dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/rad_MW.json
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{
"Radcliffe":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Ann 1764\u20131823 n\u00e9e Ward English novelist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rad-\u02ccklif"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-103811"
},
"Radetzky":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Joseph 1766\u20131858 Graf Radetzky von Radetz Austrian field marshal":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"r\u0259-\u02c8det-sk\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102518",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"radar telescope":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a radar transmitter-receiver with an antenna for use in radar astronomy":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175932",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"radarscope":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the oscilloscope or screen serving as the visual indicator in a radar receiver":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1945, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"radar + oscillo scope":""
},
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"\u02c8r\u0101-\u02ccd\u00e4r-\u02ccsk\u014dp"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112255",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"raddle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": red ocher":[],
": to mark or paint with raddle":[],
": to twist together : interweave":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1631, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1671, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English radel, probably variant of rodel ruddle entry 1":"Noun",
"derivative of raddle entry 1":"Verb",
"probably derivative of regional raddle \"supple stick interwoven with others as in making a fence,\" of uncertain origin":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8ra-d\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181453",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"raddled":{
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
],
"definitions":{
": being in a state of confusion : lacking composure":[],
": broken-down , worn":[]
},
"examples":[
"trying to explain a mix-up in my mail order to a clearly raddled clerk in customer service"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1694, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"of obscure origin":""
},
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"\u02c8ra-d\u1d4ald"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"addle",
"addled",
"addlepated",
"bedeviled",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"bushed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dizzy",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"fogged",
"mixed-up",
"muddleheaded",
"muzzy",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"punch-drunk",
"punchy",
"shell-shocked",
"silly",
"slaphappy",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"spacey",
"spacy",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035534",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"raddleman":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ruddleman":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"raddle entry 1 + man":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u1d4alm\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051149",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rade":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of rade chiefly dialectal past tense of ride"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English r\u0101d ",
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015313",
"type":[]
},
"raden":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of raden plural of raad"
],
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-162914",
"type":[]
},
"radi-":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": radiant energy : radiation":[
"radio active",
"radi opaque"
],
": radio":[
"radio telegraphy"
],
": radioactive":[
"radio element"
],
": radioactive isotopes especially as produced artificially":[
"radio carbon"
],
": radium : X-rays":[
"radio therapy"
],
": radius bone":[
"radio- ulna"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Latin radius ray":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043738",
"type":[
"combining form"
]
},
"radiac":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the act or process of detecting, identifying, and measuring the nuclear radiation at a given place":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"r adio a ctivity d etection i dentification a nd c omputation":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101d\u0113\u02ccak"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050658",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"radial":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a body part (such as an artery) lying near or following the course of the radius":[],
": a pneumatic tire in which the ply cords that extend to the beads are laid at approximately 90 degrees to the centerline of the tread":[],
": a radial part":[],
": arranged or having parts arranged like rays":[],
": characterized by divergence from a center":[],
": developing uniformly around a central axis":[],
": of, relating to, or adjacent to a bodily radius":[],
": ray":[],
": relating to, placed like, or moving along a radius":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the radial form of a starfish",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The black stone Sillage d\u2019Hermes table is hand engraved in a radial pattern and turns gray when etched. \u2014 Damon Johnstun, oregonlive , 26 May 2022",
"Preliminary processing of the third stage suggests pseudo- radial fracture growth, around the well at the center. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"For the big presentation of Bitcoin City in El Salvador, Romero showed off a model, bathed in gold paint, that showed a radial city, which at its heart bore the bitcoin logo. \u2014 Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"In the United States, there are two common types of phalloplasty: radial forearm flap (or R.F.F., which uses the forearm as a skin-flap donor site) and anterolateral thigh (or ALT, which uses the thigh). \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Whether symmetrical or asymmetrical, the image should have a sense of balance visually and a radial arrangement as viewed from a central point. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
"The propellers, all four, are almost 17 feet across, and they\u2019re attached to 2,400-hp Wright R-3350-24WA 18-cylinder radial engines, which give it a top speed of 225 mph and 190-mph cruise speed with a 4,900-mile range. \u2014 J. George Gorant, Robb Report , 29 Mar. 2022",
"It's estimated that Proxima Centauri's variability can often look like a radial velocity signal equivalent to a meter per second. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 10 Feb. 2022",
"But this is the first time the radial velocity method has been used to find such a lightweight planet. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His space suit was pumped up like an all-season radial . \u2014 Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
"Instead only the most distal ones are homologous to digit bones; the proximal radials are homologous to the wrist bones and the long bones of the palm. \u2014 John A. Long, Scientific American , 20 May 2020",
"Enter the panda\u2019s pseudo-thumb, which is also composed of an enlarged radial sesamoid and cartilaginous extension, and is controlled by the same three muscles as in the aye-aye. \u2014 National Geographic , 21 Oct. 2019",
"Andretti first credits the slicks, and then changing from a cross-ply construction to radials . \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2019",
"There\u2019s a sort of radial set up to the room, that big gem in the middle was basically a topper on a giant, carpeted wedding cake, which seemed the ideal architecture for some sort of romantic ritual. \u2014 Lucy Boyle, The Cut , 30 Oct. 2017",
"The bias ply is easier to retread while the radial is lighter. \u2014 John Cox, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2017",
"Line lock helps the driver warm the rear drag radials , a special air-conditioning circuit chills the intercooler, and a trans brake makes for easy launches and helps the Demon perform the briefest of wheelies. \u2014 Car and Driver , 10 Oct. 2017",
"The car comes on four drag radials , but the eight-speed ZF 8HP automatic turns only the rear wheels. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 20 July 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1872, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin radialis , from Latin radius ray":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8r\u0101d-\u0113-\u0259l",
"\u02c8r\u0101-d\u0113-\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140512",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"radiance":{
"antonyms":[
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"duskiness"
],
"definitions":{
": a deep pink":[],
": the flux density of radiant energy per unit solid angle and per unit projected area of radiating surface":[],
": the quality or state of being radiant":[]
},
"examples":[
"She had a youthful radiance about her.",
"Her face glowed with radiance .",
"the radiance of the rising sun",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tension melts away and her dewy radiance is restored. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"There are gentle cleansers by Tatcha or SK-II\u2019s coveted radiance -boosting essence. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 1 Apr. 2022",
"As its name suggests, this formula contains vitamin C to, of course, brighten your complexion, but there's more to this powerhouse ingredient than its radiance -boosting abilities. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Two other important research advances driving recent momentum in visual synthetic data are diffusion models and neural radiance fields (NeRF). \u2014 Rob Toews, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"As its name suggests, the cream is made with real gold, which not only lends instant radiance , but is linked to other active ingredients for sustained skin strengthening and replenishment. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 June 2022",
"Powered by exfoliating glycolic and mandelic acids, this drugstore exfoliator is proven to smooth texture and increase radiance while being gentle on skin. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"Marian is the opposite of a showboat, but Foster dims her radiance more than is necessary. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"Pat McGrath\u2019s complexion-perfecting remedy for her signature radiance is The Essence. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101-d\u0113-\u0259n(t)s",
"\u02c8r\u0101-d\u0113-\u0259ns"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"brilliancy",
"candor",
"dazzle",
"effulgence",
"illumination",
"lambency",
"lightness",
"luminance",
"luminosity",
"luminousness",
"luster",
"lustre",
"lustrousness",
"refulgence",
"splendor"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033752",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"radiant":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a point in the heavens at which the visible paths of meteors appear to meet when traced backward":[],
": emitted or transmitted by radiation":[],
": emitting or relating to radiant heat":[],
": marked by or expressive of love, confidence, or happiness":[
"a radiant smile"
],
": radiating rays or reflecting beams of light":[],
": something that radiates : such as":[],
": the part of a gas or electric heater that becomes incandescent":[],
": vividly bright and shining : glowing":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She had a radiant inner glow.",
"She looked radiant at her wedding.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Handmade in their Paris atelier, Viltier jewelry is radiant , colorful, and made to celebrate the natural beauty of its wearers. \u2014 Charlotte Diamond, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
"All skin types require hydration in the form of a moisturizing lotion or cream to keep skin healthy, soft and radiant . \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 17 June 2022",
"With the help of this moisturizer, your dry skin will become moisturized and radiant skin, easily matching that beautiful glow of expectant mothers. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"To say the least, my skin looked radiant and bright from the exfoliating mask, and not a blotch of redness or irritation was in sight. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Cartagena looks for tender moments, like a father picking up his daughter, her pink shoes dangling midair, or a mother holding a child whose face is barely visible yet radiant in the morning light. \u2014 Alice Driver, The New Yorker , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Lively looked radiant and ready for spring in a three-piece pastel getup, showing off her toned abs in a crop top paired with a midi-length pencil skirt and unstructured blazer draped over her shoulders. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Though her eyes were sad, there was that smile, so radiant and warm. \u2014 Gerrick Kennedy, Rolling Stone , 11 Feb. 2022",
"He was described by those close to him as equal parts brilliant and humble, radiant and deeply thoughtful, kind in the most genuine way, strong and sensitive, generous to others and self-reflective, intellectually curious and funny beyond measure. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Jello Skin was coined by TikTok user and beauty fanatic Ava Lee, who says the trend will not only leave your skin radiant but also healthy and plump. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 17 June 2022",
"Tata Harper created this Regenerating Cleanser to serve as a daily exfoliant and cleanser that polishes and buffs your skin, revealing your true radiant , glowing face. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Getting the radiant , lifted look is the goal for many in 2022, and Dr Angelica Kavouni has seen requests coming in at her Ion Kavouni Clinic for non-surgical, skin-tightening and lifting treatment such as Thermage FLX. \u2014 Angela Lei, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Magnesium, zinc and calcium derived from dragon fruit support the skin\u2019s moisture barrier, leaving it radiant , while pomegranate extract rich in puncici acid soothes the skin for an unmistakable fresh feeling. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"For Under-eye Brightening Those who appreciate a luminous under-eye or radiant skin overall should look towards Rose Inc\u2019s buildable formula powered by squalane, vitamin E, and hyaluronic acid. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"Soothing rosehip oil, vitamin E and vitamin C help brighten dark circles under the eyes, leaving your skin looking radiant and glowing. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"What was once an ode to a master, a radiant still life, has evolved into an immersive work in progress. \u2014 Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The Volcanic Ash also helps to visibly tighten and soften the appearance of the pores, leaving your skin looking radiant . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"circa 1741, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101-d\u0113-\u0259nt",
