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{
"Puget Sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"arm of the Pacific Ocean extending 80 miles (129 kilometers) south into western Washington from the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8py\u00fc-j\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173150",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Puget Sound pine":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": douglas fir":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from Puget Sound , arm of the Pacific ocean extending southward into Washington state":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8py\u00fcj\u0259\u0307t-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-173740",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Pugettia":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a genus of spider crabs (family Majidae) common along the Pacific coast of North America":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Puget Sound + New Latin -ia":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"py\u00fc\u02c8get\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073419",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Puglia":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"region of southeastern Italy on the Adriatic Sea and the Gulf of Taranto; capital Bari population 4,052,566":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u00fcl-y\u00e4"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035257",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Pujunan":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a language family of the Penutian stock in California comprising four languages all known as Maidu":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u00fc\u02c8j\u00fcn\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064358",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Pukapuka":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"group of coral islands in the central Pacific Ocean north of the Cook Islands that are administered with the Cook Islands by New Zealand":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccp\u00fc-k\u00e4-\u02c8p\u00fc-k\u00e4"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081713",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Pulitzer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Joseph 1847\u20131911 American (Hungarian-born) journalist":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8py\u00fc-",
"\u02c8pu\u0307-l\u0259t-s\u0259r ( family's pronunciation )"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174610",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Pulitzer Prize":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of various annual prizes (as for outstanding literary or journalistic achievement) established by the will of Joseph Pulitzer":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pu\u0307-l\u0259t-s\u0259r-",
"\u02c8py\u00fc-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174133",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Pulitzer Prize?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=p&file=pulitz01":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of various annual prizes (as for outstanding literary or journalistic achievement) established by the will of Joseph Pulitzer":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pu\u0307-l\u0259t-s\u0259r-",
"\u02c8py\u00fc-"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192703",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Pulitzer?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=bix&file=bixpul01":{
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"definitions":{
"Joseph 1847\u20131911 American (Hungarian-born) journalist":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8py\u00fc-",
"\u02c8pu\u0307-l\u0259t-s\u0259r ( family's pronunciation )"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180737",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Pulkovo":{
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"definitions":{
"village in western Russia in Europe south of Saint Petersburg":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccv\u014d",
"\u02c8p\u00fcl-k\u0259-v\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014704",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Puning":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"city east-northeast of Hong Kong in Guangdong, China population 2,056,000":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u00fc-\u02c8ni\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114045",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Purkinje's figure":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of the shadowy figures of the network of retinal vessels that may be made visible in one's own eye (as by light from a pinhole close to the eye)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113355",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Puruh\u00e1":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member of such people":[],
": an Indian people of central Ecuador":[],
": the extinct language of the Puruh\u00e1 people":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, of American Indian origin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-r\u0259\u00a6w\u00e4",
"\u00a6pu\u0307r\u0259\u00a6h\u00e4"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-074219",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Putin":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": plant":[
"put in a crop"
],
": to come in with : interpose":[
"put in a word for his brother"
],
": to make a formal offer or declaration of":[
"put in a plea of guilty"
],
": to make an application, request, or offer":[
"\u2014 often used with for had to retire and put in for a pension \u2014 Seymour Nagan"
],
": to spend (time) especially at some occupation or job":[
"put in six hours at the office"
],
"Vladimir Vladimirovich 1952\u2013 president of Russia (2000\u201308); prime minister (2008\u201312); president (2012\u2013 )":[]
},
"examples":[
"put in a crop of winter wheat",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last month, Chinese banks cut mortgage costs by the largest amount since a new interest rate system was put in place in 2019. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"As plans were being put in place for the move, Disney employees were offered moving assistance to relocate. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Before a new one could be put in , the Wings were Stanley Cup champions. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"To put in context, last year, Amazon posted more than two million deals in just two days. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
"Similarly, offshore wind can co-locate with aquaculture projects and act as a source of renewable power if the correct policy framework is put in place. \u2014 Sverre Alvik, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Jessica Secor finished second in the 1600 (5:00.78) and 3200 (10:52.70), while the relay teams put in strong performances as well. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 4 June 2022",
"In the meantime, could something as simple as an alert system be put in place between gun sellers and the local police? \u2014 WSJ , 1 June 2022",
"Instead of having the pitcher try to get the batter to chase a pitch outside of the strike zone, Johnson is asking for more strikes, even if more of those pitches get put in play. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 30 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u00fc-tin"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"drill",
"plant",
"seed",
"sow"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104014",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"verb"
]
},
"Putnam scale":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a scale ( Aspidiotus ancylus ) that feeds on various trees and shrubs throughout most of the U.S.":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from the name Putnam":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259tn\u0259m-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195610",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Putrajaya":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"city and federal administrative center of Malaysia in the southwestern peninsular part of the country":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccp\u00fc-tr\u0259-\u02c8j\u012b-\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043013",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Pu\u0142aski":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Kazimierz 1747\u20131779 Polish soldier in American Revolution":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u0259-\u02c8la-sk\u0113",
"py\u00fc-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131752",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"pub":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed":[],
": public house sense 2":[],
"public":[],
"publication":[],
"publicity":[],
"published; publisher; publishing":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"We ate at a lot of good pubs on our trip to England last summer.",
"coworkers enjoying the convivial atmosphere of the Irish pub",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Just before the verdict, Depp was seen mingling with fans at a pub in the U.K. \u2014 Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
"After the drone visit, John settles in at a harborside pub in the town of Skerries for a Guinness and to pontificate about another cause close to the brothers: climate. \u2014 Alex Konrad, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"At a historic pub in Woy Woy on a recent afternoon, Michael Isbester said he has been priced out of some cuts of meat, such as brisket. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"The driver of a pedal pub in Atlanta was charged with DUI after a crash on Saturday left 15 people injured. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 1 May 2022",
"Abrazo Health is trying a different twist to recruit nurses and other hospital workers by hosting at social hour at a north Scottsdale pub and restaurant. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 7 June 2022",
"There is also the Horseshoe Bar, opened in 1957, done in darker, pub -like colors and upholstery. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"But on Thursday, the pub received a framed apology from the company, and Graham has since changed his tune. \u2014 Julian Mark, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"It was alerted to the use of the name for the pub through Companies House. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 20 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"barroom",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"cantina",
"dramshop",
"gin mill",
"grogshop",
"public house",
"saloon",
"taproom",
"tavern",
"watering hole",
"watering place"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093629",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
]
},
"public":{
"antonyms":[
"folks",
"humanity",
"humankind",
"people",
"species",
"world"
],
"definitions":{
": a place accessible or visible to the public":[
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase in public"
],
": accessible to or shared by all members of the community":[],
": capitalized in shares that can be freely traded on the open market":[
"\u2014 often used with go"
],
": devoted to the general or national welfare : humanitarian":[],
": exposed to general view : open":[],
": of or relating to a government":[],
": of or relating to business or community interests as opposed to private affairs : social":[],
": of or relating to people in general : universal":[],
": of, by, for, or directed to the public (see public entry 2 sense 2 ) : popular":[
"in the public eye",
"a campaign to raise public awareness of the issue",
"He's certainly aware that public opinion has soured on him this year \u2026",
"\u2014 Bryan Rolli"
],
": of, relating to, or affecting all the people or the whole area of a nation or state":[
"public law"
],
": of, relating to, or being in the service of the community or nation":[],
": perceptible , material":[],
": supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by income from commercials":[
"public radio",
"public television"
],
": the people as a whole : populace":[],
": well-known , prominent":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Public outrage over the scandal eventually forced him to resign.",
"The ads are intended to increase public awareness of the risks of smoking.",
"She was elected to a public office.",
"He was in Congress for many years but he recently retired from public life.",
"They decided on a nearby restaurant as a convenient public place to meet.",
"The government has allowed public access to the documents.",
"The city council is holding a public meeting.",
"This will be her first public performance in five years.",
"Her trial will be public .",
"Noun",
"The beach is open to the public .",
"The general public is in favor of the law.",
"Members of the public called for the mayor's resignation.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Some that once offered public access have changed hands and closed. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"There are two parts of the fund: the Highway Account, which is mostly devoted to highways and bridges, and the Mass Transit Account, which pays for the purchasing and upkeep of buses, railways and other forms of public transportation. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"The library provided public access to more than 1,200 computers, and roughly 272,000 children, teens and adults attended community programming before the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Our region offers public access to more than two miles of natural sand beaches at Mentor Headlands and Edgewater parks. \u2014 cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"Inadequate public transportation contributes to the country having one of the lowest female workforce participation rates in the world. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 June 2022",
"Every state has now lifted their mask mandates, and mask orders have also been lifted for air travel and most public transportation (outside of some limited exceptions like in New York City). \u2014 Alison Durkee, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Longmire said a destination\u2019s website may have accessibility tips for navigating their attractions, public transportation and the restaurant scene. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Across the country the use of public transportation for work fell by 76 percent. \u2014 Brett Berk, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Both were sentenced to death in January under Myanmar\u2019s counterterrorism law during trials that were closed to the public . \u2014 Richard C. Paddock, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"Martin and Ott cite live-streaming as a boon to the public \u2019s awareness of and access to women\u2019s football. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Lectures and presentations are open to the public for free. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"In addition to being one of the greatest American tennis players of all time, Ashe was also a social activist, role model and advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness after revealing his own diagnosis to the public in 1992. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Later, in 1982, Priscilla announced that their home of Graceland would become a memorial museum for the late singer and open to the public . \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"Calls from fellow Chinese human rights lawyers for Xu and Ding\u2019s trails to be open to the public were ignored. \u2014 Christian Shepherd, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Earlier this month, Graceland celebrated its 40th anniversary of being open to the public . \u2014 Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The restaurants will be open to the public , but members will have access to the aforementioned special menu. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 23 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English publique , from Anglo-French, from Latin publicus ; akin to Latin populus people":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259-blik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"open"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231904",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"public enemy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200407",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"public enemy number one":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the nation's most wanted criminal : the most dangerous threat to society":[
"In many countries today, drug abuse is public enemy number one ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184032",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"public house":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a licensed saloon or bar":[],
": inn , hostelry":[]
},
"examples":[
"took lodging at a cheap public house in a seedy part of town",
"visited a public house in London that has been welcoming customers since the time of Charles Dickens",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The vibe crisscrosses eras and social circles \u2014 a public house with a private club clientele, the Tam O\u2019Shanter booked out by the Soho House crowd \u2014 in an only-in-L.A. blur of scenery. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
"In many cases, the local pub or eatery is still truly a public house , a pillar of the community. \u2014 Jon Taffer, Fortune , 15 Sep. 2020",
"This was a public house in the truest sense\u2014the kind of establishment that is increasingly rare in American life. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Much like Captain Kidd and Johanna, the quartet moves from place to place, navigating saloons, hotels, dance halls, public houses and other places trying to string together a meager wage. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2020",
"The parish hall on Sunday nights was most like a bar, an actual public house , a place to go, a habit. \u2014 Sam Sifton, New York Times , 12 Feb. 2020",
"Scruton is a philosopher and conservative thinker of great renown, and he had been put on a government commission dedicated to the building of more beautiful public houses . \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 3 Sep. 2019",
"Where is the reader to turn for more information about the travesty birth, staged in a public house in 1810, in which, with the assistance of a pair of bellows, a man was delivered of a Cheshire cheese? \u2014 Caleb Crain, New York Times , 21 June 2018",
"Bristol Pub Crawl tours taverns and public houses and pours four alcoholic drinks, one at each pub. \u2014 Shonda Talerico Dudlicek, chicagotribune.com , 13 May 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1658, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"auberge",
"caravansary",
"caravanserai",
"hospice",
"hostel",
"hostelry",
"hotel",
"inn",
"lodge",
"tavern"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183639",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"public law":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a branch of law concerned with regulating the relations of individuals with the government and the organization and conduct of the government itself \u2014 compare private law":[],
": a legislative enactment affecting the public at large":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On June 23, 1972, the portion of the Education Amendments of 1972 that is known as Title IX became public law . \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"The assistant city attorney, who oversaw the criminal and community justice divisions of the public law office, emailed his colleagues Thursday afternoon to announce his departure. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"The solution was to bring such cases through criminal complaints in public law , which focused on safeguarding public order. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2022",
"During the Jim Crow era, many Southern communities banned Black residents from even serving on juries, and aspiring Black college students had to file suits, protest and face racist violence to gain admittance to public law schools. \u2014 Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Not all of the crypto art world\u2019s legal problems are crying out for public law solutions in the form of new legislation or regulation, though. \u2014 Jessica Rizzo, Wired , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Haake retired from the Army in 2006 and currently heads his own consulting firm, which specializes in public law , policy advocacy and government procurement. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Jobs with public law enforcement agencies unwilling to enforce vaccinations may become harder and harder to find. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 14 Sep. 2021",
"University trustees on Monday signed off on UMass President Marty Meehan\u2019s pick of Mark Fuller as the new chancellor of the almost-7,900 student campus that is home to the only public law school in Massachusetts. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134625",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"public liability insurance":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": insurance to protect businessmen (as owners or landlords) against loss due to legal liability for injury or damage to the persons or property of the public":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001808",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"public library":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a nonprofit library maintained for public use and usually supported in whole or in part by local taxation":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095942",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"public member":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member (as of a labor relations board) not representing the special interest groups involved":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212156",
"type":[
"noun"
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"But, under the California penal code, intimidating a public officer into an official act would constitute extortion. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"John Pursley, 53, was charged with two counts of simple assault and one count of violation of oath of public officer . \u2014 Liset Cruz, ajc , 13 May 2022",
"She was charged with driving impaired, resisting a public officer and misdemeanor child abuse. \u2014 Ryan Gaydos, Fox News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Last September, Johnson was indicted on charges of violating her oath as a public officer and obstructing a police officer in connection to Arbery\u2019s fatal shooting. \u2014 Christina Maxouris, CNN , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Liston, who is married to Warren's 37th District Judge Suzanne Faunce, pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor charges of willful neglect of duty by a public officer holding public trust. \u2014 Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Two prosecutors ended up recusing themselves from Arbery's case, and one has since been indicted on charges of violating her oath as a public officer and obstructing a police officer. \u2014 Nsenga Burton, CNN , 28 Nov. 2021",
"The 76-year-old Donovan, who had served as DA since 2010, was indicted in February on charges of bribery, violation of oath by public officer , and two counts of false swearing. \u2014 Alexis Stevens, ajc , 6 Jan. 2022"
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"Mindy Kramer, vice president of public relations for Comcast\u2019s Florida region, said adding the holiday to the calendar was a logical progression after enthusiastic employee responses to past Juneteenth events. \u2014 Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"There is a team that helps with public relations , model coordinating, creative direction,social media, and other fields. \u2014 Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
"Other than with public relations , how does firing your defensive play-caller with three games left in the season help? \u2014 Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com , 14 Nov. 2021",
"The Crossroads Mason branch is closed Tuesday due to a power outage, but the staff is working to reopen, said Erin Caproni, director of public relations . \u2014 Lexi Whitehead, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
"McKenzie Bauer, co-founder of Thread Wallets, is also on SadieB\u2019s board, along with Jared Allgood, co-founder of Healthy Together and Twenty; and Noelle Bates, Vivint\u2019s vice president of public relations . \u2014 Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"In the world of public relations , salespeople are a dime a dozen. \u2014 Nancy Marshall, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"One of the people taking part in the trend is Christie Hudson, Expedia's head of public relations , who worked on the company's travel survey. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, CNN , 16 May 2022",
"Nick Brilowski, the district\u2019s director of public relations , declined to comment on the reasons for the return to school after one day, or on comments made by the demonstrators. \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 15 Feb. 2022"
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"Once upon a time, there was a certain cachet associated with being a public servant . \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Barry Morphew also faced charges of tampering with a deceased human body, tampering with physical evidence, possession of a dangerous weapon and attempting to influence a public servant , court records show. \u2014 Alaa Elassar And Rebekah Riess, CNN , 6 May 2022",
"Supervisor Janice Hahn, whose 4th District includes several beach cities, said in a statement that Sherin has been a dedicated public servant . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Stephanie is a public servant , not a political servant. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"Alfieri has been charged with impersonating a public servant , burglary, unlawful restraint and interference with an emergency phone call. \u2014 Fox News , 23 May 2022",
"Tina Peters, a Republican elected in 2018 to oversee elections in Mesa County, was charged with 10 felony and misdemeanor counts, including attempting to influence a public servant , criminal impersonation and first-degree official misconduct. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Tina Peters, a Republican elected in 2018 to oversee elections in Mesa County, was charged with 10 felony and misdemeanor counts, including attempting to influence a public servant , criminal impersonation and first-degree official misconduct. \u2014 CBS News , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Friends and family in the months after his death remembered Allan as a dedicated public servant with a kind heart, fitting of his nickname: Teddy Bear. \u2014 Lawrence Andrea, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Dec. 2021"
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"Attendees will be guided through basic impromptu speaking techniques and will practice in a group setting to gain confidence in public speaking . \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"With his gentle manner and professorial glasses, Dr. Jha has often been a soothing figure on television \u2014 unlike Mr. Zients, whose public speaking tends to sound stiff and scripted. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Mar. 2022",
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"Aside from its sexist tone and content, the article also contrasted Ms. Rayner\u2019s start in life with Mr. Johnson\u2019s elite education and his public speaking skills honed at the Oxford Union, the university\u2019s famous debating society. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"This is backed by dozens of ensuing media stories\u2014many of which quote members of the Fusion-Perkins-Clinton orbit\u2014describing Fusion\u2019s work to assemble and publicize the dossier. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Environmental advocates hope that rules requiring companies to measure and publicize their greenhouse gas emissions will encourage the businesses to take more aggressive steps to minimize their effect on the climate. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Smith has yet to create a campaign website or publicize any of his campaign issues. \u2014 Melissa Estrada, The Arizona Republic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"But sometimes a high-profile trial can usefully reaffirm and publicize such principles. \u2014 Jessica A. Roth For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 4 Jan. 2022",
"The sheriff\u2019s office did not publicize the homicide until asking for tips \u2014 and offering a cash reward for information \u2014 in a Tuesday news release with Crime Stoppers of Oregon. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"But health data privacy has never been tied quite so closely, or so publicly , to an event of such widespread consequence. \u2014 Mario Aguilar, STAT , 3 July 2022",
"Troopers did not publicly identify either of the police officers. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 2 July 2022",
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"Belotti\u2019s contract had a \u20ac100 million ($104.6m) buyout clause, and \u2013 with Chelsea and Manchester United also interested \u2013 the club President publicly insisted that the Granata would not take a penny less than the full amount. \u2014 Adam Digby, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
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"Soon, her editor at The American Scholar, writing to Goetsch about a different piece, heard about the letters and asked to publish them as a regular column. \u2014 Kate Tuttle, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"And China has yet to publish finalized rules on offshore listings, which will include Hong Kong. \u2014 Dave Sebastian, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
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"According to the researchers, who have yet to publish their findings, discovering Omicron in deer raises the concern that new variations of the disease could breed within the deer population and then reinfect humans. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Chevron has yet to publish its 2021 figures but a spokeswoman noted that there are now two Black executives in the C-suite. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2021"
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"The union representing more than 250 HarperCollins workers says those employees have overwhelmingly voted to strike if the publisher doesn\u2019t meet contract demands. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 July 2022",
"The Wall Street Journal and The Sun, along with the book publisher HarperCollins. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
"Lizzie hoped to catch the author and the editor in the act: working together on a manuscript in the publisher \u2019s office. \u2014 Mary Norris, The New Yorker , 30 June 2022",
"Create complexity \u2014 and accessibility Early superhero crossover events like DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths and Marvel's Secret Wars pitted the publisher 's superheroes against a universe-threatening array of villains. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 29 June 2022",
"This profile of Lisa Lucas, the first Black publisher in Pantheon\u2019s 80-year history, tells the story. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"Both cookbooks have followed the same production process, with a crew from the Birmingham publisher traveling to Andalusia and spending long days as Brenda cooks, smiles for the camera and cooks some more. \u2014 Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"The publisher has taken responsibility for the error. \u2014 Erin Cox, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Kelly took the question to Col. Robert R. McCormick, the Tribune\u2019s publisher . \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022"
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"His skin puckered a little around the scar.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Both are perfect and lightweight enough for daytime or nighttime use for all-day nourishment \u2014 pucker up. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Scallops seared in a wood fire and nestled with shaved celery and mouth- puckering kumquat? \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2020",
"The sleeves of his expensive bomber jacket puckered at the elbows. \u2014 John Jeremiah Sullivan, The New Yorker , 23 Dec. 2019",
"His arms and chest bear puckered scars from when he was slashed with a broken bottle. \u2014 Bob Ortega, CNN , 22 Oct. 2019",
"The impact puckered the car\u2019s hood, spun the vehicle around, and left the car facing the opposite direction, dripping fluids. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 22 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Finally, the Peptide Lip Treatment goes beyond your regular lip balm by protecting and plumping your pucker while minimizing fine lines and boosting volume. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"These easy-to-make treats have the texture of a dense brownie and the sweet pucker of a lemon bar \u2013 thanks to the lemon juice and zest. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
"These easy-to-make treats have the texture of a dense brownie and the sweet pucker of a lemon bar \u2013 thanks to the lemon juice and zest. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 28 May 2022",
"This one starts with a pucker -y, tart lemon curd, which is chilled before the whites and cream go in. \u2014 Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"The NPD Group notes that lip makeup (which folds in lip gloss and other pucker enhancers) is the fastest growing area in the makeup category for 2022. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 6 May 2022",
"Let babies taste bitterness in foods such as kale, and pucker at the sourness of grapefruit. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Showing off her silky smooth, rejuvenized lips with a pucker of her pout, Dr. Idriss ends the video with a smile. \u2014 Talia Gutierrez, Allure , 31 Mar. 2022",
"But my coworkers and I were talking about fresh masks \u2014 just-ripped-the-plastic-off, brand-new masks that still make our nostrils pucker . \u2014 Mirel Zaman, refinery29.com , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"He had a puckish smile on his face.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Johnson\u2019s march to power was animated by his distinct, puckish nationalism. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
"Beneath the puckish public persona, Musk has displayed a fierce temper and what some associates and employees call a dark tendency to dismiss or harass people unlike himself. \u2014 Marc Fisher, Christian Davenport And Faiz Siddiqui, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"With this at the top of his mind, even the most eye-popping set piece becomes a puckish way of speaking truth to power \u2014 like a very, very elaborate prank. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"Mysterious shapes in the shrubbery add humor to this puckish escapade for children ages 3-6. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Beneath the puckish public persona, Musk has displayed a fierce temper and what some associates and employees call a dark tendency to dismiss or harass people unlike himself. \u2014 Marc Fisher, Christian Davenport And Faiz Siddiqui, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"Beneath the puckish public persona, Musk has displayed a fierce temper and what some associates and employees call a dark tendency to dismiss or harass people unlike himself. \u2014 Marc Fisher, Christian Davenport And Faiz Siddiqui, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"Beneath the puckish public persona, Musk has displayed a fierce temper and what some associates and employees call a dark tendency to dismiss or harass people unlike himself. \u2014 Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"Kreis, who evokes a puckish Harry Connick Jr., is vocally electric. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022"
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"Noun",
"She accidentally stepped in a puddle and got her shoes wet.",
"After the storm, the road was covered in deep puddles .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Examples of the latter include a puffy Italian leather armchair in the entry hall and the puddle -shaped oak cocktail table in the sitting room. \u2014 Ian Phillips, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"Getler and Parada say the lead FBI agent told them the hole was filled with water the morning of the second day, but the low-quality images released by the government show only a small puddle or perhaps a bit of snow. \u2014 Fox News , 31 May 2022",
"Getler and Parada say the lead FBI agent told them the hole was filled with water the morning of the second day, but the low-quality images released by the government show only a small puddle or perhaps a bit of snow. \u2014 Michael Rubinkam, ajc , 28 May 2022",
"Getler and Parada say the lead FBI agent told them the hole was filled with water the morning of the second day, but the low-quality images released by the government show only a small puddle or perhaps a bit of snow. \u2014 CBS News , 28 May 2022",
"Lots of Chihuahuas are trembly little nubbins, many Brittanys eat their own poop, and Shiba Inus, as a group, will not be the first to jump in your cuddle puddle . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"All these emails, all these ads, don't forget your mother, could just reduce me to a puddle in the first Mother's Day. \u2014 James Brown, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s family drama that tells the story of a young girl trying to balance her love of music with her family\u2019s economic future packs a wallop in its final 20 minutes, bringing even some critics of its simple approach to a puddle of tears. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 22 Mar. 2022",
"My only qualm is that the pockets, which are very stretchy with large openings, are not very secure\u2014my phone once fell dangerously close to a pee puddle . \u2014 Outside Online , 24 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Baggy jeans and crop tops, puddle pants and sweater vests\u2014many of your go-to looks could likely be taken up a notch with one of the best belts. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Under the hot couscous, the goat cheese melted into a creamy, salty, tangy puddle . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Sep. 2021",
"His umbrella, proving useless to fend off water, becomes a prop to his tap dancing and puddle jumping. \u2014 Nadine Zylberberg, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Other exterior changes for 2021 include an optional 20-inch alloy wheel, redesigned roof rails and power-folding side mirrors with turn signal indicators and puddle lamps. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 9 July 2021",
"Mold and mildew deposits can form in the rubber door gasket on front load washers if water is allowed to puddle there. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Water will puddle in the low spots toward the middle of lakes and ponds where the ice sags. Run the shorelines on lakes. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2020",
"For: Hunting mixed bags of divers and puddle ducks on major lakes and rivers in the winter, and fishing in the spring. \u2014 Will Brantley, Field & Stream , 14 Dec. 2020",
"Some of the places puddle ducks like best simply can\u2019t be accessed with a regular outboard motor. \u2014 Will Brantley, Field & Stream , 14 Dec. 2020"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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"Middle English podel ; akin to Low German pudel puddle, Old English pudd ditch":"Noun"
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"\u02c8p\u0259-d\u1d4al"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Unlike puddle duck hunters that downsize their spread, Mark goes bigger as the season marches on. \u2014 Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream , 31 Dec. 2020"
],
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"1841, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084427",
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"\u2014 Annie Leibovitz"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The runway was too short for long-haul private jets, and commercial service was spotty\u2014mostly a puddle jumper operated by American Eagle a few times a week. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The landing strip is now able to accommodate planes up to the size of a Boeing 737, meaning visitors no longer need to land in Barbados and transfer to a puddle jumper across to Canouan. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Into this landscape flies the brave orphan Atari, who has hijacked a puddle jumper in order to search for Spots. \u2014 Naomi Fry, The New Yorker , 16 Mar. 2018"
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"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113232",
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"-li",
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"The baby wrapped her pudgy little hand around my finger.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The bagels at Boichik Bagels have the look of Labrador puppies curled up for afternoon naps: soft and pudgy , golden roly-polys (practically made for that old puppy-or-bagel meme). \u2014 New York Times , 8 Mar. 2021",
"One day, a white taxi pulled up, and a slightly pudgy man in his late thirties went inside. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 14 Dec. 2020",
"Coffee, this film\u2019s profane, pudgy protagonist, could be N.W.A.\u2019s cutely obnoxious, dreads-wearing progeny. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Apr. 2020",
"The rubber tail and legs wiggle enticingly, a bit of flash in the head or abdomen helps fish track the fly though treetops and weed beds, and the pudgy belly must look like a triple cheeseburger to panfish. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 12 Mar. 2020",
"One of the new liberties Song clearly prizes is the ability to depict nudity, whether painting a pudgy tyrant in the raw or a shapely woman wrapped only in a filmy North Korean flag. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 14 Feb. 2020",
"But in their first training camp together, Samuel seemed on the edge of becoming, well, pudgy . \u2014 Joe Schad, USA TODAY , 29 Jan. 2020",
"But overcook it, and even a pudgy tortilla can lose its tenderness. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Oct. 2019",
"In addition to poop, Tala Madani\u2019s paintings have featured lonely sad sacks who vomit rainbows, feral infants who sketch with urine and pudgy everymen who ejaculate patterns worthy of Abstract Expressionist paintings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Sep. 2019"
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"The baby wrapped her pudgy little hand around my finger.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The bagels at Boichik Bagels have the look of Labrador puppies curled up for afternoon naps: soft and pudgy , golden roly-polys (practically made for that old puppy-or-bagel meme). \u2014 New York Times , 8 Mar. 2021",
"One day, a white taxi pulled up, and a slightly pudgy man in his late thirties went inside. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 14 Dec. 2020",
"Coffee, this film\u2019s profane, pudgy protagonist, could be N.W.A.\u2019s cutely obnoxious, dreads-wearing progeny. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Apr. 2020",
"The rubber tail and legs wiggle enticingly, a bit of flash in the head or abdomen helps fish track the fly though treetops and weed beds, and the pudgy belly must look like a triple cheeseburger to panfish. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 12 Mar. 2020",
"One of the new liberties Song clearly prizes is the ability to depict nudity, whether painting a pudgy tyrant in the raw or a shapely woman wrapped only in a filmy North Korean flag. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 14 Feb. 2020",
"But in their first training camp together, Samuel seemed on the edge of becoming, well, pudgy . \u2014 Joe Schad, USA TODAY , 29 Jan. 2020",
"But overcook it, and even a pudgy tortilla can lose its tenderness. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Oct. 2019",
"In addition to poop, Tala Madani\u2019s paintings have featured lonely sad sacks who vomit rainbows, feral infants who sketch with urine and pudgy everymen who ejaculate patterns worthy of Abstract Expressionist paintings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Sep. 2019"
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"obese",
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"podgy",
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"tubby"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180000",
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"circa 1656, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115115",
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"adult",
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},
"examples":[
"told the teenagers that such puerile behavior would not be tolerated during the ceremony",
"allowed the company to be taken over by a bunch of puerile whippersnappers fresh out of business school",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The decades-spanning but threadbare narrative begins, with what turns out to be a certain puerile appropriateness, in the year 2069, as the elderly King Alfredo of Portugal (Joel Branco) withers away on an austere deathbed in his cavernous palace. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 4 June 2022",
"These actors may dispense miracle cures on television, but beneath the gleaming smiles and spotless white coats is a raging fire of high school politics, power trips and puerile shenanigans. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 30 Mar. 2022",
"But there\u2019s something puerile about seeing all these male nubbins. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Bergman Island treats Ingmar Bergman\u2019s oeuvre with a level of pretense not seen since Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy did their puerile versions of Eric Rohmer in their Sunset/Sunrise trilogy of heterosexual squabbling. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Such exercises are pseudoacademic, puerile and transparently manipulative. \u2014 WSJ , 7 Oct. 2021",
"To make matters worse, the lyrics are astonishingly puerile . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Tanya feels like a fuller version of other characters that Coolidge has played \u2014 washed-up and spaced out, simultaneously puerile and battered \u2014 but with backstory enough to justify her sadness. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 25 July 2021",
"The puerile sense of humor gave way to more sophisticated jokes, ones that work for children and adults. \u2014 Gieson Cacho Tribune News Service, Star Tribune , 30 June 2021"
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"French or Latin; French pu\u00e9ril , from Latin puerilis , from puer boy, child; akin to Sanskrit putra son, child and perhaps to Greek pais boy, child \u2014 more at few":""
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"-\u02cc\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8pyu\u0307(-\u0259)r-\u0259l",
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"air",
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"Verb",
"She sat on the porch puffing on a cigarette.",
"The chimney puffed white smoke into the sky.",
"We watched the train puff away on its journey west.",
"He was puffing and panting from running.",
"The bikers puffed up the hill.",
"Noun",
"He let me have a puff off his pipe.",
"She took two puffs on her inhaler before going for a run.",
"puffs filled with cream cheese and apricot jam",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Building an entirely new world order of this sort ought to puff up dramas great and small. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crust is lightly golden, checking every few minutes to make sure the crust doesn't puff up. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crust is lightly golden, checking every few minutes to make sure the crust doesn't puff up. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crust is lightly golden, checking every few minutes to make sure the crust doesn't puff up. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Aluminum foil may be used in place of parchment, but parchment creates an elegant presentation and can even puff up while cooking. \u2014 Navpreet Dhillon, Sunset Magazine , 17 Mar. 2022",
"After all, the beloved device is designed to puff plumes of hydrating mist into the air, which can relieve dry skin, congestion, and sore throats. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Powder has the leavening power to puff all on its own. \u2014 Claire Saffitz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Feb. 2022",
"His body, in this case, seemed truly to puff up and grow bigger. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"It's expected to land in a puff of sand in a remote area of the New Mexican desert, called White Sands, which has long been the site of aerospace and weapons tests. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 25 May 2022",
"Would a light puff of air really alert me to turn off the oven? \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Gold seems more interested in the stylistic scene transitions than the scenes themselves, leaving the production to feel like little more than a hollow puff of smoke. \u2014 Christian Lewis, Variety , 29 Apr. 2022",
"And cremating the body parts made sure evidence went up in a literal puff of smoke. \u2014 Rebekah L. Sanders, The Arizona Republic , 12 Apr. 2022",
"This season, everything\u2019s changed in a puff of smoke. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
"For the daytime outing, Lourd, 29, wore a sequin Louis Vuitton LBD featuring puff shoulders teamed with oversize hoop earrings and a matching purse over her shoulder. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
"Power puff shoulders take a floral dress's spring aura up several notches, in both mini and midi lengths. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2022",
"Guys with thick hair already have a high level of volume, so adding more might create one of those giant puff -ball situations. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Apply the anti- puff serum with the metal roller ball and get ready to reap all of the cooling, calming, and rejuvenating benefits. \u2014 Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living , 24 May 2021",
"This super- puff exoplanet, known as WASP-107b, is about the same size as Jupiter, but only about one-tenth the mass \u2014 or about 30 times more massive than Earth. \u2014 Star Tribune , 24 Jan. 2021"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1943, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"\u02c8p\u0259f"
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"gasp",
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"pant",
"wheeze"
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"When his daughter's name was announced as the winner, he puffed up with pride ."
