls are relying on a rookie point guard and a 6-foot-5 backup power forward to man their starting lineup. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The same arms that have produced 679 home runs will be used to man the steering wheel of a Toyota Camry TRD pace car. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English man, mon human being, male human; akin to Old High German man human being, Sanskrit manu":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"or m\u0259n",
"in compounds \u02ccman",
"\u02c8man"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bloke",
"buck",
"cat",
"chap",
"chappie",
"dude",
"fella",
"fellow",
"galoot",
"gent",
"gentleman",
"guy",
"hombre",
"jack",
"joe",
"joker",
"lad",
"male"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020939",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"man Friday":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an efficient and devoted aide or employee : a right-hand man":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1809, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Friday , servant in Robinson Crusoe (1719), novel by Daniel Defoe":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043939",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"man fungus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": earthstar":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203534",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"man of straw":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": straw man":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1624, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104116",
"type":[
"noun phrase"
]
},
"man of the cloth":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a man who is a priest or minister":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084742",
"type":[
"noun phrase"
]
},
"man of the house":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the chief male in a household":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1535, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111009",
"type":[
"noun phrase"
]
},
"man of the people":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": someone who understands or who is like ordinary people who do not have special power or privileges":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112608",
"type":[
"noun phrase"
]
},
"man power":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": power available from or supplied by the physical effort of human beings":[],
": the total supply of persons available and fitted for service":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Defeating this plot's villain might actually demand triple the man power , because Doctor Octopus (played by Alfred Molina) is also set to return for the second Sony/Marvel collaboration, as is Jamie Foxx's Electro. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 9 Dec. 2020",
"The Borden County coach never lost a game as a star at Jayton \u2014 another six- man power an hour northwest of Gail \u2014 and ultimately made the football team at Texas Tech. \u2014 Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News , 30 Aug. 2020",
"The waste of man power \u2014both by the restrainers and the one restrained. \u2014 Jill Lepore, The New Yorker , 15 June 2020",
"Food Banks have turned it away due to not having the man power to unload it. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star , 10 May 2018",
"This would also force the British to expend man power and resources in fighting the Spanish. \u2014 Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle , 2 July 2018",
"Food Banks have turned it away due to not having the man power to unload it. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star , 10 May 2018",
"Lidstrom, the most polite person I\u2019ve ever met, pointed out their two- man power play had only lasted 2 seconds. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2018",
"Food Banks have turned it away due to not having the man power to unload it. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star , 10 May 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003910",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"man's motherwort":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": castor-oil plant":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131001",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"man-about-town":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a worldly and socially active man":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1734, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccman-\u0259-\u02ccbau\u0307t-\u02c8tau\u0307n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183449",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"man-at-arms":{
"antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1561, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccman-\u0259t-\u02c8\u00e4rmz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"dogface",
"fighter",
"legionary",
"legionnaire",
"regular",
"serviceman",
"soldier",
"trooper",
"warrior"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202725",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"man-child":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a male child : son":[
"\u2026 it came to her what a glory it would be to be the mother of a man-child like this.",
"\u2014 Jack London"
],
": a man who has the qualities of a child : a childlike man":[
"\u2026 a largely likable tale about a 38-year-old man-child trying finally to grow up.",
"\u2014 Manohla Dargis"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8man-\u02ccch\u012b(-\u0259)ld"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190102",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"man-made":{
"antonyms":[
"genuine",
"natural",
"real"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1615, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8man-\u02c8m\u0101d",
"-\u02ccm\u0101d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"artificial",
"bogus",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000803",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"man-of-the-earth":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a long rooted morning glory ( Ipomoea leptophylla ) of the western U.S.":[],
": an American morning glory ( Ipomoea pandurata ) having an enormous starchy root":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083044",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"man-size":{
"antonyms":[
"unmanly",
"unmasculine"
],
"definitions":{
": larger than others of its kind":[
"constructed a man-size model"
],
": suitable for or requiring a man":[
"a man-size job"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1913, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8man-\u02ccs\u012bz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"male",
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113507",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"man-sized":{
"antonyms":[
"unmanly",
"unmasculine"
],
"definitions":{
": larger than others of its kind":[
"constructed a man-size model"
],
": suitable for or requiring a man":[
"a man-size job"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1913, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8man-\u02ccs\u012bz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"male",
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085409",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"man/woman of few words":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a man/woman who does not talk very much":[
"My grandfather was a man of few words ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125607",
"type":[
"noun phrase"
]
},
"mana":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": moral authority : prestige":[],
": the power of the elemental forces of nature embodied in an object or person":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among Native Hawaiians, human remains are believed to retain the mana , or essence, of the deceased. \u2014 Sophie Cocke, ProPublica , 15 Aug. 2020",
"Native Hawaiians understand that mana \u2014spiritual energy, which can be gained and lost by a person over time\u2014could only be traced through one\u2019s mother. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Aug. 2020",
"But for most of humankind, one earns mana through earnest work. \u2014 Taylor Weik /, NBC News , 9 May 2018",
"If your pedigree is from the gods, you are born with some form of mana . \u2014 Taylor Weik /, NBC News , 9 May 2018",
"The bones of such a powerful man were, to them, a source of immense mana . \u2014 Austin Murphy, SI.com , 25 Oct. 2017",
"Stops were frequent, sometimes just to soak up the views and the palpable mana that seemed to vibrate everywhere. \u2014 Eric Hiss, New York Times , 9 Nov. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"of Polynesian origin; akin to Hawaiian & Maori mana mana":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183838",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manaca":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the dried root of a shrub ( Brunfelsia hopeana ) of Brazil and the West Indies that has been used to treat rheumatism and syphilis":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Portuguese manac\u00e1 , from Tupi":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8man\u0259\u0307k\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005026",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manacle":{
"antonyms":[
"bind",
"chain",
"enchain",
"enfetter",
"fetter",
"gyve",
"handcuff",
"pinion",
"shackle",
"trammel"
],
"definitions":{
": a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
],
": something used as a restraint":[],
": to confine (the hands) with manacles":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"manacles prevented the bear from roaming beyond a very small area",
"the warring groups need to shake off the manacle of their troubled past and learn to live with one another in peace",
"Verb",
"manacled the prisoner to the wall",
"in this situation, the police are manacled by unnecessary regulations",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Brown turned Milwaukee\u2019s defense from manacle to meme. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 4 May 2022",
"How to Be an Antiracist is a journal of Kendi's efforts to free himself of the ideological manacles clamped upon him by a society suffused with white supremacism, capitalist exploitation, misogyny and the repression of unconventional sexuality. \u2014 Dallas News , 26 Aug. 2019",
"From every officer\u2019s belt there dangled an insectlike furl of disposable plastic manacles . \u2014 Caleb Crain, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
"The genie is literally the slave of the lamp, his power bracelets actually manacles keeping him obedient to an endless round of masters. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 12 June 2019",
"But beyond the frenzied mix of hormones and alcohol is an intense curiosity in the outside world, one that noisily landed three weeks ago on the doorsteps of Russians, unfiltered and free from the manacles of politics. \u2014 Amie Ferris-rotman, Washington Post , 9 July 2018",
"One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. \u2014 Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press , 4 Apr. 2018",
"The cellar dungeons were complete with bolts, chains and manacles for securing captives to the floors. \u2014 Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian , 27 Feb. 2018",
"In her delivery room at St. Francis Hospital, a heavy manacle around her right wrist kept her fastened to the bed. \u2014 Rebecca Nelson, Cosmopolitan , 25 Oct. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"His hands were manacled to a chain belt at his waist, and his feet were bound by leg irons. \u2014 Pamela Colloff, ProPublica , 4 Dec. 2019",
"During those endless days and nights, everything was done to break his will: solitary confinement, pressure to confess by cruel supervisors and the humiliation of being manacled while receiving medical attention. \u2014 Ariel Dorfman, New York Times , 27 Apr. 2018",
"They are filmed in lingering close-up as the opening credits roll, a montage of them manacling the wrists, ankles, necks, and dreams of African American men. \u2014 Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press , 25 Feb. 2018",
"Early practitioners in literary study, the history of language, and anthropology were often ideologically manacled by the cultural mores that encased their object of study. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, New Republic , 25 Oct. 2017",
"He was imprisoned and, along with several other artists, manacled for a period of 50 days. \u2014 Anne Glusker, Smithsonian , 6 Apr. 2017",
"Although the new territory bolstered his neo-Soviet reclamation project, retaliatory sanctions from the West manacled the Russian economy. \u2014 Jack Dickey, SI.com , 10 July 2017",
"Valedictorian Nickolina Doran told classmates not to let fear manacle them and halt their progress in life. \u2014 Bill Leukhardt, courant.com , 20 June 2017",
"His hands were manacled in front of him; he was blindfolded by a dark hood pulled over his loose black Shirley Temple curls. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2017"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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"Middle English manicle , from Anglo-French, from Latin manicula handle, diminutive of manicae shackles, armor for the hand, from manus hand \u2014 more at manual":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8ma-ni-k\u0259l"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for manacle Verb hamper , trammel , clog , fetter , shackle , manacle mean to hinder or impede in moving, progressing, or acting. hamper may imply the effect of any impeding or restraining influence. hampered the investigation by refusing to cooperate trammel suggests entangling by or confining within a net. rules that trammel the artist's creativity clog usually implies a slowing by something extraneous or encumbering. a court system clogged by frivolous suits fetter suggests a restraining so severe that freedom to move or progress is almost lost. a nation fettered by an antiquated class system shackle and manacle are stronger than fetter and suggest total loss of freedom. a mind shackled by stubborn prejudice a people manacled by tyranny",
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"band",
"bind",
"bond",
"bracelet",
"chain",
"cuff(s)",
"fetter",
"handcuff(s)",
"irons",
"ligature",
"shackle"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"chain",
"enchain",
"enfetter",
"fetter",
"gyve",
"handcuff",
"pinion",
"shackle",
"trammel"
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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"Noun",
"manacles prevented the bear from roaming beyond a very small area",
"the warring groups need to shake off the manacle of their troubled past and learn to live with one another in peace",
"Verb",
"manacled the prisoner to the wall",
"in this situation, the police are manacled by unnecessary regulations",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Brown turned Milwaukee\u2019s defense from manacle to meme. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 4 May 2022",
"How to Be an Antiracist is a journal of Kendi's efforts to free himself of the ideological manacles clamped upon him by a society suffused with white supremacism, capitalist exploitation, misogyny and the repression of unconventional sexuality. \u2014 Dallas News , 26 Aug. 2019",
"From every officer\u2019s belt there dangled an insectlike furl of disposable plastic manacles . \u2014 Caleb Crain, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
"The genie is literally the slave of the lamp, his power bracelets actually manacles keeping him obedient to an endless round of masters. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 12 June 2019",
"But beyond the frenzied mix of hormones and alcohol is an intense curiosity in the outside world, one that noisily landed three weeks ago on the doorsteps of Russians, unfiltered and free from the manacles of politics. \u2014 Amie Ferris-rotman, Washington Post , 9 July 2018",
"One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. \u2014 Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press , 4 Apr. 2018",
"The cellar dungeons were complete with bolts, chains and manacles for securing captives to the floors. \u2014 Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian , 27 Feb. 2018",
"In her delivery room at St. Francis Hospital, a heavy manacle around her right wrist kept her fastened to the bed. \u2014 Rebecca Nelson, Cosmopolitan , 25 Oct. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"His hands were manacled to a chain belt at his waist, and his feet were bound by leg irons. \u2014 Pamela Colloff, ProPublica , 4 Dec. 2019",
"During those endless days and nights, everything was done to break his will: solitary confinement, pressure to confess by cruel supervisors and the humiliation of being manacled while receiving medical attention. \u2014 Ariel Dorfman, New York Times , 27 Apr. 2018",
"They are filmed in lingering close-up as the opening credits roll, a montage of them manacling the wrists, ankles, necks, and dreams of African American men. \u2014 Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press , 25 Feb. 2018",
"Early practitioners in literary study, the history of language, and anthropology were often ideologically manacled by the cultural mores that encased their object of study. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, New Republic , 25 Oct. 2017",
"He was imprisoned and, along with several other artists, manacled for a period of 50 days. \u2014 Anne Glusker, Smithsonian , 6 Apr. 2017",
"Although the new territory bolstered his neo-Soviet reclamation project, retaliatory sanctions from the West manacled the Russian economy. \u2014 Jack Dickey, SI.com , 10 July 2017",
"Valedictorian Nickolina Doran told classmates not to let fear manacle them and halt their progress in life. \u2014 Bill Leukhardt, courant.com , 20 June 2017",
"His hands were manacled in front of him; he was blindfolded by a dark hood pulled over his loose black Shirley Temple curls. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2017"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English manicle , from Anglo-French, from Latin manicula handle, diminutive of manicae shackles, armor for the hand, from manus hand \u2014 more at manual":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8ma-ni-k\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for manacle Verb hamper , trammel , clog , fetter , shackle , manacle mean to hinder or impede in moving, progressing, or acting. hamper may imply the effect of any impeding or restraining influence. hampered the investigation by refusing to cooperate trammel suggests entangling by or confining within a net. rules that trammel the artist's creativity clog usually implies a slowing by something extraneous or encumbering. a court system clogged by frivolous suits fetter suggests a restraining so severe that freedom to move or progress is almost lost. a nation fettered by an antiquated class system shackle and manacle are stronger than fetter and suggest total loss of freedom. a mind shackled by stubborn prejudice a people manacled by tyranny",
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"band",
"bind",
"bond",
"bracelet",
"chain",
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"fetter",
"handcuff(s)",
"irons",
"ligature",
"shackle"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": a genus consisting of manakins distinguished by having the throat feathers elongated":[],
": any bird of the genus Manacus":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, modification of Dutch manneken little man":""
},
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"\u02c8man\u0259\u0307k\u0259s"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130501",
"type":[
"noun"
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"manage":{
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": a riding school":[],
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": the action and paces of a trained riding horse":[],
": the schooling or handling of a horse":[],
": to achieve one's purpose":[
"He managed only by careful planning."
],
": to admit of being carried on":[],
": to direct the professional career of":[
"an agency that manages entertainers"
],
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"manage a business",
"manage a bond issue",
"manages a baseball team"
],
": to handle or direct with a degree of skill: such as":[],
": to make and keep compliant":[
"can't manage their child"
],
": to succeed in accomplishing : contrive":[
"managed to escape from prison"
],
": to treat with care : husband":[
"managed his resources carefully"
],
": to work upon or try to alter for a purpose":[
"manage the press",
"manage stress"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The business is managed by the owner's daughter.",
"The company is badly managed .",
"When she managed the department, we never missed a deadline.",
"He manages his own finances.",
"an agency that manages entertainers",
"He is skillful in managing horses.",
"There's enough food if we manage it well.",
"We need to do a better job of managing our natural resources.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The automation enabled by virtualization reduces the number of people needed to manage the day-to-day operation, freeing engineers for development and innovation. \u2014 Bejoy Pankajakshan, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"In this sense, D.I.Y. furniture and little planes are much easier to manage . \u2014 Kathryn Kvas, The New Yorker , 29 June 2022",
"Too often parents are unwilling to set behavioral limits for their children and expect the schools to manage that task. \u2014 WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"Use it to break the reinforcing cycles of debt and climate crises burdening the Global South, which would then have more freedom to manage its own future. \u2014 Rohan Montgomery, The New Republic , 26 June 2022",
"As such, the question of the best way to manage the West\u2019s wild horses remains unanswered. \u2014 Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Using job losses to manage inflation is arises from what economists know as the Sacrifice Ratio \u2014 ostensibly the relationship between unemployment and inflation. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Carleton Bowekaty, lieutenant governor of the Pueblo of Zuni tribe, said having the opportunity to manage the tribes' ancestral homes is the best avenue for restorative justice. \u2014 Nicole Chavez, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Now families that never had to think twice about fuel or food are struggling to manage three meals a day. \u2014 Krishan Francis, ajc , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When a company has a rotten culture, sometimes the company pleads guilty and sometimes individuals do or are convicted, but the people calling the shots at the top of the pyramid manage to avoid any legal liability. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Surprisingly enough, the set for the fictional hotel that Bella Ainsworth (played by Natascha McElhone) and her family manage was located about 400 miles east of Portofino, in Croatia. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2022",
"Huber went on the manage an unsuccessful campaign in 2020 against a voter initiative that ends party primaries and institutes ranked choice voting for general elections. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"How can a department with this edict manage to get focused on treating employees like customers",
"Unlike internal, long-term hires, freelancers generally don\u2019t interpret your business needs, project- manage , solve business problems or consider marketing and SEO. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Oksana Horbach, the Invictus Games Ukraine team manage , will appear in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Netflix documentary Heart of Invictus. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 18 Apr. 2022",
"How would a team already struggling at 40+ hours per week manage to hit their milestones with eight fewer hours",
"So, how exactly did the R1T manage to beat the Hummer, a truck that has 165 more horses and 292 more ft lbs of twist"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1561, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1c":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian maneggiare , from mano hand, from Latin manus":"Verb",
"Italian maneggio management, training of a horse, from maneggiare":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8man-ij",
"\u02c8ma-nij"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for manage Verb conduct , manage , control , direct mean to use one's powers to lead, guide, or dominate. conduct implies taking responsibility for the acts and achievements of a group. conducted negotiations manage implies direct handling and manipulating or maneuvering toward a desired result. manages a meat market control implies a regulating or restraining in order to keep within bounds or on a course. controlling his appetite direct implies constant guiding and regulating so as to achieve smooth operation. directs the store's day-to-day business",
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"address",
"contend (with)",
"cope (with)",
"field",
"grapple (with)",
"hack",
"handle",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"negotiate",
"play",
"swing",
"take",
"treat"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001359",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"manageable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": capable of being managed":[]
},
"examples":[
"We bought smaller, more manageable suitcases.",
"They divided the students into three manageable groups.",
"The conditioner makes your hair more manageable .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By doing so, those long-term goals feel more manageable and more realistic. \u2014 Dave Cantin, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Ride wait times are also more manageable , although the addition of the line-shortening program Genie+ will alter this further. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"Despite the magnitude of demise caused by the coronavirus, the end of human life feels no more manageable now than before. \u2014 Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Each wave of Covid-19 patients that has crashed through the doors of Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens has been more manageable than the last. \u2014 Brianna Abbott, WSJ , 25 Oct. 2021",
"That's still a dangerous situation, but one that's more manageable than having two separate, equally-sized viral outbreaks working in tandem. \u2014 Tim O'donnell, The Week , 12 Sep. 2021",
"Exhibits feel entirely manageable and yet complete, as if no stone has been left unturned in telling the story of the existing subject. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Sep. 2021",
"In doing so, global warming would level off at 1.5 degrees Celsius \u2014 not great, but far more manageable than what would occur if humanity did nothing. \u2014 Danielle Campoamor, refinery29.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
"So far, the Fed thinks inflation is manageable and mainly caused by the supply chain crisis and the labor shortage. \u2014 Charles Riley, CNN , 22 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma-ni-j\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163947",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"managed care":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a system of health care (as by an HMO or PPO) that controls costs by placing limits on physicians' fees and by restricting the patient's choice of physicians":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Currently in California, like so much in healthcare, our poor and vulnerable communities are often shut out of places like City of Hope \u2014 in part because managed care plans in our state insurance, Medi-Cal, aren\u2019t required to contract with them. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Half of the Medicaid managed care patients who don\u2019t choose a provider get automatically enrolled by the state in CountyCare. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"There\u2019s also the fact that, thanks to advances in healthcare, better lifestyle habits, and managed care , society is getting older. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"The appeals process covers claims denied by private and employer-sponsored insurance, as well as Medicare, Medicaid, and managed care plans. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 15 Mar. 2022",
"When Waymark contracts with a Medicaid managed care organization, the company is betting this new workforce paired with software to better coordinate the patient\u2019s overall journey and connect them with wraparound services will reduce costs. \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
"The company is among the largest players in health-insurance plans sold through the Affordable Care Act\u2019s marketplaces, in Medicaid managed care , and in the Medicare Advantage sector. \u2014 Matt Grossman, WSJ , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Dental coverage sometimes is available through Medicare Advantage managed care plans, which now cover about 40 percent of Medicare enrollees. \u2014 Howard Gleckman, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"After a more-than-two-year effort to overhaul Ohio's Medicaid managed care system, state senators are asking for what could amount to a redo of the whole thing. \u2014 Titus Wu, The Enquirer , 3 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1982, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccman-ijd-"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021214",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"managed currency":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a currency whose purchasing power is adjusted by the monetary authorities with the purpose of influencing business activity and prices rather than determined by a fixed relationship to gold":[
"\u2014 contrasted with automatic currency"
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140309",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"management":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": judicious use of means to accomplish an end":[
"is extremely cautious when it comes to money management"
],
": the act or art of managing : the conducting or supervising of something (such as a business)":[
"Business improved under the management of new owners."
],
": the collective body of those who manage or direct an enterprise":[
"Management decided to hire more workers."
]
},
"examples":[
"Business improved under the management of new owners.",
"We're using new management techniques.",
"Management and labor could not agree.",
"He has a job in middle management .",
"The managements of several top corporations met yesterday.",
"a new system of water management",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lopez, a Prescott Valley resident, left a career in management to work in public safety. \u2014 Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022",
"The answer is looking inward at yourself first regarding your methods in management . \u2014 Lisa Caprelli, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"In the Bay Area, a student pursuing a master\u2019s program in software management at Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley expresses his concern about embarking on a crypto career. \u2014 Fortune , 29 June 2022",
"Thorough inspection with a bright flashlight to reveal the location and level of infestation is the first step in effective management . \u2014 al , 28 June 2022",
"Karel V\u011btrovsk\u00fd graduated in sociology from the Faculty of Arts at Charles University and in management from the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Economics in Prague. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 25 June 2022",
"The junior also has a 3.55 grade point average in biochemical engineering with a minor in business management . \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 25 June 2022",
"The 6-6 swingman was a second team All-Southland Conference selection as a senior and was on track to graduate in December with a bachelor's degree in sports management , the university said. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 20 June 2022",
"The percentage of Asian, Black and multiracial employees in management slightly increased over the two-year period. \u2014 Shwanika Narayan, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma-nij-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8man-ij-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"administration",
"care",
"charge",
"conduct",
"control",
"direction",
"governance",
"government",
"guidance",
"handling",
"intendance",
"operation",
"oversight",
"presidency",
"regulation",
"running",
"stewardship",
"superintendence",
"superintendency",
"supervision"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082454",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"manager":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a person who conducts business or household affairs":[
"He was promoted to manager last month."
