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1977 lines
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{
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"Evatt":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Herbert Vere 1894\u20131965 Australian jurist and statesman":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8e-v\u0259t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002011",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"evacuate":{
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"antonyms":[
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"fill",
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"load"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to discharge from the body as waste : void":[],
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": to pass urine or feces from the body":[],
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": to remove especially from a military zone or dangerous area":[],
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": to remove something (such as gas or water) from especially by pumping":[],
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": to remove the contents of : empty":[],
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": to withdraw from a place in an organized way especially for protection":[],
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": to withdraw from military occupation of":[],
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": vacate sense 1":[
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"were ordered to evacuate the building"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"People who live along the coast are being evacuated as the hurricane approaches.",
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"During World War II, children were evacuated from London to the country.",
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"Residents were ordered to evacuate the building.",
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"Residents have been ordered to evacuate .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The task was to deliver around 2 tons of aid from Dnipro, about 150 miles north of Mariupol, and evacuate the wounded from the plant. \u2014 Yulia Drozd, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
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"This particular plane also flew several important flights including transporting military members to overseas bases and helping to evacuate people following Hurricane Irma. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
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"But when historic flooding hit Yellowstone National Park this week, Taylor sprang into action and helped dozens evacuate from towns that couldn't be evacuated by road. \u2014 Hannah Phillips, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
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"Just south of Sievierodonetsk, volunteers worked to evacuate people Friday amid a threatening soundtrack of air raid sirens and booming artillery. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
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"Just south of Sievierodonetsk, volunteers hoped to evacuate 100 people from a smaller town. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 28 May 2022",
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"The New York Times reported on Friday, citing officials briefed on the situation, that Uvalde Police \u2014 which was working to secure a perimeter and evacuate people from other parts of the building \u2014 prevented BORTAC from entering the school. \u2014 Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone , 27 May 2022",
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"Unable to immediately put a stop to the carnage in the classroom, officers worked to evacuate students and staff members from other parts of the building. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 25 May 2022",
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"Firefighters worked to quickly evacuate residents from the other units as other crews worked to extinguish the flames, the news release states. \u2014 Rosana Hughes, ajc , 8 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, to draw off morbid humors, from Latin evacuatus , past participle of evacuare to empty, from e- + vacuus empty":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02c8va-ky\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t",
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"i-\u02c8vak-y\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t",
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"-ky\u00fc-\u02cc\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"clear",
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"empty",
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"vacate",
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"void"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001251",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"evacuation":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": something evacuated or discharged":[],
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": the act or process of evacuating":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Irwin thinks the massive 2002 fire brought the White Mountain region together, as communities helped each other during periods of evacuation and after returning. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 22 June 2022",
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"However, a Ukrainian commander inside the plant claimed Russians had broken their pledge to allow civilians to leave through the evacuation corridors. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 6 May 2022",
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"Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereschuk has been attempting to facilitate evacuation corridors from Mariupol for weeks with an agreement allegedly being reached Saturday. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said 10 evacuation corridors were planned for Saturday. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said 10 evacuation corridors were planned for Saturday. \u2014 Adam Schreck, Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said 10 evacuation corridors were planned for Saturday. \u2014 Adam Schreck And Cara Anna, chicagotribune.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said 10 evacuation corridors were planned for Saturday. \u2014 Adam Schrek And Cara Anna, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"The government announced plans for new humanitarian aid and evacuation corridors, although ongoing shelling caused similar efforts to fail in the last week. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, ajc , 14 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-ky\u00fc-\u02c8\u0101-",
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"i-\u02ccva-ky\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"i-\u02ccvak-y\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115053",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"evacuation hospital":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a mobile or partly mobile hospital where casualties are received usually from collecting stations and where major medical and surgical treatment can be given before evacuation to rear installations":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235333",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"evacuee":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an evacuated person":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"One hundred evacuees spent the night at a school during the storm.",
