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7334 lines
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"Magahat":{
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": a Bisayan people inhabiting the hills of southern Negros, Philippine islands":[],
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": a member of the Magahat people":[]
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},
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"native name in southern Negros":""
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"\u00a6m\u00e4g\u0259\u00a6h\u00e4t"
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"Magahi":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an Indic dialect of west Bihar":[]
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},
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"\u02c8mag\u0259h\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032305",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"Magali":{
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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 numerous more isolated peoples of Arabia":[]
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},
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"m\u0259\u02c8g\u00e4l\u0113"
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-094414"
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},
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"Maggiore, Lake":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"lake 40 miles (64 kilometers) long in northern Italy and southern Switzerland traversed by the Ticino River":[]
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u00e4-\u02c8j\u022fr-\u0101"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193806",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Maghreb, the":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"region encompassing northwestern Mediterranean Africa and formerly also Spain":[]
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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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"\u02c8m\u00e4-gr\u0259b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130622",
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"type":[
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"adjective or noun",
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Magian":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": magus":[],
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": of or relating to the Magi":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"in Shakespeare's The Tempest , Prospero is a benevolent Magian who rules over an enchanted tropical island"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1548, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1716, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccj\u012b-",
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"\u02c8m\u0101-j\u0113-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"charmer",
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"conjurer",
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"conjuror",
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"enchanter",
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"mage",
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"magician",
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"magus",
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"necromancer",
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"sorcerer",
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"voodoo",
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"voodooist",
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"witch",
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"wizard"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230457",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Magnum":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a large wine bottle holding about 1.5 liters":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Make a lasagna, grab a magnum , and invite some friends over for an indoor puzzle party with this Indoor Party Puzzle. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Franklin\u2019s magnum sea opus would be covered over with gravel and dirt. \u2014 Steve Ditlea, SPIN , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Both rounds were fired out of a .300 Winchester magnum . \u2014 NBC News , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"The easy-to-use system includes a proprietary topper that snugly fits on any bottle type (standard, half bottle, magnum ) as well as a charger that injects a layer of CO2 gas to protect the leftover wine. \u2014 Stephanie Cain, Fortune , 13 Nov. 2021",
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"At the same competition, the Ferrari Perl\u00e9 Nero Riserva 2012 in magnum was named the Blanc de Noirs World Champion. \u2014 Janice O'leary, Robb Report , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"Priced at $6,000 per magnum , the Cuv\u00e9e Des Enchanteleurs 1959 is an equal part blend of the house\u2019s six historical crus that were on the lees for 62 years. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 2 Dec. 2021",
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"Limited edition magnum sizes will also be available at $86 each. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 18 Nov. 2021",
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"If the 750s are sold out, go for a magnum or larger. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1788, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, neuter of magnus great":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mag-n\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084428",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"trademark"
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]
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},
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"Magnus effect":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the sideways thrust on a rotating cylinder placed with its axis perpendicular to a current of air which has been utilized to propel ships and in aviation as a lift \u2014 compare rotor ship":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8maign\u0259s-",
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"\u02c8magn\u0259s-"
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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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"after Heinrich G. Magnus \u20201870 German chemist and physicist":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-074702"
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},
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"mag":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": magazine":[],
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"magnesium":[],
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"magnetism":[],
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"magneto":[],
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"magnitude":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"flip through this month's fashion mags to find out what's in style",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"An errant page from a porno mag , found on the ground, is clearly bait from the enemy. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
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"In the mag \u2019s annual Readers\u2019 Poll one year, the New York Dolls were voted both Best and Worst Group, the perfect expression of that dualism. \u2014 Roy Trakin, Variety , 11 June 2022",
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"Last April, Leni covered Glamour Germany's 20th anniversary issue, in honor of her mom Heidi being the mag 's first ever cover girl. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 7 June 2022",
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"By the mid-'70s, Creem was the country's second-biggest rock mag , its circulation of 200,000-plus topped only by Rolling Stone. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
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"The couple told the mag that nothing about their relationship went according to plan. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"Sleeper Simulant in particular now has 4 in the mag and is getting another 6% PvE damage increase on top of the 10%. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"The mag had to run a correction (to the enjoyment of us all). \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 4 Mar. 2021",
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"What about high-capacity magazines (again, an undefined term that could mean any mag that holds more than 10, 15 or 50 rounds)"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1742, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mag"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"book",
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"bulletin",
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"diurnal",
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"gazette",
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"journal",
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"magazine",
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"newspaper",
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"organ",
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"paper",
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"periodical",
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"rag",
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"review",
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"serial",
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"zine"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124900",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"magadize":{
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"definitions":{
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": to play on the magadis":[],
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": to sing or play in octaves":[
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"the Greek practice of magadizing , in which \u2026 lay the fundamental principle of polyphony",
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"\u2014 H. E. Wooldridge"
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]
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek magadizein , from magadis + -izein -ize":""
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccd\u012bz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105956",
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"type":[
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"intransitive verb"
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]
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},
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"magani":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a class of warriors of Mindanao":[]
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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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"native name in Philippines":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259\u02c8g\u00e4n\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164724",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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},
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"magazine":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a holder in or on a gun for cartridges (see cartridge sense 1 ) to be fed into the gun chamber":[],
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": a lightproof chamber for films or plates on a camera or for film on a motion-picture projector":[],
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": a place where goods or supplies are stored : warehouse":[],
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": a radio or television program presenting usually several short segments on a variety of topics":[],
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": a room in which powder and other explosives are kept in a fort or a ship":[],
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": a similar section of a newspaper usually appearing on Sunday":[],
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": a stock of provisions (see provision entry 1 sense 2 ) or goods":[],
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": a supply chamber: such as":[],
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": an accumulation of munitions (see munition sense 2 ) of war":[],
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": the contents of a magazine: such as":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She subscribes to several gardening magazines .",
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"the village kept a magazine where people left common supplies",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Atcharawan was formerly a sommelier at Lotus of Siam, the off-Strip Thai restaurant with a remarkable wine program made famous by Jonathan Gold during his years writing for Gourmet magazine . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
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"Miller later invited Gibson to interview their group Sounds of an Illustrious Father for Sleek magazine , and a trip to Europe. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 9 June 2022",
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"Linda Villarosa is a contributing writer for the magazine , focusing on race and health. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
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"The new series will serve as a companion show to Pivot, the podcast Swisher hosts with Scott Galloway for Vox\u2019s New York magazine . \u2014 J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
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"The film and musical are inspired by Crowe\u2019s own experiences as a teenage rock \u2018n\u2019 roll correspondent for Rolling Stone magazine in the early 1970s. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
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"Later that month, their chemistry was put on display for the world to see when Bridgers interviewed him on Instagram Live for Wonderland magazine . \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
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"As part of the collaboration, the superstar rapper will become creative director for Maxim magazine and collaborate with MaximBet on merchandise, events, fan experiences, other partnerships, branding and more. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
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"The entourage included a colleague of Bolt\u2019s and the celebrity\u2019s two hosts, who worked for a magazine upstairs. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1583, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French, from Old Occitan, from Arabic makh\u0101zin , plural of makhzan storehouse":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccma-g\u0259-\u02c8z\u0113n",
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"\u02c8ma-g\u0259-\u02ccz\u0113n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"depository",
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"depot",
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"repository",
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"storage",
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"storehouse",
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"warehouse"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181107",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"magazine safety":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a safety mechanism on an automatic pistol that makes firing impossible unless the magazine is in the weapon":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010806",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"magazinelet":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a small periodical":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182621",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"magaziner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": magazinist":[]
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023829",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"magazinish":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": characteristic of magazine writing : somewhat superficial or shallow":[
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"the book seems too slick, too magazinish"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192334",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"magazinist":{
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"definitions":{
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": a person who writes for or edits a magazine":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1821, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccma-g\u0259-\u02c8z\u0113-",
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"\u02c8ma-g\u0259-\u02ccz\u0113-nist"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183204",
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"type":[
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]
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},
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"mage":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": magus":[]
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"examples":[
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"an ancient tale of a mage who made lush gardens grow in the desert",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Aside from this fastidiousness, King attributed his success as a mage to his considerable goldsmithing skills. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"For example, a mage doing a big spell cast with a whirling staff could have organic layers like stretching packing tape to get the electricity and spraying fences with pressure washers to get the whoosh. \u2014 Josh Chesler, SPIN , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"These are mere suggestions; building up to be a powerful mage or knight warrior all depends on the player\u2019s investments in statistics after every level up. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020",
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"As dramatized in the film, Tetra Gilcrest, the resident sorceress in the courts of Kaedwen and a descendent of the first human mage , was behind the sacking of Kaer Morhen. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 24 Aug. 2021",
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"The evil fire mage , Rience (Chris Fulton) tortures Jaskier to get information on where Geralt is but despite not getting said intel manages to make his way to the secret Witcher stronghold Kaer Morhen anyways. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
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"Stregobor, the arrogant old mage trying to maintain the control of the Brotherhood",
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"The show at its core is still pretty enjoyable for a dark fantasy, and the reappearance of rock-star tunesmith Jaskier (Joey Batey), plus new characters like the flame-conjuring rogue mage Rience (Chris Fulton), help in that regard. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 18 Dec. 2021",
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"One of the monsters created was Kitsu, an elf mage , who was crossbred with a mahr, a being of illusion. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 24 Aug. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English, from Latin magus":""
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"\u02c8m\u0101j"
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"charmer",
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"conjurer",
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"conjuror",
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"enchanter",
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"Magian",
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"magician",
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"magus",
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"necromancer",
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"sorcerer",
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"voodoo",
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"voodooist",
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"witch",
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"wizard"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213152",
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"type":[
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"maggiore":{
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u00e4\u02c8j\u014d(\u02cc)r\u0101"
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": a fantastic or eccentric idea : whim":[],
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"examples":[
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"The rotten meat was infested with maggots .",
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"the last maggot he got in his head resulted in a disastrous extramarital affair",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Their dogs likely injured the gazelle\u2019s hip and caused a fatal maggot infestation, Dejid says. \u2014 Robin Lloyd, Scientific American , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Tiffany was the most prestigious New York silver-maker, and a style-maker, too, until the 1960s, when the hippie mentality infected the yen for good living like a maggot . \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"Burly, heavy-jowled, his country-boy persona in full flight, Carson would pantomime tearing open the wrapper, savoring the creamy center and salted peanuts, his eyes then bulging in alarm at the sight of a maggot on one end. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2021",
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"In South Wales, the Biosurgical Research Unit at Princess of Wales Hospital began selling larvae in 1995, followed shortly by German and Belgian maggot factories. \u2014 Marion Renault, The Atlantic , 2 June 2021",
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"Police were initially skeptical of the claim, but authorities went on to find a year-and-a-half old tiger inside a small, waste and maggot -infested cage with no food or water. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
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"The dusty construction guy made common cause with the lawyer licking his paws and the bearded militiaman with a maggot in his brainstem. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 20 Jan. 2021",
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"Gigler had to research how to remove Riptide's maggot infestation, which involved wrapping the dog's belly in plastic, pumping in an anesthetic gas to sedate the insects and them hosing them off with water. \u2014 Shannon Prather, Star Tribune , 20 Aug. 2020",
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"Unscavenged carcasses bloated with gas before bursting open and revealing millions of writhing maggots inside. \u2014 Abby Jones, The Conversation , 10 Jan. 2020"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English magot , probably alteration of mathek, maddok ; akin to Middle Low German m\u0113deke maggot, Old Norse mathkr , Old English matha":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mag-\u0259t",
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"\u02c8ma-g\u0259t"
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],
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"bee",
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"caprice",
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"crank",
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"fancy",
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"freak",
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"humor",
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"kink",
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"megrim",
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"notion",
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"vagary",
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"vagrancy",
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"whim",
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"whimsey"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181812",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-083948"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from Magote (nickname for Margaret ) + pie (magpie)":""
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132048",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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"maghzen":{
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"Definition of maghzen variant spelling of makhzan"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205047",
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"type":[]
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"Definition of magi plural of magus"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-174313",
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"type":[]
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},
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"magic":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bewitched",
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"charmed",
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"enchanted",
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"entranced",
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"magical",
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"spellbound"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an extraordinary power or influence seemingly from a supernatural source":[
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"Both pitchers, although they are older, haven't lost their magic ."
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],
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": magic rites or incantations":[],
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": of or relating to magic":[],
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": something that seems to cast a spell : enchantment":[
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"all the mystery, magic and romance which belong to royalty alone",
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"\u2014 J. E. P. Grigg"
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],
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": the art of producing illusions by sleight of hand":[
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"entertained with acts of jugglery and magic"
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],
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": the use of means (such as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces":[],
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": to produce, remove, or influence by magic":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"children who believe in magic",
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"a book that explains how to do magic",
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"Both pitchers, though they are older, haven't lost their magic .",
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"Adjective",
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"a magic potion that makes you able to fly",
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"There is no magic solution to these problems.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"But that perfect moment of movie magic (captured when Garland was just a teenager) is only the beginning: Dyer identifies Garland's later camp appeal as a key component of her staying power. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 29 June 2022",
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"The magic that Brian and Charles taps into is handwrought and underplayed, with Archer letting the weird details cast a low-key glow. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
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"Highs: Chassis-tuning magic , Super Cruise, exterior style. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
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"At the same time, the annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe means street performers, music, magic , circus acts, artists, audience participation, crowds, and fun. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
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"Alfonso Cuaron\u2019s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban also opened her eyes to (literal) movie magic . \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 2 June 2022",
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"Unlike anything the entertainment company has offered before, Mad Apple is a combination of music, comedy, magic , and acrobatics. \u2014 Christina Liao, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
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"Six games, six brilliant games of dual-threat magic , weeks of clawing for a starting job at Downey \u2013 whisked away. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
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"But the myriad other attractions in town \u2014 music, magic , ventriloquism, the tables and slots \u2014 could scatter visitors, something that didn\u2019t occur in Tennessee. \u2014 Barry Wilner, Chicago Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
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"But observers think Macron's party and allies could have trouble getting an absolute majority \u2014 the magic number of 289 seats \u2014 this time around. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 11 June 2022",
|
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"Although there is no magic number, having five or more foliage plants can increase positive emotions. \u2014 Lala Tanmoy Das, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
|
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"And in February 2022, the state\u2019s casinos seemed to find its magic number using the Goldilocks principle\u2014and, for now, 122,247 slot machines is just right. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
|
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"Barklow has a magic number for layering systems: eight. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 28 May 2022",
|
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"While there is no magic number for 10-year risk that says when a person should take a statin, a 10-year risk of 7.5% is a level that many physicians use to recommend a statin drug for their patients at risk. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 23 May 2022",
|
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"There\u2019s no magic number that determines when gaming becomes problematic, researchers say. \u2014 Julie Jargon, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"Rita-Soledad Fernandez Paulino, the 35 year-old founder of financial coaching firm Wealth Para Todos, has a magic number of $4 million. \u2014 Anna Bahney, CNN , 2 May 2022",
|
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"Despite the loss, the Panthers, with 120 points, saw their magic number to clinch the NHL\u2019s best record trimmed to three as the Colorado Avalanche, with 116 points, lost 4-1 in Winnipeg. \u2014 Sun Sentinel , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"The auction house, through glossy catalogs and (increasingly) online offerings, can magic up artistic legitimacy that once only museums or scholars could assign. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"The book opens the door to magic and brings readers inside its world by revealing the artistry, inside history, and fascinating traditions of a subject long shrouded in mystery. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Like most restaurants, high-end sushi counters survived the earliest part of the pandemic by cutting all that magic away and focusing on takeout. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Fragrances are highly evocative of times, places and memories, and can magic up many a Proustian moment. \u2014 Kristin Larson, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"And the shots alone won\u2019t magic away the scars of damaged tissue or the numbing heft of depression brought on by months of sickness. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 25 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"The editor tried to magic away the controversy by claiming that the essay had been intended as satire, an obvious lie. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 16 July 2019",
|
|
"It\u2019s hard to see how wanting to magic away their beliefs is compatible with an expansive vision of tolerance that would bring ideological balance to secular universities. \u2014 Alan Levinovitz, Slate Magazine , 20 Mar. 2017",
|
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"Brewers\u2019 efforts to magic up a new daypart for beer come as sales of the beverage are falling, both in the U.S. and world-wide. \u2014 Lara O\u2019reilly, WSJ , 28 June 2017"
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],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1906, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English magique , from Middle French, from Latin magice , from Greek magik\u0113 , feminine of magikos Magian, magical, from magos magus, sorcerer, of Iranian origin; akin to Old Persian magu\u0161 sorcerer":"Noun and Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ma-jik"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bewitchery",
|
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"bewitchment",
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"conjuring",
|
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"devilry",
|
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"deviltry",
|
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"diablerie",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"ensorcellment",
|
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"mojo",
|
|
"necromancy",
|
|
"sorcery",
|
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"thaumaturgy",
|
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"voodooism",
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"witchcraft",
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"witchery",
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"wizardry"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112531",
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]
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},
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"magic formula":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a simple and sure way to an end":[
|
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"There is no magic formula for achieving success in the business world."
