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{
"Pol":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": politician":[],
"Poland":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Many of the city's residents have criticized local pols for their decision to close the public library.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Last week, just hours after BTS visited the White House to discuss anti-Asian discrimination and Asian inclusion and representation with President Joe Biden, Fox News commenter Tucker Carlson snidely mocked the K-pop- pol summit. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 7 June 2022",
"His two advisers seemed almost to personify the voices arguing in his head: the results-minded Israeli pol and the Palestinian ideologue. \u2014 Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
"By now, the route was well-established: an aspiring pol would get involved with his local ward, make a name for himself, and run for the Common Council. \u2014 Neal Thompson, Town & Country , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Longtime Democratic pol Gerry Scheub blamed partisan politics for the current political climate and called it the most serious challenge to the constitution. \u2014 Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com , 5 Jan. 2022",
"But why not cast a Black woman in the original role of a crafty pol , instead of as another wide-eyed underdog who grows into an action figure",
"In November, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, became the latest pol to find the big yellow target irresistible. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 12 Dec. 2021",
"America saw Joe Biden as a moderate liberal who, as his party went left, and its center went left, also went left, as a practical pol would. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Plenty is at stake: no corner of the city will be spared from climate challenges, including the stomping grounds of those vying to be the city\u2019s top pol . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1942, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u00e4l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183240",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
]
},
"Polabian":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member of a Slavic people formerly dwelling in the basin of the Elbe and on the Baltic coast of Germany":[],
": the extinct West Slavic language of the Polabians":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Polab , ultimately from Polabian po on + L\u00e5b\u00ed , the Elbe River":""
},
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"-\u02c8l\u0101-",
"p\u014d-\u02c8l\u00e4-b\u0113-\u0259n"
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"type":[
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]
},
"Polabish":{
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},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"German polabisch , from polabisch , adjective, being Polabian, from polab- Polabian (of Slavic origin; akin to Polish po on and to Polish \u0141aba Elbe) + -isch -ish (from Old High German -isc )":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u014d\u02c8l\u00e4bish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115911",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Pollux":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a first-magnitude star in the constellation Gemini":[],
": one of the Dioscuri":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, modification of Greek Polydeuk\u0113s":""
},
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"\u02c8p\u00e4-l\u0259ks"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"Pollyanna":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person characterized by irrepressible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything":[]
},
"examples":[
"I'm no Pollyanna , but I do think some good will come out of this."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Pollyanna , heroine of the novel Pollyanna (1913) by Eleanor Porter \u20201920 American fiction writer":""
},
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"\u02ccp\u00e4-l\u0113-\u02c8a-n\u0259"
],
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"type":[
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"noun"
]
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"Pollyannaish":{
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"definitions":{
": a person characterized by irrepressible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything":[]
},
"examples":[
"I'm no Pollyanna , but I do think some good will come out of this."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Pollyanna , heroine of the novel Pollyanna (1913) by Eleanor Porter \u20201920 American fiction writer":""
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"\u02ccp\u00e4-l\u0113-\u02c8a-n\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184233",
"type":[
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"Pollyannaism":{
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"definitions":{
": the overly optimistic and benevolently cheerful state of mind and point of view of a Pollyanna":[]
},
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"type":[
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"Pollyannish":{
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"definitions":{
": a person characterized by irrepressible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything":[]
},
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"I'm no Pollyanna , but I do think some good will come out of this."
],
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"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Pollyanna , heroine of the novel Pollyanna (1913) by Eleanor Porter \u20201920 American fiction writer":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072825",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Polypedatidae":{
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"definitions":{
": a family of Old World tree frogs (suborder Diplasiocoela)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Polypedates , type genus + -idae":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195710",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
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"pol":{
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"definitions":{
": politician":[],
"Poland":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Many of the city's residents have criticized local pols for their decision to close the public library.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Last week, just hours after BTS visited the White House to discuss anti-Asian discrimination and Asian inclusion and representation with President Joe Biden, Fox News commenter Tucker Carlson snidely mocked the K-pop- pol summit. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 7 June 2022",
"His two advisers seemed almost to personify the voices arguing in his head: the results-minded Israeli pol and the Palestinian ideologue. \u2014 Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
"By now, the route was well-established: an aspiring pol would get involved with his local ward, make a name for himself, and run for the Common Council. \u2014 Neal Thompson, Town & Country , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Longtime Democratic pol Gerry Scheub blamed partisan politics for the current political climate and called it the most serious challenge to the constitution. \u2014 Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com , 5 Jan. 2022",
"But why not cast a Black woman in the original role of a crafty pol , instead of as another wide-eyed underdog who grows into an action figure",
"In November, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, became the latest pol to find the big yellow target irresistible. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 12 Dec. 2021",
"America saw Joe Biden as a moderate liberal who, as his party went left, and its center went left, also went left, as a practical pol would. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Plenty is at stake: no corner of the city will be spared from climate challenges, including the stomping grounds of those vying to be the city\u2019s top pol . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1942, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u00e4l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181716",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
]
},
"polar":{
"antonyms":[
"noncontradictory"
],
"definitions":{
": coming from or having the characteristics of such a region":[],
": diametrically opposite":[
"polar positions on the issue"
],
": of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it":[],
": of or relating to one or more poles (as of a magnet)":[],
": passing over a celestial body's north and south poles":[
"a satellite in a polar orbit"
],
": resembling a pole or axis around which all else revolves : pivotal":[
"polar events"
],
": serving as a guide":[
"a polar principle",
"a polar theory"
],
": traveling in a polar orbit":[
"a polar satellite"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"They took polar positions on the issue.",
"She and I are good friends even though we're polar opposites .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Subsequently, the rise in greenhouse gases over time has resulted in changes in our oceans, melting polar ice caps and ozone depletion, ultimately destabilizing and threatening civilizations and ecosystems. \u2014 Anila Siraj, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"While global temperature changes may be fueling the melting of the polar ice caps, there is something worth celebrating in the arctic. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 15 June 2022",
"The adults on the planet are leaving our children melting polar ice caps. \u2014 Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
"The thick polar ice caps may have even once been visible from Earth. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"In fact, during the heat wave, the ice sheet experienced its fourth wettest day in over four decades, according to the Mod\u00e8le Atmosph\u00e9rique R\u00e9gionale (MAR), a regional climate model that studies the melting of the polar ice caps. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Perennial polar caps have historically granted Russia a natural protective barrier along its northern coastline, but the receding ice has created new geopolitical concerns for council members. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 9 Mar. 2022",
"From Texas to Florida, which has the longest coastline of any state, the entire U.S. Gulf coast is under serious threat from rising seas as the planet's polar ice caps melt, the U.N. report says. \u2014 Rebecca Santana And Curt Anderson, Chron , 3 Mar. 2022",
"In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, Costner\u2019s reluctant mariner fights starvation and outlaws smokers while helping a woman and a young girl try to find dry land. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And by the late 1970s, polar -orbiting satellites began gathering data as well. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Dec. 2021",
"The median life expectancy for a polar in human care is 23.4 years, according to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. \u2014 Theresa Waldrop, CNN , 25 Sep. 2021",
"But her relentlessly pragmatic approach to politics is the polar opposite of, say, the Bernie Sanders approach. \u2014 Michelle Goldberg, New York Times , 5 May 2020",
"The rainforest environment is all the more remarkable, the researchers said, considering that the region annually experiences a four-month polar night when there is no sunlight to nurture plant life. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Even millions of years ago, the South Pole endured what's known as a four-month polar night when no sunlight can be seen. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Herschel Island is home to moose, musk oxen and caribou; the site is one of the few places where black, polar and grizzly bears share the same habitat, per Smithsonian magazine. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Mar. 2020",
"At-home polar plunges do come at a far cheaper cost, though; depending on the area, entering a cryotherapy chamber could cost you about $75 a pop. \u2014 Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science , 17 Jan. 2019",
"His polar opposite, meanwhile, was the pair of bluestockings to his left. \u2014 Nicholas M. Gallagher, National Review , 21 Mar. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1848, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin polaris , from Latin polus pole":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u014d-l\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposite"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023205",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"polarize":{
"antonyms":[
"decentralize",
"deconcentrate",
"spread (out)"
],
"definitions":{
": concentrate sense 1":[
"recreate a cohesive rock community by polarizing \u2026 an amorphous, fragmented audience",
"\u2014 Ellen Willis"
],
": to become polarized":[],
": to break up into opposing factions or groupings":[
"a campaign that polarized the electorate"
],
": to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern":[
"polarize light waves"
],
": to give physical polarity to":[]
},
"examples":[
"The war has polarized the nation.",
"The current debate polarizes along lines of class and race.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Both those goods have a darker side, with social media allowing dangerous conspiracies to be spread and harsh political beliefs to polarize a nation. \u2014 WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"When circumstances are already heated, there\u2019s no need to further polarize the obvious. \u2014 Abiola Salami, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Tom Hanks, for instance, gives a performance that may polarize audiences. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"Tuesday\u2019s primaries confirmed that angry and highly energized factions are increasingly defining both parties; as a result, America\u2019s politics continues to polarize . \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"Disinformation campaigns have helped polarize and politicize the issues, dividing people and preventing the potential to work together to make changes, Guterres writes. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 5 Apr. 2022",
"When stuff like this is happening, society begins to polarize , which is absolutely natural. \u2014 Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic , 25 Mar. 2022",
"That includes every possible position on gun ownership and regulation as the issue continues to polarize the nation. \u2014 Carol Kim Community Voices Contributor, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Mar. 2022",
"With skill and care, Russian operatives tested and retested how best to polarize audiences. \u2014 Tom Southern, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1811, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French polariser , from New Latin polaris polar":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u014d-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"center",
"centralize",
"compact",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171909",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"polderboy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a workman engaged in making or maintaining a polder":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130403",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pole":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a long slender usually cylindrical object (such as a length of wood)":[],
": a long staff of wood, metal, or fiberglass used in the pole vault":[],
": a native or inhabitant of Poland":[],
": a person of Polish descent":[],
": a point of guidance or attraction":[],
": a shaft which extends from the front axle of a wagon between wheelhorses and by which the wagon is drawn : tongue":[],
": a tree with a breast-high diameter of from 4 to 12 inches (10 to 30 centimeters)":[],
": diametrically opposed":[],
": either extremity of an axis of a sphere and especially of the earth's axis":[],
": either of the two terminals of an electric cell, battery, generator, or motor":[],
": either of two morphologically or physiologically differentiated areas at opposite ends of an axis in an organism or cell \u2014 see blastula illustration":[],
": either of two related opposites":[],
": one of two or more regions in a magnetized body at which the magnetic flux density is concentrated":[],
": the fixed point in a system of polar coordinates that serves as the origin":[],
": the inside front row position on the starting line for a race":[],
": the point of origin of two tangents to a conic section that determine a polar":[],
": to act upon with a pole":[],
": to impel or push with a pole":[],
": to propel a boat with a pole":[],
": to use ski poles to gain speed":[],
"Reginald 1500\u20131558 English cardinal; archbishop of Canterbury (1556\u201358)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1573, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"German, of Slavic origin; akin to Polish Polak Pole, Polska Poland, pole field":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Latin polus , from Greek polos pivot, pole; akin to Greek pelesthai to become, Sanskrit carati he moves, wanders \u2014 more at wheel":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English p\u0101l stake, pole, from Latin palus stake; akin to Latin pangere to fix \u2014 more at pact":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u00fcl",
"\u02c8p\u014dl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112833",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pole compass":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a compass raised (as on a pole) above the deck of an iron or steel ship to lessen the effect of the hull's magnetism":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123719",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pole dancing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": usually solo dancing performed while using a fixed vertical pole as a prop":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Directed by singer, dancer, and actress Teyana Taylor, the clip intercuts a pole dancing routine with footage of Ne-Yo performing the sultry tune. \u2014 Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
"This is how Cami \u00c1rboles took her pole dancing and yoga skills and built a global business around it. \u2014 Kristin Stoller, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"One solution: pole dancing , which Mottley started doing more than a year ago. \u2014 Dorany Pinedastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"And the pole dancing lessons were a workout in themselves! \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The decision to be open about her previous career pole dancing was two-fold, Hunt said in an interview earlier this year. \u2014 Thomas Phippen, Fox News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Since then, pole dancing has become an essential part of her life. \u2014 Yara Sim\u00f3n, refinery29.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Adele topped off the night by providing a demonstration of her own pole dancing skills. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The concept came from Brown seeing a clip of music video's director Violett Beane, who takes pole dancing classes, practicing. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 28 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1994, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121540",
"type":[
"noun",
"noun or intransitive verb"
]
},
"pole effect":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the minute change in wavelength and marked change in character of many spectral lines in light emanating from the central region of a metallic arc as compared with light originating near the electrodes":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123022",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pole position":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the front position at the start of a car race":[
"He won the pole position by having the fastest qualifying time."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123756",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polemic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another":[],
": an aggressive controversialist : disputant":[],
": the art or practice of disputation or controversy":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction"
]
},
"examples":[
"Her book is a fierce polemic against the inequalities in our society.",
"They managed to discuss the issues without resorting to polemics .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Evans\u2019s work sidesteps both polemic and propaganda. \u2014 Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Win at All Costs is, in effect, a 350-page polemic which argues that the NOP\u2019s transgressions are consistent with a ruthless Nike ethos where the ends always justify the means. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 2 Oct. 2020",
"Such falsehoods aside, the most interesting aspect of Lavrov's polemic relates to his throwaway comments about Zelensky. \u2014 Anthony D. Kauders, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"In her barnstorming environmental polemic Silent Spring, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, Rachel Carson fired a broadside against the unfettered use of chemicals by agricultural giants. \u2014 Shely Aronov, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"His polemic appeared in the pan-African magazine Bingo, during preparations for the 1966 World Festival of Black Arts, in Dakar\u2014a cultural d\u00e9but pageant for the continent\u2019s newly independent nations. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Many years ago, Jonathan Chait wrote a polemic in The New Republic arguing that Delaware was the worst state, for, among other things, its friendliness to corporate interest and its extremely loose regulatory standards. \u2014 The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Madonna is Susan, a scrappy downtown hustler who has gotten herself embroiled in a vague scandal involving the Atlantic City mob (a subplot treated with such indifference that the film practically becomes a polemic about narrative priorities). \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"So his propaganda during this crisis shouldn\u2019t shock his devoted, polemic -accustomed audience. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French pol\u00e9mique , from Middle French, from polemique controversial, from Greek polemikos warlike, hostile, from polemos war; perhaps akin to Greek pelemizein to shake, Old English eal felo baleful":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u0259-\u02c8le-mik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050525",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polemical":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": engaged in or addicted to polemics : disputatious":[],
": of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial":[]
},
"examples":[
"during the Middle Ages even theologians could be surprisingly polemical in their writings",
"an unnecessarily polemical look at the supposed incompatibility between science and religion",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But where Kramer was polemical , Holleran was poetic \u2014 more quietly political, Kushner said, but political nevertheless as a pioneer in literature for a post-Stonewall age. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Eucalyptus can be a polemical aspect in California wines \u2014 many dislike its cooling green flavors \u2014 but Thackrey was never one to interfere with its expression. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"Next month, Reed will publish a book that is, in the context of his polemical writing, unusual. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Rutllant\u2019s journey of self-discovery leads her to unearth details of the life and work of her great grandfather, a polemical astrophysicist who attempted to build the largest telescope in Chile\u2019s southern hemisphere during the Cold War. \u2014 Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"The path his company chose, Boreing told me, is to avoid making polemical films. \u2014 Andy Meek, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Maybe more muscular and polemical , rather than empathetic",
