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125 lines
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{
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"zein":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a protein from corn that lacks lysine and tryptophan and is used especially in making textile fibers, plastics, printing inks, coatings, and adhesives and sizes":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8z\u0113-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Zea , genus of grasses including corn, from Greek zeai , plural, wheat; akin to Sanskrit yava barley":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1820, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025026"
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},
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"zeitgeber":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an environmental agent or event (such as the occurrence of light or dark) that provides the stimulus setting or resetting a biological clock of an organism":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ts\u012bt-\u02ccg\u0101-b\u0259r",
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"\u02c8z\u012bt-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Light is our key zeitgeber , I.e; the factor to control the circadian rhythm. \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 23 June 2021",
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"These clocks are wound by various environmental cues known as zeitgebers (time givers), such as light and temperature. \u2014 Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian , 22 June 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German, from Zeit time + Geber giver":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1958, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051445"
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},
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"zeiform":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": resembling the Zeidae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Zeus + English -iform":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110439"
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},
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"Zeidae":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of marine fishes (order Zeomorphi) comprising the John Dorys":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8z\u0113\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Zeus , type genus + -idae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015412"
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},
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"zeitgeist":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8z\u012bt-",
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"\u02c8ts\u012bt-\u02ccg\u012bst"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"His songs perfectly captured the zeitgeist of 1960s America.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"After all, the beginning of her solo career was nearly two decades ago, and a whole generation has passed since those songs were in the zeitgeist . \u2014 Katie Atkinson, Billboard , 6 July 2022",
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"The dark side of corporate office life seem to be in the zeitgeist . \u2014 Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
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"There are things that are in the zeitgeist , and people who are magazine writers see all the elements. \u2014 Brendan O'meara, Longreads , 10 May 2022",
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"But these shows also feel out of step with the cultural zeitgeist and with an audience that has been showing signs of Black-excellence fatigue for some time. \u2014 Tanisha C. Ford, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"In a fundamental sense all our stories are slightly tinged with the zeitgeist that is happening now, and a pandemic is a particularly dominant one. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 15 Aug. 2021",
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"The book nevertheless gives us a lively account, not only of Welch\u2019s temporary heist of the zeitgeist as CEO of GE, but also of GE\u2019s subsequent meltdown into irrelevance. \u2014 Steve Denning, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
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"All of this runs counter to our sensation-seeking, moralizing, politically divisive zeitgeist . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
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"Burnham tapped into the pandemic zeitgeist while mounting a musical comedy that portrayed his own unraveling mind. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German, from Zeit + Geist spirit":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-065637"
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}
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} |