"\u02c8r\u0101d-\u0113-\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for radiant Adjective bright , brilliant , radiant , luminous , lustrous mean shining or glowing with light. bright implies emitting or reflecting a high degree of light. brilliant implies intense often sparkling brightness. radiant stresses the emission or seeming emission of rays of light. luminous implies emission of steady, suffused, glowing light by reflection or in surrounding darkness. lustrous stresses an even, rich light from a surface that reflects brightly without glittering.",
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"aglow",
"beaming",
"bright",
"glowing",
"sunny"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175604",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"radiate":{
"antonyms":[
"concentrate",
"converge",
"focus",
"funnel",
"meet"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by radial symmetry : radially symmetrical":[],
": having ray flowers":[],
": having rays or radial parts: such as":[],
": irradiate , illuminate":[],
": to evolve by adaptive radiation":[],
": to issue in or as if in rays":[],
": to proceed in a direct line from or toward a center":[],
": to send out in or as if in rays":[],
": to send out rays : shine brightly":[],
": to spread abroad or around as if from a center":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The pain was radiating down my arm.",
"The sun radiates heat and light.",
"Heat radiates from the sun.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Little Miner\u2019s success is not a momentary starburst, a happy accident based on some curious collision of pandemic ennui, culinary fad and cultural obsession for foods that ooze, drip and radiate their charisma across our social channels. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Although the olfactory bulb isn\u2019t involved in cognitive functions, tenOever said, inflammation there can radiate deeper into the brain. \u2014 Jason Mast, STAT , 13 June 2022",
"Those passageways radiate out from the centers like spokes on a wheel, and stretch for several miles. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"All roads lead to... Cotoca",
"Furthermore, much of the valley and even the surrounding mountains are meadows, which allows heat to radiate upward and outward into the atmosphere faster than would forest or, especially, urban settings. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 June 2021",
"That allows your body heat to radiate outward, turning your sleeping bag into a warm sac of air. \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 22 June 2020",
"In person, Taylor\u2019s wit and matter-of-fact intelligence radiate warmth. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The day before on Sunday, May 15, the moon will radiate a reddish hue for 84 minutes \u2014 as the Flower Moon will simultaneously be a Blood Moon total lunar eclipse, best viewed in North and South America. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1668, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"circa 1619, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin radiatus , past participle of radiare , from radius ray":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8r\u0101-d\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u02c8r\u0101d-\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u02c8r\u0101-d\u0113-\u0259t",
"-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u02c8r\u0101d-\u0113-\u0259t, -\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"branch",
"fan (out)",
"ray"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002546",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"radical":{
"antonyms":[
"crazy",
"extremist",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist"
],
"definitions":{
": a basic principle : foundation":[],
": a mathematical expression indicating a root by means of a radical sign":[],
": a root part":[],
": a sound or letter belonging to a radical":[],
": advocating extreme measures to retain or restore a political state of affairs":[
"the radical right"
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": associated with political views, practices, and policies of extreme change":[],
": designed to remove the root of a disease or all diseased and potentially diseased tissue":[
"radical surgery",
"radical mastectomy"
],
": excellent , cool":[],
": favoring extreme changes in existing views, habits, conditions, or institutions":[],
": growing from the base of a stem, from a rootlike stem, or from a stem that does not rise above the ground":[
"radical leaves"
],
": of or growing from the root of a plant":[
"radical tubers"
],
": of or relating to a mathematical root":[],
": of or relating to the origin : fundamental":[],
": of, relating to, or constituting a linguistic root":[],
": of, relating to, or proceeding from a root: such as":[],
": one who is radical":[],
": radical sign":[],
": root sense 6":[],
": very different from the usual or traditional : extreme":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The computer has introduced radical innovations.",
"There are some radical differences between the two proposals.",
"The new president has made some radical changes to the company.",
"a radical wing of extremists",
"Noun",
"He was a radical when he was young, but now he's much more moderate.",
"radicals staged large, violent protests in the hopes of toppling the government",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Tom McMillen, president and CEO of the LEAD1 Association, which represents top-tier athletic directors, suggests a less radical approach. \u2014 Eric Olson, Chron , 30 June 2022",
"The second, more radical approach would require Pence to delay the certification of the electoral college count to give state lawmakers time to select a new slate of electors who would vote for President Trump. \u2014 Freddy Brewster, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Few films are proving to be as hotly anticipated as Greta Gerwig\u2019s upcoming Barbie, with many expecting the indie auteur to provide a radical , revisionist take on the origin story behind the beloved Mattel toy. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
"Inspired by the government shutdown of 2013, the series was a radical shift from the sleek halls of Lockhart Gardner: a sci-fi comedy about killer bugs from outer space that infest the brains of congressmen, turning them into hyper-partisan maniacs. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"The radical shift of the state GOP hasn\u2019t come about overnight. \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"And marketing leaders face an even bigger hurdle in getting management teams on board with what is quite a radical approach to business. \u2014 Chris Martin, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Yet leveling up, like taking back control, is radical in theory and conservative in practice. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 19 June 2022",
"There were some Asian Americans at the California College of Arts and Crafts who introduced me to people in San Francisco who were more radical . \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 5 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Failure to do so could bring a radical to the Presidency in five years\u2014with damaging consequences far beyond France. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"But right then, in that moment, the 40-something poet, journalist and simmering social radical was trapped in a luxury car with the corporate squares, a beetle in cooling agate. \u2014 Dwain Hebda, Arkansas Online , 5 June 2022",
"Identity politics aside, Republicans will face two challenges in portraying Jackson as a wild-eyed radical . \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Opa chafed in particular at the books and articles that reinforced the Nazi claim that Arthur had been a political radical . \u2014 Mattie Kahn, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
"The Left is busy convincing itself that Youngkin has morphed into a radical . \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 19 Jan. 2022",
"However, critics have painted her as a dangerous radical , recalling Zelaya's closeness to late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Thus, according to Biden, Sen. Mitt Romney is alternately an honorable man who will never break his word, or a dangerous radical who will put a predominantly African-American audience back in chains. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 23 July 2021",
"One explanation for her success is Ms. Wu herself, who is difficult to caricature as a radical . \u2014 Ellen Barry, New York Times , 3 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Late Latin radicalis , from Latin radic-, radix root \u2014 more at root":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ra-di-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8rad-i-k\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"extreme",
"extremist",
"fanatic",
"fanatical",
"rabid",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"ultra"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035844",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"radio proximity fuse":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": proximity fuse":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As long as the device remains within radio range of the Echo, the attacker will be able to issue commands. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 6 Mar. 2022",
"That is outside normal radio range , but the Army have daisy-chained several together to extend communications to some 40 miles. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021",
"And as already mentioned, the attacker has to be in radio range of the same cell tower as the target. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 13 Aug. 2020",
"But real-world traffic-light hacking, demonstrated by security researchers in years past, has proven tougher, requiring someone to be within radio range of every target light. \u2014 Andy Greenberg, Wired , 5 Aug. 2020",
"But those earlier techniques required communicating via radio with the vulnerable equipment, so that a hacker would need to be within radio range , limiting the attack to a range of a couple thousand feet at maximum. \u2014 Andy Greenberg, Wired , 5 Aug. 2020",
"These particular bugs can't be exploited over the internet, but a hacker within radio range can launch attacks to crash devices, disable their connection, or in some cases take them over. \u2014 Alex Baker-whitcomb, Wired , 20 Feb. 2020",
"The vulnerability triggers a buffer overflow in the Linux kernel when a machine with a Realtek Wi-Fi chip is within radio range of a malicious device. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 17 Oct. 2019",
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"Today, MaxLinear\u2019s mixed-signal radio frequency processors are used mostly in wired and wireless broadband infrastructure and other behind-the-scenes gear. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"As more people suffering with the ailment reported episodes of feeling like they had been hit by a beam of energy, the possibility of them having been attacked by radio frequency energy gained traction. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Oct. 2021",
"With five analog inputs (two balanced and three unbalanced) plus a separate AV bypass input, all five of the Ultima Pre 3\u2019s main inputs have individual buffering and are selectively filtered against radio frequency interference. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"Aesthetician Joanna Czech\u2019s coveted custom treatments incorporate a combination of ultrasound, microcurrent, radio frequency , cryotherapy and LED therapy. \u2014 Claire Coghlan, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Spectrum FWA is compatible with any radio frequency , but rollout will depend on operators\u2019 access to frequencies and existing wireless services. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Generically referred as C-Band, these new 5G frequencies range from roughly 3.7 to 4.2 GHz on what\u2019s known as the radio frequency (RF) spectrum. \u2014 Bob O'donnell, USA TODAY , 12 Nov. 2021",
"But its 180 residents and virtually all the skiers who seek out the world-class backcountry above town know about the two-way radio frequency that fills the void. \u2014 Devon O\u2019neil, Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2020",
"The certification requirement ensures that radio frequency equipment does not interfere with federal government operations, such as Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s aeronautical radar systems. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022"
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"Add the radicchio to the bowl with the dressing and toss to coat. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2022",
"For this menu, curly endive, also known as fris\u00e9e, fits the bill nicely, alone or in combination with its colorful cousins, Belgian endive, Chioggia, Treviso or speckled Castelfranco radicchio . \u2014 David Tanis, New York Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Combining radicchio with sweeter, more delicate lettuces helps to balance the bitterness. \u2014 Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press , 30 July 2020",
"Core and chop the radicchio into bite-size pieces and place it in a large mixing bowl. \u2014 Nik Sharma, SFChronicle.com , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Salata appreciates examples like the radicchio XO that show just how far the sauce can go. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com , 27 May 2020",
"One of winter\u2019s most appealing salads combines radicchio and kale with crisp-chewy croutons and a creamy dressing made bold with anchovies. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2020",
"Chopped Winter Salad Beautiful, sweet, orange butternut squash gets roasted with some slightly \u2014 but appealingly \u2014 bitter radicchio . \u2014 Katie Workman, NBC News , 22 Mar. 2020",
"Wellspring has four high tunnels (an unheated, covered structure) and two greenhouses and still produces crops such as kale, chard, spinach, lettuce, scallions, beets, radicchio and a few specialty crops like chickweed and claytonia. \u2014 Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Mar. 2020"
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"But between all the bombshells, something else remarkable emerged from the smoke: the sight of Republicans and Democrats treating one another with civility and respect on a public stage, no matter the radioactive material that brought them together. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the country's coast, triggering a tsunami that caused a nuclear meltdown at the power plant and a major release of radioactive material. \u2014 Emiko Jozuka And Helen Regan, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"On April 26, 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blasted radioactive material into the atmosphere and the Soviet Union spent billions of dollars to secure the area. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 3 May 2022",
"In April 1986, a meltdown at the Chernobyl plant led to the release of large quantities of radioactive material into the surrounding land. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Authorities in Pennsylvania are searching for a missing portable nuclear device containing radioactive material that belongs to a local construction inspection company. \u2014 Nicole Acevedo, NBC News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Another link between sunflowers and nuclear weapons dates back to 1986, when an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine released radioactive material into the environment, killing 31 people within a few weeks. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
