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2551 lines
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{
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"rat":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a contemptible person: such as":[],
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": a pad over which a woman's hair is arranged":[],
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": a person who spends much time in a specified place":[
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"a mall rat"
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],
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": any of numerous rodents ( Rattus and related genera) differing from the related mice especially by considerably larger size":[],
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": any of various similar rodents":[],
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": informer sense 2":[],
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": one who betrays or deserts friends or associates":[],
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": scab sense 3b":[],
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": to betray, desert, or inform on one's associates":[
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"\u2014 usually used with on"
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],
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": to catch or hunt rats":[],
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": to give (hair) the effect of greater quantity (as by use of a rat)":[],
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": to inform on : turn in":[
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"\u2014 usually used with out ratted out his accomplice"
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],
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": to work as a scab":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"a dirty old building infested by rats and mice",
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"I can't believe that rat turned us in to the police!",
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"No one understands why she's with a rat like him.",
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"Every night he goes to work out with the other gym rats .",
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"Verb",
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"The teacher knows what we did, which means that somebody ratted .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"In January, inmates from Mississippi also used contraband cell phones to speak out about rampant mold and rat problems at one prison, as well as about inmates who needed medical attention. \u2014 Louise Matsakis, Wired , 1 July 2020",
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"The clip includes a behind-the-scenes look at the disembodied rat head blinking its eyes as the show\u2019s directors/choreographers, Squared Division\u2019s Ashley Evans and Antony Ginandjar describe the star\u2019s obsession with puppetry. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 3 June 2022",
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"As a result, most organizations have applications plugged into millions of lines of code, written in different languages, hooked into different databases and integrated with a rat \u2019s nest of APIs. \u2014 Brian Platz, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"Other species highlighted in the study include the Malagasy giant jumping rat , a mammal that can jump 40 inches high and is found only in Madagascar. \u2014 Susan Cosier, Scientific American , 31 May 2022",
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"In the first four months of this year, New Yorkers reported roughly 7,400 rat sightings to the city\u2019s 311 line. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
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"The Adventures of Lyle Swann (1982), a former Vietnam War tunnel rat in Ted Kotcheff\u2019s Uncommon Valor (1983) and a rumpled cop who battles a psychotic criminal (Alec Baldwin) and loses his dentures in George Armitage\u2019s Miami Blues (1990). \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
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"As part of the rapid social change of the late 1960s, idealists in rebellion against rat -race materialism joined communes and encounter groups. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2022",
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"The foundational study on which Ms. Preston\u2019s hypothesis rests was conducted decades ago and found that post-partum rats would continue to retrieve pups for hours, until the researchers\u2014but not the rat -mommas!\u2014became bored, exhausted and gave up. \u2014 David P. Barash, WSJ , 6 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1812, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English rat, ratte , going back to Old English r\u00e6t (attested once), akin to Old Saxon ratta \"rat,\" Middle Dutch ratte, rotte , Old High German ratta, radda, ratza (feminine weak nouns), also Old High German rato (masculine weak noun), probably going back to an ablauting paradigm *ra\u00fe\u014d (nominative), *rattaz/*ruttaz (genitive), *radeni/*rudeni (dative), going back to earlier *(H)r\u00f3t-\u014dn, *(H)rt-n-\u00f3s, *(H)rt-\u00e9n-i , of uncertain origin":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8rat"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"betrayer",
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"canary",
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"deep throat",
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"fink",
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"informant",
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"informer",
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"nark",
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"rat fink",
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"snitch",
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"snitcher",
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"squealer",
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"stool pigeon",
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"stoolie",
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"talebearer",
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"tattler",
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"tattletale",
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"telltale",
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"whistle-blower"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024250",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"rat (on)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"in southeastern Colorado just north of the Colorado\u2013New Mexico border":[
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"Raton Range (the eastern spur of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains)"
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],
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"pass 7834 feet (2388 meters) high in the":[
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"Raton Range (the eastern spur of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains)"
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]
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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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"usually -\u02c8t\u014dn in New Mexico",
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"-\u02c8t\u00fcn",
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"-\u02c8t\u00fcn in Colorado",
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"ra-\u02c8t\u014dn",
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"r\u0259-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201145",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"rat fink":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": fink , informer":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"who's the sorry rat fink that went squealing to the cops",
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"regrets ever doing business with that rat fink , who cheated him out of gobs of money"
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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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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"betrayer",
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"canary",
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"deep throat",
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"fink",
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"informant",
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"informer",
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"nark",
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"rat",
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"snitch",
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"snitcher",
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"squealer",
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"stool pigeon",
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"stoolie",
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"talebearer",
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"tattler",
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"tattletale",
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"telltale",
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"whistle-blower"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175926",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rat kangaroo":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of various small Australian and Tasmanian kangaroos of Bettongia, Potorous , and closely related genera that are no larger than a rabbit and have persistent canine teeth and a long and often prehensile tail":[]
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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":"20220708-121104",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rat race":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": strenuous, wearisome, and usually competitive activity or rush":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Wire isn't a series about choosing sides \u2014 jaded lawmen vs. strategic gangsters \u2014 but about seeing how everyone's soul is compromised in the rat race toward a phony American dream. \u2014 refinery29.com , 9 June 2022",
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"That stagnation, Thiel claimed in his lecture at Yale, was linked to the credentialist rat race Vance and his classmates were engaged in. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"Even runway fashion, which is supposed to move at a slower, biannual speed, has joined this rat race , as designers pack their shows with potential viral moments and styles that are replicable by anyone with a little ingenuity and a pair of scissors. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"The music is a melodious mixed bag, with a frothy high school dance number, sweet duets and moving commentary on the educational rat race . \u2014 Joan Macdonald, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
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"That stagnation, Thiel claimed in his lecture at Yale, was linked to the credentialist rat race Vance and his classmates were engaged in. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"That stagnation, Thiel claimed in his lecture at Yale, was linked to the credentialist rat race Vance and his classmates were engaged in. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"That stagnation, Thiel claimed in his lecture at Yale, was linked to the credentialist rat race Vance and his classmates were engaged in. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Washington Post , 4 Jan. 2022",
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"Away from the rat race , the earth heals, the sun strengthens, water caresses. \u2014 Vogue , 30 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1937, 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":"20220708-082410",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rat rhyme":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a scrap of nonsense or doggerel verse":[],
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": rigmarole":[]
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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":"20220706-224746",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rat run":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a small street that connects larger roads and that drivers use to get more quickly to the place they are going":[]
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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":"20220707-055322",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rat snake":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of various large, nonvenomous, colubrid snakes (as of the genera Elaphe , Pantherophis , Coelognatuhus ) that feed chiefly on rodents (such as mice and rats) and birds":[
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"\u2014 see black rat snake , eastern rat snake , red rat snake , western rat snake"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Walking past cicada exoskeletons hanging from tree branches, a leaping fawn and a rat snake , Dana picked a cicada off a branch, inspected its underside, looked into its zombie eyes and flicked it forward to send it flying off again. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 17 June 2021",
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"Luckily for a 5\u00bd-foot Eastern rat snake , a Virginia woman noticed something was amiss. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2021",
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"Per social media commentators, the snake in the video appears to potentially be a non-venomous black eastern rat snake , which can grow up to 7 feet in length, according to the National Wildlife Federation. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 10 Aug. 2020",
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"The good-guy snakes include but aren\u2019t limited to the eastern hognose snake, Texas brown snake, Texas rat snake , rough green snake, garter snake, milk snake, bullsnake, kingsnake, indigo snake, black racer, water snake, blind snake and coachwhip. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 8 June 2020",
