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972 lines
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{
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"suffer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to allow especially by reason of indifference":[
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"the eagle suffers little birds to sing",
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"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
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],
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": to be subject to disability or handicap":[],
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": to endure death, pain, or distress":[],
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": to feel keenly : labor under":[
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"suffer thirst"
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],
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": to put up with especially as inevitable or unavoidable":[],
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": to submit to or be forced to endure":[
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"suffer martyrdom"
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],
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": to sustain loss or damage":[],
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": undergo , experience":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He died instantly and did not suffer .",
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"He suffered a heart attack and died instantly.",
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"She suffered an injury during the game.",
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"We suffered a great deal during the war.",
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"I hate to see a child suffer .",
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"She suffered through another one of their long visits.",
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"The team suffered a defeat in the play-offs.",
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"Their relationship suffered because of her work.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Reviewers found success for their pets who have to wear a recovery cone, suffer from arthritis and other mobility issues, a megaesophagus. \u2014 Lindsay Pevny, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
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"Designating the gullible, however, obscures how ordinary people suffer deception in tiny increments all the time. \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"Black entrepreneurs, said Smith, oftentimes suffer from lack of access \u2014 to real estate, to banking relationships, to technical assistance. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
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"From your description, your friend is not only bipolar, but also may suffer from hypochondria. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
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"That may explain why Black women, many of whom suffer from uterine fibroids, are more often diagnosed later in the disease process, Dr. Doll said. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
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"Although as many as 15% of current public safety officers suffer from PTSD, the group said many law enforcement agencies lack the capacity, funding or local access to mental health professionals to support their officers. \u2014 cleveland , 15 June 2022",
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"English bulldogs suffer from severe health effects due to the way they are bred, a new study says. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
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"On Tuesday, the World Bank slashed its annual global growth forecast to 2.9 percent, from January\u2019s 4.1 percent, and warned that the global economy may suffer from 1970s-style stagflation, a dangerous combination of weak growth and rising prices. \u2014 Aaron Gregg, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English sufferen, suffren, borrowed from Anglo-French suffrir, going back to Vulgar Latin *suffer\u012bre, re-formation of Latin sufferre \"to submit to, endure,\" from suf-, assimilated form of sub- sub- + ferre \"to carry, bear\" \u2014 more at bear entry 2":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8s\u0259-f\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for suffer bear , suffer , endure , abide , tolerate , stand mean to put up with something trying or painful. bear usually implies the power to sustain without flinching or breaking. forced to bear a tragic loss suffer often suggests acceptance or passivity rather than courage or patience in bearing. suffering many insults endure implies continuing firm or resolute through trials and difficulties. endured years of rejection abide suggests acceptance without resistance or protest. cannot abide their rudeness tolerate suggests overcoming or successfully controlling an impulse to resist, avoid, or resent something injurious or distasteful. refused to tolerate such treatment stand emphasizes even more strongly the ability to bear without discomposure or flinching. unable to stand teasing",
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"synonyms":[
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"endure",
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"experience",
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"feel",
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"have",
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"know",
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"pass",
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"see",
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"sustain",
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"taste",
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"undergo",
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"witness"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112711",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"suffer fools gladly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to be kind to and patient with people who are annoying or bothersome":[
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"\u2014 usually used in negative statements My mother was a woman who did not suffer fools gladly ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120516",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"sufferable":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to submit to or be forced to endure":[
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"suffer martyrdom"
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],
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": to feel keenly : labor under":[
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"suffer thirst"
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],
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": undergo , experience":[],
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": to put up with especially as inevitable or unavoidable":[],
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": to allow especially by reason of indifference":[
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"the eagle suffers little birds to sing",
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"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
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],
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": to endure death, pain, or distress":[],
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": to sustain loss or damage":[],
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": to be subject to disability or handicap":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8s\u0259-f\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"endure",
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"experience",
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"feel",
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"have",