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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|
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|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120312",
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"type":[
|
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|
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|
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},
|
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"magic mushroom":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a fungus (such as genus Psilocybe ) containing hallucinogenic alkaloids (such as psilocybin)":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The company, which got its start opening cannabis clinics across Canada, is planning to test psilocybin therapy next month in Amsterdam, where magic mushroom truffles are legal. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2021",
|
|
"Roughly twelve years after Hofmann\u2019s revelatory bicycle trip home from work, a banker and amateur ethno-mycologist named R. Gordon Watson spent two nights with his wife taking part in veladas, or sacred magic mushroom ceremonies. \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 5 Apr. 2021",
|
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"The study found no link between the use of LSD, psilocybin or mescaline (the psychoactive compounds in magic mushroom ) and suicidal behavior or mental health problems. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 27 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"From the window brothels to easily accessible psychedelics ( magic mushrooms ), tourists aren\u2019t the only one who visit Amsterdam for a night of sin -- Amsterdam was ranked the most criminally active municipality in 2018, according to Dutch Review. 9. \u2014 Fox News , 5 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"District of Columbia Washington: A group in D.C. is extending the fight to decriminalize drugs beyond cannabis to magic mushrooms , WUSA-TV reports. \u2014 USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2020",
|
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"Cristina Daura created suitably strange and psychedelic illustrations for an article examining the potential use of psilocybin, the active ingredient of magic mushrooms , for treating depression. \u2014 The Economist , 30 Dec. 2019",
|
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"The resolution would decriminalize the adult use and possession of magic mushrooms and other entheogenic, or psychoactive, plants and fungi. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 June 2019",
|
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"Reuters What exactly makes magic mushrooms psychedelic"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1957, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114622",
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"type":[
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]
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},
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"magic realism":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a literary genre or style associated especially with Latin America that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction":[],
|
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": painting in a meticulously realistic style of imaginary or fantastic scenes or images":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Even though smoggy Los Angeles lies just a few miles west, there's an out-of-timeness to this little Narnia corner of land that recalls her latest novel, Lapvona (June 21), a gothic fairy tale tinged with strange visions and magic realism . \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s a modern-day psychosexual fable of co-dependency and abusive relationships between a young woman and a big bear, to be lensed as a chamber drama with touches of horror and magic realism . \u2014 Annika Pham, Variety , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Not without its flaws, but interesting as an example of Latin American literature outside of the box of magic realism . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"This isn\u2019t to say that there\u2019s no way to imagine wedding American crisis and magic realism . \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2021",
|
|
"Boyle\u2019s diverse body of work also explores multiculturalism and often combines sharp satire and magic realism in a unique way. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"In Schenkkan\u2019s LBJ, as conjured by the bravura actor Brian Cox, the idea of a leader who puts his powers of persuasion to work on behalf of ingrained ideals and hopes for the nation comes across as magic realism . \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 2 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Top Indian leaders, though, are wallowing in their own world of magic realism . \u2014 Shivam Vij, Quartz India , 14 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"There\u2019s something about the angst of white-collar men that lends itself to magic realism . \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 15 Oct. 2019"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1933, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"magic square":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a square containing a number of integers arranged so that the sum of the numbers is the same in each row, column, and main diagonal and often in some or all of the other diagonals":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Lucky for me, these magic squares of silk, and scarf prints, have been given new life by designers who have of late shaken off scarves\u2019 granny associations while emphasizing their vintage appeal. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 13 Dec. 2018",
|
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"As Brazil were recognised through Pele, the Dutch recognised by Johan Cruyff and an innovative playing style, the French were now symbolised by Le Carre Magique - the magic square . \u2014 SI.com , 19 Apr. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1704, 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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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115930",
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"magical":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": extremely or extraordinarily pleasant, enjoyable, or exciting":[
|
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"a magical evening",
|
|
"On that first magical morning in London, my heart and spirit turned everything into delight.",
|
|
"\u2014 Russell Baker",
|
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"The 2008 presidential race was almost a dead heat and the entire year leading up to the election had been a magical time to work on a live satirical sketch comedy show.",
|
|
"\u2014 Amy Poehler"
|
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],
|
|
": of, relating to, characterized by, or producing magic : magic":[
|
|
"magical powers",
|
|
"a story set in a magical world",
|
|
"a magical charm/spell/incantation",
|
|
"an amulet believed to have magical properties"
|
|
],
|
|
": produced by or as if by magic":[
|
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"a magical transformation",
|
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"words that seemed to have a magical effect"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ma-ji-k\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114627",
|
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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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"magician":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one who performs tricks of illusion and sleight of hand":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"The magician pulled a rabbit out of a hat.",
|
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"She is a magician on the basketball court.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Years ago, Weizenbaum had thought that understanding the technical operation of a computer system would mitigate its power to deceive, like revealing a magician \u2019s trick. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
|
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"That Puck is both a clown and a magician is telling. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
|
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"No worthwhile magician has ever dreamt up his own practice. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
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"Other essays recount brushes with a first responder after a storm, a gambler encountered on jury duty, a waiter in Istanbul, a taxi driver in Paris, a roomful of travelers watching reality TV in La Paz and a traveling magician in Nicaragua. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"Yet, a stage hypnotist must demonstrate that, like a singer or a magician , hypnosis is an art. \u2014 Thomas Bresadola, Rolling Stone , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
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"This is the ultimate task of the magician : to discover his uncorrupted will and fulfill its purpose. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"During halftime, a magician performed on the court, while the Michigan State basketball held a 39-35 lead over Michigan. \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 29 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Noon Yards Eve, held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the grassy area of Yards Park next to the Anacostia River, features a giant inflatable slide, entertainment from musicians and a magician , crafts and glitter tattoos, plus a noon countdown. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"m\u0259-\u02c8ji-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"charmer",
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"conjurer",
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"conjuror",
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"enchanter",
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"mage",
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"Magian",
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"magus",
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"necromancer",
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"sorcerer",
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"voodoo",
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"voodooist",
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"witch",
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"wizard"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105418",
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": marked by an overbearingly dignified or assured manner or aspect":[],
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": of or relating to a magistrate or a magistrate's office or duties":[],
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": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative":[],
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": of, relating to, or required for a master's degree":[]
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"examples":[
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"He spoke with a magisterial tone.",
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"a magisterial biography of Thomas Jefferson that has never been superseded",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Throughline\u2019s magisterial three-part miniseries on Afghanistan offers the long view of a country that Americans often treat as a threat, afterthought, or tragedy, particularly after the chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. military in 2021. \u2014 Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 June 2022",
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"The early magisterial Reformation, however, was not always consistent with its founding principles. \u2014 WSJ , 19 May 2022",
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"The spire of flowers, in its full glory, has long felt to me like a hint of regal splendor, and fittingly, this magisterial tree is called the Magnolia Elizabeth. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
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"Barbra Streisand glaring into the camera with magisterial disdain. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
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"Again, Shyamalan\u2019s magisterial pulp style unlocks Willis\u2019s best instincts. \u2014 Adam Nayman, The New Yorker , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"In 1984, Lay was in the process of building a magisterial estate in California when his interior designer alerted him to the existence of The Tree. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Northern Virginia communities quickly renamed schools honoring Confederates, and Fairfax County is considering renaming two of its magisterial districts over their namesakes\u2019 ties to slavery. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"The brothers themselves age well and look positively magisterial in the eternally stylish period costumes designed by Katrina Lindsay. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 14 Oct. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin magisterialis of authority, from magisterium office of a master, from magister":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccma-j\u0259-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for magisterial dictatorial , magisterial , dogmatic , doctrinaire , oracular mean imposing one's will or opinions on others. dictatorial stresses autocratic, high-handed methods and a domineering manner. exercised dictatorial control over the office magisterial stresses assumption or use of prerogatives appropriate to a magistrate or schoolmaster in forcing acceptance of one's opinions. the magisterial tone of his pronouncements dogmatic implies being unduly and offensively positive in laying down principles and expressing opinions. dogmatic about what is art and what is not doctrinaire implies a disposition to follow abstract theories in framing laws or policies affecting people. a doctrinaire approach to improving the economy oracular implies the manner of one who delivers opinions in cryptic phrases or with pompous dogmatism. a designer who is the oracular voice of fashion",
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"synonyms":[
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"authoritative",
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"classic",
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"classical",
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"definitive"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034859",
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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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"magnanimous":{
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"antonyms":[
|
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"base",
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"debased",
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"degenerate",
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"degraded",
|
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"ignoble",
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"low"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit":[
|
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"the irreproachable lives and magnanimous sufferings of their followers",
|
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"\u2014 Joseph Addison"
|
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],
|
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": showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind":[
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"too sincere for dissimulation, too magnanimous for resentment",
|
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"\u2014 Ellen Glasgow"
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"\"No problem,\" I dismissed his concerns with a magnanimous flick of the wrist. \u2014 Tom Perrotta , Joe College , 2000",
|
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"\u2026 and many of them retain a respectful Eisenhower-or-Kennedy-era view of America as Japan's usually magnanimous elder brother. \u2014 James Fallows , Atlantic , August 1989",
|
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"\u2026 with the off-duty cops downing them as fast as he could pour, Leery could afford to be magnanimous and play the jukebox for the boys and girls. \u2014 Joseph Wambaugh , The Delta Star , 1983",
|
|
"Levesque was magnanimous in victory, immediately reassuring English-speaking Quebecers that they were still welcome in the province, an integral part of its history. \u2014 Mordecai Richler , Atlantic , June 1983",
|
|
"She was too magnanimous to resent all the things others had said to her.",
|
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"a magnanimous donation to the town's animal shelter",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"As Mar\u00eda Garc\u00eda, the steely yet magnanimous proprietor of a once-thriving tequila distillery in western Mexico, S\u00e1nchez, in her first lead role in a feature, is riveting from first scene to last. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 May 2022",
|
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"McDermott finds a frighteningly effective balance between a magnanimous everyman who would be a scout leader and a deranged man who gives in to his darkest impulses of murdering and strangling women. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 May 2022",
|
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"That domain is left to Frances (Alison Oliver, in the breakout, Paul Mescal-esque role) and her magnanimous best friend/ex-girlfriend Bobbi (Sasha Lane). \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
|
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"Still, voluntarily allowing surgeons to carve into your otherwise healthy body to extract an organ and plug it into someone else is \u2026 what\u2019s the word, magnanimous ",
|
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"Rosengart\u2019s legal guidance has helped make possible this magnanimous humanitarian effort. \u2014 Malina Saval, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Brown, magnanimous and soft-spoken, didn\u2019t need any distractions from the only job that mattered: regaining mobility on the left side of his body. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
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"But what looked to some like the magnanimous diffusion of progress looked to others like theft. \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Agnes \u2014 the most emotionally stable, magnanimous spy-baby-turned-spy-adolescent in all the land \u2014 wants today to be a celebration of Liz's life, not a mourning of her death. \u2014 Jodi Walker, EW.com , 7 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1547, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin magnanimus , from magnus great + animus spirit \u2014 more at much , animate":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"mag-\u02c8na-n\u0259-m\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"big",
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"chivalrous",
|
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"elevated",
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"gallant",
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"great",
|
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"greathearted",
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"high",
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"high-minded",
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"lofty",
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"lordly",
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"natural",
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"noble",
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|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053014",
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"adverb",
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"antonyms":[
|
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"base",
|
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"debased",
|
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"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
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"ignoble",
|
|
"low"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit":[
|
|
"the irreproachable lives and magnanimous sufferings of their followers",
|
|
"\u2014 Joseph Addison"
|
|
],
|
|
": showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind":[
|
|
"too sincere for dissimulation, too magnanimous for resentment",
|
|
"\u2014 Ellen Glasgow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"No problem,\" I dismissed his concerns with a magnanimous flick of the wrist. \u2014 Tom Perrotta , Joe College , 2000",
|
|
"\u2026 and many of them retain a respectful Eisenhower-or-Kennedy-era view of America as Japan's usually magnanimous elder brother. \u2014 James Fallows , Atlantic , August 1989",
|
|
"\u2026 with the off-duty cops downing them as fast as he could pour, Leery could afford to be magnanimous and play the jukebox for the boys and girls. \u2014 Joseph Wambaugh , The Delta Star , 1983",
|
|
"Levesque was magnanimous in victory, immediately reassuring English-speaking Quebecers that they were still welcome in the province, an integral part of its history. \u2014 Mordecai Richler , Atlantic , June 1983",
|
|
"She was too magnanimous to resent all the things others had said to her.",
|
|
"a magnanimous donation to the town's animal shelter",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"As Mar\u00eda Garc\u00eda, the steely yet magnanimous proprietor of a once-thriving tequila distillery in western Mexico, S\u00e1nchez, in her first lead role in a feature, is riveting from first scene to last. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"McDermott finds a frighteningly effective balance between a magnanimous everyman who would be a scout leader and a deranged man who gives in to his darkest impulses of murdering and strangling women. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"That domain is left to Frances (Alison Oliver, in the breakout, Paul Mescal-esque role) and her magnanimous best friend/ex-girlfriend Bobbi (Sasha Lane). \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Still, voluntarily allowing surgeons to carve into your otherwise healthy body to extract an organ and plug it into someone else is \u2026 what\u2019s the word, magnanimous ",
|
|
"Rosengart\u2019s legal guidance has helped make possible this magnanimous humanitarian effort. \u2014 Malina Saval, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Brown, magnanimous and soft-spoken, didn\u2019t need any distractions from the only job that mattered: regaining mobility on the left side of his body. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But what looked to some like the magnanimous diffusion of progress looked to others like theft. \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Agnes \u2014 the most emotionally stable, magnanimous spy-baby-turned-spy-adolescent in all the land \u2014 wants today to be a celebration of Liz's life, not a mourning of her death. \u2014 Jodi Walker, EW.com , 7 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1547, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin magnanimus , from magnus great + animus spirit \u2014 more at much , animate":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"mag-\u02c8na-n\u0259-m\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074936",
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
": a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area":[
|
|
"a railroad magnate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a studio magnate who had the biggest stars in Hollywood at his beck and call",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"For Federico Marchetti, the Italian e-tailing magnate behind Yoox Net-a-Porter Group (whose personal residential portfolio is vast), the idyllic Lido is a sleeping beauty waiting to be revived. \u2014 Max Vadukul. Styled By Nicoletta Santoro., Town & Country , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"One is Julius Rosenwald, the Sears, Roebuck magnate , who funded nearly five thousand schools for Black students in the South during the height of the Jim Crow era. \u2014 Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"It is currently owned by the Japanese restaurant chain magnate Tokuji Munetsugu, who has amassed a collection of rare string instruments and sponsors an international violin competition in Japan. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"As the white hotel magnate Margot works for threatens to displace their home with a new resort, their ability to find other options is limited. \u2014 Heather Hansman, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Along with these issues, the talk show magnate has been in the middle of an ongoing legal battle with her bank. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"The sci-fi thriller \u2013 told over many screens and made entirely remotely during the pandemic \u2013 stars Hopkins as a late tech magnate who funneled money into a secretive project. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"The canyon\u2019s namesake was a silver mining magnate who became governor of California and once paid more than 20 times the forest guard\u2019s annual pay for a house in San Diego. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"The property was once part of the Bonnie Brae estate owned by a Chicago lumberyard magnate . \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 24 May 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English magnates , plural, from Late Latin, from Latin magnus":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-n\u0259t",
|
|
"\u02c8mag-\u02ccn\u0101t"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lion",
|
|
"lord",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"monarch",
|
|
"Napoleon",
|
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"prince",
|
|
"tycoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031936",
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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": lodestone":[],
|
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|
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"magneto meter"
|
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|
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": magnetism : magnetic":[
|
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"magneto electric",
|
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"magnet on"
|
|
],
|
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": magnetoelectric":[
|
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"magneto resistance"
|
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],
|
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": magnetosphere":[
|
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"magneto pause"
|
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],
|
|
": something that attracts":[
|
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"a box-office magnet"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"the giant theme park is a magnet for tourists to the area",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"As the recent spate of dispensary robberies and shootings have shown, cannabis dispensaries can be a magnet for robberies because they are forced to do business in all cash. \u2014 Kris Krane, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The largest lake entirely in New York State, Oneida, has long been a magnet for vacationers who flock here to take in its natural beauty and stay active, thanks to a seemingly endless list of recreational activities. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
|
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"For more than a century, the hotel rooms and residential apartments have been a magnet for painters, actors, dancers, novelists, playwrights and musicians. \u2014 Jay Cheshes, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
|
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"All students zoned for Eastside Elementary, J.P. Powell Middle School, and Five Points School will be assigned to a new magnet program at the Eastside building for the 2022-23 school year. \u2014 Rebecca Griesbach | Rgriesbach@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
|
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"Students can either be accepted to a magnet program or assigned to the school associated with their home address. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"The industry veterans are backing a magnet program in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) where curriculum will center around film and television production. \u2014 Marianne Garvey And Stella Chan, CNN , 21 June 2021",
|
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"This year marks its big return for the Krueger School of Applied Technolgies, a magnet program at the middle school in the North East Independent School District. \u2014 Danya Perez, San Antonio Express-News , 11 June 2021",
|
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"Layne graduated from San Diego High School and credits its broadcast journalism magnet program for his training. \u2014 Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 June 2021"
|
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|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin magnet-, magnes":"Combining form",
|
|