],
": a person who directs a team or athlete":[
"the manager of a baseball team"
],
": a person whose work or profession is management":[],
": a student who in scholastic or collegiate sports supervises equipment and records under the direction of a coach":[],
": one that manages : such as":[]
},
"examples":[
"I'd like to speak to the manager , please.",
"He was promoted to manager last year.",
"The team's general manager acquired five new players for the upcoming season.",
"The manager decided to change pitchers in the eighth inning.",
"The actress recently fired her manager .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Scott Tucker, a Servpro production manager , explained a category two intrusion is caused by rainwater coming from overhead, while category three is rising water that could contain other material. \u2014 Monica Brich, Arkansas Online , 4 July 2022",
"The victory was No. 1,600 as a major league manager for Buck Showalter, who beat one of his former teams to pass Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda for 22nd place. \u2014 Mike Fitzpatrick, Hartford Courant , 3 July 2022",
"After a performance review from a manager or supervisor, take the constructive feedback, instead of getting defensive, and turn it to your advantage. \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"For example, a manager would need to know an employee needs several days off for travel and recovery. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 2 July 2022",
"The last time Cora was at Wrigley Field wasn\u2019t as a manager or bench coach, but as an ESPN analyst in 2016. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"His mother, a medical billing manager , moved to Las Vegas, while his father stayed in Neodesha, working as a rural-route mail carrier on the tall-grass prairie. \u2014 Paul Duggan, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"The 2022 biopic starring Austin Butler (in theaters now) chronicles his personal life and musical career, showcasing his early days as a rising star, his fraught relationship with a corrupt manager and the influence of Black musicians on his sound. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 1 July 2022",
"After that episode, Mr. Pomeroy enlisted Greg Dyer, a former district manager at the F.A.A., to help unclutter the tarmac. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1588, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma-ni-j\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"administrant",
"administrator",
"archon",
"director",
"exec",
"executive",
"superintendent",
"supervisor"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195647",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mandate":{
"antonyms":[
"call",
"command",
"decree",
"dictate",
"direct",
"ordain",
"order"
],
"definitions":{
": a mandated territory":[],
": an authorization to act given to a representative":[
"accepted the mandate of the people"
],
": an order or commission granted by the League of Nations to a member nation for the establishment of a responsible government over a former German colony or other conquered territory":[],
": to administer or assign (something, such as a territory) under a mandate":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Sports fans have considerable forbearance. Year after year they endure escalating ticket prices, the abomination known as seat licensing and the implied mandate that taxpayers should foot the bill for the new stadium or arena that will absolutely revive downtown. \u2014 Jack McCallum , Sports Illustrated , 30 July 2007",
"All provisions requiring congressional approval, such as FDA regulation, were dropped, as were mandates for stronger package warnings, tighter enforcement on sales to youth, stronger public smoking bans, and \u2026 provisions to reduce youth smoking. \u2014 Allan M. Brandt , The Cigarette Century , 2007",
"Not the least of the Governors' problems are the new mandates being put on them by Washington\u2014by a President who was once one of their own. \u2014 Karen Tumulty , Time , 19 May 2003",
"Royal mandates must be obeyed.",
"They carried out the governor's mandate to build more roads.",
"He won the election so convincingly that he believed he had been given a mandate for change.",
"Verb",
"The carbon prices on the European exchanges are higher precisely because the allowances for carbon emissions are mandated by government. \u2014 Al Gore , An Inconvenient Truth , 2006",
"But the FDA did nothing. Later, it protested that it doesn't have the authority to mandate additional studies once a drug is marketed, but that is sophistry. The FDA has the authority to pull drugs off the market \u2026 \u2014 Marcia Angell , New York Review of Books , 8 June 2006",
"For a few tantalizing weeks this spring, the manufacturers of gun safety locks seemed to have hit the jackpot: the gun-control bill passed by the Senate in the wake of the Littleton shootings mandated that all new handguns be equipped with safety locks. \u2014 Calvin Trillin , Time , 5 July 1999",
"The law mandates that every car have seat belts.",
"He won the election so convincingly that he believed the people had mandated him to carry out his policies.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The mask mandate was not controversial in Thailand and generally obeyed. \u2014 USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"The mandate for a negative test result before air travel to the U.S. has been a key factor driving people to be hesitant about international trips, according to travel industry officials. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"In April, the U.S. stopped requiring masks on public transportation, including flights, after a federal judge in Florida ruled that the mask mandate was unlawful. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"The mandate from Justin and Kogonada was, this has to be iconic. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"In determining whether the individual mandate was a tax or a penalty, the NFIB Court said the fact that Congress chose to call it a penalty is significant because elsewhere the ACA makes specific reference to taxes. \u2014 Roxanne Bland, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"This mandate is especially important with the shifting demographic patterns sweeping Howard County. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
"The mandate for all involved, though, was that the place should feel like a private home. \u2014 Sandra Ramani, Robb Report , 10 May 2022",
"Carri Chan, a professor of decisions, risk and operations at Columbia Business School, agreed that the testing requirement has been a more significant barrier to travel than the previous mask mandate was. \u2014 CBS News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The police department has also yet to mandate any diversity training for its employees and has rejected offers for people to come in and provide such training for free, Sletvold said. \u2014 Amanda Su, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
"Part of the package would require gun-safety training, mandate the safe storage of firearms, raise the minimum age to purchase long guns to 21 and create an electronic record of ammunition sales. \u2014 Talal Ansari, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"The Oregon Farm Bureau said its members are concerned that the climate-friendly policies will encourage, if not mandate , development patterns that fail to take into consideration how communities are connected through Oregon\u2019s road network. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"Insurers used that insight to understand risk\u2014and mandate that training. \u2014 Chris Finan, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Claiborne wants to see laws change, including policies that would raise the age of gun ownership, limit magazine capacity, ban assault-style weapons and mandate training. \u2014 Deepa Bharath And Holly Meyer, Chron , 4 June 2022",
"Claiborne wants to see laws change, including policies that would raise the age of gun ownership, limit magazine capacity, ban assault-style weapons and mandate training. \u2014 Deepa Bharath, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"San Diego Unified held onto its indoor school mask mandate longer than the state. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"And while the UN Security Council could mandate fighting for Ukraine, that will likely not happen. \u2014 Mary Ellen O'connell, CNN , 24 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1919, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French & Latin; Middle French mandat , from Latin mandatum , from neuter of mandatus , past participle of mandare to entrust, enjoin, probably irregular from manus hand + -dere to put \u2014 more at manual , do":"Noun and Verb"
},
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"\u02c8man-\u02ccd\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"accreditation",
"authorization",
"commission",
"delegation",
"empowerment",
"license",
"licence"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044710",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"mandatory":{
"antonyms":[
"elective",
"optional",
"voluntary"
],
"definitions":{
": of, by, relating to, or holding a League of Nations mandate":[],
": required by a law or rule : obligatory":[
"the mandatory retirement age"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Parents object to the mandatory nature of the shots\u2014and the fact that their child's access to education hinges on compliance with the immunization regulations. \u2014 Alice Park , Time , 2 June 2008",
"In a move some are calling a \"backdoor draft,\" the Pentagon has announced it will issue mandatory recalls to more than 5,600 Army troops for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. \u2014 Nathaniel Frank , Washington Post , 12 July 2004",
"At the same time, the 1987 repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, which ended mandatory balanced coverage of politics, gave birth to talk radio, and the television universe splintered between the old networks and the new culture of cable gladiators in which opinion was more entertaining than information and cheaper to produce as well. \u2014 Nancy Gibbs , Time , 27 Sept. 2004",
"the tests are mandatory for all students wishing to graduate",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Guests attending the celebration at the convention center have been required to check into nearby hotels to undergo mandatory quarantine and testing. \u2014 Clay Chandler, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"China has slashed its mandatory quarantine for inbound travelers and close contacts by half, in the most dramatic change to the country\u2019s covid-19 policy since the start of the pandemic. \u2014 Karina Tsui, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"In response to Macao's outbreak, the neighboring city of Zhuhai in southern Guangdong province -- where many Macao residents live and work -- imposed a mandatory seven-day quarantine for anybody arriving from the gambling hub. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Those who didn't have either were subject to a mandatory 10-day quarantine. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 29 May 2022",
"Taiwanese health officials on Tuesday announced the mandatory home quarantine for incoming travelers would be shortened to seven days from 10 days. \u2014 Joyu Wang, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"Both men are facing a maximum term of 10 years imprisonment, three years of mandatory supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"Make flightseeing a mandatory part of your Yukon itinerary. \u2014 Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure , 19 June 2022",
"In the Soviet tradition, Russia still has mandatory conscription, though there are various exemptions. \u2014 Thomas Grove, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"California made reprocessing of food waste mandatory this year. \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Neither does the 2004 federal law that made special education mandatory , the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA. \u2014 Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Also, Californians who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 will be able to stop wearing face masks in most situations, unless a business or venue decides to keep mask-wearing mandatory . \u2014 Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2021",
"The death of Cecil, who would have turned 33 on Saturday, made protective netting above the glass mandatory in the NHL and commonplace at rinks around the world. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Mar. 2021",
"The Shift Project showed that at 34 French universities, less than one-quarter of degree programs offered any courses in climate and energy issues, and most of those did not make such a class mandatory . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Jan. 2021",
"The group was scheduled for an upcoming mandatory , aka boring, 48-hour training, but were instead surprised with an island vacation to the Florida Keys. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 11 Nov. 2020",
"Capacity is reduced, users spaced out, mask usage mandatory and coffee/tea service temporarily put on hold because of the indoor dining restrictions. \u2014 Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com , 30 Oct. 2020",
"Black Sheep, an upscale restaurant group in Hong Kong, has made temperature checks and surveys about medical history mandatory at its 23 restaurants. \u2014 Javier C. Hern\u00e1ndez, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1661, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see mandate entry 1":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8man-d\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113"
],
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"compulsory",
"forced",
"imperative",
"incumbent",
"involuntary",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"peremptory",
"required"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"maneuver":{
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": a military or naval movement":[],
": a procedure or method of working usually involving expert physical movement":[
"acrobats performing dangerous maneuvers"
],
": an action taken to gain a tactical end":[
"this maneuver almost cost him the nomination",
"\u2014 H. L. Mencken"
],
": an adroit and clever management of affairs often using trickery and deception":[
"plaintiffs' pretrial maneuvers may be fashioned more with an eye to deterrence or retaliation than to unearthing germane material",
"\u2014 John Marshall"
],
": an intended and controlled variation from a straight and level flight path in the operation of an airplane":[
"The aircraft performed such maneuvers as spins, loops, and inverted flights."
],
": evasive movement or shift of tactics":[
"permits no room for concession or maneuver",
"\u2014 Harry Schwartz"
],
": to bring about or secure as a result of skillful management":[
"maneuvered out of the council the funds to renovate the library"
],
": to cause to execute tactical movements":[
"We maneuvered our troops to the south."
],
": to guide with adroitness and design":[
"maneuvered her guests until the talk at the table became general",
"\u2014 Jean Statford"
],
": to make a series of changes in direction and position for a specific purpose":[
"Ships maneuvered into their docks."
],
": to manage into or out of a position or condition : manipulate":[
"maneuvered the cork out with his thumb",
"\u2014 Kay Boyle"
],
": to perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage":[
"The regiment maneuvered for several days before it was ready to attack."
],
": to use stratagems : scheme":[
"maneuvered successfully to get him to ask her to the dance"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"With a quick maneuver , she avoided an accident.",
"Through a series of legal maneuvers , the defense lawyer kept her client out of jail.",
"He led his troops in a well-planned maneuver .",
"To prepare for war, the army is performing maneuvers off the coast.",
"The army is on maneuvers .",
"Verb",
"She maneuvered her car into the tiny garage.",
"It took seven people to maneuver the tiger out of its cage.",
"We had a hard time maneuvering our furniture through the doorway.",
"The giant ships maneuvered into their docks.",
"The vehicle easily maneuvered through rocky terrain.",
"They held hands while maneuvering through the crowd.",
"The companies are maneuvering for position in the limited market.",
"Somehow, she always manages to maneuver herself out of difficult situations.",
"We maneuvered our troops to the south.",
"The opposing forces maneuvered quickly.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Honda is also punchier when simulating a passing maneuver on the highway, going from 50 to 70 mph in 4.5 seconds versus the Kia\u2019s 5.0-second result. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 29 June 2022",
"The announce team was pleasantly surprised every time Danhausen executed any offensive maneuver . \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"That unprecedented maneuver stole a seat on the Court for the Republicans. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
"Boeing\u2019s Starliner floated down under parachutes following a deborbiting maneuver , landing at 6:49 p.m. ET at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, according to a National Aeronautics and Space Administration live stream. \u2014 Micah Maidenberg, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner, a 43-year-old Black man, died after a New York City police officer placed him in a chokehold, a maneuver that had been banned by the New York Police Department. \u2014 Aliyah Thomas, ABC News , 12 May 2022",
"The maneuver involves an officer hitting a car with their own vehicle to turn it, forcing it to stop. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
"Kellogg shares jumped more than 2% Tuesday because, in theory at least, the spinoff maneuver should let each of the new companies grow at their own pace. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Kings County co-founder Colin Spoelman didn\u2019t take the legal maneuver too kindly, heading to Twitter to make the dispute public. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The head sucks up pet dander, crumbs, and cobwebs and it can also maneuver through car floors, around chair legs, and atop bed sheets. \u2014 Melissa Epifano, PEOPLE.com , 12 June 2022",
"For years, Polly has helped Thomas (Cillian Murphy) maneuver his way out of dangerous situations, advising him on everything from gypsy curses to everyday life. \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"Mimicking the guards helps happily maneuver the daily dawdles before our drill: tea, bath, and bed. \u2014 Vogue , 3 June 2022",
"In a multipolar world no longer dominated by the West, MbZ has found room not only for a city-state to maneuver , but often to get its own way. \u2014 Andreas Krieg, Time , 3 June 2022",
"Winter snow and spring rain \u2013 which turn the ground into the muddy morass of the infamous rasputitsa \u2013 are over, and armies can maneuver over dry ground. \u2014 Michael Peck, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Each suitcase is filled with a set amount of weight to mimic it being packed, and testers maneuver through the obstacle course with their suitcases. \u2014 Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"Back in the kitchen, preparing for dinner service, the three Ukrainian refugees maneuver around one another in the tiny space, joking and conferring in their native language. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"Normally, a team can maneuver around a leadoff error without much issue. \u2014 Matthew Roberson, Hartford Courant , 28 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1759, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1777, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French man\u0153uvre , from Old French maneuvre work done by hand, from Medieval Latin manuopera , from manu operare to perform manual labor \u2014 more at manure":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"m\u0259-\u02c8n\u00fc-v\u0259r",
"-\u02c8ny\u00fc-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for maneuver Noun trick , ruse , stratagem , maneuver , artifice , wile , feint mean an indirect means to gain an end. trick may imply deception, roguishness, illusion, and either an evil or harmless end. the tricks of the trade ruse stresses an attempt to mislead by a false impression. the ruses of smugglers stratagem implies a ruse used to entrap, outwit, circumvent, or surprise an opponent or enemy. the stratagem -filled game maneuver suggests adroit and skillful avoidance of difficulty. last-minute maneuvers to avert bankruptcy artifice implies ingenious contrivance or invention. the clever artifices of the stage wile suggests an attempt to entrap or deceive with false allurements. used all of his wiles to ingratiate himself feint implies a diversion or distraction of attention away from one's real intent. a feint toward the enemy's left flank",
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"address",
"contend (with)",
"cope (with)",
"field",
"grapple (with)",
"hack",
"handle",
"manage",
"manipulate",
"negotiate",
"play",
"swing",
"take",
"treat"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120410",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"maneuvering board":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a printed compass rose with polar coordinates that is used together with parallel rulers and dividers to solve problems of relative movement of ships or airplanes such as arise in changing station in formation or mooring":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-131044",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manfreda":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a genus of perennial American herbs that are closely related to and often included among those of the genus Agave from which they are distinguished chiefly by the bulbous stem base and annually decaying leaves \u2014 see amole":[],
": any plant of the genus Manfreda":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, probably from the name Manfred":""
},
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"man\u02c8fr\u0113d\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132904",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manful":{
"antonyms":[
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"chicken-livered",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"nerveless",
"poltroon",
"poor-spirited",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"spiritless",
"timorous",
"uncourageous",
"ungallant",
"unheroic",
"weakhearted",
"yellow"
],
"definitions":{
": having or showing courage and resolution":[]
},
"examples":[
"he made the manful decision to stick by his friends when everyone else had abandoned them",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The other deputies smiled, ready to toast the capital with manful drafts of vodka. \u2014 Alex Halberstadt, Town & Country , 9 Oct. 2015",
"The other deputies smiled, ready to toast the capital with manful drafts of vodka. \u2014 Alex Halberstadt, Town & Country , 9 Oct. 2015"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8man-f\u0259l"
],
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"bold",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"gutty",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201716",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"mang":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of mang variant of amang"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172119",
"type":[]
},
"manga":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The last entry of the Berserk manga written by Miura will be released this November. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"The massively popular manga /anime by Eiichiro Oda is coming to life on streaming. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 6 June 2022",
"Wong created a cardboard sculpture based on a Japanese manga series about monster-like giants who feed on humans. \u2014 Vic Chiang, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"Wong created a cardboard sculpture based on a Japanese manga series about monster-like giants who feed on humans. \u2014 Vic Chiang, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"Its primary direct-to-consumer streaming video business is Crunchyroll, geared to the Japanese art forms of anime and manga . \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022",
"His recurring mushroom imagery, rendered in an illustrative manga style, references mushroom clouds, a response to the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings in Japan. \u2014 Michelle Groskopf, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"In a 2001 newspaper poll, the first was voted the all-time best Norwegian thriller; the second, published in 2017, won Japan\u2019s major crime fiction prizes, sold 200,000 copies and was made into a film and manga . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The Japanese film is based on a best-selling manga and available to watch dubbed or with subtitles. \u2014 Lindsey Bahr, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1951, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Japanese, comic, cartoon, from man- involuntary, aimless + -ga picture":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4\u014b-g\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172248",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mangel-wurzel":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": mangel":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1767, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"German, alteration of Mangoldwurzel , from Mangold beet + Wurzel root":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma\u014b-g\u0259l-\u02ccw\u0259r-z\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-201150",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mangle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a machine for ironing laundry by passing it between heated rollers":[],
": to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing":[
"people \u2026 mangled by sharks",
"\u2014 V. G. Heiser"
],
": to press or smooth (something, such as damp linen) with a mangle":[],
": to spoil, injure, or make incoherent especially through ineptitude":[
"a story mangled beyond recognition"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1696, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1775, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Dutch mangel , from German, from Middle High German, diminutive of mange mangonel, mangle, from Latin manganum":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French mangler, mahangler , perhaps from mahaigner to maim \u2014 more at mayhem":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma\u014b-g\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mangle Verb (1) maim , cripple , mutilate , batter , mangle mean to injure so severely as to cause lasting damage. maim implies the loss or injury of a bodily member through violence. maimed by a shark cripple implies the loss or serious impairment of an arm or leg. crippled for life in an accident mutilate implies the cutting off or removal of an essential part of a person or thing thereby impairing its completeness, beauty, or function. a tree mutilated by inept pruning batter implies a series of blows that bruise deeply, deform, or mutilate. an old ship battered by fierce storms mangle implies a tearing or crushing that leaves deep wounds. a soldier's leg mangled by shrapnel",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191313",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"mangy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": affected with or resulting from mange":[],
": having many worn or bare spots":[
"a mangy rug"
],
": seedy , shabby":[
"a mangy office"
]
},
"examples":[
"a mangy old car that was covered in rust",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Phoebe Philo gave them a surrealist Meret Oppenhiem-twist in 2013, and Rick Owens coated them with mangy hair and lengthened their straps to animalistic proportions. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 Mar. 2022",
"But the male behavior is mangy enough that an empire hangs in the balance. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 18 Nov. 2021",
"More:Rick Bragg's mangy mutt will steal your heart in his lyrical new book 'The Speckled Beauty' 3. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 25 Sep. 2021",
"Collado stood in front of a mangy bush with a crisp, earthy odor. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 Aug. 2021",
"But by 1870, the canal had helped propel Chicago from a mangy frontier outpost of less than 5,000 into a metropolis of 300,000. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2020",
"Germany should also beef up its mangy military as a means of countering Moscow\u2019s ambitions to pry Europe from Washington. \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 6 Apr. 2021",