"No large kitchen appliances, explosives, radioactive material or a few other oddball items. \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The waste was only yards from the sea; waves and rain could have washed off radioactive material into the ocean, toward Finland. \u2014 Isabelle De Pommereau, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The mummified remains of the snake were not definitely identified as a snake until a 2009 radiograph , courtesy of a local veterinary clinic, revealed it to be coiled up inside. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 21 Aug. 2020",
"In discussing Ambika\u2019s overall quality of life, the elephant and veterinary team strongly considered Ambika\u2019s gait, blood-work parameters, radiographs , progressions of her lesions and her tendency to occasionally isolate from Shanthi and Bozie. \u2014 Beth Py-lieberman, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Mar. 2020",
"To extract the towel from her, veterinarians -- including Dr. Olivia Clarke -- took radiographs to confirm the cloth's location within the serpent, who was then anesthetized for the procedure. \u2014 Fox News , 1 Mar. 2020",
"Scientists used dental, anthropological and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence, to identify Shelemba. \u2014 Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press , 30 Dec. 2019",
"To identify Woods\u2019 remains, scientists from DPAA used dental, anthropological and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. \u2014 Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com , 27 June 2019",
"Eventually, officials exhumed Julius\u2019s remains in Belgium and, using dental and chest radiograph comparison analysis, announced the match in November 2017. \u2014 Ian Shapira, Washington Post , 20 June 2018",
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"Mac Donald\u2019s remains were identified using anthropological, dental, and chest radiograph analysis, the release said. \u2014 J.d. Capelouto, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2018",
"Functional instability, grossly simplified, is the feeling of \u2018giving way\u2019 while stress radiographs might show a relatively stable joint. \u2014 SI.com , 25 May 2018"
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"Another other notable anomaly is in the mass of the W-boson, a subatomic particle involved in the action of the weak nuclear force that governs some types of radioactivity . \u2014 Tom Metcalfe, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"The announcement -- the first-ever official disclosure of a nuclear accident by the Soviet Union -- came hours after the Scandinavian countries reported abnormally high levels of radioactivity in their skies. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The radioactive signal of uranium Z was about 500 times weaker than the radioactivity of the other isotopes in the sample, so Hahn decided to confirm his observations by using more material. \u2014 Artemis Spyrou, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
"Such an explosion would likely still have scattered dangerous radioactivity over a wide area. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 23 Mar. 2022",
"What's more, industrial accidents leading to a significant release of radioactivity cannot happen with a power plant using fusion technology. \u2014 Don Lincoln, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The Russian military\u2019s capture of the Chernobyl nuclear facility in northern Ukraine last week led to heightened levels of both radioactivity and confusion. \u2014 Adriana Petryna, The Atlantic , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Russian forces may think that they are protected by the zone, as damage to the facility could unleash dangerous levels of radioactivity . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 24 Feb. 2022",
"There also have been industrial accidents, like at Fukushima and Chernobyl which have released dangerous radioactivity into the environment. \u2014 Don Lincoln, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022"
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"The worker did not require medical attention because the dose was below the limits for people who work with radiation , Holtec said. \u2014 Douglas Macmillan, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Just 30 days after being born, doctors attempted to remove a birthmark and correct an elongation of his left arm and leg with radiation . \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Another explanation could be carbon dioxide on the Red Planet reacted with ultraviolet radiation and converted the CO2 into other organic compounds like formaldehyde. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Unlike most cases, hers was caught at an early stage a treated with radiation at UAB. \u2014 al , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Sorrento Mesa biotech Radionetics Oncology recently launched in a bid to blast tumors with radiation while sparing healthy cells. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Oct. 2021",
"In the ensuing years, a hundred more open-air tests were conducted at the site, throwing the distinctive mushroom cloud of debris and smoke into the air, showering the communities to the north and east with radiation . \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Oct. 2021",
"But the cancer can be effectively treated with radiation and offers an 80% success rate. \u2014 James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Physicians have treated cancer with radiation for more than a century, usually by shining an external beam through the skin at tumors in a specific location. \u2014 Brian Gormley, WSJ , 8 July 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Only 31 people died in the initial accident (though others suffered from radiation sickness or developed thyroid cancer). \u2014 James B. Meigs, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"In the months that followed, countless others died from burns and radiation sickness . \u2014 Katie Hafner, Scientific American , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The vast majority of those who survived the initial attack would also die over the coming months from radiation sickness , infectious diseases, famine and exposure. \u2014 Ira Helfand, CNN , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In the ensuing months, 28 firefighters and cleanup workers died of radiation sickness , according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Found swimming in the lagoon, the pig was donated to the Smithsonian zoo after recovering from radiation sickness . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Most likely, Mars explorers will need to spend most of their time living underground to reduce the chance of radiation sickness or cancer. \u2014 Katie Mack, CNN , 11 May 2021",
"The accident killed two plant workers immediately, but soon dozens more would perish from acute radiation sickness , including emergency workers and firefighters who were sent to the scene. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Donohue\u2019s condition worsened, and she eventually was fired along with several of her factory colleagues who also were showing signs of radiation sickness . \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com , 18 Apr. 2021"
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"The five colorful ovals, positioned possibly as petals, are intended to evoke the sun or a flower or radiant energy . \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 3 July 2021",
"Her radiant energy is not lost on her Instagram followers\u2014she's made an icon of herself with her viral, sensual vacation posts. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 May 2021",
"Surface temperatures tend to run hotter than the air above, especially on sunny days when surfaces are heated both by air and the Sun\u2019s radiant energy . \u2014 Richard Stone, Science | AAAS , 19 May 2021",
"The black surface absorbs the sun\u2019s radiant energy and will warm up the soil. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 29 Apr. 2021",
"The perfume portrays a woman of her time, whose radiant energy pulls and attracts. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 16 Apr. 2021",
"His presence is felt at practice through his radiant energy . \u2014 Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer , 28 Mar. 2021",
"Rather than warming the air in an entire room, radiant heaters quickly turn electricity into radiant energy to heat objects or people in front of it. \u2014 Lauren Levy, NBC News , 26 Oct. 2020",
"The Telescope in the Ice By Mark Bowen St. Martin\u2019s, 424 pages, $27.99 Astronomers have long surveyed the celestial landscape by capturing and analyzing forms of radiant energy , such as visible light, radio waves and X-rays. \u2014 Alan Hirshfeld, WSJ , 15 Dec. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thawing Arctic permafrost will expose local populations to more radon , and the iodine of desert dust may decrease ozone pollution but increase greenhouse gas longevity. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"The report also recommended that all results of radon tests conducted on Utah structures be reported to DEQ and put on an online database. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"The radiological team charged with looking for both radiation and radon has concluded. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The Marion County Public Health Department offers free radon testing for county residents. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 17 Nov. 2021",
"The spring water in Tskaltubo is said to have a high level of radon , which has long been believed to decrease inflammation. \u2014 Jamie Ditaranto, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 28 Sep. 2021",
"The average level of indoor radon in the U.S. is 1.3 picocuries per liter. \u2014 Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"With federal assistance, Florida has acted on the recommendations of dozens of local health departments to investigate environmental pollution, like groundwater contamination or radon levels in the air. \u2014 Lulu Ramadan, ProPublica , 22 Aug. 2021",
"Basically, the fan sucks the radon from underneath the basement floor and discharges it into the outside atmosphere. ... \u2014 Steve Metsch, chicagotribune.com , 4 June 2021"
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"On rare occasions, the Indian government\u2014which prides itself on visions of universal digital literacy, online services, and biometrical identity schemes\u2014still conducts certain official communications by radiogram . \u2014 Mohammad Ali, Wired , 14 Apr. 2020",
"But now, with a radiogram from Delhi, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi\u2019s central government was stepping in. \u2014 Mohammad Ali, Wired , 14 Apr. 2020"
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"The blackout applied to a 75-mile radius around the stadium, shutting out 15 million potential viewers. \u2014 Frederic J. Frommer, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Feb. 2022",
"London, recently ratcheted up its strategies to get heavily polluting cars off the road by extending its ultra low emissions zones to a bigger radius covering a quarter of the city. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The regulation, the first in the US, requires stores to sell at least 25 square feet of healthy items within a close radius of the register. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 21 May 2022",
"Many of them live within a tight radius of one another in Indiana, and unfortunately close to Cline. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 13 May 2022",
"The search is focused on an area with a radius of 300 meters (about 330 yards) from the main crash site, though part of a wingtip was found 12 kilometers away. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"On March 21, an ammonia leak at a chemical plant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy contaminated an area with a radius of more than 1.5 miles but didn\u2019t hurt any civilians in the city of 263,000 because the wind didn\u2019t blow in that direction. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Target positions within a comfortable radius of your new location. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"The galaxy, which is named Alcyoneus, is a giant radio galaxy . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 19 Feb. 2022",
"MeerKAT is already trying to find similarly gargantuan filaments in other radio galaxies . \u2014 Robin George Andrews, Scientific American , 16 Apr. 2020"
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"Little Miner\u2019s success is not a momentary starburst, a happy accident based on some curious collision of pandemic ennui, culinary fad and cultural obsession for foods that ooze, drip and radiate their charisma across our social channels. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Although the olfactory bulb isn\u2019t involved in cognitive functions, tenOever said, inflammation there can radiate deeper into the brain. \u2014 Jason Mast, STAT , 13 June 2022",
"Those passageways radiate out from the centers like spokes on a wheel, and stretch for several miles. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"All roads lead to... Cotoca",
"Furthermore, much of the valley and even the surrounding mountains are meadows, which allows heat to radiate upward and outward into the atmosphere faster than would forest or, especially, urban settings. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 June 2021",
"That allows your body heat to radiate outward, turning your sleeping bag into a warm sac of air. \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 22 June 2020",
"In person, Taylor\u2019s wit and matter-of-fact intelligence radiate warmth. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The day before on Sunday, May 15, the moon will radiate a reddish hue for 84 minutes \u2014 as the Flower Moon will simultaneously be a Blood Moon total lunar eclipse, best viewed in North and South America. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022"
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": the component of antenna resistance that accounts for the power radiated into space and is equal in ohms to the radiated power in watts divided by the square of the effective current in amperes at the point of power supply":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One participant, Sascha Roth, was preparing to travel to Manhattan for weeks of radiation therapy when the results came in, Memorial Sloan Kettering said. \u2014 Natacha Larnaud, CBS News , 8 June 2022",
"Birmann underwent two surgeries and radiation therapy , then a year of chemotherapy that ended four months ago. \u2014 Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"The prognosis was grim; radiation therapy began immediately, and the doctors\u2019 bills piled up. \u2014 Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic , 8 Mar. 2022",
"There are two types of radiation therapy available today. \u2014 Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
"Throughout radiation therapy , patients can experience claustrophobia, panic attacks, skin changes and fatigue, according to Dr. Bates. \u2014 Julia Ries, Health.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Proton therapy for cancer patients who require radiation therapy will soon be available in Wisconsin. \u2014 Corrinne Hess, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
"Leukine was developed to help in the recovery of white blood cells following chemotherapy or radiation therapy . \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022",
"My urologist referred me for radiation therapy , to be followed by Lupron every six months for two years. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02ccr\u0101d-\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8ther-\u0259-p\u0113",