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lobster Newberg - Creamy Maine lobster tail chopped, celery, live lettuce, fresh avocado, served at room temperature in puff pastry . \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
"Cannolo, Italian custard and puff pastry , or gelato are offered for dessert. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
"The French changed the crust too, as most quiche recipes call for a buttery pie crust or flaky puff pastry . \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Dust your work surface with flour to prevent sticking, and roll your puff pastry into a rectangle about eight inches long. \u2014 Christina Bernstein, Outside Online , 12 Nov. 2020",
"As a lighter, better-for-you alternative to puff pastry or other pie doughs, this recipe, also from Ellie Krieger, features phyllo dough, which results in a shatteringly crisp, flaky exterior. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
"On a blustery afternoon in Lawndale, Beverly Harris waited in line outside Harmony Community Church for her turn to select from bags of apples and cartons of eggs, romaine lettuce and puff pastry from the food pantry in the church\u2019s basement. \u2014 Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The vol-au-vent is served deconstructed, a naked plate of quenelles, sweetbreads and truffles until the server ceremoniously tops it with a buckwheat puff pastry sheet and long drizzles of accompanying sauces. \u2014 Vivian Song, Robb Report , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The classic French version of a king cake, the galette des rois, is a puff pastry cake that is usually filled with frangipane (a sweet cream made from almonds, butter sugar and eggs). \u2014 Rachel Taylor, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"1788, in the meaning defined above":""
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"puffy rhetoric",
"All of my small, puffy pride at being the skipper of a tiny unit in a great nation victorious over the forces of evil seemed to blow away before the drunken racket of those three thousand men.",
"\u2014 Louis Auchincloss"
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"puffy white clouds",
"a puffy bun",
"puffy hair",
"It is very difficult to shake hands when you're wearing ski mittens. They're so puffy and fat it's like shaking hands with giant marshmallows.",
"\u2014 Ann M. Martin",
"Not far away is a Georgian bakery where we found long, puffy loaves of wonderfully crisp bread.",
"\u2014 Jeffrey Steingarten"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This aerobic insulator is the mullet of puffy jackets, combining baffles of ultralight synthetic insulation up front and laser-cut perforated ventilation in the back. \u2014 Frederick Reimers, Outside Online , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The clothing line featured colorful ski masks, neon bike shorts and puffy jackets, often adorned with a signature palm tree logo. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Mike Trout cracked jokes about Velazquez\u2019s parachute pants and Tyler Wade\u2019s puffy jacket. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"People who love to ski through the woods feel those changes acutely \u2014 but during Bushey\u2019s Vermont childhood, snow regularly piled into puffy mounds. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2022",
"And watery, puffy eyes are common with allergies but less so with COVID. \u2014 Josh Fischman, Scientific American , 16 May 2022",
"Caffeine is also included to tighten the skin by draining away the water retention that causes puffy eyes. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Her daughter stood beside her, in a puffy coat and a wool hat. \u2014 The New Yorker , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Of all the layers out there, a puffy vest just might be our favorite, and this one from Old Navy gets the job done. \u2014 Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored , 16 Nov. 2020"
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"circa 1594, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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"\u02c8p\u0259-f\u0113"
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": to work and mix (a substance, such as clay) when wet especially to make more homogeneous and easier to handle (as in throwing or molding wares)":[]
},
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"1751, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1843, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1851, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1858, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"by shortening & alteration from pugilist":"Noun",
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"\u02c8p\u0259g"
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},
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"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
]
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": any of various small geometrid moths of Chloroclystis and related genera":[]
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": a light scarf wrapped around a sun helmet or used as a hatband":[]
},
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"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Hindi & Urdu pag\u1e5b\u012b turban":""
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"\u02c8p\u0259-g(\u0259-)r\u0113"
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},
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"by alteration":"Noun",
"imitative of the sniff of disdain caused by a bad smell":"Interjection"
},
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"usually read as \u02c8p\u00fc",
"\u02c8py\u00fc",
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132344",
"type":[
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"noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pugillus handful, from pugnus fist":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100634",
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]
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"definitions":{
": a heavy pole with padded ends used in training in the armed services to simulate bayonet fighting":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1954, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"\u02c8py\u00fcj\u0259l-"
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]
},
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pugilant-, pugilans present participle of pugilare, pugilari to fight with fists, from pugil boxer":""
},
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"\u02c8py\u00fcj\u0259l\u0259nt"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053942",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The abject failure of the liberal nation-building project in Afghanistan, or the international gridlock in supporting Ukraine\u2019s fledgling democracy against Russia\u2019s pugilism , are just a few recent real-world checks to liberal universalism. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
"With that simple statement of faith in a better America, Allen lays out the deeply idealistic roots of his legal pugilism . \u2014 Steven Gaydos, Variety , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Its pugilism is polite and thoughtful, but this is a show that very much packs a punch. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 17 Oct. 2021",
"But as Nick Goldberg wrote, Cuomo has a long history of political pugilism . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
"It\u2019s made by a Charlestown startup that has a vision of doing for pugilism what Peloton did for cycling. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 July 2021",
"Production sources believed the snub was retaliatory, citing Rudin\u2019s pugilism that embroiled the show in multiple legal disputes on its way to New York - a precursor, perhaps, to his downfall this spring. \u2014 Lee Seymour, Forbes , 11 June 2021",
"Of course, the Williamsburg Hotel forces no one to bring pugilism to his/her vacation or work time. \u2014 Michael Alpiner, Forbes , 25 May 2021",
"His brand of right-wing pugilism is similar to what talk-radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin have been doing for decades. \u2014 Kevin Roose, New York Times , 29 Oct. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1789, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pugil boxer; akin to Latin pugnus fist \u2014 more at pungent":""
},
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"\u02c8py\u00fc-j\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222712",
"type":[
"adjective",
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]
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"pugilist":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"a pugilist with the trademark of the boxing ring: a nose that showed signs of having been broken on more than one occasion",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By embracing her image as a political pugilist , Lightfoot is betting that Chicago voters will see her as a righteous fighter rather than someone who throws unnecessary haymakers. \u2014 Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Part mentor and part intellectual pugilist , Gibson imported a kind of alienated bohemianism to the school. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Which pugilist will emerge as the undisputed heavyweight champion when Francis Ngannou takes on interim champion Ciryl Gane? \u2014 Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Stockier, too, with a pugilist \u2019s build, and muscles that looked earned rather than sculpted in a gym. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Six-time major champion, golf icon and media pugilist Phil Mickelson made the cut on the number, shot even-par 72 and stayed at 3 under with no hope of winning. \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 3 July 2021",
"In Logan Paul, as well as his 24-year-old brother, Jake, himself a YouTuber-turned- pugilist , boxing has found a way to rework the usual celeb boxing melancholy into something with far bigger metrics. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 7 June 2021",
"The already portly pugilist ballooned from 268 pounds to 283 for the rematch just six months later and lost in a landslide decision. \u2014 Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2021",
"He was known as a pugilist with the resources to back risky projects, bringing more new plays to Broadway each season than any contemporary. \u2014 Lee Seymour, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2021"
],
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"circa 1740, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8py\u00fc-j\u0259-list"
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"fighter",
"gladiator",
"prizefighter",
"pug"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014811",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pugmark":{
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Russia\u2019s researchers have counted Siberian tigers\u2019 pugmarks \u2014the same technique that led to India\u2019s pre-2008 overestimates. \u2014 National Geographic , 20 Apr. 2016",
"The previous method used spoor (paw prints, also called pugmarks , and scat), which often led to the same animal being counted multiple times. \u2014 National Geographic , 20 Apr. 2016"
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"first_known_use":{
"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8p\u0259g-\u02ccm\u00e4rk"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220135",
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]
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"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"unbelligerent",
"uncombative",
"uncontentious"
],
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": having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent":[]
},
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"That's a bass for you: pugnacious , adaptable and ever ready to demonstrate that the first order of business on any given day, drought or no drought, is eating anything that it can fit its big, powerful mouth around. \u2014 Pete Bodo , New York Times , 22 Oct. 1995",
"Herz sees himself as a pugnacious sardine going up against rule-flouting sharks. \u2014 Richard Wolkomir , Smithsonian , August 1992",
"He was a short man with heavy shoulders, a slight potbelly, puffy blue eyes, and a pugnacious expression. \u2014 Alice Munro , New Yorker , 2 Jan. 1989",
"Podhoretz takes a more pugnacious and protesting stance, insisting on the word \"seriousness\" at all times and punctuating it with the word \"moral\". \u2014 Christopher Hitchens , Times Literary Supplement , 30 May 1986",
"There's one pugnacious member on the committee who won't agree to anything.",
"a movie reviewer who is spirited, even pugnacious , when defending her opinions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And after a deliberate effort to program feel-good films in 2021 \u2013 a recognition by the programming team that its pandemic-weary audience was looking for a pick-me-up \u2013 Chirilov says Transilvania has also reclaimed its old pugnacious spirit. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Passive loyalty is absolutely necessary to the Kremlin, but pugnacious patriotism is not. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"For 2022, the Coppa d\u2019Oro winner was the Aston Martin Bulldog, a pugnacious one-off wedge with straight-edge lines that put it in stark contrast to much of the field\u2019s curvaceous French mainstays. \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 27 May 2022",
"In his early days in office, the congressman quickly crafted a political image as a close ally of former President Donald Trump, adopting Trump's pugnacious attitude toward national politics, in turn emulating his penchant for attracting scandal. \u2014 Matthew Brown, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2021",
"The new entity is coarser, more pugnacious , hostile to immigration and overseas business, and open to talking trash about big corporations, if not to raising their taxes. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 May 2022",
"Carrie Lam, the current chief executive, who appeared to relish debate, has been called pugnacious and quick-witted by her colleagues. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"The race is shaping up as a test of voters\u2019 continued attraction to the unfiltered and pugnacious style that Mrs. Greene champions. \u2014 Siobhan Hughes, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
"But night brought the familiar drumbeat of explosions once again, including a blast that sent windows across the city rattling and pushed Vitaliy Kim, Mykolaiv\u2019s pugnacious regional governor, to issue a video the next day reassuring residents. \u2014 Nabih Bulosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1642, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin pugnac-, pugnax , from pugnare to fight \u2014 more at pungent":""
},
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"\u02ccp\u0259g-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259s"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pugnacious belligerent , bellicose , pugnacious , quarrelsome , contentious mean having an aggressive or fighting attitude. belligerent often implies being actually at war or engaged in hostilities. belligerent nations bellicose suggests a disposition to fight. a drunk in a bellicose mood pugnacious suggests a disposition that takes pleasure in personal combat. a pugnacious gangster quarrelsome stresses an ill-natured readiness to fight without good cause. the heat made us all quarrelsome contentious implies perverse and irritating fondness for arguing and quarreling. wearied by his contentious disposition",
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"agonistic",
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"warlike"
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"unbelligerent",
"uncombative",
"uncontentious"
],
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": having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent":[]
},
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"That's a bass for you: pugnacious , adaptable and ever ready to demonstrate that the first order of business on any given day, drought or no drought, is eating anything that it can fit its big, powerful mouth around. \u2014 Pete Bodo , New York Times , 22 Oct. 1995",
"Herz sees himself as a pugnacious sardine going up against rule-flouting sharks. \u2014 Richard Wolkomir , Smithsonian , August 1992",
"He was a short man with heavy shoulders, a slight potbelly, puffy blue eyes, and a pugnacious expression. \u2014 Alice Munro , New Yorker , 2 Jan. 1989",
"Podhoretz takes a more pugnacious and protesting stance, insisting on the word \"seriousness\" at all times and punctuating it with the word \"moral\". \u2014 Christopher Hitchens , Times Literary Supplement , 30 May 1986",
"There's one pugnacious member on the committee who won't agree to anything.",
"a movie reviewer who is spirited, even pugnacious , when defending her opinions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And after a deliberate effort to program feel-good films in 2021 \u2013 a recognition by the programming team that its pandemic-weary audience was looking for a pick-me-up \u2013 Chirilov says Transilvania has also reclaimed its old pugnacious spirit. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Passive loyalty is absolutely necessary to the Kremlin, but pugnacious patriotism is not. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"For 2022, the Coppa d\u2019Oro winner was the Aston Martin Bulldog, a pugnacious one-off wedge with straight-edge lines that put it in stark contrast to much of the field\u2019s curvaceous French mainstays. \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 27 May 2022",
"In his early days in office, the congressman quickly crafted a political image as a close ally of former President Donald Trump, adopting Trump's pugnacious attitude toward national politics, in turn emulating his penchant for attracting scandal. \u2014 Matthew Brown, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2021",
"The new entity is coarser, more pugnacious , hostile to immigration and overseas business, and open to talking trash about big corporations, if not to raising their taxes. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 May 2022",
"Carrie Lam, the current chief executive, who appeared to relish debate, has been called pugnacious and quick-witted by her colleagues. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"The race is shaping up as a test of voters\u2019 continued attraction to the unfiltered and pugnacious style that Mrs. Greene champions. \u2014 Siobhan Hughes, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
"But night brought the familiar drumbeat of explosions once again, including a blast that sent windows across the city rattling and pushed Vitaliy Kim, Mykolaiv\u2019s pugnacious regional governor, to issue a video the next day reassuring residents. \u2014 Nabih Bulosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022"
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"1642, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin pugnac-, pugnax , from pugnare to fight \u2014 more at pungent":""
},
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"\u02ccp\u0259g-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259s"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pugnacious belligerent , bellicose , pugnacious , quarrelsome , contentious mean having an aggressive or fighting attitude. belligerent often implies being actually at war or engaged in hostilities. belligerent nations bellicose suggests a disposition to fight. a drunk in a bellicose mood pugnacious suggests a disposition that takes pleasure in personal combat. a pugnacious gangster quarrelsome stresses an ill-natured readiness to fight without good cause. the heat made us all quarrelsome contentious implies perverse and irritating fondness for arguing and quarreling. wearied by his contentious disposition",
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"agonistic",
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
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"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"warlike"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"puissance":{
"antonyms":[
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"definitions":{
": strength , power":[]
},
"examples":[
"the president pledged to put the full puissance of the nation into the war effort",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The reboot arrives at the peak of reggaeton\u2019s pop puissance , and rightfully incorporates a lot more of the genre and its offshoots \u2014 Latin trap included. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Which of you has the puissance to short-term deep-six me? \u2014 Henry Alford, The New Yorker , 5 Apr. 2021",
"The doctrine\u2019s puissance lies in the separation of powers. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 14 Jan. 2020",
"Over the years, when French leaders have called for a Europe puissance (European power), this has often sounded suspiciously like code for French hegemonic ambitions. \u2014 The Economist , 7 Nov. 2019",
"There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. \u2014 John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com , 29 Aug. 2017"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French pussance, puissance , from pussant able, powerful, from poer to be able, be powerful \u2014 more at power":""
},
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"\u02c8py\u00fc-\u0259-s\u0259n(t)s",
"\u02c8pwi-s\u1d4an(t)s",
"py\u00fc-\u02c8i-s\u1d4an(t)s"
],
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"energy",
"firepower",
"force",
"horsepower",
"might",
"muscle",
"potence",
"potency",
"power",
"sinew",
"strength",
"vigor"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224644",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"helpless",
"impotent",
"insignificant",
"little",
"powerless",
"unimportant",
"weak"
],
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": having puissance : powerful":[]
},
"examples":[
"one of the nation's most respected and puissant advocates for the rights of minorities"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8py\u00fc-\u0259-s\u0259nt",
"py\u00fc-\u02c8i-s\u1d4ant",
"\u02c8pwi-s\u1d4ant"
],
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"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"important",
"influential",
"mighty",
"potent",
"powerful",
"significant",
"strong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064852",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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": a Hindu act of worship or propitiation":[
"the priest advised us to do puja and make offerings \u2026 for relief from our terrible problem",
"\u2014 New Yorker"
],
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"some engage in puja and some perform salat",
"\u2014 J. C. Archer"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Sanskrit p\u016bj\u0101 , probably of Dravidian origin; akin to Tamil p\u016bcu to anoint, besmear":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191354",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"puka":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a rare New Zealand tree ( Meryta sinclairii ) of the family Araliaceae with large resinous leaves and dioecious flowers in panicles":[],
": a small usually perforated wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone (genus Conus ), found along beaches of Pacific Islands, and used especially to make necklaces":[],
": a tree ( G. lucida ) with long thick shining leaves and green or yellow flowers in axillary panicles":[],
": either of two New Zealand trees of the genus Griselinia that are sometimes epiphytic:":[],
": hole , tunnel":[
"if \u2026 I ever get the giant African snails out of their favorite pukas , I shall really enjoy the gardening",
"\u2014 Honolulu Star-Bulletin"
],
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"1975, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"Hawaiian":"Noun",
"Maori":"Noun",
"puka shell , from Hawaiian puka hole + English shell":"Noun"
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"\"",
"\u02c8p\u00fck\u0259"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101255",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": a disgusting, unlikeable, or contemptible person":[
"\"\u2026 handles winning well, but when he gets in trouble, he behaves like a little puke .\"",
"\u2014 Mark Woodforde"
],
": vomit":[
"I remember there was always dog puke on the sidewalks in El Paso.",
"\u2014 Jayne Anne Phillips",
"The launch back was full of hung over sailors, and marines in even worse shape. It smelled of puke and piss from the night before.",
"\u2014 David Poyer"
],
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"\u2026 the hideous smell, which \u2026 had made me hold my stomach and my breath sometimes, in an effort not to puke \u2026",
"\u2014 Oliver Sacks",
"'You Washington know-it-alls make me puke ,' Quimper said, retiring from the conversation.",
"\u2014 James A. Michener",
"Sadly for Sam, sailing is not his strong suit, prompting him to puke his guts out all over the place.",
"\u2014 Josh Wigler",
"\u2014 often used with up Just puked up the cup of coffee I tried to down as my only form of nourishment. \u2014 Hugh Gallagher \"Damn woman, first you puke up and then you catch an attitude.\" \u2014 Hariette Surovell"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the drunken reveler staggered out the door and promptly puked in the bushes",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But Calm Island would be an immersive, synesthetic experience designed to evoke nostalgia and imagination\u2014not your typical amusement park, with its sweat and crush and puke and scream. \u2014 Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic , 4 June 2021",
"And show me an athlete, even in high school, who didn\u2019t puke during an especially tough workout. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 18 May 2021",
"Wallace\u2019s essay has been regularly quoted over the past 15 years -- so regularly that its mention here surely will make some Nadal and Djokovic fans want to puke . \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Mar. 2021",
"But instead of ejecting evil spirits from their body, the creatures puke their guts out as a defense mechanism. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Oct. 2020",
"For more about staying fit in orbit and some pro tips for puking in microgravity, check out the video above. \u2014 Wired , 15 Oct. 2019",
"In the Jimmy Olsen preview story from DC\u2019s Superman: Leviathan Rising one-shot earlier this year, Jimmy got his clothes ripped up by an alien cat, who then puked blood in his face. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 21 Aug. 2019",
"For the great return of The Hills, MTV welcomed former The O.C. star and that girl who puked in the Sixth Sense, Mischa Barton. \u2014 Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue , 18 June 2019",
"Bart O\u2019Kavanaugh, who pukes in someone\u2019s car\u2014in a friend\u2019s book about high school drunkenness and hookups probably makes that list. \u2014 Wendy Naugle, Glamour , 19 Sep. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1601, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1705, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8py\u00fck"
],
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"synonyms":[
"barf",
"gag",
"heave",
"hurl",
"retch",
"spew",
"spit up",
"throw up",
"upchuck",
"vomit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221253",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pseudo",
"sham",
"spurious",
"suppositious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"wondering whether the old-looking ivory box was pukka \u2014or just something recently manufactured in China",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And if my name were Nikki or Bobby, the state of the state would be pukka \u2014 sorry, strong. \u2014 Anand Giridharadas, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1776, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi & Urdu pakk\u0101 cooked, ripe, solid, from Sanskrit pakva ; akin to Greek pessein to cook \u2014 more at cook":""
},
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"\u02c8p\u0259-k\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"certifiable",
"certified",
"dinkum",
"echt",
"genuine",
"honest",
"real",
"right",
"sure-enough",
"true"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204044",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pule":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": whine , whimper":[]
},
"examples":[
"a distressed baby puling in its crib",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The doctrine of hatred must be preached as the counteraction of the doctrine of love when that pules and whines. \u2014 Lauren Groff, Harper's magazine , 1 Mar. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably imitative":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8py\u00fcl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bleat",
"mewl",
"whimper"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193815",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pulicose":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": infested with or caused by the bite of fleas":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pulicosus , from pulic-, pulex + -osus -ose, -ous":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cck\u014ds"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125410",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pulk":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a muddy pond":[],
": mudhole":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English polk, pulk , perhaps diminutive of pool":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pu\u0307lk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063104",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pulka":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a one-man Sami sledge shaped like half a canoe and resting on a broad board or on several runners":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Finnish pulkka & Sami pulkke":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259lk\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191448",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pull":{
"antonyms":[
"draw",
"haul",
"jerk",
"pluck",
"tug",
"wrench",
"yank"
],
"definitions":{
": a competition in which a heavily weighted sled is pulled by participants usually using draft animals or machines":[
"a tractor pull",
"the county fair's annual ox pull",
"The truck pull may be one one of the machine age's weirdest mutations. Modified pickup trucks and dragsters are hooked to trailers or \"sleds\" weighed down with 30,000 to 40,000 pounds \u2026 They rev up their engines and slog their way across a 200-foot mud track."