"Middle English magnete , from Anglo-French, from Latin magnet-, magnes , from Greek magn\u0113s ( lithos ), literally, stone of Magnesia, ancient city in Asia Minor":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8mag-n\u0259t"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"attraction",
|
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"draw",
|
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"lodestone",
|
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"loadstone"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161954",
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"magnetic":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"repellent",
|
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"repellant",
|
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"repelling",
|
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"repugnant",
|
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"repulsive",
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"revolting",
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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": of or relating to a magnet or to magnetism":[],
|
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": of, relating to, or characterized by the earth's magnetism":[],
|
|
": possessing an extraordinary power or ability to attract":[
|
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"a magnetic personality"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"a cult leader who attracted followers with his magnetic gaze",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"With her pixie hairdo, reserves of strength and sweet, soft-spoken voice evoking classic Mia Farrow, VanderWaal is once again a magnetic presence. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 1 June 2022",
|
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"His shows tend to lean towards intimate and emotional audience experiences, showcasing his magnetic stage presence. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 May 2022",
|
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"Gim appears in Korean American like a recurring celebrity cameo on a long-running sitcom, lighting up the room with its magnetic presence. \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Onstage, Tines is an intense, magnetic presence, and also, at six feet two and a half, a towering one. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Then came Craig, whose magnetic presence reinvigorated Bond and brought back the sense of physical menace that Connery embodied. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 8 Oct. 2021",
|
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"This is undoubtedly a star-making turn for the stunning Paige, who has a magnetic screen presence, alternating between placid scrutiny and explosive outbursts. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2021",
|
|
"Bourdain is, unsurprisingly, often his own best explainer - a magnetic , magnanimous presence with little filter and seemingly even less preciousness about himself. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 12 June 2021",
|
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"Garbo\u2019s bed and pictures, her kitchen and her hall are still imbued with her magnetic presence. \u2014 Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country , 11 Jan. 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The main wreckage was about 127 feet from the impact crater along a 347\u2070 true bearing (335\u2070 magnetic ) and consisted of the empennage/tailboom, both engines, avionics boxes, and portions of the cockpit instrument panel. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2020",
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"Mars once had a protective magnetic shield like Earth does. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 25 Feb. 2020",
|
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"The Pro Trek also uses a proprietary magnetic charging cord, which is cool\u2014just don\u2019t lose it. \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 20 Feb. 2020",
|
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"The performance was classic Lizzo: high-energy, magnetic , and just so fun. \u2014 Christopher Rosa, Glamour , 27 Jan. 2020",
|
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"The students can keep their phones with them but can\u2019t access them without a special magnetic unlocking mechanism. \u2014 Sarah Krouse, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2020",
|
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"His magnetic , easy-going, fun-loving personality, electric smile and thoughtful answers add to the attraction. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 21 Oct. 2019",
|
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"To put the whole picture together, the researchers also compiled a handful of existing magnetic records based on seafloor sediment cores and ice cores. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 11 Aug. 2019",
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"Mesmer applied this same magnetic therapy to \u00d6sterlin and pronounced her cured. \u2014 National Geographic , 5 Mar. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"1655, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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|
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"mag-\u02c8ne-tik",
|
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"mag-\u02c8net-ik"
|
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],
|
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|
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"synonyms":[
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"alluring",
|
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"appealing",
|
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"attractive",
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"bewitching",
|
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"captivating",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In the billion-year timeframe of Earth\u2019s life, the last magnetic pole reversal 42,000 years ago is honestly not that far back. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
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"In the paper, published in the journal Science, experts say there is currently rapid movement of the north magnetic pole across the Northern Hemisphere -- which could signal another reversal is on the cards. \u2014 Amy Woodyatt, CNN , 19 Feb. 2021",
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"Researchers have speculated that the current weakening of the magnetic field is a sign that Earth is heading for an eminent pole reversal\u2014in which the north and south magnetic poles switch places. \u2014 Fox News , 22 May 2020",
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"While on a sledge excursion, the young Ross became the first European to locate the planet\u2019s north magnetic pole . \u2014 National Geographic , 24 Jan. 2020",
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"In recent years, Earth\u2019s shifting magnetic poles have been picking up the pace. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 7 Dec. 2019",
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"Adjusting the current fed to each set can create similar magnetic poles facing each other in the stator and rotor. \u2014 National Geographic , 27 Sep. 2019",
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"During this stunningly chaotic time, detailed in a recent publication in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, the planet experienced 26 magnetic pole reversals every million years\u2014more than five times the rate seen in the last 10 million years. \u2014 National Geographic , 2 Oct. 2019",
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"Lab setups are simple, with positive and negative magnetic poles that pull cells toward one end of a dish or the other. \u2014 Sara Reardon, Science | AAAS , 14 Jan. 2020"
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"The story cited a research paper published in the science journal Science Advances that looked at racial bias in an A.I. system designed to classify brain activity from functional magnetic resonance image (fMRI) scans. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 3 May 2022",
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"The healthcare business is its third-largest segment \u2014 producing diagnostic imaging systems including magnetic resonance , X-ray, digital mammography and nuclear imaging. \u2014 Michelle Champman, The Enquirer , 9 Nov. 2021",
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"Advances in medical technology like magnetic resonance imagining, which do not require cutting open a body, bolster a belief that autopsies are less necessary. \u2014 New York Times , 8 July 2021",
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"Sophisticated imaging technologies like functional magnetic resonance can give you some clues. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 29 Oct. 2020",
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"Thomas Meade, an inorganic chemist and molecular imaging expert at Northwestern University, studies the development of probes for magnetic resonance and optical imaging. \u2014 Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS , 31 July 2020",
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"The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory\u2014or MagLab, as it's known\u2014works with a variety of high-strength magnets for everything from mass spectrometry to magnetic resonance . \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 19 June 2019",
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"Once the material was collected, the scientists used magnetic resonance and spectroscopy, the dividing of light into wavelengths, to understand how much material absorbed a particular frequency of infrared light. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 28 June 2018",
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"The base has no magnetic resonance imagining equipment and Congress has forbidden the transfer to the United States of any Guant\u00e1namo detainee, not even for medical treatment. \u2014 Carol Rosenberg, miamiherald , 30 Apr. 2018"
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"With it, scientists take a single magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scan and then apply an algorithm to it. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 22 June 2022",
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"The kind of magnetic field the researchers used is similar to the type generated by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, Zhao explains. \u2014 Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American , 14 June 2022",
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"In some cases, the hospital is switching to other types of scans, such as magnetic resonance imaging . \u2014 Peter Loftus, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
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"Experts can anticipate who may develop spasticity after a stroke using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which creates three-dimensional images of the brain. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 16 May 2022",
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"That said, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tests are very helpful for detecting signs of demyelination, according to Dr. Simkins. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"More advanced testing includes computerized tomography scanning or magnetic resonance imaging of the abdomen. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Rib fractures are not always easily seen on plain chest radiographs, and may be better evaluated with bone scans or magnetic resonance imaging , depending on the extent of the injury. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"The only ways to really diagnose appendicitis is for a real doctor to exam you and most likely order imaging studies such as an abdominal X-ray, an abdominal ultrasound, a computerized tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022"
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"As the tech advanced, researchers explored other substances that manipulate light in response to other prompts, such as heat, ultraviolet light and magnetism . \u2014 Brittney J. Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022",
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"But that basic arc is already familiar enough to be a clich\u00e9, and Barhom hasn\u2019t the magnetism of a Tahar Rahim. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 20 May 2022",
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"Communities like this one automatically draw enormous audiences into their fold based on shared beliefs and the emotional magnetism of personal empowerment. \u2014 R. Kenner French, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Under Torry\u2019s direction, the \u201890s ushered in a new era of comedy, one with a more hip-hop flair, into mainstream Hollywood, and the magnetism of it all became undeniable. \u2014 Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
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"They are poised between tradition and the magnetism of modern Chinese life; one family member, a 19-year-old girl, dreamed of going away to college. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2021",
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"As Finley, Hopkins displays his usual magnetism , even taking the opportunity to play one of his own musical compositions on piano. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
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"Some viewers applauded her magnetism and dry humor; others found her personality grating and her lack of boundaries unforgivable. \u2014 The New Yorker , 22 May 2022",
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"Charming as Street, who spiffs up Malcolm in Boston, the tenor Victor Ryan Robertson largely handles Elijah Muhammad\u2019s muscular high lines but strains to convey his magnetism . \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022"
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"Her performance magnetized the audience.",
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"the store's gorgeous window displays never fail to magnetize shoppers and sightseers",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Medical boards are under increasing pressure to act as some physicians decry covid-19 as a hoax, promote unproven treatments and push bogus claims about the vaccines, including that the shots magnetize the human body. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Dec. 2021",
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"Board members told investigators to prioritize cases involving the most obvious falsehoods or outrageous lies \u2013 that vaccines are poisonous, cause infertility, contain microchips or can magnetize the body. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Oct. 2021",
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"On covers, the artist weaves multiple elements into one image that will magnetize eyes. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 26 Aug. 2021",
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"Inadvertently magnetizing your watch is easy: Placing it on top of your phone on a nightstand can do it, or simply having your wrist too close to someone whose purse has a particularly strong magnet clasp. \u2014 Rachel Felder, New York Times , 1 May 2020",
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"On the largest moving rig this show has ever had, inspired by F9, and played in pairs, teams will be tethered together on a moving truck and retrieve puzzle pieces magnetized on the walls. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 7 May 2020",
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"John wasn\u2019t much at coming up with new melodies, but the words were magnetizing . \u2014 Robert Hilburn, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2020",
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"Registering the artifice in Hopper\u2019s limpid art may free us to see a link between hotel rooms and painting itself: Both magnetize desire and a longing to escape. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Nov. 2019",
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"By transforming an old theater into a disco, the two men also recast the nightscape of the city, creating a club that magnetized the famous and the merely fabulous equally. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020"
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"his letter to me was written in such a magnific style that I half wondered if he had penned it with a quill",
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"the pyramids at Giza remain among the most magnific edifices the world has ever seen"
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"We used a microscope to examine the cells under magnification .",
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"At higher magnifications the differences between the cells become clear.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Within the galaxy, study author Brian Welch, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University, found the primordial star sitting at the top of the lensing critical curve, or where the magnification is most intense, Science Alert reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Welch, Coe\u2019s student, scrutinized a tiny speck - some kind of object - providentially located on the arc where the magnification was highest. \u2014 Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"For example, someone who normally wears 1.00 magnification readers might be able to pop in some drops and 15 minutes later read the dosage instructions on a bottle of Advil. \u2014 Steven Odierna As Told To Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"The installation of a cavernous new shell in 2004, a stupefying magnification of the iconic old one, with an artificially powerful sound system and giant video screens, seemed to spell the end of any intimacy the Bowl might have still maintained. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
|
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"Apart from these, the hyper- magnification of consumerism in the last few decades has fostered a use-and-discard culture across the world. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"Phones like the Galaxy S20 Ultra would deliver 100x digital zoom, but that sort of magnification was unusable. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"With 10x magnification , these are engineered for anything from stargazing to wildlife watching. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"The equations themselves also have an unknown parameter: the variable that governs the rate of magnification . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 12 Apr. 2022"
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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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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccmag-n\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"caricature",
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"coloring",
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"elaboration",
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"embellishment",
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"embroidering",
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"embroidery",
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"exaggeration",
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"hyperbole",
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"overstatement",
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"padding",
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"stretching"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044014",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"magnificence":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": splendor of surroundings":[],
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": the quality or state of being magnificent":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the magnificence of the great castle hallway is beyond description",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Paddington\u2019s new perch gives him a slightly better view of the station\u2019s vast magnificence . \u2014 Will Hawkes, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
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"Though some of the figures show their age, the artwork as a whole gives a sense of the magnificence of the ancient world. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2022",
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"In any iteration, bejeweled or not, the Heirloom Project offers a bevy of beautiful objects that bring a bit of Mughal magnificence to the everyday. \u2014 Kareem Rashed, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Then there are those who make up the majority of chasers, Brindley Ubl said, people somewhere in the middle who have a passion for chasing safely and experiencing the magnificence of a tornado. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"But Dijon, a town of 155,000 inhabitants, has its turbulent underside, in the image of a country where beauty and belligerence and magnificence and malaise are often uneasy bedfellows. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"But Dijon, a town of 155,000 inhabitants, has its turbulent underside, in the image of a country where beauty and belligerence and magnificence and malaise are often uneasy bedfellows. \u2014 Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"Some of his pictures showcase magnificence , while others are intentionally hard to look at. \u2014 Stefanie Blendis, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"The structure's magnificence lies in its preservation of gold and glass mosaics on the interior -- one of the few from the 11th century, Pevny said. \u2014 CNN , 25 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 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin magnificentia , from magnificus noble in character, magnificent, from magnus great + - ficus -fic \u2014 more at much":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"mag-\u02c8ni-f\u0259-s\u0259ns",
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"mag-\u02c8ni-f\u0259-s\u0259n(t)s",
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"m\u0259g-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"augustness",
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"brilliance",
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"gloriousness",
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"glory",
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"gorgeousness",
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"grandeur",
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"grandness",
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"majesty",
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"nobility",
|
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"nobleness",
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"resplendence",
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"resplendency",
|
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"splendidness",
|
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"splendiferousness",
|
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"splendor",
|
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"stateliness",
|
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"stupendousness",
|
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"sublimeness",
|
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"superbness"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012740",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"magnificent":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"humble",
|
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"unheroic",
|
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"unimposing",
|
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"unimpressive"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": exceptionally fine":[
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"a magnificent day",
|
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"valley crops were magnificent that year",
|
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"\u2014 Julian Dana"
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],
|
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": great in deed or exalted in place":[
|
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"\u2014 used only of former famous rulers Lorenzo the Magnificent"
|
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],
|
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": impressive to the mind or spirit : sublime":[
|
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"magnificent prose",
|
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"know the truth for the magnificent purpose of becoming free",
|
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"\u2014 Philip Wylie"
|
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],
|
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": marked by stately grandeur and lavishness":[
|
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"a magnificent way of life",
|
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"The coronation was a magnificent sight."
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the magnificent cathedrals of Europe",
|
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"He gave a magnificent performance.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Backdropped by the Last Chance Mountains, the views were magnificent without the use of any mind-altering substances. \u2014 Amanda Siebert, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
|
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"The first two-thirds of the film are magnificent , the second act ends with Presley\u2018s triumphant 1968 comeback special. \u2014 Brad Auerbach, SPIN , 22 June 2022",
|
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"Her earlier work is magnificent \u2014 so start anywhere \u2014 but, in this instance, come for the shout-outs to Chumley's and The White Horse, two historic downtown watering holes. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 13 June 2022",
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"Auburn\u2019s plate approach against Seminoles starter Bryce Hubbart was magnificent . \u2014 al , 5 June 2022",
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"Any city with great architecture, like Chicago, is magnificent , but nothing beats New York at night\u2014though, Paris ain\u2019t too shabby! \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Facing the Cubs in what became a tense battle between the teams for the NL Central, Cain orchestrated a magnificent escape on the base paths. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
|
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"And The Country Club, a founding member of the USGA, which hadn\u2019t been played by professionals since the 1999 Ryder Cup, was truly magnificent . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
|
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"Dear Amy: My brother got married at our house in front of a bay window with a magnificent view of the Concord River. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022"
|
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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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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"mag-\u02c8ni-f\u0259-s\u0259nt",
|
|
"m\u0259g-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for magnificent grand , magnificent , imposing , stately , majestic , grandiose mean large and impressive. grand adds to greatness of size the implications of handsomeness and dignity. a grand staircase magnificent implies an impressive largeness proportionate to scale without sacrifice of dignity or good taste. magnificent paintings imposing implies great size and dignity but especially stresses impressiveness. an imposing edifice stately may suggest poised dignity, erectness of bearing, handsomeness of proportions, ceremonious deliberation of movement. the stately procession majestic combines the implications of imposing and stately and usually adds a suggestion of solemn grandeur. a majestic waterfall grandiose implies a size or scope exceeding ordinary experience grandiose hydroelectric projects but is most commonly applied derogatorily to inflated pretension or absurd exaggeration. grandiose schemes",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"august",
|
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"baronial",
|
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"epic",
|
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"gallant",
|
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"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
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"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Homeric",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"magnific",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231535",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"magnify":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": exaggerate":[
|
|
"magnifies every minor issue to crisis proportions"
|
|
],
|
|
": extol , laud":[
|
|
"while they magnified the art, they often belittled the artist",
|
|
"\u2014 Havelock Ellis"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause to be held in greater esteem or respect":[],
|
|
": to enlarge in fact or in appearance":[
|
|
"The lens magnified the image 100 times."