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"People who received all three treatments had the highest rates of depression and anxiety, and chemotherapy was linked to significantly higher rates of psychiatric disorders compared to those who only received radiotherapy . \u2014 Julia Ries, Health.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"After eight months of treatment, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy , and an ongoing clinical trial, she was given the all-clear. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"His son Noah was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2016 but has been in remission since 2017 following chemotherapy and radiotherapy . \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Secondly, as reported by NBC and others, Powell had a type of cancer called multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer which can sometimes be controlled for several years using chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy treatments. \u2014 Victoria Forster, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Healthcare providers can use machine learning in combination with a cancer patient\u2019s medical scans, lab tests and EHR data for generating a safer radiotherapy regimen. \u2014 Sergey Avdeychik, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Cancer is a disease in which cells in the body abnormally and uncontrollably grow and multiply, according to Dr. Henry Park, chief of thoracic radiotherapy at Yale Medicine. \u2014 Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY , 21 Oct. 2021",
"The Instagram post, liked about 100 times in the first day online, adds that biopsy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are harmful. \u2014 Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY , 21 Oct. 2021",
"But many do not return to life as usual right after getting out of the chemotherapy chair or off the radiotherapy table. \u2014 Annette L. Stanton, STAT , 5 Sep. 2021"
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"transitive verb"
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"\u2014 Time"
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"At the Rubenstein Arts Center on Duke University\u2019s campus, an image from a microscope makes an alien landscape out of the knobby, radial symmetry of a sea urchin skeleton. \u2014 Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian , 12 July 2018"
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"\u02c8r\u0101d-\u0113-\u0259l",
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"The black stone Sillage d\u2019Hermes table is hand engraved in a radial pattern and turns gray when etched. \u2014 Damon Johnstun, oregonlive , 26 May 2022",
"Preliminary processing of the third stage suggests pseudo- radial fracture growth, around the well at the center. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"For the big presentation of Bitcoin City in El Salvador, Romero showed off a model, bathed in gold paint, that showed a radial city, which at its heart bore the bitcoin logo. \u2014 Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"In the United States, there are two common types of phalloplasty: radial forearm flap (or R.F.F., which uses the forearm as a skin-flap donor site) and anterolateral thigh (or ALT, which uses the thigh). \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Whether symmetrical or asymmetrical, the image should have a sense of balance visually and a radial arrangement as viewed from a central point. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
"The propellers, all four, are almost 17 feet across, and they\u2019re attached to 2,400-hp Wright R-3350-24WA 18-cylinder radial engines, which give it a top speed of 225 mph and 190-mph cruise speed with a 4,900-mile range. \u2014 J. George Gorant, Robb Report , 29 Mar. 2022",
"It's estimated that Proxima Centauri's variability can often look like a radial velocity signal equivalent to a meter per second. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 10 Feb. 2022",
"But this is the first time the radial velocity method has been used to find such a lightweight planet. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
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"His space suit was pumped up like an all-season radial . \u2014 Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
"Instead only the most distal ones are homologous to digit bones; the proximal radials are homologous to the wrist bones and the long bones of the palm. \u2014 John A. Long, Scientific American , 20 May 2020",
"Enter the panda\u2019s pseudo-thumb, which is also composed of an enlarged radial sesamoid and cartilaginous extension, and is controlled by the same three muscles as in the aye-aye. \u2014 National Geographic , 21 Oct. 2019",
"Andretti first credits the slicks, and then changing from a cross-ply construction to radials . \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2019",
"There\u2019s a sort of radial set up to the room, that big gem in the middle was basically a topper on a giant, carpeted wedding cake, which seemed the ideal architecture for some sort of romantic ritual. \u2014 Lucy Boyle, The Cut , 30 Oct. 2017",
"The bias ply is easier to retread while the radial is lighter. \u2014 John Cox, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2017",
"Line lock helps the driver warm the rear drag radials , a special air-conditioning circuit chills the intercooler, and a trans brake makes for easy launches and helps the Demon perform the briefest of wheelies. \u2014 Car and Driver , 10 Oct. 2017",
"The car comes on four drag radials , but the eight-speed ZF 8HP automatic turns only the rear wheels. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 20 July 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Little Miner\u2019s success is not a momentary starburst, a happy accident based on some curious collision of pandemic ennui, culinary fad and cultural obsession for foods that ooze, drip and radiate their charisma across our social channels. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Although the olfactory bulb isn\u2019t involved in cognitive functions, tenOever said, inflammation there can radiate deeper into the brain. \u2014 Jason Mast, STAT , 13 June 2022",
"Those passageways radiate out from the centers like spokes on a wheel, and stretch for several miles. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"All roads lead to... Cotoca",
"Furthermore, much of the valley and even the surrounding mountains are meadows, which allows heat to radiate upward and outward into the atmosphere faster than would forest or, especially, urban settings. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 June 2021",
"That allows your body heat to radiate outward, turning your sleeping bag into a warm sac of air. \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 22 June 2020",
"In person, Taylor\u2019s wit and matter-of-fact intelligence radiate warmth. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The day before on Sunday, May 15, the moon will radiate a reddish hue for 84 minutes \u2014 as the Flower Moon will simultaneously be a Blood Moon total lunar eclipse, best viewed in North and South America. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many studies of radicalism highlight key thinkers and writings, but Mr. Gatrell looks at how ordinary people made radical ideas their own. \u2014 William Anthony Hay, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Here is the radicalism of Reagan: Orthodox economics attempts to use both monetary and fiscal policy to manipulate the availability of dollars. \u2014 Richard Vigilante, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Ultimately, structural reform is the only true long-term solution to the radicalism that has emerged from our partisan primaries. \u2014 Garry Kasparov, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"At several points, its author endorses\u2014another small radicalism \u2014the benefits of psychotherapy. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 19 May 2022",
"But after two years of debates over pandemic school closures, school mask mandates, critical race theory, gender radicalism , student-loan forgiveness, and campus assaults on free speech, the ... \u2014 Frederick M. Hess, National Review , 12 May 2022",
"The radicalism was also aimed at attacking the United States. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Aug. 2021",
"These six years weren't all COVID and Republican radicalism , of course. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 12 May 2022",
"That law, passed last year, has been used to close some mosques and Islamic associations accused of fostering radicalism . \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Radical\u2019 comes from the Latin word radix , for root, and that\u2019s exactly what this is: change at the root. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"Verb",
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"The stranded sailors were radioing for help.",
"The pilot radioed in to the control tower.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Pence is a 61-year-old former Indiana governor, former member of Congress, an ex- radio host and an evangelical Christian. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 8 Oct. 2020",
"Pence is a 61-year-old former Indiana governor and ex- radio host, an evangelical Christian known for his Midwestern charm and unwavering loyalty to Trump. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 Oct. 2020",
"The vice president is a 61-year-old former Indiana governor and ex- radio host, an evangelical Christian known for his folksy charm and unwavering loyalty to Trump. \u2014 Steve Peoples, chicagotribune.com , 7 Oct. 2020",
"Pence is a 61-year-old former Indiana governor and ex- radio host, an evangelical Christian known for his folksy charm and unwavering loyalty to Trump. \u2014 Steve Peoples, Star Tribune , 7 Oct. 2020",
"The vice president is a 61-year-old former Indiana governor and ex- radio host, an evangelical Christian known for his folksy charm and unwavering loyalty to Trump. \u2014 The Associated Press, NOLA.com , 7 Oct. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The rally was scheduled weeks after he was invited to the Monday forum, according to moderator Joe Giganti, who hosts a conservative radio show on WTAQ in Green Bay. \u2014 Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"Benally, who lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, and part time at the Navajo Nation reservation, was in California to record a pilot of her new radio show about Indigenous youth. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 26 June 2022",
"One was a 1956 radio interview that basically contains Parker's master plan for Presley's career. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
"While speaking to host Howard Stern during the radio interview, Snoop explained his reasoning for hiring a blunt roller. \u2014 Jack Irvin, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"In the 10-minute radio interview conducted by hosts Bobby Carpenter and Jacob Hester -- the former LSU fullback who played for Saban and Fisher in 2004 -- Saban was not asked about any of the specifics of Fisher\u2019s news conference. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
"Yellen's successor as chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, said in a radio interview for Marketplace last week that the central bank's ability to lower inflation while keeping the economy going could depend on what happens globally. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 18 May 2022",
"Fans are rallying behind Kehlani on social media this week after a recent radio interview with the singer went viral for all the wrong reasons. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"Data shows 27 gunfire incidents between Jan. 1 and June 1, compared to 31 incidents at the same time last year, a decrease of 13%, Lalley said on her radio show, Fridays with the Finest. \u2014 Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Apolinar tried to radio for help, but one of the bullets had sliced her tongue apart. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"But in recent years, SAG merged with AFTRA (the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), resulting in an influx of everyone from TV meteorologists to radio talk-show hosts; more recently, the guild began admitting TikTokers, too. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2022",
"This in turn can form a rotating ring of matter (aka an accretion disk) around the black hole that emits powerful X-rays and visible light\u2014and sometimes radio waves. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The ex-police officers\u2019 patrol supervisor, Sergeant Jose Gomez, tried to radio their unit to ask for backup at the mall but received no response. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 11 Jan. 2022",
"He is also seen attempting unsuccessfully to radio desperate reports that he, and Staff Sgts. \u2014 James Gordon Meek, ABC News , 16 Dec. 2021",
"In late 2019, according to the industry news site Inside Radio, 127.6 million women 12 and older listened to radio each week. \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"He is also seen attempting unsuccessfully to radio desperate reports that he, Black and Wright have each been wounded, according to officials and family members who watched the full video. \u2014 James Gordon Meek, ABC News , 11 Nov. 2021",
"However, Wagner instructed him to not to radio for help. \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 10 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Tom McMillen, president and CEO of the LEAD1 Association, which represents top-tier athletic directors, suggests a less radical approach. \u2014 Eric Olson, Chron , 30 June 2022",
"The second, more radical approach would require Pence to delay the certification of the electoral college count to give state lawmakers time to select a new slate of electors who would vote for President Trump. \u2014 Freddy Brewster, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Few films are proving to be as hotly anticipated as Greta Gerwig\u2019s upcoming Barbie, with many expecting the indie auteur to provide a radical , revisionist take on the origin story behind the beloved Mattel toy. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
"Inspired by the government shutdown of 2013, the series was a radical shift from the sleek halls of Lockhart Gardner: a sci-fi comedy about killer bugs from outer space that infest the brains of congressmen, turning them into hyper-partisan maniacs. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"The radical shift of the state GOP hasn\u2019t come about overnight. \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"And marketing leaders face an even bigger hurdle in getting management teams on board with what is quite a radical approach to business. \u2014 Chris Martin, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Yet leveling up, like taking back control, is radical in theory and conservative in practice. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 19 June 2022",
"There were some Asian Americans at the California College of Arts and Crafts who introduced me to people in San Francisco who were more radical . \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 5 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Failure to do so could bring a radical to the Presidency in five years\u2014with damaging consequences far beyond France. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"But right then, in that moment, the 40-something poet, journalist and simmering social radical was trapped in a luxury car with the corporate squares, a beetle in cooling agate. \u2014 Dwain Hebda, Arkansas Online , 5 June 2022",
