dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/sou_MW.json
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{
"South Yorkshire":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"metropolitan county of northern England; capital Barnsley area 624 square miles (1616 square kilometers), population 1,343,600":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212057",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Soutine":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Chaim 1893\u20131943 French (Lithuanian-born) painter":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u00fc-\u02c8t\u0113n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161533",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
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"soubriquet":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a descriptive name or epithet : nickname":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u00fc-",
"-\u02ccket",
"\u02c8s\u00fc-",
"\u02ccs\u014d-bri-\u02c8k\u0101",
"\u02c8s\u014d-bri-\u02cck\u0101",
"-\u02c8ket"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093047",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sough":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to make a moaning or sighing sound":[]
},
"examples":[
"all night long the patient was soughing in her sleep"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English swoughen , from Old English sw\u014dgan ; akin to Goth ga swogjan to groan, Lithuanian svag\u0117ti to sound":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259f",
"\u02c8sau\u0307"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"sigh"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200405",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sought":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to ask for : request":[
"seeks advice"
],
": to be lacking":[
"in critical judgment \u2026 they were sadly to seek",
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
],
": to be sought":[],
": to go in search of : look for":[],
": to make a search or inquiry":[],
": to make an attempt : try":[
"\u2014 used with to and an infinitive governments \u2026 seek to keep the bulk of their people contented \u2014 D. M. Potter"
],
": to resort to : go to":[],
": to try to acquire or gain : aim at":[
"seek fame"
],
": to try to discover":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130131",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soul":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a moving spirit : leader":[],
": a person's total self":[],
": a strong positive feeling (as of intense sensitivity and emotional fervor) conveyed especially by African American performers":[],
": an active or essential part":[],
": cultural consciousness and pride among people of African heritage":[],
": designed for or controlled by blacks":[],
": god sense 1b":[],
": of, relating to, or characteristic of Black Americans or their culture":[],
": person":[
"not a soul in sight"
],
": personification":[
"she is the soul of integrity"
],
": soul brother":[],
": soul food":[],
": soul music":[],
": spiritual or moral force : fervor":[],
": the immaterial essence, animating principle, or actuating cause of an individual life":[],
": the moral and emotional nature of human beings":[],
": the quality that arouses emotion and sentiment":[],
": the spiritual principle embodied in human beings, all rational and spiritual beings, or the universe":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the souls of the dead",
"He could not escape the guilt that he felt in the inner recesses of his soul .",
"Some poor soul was asking for handouts on the street.",
"a village of barely a hundred souls",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Still, the exuberant, go-for-broke spirit of the record came after the band had a few dark nights of the soul . \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 1 July 2022",
"The arrival of the pandemic conjured an omnipresent theme of soul searching in 2020 as the world retreated into quarantine. \u2014 Khari Nixon, SPIN , 30 June 2022",
"Lawson draws viewers in with her use of magical realism to illustrate the history and practices of animism \u2014 a belief system built around the idea that all animals, plants, places and inanimate objects have a soul \u2014 in African culture. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"Rather than punishing Marek for this random act of violence, however, or providing readers with an extended study of a soul in crisis, Moshfegh\u2019s narrative thrusts him into the lap of luxury. \u2014 Jess Bergman, The New Republic , 22 June 2022",
"When machines take hold of the seed of life And ripen a thousand harvests in one season, The time will come to think of the soul Of man. \u2014 Simon Rich, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
"Even the worst troll, the one who pummels you with criticism all day long and seems to have a grudge against society still has a soul and is still redeemable. \u2014 John Brandon, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"This past Sunday's premiere focused on a scientific experiment to find the weight of a human soul . \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
"These examples are far less dramatic than a mid-century secretary seeking privacy with a computer therapist or a Google engineer driven out of his job for believing that his team\u2019s program might have a soul . \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Learn soul line-dances choreographed to R&B, jazz, gospel and Latin tunes. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, sandiegouniontribune.com , 9 July 2018",
"Soul QB Dan Raudabaugh threw for nine touchdowns and was named the game's MVP. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 13 Aug. 2017",
"Harper\u2019s Cabin Learn about the history, nutrition and culture of African American foods, and about how soul food became important to African American families, their churches and social gatherings. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 July 2017",
"Among its fans is soul artist Jimmy Levy of Miami, who was encouraged by his manager to try RecordGram, Mendelson said. \u2014 Nancy Dahlberg, miamiherald , 23 June 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1957, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English soule , from Old English s\u0101wol ; akin to Old High German s\u0113ula soul":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014dl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"psyche",
"spirit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212249",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"soulless":{
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"definitions":{
": having no soul or no greatness or warmth of mind or feeling":[]
},
"examples":[
"a government run by soulless bureaucrats",
"These companies are heartless, soulless , money-making machines.",
"The houses in the new development are completely soulless .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The setting had all the elements of a stirring, emotional clash: an underlying sense of betrayal, accusations of soulless greed, the prospect of transformative change and a popular, beloved figure trapped in the cynosure of the firestorm. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"Corporate life and high finance, office work and factory floor\u2014all of it tends to be depicted in movies as soulless and oppressive. \u2014 Daniel Akst, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"And that brightly lighted, soulless , windowless basement warren of hallways and offices is something else. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"However, control anomalies, technical issues and extremely derivative, soulless game design make this one hard to recommend to anyone but the most dedicated 3D platforming afficionados. \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"We are known for tearing down our historic buildings without fanfare \u2014 replacing them with parking lots or soulless big-box stores. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"The result is a soulless grind, both exhausted and exhausting, even at a brief-by-Marvel-standards 126 minutes. \u2014 Rob Salkowitz, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"On the losers\u2019 side is the Class B stuff, namely older spaces with low ceilings, soulless cube farms, and drab lobbies. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Even more than Christopher Cross, Toto would come to be mocked for their Grammys sweep with Toto IV, vilified as soulless studio musicians impinging on the boundless sonic creativity and visual flair of new wave\u2019s peak years. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 5 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014dl-l\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041231",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"sound":{
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"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unsound",
"weak"
],
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": a long broad inlet of the ocean generally parallel to the coast":[],
": a long passage of water connecting two larger bodies (such as a sea with the ocean) or separating a mainland and an island":[],
": a particular auditory impression : tone":[],
": a particular musical style characteristic of an individual, a group, or an area":[
"the Nashville sound"
],
": a speech sound":[
"a peculiar r-sound"
],
": agreeing with accepted views : orthodox":[
"sound doctrine"
],
": an elongated instrument for exploring or sounding body cavities":[],
": deep and undisturbed":[
"a sound sleep"
],
": exhibiting or based on thorough knowledge and experience":[
"sound scholarship"
],
": free from error, fallacy, or misapprehension":[
"sound advice",
"sound reasoning"
],
": free from flaw, defect, or decay":[
"sound timber"
],
": free from injury or disease":[
"of sound mind"
],
": hard , severe":[
"a sound whipping"
],
": hearing distance : earshot":[
"within sound of your voice"
],
": legally valid":[
"a sound title"
],
": logically valid and having true premises":[
"a sound estimate"
],
": meaning":[],
": meaningless noise":[],
": mechanical radiant energy that is transmitted by longitudinal pressure waves in a material medium (such as air) and is the objective cause of hearing":[],
": pronounce sense 3a":[],
": recorded auditory material":[],
": resound":[],
": rumor , fame":[],
": showing good judgment or sense":[
"a sound advisor"
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": solid , firm":[
"sound construction"
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": the impression conveyed : import":[],
": the sensation perceived by the sense of hearing":[],
": thorough":[
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": to ascertain the depth of water especially with a sounding line":[],
": to cause to sound":[
"sound a trumpet"
],
": to convey the impression of : sound like":[
"that sounds a logical use of resources",
"\u2014 Economist"
],
": to dive down suddenly":[
"\u2014 used of a fish or whale"
],
": to examine by causing to emit sounds":[
"sound the lungs"
],
": to explore or examine (a body cavity) with a sound":[],
": to give a summons by sound":[
"the bugle sounds to battle"
],
": to look into or investigate the possibility":[
"sent commissioners \u2026 to sound for peace",
"\u2014 Thomas Jefferson"
],
": to make a sound":[],
": to make known : proclaim":[],
": to make or convey an impression especially when heard":[
"it sounds good to me",
"you sound just like your mother"
],
": to measure the depth of : fathom":[],
": to order, signal, or indicate by a sound":[
"sound the alarm"
],
": to put into words : voice":[],
": to the full extent : thoroughly":[
"sound asleep"
],
": to try to find out the views or intentions of : probe":[
"\u2014 often used with out"
],
": value in terms of speech sounds":[
"-cher of teacher and -ture of creature have the same sound"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a building of sound construction",
"The bridge is structurally sound .",
"a sound mind in a sound body",
"The tests show that his heart is sound .",
"She used sound reasoning in making the decision.",
"She gave us some sound advice.",
"She has a sound understanding of the system's structure.",
"The stock market has made a sound recovery."
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1739, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French sonde , from Middle French, literally, sounding line":"Noun",
"Middle English soun , from Anglo-French son, sun , from Latin sonus , from sonare to sound; akin to Old English swinn melody, Sanskrit svanati it sounds":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Middle French sonder , from Old French *sonde sounding line, probably from Old English or Middle English sund- (as in Old English sundl\u012bne sounding line) from sund sea":"Verb",
"Middle English, from Old English gesund ; akin to Old High German gisunt healthy":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Old English sund swimming, sea & Old Norse sund swimming, strait; akin to Old English swimman to swim":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8sau\u0307nd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sound Adjective healthy , sound , wholesome , robust , hale , well mean enjoying or indicative of good health. healthy implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of disease. a healthy family sound emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction. a sound heart wholesome implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance. a face with a wholesome glow robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly. a lively, robust little boy hale applies particularly to robustness in old age. still hale at the age of eighty well implies merely freedom from disease or illness. she has never been a well person valid , sound , cogent , convincing , telling mean having such force as to compel serious attention and usually acceptance. valid implies being supported by objective truth or generally accepted authority. a valid reason for being absent a valid marriage sound implies a basis of flawless reasoning or of solid grounds. a sound proposal for reviving the economy cogent may stress either weight of sound argument and evidence or lucidity of presentation. the prosecutor's cogent summation won over the jury convincing suggests a power to overcome doubt, opposition, or reluctance to accept. a convincing argument for welfare reform telling stresses an immediate and crucial effect striking at the heart of a matter. a telling example of bureaucratic waste",
"synonyms":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110942",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"sound off":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to count cadence while marching":[],
": to play three chords before and after marching up and down a line of troops during a ceremonial parade or formal guard mount":[],
": to speak up in a loud voice":[],
": to voice one's opinions freely and vigorously":[]
},
"examples":[
"she never missed a chance to sound off about the latest \u201cstupid\u201d political decisions",
"the guard captain commanded each sentry to sound off"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"pipe up",
"shoot",
"speak out",
"speak up",
"spout (off)",
"talk up"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042644",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sound wormy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a grade of lumber and especially of chestnut and oak that contains many small wormholes":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"short for sound wormy grade":""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112447",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soundless":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": incapable of being sounded : unfathomable":[],
": making no sound : silent":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1601, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"circa 1586, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"sound entry 1":"Adjective",
"sound entry 6":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sau\u0307n(d)-l\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005116",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"soundly":{
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"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unsound",
"weak"
],
"definitions":{
": a long broad inlet of the ocean generally parallel to the coast":[],
": a long passage of water connecting two larger bodies (such as a sea with the ocean) or separating a mainland and an island":[],
": a particular auditory impression : tone":[],
": a particular musical style characteristic of an individual, a group, or an area":[
"the Nashville sound"
],
": a speech sound":[
"a peculiar r-sound"
],
": agreeing with accepted views : orthodox":[
"sound doctrine"
],
": an elongated instrument for exploring or sounding body cavities":[],
": deep and undisturbed":[
"a sound sleep"
],
": exhibiting or based on thorough knowledge and experience":[
"sound scholarship"
],
": free from error, fallacy, or misapprehension":[
"sound advice",
"sound reasoning"
],
": free from flaw, defect, or decay":[
"sound timber"
],
": free from injury or disease":[
"of sound mind"
],
": hard , severe":[
"a sound whipping"
],
": hearing distance : earshot":[
"within sound of your voice"
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": legally valid":[
"a sound title"
],
": logically valid and having true premises":[
"a sound estimate"
],
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": mechanical radiant energy that is transmitted by longitudinal pressure waves in a material medium (such as air) and is the objective cause of hearing":[],
": pronounce sense 3a":[],
": recorded auditory material":[],
": resound":[],
": rumor , fame":[],
": showing good judgment or sense":[
"a sound advisor"
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": solid , firm":[
"sound construction"
],
": the air bladder of a fish":[],
": the impression conveyed : import":[],
": the sensation perceived by the sense of hearing":[],
": thorough":[
"a sound recovery"
],
": to ascertain the depth of water especially with a sounding line":[],
": to cause to sound":[
"sound a trumpet"
],
": to convey the impression of : sound like":[
"that sounds a logical use of resources",
"\u2014 Economist"
],
": to dive down suddenly":[
"\u2014 used of a fish or whale"
],
": to examine by causing to emit sounds":[
"sound the lungs"
],
": to explore or examine (a body cavity) with a sound":[],
": to give a summons by sound":[
"the bugle sounds to battle"
],
": to look into or investigate the possibility":[
"sent commissioners \u2026 to sound for peace",
"\u2014 Thomas Jefferson"
],
": to make a sound":[],
": to make known : proclaim":[],
": to make or convey an impression especially when heard":[
"it sounds good to me",
"you sound just like your mother"
],
": to measure the depth of : fathom":[],
": to order, signal, or indicate by a sound":[
"sound the alarm"
],
": to put into words : voice":[],
": to the full extent : thoroughly":[
"sound asleep"
],
": to try to find out the views or intentions of : probe":[
"\u2014 often used with out"
],
": value in terms of speech sounds":[
"-cher of teacher and -ture of creature have the same sound"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a building of sound construction",
"The bridge is structurally sound .",
"a sound mind in a sound body",
"The tests show that his heart is sound .",
"She used sound reasoning in making the decision.",
"She gave us some sound advice.",
"She has a sound understanding of the system's structure.",
"The stock market has made a sound recovery."
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1739, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French sonde , from Middle French, literally, sounding line":"Noun",
"Middle English soun , from Anglo-French son, sun , from Latin sonus , from sonare to sound; akin to Old English swinn melody, Sanskrit svanati it sounds":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Middle French sonder , from Old French *sonde sounding line, probably from Old English or Middle English sund- (as in Old English sundl\u012bne sounding line) from sund sea":"Verb",
"Middle English, from Old English gesund ; akin to Old High German gisunt healthy":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Old English sund swimming, sea & Old Norse sund swimming, strait; akin to Old English swimman to swim":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sau\u0307nd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sound Adjective healthy , sound , wholesome , robust , hale , well mean enjoying or indicative of good health. healthy implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of disease. a healthy family sound emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction. a sound heart wholesome implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance. a face with a wholesome glow robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly. a lively, robust little boy hale applies particularly to robustness in old age. still hale at the age of eighty well implies merely freedom from disease or illness. she has never been a well person valid , sound , cogent , convincing , telling mean having such force as to compel serious attention and usually acceptance. valid implies being supported by objective truth or generally accepted authority. a valid reason for being absent a valid marriage sound implies a basis of flawless reasoning or of solid grounds. a sound proposal for reviving the economy cogent may stress either weight of sound argument and evidence or lucidity of presentation. the prosecutor's cogent summation won over the jury convincing suggests a power to overcome doubt, opposition, or reluctance to accept. a convincing argument for welfare reform telling stresses an immediate and crucial effect striking at the heart of a matter. a telling example of bureaucratic waste",
"synonyms":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222803",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"soundness":{
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"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unsound",
"weak"
],
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": a long passage of water connecting two larger bodies (such as a sea with the ocean) or separating a mainland and an island":[],
": a particular auditory impression : tone":[],
": a particular musical style characteristic of an individual, a group, or an area":[
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": a speech sound":[
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": agreeing with accepted views : orthodox":[
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": deep and undisturbed":[
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": exhibiting or based on thorough knowledge and experience":[
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": free from error, fallacy, or misapprehension":[
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"sound reasoning"
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": free from flaw, defect, or decay":[
"sound timber"
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": free from injury or disease":[
"of sound mind"
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": hard , severe":[
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],
": hearing distance : earshot":[
"within sound of your voice"
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"a sound title"
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": logically valid and having true premises":[
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": recorded auditory material":[],
": resound":[],
": rumor , fame":[],
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": solid , firm":[
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": the air bladder of a fish":[],
": the impression conveyed : import":[],
": the sensation perceived by the sense of hearing":[],
": thorough":[
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": to cause to sound":[
"sound a trumpet"
],
": to convey the impression of : sound like":[
"that sounds a logical use of resources",
"\u2014 Economist"
],
": to dive down suddenly":[
"\u2014 used of a fish or whale"
],
": to examine by causing to emit sounds":[
"sound the lungs"
],
": to explore or examine (a body cavity) with a sound":[],
": to give a summons by sound":[
"the bugle sounds to battle"
],
": to look into or investigate the possibility":[
"sent commissioners \u2026 to sound for peace",
"\u2014 Thomas Jefferson"
],
": to make a sound":[],
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],
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": to order, signal, or indicate by a sound":[
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],
": to put into words : voice":[],
": to the full extent : thoroughly":[
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],
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],
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]
},
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"Adjective",
"a building of sound construction",
"The bridge is structurally sound .",
"a sound mind in a sound body",
"The tests show that his heart is sound .",
"She used sound reasoning in making the decision.",
"She gave us some sound advice.",
"She has a sound understanding of the system's structure.",
"The stock market has made a sound recovery."