|
|
],
|
|
": to have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they are":[
|
|
"a glass that magnifies greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
": to increase in significance : intensify":[
|
|
"real drama \u2026 will use ugliness to magnify beauty",
|
|
"\u2014 Alan Mickle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The sound was magnified by the calm air.",
|
|
"His failures have been magnified by the success of his friends.",
|
|
"I don't want to magnify the importance of these problems.",
|
|
"The lens magnified the image 100 times.",
|
|
"a magnified view of the image",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In both instances, astronomers used a technique known as gravitational lensing to magnify the minuscule starlight. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In both instances, astronomers used a technique known as gravitational lensing to magnify the minuscule starlight. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, Baltimore Sun , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In both instances, astronomers used a technique known as gravitational lensing to magnify the minuscule starlight. \u2014 NBC News , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Instead, learn how to magnify your corporate uniqueness in the most irresistible way. \u2014 Serenity Gibbons, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"That\u2019s especially true for women working at home in informal housing settlements, where low-cost, uninsulated roofs magnify heat. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"And that is before one considers the emergence of AGI, which will simply magnify such figures. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"While candidates throughout history have embraced some level of populist messaging, conditions today magnify its appeal. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"When that occurs, the extreme curvature induced in the intervening spacetime can distort and magnify the background light through the process of gravitational lensing. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English magnifien , from Anglo-French magnifier , from Latin magnificare , from magnificus":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"elaborate (on)",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"exaggerate",
|
|
"hyperbolize",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201548",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"magniloquence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the quality or state of being magniloquent":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's prone to fits of maudlin magniloquence when he's drunk",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Hammy magniloquence risks alienating viewers, not just for an evening but for life, as does obscurity. \u2014 The Economist , 15 Mar. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin magniloquentia , from magniloquus magniloquent, from magnus + loqui to speak":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"mag-\u02c8ni-l\u0259-kw\u0259n(t)s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"cockalorum",
|
|
"fanfaronade",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"gasconade",
|
|
"grandiloquence",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rodomontade",
|
|
"rhodomontade"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201138",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"magnitude":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a number representing the intrinsic (see intrinsic sense 1a ) or apparent brightness of a celestial (see celestial entry 1 sense 2 ) body on a logarithmic scale in which an increase of one unit corresponds to a reduction in the brightness of light by a factor of 2.512":[],
|
|
": a numerical quantitative measure expressed usually as a multiple of a standard unit":[],
|
|
": great size or extent":[
|
|
"cannot wage a war of such magnitude",
|
|
"\u2014 A. N. Whitehead",
|
|
"the magnitude of an earthquake"
|
|
],
|
|
": quantity , number":[
|
|
"the savings in amounts of metal \u2026 will be of dramatically significant magnitudes",
|
|
"\u2014 American Fabrics"
|
|
],
|
|
": spatial quality : size":[
|
|
"able to operate only over distances of very small magnitude",
|
|
"\u2014 G. W. Gray"
|
|
],
|
|
": the importance, quality, or caliber of something":[
|
|
"evil of such magnitude as must, if possible, be prevented",
|
|
"\u2014 Jane Austen",
|
|
"a writer of first magnitude",
|
|
"\u2014 Richard Plant"
|
|
],
|
|
": the intensity of an earthquake represented by a number on an arbitrary scale":[
|
|
"a magnitude six earthquake"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the magnitude of the issue can scarcely be overstated",
|
|
"the mountain's sheer magnitude usually leaves tourists speechless",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"That's how many people were killed in Afghanistan when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the country's eastern region on Wednesday. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"In 2015, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake along the border region killed more than 250 people in Pakistan and more than 100 in Afghanistan. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Information remained scarce on the magnitude 6.1 earthquake near the Pakistani border, but quakes of that strength can cause serious damage in an area where homes and other buildings are poorly constructed and landslides are common. \u2014 Fazel Rahman Faizi, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Japan\u2019s issues can be traced to the magnitude 9 earthquake in March 2011, the biggest ever recorded in the country. \u2014 Time , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Cleanup efforts in Fukushima and Miyagi continue Friday after a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coasts, killing four people, injuring 107 others and knocking out power. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In March 2011, a massive tsunami unleashed by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Japan\u2019s northeastern coast struck Tepco\u2019s Fukushima Daiichi power plant, causing the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The US Geological Survey estimated the eruption caused the equivalent of a magnitude 5.8 earthquake. \u2014 Nick Perry, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"San Diego County was lightly shaken Wednesday by a magnitude 3.9 earthquake that broke at 7:19 p.m., roughly 15 miles north-northwest of Borrego Springs, according to the US Geological Survey. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin magnitudo , from magnus":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02cct\u00fcd",
|
|
"-\u02ccty\u00fcd",
|
|
"\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02cct(y)\u00fcd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"momentousness",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072442",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"magnolia warbler":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a North American warbler ( Dendroica magnolia )":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":"20220706-131108",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"magnon":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": spin wave":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"magn(etic) + -on entry 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mag\u02ccn\u00e4n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112238",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"magnophorite":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral NaKCaMg 5 Si 8 O 23 OH of the amphibole group consisting of silicate of sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"magno- + phor- + -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"mag\u02c8n\u00e4f\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184919",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"magnum":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a large wine bottle holding about 1.5 liters":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Make a lasagna, grab a magnum , and invite some friends over for an indoor puzzle party with this Indoor Party Puzzle. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Franklin\u2019s magnum sea opus would be covered over with gravel and dirt. \u2014 Steve Ditlea, SPIN , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Both rounds were fired out of a .300 Winchester magnum . \u2014 NBC News , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The easy-to-use system includes a proprietary topper that snugly fits on any bottle type (standard, half bottle, magnum ) as well as a charger that injects a layer of CO2 gas to protect the leftover wine. \u2014 Stephanie Cain, Fortune , 13 Nov. 2021",
|
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"At the same competition, the Ferrari Perl\u00e9 Nero Riserva 2012 in magnum was named the Blanc de Noirs World Champion. \u2014 Janice O'leary, Robb Report , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Priced at $6,000 per magnum , the Cuv\u00e9e Des Enchanteleurs 1959 is an equal part blend of the house\u2019s six historical crus that were on the lees for 62 years. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 2 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Limited edition magnum sizes will also be available at $86 each. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 18 Nov. 2021",
|
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"If the 750s are sold out, go for a magnum or larger. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 Sep. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1788, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin, neuter of magnus great":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8mag-n\u0259m"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025221",
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"examples":[
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"His last novel was his magnum opus .",
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"this symphony is usually considered Beethoven's magnum opus",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Initially, Tatum looked ticketed for another memorable postseason evening, matching his Milwaukee magnum opus . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
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"Morgan had already worked for Hearst's mother and the two had known each other for about 15 years before Hearst hired her to create his architectural magnum opus . \u2014 Olivia Hosken, Town & Country , 11 May 2022",
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"Ayan Mukerji\u2019s magnum opus \u2018Brahmastra Part One: Shiva,\u2019 is now galloping towards the finishing line after years in the making. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 6 June 2022",
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"Recently, Stevens helped Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese bring forth a 4K restoration of his father\u2019s magnum opus , Giant, which premiered at the Turner Classic Movies festival in Los Angeles in April. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
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"The director of The Godfather wants to make one more cinematic magnum opus before the end of his career, and now the cast has officially been set. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
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"This year\u2019s best picture race features a musical, a western, a sci-fi epic, a neo-noir, a youth comedy, a disaster flick, a sports movie, a personal memoir, a scrappy Sundance crowd-pleaser and a Cannes auteur\u2019s magnum opus . \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton publicly corrected the invite list of the 2021 gala by paying for tickets of three Black designers \u2014 Edvin Thompson of Theophilio, Kenneth Nicholson and Jason Rembert \u2014 to attend their industry's magnum opus event. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
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"While the sports teams brought Arthur fame, and the liquor business a fortune, the Feadship was his magnum opus . \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 26 Mar. 2022"
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"1791, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin":""
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},
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"\u02c8mag-n\u0259m-\u02c8\u014d-p\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chef d'oeuvre",
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"classic",
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"masterpiece",
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"masterwork"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191952",
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"noun"
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},
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"magnus hitch":{
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"definitions":{
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": a rolling hitch that is similar in form to a clove hitch and is used to hitch a rope or line to a larger rope or to a spar":[]
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},
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"magnus of unknown origin":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105545",
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"type":[
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},
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"magpie":{
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"antonyms":[
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"assorted",
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"eclectic",
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"heterogeneous",
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"indiscriminate",
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"kitchen-sink",
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"miscellaneous",
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"mixed",
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"motley",
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"patchwork",
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"piebald",
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"promiscuous",
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"raggle-taggle",
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"ragtag",
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"varied"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a person who chatters noisily":[],
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": any of various birds (especially Pica pica ) related to the jays but having a long graduated tail and black-and-white or brightly colored plumage":[],
|
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": collected indiscriminately : miscellaneous":[
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"magpie compilations of unrelated tidbits",
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"\u2014 Helen R. Cross"
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],
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": given to indiscriminate collecting : acquisitive":[
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"what possible magpie instinct had impelled me to retain them",
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"\u2014 S. J. Perelman"
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],
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": one who collects indiscriminately":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"media magpies will no doubt seize upon the president's latest gaffe and blow it all out of proportion",
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"Adjective",
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"a pack rat whose cramped apartment is filled with a magpie collection of books, old newspapers, and tchotchkes",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"However, within ten minutes of placing the tracking device on the fifth experimentee, one clever female magpie without a tracker began picking at the harness of another younger bird, Gizmodo reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"Erdmann soon set in motion a magpie rescue of sorts. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 4 May 2022",
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"About a magpie approach, all bells and whistles and sequins and taffeta. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"Or what if it is dug up by a badger and carried away by a magpie ",
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"The rooms felt cozy and curated, filled with knickknacks collected over the years, like a magpie \u2019s nest. \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"Researchers are unsure if the same female magpie removed all the harnesses or if multiple birds collaborated to help. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"There\u2019s a difference between the careful construction of a true fashion lover\u2019s wardrobe, and a magpie approach to just wearing a lot of designer crap. \u2014 Todd Plummer, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"The Morsings have recorded 5,000 magpies approaching the gadget to give up their offerings \u2014 that's between five to 30 magpie visitors a day \u2014 over the past ten months. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 7 Feb. 2022"
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"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Mag (nickname for Margaret ) + pie entry 2":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mag-\u02ccp\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"babbler",
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"blabber",
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"blabbermouth",
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"blowhard",
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"cackler",
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"chatterbox",
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"chatterer",
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"conversationalist",
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"gabbler",
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"gasbag",
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"jabberer",
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"jay",
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"motormouth",
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"prattler",
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"talker",
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"windbag"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030750",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"magus":{
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"definitions":{
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": a member of a hereditary priestly class among the ancient Medes and Persians":[],
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": magician , sorcerer":[],
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": one of the traditionally three wise men from the East paying homage to the infant Jesus":[]
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"attributed the storms to a clash of wills between the two most powerful magi in the land",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For years Johnson, the disheveled political magus , was the golden boy of Britain's Conservative Party. \u2014 Sam Kiley, CNN , 30 June 2022",
|
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"But other students are there for Wittgenstein the sage, the magus , the riddler\u2014the man who left Russell bewildered by a turn to mysticism at the end of a book that was supposed to be about logic. \u2014 Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
|
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"Auden\u2019s father, George Augustus Auden, was a physician and an early reader of Freud; the young poet saw himself also as a healer, though in a rather different mode, less an M.D. than a magus . \u2014 Alan Jacobs, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Now, some 250 years later, debates about the glories and failings of the Enlightenment continue, as if the painting\u2019s magus were still awaiting our response. \u2014Mr. Rothstein is the Journal\u2019s Critic at Large. \u2014 Edward Rothstein, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"His face is framed by voluminous graying locks; his loose robes recall those of a medieval magus . \u2014 Edward Rothstein, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Wells, born in 1866, was a lower-middle-class boy who wanted to become someone of the same scale and sort as his sometime friend Bertrand Russell\u2014a university wit, a man of science, a popularizer, a magus of the mind. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
|
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"One magus , in blue robes with brown eyes, has light-colored skin and carries gold. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 4 Jan. 2022",
|
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"But storytelling, redefined as esoteric manipulation, will reveal the code; the novelist is the magus , the secret historian. \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, from Greek magos \u2014 more at magic":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8m\u0101-g\u0259s"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"charmer",
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"conjurer",
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"conjuror",
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"enchanter",
|
|
"mage",
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"Magian",
|
|
"magician",
|
|
"necromancer",
|
|
"sorcerer",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
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"voodooist",
|
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"witch",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104154",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
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"magnetosphere":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a region of space surrounding a celestial object (such as a planet or star) that is dominated by the object's magnetic field so that charged particles are trapped in it":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8ne-",
|
|
"mag-\u02c8n\u0113-t\u0259-\u02ccsfir"
|
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"What the solar flare video doesn\u2019t show, is the changes in the Earth\u2019s radiation belts, and even the currents in our magnetosphere . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Juno's Waves instrument captured the track by measuring radio and plasma waves in Jupiter's magnetosphere . \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Researchers suspect the change may have occurred when the Juno probe entered a different part of Ganymede's magnetosphere . \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The Northern Lights are driven primarily by solar winds -- particles emitted from the sun that flow out through space and tear through Earth's magnetosphere , creating a colorful light show. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 12 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The plan is built around the idea of giving Mars an artificial magnetosphere . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"And with the impending geomagnetic storm, which is a big disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere , the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, activity is forecast to be high. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 30 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The belts are part of Earth's magnetosphere , or the region of space where Earth's magnetic field interacts with solar wind. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 18 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"These events manipulate the Earth's magnetosphere , which usually deflects most of what the sun emits. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Feb. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"magneto- + -sphere":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143212"
|
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},
|
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"maga":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a member of the priestly caste among the Sauras of India":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8m\u00e4g\u0259"
|
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],
|
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|
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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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"Sanskrit":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145901"
|
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},
|
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"magic wand":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a stick that is used to make magic things happen":[
|
|
"The magician waved his magic wand and pulled a rabbit out of the hat.",
|
|
"\u2014 sometimes used figuratively The new law is not a magic wand that will solve all our problems."
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150411"
|
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},
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"magic carpet":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a carpet that can carry a person through the air":[]
|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153417"
|
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},
|
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"Magic Eye":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"trademark"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153553"
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},
|
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"magic lantern":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an early form of optical projector of still pictures using a transparent slide":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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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",
|
|
"As technology progressed, the magic lantern , an early projector prototype, emerged that used pictures and paintings. \u2014 Cheryl Robinson, Forbes , 11 June 2021",
|
|
"Follow the magic lantern to the hottest Bedouin bar west of the Sahara Desert to chill, drink and dance. \u2014 Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News , 5 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"The Museum of Fine Art\u2019s has created its own phantasmagoria, an early 19th-century entertainment for thrill-seekers featuring hair-raising sounds and moving images cast by magic lanterns . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Mar. 2018"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1696, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153631"
|
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},
|
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"magicube":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a flashcube that for its firing depends only on the mechanical ignition of a primer within the device":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8maj\u0259\u0307\u02ccky\u00fcb"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"blend of magic entry 2 and cube entry 1":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153843"
|
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},
|
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"magic circle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a circle drawn by a magician about any person or place protecting it from demons raised by incantations":[],
|
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": an arrangement of numbers in rings and radial ranks in a circle or in a number of cubes forming a larger perfect cube devised on the principle of the magic square to add up to the same number along different ranks or diagonals":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153858"
|
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},
|
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"magic tree":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a showy-flowered Peruvian shrub ( Cantua buxifolia ) of the family Polemoniaceae used in Europe for ornament":[]
|
|
},
|
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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":"20220708-153935"
|
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},
|
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"magnetomotive force":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a force that is the cause of a flux of magnetic induction":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccne-",
|
|
"mag-\u02ccn\u0113-t\u0259-\u02c8m\u014d-tiv-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154254"
|
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},
|
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"magic music":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a game in which a player is guided in finding a hidden object by music whose volume is increased or decreased according as he moves nearer or farther away":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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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":"20220708-160156"
|
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},
|
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"magneton":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a unit of the quantized magnetic moment of a particle (such as an atom)":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02cct\u00e4n"
|
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The resulting oscillation of the magneton has two frequencies that are not evenly divisible by either the driving field or each other. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 2 June 2018",
|
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"The resulting oscillation of the magneton has two frequencies that are not evenly divisible by either the driving field or each other. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 2 June 2018"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from French magn\u00e9ton, from magn\u00e9t- (in magn\u00e9tique magnetic entry 1 ) + -on entry 2":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160310"
|
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},
|
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"Magic Marker":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"trademark"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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|
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": of, belonging to, or having the character of a body of magical practices intended to cause a supernatural being to produce or prevent a specific result (as an increase of the crops)":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163926"
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"magnesium carbonate":{
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"type":[
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"FrictionLabs's chunky and fine chalks contain purer magnesium carbonate than other chalks. \u2014 Jacqueline Detwiler-george, Popular Mechanics , 16 Mar. 2021",
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"As a type of metamorphic rock that\u2019s generally not foliated (AKA not comprised of layers of stone), quality marble is often made of either calcium carbonate or magnesium carbonate . \u2014 Kelly Dawson, House Beautiful , 5 Feb. 2019"
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"1869, in the meaning defined above":""
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"magnesium chloride":{
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": a bitter deliquescent salt MgCl 2 used especially as a source of magnesium metal":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Minerals obtained today are used for road and softener salt, magnesium chloride for steel production, and potassium sulfate for fertilizer. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
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"Other chemical cousins, such as calcium chloride, magnesium chloride , and potassium chloride, are also used. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 4 Dec. 2021",
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"This summer, Road Solutions applied magnesium chloride to 45 miles of dirt roads across Kane County. \u2014 Joan Meiners, Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
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"In the mid-2000s, plant pathologist Betsy Goodrich, now with the U.S. Forest Service, researched impacts on trees of magnesium chloride used as dust control. \u2014 Joan Meiners, Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
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"To minimize the risk of ice melts, look for pet-friendly varieties, which typically contain urea as a substitute for harmful chemicals, such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride, potassium chloride, ethylene glycol, and magnesium chloride . \u2014 Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 Nov. 2021",
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"Joo chooses a combination of magnesium chloride and sea salt. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 July 2021",
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"Water is drawn from the Las Vegas-area municipal supply, according to the complaint, filtered and processed with potassium hydroxide, or lye, the chemical potassium bicarbonate and magnesium chloride , a salt. \u2014 Ken Ritter, chicagotribune.com , 24 May 2021",
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"Water is drawn from the Las Vegas-area municipal supply, according to the complaint, filtered and processed with potassium hydroxide, or lye, the chemical potassium bicarbonate and magnesium chloride , a salt. \u2014 Ken Ritter, chicagotribune.com , 24 May 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165644"
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},
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"combining form",
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"noun"
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": something that attracts":[
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"a box-office magnet"
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],
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": magnetic force":[
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"magneto meter"
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],
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": magnetism : magnetic":[
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"magneto electric",
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"magnet on"
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],
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": magnetoelectric":[
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"magneto resistance"
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],
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": magnetosphere":[
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"magneto pause"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mag-n\u0259t"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"attraction",
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"draw",
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"lodestone",
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"loadstone"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"the giant theme park is a magnet for tourists to the area",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"As the recent spate of dispensary robberies and shootings have shown, cannabis dispensaries can be a magnet for robberies because they are forced to do business in all cash. \u2014 Kris Krane, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
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"The largest lake entirely in New York State, Oneida, has long been a magnet for vacationers who flock here to take in its natural beauty and stay active, thanks to a seemingly endless list of recreational activities. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
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"For more than a century, the hotel rooms and residential apartments have been a magnet for painters, actors, dancers, novelists, playwrights and musicians. \u2014 Jay Cheshes, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
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"All students zoned for Eastside Elementary, J.P. Powell Middle School, and Five Points School will be assigned to a new magnet program at the Eastside building for the 2022-23 school year. \u2014 Rebecca Griesbach | Rgriesbach@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
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"Students can either be accepted to a magnet program or assigned to the school associated with their home address. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 2 May 2022",
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"The industry veterans are backing a magnet program in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) where curriculum will center around film and television production. \u2014 Marianne Garvey And Stella Chan, CNN , 21 June 2021",
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"This year marks its big return for the Krueger School of Applied Technolgies, a magnet program at the middle school in the North East Independent School District. \u2014 Danya Perez, San Antonio Express-News , 11 June 2021",
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"Layne graduated from San Diego High School and credits its broadcast journalism magnet program for his training. \u2014 Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 June 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English magnete , from Anglo-French, from Latin magnet-, magnes , from Greek magn\u0113s ( lithos ), literally, stone of Magnesia, ancient city in Asia Minor":"Noun",
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"Latin magnet-, magnes":"Combining form"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172324"
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},
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"magnetometer":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"noun,"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an instrument used to detect the presence of a metallic object or to measure the intensity of a magnetic field":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccmag-n\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r",
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"\u02ccmag-n\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4m-\u0259t-\u0259r"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But that\u2019s enough to operate a magnetometer to measure any magnetic field the asteroid may have; imagers to photograph and map its surface; and spectrometers to reveal the composition of that surface, NASA notes. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
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"The last two Voyager instruments to turn off will probably be a magnetometer and the plasma science instrument. \u2014 Tim Folger, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
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"The satellite is equipped with space weather tools like a particle flux sensor, solar irradiance monitor and a magnetometer , Sullivan said. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
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"The satellite is equipped with space weather tools like a particle flux sensor, solar irradiance monitor and a magnetometer , Sullivan said. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
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"The satellite is equipped with space weather tools like a particle flux sensor, solar irradiance monitor and a magnetometer , Sullivan said. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
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"There is also a magnetometer that will measure and map any remnants of a magnetic field. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The astronauts collected samples and photographed Flag Crater, took the first measurement with the lunar portable magnetometer at Spook Crater and deployed the solar wind composition experiment at the ALSEP site. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
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"In addition to the new ABI, GOES-T\u2019s utility belt of tools include a geostationary lightning mapper, a particle flux sensor, a solar irradiance monitor and a magnetometer . \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172405"
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"definitions":{
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": an incendiary bomb made with a light magnesium case and a cone of Thermit powder that burns fiercely when detonated, ignites the magnesium case, and maintains a temperature of over 3000\u00b0 F for 10 minutes":[]
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180749"
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},
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"magic number":{
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"definitions":{
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": one of a set of numbers for which an atomic nucleus exhibits a high degree of stability when either the proton or neutron count is equal to the number":[],
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": a number that represents a combination of wins for a leader (such as in a baseball pennant race) and losses for a contender which mathematically guarantees the leader's winning the championship":[]
|
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"1947, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181029"
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},
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"Magadan":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
"city and port on the northern shore of the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern Russia in Asia population 96,000":[]
|
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|
|
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|
|
"\u02ccm\u00e4-g\u0259-\u02c8dan",
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183708"
|
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},
|
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"magnetic permeability":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": permeability sense 4":[]
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184430"
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},
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|
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"type":[
|
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|
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
|
"ancient kingdom of India including Bihar south of the Ganges River":[]
|
|
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|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8m\u0259-g\u0259-d\u0259",
|
|
"\u02c8m\u00e4-"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190207"
|
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},
|
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"magnetostatic":{
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or being a stationary magnetic field":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccne-",
|
|
"mag-\u02ccn\u0113-t\u014d-\u02c8sta-tik"
|
|
],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191709"
|
|
},
|
|
"magic bullet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a substance or therapy capable of destroying pathogens (such as bacteria or cancer cells) or providing an effective remedy for a disease or condition without deleterious side effects":[],
|
|
": something providing an effective solution to a difficult or previously unsolvable problem":[
|
|
"a magic bullet to stem voter apathy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8maj-ik-\u02c8bu\u0307l-\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There is no magic bullet to fix our educational system.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The Americans aren\u2019t typically expecting to find a magic bullet that makes their skis the best in the field, said Baucom, the U.S. team\u2019s head of glide waxing in Zhangjiakou. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Still, economists say government spending isn\u2019t a magic bullet for Russia. \u2014 Alexander Osipovich, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"So, the point is, raising wages isn\u2019t the magic bullet that will prevent your best and brightest employees from leaving. \u2014 Gregg Ward, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But heading into the May Democratic primary, Schrader's incumbency is proving no magic bullet . \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Diversification isn't a magic bullet : there isn't always somewhere to hide when the markets are down. \u2014 Kristin Mckenna, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"There is no magic bullet or secret formula to getting unstuck. \u2014 Caroline Castrillon, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"Still, researchers and regulators have cautioned that the newest pills might not be a magic bullet for reducing the harm the virus causes. \u2014 Matt Grossman, WSJ , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Of course, this isn\u2019t a magic bullet but rather an ongoing series of commitments made and faithfully carried out over time. \u2014 Mark C. Perna, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191959"
|
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},
|
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"magnetic field":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the portion of space near a magnetic body or a current-carrying body in which the magnetic forces due to the body or current can be detected":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Mercury seems to harbor an intrinsic magnetic field while the Mars, Moon and Venus have none. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 16 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"But, on Mars, that crucial magnetic field is mostly missing. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Solar Orbiter also captured a movie of an active area on the sun where the magnetic field releases loops that rise int the atmosphere. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"The information from the quakes has allowed scientists to measure the depth and composition of Mars\u2019 crust, mantle and core, and InSight has recorded invaluable weather data and studied remnants of Mars\u2019 ancient magnetic field . \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"The atoms in a magnetic material like iron or nickel each have something called a magnetic moment, which is basically a tiny individual magnetic field . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 11 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"There is also a magnetometer that will measure and map any remnants of a magnetic field . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field generated by electric currents from within the planet. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Stern and Gerlach expected the silver atoms in their beam to act like tiny bar magnets and therefore to react to a magnetic field . \u2014 Davide Castelvecchi, Scientific American , 8 Feb. 2022"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193322"
|
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},
|
|
"magnesium-chlorophoenicite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral (Mg,Mn) 5 (AsO 4 )(OH) 7 consisting of a basic arsenate of magnesium usually with manganese":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195730"
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},
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"magic touch":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a special power, influence, or skill that can be seen in the way something is done : an ability to produce good results in an impressive way":[
|
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"He has a magic touch with decorating.",
|
|
"The pie dough needs your magic touch to make it light and flaky."
