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{
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"iota":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an infinitesimal amount : jot":[
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"did not show an iota of interest"
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],
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": the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet \u2014 see Alphabet Table":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u012b-\u02c8\u014d-t\u0259",
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"in sense 2 sometimes \u0113-\u02c8\u014d-t\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beans",
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"bubkes",
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"bupkes",
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"bupkus",
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"continental",
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"damn",
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"darn",
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"durn",
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"diddly",
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"diddly-squat",
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"doodley-squat",
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"doodly-squat",
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"fig",
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"ghost",
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"hoot",
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"jot",
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"lick",
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"modicum",
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"rap",
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"squat",
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"syllable",
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"tittle",
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"whit",
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"whoop"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"there's not an iota of doubt regarding the defendant's guilt",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"If the statue changes that even an iota \u2014 a passer-by here and there, walking off dinner before a trip back through the tunnel \u2014 Davis will count it as progress. \u2014 Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press , 12 May 2022",
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"Yet, despite this extraordinary evolution, marketing, in fact has not changed by one iota . \u2014 Avi Dan, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"None of her motivations or timetables make an iota of sense, but try not to pick things apart. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"Even an outright cancelation would indicate an iota of empathy from Adele\u2019s camp, because at some point, disappointment trumps desertion. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
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"Lacking the spark of innovation, the premise comes across as less distinguished by gender than simply generic -- checking off boxes for the marketing department without breaking an iota of new ground. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
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"These gestures merge into a building that harmonizes with a cacophony of stylistic revivals yet doesn\u2019t give up an iota of modernist elegance. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 15 Dec. 2021",
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"But other variants \u2014 eta, theta, iota \u2014 were quickly steamrolled and are now irrelevant. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2021",
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"There are two variants of interest, lambda and mu. Kappa, iota and eta are three former variants of interest now classified as variants under monitoring, and epsilon, zeta and theta are now formerly monitored variants. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 29 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, from Greek i\u014dta , of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew y\u014ddh yod":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1542, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070450"
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}
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} |