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"Zermatt":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"village in the canton of Valais, southwest central Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps northeast of the Matterhorn population 5800":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(t)ser-\u02c8m\u00e4t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081212",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"zerda":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": fennec":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Arabic zerdaw\u0101 , probably of Persian origin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8z\u0259rd\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174643",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"zeriba":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of zeriba variant spelling of zareba"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-151630",
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"type":[]
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},
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"zerk":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a grease fitting":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Oscar U. Zerk \u20201968 American (Austrian-born) inventor":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8z\u0259rk"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180529",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"zero":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a state of total absence or neutrality":[],
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": a value of an independent variable that makes a function equal to zero":[
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"+2 and \u22122 are zeros of f(x)=x 2 \u22124"
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],
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": an insignificant person or thing : nonentity":[],
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": having no magnitude or quantity : not any":[
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"zero growth",
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"zero tolerance"
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],
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": having no modified inflectional form":[
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"a zero plural"
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],
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": having no phonetic manifestation":[
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"the zero modification in the past tense of cut"
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],
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": limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less":[],
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": limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less":[],
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": of, relating to, or being a zero":[],
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": something arbitrarily or conveniently designated zero":[],
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": the absence of a measurable quantity \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
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": the arithmetical symbol 0 or 0\u0338 denoting the absence of all magnitude or quantity":[],
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": the lowest point : nadir":[],
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": the setting or adjustment of the sights of a firearm that causes it to shoot to point of aim at a desired range":[],
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": the temperature represented by the zero mark on a thermometer":[],
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": to adjust fire on a specific target":[
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"\u2014 usually used with in"
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],
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": to bring to bear on the exact range of a target":[
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"\u2014 usually used with in"
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],
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": to close in on or focus attention on an objective":[
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"\u2014 usually used with in investigators are zeroing in on a suspect"
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],
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": to concentrate firepower on the exact range of":[
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"\u2014 usually used with in"
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],
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": to determine or adjust the zero of":[
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"zero a rifle"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Two minus two equals zero .",
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"It's supposed to fall below zero tonight.",
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"The temperature is 10\u00b0 above zero .",
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"They are working to reduce the mortality rate to zero .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The drive toward clean energy and net- zero is steady and strong. \u2014 Ken Silverstein, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
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"What net zero does however is reframe the goal completely. \u2014 Felicia Jackson, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
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"Exxon also nodded to the need to reduce emissions to net- zero across the world by 2050, without committing for itself as a company to achieve such a target for midcentury. \u2014 Abby Smith, Washington Examiner , 14 Dec. 2020",
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"Noble House zeroes in on women and other marginalized farmers, working with them to develop new practices and walking them through paperwork. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"Rather than encrypt this data with the session key negotiated earlier and used during the normal connection, vulnerable devices use a key consisting of all zeros , a move that makes decryption trivial. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 26 Feb. 2020",
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"Instead, the sequence zeros in on Maeve, a withdrawn teenager with an absentee mother, as well as an older patient who already has multiple children. \u2014 Sonia Rao, Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2020",
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"Kyla Irwin, starting for the third time in her career, had one foul and one rebound and zeroes the rest of the way through her line in the box score. \u2014 Mike Anthony, courant.com , 11 Nov. 2019",
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"After the Blazers scrambled out to a 105-102 lead in overtime, Porter ended another string of zeros by swishing a 3-pointer from the corner. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Apr. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Many students have been missing the typical social interactions that are part of life in school (though a non- zero number of students have benefitted from not having to navigate such interactions). \u2014 Peter Greene, Forbes , 5 June 2021",
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"Yet following an ineffective appearance last week against Clemson, Conley totaled exactly zero yards of total offense in playing almost the entirety of the second quarter Saturday night. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 27 Oct. 2019",
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"There is a decidedly non- zero possibility that the federal government will shut down on Friday night. \u2014 Sy Mukherjee, Fortune , 18 Jan. 2018",
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"Davis has played in just 13 NFL games, made zero appearances last year, and posted a passer rating of 66.2 in his three performances with the Browns in 2015. \u2014 Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times , 5 June 2017",
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"There\u2019s absolutely zero evidence that dogs or cats can contract or transmit the virus. \u2014 Patty Khuly, miamiherald , 10 May 2017",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"On Friday, Berding said the hiring process, which started with more than 100 candidates, produced Stam as the candidate FCC has zeroed in on. \u2014 Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com , 15 May 2020",