"The walls were a mangy taupe, but African-print sheets hung over the windows. \u2014 Francesca Mari, The New Yorker , 30 Nov. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0101n-j\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024533",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"manhandle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to handle roughly":[],
": to move or manage by human force":[
"manhandled the posts into place"
]
},
"examples":[
"They manhandled the heavy boxes onto the truck.",
"She manhandled the posts into place.",
"He was manhandling the boy.",
"He says he was manhandled by the police.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Celtics again let Miami manhandle them, play with more physicality and desperation. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
"Led by the Tigers running game and defense, Auburn should easily bounce back this week and manhandle Georgia State in Jordan-Hare. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Darrisaw has the power and fast-twitchiness needed to manhandle most NFL edge players. \u2014 Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Darrisaw has the power and fast-twitchiness needed to manhandle most NFL edge players. \u2014 Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Coming full circle then, all software code is composed of data and all software runs on data\u2026 and, further, some software works to manage, maintain, move and occasionally manhandle data. \u2014 Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes , 11 May 2021",
"Darrisaw has the power and fast-twitchiness needed to manhandle most NFL edge players. \u2014 Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Darrisaw has the power and fast-twitchiness needed to manhandle most NFL edge players. \u2014 Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com , 26 Apr. 2021",
"The combination of his long strides on drives and three-point shooting ability is a dangerous one, that often sees defenses try to manhandle him. \u2014 Morten Jensen, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8man-\u02cchan-d\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"maltreat",
"maul",
"mishandle",
"rough (up)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170622",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"manhood":{
"antonyms":[
"femininity",
"muliebrity",
"womanhood",
"womanliness"
],
"definitions":{
": adult males : men":[],
": penis":[],
": qualities associated with men : manliness":[],
": the condition of being a human being":[],
": the condition of being an adult male as distinguished from a child or female":[]
},
"examples":[
"He took the comment as a challenge to his manhood .",
"He grew from boyhood to manhood in a small southern town.",
"the manhood of a nation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The icy dip was a brazen display of manhood and an Orthodox Christian ritual to mark the Feast of the Epiphany. \u2014 Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The men are upstanding, affectionate toward their families, intelligent, and secure in their manhood . \u2014 Lynnette Nicholas, Essence , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Between spreading thighs, his normally lusty manhood is thinly covered, having conceded all to drink\u2014the wine or water trickling from the deflating wine sack. \u2014 William A. Wallace, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The material spoke of many different aspects of life, which found symbolic expressions in the film, such as the idea of manhood , or forced migration, or uprooting, which is not just a physical process. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 10 May 2022",
"Other contributions to history include tests of manhood involving farting and belching. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 22 Apr. 2022",
"After resisting this sort of maternal swaddling from childhood to manhood , Father developed a psychological block against telling us how to run our lives. \u2014 James Roosevelt, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
"It\u2019s the tenuity of manhood that drives men to seek ways to prove their masculine bona fides. \u2014 Parker Molloy, Rolling Stone , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Dylan has had a fascinating relationship with religion over the years, though celebrating faith and transitioning to manhood is alien to me. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"She would typically experience a period of mania and then suddenly become deeply depressed.",
"The entire city has been gripped by baseball mania .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With a stadium show, Birmingham would be the epicenter of Guns mania . \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
"Yet her romance with Ben Affleck \u2014 or, more to the point, the way it was covered \u2014 actually marked a change in the culture, a ratcheting up of gossip mania to the nth power. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"Small humanizing moments like these have been largely absent from the recent Kipchoge mania . \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 20 Aug. 2021",
"In the meantime, investors would be wise to be cautious when trying to benefit from meme mania . \u2014 George Schultze, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
"This may be true, up to a point, but the tidiness of these aphorisms reflects the novel\u2019s broader struggle between style and verisimilitude\u2014a struggle that isn\u2019t simply a reflection of the main character\u2019s own mania for order. \u2014 Toby Lichtig, WSJ , 9 June 2021",
"Wall Street\u2019s mania over GameStop is on again, at least for one afternoon. \u2014 Alex Veiga, ajc , 25 Feb. 2021",
"And over the last five years, the mania for white sage has become a global phenomenon with real consequences. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Common sense and a mania for systematization, logical thinking and ideological totalism, are constantly at war in the French character, as a belief in instant happiness and a paranoia about imaginary enemies are in the American. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"But the hottest looks \u2014 if cosplaying attendees are any indication \u2014 were simpler, rougher and makeshift, the kind of thing any cost-conscious maniac in a garage could scramble together. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"The haunted house will recreate some of the most iconic scenes from Halloween as guests make their way through his dilapidated home, trying to avoid becoming one of his victims in the knife-wielding maniac \u2019s relentless and bloody campaign of terror. \u2014 Simon Thompson, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The film follows Jamie (Shipka), whose mom, Pam (Bowen), is terrorized by the resurgence of the Sweet Sixteen Killer \u2014 a masked maniac that slaughtered a group of teenage girls in the 1980s. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
"Get a grip on your triskaidekaphobia and revisit this seminal 1980 slasher flick about oversexed young camp counselors and the knife- and -ax-wielding homicidal maniac who hates them. \u2014 Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"Esso left off in the 2030s where Rhia is now going to uni and is facing a whole new host of challenges, both personally and with upper world and a maniac on the loose, who\u2019s trying to kill her and has ambitions on conquering the multiverses himself. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 20 May 2022",
"The maniac reached the destination first, but the difference was only a few minutes. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Auburn\u2019s resident maniac was a madman down the stretch in road wins at Missouri and at Mississippi State this season. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The maniac reached the destination first, but the difference was only a few minutes. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 13 Mar. 2022"
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"This one is critical for ego- maniacal CEOs who get confused by their job title. \u2014 Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Life is still humorous in the most horrible, evil, maniacal spots. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022",
"The most famous performance ever delivered at the Bowl, the Beatles\u2019 Los Angeles debut was greeted with the maniacal wails of fans receiving some kind of divine missive. \u2014 Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"But darkness lurks beneath all that maniacal perfection. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"Its entire content consists of fantasies and illusions divorced from each other, out of touch with reality, as well as wild assumptions, united by a maniacal hatred. \u2014 Giacomo Tognini, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Bernie, despite his age, has an inhuman amount of energy, an almost maniacal desire to always move forward, and a stubbornness that would not let a quart of blood on the floor of the Charleston Airport DoubleTree disrupt his day. \u2014 Ari Rabin-havt, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In his pursuit of justice, the youthful Dark Knight uncovers corruption in Gotham City while pursuing the maniacal killer known as the Riddler (Paul Dano). \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The plot is, as usual, a slice of humdrum social realism: just an everyday tale of a maniacal , cashmere-wearing bank robber named Danny Sharp (Jake Gyllenhaal), who plans to steal thirty-two million dollars. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"Adjective",
"The argument, for all of its manifest inadequacies \u2026 captured the national imagination and shaped subsequent religious discourse. It provided a vocabulary, an explanation, and a new set of boundaries for the restructured American religion that had by then been developing for half a century. \u2014 Jonathan D. Sarna , American Judaism , 2004",
"Economics, the great model among us now, indulges and deprives, builds and abandons, threatens and promises. Its imperium is manifest , irrefragable\u2014as in fact it has been since antiquity. \u2014 Marilynne Robinson , The Death of Adam , 1998",
"Washington has long been uneasy about its relationship with Somalia, partly because of the manifest shakiness of the Siad Barre administration but also because of Somalia's continuing claims on the Ogaden. \u2014 John Borrell , Wall Street Journal , 23 Aug. 1982",
"His muscles were getting flabby, and his tailor called attention to his increasing waistband. In fact, Daylight was developing a definite paunch. This physical deterioration was manifest likewise in his face. \u2014 Jack London , Burning Daylight , 1910",
"Their sadness was manifest in their faces.",
"His love for literature is manifest in his large library.",
"There was manifest confusion in the streets.",
"Verb",
"Malone has invited Barkley to spend a week \u2026 to relax, talk some basketball, eat some hot Louisiana food and kick around the subject of frustration, something they both feel but manifest in different ways. \u2014 Jack McCallum , Sports Illustrated , 27 Apr. 1992",
"He asked what they had been doing in Dallas, and they told him that they were looking at the Sunbelt boom as manifested in the great Texas banks, thrifts and real estate operations. \u2014 John Kenneth Galbraith , A Tenured Professor , 1990",
"And if one is a pantheist \u2026 one might say that all nature is divinity and manifests itself in myriad forms and delightful complexities. \u2014 Margot Adler , Drawing Down the Moon , 1986",
"Both sides have manifested a stubborn unwillingness to compromise.",
"Their religious beliefs are manifested in every aspect of their lives.",
"Her behavior problems began manifesting themselves soon after she left home.",
"Noun",
"Since 2002, a program known as the Container Security Initiative requires our main trading partners to send to U.S. Customs and border Protection an electronic manifest for every U.S.-bound container twenty-four hours before it is loaded on a ship. \u2014 William Finnegan , New Yorker , 19 June 2006",
"Has any passenger manifest been more fretted over than the Mayflower's",
"But for me, finding it still in \"use\" is high on the manifest of writerly thrills longed for\u2014along with seeing someone you don't know hungrily reading your book on an overland bus in Turkey; or noticing your book on the shelf behind the moderator on Meet the Press next to The Wealth of Nations and Giants in the Earth; or seeing your book on a list of overlooked American masterpieces compiled by former insiders in the Kennedy administration. \u2014 Richard Ford , Independence Day , 1995",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That\u2019s also where there are beginning to manifest signs of loosely-organized outflow, or air exiting the storm at high altitudes. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"At its worst, this is manifest as a boarding crisis for young people with mental illnesses, who are simply being warehoused in general hospitals. \u2014 Steven C. Schlozman, STAT , 24 May 2022",
"Big waves and their manifest risks captivate far more viewers than the small to medium-sized waves on the World Championship Tour, where, to the untutored eye, all the surfers seem to be doing basically the same things. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Our files, photos, and music appear magically across multiple devices, much like the Greek psyche, which could, through the mysterious work of transmigration, manifest in different physical bodies after its host had died. \u2014 Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Twenty years of continuous engagement in Afghanistan did little to eliminate the cultural traits that precluded creation of a stable democracy, despite the manifest benefits that might have accrued to most of the population. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"And all the horrors that come with the Empire are being made manifest throughout the galaxy. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Happily, the vital motivation for this ambitious iteration does not get lost: For the first time, the sustained level of impressive quality in the museum\u2019s permanent collection is manifest . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"That risk is manifest in the fact that bitcoin is currently down about 36% from its November high. \u2014 Paul Vigna, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In that regard, strength will manifest mostly inside of you. \u2014 Amy Joyce, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Plus, Amanat added, Kamala's powers may manifest differently on screen, but their goal was always to maintain the same fun, quirky spirit. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 8 June 2022",
"Why do allergic reactions sometimes manifest as skin rashes",
"In a professional setting, cultural differences often manifest in varying methods of communication. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"In young children, symptoms may manifest in persistent headaches or stomach aches, Santos said. \u2014 Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant , 26 May 2022",
"Most mental illnesses manifest in childhood, and anxiety often goes undetected for a long time. \u2014 Stephanie H. Murray, The Week , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Our results show another way these negative behaviors can manifest themselves, airline bookings, and add to evidence that women are less likely to engage in them. \u2014 Javier D. Donna, The Conversation , 17 Feb. 2022",
"This blend of hardware and software has become more pronounced in recent years, with the iPhone a perfect example of how the two worlds can manifest in a single object. \u2014 Michael Feindt, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ars Technica has obtained internal planning documents from the space agency showing an Artemis mission schedule and manifest for now through fiscal year 2034. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 20 June 2022",
"There was no formal passenger manifest , but it's estimated that 130 to 250 crew and passengers drowned. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"The company should have provided airport police with information on every passenger on the flight\u2019s manifest , or on those matching a general description of a suspect. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"This is the opposite of the proactive approach that motorists should expect its regulators to take toward technical innovations that present manifest hazards to the public. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"In each episode, young Lilly is transported to Unicorn Island, a colorful wonderland where life\u2019s struggles manifest in fantastical ways. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"That\u2019s based on a 2020 crew manifest which showed a dozen of Scheherazade\u2019s Russian crew members either worked for or had a connection with Russia\u2019s Federal Protective Service. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The movie steers us through the details with brisk economy: the black-market acquisition of the manifest from Navalny\u2019s fateful flight, the tracking of suspects\u2019 identities and movements. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Most forms of aphasia come on suddenly due to the injury, but other forms of the illness manifest slowly and worsen over time. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 1 Apr. 2022"
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"They were living in a time when expansion to the Pacific was regarded by many people as the Manifest Destiny of the United States.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His Times Square restaurant, Guy\u2019s American Kitchen & Bar, can feel in hindsight like an exercise in overextension, an assumption of manifest destiny powered by swagger and a signature Donkey Sauce. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"Parts of Rita\u2019s own manifest destiny are bound to rub certain people the wrong way, particularly some of Nicol\u00f2\u2019s family. \u2014 James Mcauley, Town & Country , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This was white supremacy and manifest destiny in action. \u2014 Nick Martin, The New Republic , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Benton, along with many others, used the notion of manifest destiny to systematically displace and kill scores of Native Americans. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Fox has long reinterpreted manifest destiny as a media product, treating the American mind as a vacant space upon which any dream, or any delusion, might be constructed. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 12 July 2021",
"The natural environment with which Native Americans had established a harmonious and symbiotic relationship, was similarly despoiled by the twin logic of expropriation and colonization that spread under the logic of manifest destiny . \u2014 Nicholas Dirks, Scientific American , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Now, manifest destiny has become a manifest emergency. \u2014 CBS News , 18 July 2021",
"So what have Democrats gotten in exchange for embracing this manifest destiny nationalism"
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"In its new manifestation , the main house is only slightly bigger: 1,636 square feet rather than 1,446. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"His studio, Hollywood Unlocked, is a manifestation of his desire to assist people in pursuing their dreams. \u2014 Corein Carter, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Deregulation became the mantra of the decade, its most visible manifestation being the assault on collective bargaining and the further weakening of already struggling unions. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"The Berlin Wall was only its most visible physical manifestation . \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 13 Apr. 2022",
"In one unbroken shot, the camera pans from room to room as the Spyders breach each home, a sinister manifestation of a society without privacy. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"But the real political manifestation of these events will come in 2024. \u2014 Scott Jennings, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"The DeSantis administration\u2019s effort to narrow healthcare coverage for transgender residents is yet another manifestation of the Republican Party\u2019s drift toward abject soullessness and moral bankruptcy. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"But why is Liam Nesson frequenting this physical manifestation of one of the levels of hell from Dante's Inferno"
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"In that sense, Cha Cha feels like both a fitting showcase for a young auteur and a larger marker of how much movie masculinity has evolved: a real-smooth manifesto for the anti-toxic man. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"Their design, which drew on the lessons of Birkenhead and Olmsted\u2019s southern travels, was nothing short of a manifesto . \u2014 Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"So, coming to San Antonio is an extension of your manifesto ",
"The Poway shooter basically said in his manifesto that he was radicalized on one of these notorious message boards \u2014 and pretty quickly, too. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Details are emerging of a racist manifesto allegedly written by the 18-year-old White man suspected of traveling nearly 200 miles from his home to attack a predominantly Black neighborhood. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 16 May 2022",
"Turns out the boxes contained duplicates of a manifesto criticizing critical race theory and opposing the use of masks to prevent coronavirus infection. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
"No republican manifesto seems to have made it onto the best-seller lists, though the Twitter hashtag #abolishthemonarchy certainly has had its moment. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"Extreme positive incentives are another core concept behind this zero waste manifesto . \u2014 Susan Galer, Forbes , 2 June 2022"
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"As an island designed to divide, Dejima remains a remarkable example of what happens when people from all sorts of backgrounds, and with manifold motivations, are thrown together. \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"Research suggests the bans and restrictions would have manifold effects on maternal health. \u2014 NBC News , 4 May 2022",
"And without a stupendous Fanny to thrill and distract, the musical\u2019s manifold faults become painfully evident. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Poole has explored the manifold ways that elephants communicate\u2014not only through sound but also through touch and gesture. \u2014 Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The benefits of these kinds of networks are manifold . \u2014 Sachin H. Jain, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The manifold precise regulations governing the giving of the machatzit hashekel coincide with Judaism\u2019s unique approach to charity. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
"So long as the United States continues to suffer from all its manifold defects, every so often the police will kill a sympathetic unarmed victim, and there will be fury and organizing in response. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The suit, which was initially filed in 2018, was part of the federal multi-district litigation created that year to address the manifold claims against opioid manufacturers and distributors. \u2014 Evan Simko-bednarski, CNN , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"In the past fortnight, hope has grown manifold in the field. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Experts caution that once firms go public, the scrutiny goes up manifold . \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 24 Mar. 2021",
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"To do this, Sullivan essentially invented a notion of division, where loops on the original manifold were divided into two or three or more. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Under the hood there\u2019s a fresh Ford 289 ci V-8 engine with rebuilt cylinder heads and timing assemblies, a Holley four-barrel carburetor and a Cobra high-rise intake manifold . \u2014 Rachel.maree.cormack@gmail.com, Robb Report , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The disasters stemming from climate change have increased manifold in India. \u2014 Shreyans Jain, Quartz , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Also added are custom air-to-water intercoolers within the intake manifold . \u2014 Viju Mathew, Robb Report , 9 Feb. 2022",
"But in your case, during those few weeks that the car sits, fuel is leaking out of your carburetor, perhaps into the intake manifold , and evaporating. \u2014 Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Dec. 2021",
"But Floer theory did not completely resolve the Arnold conjecture because Floer\u2019s method only worked on one type of manifold . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Often invariants involve building some kind of geometric construction on a manifold . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The engine also gets the same intake manifold , oil filter adapter, and engine oil cooler as the GT350. \u2014 Kyle Edward, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021"
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"As an island designed to divide, Dejima remains a remarkable example of what happens when people from all sorts of backgrounds, and with manifold motivations, are thrown together. \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"Research suggests the bans and restrictions would have manifold effects on maternal health. \u2014 NBC News , 4 May 2022",
"And without a stupendous Fanny to thrill and distract, the musical\u2019s manifold faults become painfully evident. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Poole has explored the manifold ways that elephants communicate\u2014not only through sound but also through touch and gesture. \u2014 Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The benefits of these kinds of networks are manifold . \u2014 Sachin H. Jain, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The manifold precise regulations governing the giving of the machatzit hashekel coincide with Judaism\u2019s unique approach to charity. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
"So long as the United States continues to suffer from all its manifold defects, every so often the police will kill a sympathetic unarmed victim, and there will be fury and organizing in response. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The suit, which was initially filed in 2018, was part of the federal multi-district litigation created that year to address the manifold claims against opioid manufacturers and distributors. \u2014 Evan Simko-bednarski, CNN , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"In the past fortnight, hope has grown manifold in the field. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Experts caution that once firms go public, the scrutiny goes up manifold . \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"To do this, Sullivan essentially invented a notion of division, where loops on the original manifold were divided into two or three or more. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Under the hood there\u2019s a fresh Ford 289 ci V-8 engine with rebuilt cylinder heads and timing assemblies, a Holley four-barrel carburetor and a Cobra high-rise intake manifold . \u2014 Rachel.maree.cormack@gmail.com, Robb Report , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The disasters stemming from climate change have increased manifold in India. \u2014 Shreyans Jain, Quartz , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Also added are custom air-to-water intercoolers within the intake manifold . \u2014 Viju Mathew, Robb Report , 9 Feb. 2022",
"But in your case, during those few weeks that the car sits, fuel is leaking out of your carburetor, perhaps into the intake manifold , and evaporating. \u2014 Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Dec. 2021",
"But Floer theory did not completely resolve the Arnold conjecture because Floer\u2019s method only worked on one type of manifold . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Often invariants involve building some kind of geometric construction on a manifold . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The engine also gets the same intake manifold , oil filter adapter, and engine oil cooler as the GT350. \u2014 Kyle Edward, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021"
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"\u2014 Evelyn G. Cruickshanks"
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"The baby is learning to manipulate blocks.",
"The mechanical arms are manipulated by a computer.",
"The doctor manipulated my back.",
"The program was designed to organize and manipulate large amounts of data.",