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"know",
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"pass",
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"see",
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"sustain",
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"taste",
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"undergo",
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"witness"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for suffer bear , suffer , endure , abide , tolerate , stand mean to put up with something trying or painful. bear usually implies the power to sustain without flinching or breaking. forced to bear a tragic loss suffer often suggests acceptance or passivity rather than courage or patience in bearing. suffering many insults endure implies continuing firm or resolute through trials and difficulties. endured years of rejection abide suggests acceptance without resistance or protest. cannot abide their rudeness tolerate suggests overcoming or successfully controlling an impulse to resist, avoid, or resent something injurious or distasteful. refused to tolerate such treatment stand emphasizes even more strongly the ability to bear without discomposure or flinching. unable to stand teasing",
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"examples":[
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"He died instantly and did not suffer .",
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"He suffered a heart attack and died instantly.",
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"She suffered an injury during the game.",
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"We suffered a great deal during the war.",
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"I hate to see a child suffer .",
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"She suffered through another one of their long visits.",
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"The team suffered a defeat in the play-offs.",
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"Their relationship suffered because of her work.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Reviewers found success for their pets who have to wear a recovery cone, suffer from arthritis and other mobility issues, a megaesophagus. \u2014 Lindsay Pevny, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
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"Designating the gullible, however, obscures how ordinary people suffer deception in tiny increments all the time. \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"Black entrepreneurs, said Smith, oftentimes suffer from lack of access \u2014 to real estate, to banking relationships, to technical assistance. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
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"From your description, your friend is not only bipolar, but also may suffer from hypochondria. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
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"That may explain why Black women, many of whom suffer from uterine fibroids, are more often diagnosed later in the disease process, Dr. Doll said. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
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"Although as many as 15% of current public safety officers suffer from PTSD, the group said many law enforcement agencies lack the capacity, funding or local access to mental health professionals to support their officers. \u2014 cleveland , 15 June 2022",
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"English bulldogs suffer from severe health effects due to the way they are bred, a new study says. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
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"On Tuesday, the World Bank slashed its annual global growth forecast to 2.9 percent, from January\u2019s 4.1 percent, and warned that the global economy may suffer from 1970s-style stagflation, a dangerous combination of weak growth and rising prices. \u2014 Aaron Gregg, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English sufferen, suffren, borrowed from Anglo-French suffrir, going back to Vulgar Latin *suffer\u012bre, re-formation of Latin sufferre \"to submit to, endure,\" from suf-, assimilated form of sub- sub- + ferre \"to carry, bear\" \u2014 more at bear entry 2":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154553"
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},
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"sufferance":{
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"antonyms":[
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"interdiction",
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"prohibition",
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"proscription"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": consent or sanction implied by a lack of interference or failure to enforce a prohibition":[],
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": endurance sense 1":[],
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": pain , misery":[],
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": patient endurance":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"was pointedly reminded that he was at the private beach on sufferance and could be kicked out at any time",
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"spending a whole day with my airheaded sister-in-law is beyond sufferance",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Air India\u2019s nationalization signaled that in independent India private enterprise would survive on the government\u2019s sufferance . \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"In the music of Beethoven, there is such an ethical, moral integrity \u2026 and power and sufferance . \u2014 Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com , 10 Sep. 2019",
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"Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. \u2014 Thomas Jefferson Et Al, Cincinnati.com , 4 July 2018",
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"Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. \u2014 Thomas Jefferson Et Al, Cincinnati.com , 4 July 2018",
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"Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. \u2014 Thomas Jefferson Et Al, Cincinnati.com , 4 July 2018",
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"Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. \u2014 Thomas Jefferson Et Al, Cincinnati.com , 4 July 2018",
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"Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. \u2014 Thomas Jefferson Et Al, Cincinnati.com , 4 July 2018",
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"Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. \u2014 Thomas Jefferson Et Al, Cincinnati.com , 4 July 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English suffraunce, sufferaunce \"affliction, endurance,\" borrowed from Anglo-French suffrance, suffraunce, borrowed from Late Latin sufferentia \"endurance,\" from Latin sufferent-, sufferens, present participle of sufferre \"to submit to, endure\" + -ia -ia entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8s\u0259-f(\u0259-)r\u0259n(t)s",
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"\u02c8s\u0259-fr\u0259ns, -f\u0259-r\u0259ns"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"allowance",
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"authorization",
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"clearance",
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"concurrence",
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"consent",
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"granting",
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"green light",
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"leave",
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"license",
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"licence",
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"permission",
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"sanction",