],
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"a drawer pull"
],
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": a force that attracts, compels, or influences : attraction":[],
": advantage":[],
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": an injury resulting from abnormal straining or stretching":[
"a muscle pull",
"a groin pull"
],
": commit , perpetrate":[
"pull a robbery",
"pull a prank"
],
": extract":[
"pull a tooth"
],
": force required to overcome resistance to pulling":[
"a trigger with a four pound pull"
],
": obtain , secure":[
"pulled a B in the course"
],
": perform , carry out":[
"pull an all-nighter",
"pull guard duty"
],
": proof sense 6a":[],
": put on , assume":[
"pull a grin"
],
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"If they're caught dumping, they'll get their license pulled .",
"\u2014 Alexandra Alger"
],
": special influence":[],
": the act or an instance of pulling":[],
": the effort expended in moving":[
"a long pull uphill"
],
": to act or behave in the manner of":[
"pulled a Horace Greely and went west",
"\u2014 Steve Rushin"
],
": to admit of being pulled":[],
": to blind to the true situation : hoodwink":[],
": to bring (a weapon) into the open":[
"pulled a knife"
],
": to deceive someone playfully : hoax":[],
": to demand or obtain an advantage over someone by the assertion of":[
"pull rank"
],
": to disconnect a medical life-support system":[],
": to do one's full share of the work":[],
": to draw a gun":[],
": to draw apart : rend , tear":[],
": to draw hard in smoking":[
"pulled at a pipe"
],
": to draw out from the skin":[
"pull feathers from a rooster's tail"
],
": to draw the support or attention of : attract":[
"pull votes",
"\u2014 often used with in"
],
": to exert force upon so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the force":[],
": to exert hidden influence or control":[],
": to feel or express strong sympathy : root":[
"pulling for my team to win"
],
": to hit (a ball) toward the left from a right-handed swing or toward the right from a left-handed swing \u2014 compare push":[],
": to hold back (a racehorse) from winning":[],
": to make a decisive move or action":[],
": to make a face : grimace":[],
": to move back from the line of scrimmage and toward one flank to provide blocking for a ballcarrier":[],
": to move especially through the exercise of mechanical energy":[
"the car pulled clear of the rut"
],
": to move out : leave":[],
": to perpetrate a trick or fraud":[],
": to pluck from a plant or by the roots":[
"pull flowers",
"pull turnips"
],
": to print (something, such as a proof) by impression":[],
": to refrain from using all the force at one's disposal":[],
": to regain one's composure":[],
": to remove from a place or situation":[
"pull the engine",
"pulled the pitcher in the third inning",
"pulled the show"
],
": to strain abnormally":[
"pull a tendon"
],
": to strain against the bit":[],
": to stretch (cooling candy) repeatedly":[
"pull taffy"
],
": to take a drink":[],
": to throw a changeup":[],
": to use force in drawing, dragging, or tugging":[],
": to weaken or unsettle especially by removing support or assistance from":[],
": to withdraw essential and especially financial support":[],
": to work (an oar) by drawing back strongly":[],
": to work in harmony : cooperate":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He pulled the door open and ran out.",
"The cat will scratch you if you keep pulling its tail.",
"Make a knot in the rope and pull it tight.",
"Pull the baby's chair closer to the table.",
"She pulled the blanket over her head.",
"We tried pushing and pulling but couldn't get the couch to move.",
"Grab the end of the rope and pull as hard as you can.",
"We spent the morning in the garden pulling weeds.",
"I accidentally pulled one of the buttons off my shirt.",
"He pulled the plug out of the socket.",
"Noun",
"She gave the door a few hard pulls and it opened.",
"Give the rope a pull .",
"He has a lot of pull in local political circles.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The boy, who lives about 30 miles east of Minute Maid Park, raced to second base and tried to pull it up from the ground. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 22 June 2022",
"According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, roughly a third of U.S. homes with children have guns, and even young toddlers are capable of finding unlocked guns and are strong enough to pull the trigger. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"Start digging a few inches away from the plants and wait until the bulbs are loosened up before trying to pull them up. \u2014 Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"The most influential came when, with 3:31 left in the game, Jayson Tatum passed up a wide-open 3-point attempt and traveled as the Boston crowd urged him to pull the trigger. \u2014 Richard Morin, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Tackett Curtis has emerged as the leading candidate to eventually pull the trigger of the three national targets given his relationship with Jim Knowles that goes back to Knowles\u2019 days at Oklahoma State. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"That a teenager could look at a nine-year-old, aim a gun, and pull the trigger signals some larger social and cultural breakdown. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, roughly a third of U.S. homes with children have guns, and even young toddlers are capable of finding unlocked guns and are strong enough to pull the trigger. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 May 2022",
"Patrice Bergeron has been more eager to pull the trigger than usual this season. \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The plane\u2019s interior boasted a better cabin climate to reduce jet lag, big overhead bins and large windows that darken with the touch of a button rather than a pull -down shade. \u2014 Andrew Tangel, WSJ , 26 June 2022",
"Yet a subtle stagecraft has lent the hearings an unexpected momentum and pull that has drawn in many viewers \u2014 including the former president, who is said to have been monitoring them. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"There\u2019s also a sky lounge with a large pull -out sofa and a 55-inch TV. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
"This ideological push- pull is taking place under the watchful eye of Republican politicians eager to claim that Democrats cannot control or protect their own cities. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"Part of the pull -back stems from the public markets souring on Beyond Meat. \u2014 Chloe Sorvino, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"It's made of a water- and mildew-resistant mesh HDPE fabric, with curved edges to increase pull strength and prevent drooping. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 18 June 2022",
"Orange Is the New Black), that bond is soon interrupted by a massive plot rug- pull . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 16 June 2022",
"Depending on the day, it\u2019s part crime drama, part psychological thriller and always a pull -at-your-heartstrings tearjerker. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 16 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English pullian ; akin to Middle Low German pulen to shell, cull":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pu\u0307l",
"also \u02c8p\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"drag",
"draw",
"hale",
"haul",
"lug",
"tow",
"tug"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050037",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"pull a stunt":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to do something foolish or dangerous":[
"Don't ever pull a stunt like that again!"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185240",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"pull a vanishing act":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to go somewhere out of sight : to disappear":[
"He pulled a vanishing act when the check for the meal arrived."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210954",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"pull ahead":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to take the lead in a race, competition, contest, etc.":[
"The two runners were side by side until one pulled ahead .",
"\u2014 often + of He has pulled ahead of the other candidates in the election polls."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184452",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"pull an all-nighter":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to stay up all night":[
"He pulled an all-nighter to study for the exam."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180210",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"pull apart":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to be separated into parts or pieces by pulling":[
"The rolls pull apart easily."
],
": to separate (people or animals) in order to stop a fight":[
"Customers stepped in and pulled the two men apart ."
],
": to separate or break (something) into parts or pieces":[
"She pulled the rolls apart with her hands.",
"\u2014 sometimes used figuratively His gambling problem is pulling the family apart ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183035",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"pull aside":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to take (someone) to one side away from other people for a private conversation":[
"The reporter pulled me aside and asked if I knew who was in charge."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184035",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"pull at":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to breathe in the smoke from (a cigarette, pipe, etc.)":[
"He rocked back and forth, pulling at his pipe."
],
": to hold onto and pull (something) repeatedly":[
"When she gets nervous, she pulls at her ear."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111154",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"pull away":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to draw oneself back or away : withdraw":[],
": to move off or ahead":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105829",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pull box":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a metal box with a blank cover that is installed in an accessible place in a run of conduit to facilitate the pulling in of wires or cables":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220344",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pull date":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a date stamped on perishable products (such as baked goods or dairy products) after which they should not be sold":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041121",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pull down":{
"antonyms":[
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
],
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But yesterday Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow will not accept a Ukrainian demand that a possible peace deal include an immediate pullout of Russian troops followed by a Ukrainian referendum on that agreement. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Wednesday morning's episode features ABC News Chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz, who brings us up to speed on the pullout of American troops from Afghanistan. \u2014 Rick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News , 7 July 2021",
"American political leaders have increasingly prioritized ties with Asian and European allies amid supply chain snags tied to China and a broad business pullout from Russia. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"The pullout isn\u2019t a big financial blow for the Big Four. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The Times reported on Tuesday that some intelligence assessments warned that a collapse could come quickly after the pullout . \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Since then, Tehran has been steadily increasing its violations of the deal to put pressure on the other signatories to provide more incentives to Iran to offset crippling American sanctions re-imposed after the U.S. pullout . \u2014 Fox News , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Since then, Tehran has been steadily increasing its violations of the deal to put pressure on the other signatories to provide more incentives to Iran to offset crippling American sanctions re-imposed after the U.S. pullout . \u2014 David Rising, ajc , 17 Aug. 2021",
"The pullout was a success, and no injuries were reported. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Featuring a pull quote on your marketing graphics with the logo of the original publication can translate into a significant uptick in engagement versus an image without the quote. \u2014 Colby Flood, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Lozada-Oliva told Vogue in October, and this novel-in-poetry more than lives up to that pull quote . \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 8 Dec. 2021",
"In the pull quote , Eliason argues that the process of breaking down oats creates a natural form of sugar called maltose. \u2014 Lydia Wang, refinery29.com , 7 Apr. 2021",
"In the March 14 Section A, an article about a medical device used to save the life of Blanca Lopez, a woman with a severe case of COVID-19, was accompanied by a pull quote that was attributed to her son Criztiaan Lopez. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2021",
"This 80-year-old man just gave us a pull quote that reads like an Azealia Banks tweet. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 5 Jan. 2021",
"This reminded me of what Australian journalist Lenore Taylor asserted a couple of months ago: Grabbing pull quotes from Trump's rants and cutting out the craziest bits actually misleads the audience. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 18 Dec. 2019",
"Animation, bold headlines, and pull quotes give you the gist of each piece of information. \u2014 Jason Cross, PCWorld , 8 May 2018",
"Its centerpiece is a video montage of Democrats complaining about Comey\u2019s treatment of Clinton, embellished with various pull quotes and social media share buttons. \u2014 Matthew Yglesias, Vox , 12 Apr. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Other embellishments include a pull tab on the front grille, sporting the retro PSB logo. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"The envelope has a pull tab that should be left on to prevent the mail carrier from seeing your personal information. \u2014 Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2022",
"Other features, like a vertical pull tab that makes the shoes easy to slip on and off, a padded tongue and collar, and a breathable textile lining, round out the finishing touches. \u2014 Madeline Diamond, Travel + Leisure , 8 July 2020",
"Also, many models offer easy-on pull tabs to make putting your boots on a little more convenient. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 12 May 2020",
"The best activities bars once offered were pull tabs , pool tables, darts, and maybe the occasional pub trivia game. \u2014 Naomi Tomky, Fortune , 27 Dec. 2019",
"In addition, Burger Dive, from Nick O\u2019Leary and Josh Thoma of Smack Shack, will have a full bar, pull tabs and a weekly meat raffle. \u2014 Jess Fleming, Twin Cities , 19 Sep. 2019",
"In addition, Alaska already has a vibrant nonprofit gaming industry, with everything from bingo and pull tabs to salmon derbies and the Nenana Ice Classic. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 15 Feb. 2020",
"Enormous strain is placed on the lining as a machine pounds the metal lid to make a small bump where the pull tab attaches, and then squashes the bump to pin the tab in place. \u2014 Warren Cornwall, Science | AAAS , 23 Jan. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Henderson, just 18 years old and still in high school, died in the attack; Woods managed to pull through . \u2014 Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
"So that ultimately is the thing that drives her to want to then pull through for Morgan. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
"To pull through , McGhee spent more than $3,500 of his savings on a new water heater, washer and dryer. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Regardless, to experience that idiosyncrasy is pure pleasure: a sort of push and pull through peppercorn punch and mellow sweetness, across the menu\u2019s dishes and sometimes within them, too. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 6 May 2022",
"But the Kyiv Post has continued to pull through , with its staff posting about 25 to 30 stories a day. \u2014 Oliver Darcy, CNN , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Medina says she was fired after taking time off to see whether her daughter, who was on a ventilator for weeks, would pull through . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Dec. 2021",
"More recently, gas has also shown its versatility by embracing new labels such as RSG and RNG which will help the world pull through the challenges of the transition to renewable energies. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
"But the drama\u2019s real nodal point is Arthur, whose family members (Caitlin FitzGerald and Julian Obradors), friends (David Wilmot) and acquaintances nearly all manage to pull through despite the flu\u2019s survival rate of 1 in 1000. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Edgeloe and her fellow researchers scuba dove to pull up roots from Posidonia in 10 different meadows. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Pratt, 24, who had been watching TV in his nearby home that evening, noticed a white car pull up to the station and walked over to attend to the customer. \u2014 D. Kwas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Mar. 2022",
"To interrupt the resulting beatdown, Will pulls a gun from Tray\u2019s backpack and shoots it in the air, then aims it at the gang leader until the cops pull up and arrest him. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Most people just think a bus driver can only drive a bus \u2014 pull up , open up the door. \u2014 Bonnie Tsui, New York Times , 9 Sep. 2021",
"During the postseason, Kennerly found success attacking the basket, also showcasing her ability to pull up off the dribble. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Surveillance footage showed a car pull up near the pumps and someone appeared to use a device to bypass the payment system, Patel said. \u2014 Jamiel Lynch And Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 17 Mar. 2022",
"As the buses pull up , drivers hoist cardboard signs with handwritten destinations, mostly in Poland but also elsewhere in Europe. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Technology has made that experience look quite different\u2014namely, the ubiquity of QR codes as menus, which customers can scan to pull up the restaurant\u2019s list of drinks and dishes in lieu of a physical menu. \u2014 Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics , 17 Feb. 2022"
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"The wage-growth pullback should help ease any concerns of a wage-price spiral, some economists say. \u2014 Sarah Chaney Cambon, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"The pullback was driven by declines in both single-family and multi-family new home construction. \u2014 Anna Bahney, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"The stock still sports notable 38.4% year-to-date lead, however, and the pullback seems short lived, with CHK last seen up 1.8% to trade at $89.49. \u2014 Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The pullback in the crypto ecosystem illustrates the precariousness of the structure built around these risky and unregulated digital assets. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"The pullback among low-income shoppers has not affected overall spending, which is still up. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio And Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2022",
"The pullback among low-income shoppers has not affected overall spending, which is still up. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"Moscow sought to paint the pullback as a good-faith gesture ahead of peace talks with Ukraine, but the veterans characterized it as humiliating. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"The pullback on staffing comes as Wall Street shifts its focus from long-term growth to short-term returns, an ominous move for startups still burning cash or barely eking out profits. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 25 May 2022"
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"The truck pull may be one one of the machine age's weirdest mutations. Modified pickup trucks and dragsters are hooked to trailers or \"sleds\" weighed down with 30,000 to 40,000 pounds \u2026 They rev up their engines and slog their way across a 200-foot mud track."
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"Verb",
"He pulled the door open and ran out.",
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"Pull the baby's chair closer to the table.",
"She pulled the blanket over her head.",
"We tried pushing and pulling but couldn't get the couch to move.",
"Grab the end of the rope and pull as hard as you can.",
"We spent the morning in the garden pulling weeds.",
"I accidentally pulled one of the buttons off my shirt.",
"He pulled the plug out of the socket.",
"Noun",
"She gave the door a few hard pulls and it opened.",
"Give the rope a pull .",
"He has a lot of pull in local political circles.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The boy, who lives about 30 miles east of Minute Maid Park, raced to second base and tried to pull it up from the ground. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 22 June 2022",
"According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, roughly a third of U.S. homes with children have guns, and even young toddlers are capable of finding unlocked guns and are strong enough to pull the trigger. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"Start digging a few inches away from the plants and wait until the bulbs are loosened up before trying to pull them up. \u2014 Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"The most influential came when, with 3:31 left in the game, Jayson Tatum passed up a wide-open 3-point attempt and traveled as the Boston crowd urged him to pull the trigger. \u2014 Richard Morin, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Tackett Curtis has emerged as the leading candidate to eventually pull the trigger of the three national targets given his relationship with Jim Knowles that goes back to Knowles\u2019 days at Oklahoma State. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"That a teenager could look at a nine-year-old, aim a gun, and pull the trigger signals some larger social and cultural breakdown. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, roughly a third of U.S. homes with children have guns, and even young toddlers are capable of finding unlocked guns and are strong enough to pull the trigger. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 May 2022",
"Patrice Bergeron has been more eager to pull the trigger than usual this season. \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The plane\u2019s interior boasted a better cabin climate to reduce jet lag, big overhead bins and large windows that darken with the touch of a button rather than a pull -down shade. \u2014 Andrew Tangel, WSJ , 26 June 2022",
"Yet a subtle stagecraft has lent the hearings an unexpected momentum and pull that has drawn in many viewers \u2014 including the former president, who is said to have been monitoring them. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"There\u2019s also a sky lounge with a large pull -out sofa and a 55-inch TV. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
"This ideological push- pull is taking place under the watchful eye of Republican politicians eager to claim that Democrats cannot control or protect their own cities. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"Part of the pull -back stems from the public markets souring on Beyond Meat. \u2014 Chloe Sorvino, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"It's made of a water- and mildew-resistant mesh HDPE fabric, with curved edges to increase pull strength and prevent drooping. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 18 June 2022",
"Orange Is the New Black), that bond is soon interrupted by a massive plot rug- pull . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 16 June 2022",
"Depending on the day, it\u2019s part crime drama, part psychological thriller and always a pull -at-your-heartstrings tearjerker. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 16 June 2022"
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"\u02c8pu\u0307l",
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"the party's been fun, but it's time to pull out",
"the aid workers have been advised to pull out of those regions to which the conflict has spread",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But yesterday Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow will not accept a Ukrainian demand that a possible peace deal include an immediate pullout of Russian troops followed by a Ukrainian referendum on that agreement. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Wednesday morning's episode features ABC News Chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz, who brings us up to speed on the pullout of American troops from Afghanistan. \u2014 Rick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News , 7 July 2021",
"American political leaders have increasingly prioritized ties with Asian and European allies amid supply chain snags tied to China and a broad business pullout from Russia. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"The pullout isn\u2019t a big financial blow for the Big Four. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The Times reported on Tuesday that some intelligence assessments warned that a collapse could come quickly after the pullout . \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Since then, Tehran has been steadily increasing its violations of the deal to put pressure on the other signatories to provide more incentives to Iran to offset crippling American sanctions re-imposed after the U.S. pullout . \u2014 Fox News , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Since then, Tehran has been steadily increasing its violations of the deal to put pressure on the other signatories to provide more incentives to Iran to offset crippling American sanctions re-imposed after the U.S. pullout . \u2014 David Rising, ajc , 17 Aug. 2021",
"The pullout was a success, and no injuries were reported. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Aug. 2021"
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"1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"She was wearing a light pullover .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The second suspect was wearing a black Nike pullover , dark shorts, and blue shoes. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 11 June 2022",
"Taken by the Duchess of Cambridge in Norfolk this weekend, the images show Princess Charlotte wearing a blue pullover sweater, paired with a sweet collared blouse and navy blue trousers. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 1 May 2022",
"The same design comes on a tunic, a hoodie, a blouse, and a pullover sweater, and there are a ton of colors to choose from. \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 29 Apr. 2022",
"These track pants and pullover from American Giant will make Mom look cool and feel great at brunches and get-togethers in the foreseeable future. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 1 May 2021",
"Bild newspaper released a picture of the driver being detained, wearing a yellow pullover , jogging trousers and red trainers. \u2014 Andy Eckardt, NBC News , 8 June 2022",
"Madelyn Valdes wore her Angels cap, Angels pullover jacket and, while sitting among a crowd of 28,228 at Angel Stadium Thursday night, a look of concern. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 29 May 2022",
"On a blustery, snowy day in early spring, Mr. Ryan sat in Giuseppe\u2019s Italian Market, one of his favorite Italian delis in Niles, dressed down in jeans and a gray pullover with a United Steelworkers logo. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The set includes a pullover top with stretchy fabric and drawstring pants that have matching purple and white lace detailing. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Rod Parker sits on the end of the Homestead bench donning a blue Spartans pullover and gray sweatpants. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star , 7 Jan. 2020",
"For this fall there are all sorts of body-skimming knits, most of them pullover styles with a round, mock or turtle neck. \u2014 Sharon Graubard, courant.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
"Other items include a backpack in Gryffindor colors scarlet and gold, a men\u2019s jacket with a Deathly Hallows theme and a four-houses themed pullover in white. \u2014 Rebekah Tuchscherer, USA TODAY , 7 June 2019",
"Before they're sold out, stock up on the pullover sweatshirt or hoodie styles in fresh colors like cream and olive (or buy this unexpected rose color for the guy in your life). 3. \u2014 Health.com , 13 Dec. 2017",
"The four-year-old dressed up in uniform for his big day, with a logo pullover sweater, blue oxford shirt and his signature shorts. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 Sep. 2017",
"Austen Rankin looked the part in a white Nike Ohio State pullover , black Nike shorts and all-white adidas cleats. \u2014 Bill Landis, cleveland.com , 16 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Police tried to pull over Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old DoorDash driver, for a traffic infraction early Monday, authorities said. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"The shooting occurred when Akron police officers tried to pull over Walker for traffic and equipment violations at 12:30 a.m. Monday on Thayer and East Tallmadge avenues. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
"He was next arrested in March 2018 by North Little Rock police after refusing to pull over for a non-working brake light. \u2014 John Lynch, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"After a patrol officer tried to pull over a car going 58 mph in a 35-mph zone, the driver took off from there westbound at around 11 p.m. on May 21. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"Orland Park officers attempted to pull over a male driver in a white Nissan with a female passenger around 5:45 p.m., FOX32 Chicago reported. \u2014 Fox News , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The car the officers tried to pull over first sped up, then slowed down to be parallel with the officers\u2019 squad car, Brown said at a Thursday press conference. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 3 June 2022",
"When the officer tried to pull over the motorcycle, the driver attempted to flee the scene. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"Mintun followed the red Tahoe, pulled up to the driver\u2019s side and asked the woman behind the wheel to pull over . \u2014 oregonlive , 29 May 2022"
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"1899, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1619, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Noun",
"The fruit has sweet, juicy pulp and hard, black seeds.",
"the pulp of an orange",
"I like to strain the pulp out of my orange juice.",
"The grain was mashed into pulp .",
"The boxes will be turned back into pulp and be made into newspapers.",
"This paper is made from inexpensive wood pulp .",
"He made a little extra money by writing stories for a science fiction pulp .",
"Verb",
"pulped three oranges to get their juice",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And once listeria reaches the pulp of the avocados, the avocado internally is contaminated and the pathogen cannot be removed by washing the skin of the avocado. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 1 June 2022",
"Discard the pulp , and save the seeds for roasting, if desired. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Simply wash the outside and cut them in half, then clean out the pulp and seeds. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Some book publishers have had to delay new releases because the pulp used to manufacture paper has been gobbled up by online shopping\u2019s endless appetite for cardboard. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Transfer the liquid to a medium saucepan and add the tamarind pulp . \u2014 Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 May 2021",
"For instance, a 2012 study published in Agrotechnology found that certain fruit peels are rich sources of fiber and contain more vitamin C than the pulp . \u2014 Devorah Lev-tov, SELF , 13 May 2021",
"Opposite to what is instinctive to think, the most important elements to produce good wine are in the skin of the grape, and not in its pulp , which is mostly made up of water. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"The freshness, the color, the perkiness of its flesh are all gone, and all that\u2019s left is a drab, slightly bitter pulp . \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In the eighteen-sixties, a tiny aphid-like bug called phylloxera migrated from California to Europe, nearly pulping the French wine industry; in the nineteen-fifties, Panama disease eradicated the world\u2019s favorite variety of banana, the Gros Michel. \u2014 Kate Brown, The New Yorker , 13 Apr. 2020",
"Cond\u00e9 Nast personally fired him, and Vogue pulped all 130,000 copies. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 14 Mar. 2020",
"Approximately 70 million tons of this stuff is pulped every year, but most of it is burned for fuel. \u2014 Troy Farah, Ars Technica , 20 Jan. 2020",
"His analysis of Trump\u2019s victory is a useful corrective to accounts blaming racists, sexists and plutocrats to the exclusion of millions who simply wanted to blow up the giant dream- pulping machine of American politics. \u2014 Trygve Throntveit, Washington Post , 14 June 2019",
"Pieces of timber too small to process as logs\u2014including offcuts and thinnings from the forest\u2014are chipped and pulped to make paper. \u2014 The Economist , 17 Oct. 2019",
"The standard method for recycling cotton involves mechanically pulping it to break it down into raw material that can be reused. \u2014 Marc Bain, Quartzy , 16 Aug. 2019",
"In some areas, there is hardly any margin for the imperfect pines that are pulped for paper and particleboard. \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2018",
"Some of his trees have outgrown nearby saw mills and will have to be pulped for lower prices. \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2018"
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Saw logs are found by the river systems, but most of the cutting is done for pulpwood . \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
"Even though the rate of rainforest destruction has slowed, environmentalists worry that the demand for pulpwood , which is harvested for the production of paper and viscose, will fuel the clearing of more forestland. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Dec. 2021",
"The vast majority was fueled by palm oil and other agriculture such as coffee, but pulpwood plantations have also replaced large sections of rainforest. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Dec. 2021",
"The order limits the movement of ash trees for planting and ash tree products such as logs, pulpwood , lumber and firewood from areas that are considered likely to harbor the pest. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 7 Sep. 2021",
"But after subtracting logging and trucking costs, Mr. McDaniel estimates that low pulpwood prices would have left him with just $3 a ton. \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Worldwide, paper recycling already shrinks demand for pulpwood from forests and plantations by 484 million metric tons (MMT) annually. \u2014 Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2020",
"Located near Seney National Wildlife Refuge, where the pulpwood and logging industry was booming, there was plenty of work to occupy the men at Camp Germfask. \u2014 Meredith Spelbring, Detroit Free Press , 12 July 2020",
"In 1929, when a timber cruiser who was mapping a giant pulpwood sale on Admiralty Island shot a bear and then was killed by it, the anti-bear rhetoric reached a boiling point. \u2014 Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life , 16 June 2020"
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"\u2014 Ben Mezrich"
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"Drinking pulque produces an effect of contentment or even a philosophical mindset. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Pre-Hispanic Indigenous groups in Mexico had been fermenting agave into a viscous alcoholic drink known as pulque for centuries when Spanish conquistadors arrived in the 16th century and first distilled tequila. \u2014 Dallas News , 24 Aug. 2021",
"Pre-Hispanic Indigenous groups in Mexico had been fermenting agave into a viscous alcoholic drink known as pulque for centuries when Spanish conquistadors arrived in the 16th century and first distilled tequila. \u2014 Dallas News , 24 Aug. 2021",
"Pre-Hispanic Indigenous groups in Mexico had been fermenting agave into a viscous alcoholic drink known as pulque for centuries when Spanish conquistadors arrived in the 16th century and first distilled tequila. \u2014 Dallas News , 24 Aug. 2021",
"Pre-Hispanic Indigenous groups in Mexico had been fermenting agave into a viscous alcoholic drink known as pulque for centuries when Spanish conquistadors arrived in the 16th century and first distilled tequila. \u2014 Dallas News , 24 Aug. 2021",
"Pre-Hispanic Indigenous groups in Mexico had been fermenting agave into a viscous alcoholic drink known as pulque for centuries when Spanish conquistadors arrived in the 16th century and first distilled tequila. \u2014 Dallas News , 24 Aug. 2021",
"Pre-Hispanic Indigenous groups in Mexico had been fermenting agave into a viscous alcoholic drink known as pulque for centuries when Spanish conquistadors arrived in the 16th century and first distilled tequila. \u2014 Dallas News , 24 Aug. 2021",
"Pre-Hispanic Indigenous groups in Mexico had been fermenting agave into a viscous alcoholic drink known as pulque for centuries when Spanish conquistadors arrived in the 16th century and first distilled tequila. \u2014 Dallas News , 24 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Currently, the longest known rotation from a pulsar is only 23.5 seconds. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 3 June 2022",
"But even before Pluto was pink-slipped, the planetary census far deeper in space began to grow, with the discovery, in 1992, of a planet orbiting a rapidly spinning pulsar ; and later, in 1995, of a Jupiter-like planet orbiting a sun-like star. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Wang added his team originally thought the signal came from a pulsar , a heavily dense, rapidly spinning star that has collapsed and as a result, gives off solar flares. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Jocelyn Bell Burnell, as she became known as, made the initial pulsar observations. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Jocelyn Bell Burnell, as she became known as, made the initial pulsar observations. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Born in the supernova explosion observed nearly 1,000 years ago, the nebula\u2019s heart harbors a pulsar , an extremely dense neutron star spinning 30 times every second. \u2014 Ling Xin, Scientific American , 8 July 2021",
"This became a pulsar , or rapidly spinning neutron star, in the nebula that could be as much as hundreds of times more energetic than researchers previously believed, according to a study published last week in the journal Science. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 17 Apr. 2021",
"For instance, models have predicted strong magnetic fields from the pulsar in the Crab nebula can boost particles to 0.1 PeV, but to reach 1 PeV, Cao says, all the parameters need to be pushed to the extreme. \u2014 Ling Xin, Science | AAAS , 18 May 2021"
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"The first rung\u2014that is, the one concerning the nearest cosmic objects\u2014relies on geometric parallax to determine the distance to special stars called Cepheid variables, which pulsate in proportion to their intrinsic luminosity. \u2014 Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American , 18 Apr. 2022",
"His version of William Lindsay Gresham\u2019s novel is overstuffed with lurid images, pulp elements that practically pulsate . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 18 Dec. 2021",
"His version of William Lindsay Gresham\u2019s novel is overstuffed with lurid images, pulp elements that practically pulsate . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 18 Dec. 2021",
"His version of William Lindsay Gresham\u2019s novel is overstuffed with lurid images, pulp elements that practically pulsate . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 18 Dec. 2021",
"His version of William Lindsay Gresham\u2019s novel is overstuffed with lurid images, pulp elements that practically pulsate . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 18 Dec. 2021",
"His version of William Lindsay Gresham\u2019s novel is overstuffed with lurid images, pulp elements that practically pulsate . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 18 Dec. 2021",
"His version of William Lindsay Gresham\u2019s novel is overstuffed with lurid images, pulp elements that practically pulsate . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 18 Dec. 2021",
"His version of William Lindsay Gresham\u2019s novel is overstuffed with lurid images, pulp elements that practically pulsate . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 18 Dec. 2021"
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"\u02c8p\u0259l-s\u0259-t\u1d4al",
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"It's designed with sonic pulsation technology that delivers up to 10,000 pulses per minute to help work your cleanser into clogged pores. \u2014 ELLE , 28 Apr. 2022",
"But Frazier had come to believe that, whatever the benefits of pulsation , they were outweighed by the virtues of durability and simplicity. \u2014 Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker , 1 Mar. 2021",
"What\u2019s Your Pleasure?, on which the U.K. singer, known for lush ballads, turned to Paradise Garage\u2013style pulsation . \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 23 Dec. 2020",
"His evidence came from Cepheids, variable stars in the nebulae that reveal their true brightness, and thus their distance, by their pulsation period\u2014a relation discovered by Henrietta Swan Leavitt. \u2014 Martin Rees, Scientific American , 18 Aug. 2020",
"These sound waves travel from within the star to create pulsation patterns at their surfaces. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 15 May 2020",
"The pulsations from this star were discovered using HiPERCAM, a revolutionary high-speed camera. \u2014 Fox News , 18 Mar. 2020",
"The next step of the research is to continue observing the white dwarf to record as many pulsations as possible using HiPERCAM and the Hubble Space Telescope. \u2014 Fox News , 18 Mar. 2020",
"This wobbling is known as a magnetic pulsation , explains Matthew Fillingim, a space physicist at the University of California, Berkeley, and a member of the InSight science team. \u2014 Robin George Andrews, National Geographic , 20 Sep. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Megan has to look at her life the same way, or else the weight of the loss, violence, and vitriol she\u2019s faced will pulverize her. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"Those missiles were used during the Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq war and are used to pulverize critical infrastructure, like air defense sites and forward bases. \u2014 John Hudson, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Putin used the still-murky origins of the Moscow apartment bombings in 1999 as a pretext to pulverize Chechnya and paint himself as the muscular defender of the Russian people, just in time to win his first presidential election. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Ukrainian troops and volunteers have managed so far to repel feints by Russian ground forces \u2014 leading to fears that the invaders will attempt, from a distance, to simply pulverize the city into submission. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Western officials and analysts say the conflict is turning into a grinding war of attrition, with Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s forces using air power and artillery to pulverize cities from a distance. \u2014 Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Moscow\u2019s strategy in Chechnya and Syria was to use artillery and air bombardments to pulverize cities and crush fighters\u2019 resolve. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"This sci-fi action flick proves yet again that no one can pulverize civilization like Emmerich. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Ten days into the Russian invasion, the shelling around the corridors made clear that Mr. Putin had settled on a plan to hammer civilian infrastructure and pulverize basic services and neighborhoods. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Russian forces have used their artillery advantage to pummel Ukrainian forces and push deeper into the country\u2019s east in recent weeks. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"In the second half, rain continued to pummel the turf at Providence Park as both teams sought to break the scoreless draw. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 May 2022",
"Russian missile strikes continued to pummel Ukraine over the weekend, including more around the city of Mariupol, which Russia wants to capture because of its strategic port. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Instead, these days, Russian units tend to pull back at first contact, then let artillery batteries positioned behind them pummel Ukrainian forces at long range. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
"Without them, the public square would essentially be a boxing ring, where strangers pummel each other in frustration and disgust. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Even as Russia intensified its attempt to pummel Mariupol into surrender, its offensive in other parts of Ukraine has floundered. \u2014 Cara Anna, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"As Russian forces pummel eastern Ukraine with a mix of artillery, airstrikes and rocket attacks, frontline hospitals, many of them in poorer, rural areas, have become overwhelmed. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"President Joe Biden met with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto at the White House Friday with Finland at a crossroads, deciding whether to move closer to Europe and the West by joining NATO as Russian forces pummel Ukraine. \u2014 Jessica Bravo, courant.com , 5 Mar. 2022"
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"1548, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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},
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"\u02c8p\u0259-m\u0259l"
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"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
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"bludgeon",
"buffet",
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"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
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"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
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"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
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"thresh",
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"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
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": a biological mechanism by which atoms, ions, or molecules are transported across cell membranes \u2014 compare sodium pump":[],
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"pump new life into the classroom"
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": to transport (something, such as ions) against a concentration gradient by the expenditure of energy":[],
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},
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"Verb",
"He pumped the water up from the bottom of the boat.",
"The machine suddenly stopped pumping .",
"We pumped the boat dry.",
"We had to pump the basement out.",
"Your heart pumps blood all over your body.",
"I could feel the blood pumping through my veins.",
"Blood pumped out of the cut."