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"According to The Independent, farmers will be compensated about $88 per porcupine; $84 per civet cat; $11 per kilogram of bamboo rat; $17 per kilogram of cobra, king rattle or rat snakes ; and $345 per wild goose or Chinese muntjac deer. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 19 May 2020",
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"Commenters on the article identified it as a rat snake . \u2014 Fox News , 12 Aug. 2019",
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"The homeowners believe that their temporary residential guest was a rat snake . \u2014 Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle , 25 July 2019",
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"In the winter, the animals will den underground, commonly returning to the same spot year after year, and often commune there with other snake species, such as rat snakes and rattlesnakes. \u2014 National Geographic , 22 July 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1818, 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":"20220706-162535",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rat-stripper":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": mountain lover 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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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040559",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ratbag":{
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"antonyms":[
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"brain",
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"genius"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a stupid, eccentric, or disagreeable person":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"some ratbag who couldn't survive a day in the outback"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1890, 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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"\u02c8rat-\u02ccbag"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"bonehead",
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"bubblehead",
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"chowderhead",
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"chucklehead",
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"clodpoll",
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"clodpole",
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"clot",
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"cluck",
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"clunk",
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"cretin",
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"cuddy",
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"cuddie",
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"deadhead",
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"dim bulb",
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"dimwit",
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"dip",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"doofus",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dullard",
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"dum-dum",
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"dumbbell",
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"dumbhead",
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"dummkopf",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"dunderhead",
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"fathead",
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"gander",
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"golem",
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"goof",
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"goon",
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"half-wit",
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"hammerhead",
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"hardhead",
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"idiot",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"jackass",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"lamebrain",
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"loggerhead",
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"loon",
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"lump",
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"lunkhead",
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"meathead",
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"mome",
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"moron",
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"mug",
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"mutt",
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"natural",
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"nimrod",
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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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"noddy",
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"noodle",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"oaf",
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"pinhead",
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"prat",
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"saphead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schnook",
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"simpleton",
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"stock",
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"stupe",
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"stupid",
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"thickhead",
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"turkey",
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"woodenhead",
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"yahoo",
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"yo-yo"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215802",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ratchet (down)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-172911",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"rate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a charge per unit of a public-service commodity":[],
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": a charge per unit of freight or passenger service":[],
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": a charge, payment, or price fixed according to a ratio, scale, or standard: such as":[],
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": a fixed quantity":[],
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": a fixed ratio between two things":[],
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": a local tax":[],
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": a quantity, amount, or degree of something measured per unit of something else":[
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"her typing rate was 80 words per minute"
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],
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": a unit charge or ratio used in assessing property taxes":[],
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": allot":[],
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": consider , regard":[
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"was rated an excellent pianist"
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],
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": estimation":[],
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": in any case : anyway":[],
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": reckoned value : valuation":[],
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": relative condition or quality : class":[],
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": to determine or assign the relative rank or class of : grade":[
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"rate a seaman"
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],
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": to drive away by scolding":[],
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": to enjoy a status of special privilege":[
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"really rates with the boss"
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],
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": to estimate the normal capacity or power of":[],
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": to fix the amount of premium to be charged per unit of insurance on":[],
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": to have a right to : deserve":[
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"she rated special privileges"
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],
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": to rebuke angrily or violently":[],
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": to set an estimate on : value , esteem":[
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"talents that are rated highly"
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],
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": to voice angry reprimands":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The cold weather meant a slower growing rate for many crops.",
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"At the rate we're moving, it will be morning before we arrive.",
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"People work at different rates .",
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"Gun violence is increasing at an alarming rate .",
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"Snow was falling at a rate of three inches per hour.",
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"There has been a fall in the rate of inflation.",
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"Crime rates have declined in recent years.",
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"What's the interest rate on the loan",
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"Regular admission to the theater is $12, the student rate is $8, and the rate for senior citizens is $6."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 5":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English":"Verb",
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin rata , from Latin ( pro ) rata ( parte ) according to a fixed proportion":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rate Verb (1) estimate , appraise , evaluate , value , rate , assess mean to judge something with respect to its worth or significance. estimate implies a judgment, considered or casual, that precedes or takes the place of actual measuring or counting or testing out. estimated the crowd at two hundred appraise commonly implies the fixing by an expert of the monetary worth of a thing, but it may be used of any critical judgment. having their house appraised evaluate suggests an attempt to determine relative or intrinsic worth in terms other than monetary. evaluate a student's work value equals appraise but without implying expertness of judgment. a watercolor valued by the donor at $500 rate adds to estimate the notion of placing a thing according to a scale of values. a highly rated restaurant assess implies a critical appraisal for the purpose of understanding or interpreting, or as a guide in taking action. officials are trying to assess the damage",
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"synonyms":[
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"caliber",
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"calibre",
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"class",
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"grade",
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"quality"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020805",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"rather":{
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"antonyms":[
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"involuntarily",
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"unwillingly"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": in some degree : somewhat":[
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"it's rather warm",
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"\u2014 often used as a mild intensive spent rather a lot of money"
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],
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": more correctly speaking":[
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"my father, or rather my stepfather"
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],
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": more readily or willingly : preferably":[
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"I'd rather not go",
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"would rather read than watch television",
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"\u2014 often used interjectionally to express affirmation"
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],
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": the more quickly or readily":[],
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": to the contrary : instead":[
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"was no better but rather grew worse",
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"\u2014 Mark 5:26 (Revised Standard Version)"
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],
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": with better reason or more propriety : more properly":[
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"this you should pity rather than despise",
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"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The movie is a comedy, but rather a dull one.",
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"I think the children watch rather too much television.",
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"It rather annoyed me that he was late picking me up.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This was an inordinate number of sightings for a species that\u2019s rather uncommon in the state. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
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"That said, the fourth season has felt deficient on a few levels, beginning with the main villain, Vecna, who bears a rather uninspired resemblance to the Crypt Keeper from the Tales From the Crypt comics. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 1 July 2022",
