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"Berean":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a native or inhabitant of the ancient city Beroea":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Berea or Beroea , ancient name for Veroia, town in Macedonia, Greece; Bire, Palestine; and Alep, Syria + English -an":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130150",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Bermuda cress":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": winter cress":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193013",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Bermuda grass":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a creeping stoloniferous southern European grass ( Cynodon dactylon ) often used as a lawn and pasture grass":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1803, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190705",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ber":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": jujube sense 1":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Hindi, from Sanskrit badara":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ber"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084007",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"berate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to scold or condemn vehemently and at length":[
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"being berated by her parents when she came home late"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"there's no need to berate someone for making a mistake during the first day on the job",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On cue, his supporters followed suit and began to berate me. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
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"Post-verdict, the hostility toward Heard raged on, with people using the hashtag #MeToo to berate her and feeling emboldened by the verdict to do so. \u2014 Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 2 June 2022",
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"During his time at the United Nations, Kyslytsya has been known for brandishing unusually colorful, Twitter-ready language to berate Russia over its actions in Ukraine. \u2014 Missy Ryan, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
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"Winkler\u2019s father, Harry, a cultured, commanding little Napoleon, was fluent in maybe six languages, and used more than one of them to berate his son. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"According to Heard, Depp proceeded to slam her against a wall, squeeze her neck, berate her and throw her across the room onto a table. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
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"Ye has also rapped about Kardashian\u2019s new beau, Pete Davidson, and also encouraged fans via his Instagram account to berate the comedian. \u2014 Anna Chan, Billboard , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Other prisoners shouted and banged on the bars of their cells, and the prison warden rushed to berate them. \u2014 Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"Eventually, his guilt drives him to call his father to berate him for forever looming over Jack and Marilyn, keeping them from being close because their relationship was tainted with the memory of Stanley's brutality. \u2014 Amanda Ostuni, EW.com , 26 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1548, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8r\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for berate scold , upbraid , berate , rail , revile , vituperate mean to reproach angrily and abusively. scold implies rebuking in irritation or ill temper justly or unjustly. angrily scolding the children upbraid implies censuring on definite and usually justifiable grounds. upbraided her assistants for poor research berate suggests prolonged and often abusive scolding. berated continually by an overbearing boss rail ( at or against ) stresses an unrestrained berating. railed loudly at their insolence revile implies a scurrilous, abusive attack prompted by anger or hatred. an alleged killer reviled in the press vituperate suggests a violent reviling. was vituperated for betraying his friends",
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"synonyms":[
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"baste",
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"bawl out",
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"call down",
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"castigate",
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"chastise",
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"chew out",
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"dress down",
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"flay",
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"hammer",
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"jaw",
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"keelhaul",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lecture",
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"rag",
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"rail (at ",
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"rant (at)",
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"rate",
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"ream (out)",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"reproach",
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"scold",
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"score",
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"tongue-lash",
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"upbraid"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042948",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bereave":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to deprive of something":[
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"\u2014 usually used with of Madam, you have bereft me of all words \u2026 \u2014 William Shakespeare"
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],
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": to take away (a valued or necessary possession) especially by force":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"news of a death in the family bereaved them of the unmitigated joy that normally prevails at a wedding"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English bereven , from Old English ber\u0113afian , from be- + r\u0113afian to rob \u2014 more at reave":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8r\u0113v"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"abate",
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"deprive",
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"divest",
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"strip"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083041",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bereaved":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": someone who is suffering the death of a loved one : one who is bereaved":[
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"comfort the bereaved"
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],
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": suffering the death of a loved one":[
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"bereaved families of the victims"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"the bereaved parents of the victims",
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"the grief of the bereaved parents seemed to be without limit",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"This article discusses topics that may be upsetting to expectant or bereaved parents or to other readers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
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"The bereaved person\u2019s head and heart are on a roller coaster of emotions, and they should be given space to process their grief. \u2014 Gloria Horsley, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
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"After the attack, North made a career change, leaving academia to partner with lawyers, scholars and other bereaved parents in launching the U.K.\u2019s first organization dedicated to gun reform: the Gun Control Network. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 Mar. 2021",