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205817"
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},
|
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"magneto-optic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of, relating to, or utilizing the influence of a magnetic field upon light":[
|
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"a magneto-optic disk drive"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccne-",
|
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"mag-\u02ccn\u0113-t\u014d-\u02c8\u00e4p-tik"
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],
|
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|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1848, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212057"
|
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},
|
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"magnesium fluoride":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a crystalline salt MgF 2 occurring naturally as sellaite but also made synthetically and used chiefly as a flux and as a coating for optical glass to cut down reflection":[]
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212846"
|
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},
|
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"magnesium oxide":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a white highly infusible compound MgO used especially in refractories, cements, insulation, and fertilizers, in rubber manufacture, and in medicine as an antacid and mild laxative":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Magnesi-Om is a magnesium supplement that provides magnesium oxide , which is a less bioavailable form of magnesium. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
|
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"Ford notes the main abrasives in it are baking soda and magnesium oxide , which are rounded. \u2014 Kirbie Johnson, Allure , 1 June 2022",
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"Experts have since argued that using magnesium oxide to neutralize acidic water doesn\u2019t work. \u2014 Palabra, oregonlive , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"The other difference is, if the planet is big enough, magnesium oxide \u2014 which is another component of the mantle \u2014 can undergo that phase transition. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 June 2021",
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"The one made for the Volvo trunk consisted of two layers of carbon fiber infused with iron oxide and magnesium oxide , separated by an insulating layer. \u2014 Daniel Oberhaus, Wired , 6 Nov. 2020",
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"That reaction would leave magnesium oxide powder, which when spread thin would rapidly react with CO2 from the atmosphere, re-forming magnesite, completing a cycle that could be repeated over and over. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 3 Sep. 2020",
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"Lime plaster coatings or magnesium oxide boards have to be applied to anything touching hempcrete, or the lime will calcify it and lose its ability to absorb and release water. \u2014 Adam Popescu, New York Times , 29 Jan. 2018"
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"The outcry from the community and disagreement with the magistrate's court decision led the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office to file an emergency motion to cancel Le-Nguyen's bond. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2021",
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"The outcry from the community and disagreement with the magistrate's court decision led the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office to file an emergency motion to cancel Le-Nguyen's bond. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2021",
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"The outcry from the community and disagreement with the magistrate's court decision led the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office to file an emergency motion to cancel Le-Nguyen's bond. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2021",
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"The outcry from the community and disagreement with the magistrate's court decision led the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office to file an emergency motion to cancel Le-Nguyen's bond. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2021",
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"The outcry from the community and disagreement with the magistrate's court decision led the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office to file an emergency motion to cancel Le-Nguyen's bond. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2021",
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"The outcry from the community and disagreement with the magistrate's court decision led the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office to file an emergency motion to cancel Le-Nguyen's bond. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2021",
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"The outcry from the community and disagreement with the magistrate's court decision led the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office to file an emergency motion to cancel Le-Nguyen's bond. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2021",
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"The outcry from the community and disagreement with the magistrate's court decision led the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office to file an emergency motion to cancel Le-Nguyen's bond. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2021"
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"Moore urges those struggling with sleep to include more magnesium in their diets. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 June 2022",
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"Coconut water is abundant in several electrolytes including potassium, sodium and magnesium . \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
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"The lucrative extraction of magnesium and other minerals from the lake could stop. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
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"This shampoo also contains ginger oil, which is full of minerals such as magnesium , phosphorus and potassium, which support blood flow to the scalp, promote hair growth and prevent the hair from thinning. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022",
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"Additionally, hemp seeds are chock-full of vitamins and minerals like magnesium , calcium, iron, vitamin E, phosphorus, and potassium. \u2014 Joey Skladany, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 June 2022",
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"Covered in a sticky combination of magnesium , silicon, and oxygen, Male was exuberant following its blowout win. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 28 May 2022",
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"The residue contained sulfur and mercury, as well as magnesium , nitrates, phosphorus, calcium (possibly derived from calcium oxide, a component of Greek fire), lead, and iron. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
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"In Saratoga Spa State Park, bike or walk your way around the verdant acres to sample the many springs, which contain iron, magnesium , calcium, potassium, and more. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure , 13 Feb. 2022"
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": a mineral (Pb,Mn)(Fe,Mn,Ti) 6 O 10 (":[]
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": dregs , sediment":[],
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": molten rock material within the earth from which igneous rock results by cooling":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mag-m\u0259"
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"Farley later said that the rock appears to have formed when crystals grew and subsequently settled in a slow-colling magma . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"The first signs of an impending eruption started over a month ago, when the Pu\u2018u \u2018\u014c\u2018\u014d crater in Kilauea\u2019s east rift zone began experiencing uplift, indicating a growing magma chamber below. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 4 May 2018",
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"According to the Guardian, scientists already knew of a large magma chamber. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 24 Apr. 2015",
|
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"As gases start to build up pressure, the magma becomes unstable. \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 23 Jan. 2022",
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"As gases start to build up pressure, the magma becomes unstable. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
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"As gases start to build up pressure, the magma becomes unstable. \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 23 Jan. 2022",
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"Their labyrinthine innards and complex chemistries mean their magma will occasionally evade even the savviest of detectors. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Nov. 2021",
|
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"One reason for the size of the cloud from the blast is the interaction between hot magma and seawater, which causes violent blasts of steam. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Jan. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Latin magmat-, magma , from Greek, thick unguent, from massein to knead \u2014 more at mingle":""
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235851"
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"magnetoplasmadynamic":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010647"
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"mag tape":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015034"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The curve describing the magnetization does not have any breaks and is, in the language of mathematics, continuous. \u2014 New York Times , 5 July 2022",
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"Several clips claimed that the magnetization was proof that the vaccines were, in fact, microchipping people. \u2014 Erin Corbett, refinery29.com , 10 June 2021",
|
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"An external magnetic field would normally tend to align all the atomic bar magnets in the same direction, but in the case of a skyrmion, the magnetization of the atoms is arrayed in a twisted vortex. \u2014 Ron Cowen, Scientific American , 8 Aug. 2013",
|
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"Different mineral populations acquire their magnetization at different temperatures. \u2014 Craig Robert Martin, The Conversation , 2 Nov. 2020",
|
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"Researchers studying magnetization discovered that renormalization wasn\u2019t about infinities at all. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 17 Sep. 2020",
|
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"Proximity increases the possibility of magnetization . \u2014 Rachel Felder, New York Times , 1 May 2020",
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"Watch magnetization is easy to diagnose at home: Place your watch near a compass. \u2014 Rachel Felder, New York Times , 1 May 2020",
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"When hit by lightning, these rocks would undergo a process called isothermal remanent magnetization (IRM), which altered their magnetic properties. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 6 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The music industry largely stopped cutting performances directly to disc 70 years ago, with the advent of magnetic tape . \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
|
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"The prior two articles focused on storage devices (media) including magnetic tape , HDDs and SSDs. \u2014 Tom Coughlin, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Oelze bought an Echoplex \u2014 a machine that uses magnetic tape to add delay to a sound \u2014 and ran Auldridge\u2019s Dobro guitar through it. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
|
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"Early devices yielded only limited information and were far less shock-resistant than modern versions, which use solid-state memory devices to record the data rather than the magnetic tape spools used on old versions. \u2014 Benedikt Kammel, Bloomberg.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Beyond taking up loads of space, your old VHS recordings rely on magnetic tape that is known to deteriorate over time. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Just a few years prior, magnetic tape data was read mechanically. \u2014 Ryan Larry, Rolling Stone , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Its information density far exceeds what\u2019s possible with storage media like magnetic tape or optical discs. \u2014 Paul Overberg And, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"The first blog focused on developments and projections for magnetic recording (HDDs and magnetic tape ). \u2014 Tom Coughlin, Forbes , 30 Dec. 2021"
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"definitions":{
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": the magnetic strip on a swipe card that contains personal information":[
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"\u2014 often used before another noun a magstripe card \u2026 American credit cards use the 40-year-old magstripe technology to process transactions \u2026 \u2014 Bill Saporito"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030204"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": the use of the physical properties of magnetic fields generated by superconducting magnets to cause an object (such as a vehicle) to float above a solid surface":[],
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": a train utilizing maglev technology":[]
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8mag-lev"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Instead of relying on an infrastructure project like the maglev , many in Oshika stress the need for sustainable development. \u2014 Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Her organization also has weighed in against the maglev with the Federal Railroad Administration. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The rail project has been in the planning stage for about a decade and received a significant boost when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proposed financing the stretch between D.C. and Baltimore to promote the Japanese maglev technology. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
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"If approved, the maglev could be operational by 2030. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Aug. 2021",
|
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"Several new maglev networks are reportedly under construction, including one linking Shanghai and Hangzhou and another connecting Chengdu and Chongqing. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, CNN , 21 July 2021",
|
|
"The cost to ride the maglev would be higher than using Amtrak. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2021",
|
|
"All this movement poses a challenge for Bivacor\u2019s maglev rotor. \u2014 Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker , 1 Mar. 2021",
|
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"The maglev could begin operating as early as 2030, the report says. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Jan. 2021"
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"-\u02c8ne-",
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"mag-\u02c8n\u0113-t\u0259-\u02ccp\u022fz"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On June 24, Juno crossed Jupiter's bow shock, and the next day, Juno crossed the magnetopause . \u2014 Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 1 July 2016",
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"The bow shock is like Jupiter's sonic boom, while the magnetopause is the physical boundary between the Sun's magnetic field and Jupiter's magnetic field. \u2014 Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 1 July 2016",
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"Listen to the sounds of Juno entering Jupiter's space: In the video, Juno crosses two thresholds: the bow shock and the magnetopause . \u2014 Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 1 July 2016"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035845"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a very soluble deliquescent crystalline oxidizing salt Mg(NO 3 ) 2 .6H 2 O used chiefly in catalysts and fireworks":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040207"
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"Maglemosian":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": to induce magnetic properties in":[],
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"\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
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"allure",
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"beguile",
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"bewitch",
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"captivate",
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"charm",
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"enchant",
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"fascinate",
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"kill",
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"wile",
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"witch"
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"examples":[
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"Her performance magnetized the audience.",
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"the store's gorgeous window displays never fail to magnetize shoppers and sightseers",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Medical boards are under increasing pressure to act as some physicians decry covid-19 as a hoax, promote unproven treatments and push bogus claims about the vaccines, including that the shots magnetize the human body. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Dec. 2021",
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"Board members told investigators to prioritize cases involving the most obvious falsehoods or outrageous lies \u2013 that vaccines are poisonous, cause infertility, contain microchips or can magnetize the body. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Oct. 2021",
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"On covers, the artist weaves multiple elements into one image that will magnetize eyes. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 26 Aug. 2021",
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"Inadvertently magnetizing your watch is easy: Placing it on top of your phone on a nightstand can do it, or simply having your wrist too close to someone whose purse has a particularly strong magnet clasp. \u2014 Rachel Felder, New York Times , 1 May 2020",
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"On the largest moving rig this show has ever had, inspired by F9, and played in pairs, teams will be tethered together on a moving truck and retrieve puzzle pieces magnetized on the walls. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 7 May 2020",
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"John wasn\u2019t much at coming up with new melodies, but the words were magnetizing . \u2014 Robert Hilburn, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2020",
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"Registering the artifice in Hopper\u2019s limpid art may free us to see a link between hotel rooms and painting itself: Both magnetize desire and a longing to escape. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Nov. 2019",
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"By transforming an old theater into a disco, the two men also recast the nightscape of the city, creating a club that magnetized the famous and the merely fabulous equally. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020"
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"1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043446"
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"magnetic fluid clutch":{
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"type":[
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": a fluid clutch in which the coupling fluid consists of finely divided ferromagnetic material suspended in oil or other liquid and is rendered practically solid when subjected to a strong magnetic field between the driving and the driven surfaces":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051312"
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"magnetic tape recorder":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": tape recorder":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051441"
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},
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"Maglemose":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": maglemosian":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8magl\u0259\u02ccm\u014ds\u0259",
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"\u02c8mau\u0307l-",
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"\u02c8m\u00e4gl-"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from Maglemose , locality on the western coast of Sj\u00e6lland, Denmark, type station of Maglemosian culture":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064851"
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},
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"magnet school":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a school with superior facilities and staff and often a specialized curriculum designed to attract pupils from throughout a city or school district":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Supreme Court has dabbled in one of those cases this spring \u2014 centering on a magnet school in Fairfax, Va. \u2014 but decided not to intervene, at least for now, and sent it back to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. \u2014 James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
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"His children now attend a public magnet school in Hartford. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, courant.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"Most applicants also apply for an interdistrict magnet school or a technical school, which are seen as other remedies to racial isolation in Hartford Public Schools. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, Hartford Courant , 3 May 2022",
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"The new magnet school , which will be located on the same campus as Audubon Middle School, will have 120 spots for ninth and 10th graders for the 2022-2023 academic year. \u2014 Heran Mamo, Billboard , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"In that case the school, Sport and Medical Sciences Academy, a public prep and magnet school , was put on lockdown for a search that turned up nearly 40 bags of fentanyl stashed in two classrooms and the gym, The Hartford Courant reported. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"But when public schools don\u2019t work \u2014 or don\u2019t work for everyone \u2014 parents deserve a choice, whether that be a magnet school , charter school, private school, virtual school, home school, etc. \u2014 Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"At the end of his block there\u2019s an elementary magnet school , which, since his release, he\u2019s never been permitted to walk past. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2021",
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"Marshall represents Western High School which, under the new plan, would be turned into a magnet school focused on computer science and technology. \u2014 Mandy Mclaren, The Courier-Journal , 6 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072254"
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},
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"magnesium sulfate":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a sulfate of magnesium: such as":[],
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": a white salt MgSO 4 used in medicine and in industry":[],
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": epsom salts":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Epsom salt is actually magnesium sulfate , a water-soluble salt that gets its name from a saline spring in Epsom, England. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"For the more dedicated: In early spring use a mixture combining equal parts Epsom salts ( magnesium sulfate ), alfalfa and Osmocote 14-14-14 pellet fertilizer. \u2014 Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"An analysis of Miami water indicated high levels of magnesium sulfate , an inorganic salt found in most tap water and used commercially as a fermentation aid. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2021",
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"The big exception was magnesium sulfate , which seemed to enhance most of the spectrum, especially in the green-to-red region. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 10 Nov. 2020",
|
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"Observations by spacecraft and ground telescopes alike show that the terrain is sprinkled with chemical compounds such as sodium chloride and magnesium sulfate . \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 10 Nov. 2020",
|
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"Epsom salts is the layperson's term for magnesium sulfate , a mineral compound known for its soothing and healing effect on muscles. \u2014 Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA TODAY , 8 Oct. 2020",
|
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"Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate and provides those lacking nutrients to prevent the blossom end rot condition. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 22 Apr. 2020",
|
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"Dawn detergent won't affect the dandelion, and Epsom salts are magnesium sulfate . \u2014 oregonlive.com , 17 Aug. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1869, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082028"
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},
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"magnetostriction":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the change in the dimensions of a ferromagnetic body caused by a change in its state of magnetization":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccne-",
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"mag-\u02ccn\u0113-t\u014d-\u02c8strik-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"magneto- + -striction (as in constriction )":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083613"
|
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},
|
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"magma chamber":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": the underground space usually deep below the earth's surface occupied by magma that may ascend from it to or toward the surface":[]
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083939"
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},
|
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"magistrateship":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccship"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091452"
|
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},
|
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"magnetic equator":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an imaginary line roughly parallel to the geographical equator and passing through those points where a magnetic needle has no dip":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092326"
|
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},
|
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"magnetic elements":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": the magnetic declination, the magnetic dip, and the magnetic intensity or one of its components at any point on the earth's surface":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093650"
|
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},
|
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"magnetophotophoresis":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": photophoresis under the influence of a magnetic field":[]
|
|
},
|
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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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"New Latin, from magnet- + photophoresis":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094620"
|
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},
|
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"magnetron":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons is controlled by an applied magnetic field to generate power at microwave frequencies":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02cctr\u00e4n"
|