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"evacuees by the thousands poured into the camps for displaced persons",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On one such evacuation mission, Vostok staff recently drove through back lanes to reach the home of their latest evacuee , Mykhaylo Silichkin. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
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"Putin ordered the Russian government to offer 10,000 rubles (about $130) to each evacuee , an amount equivalent to about half of an average monthly salary in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 Jim Heintz, Dasha Litvinova And Lori Hinnant, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Feb. 2022",
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"Putin ordered the Russian government to offer 10,000 rubles (about $130) to each evacuee , an amount equivalent to about half of an average monthly salary in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 Jim Heintz, Dasha Litvinova And Lori Hinnant, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Feb. 2022",
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"There are 40 bunkers underground, said one evacuee who worked at the plant, five of which are equipped with basic supplies and triple bunk beds to host civilians. \u2014 Vivian Salama, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
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"Shakib Hokat, 30, another Afghan evacuee getting help from the IRC in San Diego, is familiar with that feeling of a life suddenly pulled in half. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
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"Putin ordered the Russian government to offer 10,000 rubles (about $130) to each evacuee , an amount equivalent to about half of an average monthly salary in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 Jim Heintz, Dasha Litvinova And Lori Hinnant, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Feb. 2022",
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"Putin ordered the Russian government to offer 10,000 rubles (about $130) to each evacuee , an amount equivalent to about half of an average monthly salary in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Feb. 2022",
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"Putin ordered the Russian government to offer about $130 to each evacuee , an amount equivalent to about half of an average monthly salary in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 20 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-ky\u00fc-\u02c8\u0113-",
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"i-\u02ccva-ky\u0259-\u02c8w\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"deportee",
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"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
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"emigr\u00e9",
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"exile",
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"expat",
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"expatriate",
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"refugee"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044716",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"evadable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to avoid answering directly : turn aside":[],
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": to avoid facing up to":[
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"evaded the real issues"
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],
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": to be elusive to : baffle":[
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"the simple, personal meaning evaded them",
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"\u2014 C. D. Lewis"
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],
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": to elude by dexterity or stratagem":[],
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": to slip away":[],
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": to take refuge in escape or avoidance":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The criminals have so far managed to evade the police.",
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"a politician skilled at evading difficult questions",
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"The governor has been accused of evading the issue.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The subvariant, nicknamed for its ability to evade detection on PCR tests, was dominant in the U.S. until last month, when it was overtaken by another Omicron subvariant, BA.2.12.1. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
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"Previous studies have documented Omicron\u2019s galling ability to evade existing vaccine antibodies. \u2014 Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
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"However, staggeringly infectious members of the Omicron family have demonstrated an ability to evade some of those protections. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
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"One of the major advantages of hypersonic weapons is the ability to evade radar detection from distant targets. \u2014 Matt Seyler, ABC News , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"The prospect of a new variant popping up that can evade the Covid immunity that has been built up so far is a situation that scientists aren\u2019t eager to study. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Feb. 2022",
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"Some sellers boasted of their phishing kit\u2019s ability to evade anti-phishing tools and even offered detailed reporting dashboards that show how many victims have been successfully targeted. \u2014 Tony Pepper, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"The increase in risk for the unvaccinated fell to 13 times during the rise of Omicron, which has shown ability to evade the protection offered by vaccines. \u2014 Time , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"Now, omicron\u2019s ability to evade vaccine\u2019s immune response is further proof that the United States cannot vaccinate itself out of the pandemic. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1513, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French & Latin; Middle French evader , from Latin evadere , from e- + vadere to go, walk \u2014 more at wade":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02c8v\u0101d",
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"\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for evade escape , avoid , evade , elude , shun , eschew mean to get away or keep away from something. escape stresses the fact of getting away or being passed by not necessarily through effort or by conscious intent. nothing escapes her sharp eyes avoid stresses forethought and caution in keeping clear of danger or difficulty. try to avoid past errors evade implies adroitness, ingenuity, or lack of scruple in escaping or avoiding. evaded the question by changing the subject elude implies a slippery or baffling quality in the person or thing that escapes. what she sees in him eludes me shun often implies an avoiding as a matter of habitual practice or policy and may imply repugnance or abhorrence. you have shunned your responsibilities eschew implies an avoiding or abstaining from as unwise or distasteful. a playwright who eschews melodrama",
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"synonyms":[
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"avoid",
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"dodge",
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"duck",
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"elude",
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"escape",