],
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"1508, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1555, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English pumpe, pompe ; akin to Middle Low German pumpe pump, Middle Dutch pompe":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Noun"
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"\u02c8p\u0259mp"
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"bob",
"bobble",
"jog",
"jounce",
"nod",
"seesaw",
"wag"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002711",
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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": to fill (someone or something) with (something) by using a pump":[
"They pumped the balloon full of helium.",
"\u2014 often used figuratively She was pumped full of antibiotics/caffeine. He pulled out a gun and threatened to pump them full of bullets/lead."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184931",
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"idiom"
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"antonyms":[],
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": increase sense 1":[],
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},
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"the crowd was pumped up by the band's rocking performance",
"that pop diva is trying to pump up album sales with an extended publicity tour"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1791, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"synonyms":[
"charge",
"electrify",
"excite",
"exhilarate",
"galvanize",
"intoxicate",
"thrill",
"titillate",
"turn on"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
],
"definitions":{
": filled with energetic excitement and enthusiasm":[
"pumped for the football game"
]
},
"examples":[
"the whole city's so pumped for this championship that it's unbelievable",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But once again, it's swelled by a denominator of super- pumped profits. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"The water begins at Lake Havasu on the California border, where it is first pumped 800 feet uphill, then propelled across the desert by 14 pumping plants to Phoenix, Tucson and the towns, tribes, ranches and fields in between. \u2014 Erin Patrick O'connor, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"Anfernee, Damien, Dont\u2019a, Barmore, all the Bama guys, super excited, super pumped for me. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 3 May 2022",
"At the time, Prolacta charged as much as $45 an ounce for a liquid concentrate that arrived at a hospital frozen until ready to be used, at which time a mother\u2019s own pumped breast milk or donor milk was added. \u2014 Sushma Subramanian, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Greywater Action estimates that a pumped system can be twice as expensive as a basic one that relies on gravity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"The Chargers\u2019 Twitter account, always at the ready to celebrate good news, seemed pumped about the reports surrounding Mack\u2019s pending arrival to Los Angeles. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The pumped hydro project would be a closed-loop system between the two reservoirs, meaning the project would not consume water. \u2014 Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Below, watch the energetically- pumped video, directed by Valentin Petit, where Rosal\u00eda is as fierce as ever with an all-women biker gang in tow. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 4 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1984, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8p\u0259m(p)t"
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"agog",
"antsy",
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"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
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"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
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"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
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"adjective"
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": to give emphasis to":[],
": to hit (a ball) with less than a full swing":[],
": to hit or press down the operating mechanism of":[
"punch a typewriter"
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": to insert a time card into (a time clock)":[],
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"punch out a tune on the piano"
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": to the first blow or to decisive action":[
"\u2014 usually used with beat"
]
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"He punched me in the face.",
"She punched him on the chin.",
"He quickly punched the buttons on his telephone.",
"She punched an opening through the dough with her finger.",
"The tool punches holes in paper."
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1600, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English pounce, punche , probably alteration of ponson, ponchon puncheon":"Noun",
"Middle English pouncen, punchen to emboss, pierce, probably from pounce , noun":"Verb",
"perhaps from Hindi & Urdu p\u0101\u0303c five, from Sanskrit pa\u00f1ca ; akin to Greek pente five; from its originally having five ingredients \u2014 more at five":"Noun"
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"\u02c8p\u0259nch"
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"bang",
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"belt",
"biff",
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"bonk",
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"pound",
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"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
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": to weaken or destroy (an idea, plan, belief, etc.) by proving that parts of it are wrong":[
"Lawyers tried to punch holes in her argument."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082048",
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"idiom"
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"antonyms":[],
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": to record the time of one's arrival or beginning work by punching a time clock":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182618",
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"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
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": the sentence, statement, or phrase (as in a joke) that makes the point":[]
},
"examples":[
"She didn't understand the punch line .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This was in an era when casual homophobia was still a regular punch line on TV sitcoms. \u2014 Colton Haynes, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Also on the list of invitees: those wags who once reduced the region to a punch line . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"And there were several things that Annie Lowrey put in there that were false, including the punch line . \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Just before the end credits roll, the film\u2019s title finally appears onscreen in what Garland intended as a kind of dark punch line . \u2014 Josh Rottenbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"The punch line remains the same, but its potency has changed. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2022",
"In another scene, the bartender tells a joke, but doesn\u2019t quite understand the punch line . \u2014 Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
"He\u2019s a Batman who can deliver \u2014 and be \u2014 the punch line . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"But no one seems to ever remember the punch line , so wait for it. \u2014 Mike Edison, Vulture , 25 Aug. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134417",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a list of usually minor tasks to be completed at the end of a project":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Since then, Metro and airports authority officials have gone over a punch list of items that are incomplete or were flagged out of concern. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Contractors often build a house and then use the city inspector as their punch list , said Jamie Baggett, deputy fire chief. \u2014 Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The second phase of the extension, spanning nearly 11 miles and connecting Metrorail to Dulles International Airport, has been delayed, but project planners said Metro\u2019s punch list of final details continues to be whittled down. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Before going into panic mode, check out these three easy ways to figure out the price of everything on your punch list . \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The company released this punch list : Ford is planning to build a 3,600-acre megacampus in west Tennessee called Blue Oval City, designed to be the largest, most efficient factory in Ford history. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The contractor is performing concrete replacement and will be performing punch list items. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 5 July 2021",
"It will be temporarily closed until July 14 to finish off a punch list of mostly aesthetic exterior enhancements. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
"Use the inspection to create a punch list for the builder, said Liz Martin, a home inspector in Brookline. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1955, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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": a machine with needles for punching loose fiber or fabric pieces through a mesh fabric background":[]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a small counterstamp on a coin or other metal object":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230451",
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": strike out":[],
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": to beat up":[],
": to record the time of one's stopping work or departure by punching a time clock":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"you should take a course in anger management\u2014you can't go around punching out people",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Five pitches later, Suarez painted a 2-and-2 fastball to punch out Trevor Story, turning to pump his fist and roar. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Against Stanton later, Wells went back to his fastball \u2014 the same pitch the slugger jumped all over earlier \u2014 for a punch out . \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The woman said that overnight, someone had attempted to punch out the ignition in hopes of stealing the vehicle. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The Sixers got little offensive punch out Embiid and Harden. \u2014 Dan Gelston, ajc , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The old way of work was to get up early every morning, punch in the clock, work hard, then punch out the clock and go home only to repeat the same action daily. \u2014 Darick Spears, Rolling Stone , 25 Feb. 2022",
"And Roger is somebody who would punch out somebody that said anything even slightly derogatory about me. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Just take your medicine, punch out and then instead of making a triple bogey, go for bogey. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Home plate umpire Laz Diaz did not punch out Castro, as the Fenway Park crowd and Eovaldi \u2013 already having taken two steps toward the dugout \u2013 expected. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 20 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1893, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"1973, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"\u02c8p\u0259nch-\u02ccau\u0307t"
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"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001235",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
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"definitions":{
": behaving as if punch-drunk : dazed , confused":[],
": suffering from brain injury from repeated blows to the head : affected with or exhibiting chronic traumatic encephalopathy":[
"In the argot of the not-so-sweet science, he had been punch-drunk , his brain dying prematurely as a result of his taking so many blows to the head.",
"\u2014 Sports Illustrated"
]
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"first_known_use":{
"1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"punch entry 2":""
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"\u02c8p\u0259nch-\u02ccdr\u0259\u014bk"
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"addle",
"addled",
"addlepated",
"bedeviled",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"bushed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dizzy",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"fogged",
"mixed-up",
"muddleheaded",
"muzzy",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"punchy",
"raddled",
"shell-shocked",
"silly",
"slaphappy",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"spacey",
"spacy",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211446",
"type":[
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"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": chronic traumatic encephalopathy":[
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"\u2014 David Noonan"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093929",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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": strike out":[],
": strikeout":[],
": to bail out of an aircraft using an ejection seat":[],
": to beat up":[],
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},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"you should take a course in anger management\u2014you can't go around punching out people",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Five pitches later, Suarez painted a 2-and-2 fastball to punch out Trevor Story, turning to pump his fist and roar. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Against Stanton later, Wells went back to his fastball \u2014 the same pitch the slugger jumped all over earlier \u2014 for a punch out . \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The woman said that overnight, someone had attempted to punch out the ignition in hopes of stealing the vehicle. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The Sixers got little offensive punch out Embiid and Harden. \u2014 Dan Gelston, ajc , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The old way of work was to get up early every morning, punch in the clock, work hard, then punch out the clock and go home only to repeat the same action daily. \u2014 Darick Spears, Rolling Stone , 25 Feb. 2022",
"And Roger is somebody who would punch out somebody that said anything even slightly derogatory about me. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Just take your medicine, punch out and then instead of making a triple bogey, go for bogey. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Home plate umpire Laz Diaz did not punch out Castro, as the Fenway Park crowd and Eovaldi \u2013 already having taken two steps toward the dugout \u2013 expected. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 20 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1893, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"1973, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"\u02c8p\u0259nch-\u02ccau\u0307t"
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"batter",
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"belt",
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"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
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"verb"
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": paper tape punched with holes in such a way as to convey information":[]
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"from past participle of punch entry 1":""
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173733",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"puncheon":{
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": a large cask of varying capacity":[],
": a pointed tool for piercing or for working on stone":[],
": a short upright framing timber":[],
": a split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed":[]
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ponson, punchon , from Anglo-French ponchon pointed tool, support, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *punctiare to prick, pierce, from Latin punctum , supine of pungere \u2014 more at pungent":"Noun",
"Middle English punchon , from Anglo-French ponchon , probably from Middle French poin\u00e7on mark on goods certifying their origin":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259n-ch\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211122",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"punchinello":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a fat short humpbacked clown or buffoon in Italian puppet shows":[],
": a squat grotesque person":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1662, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"modification of Italian dialect polecenella":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccp\u0259n-ch\u0259-\u02c8ne-(\u02cc)l\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125010",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"punchy":{
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
],
"definitions":{
": dazed , punch-drunk":[
"\u2026 I arrived in Paris after a thirteen-hour flight, unwashed, unshaved, punchy from jet lag, discombobulated \u2026",
"\u2014 David Berlinski"
],
": having punch : forceful , spirited":[
"The collection is strong on punchy , memorable music and weak on lyrics.",
"\u2014 People Weekly",
"He leans abruptly forward and speaks with the punchy emphasis of an inveterate politician.",
"\u2014 Bill Bryson"
],
": vivid , vibrant":[
"These punchy colors glide on and blend easily into mere hints of color.",
"\u2014 Elle"
],
": zesty":[
"It is an elegant dish, although the sauce seems overly polite now. I remember it when the fresh coriander was an intense and punchy flavor.",
"\u2014 Caroline Bates"
]
},
"examples":[
"shrimp in a punchy sauce",
"She was punchy with fatigue.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On the page, The Black Phone is ruthlessly efficient \u2014 a lean, mean, 30-page survival yarn, King-ish mostly in its punchy prose. \u2014 A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"The route was punchy the first half of the day, with several short, steep climbs. \u2014 Bob Robinson, Arkansas Online , 23 May 2022",
"The dark twists and bloody mayhem of the film\u2019s final third feel disappointingly abrupt and rote after all the thoughtful set-up, but the picture still mostly works, thanks to an energized cast, Croft\u2019s sharp dialogue and Grant\u2019s punchy style. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"David Sedaris is back, doing the thing his readers have come to adore: offering up wry, moving, punchy stories about his oddball family. \u2014 The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"But its developers understand where to emphasize the metal instrumentation's mix and where to carve frequency space so that in-rhythm attacks deliver a punchy impact to the full audio mix. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
"Teen Cobra at Black Cat: Over the past five years, Teen Cobra has frequently popped up to play infectiously short and punchy garage rock at concerts around the area. \u2014 Chris Kelly, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"This one, led by keyboardist Emily Croome, is admirably loud and punchy , anchored by the searing guitar leads of Andy Buslovich and some funky bass lines from Wes Bourland. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Along with hopscotching their way through the club banger, Nicki and Baby\u2019s lyrics are punchy , the hook is magnetic, and their energy is unmatched. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 23 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1907, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259n-ch\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"addled",
"addlepated",
"bedeviled",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"bushed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dizzy",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"fogged",
"mixed-up",
"muddleheaded",
"muzzy",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"punch-drunk",
"raddled",
"shell-shocked",
"silly",
"slaphappy",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"spacey",
"spacy",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104836",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"punctilious":{
"antonyms":[
"casual",
"easygoing",
"informal",
"laid-back",
"unceremonious"
],
"definitions":{
": marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions":[]
},
"examples":[
"She's very punctilious about grammar.",
"old-money aristocrats with a punctilious sense of propriety",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These days, Fireboy is a punctilious , perceptive artist, with a fiercely individualistic range. \u2014 Nelson C.j., Rolling Stone , 30 May 2022",
"There is no punctilious demand for proofs, no exhaustive amassing of evidence, no dots revealed to form a pattern, no close examination of the operators plotting in the shadows. \u2014 Bonnie Kristian, The Week , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Steadfast in the conversational tone that Coen establishes for them, Washington and McDormand are punctilious in making their lines sound natural. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The terminal at El Alto International Airport may not have the best design or the most punctilious construction standards, but in the freezing predawn of this high plateau\u2014the Andean altiplano\u2014one could weep with gratitude that it is heated. \u2014 Alma Guillermoprieto, The New York Review of Books , 3 Dec. 2020",
"The terminal at El Alto International Airport may not have the best design or the most punctilious construction standards, but in the freezing predawn of this high plateau\u2014the Andean altiplano\u2014one could weep with gratitude that it is heated. \u2014 Alma Guillermoprieto, The New York Review of Books , 3 Dec. 2020",
"The terminal at El Alto International Airport may not have the best design or the most punctilious construction standards, but in the freezing predawn of this high plateau\u2014the Andean altiplano\u2014one could weep with gratitude that it is heated. \u2014 Alma Guillermoprieto, The New York Review of Books , 3 Dec. 2020",
"The terminal at El Alto International Airport may not have the best design or the most punctilious construction standards, but in the freezing predawn of this high plateau\u2014the Andean altiplano\u2014one could weep with gratitude that it is heated. \u2014 Alma Guillermoprieto, The New York Review of Books , 3 Dec. 2020",
"The terminal at El Alto International Airport may not have the best design or the most punctilious construction standards, but in the freezing predawn of this high plateau\u2014the Andean altiplano\u2014one could weep with gratitude that it is heated. \u2014 Alma Guillermoprieto, The New York Review of Books , 3 Dec. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1617, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccp\u0259\u014bk-\u02c8ti-l\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for punctilious careful , meticulous , scrupulous , punctilious mean showing close attention to detail. careful implies attentiveness and cautiousness in avoiding mistakes. a careful worker meticulous may imply either commendable extreme carefulness or a hampering finicky caution over small points. meticulous scholarship scrupulous applies to what is proper or fitting or ethical. scrupulous honesty punctilious implies minute, even excessive attention to fine points. punctilious observance of ritual",
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"ceremonious",
"correct",
"decorous",
"formal",
"nice",
"proper",
"starchy",
"stiff",
"stiff-necked",
"stilted"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063246",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"punctuate":{
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasize",
"play down"
],
"definitions":{
": accentuate , emphasize":[],
": to break into or interrupt at intervals":[
"the steady click of her needles punctuated the silence",
"\u2014 Edith Wharton"
],
": to mark or divide (written matter) with punctuation marks":[],
": to use punctuation marks":[]
},
"examples":[
"Do you know how to punctuate a sentence correctly?",
"punctuated each and every word of his denial with a pound of his fist on the table",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By most accounts these displays are aligned with the celebratory nature of the observations and holidays that punctuate the season. \u2014 Aronte Bennett, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The boom of outgoing artillery and the hiss of incoming missiles also punctuate the days of Igor Klymenko, a 16-year-old living in Merlo, a village of about 500 people northwest of Kharkiv. \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 May 2022",
"James missed his second straight with his sore left ankle, one more injury to punctuate a season with so many. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Belize is divided into six different districts, though most travelers stick to the mountains in the west, the coastal towns to the south, and the cayes that punctuate the sea. \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 7 May 2022",
"And other swim staples like Araks, Onia, and Solid & Striped further demonstrate the power of a perennial floral swimsuit with ruffles, lace-up ties, and other design details that punctuate a dreamy pattern. \u2014 Nicole Kliest, Vogue , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Aside from the incidental blurts of commotion that punctuate this earthly existence, life comes at you slow. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Williams seals another classic theme early on with his creepy opening credits melodies that punctuate the titular danger and Kevin McAllister\u2019s mischievousness. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The galaxies are spread across the universe in clusters that punctuate large voids, much like the nodes of a spider web. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1766, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin punctuatus , past participle of punctuare to point, provide with punctuation marks, from Latin punctus point":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259\u014bk-ch\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"accent",
"accentuate",
"emphasize",
"feature",
"foreground",
"highlight",
"illuminate",
"play up",
"point (up)",
"press",
"stress"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162200",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"punctuated equilibrium":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The idea, called punctuated equilibrium , was originally developed by paleontologists to explain patterns in the emergence and diversification of new species, which sometimes seems to happen in sudden bursts of activity after eons of stability. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 20 Sep. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1972, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081635",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"puncture":{
"antonyms":[
"bore",
"drill",
"hole",
"perforate",
"pierce",
"punch",
"riddle"
],
"definitions":{
": a hole, wound, or perforation made by puncturing":[],
": a minute depression":[],
": an act of puncturing":[],
": to become punctured":[],
": to make useless or ineffective as if by a puncture : deflate":[],
": to pierce with or as if with a pointed instrument or object":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a slight puncture of the skin",
"a leak caused by several small punctures in the rubber gasket",
"Verb",
"a nail punctured the tire",
"I could never puncture my own skin with a hypodermic needle.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The dog had fractures to her skull, a puncture and swelling around her left eye, Wilson wrote. \u2014 Fox News , 9 June 2022",
"According to Wilson, her pup suffered two fractures to her skull, a puncture in the sinus cavity, and severe swelling around her left eye. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"The woman from Grove City, Ohio, sustained a puncture wound and other injuries. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"According to a GoFundMe page Wilson started to cover Eva\u2019s vet bills, the dog suffered two skull fractures, a puncture to her sinus cavity and swelling around her left eye. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"To test the curing process, the caladores puncture , in rapid succession, four specific spots\u2014the hock, next to the hip bone and twice around a joint of the hip and femur. \u2014 Richard Morgan, WSJ , 20 Dec. 2021",
"The woman suffered a puncture wound and other injuries. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"The unnamed woman, who was visiting from Grove City, Ohio, sustained a puncture wound among other injuries, the agency said. \u2014 Bymorgan Winsor, ABC News , 1 June 2022",
"The woman from Grove City, Ohio, sustained a puncture wound and other injuries. \u2014 Chron , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Enigma of Arrival are triumphs of the disillusioned traveler, ready to puncture every glamorous expectation. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"About 100 million of them are the size of a grain of salt, which is large enough to puncture a hole in astronaut spacesuits. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Consumed with staying apart, brother and sister mostly succeed, but a couple of unforeseen collisions, figurative and literal, puncture the story with a touch of melodrama in one instance and a breathtaking anticlimax in another. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"Their thorns can puncture vehicles tires and their blooms stink, Long said. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Any slip-up, Ms. Lim believed, could ignite a nationwide outbreak that could puncture South Korea\u2019s stellar record against the infectious disease. \u2014 Dasl Yoon, WSJ , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Some of its stories puncture Russian propaganda with inside sources. \u2014 Sam Schechner, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
"But that hasn\u2019t stopped the president or his administration from wanting to puncture the No. 1 cable news network\u2019s bubble. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Bera said the bite didn\u2019t appear to puncture through his sock and into his skin. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1675, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin punctura , from punctus , past participle of pungere":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8p\u0259\u014b(k)-ch\u0259r",
"\u02c8p\u0259\u014bk-ch\u0259r"
],
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"perforation",
"pinhole",
"pinprick",
"prick",
"punch",
"stab"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001430",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pundit":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a learned person : teacher":[],
": a person who gives opinions in an authoritative manner usually through the mass media : critic":[],
": pandit":[]
},
"examples":[
"a moral question that has puzzled the pundits throughout the ages",
"the new mini laptop has gotten a thumbs-up from industry pundits",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sharing the opinion of many soccer fans who worry about Phillips\u2019 new career trajectory was former Scotland manager turned pundit Alex McLeish. \u2014 Zak Garner-purkis, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"A few weeks following earnings, stock pundit Jim Cramer blasted Mr. Jassy on CNBC. \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"The chance to join the in-studio panel for TNT\u2019s new hockey coverage appealed to him, especially after his longtime friend and TNT basketball studio pundit Charles Barkley sold him on it. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"Mark Shields, a longtime TV pundit and political analyst, has died. \u2014 Nicole Acevedo, NBC News , 18 June 2022",
"Voters who once supported Marine Le Pen are turning up at rallies for \u00c9ric Zemmour, an anti-immigrant TV pundit and rival to the far-right leader in France\u2019s presidential elections in April. \u2014 Noemie Bisserbe, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The right-wing Fox pundit 's Thursday-night diatribe was in fact just the latest articulation of a conspiracy theory that's been doing the rounds in recent weeks, particularly among those who were already opposed to COVID lockdown measures. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"Eric Zemmour, the television pundit turned presidential candidate, made fighting immigration and Islamist influence his signature issues, seeking to wrest control of the far right from Ms. Le Pen. \u2014 Matthew Dalton, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Gabrielle Blair is not a legal scholar or an ethicist or pundit . \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 20 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi pa\u1e47\u1e0dit , from Sanskrit pa\u1e47\u1e0dita , from pa\u1e47\u1e0dita learned":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259n-d\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"sage",
"savant",
"scholar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043502",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pungency":{
"antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being pungent":[]
},
"examples":[
"the pungency of the vinegar gives the salad dressing the kick that it needs",
"theatergoers have long delighted in the pungency and wit of the play's dialogue",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But in this case, the brand is California extra virgin olive oil, a product connoisseurs seek out for its pungency and pepperiness. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The pungency of the horseradish, which can make onions seem mild mannered, would make their eyes water. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Apr. 2022",
"This cuisine is always known for its bold flavors, especially pungency and spiciness, due to the use of garlic, chili peppers and Szechuan pepper. \u2014 Chelsea Davis, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"These chapters are held together not so much by theme as by pungency . \u2014 The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
"So back to that smell: what gives it that pungency ? \u2014 Kathrine Nero, The Enquirer , 7 Nov. 2021",
"There was a pungency in Apple\u2019s torch-and-honey voice emitting growls, shrieks, and hoots. \u2014 Mick Stevens, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
"There was a pungency in Apple\u2019s torch-and-honey voice emitting growls, shrieks, and hoots. \u2014 Mick Stevens, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
"There was a pungency in Apple\u2019s torch-and-honey voice emitting growls, shrieks, and hoots. \u2014 Mick Stevens, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1649, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259n-j\u0259n(t)-s\u0113",
"\u02c8p\u0259n-j\u0259n-s\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"acerbity",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070120",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pungent":{
"antonyms":[
"bland",
"mild",
"smooth"
],
"definitions":{
": being sharp and to the point":[],
": having a stiff and sharp point":[
"pungent leaves"
],
": having an intense flavor or odor":[
"a pungent chili"
],
": marked by a sharp incisive quality : caustic":[
"a pungent critic",
"pungent language"
],
": sharply painful":[]
},
"examples":[
"The left has often complained that what it needs isn't polite speech, but voices as pungent as those on the right. \u2014 Jennifer Senior , New York Times Book Review , 24 Sept. 2006",
"I remember the enormous size of that fire and the pungent smell of smoke from the burning chaparral as the flames raced up the slope toward our house. \u2014 Tim White , Curious Minds , 2004",
"Maybe what seems pungent to the locals only becomes alarming when sniffed through a giant Western proboscis, but there are some odors in China that make a visit to Bhopal seem like a picnic downwind from the Arpege factory. \u2014 P. J. O'Rourke , Holidays in Hell , 1988",
"a play with pungent dialogue",
"a pungent satire of current politics",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some residents living near the facility fled their buildings after hearing loud bangs from the explosion and described a pungent smell from a few miles away, according to a local media report. \u2014 Alexandra Stevenson, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"The cheese is pungent and salty, similar to the funk of an \u00c9poisses but much milder. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
"The scent is either lovely to you or rather pungent . \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Green garlic is another cause for celebration, with its distinct, fresh character that\u2019s pungent but not overpowering. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Szechuan cuisine, a Chinese cuisine originating from Szechuan Province, is composed of seven flavors: sour, pungent , hot, sweet, bitter, aromatic and salty. \u2014 Chelsea Davis, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Manguso, the acclaimed author of numerous books of poetry and memoir, has a distinctive and pungent style. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Folks in Los Angeles are getting a good and pungent taste of what Chargering is. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Such folks associate puppy breath -- rich, pungent and fleeting -- with innocence, optimism and other good things. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 26 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pungent-, pungens , present participle of pungere to prick, sting; akin to Latin pugnus fist, pugnare to fight, Greek pygm\u0113 fist":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259n-j\u0259nt",
"-j\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pungent pungent , piquant , poignant , racy mean sharp and stimulating to the mind or the senses. pungent implies a sharp, stinging, or biting quality especially of odors. a cheese with a pungent odor piquant suggests a power to whet the appetite or interest through tartness or mild pungency. a piquant sauce poignant suggests something is sharply or piercingly effective in stirring one's emotions. felt a poignant sense of loss racy implies having a strongly characteristic natural quality fresh and unimpaired. spontaneous, racy prose",
"synonyms":[
"nippy",
"sharp",
"strong",
"tangy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000610",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"puniness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8py\u00fc-n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"I wouldn't mess with him\u2014he makes bodybuilders look puny in comparison.",
"We laughed at their puny attempt to trick us.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ancient electric stoves with inconsistent or puny burners. \u2014 Gabe Hiatt, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"But puny versions also make their way downriver, tended by men and their families who work and sleep atop the floating logs. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Build your iron paradise around a rickety piece of metal from the 90s and your gains will be puny and minimal. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 2 June 2022",