"No matter how polemical their purposes, such works employ inventive, elegant designs that are ever more striking as their occasions recede in time. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Many of them have not mastered the polemical ease with which to speak and convince. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022"
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"under the polestar of progress, urban renewal programs gutted the historic districts of many cities",
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"His Guiding Principles became the central narrative of the GSA and a kind of polestar for US architects. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Time is told by the rising up and rolling down of the sunlight on the cliffs, by the glimpse of Cassiopeia in the narrows turning around the polestar through the stardust of perfect clear September nights. \u2014 Christopher Ketcham, Harper's magazine , 24 June 2019",
"This lush, rangy pocket of the country is finally being recognized as a culinary polestar , with chefs such Ms. Cooper, Tennessee\u2019s Sean Brock and Virginia\u2019s Travis Milton championing of Appalachian foodways to national acclaim. \u2014 Louisa Shafia, WSJ , 27 Sep. 2018",
"The Crying of Lot 49 as polestars \u2014but that doesn\u2019t really capture the affecting humanity of the five episodes that have aired (episode six airs on September 10). \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 7 Sep. 2018",
"Copenhagen today is a city transformed, a polestar across creative fields from art to architecture, design to dining. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Suits that\u2019s three in federal court and one in Cuyahoga county, common police court . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Complaints were sworn to yesterday for 171 alleged violators of the traffic laws, who will be brought into police court this morning and punished if they are found guilty. \u2014 Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Vicente Cirildo Guerra, 43, was arraigned Wednesday in Deschutes County Circuit Court in connection with the Jan. 20 shooting that occurred feet from where the suspect worked as a barber, according to police court records. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Jan. 2020",
"Alexander Mullowney, a police court judge in Washington, DC, urged women to protect themselves on the streets and promised them impunity in his courtroom. \u2014 Longreads , 10 Jan. 2018",
"Godwin, who has a police court record, was sentenced to five months on the chain gang by Recorder Ivey this morning. \u2014 The Root , 3 Nov. 2017"
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"there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Formal charges have been filed against the man and woman who led a Homewood police officer on a chase that ended with the officer being seriously injured. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 29 June 2022",
"Noor was believed to be the first police officer to be convicted of murder in Minnesota in recent memory -- but the second came only a few years later with Derek Chauvin's murder conviction in the killing of George Floyd. \u2014 Omar Jimenez And Eric Levenson, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"Noor, who is Somali-American, was believed to be the first Minnesota police officer convicted of murder for an on-duty shooting, according to CBS News. \u2014 Essence , 27 June 2022",
"Constable James Quinn becomes the first Chicago police officer to be killed in the line of duty, but this recognition would not be honored until March 2, 2010. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"The retired police officer remembers tracking the deadly storms on her husband\u2019s fire department radio scanner. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The shooting happened during the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of killing George Floyd, a Black man whose death prompted global protests against police violence. \u2014 Jesus Jim\u00e9nez, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"The subsequent shooting left two adult victims and the police officer with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, police said. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
"After speaking with Amara, the dean went back to the police officer . \u2014 Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica , 19 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In this episode of the long-running police procedural , investigators Horatio Caine (Caruso) and Eric Delko (Rodriguez) travel to California to clear a colleague. \u2014 Kristina Garcia, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"More recently, Waterman starred as Gerry Standing in Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell\u2019s police procedural New Tricks. \u2014 Trilby Beresford, Billboard , 9 May 2022",
"Crafted with stunning visuals and a richly layered narrative, Park\u2019s sensual police procedural earned him the Best Director prize at the festival. \u2014 Jihane Bousfiha, ELLE , 2 June 2022",
"More recently, Waterman starred as Gerry Standing in Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell\u2019s police procedural New Tricks. \u2014 Trilby Beresford, Billboard , 9 May 2022",
"More recently, Waterman starred as Gerry Standing in Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell\u2019s police procedural New Tricks. \u2014 Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 May 2022",
"Of course, recent episodes have proved that the popular police procedural doesn\u2019t shy away from letting other famous celebrities from the \u201880s and \u201890s in on the fun. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Country Living , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The police procedural and legal drama is returning to NBC on Feb. 24 with both new and former cast members. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The result is a high octane thriller that spins the police procedural genre and devotes its attention to the emotional consequences that hit its characters with the violence of shrapnel. \u2014 Emiliano Granada, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Coburn, started as a police reporter in 1966 after graduating with a degree from Eastern Illinois University in Downstate Charleston. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"The Miami Herald paid to connect the property to a phone line so that her father, Henry Olaf Reno, a police reporter for the paper, could call police departments every morning, hunting for a scoop. \u2014 Patricia Mazzei, New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Within five years of studying Japanese, Adelstein took the Yomiuri Shimbun exam to become a police reporter . \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Harbsmeier became a police reporter , working the crime beat for about two decades. \u2014 Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal , 5 Dec. 2021",
"In 1990 the senior police reporter at the Contra Costa Times sold me his Honda 400 motorcycle. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Sep. 2021",
"The most glaring and long-running issue in my view as a former Chicago police reporter may be the city\u2019s low clearance rate, meaning crimes that have led to at least one arrest. \u2014 Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Barnhart taught elementary school for a short time but was attracted to journalism and in 1970 began working as a police reporter for the old City News Bureau of Chicago wire service. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 12 July 2021",
"The author and former Los Angeles Times police reporter has just started work on a spinoff that will premiere at an unannounced date on Amazon\u2019s free streaming service, IMDb TV. \u2014 Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite that unusual premise, there\u2019s so much that feels deeply present about Yuknavitch\u2019s latest novel: the ever-expanding police state , lower Manhattan under water, and a woman on a mission to rescue other vulnerable women. \u2014 V\u00e9ronique Hyland, ELLE , 18 May 2022",
"Take her statement issued after the July 11-12, 2021, uprising against the police state . \u2014 Mary Anastasia O\u2019grady, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
"The author's taut depiction of life under a police state feels timely and gripping. \u2014 Hanif Abdurraqib, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Criticizing the leader of a police state in a public poll during a war would be quite stupid, and the Russian people aren\u2019t stupid. \u2014 WSJ , 17 Apr. 2022",
"His visa for Belarus expired 12 days ago, leaving him at the mercy of a repressive police state . \u2014 New York Times , 16 Nov. 2021",
"The Cuban pharmaceutical business is particularly sensitive because the regime hopes to use its lab research to raise hard currency and advance its image as a benevolent police state . \u2014 Mary Anastasia O\u2019grady, WSJ , 10 Oct. 2021",
"The protests exceeded frustrations of food lines and power scarcities, venturing into a challenge to the police state itself. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 July 2021",
"In his two-bedroom Moscow apartment, 35-year-old start-up wizard Pavel Telitchenko spent years mulling a move from Russia, fearing the gradual rise of a police state . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2022"
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"Set in 1901, an ambitious portrait of Alexey Alchevsky, founder of Russia\u2019s first mortgage bank and Ukrainian Donbas patriot, framed through a procedural narrative of a young policeman investigating his mysterious death. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"When the trail goes cold on a murder investigation of a policeman an undercover narcotics officer is lured back to the force to help solve the case. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 26 May 2022",
"One policeman was injured in the operation to retake control of the prison. \u2014 CNN , 9 May 2022",
"Schlossberg first made his reputation when four men attempted to steal guns from a Williamsburg shop and ended up killing a policeman and getting penned in by the NYPD. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Two years ago, Croydon\u2019s three selectmen (including Ian Underwood) made a surprise motion to fire the town\u2019s only policeman and dissolve the department. \u2014 Peter Greene, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"McBride creates a chaotic and colorful world of characters: There are Italian mobsters and an Irish policeman who falls in love with a virtuous church lady. \u2014 The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"In the video, a policeman kicked her old wooden door multiple times, eventually breaking through and taking the woman to quarantine. \u2014 Wenxin Fan, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"But there\u2019s a catch: Their passengers include Cam and a rookie policeman (Jackson White) who was shot during the robbery. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English policie, pollecye \"art or practice of government, system of government, commonwealth, organization or conduct of affairs, practical skill, prudence,\" borrowed from Anglo-French policie, pollecie \"governance, system of government\" (Middle French also, \"a political organization, the state, conduct, behavior\"), borrowed from Late Latin pol\u012bt\u012ba \"citizenship, political organization, government\" \u2014 more at police entry 1":"Noun",
"earlier police, pollecy (in the phrase police/pollecy of assurance, after French pollice d'assurance ), borrowed from Middle French police, pollice \"certificate, written proof,\" probably borrowed from Italian polizza, pollizza \"receipt, promissory note,\" alteration of apodissa, appodissa (by absorption of initial a- by the definite article and shift of -d- to a lateral), borrowed from Medieval Latin apodixa, apodissa \"receipt,\" borrowed from Middle Greek ap\u00f3deixis, going back to Greek, \"making known, proof,\" from apodeik-, stem of apode\u00edknymi, apodeikn\u00fdnai \"to point out, make known, prove\" + -sis -sis \u2014 more at apodictic":"Noun"
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"He spent the summer polishing his math skills.",
"you'll need to polish your shoes with a clean rag before the performance",
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"Did you use a wax polish on the table or an oil-based one",
"The movie has the polish we've come to expect from that director.",
"He's rude and lacks polish .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In response, Sissi\u2019s administration has tried to take some steps to polish its image. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"In order to polish his image before the election, Jansa has distanced himself from Orban and adopted a tough stance toward Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Ali Zerdin, ajc , 24 Apr. 2022",
"In 2018, Round House commissioned Lord to polish the play. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"For smooth, supple skin, exfoliate head-to-toe with Frank Body's Original Coffee Scrub \u2014 an exfoliator that, as the name suggests, uses coffee granules to polish skin. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 8 Apr. 2022",
"As Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Mulvaney spent his time trying to polish Trump policies. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The same is true for anyone wanting to polish their profile. \u2014 Robin Ryan, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Stores should seize the opportunity to polish their online shopping experience and increase their chances of having happy, satisfied and loyal customers returning for more. \u2014 Bagrat Safaryan, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"How generous of him to polish our terror into a fine shine and spoon out fatalism like sherbet, sweet and cold and fleeting. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This classic set offers loungewear coziness and wear-to-work polish in equal measure thanks to its oversized fit. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"Nothing says summer quite like a vibrant nail polish . \u2014 Essence , 23 June 2022",
"To improve shine and help remove scratches, use a high-quality metal polish specifically intended for jewelry. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"Shah\u2019s clients set the bar for effortless polish on the red carpet and beyond. \u2014 Sara Klausing, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"The runway from shoot to polish to air has to get shorter because people just move on. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 June 2022",
"That language puts a Zuckerbergian techno-utopian polish on a change Meta is making out of pure competitive necessity. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Wings equipment manger Paul Boyer combated the problem with Maximum Edge, a metal polish applied to the bottom of a blade to reduce friction. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
"Lime-green and black leopard spots were painted over a teal polish on her pinky nail. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 31 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"David Frazier made his small NYC apartment living room feel formal and polished , despite the limited space. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 24 June 2022",
"These pale separates are oversized yet still polished , and the full set hits for under $250. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"Imagine stones rolling downstream in a river, colliding with each other and getting polished in the process. \u2014 Ariel Katz, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The bride wore a custom white mini-dress with a theatrically-long veil while the groom looked polished in a classic black suit. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"But this time the looks seemed especially coordinated, in both color and cut, creating an overall look that felt decidedly polished . \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Apr. 2022",
"With two locations in Houston and a third slated to open soon in the Woodlands, this wildly popular and polished bar is exactly that: a bar, not an ice house. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 8 June 2022",
"Halle, Jonathan, and Drew included modern yet cozy finishes in the final project, surprising Yvonne with a stunning and polished overhaul to her kitchen, dining room and sitting room. \u2014 Caitlin Scott, House Beautiful , 8 June 2022",
"My unit's black finish has a polished but not overly glossy look, and the uncomplicated design doesn't look out of place in either casual or formal settings. \u2014 Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"It was polite of him to hold the door for them.",
"Please be polite to the guests.",
"It isn't polite to interrupt people when they're talking.",
"She received some polite applause despite the mistakes in her performance.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Be polite in your refusals, but don't waste your time. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"That brings us to Craig Kimbrel, who has been, to be polite , ineffective as a closer lately. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Some families said the Taliban fighters who searched their homes were polite and did not inflict any damage. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Job seekers should have their antennas up to detect if the interviewers are self-aware, empathetic and polite . \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"At an appearance with Ophuls in 2009, Jean-Luc Godard, in an unusually polite mood, paid him high praise for The Sorrow and the Pity, which explores the German occupation of France through a portrait of one city, Clermont-Ferrand. \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"In a very polite exchange, Horton and Rachel spoke with two bank employees. \u2014 Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic , 20 May 2022",
"Congressman Cawthorn was very polite , very congenial, offered his support in absolutely any way to help me defeat [Democratic Buncombe County Commissioner Jasmine Beach-Ferrara]. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 19 May 2022",
"And incursion sounds like an unnecessarily polite term to describe a multiversal war that Kang wanted to prevent in the first place. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 16 May 2022"
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"politeness":{
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"discourteous",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"mannerless",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"ungenteel",
"ungracious",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
],
"definitions":{
": marked by a lack of roughness or crudities":[
"polite literature"
],
": marked by an appearance of consideration, tact, deference, or courtesy":[],
": marked by refined cultural interests and pursuits especially in arts and belles lettres":[],
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of advanced culture":[],
": showing or characterized by correct social usage":[]
},
"examples":[
"It was polite of him to hold the door for them.",
"Please be polite to the guests.",
"It isn't polite to interrupt people when they're talking.",
"She received some polite applause despite the mistakes in her performance.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Be polite in your refusals, but don't waste your time. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"That brings us to Craig Kimbrel, who has been, to be polite , ineffective as a closer lately. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Some families said the Taliban fighters who searched their homes were polite and did not inflict any damage. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Job seekers should have their antennas up to detect if the interviewers are self-aware, empathetic and polite . \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"At an appearance with Ophuls in 2009, Jean-Luc Godard, in an unusually polite mood, paid him high praise for The Sorrow and the Pity, which explores the German occupation of France through a portrait of one city, Clermont-Ferrand. \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"In a very polite exchange, Horton and Rachel spoke with two bank employees. \u2014 Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic , 20 May 2022",
"Congressman Cawthorn was very polite , very congenial, offered his support in absolutely any way to help me defeat [Democratic Buncombe County Commissioner Jasmine Beach-Ferrara]. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 19 May 2022",
"And incursion sounds like an unnecessarily polite term to describe a multiversal war that Kang wanted to prevent in the first place. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 16 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English (Scots) polit , Latin politus , from past participle of polire":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u0259-\u02c8l\u012bt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for polite civil , polite , courteous , gallant , chivalrous mean observant of the forms required by good breeding. civil often suggests little more than the avoidance of overt rudeness. owed the questioner a civil reply polite commonly implies polish of speech and manners and sometimes suggests an absence of cordiality. if you can't be pleasant, at least be polite courteous implies more actively considerate or dignified politeness. clerks who were unfailingly courteous to customers gallant and chivalrous imply courteous attentiveness especially to women. gallant suggests spirited and dashing behavior and ornate expressions of courtesy. a gallant suitor of the old school chivalrous suggests high-minded and self-sacrificing behavior. a chivalrous display of duty",
"synonyms":[
"civil",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"well-bred"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194326",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"politesse":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": formal politeness : decorousness":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The avatars onscreen were often just rectangles or blobs, and the concepts had to stay within the bounds of dinner-table politesse . \u2014 Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker , 22 Sep. 2021",
"The politesse recommended by Attlee, Bevin, and others had gained the American Jews almost nothing. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 2 Nov. 2020",
"But Peck is just as much the keeper of the flame of the precision postmodernists like William H. Gass, another Midwesterner who had a way with metaphor and a burning fury against politesse . \u2014 Mark Athitakis, Washington Post , 6 Nov. 2019",
"With flattery and French politesse , President Emmanuel Macron delicately maneuvered around Trump, partly by playing to the President\u2019s ego. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 27 Aug. 2019",
"The responses are eye-opening, but do not necessarily represent the gold standard of politesse . \u2014 Ajc Homepage, ajc , 24 Nov. 2017",
"The Trump Administration has the right idea, even if the President\u2019s words lack the usual diplomatic politesse . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 9 Aug. 2017",
"Apparently, the T & T squad didn\u2019t want to burn some of that politesse and reciprocity with the Sounders. \u2014 Geoff Baker, The Seattle Times , 27 Aug. 2017",