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"He's also taken more novel approaches, zeroing in on students' interests, like creating an activity using Google Maps for one student who loves maps. \u2014 Dakin Andone, CNN , 3 May 2020",
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"The director Kathryn Bigelow, who was gearing up to make the high-octane surfer-cops movie Point Break, zeroed in on Reeves\u2019s innate likability in these movies and fought for his casting as the hero, Johnny Utah. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 24 Apr. 2020",
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"Warriors general manager Bob Myers gave head coach Steve Kerr some homework last week: watch seven or eight prospects Golden State was zeroing in on with its first-round pick. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com , 1 Apr. 2020",
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"One such couple\u2014the groom being from Australia and the bride from Mumbai\u2014and zeroed in on picturesque Goa to get married next month. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 19 Mar. 2020",
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"Thank Google not only for all of those interactive exhibitions but also for Art Zoom videos that play like mini documentaries, zeroed in on tiny details of famous canvases and narrated by famous musicians including Jarvis Cocker and Maggie Rogers. \u2014 Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2020",
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"Sure, two big-screen productions zeroing in on the same town is a bizarre coincidence. \u2014 Dan Singer, Dallas News , 20 Feb. 2020",
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"In total, 43 percent of the normal mosquitoes zeroed in on the warmed blood sample, while most of the rest didn't land anywhere (the unheated sample was nearly devoid of mosquitoes). \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 7 Feb. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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"1911, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French or Italian; French z\u00e9ro , from Italian zero , from Medieval Latin zephirum , from Arabic \u1e63ifr":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8zi(\u0259)r-(\u02cc)\u014d",
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"\u02c8z\u0113-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
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"\u02c8zir-\u014d",
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"\u02c8z\u0113-r\u014d",
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"\u02c8zir-(\u02cc)\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"aught",
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"cipher",
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"goose egg",
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"naught",
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"nought",
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"nil",
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"nothing",
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"o",
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"oh",
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"zilch",
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"zip"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104223",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"zero beat":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a condition in which two radio frequencies are adjusted to equality by first producing beats between them and then reducing the beat frequency to zero \u2014 compare heterodyne":[],
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": to adjust to zero beat":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"zero entry 2":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210644",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"zero coupon":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or being an investment security that is sold at a deep discount, is redeemable at face value on maturity, and that pays no periodic interest":[
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"zero coupon municipal bonds"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Investors gobbled up convertible bonds with zero coupon from companies including Airbnb , SoFi , Snap , Ford , DraftKings , Twitter , Shake Shack , Spotify and Dish Network . \u2014 Corrie Driebusch, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
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"Italy issued one of its mainstream government bonds with a zero coupon for the first time on Oct. 13. \u2014 Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ , 20 Oct. 2020",
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"For the first time in living memory, the Italian Treasury this week sold Italian bonds that carried a zero coupon . \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 15 Oct. 2020",
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"Nevertheless, the fact that zero coupon Italian debt is seen as a good deal is a sign of a deeply dysfunctional debt market, with serious implications for insurance companies, pensioners, and savers. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 13 Oct. 2020",
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"Those notes are significantly discounted, with the company receiving just 50 cents in cash for every dollar accrued as zero coupon debt. \u2014 Lukas I. Alpert, WSJ , 19 Apr. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1979, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175442",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"zero hour":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the hour at which a planned military operation is scheduled to start":[],
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": the time at which a usually significant or notable event is scheduled to take place":[],
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": a time when a vital decision or decisive change must be made":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"boiling point",
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"breaking point",
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"clutch",
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"conjuncture",
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"crisis",
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"crossroad(s)",
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"crunch",
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"crunch time",
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"Dunkirk",
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"emergency",
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"exigency",
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"extremity",
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"flash point",
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"head",
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"juncture",
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"tinderbox"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"we're at the zero hour , so someone has to make a decision",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Biden's August deadline marks zero hour for the next phase of a larger international quest: to trace back the virus in order to hold the responsible parties to account, and to understand its inception in order to prevent the next one. \u2014 Sasha Pezenik, ABC News , 25 Aug. 2021",
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"In Germany, some 3 million workers are being supported, with the government paying up to 60% of their net salary if they are temporarily put on shorter or zero hours . \u2014 Masha Macpherson And David Mchugh, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Apr. 2020",
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"Major milestones in the emergency plan are performed according to a predetermined schedule in the hours and days leading up to the zero hour . \u2014 Daniel B. Hess, CNN , 2 Sep. 2019",
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"In Act Two, tensions continue to rise and reach their frightful climax at zero hour detonation. \u2014 Paul Ross, Popular Mechanics , 27 July 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from its being marked by the count of zero in a countdown":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224919"