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"Another 3 percent were launched to pay for medical expenses, and 2 percent raised money for funerals and to support bereaved families left behind by a victim of COVID-19. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Sep. 2020",
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"The bereaved shoe owner posted about the theft on a neighborhood watch website and received a flood of responses from similarly distressed victims. \u2014 Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Aug. 2020",
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"In the evening, South Korea was to hold a ceremony with 300 war veterans, bereaved relatives and government officials at a military airport near Seoul. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 June 2020",
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"Each sheet represents another death, another bereaved family member looking for help. \u2014 Victor Llorente, Popular Mechanics , 24 Apr. 2020",
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"Yang, who himself fled China after being briefly detained over his work with bereaved families, told the Times. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 7 May 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The bereaved can heal, suicide prevention experts say, but their pain is often underestimated. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"The bereaved had reached out to Jones, who plans to help them find an attorney to settle the issue. \u2014 Shelia Poole, ajc , 19 Nov. 2021",
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"Both those who have lost a loved one and professionals serving the bereaved can get help finding government resources as well as crisis-relief services and more. \u2014 Jennifer Wolff, Good Housekeeping , 17 Nov. 2020",
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"But while the commemorations were cathartic, Chellat said, government support for the bereaved has been lacking: Some didn\u2019t know how to find help. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 13 June 2018",
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"Survivors and the bereaved observed the silence at the foot Grenfell Tower, where a new mosaic was unveiled. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 14 June 2018",
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"Veterans like the Phillipses serve as guides in the immediate aftermath, introducing the bereaved of Sandy Hook to those of San Bernardino and the parents of Virginia Tech to those of Roseburg, in a loose but growing network. \u2014 Vivian Yee, New York Times , 18 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1702, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"1798, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"see bereave":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"bi-\u02c8r\u0113vd",
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"b\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bereft"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012356",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bereavement":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The following May, my wife and I flew to London for my father's funeral. Pam, determined to wrangle us an upgrade to business class on the strength of my bereavement , gave the British Airways ticketing clerk two passports and a sob story. \u2014 John Haney , Gourmet , January 2003",
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"In the sections of her book that should prove an enduring contribution to the literature of grief, Ms. Gilbert recounts her free fall into widowhood, starting with that modern rite of bereavement , the erasing of the answering-machine message. \u2014 James S. Kunen , New York Times Book Review , 19 Mar. 1995",
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"In any case, sadness and loss of interest and drive during periods of bereavement are expected and normal. If Mozart had not been upset by his parents' deaths, his wife's illnesses, and his separations from her, he would be less than human. \u2014 William A. Frosch , Musical Quarterly , 1990",
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"a period of grief after bereavement",
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"people who have recently suffered bereavements",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But for many workers, frustration gave way to an explosion of ambitious calls for better jobs: for promotions, industry switches, stable hours, sick leave, bereavement leave, maternity leave, retirement plans, safety protections, vacation time. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
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"Her employer at a financial services firm gave her bereavement leave but then asked her to work in person. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
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"Illinois offers two weeks of unpaid bereavement leave, but only after the death of a child. \u2014 Chad Broughton, The Atlantic , 2 Nov. 2021",
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"Her employer at a financial services firm gave her bereavement leave but then asked her to work in person. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2020",
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"For some, the status of bereavement passed quickly. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
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"For a comprehensive list of community bereavement resources, visit hospicewr.org/griefandloss. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
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"But researchers, including Dr. O'Connor, are now beginning to ask if pandemic bereavement comes with its own particular flavor of loss. \u2014 Kells Mcphillips, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
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"In 2021, Roberta's House Family Grief Support Center constructed a new state-of-the-art bereavement center in Baltimore. \u2014 Gabriel Kinder, CNN , 26 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1660, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"see bereave":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8r\u0113v-m\u0259nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020630",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bereft":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something":[
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"\u2014 usually used with of both players are instantly bereft of their poise \u2014 A. E. Wier"
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],
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": lacking something needed, wanted, or expected":[
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"\u2014 used with of the book is \u2026 completely bereft of an index \u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
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],
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": suffering the death of a loved one : bereaved":[
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"a bereft mother"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She finds the child's mother, alone, who has apparently gone into the woods just to cry. The bereft mother is played by Julianne Moore. \u2014 Stanley Kauffmann , New Republic , 31 Jan. 2000",
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"\u2026 made the tabloids when his wife ran off to France with her dentist and the bereft realtor placed a newspaper ad for a girl to adopt to keep him company. \u2014 Neal Gabler , Life: The Movie , 1998",
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"It's not that the country was completely bereft of humor. \u2014 Joseph Contrevas , Newsweek , 6 June 1994",
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"to one investigator, the bereft woman seemed to be taking the sudden death of her rich husband amazingly well",
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"a cheap motel completely bereft of all amenities",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"However, the questionnaire sent to the Government of India indicates that the story being crafted is one that is not only bereft of facts but also founded in pre-conceived conclusions. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 July 2021",