"Black demonstrators protesting the murder of teen-agers are met with tanks and riot gear; white demonstrators protesting the unpopularity of Nazi and Confederate ideology are met with politesse . \u2014 Longreads , 15 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1683, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Middle French, cleanness, from Old Italian pulitezza , from pulito , past participle of pulire to polish, clean, from Latin polire":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccp\u00e4-li-\u02c8tes",
"\u02ccp\u022f-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162015",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"politic":{
"antonyms":[
"gauche",
"impolitic",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"untactful"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by shrewdness in managing, contriving, or dealing":[],
": political":[],
": sagacious in promoting a policy":[],
": shrewdly tactful":[]
},
"examples":[
"It would not be politic to ignore them.",
"the actor is politic in discussing the aborted film project, being content to say that there were \u201ccreative differences\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For his part, M\u00e1rki-Zay didn\u2019t give the most politic concession speech. \u2014 John Fund, National Review , 5 Apr. 2022",
"But some of those friends were decidedly less politic when contacted by a reporter. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Meanwhile, as the early promise of a coronavirus-free summer has given way to new mask mandates and other restrictions, public hostility toward vaccine holdouts has spurred accusations of politic grandstanding, ignorance and selfishness. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 31 July 2021",
"Even the ever- politic Hough couldn't come to the animal rescue for the second week. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 29 Sep. 2020",
"These actions would be politic as well as morally correct, insuring that the Democratic Party\u2019s most reliable base will be able to vote unimpeded in the 2022 midterms. \u2014 Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker , 28 Sep. 2020",
"The mass stoppage wasn't due to the coronavirus, but outrage over another pandemic, that of racial injustice, politic brutality, and the disregard for Black lives. \u2014 Claire Zillman, Fortune , 27 Aug. 2020",
"Included with the politic petition were cellphone photos of Cole giving the Nazi salute and standing in front of the Auschwitz death camp in Germany. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 19 Oct. 2019",
"That included Erniece Winfield, who tried to politic for her son, Antoine Jr., to be drafted onto the Red Bulls. \u2014 Andy Greder, Twin Cities , 4 Oct. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English politik, pollitique \"of spiritual or secular governance, political, sagacious, prudent,\" borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French politique \"of the state, political, of the regulation of social behavior,\" borrowed from Latin pol\u012bticus \"of civil government, political\" (Medieval Latin, \"judicious, prudent\"), borrowed from Greek pol\u012btik\u00f3s \"of citizens, civic, made up of citizens, of a statesman, of a state, political, public,\" from pol\u012b\u0301t\u0113s \"citizen, freeman\" + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at police entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02cctik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for politic expedient , politic , advisable mean dictated by practical or prudent motives. expedient usually implies what is immediately advantageous without regard for ethics or consistent principles. a politically expedient decision politic stresses judiciousness and tactical value but usually implies some lack of candor or sincerity. a politic show of interest advisable applies to what is practical, prudent, or advantageous but lacks the derogatory implication of expedient and politic . sometimes it's advisable to say nothing suave , urbane , diplomatic , bland , smooth , politic mean pleasantly tactful and well-mannered. suave suggests a specific ability to deal with others easily and without friction. a suave public relations coordinator urbane implies high cultivation and poise coming from wide social experience. an urbane traveler diplomatic stresses an ability to deal with ticklish situations tactfully. a diplomatic negotiator bland emphasizes mildness of manner and absence of irritating qualities. a bland master of ceremonies smooth suggests often a deliberately assumed suavity. a smooth salesman politic implies shrewd as well as tactful and suave handling of people. a cunningly politic manager",
"synonyms":[
"diplomatic",
"tactful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074229",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polka mazurka":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a dance tune in slow triple time accented on the last beat":[],
": a modified polka using a mazurka step":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122722",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poll":{
"antonyms":[
"canvass",
"canvas",
"interview",
"solicit",
"survey"
],
"definitions":{
": a counting of votes cast":[],
": a questioning or canvassing of persons selected at random or by quota to obtain information or opinions to be analyzed":[],
": a record of the information so obtained":[],
": head":[],
": nape":[],
": the broad or flat end of a striking tool (such as a hammer)":[],
": the casting or recording of the votes of a body of persons":[],
": the period of time during which votes may be cast at an election":[],
": the place where votes are cast or recorded":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural at the polls"
],
": the top or back of the head":[],
": the total number of votes recorded":[
"a heavy poll"
],
": to cast one's vote at a poll":[],
": to check (devices, such as several computer terminals sharing a single line) in sequence for messages waiting to be transmitted":[],
": to cut off or cut short (a material, such as wool)":[],
": to cut off or cut short the hair or wool of : crop , shear":[],
": to cut off or cut short the horns of (cattle)":[],
": to question or canvass in a poll":[],
": to receive (votes) in an election":[],
": to receive and record the votes of":[],
": to request each member of to declare a vote individually":[
"poll the assembly"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The magazine conducted a poll to find out the favorite 100 movies of all time.",
"A recent poll shows a decrease in the number of teenagers who smoke.",
"The polls are open until 8:00 tonight.",
"Verb",
"About half of the people polled had tried smoking.",
"The conservative candidate polled more than 10,000 votes in the last election.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The poll did not include former Prince George\u2019s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III, who suspended his campaign last month. \u2014 Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
"There are also no women on Rolling Stone\u2019s readers\u2019 poll of the best grunge albums of all time. \u2014 Peter Rubin, Longreads , 1 July 2022",
"About half of Americans believe former President Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, a new poll shows. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"The share of adults in a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll who said Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
"The majority of the country\u201460% of Americans\u2014disapprove of Biden\u2019s leadership, according to a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll , the results of which were released Wednesday. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Most of the interviewing for the poll was conducted as the legislation was being considered and before it was passed. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"Forty-eight percent of Americans now say Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in Jan. 6, a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds, while 31 percent said he shouldn't be charged. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 30 June 2022",
"Of a couple dozen comments on a Facebook thread \u2014 a very serious poll \u2014 the vast majority said they are known as lightning bugs in the Hoosier state. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Washington only cares about long-term problems that poll well. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
"These policies do not poll particularly well among Asian Americans nationally. \u2014 Claire Wang, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"Cisco will then scour data and poll employees to see which approach worked better. \u2014 Matthew Boyle, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
"In a joint statement, US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch revealed plans to poll members and choose a new title for their earthbound sport. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Art & Science Group didn\u2019t poll the parents of the students. \u2014 Emma Whitford, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Each version of the bill consisted of policies that moderates were largely happy to get behind, and BBB tended to poll well, even as President Biden faltered. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"South Carolina looks to go wire-to-wire after being ranked No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports women's basketball coaches poll all season long, against a Louisville program hungry for its first-ever title (7 p.m. ET, ESPN). \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Woorion maintains a robust database, which allows his group to poll members and use data to evolve and curate the information their community needs the most. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English pol, polle , from Middle Low German":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u014dl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bean",
"block",
"dome",
"head",
"mazard",
"mazzard",
"nob",
"noddle",
"noggin",
"noodle",
"nut",
"pate"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114803",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"poll parrot":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tame parrot":[],
": to chatter like a parrot":[],
": to speak, repeat, or imitate like a parrot":[
"poll-parroting nonsense",
"\u2014 H. L. Mencken"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"poll entry 5 + parrot , noun":"Noun",
"poll parrot":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200226",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"poll tax":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tax of a fixed amount per person levied on adults and often linked to the right to vote":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Florida, Tennessee, and Arkansas were among the first states to take action, passing requirements like the poll tax between 1889 and 1892. \u2014 Nick Tabor, The New Republic , 4 Feb. 2022",
"But now the House has passed a ruthless attack on democracy, a poll tax in disguise, an attack on college students, the elderly, minorities, and the poor. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The American Civil Liberties Union and its Georgia chapter filed a lawsuit in April 2020 saying that Georgia\u2019s postage requirement for absentee ballots and ballot applications effectively imposes a poll tax and is therefore unconstitutional. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 30 Aug. 2021",
"British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher\u2019s disastrous poll tax of 1990. \u2014 Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Hidalgo calmly replied that the bill\u2014which would limit voting hours, forbid drive-through voting, and embolden partisan poll watchers\u2014was no different from a literacy test or a poll tax . \u2014 Stephania Taladri, The New Yorker , 28 June 2021",
"Mississippi passed laws that required a poll tax and mandated literacy tests. \u2014 Javonte Anderson, USA TODAY , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Alabama did strike back with its literacy test, poll tax and requirement that voters own property. \u2014 Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al , 21 May 2021",
"But Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law requiring them to first pay off all court fees and fines, which some critics have compared to a poll tax . \u2014 Adam Brewster, CBS News , 5 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1692, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u014dl-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182841",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poll watcher":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person assigned (as by a political party or candidate) to observe activities at a polling place to guard against illegal voting, fraudulent counting of ballots, and other violations of election laws":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182419",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollard":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tree cut back to the trunk to promote the growth of a dense head of foliage":[],
": to make a pollard of (a tree)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As a noun, a pollard is a tree so barbered, or an animal, such as a goat or sheep, that no longer has its horns. \u2014 John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com , 2 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There was a large Japanese maple at the edge of the back garden area that had been pollarded at about 9 feet on five or six major branches. \u2014 OregonLive.com , 6 June 2018",
"The shoots formed after topping (or pollarding for that matter) are tenuously connected to the rest of the tree\u2019s structure. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 6 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1670, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"poll entry 2":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u00e4-l\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122031",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pollster":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one that conducts a poll or compiles data obtained by a poll":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u014dl-st\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvasser",
"canvaser",
"interviewer",
"poller"
],
"antonyms":[
"interviewee",
"pollee",
"respondent"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Johnson's disapproval rating has soared to 68 percent, according to the pollster YouGov, having been as low as 26 percent in early 2020. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 6 June 2022",
"The survey, conducted by the pollster James Johnson, showed Labour holding a lead of 20 percentage points over the Conservatives. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"That\u2019s the explanation given by the pollster whose very small survey found that about 40 percent of Gen Z respondents were LGBTQ. \u2014 Laurie Marhoefer, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"Lake, the pollster , said the impending ruling could help Biden and Democrats in another way: serving as a glaring reminder of the legacy of former President Trump. \u2014 Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"Assuming the report is legitimate, the pollster seems to have offered useful analysis that Mr. Biden ignored. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"That\u2019s the first time that number has dipped below 50% since Ipsos started asking the question in August 2021, the pollster noted, and is down from 50% in March and 67% when Covid-19 cases were surging in January. \u2014 Alison Durkee, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"As for the worry that inflated responses about minorities are driven by fear and bigotry, this is belied by the pollster examining answers submitted by members of certain minority groups about their own group. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 18 Mar. 2022",
"That is, a person should be able to respond to a question honestly, while preventing the pollster from knowing whether the answer is that person\u2019s actual opinion. \u2014 Dennis Shasha, Scientific American , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143132"
},
"polltaker":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": pollster":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180501",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollucite":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a colorless transparent mineral (Cs,Na) 2 Al 2 Si 4 O 12 .H 2 O of the zeolite family consisting of hydrous cesium aluminum silicate and occurring massive or crystallizing in cubes":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin Polluc-, Pollux Pollux + English -ite (after German pollux pollucite)":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u0259\u02c8l\u00fc\u02ccs\u012bt",
"\u02c8p\u00e4ly\u0259\u02cc-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063118",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollutant":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": something that pollutes":[]
},
"examples":[
"filtered the pollutants out of the water",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This case concerns a legal challenge to the EPA\u2019s authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"On Wednesday, the Navy told state officials the source of pollutant in the Red Hill Shaft was identified as jet fuel, health department spokesperson Kaitlyn Arita-Chang told CNN. \u2014 Tina Burnside And Kelly Mccleary, CNN , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Such systems cannot remove nitrogen, the main pollutant of concern. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"In some cases, their equipment measured this small particulate pollutant at nearly twice the levels picked up by the corresponding EPA system. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Yet industry watchdogs like Marcie Keever at environmental advocacy group Friends of the Earth caution that LNG is merely a distraction and yet another significant pollutant . \u2014 CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Air quality in the West barely meets the EPA\u2019s standard for one type of air pollutant . \u2014 NBC News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Other speakers said the county should install methane capture systems at landfills, noting that reducing methane, a short-term but potent climate pollutant , can have immediate benefits in slowing climate change. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Ozone is not an equal opportunity pollutant \u2014some plants are highly susceptible to the toxic gas and others less so. \u2014 Jim Robbins, Wired , 16 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-t\u1d4ant",
"p\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fct-\u1d4ant"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adulterant",
"contaminant",
"contamination",
"defilement",
"impurity"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062932",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollute":{
"antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purify"
],
"definitions":{
": debase sense 1":[
"using language to deceive or mislead pollutes language",
"\u2014 Linda C. Lederman"
],
": to contaminate (an environment) especially with man-made waste":[],
": to make ceremonially or morally impure : defile":[],
": to make physically impure or unclean : befoul , dirty":[]
},
"examples":[
"Miles of beaches were polluted by the oil spill.",
"Car exhaust pollutes the air.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But not all automakers are on board with a plan to pollute the planet for as long as possible. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 9 June 2022",
"Trade laws should be used as one negotiating tactic to get China and other countries to pollute less. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"People argue that to allow facets of your work-self to permeate your family-self is to pollute precious family time. \u2014 Bob Bennett, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Both waste rock and tailings can contain toxic substances that threaten to pollute groundwater and surface waters if not properly mitigated. \u2014 Becki Robins, The Atlantic , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The Biden administration on Thursday proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. \u2014 Michael Phillis, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"Through its carbon conversion technology, Air Company removes the impurities often found in alcohol by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that would otherwise pollute Earth. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
"Recirculating tanks require huge amounts of energy to move and filter millions of gallons of water daily, and that water still holds waste that can pollute nearby rivers and estuaries. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American , 1 May 2022",
"Caps are also set well above the levels at which industries currently pollute , providing an incentive to continue with status quo (or even slightly higher) emissions. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 27 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin pollutus , past participle of polluere , from por- (akin to Latin per through) + -luere (akin to Latin lutum mud, Greek lyma dirt, defilement) \u2014 more at for":""
},
"pronounciation":[
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"Miles of beaches were polluted by the oil spill.",
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"But not all automakers are on board with a plan to pollute the planet for as long as possible. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 9 June 2022",
"Trade laws should be used as one negotiating tactic to get China and other countries to pollute less. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"People argue that to allow facets of your work-self to permeate your family-self is to pollute precious family time. \u2014 Bob Bennett, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Both waste rock and tailings can contain toxic substances that threaten to pollute groundwater and surface waters if not properly mitigated. \u2014 Becki Robins, The Atlantic , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The Biden administration on Thursday proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. \u2014 Michael Phillis, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"Through its carbon conversion technology, Air Company removes the impurities often found in alcohol by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that would otherwise pollute Earth. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
"Recirculating tanks require huge amounts of energy to move and filter millions of gallons of water daily, and that water still holds waste that can pollute nearby rivers and estuaries. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American , 1 May 2022",
"Caps are also set well above the levels at which industries currently pollute , providing an incentive to continue with status quo (or even slightly higher) emissions. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 27 May 2022"
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"Middle English, from Latin pollutus , past participle of polluere , from por- (akin to Latin per through) + -luere (akin to Latin lutum mud, Greek lyma dirt, defilement) \u2014 more at for":""
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": a noisy usually mischievous ghost held to be responsible for unexplained noises (such as rappings)":[]
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"we thought a poltergeist was knocking dishes off the shelves, but it turned out to just be vibrations from passing trains",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Parker Posey has joined the ensemble cast of The Parenting, a poltergeist comedy from New Line and HBO Max. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Mar. 2022",
"There was something about Reitman\u2019s film and approach that was just lightning in a bottle \u2014 or a poltergeist in a ghost trap. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Some poltergeist action worked its way into the mix. \u2014 Nicholas Quah, Vulture , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Could this energy, the kind that is projected, perceived, and exchanged, yet purportedly impossible to measure, have somehow spun the monitor\u2019s compass, like a poltergeist or a solar flare",