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"Still, Lempicka stays married to Tadeusz (Andrew Samonsky), not only because coming out would kill her career, or worse; rather , her desire for her muse doesn\u2019t detract from her attraction to her husband. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
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"Kenny Klein would rather tell you about his assistant, Kathy Tronzo, who needs another year and a half to hit a half-century of experience with Louisville athletics. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2022",
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"Today could feel rather intense as the Moon slinks through your private 8th house, putting your focus on only the people that matter most. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
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"This shift couldn\u2019t have come at a better time for an artist like Denzel Curry, who would rather pull his beloved dreadlocks out than call in Rick Rubin or Max Martin for a crash course in pop formula. \u2014 Khari Nixon, SPIN , 30 June 2022",
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"In one scene, Lizzie rather tenderly buttons her father\u2019s shirt over the microphone wire. \u2014 Mary Norris, The New Yorker , 30 June 2022",
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"Much of the Democratic spending attacked Mr. Irvin\u2014once considered the front-runner\u2014or promoted Mr. Bailey, a far-right opponent Mr. Pritzker would rather face. \u2014 John Mccormick, WSJ , 29 June 2022"
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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, from Old English hrathor , comparative of hrathe quickly; akin to Old High German rado quickly, Old English hr\u00e6d quick":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ra-t\u035fh\u0259r",
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"interjectionally \u02c8ra-\u02c8t\u035fh\u0259r",
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"also \u02c8re-",
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"\u02c8r\u0259-",
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"\u02c8r\u00e4-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"fain",
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"first",
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"preferably",
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"readily",
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"soon",
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"willingly"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111006",
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"ratify":{
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"antonyms":[
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"decline",
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"deny",
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"disallow",
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"disapprove",
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"negative",
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"reject",
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"turn down",
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"veto"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to approve and sanction formally : confirm":[
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"ratify a treaty"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"A number of countries have refused to ratify the treaty.",
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"Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The leadership has also warned that failing to ratify would only weaken the union and benefit the employers. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 10 Nov. 2021",
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"Casting director and associate members of the Teamsters Local 399 and Local 817 have voted to ratify a new three-year agreement with the major studios and streamers. \u2014 Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
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"The public hearings Hoffer cited took place immediately before the council voted to ratify agreements reached between city staff and Arte Moreno\u2019s company, not during the process of negotiations. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Kellogg's employees who have been on strike since early October have voted to ratify a tentative labor contract at the company's four U.S. cereal plants. \u2014 CBS News , 22 Dec. 2021",
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"The union announced Tuesday that members voted to ratify a new contract. \u2014 Andrew Keiper, Fox News , 22 Dec. 2021",
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"Equality Day, in Salt Lake City for a rally hosted by the Utah ERA Coalition and other organizations to encourage state lawmakers to ratify the ERA. \u2014 Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Aug. 2021",
|
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"The Cardiff School District board met Thursday to ratify the collective bargaining agreement with the Cardiff Elementary Teachers Association. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
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"The Anaheim City Council is expected to ratify the agreement Tuesday, after which the city and state plan to submit it to a court for final approval. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English ratifien , from Anglo-French ratifier , from Medieval Latin ratificare , from Latin ratus determined, from past participle of reri to calculate \u2014 more at reason entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ra-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
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"\u02c8ra-t\u0259-f\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"accredit",
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"approbate",
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"approve",
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"authorize",
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"clear",
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"confirm",
|
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"finalize",
|
|
"formalize",
|
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"homologate",
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"OK",
|
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"okay",
|
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"sanction",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075129",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rating":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a naval enlisted man":[],
|
|
": a stated operating limit of a machine expressible in power units (such as kilowatts of a direct-current generator) or in characteristics (such as voltage)":[],
|
|
": an estimate of an individual's or business's credit and responsibility":[],
|
|
": an estimate of the percentage of the public listening to or viewing a particular radio or television program":[],
|
|
": relative estimate or evaluation : standing":[
|
|
"the school has a good academic rating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The school has an above-average academic rating .",
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|
"The article compares the fuel-economy ratings of various cars.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"With President Joe Biden\u2019s approval rating at an all-time low of 40 percent, Republicans are confident Paxton has a clear path to victory. \u2014 Taylor Goldenstein, San Antonio Express-News , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Miami emerged with 10 one-star restaurants and one with a two-star rating , L\u2019Atelier de Jo\u00ebl Robuchon in the Design District. \u2014 Connie Ogle, Sun Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Only Murphy reached double digits with a plus-10 rating . \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"In a May research note, Daiwa Securities analyst Satoru Sekine initiated coverage of Amvis with an outperform rating and a price target of \u00a55,000 during the next year\u2014about 20% higher than now. \u2014 James Simms, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"With a top rating from the National Rifle Association, he is viewed with suspicion by liberal activists who have long pressed for gun control legislation and see a cautionary tale in the senator\u2019s involvement in past immigration negotiations. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Her grandson Prince William is the next most favored, with a 66% approval rating , while Charles is at 50%, a number that has ticked up slightly over the past year. \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
|
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"Coors Field leads the way as a hitter\u2019s best friend with a 1.755 rating . \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Kaepernick played in 12 games (making 11 starts) during the 2016 season, throwing for 2,241 yards, 16 touchdowns and four interceptions with a 90.7 passer rating . \u2014 Jim Reineking, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u0101-ti\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122259",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rating badge":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a distinctive mark of a petty officer (as in the U.S. Navy) that consists of an eagle, one, two, or three chevrons, an arc for a chief, and a specialty mark and that is worn between shoulder and elbow formerly on the right by members of the seaman branch and on the left by others but from 1948 on the left by all branches":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195206",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rating flume":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a flume of known capacities at different depths and velocities that is used for the measurement of large flows of irrigation water":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194310",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rating nut":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a milled nut under a pendulum bob for varying the effective pendulum length in rating a clock":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181855",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratio":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the indicated quotient of two mathematical expressions":[],
|
|
": the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things : proportion":[],
|
|
": the expression of the relative values of gold and silver as determined by a country's currency laws":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u014d",
|
|
"-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u014d",
|
|
"-(\u02cc)sh\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8r\u0101-(\u02cc)sh\u014d, -sh\u0113-\u02cc\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"What is the length-to-width ratio ",
|
|
"the ratio of students to teachers in the school is nine to one",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"On June 10, blockchain sleuths found that Celsius has meaningful exposure to Staked ether (stETH), which has depegged from ether at a ratio of 0.93:1 this week. \u2014 Fortune , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"In February, Cr\u00e9dito Real said that its collections remained stable through 2021, with a nonperforming loan ratio of 2% to 3%. \u2014 Alexander Saeedy, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"That said, the sprayer has an impressive 14 dilution settings to adjust the flow of concentrate to get the right chemical-to-water ratio . \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"These communal webs can house as many as 215 spiders, with a male-to-female ratio of about 1.5. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"One rooster to eight or nine hens is about the right ratio . \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Two keys to a great pasta salad are finding the right ratio of dressing to noodles and creating the right balance of add-ins. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The taqueros here are masterful at mixing just the right ratio of fat to muscle in their taco meats; the carnitas border on just greasy enough to whet a late night appetite. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Two keys to a great pasta salad are finding the right ratio of dressing to noodles and creating the right balance of add-ins. \u2014 Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic , 20 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin, computation, reason \u2014 more at reason entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180621"
|
|
},
|
|
"ratio arm":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a branch of an electrical bridge circuit \u2014 compare wheatstone bridge":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184250",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratio chart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a chart employing the Cartesian coordinate system in which the points on a curve are determined by measuring time as the independent variable along one axis and the logarithms of the values of the corresponding dependent variables along the other":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"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":"20220707-094747",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratio cognoscendi":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the ground of knowledge : something through or by means of which a thing is known":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u00e4t\u0113\u02cc\u014d\u02cck\u022fgn\u0259\u02c8sken(\u02cc)d\u0113"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073404",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratio essendi":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the cause or ground of the existence of a thing":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Medieval Latin":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-e\u02c8sen(\u02cc)d\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191950",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratiocinate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": reason":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1643, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin ratiocinatus , past participle of ratiocinari to reckon, from ratio + -cinari (as in vaticinari to prophesy) \u2014 more at vaticinate":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccra-sh\u0113-",