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"eschew",
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"finesse",
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"get around",
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"scape",
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"shake",
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"shirk",
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"shuffle (out of)",
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"shun",
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"weasel (out of)"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200108",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"evade":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to avoid answering directly : turn aside":[],
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": to avoid facing up to":[
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"evaded the real issues"
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],
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": to be elusive to : baffle":[
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"the simple, personal meaning evaded them",
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"\u2014 C. D. Lewis"
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],
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": to elude by dexterity or stratagem":[],
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": to slip away":[],
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": to take refuge in escape or avoidance":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The criminals have so far managed to evade the police.",
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"a politician skilled at evading difficult questions",
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"The governor has been accused of evading the issue.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The subvariant, nicknamed for its ability to evade detection on PCR tests, was dominant in the U.S. until last month, when it was overtaken by another Omicron subvariant, BA.2.12.1. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
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"Previous studies have documented Omicron\u2019s galling ability to evade existing vaccine antibodies. \u2014 Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
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"However, staggeringly infectious members of the Omicron family have demonstrated an ability to evade some of those protections. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
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"One of the major advantages of hypersonic weapons is the ability to evade radar detection from distant targets. \u2014 Matt Seyler, ABC News , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"The prospect of a new variant popping up that can evade the Covid immunity that has been built up so far is a situation that scientists aren\u2019t eager to study. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Feb. 2022",
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"Some sellers boasted of their phishing kit\u2019s ability to evade anti-phishing tools and even offered detailed reporting dashboards that show how many victims have been successfully targeted. \u2014 Tony Pepper, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"The increase in risk for the unvaccinated fell to 13 times during the rise of Omicron, which has shown ability to evade the protection offered by vaccines. \u2014 Time , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"Now, omicron\u2019s ability to evade vaccine\u2019s immune response is further proof that the United States cannot vaccinate itself out of the pandemic. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1513, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French & Latin; Middle French evader , from Latin evadere , from e- + vadere to go, walk \u2014 more at wade":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02c8v\u0101d",
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"\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for evade escape , avoid , evade , elude , shun , eschew mean to get away or keep away from something. escape stresses the fact of getting away or being passed by not necessarily through effort or by conscious intent. nothing escapes her sharp eyes avoid stresses forethought and caution in keeping clear of danger or difficulty. try to avoid past errors evade implies adroitness, ingenuity, or lack of scruple in escaping or avoiding. evaded the question by changing the subject elude implies a slippery or baffling quality in the person or thing that escapes. what she sees in him eludes me shun often implies an avoiding as a matter of habitual practice or policy and may imply repugnance or abhorrence. you have shunned your responsibilities eschew implies an avoiding or abstaining from as unwise or distasteful. a playwright who eschews melodrama",
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"synonyms":[
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"avoid",
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"dodge",
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"duck",
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"elude",
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"escape",
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"eschew",
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"finesse",
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"get around",
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"scape",
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"shake",
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"shirk",
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"shuffle (out of)",
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"shun",
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"weasel (out of)"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202821",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"evade capture/arrest":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to avoid being captured/arrested":[
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"They have evaded capture/arrest so far."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102833",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"evade detection":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to avoid being found out or discovered":[
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"His criminal activities somehow evaded detection ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095024",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"evagation":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a wandering of the mind":[],
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": the act or an instance of wandering":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English evagacioun , from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French evagation , from Medieval Latin evagation-, evagatio , from Latin, wandering, from evagatus (past participle of evagari to wander, from e- + vagari to stroll, wander) + -ion-, -io ion":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u0113(\u02cc)v\u0101\u02c8-",
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"\u02cc\u0113v\u0259\u02c8g\u0101sh\u0259n",
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"\u02ccev\u0259\u02c8-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073123",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"evaginable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": capable of being evaginated":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8vaj\u0259n\u0259b\u0259l",