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},
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"zero-based":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": having each item justified on the basis of cost or need":[
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"zero-based budgeting"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8zir-(\u02cc)\u014d-\u02c8b\u0101st",
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"\u02c8z\u0113-(\u02cc)r\u014d-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105138",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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"zero-beat reception":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a method of reception with an electron tube in generating condition in exact synchronism with the received wave as determined by zero beat \u2014 compare homodyne":[]
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"zero beat entry 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201848",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"zero-day":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or being a vulnerability (as in a computer or computer system) that is discovered and exploited (as by cybercriminals) before it is known to or addressed by the maker or vendor":[
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"Thus, in the parlance of the trade, these vulnerabilities are known as \" zero-day exploits,\" because it has been zero days since they have been uncovered and fixed.",
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"\u2014 James Bamford",
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"There's a zero-day vulnerability in RealPlayer and Internet Explorer that allows malicious code to be installed \u2026",
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"\u2014 Mark Hopkins",
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"\u2026 most of what's on the black market doesn't have that zero-day freshness. Criminals typically target older vulnerabilities, for which fixes have already been released \u2026",
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"\u2014 Lev Grossman"
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8z\u0113-(\u02cc)r\u014d-",
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"\u02c8zir-(\u02cc)\u014d-\u02c8d\u0101"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125400",
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"type":[
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"zero tolerance":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a policy of giving the most severe punishment possible to every person who commits a crime or breaks a rule":[
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"The police announced that there will be zero tolerance for looters.",
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"The camp has a zero tolerance drug and alcohol policy."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145727"
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"zero tillage":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145942"
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"zerovalent":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165749"
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"\u02c8zir-(\u02cc)\u014dth",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171929"
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"zero-sum game":{
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"definitions":{
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": a situation in which one person or group can win something only by causing another person or group to lose it":[
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": of, relating to, or being a situation (such as a game or relationship) in which a gain for one side entails a corresponding loss for the other side":[
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"\u02c8z\u0113-(\u02cc)r\u014d-",
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"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"When these two are added together, the velocity of car A with respect to the ground is the zero vector . \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 29 Apr. 2021",
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"If the net force is zero ( zero vector ), then the object will either be at rest or move with a constant velocity. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 7 Dec. 2020",
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"The zero vector is a force of zero Newtons in all directions. \u2014 Rhett Allain, WIRED , 18 June 2019"
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],
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": to remove (something) completely":[
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"This program will be zeroed out in the budget for next year.",
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"New legislation will zero out further funding for the project."
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"experiments conducted in zero gravity",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There are tremendous action set pieces in zero gravity and on the Martian surface. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
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"But after the rocket engine then quits firing, and the cabin immediately shifts into zero gravity , there is a jolting thump as the crew capsule separates from the rocket. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 3 May 2022",
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"But these zero gravity lounge chairs are easy to travel with and comfy to sit in thanks to their head and foot rests. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"As Amazon's Jeff Bezos and SpaceX's Elon Musk extend their professional rivalry into the zero gravity frontier of satellite internet access, the largest commercial launch deal ever has been announced this week. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"While the sale is live, shop for a set of two adjustable zero gravity lounge chairs in one of 15 colors to enjoy throughout the spring and summer and create your most relaxing outdoor season yet. \u2014 Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"Four female African clawed frogs were launched aboard space shuttle Endeavour in September 1992 for a study that showed frogs can reproduce in zero gravity . \u2014 CBS News , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"The combination of luxury and horror is macabre: an immense atrium, with corpses floating in zero gravity in all their finery. \u2014 Tom Shippey, WSJ , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"In the video, Bezos describes to Funk how the four Blue Origin passengers will experience zero gravity for a few minutes, then land gently on the desert surface and open the hatch. \u2014 Maria Dunn, chicagotribune.com , 1 July 2021"
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"translation of German Nullstufe":""
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"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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": energy remaining in a substance at the absolute zero of temperature":[]
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": the angle of attack of an airfoil when the lift is zero":[]
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": an oil (as a lubricating oil) that becomes too viscous to flow or begins to deposit solid material at a temperature of 0\u00b0 F by the cold test":[]
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": to return (as a calculating machine) to zero":[]
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"\u02c8zir-",
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"\u02c8z\u0113r\u014d\u02cc\u012bz"
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": generating little or no waste":[
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"zero-waste manufacturing"
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"\u02c8z\u0113-(\u02cc)r\u014d-\u02c8",
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"-\u0259\u02ccn\u012bt"
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": an ancient Iranian religion or Zoroastrian heretical sect teaching that infinite time is the originating principle of existence and prior to the dual principles of good and evil held ultimate by orthodox Zoroastrianism and influencing Mithraism":[]
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