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Understandably curious just what the heck had happened, Spencer ran another test with the magnetron . \u2014 Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics , 2 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Understandably curious just what the heck had happened, Spencer ran another test with the magnetron . \u2014 Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics , 2 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"According to Michalak, at the time Spencer was trying to improve the power level of the magnetron tubes to be used in radar sets. \u2014 Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics , 2 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"That power is transmitted through the magnetron at a high frequency, which then allows water, fats and sugars to absorb it and heat up. \u2014 Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY , 12 Nov. 2019",
|
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"Before the Second World War, magnetron tubes were clunky and expensive to build, but the Allied Forces\u2019 strategic reliance on radar required them by the thousands. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 3 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"From there, the magnetron converts electricity from your home into some pretty intense radio waves. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 6 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"The chip that drives the microwave blindly starts and stops the magnetron to heat expired Kung Pao chicken. \u2014 Frank O\u2019brien, Ars Technica , 30 Jan. 2020",
|
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"Ionized by sunlight, the barium would create a ring of moving plasma that emits radio waves: essentially a space version of a magnetron , the gadget used in microwave ovens. \u2014 Richard Stone, Science | AAAS , 26 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"blend of magnet and -tron":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101116"
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},
|
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"magnetic susceptibility":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": susceptibility sense 3a":[]
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102537"
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},
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"magnetic disk":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": disk sense 4b":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"At the time of the broadcast, magnetic disk recorders capable of storing slow motion footage could only capture 30 seconds in total, for a playback of 90 seconds of slow motion video. \u2014 Howard Berry, Quartz , 18 July 2019"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103800"
|
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},
|
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"magnetic valve":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a valve operated electromagnetically usually by a solenoid whose axis is perpendicular to the valve seat":[]
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103843"
|
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},
|
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"magnetic variation":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": declination sense 6":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103904"
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},
|
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"maguari":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a South American varicolored stock ( Euxenura galatea )":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"m\u0259\u02c8gw\u00e4r\u0113"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Portuguese maguari, maguar\u00ed , from Tupi":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110628"
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},
|
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"magn":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"abbreviation"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"magnetic ; magnetism":[],
|
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"magneto":[]
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115612"
|
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},
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"Magadhi":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the Prakrit language of Magadha":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8m\u00e4g\u0259d\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122430"
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},
|
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"magnesite":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": native magnesium carbonate used especially in making refractories and magnesium oxide":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bt"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"In Chemical Geology as well as a recent patent, Kelemen and his colleagues propose using a mineral called magnesite that, when heated, gives off pure CO2, which could be captured in tanks and pumped underground. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 3 Sep. 2020",
|
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"That reaction would leave magnesium oxide powder, which when spread thin would rapidly react with CO2 from the atmosphere, re-forming magnesite , completing a cycle that could be repeated over and over. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 3 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and permanently storing it as magnesite is still a hypothetical. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 15 Aug. 2018",
|
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"The problem is that, as a mineral, magnesite doesn't exactly form quickly. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 15 Aug. 2018",
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"One metric ton of naturally forming magnesite can remove around half a ton of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 15 Aug. 2018"
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"chose to take their case before the local magistrate",
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"One of the magistrate 's concerns was the safety of the teen. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 21 June 2022",
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"At that point, the magistrate would determine if Spacey could be released on bail to await a trial. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
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"The magistrate who reported him for violating his oath, Elizabeth Fuller, has filed a federal lawsuit saying she was illegally fired for discussing the case with the Alexandria Times. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"The detective who sought the warrant and the magistrate who approved it could not immediately be reached for comment. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"The magistrate asked whether the woman was driving. \u2014 cleveland , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"The magistrate told my tenant and me to sit in the hearing room alone for a couple of minutes to reach a settlement. \u2014 Bert Stratton, WSJ , 22 Dec. 2021",
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"Prosecutors could have filed a motion asking the magistrate to tighten Rodriguez\u2019s bail conditions. \u2014 Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Nov. 2021",
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"On May 31, 1921, the local magistrate fined him $25. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"His research led to the question of tangles, which also occur at the microscopic level in DNA helixes and in magnetic flux lines crisscrossing the cosmos. \u2014 Douglas Belkin, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
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"If the spectral gap ever dropped below a critical value as scientists inserted more and more magnetic flux , QAC would happily allow the system to jump to a new, excited quantum state, leaving behind its low-energy past. \u2014 Spyridon Michalakis, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2020",
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"Laughlin's original argument used this notion to mathematically model the quantum Hall effect as the adiabatic evolution of the electronic state of a quantum Hall system under the increase of a fictitious magnetic flux . \u2014 Spyridon Michalakis, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2020",
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"This layer is made up of plasma, or free-floating electrons, and magnetic flux -- the measurement of a magnetic field force in a specific area. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 20 Sep. 2019",
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"Under the basics of Faraday's law, the wire's motion causes a change in magnetic flux , which creates a magnetic field\u2014and thus a voltage\u2014which then charges up the lithium battery. \u2014 Eleanor Hildebrandt, Popular Mechanics , 9 Nov. 2018",
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"The change in timing was either the process of transferring momentum to the crust or the result of the vortex altering the magnetic flux lines of the neutron star. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 11 Apr. 2018",
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"The ropes are better referred to as magnetic flux ropes, twisting magnetic fields that, when visualized, look a lot like rope. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 8 Feb. 2018"
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"Storyteller Jeff Emtman documented his own experiences with the drifting magnetic north in rural northern Canada, for instance. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
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"The Bermuda Triangle is one of two places on Earth where a compass will point to true north instead of magnetic north . \u2014 Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"In 2017, the magnetic north pole fell within 240 miles of the geographic north pole. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"The book is extremely easy to follow, guiding readers through everything from reading symbols and contours on topo maps, to the difference between true north and magnetic north , to using the night sky or flora and fauna to orient yourself. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"Earth\u2019s magnetic north pole has shifted away from Canada and closer to Siberia at a rapid pace in recent years. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"The needle does not point at the actual geographical location of magnetic north . \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"Magnetic declination is the difference between true north and magnetic north . \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 1 Aug. 2017",
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"Meanwhile, the magnetic north pole is shifting off its usual axis and no one in the scientific community can explain why. \u2014 Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety , 20 Sep. 2021"
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"Accompanying the car is the vendor's own coil ignition system, which can be carried as a spare and in case of emergency fitted to replace the magneto in around five minutes. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
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"Timbuk3 clearly had great prescience: Just a year after this song\u2019s release, David Pritchard and Steven Chu first trapped atoms in a magneto -optical trap (or MOT) at Bell Labs, laying the foundation for the cold atom revolution to follow. \u2014 Paul Lipman, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021",
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"To learn more about how magneto -location works for the dogs, the study authors will begin a new experiment placing magnets on the dogs\u2019 collars to find out if this disrupts their navigational skills. \u2014 Courtney Sexton, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 July 2020",
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"However, there are also materials that will only change polarization in the presence of a magnetic field, called magneto -optic materials. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 29 Apr. 2020",
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"Subsequent starts after the initial pull are push-button, as the capacitor discharges into the magneto \u2014now acting as a starter motor\u2014and turns the crankshaft. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 14 Feb. 2020",
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"From there, the engine's magneto acts as a generator, charging a lightweight ultra-capacitor in two minutes after a cold start. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 14 Feb. 2020",
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"Studies have shown that cockroaches and other types of insects seem to be capable of detecting magnetic fields ( magneto -reception), and can also become magnetized themselves. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 12 Sep. 2019",
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"The ultra-thin strips work on what's known as the anisotropic magneto -resistive (AMR) effect. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 16 Nov. 2018"
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"\u02c8m\u00e4g-n\u0259-(\u02cc)ku\u0307m-\u02c8lau\u0307-d\u0259",
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"-\u02c8lau\u0307-d\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Jackson graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and cum laude from Harvard Law School. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022",
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"Wilson attended Morehouse, graduated magna cum laude from the Medical College of Georgia, was inducted into the AOA honor society, and had done well in her residency at Augusta University. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 20 June 2022",
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"Blitzer graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, which is the university\u2019s business school. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
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"Ten students graduated summa cum laude and 28 students magna cum laude , and the Class of 2022 included 22 students who received an honors diploma. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
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"Thanks to Ohio\u2019s College Credit Plus program, the soon-to-be 18-year-old, who as a sophomore earned his associate\u2019s degree from Tri-C, recently graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor\u2019s degree from Cleveland State University. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 25 May 2022",
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"Of the 1028 bachelor\u2019s degree students graduating with academic honors, 134 earned summa cum laude distinction with a 3.9 to 4.0 grade point average, while 166 were magna cum laude (3.70 to 3.89) and 177 were cum laude (3.5 to 3.69). \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"Jackson graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and cum laude from Harvard Law School. \u2014 CBS News , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"With trainer Bobby Cramer acting as his mentor, Duchossois graduated magna cum laude from his crash course in the theory and practice of thoroughbred racing. \u2014 Neil Milbert, chicagotribune.com , 28 Jan. 2022"
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"The available combinations, meanwhile, include pine green/purplish-blue, purplish-blue/violet, violet/pink magenta , pink magenta/panton classic red and bright orange/panton classic red. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
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"Or watch awestruck as Lady Gaga and Brandon Maxwell take their magenta nesting doll ballgown to the streets, much to the delight of New Yorkers. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"The powders come in two duochrome shades, Enter The Glow, a pearly champagne, and Spiritually Complex, a shimmering magenta . \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 17 May 2022",
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"Admire these magenta , gold, and blue shades throughout the park's subalpine meadows in late July and August. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"Candy pink, bright red, and sultry magenta dominate the color palette of the capsule, which will also feature versatile materials like velour, ribbed knit, and faux latex, again merging Beyonc\u00e9's affinity for both fashion and athleticism. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 Feb. 2022",
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"In the United States, new versions of Cherry Coke cans and bottles are magenta , with the white Coca-Cola logo emblazoned on the regular version and a black Coca-Cola logo on the Zero Sugar version. \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"Servers passed out food and drinks while dressed up like Squid Game's guards, with their pink magenta jumpsuits, black masks, and white triangle distinction present (no word on whether there were circles and squares present too). \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 15 Nov. 2021",
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"Or watch awestruck as Lady Gaga and Brandon Maxwell take their magenta nesting doll ballgown to the streets, much to the delight of New Yorkers. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 1 Sep. 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224527"
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"magpie goose":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a black-and-white Australian swan goose ( Anseranas semipalmata )":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230852"
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"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or being phenomena arising from the motion of electrically conducting fluids (such as plasmas) in the presence of electric and magnetic fields":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-d\u0259-\u02c8na-",
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"-\u02c8ne-",
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"mag-\u02ccn\u0113-t\u014d-\u02cch\u012b-dr\u0259-d\u012b-\u02c8na-mik"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Red October came packed with a magnetohydrodynamic drive (MHD) system, a real-life propulsion system that supposedly gave the ship a first-strike capability. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 9 May 2022",
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"The Red October came packed with a magnetohydrodynamic drive (MHD) system, a real-life propulsion system that supposedly gave the ship a first strike capability. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 3 Mar. 2021",
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"The award will fund research that examines how computationally intensive engineering and physics problems can be solved more quickly using new types of analog computers for electromagnetic, magnetohydrodynamic and fluid mechanic applications. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland.com , 11 June 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231235"
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},
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"Magen David":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a hexagram used as a symbol of Judaism":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u022f-g\u0259n-\u02c8d\u022f-vid",
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"-\u02c8d\u0259-",
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"\u02c8m\u014d-g\u0259n-\u02c8d\u0101-v\u0259d"
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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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"Hebrew m\u0101gh\u0113n D\u0101w\u012bdh , literally, shield of David":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231316"
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},
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"magnetic declination":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": declination sense 6":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231508"
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},
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"magnesium perchlorate":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a deliquescent crystalline explosive salt Mg(ClO 4 ) 2 used as a drying agent":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233310"
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},
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"Magellan, Strait of":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
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|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"strait 350 miles (563 kilometers) long at the southern end of South America between the mainland and the Tierra del Fuego archipelago and connecting the South Pacific with the South Atlantic":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"chiefly British -\u02c8ge-",
|
|
"m\u0259-\u02c8je-l\u0259n"
|
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234100"
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},
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"magnetoelectric":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": relating to or characterized by electromotive forces developed by magnetic means":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccne-",
|
|
"mag-\u02ccn\u0113-t\u014d-\u0259-\u02c8lek-trik"
|
|
],
|
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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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"1831, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234351"
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},
|
|
"magnetic potential":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the scalar quantity characteristic of a point in a magnetic field whose negative gradient equals the intensity or strength of the magnetic field and which represents the work required to bring a unit north pole from a point infinitely remote up to the point in question":[]
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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":"20220709-235742"
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},
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"magnesium hydroxide":{
|
|
"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a slightly alkaline crystalline compound Mg(OH) 2 used especially as a laxative and gastric antacid":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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",
|
|
"Sans Unscented Solid deodorant is packed with the nontoxic, antibacterial agents zinc oxide and magnesium hydroxide . \u2014 Corey Buhay, Outside Online , 23 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"This lightly fragranced option derived from natural ingredients, including magnesium hydroxide for odor control, will do the trick. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, Forbes , 22 June 2021",
|
|
"What their research found is that a suspension of water and calcium hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide , which could be added into those pools, had the ability to stop acidification in its tracks. \u2014 Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science , 2 Nov. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004045"
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},
|
|
"magnetite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a black isometric mineral of the spinel group that is an oxide of iron and an important iron ore":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02cct\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
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|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"His research has provided a biophysical basis for understanding magnetic effects on animal behavior, including how accumulations of the mineral magnetite in specialized organs may explain magnetic field sensitivity in salmon and higher animals. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 July 2021",
|
|
"According to lobbying group the Minerals Council of Australia, hematite usually contains more than 50% iron compared to as low as 16% in magnetite . \u2014 Ben Westcott, CNN , 6 May 2021",
|
|
"Without it, Geobacter could no longer change rust into magnetite . \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 23 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"One involves a mineral called magnetite , whose crystals act as small, rotating magnets. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 24 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"To find out, Martin\u2019s and Moran\u2019s teams joined forces to investigate three iron-rich minerals found near vents: greigite, magnetite , and awaruite. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 2 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Early iron compass needles were magnetized by lodestone, or magnetized magnetite minerals, pulled from the Earth. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 7 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"And that includes the, sort of the magnetite sediment that is being dumped into the lake. \u2014 National Geographic , 19 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Specifically, the multi-heavy mineral prospect consists of abrasives garne and epidote, and zircon, magnetite and gold. \u2014 Elwood Brehmer, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Nov. 2019"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004746"
|
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},
|
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"magnetotail":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": the region of the magnetosphere of a celestial body (such as a planet) that is swept back by the solar wind in the direction away from the sun":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\"+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
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|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"magnet- + tail":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010521"
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},
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"magnetostriction oscillator":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an electric oscillator in which the frequency is controlled by the mechanical vibrations induced in a body by magnetostriction":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014821"
|
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},
|
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"magenta rose":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a moderate purplish red that is bluer and deeper than average rose or solferino, redder and deeper than violine pink, and bluer and duller than average fuchsia rose":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020255"
|
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},
|
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"magna est veritas et praevalebit":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"Latin phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": truth is mighty and will prevail":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccm\u00e4g-n\u00e4-\u02ccest-\u02c8w\u0101-ri-\u02cct\u00e4s-et-\u02ccpr\u012b-w\u00e4-\u02c8l\u0101-bit"
|
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],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025019"
|
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},
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"magistrand":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a fourth and final year student in a university who will receive a master of arts degree":[
|
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"\u2014 used officially at Aberdeen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Medieval Latin magistrandus , gerundive of magistrare to grant a master's degree, from Medieval Latin ( artium ) magister master of arts":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050731"
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},
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"magnetograph":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": an automatic instrument for recording measurements of a magnetic field (as of the earth or the sun)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"mag-\u02c8n\u0113-t\u014d-\u02ccgraf"
|
|
],
|
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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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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1847, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-060950"
|
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},
|
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"magnifying glass":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a specially shaped piece of glass that is attached to a handle and is used to make an object look larger than it is":[
|
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"The jeweler examined the diamond with a magnifying glass ."