"Even after the first dividend increase in four years last quarter to $0.188 per share, KDP has a puny yield of 2.17%. \u2014 John Dobosz, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"The typical company would have gotten puny returns on super-short-term notes in the period Tesla made its roundtrip in Bitcoin. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
"California is home to 48 species of ticks, the puny invertebrates known for attaching to animals \u2014 sometimes humans \u2014 to feed. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Smart has been absent from the American market since 2019, the final model year for its puny EQ Fortwo. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But according to photos included in the lawsuit, customers are paying for puny , ersatz versions of what\u2019s shown in ads. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"In the wake of the 2019 pro-democracy protests against the tightening grip of China\u2019s Communist Party on the city, Beijing sought to punish dissent, limit free speech and target independent news outlets and pro-democracy leaders. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"In the wake of the 2019 prodemocracy protests against the tightening grip of China\u2019s Communist Party on the city, Beijing sought to punish dissent, limit free speech, and target independent news outlets and prodemocracy leaders. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Why punish it today when rolling stops would save fuel, helping mitigate climate change? \u2014 Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Many voters unsatisfied with President Biden\u2019s response could punish the Democrats in the midterm elections later this year. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
"Russian President Vladimir Putin would punish any country attempting to join NATO. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"House Bill 598, introduced by Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland, would punish doctors who perform abortions if the decision gets overturned. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022"
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"Did southern Illinois voters punish him for his idiocy? \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"The United States could punish countries that continue to do business with Russia. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"In the wake of the 2019 pro-democracy protests against the tightening grip of China\u2019s Communist Party on the city, Beijing sought to punish dissent, limit free speech and target independent news outlets and pro-democracy leaders. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"In the wake of the 2019 prodemocracy protests against the tightening grip of China\u2019s Communist Party on the city, Beijing sought to punish dissent, limit free speech, and target independent news outlets and prodemocracy leaders. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Why punish it today when rolling stops would save fuel, helping mitigate climate change? \u2014 Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Many voters unsatisfied with President Biden\u2019s response could punish the Democrats in the midterm elections later this year. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Did southern Illinois voters punish him for his idiocy? \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"The United States could punish countries that continue to do business with Russia. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"In the wake of the 2019 pro-democracy protests against the tightening grip of China\u2019s Communist Party on the city, Beijing sought to punish dissent, limit free speech and target independent news outlets and pro-democracy leaders. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"In the wake of the 2019 prodemocracy protests against the tightening grip of China\u2019s Communist Party on the city, Beijing sought to punish dissent, limit free speech, and target independent news outlets and prodemocracy leaders. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Why punish it today when rolling stops would save fuel, helping mitigate climate change? \u2014 Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Many voters unsatisfied with President Biden\u2019s response could punish the Democrats in the midterm elections later this year. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
"Russian President Vladimir Putin would punish any country attempting to join NATO. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"House Bill 598, introduced by Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland, would punish doctors who perform abortions if the decision gets overturned. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022"
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"I took away my daughter's car keys as a punishment for her bad behavior.",
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"Some religions teach that wicked people will suffer eternal punishment in hell after they die.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The hate crime enhance could be an aggravating factor if prosecutors seek capital punishment against Chou. \u2014 Andrew Blankstein, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday left that possibility open despite having put a moratorium on federal executions, citing his own concerns about capital punishment . \u2014 Sadie Gurman, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Like many of its neighbors in Southeast Asia, Malaysia has notoriously tough drug laws, including capital punishment for traffickers. \u2014 Heather Chen, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"After Nagaenthran was hanged, Human Rights Watch legal adviser Linda Lakhdir wrote that the communication between Malaysia and Singapore highlighted a hypocrisy: Nagaethran would have likely faced capital punishment at home. \u2014 Karina Tsui, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"The Saudi government is also accused of other human rights violations, including laws against the LGBTQ community and rampant capital punishment . \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
"George Gasc\u00f3n barred his prosecutors from seeking capital punishment after his election in 2020. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"The three suspects could face the death penalty if they are found guilty, but the decision to pursue capital punishment has not yet been made, Schubert said. \u2014 Sophie Reardon, CBS News , 4 May 2022",
"The summer of 2022 will be capital punishment season at the Broward courthouse, with prosecutors attempting to send five men to Florida\u2019s death row. \u2014 Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel , 3 May 2022"
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"He was one of the greatest punters in NFL history.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Former Indianapolis punter Pat McAfee reported on his show Wednesday that Leonard had told him a nerve issue in the All-Pro\u2019s back has been causing a functionality issue in his ankle, rather than an injury issue. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 9 June 2022",
"The news was first reported by former NFL punter Pat McAfee. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Even though Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend wound up on the reserve/COVID-19 inactive list for Sunday\u2019s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Chiefs punting duties will remain in the family. \u2014 Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Helped by a great effort by punter Tommy Townsend, the Chiefs forced the Packers to start at their own 15-yard-line or closer to their own end zone four times. \u2014 Jeff Fedotin, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Rodgers used a lengthy appearance on a radio show hosted by former NFL punter Pat McAfee to defend his decision and lash out at critics. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 5 Nov. 2021",
"The Titans already released Johnny Townsend, brother of Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend, earlier this week. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Just five picks remains unsigned: outside linebacker David Ojabo (second), offensive tackle Daniel Faalele (third), cornerback Jalyn Armour-Davis (fourth), tight end Charlie Kolar (fourth) and punter Jordan Stout (fourth). \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 7 June 2022",
"The Ravens will have a new punter for the first time since 2005 following the retirement announcement of Sam Koch, whose 16-year tenure is the longest in Ravens history. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ancient electric stoves with inconsistent or puny burners. \u2014 Gabe Hiatt, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"But puny versions also make their way downriver, tended by men and their families who work and sleep atop the floating logs. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Build your iron paradise around a rickety piece of metal from the 90s and your gains will be puny and minimal. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 2 June 2022",
"Even after the first dividend increase in four years last quarter to $0.188 per share, KDP has a puny yield of 2.17%. \u2014 John Dobosz, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"The typical company would have gotten puny returns on super-short-term notes in the period Tesla made its roundtrip in Bitcoin. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
"California is home to 48 species of ticks, the puny invertebrates known for attaching to animals \u2014 sometimes humans \u2014 to feed. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Smart has been absent from the American market since 2019, the final model year for its puny EQ Fortwo. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But according to photos included in the lawsuit, customers are paying for puny , ersatz versions of what\u2019s shown in ads. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Both the female and male luna moths die about five to seven days after emerging from the pupa , Kwiatkowski explained. \u2014 Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"At this time of year, a pupa in the soil is likely to be the winter cutworm, Noctua pronuba. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 May 2020",
"The insect\u2019s larvae feed on the upper part of the plant\u2019s root for about two months before going into the pupa stage inside the plant. \u2014 Keith Ridler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Sep. 2019",
"On its 14-day journey from hatchling to pupa , a single larva will grow nearly an inch long and increase its weight by a factor of 10,000. \u2014 Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post , 3 July 2019",
"Japanese beetles have a one-year complete life cycle from egg, larva, pupa to adult. \u2014 Betty Cahill, The Denver Post , 24 June 2019",
"District workers, who also treat other breeding locations in forest preserves and elsewhere, use surfactants to smother mosquitoes that make it to the pupa form. \u2014 Kathy Routliffe, chicagotribune.com , 9 July 2018",
"When a rescuer touches a lightly injured ant with its antennae, the injured ant folds its remaining legs up in a position similar to a pupa and lies still, making itself easier to carry. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 14 Feb. 2018",
"When the butterfly emerged from its pupa , Robert Reed was stunned. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 18 Sep. 2017"
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"a dictator who was perceived as being an American puppet",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Entertainment includes magic shows, story times, a ventriloquist and puppet shows. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"The castle's Outlook Tower and ramparts offer beautiful views while the castle houses a museum exhibition on Slovenian history, a puppet museum, plus several historical rooms such as the Chapel of St George and the Prison. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"For shells that hadn\u2019t appeared in the short film, the puppet team often worked from specific human references. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 24 June 2022",
"Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, all of which share borders with Russia or Belarus \u2013 which has been described as a Russian puppet state \u2013 joined the NATO alliance in 2004. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
"The girl, called Amal, which means hope in Arabic, was actually an 11-foot-tall puppet . \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Chris Martin took a break from Coldplay\u2019s tour and duetting with Bruce Springsteen to perform alongside puppet band the Weirdos on The Tonight Show. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 11 June 2022",
"Russian President Vladimir Putin initially sought to topple Ukraine\u2019s government in a few days and install a puppet leader in Kyiv. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell And Nabih Bulos, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2022",
"Russian President Vladimir Putin initially sought to topple Ukraine\u2019s government in a few days and install a puppet leader in Kyiv. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022"
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"\u02c8p\u0259-p\u0259t"
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"action figure",
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"French pur-sang thoroughbred animal, from pur pure + sang blood, from Latin sanguis":""
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"(\u02c8)pu\u0307(\u0259)r\u00a6s\u00e4\u207f"
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"Verb",
"He purchased a new suit for a hundred dollars.",
"I need to purchase a new heavy coat.",
"Noun",
"The CD player is guaranteed for one year from the date of purchase .",
"The car was an expensive purchase .",
"He displayed his recent purchases with pride.",
"The ice made it impossible for the car's wheels to gain a purchase on the road.",
"The surface was so slick that the wheels couldn't gain purchase .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For details about the Salt City Wine & Dine Event, please visit saltcitywineanddine.com or click here to purchase tickets. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the fest's eventbrite page, bit.ly/3OHG1Tx, its Facebook page, bit.ly/mkewinefestfb, or its website, uncorkedwinefestivals.com. \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"Khlo\u00e9's Good American brand, known for featuring inclusive sizing, then became available to purchase through Anthropologie in early June. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"The letter calls for new laws requiring universal background checks for gun purchases, increasing the age to purchase assault weapons in Texas to 21, and implementing red flag laws to identify threats before shootings. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 21 June 2022",
"Justin Blau, known by his artist title 3LAU, is one of the earliest adopters of music NFTs by allowing his fans the opportunity to purchase music in this format and by doing so, may receive a small percentage of royalties going forward. \u2014 Greg Reid, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"Any companies or volunteers interested, and all those who wish to purchase tickets, should go to eatdetroit.info. \u2014 Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
"Spectators hoping to watch the action live can still purchase tickets for the show online. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"Guests can use the promo code DQSTKY22 to purchase special events tickets on the Kentucky Kingdom website. \u2014 Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In this case, the affiliate will drop a third-party cookie on the visitor\u2019s browser, without consent, allowing the affiliate to collect a commission if that visitor ends up making a purchase on another site. \u2014 Guy Tytunovich, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"There will also be a version of the Daemon figure holding a dragon egg for purchase exclusively on Funko.com. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"Alcoholic beverages and additional snacks are available for purchase on the flight. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"Until last week, the speed loader was available for purchase on the e-commerce platform, with free shipping from Shanghai. \u2014 Brian Contrerasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"The collection is available for purchase on Wales Bonner\u2019s site. \u2014 Laia Garcia-furtado, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
"Whitmer's 2023 budget, still working its way through the Legislature, would provide a $2,000 rebate for the purchase of an electric vehicle on top of the $7,500 federal credit and a $500 rebate for at-home charging infrastructure. \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
"Get a free donut with any beverage purchase on Friday, June 3rd. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 3 June 2022",
"The low-profile sport sandal boasts a non-marking, higher-tracking TPU outsole that'll find confident purchase on all terrain, from sand to pavement to a rocky dirt trail. \u2014 Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1d":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English purchacen , from Anglo-French purchacer to strive for, obtain, from por-, pur- thoroughly, to a conclusion (from Latin pro- forward, for) + chacer to pursue, chase \u2014 more at pro-":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8p\u0259r-ch\u0259s"
],
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"buy",
"cop",
"pick up",
"take"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030928",
"type":[
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]
},
"purchasing power":{
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"definitions":{
": the amount of money that a person or group has available to spend":[
"Inflation decreases consumer purchasing power ."
],
": the value of money thought of as how much it can buy":[
"a decline in the purchasing power of the dollar"
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"definitions":{
": the ratio between the currencies of two countries at which each currency when exchanged for the other will purchase the same quantity of goods as it purchases at home excluding customs duties and costs of transport \u2014 compare par":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123647",
"type":[
"noun"
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"pure":{
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"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"diluted",
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"mixed"
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": a priori":[
"pure mechanics"
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"pure research"
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"\u2014 used of a musical tone"
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]
},
"examples":[
"The company bottles only the purest water.",
"the pure notes of the flute",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Crafted by Greg Brewer, one of Santa Barbara\u2019s most talented winemakers, this wine walks the challenging line between opulent and silky and fresh and pure . \u2014 Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"This Australian reporter reacted with pure joy when his home team earned a spot in the World Cup. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 15 June 2022",
"His character, facial expressions, and pure joy just to be alive is daily therapy. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"In this model, pure -play foundries operate semiconductor fabrication plants focused on producing ICs for other companies instead of offering IC products of their own design. \u2014 Mark Liu, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
"Scientists are always on the lookout for new chemical-eating microscopic critters, both for use in biological cleanup and for the pure joy of scientific discovery. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 4 June 2022",
"The entire line comes in four fragrances \u2014 like fresh-from-the-garden Steeped Rose, and CeCe, a mix of cardamom and cedar \u2014 that bring pure joy to our home-care routines. \u2014 Paige Stables, Allure , 2 June 2022",
"While virtual-work competitors like Google (Google Meet) and Microsoft (Teams and Skype) offered similar products, Zoom represented a pure -play investment opportunity for investors seeking exposure to the budding remote work revolution. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 16 May 2022",
"This would free the team up to select Williams, a pure point guard, and create a star backcourt pairing. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 11 Apr. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
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"Middle English pur , from Anglo-French, from Latin purus ; akin to Old High German fowen to sift, Sanskrit pun\u0101ti he cleanses, Middle Irish \u00far fresh, new":""
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"\u02c8pyu\u0307(\u0259)r",
"\u02c8pyu\u0307r"
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"straight",
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"unalloyed",
"undiluted",
"unmixed"
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"noun"
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": with nothing other than what has been mentioned":[
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"idiom"
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"antonyms":[
"hybrid",
"mixed",
"mongrel"
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": full-blooded sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1772, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pyu\u0307r-\u02ccbl\u0259-d\u0259d"
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"blooded",
"full-blood",
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"pedigreed",
"pedigree",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211621",
"type":[
"adjective",
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]
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"hybrid",
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": full-blooded sense 1":[]
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"1772, in the meaning defined above":""
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"blooded",
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"pedigreed",
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"thoroughbred"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"hybrid",
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"mongrel"
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": bred from members of a recognized breed, strain, or kind without admixture of other blood over many generations":[]
},
"examples":[
"that horse is a purebred Arabian",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The American Kennel Club maintains the biggest registry of purebred dogs in the United States, along with detailed descriptions for each breed standard, including personality traits. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The American Kennel Club maintains the biggest registry of purebred dogs in the United States, along with detailed descriptions for each breed standard, including personality traits. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The American Kennel Club maintains the biggest registry of purebred dogs in the United States, along with detailed descriptions for each breed standard, including personality traits. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The American Kennel Club maintains the biggest registry of purebred dogs in the United States, along with detailed descriptions for each breed standard, including personality traits. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Genes shared within a breed were also somewhat predictive of how likely a purebred dog was to listen to its owner\u2019s instructions, especially in border collies. \u2014 Ren\u00e9e Onque, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The American Kennel Club maintains the biggest registry of purebred dogs in the United States, along with detailed descriptions for each breed standard, including personality traits. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The American Kennel Club maintains the biggest registry of purebred dogs in the United States, along with detailed descriptions for each breed standard, including personality traits. \u2014 Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"About 90 percent of the dogs certified as belonging to a breed appeared to share 85 percent or more of their DNA with purebred members of that breed. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2022"
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"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02c8bred",
"\u02c8pyu\u0307r-\u02c8bred",
"-\u02ccbred"
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"blooded",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093341",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"evilly",
"immorally",
"impurely",
"sinfully",
"wickedly"
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": simply , merely":[
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],
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"purely by accident"
],
": wholly , exclusively":[
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],
": without admixture of anything injurious or foreign":[]
},
"examples":[
"They met purely by accident.",
"a selection based purely on merit",
"The organization's mission, purely and simply , is to provide food to people who need it.",
"It was purely and simply a matter of greed.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet, to deny that there is a widespread problem on Britain\u2019s railways with servicing disabled passengers, or to make out that such issues are purely systematic is simply unrealistic and myopic. \u2014 Gus Alexiou, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Right now, the tool is designed purely for research and comes with caveats, including that it\u2019s limited by a lack of age and geographic diversity in the datasets used to build it. \u2014 Kasra Zarei, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"Such crises, with democracy\u2019s fate left to a handful of officials, rarely resolve purely on legal or constitutional principles, even if those might later be cited as justification. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
"Yet a growing number of rallies have shifted from the high-risk, high-reward concept to focus solely on the latter, driven purely by joie de vivre. \u2014 Viju Mathew, Robb Report , 17 June 2022",
"The fine aura of horror never abates, yet a final surprising twist makes Edward\u2019s fate seem less purely demonic and something perhaps more unsettling\u2014a kind of metamorphosis. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Although the City Girls\u2019 music is meant to purely entertain, this speaks to a larger conversation around the racial wealth gap and how Black women fit in. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 15 June 2022",
"For starters, this is not a purely American problem: Canada, the United Kingdom, and other countries are facing record-high prices too. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 June 2022",
"No longer purely villainous, the character becomes more sympathetic and complex. \u2014 Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pyu\u0307r-l\u0113"
],
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"synonyms":[
"chastely",
"innocently",
"modestly",
"morally",
"righteously",
"virtuously"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173252",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"purge":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an act or instance of purging":[],
": the removal of elements or members regarded as undesirable and especially as treacherous or disloyal":[],
": to become purged":[],
": to cause evacuation from":[
"purge the bowels"
],
": to cause purgation":[],
": to clear of guilt":[],
": to free (something, such as a boiler) of sediment or relieve (something, such as a steam pipe) of trapped air by bleeding":[],
": to free from moral or ceremonial defilement":[],
": to get rid of":[
"the leaders had been purged"
],
": to have or produce frequent evacuations":[],
": to make free of something unwanted":[
"purge a manhole of gas",
"purge yourself of fear"
],
": to rid (a nation, a political party, etc.) by a purge":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"High-ranking officials were purged from the company following the merger.",
"a day on which the faithful are expected to purge themselves of their sins through prayer and fasting",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Groups would also be incentivized to make sure that their members are real, and to purge the bots, because any benefits of membership would be shared by all who joined. \u2014 Jaron Lanier, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022",
"Movement and unstructured play after a drill helps students purge stress hormones and regulate their nervous systems. \u2014 Laura Newberrystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The need to purge it from country music, at least from an artist/industry standpoint, was amplified as representatives of the genre discussed its history of exclusion the past few years. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 4 June 2022",
"There is no question then that Trump is aggressively trying to purge the Republican Party of any voices of dissent. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Police tried to purge traitors from their ranks \u2014 and went too far. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"Aiming in a safe direction, release the pressure washer trigger lock and press the trigger to purge air from the setup, leaving it on until water comes out of the wand. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2022",
"In the meantime, Air Liquide is beefing up its ability to provide nitrogen to pad 39B, a critical gas used to purge other gases from a specific area. \u2014 Emre Kelly, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
"In the case of this population, that actually helped to purge harmful traits from being spread across the vaquita population. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"After that evidence proved faulty, the pair reported a purge in FSB ranks, with one Fifth Service leader sent to a notorious prison. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Start with a purge of your possessions; clear out one drawer or cabinet at a time. \u2014 Catherine Gaugh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Feb. 2022",
"During a political purge , Ai Qing was condemned for defending fellow modernist author Ding Ling and sent to live in the country\u2019s far northeast. \u2014 Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times , 1 Nov. 2021",
"After an initial purge of the ruling Communist Party members, the new government turned toward suppressing Islamist and other opposition groups, which led to a nascent resistance movement. \u2014 Ali A. Olomi, The Conversation , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Krasner even confounds many of his employees, like the prosecutors under him suddenly bereft of institutional knowledge after a staff purge . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 July 2021",
"Look no further than Georgia, where the once-red state backed Democrat Joe Biden and elected two Democratic senators after a controversial purge of voters two years earlier. \u2014 Jeremy Wallace, San Antonio Express-News , 4 June 2021",
"That deadly purge did not become public knowledge until it was reported in the press, in 2017. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"That led the company to devise a short-term solution, creating a purge system, which involves a small bag, designed to keep out corrosion-causing moisture. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 19 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French purger , from Latin purigare, purgare to purify, purge, from purus pure + -igare (akin to agere to drive, do) \u2014 more at act":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8p\u0259rj"
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"type":[
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"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
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": to clear from material defilement or imperfection":[],
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},
"examples":[
"We purified the water by boiling it.",
"You can purify the air with a filtration system.",
"a bottle of purified water",
"She believed she could purify herself through constant prayer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not only are plants an easy way to fill your home with some pops of greenery \u2014 they're also known to help purify the air, keep stress at bay and even boost creativity. \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 23 June 2022",
"The rejuvenating stick formula features an irresistible fruity fragrance derived from zesty citrus extracts, which not only smell great but purify and protect your armpits with abundant antioxidants. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Trees can help with these issues by helping to cool areas, reduce energy usage and cut utility bills, and purify the air. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Once the filter has reached its capacity to purify it should be placed into a plastic bag, sealed, and thrown away. \u2014 Will Briskin, Popular Mechanics , 10 June 2022",
"Sandalwood incense is burned to awaken the spirit and purify the room. \u2014 Sarah Burchard, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Witch hazel, aloe vera, bisabolol, and eucalyptus combine to purify the skin while offering supreme comfort and refreshment. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"The group was inspired by the drinking straws that hikers use to purify water. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Yards of dirt teach them to grow food and raise chickens, how to purify water and gather food, the basic survival skills. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
},
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"Middle English purifien , from Anglo-French purifier , from Latin purificare , from Latin purus + -ificare -ify":""
},
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"\u02c8pyu\u0307r-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
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"examples":[
"We purified the water by boiling it.",
"You can purify the air with a filtration system.",
"a bottle of purified water",
"She believed she could purify herself through constant prayer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not only are plants an easy way to fill your home with some pops of greenery \u2014 they're also known to help purify the air, keep stress at bay and even boost creativity. \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 23 June 2022",
"The rejuvenating stick formula features an irresistible fruity fragrance derived from zesty citrus extracts, which not only smell great but purify and protect your armpits with abundant antioxidants. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Trees can help with these issues by helping to cool areas, reduce energy usage and cut utility bills, and purify the air. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Once the filter has reached its capacity to purify it should be placed into a plastic bag, sealed, and thrown away. \u2014 Will Briskin, Popular Mechanics , 10 June 2022",
"Sandalwood incense is burned to awaken the spirit and purify the room. \u2014 Sarah Burchard, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Witch hazel, aloe vera, bisabolol, and eucalyptus combine to purify the skin while offering supreme comfort and refreshment. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"The group was inspired by the drinking straws that hikers use to purify water. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Yards of dirt teach them to grow food and raise chickens, how to purify water and gather food, the basic survival skills. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"In the English-speaking world, this was a product of puritanism . \u2014 WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"The news was at odds with Keillor\u2019s public persona as the gentle, avuncular satirist of Midwestern puritanism . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Even when the proceedings become a touch tawdry, there\u2019s a blessed absence of American puritanism in their presentation. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 25 June 2021",
"For modern progressivism is a form of secular puritanism : dour, joyless, haunted to sleeplessness by the prospect that somebody, somewhere might be thinking unsanctioned thoughts or acting in unapproved ways. \u2014 James E. Person Jr., National Review , 17 Sep. 2020",
"In my view, forms of puritanism and freedom have coexisted simultaneously in every era. \u2014 Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
"Oil wealth has hidden a woefully unproductive economy, and fuelled Islamic ultra- puritanism around the world. \u2014 The Economist , 23 June 2018",
"That relationship allowed investigators to paint Muck as both subversive and immoral\u2014a one-two punch of xenophobia and puritanism . \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 2 July 2019",
"Which brings us to the party that really pays for the new puritanism : the arts consumer. \u2014 Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine , 10 Feb. 2019"
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"In the English-speaking world, this was a product of puritanism . \u2014 WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"The news was at odds with Keillor\u2019s public persona as the gentle, avuncular satirist of Midwestern puritanism . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Even when the proceedings become a touch tawdry, there\u2019s a blessed absence of American puritanism in their presentation. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 25 June 2021",
"For modern progressivism is a form of secular puritanism : dour, joyless, haunted to sleeplessness by the prospect that somebody, somewhere might be thinking unsanctioned thoughts or acting in unapproved ways. \u2014 James E. Person Jr., National Review , 17 Sep. 2020",
"In my view, forms of puritanism and freedom have coexisted simultaneously in every era. \u2014 Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
"Oil wealth has hidden a woefully unproductive economy, and fuelled Islamic ultra- puritanism around the world. \u2014 The Economist , 23 June 2018",
"That relationship allowed investigators to paint Muck as both subversive and immoral\u2014a one-two punch of xenophobia and puritanism . \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 2 July 2019",
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"The space and its furniture felt very natural, classic, and straightforward\u2014an aesthetic purity that played well with Zara\u2019s design focus. \u2014 Helena Madden, ELLE Decor , 23 June 2022",
"Some vinify whole clusters of grapes, stems included, resulting in paler wines with a spicy, herbal quality, great purity and transparency. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"Midge said golf\u2014with its physical beauty, pace and purity of competition\u2014was a welcome respite. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"The juxtaposition of purity and holiness against dread and corruption is like the contrast between two primary colors, timeless as it is easily understood. \u2014 Gene Park, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Both wines share a great purity to the fruit quality. \u2014 Cathrine Todd, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Lagos suggested that the insistence on ideological purity was part of the problem. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Elm & rye is extremely open about the testing and purity of each vitamin on its website, taking pleasure in being completely transparent. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"The delicate Water Lily symbolizes purity and is a highly recognizable flower that is often seen floating in ponds. \u2014 Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 1758, Jedediah Strutt of the English city of Derby invented a way to incorporate the contrasting purl stitch and produce ribbed stockings. \u2014 Virginia Postrel, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Over the course of the class, participants learn to cast on, the knit and purl stitches , how to bind off and seam up a cowl. \u2014 Lake County News-Sun , 18 Sep. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Digital technology has allowed such leakers as Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning to purloin much vaster reams of data with significantly greater ease. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Our plan to purloin dogecoin to purchase purifiers pursuant to our planetary progression terminates. \u2014 Aaron Pressman, Fortune , 7 May 2021",