"Identity politics aside, Republicans will face two challenges in portraying Jackson as a wild-eyed radical . \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Opa chafed in particular at the books and articles that reinforced the Nazi claim that Arthur had been a political radical . \u2014 Mattie Kahn, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
"The Left is busy convincing itself that Youngkin has morphed into a radical . \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 19 Jan. 2022",
"However, critics have painted her as a dangerous radical , recalling Zelaya's closeness to late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Thus, according to Biden, Sen. Mitt Romney is alternately an honorable man who will never break his word, or a dangerous radical who will put a predominantly African-American audience back in chains. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 23 July 2021",
"One explanation for her success is Ms. Wu herself, who is difficult to caricature as a radical . \u2014 Ellen Barry, New York Times , 3 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"They became stranded with only texting capabilities and an emergency position indicating radio beacon , officials said. \u2014 Fox News , 11 May 2022",
"Carry an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB), personal locator beacon (PLB) or VHF radio. \u2014 oregonlive , 29 May 2021",
"The Coast Guard received an emergency position-indicating radio beacon notification around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday about a vessel in distress. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Aji said no radio beacon signal had been detected from the 26-year-old plane. \u2014 Niniek Karmini, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Jan. 2021",
"The Coast Guard in Boston was notified by the boat's emergency position indicating radio beacon around 1 a.m., and calls to its satellite phone went unanswered. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 24 Nov. 2020",
"The Coast Guard received an emergency radio beacon from the Emmy Rose at 1 a.m. #USCG continues to search for four people off Provincetown, #MA. \u2014 CBS News , 23 Nov. 2020",
"SZ DJI Technology, the world\u2019s largest civilian drone manufacturer, has urged the government not to require a new radio beacon be installed on its devices, which could drive up the cost. \u2014 Alan Levin, Fortune , 26 Dec. 2019",
"The captain did not tell the marine guard before the ferry set off, didn't send a distress message before the vessel broke apart, and didn't activate the radio beacon which would have alerted others to their position. \u2014 Julia Hollingsworth, CNN , 9 Oct. 2019"
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"Optometrists are still banned under the new law from doing cataract surgery and radial keratotomy surgery, and selling prescription drugs. \u2014 Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online , 13 Dec. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mojzsis says another big unknown is planet formation, a complicated process that can lead to variations in a world\u2019s reservoirs of radiogenic elements and internal heat. \u2014 Marcus Woo, Scientific American , 17 Nov. 2020",
"In the early years of the energy employees\u2019 compensation program, more than a dozen workers, like Somerville, tested positive for beryllium sensitization and later developed the full-blown disease and radiogenic cancers, Pompa said. \u2014 Yamil Berard, star-telegram , 12 Dec. 2015",
"The fate of high-angle dipping slabs in the subduction factory: an integrated trace element and radiogenic isotope (U, Th, Sr, Nd, Pb) study of Stromboli Volcano, Aeolian Arc, Italy. \u2014 Erik Klemetti, WIRED , 20 Aug. 2010"
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"The new high-speed wireless service uses a segment of the radio spectrum , C-Band, that is close to that used by altimeters, which are devices that measure the height of aircraft above the ground. \u2014 David Koenig, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Jan. 2022",
"In this race with high economic stakes, EU nations are moving too slowly because of a failure to do things such as assign radio spectrum for 5G services, according to the ECA. \u2014 Staff Writer, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The telecoms, the FCC and their supporters argue that C-Band and aircraft altimeters operate far enough apart on the radio spectrum to avoid interference. \u2014 David Koenig, ajc , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The Federal Communications Commission on Friday said AT&T spent $9.1 billion and Dish spent $7.3 billion to secure rights to use the airwaves, which sit above 3.45 gigahertz on the radio spectrum . \u2014 Drew Fitzgerald, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2022",
"In the last days of the Trump administration, the FCC took away most of the radio spectrum that cars were planning to use. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022",
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"The new high-speed 5G service uses a segment of the radio spectrum that is close to that used by altimeters, which are devices that measure the height of aircraft above the ground. \u2014 David Koenig, chicagotribune.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Those are related to a type of 5G service that relies on chunks of radio spectrum called C-Band, which wireless carriers spent billions of dollars to buy up last year. \u2014 Fox News , 4 Jan. 2022"
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"Grainy photographs out of China depict a plane that is practically identical to the E-2 Hawkeye, from the shape of the aircraft to the radome mounted on top. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 31 Aug. 2020",
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"The platform appears to be topped with a radome and solar panels, and its strategic location makes it likely it is intended to extend China\u2019s radar or signals intelligence collection in the area, the report said. \u2014 Alice Fung, The Seattle Times , 21 Nov. 2018",
"To give you an idea of just how big this radar is, the spherical radome , which protects the radar from the elements, is more than 103 feet high and 120 feet in diameter. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 4 Nov. 2016",
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"If the battery was lodged inside a radome or embedded in a plane, a fire could be the catastrophic icing on a tragic cake. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 22 Dec. 2016"
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"One is using a giant new radio telescope , and the other is choosing a compelling new target. \u2014 Chris Impey, The Conversation , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"The report proposes using the FAST Observable Field, the largest radio telescope in the world, located in Pingtang, Guizhoou, China, to send the message. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 7 May 2022",
"One of these new messages will be sent from the world\u2019s largest radio telescope , in China, sometime in 2023. \u2014 Chris Impey, The Conversation , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Starters include hamachi with avocado, black radish and yuzu dressing, foie gras torchon with date-lemon chutney, Comte souffle with caviar, and a duck terrine with pistachios and bacon. \u2014 William Li, Town & Country , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"Though the presence of this radioisotope in sediment does not neatly translate into contamination in soil or food, the finding does suggest the possibility of danger to ecosystems and people. \u2014 Hart Rapaport, Scientific American , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Job description: Prepare, administer, and measure radioactive isotopes in therapeutic, diagnostic, and tracer studies using a variety of radioisotope equipment. \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Personnel remain at the facility, which is used for research, development and radioisotope production for medical and industrial applications. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Most recently, the lab helped power NASA's Mars rover Perseverance with a radioisotope power system, which converts heat generated by the natural decay of plutonium-238 into electrical power. \u2014 Keith Ridler, ajc , 19 Nov. 2021",
"As a proof of principle, Cederwall and colleagues focused on detection of californium-252, a readily available radioisotope widely used as a proxy for weapons-grade plutonium. \u2014 Richard Stone, Science | AAAS , 19 May 2021",
"Voyager and many satellites already use radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs). \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 9 Feb. 2021",
"With a chemical makeup similar to calcium, strontium-90, a radioisotope found in fallout, is easily absorbed in teeth and bones. \u2014 Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Iodine 131 is a radioisotope created as a result of nuclear fission, which is why scientists believe the radiation release is the result of an accident at a nuclear facility. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2020"
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"As these elements decay, uranium (No. 92 on the periodic table) degrades to radium (No. 88), which in turn degrades into radon (No. 86). \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
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"In 2019, the Lake County Public Works Department issued a letter to Lake Zurich asking the village to remove radium produced by its ion exchange process from the wastewater stream sent to Lake County, according to Village Manager Ray Keller. \u2014 Elizabeth Owens-schiele, chicagotribune.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Why Marie: The first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics, Marie Curie is best known for her discovery of both polonium and radium , as well as fundamentally changing our understanding of radioactivity. \u2014 Yola Robert, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"The number of times per second that a radio wave radiates is referred to as its frequency. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Some believe the unexplained injuries, which include brain damage, are the result of attacks with microwave or radio wave weapons. \u2014 CBS News , 19 July 2021",
"Some believe the unexplained injuries, which include brain damage, are the result of attacks with microwave or radio wave weapons. \u2014 CBS News , 19 July 2021",
"Caltech graduate student Dillon Dong noticed a particularly bright radio wave source in data from the Very Large Array Sky Survey, which was dubbed VT 1210+4956. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 7 Sep. 2021",
"Some believe the unexplained injuries, which include brain damage, are the result of attacks with microwave or radio wave weapons. \u2014 CBS News , 19 July 2021",
"Some believe the unexplained injuries, which include brain damage, are the result of attacks with microwave or radio wave weapons. \u2014 CBS News , 19 July 2021"
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"This puts the angular velocity at 93.65 radians per second. \u2014 Adam Rogers, WIRED , 10 July 2019",
"These units are called radians (apologies if this term provokes a violent and sickening flashback to high school math), and there are 2\u03c0 of them in a circle. \u2014 Brian Resnick, Vox , 13 Mar. 2019",
"Three quarters around the same circle has gone one and a half pi radians . \u2014 Randyn Charles Bartholomew, Scientific American , 25 June 2014",
"According to People, the elongated radian cut ring is 4 carats, and was personally designed by Zandy along with Leor Yerushalmi and The Jewelers of Las Vegas. \u2014 De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue , 29 Apr. 2018",
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"These spy photos show its new design, which appears to be clean, simple, and not radically different from the current 10th-generation model that's been around since the 2018 model year. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
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"Gibbons urged the jury to believe none of that, alleging that Dan was a bought-and-paid for informant who made $54,000 from the government trying to radicalize Fox with the help of his FBI handler. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The deep look at the killings, conducted by the Secret Service\u2019s National Threat Assessment Center, was an effort to study how contempt for women can radicalize men and spark violent and deadly behavior. \u2014 Colleen Long, orlandosentinel.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Those harms include shadowy algorithms that radicalize users, pervasive misinformation and extremism, facilitation of human trafficking, teen suicide, and more. \u2014 Barbara Ortutay, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The lawsuit says Facebook knew that rewarding users for posting dangerous content and allowing fake accounts created by autocrats to flourish would radicalize users. \u2014 Kelvin Chan, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Investigators are scrutinizing the groups that funded the protests that preceded the violence, which involved rioters from at least 44 states, and promoted and spread lies online that helped radicalize the crowd. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Nov. 2021",
"While groups of men who think this way have always existed, the internet has helped accelerate and further radicalize these views. \u2014 Shannon Watts, ELLE , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Such a result would further destabilize and radicalize unionism, making the resurrection of power-sharing even harder. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 17 Nov. 2021"
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"The left-hander reportedly hit 96 mph on the radar gun this week at the Red Sox\u2019s spring training facility. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
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"Everyone knows the high-velocity version of Greene, capable of regularly hitting triple-digits on the radar gun . \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
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"On Friday, Erceg hit 98 mph on the radar gun multiple times in a one-inning Cactus League stint for the Brewers against the Chicago Cubs. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Gose hit 100 mph on the radar gun with his second pitch, to Hunter Dozier to begin the fourth inning. \u2014 Steve Herrick, ajc , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Gose struck out 49 in 33 innings, hitting 100 mph on the radar gun and consistently throwing in the upper 90s. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Sep. 2021"
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"The two-engine bombers, powered by Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engines , were designed to fly lower and to hit smaller targets than heavier bombers, such as B-17s and B-24s, McCaslin said. \u2014 David Owens, courant.com , 7 July 2018",
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"The loud drone of the four 1,200-horsepower, Wright Cyclone radial engines sounds like no other airplane flying. \u2014 David Owens, courant.com , 14 Sep. 2017",
"On a calm morning off the coast of New Jersey in May 1932, Navy Lieutenant Daniel W. Harrigan throttled back the 428-hp radial engine powering his small Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk biplane. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 6 Sep. 2017"