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"warrant"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053319",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"sufficiency":{
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"antonyms":[
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"inadequacy",
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"inadequateness",
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"insufficiency",
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"unsatisfactoriness"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality or state of being sufficient : adequacy":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the sufficiency of the portions is such that you will leave the restaurant with a full stomach but without doggie bags",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Autonomy requires a large measure of self- sufficiency , to which end the Apiwtxa have enhanced their food sovereignty and implemented economic and trading practices that minimally impact the environment. \u2014 Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"The other is grounded in neighborhoods of sufficiency . \u2014 Steve West, Sun Sentinel , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Irreversible decisions can also help create self- sufficiency . \u2014 Kayvan Kian, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
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"Ultimately, the farming association's goal is to create self- sufficiency for Hmong families through agriculture. \u2014 Erin Adler, Star Tribune , 10 Nov. 2020",
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"High effective marginal tax rates mean that some workers have a financial disincentive to invest in their own human capital and advance from lower-wage work to jobs that lead to economic self- sufficiency . \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
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"The Sustainable Materials Management coalition is trying to reach self- sufficiency by significantly reducing the amount of material going into the waste stream. \u2014 Tom Condon, Hartford Courant , 4 May 2022",
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"The goal is for these families to reach self- sufficiency within 12 months. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 20 July 2021",
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"Allowing residents to go to the shops and hairdressers on their own restores their sense of independence and self- sufficiency . \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 8 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"earlier sufficience in same sense (going back to Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Late Latin sufficientia, from Latin sufficient-, sufficiens sufficient + -ia -ia entry 1 ) + -ency":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"s\u0259-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"acceptability",
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"adequacy",
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"satisfactoriness"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221733",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"sufficient":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": being a sufficient condition":[],
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": enough to meet the needs of a situation or a proposed end":[
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"sufficient provisions for a month"
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],
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": qualified , competent":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Considering that John Adams was notoriously insecure about his own place in history, he surely would have enjoyed his current renown. He and Abigail get pride of place in the family crypt, down a winding staircase in the church basement. On her plaque in the crypt, she is described as a \"model of domestic worth,\" as though she were a particularly charming chifforobe, and not a woman who survived a troubled marriage with sufficient courage that both houses of Congress adjourned upon hearing of her death. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce , Boston Globe Magazine , 26 July 2009",
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"Because canines are, for the most part, unable to naturally manufacture sufficient vitamins to meet their daily requirements, a dog's routinely consumed meals, with some exceptions, must be augmented with them during the manufacturing process. \u2014 Tom Ewing , Dog Watch , February 2009",
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"And since this policy is usually accompanied by a pledge to provide sufficient scholarship funds to admitted applicants who cannot afford the full cost (around $45,000 in the Ivy League today), it is an expensive policy. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco , New York Review of Books , 29 Mar. 2007",
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"The result was a magnificent example of evidence overkill\u2014the first set of prints alone was sufficient to match the gangbanger to a set in the national Automated Fingerprint Identification System database. \u2014 Jessica Snyder Sachs , Popular Science , March 2004",
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"A brisk walk is sufficient to raise your heart rate.",
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"There must be sufficient funds in your bank account to cover the check.",
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"Her explanation was not sufficient to satisfy the police.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Both Secret Service and White House aides knew security at the Capitol was not sufficient , Cheney continued. \u2014 CBS News , 29 June 2022",
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"An all-purpose one just once or twice a month in the spring and summer is sufficient . \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 23 June 2022",
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"Ukrainian authorities say the West\u2019s much-ballyhooed support for the country is not sufficient and is not arriving on the battlefield fast enough for this grinding and highly lethal phase of the war. \u2014 Andrea Rosa And Jamey Keaten, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
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"Ukrainian authorities say the West\u2019s much-ballyhooed support for the country is not sufficient and is not arriving on the battlefield fast enough for this grinding and highly lethal phase of the war. \u2014 John Leicester And David Keyton, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
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"Keeping the cap to a 20-nanometer-thick layer seemed to be sufficient ; in fact, the cap improved the efficiency of the perovskite material from under 15 percent to over 17 percent\u2014still well below silicon but closer to being competitive. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 17 June 2022",
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"And just being able to sense once and respond once, to me, is not sufficient . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 June 2022",
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"Ultimately, the Coalition was able to raise wages and improve working conditions, encouraging growers to sell to large customers at a price sufficient to cover increased costs while benefiting the many over the few. \u2014 Maureen Conway, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
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"Operating cash flow over the past 12 months must be positive, and sufficient to cover the dividend. \u2014 John Dobosz, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English sufficiant, sufficient, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French suffisant, sufficient, in part from present participle of suffire \"to suffice ,\" in part borrowed from Latin sufficient-, sufficiens, from present participle of sufficere \"to have enough strength or capacity, be adequate\" \u2014 more at suffice":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"s\u0259-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sufficient sufficient , enough , adequate , competent mean being what is necessary or desirable. sufficient suggests a close meeting of a need. sufficient savings enough is less exact in suggestion than sufficient . do you have enough food",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100503",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"sufficiently":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": being a sufficient condition":[],