"In this horror-comedy, a dead couple haunting their country residence enlist the help of a poltergeist named Beetlejuice to rid their home of the Deetz family. \u2014 Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com , 30 Aug. 2021",
"There's also Bridgewater Triangle, an area in southeastern Massachusetts that's has allegedly been the site of UFO, Big Foot, giant snake, and poltergeist sightings. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Ed acquiesces, until the church calls them overseas to England to look into the Enfield poltergeist of 1977. \u2014 Lillian Brown, Vulture , 3 June 2021",
"In nineteen-thirties London, the Hungarian parapsychologist Nandor Fodor began studying Alma Fielding, a housewife who claimed to be tormented by a poltergeist . \u2014 The New Yorker , 31 May 2021"
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"those poltroons in the state legislature who have caved in to bigotry on this important issue of basic civil rights",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And there\u2019s the awkward fact of Giuliani\u2019s having failed, in spite of his most abject scheming, to manage to overturn the presidential election that Donald Trump lost to a wobbly poltroon on the edge of 80. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 15 Jan. 2021"
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"decried the poltroonery of those politicians who caved into pressure from the special interests"
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"1590, in the meaning defined above":""
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"p\u00e4l-\u02c8tr\u00fc-n\u0259-r\u0113",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The exhibition\u2019s candy-colored archway, made from nine different slabs of polychromatic onyx, became one of the most Instagrammed items of the week. \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 14 June 2022",
"The new fascia has a perfectly symmetrical design, centered on a circular power on/off sphere which uses the company\u2019s familiar polychromatic indicator lighting, offering a clear and simple indication of the amplifier\u2019s status. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"If daylight isn't readily available, researchers said polychromatic white light enriched in short wavelengths\u2014a cool, white LED light at about 6500K, based on current lighting options\u2014is the next best option. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, Health.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The Speed Twin Breitling Limited Edition has a polychromatic blue color scheme that matches the dial of the latest Top Time, along with a custom instrument panel, engine detail and premium leather seat that all bear the Breitling name or logo. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Locks, studs and clasps connect the 20 pieces that make up the mostly polychromatic line, which is structured around four themes: Le Multipin, Le Magn\u00e9tisme, La Mini Malle and Cocktail Rings. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The treatment is capped off with polychromatic LED light therapy. \u2014 Lesleymck, Variety , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The amplifier is designed, engineered and built in the UK and has the unmistakable polychromatic spherical controls which are used to select the power and gain controls. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
"While requisite health protocols, including a ban on spectators, have sapped the Games of both color and human connection, the stores have become a substitute arena of polychromatic cultural discovery for some. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Aug. 2021"
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"Greek polychr\u014dmatos , from poly- + chr\u014dmat-, chr\u014dma color \u2014 more at chromatic":""
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"The idea, which was dropped, was that the sculpture would be polychrome , and the study shows the Woofus with a blue tail, a pink body, a striped red-and-yellow sash, and a white neck and face covered in small blue dots. \u2014 Mark Lamster, Dallas News , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The Avery-Bennett clock has a polychrome red case with bronze moldings, as well as a black dial face and bronze sunburst behind its hands. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2021",
"Various offerings had been deposited in front of her: ceramic vessels with polychrome decorations and metal weapons. \u2014 National Geographic , 24 Nov. 2020",
"This week, workers finished installing glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly; red translucent spears, rippled purple windowpanes and swirled polychrome spheres are emerging from pools and waterfalls. \u2014 Eve M. Kahn, New York Times , 20 Apr. 2017"
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"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Mounjaro targets a second hormone, the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide , as well. \u2014 Matthew Herper, STAT , 14 May 2022",
"There are also polypeptide chains that are the sides of the ladder, connecting the rungs vertically. \u2014 Kirbie Johnson, Allure , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Vitamin C derivative of choice is an ascorbic acid polypeptide . \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 26 Aug. 2021",
"The researchers found success using soy protein isolate\u2014which has an entirely different molecular composition from spider silk\u2014due to the fact that all proteins are comprised of polypeptide chains. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 14 June 2021",
"It is synthesized as part of two much longer polypeptides, the product of the initial long open reading frame (orf1a), and from the orf1b, the orf1ab polypeptide . \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 4 June 2021",
"Aviptadil is a synthetic form of human vasoactive intestinal polypeptide , which is highly concentrated in the lungs. \u2014 Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2020",
"That is seven more years those polypeptides would receive if they were approved under the rules for regular small-molecule drugs, such as pills. \u2014 Jeff Stein, Washington Post , 20 Dec. 2019",
"In 2015, Krishnamurthy, Hud and their collaborators showed that trying to understand the origins of polypeptide synthesis by focusing only on amino acids, the building blocks of peptides, might be the wrong tack. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Sep. 2019"
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"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02ccp\u00e4-l\u0113-\u02c8r\u012b-b\u0259-\u02ccs\u014dm",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This serum from Allies of Skin utilizes multiple forms of hyaluronicacid (low molecular weight, high molecular weight, and botanical polysaccharide ) to deliver concentrated moisture deep into fine lines wrinkles. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 29 June 2022",
"The food science writer Harold McGee says that, like onions, shallots contain the fructose polymer inulin, a polysaccharide that breaks down into multiple simple sugars when heated, increasing the overall sweetness. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"All crustaceans have chitosan, a polysaccharide that is the second most abundant organic compound in the world next to cellulose. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 26 July 2021",
"Similarly, to trigger more robust protection in the elderly, a shot of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is boosted by one that contains a pneumococcal polysaccharide . \u2014 Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS , 12 Feb. 2021",
"The scales of chitin (a polysaccharide common to insects) are arranged like roof tiles. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 11 Sep. 2020",
"Risk for the coronavirus was reduced in those who had a pneumococcal polysaccharide or influenza vaccine, or were on melatonin, paroxetine, or carvedilol, according to Clinic research. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 16 June 2020",
"The risk calculator study found that patients who received the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) and flu vaccine were less likely to test positive for COVID-19 than those who didn\u2019t receive the vaccinations. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 16 June 2020",
"They are generally made of long strings of those simple sugars, called polysaccharides (i.e. many sugars). \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 23 May 2019"
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"The floor will need two coats of polyurethane .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Standing at just over 33 inches, the Panton 2.0 is made from from rigid polyurethane foam that\u2019s topped with glossy lacquer. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
"Today they\u2019re composed of a variety of buoyant materials, including polyurethane foam, fiberglass, graphite and carbon fiber. \u2014 Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics , 12 June 2022",
"The rise of vegan leather, which is typically made from polyurethane , a type of plastic that has a more favorable Higg rating, has brought unintended consequences, industry officials say. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
"While indoor air quality certifications like the ones listed above are great to look out for to ensure low VOCs, some of these still use polyurethane foam and are totally separate from organic manufacturing. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"Apply polyurethane to both dowels, then glue and screw the shorter dowel to the longer one. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn And Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 28 Nov. 2020",
"The soft, quick-drying, removable footbed comes with a gel insert and a dual-density anatomical polyurethane construction, which works with the high-rebound EVA midsole for solid comfort. \u2014 Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
"One of the commenters said that a cheap thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) case yellowing over time shouldn\u2019t surprise anyone. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 25 May 2022",
"Times art critic Christopher Knight checks out an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Kevin Beasley, who works wonders with polyurethane resin. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Patients with nocturnal polyuria produce more than 33% of their daily urine output at night, the report says. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 12 Oct. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1823, in the meaning defined above":""
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"After winning the girls\u2019 pole vault (11-6) and the outdoor pentathlon (3,313 points) on Thursday, Westford Academy senior Megan Frazee added a third state championship. \u2014 Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"Local history was made in the boys pole vault , when Lloyd Memorial senior Jake Davidson won the event for the fourth-straight season. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 3 June 2022",
"Other boys winners were Phoenix\u2019s Elwood Hosking (3,000), Marshfield\u2019s Jonathon Parks ( pole vault ) and Henley\u2019s Eli Hayes (long jump). \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
"Poly got wins from Casey Talamini-Kelemen in the pole vault (9 feet) and Ellie Yerkes in the 3,200 (12:33.32). \u2014 Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Her father, Jeff, had a different vision: more family success in the pole vault . \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Snifferlin\u2019s 15-6 pole vault was 1.5 feet better than the rest of the Comet Relays field. \u2014 cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Difficult and dangerous, the pole vault has broken the heart of many a decathlete. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Those first flights took place six years ago, when Johnston got involved in the event which has become synonymous with his last name: the pole vault . \u2014 Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022"
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"Soon the others start to sing, too, their voices overlapping to create a rapturous polyphony . \u2014 Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The Master Chorale and the cellist C\u00e9cilia Tsan nimbly negotiated the score\u2019s Hindustani gestures, which were seamlessly woven into a four-part texture modelled on Renaissance polyphony . \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In this oral history, Alexievich brings forth a polyphony of voices from one of the most radical social-engineering experiments ever carried out. \u2014 Marci Shore, The Atlantic , 11 Mar. 2022",
"For practitioners of what used to be called the lively arts, Life Isn\u2019t Everything, an oral biography of Mike Nichols, is manna from heaven, its brilliantly orchestrated polyphony bringing him, his work, and his world to vivid life. \u2014 Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
"For practitioners of what used to be called the lively arts, Life Isn\u2019t Everything, an oral biography of Mike Nichols, is manna from heaven, its brilliantly orchestrated polyphony bringing him, his work, and his world to vivid life. \u2014 Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
"For practitioners of what used to be called the lively arts, Life Isn\u2019t Everything, an oral biography of Mike Nichols, is manna from heaven, its brilliantly orchestrated polyphony bringing him, his work, and his world to vivid life. \u2014 Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
"For practitioners of what used to be called the lively arts, Life Isn\u2019t Everything, an oral biography of Mike Nichols, is manna from heaven, its brilliantly orchestrated polyphony bringing him, his work, and his world to vivid life. \u2014 Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
"For practitioners of what used to be called the lively arts, Life Isn\u2019t Everything, an oral biography of Mike Nichols, is manna from heaven, its brilliantly orchestrated polyphony bringing him, his work, and his world to vivid life. \u2014 Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020"
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"Leonardo applied a mapping technique developed by Florentine humanist Leon Battista Alberti, who proposed that a town can be mapped using polar coordinates . \u2014 National Geographic , 21 May 2020",
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"He later realized that his response was not politically correct .",
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"In newspapers at the time, Slick was politically correct , never outing his board as the reason the Pacers passed on Bird. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"The embrace of socially conscious and environmentally sustainable practices has been criticized by conservative politicians who have accused supporters of shareholder capitalism of being politically correct and anti-business. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Red state officials deride it as politically correct and woke and are trying to stop investors who contract with states from adopting it on any level. \u2014 Sam Metz, Anchorage Daily News , 19 May 2022",
"Their traditional advantage on education has narrowed because of parental fury at school closures, mask rules, confusing Covid guidance, and politically correct school boards. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 14 May 2022",
"Whigham will play Blaire Bennett, a smart and politically correct college student who is living with her uncle Matty, aunt Susan and younger cousin John. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Blaire is a smart and politically correct college student who\u2019s living with her Uncle Matty, Aunt Susan and younger cousin John. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The makers of Fiddler\u2019s Journey don\u2019t go against the politically correct shibboleths but work around them. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 13 May 2022",
"According to a National Public Radio report, the actual implementation of these politically correct requirements in Texas is messy. \u2014 Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 11 May 2022"
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"So, if a Bay Area gardener plants sweet corn seed surrounded by pole bean seed, the most likely result is a corn plant disappearing under bean vines and bearing little or no corn. \u2014 Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com , 23 May 2020",
"Among them: a family favorite known now as Great-Great Aunt Rosie\u2019s pole beans . \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 3 Aug. 2019",
"Plants such as fruit trees provide food as well as shade; a patch of bamboo could provide stakes for supporting pole beans and other vining plants. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 1 Mar. 2017",
"Grow space-hungry vining crops\u2014such as tomatoes, pole beans , peas, squash, melons, cukes, and so on\u2014straight up, supported by trellises, fences, cages, or stakes. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 19 Jan. 2017",
"Romano beans, also known as Italian pole beans , are wide and flat and have a less delicate texture than green beans but share their mild and sweet flavor. \u2014 Bon Appetit , 5 May 2018",
"Romano beans, also known as Italian pole beans , are wide and flat and have a less delicate texture than green beans but share their mild and sweet flavor. \u2014 Bon Appetit , 5 May 2018",
"Space these seedlings farther apart than the spring crop, and place them so a tall crop, such as corn or pole beans , provide some afternoon shade. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2017",
"Romano beans, also known as Italian pole beans , are wide and flat and have a less delicate texture than green beans but share their mild and sweet flavor. \u2014 Bon Appetit , 5 May 2018"
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"However, fats like monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats are the heart-healthy choices. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Specifically, slower finishers consumed significantly less monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats than faster runners, as well as significantly less potassium and magnesium. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 4 June 2020",
"Fish oil is a polyunsaturated fat that contains two types of omega-3 fatty acids \u2014 eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, which the human body does not naturally produce in large quantities. \u2014 Bryony Gilbey, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2021",
"The polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids inside can help nourish your hair and scalp and prevent dryness. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 17 Feb. 2021",
"The two main types of polyunsaturated fats are omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, essential fats that our bodies cannot make on their own but need for many essential functions, the American Heart Association (AHA) explains. \u2014 Sarah-jane Bedwell, SELF , 30 Sep. 2020",
"But fatty acids, specifically certain polyunsaturated fatty acids, are crucial to healthy skin function. \u2014 A.a. Newton, SELF , 28 Aug. 2019",
"When looking for an oil to use in cooking, those with high levels of monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fats that lower cholesterol are preferred. \u2014 Ashley May, USA TODAY , 22 Jan. 2020",
"Among its pros, unsweetened almond milk is lower in carbs and sugar than a lot of other options, and is a good source of polyunsaturated fats and vitamins A and E. Unsweetened varieties have no sugar and just 2.5 grams of fat. \u2014 Jenna Birch, Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2019"
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"The fast, as well as Massaro encouraging his followers to engage in polyphasic sleep, a technique in which people sleep for just a few hours at a time, were framed as part of the pathway to enlightenment. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Some literature and research suggests that humans are naturally polyphasic sleepers. \u2014 Jamie Ducharme, Time , 30 Jan. 2018"
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"Jane Austen, the celebrated writer of romantic novels, is depicted on the polymer 10-pound bills. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"How else to make sense of the latest concepts in mattress technology\u2014for instance, hyperelastic polymer , buckling column gel, phase-change molecule fabrics, ballistocardiograph sensors, ice fabric, and 3-D-matrix layers",
"Most styles of pillow slides are made from Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) foam, a light synthetic rubber made of a dense, waterproof foam polymer that has a springy, rubbery feel to it. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"Refork developed a single-use fork by blending wood flour, PHA polymer , and minerals. \u2014 Alex Zhang, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"One example flagged in the report as problematic focuses on a U.S. developer of polymer solar cells called Solarmer Energy Inc., which received SBIR funding from the Defense Department and others. \u2014 Kate O\u2019keeffe, WSJ , 8 May 2022",
"Sorters could crumple films and tell\u2014by their sound\u2014their polymer lattices. \u2014 Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The key came from building a process that could allow the monomers to link up and grow into a polymer chain without causing any one of the monomers to stray. \u2014 Michelle Shen, USA TODAY , 7 Feb. 2022",
"This could include an enzyme, a polymer chain or a metal surface. \u2014 Jeannette Garcia, Scientific American , 15 Mar. 2021"
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"After her latest miscarriage, Murgatroyd was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome , a hormonal imbalance that can affect ovulation and fertility. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"Tia plans to offer fertility testing and assessments; treatment for conditions like endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome ; and therapy and support groups tailored to patients dealing with infertility. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 19 May 2022",
"Many patients have medical problems related to severe obesity, including diabetes, fatty liver disease, hypertension, polycystic ovary syndrome , sleep apnea and painful arthritic joints. \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In 2016, the Star Wars star took to Instagram to get real about her experiences with both endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and navigating all the symptoms from chronic pain to skin issues. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Many target hard-to-manage conditions like Hashimoto\u2019s thyroiditis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), which have symptoms ranging from weight gain to muscle soreness to depression. \u2014 Christine Byrne, Outside Online , 8 July 2021",
"Two stubborn symptoms led Keke Palmer to her eventual diagnosis of PCOS ( polycystic ovary syndrome ), the actor shared on Monday's episode of The Tamron Hall Show. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF , 17 Nov. 2021",
"King\u2019s entry into motherhood comes after her struggles with infertility and two miscarriages caused by polycystic ovary syndrome , a condition that causes a hormonal imbalance. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
"For people with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), hormonal BC can help regulate your cycle and ease one of the most frustrating symptoms: excess hair growth, according to the Cleveland Clinic. \u2014 Lauren Krouse, SELF , 22 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mullen continued to politick after his squad\u2019s stunning no-show snapped a six-game winning streak featuring an average margin of victory of 21 points. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 13 Dec. 2020",