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"In facing Chicago, FC Cincinnati will play a team that's largely been bereft of attacking success while also maintaining one of the stingiest defenses in MLS. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 13 May 2022",
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"Flex was prerecording segments in a nondescript Chelsea office building; Fivio and friends were shown to a rather desolate hospitality room, which was full of C\u00eeroc vodka decorations yet surprisingly bereft of the product itself. \u2014 Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"In their ignorance and childlike enthusiasm Sheila has found a metaphor for her generation of artists, who are spiritually yearning but religiously bereft . \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"To be certain, the stadium is not entirely bereft of art. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Families who have been relying on this crucial new monthly support would be left bereft of its benefits. \u2014 Jennifer Dickman, Time , 2 Nov. 2021",
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"Bungie\u2019s own history is not bereft of such controversy, with IGN publishing a report last year in which current and former employees alleged a boys\u2019 club culture. \u2014 Shannon Liao, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
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"That\u2019s part of the human condition: to feel bereft from the currents rushing around us. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1554, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"see bereave":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"bi-\u02c8reft"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bereaved"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220846",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"berk":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": fool":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He was acting like a complete berk .",
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"I wouldn't like some silly berk from Fleet Street following me about."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1929, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably short for Berkeley (or Berkshire ) hunt , rhyming slang for cunt":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259rk"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"booby",
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"charlie",
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"charley",
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"cuckoo",
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"ding-a-ling",
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"ding-dong",
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"dingbat",
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"dipstick",
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"doofus",
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"featherhead",
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"fool",
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"git",
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"goose",
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"half-wit",
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"jackass",
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"lunatic",
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"mooncalf",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"nut",
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"nutcase",
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"simp",
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"simpleton",
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"turkey",
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"yo-yo"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205115",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"berserk":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable":[],
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": frenzied , crazed":[
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"\u2014 usually used in the phrase go berserk sinister ravings of an imagination gone berserk \u2014 John Gruen"
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],
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": one whose actions are recklessly defiant":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Jazz make some inexplicable mistakes, can\u2019t get enough stops late, as the Mavs go berserk from the 3-point line to tie the series at one game apiece. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"After inflicting 40 minutes of stressful backstage drama on audiences, No\u00e9 lets the whole film-within-a-film go berserk . \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 4 May 2022",
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"Last week, everyone went berserk over a three-cylinder Toyota. \u2014 Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II take the wheel in the director's berserk but frequently entertaining L.A. heist thriller. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Cold digits may be explained because our blood is in our legs, poor circulation or, possibly, Raynaud\u2019s Syndrome, where the body goes berserk when exposed to the cold due to constrained blood flow to the extremities. \u2014 Adam Chase, Outside Online , 23 Dec. 2019",
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"When the first trailer for No Way Home hit, the internet went berserk , naturally, but one of the main fan theories that spurred from the teaser was that, well, Matt Murdock would appear as Peter Parker\u2019s lawyer. \u2014 Savannah Salazar, Vulture , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"Good liars, after all, can cover up tics, while nervous truth-tellers might set the machine berserk . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Nov. 2021",
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"In this line of thinking, the freedom that everyone feels is attributed to something far more elevated than people going berserk after months spent indoors. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Sep. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"But even that doesn\u2019t seem to explain why some insist on the infallibility of AI, particularly since there are plenty of sci-fi films and TV shows that highlight AI that has gone berserk . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"Mitch McConnell has gone predictably berserk over the prospect of increasing the inheritance tax by taxing capital gains at death. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 18 June 2021",
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"Besides equipment, the hunt for drugs has been equally berserk . \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 4 May 2021",
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"In the past few years, the disease had spread with a kind of berserk enthusiasm from Bradshaw\u2019s prostate to his lungs and into his bone marrow. \u2014 Katie Engelhart, The Atlantic , 2 Mar. 2021",
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"Researchers have widely hypothesized that infectious agents\u2014like viruses\u2014trigger berserk immune responses in certain children with genetic predispositions. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 14 May 2020",
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"That is, these candidate vaccines seemed to prompt berserk immune responses that caused lung damage in monkeys and liver damage in ferrets. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 1 May 2020",
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"In some critically ill patients with COVID-19, berserk immune responses are thought to cause devastating damage to lungs and other organs. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 10 Apr. 2020",
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"In this regular season, the 49ers won in Seattle, but lost to the Seahawks at Levi\u2019s, which was packed with berserk fans. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 8 Jan. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1896, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Old Norse berserkr , probably from ber- bear + serkr shirt":"Noun and Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259r-\u02ccs\u0259rk",