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1739, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"French sonde , from Middle French, literally, sounding line":"Noun",
"Middle English soun , from Anglo-French son, sun , from Latin sonus , from sonare to sound; akin to Old English swinn melody, Sanskrit svanati it sounds":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Middle French sonder , from Old French *sonde sounding line, probably from Old English or Middle English sund- (as in Old English sundl\u012bne sounding line) from sund sea":"Verb",
"Middle English, from Old English gesund ; akin to Old High German gisunt healthy":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Old English sund swimming, sea & Old Norse sund swimming, strait; akin to Old English swimman to swim":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8sau\u0307nd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sound Adjective healthy , sound , wholesome , robust , hale , well mean enjoying or indicative of good health. healthy implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of disease. a healthy family sound emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction. a sound heart wholesome implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance. a face with a wholesome glow robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly. a lively, robust little boy hale applies particularly to robustness in old age. still hale at the age of eighty well implies merely freedom from disease or illness. she has never been a well person valid , sound , cogent , convincing , telling mean having such force as to compel serious attention and usually acceptance. valid implies being supported by objective truth or generally accepted authority. a valid reason for being absent a valid marriage sound implies a basis of flawless reasoning or of solid grounds. a sound proposal for reviving the economy cogent may stress either weight of sound argument and evidence or lucidity of presentation. the prosecutor's cogent summation won over the jury convincing suggests a power to overcome doubt, opposition, or reluctance to accept. a convincing argument for welfare reform telling stresses an immediate and crucial effect striking at the heart of a matter. a telling example of bureaucratic waste",
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"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
],
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"adverb",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
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": an unfortunate predicament":[
"that stunt landed her in the soup"
],
": something (such as a heavy fog or nitroglycerine) having or suggesting the consistency or nutrient qualities of soup":[]
},
"examples":[
"in soup like this, amateur pilots can easily become disoriented",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This kit includes 144 servings and the selection is more inventive than some other options, including sweet habanero chili with pineapple, rice pilaf, and cheesy potato soup , plus oatmeal with brown sugar for breakfast. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 28 June 2022",
"It's been open just under a year, but is already a destination among Houstonians in-the-know for its boat noodle soup . \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 27 June 2022",
"Shares of companies selling staples such as beer, chocolate and canned soup have raced past the broader market in 2022. \u2014 Pia Singh, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
"This soup hits all the right spots with plenty of protein, greens, and seasonings. \u2014 Courtney Campbell And Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 24 June 2022",
"Today humans are providing the ingredients for toxic microbial soup in generous amounts. \u2014 Chris Mays, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"Now grab your bestie and fix yourself a bowl of hot dog soup ! \u2014 Andrew Walsh, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
"During our side-by-side analysis, our culinary experts tested slow cookers by making beef stew and chicken soup . \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"The burger's flavor is similar to French onion soup . \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English soupe , from Anglo-French supe sop, soup, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse soppa soup, Old English sopp \u2014 more at sup":""
},
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"\u02c8s\u00fcp"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"fog",
"gauze",
"haze",
"mist",
"murk",
"reek",
"smog"
],
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"noun"
]
},
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": formal evening dress for men":[]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a shin, knuckle, or other bone suitable for making soup stock":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062303",
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]
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"clear",
"cloudless",
"limpid",
"pellucid",
"unclouded"
],
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": having the consistency of soup":[],
": overly sentimental":[]
},
"examples":[
"The gravy was too soupy .",
"the soupy skies over the island make a nighttime landing a very risky business",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Risotto with wild mushrooms was, one evening, lackluster and too soupy (\u20ac26). \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Spiral Jetty \u2022 Brian Footen waded out from the soupy red water of the Great Salt Lake\u2019s north arm, his boat and bibs crusted in brine, his cockpit filled with foam, a wide toothy grin on his face. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The spatial audio version on Apple Music is a soupy sonic mess. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Still, the soupy sentimentality of the picture does jar. \u2014 John Banville, The New Republic , 16 Nov. 2021",
"The question hung over the seaside track like the soupy fog: Legitimate winnings, or the conclusion of the rinse cycle",
"The toxic cloud of water did not come out of a dangerously soupy batch of green water pumped into the treatment plant from Lake Erie. \u2014 jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"While New Orleans residents sweltered in a thick, soupy air that felt hotter than 100 degrees, things were even worse in other parts of southern Louisiana, where damage from the wind and water on Sunday was catastrophic. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Aug. 2021",
"For me, the best adobo was not too soupy , ideally reduced until all the liquid is gone and a glaze forms. \u2014 Sheldon Simeon, Robb Report , 22 June 2021"
],
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"1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8s\u00fc-p\u0113"
],
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"befogged",
"brumous",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"foggy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"smoggy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032003",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a little bit : trace":[
"a soup\u00e7on of suspicion"
]
},
"examples":[
"Add just a soup\u00e7on of salt.",
"the book is filled with cynicism and sarcasm, along with a soup\u00e7on of existentialist angst",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Clearly, there\u2019s more than a soupcon of autobiography mixed into this novel. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Winemaker Ben Jordan tweaks the blend to suit each vintage \u2014 for the 2020, a soupcon each of chardonnay and pinot gris round out the wine. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The budget plan contains a few soupcons of intrigue as well: \u2014 Patrick May, The Mercury News , 24 May 2017",
"David Mallamud\u2019s score (with lyrics by Dawkins) is a pastiche of styles and musical-theater in-jokes \u2014 a little music hall, a little Kander-and-Ebb with a soupcon of Mozart for the especially quick-eared. \u2014 Dominic P. Papatola, Twin Cities , 12 Feb. 2017"
],
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"1766, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"French, literally, suspicion, from Old French sospe\u00e7on , from Latin suspection-, suspectio , from Latin suspicere to suspect \u2014 more at suspect":""
},
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"s\u00fcp-\u02c8s\u014d\u207f",
"\u02c8s\u00fcp-\u02ccs\u00e4n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115417",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sour":{
"antonyms":[
"alien",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange"
],
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": a cocktail consisting of a liquor (such as whiskey), lemon or lime juice, sugar, and sometimes ice":[],
": acid in reaction":[
"\u2014 used especially of soil"
],
": bad , wrong":[
"a project gone sour"
],
": being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice":[
"sour pickles"
],
": containing malodorous sulfur compounds":[
"\u2014 used especially of petroleum products"
],
": cross , sullen":[],
": having the acid taste or smell of or as if of fermentation : turned":[
"sour milk"
],
": hostile , disenchanted":[
"went sour on Marxism"
],
": not up to the usual, expected, or standard quality or pitch":[],
": of or relating to fermentation":[],
": smelling or tasting of decay : rancid , rotten":[
"sour breath"
],
": something sour":[
"\u2026 they assimilated many Anglo-American sweet pickles and began adding more sugar to their sours .",
"\u2014 William Woys Weaver"
],
": the taste sensation produced chiefly by acids \u2014 compare bitter entry 2 sense 1b , salty entry 2 , sweet entry 3 sense 2 , umami entry 1":[],
": to become sour":[],
": to make sour":[],
": unpleasant , distasteful":[],
"\u2014 compare bitter entry 1 sense 1a , salty entry 1 sense 1b , sweet entry 1 sense 1 , umami entry 2":[
"sour pickles"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The milk had turned sour .",
"He made a sour face.",
"Verb",
"Her disposition has soured in recent years.",
"Jealousy has soured their relationship.",
"His experiences have soured him.",
"The team's victory was soured by an injury to one of their best players.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"However, the national attitude towards progressives continues to sour , especially as gas prices and the cost of living for Americans across the board continues to rise. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"Thai cuisine is widely exported beyond its borders, and universally loved for its sweet, sour and spicy flavors. \u2014 Livia Hengel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Things went sour for the pair while producing the music for Parton's 1982 film, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"And since the menu occasionally tips over into Peruvian inspirations, the bartenders are happy to make an excellent pisco sour . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The Ocean Snow Cone at Ice Ice Baby \u2014 the shop\u2019s name pays tribute to Vanilla Ice\u2019s 1990 hit song \u2014 has a flavorful blend of tropical syrups topped with a sour belt threaded onto a skewer and plunged into the center of the ice. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 22 June 2022",
"And with even some Democrats sour to the idea, the president is unlikely to make up support with Republicans. \u2014 Rachel Scott, ABC News , 22 June 2022",
"But a misguided third-act choice throws off its bittersweet vibe, leaving a distinctly sour aftertaste. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
"This year, some attempts to celebrate the day have gone sour , very publicly. \u2014 Michelle Garcia, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But in that moment my need for a spicy sour dilly crunch greatly overpowered any hesitance. \u2014 Shani Hillian, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Throughout its 120 year history the Clover Club\u2014a gin sour , tarted up with fresh raspberries and smoothed out with an egg white\u2014has been celebrated, then dismissed, then forgotten, and now, finally, is back on top. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
"The Collins\u2014a gin sour lengthened with cold soda water\u2014is perfect and complete and deeply resonant, summer\u2019s own liquid tuning fork, preternaturally refreshing and infinitely repeatable. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 21 May 2022",
"Patron \u2018Rita with Patron Silver Tequila, tiple sec and fresh sour is $6 in May. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 5 May 2022",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, The Arizona Republic , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Flower lovers will also appreciate the Flower Fields inspired cocktail served at onsite Cassara Kitchen & Bar\u2014a hibiscus sour made with grapefruit juice, agave nectar and hibiscus syrup. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Even in the icy temperatures, the stench of death from the bodies in the nearby yard had started to sour the air of the street outside. \u2014 Loveday Morris, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Even in the icy temperatures, the stench of death from the bodies in the nearby yard had started to sour the air on the street outside. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"There's still an entire offseason and preseason to go, though, for things to possibly sour . \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
"The tobacco sector shows how quickly popular investments can sour if regulators decide to crack down on addictive consumer products. \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Soaring inflation, rising interest rates, a first-quarter economic contraction and a historically bad month for stocks in April are combined to sour their appetite, according to an annual poll by Gallup. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
"The turnabout pushed Cheniere to near bankruptcy \u2014 a reminder of how the kind of long-term bets industry is again making now can sour . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"If enough public chargers aren't available, that could sour EV buyers. \u2014 Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022",
"CinemaCon comes amid signs that investors are starting to sour a bit on the streaming business, which has been positioned as both the grim reaper and the savior of movies, depending on who\u2019s talking. \u2014 Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English s\u016br ; akin to Old High German s\u016br sour, Lithuanian s\u016brus salty":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sau\u0307(\u0259)r",
"\u02c8sau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
"\u02c8sau\u0307r"
],
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"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"source":{
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": a generative force : cause":[],
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],
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": spring , fount":[],
": the point of origin of a stream of water : fountainhead":[],
": to obtain from a source":[
"metals sourced from abroad"
],
": to specify the source of (something, such as quoted material)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The college had its own power source .",
"She has been a great source of strength to me.",
"His job is the family's main source of income.",
"A government source spoke to the press today.",
"The reporter has refused to reveal his sources .",
"According to one source , the program will not cost a lot.",
"information from various intelligence sources",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The closer one went to a light source , the lesser fireflies there were. \u2014 Shreya Sharma, Quartz , 24 June 2022",
"According to a source who watched the session, Beauchamp, considered a mid-to-late first-round selection, looked good and shot the ball better than expected. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"According to one source , the exodus was prompted by interference from two of the show\u2019s lead actresses, while another noted at the time that the writers were unhappy with one of the executives overseeing the project. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"The Detroit Tigers traded catcher Ryan Lavarnway to the Miami Marlins on Tuesday, according to a source , to open the door for other catchers with Triple-A Toledo to receive more playing time. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 22 June 2022",
"There\u2019s no hard-and-fast evidence proving that the political conversation hurt Lightyear, although the film did underindex by a fairly large margin in the midwest, according to a source with access to Comscore regional data. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"According to the source , Khlo\u00e9 attended a family lunch outing Saturday with ex Tristan Thompson after True's dance recital. \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
"As California braces for another brutal fire season, only 62% of federal firefighter positions here are filled, according to a source within the agency. \u2014 Marisa Gerberstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"Turmeric and ginger contribute their own anti-inflammatory boost here for a CBD product that goes straight to the source of post-workout soreness without any chemicals or potentially habit-forming substances. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Regional Director Sima Ladjevardian applauded the agency's efforts to source and receive more formula. \u2014 Fox News , 16 June 2022",
"In the past, retailers have had to travel far and wide to source unique products and aspiring local brands back to their domestic markets. \u2014 Tiffany Lung, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"With empty shelves sparking growing panic among parents, nonprofits and informal groups are working over time to source unused formula and offer alternatives to parents. \u2014 Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Companies are rethinking where to source their products and stocking up on inventory, even if that means lower efficiency and higher costs. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Italy\u2019s Ceramics Association, whose members source one-quarter of their clay from Ukraine, says there are already shortages. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Aside from a harrowing five-day journey in which Sushko had to leave Paris to rescue her parents at the Romania-Ukraine border, the two women worked to source images from their photographer contacts. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The second is the internal combustion engine (ICE) business called Ford Blue, which will create products for the whole company, including commercial vehicles for its Ford Pro unit, but also source and sell them to retail customers. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Through his contacts, Shirol was able to get in touch with parent support groups in the Netherlands and eventually source the medication for free. \u2014 Johanna Deeksha, Quartz , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The journey towards this new initiative was filled with legal and political drama, though the ultimate result codifies the multi-cloud, multi- source strategy. \u2014 Emil Sayegh, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Survey results show that 73% of respondents are likely to co- source critical activities with the next 24 months. \u2014 Rose Celestin, Forbes , 24 Feb. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1957, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1959, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English sours , from Anglo-French surse spring, source, from past participle of surdre to rise, spring forth, from Latin surgere \u2014 more at surge":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022frs"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for source Noun origin , source , inception , root mean the point at which something begins its course or existence. origin applies to the things or persons from which something is ultimately derived and often to the causes operating before the thing itself comes into being. an investigation into the origin of baseball source applies more often to the point where something springs into being. the source of the Nile the source of recurrent trouble inception stresses the beginning of something without implying causes. the business has been a success since its inception root suggests a first, ultimate, or fundamental source often not easily discerned. the real root of the violence",
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"cradle",
"font",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110612",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"source language":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a language which is to be translated into another language \u2014 compare target language":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The team's most significant technical challenge was that Android has English as its source language . \u2014 Carolina Milanesi, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
"In that test, GPT-Neo, an open- source language model designed with a similar architecture as OpenAI\u2019s flagship models, outperformed GPT-3. \u2014 Khari Johnson, Wired , 26 May 2021",
"Most taught themselves how to program in Lua, the free open source language popular on the Internet that undergirds all of Roblox's games. \u2014 Aaron Pressman, Fortune , 10 Mar. 2021",
"Next, Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Power Fx, an open- source language based off of Microsoft Excel which the company says will enable users to express logic without the coding skills that were traditionally necessary to do so. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
"That's partly because the company used Google\u2019s free, open- source language model BERT as the foundation. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 27 Oct. 2020",
"As people mix, a new language forms, and often the origins of individual words can be traced back to one of the source languages . \u2014 Nicole Creanza, Scientific American , 4 Mar. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1953, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125052",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sourcebook":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company recently announced Sand and Dust, a sourcebook detailing the planet Arrakis. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"During that time, Apparatus has delved deeper into its creative sourcebook to design its biggest collection to date, nearly a decade after the studio first opened. \u2014 Sarah Medford, WSJ , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Wizards of the Coast did take one small step in mid-November, putting out a new sourcebook , Tasha\u2019s Cauldron of Everything, that acknowledges these concerns. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 24 Jan. 2021",
"Much of 2020, Pondsmith admits, would feel right at home in the pages of a Cyberpunk sourcebook . \u2014 Darryn King, The Atlantic , 14 Nov. 2020",
"More people than ever before are flocking to local game shops to pick up obscure board games or check out the latest Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks . \u2014 Jess Grey, Wired , 11 Dec. 2019",
"For those who take the plunge, Design for Community is a sourcebook of tools and high concepts for hosting online gathering places that thrive with a minimum of top-down control and fuss. \u2014 Steve Silberman, WIRED , 1 Feb. 2002"
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"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8s\u022frs-\u02ccbu\u0307k"
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"alien",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange"
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": a cocktail consisting of a liquor (such as whiskey), lemon or lime juice, sugar, and sometimes ice":[],
": acid in reaction":[
"\u2014 used especially of soil"
],
": bad , wrong":[
"a project gone sour"
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"\u2014 used especially of petroleum products"
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"sour milk"
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": of or relating to fermentation":[],
": smelling or tasting of decay : rancid , rotten":[
"sour breath"
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"\u2026 they assimilated many Anglo-American sweet pickles and began adding more sugar to their sours .",
"\u2014 William Woys Weaver"
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"sour pickles"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The milk had turned sour .",
"He made a sour face.",
"Verb",
"Her disposition has soured in recent years.",
"Jealousy has soured their relationship.",
"His experiences have soured him.",
"The team's victory was soured by an injury to one of their best players.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"However, the national attitude towards progressives continues to sour , especially as gas prices and the cost of living for Americans across the board continues to rise. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"Thai cuisine is widely exported beyond its borders, and universally loved for its sweet, sour and spicy flavors. \u2014 Livia Hengel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Things went sour for the pair while producing the music for Parton's 1982 film, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"And since the menu occasionally tips over into Peruvian inspirations, the bartenders are happy to make an excellent pisco sour . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The Ocean Snow Cone at Ice Ice Baby \u2014 the shop\u2019s name pays tribute to Vanilla Ice\u2019s 1990 hit song \u2014 has a flavorful blend of tropical syrups topped with a sour belt threaded onto a skewer and plunged into the center of the ice. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 22 June 2022",