"He's always been good at manipulating numbers in his head.",
"As part of the experiment, students manipulated light and temperature to see how it affected the plants.",
"She knows how to manipulate her parents to get what she wants.",
"He felt that he had been manipulated by the people he trusted most.",
"The editorial was a blatant attempt to manipulate public opinion.",
"He's accused of trying to manipulate the price of the stock.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Following an investigation, authorities apprehended Ana Nunez, who allegedly pretended to be the unidentified victim\u2019s daughter in order to manipulate her into signing legal documents granting her power of attorney, WPLG reported. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 23 May 2022",
"This allows an individual to take these big heavy coolers and maneuver and manipulate them easily and safely! \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 11 May 2022",
"Gould said that Johnson was able to use his relationship with Fitzpatrick to manipulate him into participating in the scheme. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
"The way Pam & Tommy tells the story doesn\u2019t so much reclaim her narrative as manipulate it to draw bigger conclusions. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Suppressing a safe and reliable choice in this scenario is a cowardly attempt to manipulate women into completing abortions. \u2014 Christa Brown, National Review , 9 Mar. 2022",
"So the MJs [Garrett] and the Yes\u2019 [Duffy] or any of the gaggle of people that Veronica can manipulate . \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 6 May 2022",
"For more than two decades, Sadofsky has captained a small army of volunteers who manipulate the tether lines that keep her moving steadily forward during the parade. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 28 Apr. 2022",
"So there are all these ways companies can manipulate who can see a post. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"\u2014 Jimmy Denham"
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],
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"Noun",
"He was a shy boy, but he grew to be a strong and confident man .",
"He's a grown man now.",
"The movie is popular with men and women.",
"Are you man enough to meet the challenge",
"Verb",
"He stocked shelves while I manned the cash register.",
"We'll need someone to man the phones this evening.",
"No one was manning the front desk.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Absolutely the jump shot is the best from any man his size in the last 10 years in college basketball \u2014 all the way to KD (Kevin Durant) maybe. \u2014 Erik Hall, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"New York man cycling across America is bitten by a dog in Illinois, but keeps on going. \u2014 Fox News , 22 June 2022",
"These were employees, observers say, who could revive a long-declining labor movement in the United States \u2014 employees like Miller, the irritated 5-foot-3, 24-year-old transgender man barreling toward his managers. \u2014 Rebecca Tan, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Leadoff man Justin Bench went 4 for 6 with 4 runs scored and 2 RBI. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 22 June 2022",
"Another man inexplicably busied himself rifling through trinkets on a shelf. \u2014 J. Lester Feder, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
"By 2012, Thomas was in his first serious relationship with another man and brought him home for Thanksgiving dinner. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"McIntyre missed the mark a bit, as any grown man would. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"The demotion of Detmers leaves the Angels with only four starters \u2014 Shohei Ohtani, Michael Lorenzen, Noah Syndargaard and Patrick Sandoval \u2014 in their six- man rotation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And to support the participating chefs who don\u2019t have the workers to man their booths this year, students from Grossmont College\u2019s culinary program will be helping out. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"So the idea was to man up everywhere and just to be spare in the back. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Police departments provided officers, without charge, to man the tip lines. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Liftoff is scheduled for 11:17 a.m. Friday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida as the crew will man a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, that will be taken into orbit on top of one of SpaceX's 230-foot-tall Falcon 9 rockets. \u2014 Wayne Baker, The Enquirer , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Shortly before the season began, Gabrione received an email from freshman goalie John Trontz\u2019s family who had just moved into town asking if the team needed someone to man the nets. \u2014 Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"And taking into account the total package, Milwaukee went into this past offseason feeling confident that Ur\u00edas could continue to man third base moving forward while also taking advantage of his ability to play shortstop and second base when needed. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The Bulls are relying on a rookie point guard and a 6-foot-5 backup power forward to man their starting lineup. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The same arms that have produced 679 home runs will be used to man the steering wheel of a Toyota Camry TRD pace car. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022"
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"\u2014 Pat Barker",
"\u2026 the angular manliness of her gestures \u2026",
"\u2014 John Colapinto"
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"He wasn't manly enough to fight.",
"He has a deep, manly voice.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"There is nothing quite as manly as the scent of aftershave. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"These ingredients also provide a natural fragrance that\u2019s woody, earthy and all-round manly . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"It\u2019s that same, younger audience that embraced Ted Lasso and his forerunners: the fantasy manly men who populate the gentlest contemporary sitcoms. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 19 July 2021",
"When the reporter went forward he was met by the men courteously and given straightforward, manly replies to his questions. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 July 2021",
"In prior technological waves, companies manly needed people proficient in database administration, loading data, and using programming languages like Python and R to manipulate and move data internally. \u2014 Ron Schmelzer, Forbes , 12 June 2021",
"Right-wing critiques that our military and intelligence services are somehow not hardened and ruthless enough, not manly enough, have been a recurrent feature of political discourse going back decades. \u2014 Jacob Silverman, The New Republic , 4 June 2021",
"Unlike his peers, Virgil isn't manly in the traditional sense or overtly tough, and many characters in these first four issues try to tell him how a man should behave. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 18 Feb. 2021",
"Trump's Covid drive by proves downplaying illness isn't manly \u2014 it\u2019s dangerous, author Liz Plank writes in an opinion piece. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Oct. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This cologne mixes together bay oil, citrus and spices to create an intoxicating blend fit for the ultimate manly man. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Clean hair is the next step to your manly grooming routine. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Overall, this shampoo is made for men with a manly scent that\u2019s sure to bring attention. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"The adult Falcone is a cautionary figure, a man broken by the manly vocation that was supposed to bring him glory. \u2014 Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic , 11 May 2022",
"And the trailer for his show was designed with this in mind; it was stuffed full-to-bursting with over-the-top footage of jacked bros doing manly stuff. \u2014 Ian Allen, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Maria\u2019s Place is a small space for showers and cozier gatherings while Sophia\u2019s Room takes on a more manly vibe. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
"This is the Old Spice of protein powders, marketed to manly men who Lift Heavy and Eat Clean and Consume an Unholy Amount of Protein. \u2014 Amanda Shapiro, Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 Mar. 2022",
"One is a test of a 2021 Jeep Gladiator, and the second is the outfitting of that Gladiator by a company who specializes in customizing not only the Gladiator but a mess of other manly trucks \u2013 RMT Overland. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021"
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": a usually sudden and unexpected source of gratification, pleasure, or gain":[],
": divinely supplied spiritual nourishment":[],
": food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness":[],
": the sweetish dried exudate of a Eurasian ash (especially Fraxinus ornus ) that contains mannitol and has been used as a laxative and demulcent":[]
},
"examples":[
"Your generous gift was manna from heaven .",
"the announcement that there would be a sequel was manna to the many fans of the original movie",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her residency at the London\u2019s Hammersmith Apollo in 2014 was manna from heaven for her fans, some of whom travelled the world to catch the enigmatic artist. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
"What message and manna from heaven are falling into your mind and mouth",
"Turcotte\u2019s find seemed like survivalist manna from heaven. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 3 June 2022",
"But this excess manna quickly rotted and filled with maggots. \u2014 Benjamin, Longreads , 20 May 2022",
"On Shabbat, all labor was forbidden, including the daily manna gathering and preparing. \u2014 Benjamin, Longreads , 20 May 2022",
"The bread continues to carry rich meaning, from the poppy and sesame seeds sprinkled on top that symbolize manna from God, to the plaited shape, which represents love. \u2014 Jill Gleeson, Country Living , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Its nameless manna \u2014remembers how Wooden crosses, like scaffolds, like forests, Marked the ocean or wedge of battalions. \u2014 Osip Mandelstam, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Is the village harbouring a saint 'surviving on manna from heaven' or are there more ominous motives at work"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Greek, from Hebrew m\u0101n":""
},
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"\u02c8man-\u0259",
"\u02c8ma-n\u0259"
],
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"delectation",
"delight",
"feast",
"gas",
"joy",
"kick",
"pleasure",
"treat"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214251",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manna grass":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of a genus ( Glyceria ) of chiefly North American perennial grasses of wetland or aquatic habitats":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1759, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112354",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manna gum":{
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": an Australian eucalypt ( Eucalyptus viminalis ) that yields a false manna":[],
": lerp":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085211",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manna insect":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a scale insect ( Trabutina mannipara ) causing production of manna on the tamarisk":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085127",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manna lichen":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a lichen ( Gyrophora esculenta ) used in Japan for food":[],
": any of several Old World lichens of the genus Lecanora (especially L. esculenta, L. affinis , and L. fruticulosa ) that have semicrustaceous scaly-foliose or fruticose thalli that roll up and are blown about often in large quantities over the African and Arabian deserts and are much used there for food by people and animals":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084939",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of several polysaccharides that are polymers of mannose and occur especially in plant cell walls":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"mann(ose) + -an entry 3":""
},
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"-n\u0259n",
"\u02c8man-\u02ccan, -\u0259n",
"\u02c8ma-\u02ccnan"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085302",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": any of several polysaccharides that are polymers of mannose and occur especially in plant cell walls":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"mann(ose) + -an entry 3":""
},
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"\u02c8man-\u02ccan, -\u0259n",
"-n\u0259n",
"\u02c8ma-\u02ccnan"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130152",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manned":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": carrying, staffed, or performed by one or more people":[
"a manned security booth",
"manned spaceflight",
"a manned mission"
]
},
"examples":[
"a manned mission to the moon",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ukraine has lost 39 manned aircraft that independent analysts can confirm; Russia has lost 81. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"But a manned mission to Mars isn\u2019t the only reason to get excited about the 2030s. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 8 June 2022",
"The lesson here is not (yet) to fully walk away from manned aircraft providing the close support on the battlefield. \u2014 James Stavridis, Time , 11 Apr. 2022",
"At 75,000 tons, the new ship will be 50 percent larger and operate a mixture of manned aircraft and drones. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 10 Jan. 2022",
"In the 1960s, as ambitions shifted to manned spaceflight, Mr. Stoney was appointed chief of advanced space vehicle concepts at NASA\u2019s Washington headquarters and led the advanced spacecraft technology division in Houston. \u2014 Emily Langer, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"Amazon Bezos stepped down as CEO of Amazon in July\u2014and promptly launched himself into space, spending ten minutes outside the atmosphere aboard his company Blue Origin\u2019s first manned spaceflight. \u2014 Matt Durot, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Many of the photos come from Pickering's personal archive, one of the world's largest private collections of manned spaceflight images. \u2014 Jacopo Prisco, CNN , 15 Sep. 2021",
"The government has set a deadline of 2022 for India\u2019s first manned spaceflight. \u2014 Ashok Sharma, ajc , 12 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1583, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mand"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105054",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mannequin":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one employed to model clothing":[]
},
"examples":[
"the mannequin over there looks so real",
"several mannequins posing for this year's catalogue look especially emaciated",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Remote learning won\u2019t do for his courses, such as root canal treatment, which students learn on mannequin heads. \u2014 Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
"That surface of roses and underbrush was cast in rubber and then applied to a mannequin . \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"This mannequin will allow the engineers to see what the conditions were like inside Starliner throughout the mission. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 May 2022",
"In a cell reconstruction, a mannequin dubbed Sam the Perpetual Prisoner narrates the prison\u2019s early history. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Of course, the capsule\u2019s engineers will need to look at data captured from the flight, as well as information from a mannequin named Rosie, which took part in the journey to the ISS. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 May 2022",
"My torso appeared on the screen like a disassembled mannequin , bright against a black background. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Guests can rummage throughout the cave and find hidden surprises like an armoire stocked with green furry pants, a mannequin with an in-development Santa costume and all sorts of fabulous Who-contraptions. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 3 Dec. 2021",
"This is a fight so lopsided it\u2019s like Connor McGregor taking on a mannequin made out of wet toilet paper. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 25 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Dutch mannekijn little man \u2014 more at manikin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma-ni-k\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"dummy",
"figure",
"form",
"manikin",
"mannikin"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124806",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a characteristic or customary mode of acting : custom":[
"stopped to speak, after the manner of the country",
"\u2014 Ellen Glasgow"
],
": a distinguished or stylish air":[
"taught to acquire a manner suitable to her station"
],
": a mode of procedure or way of acting : fashion":[
"responded in a lively manner"
],
": characteristic or distinctive bearing (see bearing sense 1 ), air, or deportment":[
"his poised gracious manner"
],
": fitted by or as if by birth or rearing to a particular position, role, or status":[
"was not to the manner born , and did not go to prep schools or to an Ivy League school",
"\u2014 Peter Tryell"
],
": good manners":[
"Someone should teach you some manners ."
],
": habitual conduct or deportment : behavior":[
"mind your manners"
],
": kind , sort":[
"what manner of man is he"
],
": kinds , sorts":[
"all manner of problems"
],
": method of artistic execution (see execution sense 1 ) or mode of presentation : style":[
"offers plenty of room for many jazz manners Wilder Hobson"
],
": social conduct or rules of conduct as shown in the prevalent customs":[
"Victorian manners"
]
},
"examples":[
"She has a very forceful manner of speaking.",
"I objected to the manner in which the decision was made.",
"Some people have no manners .",
"Someone should teach you some manners !",
"He forgot his manners and reached across the table for the salt.",
"He painted this picture in his early manner .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of the deaths, authorities said. \u2014 Mckenna Oxenden And, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
"But the race took a dramatic turn two weeks ago, when Casten\u2019s 17-year-old daughter Gwen died suddenly at home (the DuPage County coroner has yet to release a cause or manner of death). \u2014 John Keilman, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"The cause and manner of death have not been released. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
"An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause and manner of death. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 21 June 2022",
"An autopsy is pending, Tomberlin said, and the state medical examiner's office will determine her cause and manner of death. \u2014 Rachel Wegner, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"The Office of the Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death, according to police. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
"The child's cause and manner of death will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death, police said. \u2014 Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post , 5 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English manere , from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *manuaria , from Latin, feminine of manuarius of the hand, from manus hand \u2014 more at manual":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma-n\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for manner bearing , deportment , demeanor , mien , manner , carriage mean the outward manifestation of personality or attitude. bearing is the most general of these words but now usually implies characteristic posture. a woman of regal bearing deportment suggests actions or behavior as formed by breeding or training. your deportment was atrocious demeanor suggests one's attitude toward others as expressed in outward behavior. the haughty demeanor of the headwaiter mien is a literary term referring both to bearing and demeanor. a mien of supreme self-satisfaction manner implies characteristic or customary way of moving and gesturing and addressing others. the imperious manner of a man used to giving orders carriage applies chiefly to habitual posture in standing or walking. the kind of carriage learned at boarding school method , mode , manner , way , fashion , system mean the means taken or procedure followed in achieving an end. method implies an orderly logical arrangement usually in steps. effective teaching methods mode implies an order or course followed by custom, tradition, or personal preference. the preferred mode of transportation manner is close to mode but may imply a procedure or method that is individual or distinctive. an odd manner of conducting way is very general and may be used for any of the preceding words. has her own way of doing things fashion may suggest a peculiar or characteristic way of doing something. rushing about in his typical fashion system suggests a fully developed or carefully formulated method often emphasizing rational orderliness. a filing system",
"synonyms":[
"etiquette",
"form",
"mores",
"proprieties"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050545",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"mannerable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": polite , mannerly":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8man\u0259r\u0259b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-173739",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mannered":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having an artificial or stilted character":[
"passages \u2026 so mannered as to be unintelligible",
"\u2014 R. G. G. Price"
],
": having manners of a specified kind":[
"well- mannered"
],
": having or displaying a particular manner":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Federer, though generally well- mannered , cannot say the same. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
"But instead of being winningly well- mannered , Alli finds more humor than most by playing up his insensitivity. \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"For the women's heat, the ladies are a lot more well- mannered than the guys were. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"The character would feel mannered if Mortensen\u2019s work weren\u2019t so incredibly tender. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 2 June 2022",
"First, there is Andre, the quiet, well- mannered kid with good grades. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 15 May 2022",
"Where Edwina is impeccably sweet and well- mannered , Kate has a polished toughness, all the better to guide and protect her younger sister. \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Town & Country , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Ordinarily, adenovirus infections are relatively mild- mannered , and the link to liver failure in these children is still uncertain. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"Over time, as Tetzlaff repeated certain feats, his playing began to sound mannered and wear out some of its welcome. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma-n\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210503",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mannering":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a preliminary training (as of a colt) in manners":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"manner entry 1 + -ing":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0259ri\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053827",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mannerism":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a characteristic and often unconscious mode or peculiarity of action, bearing, or treatment":[
"The actor can mimic the President's mannerisms perfectly."
],
": an art style in late 16th century Europe characterized by spatial incongruity and excessive elongation of the human figures":[],
": exaggerated or affected (see affected entry 2 sense 1 ) adherence to a particular style or manner : artificiality , preciosity":[
"refined almost to the point of mannerism",
"\u2014 Winthrop Sargeant"
]
},
"examples":[
"The actor can mimic the President's mannerisms perfectly.",
"quirky mannerisms such as toying with her hair and tapping her toes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To prepare for the technologically advanced form of entertainment, ABBA spent five weeks performing all 22 songs in the 90-minute setlist in order to capture every mannerism for the digital concert, according to People. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 26 May 2022",
"But over time, Mamet\u2019s trademark style calcified into mannerism . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"Murray does better by Jean, exuding apt superciliousness even in posture and mannerism . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
"In Brazil the handheld becomes a mannerism , as if the camera then had the sensibility of a character. \u2014 Emiliano Granada, Variety , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The flamboyant late Renaissance style of art known in English as mannerism has gone out of fashion more than once. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The musicians spent five weeks performing all 22 songs in the 90-minute setlist in order for their crew to capture every mannerism and motion with performance capture techniques. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The musicians spent five weeks performing all 22 songs in the 90-minute setlist in order for their crew to capture every mannerism and motion with performance capture techniques. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The musicians spent five weeks performing all 22 songs in the 90-minute setlist in order for their crew to capture every mannerism and motion with performance capture techniques. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 3 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma-n\u0259-\u02ccri-z\u0259m",
"\u02c8man-\u0259-\u02ccriz-\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mannerism pose , air , airs , affectation , mannerism mean an adopted way of speaking or behaving. pose implies an attitude deliberately assumed in order to impress others. her shyness was just a pose air may suggest natural acquirement through environment or way of life. a traveler's sophisticated air airs always implies artificiality and pretentiousness. snobbish airs affectation applies to a trick of speech or behavior that strikes the observer as insincere. the posh accent is an affectation mannerism applies to an acquired eccentricity that has become a habit. gesturing with a cigarette was her most noticeable mannerism",
"synonyms":[
"crotchet",
"curiosity",
"eccentricity",
"erraticism",
"idiosyncrasy",
"individualism",
"kink",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quiddity",
"quip",
"quirk",
"singularity",
"tic",
"trick",
"twist"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050221",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun or adjective"
]
},
"mannerize":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to make manneristic":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8man\u0259\u02ccr\u012bz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101253",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"mannerless":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a characteristic or customary mode of acting : custom":[
"stopped to speak, after the manner of the country",
"\u2014 Ellen Glasgow"
],
": a distinguished or stylish air":[
"taught to acquire a manner suitable to her station"
],
": a mode of procedure or way of acting : fashion":[
"responded in a lively manner"
],
": characteristic or distinctive bearing (see bearing sense 1 ), air, or deportment":[
"his poised gracious manner"
],
": fitted by or as if by birth or rearing to a particular position, role, or status":[
"was not to the manner born , and did not go to prep schools or to an Ivy League school",
"\u2014 Peter Tryell"
],
": good manners":[
"Someone should teach you some manners ."