"Experts say Californians politicking in Arizona should also heed warning signs among the state\u2019s Latinos. \u2014 Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com , 11 May 2020",
"Trump has been spending a lot of time lately politicking in South Florida, the state\u2019s Democratic stronghold. \u2014 Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Just a couple of weeks ago, Ebron openly politicked for a bigger role inside Reich\u2019s offense. \u2014 Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star , 26 Nov. 2019",
"Also, conducting the interviews in private prevents candidates from grandstanding or politicking for votes. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com , 17 June 2019",
"As politicking ensues, a work stoppage plan begins to circulate amid the latest wave of CBA information. \u2014 Conor Orr, SI.com , 6 Aug. 2019",
"In Britain, climbing the Everest became an increasingly stuffy, official project, shaped by politicking in London. \u2014 Ipsita Chakravarty, Quartz India , 10 June 2019",
"The Puerto Rican parade in downtown Orlando on Saturday featured the sights and sounds typical of these kinds of events: politicians politicking , dancers dancing and horses, well, dancing. \u2014 Marco Santana, OrlandoSentinel.com , 28 Apr. 2018"
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"The senator has changed political parties.",
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"a group of political activists",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Glynda Carr, president of Higher Heights for America, an organization that advocates for the growth of Black women\u2019s political power, said the timing of Jackson's swearing-in was bittersweet. \u2014 Mark Sherman, ajc , 30 June 2022",
"To what extent do social and political issues influence your creativity",
"Hong Kong's transformation Since then, crackdown measures that would have been previously unthinkable have arrived at a dizzying speed, drastically transforming Hong Kong's political and social landscape. \u2014 Cnn Staff, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"The magnitude of self expression (many people had multiple identities) birthed new social and political sub strata almost at will. \u2014 Michael Gale, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Sam would go on to steer the clinic through a volatile era when threats to clinics and staff were at their height and social and political victories by antiabortion groups put a squeeze on the business. \u2014 Kim Bellware, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"Sam would go on to steer the clinic through a volatile era when threats to clinics and staff were at their height and social and political victories by antiabortion groups put a squeeze on the business. \u2014 Kim Bellware, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"Shant\u00e9 Wolfe, a political and social campaigns strategist from Birmingham, spoke to the crowd and helped lead the march. \u2014 Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al , 25 June 2022",
"Friday's event organized by Jason Lee's media company celebrated talents and individuals from the music, film, media, political , social, and creative industries. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 25 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their findings indicated that the earth can often offer previews to major climate change tipping points that include ocean level rise, sediment accumulation and pollen grain fossils. \u2014 Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic , 14 Aug. 2021",
"Note that both a pollen grain and a dust particle can be larger than 5 microns. \u2014 Jv Chamary, Forbes , 29 May 2021",
"But there\u2019s more to it than simply looking at leaves and pollen grains under a microscope. \u2014 Amy Stewart, Washington Post , 26 Sep. 2019",
"The solution, weak enough to avoid harming the prized plant, could help dissolve the hard exteriors of pollen grains to aid fertilization. \u2014 Bradley White, National Geographic , 24 Dec. 2019",
"Expect conditions around the US to worsen as the weeds\u2019 1 billion pollen grains per plant (!) percolate around the country. \u2014 Natasha Frost, Quartz , 2 Sep. 2019",
"Traditionally scientists have used pollen grains from lakebed cores to study past plant communities. \u2014 Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS , 10 Dec. 2019",
"Over the last three years, Lyson, Miller and their team have extracted more than 7,000 fossils from the site, including 16 species of mammals, 233 species of plant, and over 37,000 pollen grains . \u2014 Cathleen O'grady, Ars Technica , 25 Oct. 2019",
"The team also collected more than 6,000 fossilized leaves and analyzed more than 37,000 pollen grains . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Oct. 2019"
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"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Labcorp's test is a PCR, or polymerase chain reaction test. \u2014 Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News , 17 May 2022",
"Visitors entering the city-state via these VTLs from Feb. 22 will not need to take a polymerase chain reaction test upon arrival and can take a supervised self-swab instead. \u2014 Philip J. Heijmans, Fortune , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Visitors entering the city-state via these VTLs from Feb. 22 will not need to take a polymerase chain reaction test upon arrival and can take a supervised self-swab instead. \u2014 Philip Heijmans, Bloomberg.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The organization relies on a polymerase chain reaction test, which involves taking a sample with a cotton swab from the front of one nostril. \u2014 Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Dilkens said a Canadian travel requirement \u2014 having negative polymerase chain reaction test that can cost $200 \u2014 is likely to prevent many who want to drive from Ontario to Michigan from doing so. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 6 Nov. 2021",
"But a follow-up polymerase chain reaction test, which detects viral DNA in a patient\u2019s sample, was negative, Psaki said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"All patrons, staff and performers must provide vaccination verification or a negative COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction test performed within 72 hours prior to entry. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Sep. 2021",
"The clinic offers customers a choice of tests, depending on what's required by their destination or employer: a nasal swab polymerase chain reaction (PRC) test or blood antibody testing. \u2014 Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic , 24 Nov. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What would such a political economy striving for such balance actually look like",
"Which highlights the peculiarity of the U.S. political economy with regard to anti-competitive behavior and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, spurred in part by the Standard Oil Trust. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"James gives a variety of prominent concepts in political economy the same treatment in The War of Words. \u2014 Ian Beacock, The New Republic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The politicization of inflation is normal, unavoidable, and has a great tradition in 20th-century political economy . \u2014 David L. Bahnsen, National Review , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The way to reclaim our lethally unequal political economy , Stewart suggests, is to look to the principles of the nation\u2019s democratic founding. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 30 Sep. 2021",
"An entire political economy now surrounds Mr. Trump, with Trump properties reaping huge fees: Federal candidates and committees alone have paid nearly $1.3 million to hold events at Mar-a-Lago, records show. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"As the bracing narrative of The Anti-Oligarchy Court makes clear, the struggle for a just and durable republican political economy has set an abundance of worthy precedents. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The result is a political economy that benefits the old at the expense of the young. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 5 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"They brought him down to the police station for questioning.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last month, a Georgia father was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 8-month-old daughter, who was left in a hot car while he was being arrested at a police station . \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
"Peterson was taken to a police station , then released to receive medical attention, according to the inspector general. \u2014 Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today , 22 May 2022",
"She organized searches, acquired security footage tracking her daughter\u2019s whereabouts and even drove a suspect to a police station for an interview. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"Even seeing a clip of it, with Crow singing and sashaying in a police station before grabbing a prop gun, boggles the mind. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 4 May 2022",
"Russian authorities said Reed assaulted an officer while being driven to a police station after a night of heavy drinking. \u2014 Mark Faller, The Arizona Republic , 3 May 2022",
"The woman\u2019s husband told Cross to drive to a police station and put down the knife. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Corporal Oliveira, a dog with short brown hair thought to be around 4 years old, turned up one morning in 2019 at a police station on Rio\u2019s Governador Island, injured and weak. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"In Kyiv, a line stretched down the block at a police station to receive weapons and bullets that officials handed out after brief background checks. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 27 Feb. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1820, in the meaning defined above":""
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"examples":[
"The governor received over $3 million in campaign contributions from political action committees .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Parnas and a business associate, Igor Fruman, attracted attention from reporters after arranging big donations to Republican politicians, including a $325,000 donation to a political action committee supporting Trump. \u2014 Larry Neumeister, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"Tim La Sota sent a similar letter to Republican consultant Brian Murray, who was working for a political action committee backing Lake\u2019s opponent, the former U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon. \u2014 Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
"More than two-thirds of that \u2014 about $7.3 million \u2014 came from recall backers, including a political action committee partly funded by billionaire hedge-fund manager William Oberndorf. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"He is accused of accepting $40,000 from the undercover agents into a political action committee , in exchange for supporting of what was going to be a Downtown development project involving Ndukwe. \u2014 Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
"While a podcast about voter fraud in a small town in North Carolina might sound dry, this limited series about a powerful political action committee that's tampering with elections is anything but. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 23 May 2022",
"And in 1983, he was tapped to lead the HRC, which was originally created as a political action committee that would raise money for candidates who pledged to support a gay civil rights bill. \u2014 Ellen Mccarthy, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Nike co-founder Phil Knight has given $1 million to a political action committee focused on electing more Republicans to the Oregon Legislature. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Bequette's fundraising has paled in comparison to Boozman's, but he is backed by a super political action committee supported by shipping executive Richard Uihlein. \u2014 Andrew Demillo, ajc , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"noun"
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": a Cyclops whom Odysseus blinds in order to escape from his cave":[]
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"-\u02c8la-r\u0259-",
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"contrariety",
"contrariness",
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"the polarity of the candidates' views on the issue means that the voters have a clear choice to make",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When free-spinning, the magnets switch polarity , so there's no magnetic field going through the gear's teeth or resistance. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 24 May 2022",
"Cooley says it\u2019s the accessibility and polarity that allows the marketing team to be highly creative. \u2014 Marty Swant, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The objects of derision for the counterculture have reversed polarity and become objects of desire, of hope against hope. \u2014 Longreads , 19 Apr. 2022",
"There is often a polarity between freedom and love when that doesn\u2019t have to be the case. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The physical world is a world of polarity , of contrast. \u2014 Melanie Fine, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
"The brain sends a signal to the electrocytes, opening ion channels and briefly reversing the polarity . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2021",
"This active season itself is somewhat predictable, as the sun's magnetic field flips polarity over an 11-year cycle. \u2014 Jennifer Gray, CNN , 8 Nov. 2021",
"This opening sequence serves to establish a polarity that Haynes uses to set up the film: John Cale, avant-garde; Lou Reed, pop. \u2014 Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker , 3 Nov. 2021"
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"Verb",
"He went down as if he'd been poleaxed .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Moreover, some strong farm and minerals prices persisted even after the financial-sector debacle of 2007-09 put the general U.S. economy into recession and poleaxed the stock market. \u2014 Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Even before Mr Johnson poleaxed Parliament, this was not going to be easy. \u2014 The Economist , 29 Aug. 2019",
"Soon after, another rocketed into Steve Smith's neck -- just below his left ear -- poleaxing the Aussie batsman. \u2014 Ben Morse, CNN , 19 Aug. 2019",
"Iran\u2019s oil production has dropped by 1.5 million barrel a day over the past year, poleaxing the Islamic Republic\u2019s economy. \u2014 Time , 4 July 2019",
"Kyle Walker swung a lazy arm across Fakhreddine Ben Youssef who fell as if poleaxed and Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan pointed to the spot, with his decision being upheld by the VAR. \u2014 Daniel Hicks, chicagotribune.com , 19 June 2018",
"House Republicans, who began the week with just 40 days of work left on their calendar \u2014 seriously, check for yourself \u2014 will have spent four of them being poleaxed on issues that divide their conference and alienate most voters. \u2014 David Weigel, Washington Post , 22 June 2018",
"Beijing has proved adept at directing China\u2019s shopping habits: An unofficial boycott of South Korean goods after the country deployed a missile defense system poleaxed local sales for Hyundai and retailer Lotte Shopping Co. in 2016 and 2017. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 8 Mar. 2018",
"The Eagles poleaxed the Minnesota Vikings in front of more than 69,000 fans (nice) at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia Sunday night. \u2014 Jack Holmes, Esquire , 22 Jan. 2018"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"police"
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"examples":[
"He joined the local police force .",
"mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"A few days later Morris Reed, an assistant district attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the head of its civil rights unit, got a call from a friend of his on the police force . \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"If Darnella Frazier had not posted her horrifying video of George Floyd\u2019s murder by Derek Chauvin to Facebook, Chauvin would still be on the Minneapolis police force instead of in jail. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Nineteen police recruits born and raised in the District graduated the academy Friday and were sworn in as officers on the D.C. police force , a break for a department following a year-long hiring freeze. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Dec. 2021",
"McLaughlin said he has been told that the group also included at least one officer from the Uvalde Police Department and one from the six-officer school system police force . \u2014 Teo Armus And Silvia Foster-frau, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"McLaughlin said he had been told that at least one officer from the Uvalde Police Department and one from the school system's police force had been part of the group that took down the shooter. \u2014 Chantal Da Silva, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
"McLaughlin said he has been told that the group also included at least one officer from the Uvalde Police Department and one from the six-officer school system police force . \u2014 Silvia Foster-frau, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"Eaton, who resigned from the police force in January, apologized to Washington during the sentencing before New Haven Superior Court Judge Brian Fischer. \u2014 Dave Collins, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"And the city\u2019s separate police force dispatched its SWAT team, in tactical gear, to learn the layout of school buildings. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022"
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"Five people were killed in the shootings and several were wounded, including a policewoman . \u2014 Geneva Sands, CNN , 9 Jan. 2022",
"The latter is Chilean animator Hugo Covarrubias\u2019 slow-burning, textural glimpse \u2014 set during the country\u2019s military dictatorship \u2014 of the corrosive duality in a policewoman \u2019s daily life with her dog, her body and her demons. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
"For unclear reasons, Mar\u00eda has been working with a band of narcos that includes the young Ad\u00e1n (Daniel Garc\u00eda) \u2014 a rising gangster whose own mother, Roberta (Aida Roa), is a policewoman caught up in a corrupt system. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2022",
"In September, the sister of a pregnant policewoman told CNN her sibling had been killed by Taliban forces. \u2014 Radina Gigova And Rob Picheta, CNN , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Bond also becomes involved with Gala Brand, a Special Branch policewoman working undercover with Drax. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Acharya got the idea for a series based around a policewoman when on vacation in the Himalayan foothill state of Himachal Pradesh. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Former policewoman Ewa Lapinska says her daughters were initially unhappy by her participation in the group. \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Oct. 2021",
"A brutal weekend for women in Afghanistan saw a pregnant policewoman reportedly killed by the Taliban, while the Islamist group violently suppressed a women\u2019s rights demonstration in Kabul. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Aug. 2021"
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"They have politicized the budget process.",
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"Such litmus tests politicize the Court, and its legitimacy rests on its ability to rise above the kind of raw politics Trump reveled in. \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
"Koch Industries\u2014the conglomerate owned by Charles Koch and the heirs of David Koch, men who donated heavily to groups that helped politicize the science of climate change\u2014is reportedly investing hundreds of millions of dollars in battery companies. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Disinformation campaigns have helped polarize and politicize the issues, dividing people and preventing the potential to work together to make changes, Guterres writes. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., said allegations of abuses in Xinjiang had been fabricated by the U.S., and that the U.S. shouldn\u2019t politicize sports. \u2014 Suzanne Vranica, WSJ , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The contempt action followed hours of raw debate on the House floor as Republicans stood by Trump and charged that Democrats were trying to politicize the attack on the Capitol by his supporters. \u2014 Farnoush Amiri, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"President Biden\u2019s nomination of two progressive economists to key positions at the Federal Reserve has triggered accusations from conservatives and Republicans that the president is trying to politicize the Fed. \u2014 Emre Kuvvet, WSJ , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Those opposed to the bill said the initiative would politicize education in Indiana, turn away qualified candidates and destabilize school district leadership. \u2014 Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Jan. 2022",
"As Republicans will gladly inform you, Democrats were the first party to politicize the Court, derailing Robert Bork's nomination, attacking Clarence Thomas, and opposing Samuel Alito for overtly ideological reasons. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"\u02c8p\u00e4-li-\u02ccg\u00e4n",
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"Signalis also stands out for its great use of low- polygon art, CRT-style low-resolution filters, and subtle interface cues to make everything feel like a lost original PlayStation classic, jagged edges and all. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The animal\u2019s beady black gaze remained unchanged as the blade descended through his squishy, polygon -patterned shell to reveal layers of spice cake and kelly-green vanilla buttercream icing. \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 16 May 2022",
"Forever's gunfights are surprisingly solid in this unfinished game, owing as much to punchy sound design and powerful weapons as to the game's era-appropriate blocky- polygon violence. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 12 May 2022",
"In every Tandis puzzle, players are handed a single geometric shape (sometimes with full 3D properties, sometimes as a flat 2D polygon ), then are shown the puzzle's solution, which is a different geometric shape. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Using a 96-sided polygon , Liu Hui was able to determine that the ratio had to be greater than three. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The simplest tilings use one type of regular polygon with equal sides and angles; only squares, triangles or hexagons (which bees use to make honeycomb) will work. \u2014 Eugenia Cheng, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Low- polygon , or low-poly, model of a western horse. \u2014 Sam Jones, Scientific American , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Everything matters, down to the final 500,000th polygon . \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 2 Mar. 2022"
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"The shot showed the star seated behind the wheel of a pink convertible, flashing a mega-watt smile and donning a polka dot headband. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 28 June 2022",