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": enough to meet the needs of a situation or a proposed end":[
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"sufficient provisions for a month"
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],
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": qualified , competent":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Considering that John Adams was notoriously insecure about his own place in history, he surely would have enjoyed his current renown. He and Abigail get pride of place in the family crypt, down a winding staircase in the church basement. On her plaque in the crypt, she is described as a \"model of domestic worth,\" as though she were a particularly charming chifforobe, and not a woman who survived a troubled marriage with sufficient courage that both houses of Congress adjourned upon hearing of her death. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce , Boston Globe Magazine , 26 July 2009",
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"Because canines are, for the most part, unable to naturally manufacture sufficient vitamins to meet their daily requirements, a dog's routinely consumed meals, with some exceptions, must be augmented with them during the manufacturing process. \u2014 Tom Ewing , Dog Watch , February 2009",
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"And since this policy is usually accompanied by a pledge to provide sufficient scholarship funds to admitted applicants who cannot afford the full cost (around $45,000 in the Ivy League today), it is an expensive policy. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco , New York Review of Books , 29 Mar. 2007",
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"The result was a magnificent example of evidence overkill\u2014the first set of prints alone was sufficient to match the gangbanger to a set in the national Automated Fingerprint Identification System database. \u2014 Jessica Snyder Sachs , Popular Science , March 2004",
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"A brisk walk is sufficient to raise your heart rate.",
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"There must be sufficient funds in your bank account to cover the check.",
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"Her explanation was not sufficient to satisfy the police.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Both Secret Service and White House aides knew security at the Capitol was not sufficient , Cheney continued. \u2014 CBS News , 29 June 2022",
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"An all-purpose one just once or twice a month in the spring and summer is sufficient . \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 23 June 2022",
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"Ukrainian authorities say the West\u2019s much-ballyhooed support for the country is not sufficient and is not arriving on the battlefield fast enough for this grinding and highly lethal phase of the war. \u2014 Andrea Rosa And Jamey Keaten, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
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"Ukrainian authorities say the West\u2019s much-ballyhooed support for the country is not sufficient and is not arriving on the battlefield fast enough for this grinding and highly lethal phase of the war. \u2014 John Leicester And David Keyton, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
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"Keeping the cap to a 20-nanometer-thick layer seemed to be sufficient ; in fact, the cap improved the efficiency of the perovskite material from under 15 percent to over 17 percent\u2014still well below silicon but closer to being competitive. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 17 June 2022",
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"And just being able to sense once and respond once, to me, is not sufficient . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 June 2022",
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"Ultimately, the Coalition was able to raise wages and improve working conditions, encouraging growers to sell to large customers at a price sufficient to cover increased costs while benefiting the many over the few. \u2014 Maureen Conway, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
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"Operating cash flow over the past 12 months must be positive, and sufficient to cover the dividend. \u2014 John Dobosz, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English sufficiant, sufficient, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French suffisant, sufficient, in part from present participle of suffire \"to suffice ,\" in part borrowed from Latin sufficient-, sufficiens, from present participle of sufficere \"to have enough strength or capacity, be adequate\" \u2014 more at suffice":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"s\u0259-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sufficient sufficient , enough , adequate , competent mean being what is necessary or desirable. sufficient suggests a close meeting of a need. sufficient savings enough is less exact in suggestion than sufficient . do you have enough food",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065933",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"suffocate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to be uncomfortable through lack of fresh air":[],
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": to become checked in development":[],
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": to become suffocated :":[],
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": to deprive of oxygen":[],
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": to die from being unable to breathe":[],
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": to die from lack of oxygen":[],
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": to impede or stop the development of":[],
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": to make uncomfortable by want of fresh air":[],
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": to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The poor dog could suffocate in the car on a hot day like this.",
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"Don't put your head in a plastic bag\u2014you could suffocate .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The film is named after a coffee-house for passionate chess players in the heart of Athens, which has become a refuge for those who suffocate in modern life. \u2014 Lise Pedersen, Variety , 25 May 2022",
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"Palm trees are particularly dangerous because of their large and heavy fronds, which can collapse and suffocate trimmers, Humphrey said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"To stop them releasing Vinicius Jr and Karim Benzema on dangerous counter attacks, Barca must contain the golden triangle and suffocate their passing game. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
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"Russian forces have been targeting missiles at infrastructure in Ukrainian ports\u2014part of a plan to seize Ukraine\u2019s southern coast to cut it off from the sea and suffocate its economy. \u2014 Benoit Faucon And Joe Parkinson, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"But lawyers for the family heavily disputed that conclusion and argued, successfully, that the conduct of the deputies caused Phounsy to suffocate to death. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022",