"Once some viruses had evolved ways of writing and copying DNA, their hosts would have been able to purloin them in order to make back-up copies of their RNA molecules. \u2014 The Economist , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Federal prosecutors now say China used the program to purloin sensitive technology. \u2014 Penn Bullock, New York Times , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Police say further investigation revealed the individuals had purloined the paper products \u2014 which are a scarce commodity amid the coronavirus pandemic \u2014 and the linens from a maid\u2019s cart at a nearby hotel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2020",
"Notwithstanding the belief of over 60 percent of Democrats, precipitated by breathless and often misleading media coverage, not one vote was altered by Putin, nor was a single person\u2019s free will purloined by a Russian Twitter bot or Facebook ad. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 20 Nov. 2019",
"Ronald Reagan insisted his glossy locks were naturally brown and claimed that reporters had purloined clippings from his barber's floor to prove him wrong. \u2014 Author: Roxanne Roberts, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Nov. 2019",
"Ronald Reagan insisted his glossy locks were naturally brown and claimed that reporters had purloined clippings from his barber\u2019s floor to prove him wrong. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Nov. 2019"
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"the studio stepped up security, fearing that someone might attempt to purloin a copy of the script for the show's season finale",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Digital technology has allowed such leakers as Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning to purloin much vaster reams of data with significantly greater ease. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Our plan to purloin dogecoin to purchase purifiers pursuant to our planetary progression terminates. \u2014 Aaron Pressman, Fortune , 7 May 2021",
"Once some viruses had evolved ways of writing and copying DNA, their hosts would have been able to purloin them in order to make back-up copies of their RNA molecules. \u2014 The Economist , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Federal prosecutors now say China used the program to purloin sensitive technology. \u2014 Penn Bullock, New York Times , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Police say further investigation revealed the individuals had purloined the paper products \u2014 which are a scarce commodity amid the coronavirus pandemic \u2014 and the linens from a maid\u2019s cart at a nearby hotel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2020",
"Notwithstanding the belief of over 60 percent of Democrats, precipitated by breathless and often misleading media coverage, not one vote was altered by Putin, nor was a single person\u2019s free will purloined by a Russian Twitter bot or Facebook ad. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 20 Nov. 2019",
"Ronald Reagan insisted his glossy locks were naturally brown and claimed that reporters had purloined clippings from his barber's floor to prove him wrong. \u2014 Author: Roxanne Roberts, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Nov. 2019",
"Ronald Reagan insisted his glossy locks were naturally brown and claimed that reporters had purloined clippings from his barber\u2019s floor to prove him wrong. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Nov. 2019"
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"\u2014 Don Rollins",
"\u2026 as the race pulled tighter than Paris Hilton's jeans, Kerry volunteers flooded the purple states to energize their voters\u2014tens of thousands of them newly registered.",
"\u2014 Michelle Cottle"
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"\u2014 Newsweek"
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"\u2026 the writing often descends into the purple prose of a besotted fan.",
"\u2014 Stephen Holden",
"\u2026 Rice is a first-rate writer. There are no purple patches in this narrative, and no attempts to sermonize.",
"\u2014 Lawrence S. Cunningham"
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"\u2026 a blue candidate trying to swipe a red seat in a purple state.",
"\u2014 Don Rollins",
"\u2026 as the race pulled tighter than Paris Hilton's jeans, Kerry volunteers flooded the purple states to energize their voters\u2014tens of thousands of them newly registered.",
"\u2014 Michelle Cottle"
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"Adjective",
"The book contains a few purple passages.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The court also has a Los Angeles Lakers-style purple and yellow color scheme with Kobe's No. 24 surrounded by a heart just outside each end's foul line. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 19 June 2022",
"The Ambassadors -- outfitted in easily identifiable purple and gold uniforms -- will often be seen traversing parks or streets on foot or bicycle. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"Visitors roam the outdoor food court with swiveling heads, clutching clear baggies full of orange and purple plastic tokens. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"The purple and pink Cheshire cat smiles from above, while the little caterpillar smokes on a mushroom across the way. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
"Available in three new colors (pink, purple and starlight as well as space gray), the new tablet boasts an increased screen size of 8.3 inches and an edge-to-edge Liquid Retina display with True Tone and anti-reflectiveness. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"During a recent patrol, the group stops in plazas \u2013 at one, a rendering of Tina is painted in a bright purple and blue mural \u2013 to hand out food. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2022",
"However, purple and green flowers were more effective in relaxing the body, reducing anxiety and improving mood. \u2014 Lala Tanmoy Das, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Another group of dancers will unite to form the queen\u2019s coronation robe, with the symbols of every major faith and nods to all 54 Commonwealth nations woven into its purple and white fabric. \u2014 Danica Kirka, ajc , 4 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"How anyone can make the argument that purple is preferable to yellow and black is curious at the least and confusing at the other end. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"The map on the right shows metal abundances on Psyche, from low ( purple ) to high (yellow). \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 16 June 2022",
"First, consider the wallpaper \u2014 swirls of eggplant purple , avocado green and brilliant orange surrounding a harvest-gold cooking island where the magazine\u2019s recipes for its Date With a Dish column were tested. \u2014 Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"Her color of choice this time around (a bright eggplant-violet purple ) completely reminds us of zany, electric \u201880s fashion. \u2014 Seventeen , 10 June 2022",
"My first two-wheeled bicycle was a Schwinn, hyacinth- purple . \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"There are two shades of Mouth Cloud including a vibrant purple (Angel Rave), but Magic Brownie is gunning for icon status \u00e1 la Pillow Talk and Spice. \u2014 Kirbie Johnson, Allure , 13 May 2022",
"Plus, shoppers can choose from several bright solid colors, including sage green, violet purple , and chocolate brown. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"This new petunia, in the Vista Series, is a vibrant fuchsia/ purple , Butson said. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Hackmanite changes its color from white to purple under UV irradiation and eventually reverts back to white if no UV is present. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"For that fleeting moment, Democrats had high hopes that Missouri was perhaps following states like Colorado and New Mexico and transitioning from red to blue, or at least to purple . \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 23 Mar. 2022",
"TikTok user @rossmcg also noted that Swift edited her lips from red in the original picture to purple , possibly on purpose to hint that Speak Now will be the special Record Store Day release in April. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Nobody would fault you for wondering whether the Baltimore area was trying to out- purple its opponent by unveiling streetlamps with the home team\u2019s hue. \u2014 Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The legend shows what the colors mean, with green being the best air quality and purple the worst. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Sep. 2021",
"In her first days with the Pride, Burleigh is still working on transitioning her wardrobe to purple from her familiar orange and blue. \u2014 Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com , 23 July 2021",
"From Rally Beers to purple and orange conchas, fans can support local businesses and rally the Valley by checking out some of these popular food and beverage shops. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2021",
"States such as New York and California are likely to remain blue, but an infusion of left-leaning carpetbaggers into other states might accelerate a trend to purple . \u2014 WSJ , 13 Jan. 2022"
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"Knightscope\u2019s line of metal-detecting robots purport to do the same. \u2014 Sidney Fussell, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
"So, to do that, most stablecoins like the two largest, Tether and USDC, purport to be backed by an equal dollar amount of assets\u2014typically cash, bonds, and some other mix. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
"This, too, is part of the free exchange of ideas that these higher-education laws purport to support. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Any public personality attracting effusive support from Trump and DeSantis, two exemplars of racial and cultural intolerance, can not purport to be, as Rogan does, an independent thinker. \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
"These spy shots purport to show the upcoming Ford Fusion Active lifted wagon. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 6 May 2022",
"Some researchers and doctors have questioned studies that purport to show that a majority of trans youth later detransition. \u2014 Jo Yurcaba, NBC News , 4 May 2022",
"His polls purport to show that Twitter\u2019s leadership poorly serves not only its user base but society in general. \u2014 Robert Zafft, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Several emails purport to show how Dolan used his influence as assistant chief of staff for logistics to address complaints that Francis had about the contracting process or competing husbanding agents. \u2014 Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"Shocking as it is, more than a month after the hurricane hit, New Orleans is still, for all practical purposes , a ghost town. \u2014 Tom Piazza , Why New Orleans Matters , 2005",
"By the time \u2026 American aid began pouring in, to all intents and purposes the war had already been lost. \u2014 Neil L. Jamieson , Understanding Vietnam , 1993",
"But wartime wage and price controls prevented companies from competing for the available talent by means of increased salaries. They had to compete with fringe benefits instead, and free health insurance was tailor-made for this purpose . \u2014 John Steele Gordon , American Heritage , May - June 1992",
"His purpose is to realize himself, to live the fullest possible life, and he is responsible for this, like all men, regardless of how society treats him. \u2014 Shelby Steele , Wilson Quarterly , Summer 1990",
"The purpose of the new resort is to attract more tourists.",
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"I have not purposed to misrepresent this boy in any way, for what little indignation he excited in me soon passed and left nothing behind it but compassion. \u2014 Mark Twain , A Tramp Abroad , 1880",
"The child then explained that they had left the races on the first day, and were travelling to the next town on that road, where they purposed to spend the night. \u2014 Charles Dickens , The Old Curiosity Shop , 1841",
"I've been purposing to fix that thing for some time now.",
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"As the stock market nearly doubled from its March 2020 pandemic low, investors over the past two years gravitated to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). \u2014 David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
"On film, Owens showcases everything coaches want from an all- purpose back. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 20 June 2022",
"As the stock market nearly doubled from its March 2020 pandemic low, investors over the past two years gravitated to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"In recent years, Cohen has emerged as a prolific dealmaker in the wild world of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The shutdown comes 12 months after Electric Last Mile went public through a special- purpose acquisition company, raising $379 million in a deal that valued the firm at $1.4 billion. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"The Colts' all- purpose threat has 282 career carries for 1,169 yards and 9 touchdowns; 210 catches for 1,537 yards and 7 TDs, and 62 punt returns for a 13.2 average and 2 TDs. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 13 June 2022",
"Desktop Metal went public in 2020 by merging with a special purpose acquisition company, but has since seen its stock price crumble, dropping 90 percent. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Mix up another batch of sudsy dish liquid and warm water and wipe down the exterior, handle, side trays and any bottom doors with a sponge or cloth or use a grease-cutting all- purpose cleaner, like Mr. Clean Clean Freak Deep Cleaning Mist. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Further, about 80% of the materials processed by Rumpke are sold to companies in the Midwest who re- purpose them into consumer goods. \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"At the opposite end of the spectrum is the financial industry, where dollars\u2014not purpose \u2014still appear to be king. \u2014 Lance Lambert, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
"P\u0100PR Cosmetics\u2019 multi- purpose Everything Stick can be used on lips, elbows, eyes and anywhere else on the body that could use hydration. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Steve has also hinted that Jordan likely plans to purpose someday. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Balance Between Personal And Professional Values Alignment to purpose and values has been important, but now is more of a criterion for career moves. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Measures include elevating the companies purpose , giving employees incentives for staying and flexibility, to name a few. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Our eco-anxiety has led us to re- purpose , resell and recycle our wardrobes in an effort to minimise our impact on the planet. \u2014 Bree Grant, refinery29.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Conversely, helping people connect to purpose increases retention, engagement, profitability, and well-being. \u2014 Alain Hunkins, Forbes , 16 Sep. 2021"
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"Intentionally eco-friendly Being purposeful and having a positive effect on the world is a personal tenet and part of Coulter\u2019s business ethos. \u2014 Jennifer E. Mabry, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Subdued yet purposeful , Alan Yang's feature debut is a must-see. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
"And, whilst this trend is undoubtedly a pallet cleanser for our timelines, these images, staged and purposeful , are not only pleasing for the eye. \u2014 Evie Muir, refinery29.com , 11 May 2022",
"Schedule meaningful and purposeful interactions several times a year. \u2014 Scott Lerner, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"There is abundant research to show that employees of all ages want jobs that are not merely interesting and reasonably compensated, but meaningful and purposeful . \u2014 Ranjay Gulati, Fortune , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Jenny Lumet co-wrote and executive produced the series with Alex Kurtzman and said having actors of color was purposeful . \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 23 Apr. 2022",
"That is purposeful and is meant to offer a soft start to new users who may otherwise feel burdened by too many options, or bells and whistles. \u2014 Nicole Gull Mcelroy, Fortune , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The angling of the walls is purposeful \u2014tilting toward Wilshire Boulevard as a gesture of openness, but away from the temple out of ostensible deference (a move that actually calls attention to itself). \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"Intentionally eco-friendly Being purposeful and having a positive effect on the world is a personal tenet and part of Coulter\u2019s business ethos. \u2014 Jennifer E. Mabry, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Subdued yet purposeful , Alan Yang's feature debut is a must-see. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
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"Jenny Lumet co-wrote and executive produced the series with Alex Kurtzman and said having actors of color was purposeful . \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"the real estate agent purposely withheld information that would have discouraged us from buying the property",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sometimes the history of a DuPage forest preserve is simply forgotten, but other times it is purposely kept secret. \u2014 Jordan Countryman, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"Other times, the more painful parts of labor and delivery are purposely kept quiet from expectant parents as to not spark fear. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
"According to the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer, an online survey of more than 33,000 people around the world, 56% of respondents believe that business leaders are purposely trying to be misleading by stating falsehoods. \u2014 Lynda Silsbee, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The family of the child had claimed the boy had been a target of bullying and that another child purposely threw a lit tennis ball that had been soaked in gasoline. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
"The cabins are all equipped with heated floors, wifi, and central cooling/heating units, but there are purposely no televisions to encourage guests to fully indulge into the natural environment. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 6 June 2022",
"The berms match and are purposely unmarked, to discourage those without a legitimate reason to know where the bodies once lay. \u2014 Elizabeth Williamson, The Atlantic , 2 June 2022",
"Their time and attention is stolen from them, they're financially exploited, and are purposely socialized to adopt gambling-like behaviors. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"California, Washington, Vermont, Connecticut, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota and New York have passed bills banning PFAS from being purposely added to food packaging, according to the advocacy group Safer States. \u2014 Michael Casey, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2022"
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"Sporadic outbursts of feeling are converted into purposive and unremitting activity. \u2014 Aldous Huxley, Harper's Magazine , 17 Aug. 2021",
"In this sense, history is not only rational but also providential: designed, purposive , teleological. \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 25 May 2020"
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"There wasn't much of even a purr of the motor to be heard in our testing, and the leg stability means your items won't shift while in motion. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 14 Apr. 2022",
"No one talks like him \u2014 all those offbeat cadences, delivered in a purr . \u2014 David Marchesephoto Illustration By Br\u00e1ulio Amado, New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Mangini layered a cat purr over the ornithopter, with tent straps and beetle wings flapping in the wind. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Her voice has only become richer and more nuanced over the years, her range spanning a low purr all the way up to a floating falsetto, her ability to effortlessly bend a lyric to her will as supple as ever. \u2014 Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Jack Nicholson\u2019s kooky Joker and Michelle Pfeiffer's purr -fect Catwoman. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Aboard the Galactic Starcruiser (CNN) \u2014 The gentle purr of the engine hums as planets, spaceships and asteroids pass by in the surrounding windows. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Antonio Banderas introduces another threat as a villainous Spanish tycoon who delivers every line with a rueful purr . \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 16 Feb. 2022",
"As the purr of the rig\u2019s diesel engine reverberated around the drill site, Trigui returned to his mobile laboratory, a dusty portacabin filled with microscopes and rock samples. \u2014 William Ralston, Wired , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As smaller cats, clouded leopards don\u2019t purr or roar. \u2014 Dallas News , 12 Sep. 2021",
"Foreign investors and other business folk, Mr Xie purred , had no reason to panic. \u2014 The Economist , 28 May 2020",
"Purr long, purr short, and kind of work them together. \u2014 Matthew Every, Outdoor Life , 1 May 2020",
"More than 500 cars, trucks and other things that go vroom (or purr , in the case of the electric cars) will be on display, including Ford's new all-electric Mustang Mach-E, along with classic cars, special events and stuff for kids to do. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Feb. 2020",
"No matter what the weather is, the last weekend of this month promises to be purr -fect. \u2014 John Delapp, Houston Chronicle , 3 Jan. 2020",
"The gathering storm: In one of the world\u2019s most unequal societies, a fashion designer's sewing machine purrs . \u2014 Babak Tafreshi, National Geographic , 14 Apr. 2020",
"The universe has cooked up all sorts of bizarre and beautiful forms of matter, from blazing stars to purring cats, out of just three basic ingredients. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
"Physics undergrads at the University of Leicester have made a growth equation for the Star Trek universe\u2019s infamous troubling tribbles\u2014 purring balls of fluff that rapidly multiplied aboard the USS Enterprise in a classic 1967 episode. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 25 Feb. 2020"
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"whizz",
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"noun",
"verb"
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": a receptacle (such as a pouch) shaped like a purse":[],
": a small bag for money":[],
": pucker , knit":[
"pursed his brow"
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},
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"a golf tournament with a million dollar purse",
"I left my purse at home, so I can't buy anything after all.",
"Verb",
"She pursed her lips in concentration.",
"His lips were tightly pursed .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The first tournament\u2019s total purse was $25 million, and the winner\u2019s share was $4 million. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"But finding the perfect practical purse is easier said than done. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 24 June 2022",
"In a memo sent to players on Wednesday, the PGA Tour detailed about $54 million in purse increases for eight existing tournaments. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
"The officer checked the passenger\u2019s purse and found a second rolled dollar bill with white residue. \u2014 cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"The former right-back is correct that the money in United\u2019s purse is lower than in previous years. \u2014 Zak Garner-purkis, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The 32-year-old, now ranked No. 29 in the PGA\u2019s world golf rankings, will make his ninth appearance at Travelers in 2022 \u2014 this time looking to have a share of the event\u2019s largest-ever purse of $8.3 million. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 18 June 2022",
"Ginsburg herself was accosted by a purse snatcher in 1996 near her Watergate home. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Challenging hole locations, an uptick in wind and the biggest purse in women\u2019s golf history finally brought things to a boil. \u2014 Beth Ann Nichols, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun"
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"Middle English purs , from Old English, modification of Medieval Latin bursa , from Late Latin, ox hide, from Greek byrsa":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8p\u0259rs"
],
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"bag",
"handbag",
"pocketbook"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085449",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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": an official of the British crown office who bears the great seal before the lord chancellor":[],
": the bearer of a purse : treasurer , bursar":[]
},
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"type":[
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"type":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122203",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": one of the rings on a purse seine through which the purse line passes":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111303",
"type":[
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]
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"definitions":{
": a large seine designed to be set by two boats around a school of fish and so arranged that after the ends have been brought together the bottom can be closed":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But these purse seine nets also captured other species \u2014 notably, dolphins and sea turtles. \u2014 Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Mike Conroy, president of West Coast Fisheries Consultants, works with purse seine and gillnet operators off California. \u2014 Fox News , 27 May 2021",
"Mike Conroy, president of West Coast Fisheries Consultants, works with purse seine and gillnet operators off California. \u2014 Caleb Jones, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2021",
"Even those with legal clearance are often armed with longlines or destructive purse seine nets that let nothing escape. \u2014 Adam Skolnick, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"According to records provided by the fisheries department, there are 1285 trawl boats, 57 purse seine boats, and 1487 mechanised gill nets and other boats registered in south Karnataka. \u2014 Supriya Vohra, Quartz India , 18 Feb. 2020",
"The tide rises underneath the cannery, lifting the purse seine boats tied to the pier. \u2014 Anjuli Grantham, Alaska Dispatch News , 9 Sep. 2017"
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"1838, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102741",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": a smooth tightly twisted silk thread used especially for embroidery or knitting":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104119",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"\u2014 Economist"
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"a wind-tight purse-string closure about the neck"
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"\u2014 The National Jewish Monthly"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"noun"
]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Consumers are tightening purse strings , and sports bets could be an easy expense to cut. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"After months of rising prices and tightening purse strings , the price of semiconductor chips, shipping, and fertilizer is receding down to normal levels\u2014indicating that global inflation might be past its peak. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"The central bank has already taken steps to tighten the purse strings , in part by raising interest rates in March and in May. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"Even after the soldiers left in 1934, Haiti remained under the control of American financial officers who pulled the country\u2019s purse strings for another 13 years. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"There was unrest in the ranks amid suspicion that the creative teams had lost all control of the purse strings . \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Turns out women hold the purse strings in most relationships. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 20 Apr. 2022",
"What is clear is that people like Mola remain rare in biotech, both among the ranks of industry bigwigs and the investors who hold the purse strings . \u2014 Jonathan Wosen, STAT , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Covid-19 lockdowns dramatically limited spending options for Americans, while people who feared losing their jobs tightened their purse strings . \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 2 June 2022"
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"circa 1530, in the meaning defined above":""
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]
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113121",
"type":[
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"noun"
]
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": a steward on an airliner":[],
": an official on a ship responsible for papers and accounts and on a passenger ship also for the comfort and welfare of passengers":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tim Davey, who worked as a crew purser and hotel officer onboard the QE2 in the early 90s, echoes the importance of the ship's design. \u2014 Madison Flager, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Reno Chen was designated purser and Benny Hsu was to be the boatswain in charge of maintenance. \u2014 Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Still, at least one member of Cornero\u2019s inner circle tried, according to Grange, whose father served as the vessel\u2019s purser . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2021",
"All the while, Darwin\u2019s collections were annoying the ship\u2019s purser who complained about the clutter. \u2014 National Geographic , 11 June 2020",
"Soon, purser Mike Queen's booming voice was instructing everyone to get back on the boat. \u2014 Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2016",
"Our dinner that night was festive: When someone asked for music, our purser , Mostafa Elbeary, returned with the entire crew. \u2014 Michelle Green, New York Times , 11 Nov. 2019",
"Onboard, riverboats go tastefully all in on decor, with a giant tree near the purser \u2019s desk, a huge wreath, big bows, and garlands over stateroom doors. \u2014 Janice Wald Henderson, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 13 Nov. 2019",
"Joi Lam, a 36-year-old flight purser at Cathay Pacific for 12 years, said she was summoned to an urgent management meeting on Aug. 30. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Sep. 2019"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English, from purs purse":""
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"\u02c8p\u0259r-s\u0259r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125757",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103704",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
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},
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"purse entry 1":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8p\u0259r-s\u0113",
"\u02c8p\u0259-s\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052903",
"type":[
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"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillment",
"nonperformance"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"until recently he has been fully engaged in pursuance of his duties as governor",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Newton police declined to comment Monday, referring all questions to the state attorney general's office, which is investigating Dale's death in pursuance with a state law enacted in January 2019. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Aug. 2021",
"She\u2019s one of several transient characters in the film, who \u2014 either by choice or by force \u2014 have opted to leave a louder kind of life behind in pursuance of something more financially and environmentally sustainable. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 25 Feb. 2021",
"There may also be records of the lawyer\u2019s conduct and statements in pursuance of a criminal scheme, on his own or with the client\u2014none of it privileged. \u2014 Michael B. Mukasey, WSJ , 17 Apr. 2018",
"They were both cleared of possession of a firearm in pursuance of a violent crime. \u2014 Monique Judge, The Root , 13 Feb. 2018"
],
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"1601, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"p\u0259r-\u02c8s\u00fc-\u0259n(t)s"
],
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"achievement",
"commission",
"discharge",
"enactment",
"execution",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"performance",
"perpetration",
"prosecution"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133307",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"guide",
"lead",
"pilot"
],
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"pursued by dozens of fans"
],
": to continue to afflict : haunt":[
"was pursued by horrible memories"
],
": to engage in":[
"pursue a hobby"
],
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],
": to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, or defeat":[],
": to follow up or proceed with":[
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],
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": to proceed along":[
"pursues a northern course"
]
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"It is this peace among the Great Powers\u2014at least for the near term\u2014that makes it truly possible both to pursue my vision of the post-Cold War world and, at the same time, to hedge against failure by maintaining the capacity to protect ourselves and our interests \u2026 \u2014 Robert S. McNamara , In Retrospect , 1995",
"The monster truck pursued him at insane speeds, through phone booths and gas pumps and even over cliffs, but he never knew why. \u2014 Hunter S. Thompson , Rolling Stone , 14-28 July 1994",
"In a world of nation-states the assumption that governments will pursue their own interests gives order and predictability to international affairs. \u2014 Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. , American Heritage , 3 May/June 1994",
"Hounds pursued the fox for miles.",
"The criminal is being pursued by police.",
"He chose to pursue a college degree.",
"She wants to pursue a legal career.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company has confirmed that the deal gives her the opportunity to pursue a variety of TV, film and podcast projects while reducing her time at MSNBC. \u2014 Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Leaders are expected to announce an agreement to pursue a price cap on Russian oil, raise tariffs on Russian goods, and impose new sanctions on hundreds of Russian officials. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"Biden has also faced mounting pressure to pursue mass student debt cancellation. \u2014 Collin Binkley, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022",
"So much for the quest to pursue absolute originality. \u2014 Amanda Arnold, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
"The decision to pursue a policy to lower nicotine levels marks the first step in a lengthy process, and success is not assured. \u2014 Laurie Mcginley, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"Last week, a federal judge approved the FBI\u2019s request to pursue the seizure of two jets belonging to Russian billionaire oligarch Roman Abramovich. \u2014 Derek Saul, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The couple has broken up after five years because of Lawrence\u2019s refusal to seriously pursue a new job. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"In the one-hour-long Festa video, the members reflect on their successful journey together before going on to discuss their plans to pursue solo work. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 14 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French pursure, pursiure , from Latin prosequi , from pro- forward + sequi to follow \u2014 more at pro- , sue":""
},
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"p\u0259r-\u02c8s\u00fc",
"-\u02c8sy\u00fc"
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"hound",
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"shadow",
"tag",
"tail",
"trace",
"track",
"trail"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230001",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"lead",
"pilot"
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"pursued by dozens of fans"
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"It is this peace among the Great Powers\u2014at least for the near term\u2014that makes it truly possible both to pursue my vision of the post-Cold War world and, at the same time, to hedge against failure by maintaining the capacity to protect ourselves and our interests \u2026 \u2014 Robert S. McNamara , In Retrospect , 1995",
"The monster truck pursued him at insane speeds, through phone booths and gas pumps and even over cliffs, but he never knew why. \u2014 Hunter S. Thompson , Rolling Stone , 14-28 July 1994",
"In a world of nation-states the assumption that governments will pursue their own interests gives order and predictability to international affairs. \u2014 Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. , American Heritage , 3 May/June 1994",
"Hounds pursued the fox for miles.",
"The criminal is being pursued by police.",
"He chose to pursue a college degree.",
"She wants to pursue a legal career.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company has confirmed that the deal gives her the opportunity to pursue a variety of TV, film and podcast projects while reducing her time at MSNBC. \u2014 Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Leaders are expected to announce an agreement to pursue a price cap on Russian oil, raise tariffs on Russian goods, and impose new sanctions on hundreds of Russian officials. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"Biden has also faced mounting pressure to pursue mass student debt cancellation. \u2014 Collin Binkley, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022",