"While making her appearance alongside her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on Saturday, Beatrice, 33, looked gorgeous in a black-and-white polka dot dress. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022",
"Duchess Kate looked elegant in a white and black polka dot dress by Alessandra Rich, paired with a wide-brim hat adorned with white flowers. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 18 June 2022",
"The initial offering features a leather padded shoulder blazer and pleated pants look, double-breasted suit jackets, black and white polka dot combos, and draped and ruched hi-slit long skirts, for example. \u2014 Roxanne Robinson, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"And Meghan Markle wore an outfit for the sporting event that has similar vibes as the brown polka dot dress and hat that Julia Roberts wears in 1989's Pretty Woman, also to a polo match. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 23 May 2022",
"Some of its passengers\u2019 belongings were spilling onto the pavement, including what appeared to be a turquoise and purple backpack, some clothing and a piece of a red sheer polka dot ribbon. \u2014 John Spink, ajc , 1 June 2022",
"This dress comes in solid, polka dot , and animal print options and is just $38. \u2014 Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com , 15 May 2022",
"The polka dot pattern adds a touch of whimsy to eight different color options, or go with a classic black or white. \u2014 Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure , 5 May 2022"
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"Jane would later tell police the photographer touched her backside and undid her swimsuit. \u2014 Thomas Brewster, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Hartford police were called to 16 Evergreen Avenue around 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 7 on reports of an injured person needing medical attention. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"Before a vehicle is seized, police investigators submit an affidavit to a judge and the judge decides whether or not to issue the order. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Johnson was one of 83 people fined by police for attending the parties, making him the first prime minister found to have broken the law while in office. \u2014 Boris Johnson, Fox News , 24 June 2022",
"The Stonewall Uprising of June 1969, which began as a police raid of a gay bar and turned into a dayslong protest, was the catalyst for the modern gay rights movement and is what Pride celebrations nationwide commemorate each year. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 24 June 2022",
"Birmingham police found the ambulance abandoned later Wednesday. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 24 June 2022",
"Soldiers and the police have killed more than 2,000 civilians \u2014 shooting many of them dead in the streets \u2014 and detained more than 11,200 political prisoners, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. \u2014 Richard C. Paddock, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"The story goes that in the very early hours of June 28, 1969, the police conducted a raid of the Stonewall Inn, a New York City gay bar, but this time, instead of accepting the harassment, patrons decided to uprise. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Criales-unzueta, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"All of it frequently slips through the company\u2019s efforts to police its social media platforms because of a shortage of moderators who speak local languages and understand cultural contexts. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Oct. 2021",
"There were no rules or hierarchies, despite Breton\u2019s efforts to police the ranks. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
"If even your valiant efforts to police the packet parade prove powerless in the face of a dining companion who insists on 12 sleeves of Splenda per coffee, ask your server or busser to remove the collateral damage. \u2014 Thomas P. Farley, chicagotribune.com , 19 July 2021",
"Bauer has been an outspoken critic of MLB\u2019s efforts to police the use of foreign substances. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Two corporate employees also settled privately with Amazon in an agreement that included a nationwide notification of worker rights, but the agency does not police it. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Even as the company took action to limit hate speech and harassment, Gadde resisted calls to police mere misinformation and falsehoods \u2014 including by the new president. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"He along with two other suspects allegedly fled in a car with two of the dogs, named Koji and Gustav, though the dogs were returned safely to police two days later. \u2014 Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"McGrath surrendered to police Tuesday, according to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English, \"regulation of public affairs,\" borrowed from Middle French, \"administrative organization, conduct of a collective body (as the government or church),\" borrowed from Late Latin pol\u012bt\u012ba \"citizenship, political organization, constitution of a state, administrative direction\" (Latin, the title of Plato's dialogue The Republic ), borrowed from Greek pol\u012bte\u00eda \"body of citizens, citizenship, government, administration, constitution of a state, republican government,\" collective or abstract derivative of pol\u012b\u0301t\u0113s \"citizen, freeman,\" from p\u00f3lis \"citadel, city, community of citizens, city-state\" + -\u012bt\u0113s -ite entry 1 ; p\u00f3lis going back to o-grade ablaut of an Indo-European base *pelH-, whence also, from zero-grade *pl\u0325H-, Sanskrit p\u00far-, p\u016b\u0301\u1e25 \"wall, rampart,\" Lithuanian pil\u00ecs \"fortress, castle,\" Latvian pils":"Noun",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This summer\u2019s lineup spans books that cover the impacts of climate change, power associated with gender, and the causes of polarization in the U.S. \u2014 Richard J. Chang, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"What is clear is that America is at its highest level of polarization in modern history. \u2014 Aldon Morris, Scientific American , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"In an at-times emotional call to action, Garland said the graduates \u2014 who faced the threat of the pandemic during their college years \u2014 must take on the mantle of overcoming the polarization that is tearing the nation apart. \u2014 John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022"
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"Noor was believed to be the first police officer to be convicted of murder in Minnesota in recent memory -- but the second came only a few years later with Derek Chauvin's murder conviction in the killing of George Floyd. \u2014 Omar Jimenez And Eric Levenson, CNN , 27 June 2022",
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"For no animal is the threat of extinction more publicly tied to the perils of climate change than for the polar bear . \u2014 Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"But federal authorities also issued special rules designed to exempt from the law offshore oil and gas drilling in prime polar bear habitat off Alaska\u2019s north coast. \u2014 Louis Sahag\u00fanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Majestic, increasingly hungry and at risk of disappearing, the polar bear is dependent on something melting away on our warming planet: sea ice. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, Camille Fassett, Kati Perry, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Nov. 2021",
"In Big River, Labrador, the participants face the stalking predator, the polar bear . \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 23 May 2022",
"The vanishing of nature is also romanticized: the lonely polar bear on an ice shelf. \u2014 Michael Lapointe, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Never forget when Oregon\u2019s favorite polar bear was but a wee cub. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The polar bear became the first and only creature designated as threatened with extinction primarily because of global warming when it was added to the federal endangered species list in 2008. \u2014 Louis Sahag\u00fanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Seligman said four polar bear cubs were brought to Milwaukee's zoo \u2014 the Washington Park zoo at the time \u2014 in 1912 from Greenland. \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Nov. 2021"
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"Sealants containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels higher than 0.1 percent are banned in the county, the first jurisdiction in Maryland to do so. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2020",
"The oil pollution in the fish included levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons , known as PAHs. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 20 Apr. 2020",
"Unrefined petrolatum contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) that are carcinogens, Stevenson says. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Feb. 2020",
"One of the most intriguing hypotheses proposed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as a DIB suspect. \u2014 Ryan C. Fortenberry, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2020",
"Or particles might contain metals, sulfur, and chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that can dissolve in seawater and become toxic to marine species. \u2014 National Geographic , 10 Jan. 2020",
"Vape juice can contain contaminants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons , a byproduct of burning coal, oil and gas, the doctors wrote. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Oct. 2019",
"Working for 5 years, \u015e\u0131k and a team of scientists discovered dangerous levels of pesticides, heavy metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in multiple food and water samples from several provinces in western Turkey. \u2014 Kristen Mctighe, Science | AAAS , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Fire from wood, charcoal or gas also emits polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons , known as PAHs. \u2014 Alix Wall, sun-sentinel.com , 10 July 2019"
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"But studies of other birds have revealed that on occasion, the polar body somehow merges again with the egg, acting like sperm fertilizing it. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 28 Oct. 2021",
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"In one version of parthenogenesis called automixis, an animal can merge a polar body with an egg to produce offspring. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, National Geographic , 25 Aug. 2020",
"The extra chromosome material left over from the egg\u2019s final stage of division remains in a smaller sphere called a polar body . \u2014 Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian , 10 Feb. 2018",
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"The instrumental rockers still pack a punch through core musical ingredients, including electric guitar, bass, drums and saxophone, to produce otherworldly polyrhythms . \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2020",
"What hasn\u2019t changed is the group\u2019s penchant for Caribbean polyrhythms , Afrobeats and Latin-American melodies. \u2014 John Ochoa, Billboard , 23 Sep. 2019",
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"There are more layers of vocal melody, more percussion, more polyrhythm , more direct connections to the guitars and horns of African pop, more languages among the lyrics and, of course, enormous soul and annunciatory power in Ms. Kidjo\u2019s voice. \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 8 June 2018",
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"First Read is NBC News' premier newsletter and memo on politics , with analysis and fresh reporting on the top political stories of the day. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 28 June 2022",
"Davis\u2019 first foray into politics was working as projects director under Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., in his district office. \u2014 Kenneth Tran, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
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"The two brothers seem pretty far apart on politics these days, with James, freed from the family business, moving toward the center and Lachlan, now firmly ensconced at Fox, standing behind his news network\u2019s Trumpian embrace. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 23 June 2022",
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"Normally, when hurricanes get above 30 degrees North in latitude, they get pulled poleward by the westerly pattern in the atmosphere between the tropics and poles. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 12 Sep. 2018",
"During warming events when southern waters move poleward , especially those related to El Ni\u00f1o, countless crustaceans ride currents up to southern and central California. \u2014 Elaina Zachos, National Geographic , 12 June 2018",
"The force from Jupiter\u2019s rotation, combined with its smaller radius at the pole, would be expected to move many more cyclones poleward continuously, but this seems not to happen. \u2014 Andrew Coates, Newsweek , 8 Mar. 2018",
"They were found at mid-latitudes (roughly the Martian equivalent of Canada or the UK) and occupied poleward -facing slopes. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 11 Jan. 2018"
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"The magazine conducted a poll to find out the favorite 100 movies of all time.",
"A recent poll shows a decrease in the number of teenagers who smoke.",
"The polls are open until 8:00 tonight.",
"Verb",
"About half of the people polled had tried smoking.",
"The conservative candidate polled more than 10,000 votes in the last election.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The poll did not include former Prince George\u2019s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III, who suspended his campaign last month. \u2014 Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
"There are also no women on Rolling Stone\u2019s readers\u2019 poll of the best grunge albums of all time. \u2014 Peter Rubin, Longreads , 1 July 2022",
"About half of Americans believe former President Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, a new poll shows. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"The share of adults in a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll who said Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
"The majority of the country\u201460% of Americans\u2014disapprove of Biden\u2019s leadership, according to a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll , the results of which were released Wednesday. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Most of the interviewing for the poll was conducted as the legislation was being considered and before it was passed. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"Forty-eight percent of Americans now say Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in Jan. 6, a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds, while 31 percent said he shouldn't be charged. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 30 June 2022",
"Of a couple dozen comments on a Facebook thread \u2014 a very serious poll \u2014 the vast majority said they are known as lightning bugs in the Hoosier state. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Washington only cares about long-term problems that poll well. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
"These policies do not poll particularly well among Asian Americans nationally. \u2014 Claire Wang, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"Cisco will then scour data and poll employees to see which approach worked better. \u2014 Matthew Boyle, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
"In a joint statement, US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch revealed plans to poll members and choose a new title for their earthbound sport. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Art & Science Group didn\u2019t poll the parents of the students. \u2014 Emma Whitford, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Each version of the bill consisted of policies that moderates were largely happy to get behind, and BBB tended to poll well, even as President Biden faltered. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"South Carolina looks to go wire-to-wire after being ranked No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports women's basketball coaches poll all season long, against a Louisville program hungry for its first-ever title (7 p.m. ET, ESPN). \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Woorion maintains a robust database, which allows his group to poll members and use data to evolve and curate the information their community needs the most. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English pol, polle , from Middle Low German":"Noun"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024321"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": having or producing two or more phases":[
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"a polyphase current"
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"\u02c8p\u00e4-l\u0113-\u02ccf\u0101z"
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"first_known_use":{
"1891, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025047"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the condition of having supernumerary parts or accessory organs":[]
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"-m\u0259\u02c8r\u012b\u0259"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek polymereia condition of having many parts, from polymer\u0113s having many parts + -ia -y":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030857"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": an arrangement of four or more panels (as of a painting) usually hinged and folding together":[]
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"p\u0259-\u02c8lip-tik",
"\u02c8p\u00e4-l\u0259p-\u02cctik"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Ghent Altarpiece\u2014aka the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb\u2014is a 15th-century polyptych attributed to brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 29 July 2020",
"The Ghent altarpiece\u2014aka the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb\u2014is a 15th-century polyptych attributed to brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck, displayed in the Saint Bavo Cathedral in Belgium. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 27 Dec. 2019",
"Titled Christ Mocked, the piece is believed to be part of a polyptych (a painting that consists of three or more panels) created in 1280, depicting Christ\u2019s crucifixion. \u2014 Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com , 29 Oct. 2019",
"So after dipping into Sint-Baafskathedraal to see the famous 15th-century polyptych Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, bump across the cobblestones and turn down onto Graslei quay. \u2014 National Geographic , 14 Nov. 2019",
"According to the news outlet, two other pieces from the polyptych series can be found at art museums across the world \u2014 one at London\u2019s National Gallery, and one at the Frick Collection in New York. \u2014 Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com , 29 Oct. 2019",
"Two other paintings from the polyptych can be seen at both London's National Gallery, and the Frick Collection in New York. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful , 28 Oct. 2019",
"Based on their assessment, the researchers suggest the panel belongs to a polyptych created by the Old Master around 1280. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian , 25 Sep. 2019",
"The altarpiece is a mind-blowing polyptych (a many-paneled painting on hinges) that was designed to help people in a medieval hospital endure horrible skin diseases long before the age of painkillers. \u2014 Rick Steves' Europe, The Seattle Times , 18 July 2017"
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"Greek polyptychos having many folds, from poly- + ptych\u0113 fold, from ptyssein to fold":""
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"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": a very large American silkworm moth ( Antheraea polyphemus ) of a yellowish or brownish color with a large eyelike spot in each hind wing and a larva that is very large and bright green with silvery tubercles and with oblique white stripes on the sides and that feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees":[]
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"polyphemus from New Latin (specific epithet of Telea polyphemus ), from Latin Polyphemus , a Cyclops; from the eyelike spot on its hind wings":""
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"noun"
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"circa 500\u2013 circa 440 b.c. Greek painter":[]
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": one of a group of French moderates in the 16th century religious conflicts holding national unity of greater importance than the absolute predominance of a single sect and advocating religious toleration as the policy of the government":[]
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"\u02ccp\u00e4l\u0259\u02c8t\u0113k"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042825"
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"adjective"
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"noun"
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": an enterovirus (species Poliovirus ) occurring in three distinct serotypes that cause polio":[]
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"\u02c8p\u014d-l\u0113-(\u02cc)\u014d-\u02ccv\u012b-r\u0259s"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The entire continent of Africa was declared free of the wild poliovirus in 2020, but at least two new cases were reported in Malawi and Mozambique this year. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Reports of this life-threatening condition have increased within the US and elsewhere, and viruses from the same family as the poliovirus are implicated. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Today, the wild poliovirus is found in only two countries\u2014 Afghanistan and Pakistan \u2014 but polio workers won't stop until every child is safe. \u2014 Sarah Ferguson, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Malawi declared an outbreak of the wild poliovirus last month, after it was diagnosed in a child in the capital, Lilongwe. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The case was the first detection of the wild poliovirus in Africa since 2016 and came almost two years after the continent was declared free of it. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Aidan O\u2019Leary, director of the World Health Organization\u2019s polio eradication program, admitted to being taken aback that wild poliovirus popped up in Malawi. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The sick children did not have poliovirus , and health authorities ruled out other possible culprits, including West Nile virus, stroke and botulism. \u2014 Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American , 16 Feb. 2022",
"But the oral polio vaccine developed a few years later more successfully prevented infection by blocking the poliovirus from infiltrating through the gut. \u2014 Ben Guarino Washington Post, Star Tribune , 21 July 2021"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"polio- (in poliomyelitis ) + virus , later taken as New Latin":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043801"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": polymer":[]
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"p\u0259\u02c8lim\u0259\u02ccr\u012bd",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044043"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": of or relating to a polyphase system : polyphase":[]