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"\u0113\u02c8-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114119",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"evagination":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a product of eversion : outgrowth":[],
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": an act or instance of everting":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1676, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin evagination-, evaginatio , act of unsheathing, from Latin evaginare to unsheathe, from e- + vagina sheath":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02ccvaj-\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"i-\u02ccva-j\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134618",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"eval":{
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"definitions":{
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"evaluation":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225008",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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]
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},
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"evaluable":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": able to be evaluated":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-y\u0259-w\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"-y\u00fc-\u0259-",
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"i-\u02c8val-y\u0259-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Of the 182 participants who had an evaluable nasopharyngeal swab, 78 showed detectable virus levels at the baseline. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 8 Mar. 2021",
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"With 30 myelofibrosis patients now treated and evaluable in its mid-stage study, the 24-week spleen response rate to CPI-0610 \u2014 when used on top of Incyte\u2019s market-leading drug Jakafi \u2014 stands at 63%. \u2014 Adam Feuerstein, STAT , 12 June 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173229"
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},
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"evaluate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to determine or fix the value of":[],
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": to determine the significance, worth, or condition of usually by careful appraisal and study":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"We need to evaluate our options.",
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"evaluate a training program as effective",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In her work with Good Housekeeping, product expert and journalist Jessica Hartshorn uses her decades of experience as a cat owner to test and evaluate kitty products. \u2014 Ali Kessler, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
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"The board has tapped Sioux Falls attorney Mark Haigh, who primarily specializes in business and health care law, to help evaluate Ravnsborg's complaints. \u2014 Stephen Groves, ajc , 27 June 2022",
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"One of my duties is to challenge and evaluate ability to fly combat aircraft. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 27 June 2022",
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"Michael Lanza, a spokesman for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, confirmed that providers must contact the agency to evaluate the case and determine whether testing is necessary. \u2014 Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
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"The selection process is administered by the Gatorade Player of the Year Selection Committee, which leverages experts including coaches, scouts, media and others as sources to help evaluate and determine the state winners in each sport. \u2014 Al.com Reports, al , 23 June 2022",
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"Michael Lanza, a spokesman for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, confirmed that providers must contact the agency to evaluate the case and determine whether testing is necessary. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
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"Michael Lanza, a spokesman for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, confirmed that providers must contact the agency to evaluate the case and determine whether testing is necessary. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
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"On the whole, Thomas' opinion is sweeping, tightening the standard court's use to evaluate state gun restrictions and potentially opening the floodgates to a wave of new legal challenges nationwide. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 23 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"back-formation from evaluation , from French \u00e9valuation , from Middle French evaluacion , from esvaluer to evaluate, from e- + value value":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02c8val-y\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t",
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"-y\u00fc-\u02cc\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for evaluate estimate , appraise , evaluate , value , rate , assess mean to judge something with respect to its worth or significance. estimate implies a judgment, considered or casual, that precedes or takes the place of actual measuring or counting or testing out. estimated the crowd at two hundred appraise commonly implies the fixing by an expert of the monetary worth of a thing, but it may be used of any critical judgment. having their house appraised evaluate suggests an attempt to determine relative or intrinsic worth in terms other than monetary. evaluate a student's work value equals appraise but without implying expertness of judgment. a watercolor valued by the donor at $500 rate adds to estimate the notion of placing a thing according to a scale of values. a highly rated restaurant assess implies a critical appraisal for the purpose of understanding or interpreting, or as a guide in taking action. officials are trying to assess the damage",
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"synonyms":[
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"appraise",
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"assess",
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"estimate",
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"guesstimate",
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"rate",
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"set",
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"valuate",
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"value"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223604",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"evaluation":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": determination of the value, nature, character, or quality of something or someone":[
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"a situation that requires careful evaluation",
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"What's your evaluation of her writing ability",
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"a patient undergoing psychiatric evaluation",
|
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"The CIA described my evaluation of the situation as \"sound, perceptive and very much in line with our own.\"",
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"\u2014 Robert S. McNamara",
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"Only 24 states require any kind of testing or evaluation for homeschooled students \u2026",
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"\u2014 Andrew J. Rotherham",