"So much for the quest to pursue absolute originality. \u2014 Amanda Arnold, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
"The decision to pursue a policy to lower nicotine levels marks the first step in a lengthy process, and success is not assured. \u2014 Laurie Mcginley, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"Last week, a federal judge approved the FBI\u2019s request to pursue the seizure of two jets belonging to Russian billionaire oligarch Roman Abramovich. \u2014 Derek Saul, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The couple has broken up after five years because of Lawrence\u2019s refusal to seriously pursue a new job. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"In the one-hour-long Festa video, the members reflect on their successful journey together before going on to discuss their plans to pursue solo work. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 14 June 2022"
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},
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},
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"p\u0259r-\u02c8s\u00fc",
"-\u02c8sy\u00fc"
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"course",
"dog",
"follow",
"hound",
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"shadow",
"tag",
"tail",
"trace",
"track",
"trail"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032014",
"type":[
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"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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},
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"The hounds were running in the woods in pursuit of a fox.",
"She enjoys reading, knitting, and other quiet pursuits .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each new pursuit has brought new satisfaction and a new ability to make an impact. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 26 June 2022",
"Flock Safety Automatic License Plate Reading cameras enable law enforcement officers to receive hotlist alerts and share footage between other communities\u2019 police departments to aid in pursuit and apprehension of offenders. \u2014 Beth Mlady, cleveland , 25 June 2022",
"It\u2019s about the pursuit of purpose and the legacy of positive impact. \u2014 Afdhel Aziz, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"That\u2019s not just because shopping for clothes has become an ever more internet-centric pursuit . \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"That pursuit was terminated when conditions became unsafe. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"What followed was a high-speed chase, crash and pursuit on foot, officers said. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Steve Sarkisian, a former UofA offensive coordinator and Texas head coach, led the pursuit and sold Manning on a resurgence. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"Dygert won eight World Championship gold medals between 2016-20 and an Olympic silver in team pursuit in 2016. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French pursute , from pursure":""
},
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"p\u0259r-\u02c8s\u00fct",
"-\u02c8sy\u00fct"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pursuit work , employment , occupation , calling , pursuit , m\u00e9tier , business mean a specific sustained activity engaged in especially in earning one's living. work may apply to any purposeful activity whether remunerative or not. her work as a hospital volunteer employment implies work for which one has been engaged and is being paid by an employer. your employment with this firm is hereby terminated occupation implies work in which one engages regularly especially as a result of training. his occupation as a trained auto mechanic calling applies to an occupation viewed as a vocation or profession. the ministry seemed my true calling pursuit suggests a trade, profession, or avocation followed with zeal or steady interest. her family considered medicine the only proper pursuit m\u00e9tier implies a calling or pursuit for which one believes oneself to be especially fitted. acting was my one and only m\u00e9tier business suggests activity in commerce or the management of money and affairs. the business of managing a hotel",
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"chasing",
"dogging",
"following",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041342",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a fighter plane especially of the period before World War II":[]
},
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"circa 1918, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180134",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"\u02c8p\u0259-s\u0113",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8p\u0259rt-n\u0259n(t)s",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sampson lives with the purulence , with the cleaning, the smell of it, the disposal of pads, the tissues, the wound dressings. \u2014 Tade Thompson, Wired , 18 Dec. 2020"
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"\u02c8pyu\u0307r-\u0259-l\u0259n(t)s",
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"Verb",
"Do you want to push the shopping cart?",
"He slowly pushed the door open.",
"She pushed back her chair and stood up.",
"She pushed him aside and marched into the boss's office.",
"He pushed her out of the way.",
"He pushed me into the table.",
"He was pushed off the sidewalk into the street.",
"She pushed her wet hair back from her face.",
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"Noun",
"an unprecedented push to pass stronger gun control measures",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"All this represents a serious challenge to a long-standing tenet of elite conventional wisdom \u2014 namely, that the growing Hispanic share of the American electorate would invariably push the country leftward. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 16 June 2022",
"The site predicts that Tampa Bay will win Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday and that the total will push . \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
"Walton told the story of the local owner of the restaurant Scotch \u2019N Sirloin routinely begging the superstar to do a commercial, reasoning that the connection would push his business over the top. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Most stocks dipped Tuesday in their first trading after tumbling into a bear market Monday on worries that high inflation would push central banks to clamp the brakes too hard on the economy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Compounding investors\u2019 jitters is concern that the Federal Reserve\u2019s efforts to fight inflation will push the U.S. economy into a recession. \u2014 Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"The concern is that higher inflation will push the Federal Reserve to be more aggressive in hiking interest rates. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"But others worry that gentrification will push out longtime residents. \u2014 Kenneth Chang, New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"The big concerns on Wall Street remain rising inflation and whether the Federal Reserve's shift to aggressively raise interest rates will help temper its impact \u2014 or push the economy into a recession. \u2014 CBS News , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Wolf\u2019s push for tolling comes as states increasingly look to user fees to make up for declining gas tax revenue that is not keeping up with the demands of fixing highways and bridges. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"The push comes as the city is seeing declines at all points in the housing production cycle. \u2014 J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 June 2022",
"The push comes as Democrats face strong headwinds to hold on to power of Congress during the November elections amid rising inflation. \u2014 Joey Garrison, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"The push for equal access to sports for boys and girls in high schools comes as overall participation for girls has exploded since the law took hold. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"The truth, when push comes to shove, is what Teddy was really lacking was love, real human interaction. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"But the push for constant swabbing comes with its own heavy costs. \u2014 Christian Shepherd, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"The push for tougher gun legislation comes in the aftermath of the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 students and two teachers dead. \u2014 Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online , 10 June 2022",
"The push comes as federal policymakers and semiconductor executives warn that the U.S. has become too dependent on Asian countries for chip manufacturing, which represents an economic and national security threat. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 10 June 2022"
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"Middle English possen, pusshen , probably from Old French pousser to exert pressure, from Latin pulsare , frequentative of pellere to drive, strike \u2014 more at felt":"Verb"
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"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a commission paid (as by a manufacturer) to a sales person to push the sale of a particular item or line of merchandise":[]
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": a small triangular fishing net with a rigid frame that is pushed along the bottom in shallow waters and is used in parts of the southwestern Pacific for taking shrimps and small bottom-dwelling fishes":[]
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"let's push off while it's still early enough to beat the evening rush"
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"1740, in the meaning defined above":""
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"the party was getting deadly dull, so it was time to push on"
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"first_known_use":{
"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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": a tractor-mounted power sweep rake with a frame that pushes the hay from the teeth instead of merely allowing it to slide off from the force of gravity":[]
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"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044607",
"type":[
"noun"
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"push/hit/press the panic button":{
"antonyms":[],
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": to become extremely afraid or nervous when something bad happens or might happen":[
"Medical officials says there is no need to push the panic button over two isolated cases of the disease."
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},
"examples":[],
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"among the young associates at the law firm, he was unmistakably the most pushing",
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],
"first_known_use":{
"1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8pu\u0307-shi\u014b"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061644",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"pushover":{
"antonyms":[
"stalwart"
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},
"examples":[
"They thought the first team they played would be a pushover .",
"The exam was a pushover .",
"Dad's a pushover . He'll let me do anything I want.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If new coach Nathaniel Hackett can help turn around the defense, the Broncos won\u2019t remain an AFC West pushover . \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 12 May 2022",
"Iran, ranked the No. 21 team in the men's game, won't be a pushover , though. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 1 Apr. 2022",
"But the 28th Mechanized Brigade, one of the Ukrainian army\u2019s 20 active combat brigades, is no pushover . \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"If Xavier treats Cleveland State like a pushover , the Musketeers will have their hands full on their home floor. \u2014 Adam Baum, The Enquirer , 14 Mar. 2022",
"What better cure than a homecoming visit from SEC pushover Vanderbilt, a five-touchdown underdog under a first-year coach? \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"But don\u2019t get the impression that Cass was a pushover . \u2014 Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Ole Miss is sure to be no pushover for Auburn, as the Rebels have won nine of their 13 matchups with the Tigers since Bruce Pearl took over on the Plains. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The Mustangs are 5-0 with wins over Butler and CAL to show for it since and Seneca's no pushover as well. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 15 Dec. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1906, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8pu\u0307sh-\u02cc\u014d-v\u0259r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061810",
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"noun"
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"pushy":{
"antonyms":[
"ambitionless",
"low-pressure",
"nonassertive",
"unaggressive",
"unambitious",
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"unenterprising"
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"definitions":{
": aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward":[]
},
"examples":[
"he's usually very pushy about insinuating his own ideas into other people's projects",
"the pushy cocktail waiter kept asking me if I wanted another drink, even though I hadn't finished the first one",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The marine mammal has gotten a bit pushy in the water off the island about 20 miles east of Corpus Christi, according to a press release from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Adam Daniel\u2019s performance as pushy TV director Gary is detailed in its creation, but his delivery style feels too contemporary for the play\u2019s 1989 setting. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"It\u2019s saturated and rich color without being energetic or pushy . \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
"In particular, Halim\u2019s elaborate work on a splendid blue caftan for the pushy wife of a town official fascinates Youssef. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"Is Lorraine his mother, an angel, a pushy stranger, or none of the above? \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 6 May 2022",
"Visitors are still coming to the UAE despite the vaccine and testing requirements \u2014 and the pushy robots. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
"It\u2019s emotionally pushy , often corny, but also a casually smart showcase of Hollywood craft and tradition. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Sandra Bullock plays a pushy boss who forces her young assistant (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her in order to keep her visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 11 Feb. 2022"
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"1874, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170136",
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": the quality or state of being pusillanimous : cowardliness":[]
},
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"the pusillanimity shown by the press on this issue after the administration began applying pressure",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even the turbulent Vietnam era didn\u2019t inspire such pusillanimity . \u2014 Matthew Hennessey, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The pusillanimity of American corporations on this subject continues to astound. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
"First civil-rights groups accused it of pusillanimity . \u2014 The Economist , 14 Apr. 2021",
"It is often said that, given the rank pusillanimity of most politicians, such backsliding is inevitable. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 26 Mar. 2021",
"On the Republican side, strategic calculations ahead of the Georgia runoffs are reinforcing the pusillanimity that many officials are displaying. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 8 Dec. 2020",
"But confusing markets with might is exactly the sort of pusillanimity that drives Macron crazy, and amuses Russian President Vladimir Putin. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2019",
"Normally Mr Glasenberg would not tolerate such pusillanimity . \u2014 The Economist , 5 July 2018"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"also \u02ccpy\u00fc-z\u0259-",
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"heroic",
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"valiant",
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": lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity":[]
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"pusillanimous politicians who vote according to whichever way the political wind is blowing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Where the president should be direct and full-throated, Biden has been, at best, indirect and pusillanimous . \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 12 May 2022",
"Rifkin\u2019s story should rage against the pusillanimous like Roth and the hero of Look Back in Anger. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The English were led by the exemplary Admiral Edward Vernon \u2014 after whom the Washington family home, Mount Vernon, would be named \u2014 and the incompetent, pusillanimous General Thomas Wentworth. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Goldwater\u2019s presidential run gave voice to those who yearned for a real conservative, rejecting Dwight Eisenhower as a pusillanimous moderate. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 11 Aug. 2020",
"American politicians, the pusillanimous and the mountebanks and even their opposites, used to be as highfalutin as Foghorn Leghorn with their gibes, which made politics fun for fans of Shakespeare, the Bible or obscure history. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 Mar. 2020",
"The pusillanimous , corporate-speak testimony of several corporate executives is quoted at length \u2014 perhaps at too great a length. \u2014 Douglas Preston, New York Times , 1 May 2018",
"Her predicament parallels Attila\u2019s growing sense that much of his own work is pusillanimous and dangerously indulgent. \u2014 Melanie Finn, New York Times , 20 Apr. 2018"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Late Latin pusillanimis , from Latin pusillus very small (diminutive of pusus boy) + animus spirit; perhaps akin to Latin puer child \u2014 more at puerile , animate":""
},
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"\u02ccpy\u00fc-s\u0259-\u02c8la-n\u0259-m\u0259s",
"also \u02ccpy\u00fc-z\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pusillanimous cowardly , pusillanimous , craven , dastardly mean having or showing a lack of courage. cowardly implies a weak or ignoble lack of courage. a cowardly failure to stand up for principle pusillanimous suggests a contemptible lack of courage. the pusillanimous fear of a future full of possibility craven suggests extreme defeatism and complete lack of resistance. secretly despised her own craven yes-men dastardly often implies behavior that is both cowardly and treacherous or skulking or outrageous. a dastardly attack on unarmed civilians",
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"chicken",
"chicken-livered",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"poltroon",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081009",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": cat":[],
": face":[],
": girl":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1844, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Irish pus mouth":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8pu\u0307s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185832",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": a catkin of the pussy willow":[],
": a weak or cowardly man or boy : wimp , sissy":[],
": cat":[],
": full of or resembling pus":[
"a pussy wound"
],
": sexual intercourse":[],
": the female partner in sexual intercourse":[],
": vulva":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1699, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1888, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"circa 1942, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps of Low German or Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse p\u016bss pocket, pouch, Low German p\u016bse vulva, Old English pusa bag":"Noun",
"puss entry 1":"Noun",
"short for pussycat":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pu\u0307-s\u0113",
"\u02c8p\u0259-s\u0113",
"\u02c8p\u0259s-\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230345",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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"pussycat":{
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": cat":[],
": one that is weak, compliant, or amiable : softy":[]
},
"examples":[
"He looks tough, but he's really a pussycat .",
"oh, look at the cute little pussycat , kids",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Grace always wore that pussycat -bow shirt under those fawny beige little sweaters. \u2014 Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022",
"There is also Maya\u2019s big pet jaguar, Chiapa, who is a pussycat . \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 21 Oct. 2021",
"When playing Tony, though, Gandolfini underwent an awe-inspiring facial and bodily transformation; the lovable pussycat turned into a ruthless and philandering gangster. \u2014 James Andrew Miller, Vulture , 19 Oct. 2021",
"And the flexibility of the imperturbable Audi mill allows a fifth-gear drive from near idle to redline, a trait reminiscent of the early Lamborghini GTs and one which makes the Spyker a pussycat to drive around town. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 20 Sep. 2021",
"An oversized bow once affixed to a bustle would be moved to the neck, pussycat style. \u2014 Piczo, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Competition chief Margrethe Vestager, lionised for confronting Apple and Google, was a pussycat with Gazprom. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 26 Mar. 2021",
"Alas, in the urban jungle, this baby proved to be a pussycat , not a tiger. \u2014 G. Gordon Liddy, Car and Driver , 30 Sep. 2020",
"That is where Winslow the piano-playing pussycat tickles the ivories. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 12 Aug. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1698, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pu\u0307-s\u0113-\u02cckat"
],
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"synonyms":[
"cat",
"feline",
"house cat",
"kitty",
"moggy",
"moggie",
"puss",
"pussy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003652",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"pussyfoot":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to refrain from committing oneself":[],
": to tread or move warily or stealthily":[]
},
"examples":[
"He should stop pussyfooting and tell us what he wants to do.",
"politicians who try to pussyfoot around hot-button issues",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What a crazy, zany coincidence that Harden pussyfooted around the controversy set off by Morey\u2019s tweet. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 12 Oct. 2019",
"Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan is gonna be mad at this short-ass lede, but today there\u2019s no need to pussyfoot around. \u2014 Michael Harriot, The Root , 15 June 2018",
"No pussyfooting around here: Sell-offs are painful. \u2014 Anna-louise Jackson, latimes.com , 9 Feb. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pu\u0307-s\u0113-\u02ccfu\u0307t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"equivocate",
"fudge",
"hedge",
"tergiversate",
"waffle",
"weasel"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172846",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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": pustule":[],
": the act of producing pustules : the state of having pustules":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"-t\u0259-",
"\u02ccp\u0259s-ch\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccp\u0259s-ty\u0259-"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124636",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": pustular sense 2":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"pustulate entry 2 + -ous":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174020",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": a small circumscribed elevation of the skin containing pus and having an inflamed base":[],
": a small often distinctively colored elevation or spot resembling a blister or pimple":[]
},
"examples":[
"smallpox's characteristic pustules typically resulted in permanent scarring for survivors of the dreaded disease",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"A few days after the fever begins, patients develop distinctive pustule -like lesions that usually start on the face and spread across the body before scabbing over and falling away. \u2014 Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"Each pustule contains live virus, and a ruptured blister can contaminate bed linens and other items, putting close contacts at risk. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"Without further ado, here's the scoop straight from dermatologists on some of the best acne treatments for every type of zit, cyst, and pustule threatening to implode on your skin. \u2014 Michelle Rostamian, Allure , 11 Mar. 2022",
"But something even more terrifying was revealed when Sherman removed the ribbon: a large, dangling pustule that was dancing and singing a nonsensical song. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Dermatologists suggest that the patches work their best magic when the lesion is a pustule (a pimple with pus at the tip). \u2014 SELF , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Dimsdale harvested the contents of a smallpox pustule from the young son of a sergeant-major and used it to inoculate Catherine. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Its sting produces first a burning sensation\u2014hence the name\u2014and then a smallpox-like pustule . \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
"People who evacuated during the storm often had what looked like full body rashes, in which each large pustule was a single ant bite. \u2014 Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic , 11 Sep. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English, from Latin pustula ; akin to Lithuanian pusti to blow, Greek physa breath":""
},
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"-(\u02cc)ty\u00fcl",
"-(\u02cc)t\u00fcl",
"\u02c8p\u0259s-(\u02cc)ch\u00fc(\u0259)l",
"\u02c8p\u0259s-(\u02cc)ch\u00fcl",
"-(\u02cc)t(y)\u00fc(\u0259)l"
],
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"boil",
"fester",
"hickey",
"papule",
"pimple",
"pock",
"whelk",
"zit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035335",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having the form of a pustule":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin pustuliformis , from Latin pustula + -iformis -iform":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259sch\u0259l\u0259\u0307\u02ccf\u022frm",
"-st(y)\u0259l-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020957",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pustulose":{
"antonyms":[],
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": pustular":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pustulosus , from pustula + -osus -ose":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccl\u014ds"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185453",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pustulous":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": resembling, covered with, or characterized by pustules : pustulate , pustular":[
"pustulous skin",
"a pustulous disease"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pustulosus":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085532",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"puszta":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a treeless plain in Hungary : steppe":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hungarian, from puszta deserted, bare, bleak":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pu\u0307\u02ccst\u022f"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081852",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"put":{
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": adapt":[
"lyrics put to music"
],
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": an option to sell a specified amount of a security (such as a stock) or commodity (such as wheat) at a fixed price at or within a specified time \u2014 compare call sense 3d":[],
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],
": attach , attribute":[
"puts a high value on their friendship"
],
": being in place : fixed , set":[
"stay put until I call"
],
": bet , wager":[
"put $2 on the favorite"
],
": express , state":[
"putting it mildly"
],
": identify":[
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],
": impel , incite":[
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],
": impose , inflict":[
"put a special tax on luxuries"
],
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"put the blame on the partners"
],
": invest entry 1 sense 1":[
"put her money in the company"
],
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"put forward a theory"
],
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"puts his faith in reason"
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"a reapportionment \u2026 that was put into effect at the September primaries",
"\u2014 Current Biography"
],
": to bring into action : exert":[],
": to call for a formal vote on":[
"put the motion"
],
": to cause to endure or suffer something : subject":[
"put traitors to death"
],
": to cause to perform an action : urge":[
"put the horse over the fence"
],
": to convey into another form":[
"want to put my feelings into words"
],
": to create as a unified whole : construct":[],
": to devote (oneself) to an activity or end":[
"put himself to winning back their confidence"
],
": to finish off : bring an end to":[],
": to give as an estimate":[
"put the time as about eleven"
],
": to inform on":[
"put the finger on \u2026 heroin pushers",
"\u2014 Barrie Zwicker"
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": to make public : issue":[],
": to make sexual advances toward":[],
": to make the final preparations for printing (something, such as a newspaper)":[],
": to move in a specified direction":[],
": to place in a specified position or relationship : lay":[
"put the book on the table"
],
": to prescribe a specified regimen for":[
"\u2014 usually used with on put her on medication put him on a diet"
],
": to produce or send out by growth":[
"put forth leaves"
],
": to send (something, such as a weapon or missile) into or through something : thrust":[],
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"put the question"
],
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": to take a firm stand":[],
": to take a specified course":[
"put down the river"
],
": to throw with an overhand pushing motion":[
"put the shot"
],
": to translate into another language or style":[
"put the poem into English"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Put the car in the garage.",
"I put the keys on the table.",
"He put his arms around her and held her tight.",
"He fell and accidentally put his hand through a window.",
"The illness put her in the hospital for three days.",
"They put her in prison for forgery.",
"Her parents decided to put her in a special school for deaf children.",
"If she drove 55 mph for 20 minutes, that would put her about halfway there by now.",
"Don't forget to put your signature on the check.",
"He put his phone number on a napkin.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And my studio sort of took a while to get reassembled and get put back together in a way that was user friendly. \u2014 Jim Ryan, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Use cantaloupe, honeydew, kiwi, and grapes along with some letter cookie cutters and candy eyeballs to put together this delightfully spooky fruit platter. \u2014 Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day , 27 June 2022",
"Brian Hartline put together another quality wide receiver class. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
"Mayor Eric Adams campaigned with them in Brooklyn on Saturday, and Representative Gregory W. Meeks, the chairman of the Queens Democratic Party who has prodded her to put together a more diverse campaign, accompanied her to church on Sunday. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"Still, having dutifully sat through half of this eight-episode season, the sense that the pieces can be satisfactorily put together, at least for those who were skeptical going on, feels asked and answered. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 26 June 2022",
"The Blazers would have to put together a package of players whose contracts would come close to matching Durant\u2019s salary. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
"Jankowski and his team of volunteers worked for over a year to put together a safe route, plan event festivities and find a venue to host bike riders. \u2014 Addison Lathers, Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2022",
"The best way to prepare for a hurricane, according to NOAA, is to put together a hurricane kit, check your house for a shoddy shutter or roof and stay informed. \u2014 Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That\u2019s the put it in-your-face front-and-center kind of argument. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Moments later, Grant Williams corralled an offensive rebound for a put back, forcing Kerr to a call for a timeout as the home crowd roared. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Leah and Corey turned around, battled the current to the put -in, and rushed back to Leah\u2019s car, which was covered in ash. \u2014 Patty Hodapp, Outside Online , 8 June 2022",
"Two singles to lead off the inning put runners at first and third with nobody out. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 4 June 2022",
"The Buffalo mass shooting put issues of food disparity on display, as NPR reporter Laurel Wamsley pointed out. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
"What investigators discovered next put Jennifer's estranged husband on the top of the list of suspects. \u2014 Erin Moriarty, CBS News , 19 May 2022",
"Pin a tag or have a staffer put tape on each stain. \u2014 Kevin Brasler, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Many investors are concerned that the Fed put has now been withdrawn. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 14 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Which types of options to use when At Logica Capital, Himelsein tends to buy more call options on individual positions and focus more on the broader market for the downside with put options on the S&P 500 and other broad indices. \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The time-saving tricks from One Bed include a fitted sheet with stay- put straps, labels for long and short sides and a split-corner flat sheet that is simple to tuck in without leaving excess fabric. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"Lines have been drawn, and the choice to step over or stay put is looming. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"For the second straight year, the government has advised those living away from home to stay put , and train and plane travel has been curtailed. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Underwater, the tiger sharks stayed put \u2026 and immediately following the storm, their numbers doubled. \u2014 Melissa Cristina M\u00e1rquez, Forbes , 10 June 2021",
"Lehigh coach Brett Reed stayed put and just finished his 14th season at the school. \u2014 Ralph D. Russo, chicagotribune.com , 20 Mar. 2021",
"Governor Dukakis told everyone to stay put , and yet the Globe resumed publication on Wednesday morning. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Investors are also buying more put options, contracts that give them the right to sell stocks and other assets at a specific price. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 17 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1841, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English putten ; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch poten to plant":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pu\u0307t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"set",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053323",
"type":[
"adjective",
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"verb"
]
},
"put (someone or something) in the shade":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to be much better than (someone or something)":[
"Their performance really put ours in the shade ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192533",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put (someone or something) through his/her/its paces":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to test what someone or something can do":[
"We brought home three different computers and put them through their paces ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200235",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put (someone or something) to shame":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to be much better than (someone or something)":[
"Her art project put mine to shame ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200849",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put (someone) out to grass":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to force (someone) to leave a job because of old age":[
"I'm not ready to be put out to grass just yet."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193930",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put a name to (someone or something)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to think of and say the name of (someone or something)":[
"Can you put a name to the face in this photograph?",
"I couldn't put a name to the emotion I was feeling."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184055",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put a tail on (someone)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to have someone follow (another person)":[
"They put a tail on the suspect."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124530",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put away":{
"antonyms":[
"disinter",
"exhume",
"unearth"
],
"definitions":{
": bury":[],
": discard , renounce":[
"to put grief away is disloyal to the memory of the departed",
"\u2014 H. A. Overstreet"
],
": divorce":[],
": kill":[],
": to confine especially in a mental institution":[],
": to eat or drink up : consume":[]
},
"examples":[
"the naval authorities put away the body yesterday"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bury",
"entomb",
"hearse",
"inhume",
"inter",
"lay",
"tomb"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001829",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put by":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": reject":[],
": to lay aside : save":[]
},
"examples":[
"have money put by for an emergency"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay away",
"lay by",
"lay in",
"lay up",
"salt away",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"stockpile",
"store",
"stow",
"treasure"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034558",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put considerable store in/by":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to feel that something is very important and valuable":[
"He puts considerable store in/by her opinions."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182132",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put down":{
"antonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