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"When coiled around a lizard or throttling a bird, a boa constrictor doesn't actually suffocate its prey. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"Don\u2019t suffocate solutions by focusing relentlessly on problems. \u2014 Henry Devries, Forbes , 29 May 2021",
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"But the greatest fear is getting stuck in a traffic jam in one of the highway\u2019s long, pitch-black tunnels, where the buildup of carbon monoxide can suffocate those trapped within. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Latin suff\u014dc\u0101tus, past participle of suff\u014dc\u0101re \"to stifle, choke, deprive of air, squeeze together,\" from suf-, assimilated form of sub- sub- + -f\u014dc\u0101re, verbal derivative of fauc-, faux (ordinarily in plural fauc\u0113s ) \"upper part of the throat, pharynx, windpipe,\" of obscure origin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8s\u0259f-\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t",
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"\u02c8s\u0259-f\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"choke",
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"smother",
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"stifle",
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"strangle"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050004",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"suffocating":{
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"antonyms":[
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"airy",
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"breezy",
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"unstuffy"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": tending or serving to suffocate or overpower : overwhelming":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"inside the bunker it was suffocating , and some of the men had already passed out",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Netflix had a premonition: In the year 2020, with beaches closed and spring breaks canceled, the people would need a steamy island mystery to make quarantine a little less suffocating . \u2014 Lauren Puckett, Harper's BAZAAR , 4 May 2020",
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"USA TODAY Appropriate pre-storm preparations gave way to a chaotic response in a Florida nursing home where suffocating heat resulted in 12 patients dying after Hurricane Irma struck in September 2017. \u2014 Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY , 29 Aug. 2019",
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"The suffocating heat and humidity, which prompted the U.S. Tennis Association to create and apply rules on the fly. \u2014 Howard Fendrich, The Seattle Times , 10 Sep. 2018",
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"The Haskell hospital is one of many Oklahoma rural medical centers trying to remain open under financial conditions that can feel insurmountable and suffocating for the communities trying to save them. \u2014 Brianna Bailey, ProPublica , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"Millions of people are forced to occupy cramped, notoriously expensive, suffocating housing \u2014 fertile territory for a virus that clearly likes to spread among people in close contact. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Apr. 2020",
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"Resplendent details, like the neon lights that bathe a hotel room in a suffocating hot-pink and the luminous LEDs that make both the gangsters\u2019 bikes and the police\u2019s sneakers glow, add a lush visual theatricality to Diao\u2019s film. \u2014 Jiwei Xiao, The New York Review of Books , 14 Mar. 2020",
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"Somehow point guard Marcus Johnson and his teammates found a way to break Edison\u2019s suffocating press for a 60-57 victory despite committing 15 turnovers. \u2014 Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2020",
|
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"Baldwin Wallace\u2019s suffocating effort squeezed the offensive life out of Haverford and led to a 67-42 victory for the Yellow Jackets. \u2014 Branson Wright, cleveland , 7 Mar. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1604, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8s\u0259-f\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-ti\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"breathless",
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"close",
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"stifling",
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"stuffy"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201746",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"suffrage":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disenfranchisement"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a short intercessory prayer usually in a series":[],
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": a vote given in deciding a controverted question or electing a person for an office or trust":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"women who fought for suffrage",
|
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"even as the world entered the 21st century, some nations still did not permit women's suffrage",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Though the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention is often identified as the beginning of the U.S. women\u2019s suffrage movement, the seeds of the struggle were present long before this historic convention. \u2014 Treva B. Lindsey, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Smith also got involved with the women's suffrage movement as well as the Red Cross, her priorities seemingly changed. \u2014 CNN , 12 May 2022",
|
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"Born poor, Woodhull was a leader of the women's suffrage movement and spoke before congress. \u2014 Jeryl Brunner, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
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"While scholars and historians have long known about the role Utah women played in the suffrage movement, most ordinary citizens did not. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
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"She was also known for supporting women's suffrage and encouraging women to vote. \u2014 Sarah Ewall-wice, CBS News , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
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"In August 2020, State Parks installed a statue of Truth at the western entrance of the Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park in Highland, Ulster County, and dedicated it to the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage . \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
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"With this justification, many embraced a range of causes, including temperance, the abolition of slavery, and suffrage . \u2014 Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
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"But minority suffrage has grown tremendously, and the benefits of federal oversight have persisted. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 21 Mar. 2022"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, \"help, aid, intercessory prayer, indulgence,\" borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Medieval Latin suffr\u0101gium \"vote, selection, aid, support, intercessory prayer,\" going back to Latin, \"vote cast in an assembly, right to vote, decision reached by a vote, influence exerted in support of a candidate or policy,\" from suffr\u0101gor, suffr\u0101g\u0101r\u012b \"to express public support (for a candidate, measure, etc.), be favorable (toward)\" (from suf-, assimilated form of sub- sub- + -fr\u0101g-, probably from the base of frangere, past participle fr\u0101ctus, \"to break, shatter\") + -ium, deverbal suffix of function or state \u2014 more at break entry 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"sometimes -f\u0259-rij",
|
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"\u02c8s\u0259-frij"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"ballot",
|