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"As part of a standard evaluation , patients are given a series of tests \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Jerome Groopman"
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],
|
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": the act or result of evaluating":[
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"a situation that requires careful evaluation",
|
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"What's your evaluation of her writing ability",
|
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"a patient undergoing psychiatric evaluation",
|
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"The CIA described my evaluation of the situation as \"sound, perceptive and very much in line with our own.\"",
|
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"\u2014 Robert S. McNamara",
|
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"Only 24 states require any kind of testing or evaluation for homeschooled students \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Andrew J. Rotherham",
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"As part of a standard evaluation , patients are given a series of tests \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Jerome Groopman"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1622, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-y\u00fc-\u02c8\u0101-",
|
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"i-\u02ccval-y\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"appraisal",
|
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"appraisement",
|
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"assessment",
|
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"estimate",
|
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"estimation",
|
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"fix",
|
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"judgment",
|
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"judgement",
|
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"value judgment"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173153",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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]
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},
|
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"evanesce":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"appear",
|
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"materialize"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": to dissipate like vapor":[]
|
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"the kids' rainy-day gloom evanesced the minute they heard that we were going out for ice cream",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Other details \u2014 running water, a smudged kingfisher \u2014 appear only to evanesce . \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2021",
|
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"Monkfish in a gripping mussel broth found its voice in between sips of an off-dry Alsatian pinot gris, its honeyed sweetness just evanescing off the brine of the seafood. \u2014 Amiel Stanek, Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 Jan. 2020",
|
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"The experience of simply having the experience, and letting each moment arrive unexpectedly and evanesce in its own time. \u2014 Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue , 29 June 2018",
|
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"The number of daily active users in March was lower than the average for the first quarter as a whole, a signal that Snap's user base may be evanescing into the void. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 2 May 2018",
|
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"The arc of his coming to America is dizzying: mystery begat hype, hype yielded to skepticism, skepticism evanesced under sheer amazement. \u2014 Si.com Staff, SI.com , 9 Apr. 2018",
|
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"And with every new meeting, my hatred has evanesced like fog in a bright sun. \u2014 Will Blythe, Esquire , 1 Apr. 2010"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1822, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin evanescere \u2014 more at vanish":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cce-v\u0259-\u02c8nes"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"dematerialize",
|
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"disappear",
|
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"dissolve",
|
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"evaporate",
|
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"fade",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"sink",
|
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"vanish"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200504",
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"evanescent":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"ceaseless",
|
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"dateless",
|
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"deathless",
|
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"endless",
|
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"enduring",
|
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"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
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"immortal",
|
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"lasting",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
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"permanent",
|
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"perpetual",
|
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"timeless",
|
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"undying",
|
|
"unending"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": tending to vanish like vapor":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"beauty that is as evanescent as a rainbow",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"But from his vantage on the evanescent bridge to maturity, So is puzzling out some big questions, ones that might be exigent from different vantages at any age. \u2014 Deborah Eisenberg, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
|
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"But from his vantage on the evanescent bridge to maturity, So is puzzling out some big questions, ones that might be exigent from different vantages at any age. \u2014 Deborah Eisenberg, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
|
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"This is to try to capture and memorialize this volatile and evanescent mode of expression, with its references both obscure and shared by millions. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"This is to try to capture and memorialize this volatile and evanescent mode of expression, with its references both obscure and shared by millions. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
|
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"Still another is for people and institutions to realize that cancellation mobs are often powerless and evanescent (and unmerited), a fearsome tide from far off that recedes to nothing closer to shore, and simply wait them out before acting rashly. \u2014 Jack Butler, National Review , 26 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"This is to try to capture and memorialize this volatile and evanescent mode of expression, with its references both obscure and shared by millions. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"This is to try to capture and memorialize this volatile and evanescent mode of expression, with its references both obscure and shared by millions. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
|