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"While browsing through new radio astronomy data collected by CSIRO's Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope, Kapinska noticed several strange shapes that didn't seem to resemble any known type of object. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Projects such as the Africa Millimetre Telescope will help to achieve a larger programme in Africa in astronomy, radio astronomy and engineering, which are needed to help develop the continent, says Sharpe. \u2014 Sarah Wild, Scientific American , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Satellites also pose a challenge for radio astronomy , in which images are created with radio waves rather than light. \u2014 Aylin Woodward, WSJ , 5 Feb. 2022",
"There are decades of radio astronomy data in the archives of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and there are still new discoveries lurking within it. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Earth is also full of its own radio emissions that can prevent faint signals from being tracked by radio astronomy . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 8 May 2021",
"Niday was heading out on patrol of Green Bank, West Virginia, to keep tabs on radio noise that might interfere with the half-dozen giant, dish-shaped telescopes looming behind us at the nation\u2019s oldest federal radio astronomy observatory. \u2014 Stephen Kurczy, Wired , 3 Aug. 2021",
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"RadioNet, a network representing radio astronomy , requested an extension to the comments deadline but was declined. \u2014 Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS , 11 May 2021"
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"Sticky lamb ribs glazed with aged soy sauce and served with sesame sticky rice, charred cucumber and pickled radish . \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The restaurant's signature item, the Bap and Chicken, arrived in a paper bowl with a soft poached egg tucked underneath the medley of fried chicken, saut\u00e9ed mushrooms and pickled daikon radish . \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 5 Mar. 2022",
"On the far left, little gem lettuce with radish and anchovies; on the far right, a dish of artichoke, garlic flowers and egg from the property\u2019s Marans hens. \u2014 WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Sandwiches include sides of fantastic fresh-cut fries or a bountiful mixed greens salad, with seasonal Werp Farms lettuce and watermelon radish . \u2014 Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Maple & Ash Head to Scottsdale for a brunch special ($90) of lobster avocado toast embellished with chili crunch, radish and herbs and regular brunch entrees from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 3 May 2022",
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"Every Tundra also comes standard with Toyota Safety Sense 2.5, providing forward collision warning with pedestrian detection, emergency steering assist, radar cruise control , lane departure assist and automatic high beams. \u2014 Karl Brauer, Forbes , 19 Sep. 2021",
"Mercedes is rightly proud of the many innovations that previous S-classes introduced, including anti-lock brakes (1981), stability control (1995), radar cruise control (1998), and all-LED exterior lighting (2013). \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 28 Oct. 2020",
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"The radio collar ultimately stopped providing a signal, but the cougar is presumed to have moved into Ontario eastward, then down into Connecticut, where it was hit by a car and killed \u2014 about 2,000 miles of travel from its original home. \u2014 Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press , 31 Dec. 2021",
"In June, 2020, he was briefly detained by a biologist from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, and fitted with a purple radio collar , so his movements from then on were tracked as closely as a teen-ager\u2019s using Life360. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 14 Dec. 2021"
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"David Facchini, director of radiology at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, said the effects would likely hurt community hospitals the most. \u2014 Darius Tahir, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
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"David Facchini, director of radiology at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, said the effects would likely hurt community hospitals the most. \u2014 Darius Tahir, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
"David Facchini, director of radiology at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, said the effects would likely hurt community hospitals the most. \u2014 Darius Tahir, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
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"An international team of archaeologists explored Cueva de Ardales from 2011 to 2018, then used radiocarbon and uranium-thorium dating techniques to understand the cave\u2019s history. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
"This arrowhead, made of reindeer antler and probably also used to hunt reindeer, radiocarbon -dates to 2,000-3,000 years ago. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Jarman argued that the discrepancy could be explained by the different diets of the people whose bones were radiocarbon -dated. \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Researchers plan to do more radiocarbon analysis, as well as DNA and other chemical testing. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Israeli archaeologists also have partnered with the country\u2019s Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot to gather large numbers of radiocarbon samples to calibrate a more accurate chronology of Jerusalem\u2019s past. \u2014 Andrew Lawler, Scientific American , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The remains recently were radiocarbon -dated to 14,200-14,900 years ago. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"To date the other layers at the site, Slimak and his colleagues did statistical analysis on the radiocarbon dates from more than 70,000 animal bones (mostly horse, bison, and deer) found in the rock shelter. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 21 Feb. 2022"
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"According to The Chronicle, the investigation revealed that Fierceton attended Whitfield, a private school in St. Louis with tuition of nearly $30,000 a year, and her mother was a radiologist with a college degree. \u2014 Michelle Shen, USA TODAY , 20 Jan. 2022",
"My father, Bruce, was a radiologist and head of the residency program at Emory University Hospital. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 7 Dec. 2021",
"By doing her own research, Bailey discovered UFE, a minimally invasive treatment that is performed by an interventional radiologist , often in an outpatient setting. \u2014 Marissa Charles, PEOPLE.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Peng had been trained as a radiologist in China, but her husband\u2019s all-consuming work had been cause to delay her American licensure. \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Wausau radiologist Gillian Battino is getting poised to switch political races. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Feb. 2022",
"AlQadeeb has a remarkable story as well: from working as a radiologist to running a prominent fashion house. \u2014 Stephan Rabimov, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022"
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"I listen to the radio all the time.",
"I heard the news on the radio .",
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"The radio was playing very loudly.",
"The pilot's radio wasn't working.",
"Verb",
"The police radioed for backup.",
"The stranded sailors were radioing for help.",
"The pilot radioed in to the control tower.",
"The police radioed a report back to the station.",
"They radioed the Coast Guard for help.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Pence is a 61-year-old former Indiana governor, former member of Congress, an ex- radio host and an evangelical Christian. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 8 Oct. 2020",
"Pence is a 61-year-old former Indiana governor and ex- radio host, an evangelical Christian known for his Midwestern charm and unwavering loyalty to Trump. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 Oct. 2020",
"The vice president is a 61-year-old former Indiana governor and ex- radio host, an evangelical Christian known for his folksy charm and unwavering loyalty to Trump. \u2014 Steve Peoples, chicagotribune.com , 7 Oct. 2020",
"Pence is a 61-year-old former Indiana governor and ex- radio host, an evangelical Christian known for his folksy charm and unwavering loyalty to Trump. \u2014 Steve Peoples, Star Tribune , 7 Oct. 2020",
"The vice president is a 61-year-old former Indiana governor and ex- radio host, an evangelical Christian known for his folksy charm and unwavering loyalty to Trump. \u2014 The Associated Press, NOLA.com , 7 Oct. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The rally was scheduled weeks after he was invited to the Monday forum, according to moderator Joe Giganti, who hosts a conservative radio show on WTAQ in Green Bay. \u2014 Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"Benally, who lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, and part time at the Navajo Nation reservation, was in California to record a pilot of her new radio show about Indigenous youth. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 26 June 2022",
"One was a 1956 radio interview that basically contains Parker's master plan for Presley's career. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
"While speaking to host Howard Stern during the radio interview, Snoop explained his reasoning for hiring a blunt roller. \u2014 Jack Irvin, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"In the 10-minute radio interview conducted by hosts Bobby Carpenter and Jacob Hester -- the former LSU fullback who played for Saban and Fisher in 2004 -- Saban was not asked about any of the specifics of Fisher\u2019s news conference. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
"Yellen's successor as chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, said in a radio interview for Marketplace last week that the central bank's ability to lower inflation while keeping the economy going could depend on what happens globally. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 18 May 2022",
"Fans are rallying behind Kehlani on social media this week after a recent radio interview with the singer went viral for all the wrong reasons. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"Data shows 27 gunfire incidents between Jan. 1 and June 1, compared to 31 incidents at the same time last year, a decrease of 13%, Lalley said on her radio show, Fridays with the Finest. \u2014 Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Apolinar tried to radio for help, but one of the bullets had sliced her tongue apart. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"But in recent years, SAG merged with AFTRA (the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), resulting in an influx of everyone from TV meteorologists to radio talk-show hosts; more recently, the guild began admitting TikTokers, too. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2022",
"This in turn can form a rotating ring of matter (aka an accretion disk) around the black hole that emits powerful X-rays and visible light\u2014and sometimes radio waves. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The ex-police officers\u2019 patrol supervisor, Sergeant Jose Gomez, tried to radio their unit to ask for backup at the mall but received no response. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 11 Jan. 2022",
"He is also seen attempting unsuccessfully to radio desperate reports that he, and Staff Sgts. \u2014 James Gordon Meek, ABC News , 16 Dec. 2021",
"In late 2019, according to the industry news site Inside Radio, 127.6 million women 12 and older listened to radio each week. \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"He is also seen attempting unsuccessfully to radio desperate reports that he, Black and Wright have each been wounded, according to officials and family members who watched the full video. \u2014 James Gordon Meek, ABC News , 11 Nov. 2021",
"However, Wagner instructed him to not to radio for help. \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 10 Nov. 2021"
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"short for radiotelegraphy":"Noun and Adjective"
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"1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1913, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-132127"
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"noun"
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"\"+"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary radio- + telegram":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-143441"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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": of or relating to nuclear radiation":[]
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"\u02ccr\u0101d-\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4j-i-k\u0259l",
"\u02ccr\u0101-d\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-ji-k\u0259l"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mike McNaughton, an environmental health physicist at Los Alamos, acknowledges that chemical and radiological waste was blatantly mishandled in the early years of the laboratory. \u2014 Morgan Lee, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 May 2022",
"The University of Alabama will provide six to eight officers, five K9 teams, 353 bicycle racks, four message boards, four portable light towers, one radiological detector, 80 walk-through metal detectors, and 100 delineators. \u2014 al , 14 June 2022",
"Mike McNaughton, an environmental health physicist at Los Alamos, acknowledges that chemical and radiological waste was blatantly mishandled in the early years of the laboratory. \u2014 Morgan Lee, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 May 2022",
"Mike McNaughton, an environmental health physicist at Los Alamos, acknowledges that chemical and radiological waste was blatantly mishandled in the early years of the laboratory. \u2014 Morgan Lee, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"Created by Congress in 2006, one part of BARDA\u2019s mission is to develop the medical countermeasures necessary to respond to the array of chemical, biological, radiological , and nuclear threats. \u2014 Joe Lieberman, STAT , 19 May 2022",
"Russia is creating the possibility of a chemical, biological, radiological , and nuclear (CBRN) nightmare. \u2014 Joe Lieberman, STAT , 19 May 2022",
"In approving these requests, the NRC has accepted Holtec\u2019s rationale that such measures are less crucial for retired plants, which experts agree do not carry the same radiological risk. \u2014 Douglas Macmillan, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"The radiological team charged with looking for both radiation and radon has concluded. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 25 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150317"
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"noun"
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"\u02ccr\u0101-d\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"examples":[
"She was exposed to high levels of radiation .",
"He goes in for radiation next week.",