],
": habitual conduct or deportment : behavior":[
"mind your manners"
],
": kind , sort":[
"what manner of man is he"
],
": kinds , sorts":[
"all manner of problems"
],
": method of artistic execution (see execution sense 1 ) or mode of presentation : style":[
"offers plenty of room for many jazz manners Wilder Hobson"
],
": social conduct or rules of conduct as shown in the prevalent customs":[
"Victorian manners"
]
},
"examples":[
"She has a very forceful manner of speaking.",
"I objected to the manner in which the decision was made.",
"Some people have no manners .",
"Someone should teach you some manners !",
"He forgot his manners and reached across the table for the salt.",
"He painted this picture in his early manner .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of the deaths, authorities said. \u2014 Mckenna Oxenden And, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
"But the race took a dramatic turn two weeks ago, when Casten\u2019s 17-year-old daughter Gwen died suddenly at home (the DuPage County coroner has yet to release a cause or manner of death). \u2014 John Keilman, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"The cause and manner of death have not been released. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
"An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause and manner of death. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 21 June 2022",
"An autopsy is pending, Tomberlin said, and the state medical examiner's office will determine her cause and manner of death. \u2014 Rachel Wegner, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"The Office of the Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death, according to police. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
"The child's cause and manner of death will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death, police said. \u2014 Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post , 5 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English manere , from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *manuaria , from Latin, feminine of manuarius of the hand, from manus hand \u2014 more at manual":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma-n\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for manner bearing , deportment , demeanor , mien , manner , carriage mean the outward manifestation of personality or attitude. bearing is the most general of these words but now usually implies characteristic posture. a woman of regal bearing deportment suggests actions or behavior as formed by breeding or training. your deportment was atrocious demeanor suggests one's attitude toward others as expressed in outward behavior. the haughty demeanor of the headwaiter mien is a literary term referring both to bearing and demeanor. a mien of supreme self-satisfaction manner implies characteristic or customary way of moving and gesturing and addressing others. the imperious manner of a man used to giving orders carriage applies chiefly to habitual posture in standing or walking. the kind of carriage learned at boarding school method , mode , manner , way , fashion , system mean the means taken or procedure followed in achieving an end. method implies an orderly logical arrangement usually in steps. effective teaching methods mode implies an order or course followed by custom, tradition, or personal preference. the preferred mode of transportation manner is close to mode but may imply a procedure or method that is individual or distinctive. an odd manner of conducting way is very general and may be used for any of the preceding words. has her own way of doing things fashion may suggest a peculiar or characteristic way of doing something. rushing about in his typical fashion system suggests a fully developed or carefully formulated method often emphasizing rational orderliness. a filing system",
"synonyms":[
"etiquette",
"form",
"mores",
"proprieties"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010649",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"mannerliness":{
"antonyms":[
"discourteous",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"mannerless",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"ungenteel",
"ungracious",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
],
"definitions":{
": showing good manners":[]
},
"examples":[
"When he was a child, he was quiet and mannerly .",
"a mannerly child is welcome everywhere",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After a few minutes of gorging itself on red and green cupcake frosting, the bear eventually went on its merry way, this time making a mannerly exit through an open door to the backyard. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 26 June 2014",
"The last few years weren\u2019t exactly a mannerly period of polite disagreement in our national life. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 2 Nov. 2021",
"At the previous debate, Mr. Biden quickly abandoned mannerly efforts to draw contrasts with her, and other high-polling rivals had until Tuesday largely refrained from issuing piercing criticism onstage. \u2014 Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times , 16 Oct. 2019",
"Waiting for a reasonable amount of time before politely excusing yourself and walking away is, in fact, the adult and mannerly thing to do. \u2014 Judith Martin, Washington Post , 21 Sep. 2019",
"Waiting for a reasonable amount of time before politely excusing yourself and walking away is, in fact, the adult and mannerly thing to do. \u2014 Judith Martin, The Mercury News , 21 Sep. 2019",
"Poured tableside, the shellfish broth flows in a khaki cascade from the spout of an orange kettle, landing in a shallow bowl with a mannerly splish. \u2014 Fortune , 11 Aug. 2019",
"The photographer Mia Warren and her teenage daughter Pearl live a freewheeling lifestyle that excites and intimidates the Richardsons, a clan of six led by the mannerly Elena. \u2014 The Atlantic , 28 June 2019",
"Gard\u2019s lieutenant, the mannerly Margareta B\u04e7ttiger, then a physician and young mother who was earning her Ph.D., had the unenviable task of approaching Mrs. X\u2019s physician to gather her health history. \u2014 Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books , 23 May 2019"
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"After a few minutes of gorging itself on red and green cupcake frosting, the bear eventually went on its merry way, this time making a mannerly exit through an open door to the backyard. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 26 June 2014",
"The last few years weren\u2019t exactly a mannerly period of polite disagreement in our national life. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 2 Nov. 2021",
"At the previous debate, Mr. Biden quickly abandoned mannerly efforts to draw contrasts with her, and other high-polling rivals had until Tuesday largely refrained from issuing piercing criticism onstage. \u2014 Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times , 16 Oct. 2019",
"Waiting for a reasonable amount of time before politely excusing yourself and walking away is, in fact, the adult and mannerly thing to do. \u2014 Judith Martin, Washington Post , 21 Sep. 2019",
"Waiting for a reasonable amount of time before politely excusing yourself and walking away is, in fact, the adult and mannerly thing to do. \u2014 Judith Martin, The Mercury News , 21 Sep. 2019",
"Poured tableside, the shellfish broth flows in a khaki cascade from the spout of an orange kettle, landing in a shallow bowl with a mannerly splish. \u2014 Fortune , 11 Aug. 2019",
"The photographer Mia Warren and her teenage daughter Pearl live a freewheeling lifestyle that excites and intimidates the Richardsons, a clan of six led by the mannerly Elena. \u2014 The Atlantic , 28 June 2019",
"Gard\u2019s lieutenant, the mannerly Margareta B\u04e7ttiger, then a physician and young mother who was earning her Ph.D., had the unenviable task of approaching Mrs. X\u2019s physician to gather her health history. \u2014 Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books , 23 May 2019"
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"She was wearing a hat and mannish clothing.",
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"Over the years, writers have pondered why the men stayed in the first place, calling Gunness' appearance unwomanly and mannish . \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 7 July 2021",
"White suffragist suits were not only designed for starkness, but to emphasize femininity that many labeled suffragists as devoid of, undercutting them as mannish and ugly. \u2014 Ko Bragg, USA TODAY , 5 Jan. 2021",
"For all its agonies, madness awakens in its sufferers the gift of fairy sight, access to those deepest truths covered up by centuries of mannish toil and industry. \u2014 Jason Kehe, Wired , 21 Sep. 2020",
"High-necked blouses were paired with prim midiskirts and mannish jackets for a look that\u2019s a little Left Bank meets SoHo. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 19 Sep. 2019",
"Sharon Tal, one of two creative directors at the 65-year-old brand, did a stint as head of embroidery at Alexander McQueen, and her artful handiwork was evident in Maskit\u2019s Fall lineup, which featured robe coats and loose, mannish suits. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 21 Mar. 2019",
"Beckham has often played with menswear, offsetting tuxedo jackets with Elizabethan blouses or cutting traditionally mannish wools in more fitted silhouettes. \u2014 Edward Barsamian, Vogue , 22 May 2018",
"Beckham\u2019s mannish blazer gained a feminine line thanks to a waist-cinching belt and the silhouette worked nicely with skinny trousers. \u2014 Edward Barsamian, Vogue , 12 June 2018",
"Stylish \u2014 yes, but in her opinion, her jaw gave her face a mannish air. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 16 May 2018"
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": an aldose C 6 H 12 O 6 whose dextrorotatory enantiomer occurs especially as a structural unit of mannans from which it can be recovered by hydrolysis":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As mentioned above, vitamin C, proanthocyanidin or D- mannose could help prevent UTIs, but ask your doctor before taking any of them. \u2014 Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
"Knocking down the enzyme in tumor cell lines made any cell sensitive to mannose . \u2014 Diana Gitig, Ars Technica , 21 Nov. 2018",
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"It was determined that nectar from the tree contained a toxic sugar, called mannose , that poisoned and killed the bees. \u2014 Joanna Klein, New York Times , 27 Sep. 2017"
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"the old family manor has 117 rooms",
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"The moment Selina pulls up to Julia\u2019s palatial London manor , she is put to work, training to be Mr. Malcolm\u2019s dream woman. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"At a manor with a mysterious history, the eight members of the Midnight Club meet each night at midnight to tell sinister stories\u2014and to look for signs of the supernatural from the beyond. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"Named simply the Son Bunyola Hotel, the property is based around an existing finca (a traditional farming manor ) that dates back to the 15th century. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 16 May 2022",
"For this Belgium manor , Jean-Philippe Demeyer selected a blue bathtub, offering an unconventional twist to the bathroom staple. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor , 3 May 2022",
"Established in 1952 by founder Victoria Bachke, this music museum is housed in a manor on the estate Bachke called home. \u2014 Shelby Knick, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The manor on the mountain doubled, then tripled in size. \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Set on six acres out of town amid meadows, vineyards and woods is a 19th century manor home listed at 1.29 million euros or about US $1.4 million. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, back at home, Robert\u2019s daughter Mary (Michelle Dockery) is left to oversee a movie crew that has rented out Downton for filming, in exchange for a fee that will cover repairs to the manor \u2019s leaky roof. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 18 May 2022"
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"He\u2019s brought to Villiam\u2019s manor house and left there, at which point Lapvona \u2014 both the town and the novel \u2014 spin off-kilter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"Guests stay in the 120-year-old manor house or nearby guesthouse, and are served three communal meals a day, some of which can be enjoyed on the patio, weather permitting. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Later, the castle was captured by Lord Rhys of Wales and after changing hands many times, it was eventually rebuilt as a Tudor manor house in the 16th century. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 11 May 2022",
"The manor house is located at the top of a hill with sweeping views of the forested farmland. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 21 Apr. 2022",
"This manor house and stone citadel look out on panoramic views of the bucolic valley of Savoie in the Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes region of southeastern France. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"The family in question had, incredibly kindly, brought me along to a manor house in the countryside. \u2014 Beth Ashley, refinery29.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In the Season 2 premiere, Geralt and Ciri make their way to the manor house of Nevellin (Kristofer Hivju) who has been cursed by a priestess and now is half-man, half-boar. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The Colonial Revival manor house was designed by New York architect Penrose V. Stout for industrialist and fox hunting enthusiast Robert Earl McConnell and built about 1931. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Defeating this plot's villain might actually demand triple the man power , because Doctor Octopus (played by Alfred Molina) is also set to return for the second Sony/Marvel collaboration, as is Jamie Foxx's Electro. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 9 Dec. 2020",
"The Borden County coach never lost a game as a star at Jayton \u2014 another six- man power an hour northwest of Gail \u2014 and ultimately made the football team at Texas Tech. \u2014 Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News , 30 Aug. 2020",
"The waste of man power \u2014both by the restrainers and the one restrained. \u2014 Jill Lepore, The New Yorker , 15 June 2020",
"Food Banks have turned it away due to not having the man power to unload it. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star , 10 May 2018",
"This would also force the British to expend man power and resources in fighting the Spanish. \u2014 Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle , 2 July 2018",
"Food Banks have turned it away due to not having the man power to unload it. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star , 10 May 2018",
"Lidstrom, the most polite person I\u2019ve ever met, pointed out their two- man power play had only lasted 2 seconds. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2018",
"Food Banks have turned it away due to not having the man power to unload it. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star , 10 May 2018"
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"the ivy-covered manse is one of the town's oldest and most prominent landmarks",
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"The Hangover may have been full of unabashed debauchery, but there is at least one elegant part of the trilogy: the California manse featured in the first film. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
"In the first episode, the heart of the story lies with Catherine and Thomas, whose mutual relief at Henry\u2019s death leads them to rekindle their previous romance in every corner of their impressive Chelsea manse . \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"Hoary, while narrowing the possible solutions down to four (!) earned me more finger wagging, with Wordle Bot informing me that manse is usually a better pick in this scenario. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Charlie, who has a maid and lives in a Victorian manse , is mature and aloof. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Allegheny, a neoclassical manse built in 1925, is next door. \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Sotheby\u2019s has another three-bedroom, three-and-a-half bathroom North Carolina manse on offer for $4.99 million that\u2019s built into the side of a mountain and comes with access to the highest private airstrip east of the Mississippi. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 2 May 2022",
"Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez famously bought a $32.5 million mega- manse on Star Island in August 2020. \u2014 Kathy A. Mcdonald, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Above them all is grandmother Muriel (Ann Reid), who lives in a large tumbledown manse where the family will gather intermittently. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"The colorful mosaic, 55 feet long (17 meters) and about 29 feet wide (9 meters) may have served as the foyer floor of a mansion in a wealthy neighborhood of Lod, near what is now Tel Aviv, the Israel Antiquities Authority said in a statement. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"Civic Works, the nonprofit youth training and community service organization, which operates out of the mansion , began the initial heavy lifting for its restoration. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 7 May 2022",
"Over the last 170-plus years, certain features of the mansion have remained intact. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 5 May 2022",
"The free meal \u2014 an iftar for passing travelers \u2014 was financed by Hasoba el-Kabashi, a local entrepreneur and the owner of the mansion . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The sellers of that mansion originally had sought $8.9 million for it. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"According to Reuters, Deripaska was listed as the owner of mansion in 2007 London court documents. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The current owner of the mansion is unknown as it was last purchased by a limited liability company. \u2014 Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
"What will become of the mansion in its new lease of life remains to be seen. \u2014 Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Feb. 2022"
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"In Elmore County, Sheriff Bill Franklin recently told WSFA-TV that those who participate in celebratory gunfire can be charged with assault, manslaughter , or even reckless murder. \u2014 al , 2 July 2022",
"If the jury accepts Jansen\u2019s argument and finds Holder guilty of less serious manslaughter and assault charges, his time behind bars will be far less. \u2014 James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"On Thursday, Ganskow was sentenced to two years in prison for the assault case, which will be served concurrently with the 18-year manslaughter sentence. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"Grant McAuslan was charged in December with manslaughter and risk of injury to a child after his infant daughter suffered multiple skull fractures and extensive hemorrhages from being dropped on her head, according to police and court records. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
"Potter was convicted of first and second-degree manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison earlier this year. \u2014 Fox News , 22 June 2022",
"Voluntary manslaughter carries a maximum penalty of 30 years imprisonment. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 22 June 2022",
"In December, Potter, now 50, was found guilty by a jury of first-degree manslaughter and a judge in February sentenced her to two years in prison. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"Brandon Rock, 18, and Laverne Duplessis, 40, were charged with manslaughter and possession of a firearm in a gun-free zone, the New Orleans Police Department said in a news release. \u2014 Devon M. Sayers And Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 16 June 2022"
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"Cain has the distinction of being the Bible's first and most infamous manslayer ."
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"Muslim women in loose black manteaus ."
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The mass production of baby mantids led to (by accident) my first biocontrol program: by setting the tiny nymphs free on my mum\u2019s fuschias, an infestation of whitefly was combated. \u2014 Nicole Miller-coleman, sandiegouniontribune.com , 22 July 2017"
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"a beautiful Spanish lady with a lace mantilla",
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"In 2014, then-University of Louisville President James Ramsey issued an apology after the Courier-Journal published a photo of him and staff wearing fake mustaches, mantilla veils and sombreros. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Sep. 2019",
"In 2014, then-University of Louisville President James Ramsey issued an apology after the Courier-Journal published a photo of him and staff wearing fake mustaches, mantilla veils and sombreros. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Sep. 2019",
"That Gothic edge was evoked again in the finale wedding dress, with the bride in a magnificent mantilla that extended into a cape. \u2014 Rhonda Richford, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 July 2018",
"Growing up Catholic in America in the mid-century was a heady, paradoxical blend of excitement and repression, glamour and asceticism, mystery and cruelty, sensuality and sexism, beautiful lace mantillas and ugly saddle shoes. \u2014 Maureen Dowd, Vogue , 11 Apr. 2018",
"The actress donned an angelic, white high-low ballgown flecked in gold, and accessorized with a mantilla veil-meets-capelet trimmed in a luxe row of beading. \u2014 Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 May 2018",
"Seven young women filed into a packed room at the Hope CommUnity Center, wearing black mantillas over their heads and carrying cardboard tombstones. \u2014 Bianca Padr\u00f3 Ocasio, OrlandoSentinel.com , 8 Feb. 2018",
"At the Vatican, while Melania Trump strictly followed tradition and protocol by wearing black and a mantilla , other high-profile visitors have taken liberties with their attire. \u2014 Seventeen , 25 May 2017",
"Yet when Mrs. Trump shook his hand, a black mantilla draped over her hair, his face crinkled into a smile. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 28 May 2017"
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"1717, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"She accepted the mantle of leadership.",
"a long black velvet mantle",
"Verb",
"early-morning fog mantled the fields along the river",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Lawmakers later took up the mantle , passing it in two consecutive sessions, including last June, to put it on the November ballot. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"His son took on the mantle and opened a lodge of his own but was gored to death by a rhino. \u2014 Melissa Twigg, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"Och-Ziff rechristened itself as Sculptor Capital Management, Facebook took up the mantle of Meta and Isis Pharmaceuticals opted to become Ionis Pharmaceuticals. \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"And so Walter-Connell took on the mantle of trying to separate the stories the siblings had been told and the truth. \u2014 Wayne Baker, The Enquirer , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Indian protagonist Levi Kamei becoming the new Swamp Thing is part of that shift, and also makes total sense since the Swamp Thing has been established as a mantle that passes from one generation to the next. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 8 Jan. 2022",
"But Leeds was never the real Hobgoblin, merely a brainwashed fall guy for the real villain, Roderick Kingsley, who took back the mantle after Leeds was murdered. \u2014 Richard Newby, Vulture , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Its power and wealth rose as Britain conquered nations across Asia and Africa, extracting their riches and becoming the world's leading industrial power, until the U.S. took the mantle . \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Its power and wealth rose as Britain conquered nations across Asia and Africa, extracting their riches and becoming the world\u2019s leading industrial power, until the United States took the mantle . \u2014 New York Times , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And now, the Bay Area\u2019s fourth-largest city can add to its awards mantle the fifth-place trophy among the most unfaithful cities in the nation. \u2014 Joseph Geha, The Mercury News , 19 June 2019",
"Piero has also taken the liberty of eliminating red in Mary\u2019s clothing, mantling her solely in her other primary color, blue, an expensive shade made from lapis lazuli brought from Afghanistan along the Silk Road. \u2014 Willard Spiegelman, WSJ , 12 Oct. 2018"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"Middle English mantel , from Anglo-French, from Latin mantellum":"Noun and Verb"
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"\u02c8man-t\u1d4al"
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"verb"
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"a businessman whose mantra is \u201cbigger is better\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the growth of e-commerce continues, your mantra should be simple: Personalize or don\u2019t survive. \u2014 Parth Pareek, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"That's always been my mantra : Don't repeat yourself, don't repeat yourself. \u2014 Nojan Aminosharei, Men's Health , 16 May 2022",
"Even Buffett, despite his forever mantra , rebalances his holdings. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
"Youngkin, who ran in part on a pledge to ensure election integrity and has made empowering parents his mantra , now attempting to cast aside a valid election. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
"In that moment, Brown came up with his mantra : Absolute victory every day. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"This was my mantra for setting the visual language of our film \u2014 elevated grindhouse. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 25 Feb. 2022",
"But at some point, even with all the Heat Culture mantra about sacrifice, a player also earns the right to spread his wings. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 4 June 2022",
"If Michelle Bachelet is to give voice to the victims, the mantra that the U.N. Human Rights Council often repeats, several things need to happen without any further delays. \u2014 Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes , 29 May 2022"
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"1795, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Sanskrit, sacred counsel, formula, from manyate he thinks; akin to Latin mens mind \u2014 more at mind":""
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"\u02c8m\u00e4n-tr\u0259",
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"adjective",
"noun"
]
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": a trap for catching humans : snare":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wright complained shrilly about the city, calling it a prison, a crime of crimes, a pig pile, an incongruous mantrap and more, but this was the bluster of someone who protested too much. \u2014 Anthony Alofsin, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2020",
"Maybe razor wire and battlements and mantraps besides. \u2014 David Migoya, The Denver Post , 2 Feb. 2017"
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"1726, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
]
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"1678, in the meaning defined above":""
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"modification of French manteau mantle":""
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"\u02c8man-ch\u0259-w\u0259",
"\u02c8m\u00e4n-t\u00fc-\u00e4",
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"\u02c8manch-w\u0259",
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"Definition of manty chiefly Scottish variant of mantua"
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"\u02c8mant\u0113"
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]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She spent the summer doing manual labor on her uncle's farm.",
"He has a collection of old-fashioned manual typewriters.",
"Noun",
"Here's the owner's manual of your new car.",
"The computer program comes with a user's manual .",
"We lost the instruction manual and couldn't put our bikes together.",
"Please refer to the training manual if you have any questions about your job.",
"Is your car a manual or an automatic",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The new four-door hatchback is livelier and offers a manual transmission. \u2014 Michael Simari, Car and Driver , 22 June 2022",
"Based on a Ford 289, the mill is mated to a Hewland LG500 four-speed manual transmission that has only been run for approximately six hours. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
"Developing and executing an effective program that helps drive ESG objectives can present a huge challenge, but many companies currently rely on outdated, manual methods of emissions data collection. \u2014 Ron Kinghorn, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"As a sports coupe the Subaru BRZ pairs well with its six-speed manual transmission keeping fun at the forefront while the 2.4-liter naturally aspirated, dual overhead camshaft four-cylinder Boxer engine produces 228 horsepower. \u2014 Marc Grasso, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"Rev-matching, which automatically blips the throttle to match engine revs for smooth shifts, comes standard with the manual transmission. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 26 May 2022",
"The short shifter made switching gears in the manual transmission quick and easy. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"On a six-point scale from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), driving automation ranges from 0 (fully manual ) to 5 (fully autonomous). \u2014 Steve Banker, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"General Motors is recalling 1,534 2022 GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado pickups equipped with a manual passenger seat. \u2014 USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This little Father's Day gift comes with a custom card (a How to be a Dad manual , of course) and a pair of premium socks that say...wait for it... \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 18 May 2022",
"Business and property owners, along with other potential applicants, are encouraged to read the manual before applying. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
"The reason why there is no manual is because work is all about interaction between human beings, and humans are hard work. \u2014 Josephine Kant, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"Outdoor Pizza Oven Safety Tips Always read the user manual carefully before using your outdoor pizza oven. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 July 2021",
"The state board has also given its official approval to his manual and provides copies for schools to read. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"Police departments across the U.S., including Chula Vista under its policy manual , have made patrol rifles standard issue service weapons to their officers. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"The company has also revised its manual to include hazard information. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 5 May 2022",
"Unless your instruction manual has specific suggestions for maintaining your greenhouse, the best way to maintain the quality of your greenhouse is to keep it clean and free of debris. \u2014 Rachel Center, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 Mar. 2022"
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},
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"Middle English manuel , from Anglo-French, from Latin manualis , from manus hand; akin to Old English mund hand and perhaps to Greek mar\u0113 hand":"Adjective and Noun"
},
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"\u02c8man-y\u0259(-w\u0259)l",
"-y\u00fc-\u0259l",
"-y\u0259l",
"\u02c8man-y\u0259-w\u0259l"
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"handbook",
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"text",
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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": an alphabet especially for the deaf in which the letters are represented by finger positions":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"E\u0301pe\u0301e adapted these signs and added his own manual alphabet , creating a signing dictionary. \u2014 National Geographic , 28 May 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1864, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": a purple swamphen of a subspecies ( Porphyrio porphyrio samoensis ) native to Samoa and nearby islands":[]
},
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"Samoan, from manu bird + alii master":""
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"\u02ccm\u00e4n\u0259w\u0259\u02c8l\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224125",
"type":[
"noun"
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": the teaching of deaf persons by the manual method":[]
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"\u2014 used as a direction in organ music"
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"\u2014 used as a direction in organ music"
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"New Latin, from Medieval Latin, by hand, from Latin manualis manual":""
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"\u02ccmany\u0259\u02c8wal\u0259t\u0259(r)"
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"adverb"
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},
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"Each winch drum is attached to gears which are turned manually by a large wheel mounted on the inboard side.",