"And with even some Democrats sour to the idea, the president is unlikely to make up support with Republicans. \u2014 Rachel Scott, ABC News , 22 June 2022",
"But a misguided third-act choice throws off its bittersweet vibe, leaving a distinctly sour aftertaste. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
"This year, some attempts to celebrate the day have gone sour , very publicly. \u2014 Michelle Garcia, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But in that moment my need for a spicy sour dilly crunch greatly overpowered any hesitance. \u2014 Shani Hillian, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Throughout its 120 year history the Clover Club\u2014a gin sour , tarted up with fresh raspberries and smoothed out with an egg white\u2014has been celebrated, then dismissed, then forgotten, and now, finally, is back on top. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
"The Collins\u2014a gin sour lengthened with cold soda water\u2014is perfect and complete and deeply resonant, summer\u2019s own liquid tuning fork, preternaturally refreshing and infinitely repeatable. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 21 May 2022",
"Patron \u2018Rita with Patron Silver Tequila, tiple sec and fresh sour is $6 in May. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 5 May 2022",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, The Arizona Republic , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Flower lovers will also appreciate the Flower Fields inspired cocktail served at onsite Cassara Kitchen & Bar\u2014a hibiscus sour made with grapefruit juice, agave nectar and hibiscus syrup. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Even in the icy temperatures, the stench of death from the bodies in the nearby yard had started to sour the air of the street outside. \u2014 Loveday Morris, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Even in the icy temperatures, the stench of death from the bodies in the nearby yard had started to sour the air on the street outside. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"There's still an entire offseason and preseason to go, though, for things to possibly sour . \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
"The tobacco sector shows how quickly popular investments can sour if regulators decide to crack down on addictive consumer products. \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Soaring inflation, rising interest rates, a first-quarter economic contraction and a historically bad month for stocks in April are combined to sour their appetite, according to an annual poll by Gallup. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
"The turnabout pushed Cheniere to near bankruptcy \u2014 a reminder of how the kind of long-term bets industry is again making now can sour . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"If enough public chargers aren't available, that could sour EV buyers. \u2014 Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022",
"CinemaCon comes amid signs that investors are starting to sour a bit on the streaming business, which has been positioned as both the grim reaper and the savior of movies, depending on who\u2019s talking. \u2014 Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
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"Middle English, from Old English s\u016br ; akin to Old High German s\u016br sour, Lithuanian s\u016brus salty":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8sau\u0307(\u0259)r",
"\u02c8sau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
"\u02c8sau\u0307r"
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"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
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": a person who complains frequently or constantly and looks unhappy : grump , grouch":[
"\u2026 coach Dan Gable, he of the Olympian intensity and until recently a chronic sourpuss , valiantly attempted to fight off a smile.",
"\u2014 Austin Murphy",
"When we four kids got banged up, whether it was barking our knees or breaking a leg, at least one of our dour, sourpuss relatives could be relied upon to say, \"Oh, you'll live.\"",
"\u2014 Dana Jennings"
]
},
"examples":[
"He's just an old sourpuss .",
"that old sourpuss must spend all his time making sure no one traipses across his lawn",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"More than a few folks, including one sourpuss in Toronto, have assumed the name refers to how fast your soup arrives once ordered, but that didn\u2019t make sense to me. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Four generations on, the Grinch\u2019s humble roots on the page as a black-and-white sourpuss , looking down on Who-ville and rueing the impending town feast, have become a Christmas cottage industry. \u2014 Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Dec. 2020",
"The suggestion turns me into Schr\u00f6dinger's sourpuss : neither angry nor disappointed but a superposition of both. \u2014 Tom Simonite, Wired , 18 Feb. 2020",
"Even a sourpuss like Heifetz let his hair down madly dashing through the finale like a child\u2019s first moments at Disneyland. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 July 2019",
"Reeves shoulders the dual roles of twin brothers with markedly divergent personalities: peevish sourpuss John and sweet-natured James, who is deep into a losing battle with AIDS. \u2014 Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2018",
"According to the Washington Post, a jury awarded famed sourpuss Grumpy Cat $710,000 in damages on Monday, settling a lawsuit that began in 2015 between the cat\u2019s company and the Grenade beverage company. \u2014 Kate Hogan, PEOPLE.com , 25 Jan. 2018",
"To most Internet users, Grumpy Cat - the feline with a furry frown - is a minor celebrity that capitalized on the popularity of memes in 2012 as a perpetual sourpuss . \u2014 The Washington Post, OregonLive.com , 25 Jan. 2018",
"Herewith, a timeline of Ford's evolution into an irritable sourpuss . \u2014 Nick Schager, Esquire , 16 Aug. 2013"
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"1930, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8sau\u0307(-\u0259)r-\u02ccpu\u0307s"
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"bear",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crab",
"crank",
"croaker",
"crosspatch",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"growler",
"grumbler",
"grump",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"whiner"
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": to plunge in liquid : immerse":[],
": to swoop down : plunge":[],
": to swoop down on":[]
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"examples":[
"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"Middle English souce , noun, start of a bird's flight, alteration of sours , probably from Anglo-French surse source \u2014 more at source":"Verb",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French suz, souce pickling juice, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sulza brine, Old English sealt salt":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8sau\u0307s"
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"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
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"lush",
"rummy",
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"soaker",
"sot",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"Middle English souce , noun, start of a bird's flight, alteration of sours , probably from Anglo-French surse source \u2014 more at source":"Verb",
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"lush",
"rummy",
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"soaker",
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"tippler",
"toper",
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"noun",
"verb"
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": the pole that points toward the south":[],
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": the zenith of the heavens as viewed from the south terrestrial pole":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lander is also intended to gauge natural resources, including water, at the moon\u2019s south pole and investigate the effects of cosmic rays and electromagnetic radiation on the lunar surface. \u2014 Leonard David, Scientific American , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The main image at the top of this article (and the video above) is of the Sun\u2019s south pole . \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"In 1999, a NASA mission bound for the planet\u2019s south pole carried the first microphone to Mars, but the spacecraft failed to land and never called home. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Then, a dramatic warming event occurred at Neptune's south pole between 2018 and 2020 and temperatures rose by 20 degrees Fahrenheit (11 degrees Celsius). \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The Luna 25 mission, which is scheduled launch in July from Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia\u2019s far east, will explore the moon\u2019s south pole . \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 7 Feb. 2022",
"This would see a rover called Endurance-A that would wander the large impact basin at the Moon's south pole , collecting as much as 100 kilograms of samples. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Not only did the temperatures fall from 2003 to 2018, but from 2018 to 2020, Neptune\u2019s temperatures rose rapidly by 11 degrees Celsius in the planet\u2019s south pole . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Based on that criteria, Grim says the Martian south pole doesn\u2019t match up. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 Jan. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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": something kept as a reminder (as of a place one has visited)":[
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"a souvenir shop"
]
},
"examples":[
"When I went to the Super Bowl, I kept my ticket stub as a souvenir .",
"kept their love letters as souvenirs of their courtship",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Prices start under \u00a325 for smaller gifts which saw many shoppers excited to buy and to walk away with the famous blue carrier bag as a souvenir of their visit. \u2014 Kate Hardcastle, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"In any event, the photograph appears to be a small single panel from a stereo view of Bad Neuenahr and suggests the set might have been a souvenir from the famous spa town. \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 1 June 2022",
"Hold the souvenir of memories inside your mind and heart forever. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"At souvenir stores inside and outside the bubble, people queued for hours -- sometimes in biting cold -- to take home plush toy replicas. \u2014 Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 20 Feb. 2022",
"So now the engraving hangs on my wall, and a copy of the 1914 Loeb Classical Library edition of Barlaam and Ioasaph sits on my desk, a physical souvenir of my virtual journey along the Silk Road. \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Unbeknownst to him, a San Francisco resident had already brought the Omicron variant onto U.S. soil as an unwelcome souvenir of a trip to South Africa. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Snow globes, a favorite souvenir of Vienna, have been produced there for more than a hundred years by the Perzy family in their 17th district factory. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Hold the souvenir of memories inside your mind and heart forever. \u2014 Jonathon Berlin, sun-sentinel.com , 21 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1782, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, act of remembering, from Middle French, from ( se ) souvenir to remember, from Latin subvenire to come up, come to mind \u2014 more at subvention":""
},
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"\u02ccs\u00fc-v\u0259-\u02c8nir",
"\u02c8s\u00fc-v\u0259-\u02ccnir"
],
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"commemorative",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"memorial",
"monument",
"remembrance",
"reminder",
"token"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215847",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": a block or set of postage stamps or a single stamp printed on a single sheet of paper often without gum or perforations and with margins containing lettering or design that identifies some notable event being commemorated":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the angular distance of a celestial body measured along its hour circle from the south celestial pole":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142936"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small U.S. tree ( Oxydendrum arboreum ) of the heath family with white flowers and sour-tasting leaves":[]
},
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"\u02c8sau\u0307(-\u0259)r-\u02ccwu\u0307d"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At 25 to 30 feet tall, sourwood fits nicely into a small garden. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Aug. 2021",
"At 25 to 30 feet tall, sourwood fits nicely into a small garden. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Aug. 2021",
"At 25 to 30 feet tall, sourwood fits nicely into a small garden. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Aug. 2021",
"At 25 to 30 feet tall, sourwood fits nicely into a small garden. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Aug. 2021",
"At 25 to 30 feet tall, sourwood fits nicely into a small garden. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Aug. 2021",
"At 25 to 30 feet tall, sourwood fits nicely into a small garden. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Aug. 2021",
"At 25 to 30 feet tall, sourwood fits nicely into a small garden. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Aug. 2021",
"At 25 to 30 feet tall, sourwood fits nicely into a small garden. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Aug. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1709, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144648"
},
"source material":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": basic raw material":[
"requires \u2026 actual source materials in original languages on cultures, customs, economy",
"\u2014 D. H. Clift",
"ship nuclear source materials to allied nations",
"\u2014 Time"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144748"
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"noun"
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": black gum":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1749, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144844"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150018"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a track (as on a motion-picture film or television videotape) that carries the sound record":[]
},
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"\u02c8sau\u0307n(d)-\u02cctrak"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Crowe commemorated the anniversary with an extensive interview, a virtual trip through his archives, and a massive reissue of the soundtrack . \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 2 June 2022",
"Borrachito Taqueria took a trip out east for the afternoon to cook their famous Mexican cuisine while Oli Benz took care of the soundtrack . \u2014 Elise\u00e9 Browchuk, Vogue , 31 May 2022",
"Snowmobiles are part of the winter soundtrack in this part of Vermont, at their worst shattering the stillness of the forest like motorcycles on skis. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"Britell spoke with Variety over Zoom ahead of the season 3 soundtrack \u2019s release on Friday. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Their music was part of the soundtrack to my childhood. \u2014 Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"With three school-age sons, a sort of soundtrack played at our house every morning. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The Encanto soundtrack has also led the Billboard 200 for multiple weeks. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Feb. 2022",
"In the music world, she\u2019s performed at NYC's Governors Ball, had a track on the Birds of Prey soundtrack , earned over three million followers on Spotify, and counts Elton John as a pal and mentor. \u2014 Rachel Simon, Town & Country , 7 Feb. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun"
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": a sour leavened cake of oatmeal or rye":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150611"
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"noun"
],
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": an extensive region of the earth's surface where large masses of air having uniform temperature and humidity conditions characteristic of the region originate":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a veteran inhabitant and especially an old-time prospector of Alaska or northwestern Canada":[]
},
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"sense 1 is also -\u02c8d\u014d",
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"examples":[
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"Small State specializes in sourdough bread, granola, scones, cookies and, on Saturdays, Masse\u2019s wildly popular cinnamon buns. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022",
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"The croque monsieur is a standout among them, prepared on thick-cut sourdough and slathered with creole mustard and b\u00e9chamel. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Which means it\u2019s time to tear off a chunk of sourdough and get down to business. \u2014 Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Six years later, Orchestra Noir is comprised of 50 pieces, with the addition of a few non-traditional elements, such as the sousaphone (a strap-on tuba), the drums, and the saxophone. \u2014 al , 7 May 2022",
"This year\u2019s Jazzfest will undoubtedly pay special tribute to local hero, Bennie Pete, the co-founder and sousaphone player of the transcendent New Orleans outfit, the Hot 8 Brass Band. \u2014 Sarah Grant, SPIN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"One of the Kennedy Center\u2019s stranger holiday traditions finds up to 200 tuba, euphonium and sousaphone players joining forces for a brassy and very merry concert of seasonal songs. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Dec. 2020",
"The 17-year-old senior was a sousaphone player in the marching band. \u2014 Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Nov. 2021",
"The rattling kitchen implements in the Karpman piece aren\u2019t even the noisiest element; not when a sousaphone rears up for a few bars elsewhere in the concert. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
"Bennie Pete, co-founder and sousaphone player for the celebrated New Orleans outfit the Hot 8 Brass Band, died from complications from sarcoidosis and Covid-19, Nola.com reports. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 7 Sep. 2021",
"The University of Akron\u2019s School of Music will feature summer favorites performed by dozens of tuba, sousaphone , baritone and euphonium musicians from the region, not just those associated with the university. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 15 June 2021",
"Passing drivers honked in support as a musician blew tunes on a bright pink sousaphone . \u2014 Janie Har, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 May 2021"
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"But the acoustic guitar of the kind that sits alongside Frisell on the couch\u2014smallish body, light spruce top, round sound hole , dark-wood neck and sides\u2014is a world-changing instrument in its own right. \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"One of her eyes replaces the instrument\u2019s sound hole \u2014 as if to suggest the possibility of a perception synthesized and expanded by love. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Erlewine carefully rubs the gouges in the wood that run parallel to the strings between the bridge and the sound hole , a sign of the force with which Willie plays. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Erlewine carefully rubs the gouges in the wood that run parallel to the strings between the bridge and the sound hole , a sign of the force with which Willie plays. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 20 Nov. 2021",
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"Erlewine carefully rubs the gouges in the wood that run parallel to the strings between the bridge and the sound hole , a sign of the force with which Willie plays. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 20 Nov. 2021",
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"This migration looks to dramatically remake the city\u2019s soundscape in the years to come. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"Here, the atonal strings and pipes seem to conjure ghosts, with echoes of elemental and intergenerational human violence, and the jarring music is mixed with a murky soundscape to foster a growing sense of dread. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"The team says their audio recordings tell a hopeful story: the once-dying reef has transformed into a robust and diverse soundscape . \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Dec. 2021",
"The soundscape evolves with its own inevitable unpredictability. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"The app accesses data such as preferred sleep time and location if a user gives permission to do so, or users can input select information the app will read and incorporate into the soundscape . \u2014 Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"This is definitely a film that benefits from the IMAX experience, and the big-ass soundscape that comes with it. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
"Creating that sonic soundscape with Bowie\u2019s sort of art leanings and his conceptual side and his unique singing style. \u2014 Jim Ryan, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"On it, keyboardist Nick Rhodes leads the way with an atmospheric synth soundscape , John Taylor\u2019s bass pops and slaps, and frontman Simon Le Bon belts out high notes and hits a classic, x-large Duran Duran chorus. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 8 Feb. 2022"
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"In a time where much of the Billboard charts lean more towards pop and R&B, the trio finds its niche in the classic sounds of soul music that they were immersed in as children, but with a modern twist. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 23 June 2022",
"Sacred Rose, a massive new music festival for fans of jam, indie, psych-rock, and soul music , is coming to Chicago\u2019s SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois on August 26-28, 2022. \u2014 Grace Ann Natanawan, SPIN , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with a dazzling mix of rock, gospel and soul music . \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Joining the Judds in the 2022 class of the Hall of Fame: soul music pioneer Ray Charles, steel guitarist Pete Drake, and drummer Eddie Bayers. \u2014 Jack Irvin, PEOPLE.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"And my record inhabits that space, including rock and roll, including soul music . \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Joining the Judds in the 2022 class of the Hall of Fame: soul music pioneer Ray Charles, steel guitarist Pete Drake, and drummer Eddie Bayers. \u2014 Bianca Brutus, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Seeing the Jackson 5 launch their careers by covering other artists introduced him to a new sampling of soul music \u2013 from the offerings of James Brown to Jackie Wilson. \u2014 Brenton Blanchet, Billboard , 17 Feb. 2022"
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"The South Texas Trail Riders have heard the yodeling over the speakers of a sound truck starting about 5 a.m. each day since Feb. 4, when the 150-mile ride began just outside Corpus Christi. \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Feb. 2022",
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"Despite the lack of a sparkling ball, revelers still gathered in Times Square during those years to welcome the New Year with a minute of silence and the ringing of chimes from sound trucks . \u2014 Danielle Garrand, CBS News , 31 Dec. 2019",
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"The source code could easily be translated into plain text. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The news, initially leaked through source code , was first reported by Twitch watchdog Zach Bussey. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Lapsus$ has publicly taunted their victims, leaking their source code and internal documents. \u2014 Jordan Robertson, Fortune , 24 Mar. 2022",