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"As plans were being put in place for the move, Disney employees were offered moving assistance to relocate. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
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"To put in context, last year, Amazon posted more than two million deals in just two days. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
"Similarly, offshore wind can co-locate with aquaculture projects and act as a source of renewable power if the correct policy framework is put in place. \u2014 Sverre Alvik, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Jessica Secor finished second in the 1600 (5:00.78) and 3200 (10:52.70), while the relay teams put in strong performances as well. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 4 June 2022",
"In the meantime, could something as simple as an alert system be put in place between gun sellers and the local police? \u2014 WSJ , 1 June 2022",
"Instead of having the pitcher try to get the batter to chase a pitch outside of the strike zone, Johnson is asking for more strikes, even if more of those pitches get put in play. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 30 May 2022"
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"Fouts got the first two batters to ground out to her for a 1-3 putout . \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 21 May 2022",
"In the bottom of the tenth inning with two outs and two runners on base, Beeman struck out, and Newberg catcher Abby Carsley made the putout with a throw to first base to deny Lakeridge a walk-off win. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Machado, a third baseman, had a putout in deep right field and an assist from his normal position in the fourth inning. \u2014 Bernie Wilson, ajc , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Senior catcher Devyn Tracey let the moment sink in after second baseman Grace Bielski caught a soft pop for the game\u2019s final out, her sixth putout of the game. \u2014 Craig Clary, baltimoresun.com , 16 June 2021",
"While the Tigers recorded an out after catcher Jake Rogers' error on a pickoff attempt, thanks to an uncanny 9-3-5-6-1-4 putout , the throw past first baseman Cabrera gifted Chicago a 4-2 lead. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2021",
"That\u2019s when Baez\u2019s teammate Willson Contreras came barreling home, prompting Craig to toss the ball to the Pirates catcher, who missed a putout on Contreras. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 28 May 2021",
"That play turned into a 1-3-1 putout that brought home the Pirates\u2019 first run. \u2014 Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 May 2021",
"Because Marte was going on an 0-1 pitch from Aaron Sanchez to Jesus Aguilar with one out in the first, what probably would have been an inning-ending 6-4-3 double-play grounder turned into simply a 6-3 putout . \u2014 Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Apr. 2021",
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"The Japanese fashion designer \u2014 a protege of iconic Comme des Garcons couturier Rei Kawakubo \u2014 put out an urban, yet soft, display for his eponymous brand Friday. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 24 June 2022",
"By early afternoon Friday, Trump put out a statement taking a victory lap, including applauding himself for sticking by his choice of nominees. \u2014 Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"By early afternoon on Friday, Mr. Trump put out a statement taking a victory lap, including applauding himself for sticking by his choice of nominees. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"In the early Eighties, Morante also put out two solo albums, Corpo a Corpo and Abbasso. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"Investigators put out a warrant out for Armstrong's arrest on May 25 for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. \u2014 ABC News , 23 June 2022",
"George put out a call on his radio, and a second officer, Jerome Billings, apprehended Dunn after a foot chase, cuffed him, and escorted him to a police car. \u2014 Chris Pomorski, The New Republic , 23 June 2022",
"Some people observed small spot fires caused by sparks, but they were put out , Trost said. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 June 2022",
"If it were put out nationwide for Record Store Day in that limited a quantity, it\u2019d most be snatched up by vinyl enthusiasts and sold out in a matter of days. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 7 June 2022"
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"the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof",
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"YAM Marley Station bought the 775,000-square-feet of the mall, including nearly 25 acres of land, in October for $10.5 million after it was put up for a foreclosure auction in 2020. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 14 June 2022",
"The pools are located at private residences and are put up for rental by homeowners. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
"The franchise was officially put up for sale in February. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"From there, a maze of legal proceedings preceded the franchise officially being put up for sale on Feb. 1. \u2014 Parker Gabriel, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"All seven Bowlen children could not reach an agreement on who should take charge, so the team was put up for auction. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"But as the number of nuns has dwindled from a high two decades ago of more than 40 to a low in recent months of three, friends and neighbors of the monastery feared that the historic property would be put up for sale. \u2014 Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"In the decades since Roe, the percentage of children who have been put up for adoption has declined. \u2014 Safia Samee Ali, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
"Dorval said it\u2019s important for groups like hers to step up as these camps are put up for sale. \u2014 al , 4 June 2022"
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"putting down helping after helping",
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"\u2014 O. S. J. Gogarty"
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"he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism",
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"barb",
"brickbat",
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"dart",
"dig",
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"diss",
"epithet",
"gird",
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"insult",
"name",
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"masquerade",
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"\u2014 Melvin Maddocks"
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"I put on a coat and shoes to go outside.",
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"strained",
"unnatural"
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"\u2014 Fannie Kilbourne",
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"\u2014 Time"
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"\u2014 Kay Boyle",
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"\u2014 Donn Byrne"
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"\u2014 Malcolm Cowley"
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"the launch went put-putting across the darkening harbor",
"\u2014 William Irish",
"put-put off across the water to visit the alligators",
"\u2014 J. L. Jolley"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the right parietal lobe does have functional and anatomical connections to the putamen , Hayashi said, so perhaps the interactions of the two produce a more cohesive perception of time. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 24 Sep. 2020",
"Brain scans of the study participants tracked this effect in a region called the putamen , which is involved in motor learning and other functions. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 24 Sep. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the right parietal lobe does have functional and anatomical connections to the putamen , Hayashi said, so perhaps the interactions of the two produce a more cohesive perception of time. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 24 Sep. 2020",
"Brain scans of the study participants tracked this effect in a region called the putamen , which is involved in motor learning and other functions. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 24 Sep. 2020"
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"This has always been a nation willing to sell out its past for putative progress. \u2014 Anna Quindlen , Newsweek , 3 June 2002",
"The putative champions of liberty took up the cry of dissent only after it had become profitable and safe \u2026 \u2014 Lewis H. Lapham , Harper's , June 2000",
"Back in Hollywood in a few weeks, I was discouraged to find yet another putative director wandering about in the Cowan offices, also unpaid. \u2014 Arthur Miller , Timebends , 1987",
"the putative reason for her dismissal was poor job performance",
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"In parallel, the XRP Army has organized into a putative class of over 60,000 retail XRP holders led by friend of the court John E. Deaton. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Selections include Cambria, Calif., a seaside village near many notable Pacific Coast attractions; Bemidji, Minn., the putative birthplace of Paul Bunyan; and Winslow, Ariz., once mentioned in an Eagles song. \u2014 al , 6 June 2022",
"That\u2019s for its putative health benefits (a whole different debate, though similarly fraught). \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 20 Jan. 2021",
"One way to measure these mores and practices is to count state laws: How many states recognize a putative right and how many try to abridge it? \u2014 Akhil Reed Amar, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Dealers in NFTs, digital land, promoters of Web3 and pay-to-play crypto games, all have their view of the putative Metaverse and their role in it. \u2014 Charlie Fink, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"That financial advantage means Bayern exists in a different reality from its putative peers. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Zelensky\u2019s putative foes found their own metaphors, too. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Colin Meyer\u2019s letter to the editor (April 15) dismisses aircraft carriers as useless by puffing up the putative power of Chinese hypersonic missiles. \u2014 WSJ , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"The putative champions of liberty took up the cry of dissent only after it had become profitable and safe \u2026 \u2014 Lewis H. Lapham , Harper's , June 2000",
"Back in Hollywood in a few weeks, I was discouraged to find yet another putative director wandering about in the Cowan offices, also unpaid. \u2014 Arthur Miller , Timebends , 1987",
"the putative reason for her dismissal was poor job performance",
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"In parallel, the XRP Army has organized into a putative class of over 60,000 retail XRP holders led by friend of the court John E. Deaton. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Selections include Cambria, Calif., a seaside village near many notable Pacific Coast attractions; Bemidji, Minn., the putative birthplace of Paul Bunyan; and Winslow, Ariz., once mentioned in an Eagles song. \u2014 al , 6 June 2022",
"That\u2019s for its putative health benefits (a whole different debate, though similarly fraught). \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 20 Jan. 2021",
"One way to measure these mores and practices is to count state laws: How many states recognize a putative right and how many try to abridge it? \u2014 Akhil Reed Amar, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Dealers in NFTs, digital land, promoters of Web3 and pay-to-play crypto games, all have their view of the putative Metaverse and their role in it. \u2014 Charlie Fink, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"That financial advantage means Bayern exists in a different reality from its putative peers. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Zelensky\u2019s putative foes found their own metaphors, too. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Colin Meyer\u2019s letter to the editor (April 15) dismisses aircraft carriers as useless by puffing up the putative power of Chinese hypersonic missiles. \u2014 WSJ , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Decomposition brings with it gases and odors and scavengers, which can be disturbing and unpleasant for the living, but putrefaction itself is not a source of disease. \u2014 Lisa Wells, Harper's Magazine , 28 Sep. 2021",
"The globe is smooth, the hand strokes its polished, multicolored surface, under the blue of distant waters and islands there is bleeding and putrefaction . \u2014 Claudio Magris, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021",
"Such a consistent putrefaction pattern also comes as a surprise to others on the trail of early animal evolution. \u2014 Katherine Harmon, Scientific American , 31 Jan. 2010",
"The putrefaction of the university, and of elite American and European culture more generally, has made the task of rebuilding liberal institutions an urgent one. \u2014 Bruce Gilley, WSJ , 7 Oct. 2020",
"At its peak of putrefaction , the region featured more than two dozen horse-rendering plants, fish oil factories and garbage incinerators, turning Dead Horse Bay into one of New York\u2019s most foul-smelling stretches of navigable water. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Aug. 2020",
"His job had been to excavate the bomb shelters and basements to remove the rotting corpses before the entire city started to stink of human putrefaction . \u2014 Rachel Lance, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Mar. 2020",
"All three methods delay the process of putrefaction . \u2014 The Economist , 4 Oct. 2019",
"All three methods delay the process of putrefaction . \u2014 The Economist , 4 Oct. 2019"
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"we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many recipes that survive from antiquity call for allowing fish to putrefy in open vats under the Mediterranean sun for up to three months. \u2014 Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Oct. 2021",
"But some of the ailments Romans suffered boggle the mind\u2014vicious fevers, wasting diseases and worms living in putrefying wounds that refused to heal. \u2014 Edward Watts, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Apr. 2020",
"But this, Marcus stresses, only causes our emotions to putrefy and fester. \u2014 Barrett Swanson, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
"The paintings of putrefying corpses and splayed-open cadavers made by Hyman Bloom between 1943 and 1954 constitute one of the most extraordinary and disturbingly beautiful bodies of work in American art. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 31 July 2019",
"The injunction contends that long-distance travel does not broaden the mind, as commonly supposed, but putrefies the character by exposing it to impurity. \u2014 Alex Perry, Outside Online , 24 July 2019",
"Soutine\u2019s table is brutally buckled, and the roiling white tablecloth, yellowish-green, suggests putrefying flesh and pitching sea, nearly capsizing a standing jug and pitcher. \u2014 Lance Esplund, WSJ , 2 May 2018",
"Sulfur atoms had started to bind with his hemoglobin, a process that would typically only occur in putrefying corpses. \u2014 Sylvia Morrow, Discover Magazine , 6 Oct. 2017",
"Time, heat and water were Yaw\u2019s enemies now, conspiring beneath the carpets to rot and putrefy . \u2014 Jack Healy, New York Times , 2 Sep. 2017"
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"we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many recipes that survive from antiquity call for allowing fish to putrefy in open vats under the Mediterranean sun for up to three months. \u2014 Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Oct. 2021",
"But some of the ailments Romans suffered boggle the mind\u2014vicious fevers, wasting diseases and worms living in putrefying wounds that refused to heal. \u2014 Edward Watts, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Apr. 2020",
"But this, Marcus stresses, only causes our emotions to putrefy and fester. \u2014 Barrett Swanson, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
"The paintings of putrefying corpses and splayed-open cadavers made by Hyman Bloom between 1943 and 1954 constitute one of the most extraordinary and disturbingly beautiful bodies of work in American art. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 31 July 2019",
"The injunction contends that long-distance travel does not broaden the mind, as commonly supposed, but putrefies the character by exposing it to impurity. \u2014 Alex Perry, Outside Online , 24 July 2019",
"Soutine\u2019s table is brutally buckled, and the roiling white tablecloth, yellowish-green, suggests putrefying flesh and pitching sea, nearly capsizing a standing jug and pitcher. \u2014 Lance Esplund, WSJ , 2 May 2018",
"Sulfur atoms had started to bind with his hemoglobin, a process that would typically only occur in putrefying corpses. \u2014 Sylvia Morrow, Discover Magazine , 6 Oct. 2017",
"Time, heat and water were Yaw\u2019s enemies now, conspiring beneath the carpets to rot and putrefy . \u2014 Jack Healy, New York Times , 2 Sep. 2017"
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},
"examples":[
"in the far corner of the walk-in refrigerator was a crate of cucumbers in an advanced stage of putrescence",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There was no evidence to suggest the existence of four receptor classes, rather than three, or five, or ten; nor was there any serious reason to believe that acidity and goatiness\u2014but not, say, florality or putrescence \u2014were fundamentals of odor. \u2014 Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
"In various states of putrescence \u2014worms wriggling, entrails dangling\u2014cadavers rise from their graves to join the Dance of Death. \u2014 Felipe Fern\u00e1ndez-armesto, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2020",
"At the opposite end of spring's floral awakening lingers the rot of deciduous fall: the putrescence of stranded, spent salmon; the sweet stench of walrus or whale melting on Nome's driftwood beaches. \u2014 Michael Engelhard, Alaska Dispatch News , 1 July 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1646, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"py\u00fc-\u02c8tre-s\u1d4an(t)s"
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"breakdown",
"corruption",
"decay",
"decomposition",
"festering",
"putrefaction",
"rot",
"spoilage"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091912",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"definitions":{
": putrescence":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from (assumed) New Latin putrescentia":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-ns\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002049",
"type":[
"noun"
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": undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most common are oils (cinnamon, clove, thyme, garlic, etc.), putrescent whole egg solids, dried blood, etc. \u2014 Kym Pokorny, OregonLive.com , 17 Apr. 2018"
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"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Latin putrescent-, putrescens , present participle of putrescere to grow rotten, inchoative of putr\u0113re":""
},
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"py\u00fc-\u02c8tre-s\u1d4ant",
"py\u00fc-\u02c8tres-\u1d4ant"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105740",
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"undecomposed"
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": morally corrupt":[],
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"a putrid odor"
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": totally objectionable":[]
},
"examples":[
"a putrid shade of green",
"the putrid remains of a dead raccoon on the side of the highway",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Open basement doors reveal a putrid stew of trash and standing water. \u2014 Alan Judd, ajc , 13 June 2022",
"That helps overcome a putrid first two rounds, when five of the six SEC teams in the field were cut down as favorites. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Live fish are dead and rotting in their tanks now, their heads rising just above the putrid water. \u2014 Phil Mccausland, NBC News , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The Celtics looked putrid in their first third quarter of the NBA Finals, like a team that was frazzled by their more experienced and precise opponents. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Boston converted on just 10 of their 22 shots within four feet of the basket\u2014a putrid 45.5 percent. \u2014 Brian Sampson, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"In one notorious incident caught by TV cameras, a crew member on the Wizard shed most of his clothes and jumped overboard in an unsuccessful attempt to help bring aboard a putrid , dead walrus, valued for its tusks. \u2014 Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Days and nights of dull watches and putrid food are punctuated by the terrors of sea storms and savage battles. \u2014 Jonathan W. Jordan, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Asim juxtaposes violent savagery with familiar nuisances \u2014 pestering insects, smothering heat, the putrid smell of death \u2014 emphasizing how the Stolen cope. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Latin putridus , from putr\u0113re to be rotten, from puter, putris rotten; akin to Latin put\u0113re to stink \u2014 more at foul entry 1":""
},
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"\u02c8py\u00fc-tr\u0259d"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for putrid malodorous , stinking , fetid , noisome , putrid , rank , fusty , musty mean bad-smelling. malodorous may range from the unpleasant to the strongly offensive. malodorous fertilizers stinking and fetid suggest the foul or disgusting. prisoners were held in stinking cells the fetid odor of skunk cabbage noisome adds a suggestion of being harmful or unwholesome as well as offensive. a stagnant, noisome sewer putrid implies particularly the sickening odor of decaying organic matter. the putrid smell of rotting fish rank suggests a strong unpleasant smell. rank cigar smoke fusty and musty suggest lack of fresh air and sunlight, fusty also implying prolonged uncleanliness, musty stressing the effects of dampness, mildew, or age. a fusty attic the musty odor of a damp cellar",
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"addled",
"bad",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"putrefied",
"rotten",
"spoiled"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001304",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
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"puttanesca":{
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": served with or being a pungent tomato sauce typically containing olives, garlic, capers, hot pepper, and sometimes anchovies":[
"\u2014 usually used postpositively pasta puttanesca"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Italian, short for alla puttanesca , literally, in the style of a prostitute":""
},
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"\u02ccp\u00fc-t\u00e4-\u02c8ne-sk\u00e4"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174058",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[],
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": served with or being a pungent tomato sauce typically containing olives, garlic, capers, hot pepper, and sometimes anchovies":[
"\u2014 usually used postpositively pasta puttanesca"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Italian, short for alla puttanesca , literally, in the style of a prostitute":""
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"\u02ccp\u00fc-t\u00e4-\u02c8ne-sk\u00e4"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175712",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"puttee":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a cloth strip wrapped around the leg from ankle to knee":[],
": a usually leather legging secured by a strap or catch or by laces":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s taken hold at British labels, A-Cold-Wall and Cottweiler, where models were secured with dozens of little puttees and hiking straps. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 27 July 2018",
"Decked out in green puttees , hobnail boots and a bomber jacket. \u2014 Amanda Demarco, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi & Urdu pa\u1e6d\u1e6d\u012b strip of cloth, from Sanskrit pa\u1e6d\u1e6dik\u0101":""
},
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"pu\u0307-",
"\u02ccp\u0259-\u02c8t\u0113",
"\u02c8p\u0259-t\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025441",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"putten":{
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"Definition of putten dialectal past tense of put"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-013158",
"type":[]
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"putter":{
"antonyms":[],
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": one that puts":[
"a putter of questions"
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": one who putts":[],
": to move or act aimlessly or idly":[],
": to work at random : tinker":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the motorboat puttered across the lake"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1743, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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"alteration of potter":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8p\u0259-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8pu\u0307-t\u0259r"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032442",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"putter (around)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to spend time in a relaxed way doing small jobs and other things that are not very important":[
"I didn't do much last weekend. I just puttered around .",
"He spent his vacation puttering around the house/garden."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192229",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to spend time in a relaxed way doing small jobs and other things that are not very important":[
"I didn't do much last weekend. I just puttered around .",
"He spent his vacation puttering around the house/garden."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030956",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
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"definitions":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"put in + -er":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212849",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"put on + -er":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010730",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"put out + -er":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235712",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"putter-up":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"put up + -er":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221052",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"putterer":{
"antonyms":[],
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": one that puts":[
"a putter of questions"
],
": one who putts":[],
": to move or act aimlessly or idly":[],
": to work at random : tinker":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the motorboat puttered across the lake"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1743, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of potter":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8pu\u0307-t\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192703",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"putteringly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in a puttering manner : aimlessly":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075406",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"puzzle":{
"antonyms":[
"closed book",
"conundrum",
"enigma",
"head-scratcher",
"mystery",
"mystification",
"puzzlement",
"riddle",
"secret",
"why"
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": complicate , entangle":[],
": something that puzzles":[],
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": to attempt a solution of a puzzle by guesswork or experiment":[
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],
": to be uncertain as to action or choice":[],
": to solve with difficulty or ingenuity":[
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]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The cause of the accident has puzzled investigators.",
"it is the cause of the disease that puzzles doctors",
"Noun",
"a book of puns, riddles, and puzzles",
"the final fate of the colonists at Roanoke remains a puzzle to this very day",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The solution, Stuef says, is tied far more to understanding Fenn\u2019s emotions, and to a close examination of the poem itself, than to puzzle -solving skills. \u2014 Daniel Barbarisi, Outside Online , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Wordle continues to puzzle millions of us at our breakfast tables and during our daily commutes. \u2014 Zak Doffman, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
"In the meantime, theorists will continue to puzzle over anomalies and dream up hypothetical particles that could be responsible for the discrepancies detectors have seen. \u2014 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Today, neurologists continue to puzzle over instances of bizarre physical effects of the mind on the body. \u2014 Joe Didonato, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"That said, the actor knows Professor X\u2019s death and reappearance will puzzle fans. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Neff \u2014 who drills and analyzes ice cores to puzzle out evidence of past climates \u2014 said those cores could one day provide some answers. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The pandemic has kindled interest in lots of hobbies, from bread baking to card collecting to puzzle making. \u2014 Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Each has their own rules, aesthetic, and fanbase but all aim to puzzle the mind game strategists among us. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Whoever completes the puzzle fastest wins and forms the Authority. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
"This was a visceral, textural portrayal of a profound puzzle : how to reconcile physical absence with the lingering sensations of presence. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Read about the women who are part of the puzzle that is 50 years of Title IX. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Just getting all those moving pieces together is like putting together a 15,000-piece puzzle without knowing what the final picture is supposed to be. \u2014 David Lyman, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
"Ten minutes of this resulted in me solving the combined puzzle slew to get one more piece for my hipster-mad-scientist plot. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 19 June 2022",
"The viral word- puzzle game Wordle and I share that in common, actually. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"When the test starts, the child will be presented with an item, which usually involves some sort of puzzle or pattern. \u2014 Eleanor Mccrary, The Courier-Journal , 17 June 2022",
"By doing so, the architect gives the hole a sense of place as one piece of an 18-hole puzzle . \u2014 Joe Passov, WSJ , 15 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1582, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259-z\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for puzzle Verb puzzle , perplex , bewilder , distract , nonplus , confound , dumbfound mean to baffle and disturb mentally. puzzle implies existence of a problem difficult to solve. the persistent fever puzzled the doctor perplex adds a suggestion of worry and uncertainty especially about making a necessary decision. a behavior that perplexed her friends bewilder stresses a confusion of mind that hampers clear and decisive thinking. a bewildering number of possibilities distract implies agitation or uncertainty induced by conflicting preoccupations or interests. distracted by personal problems nonplus implies a bafflement that makes orderly planning or deciding impossible. the remark left us utterly nonplussed confound implies temporary mental paralysis caused by astonishment or profound abasement. the tragic news confounded us all dumbfound suggests intense but momentary confounding; often the idea of astonishment is so stressed that it becomes a near synonym of astound . was at first too dumbfounded to reply Noun mystery , problem , enigma , riddle , puzzle mean something which baffles or perplexes. mystery applies to what cannot be fully understood by reason or less strictly to whatever resists or defies explanation. the mystery of the stone monoliths problem applies to a question or difficulty calling for a solution or causing concern. problems created by high technology enigma applies to utterance or behavior that is very difficult to interpret. his suicide remains an enigma riddle suggests an enigma or problem involving paradox or apparent contradiction. the riddle of the reclusive pop star puzzle applies to an enigma or problem that challenges ingenuity for its solution. the thief's motives were a puzzle for the police",
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"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fox",
"fuddle",
"get",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"vex"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021821",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"puzzle (out)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to understand or find (something, such as the answer to a difficult problem) by careful thinking":[
"She puzzled out the meaning of the strange phrase."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002533",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"puzzlement":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": puzzle":[],
": the state of being puzzled : perplexity":[]
},
"examples":[
"The cause of the accident has been a source of puzzlement .",
"The explanation only increased their puzzlement .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Illuminated in the blue glow of bubbling water and artificial light, the two women slowly registered each other with puzzlement , hostility and abject longing. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Freud sought to impress on his readers a sense of relentless puzzlement , to spark resistance to neat arguments. \u2014 Udi Greenberg, The New Republic , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Which brings us back to another big picture problem, summed up neatly by Cad Bane expressing puzzlement at Boba\u2019s angle here. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 9 Feb. 2022",
"For lovers of his work, such puzzlement appears to be part of his appeal. \u2014 James Walton, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"And his puzzlement offers comfort, transcending middle-aged male disaffection to speak to the universal condition of adulthood. \u2014 Nina Renata Aron, Los Angeles Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The entire subject of cryptocurrency is one that many find a puzzlement and yet perhaps vaguely alluring. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 21 Dec. 2021",
"And that makes the joy of the high notes merely a fleeting moment, followed by a more lasting sense of puzzlement . \u2014 Steven Oxman, Variety , 18 Nov. 2021",
"But the shape and direction of that agenda remain a matter of considerable puzzlement despite\u2014or perhaps because of\u2014Kishida's efforts to explain it. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 2 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1731, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259-z\u0259l-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bafflement",
"bamboozlement",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderedness",
"bewilderment",
"confusedness",
"confusion",
"discombobulation",
"distraction",
"fog",
"head-scratching",
"maze",
"muddle",
"mystification",
"perplexity",
"tangle",
"whirl"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025254",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pullus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a young bird in the downy stage":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, young of an animal, chick":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141753"
},
"pueblo":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the communal dwelling of an American Indian village of Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent areas consisting of contiguous flat-roofed stone or adobe houses in groups sometimes several stories high":[],
": an American Indian village of the southwestern U.S.":[],
": a member of a group of American Indian peoples of the southwestern U.S.":[],
"city on the Arkansas River in southeast central Colorado population 106,595":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pwe-(\u02cc)bl\u014d",
"\u02c8pwe-bl\u014d",
"\u02c8pwe-\u02ccblo",
"p\u00fc-\u02c8e-",
"py\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, village, literally, people, from Latin populus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142023"
},
"Puebla":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"state of southeast central Mexico area 13,096 square miles (33,919 square kilometers), population 5,779,829":[],
"city southeast of Mexico City, Mexico, that is the capital of the state of Puebla population 1,539,819":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pwe-bl\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142158"
},
"pus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a thick, opaque, usually yellowish-white, fluid matter that is formed as part of an inflammatory response typically associated with an infection and is composed of exudate chiefly containing dead white blood cells (such as neutrophils), tissue debris, and pathogenic microorganisms (such as bacteria)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Pus oozed from the cat's injured ear.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The dressing does not have any active ingredient, but rather helps pull out pus and inflammation from the pimples themselves. \u2014 Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
"The inflammatory response is to send a surge of protectors, a type of immune cell called neutrophils, that rush into the area to fight the infection, producing pus . \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Abscesses are infected pockets of tissue containing pus in the abdominal, pelvic, or anal area. \u2014 SELF , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Lesions start out as dark spots on the skin before progressing to bumps that fill with fluid and/or pus . \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 28 May 2022",
"Monkeypox creates a rash that starts with flat red marks that become raised and filled with pus . \u2014 Russell Goldman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
"These sores and lumps often burst open and release pus and blood, according to the Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD). \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 17 Feb. 2022",
"One order is $15 pus tax, with $12.95 for shipping. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Therefore, doctors need to drain such a pocket of pus as soon as possible. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pur-, pus \u2014 more at foul entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143513"
}
}
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