"\u2014 Nancy Taylor Robson"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-y\u0259-l\u0113",
"\u02c8man-y\u0259-w\u0259-l\u0113",
"-y\u00fc-\u0259-l\u0113"
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"antonyms":[],
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": factory sense 2a":[]
},
"examples":[
"recent years have seen a tremendous growth in manufactories all along the river",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This has been proven through 24 days of comprehensive testing in the Saxon manufactory . \u2014 Matthew Catellier, Forbes , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Maybe a manufactory with a big, sweeping counter, like Boston chef Barbara Lynch's Sportello. \u2014 Alison Cook, Houston Chronicle , 3 Jan. 2018",
"His Oakland auto body shop, George V. Arth & Son, dates to 1877, when his great-grandfather, a blacksmith, bought a carriage manufactory . \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Dec. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1641, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccma-n\u0259-",
"\u02ccman-y\u0259-\u02c8fak-t(\u0259-)r\u0113"
],
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"mill",
"plant",
"shop",
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"type":[
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]
},
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"a manufactured home"
],
": something made from raw materials by hand or by machinery":[
"imports most manufactures used by consumers",
"\u2014 D. L. Cohn"
],
": the act or process of producing something":[
"the manufacture of blood goes on constantly in the human body",
"\u2014 Morris Fishbein"
],
": the process of making wares by hand or by machinery especially when carried on systematically with division of labor":[
"the manufacture of automobiles"
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": to make from raw materials by hand or by machinery":[],
": to make into a product suitable for use":[],
": to produce according to an organized plan and with division of labor":[],
": to produce as if by manufacturing : create":[
"writers who manufacture stories for television"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"materials used in the manufacture of cars",
"We're developing new methods of paper manufacture .",
"Verb",
"materials used in manufacturing cars",
"a company that manufactures wool and cotton clothing",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Others reckon this should measure the whole process of manufacture , materials, use and recycling for a lifetime measure of CO2. \u2014 Neil Winton, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"But the vaccines \u2014 their development, manufacture , and widespread uptake \u2014 have been a massive success. \u2014 Christopher M. Worsham And Anupam B. Jena, STAT , 14 Apr. 2022",
"In addition to eliminating criminal penalties for the manufacture , distribution or possession of marijuana, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act would provide for the regulation and taxation of legal cannabis sales. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The manufacture , import and export of cosmetics with over 1 ppm mercury is also prohibited under the global treaty. \u2014 Meera Senthilingam, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Cobb now oversees design, manufacture , testing and assembly of the rocket for the Artemis program, scheduled to take astronauts back to the moon for the first time since the Apollo program. \u2014 al , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The Senate passed a couple of new gun-control measures, including one to ban the manufacture , sale or possession of plastic firearms, which cannot be detected by traditional screening devices. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Last September, India announced Production Linked Incentives for manufacture of electric vehicles, including financial incentives such as tax breaks and cheaper rentals and discounted electricity charges linked to volumes of production. \u2014 Biman Mukherji, Fortune , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Under Newsom\u2019s proposal, private citizens could sue to stop the manufacture , sale or distribution of assault weapons or ghost gun kits or parts. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That new law also adds subsidies to promote carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at plants that both manufacture and burn wood pellets. \u2014 Eric Niiler, Wired , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Wednesday evening, Cadillac announced that GM plans to manufacture the Celestiq, first teased in early 2021, at the Center. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"My days consisted of recording bombastic diatribes at his studio in Austin, Texas, or traveling the world to embellish, misrepresent and manufacture stories to suit his biases. \u2014 Josh Owens, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Winthrop discussed that In a country where only 3% of apparel brands manufacture their clothes domestically, American Giant remains an anomaly since its products are sourced and manufactured entirely in the United States. \u2014 Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Jeans maker Levi Strauss developed a low-cost respirator design that the company says any garment producer can manufacture , while start-up Air Flo Labs uses three-dimensional facial scans to ensure its Flo Mask Pro is tailored to a wearer\u2019s face. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 9 June 2022",
"Rivera visited a facility where workers manufacture COVID-19 rapid tests. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"But Novavax, which has never brought a vaccine through the licensure process before and which didn\u2019t own a production plant when the pandemic began, has struggled mightily to manufacture its product with a consistency that would satisfy the FDA. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 8 June 2022",
"Novavax had planned for factories around the world to manufacture its vaccine, but the company had trouble scaling up production and was slow to demonstrate that its process met FDA standards. \u2014 Rebecca Robbins, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022"
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"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1648, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
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},
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"\u02ccman-y\u0259-\u02c8fak-ch\u0259r",
"\u02ccma-n\u0259-"
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"verb"
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"imports most manufactures used by consumers",
"\u2014 D. L. Cohn"
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"\u2014 Morris Fishbein"
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"writers who manufacture stories for television"
]
},
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"materials used in the manufacture of cars",
"We're developing new methods of paper manufacture .",
"Verb",
"materials used in manufacturing cars",
"a company that manufactures wool and cotton clothing",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Others reckon this should measure the whole process of manufacture , materials, use and recycling for a lifetime measure of CO2. \u2014 Neil Winton, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"But the vaccines \u2014 their development, manufacture , and widespread uptake \u2014 have been a massive success. \u2014 Christopher M. Worsham And Anupam B. Jena, STAT , 14 Apr. 2022",
"In addition to eliminating criminal penalties for the manufacture , distribution or possession of marijuana, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act would provide for the regulation and taxation of legal cannabis sales. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The manufacture , import and export of cosmetics with over 1 ppm mercury is also prohibited under the global treaty. \u2014 Meera Senthilingam, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Cobb now oversees design, manufacture , testing and assembly of the rocket for the Artemis program, scheduled to take astronauts back to the moon for the first time since the Apollo program. \u2014 al , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The Senate passed a couple of new gun-control measures, including one to ban the manufacture , sale or possession of plastic firearms, which cannot be detected by traditional screening devices. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Last September, India announced Production Linked Incentives for manufacture of electric vehicles, including financial incentives such as tax breaks and cheaper rentals and discounted electricity charges linked to volumes of production. \u2014 Biman Mukherji, Fortune , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Under Newsom\u2019s proposal, private citizens could sue to stop the manufacture , sale or distribution of assault weapons or ghost gun kits or parts. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That new law also adds subsidies to promote carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at plants that both manufacture and burn wood pellets. \u2014 Eric Niiler, Wired , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Wednesday evening, Cadillac announced that GM plans to manufacture the Celestiq, first teased in early 2021, at the Center. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"My days consisted of recording bombastic diatribes at his studio in Austin, Texas, or traveling the world to embellish, misrepresent and manufacture stories to suit his biases. \u2014 Josh Owens, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Winthrop discussed that In a country where only 3% of apparel brands manufacture their clothes domestically, American Giant remains an anomaly since its products are sourced and manufactured entirely in the United States. \u2014 Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Jeans maker Levi Strauss developed a low-cost respirator design that the company says any garment producer can manufacture , while start-up Air Flo Labs uses three-dimensional facial scans to ensure its Flo Mask Pro is tailored to a wearer\u2019s face. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 9 June 2022",
"Rivera visited a facility where workers manufacture COVID-19 rapid tests. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"But Novavax, which has never brought a vaccine through the licensure process before and which didn\u2019t own a production plant when the pandemic began, has struggled mightily to manufacture its product with a consistency that would satisfy the FDA. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 8 June 2022",
"Novavax had planned for factories around the world to manufacture its vaccine, but the company had trouble scaling up production and was slow to demonstrate that its process met FDA standards. \u2014 Rebecca Robbins, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022"
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"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1648, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle French, from Medieval Latin manufactura , from Latin manu factus , literally, made by hand":"Noun and Verb"
},
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"\u02ccman-y\u0259-\u02c8fak-ch\u0259r",
"\u02ccma-n\u0259-"
],
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"verb"
]
},
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": a bright-colored fruit pigeon ( Ptilinopus perousii ) of Samoa and the Fiji islands":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Samoan manum\u00e2 , from manu bird + m\u00e2 shame":""
},
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"\u00a6m\u00e4n\u0259\u02c8m\u00e4"
],
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"noun"
]
},
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": tooth-billed pigeon":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Samoan":""
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]
},
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"irregular from Latin manumissus , past participle":""
},
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"\u02c8many\u0259\u02ccm\u012bz"
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]
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],
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"examples":[
"the official manumission of the slaves came after the Civil War",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bellerjeau discovered her manumission (legal freedom) certificate from 1803 and the name of her mother (Pender). \u2014 Claire Bellerjeau And Tiffany Yecke Brooks, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022",
"Cascading from the table\u2019s edge is a manumission document releasing a family named Moore from chattel slavery as burning incense and a nearby plate of water quietly consecrate the sober scene. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Hemings became free in 1796, according to a deed of manumission signed by Jefferson. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Sun , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Bell also pointed out that Quakers like Hopkins frequently purchased slaves with the intent of freeing them, but were often required to maintain legal ownership \u2014 sometimes for years \u2014 due to laws regulating manumission . \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 28 Apr. 2022",
"So, how has this great manumission remained largely unknown outside of a handful of history buffs and the growing body of descendants",
"But Virginia repealed its manumission law in 1806, and in the 1820s, rejected attempts to abolish slavery. \u2014 Michael Barone, Arkansas Online , 24 June 2021",
"Virginia in 1782, Delaware in 1787 and Maryland in 1790 passed manumission laws, regularizing granting freedom to slaves, as George Washington did in his will in 1799. \u2014 Michael Barone, Arkansas Online , 24 June 2021",
"The terrible toll of lives lost and infrastructure destruction could have been avoided had the southern secessionists accepted a payment to conduct manumission en masse. \u2014 William Darity, Rolling Stone , 19 June 2021"
],
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},
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"\u02ccman-y\u0259-\u02c8mi-sh\u0259n"
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"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
],
"definitions":{
": to release from slavery":[]
},
"examples":[
"though he was an outspoken defender of liberty, this son of Virginia did not manumit his own slaves until he was on his deathbed",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some states, like the state of Georgia, passed expulsion laws that required blacks who were manumitted to leave the state within a year of their emancipation. \u2014 Tera W. Hunter, The Root , 15 May 2018"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"\u02ccman-y\u0259-\u02c8mit"
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"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
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"type":[
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},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a bag of cow manure",
"fertilizers made from animal manures",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That\u2019s a lot of mouths to feed and coats to brush and manure to shovel. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 17 Nov. 2020",
"At Heligan, the soil was manured , aerated, and assiduously double dug for centuries; plants must have been queuing at the gates. \u2014 Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker , 2 Aug. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The place smelled of manure , urine, and uneaten feed. \u2014 Andr\u00e9 Alexis, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Current biogas installations\u2014cow manure , anyone",
"There currently is no publicly available list of all hazardous substances, which can include toxic chemicals such as PFAS, in addition to manure , fertilizer or even the dumping of milk. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Their atrocious human deeds are, to paraphrase a famous fictional atheist, the manure for our future harmony. \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Alternately, the best organic fertilizers for grass get their nutrients from natural sources, like compost, manure , bone meal, and even seaweed. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 May 2022",
"The document links Kinnard's operations to the test results, especially the overapplication of manure on fields in the area. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
"McCrory is also playing in the ad wars -- in a new ad released on Monday, the former governor is posing next to a wheelbarrow full of manure with Budd's image hovering above the pile, surrounded by flies. \u2014 Byrick Klein,averi Harper, ABC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Pastures that are overcrowded and not properly cleared of manure are prime breeding grounds for parasites. \u2014 Drew F. Lawrence And Katie Bo Lillis, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1532, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English manouren , from Anglo-French mainouverer, meinourer to till (land), construct, create, from Medieval Latin manu operare to perform manual labor, from Latin manu by hand + operari to work \u2014 more at operate":"Verb"
},
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"m\u0259-\u02c8nu\u0307r",
"-\u02c8n(y)\u00fc-\u0259r",
"-\u02c8nyu\u0307r"
],
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"definitions":{
": a cordial made by boiling sugar usually with rose water or violet water and formerly given to feeble persons":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin, literally, hand of Christ":""
},
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],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"print",
"type",
"typewriting"
],
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": written by hand or typed":[
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"manuscript poems"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The library owns the author's original manuscript .",
"a copy of the composer's manuscript",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Sikander\u2019s anti-nostalgic relationship to the manuscript tradition allows her to both advance and deconstruct its idioms. \u2014 Naib Mian, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022",
"That bucolic vision was disrupted when the university president, aware of Stewart\u2019s knowledge of early Christian sites in the Middle East, asked him to take on a manuscript preservation project for the Orthodox Christian church in northern Lebanon. \u2014 Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Le Chevalier\u2019s manuscript \u2014written in (eccentric) French, the lingua franca of diplomacy, one of his ephemeral m\u00e9tiers\u2014has its own picaresque history. \u2014 Judith Thurman, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Due to Gardiner\u2019s proximity to park headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs, the park built a Heritage and Research Center that houses manuscript , book and object collections related to Yellowstone\u2019s history there in 2005. \u2014 Megan Kate Nelson, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
"The Gas Company, a bookbinding studio, spent two months creating the project, with several days needed to just print out the manuscript , Doug Laxdal, the company\u2019s principal owner, told the Associated Press. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 24 May 2022",
"Humans likely have been in Utah since the Pleistocene epoch, between 15,000 to 20,000 years ago, the high point of Lake Bonneville, according to Baxter\u2019s manuscript , which in part draws upon the work of numerous scientists and historians. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"The manuscript , dated December 1829, has not been seen publicly since it was sold in New York in 1916, according to Henry Wessells, an associate at James Cummins Bookseller. \u2014 CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"During the coming days \u2014 that turn into weeks \u2014 Lowen juggles a flirtation with Jeremy with reading chapters of Verity\u2019s manuscript , which are presented in full. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
"While the earliest descriptions of diamonds were found in a Sanskrit manuscript dated to 320-296 BCE, the reason many people today own diamonds is thanks to modern-day marketing. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"An 18th-century Tibetan manuscript is a mere scrap of paper, but one carrying a vocal and instrumental score for a Tantric serenade. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1571, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1597, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin manu scriptus":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8man-y\u0259-\u02ccskript"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"calligraphy",
"handwriting",
"longhand",
"penmanship",
"script"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082106",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"manuscript catalog":{
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": a catalog of manuscripts":[],
": a handwritten catalog of books or other items usually in some systematic order":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130935",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185811",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"few"
],
"definitions":{
": a large but indefinite number":[
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],
": a large number of persons or things":[
"many are called"
],
": being one of a large but indefinite number":[
"many a man",
"many another student"
],
": consisting of or amounting to a large but indefinite number":[
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"the many advantages of an education"
],
": the great majority of people":[
"the many"
],
": the same in number":[
"saw three plays in as many days"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a journey of many miles begins with a single step",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Milwaukee has gelled in previous seasons and their love for one another is evident in many ways. \u2014 Brian Sampson, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"There are many ways to lead; one is to command without asking. \u2014 Cate Rubenstein, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
"That sentimentality can be preserved in many ways while still letting go of that old or unrealistic idea of what your body \u2018should\u2019 look like. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
"But many in and outside the industry are working on the problem. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"However, the measures are doing little to ease the struggles faced by many in the country. \u2014 Rhea Mogul And Iqbal Athas, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"For many in the community, that image is a far cry from reality. \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"That rightly reverberates throughout the Caribbean community here in the UK as well as many in the Caribbean nations. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 June 2022",
"His promise of sweeping change in a country that has long been a bulwark of regional stability has many in Washington on edge. \u2014 Elvia Lim\u00f3n, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun, plural in construction",
"New York Times Reporter Taylor Lorenz was one of many who shared the viral videos on the platform. \u2014 Danielle Garrand, CBS News , 4 June 2020",
"The investigation is just one of many led by House Democrats since taking the majority in the 2018 elections. \u2014 Christal Hayes, USA TODAY , 7 Sep. 2019",
"Brazil's humiliation was complete when the home crowd - many of whom had been reduced to bitter tears in the first half hour - started cheering every German pass. \u2014 SI.com , 13 June 2018",
"An outspoken critic of the president, Dent has been someone the press corps relied on to publicly say what many of his colleagues were privately thinking. \u2014 Amber Phillips, Washington Post , 26 Mar. 2018",
"Silverstein is one of many who shared the TV writer Google doc Tuesday. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Jan. 2018",
"Last April many voiced their frustration at a county commission meeting. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Dec. 2017"
],
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun, plural in construction",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Pronoun, plural in construction",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English manig ; akin to Old High German manag many, Old Church Slavonic m\u016dnog\u016d much":"Adjective, Pronoun, plural in construction, and Noun, plural in construction"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8me-n\u0113"
],
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"beaucoup",
"legion",
"multifold",
"multiple",
"multiplex",
"multitudinous",
"numerous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102324",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun, plural in construction",
"pronoun",
"pronoun, plural in construction"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": constituted so that if the first term is given only one thing can be the second term whereas if the second term is given any of many things can be the first term":[
"the relation \"sired-by\" is many-one since many offspring may be sired by one animal but each offspring has only one sire"
],
"\u2014 compare one-many , one-one":[
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]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191028",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"manufacturer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccman-y\u0259-\u02c8fak-ch\u0259r-\u0259r",
"-\u02c8fak-shr\u0259r",
"\u02ccma-n\u0259-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Follow the instructions recommended by the manufacturer .",
"They are one of the country's leading manufacturers of children's clothing.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company has its own Chinese affiliate manufacturer and supplies control technology to bedding and furniture in the health care, hospitality and cinema sectors. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Affected devices include cell phones, tablets, earbuds, digital cameras, handheld videogame consoles and headphones, all of which will have to be equipped with a USB Type-C port\u2014regardless of their manufacturer . \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"Their manufacturer warns against firing them at people\u2019s heads. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"Assault weapons, defined partially by their manufacturer and partially by their features, have been banned since 1989. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Massachusetts has among the strictest gun laws in the nation, yet until recently, was also its top gun manufacturer , producing 1.8 million guns in 2018, according to data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"But broadly, most products get refurbished after having been returned to their manufacturer . \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"Ukraine first asked for Gray Eagle drones in late April, and has held discussions with its manufacturer , General Atomics. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 25 May 2022",
"At heating and air-conditioning manufacturer Johnson Controls International PLC, the company has continued to see robust demand for its products, said CEO George Oliver, who added that the construction industry still looked healthy. \u2014 Alex Harring, WSJ , 17 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1687, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142751"
},
"mani\u00e8re noire":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the act or process of producing an overall texture in aquatint by scratching the plate directly with a wire brush or other device or by ruling closely set parallel lines in several directions on the ground before etching":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8nw\u00e4r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, black manner":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143602"
},
"man upstairs":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": god":[
"As luck, fate, or the man upstairs would have it, the storm subsides by morning.",
"\u2014 Steve Howe",
"Even though these people may execute me, they have to meet the man upstairs too.",
"\u2014 Elvis Wesbrook",
"\u2026 parachuting or hang gliding can send you soaring heavenward \u2026 sooner than the Man Upstairs is expecting you.",
"\u2014 Melissa Gotthardt"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143715"
},
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"noun"
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"George Burcea will play Lurch, the towering family manservant . Isaac Ordonez will play Gomez and Morticia\u2019s son, Pugsley. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 8 June 2022",
"Isaac Ordonez plays Wednesday\u2019s brother Pugsley in a recurring role, while George Burcea plays the family manservant Lurch. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"Count Almaviva, a Spanish nobleman, has been lusting after Susanna, his wife\u2019s chambermaid, who is about to be married to the Count\u2019s manservant , Figaro. \u2014 Matthew Aucoin, The Atlantic , 23 Nov. 2021",
"John Smith saves the man who fell overboard; Ratcliffe is the government lackey in a suit who hunkers down in his cabin and only emerges once the danger has passed, clutching his pug while his manservant shields him with an umbrella. \u2014 Carolyn Wells, Longreads , 13 Apr. 2021",
"The bathers have returned in the sequel, but filmmakers made sure that visiting Mary Junson (Leslie Jones) enjoyed her own strapping personal bather manservant (Donny Savage). \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2021",
"Each confuses the inspector with a different version of how the manservant broke his neck. \u2014 Don Maines, Houston Chronicle , 11 Oct. 2019",
"According to Arts Reader, Lord secretly advocated for Stump to be cast in the Michigan production of Don Giovanni in the role of a manservant who enables seductions and rapes. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2019",
"Ah, that a gentleman should be deprived of a manservant ! \u2014 Daniel Ford, WSJ , 27 Sep. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Abbott disclosed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a mandamus petition in the 5th Court of Appeals to strike down the actions by Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, who filed a lawsuit against Abbott on Monday. \u2014 Marcy De Luna, Chron , 13 Aug. 2021",
"The court further reasoned that, in any event, a judge does not subject himself to recusal by participating in a mandamus proceeding \u2014 particularly when the Circuit itself invited his participation. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 1 Sep. 2020",
"But, to repeat, winning the case is different from winning the mandamus . \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 15 Aug. 2020",
"On average, mandamus petitions are decided by the Court of Criminal Appeals within about three-six months. \u2014 Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al , 7 Apr. 2020",
"That\u2019s a stark contrast to the past 16 years, during which the government sought only eight stays total, four reviews before judgment, and no mandamus writs. \u2014 Ephrat Livni, Quartz , 22 Feb. 2020",
"On average, mandamus petitions are decided by the Court of Criminal Appeals within about three-six months, a court official said. \u2014 Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al , 31 Jan. 2020",
"The lawsuit is technically called an action in mandamus . \u2014 cleveland , 3 Feb. 2020",
"On October 12, 2017, the circuit court entered an order denying the Commission's second motion to dismiss, after which the Commission timely filed its mandamus petition in this court. \u2014 Kent Faulk, AL.com , 5 Jan. 2018"
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"Others reckon this should measure the whole process of manufacture , materials, use and recycling for a lifetime measure of CO2. \u2014 Neil Winton, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"But the vaccines \u2014 their development, manufacture , and widespread uptake \u2014 have been a massive success. \u2014 Christopher M. Worsham And Anupam B. Jena, STAT , 14 Apr. 2022",
"In addition to eliminating criminal penalties for the manufacture , distribution or possession of marijuana, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act would provide for the regulation and taxation of legal cannabis sales. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The manufacture , import and export of cosmetics with over 1 ppm mercury is also prohibited under the global treaty. \u2014 Meera Senthilingam, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Cobb now oversees design, manufacture , testing and assembly of the rocket for the Artemis program, scheduled to take astronauts back to the moon for the first time since the Apollo program. \u2014 al , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The Senate passed a couple of new gun-control measures, including one to ban the manufacture , sale or possession of plastic firearms, which cannot be detected by traditional screening devices. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Last September, India announced Production Linked Incentives for manufacture of electric vehicles, including financial incentives such as tax breaks and cheaper rentals and discounted electricity charges linked to volumes of production. \u2014 Biman Mukherji, Fortune , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Under Newsom\u2019s proposal, private citizens could sue to stop the manufacture , sale or distribution of assault weapons or ghost gun kits or parts. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That new law also adds subsidies to promote carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at plants that both manufacture and burn wood pellets. \u2014 Eric Niiler, Wired , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Wednesday evening, Cadillac announced that GM plans to manufacture the Celestiq, first teased in early 2021, at the Center. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"My days consisted of recording bombastic diatribes at his studio in Austin, Texas, or traveling the world to embellish, misrepresent and manufacture stories to suit his biases. \u2014 Josh Owens, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Winthrop discussed that In a country where only 3% of apparel brands manufacture their clothes domestically, American Giant remains an anomaly since its products are sourced and manufactured entirely in the United States. \u2014 Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Jeans maker Levi Strauss developed a low-cost respirator design that the company says any garment producer can manufacture , while start-up Air Flo Labs uses three-dimensional facial scans to ensure its Flo Mask Pro is tailored to a wearer\u2019s face. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 9 June 2022",