"While most of the code generators are not open source, Polycoder is one of the first open source code generation models. \u2014 Janakiram Msv, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"This, together with utilizing open- source code with more than one creator, should be the way forward for most of Sweden\u2019s agencies and perhaps for governments around the world. \u2014 Patrik Slettman, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Dependency confusion exploits companies' reliance on open source code available from repositories such as NPM, PyPI, or RubyGems. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"This design is part of the open source code created by the anonymous entity that launched bitcoin in 2009. \u2014 Thalia Beaty, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"Finney is kept in a soundproof basement with a rotary phone where spirits of previous victims call to keep him alive and prepared for the villain, which Hawke inhabits with truly unnerving unpredictability. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"It\u2019s not long before he\u2019s been kidnapped and stuck in the Grabber\u2019s dungeon \u2014 a concrete bunker, soundproof and empty except for a dirty mattress, with corroded walls marked by a rusty horizontal crack that looks like a wound. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 18 June 2022",
"In one scene, de Lestrade and his producer are in a soundproof studio; on the other side of the barrier, a string ensemble is recording music for the final edit. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"And those whose work involves deep focus or sensitive conversations might prefer a soundproof space with a closeable door. \u2014 Kenny Kane, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Faima Ibrahim and Justus Ochieng sit in front of computers, microphones, and a control board in a cool soundproof room. \u2014 Edna Namara, Quartz , 19 May 2022",
"So last year, over a period of five months and at a cost of $170,000, Bertram added a soundproof backyard studio that was designed and permitted as a recreation room. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
"After being abducted by a child killer and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13-year-old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer\u2019s previous victims. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
"The adjoining warehouse, at 3553, is in the process of being transformed into a private, soundproof beer-tasting room where visitors may sample beer pairings with chocolate and light barroom bites. \u2014 Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
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"An attempt to soundproof the day care ceiling made things worse. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
"In recent months, Israel has suggested that his students soundproof themselves instead, by using rubber pads that go over drum heads and cymbals or electronic drum sets. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Jan. 2021",
"Take on a new instrument without properly soundproofing your room first. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020",
"The project was supposed to pay for soundproofing at 650 homes over 10 years and cost about $15 million, paid for mostly by the FAA. \u2014 Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News , 10 July 2018",
"Simple design changes could include soundproofing rooms, installing heavier doors and quieter laundry machines and dishwashers. \u2014 Kaya Laterman, New York Times , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Each cocoon offers a high degree of soundproofing to keep the noise out and employs luxe touches like solid oak, soft mood lighting, Egyptian cotton sheets, and a bathroom chock-full of Malin+Goetz toiletries nestled next to a rain shower. \u2014 Jp Mangalindan, Fortune , 25 Feb. 2020",
"More than 500 homes near the field will likely be ineligible for soundproofing , according to an analysis by the City of Madison. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Oct. 2019",
"The two dining rooms are softly lit and soundproofed , thanks to carpet on the floor, linens on the tables and tufted fabric on the walls. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 24 June 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Finney is kept in a soundproof basement with a rotary phone where spirits of previous victims call to keep him alive and prepared for the villain, which Hawke inhabits with truly unnerving unpredictability. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"It\u2019s not long before he\u2019s been kidnapped and stuck in the Grabber\u2019s dungeon \u2014 a concrete bunker, soundproof and empty except for a dirty mattress, with corroded walls marked by a rusty horizontal crack that looks like a wound. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 18 June 2022",
"In one scene, de Lestrade and his producer are in a soundproof studio; on the other side of the barrier, a string ensemble is recording music for the final edit. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In recent months, Israel has suggested that his students soundproof themselves instead, by using rubber pads that go over drum heads and cymbals or electronic drum sets. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Jan. 2021",
"Take on a new instrument without properly soundproofing your room first. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020",
"The project was supposed to pay for soundproofing at 650 homes over 10 years and cost about $15 million, paid for mostly by the FAA. \u2014 Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News , 10 July 2018",
"Simple design changes could include soundproofing rooms, installing heavier doors and quieter laundry machines and dishwashers. \u2014 Kaya Laterman, New York Times , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Each cocoon offers a high degree of soundproofing to keep the noise out and employs luxe touches like solid oak, soft mood lighting, Egyptian cotton sheets, and a bathroom chock-full of Malin+Goetz toiletries nestled next to a rain shower. \u2014 Jp Mangalindan, Fortune , 25 Feb. 2020",
"More than 500 homes near the field will likely be ineligible for soundproofing , according to an analysis by the City of Madison. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Oct. 2019",
"The two dining rooms are softly lit and soundproofed , thanks to carpet on the floor, linens on the tables and tufted fabric on the walls. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 24 June 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some density and phenolic textures speak to the air-drying process, while bright sour cherry is spiced with cloves and orange peel. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 June 2022",
"And a sour cherry pop tart or coconut almond carrot cake are also hard to miss. \u2014 Juyoung Seo, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"As Tkachenko prepares the sour cherry stuffing for the varenyky (dumplings) on the menu and Prokopenko re-creates a strawberry dessert recipe her grandfather made for her as a child, thoughts of Ukraine are never far away. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"Pretty mineral streak, sour cherry , strawberry and raspberry, fresh fennel notes. \u2014 Lana Bortolot, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Jessica Rabbit\u2014Cuervo Tradicional Blanco tequila, sour cherry molasses, ginger and lime. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 21 Mar. 2022",
"In a Goldbelly TV video promoting the pie, Megan dug into a series of scrumptious pies, from pecan to sweet potato, sour cherry and Texas Trash Pie, giving her honest reviews of the mouth-watering dessert spread. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 15 Mar. 2022",
"What Ludwinski knows is that the pastries will feature a buckwheat dough and a sour cherry -poppy seed filling. \u2014 Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The 2016 weighs in with a little more tannin structure; exotic spice and sour cherry are underlined by a vein of minerality, ending with compelling textures and length. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 31 Jan. 2022"
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"Her disposition has soured in recent years.",
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"However, the national attitude towards progressives continues to sour , especially as gas prices and the cost of living for Americans across the board continues to rise. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"Thai cuisine is widely exported beyond its borders, and universally loved for its sweet, sour and spicy flavors. \u2014 Livia Hengel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Things went sour for the pair while producing the music for Parton's 1982 film, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"And since the menu occasionally tips over into Peruvian inspirations, the bartenders are happy to make an excellent pisco sour . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The Ocean Snow Cone at Ice Ice Baby \u2014 the shop\u2019s name pays tribute to Vanilla Ice\u2019s 1990 hit song \u2014 has a flavorful blend of tropical syrups topped with a sour belt threaded onto a skewer and plunged into the center of the ice. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 22 June 2022",
"And with even some Democrats sour to the idea, the president is unlikely to make up support with Republicans. \u2014 Rachel Scott, ABC News , 22 June 2022",
"But a misguided third-act choice throws off its bittersweet vibe, leaving a distinctly sour aftertaste. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
"This year, some attempts to celebrate the day have gone sour , very publicly. \u2014 Michelle Garcia, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But in that moment my need for a spicy sour dilly crunch greatly overpowered any hesitance. \u2014 Shani Hillian, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Throughout its 120 year history the Clover Club\u2014a gin sour , tarted up with fresh raspberries and smoothed out with an egg white\u2014has been celebrated, then dismissed, then forgotten, and now, finally, is back on top. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
"The Collins\u2014a gin sour lengthened with cold soda water\u2014is perfect and complete and deeply resonant, summer\u2019s own liquid tuning fork, preternaturally refreshing and infinitely repeatable. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 21 May 2022",
"Patron \u2018Rita with Patron Silver Tequila, tiple sec and fresh sour is $6 in May. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 5 May 2022",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, The Arizona Republic , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Flower lovers will also appreciate the Flower Fields inspired cocktail served at onsite Cassara Kitchen & Bar\u2014a hibiscus sour made with grapefruit juice, agave nectar and hibiscus syrup. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Even in the icy temperatures, the stench of death from the bodies in the nearby yard had started to sour the air on the street outside. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"There's still an entire offseason and preseason to go, though, for things to possibly sour . \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
"The tobacco sector shows how quickly popular investments can sour if regulators decide to crack down on addictive consumer products. \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Soaring inflation, rising interest rates, a first-quarter economic contraction and a historically bad month for stocks in April are combined to sour their appetite, according to an annual poll by Gallup. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
"The turnabout pushed Cheniere to near bankruptcy \u2014 a reminder of how the kind of long-term bets industry is again making now can sour . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"If enough public chargers aren't available, that could sour EV buyers. \u2014 Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022",
"CinemaCon comes amid signs that investors are starting to sour a bit on the streaming business, which has been positioned as both the grim reaper and the savior of movies, depending on who\u2019s talking. \u2014 Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022"
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"Clients may also request personalized sound wave bracelets based on a sound or spoken expression of their choice. \u2014 Y-jean Mun-delsalle, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Tiny fluctuations in temperature and polarization of the CMB capture an all-important signal: the distance a sound wave travels from almost the beginning of the universe to the epoch of recombination. \u2014 Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"And it was greeted with a sound wave of validation from fans around the metro. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 16 May 2021",
"Two female engineers rode this sound wave to launch a purposeful project called Techsetters \u2014 a podcast that spotlights diverse gems in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). \u2014 B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Magistretti, Forbes , 4 May 2021",
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"Her sour orange and sweet lime curd dessert with meringue, prickly pear granita, basil flowers and quince tossed in chile piquin sugar was dubbed best dessert of the night by Lakshmi. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 26 May 2022",
"What landed in front of me was a baseball-sized cream puff with a crunchy craquelin top, filled to order with caramelized banana creme diplomat and sour orange caramel. \u2014 Kendra Vaculin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 May 2022",
"The Media-Noche sandwich of sour orange pork and Gruy\u00e8re is another solid choice, and this one is available poolside, where a surprisingly large selection of the Six menu is offered at both cabanas and loungers around the rooftop double-pool space. \u2014 Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Along with the onions, try the pineapple and sour orange pork belly starter for a citrusy zing to a traditionally prepared meat dish, or the cauliflower steak accompanied by a bola cheese puree. \u2014 Shelby Knick, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Last week, for example, Fuschillo learned to make kimchi to top his mojo pork sandwich, which is marinated for 48 hours in a citrus bath of sour orange , oregano and garlic. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Oct. 2021",
"The chef\u2019s masitas de puerco is a dish true to its Cuban roots, the bite-size pieces of pork marinated in sour orange , then cooked in lard and olive oil. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Aug. 2021",
"There\u2019s top notes of sour orange , pink pepper and sea grass, with heart notes of cane, clove leaf and toquilla straw, with a base of breadnut, rhum agricole and, of course, vetiver. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, Forbes , 25 May 2021",
"There are many kinds of mojo sauce recipes, but Cuban mojo sauce is typically made with garlic, oil or lard, and sour orange juice. \u2014 Gabriella Vigoreaux, Good Housekeeping , 26 Feb. 2021"
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"Under him, the company became the largest producer of sour mash whiskey in the world. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Rye sour mash fermenting at the James E. Pepper Distillery. \u2014 Yuka Hayashi, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2021",
"One of Crowe\u2019s most notable accomplishments was introducing and refining the sour mash fermentation technique, a method now commonly used in bourbon production. \u2014 al , 30 Dec. 2019",
"Instead, from the first batch, Kilburn and co. used a completely clean, stable source of yeast without having to add in any sour mash \u2014a process called sweet mashing. \u2014 Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2019"
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"There's a really radical- sounding line of psychology that is basically about killing off your parents in your mind. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 10 May 2022"
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"All the clamoring about sourcing and so forth on social media, which could seem like petty sour grapes , was really about something much bigger. \u2014 Amy Wilentz, The New Republic , 25 May 2022",
"It\u2019s one of those things where people understand it\u2019s sour grapes with Trump here. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022",
"And what about the time Jim Carrey, who failed to be nominated for his performance in The Truman Show, presented that year\u2019s best editing award to Saving Private Ryan, making vino out of his good-natured sour grapes . \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Paxton has not been charged and has sought to cast the accusations as sour grapes . \u2014 Gregory Krieg, CNN , 25 Feb. 2022",
"That\u2019s certainly true for me, and my saying that is not sour grapes . \u2014 al , 26 Oct. 2021",
"For one, the optics of trying to change the recall process after someone was successfully recalled gave the impression of sour grapes , Kousser said. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Sep. 2021",
"That\u2019s sour grapes , and all people care about is the score, to be honest with you. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Tesson, being French and conversant with La Fontaine, regards this as an instance of sour grapes . \u2014 Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 5 July 2021"
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"The typically frantic winter holidays have been as quiet as a souk on a Friday afternoon. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Forbes , 26 Dec. 2021",
"This indoor souk is very similar to Dubai's traditional outdoor ones with one major exception: air conditioning. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 6 Aug. 2021",
"And while in Dubai, take my advice and get yourself to the famous gold souk where you will be impressed with the many18K, 22K and 24K options galore! \u2014 Debbi Kickham, Forbes , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Haji's Cafe for lunch in the old souk of Manama to get a taste of the local Bahraini dishes. \u2014 Isabella Sullivan, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 1 Sep. 2021",
"If only those kids in the Cairo souk could see themselves now. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Shoppers will find similar wares from jewelry to intricately designed scarves, souvenirs, and more, but this indoor version of a souk offers a quieter and calmer experience, perfectly marrying the city's traditional and modern sides. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Try sweet milky tea in the back alleys of a souk , meat and rice pilaf, 'stuffed' falafels, or learn about the custom of making Arabic coffee while also learning about the history of the city. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 6 Aug. 2021",
"The climate also meant that plants rooted quickly and thrived within a couple of years; the owner now talks enthusiastically of the jungle that\u2019s hidden in the heart of the souk . \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 31 July 2021"
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"For example, every 3-dBA increase denotes a doubling of the sound pressure . \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 18 May 2022",
"This cunning approach makes music sound louder without producing the higher sound pressure levels that can damage hearing and without sacrificing a clean and natural sound. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"In the Delos office, a wall-size screen displays metrics like sound pressure and how many trips have been taken on the building\u2019s stairs. \u2014 Molly Osberg, The New Republic , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Two decibels may not seem like much, but sound pressure is a logarithmic scale. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 26 June 2021",
"The comfort of the memory foam padded ear cups is enhanced by the off-center driver positioning which reduces sound pressure on the ear canals \u2014 a feature that also helps to protect against hearing damage. \u2014 Brad Moon, Forbes , 12 June 2021",
"Take note: sound pressure level, measured in decibels (dB), is not strictly the same thing as loudness. \u2014 Annie White, Car and Driver , 20 Feb. 2021",
"The songs, although less complex than some other birds, have a sound pressure three times greater than that of the previous record-holder, the screaming piha. \u2014 N'dea Yancey-bragg, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2019",
"The app uses a phone\u2019s microphone to gauge the sound pressure of a room, smoothing out the readings to produce an average decibel level. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 13 Sep. 2019"
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"The southpaw has had a middling season on the mound with a 4.35 ERA, but has struggled to pitch deep into games, only finishing six innings twice. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"The 6-foot-4 southpaw has appeared in 26 games for the Cardinal, with nine starts, nine wins and nine saves over 96 1/3 innings of work. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 19 June 2022",
"The sophomore southpaw mowed down the Green Knights, finishing the game having given up just four hits with six strikeouts. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
"The southpaw pitched a complete-game four-hitter, walking none and striking out eight. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 4 June 2022",
"Before the start, catcher Omar Narv\u00e1ez playfully offered a reality check for the southpaw . \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"When Ramsey got through the Northwestern lineup for a second time, what stood out to Vaughn most was the southpaw \u2019s ability to work efficiently. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 2 May 2022",
"The southpaw Erdman was the winning pitcher for the Cardinals (23-5) after checking the Norsemen (31-5-1) on five hits while striking out 14 in eight innings. \u2014 Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Fellow southpaw Justin Bruihl created a jam in the eighth, but right-hander Yency Almonte escaped it by inducing the team\u2019s third double-play of the day. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022"
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"However, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline runs north to south across Alaska. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"At present, the system is a mere cluster of showers and thunderstorms about six hundred miles south -southwest of the Azores. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Currently, the speed limit drops abruptly on the freeway from the ballpark south to West National Avenue. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"On the other hand, the Longitudinal World Cruise II sails north to south aboard Viking Polaris. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
"Police said one of the vehicles as southbound in the left lane of two, on I-95 south between Exit 60 and Exit 59, in Guilford. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
"Agatha has sustained winds of 45 mph and is 220 miles south -southwest of Puerto Angel, Mexico. \u2014 Haley Brink, CNN , 28 May 2022",
"Thousands of the electric car maker\u2019s workers have been sleeping on the floor of Tesla\u2019s factory south of Shanghai doing 12-hour shifts, six days a week, to reboot production after a weeks-long pause because of the lockdown. \u2014 Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"The crash happened as 60-year-old John Wilson drove a 2011 Chevrolet south on Arkansas 5 near Timberlane Road, northwest of Mountain Home, just before 3:30 p.m., according to a preliminary report from Arkansas State Police. \u2014 Arkansas Democrat-gazette, Arkansas Online , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The stunning human cost of preserving the nation is best seen in this sprawling battlefield in rural south -central Pennsylvania. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"Flowing out of the Colorado Rockies, the Rio Grande streams from south -central Colorado through New Mexico and on to form the boundary between Texas and Mexico, before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico nearly 1,900 miles later. \u2014 Jim Robbins, Wired , 25 June 2022",
"New sidewalk construction on McCawley Road in south -central Louisville also gets $560,000. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 21 June 2022",
"Some counties in south -central Alabama will also be under a heat advisory on Saturday as well. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 17 June 2022",
"In south -central Montana, 68 people at a campground were rescued by raft after flooding on the Stillwater River. \u2014 Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"As Stillwater River in south -central Montana flooded, 68 people were stranded at a campground as crews rescued campers by raft. \u2014 Hannah Phillips, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"In south -central Montana, 68 people at a campground were rescued by raft after flooding on the Stillwater River. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"In south -central Montana, flooding on the Stillwater River stranded 68 people at a campground. \u2014 Amy Beth Hanson, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
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"Drivers must stop and turn north or south at the intersection where the crash occurred, according to the Johnson County Sheriff\u2019s Office. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
"Petros Development Group would build the neighborhood just north of the Four Seasons subdivision and south of the Ohio Turnpike. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
"In Lysychansk, Ukrainian personnel said Thursday that the Russian army had made gains along the Seversky Donets River with apparent aims to surround Lysychansk from the north and the south . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Roosevelt Park is a half-acre pocket park north of Fish Creek and south of Spenard Road. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