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"noun"
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"p\u0259-\u02ccli-m\u0259-r\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It's recommended to heat the pan on the stovetop to evaporate every last drop of water, plus the heat will make the iron molecules more receptive to polymerization . \u2014 Laura Duerr, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2021",
"This is when the polymerization process takes place. \u2014 Laura Duerr, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Oiling and heating your cast iron causes the oil molecules to oxidize and bond to the iron, converting them into a layer of polymers in a process called polymerization . \u2014 Laura Duerr, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Percolation theory also illuminates physical and chemical processes on a much smaller scale, such as polymerization , the process by which small, simple molecules called monomers bind together to form larger clusters called polymers. \u2014 Kelsey Houston-edwards, Scientific American , 16 Mar. 2021",
"The process of seasoning a pan creates a reaction called polymerization \u2014 that\u2019s when oil transforms into a near bulletproof layer of something much closer to plastic than grease. \u2014 Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com , 21 Nov. 2020",
"Alkaline conditions are usually needed to realize the polymerization of dopamine, so it cannot be applied to materials that are unstable under alkaline conditions. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 13 July 2019",
"Setting other work aside, Plunkett began testing the possibilities of polytetrafluoroethylene, eventually figuring out how to reproduce the polymerization process that had occurred accidentally the first time. \u2014 Tony Long, WIRED , 6 Apr. 2009"
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"1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": a polymeric substance consisting of uronic acid units with glycosidic linkages often in combination with monosaccharides and occurring widely in plants (as in gums and pectic substances) and in soils":[
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": pruned or pollarded especially with a pole type of pruner":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a blood granulocyte of normal size but more than usually segmented nucleus that is present in various infections \u2014 compare macropolycyte":[]
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"\u02ccp\u00e4-l\u0113-\u02c8s\u012b-klik",
"\u02ccp\u00e4l-i-\u02c8s\u012b-klik",
"-\u02c8si-",
"-\u02c8sik-lik"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This includes polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene, formaldehyde, phenols, and heavy metals. \u2014 Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"However, a growing body of research suggests their replacements, polycyclic musks, may pose many of the same problems. \u2014 ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022",
"One is worry about contamination by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are naturally occurring chemical compounds found in crude oil that have been deemed probable human carcinogens. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Grilling meat of any kind leads to the formation of two separate families of cancer-causing chemicals (carcinogens): the heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The operations also pump out nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, traces of which have been detected by scientists in soils and snowpack dozens of miles away. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Hazardous chemicals like dioxins, furans, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, can have serious and differing impacts on health, but right now they are collectively categorised as particulate matter. \u2014 Ishan Kukreti, Quartz , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Of particular concern was a smaller class of particle pollution known as PAHs, or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. \u2014 Lulu Ramadan, ProPublica , 22 Aug. 2021",
"Both synthetic nitro musks and polycyclic musk compounds are harmful to people and the planet. \u2014 John Cumbers, Forbes , 12 May 2021"
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"1869, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052952"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a quantity of fused explosives fastened to the end of a pole and used in military attacks (as against pillboxes, dugouts, and cave positions)":[]
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"definitions":{
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"p\u0259-\u02c8lig-\u0259-l\u0259",
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"New Latin, genus name, from Latin, milkwort, from Greek polygalon , from poly- + gala milk \u2014 more at galaxy":""
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"noun"
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": any of a series of condensed phosphoric acids (as pyrophosphoric acid) containing more than one atom of phosphorus":[]
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"noun"
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": any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of DNA or RNA from precursor substances in the presence of preexisting DNA or RNA acting as a template \u2014 compare dna polymerase , rna polymerase":[]
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"p\u0259-\u02c8lim-\u0259r-\u0101s; \u02c8p\u00e4-l\u0259-m\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101s, -\u02ccr\u0101z",
"p\u0259-\u02c8li-m\u0259-r\u0101s",
"-\u02ccr\u0101z",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those changes, particularly in the polymerase gene, are not present in most current day H5N1 viruses. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 4 May 2022",
"Canada generally accepts molecular Covid-19 tests, which look for the virus\u2019s genetic material, such as polymerase chain-reaction tests. \u2014 Paul Vieira, WSJ , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The drug is a polymerase inhibitor that induces a destructive number of mutations to the virus. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
"This led them to the conclusion that the inhibitory effects of SARS-CoV-2 NSP12 on IRF3 are enacted independently of the polymerase function. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Once inside cells, the virus uses an enzyme called a polymerase to grab those building blocks and assemble them into new copies of viral RNA. \u2014 Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The final Orf1a mutation is T141M in NSP8, which provides stability to the polymerase replication complex. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Molnupiravir is what\u2019s known as a polymerase inhibitor. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF , 30 Nov. 2021",
"One polymerase inhibitor, developed by Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP and Merck & Co, that comes in pill form and has promising preliminary data behind it is molnupiravir. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 5 May 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"Democrats\u2019 hopes are contingent on the party continuing to garner two-thirds of the vote of the growing Latino population, according to Matthew Wilson, an associate political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. \u2014 Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
"Democrats\u2019 hopes are contingent on the party continuing to garner two-thirds of the vote of the growing Latino population, according to Matthew Wilson, an associate political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. \u2014 Annie Gowen, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Don\u2019t Say Gay bill, said Aubrey Jewett, a political science professor at the University of Central Florida. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Daniel Smith, a professor of political science , was one of three professors barred from testifying in a lawsuit against legislation that curtailed access to polls. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
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"For bare drywall, use a PVA ( polyvinyl acetate) paint, seal over stains and hide colors with a high-hiding primer sealer, and for painting bare steel make sure to get paint with anodic zinc protection to inhibit rust. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 16 Jan. 2019",
"An article in Advanced Materials summarizing lab findings earlier this year described a blend of polyvinyl alcohol and strong fibers made from the same material as bulletproof vests. \u2014 Laura Johannes, WSJ , 16 Sep. 2018",
"Another section is still run by DuPont to make polyvinyl fluoride resins. \u2014 Ken Otterbourg, Fortune , 24 May 2018",
"That plant employs about 100 people and produces polyvinyl alcohol for paper, textiles and other uses. \u2014 Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle , 20 May 2018",
"Late Saturday morning, sections of The Dome's polyvinyl fabric rose like rolling hills of dirty snow. \u2014 Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch News , 17 Sep. 2017",
"Vinyl chloride is used to make a polymer called polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, and is used to make a variety of plastic products including pipes, wire and cable coatings, and packaging materials. \u2014 Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press , 24 July 2017"
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"In the comics, Kamala gains polymorph and other enhanced abilities after being exposed to a special mist that awakened latent powers that are tied to a race of superpowered, human-ish aliens. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
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"The key ingredient of kakadu plum is potent in vitamin C, vitamin A and polyphenol that work together to brighten, even out tone and protect skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"This pungent olive oil contains potent polyphenol counts, confirmed by a certificate of analysis that the brand makes publicly available. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 2 May 2022",
"The inclusion of resveratrol, a strong polyphenol , prevents your colored hair from fading and also protects your hair from UV rays. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"The water slowed absorption but the polyphenol didn\u2019t. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2021",
"One polyphenol only found in extra-virgin olive oil, oleocanthol, is a potent anti-inflammatory shown to help prevent and fight diseases like arthritis and Alzheimer\u2019s. \u2014 Amanda Ruggeri, Outside Online , 9 Dec. 2014",
"Avocados also contain polyphenol antioxidants, which protect cells from damage that could lead to heart disease and type 2 diabetes. \u2014 Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
"In one study, researchers doctored juice with either extra amounts of the polyphenol (hesperidin) thought to be responsible for slowing glucose absorption, or extra water. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Resveratrol is a polyphenol , a compound that is chock-full of antioxidants and other benefits. \u2014 Katie Berohn, Good Housekeeping , 9 Sep. 2021"
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"Beatrice's silk-crepe polka -dot dress, designed by Saloni Lodha, featured puffed elbow-length sleeves, a keyhole neckline, and a matching belt, with three silver bow decorations down the front. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 June 2022",
"The duchess wore an Alessandra Rich polka -dot dress for her appearance on day four of Royal Ascot, the famous horse race, on Friday, June 17. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 17 June 2022",
"Nothing says retro like a good ol' polka -dot one-piece. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 13 May 2022",
"Peel-and-stick polka -dot wallpaper from Target makes a graphic backdrop in the laundry room that's located at the end of a hallway on the main level. \u2014 Natalie Dayton, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
"It is characterized by the use of a saw tool as the primary instrument and is used to accompany dances such as The Bahamian Quadrille and the heel-toe polka . \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Along the Texas-Mexico border, musicians borrowed both the accordion and the polka from German immigrants in the late 1800s to create what would become known as conjunto music. \u2014 Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Feb. 2022",
"In previous weeks, Kelly has dressed to impress in a flirty polka -dot dress and a black leather ensemble. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 7 Apr. 2022",
"But Middleton, looking as elegant as ever, just reminded us all about the power of a really good polka -dot piece. \u2014 Eva Thomas, PEOPLE.com , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"That brings us to Craig Kimbrel, who has been, to be polite , ineffective as a closer lately. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Some families said the Taliban fighters who searched their homes were polite and did not inflict any damage. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Job seekers should have their antennas up to detect if the interviewers are self-aware, empathetic and polite . \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"At an appearance with Ophuls in 2009, Jean-Luc Godard, in an unusually polite mood, paid him high praise for The Sorrow and the Pity, which explores the German occupation of France through a portrait of one city, Clermont-Ferrand. \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"In a very polite exchange, Horton and Rachel spoke with two bank employees. \u2014 Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic , 20 May 2022",
"Congressman Cawthorn was very polite , very congenial, offered his support in absolutely any way to help me defeat [Democratic Buncombe County Commissioner Jasmine Beach-Ferrara]. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 19 May 2022",
"And incursion sounds like an unnecessarily polite term to describe a multiversal war that Kang wanted to prevent in the first place. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 16 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jane Austen, the celebrated writer of romantic novels, is depicted on the polymer 10-pound bills. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"How else to make sense of the latest concepts in mattress technology\u2014for instance, hyperelastic polymer , buckling column gel, phase-change molecule fabrics, ballistocardiograph sensors, ice fabric, and 3-D-matrix layers",
"Most styles of pillow slides are made from Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) foam, a light synthetic rubber made of a dense, waterproof foam polymer that has a springy, rubbery feel to it. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"Refork developed a single-use fork by blending wood flour, PHA polymer , and minerals. \u2014 Alex Zhang, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"One example flagged in the report as problematic focuses on a U.S. developer of polymer solar cells called Solarmer Energy Inc., which received SBIR funding from the Defense Department and others. \u2014 Kate O\u2019keeffe, WSJ , 8 May 2022",
"Sorters could crumple films and tell\u2014by their sound\u2014their polymer lattices. \u2014 Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The key came from building a process that could allow the monomers to link up and grow into a polymer chain without causing any one of the monomers to stray. \u2014 Michelle Shen, USA TODAY , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"If a polyp is spotted during the course of a colonoscopy, it gets removed and retrieved for further testing. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, SELF , 1 Apr. 2022",
"This week, Biden's physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE that the 79-year-old politician had a single, three-millimeter polyp removed from his ascending colon during the procedure that took place last week. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 25 Nov. 2021",
"But even when a benign polyp is found during a simple screening, patients sometimes end up with an unexpected bill. \u2014 Emmarie Huetteman, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
"Where the discovery of a polyp or a lump might avert progress of colon or breast cancer, blood cancer clinicians have few ways to treat patients who are on the cusp of developing cancer. \u2014 Angus Chen, STAT , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Death is often preventable through regular screenings because colorectal cancer takes up to 10 to 15 years to develop from a collection of cells called a polyp , according to Tampa\u2019s Moffitt Cancer Center. \u2014 Caroline Catherman, orlandosentinel.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
"This allows a biopsy to be done or a polyp to be removed with a good safety record, although sometimes clotting factors still need to be given after the procedure. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 22 Dec. 2021",
"In 2019, Will Smith filmed his own colonoscopy when doctors found a precancerous polyp and shared the results in a 17-minute long video on YouTube. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 21 Dec. 2021",
"In 2010, this guest host underwent a colonoscopy for TV that revealed a potentially cancer-causing adenomatous polyp . \u2014 Beth Decarbo, WSJ , 11 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The plants make polyvinyl chloride , better known as PVC, and petrochemicals used in construction, packaging and other goods. \u2014 Kathleen Flynn, ProPublica , 20 May 2022",
"Ideally, your projector projects images onto a screen (usually made of polyvinyl chloride or some kind of fabric), very much like a movie theater. \u2014 Parker Hall, Wired , 8 June 2022",
"Many are not recyclable due to a material called polyvinyl chloride , otherwise known as PVC, a plastic that you\u2019ve likely seen in pipes at Home Depot but can also be found in many of these flexible pool accessories. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"The Ta\u2019ziz facility will produce chemicals such as chlor-alkali, ethylene dichloride and polyvinyl chloride , the partners said on Tuesday. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In the past year, the price of PVC ( polyvinyl chloride ), which is elemental to pressing records, jumped by nearly 50%. \u2014 Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Dating back to Thomas Edison\u2019s invention of the phonograph, the etched discs of polyvinyl chloride plastic became ubiquitous in the early 20th century. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Vinyl window frames are often made of polyvinyl chloride . \u2014 Maria Masters, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Replacement pipes will be made of polyvinyl chloride , or PVC. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Nov. 2021"
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"\u2014 Mary Beth Norton et al.",
"The longstanding quest to eradicate polio is attracting a new injection of funds from donors around the world, as health leaders grapple with obstacles from ridding conflict areas of the virus to a shortage of vaccine.",
"\u2014 Betsy McKay",
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"Dutch researchers testing polio vaccines were the first to discover the disease among monkeys in 1958. \u2014 Melody Schreiber, The New Republic , 21 June 2022",
"After the development of polio vaccines, the clinic became a rehabilitation hospital, the American Rehabilitation Foundation, and began filling its beds by admitting children with learning disabilities. \u2014 Robert D. Mcfadden, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"After the development of polio vaccines, the clinic became a rehabilitation hospital, the American Rehabilitation Foundation, and began filling its beds by admitting children with learning disabilities. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"In many countries, children are given polio vaccines first as a shot and then boosted with a different, oral formulation -- a combination that's both safer and more effective. \u2014 Maggie Fox, CNN , 19 Oct. 2021",
"By the 1940s or so, perhaps earlier, booster had entered the immunizer\u2019s lexicon, and might have made additional doses of tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, and polio vaccines more palatable to the public. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 5 Oct. 2021",
"In Iraq, which hosts 260,000 Syrian refugees, UNICEF also helped vaccinate Syrian children under 5 against polio . \u2014 Marion Hart, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Nine million children are to be vaccinated against polio in Africa. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Researchers have known about viral interference since the 1960s, when a Soviet group of scientists noticed that a live vaccine against polio and other enteroviruses also seemed to protect against unrelated viral respiratory diseases like influenza. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Jan. 2022"
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"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English policie, pollecye \"art or practice of government, system of government, commonwealth, organization or conduct of affairs, practical skill, prudence,\" borrowed from Anglo-French policie, pollecie \"governance, system of government\" (Middle French also, \"a political organization, the state, conduct, behavior\"), borrowed from Late Latin pol\u012bt\u012ba \"citizenship, political organization, government\" \u2014 more at police entry 1":"Noun",
"earlier police, pollecy (in the phrase police/pollecy of assurance, after French pollice d'assurance ), borrowed from Middle French police, pollice \"certificate, written proof,\" probably borrowed from Italian polizza, pollizza \"receipt, promissory note,\" alteration of apodissa, appodissa (by absorption of initial a- by the definite article and shift of -d- to a lateral), borrowed from Medieval Latin apodixa, apodissa \"receipt,\" borrowed from Middle Greek ap\u00f3deixis, going back to Greek, \"making known, proof,\" from apodeik-, stem of apode\u00edknymi, apodeikn\u00fdnai \"to point out, make known, prove\" + -sis -sis \u2014 more at apodictic":"Noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jane Austen, the celebrated writer of romantic novels, is depicted on the polymer 10-pound bills. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"How else to make sense of the latest concepts in mattress technology\u2014for instance, hyperelastic polymer , buckling column gel, phase-change molecule fabrics, ballistocardiograph sensors, ice fabric, and 3-D-matrix layers",
"Most styles of pillow slides are made from Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) foam, a light synthetic rubber made of a dense, waterproof foam polymer that has a springy, rubbery feel to it. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"Refork developed a single-use fork by blending wood flour, PHA polymer , and minerals. \u2014 Alex Zhang, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"One example flagged in the report as problematic focuses on a U.S. developer of polymer solar cells called Solarmer Energy Inc., which received SBIR funding from the Defense Department and others. \u2014 Kate O\u2019keeffe, WSJ , 8 May 2022",
"Sorters could crumple films and tell\u2014by their sound\u2014their polymer lattices. \u2014 Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The key came from building a process that could allow the monomers to link up and grow into a polymer chain without causing any one of the monomers to stray. \u2014 Michelle Shen, USA TODAY , 7 Feb. 2022",
"This could include an enzyme, a polymer chain or a metal surface. \u2014 Jeannette Garcia, Scientific American , 15 Mar. 2021"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, back-formation from polymeric , from Greek polymer\u0113s having many parts, from poly- + meros part \u2014 more at merit entry 1":""