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"-\u02c8z\u0259rk",
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"b\u0259r-\u02c8s\u0259rk",
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"b\u0259-",
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"-\u02ccz\u0259rk",
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"\u02ccb\u0259r-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053824",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"berserkly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable":[],
|
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": frenzied , crazed":[
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"\u2014 usually used in the phrase go berserk sinister ravings of an imagination gone berserk \u2014 John Gruen"
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],
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": one whose actions are recklessly defiant":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Jazz make some inexplicable mistakes, can\u2019t get enough stops late, as the Mavs go berserk from the 3-point line to tie the series at one game apiece. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
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"After inflicting 40 minutes of stressful backstage drama on audiences, No\u00e9 lets the whole film-within-a-film go berserk . \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 4 May 2022",
|
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"Last week, everyone went berserk over a three-cylinder Toyota. \u2014 Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II take the wheel in the director's berserk but frequently entertaining L.A. heist thriller. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Cold digits may be explained because our blood is in our legs, poor circulation or, possibly, Raynaud\u2019s Syndrome, where the body goes berserk when exposed to the cold due to constrained blood flow to the extremities. \u2014 Adam Chase, Outside Online , 23 Dec. 2019",
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"When the first trailer for No Way Home hit, the internet went berserk , naturally, but one of the main fan theories that spurred from the teaser was that, well, Matt Murdock would appear as Peter Parker\u2019s lawyer. \u2014 Savannah Salazar, Vulture , 16 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Good liars, after all, can cover up tics, while nervous truth-tellers might set the machine berserk . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Nov. 2021",
|
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"In this line of thinking, the freedom that everyone feels is attributed to something far more elevated than people going berserk after months spent indoors. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Sep. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"But even that doesn\u2019t seem to explain why some insist on the infallibility of AI, particularly since there are plenty of sci-fi films and TV shows that highlight AI that has gone berserk . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
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"Mitch McConnell has gone predictably berserk over the prospect of increasing the inheritance tax by taxing capital gains at death. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 18 June 2021",
|
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"Besides equipment, the hunt for drugs has been equally berserk . \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 4 May 2021",
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"In the past few years, the disease had spread with a kind of berserk enthusiasm from Bradshaw\u2019s prostate to his lungs and into his bone marrow. \u2014 Katie Engelhart, The Atlantic , 2 Mar. 2021",
|
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"Researchers have widely hypothesized that infectious agents\u2014like viruses\u2014trigger berserk immune responses in certain children with genetic predispositions. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 14 May 2020",
|
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"That is, these candidate vaccines seemed to prompt berserk immune responses that caused lung damage in monkeys and liver damage in ferrets. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 1 May 2020",
|
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"In some critically ill patients with COVID-19, berserk immune responses are thought to cause devastating damage to lungs and other organs. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 10 Apr. 2020",
|
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"In this regular season, the 49ers won in Seattle, but lost to the Seahawks at Levi\u2019s, which was packed with berserk fans. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 8 Jan. 2020"
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],
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"1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1896, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Old Norse berserkr , probably from ber- bear + serkr shirt":"Noun and Adjective"
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},
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"\u02c8b\u0259r-\u02ccs\u0259rk",
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"-\u02c8z\u0259rk",
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"b\u0259r-\u02c8s\u0259rk",
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"b\u0259-",
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"-\u02ccz\u0259rk",
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"\u02ccb\u0259r-"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215958",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"berth":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a billet (see billet entry 1 sense 2a ) on a ship":[
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"waiting for a berth as a ship's surgeon",
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"\u2014 Bernard Keelan"
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],
|
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": a place to sit or sleep especially on a ship or vehicle : accommodation":[
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"a comfortable cabin with a deep berth",
|
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"an upper berth"
|
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],
|
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": a space for an automotive vehicle at rest":[
|
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"a truck-loading berth"
|
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],
|
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": an amount of distance maintained for safety":[
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"give the fire a wide berth",
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"giving him a wide berth until he is in a better mood"
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],
|
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": job , position , place":[
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"a starting berth on the team"
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],
|
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": sufficient distance for maneuvering a ship":[
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"Keep a clear berth of the shoals."
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],
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": the place where a ship lies when at anchor or at a wharf":[
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"was docked at her usual berth"
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],
|
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": to allot quarters or accommodations to : to allot a berth to":[
|
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"a place to berth the crew"
|
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],
|
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": to bring (something, such as a ship or automotive vehicle) into a berth":[
|
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"The ship was berthed at this pier."