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-063944"
|
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},
|
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"magnifying power":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": magnification especially as applied to visual instruments":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-070536"
|
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},
|
|
"magnetocaloric effect":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a reversible change in the temperature of a thermally insulated magnetizable substance in a magnetic field of varying intensity with the temperature rising or falling according as the field intensity is increased or decreased":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"magnet- + caloric":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-070810"
|
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},
|
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"Magellanic penguin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a penguin ( Spheniscus magellanicus ) of the southern tip of South America and surrounding islands that has a pink mark above the eyes and two broad black bands on the neck and upper chest":[]
|
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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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"1826, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-075622"
|
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},
|
|
"magnetist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one who studies magnetism":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-t\u0259\u0307st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"magnet + -ist":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-082542"
|
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},
|
|
"magistrality":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": magistral quality, position, or character":[]
|
|
},
|
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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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"New Latin magistralitas , from Late Latin magistralis + Latin -itas -ity":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-090141"
|
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},
|
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"magerful":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": masterful":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8mag\u0259rf\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably by alteration":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-090422"
|
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},
|
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"magnets":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"combining form",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": lodestone":[],
|
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": something that attracts":[
|
|
"a box-office magnet"
|
|
],
|
|
": magnetic force":[
|
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"magneto meter"
|
|
],
|
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": magnetism : magnetic":[
|
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"magneto electric",
|
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"magnet on"
|
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],
|
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": magnetoelectric":[
|
|
"magneto resistance"
|
|
],
|
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": magnetosphere":[
|
|
"magneto pause"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mag-n\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"draw",
|
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"lodestone",
|
|
"loadstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
|
"the giant theme park is a magnet for tourists to the area",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Companies are bypassing prime blocks in Midtown Manhattan for neighborhoods further west or downtown, as Park Avenue fades from prominence after decades as a magnet for some of the world\u2019s biggest companies. \u2014 Kate King, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"As the recent spate of dispensary robberies and shootings have shown, cannabis dispensaries can be a magnet for robberies because they are forced to do business in all cash. \u2014 Kris Krane, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The largest lake entirely in New York State, Oneida, has long been a magnet for vacationers who flock here to take in its natural beauty and stay active, thanks to a seemingly endless list of recreational activities. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"For more than a century, the hotel rooms and residential apartments have been a magnet for painters, actors, dancers, novelists, playwrights and musicians. \u2014 Jay Cheshes, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
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"All students zoned for Eastside Elementary, J.P. Powell Middle School, and Five Points School will be assigned to a new magnet program at the Eastside building for the 2022-23 school year. \u2014 Rebecca Griesbach | Rgriesbach@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
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"Students can either be accepted to a magnet program or assigned to the school associated with their home address. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 2 May 2022",
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"The industry veterans are backing a magnet program in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) where curriculum will center around film and television production. \u2014 Marianne Garvey And Stella Chan, CNN , 21 June 2021",
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"This year marks its big return for the Krueger School of Applied Technolgies, a magnet program at the middle school in the North East Independent School District. \u2014 Danya Perez, San Antonio Express-News , 11 June 2021"
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"Red October came packed with a magnetohydrodynamic drive (MHD) system, a real-life propulsion system that supposedly gave the ship a first-strike capability. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 9 May 2022",
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"The Red October came packed with a magnetohydrodynamic drive (MHD) system, a real-life propulsion system that supposedly gave the ship a first strike capability. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 3 Mar. 2021",
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"The award will fund research that examines how computationally intensive engineering and physics problems can be solved more quickly using new types of analog computers for electromagnetic, magnetohydrodynamic and fluid mechanic applications. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland.com , 11 June 2017"
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"Studies conducted in the 1990s using EEG and the imaging technique magnetoencephalography (MEG) largely confirmed the positioning of the classic homunculus, placing the genitals on the inside wall of the postcentral gyrus. \u2014 Dana G. Smith, Scientific American , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"To find out, Cohen and his colleagues turned to an imaging technique called magnetoencephalography , or MEG. \u2014 Karen Hopkin, Scientific American , 7 July 2021",
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"In the first study to look at how group opinion alters our own opinion processing in the long term, the researchers used magnetoencephalography (MEG) imaging to follow brain activity. \u2014 Alison Escalante, Forbes , 12 Mar. 2021",
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"So Conway tried another method called magnetoencephalography (MEG), which uses magnetic sensors to detect the electrical activity of neurons firing. \u2014 Sara Harrison, Wired , 24 Nov. 2020",
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"Initially, most evidence for mirroring in humans was derived from studies that probed the activity of millions of neurons simultaneously, using techniques such as fMRI, EEG, magnetoencephalography and transcranial magnetic stimulation. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, WIRED , 31 Mar. 2019",
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"Initially, most evidence for mirroring in humans was derived from studies that probed the activity of millions of neurons simultaneously, using techniques such as fMRI, EEG, magnetoencephalography and transcranial magnetic stimulation. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, WIRED , 31 Mar. 2019",
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"Initially, most evidence for mirroring in humans was derived from studies that probed the activity of millions of neurons simultaneously, using techniques such as fMRI, EEG, magnetoencephalography and transcranial magnetic stimulation. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, WIRED , 31 Mar. 2019",
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"Initially, most evidence for mirroring in humans was derived from studies that probed the activity of millions of neurons simultaneously, using techniques such as fMRI, EEG, magnetoencephalography and transcranial magnetic stimulation. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, WIRED , 31 Mar. 2019"
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"\u00a6magn\u0259\u00a6f\u012b\u0259b\u0259l",
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"-\u02ccne-",
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"\"+"
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"\u2014 Havelock Ellis"
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": to cause to be held in greater esteem or respect":[],
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": to increase in significance : intensify":[
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"real drama \u2026 will use ugliness to magnify beauty",
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"\u2014 Alan Mickle"
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|
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": exaggerate":[
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"magnifies every minor issue to crisis proportions"
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],
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": to enlarge in fact or in appearance":[
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"The lens magnified the image 100 times."
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],
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": to have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they are":[
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"a glass that magnifies greatly"
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"embellish",
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"embroider",
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"exaggerate",
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"hyperbolize",
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"pad",
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"stretch"
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"The sound was magnified by the calm air.",
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"His failures have been magnified by the success of his friends.",
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"I don't want to magnify the importance of these problems.",
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"The lens magnified the image 100 times.",
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"a magnified view of the image",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Their restraint could keep supplies tight and magnify shortages of raw materials such as copper and zinc that are critical for the transition away from fossil fuels. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
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"In hindsight, the administration probably should have heeded the prescient early 2021 warnings by former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers that Biden\u2019s ambitious $1.9 trillion stimulus package would magnify the risks of inflation. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
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"Critics said the sites would create spaces that accommodate and magnify drug use. \u2014 NBC News , 30 Nov. 2021",
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"In both instances, astronomers used a technique known as gravitational lensing to magnify the minuscule starlight. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"In both instances, astronomers used a technique known as gravitational lensing to magnify the minuscule starlight. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, Baltimore Sun , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"In both instances, astronomers used a technique known as gravitational lensing to magnify the minuscule starlight. \u2014 NBC News , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"Instead, learn how to magnify your corporate uniqueness in the most irresistible way. \u2014 Serenity Gibbons, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
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"That\u2019s especially true for women working at home in informal housing settlements, where low-cost, uninsulated roofs magnify heat. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"\u02c8m\u022f-g\u0259n-\u02c8d\u022f-vid"
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"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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": the process of determining the magnetic elements at various points on the earth's surface including local variations (as for making isomagnetic charts or as a means of prospecting for ore)":[]
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": a vector quantity pertaining to the condition at any point under magnetic influence (as of a magnet, an electric current, or an electromagnetic wave) measured by the force exerted in a vacuum upon a free unit north pole placed at the point in question":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-002451"
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"definitions":{
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": the quality or state of being magnetizable":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-010233"
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": either of two black-and-white moths:":[],
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": a European geometrid moth ( Abraxas grossulariata ) whose larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes":[],
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": any of several Australian and New Zealand moths of the genus Nyctemera having hairy larvae that feed on many plants":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-011542"
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},
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"magged":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": worn , frayed":[
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"a magged rope"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8magd",
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"-aigd",
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"-aa(\u0259)gd"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from English dialect, tired, exhausted, of unknown origin":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-012914"
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to induce magnetic properties in":[],
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": to attract like a magnet : charm":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"allure",
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"beguile",
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"bewitch",
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"captivate",
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"charm",
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"enchant",
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"fascinate",
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"kill",
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"wile",
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"witch"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Her performance magnetized the audience.",
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"the store's gorgeous window displays never fail to magnetize shoppers and sightseers",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Medical boards are under increasing pressure to act as some physicians decry covid-19 as a hoax, promote unproven treatments and push bogus claims about the vaccines, including that the shots magnetize the human body. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Dec. 2021",
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"Board members told investigators to prioritize cases involving the most obvious falsehoods or outrageous lies \u2013 that vaccines are poisonous, cause infertility, contain microchips or can magnetize the body. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Oct. 2021",
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"On covers, the artist weaves multiple elements into one image that will magnetize eyes. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 26 Aug. 2021",
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"Inadvertently magnetizing your watch is easy: Placing it on top of your phone on a nightstand can do it, or simply having your wrist too close to someone whose purse has a particularly strong magnet clasp. \u2014 Rachel Felder, New York Times , 1 May 2020",
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"On the largest moving rig this show has ever had, inspired by F9, and played in pairs, teams will be tethered together on a moving truck and retrieve puzzle pieces magnetized on the walls. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 7 May 2020",
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"John wasn\u2019t much at coming up with new melodies, but the words were magnetizing . \u2014 Robert Hilburn, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2020",
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"Registering the artifice in Hopper\u2019s limpid art may free us to see a link between hotel rooms and painting itself: Both magnetize desire and a longing to escape. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Nov. 2019",
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"By transforming an old theater into a disco, the two men also recast the nightscape of the city, creating a club that magnetized the famous and the merely fabulous equally. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020"
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],
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"1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"magnetoelasticity":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the effect of elastic strain upon the magnetization of a ferromagnetic elastic material (as when the magnetization of a steel spring varies as it vibrates) \u2014 compare magnetostriction":[]
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"magnet- + elasticity":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-015118"
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},
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"magnetic survey":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a determination made by means of magnetic surveying":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-031350"
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},
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"magnetic lens":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an electron lens that focuses electron beams by means of a magnetic field":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-031438"
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},
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"magnetic storm":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a marked temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field held to be related to sunspots":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The magnetic storm is expected to continue through Saturday and perhaps even strengthen. \u2014 Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"The reader is an innocent bystander swept up by a magnetic storm of affinity. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"At the time of the event, Japan rested at a magnetic latitude of 33 degrees, where aurorae could hypothetically form\u2014especially in the event of a magnetic storm . \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 3 Apr. 2020",
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"For their latest work, Love\u2019s team obtained records of magnetic storms detected at observatories, then combined them with new surveys that measured the local magnetic field and its related electrical field. \u2014 National Geographic , 18 Mar. 2019",
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"The predicted magnetic storm could push the aurora borealis to lower latitudes, raising the possibility its eerie streamers would slither over the skies in New York, Wisconsin, or Washington State. \u2014 Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics , 25 Mar. 2019",
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"The magnetic storm effect is global, however, whereas the rocket effect is regional. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 22 Mar. 2018"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-035802"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-042703"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-045756"
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},
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an ancient Greek musical instrument having twenty strings and the capability of being played in octaves":[]
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"\u02c8mag\u0259d\u0259\u0307s"
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"Greek, of non-Indo-European origin":""
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|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of the Strait of Magellan or that general area of the southern hemisphere":[]
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},
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"\u00a6maj\u0259\u00a6lanik"
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],
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"Straits of Magellan + English -ic":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-062339"
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"magnetic head":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an electromagnet used in magnetic recording for converting electrical signals into a magnetic record on tape or wire, converting a magnetic recording into electrical signals, or erasing a magnetic recording":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-062436"
|
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},
|
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"magnetizable":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": to induce magnetic properties in":[],
|
|
": to attract like a magnet : charm":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
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"beguile",
|
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"bewitch",
|
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"captivate",
|
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"charm",
|
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"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
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"kill",
|
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"wile",
|
|
"witch"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Her performance magnetized the audience.",
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"the store's gorgeous window displays never fail to magnetize shoppers and sightseers",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Medical boards are under increasing pressure to act as some physicians decry covid-19 as a hoax, promote unproven treatments and push bogus claims about the vaccines, including that the shots magnetize the human body. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Board members told investigators to prioritize cases involving the most obvious falsehoods or outrageous lies \u2013 that vaccines are poisonous, cause infertility, contain microchips or can magnetize the body. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"On covers, the artist weaves multiple elements into one image that will magnetize eyes. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 26 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Inadvertently magnetizing your watch is easy: Placing it on top of your phone on a nightstand can do it, or simply having your wrist too close to someone whose purse has a particularly strong magnet clasp. \u2014 Rachel Felder, New York Times , 1 May 2020",
|
|
"On the largest moving rig this show has ever had, inspired by F9, and played in pairs, teams will be tethered together on a moving truck and retrieve puzzle pieces magnetized on the walls. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 7 May 2020",
|
|
"John wasn\u2019t much at coming up with new melodies, but the words were magnetizing . \u2014 Robert Hilburn, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Registering the artifice in Hopper\u2019s limpid art may free us to see a link between hotel rooms and painting itself: Both magnetize desire and a longing to escape. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"By transforming an old theater into a disco, the two men also recast the nightscape of the city, creating a club that magnetized the famous and the merely fabulous equally. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-063252"
|
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},
|
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"maggid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an itinerant Jewish preacher whose discourse on a biblical text is usually embellished by parables drawn from the rabbinical commentaries and from Jewish folklore and is often delivered in a chant":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8m\u00e4gid"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Hebrew magg\u012bdh narrator":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-081221"
|
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},
|
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"Maggie's drawers":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the red flag waved across the target by a marker on the target range when a shot has completely missed the target":[],
|
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": a miss when scoring targets":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8mag\u0113z-",
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"\u02c8maig\u0113z-"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"from Maggie , nickname for Margaret":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-085059"
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},
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"maguey":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of various fleshy-leaved agaves (such as the century plant)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259-\u02c8g\u0101"
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],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Add bay leaves and cover with maguey or banana leaves, followed by the lid. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"Above Omar and Lalo, both in their 40s, the goddess Mayahuel appeared bare-chested, between two fronds of the maguey , gazing dreamily into the distance. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Nov. 2021",
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"Then there\u2019s Tobala, a smaller, harder-to-yield variation of maguey which takes up to 12 years to mature, depending on the land. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"Grandparents, children, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren make communion in a tradition as deeply embedded as the roots of the Mixtec maguey , and agave plant. \u2014 Vogue , 29 Oct. 2021",
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"Once harvested, the maguey is cooked in an underground stone furnace heated by fire, oak wood, and volcanic river stones. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"La Curva grows different varieties of agave, also referred to as maguey , to make mezcal. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"This technique of slow-smoking a beef head or lamb wrapped in maguey leaves in a traditional-style underground pit has been used in many cultures for thousands of years. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
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"Ant nests are located under maguey plants, which farmers have to carefully move aside, scraping away any topsoil covering the nests with thin branches. \u2014 Robyn Huang, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 19 July 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"That tranquility, however, has been shattered by helicopter noises, blasting operations, and truck traffic since the launch of local construction for the superconducting magnetic levitation train in 2016, operated by Central Japan Railway. \u2014 Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"There wouldn\u2019t be any axle; the tires would be held in place by magnetic levitation . \u2014 Geoff Colvin, Fortune , 28 Dec. 2021",
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"The superconducting magnetic levitation system is planned to have three stops: one in each city and at Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Sep. 2021",
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"The bullet train is able to travel at such high speeds because of magnetic levitation . \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 22 July 2021",
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"If the external field is strong enough, this can even overcome the force of gravity, leading to the phenomenon of magnetic levitation . \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 23 June 2021",
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"The pods glide at speeds similar to airplanes while floating above the ground using magnetic levitation . \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, Fortune , 21 June 2021",
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"Similar to Japan's L0 Series, the Shanghai maglev (also called the Shanghai Transrapid) is a magnetic levitation train that operates out of Shanghai, China. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 23 Mar. 2021",
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"Quantum magnetic levitation boils down to something called the Meissner effect, which only occurs when a material is cold enough to behave like a superconductor. \u2014 Jennifer Hackett, Scientific American , 17 Dec. 2015"
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"-str\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r",
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"\u02c8ma-j\u0259-\u02ccstr\u0101-ch\u0259r"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Above Omar and Lalo, both in their 40s, the goddess Mayahuel appeared bare-chested, between two fronds of the maguey , gazing dreamily into the distance. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Nov. 2021",
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"Then there\u2019s Tobala, a smaller, harder-to-yield variation of maguey which takes up to 12 years to mature, depending on the land. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"Grandparents, children, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren make communion in a tradition as deeply embedded as the roots of the Mixtec maguey , and agave plant. \u2014 Vogue , 29 Oct. 2021",
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"Once harvested, the maguey is cooked in an underground stone furnace heated by fire, oak wood, and volcanic river stones. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"La Curva grows different varieties of agave, also referred to as maguey , to make mezcal. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Sep. 2021",
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|
"This technique of slow-smoking a beef head or lamb wrapped in maguey leaves in a traditional-style underground pit has been used in many cultures for thousands of years. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
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"Ant nests are located under maguey plants, which farmers have to carefully move aside, scraping away any topsoil covering the nests with thin branches. \u2014 Robyn Huang, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 19 July 2021"
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"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"chiefly British -\u02c8ge-",