|
|
"\u02ccra-t\u0113-\u02c8\u014d-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
|
|
"-\u02c8\u00e4-"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104923",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"ratiocination":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a reasoned train of thought":[],
|
|
": the process of exact thinking : reasoning":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"as an expert in ratiocination , the detective Sherlock Holmes has few rivals",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"At the same time that professional men of science were forming the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Poe was lambasting professionals in favor of splendid amateurism and personal ratiocination . \u2014 Colin Dickey, The New Republic , 21 July 2021",
|
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"The surface of the table was taken up with all sorts of paraphernalia superfluous, not to say impedimental, to ratiocination . \u2014 Hermione Hoby, New York Times , 1 June 2018"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccra-t\u0113-\u02cc\u014d-s\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
|
|
"-\u02cc\u00e4-",
|
|
"\u02ccra-sh\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"intellection",
|
|
"logic",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005918",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratiocinatory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": ratiocinative":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u022fr\u0113",
|
|
"-ri",
|
|
"-s\u1d4an\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054454",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratiometer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
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": to distribute as rations":[
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"\u2014 often used with out"
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],
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": to distribute equitably":[],
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": to supply with or put on rations":[],
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": to use sparingly":[]
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The soldiers were given their rations for the day.",
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"The horse was fed its ration of oats.",
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"weekly sugar and butter rations",
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"Verb",
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"During the war, the government rationed gasoline.",
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"the region has had to ration water during times of drought",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"There are food- ration books and recipe books, some published by the government, to help people cook with those rations. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Such reductions lasted in the US and the U.K. for some years following the OPEC oil crisis of 1973; motorists in Britain were even issued with fuel ration books. \u2014 Carlton Reid, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
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"The state still is trying to ration tests even though demand has dropped in recent days. \u2014 Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"The government later announced a support package for citizens which included one-time grants to those in need and reviewing the ration card budget ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"China\u2019s Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns have led to a shortage of a dye widely used in medical scans, prompting U.S. hospitals including the Mayo Clinic to ration supplies, postpone procedures or switch to less optimal imaging. \u2014 Peter Loftus, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
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"Hit by high prices and supply disruptions, Beasley said the UN has been forced to ration food supplies to millions of people around the world. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 13 May 2022",
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"And labs that process most STD tests were forced to ration supplies to focus on the flood of incoming COVID-19 samples. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Star Tribune , 7 Apr. 2021",
|
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"Many retail chains are continuing to ration supplies by placing strict limits on orders, while others are trying to find substitutes with little success. \u2014 Annie Gasparro, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Meanwhile, Politico on Friday reported that the White House was preparing to ration COVID vaccines in light of the continued funding impasse. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
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"Initially, health officials were forced to ration Paxlovid. \u2014 Evan Osnos, The New Yorker , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Low inventories and historically high prices for gas have fed fears for months that if the winter turns unseasonably cold, countries will have to roll out more help for struggling customers and businesses, and may even ration access to power. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
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"The White House may have to ration the next generation of vaccines, Politico reports. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
|
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"University of Alabama at Birmingham officials have activated a plan to ration a key medical supply used in imaging and heart treatments in response to a global shortage caused by COVID-19 shutdowns in Shanghai, China. \u2014 al , 7 May 2022",
|
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"Health experts note that the circumstances forcing tough decisions about how to ration precious lifesaving resources is not a new one: what is new is having to make these tough decisions in the middle of a pandemic. \u2014 Sasha Pezenik, ABC News , 30 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Germany has already begun to prepare, recently initiating protocols to ration its energy. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"The title referred to the two days per week when, by order of the new government, Pakistani citizens abstained from eating meat to ration the cattle and goat supply. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022"
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"1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"circa 1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, from Latin ration-, ratio computation, reason":"Noun"
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ra-sh\u0259n",
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"\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"\u02c8rash-\u0259n",
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"\u02c8r\u0101-"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"allocate",
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"allot",
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"allow",
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"apportion",
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"assign",
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"distribute",
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"lot"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213402",
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"transitive verb",
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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": relating to, based on, or agreeable to reason : reasonable":[
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"a rational explanation",
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"rational behavior"
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],
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": involving only multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction and only a finite number of times":[],
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": relating to, consisting of, or being one or more rational numbers":[
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"a rational root of an equation"
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]
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},
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"\u02c8ra-sh\u0259-n\u0259l",
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"\u02c8rash-n\u0259l",
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"\u02c8rash-n\u0259l, -\u0259n-\u1d4al",
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"\u02c8ra-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al"
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],
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"intelligent",
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"reasonable",
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"reasoning",
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"thinking"
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],
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"irrational",
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"nonrational",
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"nonthinking",
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"unintelligent",
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"unreasonable",
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"unreasoning",
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"unthinking"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"human beings are rational creatures",
|
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"insisted there was a rational explanation for the strange creaking noises and that there were no such things as ghosts",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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|
"This, sadly, is one of those occasions, with BMW\u2019s official confirmation of a car that rational market forces are set to deny us. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
|
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"Buying some time to think is a rational way to manage the flow of a conversation. \u2014 Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 June 2022",
|
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"Josh Minott was clearly reluctant to answer the question, to put himself out there and risk the wrath of the Twitter armchair masses, who are not always known to be kind or rational . \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
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"Following Hinman\u2019s speech, Ripple met several times with key officials at the SEC, believing that rational minds would all agree on XRP\u2019s status as something other than a security. \u2014 Stu Alderoty, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
|
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"Simply feeling your own presence while alone in a natural environment is a wonderful way to remember that\u2014to tune into your own deeper nature, beyond the rational brain and monkey mind. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 8 June 2022",
|
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"According to the Harvard Business Review, in a stressful situation\u2014like a possibly once-in-a-lifetime archival sale\u2014our brains react differently, forcing us to make reactionary decisions instead of thoughtful, rational ones. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
|
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"As various local experiments demonstrate, rational conversation about topics such as immigration isn\u2019t impossible, even in the most unlikely places. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
|
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"But a rational discussion about the Space Launch System rocket and its payload, the Orion spacecraft, is impossible without considering its enormous expense, ongoing delays, and looming obsolescence. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Empirical inquiry\u2014often considered strictly a province of the rational \u2014can also be fueled by fervent belief. \u2014 Faith Hill, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
|
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"But other states and cities are taking their positive revenues as a rational for deep tax cuts. \u2014 Richard Mcgahey, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The gas supply in 1974 was reported to have bottomed out at only about 20% below normal, but drivers acted about 50% below rational . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
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"In the book, Starhawk defines magic as awakening deeper levels of consciousness beyond the rational . \u2014 WSJ , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Darkside is something entirely distinct, a surreal form of magic at war with the rational . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 July 2021",
|
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"In her 2017 essay, Khan also pointed to platforms\u2019 creating incentives for companies to favor growth over profits, which ostensibly makes predatory pricing rational . \u2014 Jessica Melugin, National Review , 22 June 2021",
|
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"Advocates for race-conscious admissions accept the diversity rational as an article of faith. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
|
|
"Much of the rational of the calls to expand the court came from the fact that former President Donald Trump had appointed three justices, shifting the balance. \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English racional , from Anglo-French racionel , from Latin rationalis , from ration-, ratio":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
|
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"1601, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202159"
|
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},
|
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"rationale":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena":[],
|