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"How many readers could get excited by the fact that a single primrose plant can produce two kinds of flowers, virtually identical but one with a long style (the stalk that channels pollen tubes to the ovary) and one with a short style"
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"\u2014 Chris Ballard",
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"\u2014 Heather Lanier"
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"noun"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": a small subclass of mosses comprising the orders Polytrichales and Dawsoniales":[]
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"\u02ccp\u00e4l\u0113\u2027\u02c8trik\u0259\u02ccd\u0113",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then, at around age 17, Kait was diagnosed with the hormonal disorder polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). \u2014 Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Women who had received the AstraZeneca vaccine, were menopausal, or suffered from conditions including endometriosis or polycystic ovarian syndrome were excluded from the study. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 7 Jan. 2022",
"There are a lot of possible causes: an autoimmune disorder, female pattern hair loss, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), and more. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 22 Oct. 2021",
"There are some conditions like polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal disorder, or thyroid conditions like hypothyroidism that might require treatment. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 13 Aug. 2021",
"But this effectively ignores the fact cis women can have elevated testosterone levels as well \u2014 for example, due to conditions like polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), which affects 10% of women. \u2014 Lydia Wang, refinery29.com , 4 June 2021",
"When her period suddenly stopped at the age of 17, Sethi was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), an endocrine disorder characterized by excess male hormones, irregular periods and cysts on the ovaries. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
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"Nancy Taylor, PharmD will discuss the impact of polypharmacy in older adults and provide valuable information for patients and their caregivers. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
"Optimising Therapies: addressing the problems of polypharmacy and implementing more de-prescribing protocols. \u2014 Avivah Wittenberg-cox, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The approval of aducanumab also lays the groundwork for new research into polypharmacy . \u2014 Darius Lakdawalla, STAT , 7 June 2021",
"But polypharmacy can put people at risk of side effects that can severely impact their quality of life and even cause life-threatening symptoms. \u2014 Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com , 25 Dec. 2019",
"The work is part of a provocative and growing body of research that documents how polypharmacy -- the use of multiple prescription drugs at the same time -- has risen in the U.S. \u2014 Carolyn Y. Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 12 June 2018",
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"Sun Chunlan, the only woman in the party\u2019s 25-member politburo , has also toured Wuhan in recent days. \u2014 Isabella Steger, Quartz , 10 Feb. 2020",
"There was a veneer of unity the night the Trump plan was announced, with Mr. Abbas and the head of Hamas\u2019s politburo , Ismail Haniya, speaking by phone. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Jan. 2020",
"But Fathi Hammad, a member of Hamas\u2019 politburo , told demonstrators Friday that his movement will respond to the shooting. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 July 2019",
"Sing Tao, the pro-Beijing newspaper, noted that Lam made her decision after meeting Friday night with Han Zheng, a vice-premier, politburo member and the central government\u2019s point man on Hong Kong. \u2014 Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY , 15 June 2019"
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"More recently, his lab figured out how these key proteins rapidly rearrange and polymerize to produce these protrusions. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Lard was the top choice back in the day, but the diet of modern pork industry pigs is not as nutritious, meaning pig fat today doesn't polymerize as easily. \u2014 Laura Duerr, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Over the last few decades, researchers have described how individual RNA bases can spontaneously polymerize , forming longer chains that could ultimately catalyze key chemical reactions, including building even longer RNA molecules. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 4 Oct. 2019",
"These nets, together with other waste, are then recycled, de- polymerized and transformed into modern, ECONYL regenerated nylon. \u2014 James Love, Essence , 1 Aug. 2019",
"Meanwhile, when a transcription error occurs, the complex of unfinished RNA and polymerizing enzymes stalls until GreA and other transcription factors enable the removal of the incorrect nucleotide. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 22 Nov. 2017",
"But time and the freeze/thaw cycle took their toll on the 2012 potato\u2019s polymerized concrete skin. \u2014 Bill Manny, idahostatesman , 20 June 2018",
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"The lifeless bodies of longtime teacher Joyce Sheridan and her Republican politico husband John Patrick Sheridan Jr. were discovered in the bedroom of their Montgomery Township, New Jersey, home in the early morning hours of Sept. 28, 2014. \u2014 Fox News , 24 June 2022",
"Bush Senior isn't the only politico to have recognized Molina's. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 23 June 2022",
"Rosen and other insiders, who spoke to Variety on condition of anonymity, also point to a swell of politico -cultural changes within China that have been bubbling under for four or five years and which are now manifesting themselves clearly. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"And former national security advisor Bolton isn't the only politico to have schmoozed at Kenny & Ziggy's. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 18 May 2022",
"The third race with a candidate backed by Abdur-Rahman is Sonya Russell-Ofchus, who is running for commission chair against long-time local politico and current chair Robb Pitts. \u2014 Ben Brasch, ajc , 21 May 2022",
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"Fans who were hoping the backlash would lead to Fox cutting the episode or reveal or swapping out Giuliani for someone else were disappointed Wednesday night when the politico was very much revealed to be Jack in the Box. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Polio, or poliomyelitis , is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease, which invades the nervous system and spreads mainly through contamination by fecal matter. \u2014 Adela Suliman, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease, which invades the nervous system and spreads mainly through contamination by fecal matter. \u2014 Adela Suliman, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Polio\u2014short for poliomyelitis \u2014was a mid-20th-century scourge that sickened tens of thousands of people and killed thousands each year. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Polio or poliomyelitis is caused by the poliovirus \u2014 an infectious disease that for the majority of those infected causes no symptoms. \u2014 Luke Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Paralytic poliomyelitis is no longer a problem in the U.S. because of development and use of effective vaccines against the poliovirus. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 23 May 2021",
"Paralytic poliomyelitis is no longer a problem in the U.S. because of development and use of effective vaccines against the poliovirus. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 23 May 2021",
"Paralytic poliomyelitis is no longer a problem in the U.S. because of development and use of effective vaccines against the poliovirus. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 23 May 2021",
"Paralytic poliomyelitis is no longer a problem in the U.S. because of development and use of effective vaccines against the poliovirus. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 23 May 2021"
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"Gill says that ice is even thicker in Utah, which was settled by LDS pioneers fleeing religious persecution back east, mainly for the practice of polygamy . \u2014 Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone , 28 June 2022",
"The traditional Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints banned polygamy in 1890. \u2014 David Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"The splinter sect of the Mormon church had been practicing polygamy in the American West for decades, often with underage brides, but under Warren's leadership, the FLDS Church became an even more sinister operation. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 7 June 2022",
"The brothers then joined the School of the Prophets movement, which practiced polygamy . \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 14 May 2022",
"This became a central point of debate during the legislative hearings for SB102, a bill signed into law in 2020 that effectively decriminalized polygamy in Utah after years of debate. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Dec. 2021",
"His wife left him after refusing to practice polygamy . \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Andrew Garfield stars as a detective investigating a murder involving polygamy and the outskirts of Mormonism. \u2014 Tim Chan, Rolling Stone , 4 Apr. 2022",
"In the mid-1800s, Mormons were expelled from Missouri and later their practice of polygamy was legally banned. \u2014 Michelle Boorstein, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Mar. 2022"
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"Douglass was especially critical of the promotion of polygenesis : the idea that the races of humankind emerged in separate creation events and with unequal capacities. \u2014 Britt Rusert, Slate Magazine , 1 Mar. 2017",
"Far less so is Samuel Morton (champion of the obsolete theory of polygenesis ) or Thomas Dixon (author of novels romanticizing Klan violence). \u2014 Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times , 22 Feb. 2017",
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"Some menu items that will vary throughout the year include bee pollen , fennel, and Cara Cara oranges, and Blood oranges. \u2014 Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"Spruce up your screen porch with these easy tips for removing dirt, dust, pollen , and mold. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 22 July 2021",
"This works in combination with the device\u2019s Laser Smart Sensor, which also detects airborne particles down to 0.3 microns, to effectively clean your air of dust, pollen , allergens and dander. \u2014 Dave Johnson, Forbes , 18 June 2021",
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"As an homage to the Swedish tradition of ice bathing, Filippa K\u2019s new creative director Liisa Kessler launched a new line of clean-lined swimsuits made from a combination of upcycled velvets from the brand\u2019s past collections and recycled polyamide . \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
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"Pieces are also made with sustainable fabrics and materials, such as Lenzing Ecovero viscose (a fiber derived wood and pulp) and recycled polyester, zinc, brass and polyamide . \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The diagonal seam adds compression to this flattering silhouette, and the fabric is made of a blend of elastane and recycled polyamide . \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Apr. 2022",
"This nautical one-piece is made of a custom fabric blend of 78% recycled polyamide from post-consumer materials and nylon waste like old fishing nets that clog up our oceans. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 21 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s made of recycled polyamide and Xtra Life Lycra and comes in sizes XS to XL. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Increasingly, however, marine snowfall is being infiltrated by microplastics: fibers and fragments of polyamide , polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Crafted from a blend of polyamide , polyester, and elastane, this neck tube provides warmth and breathability. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 26 Oct. 2020"
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"Most dealt with people challenging why their car was towed, while one man said he was hurt by a police dog . \u2014 Blake Nelsonstaff Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Officers tried to track the intruder with help from a Middletown police dog but were not able to find him. \u2014 Christine Dempsey, courant.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Another man accused the department of excessive force after a police dog bit him last summer, according to the records. \u2014 Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Pettaway, a 51-year-old Black man, bled to death after a police dog bit his thigh and tore his femoral artery inside a mostly empty house in Montgomery in 2018. \u2014 Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
"Pettaway, a 51-year-old Black man, bled to death after the city police dog bit him on July 8, 2018 inside a house on Cresta Circle in Montgomery. \u2014 Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
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"Last year, IndyStar's investigation into police dog bites won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 9 May 2022",
"Another officer with a police dog pushed protesters away as the first officer held the activist down. \u2014 Fox News , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"Upon its defeat, the once-great polis fell under the tyrannical control of Sparta. \u2014 Frank Holmes, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Shadow puppets fill in the ancient Greek backstory involving a fellow named Thaddeus, who markets water in disposable vases that the polis can\u2019t get enough of. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2021",
"Her political ideal is the Greek space of the polis , or city-state. \u2014 Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021",
"Placed around the polis , these statues, depicting nude young men, served as a living symbol for the ideal citizen. \u2014 Autumn Wright, Wired , 16 Jan. 2021",
"As the locus of masculinity in Ancient Greece, the 17- to 18-year-old boy becomes an ephebe after shaving his first beard and beginning a requisite two years of military service for the polis . \u2014 Autumn Wright, Wired , 16 Jan. 2021",
"If everything in Athens concerns the public and the polis , then Eleusis, 13 miles to the east, concerns a transformation that is private and outside of politics. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Parallels with today This account of the Greek polis shows us that the protection of the body of the city-state depended on the sacrifice of the socially downtrodden, which has parallels with the situation today. \u2014 Candida Moss, The Conversation , 23 Mar. 2020"
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"Tony Campbell, 56, a Towson University political science professor, is the only Republican running. \u2014 Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun , 1 July 2022",
"Democrats\u2019 hopes are contingent on the party continuing to garner two-thirds of the vote of the growing Latino population, according to Matthew Wilson, an associate political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. \u2014 Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
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"Daniel Smith, a professor of political science , was one of three professors barred from testifying in a lawsuit against legislation that curtailed access to polls. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"An author of the paper, Kevin Reuning, an assistant professor of political science at Miami University, pulled the data in 2020 for a different project. \u2014 Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News , 8 June 2022",
"Some target different minority groups and cast blame on a range of government and private entities for promoting immigration, said Joseph Uscinski, a professor of political science at the University of Miami, who researches conspiracies. \u2014 Omar Abdel-baqui, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
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"Nathaniel has used the latest approval ratings data from Morning Consult for every senator (and governor) in the country in an attempt to measure how much stronger (or weaker) a politician is than a generic candidate from their party would be. \u2014 Byrick Klein,averi Harper, ABC News , 13 May 2022",
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"Speaking of hooning, the GV60\u2019s Active Sound Design (noise-canceling system) offers drivers the choice of three polyphonic soundscapes to fill the sensory void left by combustion engines. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"From colonial-era photo albums to visual reveries, social documentary and conceptual approaches to photography, the exhibitions explore the polyphonic ways in which photographs are produced, circulated and interpreted. \u2014 Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In all her essays, Kahanoff looked for a place to call home, where her polyphonic identity would find peace and where the East and the West would have a fertile conversation. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"And while the language may be at risk for extinction, its polyphonic hymns have preserved it in amber. \u2014 Melanie Hamilton, CNN , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Set in the future amid a pandemic far worse than our own, this polyphonic novel reflects our human desire to find meaning within tragedy. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"Perhaps this is why a polyphonic and democratic approach to such collecting seems fitting. \u2014 Sophie Haigney, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"Rounding out the top 10 most polysemous words \u2014 each but a single syllable \u2014 are, alphabetically, cast, cut, draw, point, serve, strike, and through. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"In one of the more extreme polysemous developments, a word can take on an opposite meaning, as dust (v.) can mean to clean up small particles (dust the furniture) or to apply small particles (dust the Bundt cake with powdered sugar). \u2014 John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com , 3 July 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hummingbirds have a combination of extraordinarily versatile structural coloration in their feather barbules, and a long history of female mate choice (including, exclusive female parental care and polygyny ). \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Christian Artuso, an ornithologist with Bird Studies Canada, tells the magazine that this heretofore unseen behavior is the first documentation of polygyny (a male mating with two or more females) recorded for great horned owls as a species. \u2014 Saryn Chorney, ajc , 3 May 2018",
"In fact, the causal relationship between polygyny and conflict is unclear. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Jan. 2018",
"In the meantime, there has been a rise in the practice of polygyny , marriages in which the husband has more than one wife, particularly in cities like Philadelphia, New York and Chicago, Nadir said. \u2014 Genevieve Glatsky, Philly.com , 28 June 2017",
"The greater the degree of polygyny , the larger the size difference. \u2014 James Ryerson, New York Times , 5 Apr. 2016"
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": a polyethylene glycol or related compound of the ether-glycol type containing several ether linkages that yields one or more glycols on hydrolysis of these linkages":[]
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"-l\u0259\u0307+",
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"definitions":{
": a map projection consisting of a composite series of concentric cones each of which before being unrolled has been placed over a sphere so as to be tangent to a different parallel of latitude":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Draper, who works for Cherish Families, a nonprofit that helps people from polygamous backgrounds in need, is the board president. \u2014 David Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"Christine and Janelle previously shared husband Kody Brown through their polygamous marital arrangement, but Christine announced her separation from the 52-year-old in November 2021. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
"Marcus\u2019s story, which involves a polygamous Mormon compound in Mexico, is bizarre and largely unbelievable. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Christine and Janelle previously shared husband Kody Brown through their polygamous marital arrangement, but Christine announced her separation from the 52-year-old last November. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Christine and Janelle previously shared husband Kody Brown through their polygamous marital arrangement, but Christine announced her separation from the 52-year-old last November. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"In the pioneering, even polygamous , past, things looked more hopeful for the state\u2019s women. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Mar. 2022",
"But not being polygamous , the band had to part ways with Klinghoffer. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Christine and Janelle previously shared husband Kody Brown through their polygamous marital arrangement, but Christine announced her separation from the 52-year-old last November. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some people have a polymorphism that instructs their body to create two of the same enzyme instead of just one. \u2014 C. Michael White, The Conversation , 4 Oct. 2021",
"The campaign uses a technique called polymorphism to blast out hundreds of thousands of unique samples. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 10 Dec. 2020",
"Some of us have a polymorphism , a genetic variant that slows our metabolism for caffeine. \u2014 Dawn Mackeen, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
"Genomic Prediction screens embryos for 1m single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)\u2014tiny variations in individuals\u2019 DNA that, added together, can raise or lower the likelihood of suffering a particular disease. \u2014 The Economist , 8 Nov. 2019",
"Each variant has a version (more precisely, one of the alleles in a single nucleotide polymorphism ) associated with a small boost to the trait in question. \u2014 Charles Murray, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2020",
"Both examined more than 500,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)\u2014swaps of one nucleotide for another at a particular spot in the DNA\u2014from the Human Genome Diversity Panel. \u2014 Gary Stix, Scientific American , 1 Nov. 2012",
"But then the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits Consortium\u2014the GIANT consortium for short\u2014identified more than 20,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that influence height in a series of groundbreaking studies. \u2014 Ben Cohen, WSJ , 18 Sep. 2018",
"These sites are called single nucleotide polymorphisms \u2014 a.k.a. \u2014 Brian Resnick, Vox , 27 Oct. 2018"
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"If these polygenetic tests are used at an early age, some doctors hope, patients can be given early preventive measures and medications to avoid heart attacks. \u2014 Brian Resnick, Vox , 23 Aug. 2018"
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