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"This is to try to capture and memorialize this volatile and evanescent mode of expression, with its references both obscure and shared by millions. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1717, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin evanescent-, evanescens , present participle of evanescere":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cce-v\u0259-\u02c8ne-s\u1d4ant",
|
|
"\u02ccev-\u0259-\u02c8nes-\u1d4ant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for evanescent transient , transitory , ephemeral , momentary , fugitive , fleeting , evanescent mean lasting or staying only a short time. transient applies to what is actually short in its duration or stay. a hotel catering primarily to transient guests transitory applies to what is by its nature or essence bound to change, pass, or come to an end. fame in the movies is transitory ephemeral implies striking brevity of life or duration. many slang words are ephemeral momentary suggests coming and going quickly and therefore being merely a brief interruption of a more enduring state. my feelings of guilt were only momentary fugitive and fleeting imply passing so quickly as to make apprehending difficult. let a fugitive smile flit across his face fleeting moments of joy evanescent suggests a quick vanishing and an airy or fragile quality. the story has an evanescent touch of whimsy that is lost in translation",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"deciduous",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"fugacious",
|
|
"fugitive",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035638",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"evaporate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"materialize"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": expel":[
|
|
"evaporate electrons from a hot wire"
|
|
],
|
|
": to deposit (a substance, such as a metal) in the form of a film by sublimation":[],
|
|
": to diminish quickly":[],
|
|
": to expel moisture from":[],
|
|
": to give forth vapor":[],
|
|
": to pass off in vapor or in minute particles":[],
|
|
": to pass off or away : disappear":[
|
|
"her ardor evaporated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Let the liquid start to evaporate .",
|
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"The heat evaporated the water.",
|
|
"The opportunity evaporated before he could act on it.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"As the corn grows, there will be less water to evaporate into the atmosphere \u2014 and a smaller yield when the corn stops growing. \u2014 Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"But if the perspiration isn't able to evaporate , the body cannot regulate its temperature. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"In recent days, though, that confidence began to evaporate as Mbapp\u00e9 delayed on putting pen to paper. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"As outside temperatures rise, summer gas is blended to evaporate at higher temperatures than winter gas. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"That's in keeping with the idea that this is a black widow system, where the star is destined to evaporate . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"If every viable plan seems to evaporate right before your eyes, don't worry! \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The findings \u2013 published recently in the journal AGU Advances focus on chloride salt-rich sediments that were left behind as icy mars surface meltwater began to evaporate . \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The traditional method of extraction is to remove brine containing lithium and let the water evaporate out to then separate the usable metal. \u2014 David Douglas, NBC News , 13 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Latin evaporatus , past participle of evaporare , from e- + vapor steam, vapor":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"i-\u02c8va-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
|
|
"i-\u02c8va-p(\u0259-)\u02ccr\u0101t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dematerialize",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evanesce",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"vanish"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224622",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"evasion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a means of evading : dodge":[],
|
|
": the act or an instance of evading : escape":[
|
|
"suspected of tax evasion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was arrested for tax evasion .",
|
|
"They came up with an evasion of the law to keep all the land for themselves.",
|
|
"His reply was nothing but careful evasions .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone goes to prison for tax evasion . \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"One of the country\u2019s top livestreamers, Huang Wei\u2014also known as Viya\u2014was fined $210 million last December for tax evasion . \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The impact could be even bigger for Taobao, which lost Viya, another top livestreaming influencer, late last year after she was fined for tax evasion by authorities. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"In 2012, Thylmann was arrested, in Belgium, for tax evasion , and extradited to Germany. \u2014 Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Instead, Capone was sent to prison for tax evasion . \u2014 Samantha Drake, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
|
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"Authorities have already targeted some livestreaming stars for tax evasion , such as internet celebrity Viya, who was fined 1.34 billion yuan ($211 million) in December for concealing personal income. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"At his 1931 trial for tax evasion , federal prosecutors tried to weaponize his dandyism, trotting out his personal tailor who testified, in a not-so-subtle dig, that Capone\u2019s favorite colors were green and canary. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"He was stripped of his heavyweight title, banned from boxing and faced five years in prison for draft evasion . \u2014 Zareen Syed, chicagotribune.com , 17 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French, from Late Latin evasion-, evasio , from Latin evadere to evade":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"i-\u02c8v\u0101-zh\u0259n",
|
|
"\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"cop-out",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"elusion",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141051",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"evasional":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": constituting an evasion : evasive":[
|
|
"faces away from his obstacles and seeks his triumph through various evasional procedures",
|
|
"\u2014 H. A. Overstreet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-zhn\u0259l",
|
|
"-zh\u0259n\u1d4al"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-075024"
|
|
},
|
|
"evasive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": tending or intended to evade : equivocal":[
|
|
"evasive answers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She gave an evasive answer.",
|
|
"They took evasive action to avoid capture.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Immunity will wane and a more evasive variant could cut into people\u2019s residual protection against severe disease. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Immunity will wane and a more evasive variant could cut into people\u2019s residual protection against severe disease. \u2014 Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The film's previously seen snowy locale is now a mess of surface-to-air missiles, with pilots requiring evasive maneuvers like a tight roll beneath a stone trestle bridge. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