|
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],
|
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": to come into a berth":[
|
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"where the ship typically berths"
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
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"a comfortable cabin with a deep berth",
|
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"He has a starting berth on the all-star team.",
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"Verb",
|
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"The ship was berthed at this pier.",
|
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"The ship berthed at this pier.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Elk, bison and moose also calve during this period, so give the parents and their offspring a wide berth . \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
|
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"The Cardinals went 11-6 last season and earned an NFC NFC Wild Card playoff berth . \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
|
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"Last summer, Omer Yurtseven\u2019s service for Turkey came up short of an Olympic berth when his national team lost in a qualifying tournament in Vancouver. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
|
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"Bird attended Springs Valley High School in French Lick, scoring 1,125 career points and earning an Indiana All-Star berth in 1974. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 6 June 2022",
|
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"The Toreros are playing in the postseason for the first time in nine years after earning an automatic berth with their victory over Gonzaga for the West Coast Conference Tournament championship. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
|
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"The Beavers, one of the final four teams to earn an at-large berth , won the Knoxville Regional by defeating host Tennessee, then swept Stanford to take the super regional. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
|
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"Yet despite losing six of their final eight games, the Badgers (28-19) racked up enough quality victories during the season to secure an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament. \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
|
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"Jana Sanden had two hits, including a double for the Huskies, who finish the season 38-17 and must now hope for an at-large berth into the NCAA softball field. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 14 May 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"So, visibility to a container on land moving by rail or truck matters more than visibility to when a ship will berth . \u2014 Steve Banker, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
|
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"Smaller tankers could berth alongside it to access its oil. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Another tanker could berth next to the ship and\u2014while pumping inert gas into the Safer\u2019s oil tanks\u2014suck out its Marib crude. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Despite intervention from the United Nations to approve the clearance of 14 vessels, the tankers were not able to berth . \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 8 Apr. 2021",
|
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"The Marina has the capacity to berth around 19 vessels, with a maximum length of 328 feet, providing state-of-the-art pontoons. \u2014 Jim Dobson, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2021",
|
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"The firm is not facing problems berthing vessels, and the force majeure was due to fall in demand because of virus outbreak. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
|
|
"Many countries have become increasingly reluctant to grant entry to cruise ships after the infection of more than 700 people on a vessel berthed off Japan showed how quickly the virus could spread. \u2014 Jason Scott, Bloomberg.com , 10 Apr. 2020",
|
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"Sources at the Port of San Francisco say other cruise lines that have suspended operations during the coronavirus pandemic are in talks with the port about berthing their luxury liners here. \u2014 Phil Matier, SFChronicle.com , 18 Mar. 2020"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
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"1667, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English birth , probably from beren to bear + -th":"Noun and Verb"
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u0259rth"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"appointment",
|
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"billet",
|
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"capacity",
|
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"connection",
|
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"function",
|
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"job",
|
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"place",
|
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"position",
|
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"post",
|
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"situation"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083314",
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|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"berry":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name",
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a pulpy and usually edible fruit (such as a strawberry, raspberry, or checkerberry) of small size irrespective of its structure":[],
|
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": a simple fruit (such as a grape, blueberry, tomato, or cucumber) with a pulpy or fleshy pericarp":[],
|
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": the dry seed of some plants (such as wheat)":[],
|
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": an egg of a fish or lobster":[],
|
|
"former province of central France; capital Bourges":[],
|
|
": to bear or produce berries":[
|
|
"a berrying shrub"
|
|
],
|
|
": to gather or seek berries":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"be-\u02c8r\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8be-r\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"LaBorde adds that if your intuition is telling you not to eat a suspicious-looking berry , don\u2019t. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Fittingly, the fragrance starts out with a blast of Sichuan pepper, the misnomer spice that has no relation to peppercorns but is instead a berry of the prickly ash tree. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This is the plant that produces a berry which, when eaten, causes sour foods to seem sweet to taste. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Reminiscent of a certain iittala pattern at half the price, these glasses come in shades from kelly green to a deep berry . \u2014 Krystin Arneson, CNN Underscored , 1 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Choose from a generous list of fresh toppings, like mixed berry compote, syrup, powdered sugar, and wheat germ to make this sweet brunch even more filling. \u2014 AccessAtlanta , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Staff members say that overnight guests like to journey over for lively evening cocktails like the Legless Lily, a pink gin and berry concoction named for that very giraffe. \u2014 Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Neutral, a staple clear, Tint, a sheer pink, Hue, a glassy berry , and Secondary, a sleek peach. \u2014 Alyssa Brascia, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"How to make berry jelly, and a secret ingredient to tame the sweetness. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"In our tests, this model tackled both green and berry smoothies with ease with very little residual seeds and super smooth results. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"This is on the weightier side of Willamette pinot, with the dark cherry and berry flavors of marine-sediment soils dominating. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Both of these options are salty and pungent which pair best with wines that have berry notes, like a medium-bodied pinot noir. \u2014 Mandy Major, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"This cream blush, housed in a handy refillable compact, leaves a plush, dewy tint on cheeks and lips in hues from pink to peach and berry . \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Rare Beauty liquid blush comes in 11 shades in both matte and radiant finishes, ranging from hot pink to berry and beyond in names like Lucky and Faith. \u2014 Lauren Dana, Glamour , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"At first whiff, earth clings to cherry and berry fruit, echoed in savory forest notes, a touch of bay laurel, and hints of black tea. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Infused with beautifully hydrating cupuacu, sunflower and jojoba oils, this weightless formula delivers a luscious, full-lip look in 5 shades that range from nude to blush to berry in a natural vanilla scent. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"This summer, berry pickers in Santa Maria, organized by indigenous farmworkers\u2019 organization MICOP, successfully staged a walk out. \u2014 Piper French, The New Republic , 2 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English berye , from Old English berie ; akin to Old High German beri berry":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185042"
|
|
},
|
|
"berrugate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tripletail fish ( Verrugato pacificus ) found at Panama and used for food":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccber-\u0259-\u02c8g\u00e4-t\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from American Spanish verrugato , from Spanish verruga wart (from Latin verruca ) + -ato -ate":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185154"
|
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},
|
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"beriberi":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a deficiency disease marked by inflammatory or degenerative changes of the nerves, digestive system, and heart and caused by a lack of or inability to assimilate thiamine":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u02c8ber-\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8be-r\u0113-\u02c8be-r\u0113",
|
|
"\u02ccber-\u0113-\u02c8ber-\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Like scurvy, beriberi can be found in people who lack fresh food. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2021",
|
|
"Another raider died from beriberi while in captivity. \u2014 Daniel Ford, WSJ , 2 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Is there hope that the flop, like beriberi , will someday be eradicated",
|
|
"There were outbreaks of cholera, beriberi , dysentery, malaria. \u2014 Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com , 14 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"The two would go on to discover Vitamin B, which prevents the disease beriberi , a cause of nerve inflammation and heart failure. \u2014 Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 July 2018",
|
|
"If staple foods like rice fail to provide critical vitamins and minerals, illnesses like anemia and beriberi will rise, stalling progress in the climb out of poverty. \u2014 Umair Irfan, Vox , 24 May 2018",
|
|
"By artificially adding vitamins and minerals back in, deficiency diseases like rickets and beriberi were largely eliminated from the Western world. \u2014 Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian , 14 June 2017",
|
|
"In preserved food there are no vitamins, so a variety of nutritional diseases would be likely: lack of vitamin B1 would cause beriberi ; no vitamin B3 would cause pellagra; and vitamin C, of course, scurvy. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 Jan. 2017"
|
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],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Sinhalese b\u00e6rib\u00e6ri":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1704, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190136"
|
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},
|
|
"beribboned":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": adorned with ribbons":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8ri-b\u0259nd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"From the outside, General Salvador Cienfuegos, with his stern visage, ramrod salute and beribboned chest, presented the image of a front-line warrior against drug traffickers. \u2014 Max De Haldevang, Bloomberg.com , 17 Oct. 2020",
|
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"Instead of sombreros, their low, sleek ponytails (anything else gets caught in the sequins on their jackets) are adorned with a beribboned bow that\u2019s nearly the size of a football. \u2014 Harper Smith, Allure , 13 Nov. 2018",
|
|
"One example is of a woman watching over a beribboned white toddler. \u2014 The Economist , 28 June 2018",
|
|
"Chlo\u00eb Sevigny swiped on a similar shade, hers coupled with a beribboned , low-slung ponytail, while Elsa Hosk\u2019s immaculate crimson spurred a wash of rubicund shadow at lid-level\u2014a coordination echoed in a plummy hue by Lupita Nyong\u2019o. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 21 May 2018",
|
|
"Regardless of the season, a beribboned updo, particularly one executed with a sense of ease, begets a beauty look awash in old world charm and, at its best, a spirit of insouciance. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 12 Jan. 2018"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1720, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214401"
|
|
},
|
|
"Berzelius":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
"Baron J\u00f6ns Jakob 1779\u20131848 Swedish chemist":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"ber-\u02c8z\u0101-",
|
|
"(\u02cc)b\u0259r-\u02c8z\u0113-l\u0113-\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002554"
|
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},
|
|
"Bernoulli's principle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a principle in hydrodynamics: the pressure in a stream of fluid is reduced as the speed of the flow is increased":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0259r-\u02c8n\u00fc-l\u0113z-",
|
|
"-l\u0113z-, -\u0113z-, -\u02cc(y)\u0113z-",
|
|
"\u02ccber-\u02ccn\u00fc-\u02c8l\u0113z-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Daniel Bernoulli \u20201782 Swiss physicist":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015130"
|
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},
|
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"Bernoulli's theorem":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
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": a basic principle of statistics: as the number of independent trials of an event of theoretical probability p is indefinitely increased, the observed ratio of actual occurrences of the event to total trials approaches p as a limit":[],
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": a law of hydrodynamics: in a stream of liquid the sum of the elevation head, the pressure head, and the velocity head remains constant along any line of flow provided no work is done by or upon the liquid in the course of its flow and decreases in proportion to the energy lost in viscous flow \u2014 see head sense 14b":[]
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": a nonlinear differential equation of the first order that has the general form dy / dx + f ( x ) y = g ( x ) y n and that can be put in linear form by dividing through by y n and making the change of variable Y = y \u2212 n +1":[],
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": an equation used in fluid mechanics that relates pressure, velocity, density, and gravitational acceleration \u2014 compare bernoulli effect , bernoulli's theorem":[]
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": barberry":[]
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"\u02c8b\u0259r-b\u0259r-\u0259s",
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"\u02c8b\u0259r-b\u0259-r\u0259s"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, the genus including barberry, alteration of Medieval Latin barberis barberry, from Arabic barb\u0101r\u012bs":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1561, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