"the sun's radiation of heat",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The worker did not require medical attention because the dose was below the limits for people who work with radiation , Holtec said. \u2014 Douglas Macmillan, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Just 30 days after being born, doctors attempted to remove a birthmark and correct an elongation of his left arm and leg with radiation . \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Another explanation could be carbon dioxide on the Red Planet reacted with ultraviolet radiation and converted the CO2 into other organic compounds like formaldehyde. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Unlike most cases, hers was caught at an early stage a treated with radiation at UAB. \u2014 al , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Sorrento Mesa biotech Radionetics Oncology recently launched in a bid to blast tumors with radiation while sparing healthy cells. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Oct. 2021",
"In the ensuing years, a hundred more open-air tests were conducted at the site, throwing the distinctive mushroom cloud of debris and smoke into the air, showering the communities to the north and east with radiation . \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Oct. 2021",
"But the cancer can be effectively treated with radiation and offers an 80% success rate. \u2014 James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Physicians have treated cancer with radiation for more than a century, usually by shining an external beam through the skin at tumors in a specific location. \u2014 Brian Gormley, WSJ , 8 July 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152423"
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"noun"
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"\u02c8r\u0101-d\u0113-\u02cc\u0101-t\u0259r",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These fractures serve as heat exchangers \u2013 much like the radiator in an automobile. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"But the fitter a driver is, the more efficiently their body can act like a radiator and dispel heat through sweat. \u2014 Outside Online , 21 May 2015",
"Roxanne\u2019s daughter Alisha arrived with the new radiator . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Another seed: In 1957, the first surveillance bug in FBI history was planted behind a radiator in Celano\u2019s Custom Tailors, located at 620 N. Michigan Ave. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Each radiator takes 15 hours to construct, meaning the whole shebang takes nearly four weeks to complete the requisite 150 hours of labor. \u2014 Sean Evans, Robb Report , 26 Jan. 2022",
"This was a necessity, as the twin-turbo V-6 requires a veritable club sandwich of heat exchangers, with an air-to-liquid intercooler and transmission and oil coolers joining the usual radiator and AC condenser. \u2014 Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver , 16 May 2022",
"The room appears intentionally grim, with missing paint on the brown wall, a radiator and unmade bed. \u2014 Darlene Aderoju, Billboard , 11 May 2022",
"Importantly, the car retains its original engine, carburetor, ignition, radiator and shroud, oil cooler and remote filter, brake servo, alternator, four-speed manual transmission and differential and even toolkit. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-155441"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-155630"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-162143"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a chromatogram revealing one or more radioactive substances":[]
},
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"-kr\u0259-",
"\u02ccr\u0101-d\u0113-\u014d-kr\u014d-\u02c8ma-t\u0259-\u02ccgram",
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"first_known_use":{
"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-172732"
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"adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-173906"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180120"
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"noun"
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": the quality or state of being radiolucent":[]
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"radiolucence from radiolucent , after such pairs as English different : difference; radiolucency from radiolucent + -cy":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-191028"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"verb"
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": irradiate , illuminate":[],
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": having ray flowers":[],
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"\u02c8r\u0101d-\u0113-\u0259t, -\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u02c8r\u0101d-\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u02c8r\u0101-d\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
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"branch",
"fan (out)",
"ray"
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"concentrate",
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"focus",
"funnel",
"meet"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"The pain was radiating down my arm.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That\u2019s especially true for low-income residents, who also disproportionately live in heat islands \u2014 areas where abundant concrete and asphalt soak up the sun\u2019s rays and radiate excess heat, driving up the cost of staying cool. \u2014 Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"The dark patina will actually absorb and radiate more heat than lighter shiny pans, which is ideal for roasting. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Little Miner\u2019s success is not a momentary starburst, a happy accident based on some curious collision of pandemic ennui, culinary fad and cultural obsession for foods that ooze, drip and radiate their charisma across our social channels. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Although the olfactory bulb isn\u2019t involved in cognitive functions, tenOever said, inflammation there can radiate deeper into the brain. \u2014 Jason Mast, STAT , 13 June 2022",
"Those passageways radiate out from the centers like spokes on a wheel, and stretch for several miles. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"All roads lead to... Cotoca? From each city, earthen causeways radiate out like spokes, connecting the city with surrounding towns and villages even during the rainy season, when the Llanos might be flooded or a swampy mess. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 25 May 2022",
"Furthermore, much of the valley and even the surrounding mountains are meadows, which allows heat to radiate upward and outward into the atmosphere faster than would forest or, especially, urban settings. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 June 2021",
"That allows your body heat to radiate outward, turning your sleeping bag into a warm sac of air. \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 22 June 2020"
],
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"Latin radiatus , past participle of radiare , from radius ray":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1619, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": fluoroscope":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-193012"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a branch of chemistry dealing with radioactive substances and phenomena including tracer studies":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccr\u0101d-\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8kem-\u0259-str\u0113",
"\u02ccr\u0101-d\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8ke-m\u0259-str\u0113"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Birnbaum launches into a primer on radiochemistry : Isotopes are chemical elements with too many or too few neutrons in their centers. \u2014 Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics , 1 Feb. 2020",
"In those early days, radiochemistry was a kind of scavenger hunt to collect and understand these features. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Aug. 2019",
"The nuclear-research center was hit with five weapons, the radiochemistry laboratory was hit, Building 500 close to that laboratory was hit, and the fuel fabrication facility was hit. \u2014 Uri Friedman, The Atlantic , 17 May 2017",
"After graduating from South Carolina State University with a degree in chemistry and a concentration in radiochemistry , McCullough now works as a nuclear scientist at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 15 May 2017",
"McCullough earned her Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry with a concentration in radiochemistry from South Carolina State University. \u2014 Mark Price, charlotteobserver , 15 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-193806"
},
"radioautograph":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun,",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
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},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccr\u0101d-\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8\u022ft-\u0259-\u02ccgraf",
"\u02ccr\u0101-d\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8\u022f-t\u0259-\u02ccgraf"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-195345"
},
"radiolocator":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": radar":[
"\u2014 used by the British before official adoption of radar"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"radio- + locator":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205149"
},
"radioscopic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to radioscopy":[]
},
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"\u00a6r\u0101d\u0113\u0259\u00a6sk\u00e4pik"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"radioscopic International Scientific Vocabulary radioscopy + -ic; radioscopical from radioscopy + -ical":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-213255"
},
"radiosonde":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a miniature radio transmitter that is carried aloft (as by an unpiloted balloon) with instruments for sensing and broadcasting atmospheric conditions":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101-d\u0113-\u014d-\u02ccs\u00e4nd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The radiosonde hit the ground multiple times, but somehow did not fail. \u2014 Pedram Javaheri, CNN , 14 Jan. 2021",
"But fewer than 200 radiosondes are launched each day. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020",
"For added difficulty, the global models of wind speeds and directions built by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its European equivalent, using disposable weather balloons carrying radiosondes , leave much room for error. \u2014 Alex Davies, WIRED , 23 July 2019",
"Hunting radiosondes : This is a fascinating story of a weather balloon chaser across the pond. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 6 Mar. 2018",
"Some balloons will carry radiosondes , small weather stations that gather data about pressure, temperature and humidity, which can give more clues to an eclipse's effects on the atmosphere. \u2014 Shauna Steigerwald, Cincinnati.com , 18 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1932, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-213321"
},
"radio-control":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": control of mechanisms other than signaling apparatus at a distance by radio waves":[],
": to operate by radio control":[
"radio-controlled airplane"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6r\u0101d\u0113(\u02cc)\u014d+"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-221555"
},
"radio silence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-225725"
},
"radiosensitive":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": sensitive to the effects of radiant energy":[
"radiosensitive cancer cells"
]
},
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"The mummified remains of the snake were not definitely identified as a snake until a 2009 radiograph , courtesy of a local veterinary clinic, revealed it to be coiled up inside. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 21 Aug. 2020",
"In discussing Ambika\u2019s overall quality of life, the elephant and veterinary team strongly considered Ambika\u2019s gait, blood-work parameters, radiographs , progressions of her lesions and her tendency to occasionally isolate from Shanthi and Bozie. \u2014 Beth Py-lieberman, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Mar. 2020",
"To extract the towel from her, veterinarians -- including Dr. Olivia Clarke -- took radiographs to confirm the cloth's location within the serpent, who was then anesthetized for the procedure. \u2014 Fox News , 1 Mar. 2020",
"Scientists used dental, anthropological and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence, to identify Shelemba. \u2014 Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press , 30 Dec. 2019",
"To identify Woods\u2019 remains, scientists from DPAA used dental, anthropological and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. \u2014 Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com , 27 June 2019",
"Eventually, officials exhumed Julius\u2019s remains in Belgium and, using dental and chest radiograph comparison analysis, announced the match in November 2017. \u2014 Ian Shapira, Washington Post , 20 June 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Mac Donald\u2019s remains were identified using anthropological, dental, and chest radiograph analysis, the release said. \u2014 J.d. Capelouto, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2018",
"Functional instability, grossly simplified, is the feeling of \u2018giving way\u2019 while stress radiographs might show a relatively stable joint. \u2014 SI.com , 25 May 2018"
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"Now a study published in Astrobiology contends that radiolysis could have powered microbial life in the Martian subsurface. \u2014 Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American , 19 July 2021",
"Scientists have previously studied Mars radiolysis , but this marks the first estimate using Martian rocks to quantify the planet\u2019s subsurface habitability. \u2014 Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American , 19 July 2021",
"Sherwood Lollar, Lin, Onstott and their collaborators proposed in 2006 that the microbial communities under South Africa and Canada derived the energy for their survival from hydrogen produced through radiolysis . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 31 May 2021",
"That process, water radiolysis , was first observed in Marie Curie\u2019s laboratory at the beginning of the 20th century, when researchers realized that solutions of radium salts generated bubbles of hydrogen and oxygen. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 31 May 2021",
"So began their long quest to unpack how important radiolysis might be to life in natural settings. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 31 May 2021",
"Radiolysis could also help create food for these aliens. \u2014 Margi Murphy, Fox News , 24 May 2017",
"Lifeforms which have formed through radiolysis can be found closer to home. \u2014 Margi Murphy, Fox News , 24 May 2017"
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"As a girl Rogers lived in Hawaii where her father was a Navy radioman . \u2014 Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Their father, the late Seaman 1st Class Ray Botello, was a radioman aboard the cruiser USS Detroit, which managed to get underway and keep its anti-aircraft batteries firing during the battle. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The memorial features a large sculpture of a Marine radioman surrounded by bricks listing the names of all the code talkers. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Laid to rest: A Navy radioman from Dayton was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery on Friday nearly 80 years after perishing during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Dayton Daily News\u2019 Thomas Gnau reports. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2021",