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"enfranchisement",
|
|
"franchise",
|
|
"vote"
|
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],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105205",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffuse":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush , fill":[
|
|
"the northern horizon was suffused with a deep red glow",
|
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"\u2014 P. M. Leschak"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Morning light suffused the room.",
|
|
"she was suffused with an overwhelming feeling of liberation as her horse broke into a gallop",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There\u2019s melancholy, regret, grief, and disappointment in Julie\u2019s life; for that matter, the inconclusive vagueness and inchoate longings that suffuse the film, that constitute her very character, come off as the nature of life itself. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The patterns of flowers, vines, leaves, birds, and other animals suffuse his designs with joy. \u2014 April Austin, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Each morning the bakers make marvelous sourdough bread whose aromas suffuse the air outside of the little store, which has never seen fit to expand its offerings much beyond a few different loaves of bread and cakes. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Branagh's genuine affection and nostalgia for his subject suffuse the movie; if only the misty romanticism of his story could match it. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 4 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Chelsea had lost N\u2019Golo Kant\u00e9 to an injury at the break, a third cause of regret, and yet his spirit seemed to suffuse his team. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"His keen observations about human nature, made in evocative prose, suffuse each page, and his characters prove endearing and memorable. \u2014 Stefanie Milligan, The Christian Science Monitor , 19 July 2021",
|
|
"Holl\u2019s luminous facades suffuse the building with light, but the absence of windows in the gallery spaces leaves them glare-free. \u2014 Mark Lamster, Dallas News , 24 June 2021",
|
|
"The private automobiles, symbolic referents to which also suffuse the work, are led by guides in funereal procession through different stations in varying sections of the garage. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 27 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1590, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from Latin suff\u016bsus, past participle of suffundere \"to pour on or in (as an addition), cause (a liquid, color, light) to well up or rise to the surface, fill with a liquid, color or light that wells up from below,\" from suf-, assimilated form of sub- sub- + fundere \"to pour, shed, cast, send forth, disperse\" \u2014 more at found entry 5":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"s\u0259-\u02c8fy\u00fcz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for suffuse infuse , suffuse , imbue , ingrain , inoculate , leaven mean to introduce one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. infuse implies a pouring in of something that gives new life or significance. new members infused enthusiasm into the club suffuse implies a spreading through of something that gives an unusual color or quality. a room suffused with light imbue implies the introduction of a quality that fills and permeates the whole being. imbue students with intellectual curiosity ingrain , used only in the passive or past participle, suggests the deep implanting of a quality or trait. clung to ingrained habits inoculate implies an imbuing or implanting with a germinal idea and often suggests stealth or subtlety. an electorate inoculated with dangerous ideas leaven implies introducing something that enlivens, tempers, or markedly alters the total quality. a serious play leavened with comic moments",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"inculcate",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"inoculate",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"steep"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185040",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the state or experience of one that suffers":[],
|
|
": pain":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8s\u0259-f(\u0259-)ri\u014b",
|
|
"\u02c8s\u0259-f\u0259-ri\u014b",
|
|
"\u02c8s\u0259-fri\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for suffering distress , suffering , misery , agony mean the state of being in great trouble. distress implies an external and usually temporary cause of great physical or mental strain and stress. the hurricane put everyone in great distress suffering implies conscious endurance of pain or distress. the suffering of famine victims misery stresses the unhappiness attending especially sickness, poverty, or loss. the homeless live with misery every day agony suggests pain too intense to be borne. in agony over the death of their child",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ways to alleviate human suffering",
|
|
"They hope these new drugs will help to bring an end to the suffering of arthritis patients.",
|
|
"His lawsuit seeks damages for pain and suffering .",
|
|
"the sufferings of the dying",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Eight women filed victim impact statements asking the judge to consider their suffering in determining a just sentence for Maxwell. \u2014 Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Allowing pain to take the driver's seat will only exacerbate your suffering . \u2014 Jessica Dulong, CNN , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Rivera, 16, now is giving others the opportunity to take their minds away from their suffering through the game of golf. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"What drugs can\u2019t do is transform the unsurvivable demands of life that cause our suffering in the first place. \u2014 Dr Sanah Ahsan, refinery29.com , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Indigenous peoples are exhausted by having to retell their suffering . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"With Bob, there is a kind of ascetic renunciation in his suffering that borders on the spiritual. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Think about their suffering , their little bodies on the floor of the elementary school, the sirens, the screams. \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Some who fled the Donetsk region shared their suffering . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141859"
|
|
},
|
|
"suffect":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Roman consul elected to complete the term of one who vacated office before the end of the year":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u00a6)s\u0259\u00a6fekt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin ( consul ) suffectus , from consul + suffectus , past participle of sufficere to put in place of":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145406"
|
|
},
|
|
"suff":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the shoreward surge of the sea":[],
|
|
"sufficient":[],
|
|
"suffix":[],
|
|
"suffragan":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171626"
|
|
},
|
|
"suffer in silence":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to suffer or be unhappy without saying anything":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172924"
|
|
},
|
|
"suffers":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to submit to or be forced to endure":[
|
|
"suffer martyrdom"
|
|
],
|
|
": to feel keenly : labor under":[
|
|
"suffer thirst"
|
|
],
|
|
": undergo , experience":[],
|
|
": to put up with especially as inevitable or unavoidable":[],
|
|
": to allow especially by reason of indifference":[
|
|
"the eagle suffers little birds to sing",
|
|
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
": to endure death, pain, or distress":[],
|
|
": to sustain loss or damage":[],
|
|