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"Gian or Giovanni Lorenzo 1598\u20131680 Italian sculptor, architect, and painter":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"ber-\u02c8n\u0113-n\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-033131"
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"berries":{
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"geographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a pulpy and usually edible fruit (such as a strawberry, raspberry, or checkerberry) of small size irrespective of its structure":[],
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": a simple fruit (such as a grape, blueberry, tomato, or cucumber) with a pulpy or fleshy pericarp":[],
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": the dry seed of some plants (such as wheat)":[],
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": an egg of a fish or lobster":[],
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"former province of central France; capital Bourges":[],
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": to bear or produce berries":[
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"a berrying shrub"
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],
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": to gather or seek berries":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"be-\u02c8r\u0113",
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"\u02c8be-r\u0113",
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"\u02c8ber-\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"LaBorde adds that if your intuition is telling you not to eat a suspicious-looking berry , don\u2019t. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
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"Fittingly, the fragrance starts out with a blast of Sichuan pepper, the misnomer spice that has no relation to peppercorns but is instead a berry of the prickly ash tree. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"This is the plant that produces a berry which, when eaten, causes sour foods to seem sweet to taste. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"Reminiscent of a certain iittala pattern at half the price, these glasses come in shades from kelly green to a deep berry . \u2014 Krystin Arneson, CNN Underscored , 1 Apr. 2021",
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"Choose from a generous list of fresh toppings, like mixed berry compote, syrup, powdered sugar, and wheat germ to make this sweet brunch even more filling. \u2014 AccessAtlanta , 18 June 2022",
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"Staff members say that overnight guests like to journey over for lively evening cocktails like the Legless Lily, a pink gin and berry concoction named for that very giraffe. \u2014 Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2022",
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"Neutral, a staple clear, Tint, a sheer pink, Hue, a glassy berry , and Secondary, a sleek peach. \u2014 Alyssa Brascia, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
|
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"How to make berry jelly, and a secret ingredient to tame the sweetness. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In our tests, this model tackled both green and berry smoothies with ease with very little residual seeds and super smooth results. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
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"This is on the weightier side of Willamette pinot, with the dark cherry and berry flavors of marine-sediment soils dominating. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Both of these options are salty and pungent which pair best with wines that have berry notes, like a medium-bodied pinot noir. \u2014 Mandy Major, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
|
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"This cream blush, housed in a handy refillable compact, leaves a plush, dewy tint on cheeks and lips in hues from pink to peach and berry . \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The Rare Beauty liquid blush comes in 11 shades in both matte and radiant finishes, ranging from hot pink to berry and beyond in names like Lucky and Faith. \u2014 Lauren Dana, Glamour , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"At first whiff, earth clings to cherry and berry fruit, echoed in savory forest notes, a touch of bay laurel, and hints of black tea. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Infused with beautifully hydrating cupuacu, sunflower and jojoba oils, this weightless formula delivers a luscious, full-lip look in 5 shades that range from nude to blush to berry in a natural vanilla scent. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021",
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"This summer, berry pickers in Santa Maria, organized by indigenous farmworkers\u2019 organization MICOP, successfully staged a walk out. \u2014 Piper French, The New Republic , 2 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English berye , from Old English berie ; akin to Old High German beri berry":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"circa 1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054444"
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},
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"berzeliite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a mineral (Mg,Mn) 2 (Ca,Na) 3 (AsO 4 ) 3 consisting of a bright yellow arsenate of calcium, magnesium, and manganese (specific gravity 4.03)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02cc)b\u0259r-\u02c8z\u0113-l\u0113-\u02cc\u012bt"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German berzeliit , from Baron J. J. Berzelius + German -it -ite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081040"
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},
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"Bernina":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
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"the southern extension of the Rhaetian Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland; highest peak":[
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"Piz Bernina \\ \u02ccp\u0113ts-\u200b \\ (highest in the Rhaetian Alps) 13,200 feet (4023 meters)"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02cc)ber-\u02c8n\u0113-n\u0259"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120125"
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},
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"beresovite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mineral perhaps Pb 6 (CrO 4 ) 3 (CO 3 )O 2 consisting of a deep red lead chromate-oxide-carbonate":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8re-s\u0259-\u02ccv\u012bt"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, from Beresov , Ural mountains, U.S.S.R., its locality + French -ite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135005"
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"Berry":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name",
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|
"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a pulpy and usually edible fruit (such as a strawberry, raspberry, or checkerberry) of small size irrespective of its structure":[],
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|
": a simple fruit (such as a grape, blueberry, tomato, or cucumber) with a pulpy or fleshy pericarp":[],
|
|
": the dry seed of some plants (such as wheat)":[],
|
|
": an egg of a fish or lobster":[],
|
|
"former province of central France; capital Bourges":[],
|
|
": to bear or produce berries":[
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|
"a berrying shrub"
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],
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": to gather or seek berries":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"be-\u02c8r\u0113",
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"\u02c8be-r\u0113",