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"And don\u2019t engage in evasive or obstructionist behavior during an IRS audit. \u2014 Robert W. Wood, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"When asked about the social boycott, elders in Bilawar Kalan were not evasive or apologetic at all. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Publications have offered more critical takes of Facebook\u2019s response framing it as evasive , deflection of blame and absent of an apology for the users impacted. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 21 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The Trump years consisted of lies, sometimes leavened by mere bad faith and evasive behavior. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"The extended and incisive questioning of these representatives of power and moneyed interests yields copious answers, but those answers prove, in their generous fullness, nonetheless evasive . \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"Use evaporated milk for an extra rich and creamy cup of chai. \u2014 Sonia Chopra, Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Substitute the coconut milk with whole milk, evaporated milk or a combination of the two. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
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"Steven Abrams, professor of pediatrics at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, acknowledges many infants were fed evaporated milk recipes before formula became the norm, but that doesn\u2019t mean people should use that method today. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 22 May 2022",
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"Another evaporated milk and corn syrup video has been watched more than 120,000 times. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 22 May 2022",
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"At-home formula recipes, like one viral recipe that calls for evaporated milk , have spread on social media as parents struggle to find formula on shelves. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 20 May 2022",
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"Karak Chai is richer than most cups of tea, thanks to its generous use of evaporated milk and hints of vanilla, cinnamon, and cardamom. \u2014 Zaynab Issa, Bon App\u00e9tit , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Whip up this simple mousse that uses meringue and evaporated milk to enrich the sunny pulp. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, egg whites, evaporated milk , skim milk, dry mustard, hot sauce, black pepper and salt; set aside. \u2014 Susan Selasky, USA TODAY , 23 Dec. 2021"
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"\u2014 Jack M. Hollander"
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": the vanishing or disappearance of something":[
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"The pope's attempt to arrest the evaporation of the Christian tradition in Europe was also unsuccessful.",
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"\u2014 Conrad Black",
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"\u2014 James N. Davidson"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for evaluate estimate , appraise , evaluate , value , rate , assess mean to judge something with respect to its worth or significance. estimate implies a judgment, considered or casual, that precedes or takes the place of actual measuring or counting or testing out. estimated the crowd at two hundred appraise commonly implies the fixing by an expert of the monetary worth of a thing, but it may be used of any critical judgment. having their house appraised evaluate suggests an attempt to determine relative or intrinsic worth in terms other than monetary. evaluate a student's work value equals appraise but without implying expertness of judgment. a watercolor valued by the donor at $500 rate adds to estimate the notion of placing a thing according to a scale of values. a highly rated restaurant assess implies a critical appraisal for the purpose of understanding or interpreting, or as a guide in taking action. officials are trying to assess the damage",
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"We need to evaluate our options.",
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"evaluate a training program as effective",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In her work with Good Housekeeping, product expert and journalist Jessica Hartshorn uses her decades of experience as a cat owner to test and evaluate kitty products. \u2014 Ali Kessler, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
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"The board has tapped Sioux Falls attorney Mark Haigh, who primarily specializes in business and health care law, to help evaluate Ravnsborg's complaints. \u2014 Stephen Groves, ajc , 27 June 2022",
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"One of my duties is to challenge and evaluate ability to fly combat aircraft. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 27 June 2022",
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"Michael Lanza, a spokesman for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, confirmed that providers must contact the agency to evaluate the case and determine whether testing is necessary. \u2014 Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
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"The selection process is administered by the Gatorade Player of the Year Selection Committee, which leverages experts including coaches, scouts, media and others as sources to help evaluate and determine the state winners in each sport. \u2014 Al.com Reports, al , 23 June 2022",
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"Michael Lanza, a spokesman for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, confirmed that providers must contact the agency to evaluate the case and determine whether testing is necessary. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
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"Michael Lanza, a spokesman for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, confirmed that providers must contact the agency to evaluate the case and determine whether testing is necessary. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
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"On the whole, Thomas' opinion is sweeping, tightening the standard court's use to evaluate state gun restrictions and potentially opening the floodgates to a wave of new legal challenges nationwide. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 23 June 2022"
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"\u0259\u0307\u02ccvap(\u0259)r\u0259\u02c8tiv\u0259t\u0113",
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"\u0113\u02ccv-",
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"-i",
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"\u0113\u02cc-",
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"i-\u02c8va-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bt"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"While 30% to 50% of the rock struck by the Chicxulub impactor was made up of evaporite deposits like salt and gypsum, almost none of that material is found in the core. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 15 Sep. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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": vaporize":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0113\u02c8-",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165608"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02c8va-p\u014d-\u02cctran(t)-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"When there is no moisture in the soil or in plants, there is no evaporation or evapotranspiration , both of which are cooling processes that add moisture into the air and stabilize the air temperature. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 8 June 2022",