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": an underlying reason : basis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rationale for starting the school day an hour later is that kids will supposedly get an extra hour of sleep",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The rationale behind the programming pivot is both strategic and financial. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 4 July 2022",
|
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"The rationale for the exception had been that evidence of a crime may be lost as a car drives away. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
|
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"The rationale here is to lower the risk of potential real world harm by limiting the visibility of the tweet on the platform. \u2014 Musadiq Bidar, CBS News , 9 June 2022",
|
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"Homelander's fragile mental state seems to be the rationale behind Queen Maeve's plan to resurrect Soldier Boy. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 17 May 2022",
|
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"What is the rationale for blanket relief when the vast majority of this debt is being serviced as contractually required",
|
|
"That's the rationale behind a program the Racine Zoo is developing with its most recent empathy-building grant. \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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"That was the rationale behind Data Sheet\u2019s guesswork. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 13 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"This new money may be distributed using a bottom-up rationale to make sure the average household can afford the basics such as food, housing, and healthcare. \u2014 Rufas Kamau, Forbes , 20 June 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1657, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin, neuter of rationalis":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccra-sh\u0259-\u02c8nal"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"account",
|
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"accounting",
|
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"argument",
|
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"case",
|
|
"explanation",
|
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"reason"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100812",
|
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|
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"noun"
|
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|
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},
|
|
"rationalize":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to apply research-based managerial principles to (something, such as an industry or its operations) for increased productivity and efficiency":[],
|
|
": to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as":[],
|
|
": to free (a mathematical expression) from irrational parts":[
|
|
"rationalize a denominator"
|
|
],
|
|
": to provide plausible but untrue reasons for conduct":[],
|
|
": to substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of":[
|
|
"rationalize a myth"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"She tried to rationalize her grandson's strange behavior by blaming it on the boy's father.",
|
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"He couldn't rationalize buying such an expensive car.",
|
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"She knows she shouldn't have done it\u2014she's just trying to rationalize .",
|
|
"Management is thinking of ways to rationalize our system of production.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"As Putin used the language of faith to cloak his political and military ambitions, Kirill also used sermons to rationalize the campaign on spiritual grounds. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"By leveraging automation where possible and looking to experts for additional support, business leaders can rationalize the security program and identify ways to cut costs without impacting risk. \u2014 Robert Potter, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"My brain tried to explain and rationalize it, but my therapist kept challenging me and asking me to quiet my mind and go deeper\u2014to go into the feeling. \u2014 Mike Kessler, Men's Health , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"One theory circulating among social scientists holds that White men have fewer collective histories of persecution that can rationalize poor life outcomes, which worsens their humiliation at unrealized ambitions. \u2014 Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Only slightly less annoying is the ex-referee the networks keep on standby who pops up to chime in on whether the call was correct, and roughly 98 percent of the time finds a way to agree with the call or rationalize why a bad one was made. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Ultimately, though, publishers need to rationalize their relationship with AI and consider how to apply and embrace it. \u2014 David Kostman, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Hamlin later tried to rationalize his reasons for the message and has since deleted the tweet. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The company\u2019s computers will optimize, rationalize , and monetize the world\u2019s narratives, as Mandala has done for consciousness. \u2014 Mark Greif, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1665, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
|
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|
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|
|
"\u02c8ra-sh\u0259-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
|
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"\u02c8rash-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"account (for)",
|
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"attribute",
|
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"explain",
|
|
"explain away"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003020",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
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"noun,",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"ratios":{
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the expression of the relative values of gold and silver as determined by a country's currency laws":[],
|
|
": the indicated quotient of two mathematical expressions":[],
|
|
": the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things : proportion":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"What is the length-to-width ratio ",
|
|
"the ratio of students to teachers in the school is nine to one",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"On June 10, blockchain sleuths found that Celsius has meaningful exposure to Staked ether (stETH), which has depegged from ether at a ratio of 0.93:1 this week. \u2014 Fortune , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"In February, Cr\u00e9dito Real said that its collections remained stable through 2021, with a nonperforming loan ratio of 2% to 3%. \u2014 Alexander Saeedy, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"That said, the sprayer has an impressive 14 dilution settings to adjust the flow of concentrate to get the right chemical-to-water ratio . \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"These communal webs can house as many as 215 spiders, with a male-to-female ratio of about 1.5. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"One rooster to eight or nine hens is about the right ratio . \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Two keys to a great pasta salad are finding the right ratio of dressing to noodles and creating the right balance of add-ins. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The taqueros here are masterful at mixing just the right ratio of fat to muscle in their taco meats; the carnitas border on just greasy enough to whet a late night appetite. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Two keys to a great pasta salad are finding the right ratio of dressing to noodles and creating the right balance of add-ins. \u2014 Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic , 20 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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|
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|
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"Latin, computation, reason \u2014 more at reason entry 1":""
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|
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|
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"\u02c8r\u0101-(\u02cc)sh\u014d, -sh\u0113-\u02cc\u014d",
|
|
"-(\u02cc)sh\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u014d",
|
|
"-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u014d",
|
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"\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u014d"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"proportion",
|
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"rate"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124004",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"ratline":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of the small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds of a ship so as to form the steps of a rope ladder":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"For women artists, substance use is generally grouped under the larger umbrella of madness, historically a kind of ratline to institutionalization, often against their will, for women ranging from Zelda Fitzgerald to Britney Spears. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English radelyng":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8rat-l\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124935",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"ratproof":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": proof against rats":[
|
|
"ratproof construction",
|
|
"a ratproof warehouse"
|
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],
|
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": to make (as a building or ship) secure against the entry of rats":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"rat entry 1 + proof":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\""
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135233",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"transitive verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"rats":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"rats , I can't believe anyone would say such a hateful thing"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1818, 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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"\u02c8rats"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"faugh",
|
|
"fie",
|
|
"phew",
|
|
"phooey",
|
|
"ugh",
|
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"yech",
|
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"yecch",
|
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"yuck",
|
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"yuk"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174201",
|
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"type":[
|
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"interjection"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"rattail":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a horse's tail with little or no hair":[],
|
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": grenadier sense 2":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1705, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8rat-\u02cct\u0101l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131935",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rattle":{
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"antonyms":[
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"quiet",
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"silence",
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"silentness",
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"still",
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"stillness"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a rapid succession of sharp clattering sounds":[],
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": death rattle":[],
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": noise , racket":[],
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": the sound-producing organ on a rattlesnake's tail":[],
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": to cause to make a rattling sound":[],
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": to chatter incessantly and aimlessly":[],
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": to furnish with ratlines":[],
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": to make a rapid succession of short sharp noises":[
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"the windows rattled in the wind"
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],
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": to say, perform, or affect in a brisk lively fashion":[
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"rattled off four magnificent backhands",
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"\u2014 Kim Chapin"
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],
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": to upset especially to the point of loss of poise and composure : disturb":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"I'd go nuts if I had to endure the rattle of that bottling plant every day.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The inventor, for one, seems thoroughly soused (or at least terribly hung-over), picking himself off floor with bloodshot eyes as empty bottles rattle through his creaky workshop. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 15 June 2022",
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"Layoffs rattle vulnerable industries So far, even as investors have fretted about what's next for America's economy, the job market has remained strong. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 15 June 2022",
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"Investors continue to shed higher-risk investments\u2014cryptocurrencies very much included\u2014as inflation and looming interest rate hikes in the U.S. rattle global markets. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