": to be subject to disability or handicap":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8s\u0259-f\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"undergo",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for suffer bear , suffer , endure , abide , tolerate , stand mean to put up with something trying or painful. bear usually implies the power to sustain without flinching or breaking. forced to bear a tragic loss suffer often suggests acceptance or passivity rather than courage or patience in bearing. suffering many insults endure implies continuing firm or resolute through trials and difficulties. endured years of rejection abide suggests acceptance without resistance or protest. cannot abide their rudeness tolerate suggests overcoming or successfully controlling an impulse to resist, avoid, or resent something injurious or distasteful. refused to tolerate such treatment stand emphasizes even more strongly the ability to bear without discomposure or flinching. unable to stand teasing",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He died instantly and did not suffer .",
|
|
"He suffered a heart attack and died instantly.",
|
|
"She suffered an injury during the game.",
|
|
"We suffered a great deal during the war.",
|
|
"I hate to see a child suffer .",
|
|
"She suffered through another one of their long visits.",
|
|
"The team suffered a defeat in the play-offs.",
|
|
"Their relationship suffered because of her work.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Reviewers found success for their pets who have to wear a recovery cone, suffer from arthritis and other mobility issues, a megaesophagus. \u2014 Lindsay Pevny, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"Designating the gullible, however, obscures how ordinary people suffer deception in tiny increments all the time. \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Black entrepreneurs, said Smith, oftentimes suffer from lack of access \u2014 to real estate, to banking relationships, to technical assistance. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"From your description, your friend is not only bipolar, but also may suffer from hypochondria. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"That may explain why Black women, many of whom suffer from uterine fibroids, are more often diagnosed later in the disease process, Dr. Doll said. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Although as many as 15% of current public safety officers suffer from PTSD, the group said many law enforcement agencies lack the capacity, funding or local access to mental health professionals to support their officers. \u2014 cleveland , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"English bulldogs suffer from severe health effects due to the way they are bred, a new study says. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"On Tuesday, the World Bank slashed its annual global growth forecast to 2.9 percent, from January\u2019s 4.1 percent, and warned that the global economy may suffer from 1970s-style stagflation, a dangerous combination of weak growth and rising prices. \u2014 Aaron Gregg, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English sufferen, suffren, borrowed from Anglo-French suffrir, going back to Vulgar Latin *suffer\u012bre, re-formation of Latin sufferre \"to submit to, endure,\" from suf-, assimilated form of sub- sub- + ferre \"to carry, bear\" \u2014 more at bear entry 2":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185900"
|
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},
|
|
"suffer the consequences":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to be punished for what one has done":[
|
|
"He broke the law, so he has to suffer the consequences ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221452"
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},
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"suffix":{
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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"definitions":{
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": an affix occurring at the end of a word, base, or phrase \u2014 compare prefix":[],
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": to attach as a suffix":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8s\u0259-\u02ccfiks",
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"(\u02cc)s\u0259-\u02c8fiks",
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"\u02c8s\u0259-fiks"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The adjective \u201csmokeless\u201d is formed by adding the suffix \u201c-less\u201d to the noun \u201csmoke.\u201d",
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"The adverb \u201csadly\u201d is formed by adding the suffix \u201c-ly\u201d to the adjective \u201csad.\u201d",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The suffix -vik, meaning bay, is a common feature in place names throughout the Nordic region. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
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"Executable files for both the Windows and macOS versions had the suffix .ts. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 15 Jan. 2022",
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"The suffix -core comes from hard core, which at first (1841) referred to broken bricks or stones that formed the hard substratum of roads and foundations. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"Painting a full picture of Anderson\u2014from her public perception to her intimate, whirlwind romance with Lee Bass\u2014was intrinsic to making Pam & Tommy more than a suffix to its sleazy predecessors. \u2014 Emma Fraser, ELLE , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"The artist, whose real name is Tiago Uriel Pacheco, uses the suffix PZK in honor of his freestyle crew in Argentina, but his music defies categorization, often shifting from R&B and even pop to rap. \u2014 Leila Cobo, Billboard , 7 Jan. 2022",
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"Will scientists loop back to the beginning and reuse the letters, perhaps with a numerical suffix ",
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"If nothing else, IOT is happy to set up an in.gov suffix for municipality email addresses, which provides a better level of security. \u2014 Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
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"Each is pegfilgrastim but, as required by FDA guidance, each of the biosimilars and the originator itself is further identified by a random four-letter suffix . \u2014 Howard S. Hochster, STAT , 6 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin suff\u012bxum, noun derivative from neuter of Latin suff\u012bxus, past participle of suff\u012bgere \"to fasten from below, attach to the top of,\" from suf-, assimilated form of sub- sub- + f\u012bgere \"to drive in, insert, fasten\" \u2014 more at fix entry 1":"Noun",
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"derivative of suffix entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1720, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1778, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000059"
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},
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"suf":{
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010641"
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},
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"sufflaminate":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": obstruct , impede":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"s\u0259\u02c8flam\u0259\u02ccn\u0101t"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin sufflaminatus , past participle of sufflaminare to check, brake, from sufflamin-, sufflamen brake, from sub- + (assumed) Latin flagmen, flamen chock, prop; akin to Old English balca ridge":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011158"
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},
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"sufferance wharf":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a licensed private wharf where dutiable goods may be kept until the duty is paid":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014018"
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},
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"sufficient reason":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": law of sufficient reason":[],