"Rivera visited a facility where workers manufacture COVID-19 rapid tests. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"But Novavax, which has never brought a vaccine through the licensure process before and which didn\u2019t own a production plant when the pandemic began, has struggled mightily to manufacture its product with a consistency that would satisfy the FDA. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 8 June 2022",
"Novavax had planned for factories around the world to manufacture its vaccine, but the company had trouble scaling up production and was slow to demonstrate that its process met FDA standards. \u2014 Rebecca Robbins, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022"
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"Others reckon this should measure the whole process of manufacture , materials, use and recycling for a lifetime measure of CO2. \u2014 Neil Winton, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"But the vaccines \u2014 their development, manufacture , and widespread uptake \u2014 have been a massive success. \u2014 Christopher M. Worsham And Anupam B. Jena, STAT , 14 Apr. 2022",
"In addition to eliminating criminal penalties for the manufacture , distribution or possession of marijuana, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act would provide for the regulation and taxation of legal cannabis sales. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The manufacture , import and export of cosmetics with over 1 ppm mercury is also prohibited under the global treaty. \u2014 Meera Senthilingam, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Cobb now oversees design, manufacture , testing and assembly of the rocket for the Artemis program, scheduled to take astronauts back to the moon for the first time since the Apollo program. \u2014 al , 5 Mar. 2022",
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"Wednesday evening, Cadillac announced that GM plans to manufacture the Celestiq, first teased in early 2021, at the Center. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"My days consisted of recording bombastic diatribes at his studio in Austin, Texas, or traveling the world to embellish, misrepresent and manufacture stories to suit his biases. \u2014 Josh Owens, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Winthrop discussed that In a country where only 3% of apparel brands manufacture their clothes domestically, American Giant remains an anomaly since its products are sourced and manufactured entirely in the United States. \u2014 Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Jeans maker Levi Strauss developed a low-cost respirator design that the company says any garment producer can manufacture , while start-up Air Flo Labs uses three-dimensional facial scans to ensure its Flo Mask Pro is tailored to a wearer\u2019s face. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 9 June 2022",
"Rivera visited a facility where workers manufacture COVID-19 rapid tests. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"But Novavax, which has never brought a vaccine through the licensure process before and which didn\u2019t own a production plant when the pandemic began, has struggled mightily to manufacture its product with a consistency that would satisfy the FDA. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 8 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Harry is, by all accounts, a guy's guy, a man's man , a role model for masculinity. \u2014 John Duffy, CNN , 9 Mar. 2021",
"Performances by Musgraves, Clark, Ballerini, McBryde, Ell, Lillie Mae and the rest of their Stagecoach sisters in rhyme helped remind festivalgoers that today's country music isn't strictly a man's man 's man's world. \u2014 Randy Lewis, latimes.com , 30 Apr. 2018",
"The worker shouted at the man, then climbed the ladder the man stood on, pulling at the man's man 's leg. \u2014 Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com , 27 Oct. 2017",
"Swanson was a man's man , and Offerman shares almost all these burly traits. \u2014 Steve Heisler, Chicago Reader , 15 Sep. 2017"
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"the officious mandarins in the motor vehicles department refused to let me renew my license without all of the required forms",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Orange, lemon and mandarin trees that continue to bear fruit all these decades later. \u2014 Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"This warm and spicy fragrance oozes aromatics of fresh and juicy Italian mandarin , spicy gingerbread accord, warm cedarwood, and a twist of pineapple all housed in a luxurious bottle adorned in Valentino\u2019s iconic rock-stud detailing. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"These include top notes of bergamot, Italian green mandarin and diva lavender from France; middle notes of Turkish rose and sage heart; and base notes of Haitian vetiver and bourbon geranium from Madagascar. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Housed in a gorgeous golden glass bottle are citrus notes of Italian mandarin and bergamot that are bright, sunny, and perfect for warmer weather. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Cassirer was laid to rest in a Jewish cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey\u2014a destination the German mandarin could never have imagined. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of Books , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Cassirer was laid to rest in a Jewish cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey\u2014a destination the German mandarin could never have imagined. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of Books , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Cassirer was laid to rest in a Jewish cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey\u2014a destination the German mandarin could never have imagined. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of Books , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Cassirer was laid to rest in a Jewish cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey\u2014a destination the German mandarin could never have imagined. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of Books , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The sweet-and-sour fish is Cuban pargo (red snapper), not mandarin fish. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Sep. 2019"
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"\u2014 H. S. Truman",
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"\u2014 Harriette Wilson"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, probably from Medieval Latin manganellus , diminutive of Late Latin manganum philter, mangonel, from Greek manganon":""
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The silver currency provided stability, a quality much prized by the mandarinate . \u2014 Edward Chancellor, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2021"
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"probably from French mandarinat , from mandarin mandarin, from Portuguese mandarim":""
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cameron Barr, The Post\u2019s senior managing editor , said in an interview that a lack of clarity around the company\u2019s social media policies was partly to blame for the recent tumult. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"Politics reporter Bryan Schott also speaks with managing editor Grant Burningham about the latest updates from the Jan. 6 select committee hearings happening now in Congress. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Enterprise team editor Kristina Davis, Saturday editor Lyndsay Winkley, managing editor Lora Cicalo, and editor and publisher Jeff Light discuss how the Union-Tribune covers live events, protests and demonstrations. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Peter Barzilai becomes deputy managing editor for USA TODAY Sports. \u2014 Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In a recent CBS Evening News segment, anchor and managing editor Norah O\u2019Donnell interviewed four West Point cadets who will study at the University of Oxford this fall as Rhodes scholars. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Vicky Ho, a key editor at the Anchorage Daily News for several years, has been named managing editor , Editor David Hulen said Thursday. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Editorial and opinion director Matthew T. Hall, managing editor Lora Cicalo and editor and publisher Jeff Light discuss the Union-Tribune\u2019s stance on receiving awards from advocacy groups. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Our boat, captained by Crescitelli, included the top chef, Tom Colicchio, and the New York Times assistant managing editor and food editor, Sam Sifton. \u2014 Monte Burke, Forbes , 5 June 2022"
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"alteration of Maniske , from Old Norse *manskr , from Mana Isle of Man":"Adjective"
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"noun"
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"\u2014 Amer. Speech"
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"\u2014 Jimmy Denham"
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"in compounds \u02ccman",
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"bloke",
"buck",
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"chap",
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"dude",
"fella",
"fellow",
"galoot",
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"guy",
"hombre",
"jack",
"joe",
"joker",
"lad",
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"He was a shy boy, but he grew to be a strong and confident man .",
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"The movie is popular with men and women.",
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"Verb",
"He stocked shelves while I manned the cash register.",
"We'll need someone to man the phones this evening.",
"No one was manning the front desk.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As her boyfriend and son worked frantically to help the man , who was unresponsive, Silva cradled the child, who kept asking if his parents were OK. \u2014 Shawn Hubler, BostonGlobe.com , 5 July 2022",
"For reasons that remained unclear to the police Monday evening, officials said a young man had climbed onto a rooftop with a rifle and begun firing into a sea of families in lawn chairs who were celebrating Independence Day. \u2014 New York Times , 4 July 2022",
"The young man pored over his magazine collection and settled on a Peugeot 604. \u2014 Brendan Mcaleer, Car and Driver , 3 July 2022",
"The movie, directed by Emma Holly Jones, tells the story of Jeremy Malcolm (played by Sop\u00e9 D\u00ecr\u00eds\u00f9), a young man who recently came into his fortune and is searching for a wife. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 1 July 2022",
"Tragically, we are once again faced with a young man , with his life before him, gone too soon. \u2014 Marin Scott, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
"Judy Hill, president of the Akron chapter of the NAACP, said the family, friends and community need answers as to why a young man had to lose his life over a traffic equipment violation. \u2014 Kaylee Remington, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, filmmaker Carter Smith's new movie Swallowed (which screened at the recent Overlook Festival) concerns a young gay man whose attempt to smuggle drugs goes horribly awry. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
"Watabe will play Kentaro, an intelligent, creative and curious young man who wants to learn more about his revered yet mysterious father. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"On Wednesday, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced that the 24-year-old driver will man the No. 45 Honda for the team's final three races of the season in IndyCar's closing West Coast swing. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 1 Sep. 2021",
"And to support the participating chefs who don\u2019t have the workers to man their booths this year, students from Grossmont College\u2019s culinary program will be helping out. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"So the idea was to man up everywhere and just to be spare in the back. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Police departments provided officers, without charge, to man the tip lines. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Liftoff is scheduled for 11:17 a.m. Friday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida as the crew will man a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, that will be taken into orbit on top of one of SpaceX's 230-foot-tall Falcon 9 rockets. \u2014 Wayne Baker, The Enquirer , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Shortly before the season began, Gabrione received an email from freshman goalie John Trontz\u2019s family who had just moved into town asking if the team needed someone to man the nets. \u2014 Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"And taking into account the total package, Milwaukee went into this past offseason feeling confident that Ur\u00edas could continue to man third base moving forward while also taking advantage of his ability to play shortstop and second base when needed. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The Bulls are relying on a rookie point guard and a 6-foot-5 backup power forward to man their starting lineup. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"Noun",
"a bag of cow manure",
"fertilizers made from animal manures",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That\u2019s a lot of mouths to feed and coats to brush and manure to shovel. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 17 Nov. 2020",
"At Heligan, the soil was manured , aerated, and assiduously double dug for centuries; plants must have been queuing at the gates. \u2014 Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker , 2 Aug. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The place smelled of manure , urine, and uneaten feed. \u2014 Andr\u00e9 Alexis, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Current biogas installations\u2014cow manure , anyone",
"There currently is no publicly available list of all hazardous substances, which can include toxic chemicals such as PFAS, in addition to manure , fertilizer or even the dumping of milk. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Their atrocious human deeds are, to paraphrase a famous fictional atheist, the manure for our future harmony. \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Alternately, the best organic fertilizers for grass get their nutrients from natural sources, like compost, manure , bone meal, and even seaweed. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 May 2022",
"The document links Kinnard's operations to the test results, especially the overapplication of manure on fields in the area. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
"McCrory is also playing in the ad wars -- in a new ad released on Monday, the former governor is posing next to a wheelbarrow full of manure with Budd's image hovering above the pile, surrounded by flies. \u2014 Byrick Klein,averi Harper, ABC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Pastures that are overcrowded and not properly cleared of manure are prime breeding grounds for parasites. \u2014 Drew F. Lawrence And Katie Bo Lillis, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English manouren , from Anglo-French mainouverer, meinourer to till (land), construct, create, from Medieval Latin manu operare to perform manual labor, from Latin manu by hand + operari to work \u2014 more at operate":"Verb"
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"\u2014 Iain Macdonald",
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"\u2014 Richard Wolkomir"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One, her beautiful graduation presentation outfit\u2014a mandarin collar jacket, high-waist trousers and sash belt, all in gold tones. \u2014 Tomris Laffly, Variety , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Also popularized by British celebrities was Mr. Cardin\u2019s Nehru jacket, a hip-length coat with a mandarin collar inspired by his travels to India and Pakistan. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Dec. 2020",
"The Spice Girl opted for a deep navy blue dress with a mandarin collar , clasped with small silver buckle for Meghan and Harry's nuptials. \u2014 Alex Warner, Marie Claire , 24 May 2018",
"There are four pieces at launch: a mandarin collar tunic, a classic tee, an apron dress, and a midi-length wrap skirt. \u2014 Andrea Cheng, Glamour , 24 Apr. 2018",
"Beckham\u2019s light blue top felt like a refreshing alternative to the mandarin collar shirting the designer usually sports with slouchy trousers or slick suiting. \u2014 Edward Barsamian, Vogue , 22 Sep. 2017",
"Necklines were kept high, somewhere between a mandarin collar and a turtleneck, atop floral silk sweaters and lace knits. \u2014 Alice Tate, Marie Claire , 21 Feb. 2013"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In his battles against these forces, readers watch Sung \u2013 dubbed the weakest hunter of all mankind \u2013 transform into one of the strongest hunters in existence. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 4 July 2022",
"The discoveries in the cave have been at the center of debates on the origin of mankind for over 70 years. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 3 July 2022",
"The Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning play tells the story of all mankind through the Antrobuses in New Jersey, reimagined here as a Black family. \u2014 Vogue , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Apartheid states are beyond the pale, the modern version of hostis humani generis, enemy of all mankind . \u2014 Elliot Kaufman, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Catherine sought protection from smallpox, that scourge of the world that, through the ingenuity of science and social persuasion, became the first\u2014and still the only\u2014disease to have been eradicated by the interventions of mankind . \u2014 Catherine Ostler, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"In the Bible, one of God\u2019s first punishments of mankind . \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"The kinship between mankind and fowls of the air has long been expressed through music. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 June 2022",
"The government takes heed of his art and so does Lang Dotrice (Speedman), the mysterious leader of a shady group wanting to use Saul as a way to normalize this new stage of mankind 's evolution while others fight to keep the status quo. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022"
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"These spaces, which include built-ins, could easily be transformed into a reading nook, a library, a man cave , a game room or an office. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, courant.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Ornaments dangle from the Christmas tree in the man cave : ceramic disks with photos of Lindsey, Vincent and their children alongside little footballs and football helmets. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Alone in his man cave , Burnham taped himself over months of quarantine\u2014looking, like many of us, increasingly haggard and despairing\u2014even counting down the seconds to his thirtieth birthday on camera. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Stefanski, of course, was confined to his man cave with the virus while the Browns were busy beating the Steelers 48-37 in the Wild Card game in January. \u2014 cleveland , 17 Oct. 2021"
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"The hypoallergenic set includes a body lotion, body wash, dry brush, and belly butter, all of which are gently scented with mandarin orange and bergamot oils. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The aromatic foug\u00e9re cologne features a spicy heart of Somalian frankincense and cardamom, with effervescent top notes of mandarin orange and French lavender. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The inviting aromatic cologne opens with a tropical fruit medley of star fruit, mandarin orange , and lime, with refreshing oceanic heart notes of sea salt, marine accords, and cedarwood. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Both elegant and powerful, this captivating scent opens with invigorating notes of clary sage, pink pepper, and mandarin orange , with a seductive heart of red apple, iris, and lily of the valley. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The light opening notes of Italian mandarin orange and pineapple blend with spicy ginger and a sensual base of cedarwood and pure vanilla for a unique and lasting aroma. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"In the absence of a cake, her parents stuck a candle in a mandarin orange and told her to make a wish. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Bruce Xiao trudged ahead of me in his Kishu mandarin orange groves carrying a tiny Chihuahua in one arm. \u2014 Rax Will, Los Angeles Times , 7 Feb. 2022"
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"In 1544, the Italian botanist and physician Pietro Mattioli was the first to formally classify the plant, likening it to a cross between mandrake and deadly nightshade\u2014both poisonous. \u2014 Francesco Lastrucci, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Feb. 2021",
"Create mandrakes to take home and don't forget your earmuffs. \u2014 Julie A. Short/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com , 26 Feb. 2018",
"In the herbology section, there are ancient manuscripts on mandrakes , plants with roots that look humanlike. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 29 Oct. 2017"
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"The two go mano a mano for the most part, offering a range of subs for different missions, numbers of passengers and seat layouts. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Like the infamous mano a mano matchup between the American Johnny Hayes, the winner of the marathon event in the 1908 Olympics in London, and his rival, Dorando Pietri of Italy. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The two future pros will lock horns many times Saturday night (7:30 p.m., ESPN) and with Washington State\u2019s Run and Shoot offense and Oregon\u2019s willingness to line Thibodeaux up as a wide 9 defender, there will be ample mano a mano clashes. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Hannibal recasts Foster with Julianne Moore and then mostly marginalizes her in favor of an absolutely disgusting mano a mano between Hannibal Lecter and a previous victim (Gary Oldman) hellbent on revenge. \u2014 Scott Tobias, Vulture , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The two will go mano a mano the day after Thanksgiving in the fifth playing of The Match, a 12-hole faceoff at The Wynn Golf Club on the Las Vegas Strip. \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY , 6 Oct. 2021",
"But rarely does the Venn diagram overlap, mano a mano , shoulder to shoulder, apples to apples, stopwatch to stopwatch. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2021",
"Director Adam Wingard sure does love seeing movie icons go mano a mano . \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 31 Mar. 2021",
"Then the campaign asked Blanchard to go mano a mano with Donald Trump Jr. on WLUC-TV in Marquette. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 28 Oct. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Other parts of the caves revealed layers of red iron, white calcite and gray manganese . \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 20 June 2021",
"The Hardware: Meet the twins: two flexible manganese copper alloy plates, each no thicker than a single human hair. \u2014 Brennan Kilbane, Allure , 10 Mar. 2020",
"Their nutritional value will vary as the minerals in the soil vary, but these mushrooms typically provide a generous amount of iron, copper, manganese , phosphorus, and zinc. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"The veg also provides smaller amounts of vitamin C, B vitamins, calcium, magnesium, and manganese . \u2014 Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Riches now in reach The Amazon possesses a wealth of minerals including gold, diamonds, iron ore, manganese , copper, zinc and tin. \u2014 Aline A. Carrara, The Conversation , 27 Feb. 2020",
"The same goes for manganese , a specialty metal used by steelmakers as well as producers of fertilizer. ... \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 12 Feb. 2020",
"The cells, developed with LG Chem, use an NMCA chemistry, which uses a combination of nickel, manganese , cobalt, and aluminum for the cathode. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2020"
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"His dimpled smile and enviable mane of hair were inescapable through the 1970s and \u201980s \u2014 just go to YouTube for the evidence. \u2014 Geoff Edgers, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Along with warm and fuzzy feelings, warming hues found fans in Tracee Ellis Ross, who pressed a matte terracotta across lids and cheeks alike, and Joan Smalls, who embraced the year's want of russet with a mane of fiery waves. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 22 May 2022",
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"Infused with roucou oil, filled with antioxidants and beta-carotene, this shampoo is ideal for adding hydration, softness, and shine to your mane . \u2014 Casey Clark, SELF , 6 June 2022",
"In the photos, the male lion has a mane that looks like a mullet hairstyle, featuring short bangs in the front and long voluminous pieces of fur falling down the back. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"This means your mane and tresses will need different care from others. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"Do a Hair Mask Show your mane some love, too, with a thoughtful hair mask to target an array of conditions. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 17 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When attached at either end to a circuit such as a light bulb, the zinc inside reacts with the manganese dioxide and loses electrons. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 13 May 2022",
"For example, an alkaline battery, or cell, contains zinc, manganese dioxide , and potassium hydroxide. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 13 May 2022",
"In the future, the photographer plans to test out more exotic thermites like bismuth trioxide and manganese dioxide . \u2014 Wired , 31 Oct. 2019"
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"mancando from Italian, verbal of mancare to lack, from manco lacking, left-handed, from Medieval Latin mancus lacking in weight, from Latin, having a crippled hand, maimed, infirm, probably from manus hand; mancante from mancare":""
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": the quality or state of being gentle : meekness , tameness":[]
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"noun"
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": burnt umber sense 2":[]
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"Several chefs included the preparation of manioc in their demonstrations.",
"\u2014 Jeffrey Steingarten",
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"\u2014 Peter Winn",
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"\u2014 Thelma Barer-Stein",
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"Jo\u00e3o Cohen moved to his patch of the Amazon 30 years ago to plant manioc . \u2014 Georgina Gustin, NBC News , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Now coffee, manioc , cupuacu and cacao plants grow there. \u2014 Georgina Gustin, NBC News , 19 Dec. 2021",
"After the Portuguese transported manioc to West Africa in the 17th century, the root spread rapidly, but the proper processing techniques did not. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2021",
"For years, the villagers farmed the surrounding bush, growing large crops of manioc , but about a decade ago the land became polluted after some foreign businessmen opened a cobalt-processing plant nearby. \u2014 Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker , 24 May 2021",
"Others cooked corn cobs and manioc on the hot rocks, to the amusement of the crowd. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2021",
"Mogo is the Swahili word for yuca (pronounced YOO-KAH), which is also known as cassava and manioc . \u2014 Zaynab Issa, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Dec. 2020",
"The captain, Richard Lacet, who inherited the boat from his father, has made up for lost revenue by charging more for cargo, to squawks from merchants sending chickens upriver and farmers dispatching manioc flour down it. \u2014 The Economist , 5 Nov. 2020",
"Its lower decks have hooks for 467 hammocks where passengers sleep on the three-day voyage up the Amazon river from Manaus, a city of 2m people, to Uarini, a manioc -growing town. \u2014 The Economist , 5 Nov. 2020"
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"French manioc & Spanish & Portuguese mandioca , all ultimately from Tupi mani\u0294\u00f3ka, mandi\u0294\u00f3ka":""
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": a strong reddish orange that is yellower and paler than poppy or paprika and slightly redder, lighter, and stronger than fire red":[]
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"on the western coast of Luzon, Philippines population 1,661,000":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That's where the experts come in to put us on the right track and save us from grabbing a manila envelope, stuffing, sighing, and calling it a day. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living , 26 May 2020",
"Several graduates wore caps and gowns; one had fashioned a makeshift diploma from a manila envelope. \u2014 Eren Orbey, The New Yorker , 6 May 2020",
"At the fourth door, Kuhn ran through the rain to drop off the bag of food and the manila envelope. \u2014 Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com , 24 Apr. 2020",
"That meant buying a high-definition webcam and packaging art supplies into large manila envelopes. \u2014 Dallas News , 27 Mar. 2020",
"Rather than the packets of paper and binders that occupy most senators\u2019 desks, Cotton just had a few sheets in a manila folder. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Jan. 2020",
"As Paula Reed Ward reports for the Priore hid illustrated pages or plates in manila envelopes, rolled up larger items, or simply carried books out of the library. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Jan. 2020",
"Her only possessions were the few clothes inside her black duffel bag and a manila envelope with documents. \u2014 Nicole Chavez, CNN , 30 Nov. 2019",
"Copies of some of these stories were later sent to the State Department stuffed in a manila envelope. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 11 Oct. 2019"
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"the manta ray blended in beautifully with the sandy ocean floor",
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"Cape Town artist Porky Hefer, known for producing oversized mutant marine creatures, shaped the treehouse into a manta ray with a winding wooden walkway as its tail. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Another highlight on the island of Hawaii is the manta ray night snorkel with the company Anelakai Adventures. \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Although there's no evidence of any health benefits, the demand for gill rakers has led to declines of up to 95% in some Pacific manta ray populations, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 Feb. 2022",
"As part of that process, the service will consider whether to protect any areas as critical habitat, a designation that would require the manta ray to be taken into account in any federal actions involving that area. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 Feb. 2022",
"While there are several different manta ray excursions, the Anelakai Adventures is unique in several ways. \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Is the manta ray drone destined to become a military robot",
"Earlier this month, researchers tested a new drone in the South China Sea that resembles a manta ray . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 23 Sep. 2021",
"More manta ray viewing tour boats could also use the sites if the buoys were installed. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 July 2021"
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"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
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": characterized by or affected with either mania or depression or alternating mania and depression (as in bipolar disorder)":[]
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"In Roman law, a mandatum was an authoritative command, and a person giving such a command was called a mandator . \u2014 Ben Zimmer, WSJ , 20 May 2021",
"The mandator Canadian quarantine is serious; there\u2019s a smartphone app that requires you to self-report each day, plus calls and in-person visits from government officials. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 1 Apr. 2021"
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"Beginning in his teens, Dan was beset by mental troubles variously diagnosed, and medicated, as schizophrenia, depression or manic depression . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Fascism, a misogynistic art world and manic depression are among the subjects dealt with in Paula Rego\u2019s art. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 5 July 2021",