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"Global stocks tumbled and the S&P 500 is on track to open in bear market territory as fears over inflation rattle investors around the world. \u2014 Alexis Christoforous, ABC News , 13 June 2022",
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"If the blades are not even, then the fan will wobble and rattle during use. \u2014 Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
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"Then there are the accounts that don\u2019t claim to provide therapy yet rattle out therapy-sounding advice in bite-size infographics. \u2014 Becky Burgum, refinery29.com , 24 May 2022",
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"With that in mind, IndyStar Colts insiders Joel A. Erickson and Nate Atkins take questions from the fan base and rattle off answers one by one, offering their thoughts on the burning questions left after free agency and the NFL draft. \u2014 Clark Wade, The Indianapolis Star , 12 May 2022",
|
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"Their kids haven't needed any translation help After hosting about a dozen families in their home, Nick and Anna-Marie Roach's children now can rattle off a few words in Russian and Ukrainian. \u2014 Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Unlubricated stock stabilizers can produce a rattle that\u2019s caused by the dry metal wire hitting the plastic housings. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
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"They're often disguised, sliced, taped, and rattle -canned before being catapulted through a brick wall or driven into a lake. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Indeed, after more guitar-glimmer and some death-metal, death- rattle kick-drumming, the song ends. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"The float also offers toys babies can touch and activate, including a squeaker, rattle , stacking rings, giant octopus, and a soft star. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 19 May 2022",
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"The pigmy rattlesnake is small and has a tiny rattle . \u2014 Mandi Albright, ajc , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The second snake was more eager to escape into the brush, but neither of the snakes was using their rattle or exhibiting any aggressive behavior. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"The silence of the Polish countryside is shattered by the piercing rattle of heavy artillery fire. \u2014 Byshannon K. Crawford, ABC News , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
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"From here, the distant rattle of passing trains reflects his wish to make Big Fan accessible to anyone by being near public transport. \u2014 Leena Tailor, Variety , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"But Gazprom's move is still likely to rattle German industry, which is heavily reliant on Moscow's gas. \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 31 May 2022",
|
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"The Panthers\u2019 hitters also started to rattle Korth, with their persistence paying off on Tapusoa\u2019s shot to left field. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 May 2022",
|
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"Officials for decades have been prepared for political turmoil to rattle operations in space, where the cost of entry has led to partnerships like the ISS. \u2014 Emre Kelly, USA TODAY , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"Speaking of risk, in season three\u2019s fourth episode, there\u2019s a baby-proofing character who can rattle off household accidents stats in a way that would make Gael Garcia Bernal\u2019s Old character very proud. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"If the blades are not even, then the fan will wobble and rattle during use. \u2014 Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
|
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"Then there are the accounts that don\u2019t claim to provide therapy yet rattle out therapy-sounding advice in bite-size infographics. \u2014 Becky Burgum, refinery29.com , 24 May 2022",
|
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"In this case, an invasion of Ukraine by Russia would likely drive up the already-high cost of living in the United States, rattle investment portfolios and perhaps even slow down the economic recovery. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
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"With that in mind, IndyStar Colts insiders Joel A. Erickson and Nate Atkins take questions from the fan base and rattle off answers one by one, offering their thoughts on the burning questions left after free agency and the NFL draft. \u2014 Clark Wade, The Indianapolis Star , 12 May 2022"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
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"1519, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
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"1729, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English ratelen ; akin to Middle Dutch ratel rattle":"Verb",
|
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"irregular from ratline":"Verb"
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8rat-\u1d4al",
|
|
"\u02c8ra-t\u1d4al"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rattle Verb (1) embarrass , discomfit , abash , disconcert , rattle mean to distress by confusing or confounding. embarrass implies some influence that impedes thought, speech, or action. the question embarrassed her so much she couldn't answer discomfit implies a hampering or frustrating accompanied by confusion. hecklers discomfited the speaker abash presupposes some initial self-confidence that receives a sudden check, producing shyness, shame, or a feeling of inferiority. abashed by her swift and cutting retort disconcert implies an upsetting of equanimity or assurance producing uncertainty or hesitancy. disconcerted by finding so many in attendance rattle implies an agitation that impairs thought and judgment. rattled by all the television cameras",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"babel",
|
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"blare",
|
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"bluster",
|
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"bowwow",
|
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"brawl",
|
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"bruit",
|
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"cacophony",
|
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"chatter",
|
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"clamor",
|
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"clangor",
|
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"decibel(s)",
|
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"din",
|
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"discordance",
|
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"katzenjammer",
|
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"noise",
|
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"racket",
|
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"roar"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052343",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattle someone's cage":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to make someone feel worried or upset":[
|
|
"Don't worry about what he said. He was just trying to rattle your cage ."
|
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]
|
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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":"20220708-104949",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"rattle through":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": to do (something) quickly":[
|
|
"We rattled through the meeting."
|
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]
|
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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":"20220708-110303",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattle-top":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": bugbane sense 1":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111326",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattlebrain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a flighty or thoughtless person":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a medical situation of this seriousness we don't need some rattlebrain running around in a panic"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1704, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ra-t\u1d4al-\u02ccbr\u0101n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ditz",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"flibbertigibbet",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"softhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195040",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattlesnake pilot":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": copperhead sense 1a":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103132",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattlesnake plantain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a genus ( Goodyera ) of orchids with variegated leaves and small flowers in a twisted spike":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The team has even introduced one of them, the rattlesnake plantain , into experimental plots in the forest. \u2014 Kimbra Cutlip, Smithsonian , 28 Feb. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083400",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattlesnake root":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a genus ( Prenanthes , especially P. altissima ) of composite plants with small heads of drooping ligulate flowers":[],
|
|
": any of various plants formerly believed to be distasteful to rattlesnakes or effective against their venom: such as":[],
|
|
": seneca snakeroot":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1682, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082739",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattlesnake violet":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": dogtooth violet":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083404",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattlesnake weed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a hawkweed ( Hieracium venosum ) of eastern North America with purple-veined leaves":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1848, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103154",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": extraordinarily good : splendid":[],
|
|
": lively , brisk":[
|
|
"moved at a rattling pace"
|
|
],
|
|
": to an extreme degree : very":[
|
|
"a rattling good story"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"we drove off at a rattling pace",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Here a number of the emigrants who arrived late were stowed away on a rattling floor of cane, covered with hides. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com , 2 Oct. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1828, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rat-li\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202200",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattrap":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dirty dilapidated structure":[],
|
|
": a hopeless situation":[],
|
|
": a trap for rats":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the military invasion had been a breeze, the nation soon found itself caught in a rattrap with no clear escape route"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ra(t)-\u02cctrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"jackpot",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"rabbit hole",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sticky wicket",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195154",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": despicable , treacherous":[],
|
|
": infested with rats":[],
|
|
": irritable":[
|
|
"feeling ratty as hell",
|
|
"\u2014 Richard Bissell"
|
|
],
|
|
": of, relating to, or suggestive of a rat":[],
|
|
": shabby , unkempt":[
|
|
"a ratty brown overcoat",
|
|
"\u2014 John Lardner"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Those shoes are getting pretty ratty .",
|
|
"some ratty old magazines were the only reading material in the mountaintop cabin",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"He's been living in his ratty old sweats all year, so consider these Champion ones an overdue upgrade. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"For its set design, Backyard Theater Ensemble goes with a mix of some ratty , comfy furniture and a hipster wall hanging, and that\u2019s it. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Nearly $2 billion in new development is bringing homes, offices, shops, and parks to a ratty part of the city. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In the mid-70s, punks dressed up their anti-establishment aggression in painted, studded leather jackets and ratty band shirts. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Ask everyone to launder the goods first\u2014and remind them to donate only clothing of a quality that a secondhand store would purchase; no ratty stuff. \u2014 Outside Online , 3 Dec. 2021",
|
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"My late grandfather spent most of his weekends holed up in his study\u2014a sunken room, adorned with a ratty Chesterfield sofa and posters from various international chess championships\u2014listening to opera. \u2014 The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021",
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"This was especially bad because Choriza changed out of her headpiece into a ratty wig that kept slipping off her head like a milkshake down Nigel Farage\u2019s suit. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 28 Oct. 2021",
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"The squat, one-story structure leased by Inner Ear Recording Studios \u2014 walls plastered in tour posters and surrealist paintings, floor carpeted in a ratty beige \u2014 had shaped generations of homegrown D.C. punk talent: Minor Threat. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ra-t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"beat-up",