"The new study will address that too, recommending a solution for a mile north and south of the U.S. \u2014 Erin Cox, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"People who live further from the equator, both north and south , tend to be diagnosed more. \u2014 Nikki Brown, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"Cervas also significantly reoriented his maps of Long Island, dividing districts on the island by north and south instead of east and west. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 23 May 2022",
"Our neighbors to the north and south \u2013 Canada (105) and Mexico (254), respectively \u2013 have fared better. \u2014 USA Today , 15 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But drought prevails in southern California, and the National Weather Service in Los Angeles warns residents to use caution with fireworks. \u2014 Monica Garrett, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"Temperatures are soaring in the Southwest and California, with heat advisories posted for southern California. \u2014 Janice Dean, Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"Julia Gomez participates at Wolf Connection in southern California. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 21 June 2022",
"Home to a variety of rare plants and animals in southern California, Joshua Tree National Park encompasses two vastly unique ecosystems, the Mojave and Colorado Deserts. \u2014 Camille Fine, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"An excessive heat warning has been issued from southern inland California to Arizona. \u2014 Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
"The iconic bus \u2014 which is located in southern California \u2014 is available to book online starting at 1 p.m. ET on June 16 is available on June 24, June 25, and June 26 and costs only $20 per night, plus taxes and fees. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 13 June 2022",
"Michele Dugan was in foster care as a child, and was eventually adopted with her brother by a couple in southern California near where she was born. \u2014 Cathy Free, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Meghan Markle would be quietly tending to her chickens somewhere in southern California. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 1 June 2022"
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"The National Weather Service declared a winter weather advisory through noon for Boston and much of southeaster Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, with a parallel advisory through 10 a.m. for Middlesex and Essex counties. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This film heralds the return of the summer blockbuster, and is a catalyst that will accelerate demand for moviegoing like an F-18 breaking the sound barrier . \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 30 May 2022",
"Forget breaking the sound barrier : Tom Cruise just flew past a major career milestone. \u2014 Lindsey Bahr, ajc , 29 May 2022",
"Forget breaking the sound barrier : Tom Cruise just flew past a major career milestone. \u2014 Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"The recent analysis, which includes traffic patterns projected in 2050 once both the widening project is complete and the Islamic Center site is built out, calls for further assessment for a sound barrier . \u2014 Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Other decisions did not hold up as well, particularly putting Mr. Uriu\u2019s office directly above Ms. O\u2019Mara\u2019s studio, with no wall to act as a sound barrier . \u2014 New York Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Scott was fascinated to share the stories of Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, astronaut Buzz Aldrin and test pilot Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier . \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The Concorde's turbojets, meanwhile, only needed afterburners at take-off and to break through the sound barrier , improving its fuel economy and lowering cabin noise while supercruising. \u2014 CNN , 10 June 2021",
"In addition to live-fire military training, sonic booms, which occur when jets break the sound barrier , are common theories for the noise. \u2014 Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An area of low pressure over southeastern Pennsylvania will cause an east to southeasterly flow across the region on Thursday resulting in variable cloudiness with high temperatures in the 70s and lower 80s. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 7 July 2022",
"The National Weather Service says the southerly to southeasterly flow will bring rain up from northern California. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"This helps raise the dew point a bit, as moisture levels increase slightly, and milder air starts moving in on very light southeasterly breezes. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Grass continued to burn along the southern flank towards Silver Creek and is moving southeasterly towards Sand Creek and French Creek, according to the Inciweb update. \u2014 Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic , 12 May 2021",
"Winds will be southeasterly and may be breezy at times in the afternoon, especially near the Cascades. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 May 2021",
"Temperatures won\u2019t be anywhere close to that cold tonight, as a light southeasterly flow off the ocean will prevent them from falling off very much. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Oct. 2020",
"In a forecast discussion posted on the National Hurricane Center site, it was noted that the storm\u2019s development is being limited by southeasterly shear and nearby dry air. \u2014 Roger Simmons, orlandosentinel.com , 25 Aug. 2019",
"And those cooling southeasterly winds would gust to 50 mph by 7 p.m. Rain intensified overnight and was especially heavy between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Sept. 25. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Aug. 2019"
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"Stasher bags are freezer-, microwave-, oven- and dishwasher-safe and can even be used in boiling water for cooking sous vide ! \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"Menu items include sous vide octopus bruschetta, paired with La Caille Enchante and black truffle gnocchi paired with a glass of Chateau La Caille Pinot Noir. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"Half is braised in the traditional style, and the rest is marinated in soy sauce and cooked in sous vide bags. \u2014 Janelle Davis, CNN , 15 May 2022",
"While the Duo is the entry level of Instant Pots, the Duo Plus offers more cooking options, in particular the sous vide and sterilization functions. \u2014 Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The threat posed by the sous vide machine\u2014which, after one failed attempt, left chard juice fanned across my chest like blood splatter for the rest of service, a scarlet letter in bright, unmistakable green. \u2014 Caitlin Raux Gunther, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Amazon also has great deals on Instant Pot's coffee machine and sous vide , making every part of your day tastier. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, Men's Health , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Third: Duck leg in fall roots - sous vide duck confit, cranberry and pomegranate reduction, caramelized pine nut and apple, winter root vegetables. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Discourse also will sell bean-to-bar chocolate, sous vide coffee, and locally made biscotti. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Jan. 2022"
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"The context is long gone, but what Jimmy Vasser said on a race weekend at Milwaukee a quarter century ago remains a humorous sound bite . \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 May 2022",
"Though the vice president doesn\u2019t have an account herself, her sound bite has millions of plays. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"A few minutes spent on Lilly Ledbetter, who took her fight for equal pay to the Supreme Court, makes sense, but a sound bite from Arianna Huffington feels perfunctory. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"That sound bite caught on and turned into a song title. \u2014 Nick Remsen, Vogue , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The sound bite was met with immediate criticism and discourse, particularly surrounding Kardashian\u2019s privilege and ignorance of the working lives of most people on the planet. \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The sounds of screaming, gunfights and air-raid sirens were uploaded to TikTok as an original sound bite by one user and was then used on more than 240 videos purporting to be from Ukraine. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Feb. 2022",
"House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, delivered a sound bite that is likely to haunt vulnerable Democrats all the way to November, especially if oil prices continue to skyrocket. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Based on a traditional springtime folk song and reminiscent of the wailing sirens of the Chernobyl disaster, the song became a Ukrainian favorite and a popular sound bite on TikTok. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"The sailors were taking soundings as the ship approached the coast.",
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"The Sonos Move is a full- sounding wireless speaker that works over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"The European Commission also defended the application saying that similar- sounding or homonymous names were not an adequate reason for rejecting a request. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The group\u2019s simple- sounding but highly sophisticated songs have endured since the group, consisting of two married couples, split amid the breakup of the two couples in 1982. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The group\u2019s simple- sounding but highly sophisticated songs have endured since the group, consisting of two married couples, split amid the breakup of the two couples in 1982. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The group\u2019s simple- sounding but highly sophisticated songs have endured since the group, consisting of two married couples, split amid the breakup of the two couples in 1982. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The group\u2019s simple- sounding but highly sophisticated songs have endured since the group, consisting of two married couples, split amid the breakup of the two couples in 1982. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Now, add something new and kind of cool- sounding , scheduled to open October 1: an interactive exhibit inspired by \u2026 cannabis. \u2014 Joan Oleck, Forbes , 17 Sep. 2021",
"The group\u2019s simple- sounding but highly sophisticated songs have endured since the group, consisting of two married couples, split amid the breakup of the two couples in 1982. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021",
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"As Tommy\u2019s experiences in the tunnels of France mark a continued incubus for his character, with visions of being pulled into the mud, the sounding of the bell coincides with his own inner peace. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
"Some of the first measurements of the ice depth, using radio echo- sounding , showed that the center of West Antarctica had bedrock up to a mile and a half below sea level. \u2014 Ted Scambos, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
"Never sweet harmonies, always wide intervals that were sort of haunting and dangerous sounding . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 7 Apr. 2022",
"These two components combined can create a more natural sounding voice, according to Takeuchi, but the device is still in the early prototype phase and the technology is always evolving. \u2014 Michelle Cohan, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The efforts have acquired new urgency with the recent sounding of alarms in the United States. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, arrived this year in September with the sounding of the shofar. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Her Italian title is Contessa, per People, which is delightfully old school- sounding . \u2014 The Editors, Marie Claire , 25 Sep. 2021",
"One of my favorite extension offerings is the boring- sounding but infinitely practical fact sheet. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 May 2021"
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"The first Petco Neighborhood Farm & Pet Supply store is set to open June 17 in Floresville, Texas, which is 28 miles southeast of San Antonio. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"The minor league baseball team's stadium is located less than five miles from the school, and Gary is located about 30 miles southeast of Chicago. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 6 June 2022",
"Muskogee is located about 50 miles southeast of Tulsa. \u2014 CBS News , 2 June 2022",
"Located about 40 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, Laguna Woods is a city of nearly 18,000 in Orange County. \u2014 Joe Walsh, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"The crash happened south of Dermott, which is about 100 miles southeast of Little Rock in the Mississippi River Delta region. \u2014 Claire Thornton, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Conklin, the suspect\u2019s hometown, is roughly 200 miles southeast of Buffalo. \u2014 Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"Macon is 85 miles southeast of Atlanta via Interstate-75, usually an hour-and-a-half drive. \u2014 Candice Dyer, ajc , 2 May 2022",
"Ukraine\u2019s strategic port city of Odesa is just 60 miles southeast of the region\u2019s capital, Tiraspol, which has long been considered a key Russian target, even though Putin\u2019s troops have not made significant progress toward capturing it. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Factors that caused the increase included a 4% rise in transport emissions as pandemic travel restrictions eased and 4.2% more agricultural emissions as rain ended years of drought across large swathes of southeast Australia.. \u2014 Rod Mcguirk, ajc , 2 July 2022",
"The area around Francs Peak, a 13,000-foot summit in the Washakie Wilderness southeast of Yellowstone National Park, is known grizzly habitat. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"Zamorano is originally from Brownsville but now lives in Pasadena, a city southeast of Houston. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"The southeast is the best place to get gas with seven states under $4.50 a gallon. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"In 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of the city. \u2014 Juan Lozano, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"In 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of the city. \u2014 Juan Lozano, Fabiola S\u00e1nchez And Maria Verza, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
"The Dallas Morning News notes that, in 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found locked in a truck southeast of San Antonio. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 29 June 2022",
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"The storms made their way over through Massachusetts from the northwest to the southeast part of the state. \u2014 Maria Elena Little Endara, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
"In 2009, Mark joined Ambassador Theatre Group, North America as the primary talent buyer for the south-central/ southeast U.S. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"The final stage of negotiations was originally set to take place in southeast China\u2019s Kunming but has now moved to Montreal amid concerns that China\u2019s tough zero-Covid measures would disrupt the talks. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"That sewer district covers the north central part of Detroit, most of Highland Park and a small portion of southeast Dearborn. \u2014 Christine Macdonald, Detroit Free Press , 22 June 2022",
"The woman and dogs were killed while walking on a path along the San Gabriel River just before 9 a.m., as severe weather moved into the southeast Los Angeles region, said L.A. County Sheriff\u2019s Sgt. \u2014 Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Knight Dragon said it\u2019s investing \u00a38.4 billion ($10.3 billion) in Greenwich Peninsula, the project that promises to redevelop what was formerly an industrial area along the River Thames in southeast London. \u2014 Zinnia Lee, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The bears in southeast Greenland do have a leg up in their difficult habitat, however. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
"An eviction hearing for Peoplestown resident Tanya Washington was postponed last week in the latest chapter of the city\u2019s longstanding eminent domain battle for several homes in the southeast Atlanta neighborhood. \u2014 Wilborn Nobles, ajc , 20 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s unknown but having what amounts to a third player in sound cards can only be good for PC audio ,which has always played second fiddle to sexier graphics cards, CPUs, and even storage. \u2014 Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld , 8 Jan. 2019",
"Also keep in mind, a USB dongle that houses a sound card is needed to access these options and DTS:X 2.0 audio. \u2014 Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News , 22 Aug. 2019",
"The rest Some other notable CES announcements: EVGA got into sound cards . \u2014 Brad Chacos, PCWorld , 11 Jan. 2019",
"The core part of an audio stack is buffers filled with sound data; the application fills the buffer, the sound card plays data from the buffer. \u2014 Peter Bright, Ars Technica , 28 May 2018"
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"Bart Graves, spokesman for DPS, said the department received a call at 1:05 a.m. about a vehicle driving the wrong direction in the southbound lanes of Loop 101 near mile marker 60, close to the Ray Road exit in Chandler. \u2014 Sam Burdette, The Arizona Republic , 13 June 2022",
"Police closed the southbound lanes of Gambell Street at its intersection with 15th Avenue, as well as eastbound 15th Avenue between Ingra Street and Gambell. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"The crash that occurred about 6 a.m. near northwest suburban Glenview shut down all southbound lanes of the tollway, which is also Interstate 294, for more than 5 hours, Illinois State Police said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"All southbound lanes of the interstate were closed for several hours and have since reopened, according to Illinois State Police. \u2014 Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"State police said the crash happened about 3:30 a.m. on May 9 in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 near Old Keene Mill Road in the Franconia-Springfield area. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
"During the chase, Farnam was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Highway 231 when deputies performed a maneuver to disable the suspect\u2019s vehicle at Highway 231 and Deese Road. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
"Authorities closed all southbound lanes from Good Hope Road to Appleton Avenue about 6:45 a.m., according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 May 2022",
"Police closed the southbound lanes of Rancho Santa Fe for several hours to investigate the collision. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"Another fashion first for fall is the costume sweater; some styles feature yoke designs of velvet, others, jet on wool, some pullovers have companion stripped sleeveless cardigans and others are wool jersey with soutache braid trim. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Aug. 2019",
"The gold-cord soutache embroidery that, at first glance, gave tuxedos, track suits and jumpsuits a bold, bandleader feel created skeleton-like outlines on their wearers. \u2014 Adam Tschorn, latimes.com , 13 June 2018"
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"My friend is my sounding board for new ideas.",
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"My outside network serves as a sounding board , providing additional perspectives to consider. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Coppersmith began to overcome her state of depression thanks to a friend who became a sounding board . \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 19 May 2022",
"Billick should be a good sounding board for offensive coordinator Zak Hill, who has served in that role at ASU for two seasons. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, USA TODAY , 25 Jan. 2022",
"In the latest act of college football rankings making little to no sense, social media became the perfect sounding board for debate. \u2014 Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Billick should be a good sounding board for offensive coordinator Zak Hill, who has served in that role at ASU for two seasons. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, USA TODAY , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Even though Twitter serves as a sounding board for political leaders and experts across industries, other social platforms, like Facebook and Tik Tok, outrank Twitter by number of total users. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Billick should be a good sounding board for offensive coordinator Zak Hill, who has served in that role at ASU for two seasons. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, USA TODAY , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Salespeople know why prospects don't buy, are elbow-deep in the product experience and are a sounding board for customer feedback. \u2014 Vanessa Dreifuss, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"Kovol previously worked as deputy director of Bean\u2019s Cafe, an Anchorage soup kitchen . \u2014 Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
"Libby Federici loves her job at Haley House, a soup kitchen in Boston\u2019s South End neighborhood. \u2014 Riddhima Dave, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"Chicago\u2019s second world\u2019s fair opened May 27, 1933, with a quarter of the American workforce unemployed and many hungry Chicagoans seeking sustenance at Al Capone\u2019s soup kitchen . \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Since its founding in 1938, the Atlanta Mission has grown from soup kitchen to a prominent local provider of emergency shelter, rehab and recovery services, vocational training, and transitional housing. \u2014 AccessAtlanta , 2 June 2022",
"The Enfield soup kitchen \u2019s rejection was not the first time a charitable organization in Connecticut turned the group away. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"There is the teacher who now peels potatoes in a soup kitchen . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"That grew into Oaks Village, which is now a food pantry, clothes closet, soup kitchen , free childcare center, free medical clinic and a nonprofit grocery store, in addition to the shelter. \u2014 Usa Today Network Ventures Staff, USA TODAY , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Part of the boost in funding for things like the food pantry or soup kitchen , Petersen said, can be attributed to the ways the pandemic has changed funders' priorities. \u2014 Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star , 29 Nov. 2021"
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"\u2014 Thomas Jefferson"
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"analytic",
"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
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"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
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"unreasonable",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sound Adjective healthy , sound , wholesome , robust , hale , well mean enjoying or indicative of good health. healthy implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of disease. a healthy family sound emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction. a sound heart wholesome implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance. a face with a wholesome glow robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly. a lively, robust little boy hale applies particularly to robustness in old age. still hale at the age of eighty well implies merely freedom from disease or illness. she has never been a well person valid , sound , cogent , convincing , telling mean having such force as to compel serious attention and usually acceptance. valid implies being supported by objective truth or generally accepted authority. a valid reason for being absent a valid marriage sound implies a basis of flawless reasoning or of solid grounds. a sound proposal for reviving the economy cogent may stress either weight of sound argument and evidence or lucidity of presentation. the prosecutor's cogent summation won over the jury convincing suggests a power to overcome doubt, opposition, or reluctance to accept. a convincing argument for welfare reform telling stresses an immediate and crucial effect striking at the heart of a matter. a telling example of bureaucratic waste",
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"a building of sound construction",
"The bridge is structurally sound .",
"a sound mind in a sound body",
"The tests show that his heart is sound .",
"She used sound reasoning in making the decision.",
"She gave us some sound advice.",
"She has a sound understanding of the system's structure.",
"The stock market has made a sound recovery."