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": any of several Australian crow shrikes":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-125315"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-141636"
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": a cutting head in recording phonograph records that uses attraction and repulsion of pieces of magnetized metal to swing the cutting stylus":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142919"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-144802"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152531"
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"magnetic mine":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a naval mine designed to explode by the magnetic effect caused by the hull of a passing metal ship":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-085317"
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"definitions":{
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": a magnetic field that confines a plasma by reflecting ions back toward the main plasma concentration":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Fancii\u2019s Nala mirror features dimmable Tru-Glow LED settings, a removable magnetic mirror and a cordless design. \u2014 Lindsey Hunter Lopez, USA TODAY , 27 May 2021"
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],
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"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Ren\u00e9 (-Fran\u00e7ois-Ghislain) 1898\u20131967 Belgian painter":[]
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"m\u0259-\u02c8gr\u0113t"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-163253"
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the office, power, or dignity of a magistrate":[],
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": a body of magistrates":[],
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": the district under a magistrate":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ma-j\u0259-str\u0259-s\u0113"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165434"
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},
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"magnetic sound":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": sound recorded magnetically instead of photographically on a motion-picture film":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-174704"
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},
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"magnetic iron":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": magnetite":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180413"
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},
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"magnetic pyrites":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180636"
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},
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"magistral":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": magisterial sense 1a":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8maj-\u0259-str\u0259l",
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"m\u0259-\u02c8jis-tr\u0259l",
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"\u02c8ma-j\u0259-str\u0259l",
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"m\u0259-\u02c8ji-str\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin magistralis , from Latin magistr-, magister":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1596, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-185758"
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},
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"magnetic recording":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the process of recording sound, data (as for a computer), or a television program by producing varying local magnetization of a moving tape or disc":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The WD Red Plus drives, introduced after WD was briefly caught using SMR technology in its hard drives without publicizing it, use the more traditional conventional magnetic recording (CMR) instead. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 10 May 2022",
|
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"The first blog focused on developments and projections for magnetic recording (HDDs and magnetic tape). \u2014 Tom Coughlin, Forbes , 30 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"This piece will focus on the current status and future of magnetic recording , particularly hard disk drives and magnetic tape recording. \u2014 Tom Coughlin, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The company uses shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technology to squeeze a couple more terabytes out of its biggest drives. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Magnetic tapes use magnetic recording technologies, like HDDs, but the technology and digital storage density using in magnetic tapes are many generations behind those used in HDDs. \u2014 Tom Coughlin, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The History of National Audio Company Stepp and his father, Warren Williams Stepp, opened National Audio Company in 1969, distributing reel-to-reel magnetic recording tape to recording studios and radio and television stations. \u2014 Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Although energy assisted magnetic recording drives are now available from all three HDD vendors there has not been any significant growth in HDD areal density in 2021. \u2014 Tom Coughlin, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"He-sealed 20TB ePMR conventional magnetic recording (CMR) HDDs, enabling 2.2 TB per disk. \u2014 Tom Coughlin, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021"
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"1945, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-191450"
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"magnetic heading":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": the heading measured clockwise from magnetic north":[]
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-193338"
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},
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"magnifier":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b(-\u0259)r"
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"More niche apps include a screen magnifier and GIF creator. \u2014 Sascha Segan, PCMAG , 2 June 2022",
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"In this manner, the Hubble Space Telescope exploits a natural cosmic magnifier . \u2014 Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"Because the meteors move so fast across such a large area, don't bother using any kind of magnifier to see them. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"The one map of the entire route requires a magnifier to read the river names, and locations other than major communities are missing. \u2014 Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News , 25 July 2021",
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"The quarantine, said Margaret Clark, a psychology professor and director of the Clark Relationship Science Laboratory at Yale University, seemed to have served as a relationship magnifier . \u2014 Jancee Dunn, New York Times , 21 May 2021",
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"The faint magnification, predicted by the theory of general relativity, can provide insights into the passing magnifier . \u2014 Nola Taylor Redd, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Sep. 2020",
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"In response, accessory-makers offered up all kinds of crazy add-ons, from booklight-like gadgets that shone light onto the screen to bulky screen magnifiers with bulbs and batteries in them. \u2014 Brendan Nystedt, Wired , 10 June 2020",
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"If magnification is needed, several optic manufacturers offer quality 3-power magnifiers that will greatly extend your AR pistols usability at distance. \u2014 Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life , 16 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1550, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-210847"
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},
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"magnetic shielding":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a protection from the influence of an external magnetic field":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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":"20220711-220102"
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},
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"Magsaysay":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Ramon 1907\u20131957 president of Philippines (1953\u201357)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u00e4g-\u02c8s\u012b-\u02ccs\u012b",
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"-\u02ccs\u012b-\u02c8s\u012b"
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-221453"
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},
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"magnifico":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a nobleman of Venice":[],
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": a person of high position":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"mag-\u02c8ni-fi-\u02cck\u014d"
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Right next door to Bergdorf Goodman at the Paris Theatre, guests stomped, clapped, sang, and cried to the magnifico of Queen. \u2014 Lauren Sanchez, Vogue , 31 Oct. 2018",
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"Assistant conductor Stephan Mulligan and associate concertmaster Justin Bruns will lead the orchestra during an evening that many would describe as magnifico . \u2014 Nicole D. Smith, ajc , 11 May 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian, from magnifico , adjective, magnificent, from Latin magnificus":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-221625"
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},
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"magnetic reproducer":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a device for reproducing material recorded on a magnetic tape, wire, or disc":[]
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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":"20220711-222402"
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},
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"Magellan barberry":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a South American evergreen shrub ( Berberis buxifolia ) with grooved slender branchlets, entire leaves, orange-yellow flowers, and dark purple fruit that is grown for ornament":[]
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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":"20220711-222612"
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},
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"magnetic moment":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a vector quantity that is a measure of the torque exerted on a magnetic system (such as a bar magnet or dipole) when placed in a magnetic field and that for a magnet is the product of the distance between its poles and the strength of either pole":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8m\u014d-m\u0259nt"
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Part of what sets the axial Higgs boson apart from the Higgs boson is its magnetic moment . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 9 June 2022",
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"The atoms in a magnetic material like iron or nickel each have something called a magnetic moment , which is basically a tiny individual magnetic field. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 11 Nov. 2021",
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"However, the magnetic moment of an actual piece of iron would depend on the strength of the magnetic field that induces it. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 31 Dec. 2021",
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"The magnetic moment for the carrot is a bit more difficult. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 31 Dec. 2021",
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"In 2017, after more than a decade of work, Laporta published his magnum opus \u2014 the electron\u2019s magnetic moment to 1,100 digits of precision. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 22 Nov. 2021",
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"Fermilab\u2019s new high-precision measurement of the magnetic moment is a remarkable experimental achievement. \u2014 Sabine Hossenfelder, Scientific American , 7 Apr. 2021",
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"Both measurements of the muon\u2019s wobbliness, or magnetic moment , significantly overshoot the theoretical prediction, as calculated last year by an international consortium of 132 theoretical physicists. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 7 Apr. 2021",
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"Years ago, physicists attempted to measure the magnetic moment of the muon to incredible precision, and got a value. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-230319"
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},
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"magnificentness":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality or state of being magnificent":[]
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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":"20220711-231059"
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},
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"magnesiochromite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a mineral MgCr 2 O 4 consisting of an oxide of magnesium and chromium isomorphous with chromite":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u0113zh| sometimes |\u0113(\u02cc)\u014d+",
|
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"maig-",
|
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"mag\u02c8n\u0113sh|(\u02cc)\u014d"
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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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"magnesio- + chromite":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-232117"
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},
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"magnificent frigate bird":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a frigate bird ( Fregata magnificens ) that is widespread in tropical American waters and throughout the Caribbean":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":"20220712-004042"
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},
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"magistery":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a principle of nature having transmuting or curative powers : philosophers' stone":[
|
|
"he that hath water turned to ashes, hath the Magistery , and the true Philosophers' stone",
|
|
"\u2014 James Howell"
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],
|
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": mastership , authority":[],
|
|
": precipitate sense 1":[],
|
|
": any of various white precipitates from metallic solutions":[
|
|
"a white precipitate of bismuth subnitrate was formerly known as magistery of bismuth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Medieval Latin magisterium , from Latin, office of a supervisor, office of tutor or guardian, instruction, from magister master":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-011232"
|
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},
|
|
"magnetic shell":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a theoretical layer or shell so magnetized that one surface is entirely of north and the other of south polarity with the lines of induction extending through the thickness of the layer":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"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":"20220712-011437"
|
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},
|
|
"maguey worm":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": agaveworm":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-013120"
|
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},
|
|
"magnetic course":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the course on which an airplane is intended to be flown that is measured from magnetic north and that is the true course as laid out on the chart":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":"20220712-021159"
|
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},
|
|
"magistrates":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as":[],
|
|
": a principal official exercising governmental powers over a major political unit (such as a nation)":[],
|
|
": a local official exercising administrative and often judicial functions":[],
|
|
": a local judiciary official having limited original jurisdiction (see jurisdiction sense 1 ) especially in criminal cases":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ma-j\u0259-\u02ccstr\u0101t, -str\u0259t",
|
|
"\u02c8ma-j\u0259-\u02ccstr\u0101t",
|
|
"-str\u0259t"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudicator",
|
|
"beak",
|
|
"bench",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"judge",
|
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"jurist",
|
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"justice"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"chose to take their case before the local magistrate",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"One of the magistrate 's concerns was the safety of the teen. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 21 June 2022",
|
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"At that point, the magistrate would determine if Spacey could be released on bail to await a trial. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"The magistrate who reported him for violating his oath, Elizabeth Fuller, has filed a federal lawsuit saying she was illegally fired for discussing the case with the Alexandria Times. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The detective who sought the warrant and the magistrate who approved it could not immediately be reached for comment. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The magistrate asked whether the woman was driving. \u2014 cleveland , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The magistrate told my tenant and me to sit in the hearing room alone for a couple of minutes to reach a settlement. \u2014 Bert Stratton, WSJ , 22 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Prosecutors could have filed a motion asking the magistrate to tighten Rodriguez\u2019s bail conditions. \u2014 Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"On May 31, 1921, the local magistrate fined him $25. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English magestrat , from Latin magistratus magistracy, magistrate, from magistr-, magister master, political superior \u2014 more at master":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023353"
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},
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"magnifies":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": extol , laud":[
|
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"while they magnified the art, they often belittled the artist",
|
|
"\u2014 Havelock Ellis"
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],
|
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": to cause to be held in greater esteem or respect":[],
|
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": to increase in significance : intensify":[
|
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"real drama \u2026 will use ugliness to magnify beauty",
|
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"\u2014 Alan Mickle"
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],
|
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": exaggerate":[
|
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"magnifies every minor issue to crisis proportions"
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],
|
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": to enlarge in fact or in appearance":[
|
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"The lens magnified the image 100 times."
|
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],
|
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": to have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they are":[
|
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"a glass that magnifies greatly"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"color",
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"elaborate (on)",
|
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"embellish",
|
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"embroider",
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"exaggerate",
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"hyperbolize",
|
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"pad",
|
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"stretch"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"The sound was magnified by the calm air.",
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"His failures have been magnified by the success of his friends.",
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"I don't want to magnify the importance of these problems.",
|
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"The lens magnified the image 100 times.",
|
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"a magnified view of the image",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Their restraint could keep supplies tight and magnify shortages of raw materials such as copper and zinc that are critical for the transition away from fossil fuels. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
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"In hindsight, the administration probably should have heeded the prescient early 2021 warnings by former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers that Biden\u2019s ambitious $1.9 trillion stimulus package would magnify the risks of inflation. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
|
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"Critics said the sites would create spaces that accommodate and magnify drug use. \u2014 NBC News , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
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"In both instances, astronomers used a technique known as gravitational lensing to magnify the minuscule starlight. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
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"In both instances, astronomers used a technique known as gravitational lensing to magnify the minuscule starlight. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, Baltimore Sun , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
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"In both instances, astronomers used a technique known as gravitational lensing to magnify the minuscule starlight. \u2014 NBC News , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Instead, learn how to magnify your corporate uniqueness in the most irresistible way. \u2014 Serenity Gibbons, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"That\u2019s especially true for women working at home in informal housing settlements, where low-cost, uninsulated roofs magnify heat. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English magnifien , from Anglo-French magnifier , from Latin magnificare , from magnificus":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-025400"
|
|
},
|
|
"magnificent bird of paradise":{
|
|
"type":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a showy bird of paradise ( Ptiloris magnificus ) of northern Australia and New Guinea with the male having a golden yellow nape, a blood red patch on the back, and shining blackish green on the breast":[]
|
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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":"20220712-030747"
|
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},
|
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"magisterium":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": teaching authority especially of the Roman Catholic Church":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccma-j\u0259-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259m"
|
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Old catechisms used to say that there were three sources of religious authority in Catholicism: the scriptures, tradition, and the magisterium of the church. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 15 Sep. 2021",
|
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"The new rules say the bishops' final document becomes part of his official church teaching, or magisterium \u2014 but only if the pope approves it. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, Fox News , 18 Sep. 2018",
|
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"There is no evangelical magisterium , dictating the terms of excommunication and apostasy. \u2014 Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer , 13 Sep. 2017"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-031421"
|
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},
|
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"magnesio-":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"combining form"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": magnesium":[
|
|
"magnesio chromite"
|
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]
|
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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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"Without a magnetic bubble to shield Mars from the sun\u2019s radiation, its atmosphere was blown away like confetti. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 July 2021",
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"Last year it was discovered that during the mission, the spacecraft also flew through a plasmoid -- a giant magnetic bubble that likely pinched off part of the planet's atmosphere, sending it out into space. \u2014 Rob Picheta, CNN , 1 Apr. 2021",
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"But Earth\u2019s thick atmosphere and magnetic bubble shield our planet from much incoming radiation, making these streaks of luminescence scarce. \u2014 Maya Wei-haas, National Geographic , 9 Nov. 2020",
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"This magnetic bubble , called the heliosphere, protects the planets from harmful cosmic radiation jettisoned out in the wake of powerful cosmic events like supernovae. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 12 Aug. 2020",
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"But last year, while combing through NASA\u2019s archives, two planetary scientists noticed something earlier analyses had overlooked\u2014a blip in Uranus\u2019s magnetic field as the spacecraft cruised through a magnetic bubble of sorts. \u2014 Charlie Wood, Popular Science , 30 Mar. 2020",
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"Plenty of them happen on Earth and Mars triggered by upper atmospheric chaos, the action of the solar wind, and kinks in the planets\u2019 magnetic bubbles , among other things. \u2014 Robin George Andrews, National Geographic , 20 Sep. 2019",
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"However, more powerful solar outbursts can give birth to geomagnetic storms that wreak havoc in Earth\u2019s magnetic bubble , potentially delivering serious damage to the planet\u2019s electrical infrastructure. \u2014 National Geographic , 18 Mar. 2019",
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"This onslaught damages electronic circuits on satellites, and any astronauts outside of Earth\u2019s magnetic bubble could get a potentially life-threatening dose of radiation. \u2014 National Geographic , 18 Mar. 2019"
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"definitions":{
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"islands of Quebec, Canada, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence between Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island area 102 square miles (265 square kilometers)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mag-d\u0259-l\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-204002"
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},
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"magaziny":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": magazinish":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-n\u0113"
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-211010"
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},
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"Magdeburg":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"city on the Elbe River in central Germany population 228,000":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u00e4g-d\u0259-\u02ccbu\u0307rk",
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"\u02c8mag-d\u0259-\u02ccb\u0259rg"
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-212307"
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},
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"Magdeburg hemisphere":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": either of a pair of hemispherical cups forming when placed together a cavity from which the air can be withdrawn by an air pump and used to illustrate the pressure of air":[]
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-225753"
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},
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"magyar":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of the dominant people of Hungary":[],
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": hungarian sense 2":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mag-\u02ccy\u00e4r",
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"\u02c8m\u00e4g-",
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-\u02ccj\u00e4r"
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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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"Hungarian":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000600"
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},
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"Magyar":{
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"type":[
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|
"adjective",
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|
"noun"
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|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a member of the dominant people of Hungary":[],
|
|
": hungarian sense 2":[]
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8mag-\u02ccy\u00e4r",
|
|
"\u02c8m\u00e4g-",
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|
"\u02c8m\u00e4-\u02ccj\u00e4r"
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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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"Hungarian":""
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},
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|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-003049"
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},
|
|
"Magyarization":{
|
|
"type":[
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"noun"
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|
],
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|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the act or process of being magyarized":[
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"the hard fight against Magyarization",
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"\u2014 J. S. Roucek"
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],
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": the quality or state of being magyarized":[
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"bring about the Magyarization of the non-Magyar elements",
|
|
"\u2014 W. J. Ehrenpreis"
|
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]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccr\u012b\u02c8z-"
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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":"20220713-011413"
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},
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"magyarize":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to make Magyar in quality, traits, or culture":[],
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|
": to bring under the control of Magyars":[],
|
|
": to modify or alter (a word) to conform to language characteristics distinctive of Magyar":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"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":"20220715-105424"
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}
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} |