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"bombed-out",
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"dilapidated",
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"dog-eared",
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"down-at-the-heels",
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"down-at-heel",
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"down-at-the-heel",
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"down-at-heels",
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"dumpy",
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"grungy",
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"mangy",
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"mean",
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"miserable",
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"moth-eaten",
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"neglected",
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"run-down",
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"scrubby",
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"scruffy",
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"seedy",
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"shabby",
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"sleazy",
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"tacky",
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"tatterdemalion",
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"tatty",
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"threadbare",
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"timeworn",
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"tumbledown"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065728",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"rattletrap":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ra-t\u1d4al-\u02cctrap"
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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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"Are you still driving that old rattletrap ",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But the story doesn\u2019t coalesce\u2014to the extent that anything in the rattletrap narrative ever comes together\u2014until the heroine gets a job at a fashionable department store. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 27 May 2021",
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"Given the rattletrap American health care system \u2014 which is far, far worse than Italy's \u2014 even that would probably not be sufficient. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, TheWeek , 12 Mar. 2020",
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"The raucously rattletrap musical selections add a fitting, pungent quality to this delirium. \u2014 Duane Bygre, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Mar. 2020",
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"From Pickwick Lake, the Mississippi DFW reports Alabama-rigs, single swimbaits, rattletraps , jerkbaits, and spinnerbaits are all catching pre-spawn bass. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, AL.com , 23 Mar. 2018",
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"But the daily reality for San Bernardino\u2019s finest is entirely different: a corps savaged by budget cuts, rattletrap equipment, crushing workloads and sunken morale. \u2014 Michael Wines, New York Times , 2 Feb. 2016",
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"Saugeye have been biting around the rocky points of the main lake, mostly on small silver crankbaits and rattletraps . \u2014 Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post , 14 May 2017",
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"In the post-Soviet era, demand for the boxy rattletraps plunged ruinously in the face of foreign competition. \u2014 Neil Macfarquhar, New York Times , 17 Sep. 2016"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1822, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160824"
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},
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"ratchet":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mechanism that consists of a bar or wheel having inclined teeth into which a pawl drops so that motion can be imparted to the wheel or bar, governed, or prevented and that is used in a hand tool (such as a wrench or screwdriver) to allow effective motion in one direction only":[],
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": a pawl or detent for holding or propelling a toothed wheel":[],
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": to cause to move by steps or degrees":[
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"\u2014 usually used with up or down tried to ratchet down the debt"
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],
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": to proceed by steps or degrees":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ra-ch\u0259t"
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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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"The ratchet lock allows the head to move up freely, but not down until the lever is released. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
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"There are only two pads included, so ratchet straps will have to be purchased separately. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
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"And Roe lasted half a century, which helped create the impression of a historical ratchet of human and civil rights. \u2014 Philip Cohen, The New Republic , 3 May 2022",
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"The Supreme Court\u2019s Brnovich decision last spring, for example, required a holistic look at a state\u2019s voting practices in Section 2 cases rather than tying states narrowly into a one-way ratchet on every single aspect of their voting laws. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"This was achieved by mounting a nitrogen cannon in the rear of the Defender which was initialized simultaneously to a ratchet stop connected to the front of the vehicle. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 28 Jan. 2022",
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"What if the ratchet slips, and rising popular hostility to arbitrary, petty, overbearing and ineffective rules induces a popular backlash",
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"On the set of Transformers: Bumblebee, my stunt team and I were all standing there one day on set getting ready for a big ratchet sequence with explosions and all that fun stuff. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 27 Jan. 2022",
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"Alternatively, a mouse can offer line-by-line scrolling, aka ratchet or notched scrolling. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The conflict comes as state politicians from Massachusetts and other states ratchet up the pressure on ride-hailing and food-delivery companies while calling for a broader reassessment of whether the gig economy exploits those who work in it. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
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"Their answer will continue to be to ratchet up the civilian arms race. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 26 May 2022",
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"The second is to ratchet down the hostility with China, first by dropping the Trump-era tariffs on consumer goods, and second, by returning to prudent lines of cooperation. \u2014 Jeffrey D. Sachs, CNN , 12 May 2022",
|
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"The heat will ratchet up in a similar way from Fallbrook down to Campo. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
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"Nearly all of the candidates are Democrats and this primary is ostensibly nonpartisan, but the attacks on Caruso have taken a decidedly partisan turn and will likely ratchet up as the race enters its final few weeks. \u2014 Benjamin Oreskesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
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"Policy experts, for their part, worry that ramping up pit production will ratchet up international tensions. \u2014 Annabella Farmer, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"The gas cutoff came as Western powers have been looking to ratchet up economic pressure on Moscow and bolster Ukraine\u2019s defenders. \u2014 Elena Becatoros And Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune , 11 May 2022",
|
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"The gas cutoff came as Western powers have been looking to ratchet up economic pressure on Moscow and bolster Ukraine\u2019s defenders. \u2014 Elena Becatoros, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration of earlier rochet , from French, alteration of Middle French rocquet ratchet, bobbin, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rocko distaff \u2014 more at rock":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1654, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1972, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162607"
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},
|
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"ratitous":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": ratite":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8rat\u0259t\u0259s"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin Ratitae + English -ous":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172319"
|
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},
|
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"rattlesnake master":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a perennial herb (Eryngium yuccifolium) of the carrot family native to the eastern half of the U.S. that has a basal rosette of bluish-green, fibrous, parallel-veined, swordlike leaves that may reach a length of 30 inches (76 centimeters) and small, greenish-white flowers clustered in dense flower heads resembling thistle : button snakeroot sense 2":[]
|
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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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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173241"
|
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},
|
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"ratin\u00e9":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a rough bulky fabric usually woven loosely in plain weave from ratin\u00e9 yarns":[],
|
|
": a nubby ply yarn of various fibers made by twisting under tension a thick and a thin yarn":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccra-t\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French ratin\u00e9":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175015"
|
|
},
|
|
"rationalism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": reliance on reason as the basis for establishment of religious truth":[],
|
|
": a theory that reason is in itself a source of knowledge superior to and independent of sense perceptions":[],
|
|
": a view that reason and experience rather than the nonrational are the fundamental criteria in the solution of problems":[],
|
|
": functionalism sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rash-n\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m",
|
|
"\u02c8ra-sh\u0259-n\u0259-\u02ccli-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Theological modernism led liberal Christian theologians to create an alternative path between the rigid orthodoxies of Christian churches and the rationalism of atheists and others. \u2014 Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This medieval or Gothic aesthetic could make the Romantics, in turn, hostile to the airless rationalism and classicism of the Enlightenment. \u2014 Jeffrey Collins, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Meanwhile, the tribes grow to appreciate the Galaxy Team\u2019s technological rationalism . \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Fox writes: Today, most of us view scientific rationalism and spiritualist belief as mutually exclusive. \u2014 Neal Ascherson, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
|
|
"China has held an internal debate between economic rationalism and economic nationalism for over 40 years, with nationalism gaining under President Xi Jinping. \u2014 Frank Lavin, Forbes , 10 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"His orthodox Christian rationalism has inspired innumerable other modern writers, including T. S. Eliot, C. S. Lewis, \u00c9tienne Gilson, Buckley, and Malcolm Muggeridge. \u2014 M. D. Aeschliman, National Review , 8 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Secularists replace religious faith with naturalism, rationalism and empiricism. \u2014 Star Tribune , 15 July 2021",
|
|
"Despite these indications of post-humanist scientific rationalism , Galileo had deep connections to humanism. \u2014 Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books , 23 Feb. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1732, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184618"
|
|
},
|
|
"rate of exchange":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the amount of one currency that will buy a given amount of another":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1741, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215917"
|
|
},
|
|
"rattlety-bang":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a loud rattling and banging sound":[
|
|
"the rattlety-bang in the barn had \u2026 ceased",
|
|
"\u2014 G. A. Chamberlain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"irregular from rattle entry 1 + bang":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221019"
|
|
},
|
|
"rattleweed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various leguminous plants especially of the genera Astragalus, Phaca , and Oxytropis":[],
|
|
": bladder campion sense 1":[],
|
|
": bugbane":[],
|
|
": rattlebox":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"rattle entry 2 + weed":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235350"
|
|
},
|
|
"rat cheese":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cheddar":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005203"
|
|
},
|
|