],
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"Middle English soun , from Anglo-French son, sun , from Latin sonus , from sonare to sound; akin to Old English swinn melody, Sanskrit svanati it sounds":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English gesund ; akin to Old High German gisunt healthy":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Old English sund swimming, sea & Old Norse sund swimming, strait; akin to Old English swimman to swim":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Middle French sonder , from Old French *sonde sounding line, probably from Old English or Middle English sund- (as in Old English sundl\u012bne sounding line) from sund sea":"Verb",
"French sonde , from Middle French, literally, sounding line":"Noun"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1739, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"examples":[
"He put sour cream on his baked potato.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Top with sour cream and chopped parsley and serve it alongside a slice of Ukrainian rye bread. \u2014 Alysha Witwicki, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"While their tacos made right at the bar, chips and queso and guacamole are excellent, the restaurant also offers soft, sweet plantains with sour cream and fried yucca with amazing chimichurri. \u2014 Marialuisa Rincon, Chron , 25 May 2022",
"So that everyone can try it, the soup, finished with sour cream , eschews meat. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"My grandmother served hers savory, skipping the sugar and serving them blini-style, with sour cream and smoked fish. \u2014 Chaya Rappoport, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Beat in the sour cream and lime rind just until combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl often with a rubber spatula. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2021",
"Alexis then gradually adds a mixture of sour cream and cold water, which ensures a light and tender crust that's easy to roll out. \u2014 Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 14 June 2022",
"Stir in the cheese, sour cream , milk, butter, scallions, if using, salt and pepper until well combined. \u2014 Emily Heil, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, sour cream , Dijon mustard, \u00bc teaspoon salt and \u00bc teaspoon black pepper. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Jim Dwyer"
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"\u2014 Tom Benford"
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"1504, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun"
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"\u2014 G. F. Will"
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"Turn south onto Elm Street.",
"It's a mile south of here.",
"The birds fly south in the winter.",
"The company's profits have gone south in recent months.",
"The TV show's ratings have been heading south .",
"Noun",
"The wind blew from the south .",
"The birds migrate from the South .",
"Parts of the South were hit hard by the storm.",
"I grew up in the South .",
"The American Civil War was between the North and the South .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"However, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline runs north to south across Alaska. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"At present, the system is a mere cluster of showers and thunderstorms about six hundred miles south -southwest of the Azores. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Currently, the speed limit drops abruptly on the freeway from the ballpark south to West National Avenue. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"On the other hand, the Longitudinal World Cruise II sails north to south aboard Viking Polaris. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
"Police said one of the vehicles as southbound in the left lane of two, on I-95 south between Exit 60 and Exit 59, in Guilford. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
"Agatha has sustained winds of 45 mph and is 220 miles south -southwest of Puerto Angel, Mexico. \u2014 Haley Brink, CNN , 28 May 2022",
"Thousands of the electric car maker\u2019s workers have been sleeping on the floor of Tesla\u2019s factory south of Shanghai doing 12-hour shifts, six days a week, to reboot production after a weeks-long pause because of the lockdown. \u2014 Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"The crash happened as 60-year-old John Wilson drove a 2011 Chevrolet south on Arkansas 5 near Timberlane Road, northwest of Mountain Home, just before 3:30 p.m., according to a preliminary report from Arkansas State Police. \u2014 Arkansas Democrat-gazette, Arkansas Online , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The stunning human cost of preserving the nation is best seen in this sprawling battlefield in rural south -central Pennsylvania. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"Flowing out of the Colorado Rockies, the Rio Grande streams from south -central Colorado through New Mexico and on to form the boundary between Texas and Mexico, before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico nearly 1,900 miles later. \u2014 Jim Robbins, Wired , 25 June 2022",
"New sidewalk construction on McCawley Road in south -central Louisville also gets $560,000. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 21 June 2022",
"Some counties in south -central Alabama will also be under a heat advisory on Saturday as well. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 17 June 2022",
"In south -central Montana, 68 people at a campground were rescued by raft after flooding on the Stillwater River. \u2014 Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"As Stillwater River in south -central Montana flooded, 68 people were stranded at a campground as crews rescued campers by raft. \u2014 Hannah Phillips, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"In south -central Montana, 68 people at a campground were rescued by raft after flooding on the Stillwater River. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"In south -central Montana, flooding on the Stillwater River stranded 68 people at a campground. \u2014 Amy Beth Hanson, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Drivers must stop and turn north or south at the intersection where the crash occurred, according to the Johnson County Sheriff\u2019s Office. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
"Petros Development Group would build the neighborhood just north of the Four Seasons subdivision and south of the Ohio Turnpike. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
"In Lysychansk, Ukrainian personnel said Thursday that the Russian army had made gains along the Seversky Donets River with apparent aims to surround Lysychansk from the north and the south . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Roosevelt Park is a half-acre pocket park north of Fish Creek and south of Spenard Road. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
"The new study will address that too, recommending a solution for a mile north and south of the U.S. \u2014 Erin Cox, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"People who live further from the equator, both north and south , tend to be diagnosed more. \u2014 Nikki Brown, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"Cervas also significantly reoriented his maps of Long Island, dividing districts on the island by north and south instead of east and west. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 23 May 2022",
"Our neighbors to the north and south \u2013 Canada (105) and Mexico (254), respectively \u2013 have fared better. \u2014 USA Today , 15 May 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English s\u016bth ; akin to Old High German sund- south and probably to Old English sunne sun":"Adverb"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Turn off the ridiculous and headache-inducing Jetsons sound effects that whoosh and whirr in response to accelerator position, and there's near silence thanks to the absence of road and wind noise. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 17 May 2022",
"All of the characters were played by Wicker and Phillips, who also created the sound effects . \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"While using Buildbox, users also get access to a library of game assets, sound effects and animations. \u2014 Tam Nguyen, The Conversation , 18 May 2022",
"Roughly 80 students make up the cast and crew involved in every phase of the show, from set design, to costumes, lighting, choreography, sound effects and makeup. \u2014 Katie V. Jones, Baltimore Sun , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Daring train chase scenes, sneaky serial killers and bombastic explosions are created through the magic of live sound effects and musical underscoring. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The animations are top quality, with sound effects and music included. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 16 Oct. 2021",
"The scene has special effects including lights, sound effects , wind, and fog set the for a movie poster moment, according to a news release from Merlin Entertainments Group. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"That meant 320 x 200 resolution graphics, stereo sound effects , and all nine levels of the game. \u2014 Barry Collins, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-140405"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the northern hemisphere, the days will now get shorter and the nights longer, while in the southern hemisphere the days will now get longer and the nights shorter. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The researchers found that Mars auroras happen most frequently in the planet\u2019s southern hemisphere . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 21 May 2022",
"This is especially possible in the southern hemisphere of the planet. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 21 May 2022",
"And the popularity of Eurovision in the southern hemisphere is testament to its growing strength, even in its seventh decade. \u2014 Rob Picheta, CNN , 14 May 2022",
"Right now Neptune\u2019s southern hemisphere is in the middle of a four-decade-long summer. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Its complications include turning northern and southern hemisphere globes, a second time zone indicator plus day and night displays. \u2014 Bernd Fischer, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
"From orbit, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observed an expanding regional dust storm moving from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere on Mars. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The southern hemisphere summer is in its final month. \u2014 Rob Mcguirk, USA TODAY , 7 Feb. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-152106"
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"\u2014 Rick Nathanson"
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-154013"
},
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"noun phrase"
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-155237"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a wood sorrel ( Oxalis acetosella )":[]
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"The context is long gone, but what Jimmy Vasser said on a race weekend at Milwaukee a quarter century ago remains a humorous sound bite . \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 May 2022",
"Though the vice president doesn\u2019t have an account herself, her sound bite has millions of plays. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"A few minutes spent on Lilly Ledbetter, who took her fight for equal pay to the Supreme Court, makes sense, but a sound bite from Arianna Huffington feels perfunctory. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"That sound bite caught on and turned into a song title. \u2014 Nick Remsen, Vogue , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The sound bite was met with immediate criticism and discourse, particularly surrounding Kardashian\u2019s privilege and ignorance of the working lives of most people on the planet. \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The sounds of screaming, gunfights and air-raid sirens were uploaded to TikTok as an original sound bite by one user and was then used on more than 240 videos purporting to be from Ukraine. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Feb. 2022",
"House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, delivered a sound bite that is likely to haunt vulnerable Democrats all the way to November, especially if oil prices continue to skyrocket. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Based on a traditional springtime folk song and reminiscent of the wailing sirens of the Chernobyl disaster, the song became a Ukrainian favorite and a popular sound bite on TikTok. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"On the other side of the Boston warehouse that served as the soundstage was the working kitchen where Tobin created the dishes that Julia Child was demonstrating on TV. \u2014 Pat Saperstein, Variety , 11 June 2022",
"As Megan took to the soundstage on a Hollywood backlot wearing a riff on Cadwallader\u2019s signature cut-out bodysuits crafted by the Mugler ateliers from denim, the visual, released today, instantly came to life. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
"The wide soundstage gives plenty of space to allow small details in the music to flourish, while there\u2019s a deep and clean bass. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Maverick, which opens May 24, to far exceed what the first movie had, back when the actors shot their closeups in cutaway cockpits on a soundstage in Burbank. \u2014 Allison Adato, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
"The two states currently house nearly 3 million square feet of soundstage and filming area, according to CBRE. \u2014 Kate King, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"With only 65 decibels measured at 70 mph, the hushed environment of the Cross Turismo is the perfect soundstage for great audio and makes the Burmester system ($5810) a worthwhile upgrade. \u2014 Derek Powell, Car and Driver , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The three, along with a whole crew, were on a soundstage at Los Angeles Center Studios, where much of the docudrama, which premiered in early March, was filmed. \u2014 Greg Braxtonsenior Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"On the first soundstage , his team built the major office spaces seen throughout the show, and then built a hallway around the entire perimeter of the stage, with each run measuring around 140 feet. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 1 Apr. 2022"
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"Come Tuesday night, United Supermarkets Arena will be an ear-splitting sound box filled with vengeance-seeking Red Raiders fans. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In rhapsodic words attributed to the 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic Rumi on the metaphysical benefits of self-denial, If the sound box is stuffed full of anything, no music. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 19 Nov. 2020",
"The sound box of the instrument was incrusted with carnelian, lapis lazuli, and mother-of-pearl. \u2014 National Geographic , 22 May 2019",
"It was made of maple, with a hollow sound box and tuning pegs made of ash. \u2014 Roff Smith, National Geographic , 8 May 2019",
"The mbira consists of a set of steel tines suspended over a sound box . \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 17 Sep. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As southern fur seal populations declined from between one and two million to fewer than a thousand animals, elephant seals attracted attention with their prodigious blubber, which could be melted down for lighting oil. \u2014 Lucy Jakub, Harper's magazine , 2 Mar. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Similarly, a sound-and-light show at a massacre memorial is questionable to say the least. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Thanks to the Cathedral Heritage Foundation, a large-scale sound-and-light show designed by a British company, Luxmuralis, will be projected on the granite walls of the church for three nights this month. \u2014 Richard Chin, Star Tribune , 11 Dec. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Earth\u2019s northern and southern lights \u2014the result of a rendezvous between magnetic fields, energized particles from the Sun, and our planet\u2019s atmospheric admixture\u2014are wondrous spectacles. \u2014 Robin Andrews, Wired , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The busy season for sunspots is beginning, meaning more opportunities to see the northern and southern lights , which Murtagh says should peak between 2023 and 2028. \u2014 Jennifer Gray, CNN , 8 Nov. 2021",
"That\u2019s what happened in 1770 when the legendary Captain James Cook recorded seeing the southern lights from his HMS Bark Endeavour when 9\u00ba south of the equator at Timor Island\u2014and for nine successive nights. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Astronauts have captured images and a timelapse video showing the Aurora Australis -- the southern lights -- from space. \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 12 Aug. 2021",
"On Earth, this plays out as the northern and southern lights . \u2014 NBC News , 8 July 2021",
"Earth\u2019s northern and southern lights aren\u2019t yet completely understood, but the basics are clear. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 22 June 2021",
"Now two papers have conclusively revealed where all that heat is coming from: Jupiter and Saturn\u2019s northern and southern lights \u2014 their auroras. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 22 June 2021",
"The southern lights , or aurora australis, were going strong last night as a geomagnectic storm continued. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 May 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s a lemon-rice soup, long a staple at local Greek restaurants; mushroom queso birria tacos; an aguachile appetizer; chicken souvlaki ; split pea falafel; and a chicken shawarma skewer. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"The flagship location opened in Hoover in 2021, and the menu features such Greek dishes as souvlaki , gyros, kefta and falafel. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The event has shifted to a drive-through format, offering food, including gyros, souvlaki , baklava and more. \u2014 Michael Norman, cleveland , 28 May 2021",
"Gyro Express carried a short, fast-casual menu of souvlaki , veggie and chicken pita platters, lamb kebabs and lemon potatoes. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Greekman\u2019s \u2014 with a menu of souvlaki , salads, hummus, pita and Greek natural wines \u2014 through October. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 23 Aug. 2021",
"His uncle\u2019s cart was at 51st Street and Park Avenue, and also sold Greek sausage, spinach pie and souvlaki platters. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2021",
"The restaurant offers Greek specialties such as spanakopita, tzatziki, dolmathes, pitas, moussaka, souvlaki and gyros. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Teenage models Lydia-Angel Beach and Charlotte Claussen are seated on Monastiraki Square drinking in the warm Athens sunshine, having just sated their post-casting hunger with a juicy takeout souvlaki from classic kebab joint Thanasis. \u2014 Helen Iatrou, CNN , 24 Apr. 2021"
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"But drought prevails in southern California, and the National Weather Service in Los Angeles warns residents to use caution with fireworks. \u2014 Monica Garrett, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"Temperatures are soaring in the Southwest and California, with heat advisories posted for southern California. \u2014 Janice Dean, Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"Julia Gomez participates at Wolf Connection in southern California. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 21 June 2022",
"Home to a variety of rare plants and animals in southern California, Joshua Tree National Park encompasses two vastly unique ecosystems, the Mojave and Colorado Deserts. \u2014 Camille Fine, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"An excessive heat warning has been issued from southern inland California to Arizona. \u2014 Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
"The iconic bus \u2014 which is located in southern California \u2014 is available to book online starting at 1 p.m. ET on June 16 is available on June 24, June 25, and June 26 and costs only $20 per night, plus taxes and fees. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 13 June 2022",
"Michele Dugan was in foster care as a child, and was eventually adopted with her brother by a couple in southern California near where she was born. \u2014 Cathy Free, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Meghan Markle would be quietly tending to her chickens somewhere in southern California. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 1 June 2022"
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"It's about 80 miles southwest of here.",
"Noun",
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"the southwest corner of the building",
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"The village is located on the southeastern shore of Lake Iliamna, which is about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"The last system to mention is several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands and is producing some showers and storms. \u2014 Jennifer Gray, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"But the blaze, which is about 10 miles southwest of Bryce Canyon City, has caused no injuries, damaged, destroyed or threatened no structures and prompted no evacuations. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"Arlington is about 100 miles southwest of Honey Grove. \u2014 Fox News , 17 June 2022",
"Where: Wooster is about 60 miles southwest of Cleveland, easily accessible from I-71 or I-76. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"Watts Bar Lake is about 57 miles southwest of Knoxville. \u2014 al , 31 May 2022",
"The largely Russian-speaking city with a prewar population of 1.4 million is only 50 miles southwest of the Russian city of Belgorod, and was a key military objective earlier in the war, when Moscow hoped to capture and hold major cities. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi And Ciaran Mcquillan, Chicago Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"That facility is about 75 miles southwest of Louisville, in Leitchfield. \u2014 Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Most of the victims were dead by the time first responders arrived at the big rig, which was apparently abandoned in an undeveloped area of southwest San Antonio near railroad tracks. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
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"Online comment sections became heated debate forums, with naysayers knocking the group as some prefab Zeppelin soundalike . \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2022",
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"More: Who is NF, the Eminem- soundalike who beat Chance the Rapper for No. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 15 Aug. 2019",
"Best of all, Microsoft renegotiated the rights to the original music instead of (as is common) swapping it out for soundalikes . \u2014 Hayden Dingman, PCWorld , 26 Oct. 2018",
"There\u2019s a Chris Pratt soundalike to match a photo of his face that occasionally advises you. \u2014 Steven Strom, Ars Technica , 19 June 2018",
"Best of all, Microsoft renegotiated the rights to the original music instead of (as is common) swapping it out for soundalikes . \u2014 Hayden Dingman, PCWorld , 26 Oct. 2018",
"There\u2019s a Chris Pratt soundalike to match a photo of his face that occasionally advises you. \u2014 Steven Strom, Ars Technica , 19 June 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When the restaurant was closed at the beginning of the pandemic, the owner and his soundman , Hendrik Gideonse, arranged live streams in the empty space for their regular musicians. \u2014 James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Bear was Owsley\u2014n\u00e9 Augustus Owsley Stanley III\u2014the near-mythic soundman and LSD chemist. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 1 Nov. 2021",
"The crew included director of photography Michael Winik and soundman Mario Popporino. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2020",