"Alpha McPherson, 78, a Navy radioman who retired from active duty in 1981 and then was a communications specialist as a Navy Department civilian from 1983 to 2003, died Feb. 26 at his home in Washington. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2021",
"His father, Wayne, was a Navy radioman in the Korean War. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 19 Aug. 2019",
"In 1969, Craig enlisted in the U.S. Navy, became a submariner, and served for four years as a radioman on the USS Von Steuben - based in Charleston, S.C. and Scotland. \u2014 courant.com , 18 June 2019",
"Robert entered the Navy while still a teenager and served as a radioman during World War II. \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, New York Times , 7 June 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Experts used radiocarbon dating to determine that the 21-inch-long snake dates to the Neolithic period, about 4,000 to 6,000 years ago, and believe that an ancient shaman may have used the object for magical rituals. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 July 2021",
"Using radiocarbon dating , the researchers determined that a concentrated group of samples dated back to between 2600 and 2000 BC, although the tombs continued to be reused until around 1,000 years ago. \u2014 CNN , 16 Jan. 2022",
"Using radiocarbon dating , the team found that the bands corresponded with years that scientists knew droughts had occurred. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Dec. 2020",
"Because mud wasps have inhabited the cave for tens of thousands of years, the team was able to use radiocarbon dating to determine the age of 27 nests found beneath and atop 16 of the paintings. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Feb. 2021",
"Based on radiocarbon dating , they\u2019re believed to be more than 1,000 years old. \u2014 al , 4 May 2022",
"Now, researchers using a combination of radiocarbon dating and tree-ring analysis have determined when it was created. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 July 2021",
"After radiocarbon dating the sample, experts determined that the rhino skin was around 14,400 years old. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 7 Aug. 2021",
"Ocher, an inorganic mineral pigment that contains no carbon, can't be dated using radiocarbon dating techniques. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 7 Mar. 2022"
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"The approaching planes were detected by radar .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Three months before the Iraq war, an especially noxious new strain of gangsta rap from Houston, Texas had bubbled onto conservative radar . \u2014 Jonathan Rowe, SPIN , 28 June 2022",
"The investment expands coverage of Congress from the Washington DC newsroom and improves public safety during hurricanes from a state of the art radar system at WFLA in Tampa, Florida. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"The officer says Gordon would have to go to court to see the radar results. \u2014 Jonathan Mattise, ajc , 24 June 2022",
"Both fit the mold of productive college players under the radar who have found success in Memphis. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"Beauchamp\u2019s successful G League season -- 15.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists -- has him back on the NBA radar . \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"For two years, my collaborators and I have been studying these women, who worked under the radar in Washington, DC, to create this movement by organizing to pass Title IX and holding hearings to expose the issue of gender inequality. \u2014 Leigh Fondakowski, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"Another TikTok star who wasn\u2019t on anyone's radar in 2019 is Khaby Lame. \u2014 Kat Tenbarge, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
"The key was keeping it under the radar and broad, experts said. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Before Honda slapped the Pilot nameplate on a mid-size crossover, the moniker appeared on a rad single-seat ATV. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 26 May 2022",
"Bonus Points: New employees get a rad action figure of themselves upon hire. \u2014 Nick Davidson, Outside Online , 1 Oct. 2014",
"Onstage, Rage Against the Machine\u2018s insistent, hard-core rock-rap amalgamation is nearly overmatched by its rad political clamor, spewed forth both in the songs and in the longish pauses between them. \u2014 Katherine Turman, SPIN , 26 Feb. 2022",
"The pho is rad as-is, but adding the basil and sprouts only increased the texture and flavors. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 15 Feb. 2022",
"All those questions will be answered just as surely as Jeff Probst will at some point be rocking his super- rad orange hat. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
"That includes the pretty rad custom automotive-grade blue and yellow Intel artwork adorning the chassis. \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"As the towering head of the Commonwealth army, Mercer is able to intimidate through silence, with part of that intimidation coming courtesy of his super- rad red armor suit. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 19 Aug. 2021",
"This Destiny 2 toaster does not look particularly rad . \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 18 June 2021"
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"She had a radiant inner glow.",
"She looked radiant at her wedding.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"On the red carpet, Ashton looked radiant in an embellished champagne tulle gown, designed by Sabina Bilenko Couture. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 June 2022",
"Hemsworth wore a black tux with a black t-shirt for the event while Pataky looked radiant in a black evening gown with a plunging neckline and cutouts. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"The former Strahan, Sara and Keke host looked absolutely radiant in a form-fitting, strapless white dress. \u2014 Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping , 20 June 2022",
"Turner, an ambassador for Louis Vuitton, looked radiant a the party in a vibrant red mock neck dress by the brand with long sleeves and a floor-length skirt. \u2014 Glamour , 2 May 2022",
"It\u2019s formulated with Total Soy Complex for a more radiant complexion and Vitamin B3 that diminishes dullness and blotchiness. \u2014 Daisy Maldonado, SELF , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Handmade in their Paris atelier, Viltier jewelry is radiant , colorful, and made to celebrate the natural beauty of its wearers. \u2014 Charlotte Diamond, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
"All skin types require hydration in the form of a moisturizing lotion or cream to keep skin healthy, soft and radiant . \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 17 June 2022",
"With the help of this moisturizer, your dry skin will become moisturized and radiant skin, easily matching that beautiful glow of expectant mothers. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Jello Skin was coined by TikTok user and beauty fanatic Ava Lee, who says the trend will not only leave your skin radiant but also healthy and plump. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 17 June 2022",
"Tata Harper created this Regenerating Cleanser to serve as a daily exfoliant and cleanser that polishes and buffs your skin, revealing your true radiant , glowing face. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Getting the radiant , lifted look is the goal for many in 2022, and Dr Angelica Kavouni has seen requests coming in at her Ion Kavouni Clinic for non-surgical, skin-tightening and lifting treatment such as Thermage FLX. \u2014 Angela Lei, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Magnesium, zinc and calcium derived from dragon fruit support the skin\u2019s moisture barrier, leaving it radiant , while pomegranate extract rich in puncici acid soothes the skin for an unmistakable fresh feeling. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"For Under-eye Brightening Those who appreciate a luminous under-eye or radiant skin overall should look towards Rose Inc\u2019s buildable formula powered by squalane, vitamin E, and hyaluronic acid. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"Soothing rosehip oil, vitamin E and vitamin C help brighten dark circles under the eyes, leaving your skin looking radiant and glowing. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"What was once an ode to a master, a radiant still life, has evolved into an immersive work in progress. \u2014 Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The Volcanic Ash also helps to visibly tighten and soften the appearance of the pores, leaving your skin looking radiant . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022"
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"With the radiometer , the Juno team can create heat maps of Jupiter\u2019s atmospheric layers and look for circular features at different altitudes in the atmosphere, which indicate the presence of a vortex. \u2014 Katrina Miller, Scientific American , 28 Oct. 2021",
"This finding emerged from another of Juno\u2019s instruments: a microwave radiometer . \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 28 Oct. 2021",
"To study the Great Red Spot, the Juno probe was reoriented from its normal sideways attitude, so that the microwave radiometer on board could better reveal details of its vertical structure. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Each unit is fitted with a microwave radiometer , so researchers and forecasters will be able to see phenomena not visible to the naked eye, like water vapor and temperature information. \u2014 Meghan Herbst, Wired , 25 June 2021",
"The qualification unit is expected to start providing radiometer data within a few weeks. \u2014 Meghan Herbst, Wired , 25 June 2021",
"Scientists will use the microwave radiometer to identify what the lighter and darker patches on the moon are made of and how the moon maintains its frozen shell, per Space.com. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 June 2021",
"Valero proposed two instruments: a camera called EPIC to image clouds and other climate-influencing factors such as pollution, volcanic ash and seasonal vegetation; and a radiometer named NISTAR to measure the energy coming from Earth. \u2014 Mark Zastrow, Scientific American , 15 Jan. 2015",
"Every station except for the highest one is outfitted with a net radiometer , an instrument that measures incoming and outgoing radiation, and the lower stations also carry rain gauges and present weather sensors. \u2014 Maddie Stone, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Dec. 2019"
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"In this case, clinicians estimated that all of the radiopharmaceutical may have ended up in the patient\u2019s arm tissue. \u2014 Daniel Fass, STAT , 30 Dec. 2021",
"An extravasation of the same radiopharmaceutical into a patient\u2019s arm was presented at a recent Health Physics Society meeting. \u2014 Daniel Fass, STAT , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Its headquarters was moved to London after GE bought Amersham plc, which makes radiopharmaceutical products used in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures, in 2003. \u2014 Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Jan. 2020",
"And it can be incorporated into a variety of chemicals, called radiopharmaceuticals , that accumulate preferentially in different bodily organs. \u2014 The Economist , 23 Nov. 2019",
"Interested in medical research, Mrs. Buchanan came to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1959, where her first job was in nuclear medicine, then an emerging specialty, working in the lab performing experiments related to radiopharmaceutical development. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 14 Oct. 2019",
"Chief Executive Vasant Narasimhan said the early success of that product, Lutathera, had underlined the potential of radiopharmaceuticals . \u2014 Donato Paolo Mancini, WSJ , 18 Oct. 2018"
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"Rat snakes were used to gauge post-Fukushima radionuclide levels in the Abukuma Highlands, and hedgehogs with transmitter backpacks were found hibernating at unexpectedly high altitudes. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 28 Sep. 2021",
"And that exposure estimate could vary wildly depending on the planet\u2019s age, radionuclide abundance, and mass. \u2014 Katherine Kornei, Science | AAAS , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Could a single planet amass such a large stockpile of radionuclides ? \u2014 Katherine Kornei, Science | AAAS , 1 Apr. 2020",
"The latest samples, each of which was tested twice using different methods to detect the radionuclide , topped out at 2.9 picocuries per gram of soil. \u2014 John Aguilar, The Denver Post , 3 Oct. 2019",
"Engineering Analytics will specifically be measuring for plutonium, americium and uranium and seeing whether levels of the radionuclides are a hazard to human health. \u2014 John Aguilar, The Denver Post , 2 July 2019",
"These are backed up by 16 radionuclide laboratories that provide independent analysis. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 22 Feb. 2017",
"His death was ultimately attributed to drinking tea poisoned with radionuclide polonium-210. \u2014 Fox News , 2 Oct. 2018",
"His death was ultimately attributed to drinking tea poisoned with radionuclide polonium-210. \u2014 Fox News , 2 Oct. 2018"
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"The idea is to have radiophone stations at central points sending out concert music as well as speeches and lectures via radio, and compact receiving sets in various homes and clubs to intercept the waves. \u2014 Mark Fischetti, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2021"
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"The debris lodged into the fish's gills, called spherules, has been linked to the impact location in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula through radiometric dating, per the BBC. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Apr. 2022",
"But Vidal and colleagues were able to determine the age of the eruption that deposited the ash by sampling rocks closer to their volcanic sources, in places where ashy debris contained plenty of larger crystals suitable for radiometric dating. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 Jan. 2022",
"So having an absolute radiometric date for this surface helps us to calibrate the flux curve, which helps us to date other surfaces. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 10 Oct. 2021",
"This comparative approach, along with advances in radiometric dating methods, yielded a more refined sequence of events than previous studies. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2021",
"When examining remnants from the past, experts use radiometric dating, a versatile technique that involves counting radioactive atoms of certain elements that are still present in a sample. \u2014 Scott Hershberger, Scientific American , 4 Aug. 2020"
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": the magnitude of a star as determined by the radiometer or a similar instrument":[]
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"1945, in the meaning defined above":""
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": an exceedingly sensitive thermoelectric radiometer consisting of a D'Arsonval galvanometer with suspended coil replaced by a short-circuited thermocouple forming a loop":[]
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