"rate-of-climb indicator":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a standard flight instrument that indicates the rate of ascent or descent of an airplane":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012853"
|
|
},
|
|
"rate of change":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a value that results from dividing the change in a function of a variable by the change in the variable":[
|
|
"velocity is the rate of change in distance with respect to time"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054903"
|
|
},
|
|
"rattly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": likely to rattle : making a rattle":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ra-t\u1d4al-\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8rat-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062827"
|
|
},
|
|
"ratchet brace":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a carpenter's bitbrace that has a ratchet-driven chuck and is used in close quarters where complete revolutions of the handle are impossible":[],
|
|
": a lever that has a ratchet-driven chuck at one end and is used for drilling holes in metal by hand":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075548"
|
|
},
|
|
"ratite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ra-\u02cct\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"At one point, researchers believed that D. stirtoni was related to other flightless ratites , like emus and ostriches. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 May 2018",
|
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"Ratites and tinamous are among the scant 3 percent of birds in which males have penises. \u2014 Liz Langley, National Geographic , 3 Sep. 2016",
|
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"But in all ratites aside from ostriches, only the male cares for the offspring. \u2014 Liz Langley, National Geographic , 3 Sep. 2016"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"ultimately from Latin ratitus marked with the figure of a raft, from ratis raft":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1874, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083104"
|
|
},
|
|
"ratihabition":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": ratification , sanction":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccrat\u0113h\u0259\u02c8bish\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Late Latin ratihabition-, ratihabitio , from Latin ratus fixed, determined + Late Latin habition-, habitio act of having, from Latin habitus (past participle of hab\u0113re to move) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111249"
|
|
},
|
|
"ratch":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a blaze on an animal's face":[],
|
|
": stretch , rend":[],
|
|
": the distance between nip of back and front drafting rolls in spinning":[],
|
|
": ratchet sense 1":[],
|
|
": a notched bar with which a pawl or click works to prevent reversal of motion":[],
|
|
": to cut gear teeth on (a wheel)":[],
|
|
": to turn (as a tool) by or as if by a ratchet and pawl":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rach",
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
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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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"origin unknown":"Noun",
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"back-formation from raught , after English caught : catch":"Intransitive verb",
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"German ratsche, r\u00e4tsche clapper, rattle, ratchet, from ratschen, r\u00e4tschen to rattle, from Middle High German ratzen ; akin to Middle High German razzeln to rattle":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123023"
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},
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"rate of interest":{
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"type":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the percentage usually on an annual basis that is paid by the borrower to the lender for a loan of money \u2014 compare interest sense 3a":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123059"
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},
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"ratemeter":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an instrument that indicates the counting rate of an electronic counter":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u0101t-\u02ccm\u0113-t\u0259r"
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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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"first_known_use":{
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"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141704"
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},
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"ratification":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the act or process of ratifying something (such as a treaty or amendment) : formal confirmation or sanction":[
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"Slavery officially ended in New Jersey in 1804, but in practice some people remained slaves until 1865, when the ratification of the 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery in the United States.",
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"\u2014 Suzanne Travers",
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"A treaty would require two-thirds approval in the Senate for ratification .",
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"\u2014 Lois Ember",
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"More than 100 countries signed the Rome Treaty, and it is expected that the court will come into existence within the next year or two, when it receives the necessary sixty treaty ratifications .",
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"\u2014 Richard Falk"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccra-t\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145005"
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},
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"raticide":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a substance for killing rats":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8rat-\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bd",
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"\u02c8ra-t\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bd"
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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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"first_known_use":{
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"1908, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164430"
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},
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"ratificationist":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an advocate of ratification (as of a treaty or contract)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-sh(\u0259)n\u0259\u0307st"
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164948"
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},
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"ratel":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an African or Asian nocturnal omnivorous mammal ( Mellivora capensis ) of the weasel family that resembles a badger":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u0101-",
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"\u02c8r\u00e4-t\u1d4al"
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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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"Afrikaans, literally, rattle, from Dutch, from Middle Dutch \u2014 more at rattle":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1777, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171513"
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},
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"rat-tail file":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a round slender tapered file":[]
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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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"first_known_use":{
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"1744, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183126"
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},
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"rate-gene":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a gene controlling the speed at which a developmental process occurs and therefore indirectly the relative effectiveness of that process in competition with various others occurring at the same time":[]
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192754"
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},
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"rated load":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the load a machine is designed to carry as usually stated on the nameplate in appropriate power units (as of horsepower for motors and engines or of kilovolt amperes for alternating-current generators)":[]
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205538"
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},
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"rational soul":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the soul that in the scholastic tradition has independent existence apart from the body and that is the characteristic animating principle of human life as distinguished from animal or vegetable life \u2014 compare animal soul , vegetable soul":[]
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211246"
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},
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"rational number":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a number that can be expressed as an integer or the quotient of an integer divided by a nonzero integer":[]
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The polynomial can\u2019t be solved using a rational number \u2014 a fraction made by dividing two integers. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"With a rational number \u2014one with an end\u2014the layers of fractions will terminate, or run out, eventually. \u2014 Popular Mechanics , 21 Feb. 2021",
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"This interminable variety can\u2019t be divided by a rational number . \u2014 Ephrat Livni, Quartz , 14 Mar. 2020",
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"In other words, an L-function over the set of rational numbers , which is one of the ground-floor functions studied in complex space, ends up being a particular kind of integral complement that can be plotted more easily. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 2 Mar. 2020",
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"But rational numbers are actually rare among all numbers. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 14 Aug. 2019",
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"But rational numbers are actually rare among all numbers. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 14 Aug. 2019",
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"But rational numbers are actually rare among all numbers. \u2014 Wired , 18 Aug. 2019",
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"The rank is a measurement that tells you something about how many of the solutions to that equation are rational numbers as opposed to irrational numbers. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 31 Oct. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1873, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221813"
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},
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"Ratibida":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of perennial North American composite herbs that are sometimes cultivated for their showy flower heads":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"r\u0259\u02c8tib\u0259d\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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"New Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223814"
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},
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"rational function":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
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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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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234930"
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},
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"ratcatcher":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a person or animal employed in exterminating rats":[]
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003254"
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},
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"rattail hinge":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a pintle type hinge in which the pin is extended so that it can be fastened to the casing of a door":[]
|
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011104"
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},
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"ratione domicilii":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": by reason of domicile":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccr\u00e4t\u0113\u02c8\u014d(\u02cc)n\u0101\u02ccd\u022fm\u0259\u02c8kil\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011708"
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},
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"Ratitae":{
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a superordinal group of birds comprising forms with small or rudimentary wings, no pygostyle, and no keel to the breastbone that are nonetheless evidently descended from birds with the power of flight, including the ostriches, rheas, cassowaries and emus, elephant birds, moas, and kiwis, and usually constituting a primary subdivision of the subclass Neornithes":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"r\u0259\u02c8t\u012bt\u02cc\u0113"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin, feminine plural of ratitus marked with the figure of a raft, from ratis raft; perhaps akin to Latin rete net":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044945"
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}
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