"Live performance has grinded to a halt, and with that, the soundman gigs have vanished. \u2014 Chris Varias, Cincinnati.com , 20 Mar. 2020",
"Maceo has played the Dakota before, but this time the soundman seemed to be having problems getting a listener-friendly mix and volume in the room, which is probably a smaller venue than many the band plays. \u2014 Dan Emerson, Twin Cities , 11 June 2019",
"The microphones and audio equipment came on loan from Lucas\u2019 Skywalker Ranch, where the final mix was done along with a screening with legendary soundman Ben Burtt (Star Wars series, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Blade Runner). \u2014 Chuck Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 16 May 2019",
"Shortly after 5pm, German recording artist NoMBe, also a client of Udell's, bantered with the crowd while the soundmen worked out a few kinks. \u2014 Nicole Pajer, Billboard , 2 July 2018",
"Kenneally quickly picked up more work as a soundman , landing regular slots at the Fireside, Lounge Ax, and Darkroom. \u2014 Leor Galil, Chicago Reader , 18 June 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb or adjective",
"That action sent a cascade of freshwater \u2013 filled with nutrient-rich agricultural runoff \u2013 flowing southeastward , eventually into the warm Mississippi Sound. \u2014 al , 21 Dec. 2019",
"Heavy snow was falling on the northern Rockies and was moving southeastward along with a charge of cold air, AccuWeather said. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 11 Oct. 2019",
"High pressure over the upper Great Lakes will ridge southeastward into Connecticut on Monday bringing a partly sunny sky and comfortable humidity as the dew point drops from near 60 degrees around sunrise to the mid-50s by the late morning. \u2014 courant.com , 17 June 2019",
"Cooler air will sweep southeastward across the Midwest and Northeast during Monday night and Tuesday, AccuWeather said. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 14 June 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The National Weather Service received nearly 600 reports of severe weather Monday as violent thunderstorms erupted in the Midwest and charged southeastward through the Ohio Valley into southwest Virginia and western North Carolina. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"The National Weather Service is watching a system dropping southeastward over the Pacific and expecting the bulk of it to move into northwest Oregon and southwest Washington by the afternoon. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 May 2022",
"In Portland, Thursday will bring another shot of rain, sometimes moderate, as another system dives southeastward from the Gulf of Alaska. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 May 2022",
"Showers are expected to taper off quickly from west to east overnight as this system heads southeastward . \u2014 oregonlive , 2 May 2022",
"According to Jim Stefkovich, meteorologist, Alabama Emergency Management Agency, a line of intense thunderstorms will enter northwest Alabama after 5 p.m. Wednesday, moving southeastward before exiting through the southeast around 6 a.m. Thursday. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 30 Mar. 2022",
"They get caught up in the jet stream and travel southeastward into the northern Plains, move into the Great Lakes and eventually roll off the mid-Atlantic coast into the Atlantic Ocean, Accuweather says. \u2014 Susan Miller, USA TODAY , 16 Jan. 2022",
"While the core of the warmth focused in the interior Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies on Wednesday, Thursday\u2019s highest temperatures are predicted to expand southeastward and envelop the Central U.S. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The system merged with a cold front in the North Pacific and became what is called a mid-latitude cyclone, looping southeastward before rushing toward the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Oct. 2021"
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"As a special, Pasion sous vides a rack of ribs and lays it over coconut Filipino adobo with \u2018ulu tater tots, Maui sweet onion soubise , and Upcountry persimmon. \u2014 Danielle Bernabe, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Finishings of sauce poivrade, soubise , or au jus give the farm-to-table dishes the traditional French flair for which Highlands is known. \u2014 al , 3 Mar. 2020",
"The visual presentation warranted extra points \u2014 those scallops, gently coated by a light, bacon-y soubise sauce, were nestled against a pale green risotto of spring peas, snow peas and pea shoots. \u2014 Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com , 31 May 2018",
"Next came chilaquiles with kale salsa, soubise crema, roasted mushrooms, and smoked habanero cheddar with a smoked guajillo oil infused with a cross strain of AC/DC and Haze. \u2014 Mike Sula, Chicago Reader , 18 Apr. 2018",
"There was the restaurant\u2019s famous dish of oysters and caviar in a tapioca sabayon, as well as nuggets of king-crab tempura; delicate roulades of Dover sole; poached eggs with celery-root pur\u00e9e and soubise served below shaved white truffles. \u2014 Sam Sifton, New York Times , 18 Jan. 2018",
"The ratatouille and soubise were the menu\u2019s ringers: exactly the sort of succulent, moisture-loving dishes that pressure cooking can improve. \u2014 Sarah Karnasiewicz, WSJ , 6 July 2017",
"Ludovic Lefebvre grates Salers cheese onto potato pulp with onion soubise and bonito. \u2014 Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine , 18 July 2017",
"Dinner lovebirds can\u2019t deny the seductive textures and flavors of Keao\u2019s of lomi lomi arctic char ($14): kiawe smoked paprika cured arctic char with green soubise , rouille and fried sunchokes. \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 31 Jan. 2017"
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"The sounding rocket campaign\u2019s aim is to determine whether the high-radiation environment around nearby sunlike stars would strip any potentially earthlike planets of their atmospheres on timescales of only a few million years. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"In its own post, NASA wrote that the next rocket launch from Wallops is a NASA sounding rocket mission targeted for January 2022. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Black Brant XII, carrying the KiNET-X payload, is a four-stage sounding rocket that can reach altitudes over 200 miles above Earth's surface, according to NASA Wallops Flight Facility. \u2014 Kelly Powers, USA TODAY , 7 May 2021",
"At an undisclosed time, a Department of Defense sounding rocket is scheduled to depart the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2021",
"This article has been updated to reflect the creation of a BEC on board a sounding rocket in 2017 by Germany's MAIUS 1 (Matter-Wave Interferometry in Microgravity) experiment. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 15 June 2020",
"In April 2021, the team plans to launch a sounding rocket carrying the Beam Plasma Interactions Experiment, a miniature accelerator that would create a beam of electrons, which in turn would generate VLF waves capable of sweeping up particles. \u2014 Richard Stone, Science | AAAS , 26 Dec. 2019",
"Conditions on Mars are far colder, and the ascent vehicle\u2019s exposure time will be far longer than, say, sounding rockets launched into Earth\u2019s aurora borealis from inside the Arctic Circle. \u2014 Robin George Andrews, Scientific American , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Special craft called sounding rockets , which are comparatively cost-effective to launch, give researchers a chance to study inside zero-gravity environments for a few minutes at a time. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 8 Nov. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not only did diners want to enjoy her singing in the cabaret, no doubt many could not resist coming to see for themselves the soubrette who had inspired such fury in the late George VI. \u2014 Olivia Williams, Town & Country , 1 June 2021",
"That show featured a song called 'The Yama Yama Man,\u2019 in which chorus girls cavorted in Yama Yama suits while a soubrette sang about the creepy Yama Yama Man. \u2014 Bulletin Board, Twin Cities , 5 Feb. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Again, these details should amount to a sounder , more restful night and a healthy sleep routine. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 25 May 2022",
"What to do about wild hogs on your property Smith and Grice both agree that the best way to remove hogs from an area is to use traps that will catch the entire sounder , or group of pigs. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 15 May 2022",
"Now, post-bankruptcy, Neiman's finances are on sounder footing, with debt at a far more manageable $1 billion and sales on the rebound. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Investing in successful businesses through up and down cycles is a sounder strategy than trying to time those cycles. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Their kayaks carried echo- sounders and depth measurement equipment. \u2014 Asher Elbein, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
"The microwave sounders are now very good at measuring that faint signal. \u2014 Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic , 26 Nov. 2019",
"More recently, observations from the many instruments called microwave sounders attached to different satellites orbiting the planet have become even more valuable to forecasters. \u2014 Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic , 26 Nov. 2019",
"Another option would be to develop artificial intelligence approaches to recover lost or corrupted data from the microwave sounders . \u2014 Andrew Freedman, Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective or adverb",
"The film follows Ezra, who makes a journey across the U.K., walking 1,200 miles in 95 days from the most southerly point of England, Lands End, to the northern tip of the U.K., John O\u2019Groats. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The climate is still warm at Europe's most southerly point, and residents of the property spend their weekends getting to know the local area. \u2014 Ollie A Williams, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
"The early season heat wave this weekend is all thanks to a high pressure off the Eastern Seaboard resulting in southerly winds pushing hot and humid air across the Northeast bringing temperatures 20 to 30 degrees above normal for this time of year. \u2014 Allison Chinchar, CNN , 21 May 2022",
"Sunny skies and a favorable southerly wind will warm things up quite nicely, the start of a warming trend that will continue for the remainder of the week. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Strong southerly winds are also making the environment conducive for storm formation. \u2014 Jennifer Gray, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
"More southerly areas could see significant ice accumulation leading to downed powerlines and utility disruptions. \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Strong southerly winds will develop by late Wednesday morning across the state with sustained winds from 15-25 mph with gusts of 35-50 mph. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Due to breezy southerly winds, low humidity and dry vegetation, the areas are at risk of starting fires. \u2014 Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Very light southerly breezes are helping to bring in milder, moister air. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Light southerly winds coupled with overcast skies have kept overnight temperatures in the upper 30s to lower 40s through the metro area. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Light southerly breezes will increase a tad during the afternoon, as a few clouds show up nearer sunset. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Strong southerly winds could pound the beaches early in the day with gusts in the 50-60 mph range. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Light southerly breezes could occasionally gust near 15 mph. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Highs quickly pop back into the 40s on the back of some strong southerly winds Tuesday, and remain in the 40s through the end of the week. \u2014 Star Tribune , 27 Feb. 2021",
"At least it\u2019s warmer, in the mid-40s to around 50 degrees, thanks to a continued light southerly breeze. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Light southerly breezes help mix and clear the atmosphere a little in the late afternoon. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2020"
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"Finding themselves outnumbered, EWD 1355 and her co-conspirators turn tail and resume their migration, retreating southward from Luembe in linear bursts along the Luangwa River. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"An upper level trough reaches southward from the Gulf of Alaska and will strengthen and slide toward the West Coast over the next 24-48 hours. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
"Splintered wood and other debris from the two houses were scattered around, spreading southward along the coast. \u2014 Richard Fausset, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"After a seemingly brief pause there on the solstice, the sun appears to reverse direction and begins its journey southward toward the equator. \u2014 Aylin Woodward, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Stiff currents sent these 11 bears southward \u2014 away from home. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 16 June 2022",
"Pola Lopez gestures in their direction, southward toward Hermits Peak. \u2014 Alicia Inez Guzm\u00e1n For Searchlight Nm, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
"The storms will move southward through the day on Saturday. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Meanwhile, China has been locking down its major cities to prevent the spread of Covid, turning the world's second-largest economy southward and exacerbating shortages that have helped drive prices of just about everything higher. \u2014 David Goldman, CNN , 3 June 2022",
"Eddies that spin off the northern edge of the Gulf Stream trap warmer water from the south; eddies formed from the southern edge carry cool water southward . \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
"The afternoon also includes chances of thunderstorms and strong winds in areas from Salem southward . \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"Ventura and San Bernardino counties that rely on the State Water Project, which transports water southward from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. \u2014 Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"The film, which debuts at the Cannes Directors\u2019 Fortnight, sees Baier shifting his focus southward to Sicily in 2020, just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and deep within the European migrant crisis. \u2014 Jd Linville, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"This may allow Russia to form a pincer in conjunction with a thrust pressing southward towards Lyman that could leave the veteran Ukrainian brigades in Severodonetsk encircled. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"One of the center\u2019s early design elements is a ceramic tile map tracing the path southward from the Alamo to Mission Concepci\u00f3n, Mission San Jos\u00e9, Mission San Juan and finally Mission Espada on the far South Side. \u2014 Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The hope would be to extend the city\u2019s vibrant center southward , bringing people, businesses, and restaurants closer to the convention center and hotels. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"The Sonos Move is a full- sounding wireless speaker that works over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"The European Commission also defended the application saying that similar- sounding or homonymous names were not an adequate reason for rejecting a request. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The group\u2019s simple- sounding but highly sophisticated songs have endured since the group, consisting of two married couples, split amid the breakup of the two couples in 1982. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The group\u2019s simple- sounding but highly sophisticated songs have endured since the group, consisting of two married couples, split amid the breakup of the two couples in 1982. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The group\u2019s simple- sounding but highly sophisticated songs have endured since the group, consisting of two married couples, split amid the breakup of the two couples in 1982. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The group\u2019s simple- sounding but highly sophisticated songs have endured since the group, consisting of two married couples, split amid the breakup of the two couples in 1982. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Now, add something new and kind of cool- sounding , scheduled to open October 1: an interactive exhibit inspired by \u2026 cannabis. \u2014 Joan Oleck, Forbes , 17 Sep. 2021",
"The group\u2019s simple- sounding but highly sophisticated songs have endured since the group, consisting of two married couples, split amid the breakup of the two couples in 1982. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021",
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"As Tommy\u2019s experiences in the tunnels of France mark a continued incubus for his character, with visions of being pulled into the mud, the sounding of the bell coincides with his own inner peace. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
"Some of the first measurements of the ice depth, using radio echo- sounding , showed that the center of West Antarctica had bedrock up to a mile and a half below sea level. \u2014 Ted Scambos, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
"Never sweet harmonies, always wide intervals that were sort of haunting and dangerous sounding . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 7 Apr. 2022",
"These two components combined can create a more natural sounding voice, according to Takeuchi, but the device is still in the early prototype phase and the technology is always evolving. \u2014 Michelle Cohan, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The efforts have acquired new urgency with the recent sounding of alarms in the United States. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, arrived this year in September with the sounding of the shofar. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Jan. 2022",
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"One of my favorite extension offerings is the boring- sounding but infinitely practical fact sheet. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 May 2021"
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"Water from the lake flows southwesterly via the Klamath River through the ancestral lands of the Klamath Tribes, Hoopa Tribe, Karuk Tribe and Yurok Tribe, emptying into the Pacific. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Water from the lake flows southwesterly via the Klamath River through the ancestral lands of the Klamath Tribes, Hoopa Tribe, Karuk Tribe and Yurok Tribe, emptying into the Pacific. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Water from the lake flows southwesterly via the Klamath River through the ancestral lands of the Klamath Tribes, Hoopa Tribe, Karuk Tribe and Yurok Tribe, emptying into the Pacific. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Water from the lake flows southwesterly via the Klamath River through the ancestral lands of the Klamath Tribes, Hoopa Tribe, Karuk Tribe and Yurok Tribe, emptying into the Pacific. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Water from the lake flows southwesterly via the Klamath River through the ancestral lands of the Klamath Tribes, Hoopa Tribe, Karuk Tribe and Yurok Tribe, emptying into the Pacific. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The soursop splits like flesh but spoons like custard. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Beyond the large back yard, the garden is filled with mango, banana, grapefruit, coconut, sugar apple, lime, orange, golden apple and soursop trees. \u2014 Marcelle Sussman Fischler, New York Times , 29 Apr. 2020",
"Wash it down with a coffee frapp\u00e9 or fresh soursop juice. \u2014 Shannon Sims, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
"White Heaven \u2014 nirvana fashioned from meringue, litchi gelatin and soursop sorbet and foam \u2014 fulfills the promise of its name and puts the creamy-textured tropical fruit, similar in flavor to pineapple, on a pedestal. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 11 Sep. 2019",
"Also worthy is the lamb tartare, arranged prettily over overlapping lotus-root chips and enlivened by a soursop vinaigrette, made from the tropical fruit. \u2014 Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com , 5 Sep. 2019",
"One night a few years back, Shelly Marshall was sick with chikungunya fever from a trip home to Trinidad, and yearning for the soursop ice cream of her youth. \u2014 Ligaya Mishan, New York Times , 2 July 2019",
"Other smoothie options \u2014 made with water or milk \u2014 include soursop , guava, mango and blackberry. \u2014 Camila Vallejo, courant.com , 14 Aug. 2019",
"The shop is famous for its Caribbean-flavors ice cream, including Blue Mountain Coffee, Dragon Stout, guava and soursop . \u2014 Mark Rogers, USA TODAY , 29 July 2019"
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"Garth adopted the persona of Chris Gaines, a fictional brooding Australian pop singer who, with his dark bangs obscuring his eyes and matching soul patch , had a different vibe than America\u2019s biggest country star. \u2014 Chris Varias, The Enquirer , 6 May 2022",
"Stan's eyebrows were darkened along with his soul patch to match his dyed locks. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Donning boy-band outfits and, in Colbert\u2019s case, a delightfully awful soul patch , Batiste and the host offered up an R&B jam that instructs viewers on how to get out of social engagements now that most things are open for business again. \u2014 Dan Reilly, Vulture , 24 Nov. 2021",
"And the facial hair \u2014 those insane sideburns, that soul patch . \u2014 Nolan Feeney, Vulture , 16 Sep. 2021",
"Wiry and energetic, with a crewcut and a soul patch puffed out with Copenhagen, the 28-year-old guide stands in the pulsing flow of the North Fork of the White River. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 9 June 2020",
"Side whiskers, soul patches , lampshades and handlebar moustaches are good to go, according to a CDC infographic. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 26 Feb. 2020",
"Do not rock a soul patch under any circumstance JR Radcliffe can be reached at (262) 361-9141 or jradcliffe@gannett.com. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Dec. 2019",
"MoviePass had just 20,000 members when Lowe joined in June 2016 with an undisclosed stake, a fresh hypothesis about disruption, and a techie wardrobe topped off with the facial hair configuration known as a soul patch . \u2014 Kyle Stock, Bloomberg.com , 16 May 2018"
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"The first Petco Neighborhood Farm & Pet Supply store is set to open June 17 in Floresville, Texas, which is 28 miles southeast of San Antonio. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"The minor league baseball team's stadium is located less than five miles from the school, and Gary is located about 30 miles southeast of Chicago. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 6 June 2022",
"Muskogee is located about 50 miles southeast of Tulsa. \u2014 CBS News , 2 June 2022",
"Located about 40 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, Laguna Woods is a city of nearly 18,000 in Orange County. \u2014 Joe Walsh, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"The crash happened south of Dermott, which is about 100 miles southeast of Little Rock in the Mississippi River Delta region. \u2014 Claire Thornton, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Conklin, the suspect\u2019s hometown, is roughly 200 miles southeast of Buffalo. \u2014 Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"Macon is 85 miles southeast of Atlanta via Interstate-75, usually an hour-and-a-half drive. \u2014 Candice Dyer, ajc , 2 May 2022",
"Ukraine\u2019s strategic port city of Odesa is just 60 miles southeast of the region\u2019s capital, Tiraspol, which has long been considered a key Russian target, even though Putin\u2019s troops have not made significant progress toward capturing it. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Factors that caused the increase included a 4% rise in transport emissions as pandemic travel restrictions eased and 4.2% more agricultural emissions as rain ended years of drought across large swathes of southeast Australia.. \u2014 Rod Mcguirk, ajc , 2 July 2022",