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": sufficient condition":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115606"
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},
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"suffete":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one of the two annually elected chief magistrates of ancient Carthage":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8s\u0259\u02ccf\u0113t"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin sufet-, sufes, suffet-, suffes , of Punic origin; akin to Hebrew sh\u014dph\u0113\u1e6d judge":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164310"
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},
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"sufficient condition":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a proposition whose truth assures the truth of another proposition":[],
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": a state of affairs whose existence assures the existence of another state of affairs":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"High home prices and a lack of supply seem to be a necessary but not sufficient condition for growing the ADU market. \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
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"Yet recent events show there's no reason to treat Trump as a necessary and sufficient condition of political mayhem. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"The myths about artistic genius that spring up around figures like Rimbaud and van Gogh suggest that uncompromising perversity is a necessary and sufficient condition for greatness. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
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"My limited point is that a transaction made in cash is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition to be considered as black money. \u2014 Rohit Azad, Quartz , 8 Nov. 2021",
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"But that\u2019s a necessary, not a sufficient condition for biosimilar market entry. \u2014 Joshua Cohen, Forbes , 22 May 2021",
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"But, again, big trends have multiple causes, and just making the better phone isn\u2019t necessarily a sufficient condition for success. \u2014 Dieter Bohn, The Verge , 24 Oct. 2018",
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"In their own words, though, their expression represents a sufficient condition but not a necessary condition. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 16 Sep. 2018",
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"But Jewish leadership was neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for the passage of the 1965 immigration law. \u2014 Abraham Miller, WSJ , 2 Apr. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164600"
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},
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"suffice":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": to meet or satisfy a need : be sufficient":[
|
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"a brief note will suffice",
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"\u2014 often used with an impersonal it suffice it to say that they are dedicated, serious personalities \u2014 Cheryl Aldridge"
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],
|
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": to be competent or capable":[],
|
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": to be enough for":[
|
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"a few more should suffice them"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"s\u0259-\u02c8f\u012bs",
|
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"also -\u02c8f\u012bz"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"do",
|
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"serve"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"She's also decided that she can't countenance her mother, who gives Jane cash but demands that her daughter save every receipt or package to prove that she didn't spend the money on drugs. Suffice it to say, their short-lived truce is over. \u2014 Alec Klein , A Class Apart: Prodigies, Pressure, and Passion Inside One of America's Best High Schools , 2007",
|
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"Thirteen years later, I still don't know exactly what to make of this letter. It goes without saying that a simple thank-you note, especially nearly a year late, would have sufficed . \u2014 Scott Turow , Atlantic , December 2005",
|
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"But what of the meteoroids that come from other large objects in the solar system",
|
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"No, you don't need to write a letter. A phone call will suffice .",
|
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"Her example alone should suffice to show that anything is possible.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"There are five standards to show danger; any one will suffice . \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
|
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"While humid conditions are preferred, normal room humidity will suffice . \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 27 June 2022",
|
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"The simpler documents might suffice for simple situations and people with modest assets. \u2014 Martin Shenkman, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
|
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"Any of those things could suffice for conspiracy to defraud the United States. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Given the drought of SZA releases since 2017, even crumbs of new material would suffice at this point. \u2014 Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"If a journal did not publish commentaries or editorials by authors with any conflicts of interest regarding topics discussed, that would suffice . \u2014 Martin F. Shapiro And Sidney M. Wolfe, STAT , 24 May 2022",
|
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"But in that case, using microscopic images should suffice . \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 24 May 2022",
|
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"Villanova documents a number of similarly harrowing stories, should facts alone not suffice in convincing us of the crisis at hand. \u2014 Jerald Walker, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English suffisen, sufficen \"to be adequate, be capable,\" borrowed from Anglo-French suffis-, stem of suffire \"to be sufficient for, be adequate,\" Latinization of Old French sofire, soufire, going back to Vulgar Latin *suff\u012bcere, alteration (with \u012b from verbs such as d\u012bcere \"to say\") of Latin sufficere \"to provide, appoint, have enough strength or capacity, be adequate,\" from suf-, assimilated form of sub- sub- + facere \"to make, do\" \u2014 more at fact":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201714"
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},
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"sufficientness":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sufficiency":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"sufficient entry 1 + -ness":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210543"
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},
|
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"suffice (it) to say":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231457"
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},
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"sufficience":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": sufficiency":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"s\u0259\u02c8fish\u0259n(t)s"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Late Latin sufficientia":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233314"
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}
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