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"\u02c8ber-\u0113"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"LaBorde adds that if your intuition is telling you not to eat a suspicious-looking berry , don\u2019t. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Fittingly, the fragrance starts out with a blast of Sichuan pepper, the misnomer spice that has no relation to peppercorns but is instead a berry of the prickly ash tree. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This is the plant that produces a berry which, when eaten, causes sour foods to seem sweet to taste. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Reminiscent of a certain iittala pattern at half the price, these glasses come in shades from kelly green to a deep berry . \u2014 Krystin Arneson, CNN Underscored , 1 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Choose from a generous list of fresh toppings, like mixed berry compote, syrup, powdered sugar, and wheat germ to make this sweet brunch even more filling. \u2014 AccessAtlanta , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Staff members say that overnight guests like to journey over for lively evening cocktails like the Legless Lily, a pink gin and berry concoction named for that very giraffe. \u2014 Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Neutral, a staple clear, Tint, a sheer pink, Hue, a glassy berry , and Secondary, a sleek peach. \u2014 Alyssa Brascia, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"How to make berry jelly, and a secret ingredient to tame the sweetness. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"In our tests, this model tackled both green and berry smoothies with ease with very little residual seeds and super smooth results. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"This is on the weightier side of Willamette pinot, with the dark cherry and berry flavors of marine-sediment soils dominating. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Both of these options are salty and pungent which pair best with wines that have berry notes, like a medium-bodied pinot noir. \u2014 Mandy Major, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"This cream blush, housed in a handy refillable compact, leaves a plush, dewy tint on cheeks and lips in hues from pink to peach and berry . \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Rare Beauty liquid blush comes in 11 shades in both matte and radiant finishes, ranging from hot pink to berry and beyond in names like Lucky and Faith. \u2014 Lauren Dana, Glamour , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"At first whiff, earth clings to cherry and berry fruit, echoed in savory forest notes, a touch of bay laurel, and hints of black tea. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Infused with beautifully hydrating cupuacu, sunflower and jojoba oils, this weightless formula delivers a luscious, full-lip look in 5 shades that range from nude to blush to berry in a natural vanilla scent. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"This summer, berry pickers in Santa Maria, organized by indigenous farmworkers\u2019 organization MICOP, successfully staged a walk out. \u2014 Piper French, The New Republic , 2 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English berye , from Old English berie ; akin to Old High German beri berry":"Noun"
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"circa 1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151552"
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},
|
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"berberine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a bitter crystalline yellow alkaloid C 20 H 19 NO 5 obtained from the roots of various plants (such as barberry) and used in medicine especially for its antimicrobial properties":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u0259r-b\u0259-\u02ccr\u0113n"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Smaller trials showed benefit with the supplements berberine and whey protein. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Some small trials have shown that berberine , a yellow compound extracted from many shrubs including barberry -- from which comes its name -- can improve both cholesterol and blood sugar. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Whittel also recommends taking glow-boosting polyphenol supplements (such as berberine and curcumin). \u2014 Gretchen R\u00f6ehrs, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 Mar. 2018"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German Berberin , from New Latin berberis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160021"
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},
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"berimbau":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a musical instrument of Brazil that consists of a gourd resonator and a single string which is struck with a stick":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0101-\u02c8r\u0113m-\u02ccbau\u0307"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Brazilian Portuguese, from Portuguese, Jew's harp":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1964, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161311"
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},
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"berzelianite":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral Cu 2 Se consisting of copper selenide having a silver-white color when freshly broken (specific gravity 6.7)":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)b\u0259r-\u02c8z\u0113l-y\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bt",
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"-l\u0113-\u0259-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Swedish berzelianit , irregular from Baron J. J. Berzelius \u20201848 Swedish chemist + Swedish -it -ite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170029"
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"Berzelian formula":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
|
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": dualistic formula":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02cc)b\u0259r-\u02c8z\u0113l-y\u0259n-",
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"-\u02c8z\u0113-l\u0113-\u0259n-"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"J\u00f6ns J. Berzeli us \u20201848 Swedish chemist + English -an":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170529"
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},
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"bernicle":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": barnacle goose":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u0259r-n\u0259k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175707"
|
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},
|
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"Bertrand lens":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": an auxiliary removable lens in the tube of a polarizing microscope used to obtain interference figures":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably after Joseph L. F. Bertrand":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185841"
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},
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"Beria":{
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"type":[
|
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"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
"Lavrenty Pavlovich 1899\u20131953 Russian politician":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191731"
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},
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"berberidaceous":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": of or relating to the Berberidaceae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0259r-\u00a6ber-",
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"\u00a6b\u0259r-b\u0259-r\u0259-\u00a6d\u0101-sh\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Berberidaceae + English -ous":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205209"
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},
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"berhyme":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8r\u012bm"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"be- + rhyme, rime":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215115"
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},
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"berairou":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": red kauri":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0259-\u02c8r\u012b-\u02ccrau\u0307"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably native name in New Zealand":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011531"
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}
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} |