"The area around Francs Peak, a 13,000-foot summit in the Washakie Wilderness southeast of Yellowstone National Park, is known grizzly habitat. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"Zamorano is originally from Brownsville but now lives in Pasadena, a city southeast of Houston. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"The southeast is the best place to get gas with seven states under $4.50 a gallon. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"In 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of the city. \u2014 Juan Lozano, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"In 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of the city. \u2014 Juan Lozano, Fabiola S\u00e1nchez And Maria Verza, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
"The Dallas Morning News notes that, in 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found locked in a truck southeast of San Antonio. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 29 June 2022",
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"In 2009, Mark joined Ambassador Theatre Group, North America as the primary talent buyer for the south-central/ southeast U.S. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"The final stage of negotiations was originally set to take place in southeast China\u2019s Kunming but has now moved to Montreal amid concerns that China\u2019s tough zero-Covid measures would disrupt the talks. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"That sewer district covers the north central part of Detroit, most of Highland Park and a small portion of southeast Dearborn. \u2014 Christine Macdonald, Detroit Free Press , 22 June 2022",
"The woman and dogs were killed while walking on a path along the San Gabriel River just before 9 a.m., as severe weather moved into the southeast Los Angeles region, said L.A. County Sheriff\u2019s Sgt. \u2014 Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Knight Dragon said it\u2019s investing \u00a38.4 billion ($10.3 billion) in Greenwich Peninsula, the project that promises to redevelop what was formerly an industrial area along the River Thames in southeast London. \u2014 Zinnia Lee, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The bears in southeast Greenland do have a leg up in their difficult habitat, however. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
"An eviction hearing for Peoplestown resident Tanya Washington was postponed last week in the latest chapter of the city\u2019s longstanding eminent domain battle for several homes in the southeast Atlanta neighborhood. \u2014 Wilborn Nobles, ajc , 20 June 2022"
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"Chef Ibti of Sudan makes a standout soup du jour with stuffed-cheese potato bread. \u2014 al , 19 Nov. 2019",
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"Nowhere seems entirely safe, not even a small summer resort at the southwestern corner of Ukraine, far from the war of attrition in the Donbas. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"But from this small hospital room, already the breadth of Ukraine away from home, the southwestern corner of America seems very, very far away. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 June 2022",
"The deluge that caused the crisis in Montana began last Friday, when the southwestern corner of the state was hit with heavy rains, according to the National Weather Service. \u2014 Bryan Gallion, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"Boucher Hill Lookout is perched on a knob at the southwestern corner of Palomar Mountain State Park. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 May 2022",
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"While the Atlantic Ocean lines the island\u2019s eastern side, the small village is tucked in the southwestern corner encircling a harbor that opens into the Pamlico Sound, a shallow body of water that separates the mainland from the barrier islands. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"In April, the National Climate Center warned that extreme torrential rains were expected to lash southern and southwestern parts of the country, as well as the normally dry desert terrain of southern Tibet. \u2014 Kathleen Magramo, CNN , 20 June 2022"
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"The handle of a traditional Chinese soupspoon indicated that rather than using readily available pewter cutlery, the workers took extreme care in transporting fragile implements across the globe. \u2014 Matt Stirn, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
"After a minute of cooling, a dumpling must be moved with chopsticks to a soupspoon . \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland.com , 14 Feb. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Funk soul brother Fatboy Slim goes global at 4 p.m. from Wembley Arena in London. \u2014 Gary Graff, cleveland , 3 Nov. 2021",
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"of sound mind"
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"sound timber"
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"sound reasoning"
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"a sound title"
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"a sound estimate"
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"a sound sleep"
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": hard , severe":[
"a sound whipping"
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"sound asleep"
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": the air bladder of a fish":[],
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": to try to find out the views or intentions of : probe":[
"\u2014 often used with out"
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": to ascertain the depth of water especially with a sounding line":[],
": to look into or investigate the possibility":[
"sent commissioners \u2026 to sound for peace",
"\u2014 Thomas Jefferson"
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"\u2014 used of a fish or whale"
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"\u02c8sau\u0307nd"
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"analytic",
"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
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"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unsound",
"weak"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sound Adjective healthy , sound , wholesome , robust , hale , well mean enjoying or indicative of good health. healthy implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of disease. a healthy family sound emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction. a sound heart wholesome implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance. a face with a wholesome glow robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly. a lively, robust little boy hale applies particularly to robustness in old age. still hale at the age of eighty well implies merely freedom from disease or illness. she has never been a well person valid , sound , cogent , convincing , telling mean having such force as to compel serious attention and usually acceptance. valid implies being supported by objective truth or generally accepted authority. a valid reason for being absent a valid marriage sound implies a basis of flawless reasoning or of solid grounds. a sound proposal for reviving the economy cogent may stress either weight of sound argument and evidence or lucidity of presentation. the prosecutor's cogent summation won over the jury convincing suggests a power to overcome doubt, opposition, or reluctance to accept. a convincing argument for welfare reform telling stresses an immediate and crucial effect striking at the heart of a matter. a telling example of bureaucratic waste",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a building of sound construction",
"The bridge is structurally sound .",
"a sound mind in a sound body",
"The tests show that his heart is sound .",
"She used sound reasoning in making the decision.",
"She gave us some sound advice.",
"She has a sound understanding of the system's structure.",
"The stock market has made a sound recovery."
],
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"Middle English soun , from Anglo-French son, sun , from Latin sonus , from sonare to sound; akin to Old English swinn melody, Sanskrit svanati it sounds":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English gesund ; akin to Old High German gisunt healthy":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Old English sund swimming, sea & Old Norse sund swimming, strait; akin to Old English swimman to swim":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Middle French sonder , from Old French *sonde sounding line, probably from Old English or Middle English sund- (as in Old English sundl\u012bne sounding line) from sund sea":"Verb",
"French sonde , from Middle French, literally, sounding line":"Noun"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1739, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101526"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-103326"
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"south terrestrial pole":{
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"noun"
],
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": south pole sense 1b":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104417"
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"Soulard crab":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": a hybrid tree ( Malus soulardii ) resembling the parent Iowa crab but having yellowish red fruit":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"after James G. Soulard , 19th century American horticulturist":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105243"
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": a red cedar ( Juniperus silicicola ) of the southeastern U.S. differing from the eastern red cedar in having shorter thicker leaves with blunt apexes":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-113732"
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one that controls the volume and tone of sound picked up by microphones (as on a motion-picture set) in order to obtain the desired effects for recording":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-113939"
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"noun"
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": a member of a body of Baptist churches organized in 1845 in the southern U.S. as the Southern Baptist Convention":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1813, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115552"
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"country at the southern tip of Africa south of the Limpopo, Molopo, and Orange rivers and bordering on the Atlantic and Indian oceans; administrative capital Pretoria, legislative capital Cape Town, judicial capital Bloemfontein area 470,693 square miles (1,219,090 square kilometers), population 55,380,000":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115634"
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"sound out":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115755"
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"soup to nuts":{
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"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": covering every detail or part of something":[
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"The entire procedure from soup to nuts is changing."
]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-120409"
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"southwestern corn borer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pyralid moth ( Diatraea grandiosella ) whose larva causes serious damage especially to corn crops by boring in the stalks":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-120522"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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"sau\u0307(th)-\u02c8we-st\u0259-n\u0259r",
"sau\u0307(th)-\u02c8we-st\u0259r-n\u0259r"
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"first_known_use":{
"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-120759"
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"Southend-on-Sea":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"seaside resort at the mouth of the Thames River in Essex, southeastern England population 175,500":[]
},
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"\u02ccsau\u0307-\u02ccthend-\u02cc\u022fn-\u02c8s\u0113",
"-\u02cc\u00e4n-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-121845"
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"soulish":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": relating to, involving, or suggesting the soul":[
"the soulish situations he discovers are real enough to be compulsory",
"\u2014 Walter Lowrie"
]
},
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"\u02c8s\u014dlish"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-122356"
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"soul house":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pottery model of a house set over a grave by the ancient Egyptians as a dwelling for the soul":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-122742"
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"sound-on-film":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": sound film sense 1":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-123236"
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"South Arabia, Federation of":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"former British protectorate comprising the crown colony of Aden and numerous semi-independent Arab sultanates and emirates":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-125527"
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"soul-destroying":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": causing a person to feel very unhappy or depressed":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130227"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": full of or expressing feeling or emotion":[
"soulful music"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014dl-f\u0259l"
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"examples":[
"a handsome actor with soulful eyes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The book is a bleak and scalding satire of the cult of selfless caregiving, and also a soulful meditation on the bond between parents and children. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 July 2022",
"Thursday, delivering a soulful set of his classic songs. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"Its sides of earthy bulgur and garlic yogurt complete a plate of soothing, soulful textures. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"So far, Jordan\u2019s career reflects powerful, soulful tracks that showcase his rare talent. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 29 June 2022",
"The soulful crooner discusses reaching new levels in his personal life and vocally with his sophomore offering. \u2014 Essence , 28 June 2022",
"Show creator Graham Roland and executive producers Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin infuse the drama with a soulful tension and a real sense of place, but it\u2019s the actors who make Dark Winds feel grounded beyond its trappings. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 28 June 2022",
"These four are sure to deliver, from soulful ballads to boot-stomping hits. \u2014 Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"Combs\u2019s gravelly tone on this soulful country track, which sounds like an instant classic from two of country music\u2019s superstars. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 24 June 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130453"
},
"southern blot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a blot consisting of a nitrocellulose or nylon sheet containing spots of DNA for identification by a suitable molecular probe \u2014 compare western blot":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259t\u035fh-\u0259rn-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Edwin M. Southern born 1938 British biologist":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1981, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130633"
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"Southwest":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": to, toward, or in the southwest":[],
": the general direction between south and west":[],
": the point midway between the south and west compass points":[],
": coming from the southwest":[
"a southwest wind"
],
": situated toward or at the southwest":[
"the southwest corner"
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},
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"sau\u0307th-\u02c8west",
"nautical sau\u0307-\u02c8west"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"It's about 80 miles southwest of here.",
"Noun",
"A mountain range is in the southwest of the country.",
"These plants grow in the Southwest .",
"Adjective",
"the southwest corner of the building",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Manassas Park, about 30 miles southwest of Washington and adjacent to the city of Manassas, began as a Prince William County subdivision. \u2014 Laura Scudder, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"The bloodshed occurred at St. Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo in Ondo state, more than 200 miles southwest of Abuja, the Nigerian capital. \u2014 James Bwala, ABC News , 6 June 2022",
"The Chicago Tribune reported that the camp outbreak occurred at the Crossing Camp in Rushville, in central Illinois, about 70 miles southwest of Peoria. \u2014 Tim Fitzsimons, NBC News , 1 Sep. 2021",
"On Tuesday afternoon, the storm was located about 1,110 miles southwest of the Cabo Verde islands and about 1,450 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, the islands that separate the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. \u2014 Brooke Baitinger, sun-sentinel.com , 11 Aug. 2020",
"The village is located on the southeastern shore of Lake Iliamna, which is about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"The last system to mention is several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands and is producing some showers and storms. \u2014 Jennifer Gray, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"But the blaze, which is about 10 miles southwest of Bryce Canyon City, has caused no injuries, damaged, destroyed or threatened no structures and prompted no evacuations. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"Arlington is about 100 miles southwest of Honey Grove. \u2014 Fox News , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Most of the victims were dead by the time first responders arrived at the big rig, which was apparently abandoned in an undeveloped area of southwest San Antonio near railroad tracks. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
"The wildfire was moving southwest on Monday with the most activity on the western flank, Harrel said. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
"As many as 50 migrants were found dead or dying Monday evening near Lackland Air Force Base in southwest San Antonio after law enforcement received calls about a trailer-tractor parked on a stretch of road in the area. \u2014 Dan Carson, Chron , 28 June 2022",
"The drought has led to extremely dry soil that cannot sustain strong agriculture, along with reservoirs that keep water flowing in the south and southwest at water levels nearly 75% lower than normal. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 June 2022",
"The lack of moisture may have the biggest impact and risk with fireworks shows and this year\u2019s drought conditions across the west and southwest is causing concern for event organizers. \u2014 Jim Foerster, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"The small southwest Texas town, population about 1,700, was founded in 1883 as a railway water stop and became the seat of Presidio County two years later. \u2014 Anna Mazurek, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"These closures include National Forest System Lands lands bounded by Forest Road 108 to Forest Road 185, west of the Bryce Canyon park boundary, continuing south along Forest Road 242 and continuing southwest to Forest Road 109. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Where: West Palm Beach, southwest corner of The Great Lawn at Clematis and Flagler. \u2014 Brooke Baitinger, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Located at the southwest corner of 146th Street and Shelborne Road, the new 27-acres park was acquired in 2020. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 27 June 2022",
"Deputies responded to the southwest corner of Palm Street and Mulder Street just before 2 a.m. after reports of a male with a gunshot wound to his upper body, Lt. Chris Steffen said. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"Most West Valley City parks are flat, but Rocky Ridge \u2014 true to its name \u2014 has a small, narrow slope in the southwest corner, coming down from Rocky Ridge Drive. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"Immediately after Royal Oak's annual parades, usually around 10 a.m., the city holds a wreath-laying ceremony at the Royal Oak War Memorial, located just south of the library, which is on the southwest corner of 11 Mile Road and Troy Street. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 27 May 2022",
"Weave your way through the buskers and conventioneers near Canada Place and pick up the bike path at the southwest corner of the Vancouver Convention Center. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"In 1998, Chanel descended upon the sleepy town of Gaujacq, in the southwest corner of France, a region where founder Coco Chanel\u2019s favorite flower, the camellia, is grown. \u2014 Jessica Matlin, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 June 2022",
"Bear Development plans to build the five-story apartment building, which includes underground parking and street-level commercial space, at the southwest corner of North Ninth and West Michigan streets, according to the hearing notice. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"The development at the southwest corner of Recker and Williams Field roads will include apartments, office space, restaurants, bars and retail shops. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 24 May 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
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"type":[
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},
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"\u02c8s\u014dld"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kaczynski is an intellectual, however thwarted; a charmer on occasion, and a cold- souled killer who may or may not suffer from paranoid schizophrenia. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Sweet- souled virtue is always difficult to play convincingly. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The fruit here\u2014plums, blackberries, black currants\u2014is just so generous and sweet- souled , yet with a gorgeous tinge of iron that brings it back down, literally, to earth. \u2014 Brian Freedman, Forbes , 3 June 2021",
"The discovery that Graham, a large, cheerful, broad- souled man, had a very recent affair curdles Annie\u2019s grief. \u2014 Pamela Miller, Star Tribune , 4 Sep. 2020",
"There\u2019s a tough-guy Ukrainian adoptee named Mischa (Michael Hanna) and Ricky (Jordan M. Leggett) a sensitive- souled boy with a life-threatening disease. \u2014 Dominic P. Papatola, Twin Cities , 15 Sep. 2019",
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"Luckett and his team were serving up a list of Southern soul food . \u2014 Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press , 2 July 2022",
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"High wind warnings are in place for this area and southwestward to New Mexico and western Texas. \u2014 Monica Garrett, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022",
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": difference in latitude to the south from the last preceding point of reckoning":[],
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"-t\u035fhi\u014b",
"\u02c8sau\u0307-thi\u014b"
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"island in the South Atlantic east of Tierra del Fuego area 1450 square miles (3770 square kilometers)":[]
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": south pole sense 1b":[]
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