"Mania is also the main feature of bipolar disorder, which used to be known as manic depression . \u2014 Jessica Migala, Health.com , 28 June 2021",
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"Eventually, he was declared to be suffering from manic depression , or bipolar disorder, as it is now called, and the diagnosis stuck. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 15 Mar. 2021",
"In his memoir, Mr. Pride spoke of struggles with manic depression . \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Dec. 2020",
"Treated for manic depression as an adult, Mr. Maschler found therapy unhelpful. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 23 Oct. 2020"
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"Authorities said a 22-year-old man named as a person of interest in the shooting was taken into police custody Monday evening after an hourslong manhunt . \u2014 Kathleen Foody, BostonGlobe.com , 5 July 2022",
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"After a two-day manhunt , Holder was arrested, and two months later he was indicted by a grand jury. \u2014 Jonathan Landrum Jr., USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
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"This warm and spicy fragrance oozes aromatics of fresh and juicy Italian mandarin , spicy gingerbread accord, warm cedarwood, and a twist of pineapple all housed in a luxurious bottle adorned in Valentino\u2019s iconic rock-stud detailing. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"These include top notes of bergamot, Italian green mandarin and diva lavender from France; middle notes of Turkish rose and sage heart; and base notes of Haitian vetiver and bourbon geranium from Madagascar. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Housed in a gorgeous golden glass bottle are citrus notes of Italian mandarin and bergamot that are bright, sunny, and perfect for warmer weather. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Cassirer was laid to rest in a Jewish cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey\u2014a destination the German mandarin could never have imagined. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of Books , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Cassirer was laid to rest in a Jewish cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey\u2014a destination the German mandarin could never have imagined. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of Books , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Cassirer was laid to rest in a Jewish cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey\u2014a destination the German mandarin could never have imagined. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of Books , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Cassirer was laid to rest in a Jewish cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey\u2014a destination the German mandarin could never have imagined. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of Books , 8 Apr. 2021",
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"The sweet-and-sour fish is Cuban pargo (red snapper), not mandarin fish. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Sep. 2019"
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"Former England coach Trevor Bayliss, who was coach from 2015-19, also sought a positive approach which yielded spectacular results in England\u2019s limited-overs teams but proved manic and inconsistent in the long format. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
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"Crank has often been compared to a live-action cartoon, and Brian Taylor's and Mark Neveldine's kinetic directing style, combined with Statham's manic energy, gives the film a frenetic pace from the opening scene. \u2014 Elliott Smith, EW.com , 4 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That's where the experts come in to put us on the right track and save us from grabbing a manila envelope, stuffing, sighing, and calling it a day. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living , 26 May 2020",
"Several graduates wore caps and gowns; one had fashioned a makeshift diploma from a manila envelope. \u2014 Eren Orbey, The New Yorker , 6 May 2020",
"At the fourth door, Kuhn ran through the rain to drop off the bag of food and the manila envelope. \u2014 Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com , 24 Apr. 2020",
"That meant buying a high-definition webcam and packaging art supplies into large manila envelopes. \u2014 Dallas News , 27 Mar. 2020",
"Rather than the packets of paper and binders that occupy most senators\u2019 desks, Cotton just had a few sheets in a manila folder. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Jan. 2020",
"As Paula Reed Ward reports for the Priore hid illustrated pages or plates in manila envelopes, rolled up larger items, or simply carried books out of the library. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Jan. 2020",
"Her only possessions were the few clothes inside her black duffel bag and a manila envelope with documents. \u2014 Nicole Chavez, CNN , 30 Nov. 2019",
"Copies of some of these stories were later sent to the State Department stuffed in a manila envelope. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 11 Oct. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But for my money, my favorite was mango peach jam and a squeeze of lemon, topped off with grapefruit seltzer. \u2014 Christopher Michel, Country Living , 10 June 2022",
"In the nursery, hints of mango interplay with graphic silver-and-white Juju wallpaper. \u2014 Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"The spring-summer menu introduced new drinks like the mango pineapple refresher and cake batter latte. \u2014 Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"There are cooked tropical fruit notes of banana and a bit of mango . \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Plan to spend the free day exploring the valley, swimming in pools, and hiking through terraces overgrown with java plums, guava, and mango trees. \u2014 Outside Online , 3 Nov. 2020",
"Bell's will begin shipping Tropical Oberon Ale, which is Oberon Ale brewed with mango , guava and passion fruit, in mid-April. \u2014 Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Curiel took the recipe for a classic shrimp ceviche and then gave it a twist by marinating the shrimp in a Habanero chili dressing with fresh mango . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The lump crab is tossed with diced fresh mango to tease out its juicy sweetness, while jalape\u00f1o and lime perk it up and thinly sliced scallion brings a savory element. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Edouard Duval-Carri\u00e9\u2019s metallic collage-painting depicts a man who seems to be crawling through a jungle pool with an Asian-style mandala on his back. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"Shalitzin also added a large flower with leaves to the side of her head and one on the top of her head that could be part of a mandala . \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Then one day in summer 2015, Candace Jesse Jessup, an Arizona artist staying in a nearby hotel, painted one of the stones in the garden with a mandala and heart design to thank Dean for his one-man mission to beautify the community. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Jan. 2022",
"One of her most popular items is a macram\u00e9 mandala dream catcher. \u2014 Lyndi Mcnulty, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 4 Dec. 2021",
"In Israel, a Shema mandala would concentrate on the declaration of faith. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 11 Mar. 2021",
"This mandala could be a petri dish full of menacing microbes, or a murmuring imagination on the edge of sleep. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Mar. 2021",
"Combined with a Savoir bed, the florals arc across the headboard in a bright half mandala . \u2014 Kate Mcgregor, ELLE Decor , 22 Mar. 2021",
"One in the pediatric oncology outpatient area on the 8th floor is a geometric pattern called a mandala . \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 19 Dec. 2020"
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"\"",
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"examples":[
"a manta glided along the sea bottom",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pate's group has identified 125 individual manta rays across a study area that runs from Stuart to Fort Lauderdale. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Over the years, the sea passages between the islands have seen wave and tidal machines that bring to mind steel manta rays and undulating sea snakes. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Nov. 2021",
"After the successful impromptu rescue, the divers registered the oceanic manta in a database for the vulnerable species, naming the female animal Spi-Phyll. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"There is also genetic evidence, to be published in a forthcoming paper, that the Florida manta rays belong to a third, new species of manta ray, Pate adds. \u2014 Bethany Augliere, National Geographic , 3 Sep. 2020",
"While the smaller reef manta has an impressive wingspan of about 11 feet wide on average, the giant oceanic manta ray\u2014the largest species of ray\u2014can have a wingspan of up to 29 feet. \u2014 National Geographic , 26 Aug. 2019",
"Stevens first encountered the Maldivian reef mantas when he was hired as a marine biologist and dive guide on the Four Seasons Explorer, the brand\u2019s Maldivian luxury liveaboard yacht, in 2003. \u2014 Alexandra Kirkman, Fortune , 8 June 2019",
"Even so, Stevens thinks the manta \u2019s atypical color shouldn\u2019t impact its survival or vulnerability to predation. \u2014 National Geographic , 11 Feb. 2020",
"That\u2019s mostly because of the reef manta 's massive size; an adult can easily weigh more than a ton. \u2014 National Geographic , 11 Feb. 2020"
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"Spanish, alteration of manto cloak, from Late Latin mantus , probably back-formation from Latin mantellum mantle":""
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"1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": a man whose skin pigmentation is other than and especially darker than what is considered characteristic of people typically defined as white (see white entry 1 sense 2a ) : a man who is of a race ( race entry 1 sense 1a ) other than white or who is of mixed race":[
"The following tips and suggestions (born from personal experience as a man of color ) are sure to bring relief to this recurring problem, and leave your skin smooth and refreshed.",
"\u2014 Nathan Townsie",
"From the beginning, its goal has been to attract young men of color \u2014African-Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders\u2014to the university and, once there, help them to succeed.",
"\u2014 Mike Bush"
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"\u2014 Economist"
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"verb"
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": to trim closely and evenly":[
"manicured lawns"
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"manicured flower beds"
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"Noun",
"She gets a manicure every week or so.",
"Verb",
"She spends her weekends working in her garden and manicuring her lawn.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Beauty-loving brides will appreciate anything that helps the process of getting ready to walk down the aisle smoother and less stressful, like an extensive makeup brush set, a DIY gel manicure kit, or a full skin-care routine to get her glowing. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 30 June 2022",
"Speaking of simplicity, the singer kept her accessories minimal with gold drop earrings and an array of tiny gold rings which accentuated her iridescent pearl pink manicure and matching baby pink phone case. \u2014 Nitya Rao, Seventeen , 30 June 2022",
"Even her glam and manicure matched the monochrome direction. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 June 2022",
"For an excellent manicure or facial, also in the city center, is Estetika Maja, kozmeti\u010dni salon. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Lopez's manicure is not the first time that the Marry Me star gave a nod to her on-again romance with Affleck. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"Boyce, who has her own press-on line named Nails of LA, created $30,000 manicure for punk prince Machine Gun Kelly for the Billboard Awards last week. \u2014 ELLE , 26 May 2022",
"Model Josephine Skriver embodied the spirit (and fun!) of change, parting ways with about six inches of her honeyed brunette in favor of a chic crop, while Lou Doillon's baby bump (and short cherried manicure ) enjoyed a Roman respite. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 22 May 2022",
"Lynn Mumbing Mejia, a 25-year-old blogger in British Columbia, was browsing Pinterest recently for winter-holiday gift and decoration ideas when a post featuring a $70 manicure kit caught her eye. \u2014 Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Lipa arrived with a new (and rather shiny) manicure update on December 14. \u2014 Sara Miranda, Allure , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Coi Leray took the Skittles manicure approach to her take on a French. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 27 June 2021",
"Take some time to prune your trees, trim your shrubs and manicure your lawn. \u2014 Jill Gleeson, Country Living , 18 May 2021",
"Confined to their homes, folk are manicuring their hedges and lavishing attention on their vegetable patches. \u2014 The Economist , 2 May 2020",
"There was no one to block access, a true feat in the hermetic world of top-flight sports, where millions of dollars are spent manicuring the images of teams and athletes. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Applying just a little pressure, use your cuticle stick or manicuring brush to scrape away the the remaining polish. \u2014 Katie Bourque, Good Housekeeping , 30 Mar. 2020",
"Communities will need to properly manicure adjacent forests, landscape their own private property, and have effective house design and maintenance, Leonard said. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 12 Jan. 2020",
"What one tries to do in that position is to manage and manicure everyone\u2019s experience, to give them an individual experience. \u2014 George Mccalman, SFChronicle.com , 31 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Latin manus hand + French -icure (as in p\u00e9dicure pedicure) \u2014 more at manual":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231843"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Manila , Philippine Islands":""
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"1814, in the meaning defined above":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
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"definitions":{
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": the very hard heavy reddish brown wood of various manbarklaks that is used especially in marine construction and valued for its resistance to borers":[]
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},
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"\u02c8ma-n\u0259-\u02ccfest"
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"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
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"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
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"communicate",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for manifest Adjective evident , manifest , patent , distinct , obvious , apparent , plain , clear mean readily perceived or apprehended. evident implies presence of visible signs that lead one to a definite conclusion. an evident fondness for sweets manifest implies an external display so evident that little or no inference is required. manifest hostility patent applies to a cause, effect, or significant feature that is clear and unmistakable once attention has been directed to it. patent defects distinct implies such sharpness of outline or definition that no unusual effort to see or hear or comprehend is required. a distinct refusal obvious implies such ease in discovering that it often suggests conspicuousness or little need for perspicacity in the observer. the obvious solution apparent is very close to evident except that it may imply more conscious exercise of inference. for no apparent reason plain suggests lack of intricacy, complexity, or elaboration. her feelings about him are plain clear implies an absence of anything that confuses the mind or obscures the pattern. a clear explanation Verb show , manifest , evidence , evince , demonstrate mean to reveal outwardly or make apparent. show is the general term but sometimes implies that what is revealed must be gained by inference from acts, looks, or words. careful not to show his true feelings manifest implies a plainer, more immediate revelation. manifested musical ability at an early age evidence suggests serving as proof of the actuality or existence of something. a commitment evidenced by years of loyal service evince implies a showing by outward marks or signs. evinced not the slightest fear demonstrate implies showing by action or by display of feeling. demonstrated their approval by loud applause",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The argument, for all of its manifest inadequacies \u2026 captured the national imagination and shaped subsequent religious discourse. It provided a vocabulary, an explanation, and a new set of boundaries for the restructured American religion that had by then been developing for half a century. \u2014 Jonathan D. Sarna , American Judaism , 2004",
"Economics, the great model among us now, indulges and deprives, builds and abandons, threatens and promises. Its imperium is manifest , irrefragable\u2014as in fact it has been since antiquity. \u2014 Marilynne Robinson , The Death of Adam , 1998",
"Washington has long been uneasy about its relationship with Somalia, partly because of the manifest shakiness of the Siad Barre administration but also because of Somalia's continuing claims on the Ogaden. \u2014 John Borrell , Wall Street Journal , 23 Aug. 1982",
"His muscles were getting flabby, and his tailor called attention to his increasing waistband. In fact, Daylight was developing a definite paunch. This physical deterioration was manifest likewise in his face. \u2014 Jack London , Burning Daylight , 1910",
"Their sadness was manifest in their faces.",
"His love for literature is manifest in his large library.",
"There was manifest confusion in the streets.",
"Verb",
"Malone has invited Barkley to spend a week \u2026 to relax, talk some basketball, eat some hot Louisiana food and kick around the subject of frustration, something they both feel but manifest in different ways. \u2014 Jack McCallum , Sports Illustrated , 27 Apr. 1992",
"He asked what they had been doing in Dallas, and they told him that they were looking at the Sunbelt boom as manifested in the great Texas banks, thrifts and real estate operations. \u2014 John Kenneth Galbraith , A Tenured Professor , 1990",
"And if one is a pantheist \u2026 one might say that all nature is divinity and manifests itself in myriad forms and delightful complexities. \u2014 Margot Adler , Drawing Down the Moon , 1986",
"Both sides have manifested a stubborn unwillingness to compromise.",
"Their religious beliefs are manifested in every aspect of their lives.",
"Her behavior problems began manifesting themselves soon after she left home.",
"Noun",
"Since 2002, a program known as the Container Security Initiative requires our main trading partners to send to U.S. Customs and border Protection an electronic manifest for every U.S.-bound container twenty-four hours before it is loaded on a ship. \u2014 William Finnegan , New Yorker , 19 June 2006",
"Has any passenger manifest been more fretted over than the Mayflower's",
"But for me, finding it still in \"use\" is high on the manifest of writerly thrills longed for\u2014along with seeing someone you don't know hungrily reading your book on an overland bus in Turkey; or noticing your book on the shelf behind the moderator on Meet the Press next to The Wealth of Nations and Giants in the Earth; or seeing your book on a list of overlooked American masterpieces compiled by former insiders in the Kennedy administration. \u2014 Richard Ford , Independence Day , 1995",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That\u2019s also where there are beginning to manifest signs of loosely-organized outflow, or air exiting the storm at high altitudes. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"At its worst, this is manifest as a boarding crisis for young people with mental illnesses, who are simply being warehoused in general hospitals. \u2014 Steven C. Schlozman, STAT , 24 May 2022",
"Big waves and their manifest risks captivate far more viewers than the small to medium-sized waves on the World Championship Tour, where, to the untutored eye, all the surfers seem to be doing basically the same things. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Our files, photos, and music appear magically across multiple devices, much like the Greek psyche, which could, through the mysterious work of transmigration, manifest in different physical bodies after its host had died. \u2014 Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Twenty years of continuous engagement in Afghanistan did little to eliminate the cultural traits that precluded creation of a stable democracy, despite the manifest benefits that might have accrued to most of the population. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"And all the horrors that come with the Empire are being made manifest throughout the galaxy. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Happily, the vital motivation for this ambitious iteration does not get lost: For the first time, the sustained level of impressive quality in the museum\u2019s permanent collection is manifest . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"That risk is manifest in the fact that bitcoin is currently down about 36% from its November high. \u2014 Paul Vigna, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In that regard, strength will manifest mostly inside of you. \u2014 Amy Joyce, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Plus, Amanat added, Kamala's powers may manifest differently on screen, but their goal was always to maintain the same fun, quirky spirit. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 8 June 2022",
"Why do allergic reactions sometimes manifest as skin rashes",
"In a professional setting, cultural differences often manifest in varying methods of communication. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"In young children, symptoms may manifest in persistent headaches or stomach aches, Santos said. \u2014 Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant , 26 May 2022",
"Most mental illnesses manifest in childhood, and anxiety often goes undetected for a long time. \u2014 Stephanie H. Murray, The Week , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Our results show another way these negative behaviors can manifest themselves, airline bookings, and add to evidence that women are less likely to engage in them. \u2014 Javier D. Donna, The Conversation , 17 Feb. 2022",
"This blend of hardware and software has become more pronounced in recent years, with the iPhone a perfect example of how the two worlds can manifest in a single object. \u2014 Michael Feindt, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ars Technica has obtained internal planning documents from the space agency showing an Artemis mission schedule and manifest for now through fiscal year 2034. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 20 June 2022",
"There was no formal passenger manifest , but it's estimated that 130 to 250 crew and passengers drowned. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"The company should have provided airport police with information on every passenger on the flight\u2019s manifest , or on those matching a general description of a suspect. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"This is the opposite of the proactive approach that motorists should expect its regulators to take toward technical innovations that present manifest hazards to the public. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"In each episode, young Lilly is transported to Unicorn Island, a colorful wonderland where life\u2019s struggles manifest in fantastical ways. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"That\u2019s based on a 2020 crew manifest which showed a dozen of Scheherazade\u2019s Russian crew members either worked for or had a connection with Russia\u2019s Federal Protective Service. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The movie steers us through the details with brisk economy: the black-market acquisition of the manifest from Navalny\u2019s fateful flight, the tracking of suspects\u2019 identities and movements. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Most forms of aphasia come on suddenly due to the injury, but other forms of the illness manifest slowly and worsen over time. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French manifeste , from Latin manifestus caught in the act, flagrant, obvious, perhaps from manus + -festus (akin to Latin in festus hostile)":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun"
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001841"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": mankind":[]
},
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"\u02c8mand\u0259m"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"man entry 1 + -dom":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003156"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or characteristic of management (as of a business) or a manager":[
"managerial qualities/skills",
"a job that requires managerial experience",
"was hired for a managerial position",
"managerial problems"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccma-n\u0259-\u02c8jir-\u0113-\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrative",
"directorial",
"executive",
"supervisory"
],
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"nonmanagerial",
"nonsupervisory"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1767, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010243"
},
"manicurist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who gives manicures":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma-n\u0259-\u02cckyu\u0307r-ist"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Through director Alana O\u2019Herlihy\u2019s lens, and with help from hairstylist Allie Ellis and manicurist Britney Tokyo, Darling and Rogers are taking Vogue on a journey through men\u2019s makeup history in honor of Pride month. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 21 June 2022",
"Celebrity manicurist Kyees and her friends each donated a pint of blood, to match the seven pints Teigen was given in hospital. \u2014 Emily Dixon, Marie Claire , 2 Nov. 2020",
"Jennifer Lopez can be found these days walking down an airport tarmac with sky-high stilettos or sending finger-flipping nailfies to her manicurist Tom Bachik from the comfort of her home. \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 21 June 2022",
"Most recently Jennifer Lopez hopped on the trend, working with celebrity manicurist Tom Bachik to create a look dedicated to fianc\u00e9 Ben Affleck. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 10 June 2022",
"Maryna is a tall, stylish woman who had been a manicurist . \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Amandas Ong Just a few streets away are Kruglyak, 47, and her daughter Ilona Borovyk, 27, who had been a manicurist in Ukraine. \u2014 Amandas Ong, ELLE , 3 May 2022",
"But Leica Kandakova, a 36-year-old manicurist , couldn\u2019t accept living under Russian rule. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Camila Cabello is flaunting what her mama \u2013 and her manicurist \u2013 gave her! \u2014 Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010423"
},
"Manidae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a family of mammals that is coextensive with the order Pholidota and that includes the pangolins":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8man\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Manis , type genus + -idae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010709"
},
"manganous chloride":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pink deliquescent crystalline salt MnCl 2 used chiefly as a flux and a catalyst":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011921"
},
"mangani-":{
"type":[],
"definitions":{
"\u2014 see mangan-":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012630"
},
"manganese green":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": barium manganate BaMnO 4 used as a pigment":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012712"
},
"mant":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": stammer":[],
": a speech impediment : stammer":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mant",
"\""
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Scottish Gaelic mannd , noun, stammer":"Verb",
"Scottish Gaelic mannd":"Noun",
"French mante , from Middle French, from Old Proven\u00e7al manta , from (assumed) Vulgar Latin, blanket, cloak, alteration of Late Latin mantus cloak, back-formation from Latin mantellum":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013950"
},
"manila maguey":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": cantala":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014555"
},
"manback":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the human back especially as a bearer of burdens":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015819"
},
"mangosteen":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ma\u014b-g\u0259-\u02ccst\u0113n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pest, a species of leaf beetle, was inside a shipment of mangosteen from Mexico. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 10 May 2022",
"This easy gift lets travelers scoop up all the mangosteens and elephant pants their heart desires\u2014without wasting a plastic bag each time. \u2014 Megan Spurrell, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 10 Dec. 2019",
"Across town, the restroom wallpaper of Breadbelly, which specializes in Asian and Asian-American pastries, features durian, cherimoya, mangosteen , and other treasured fruits of Southeast Asia. \u2014 Naomi Tomky, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2019",
"The juice of organic mangosteens \u2014a vitamin-rich fruit from South-East Asia, similar to lychees\u2014can sell for an exorbitant $35 or more a litre, more than ten times the price of organic orange juice, on the promise to reduce pain and boost energy. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Nov. 2019",
"Mangkhut, the Thai word for mangosteen fruit, is the 15th storm this year to batter the Philippines, which is hit by about 20 a year and is considered one of the world's most disaster-prone countries. \u2014 Aaron Favila And Joeal Calupitan, Fox News , 15 Sep. 2018",
"Mangkhut, a Thai word for mangosteen , is the 15th storm this year to batter the Philippines, which is hit by about 20 a year and is considered one of the world's most disaster-prone countries. \u2014 Fox News , 13 Sep. 2018",
"Bali Juice comes in three varieties \u2014 a pure mangosteen juice and two other versions combined with pomegranate and green tea. \u2014 Kavita Daswani, latimes.com , 29 June 2018",
"To go alongside, Mr. Salicetti has come up with cocktails like a sesame colada with mangosteen , and the El Paso, combining baijiu with Lillet, lime, Sichuan pepper, cucumber and cilantro. \u2014 Florence Fabricant, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"modification of Malay manggisutan":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020020"
},
"mangan-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": manganese":[
"mangan ate"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German Mangan , from French mangan\u00e8se":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020047"
},
"manjak":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": asphalt found especially on Barbados and used for making varnish and insulating electric cables and for fuel":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8man\u02ccjak"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Calinago":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020315"
},
"mandyas":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an outer garment resembling a cloak or cope worn in the services of Eastern Orthodox churches":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8d\u0113-",
"m\u00e4n\u02c8t\u035fh\u0113\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin mandya , from Greek mandya, mandyas, mandy\u0113, mandy\u0113s , of non-Indo-European origin":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020653"
},
"Manasseh":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a son of Joseph and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel":[],
": a king of Judah reigning in the seventh century b.c. and noted for his attempt to establish polytheism":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"m\u0259-\u02c8na-s\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hebrew M\u0115nashsheh":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020905"
},
"manus":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the distal segment of the vertebrate forelimb from carpus to terminus":[],
"island of the southwestern Pacific in the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea; largest of the group area 600 square miles (1560 square kilometers)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u00e4-n\u0259s",
"\u02c8m\u0101-n\u0259s",
"\u02c8m\u00e4-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Technology (machina) is not replacing the hand ( manus ); rather, the two are collaborating as never before, stimulating innovation and expression. \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 5 May 2016"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, hand":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024911"
},
"mandatum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": mandate":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"man\u02c8d\u0101t\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025042"
}
}
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