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"Land is greening up earlier and causing an earlier loss of water from the land surface through evapotranspiration \u2013 the loss of water from plants and soil. \u2014 Imtiaz Rangwala, The Conversation , 19 May 2022",
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"Scientists have linked the use of fertilizers to an increase in evapotranspiration , the process by which water moves from the ground to the air. \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"This evapotranspiration also cools the forest\u2014it\u2019s sweating, basically\u2014so without it the Amazon not only dries out, but heats up. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"From space, the instrument can measure a range of aspects on a landscape, such as the temperature of different plants and the amount of evapotranspiration taking place in a forest. \u2014 Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic , 30 June 2021",
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"Trees and vegetation lower surface and air temperatures by providing shade and through evapotranspiration . \u2014 Nives Dolsak And Aseem Prakash, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
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"Their roots also suck water from the ground and eventually release it to the air in a process called evapotranspiration . \u2014 Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic , 2 Sep. 2020",
|
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"Such warmth has dramatic repercussions on the landscape, primarily through evapotranspiration , the process by which plants and soils release moisture into the atmosphere. \u2014 Andrew Freedman, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2020"
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]
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"pronounciation":[
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],
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"French \u00e9vas\u00e9 , from past participle of \u00e9vaser to widen the mouth of, flare out, from Middle French evaser , from e- + vase":""
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"impermanency",
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"momentariness",
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"transitoriness"
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"examples":[
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"the evanescence of a rainbow detracts not a whit from its beauty",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Nelson\u2019s now nonexistent pillar, that paradoxical monument to oblivion, was, for me, an image of both the evanescence of the past and the way that odd parts of it linger and persist\u2014an image, too, that had a beautiful color and a sharp taste: plum. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
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"Between the heft of the wooden building and the evanescence of the fog encircling it, the atmosphere was seductively calming\u2014as long as my mind did not linger on the metaphor of the matchbox. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"The revolving wheel of extinction is itself a route of evanescence . \u2014 Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
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"The revolving wheel of extinction is itself a route of evanescence . \u2014 Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
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"The researchers trained their cameras on the swarms \u2014 no small feat, given the swarms\u2019 evanescence and the intrusive curiosity of bystanders \u2014 and discovered that, like starlings in a flock, midges in a swarm are collectively correlated. \u2014 Brandon Keim, New York Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
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"The revolving wheel of extinction is itself a route of evanescence . \u2014 Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
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"The revolving wheel of extinction is itself a route of evanescence . \u2014 Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
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"The revolving wheel of extinction is itself a route of evanescence . \u2014 Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021"
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],
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],
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"fly",
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"melt",
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"sink",
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"vanish"
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"examples":[
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"the kids' rainy-day gloom evanesced the minute they heard that we were going out for ice cream",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Other details \u2014 running water, a smudged kingfisher \u2014 appear only to evanesce . \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2021",
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"Monkfish in a gripping mussel broth found its voice in between sips of an off-dry Alsatian pinot gris, its honeyed sweetness just evanescing off the brine of the seafood. \u2014 Amiel Stanek, Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 Jan. 2020",
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"The experience of simply having the experience, and letting each moment arrive unexpectedly and evanesce in its own time. \u2014 Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue , 29 June 2018",
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"The number of daily active users in March was lower than the average for the first quarter as a whole, a signal that Snap's user base may be evanescing into the void. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 2 May 2018",
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"The arc of his coming to America is dizzying: mystery begat hype, hype yielded to skepticism, skepticism evanesced under sheer amazement. \u2014 Si.com Staff, SI.com , 9 Apr. 2018",
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"And with every new meeting, my hatred has evanesced like fog in a bright sun. \u2014 Will Blythe, Esquire , 1 Apr. 2010"
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"Latin evanescere \u2014 more at vanish":""
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"1822, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-162650"
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"evangelize":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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": to convert to Christianity":[],
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"Developers that make community contributions are also incentivized to evangelize the OS project. \u2014 Arnav Sahu, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"This week, the Fluf team plans to evangelize its idea for an open metaverse at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference in Austin. \u2014 Karyn Gorman, Fortune , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"The Guillottes came to evangelize the team \u2014 and the sport. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"Laughland plays Brother Constant, a cheerful and confident claric whose job is to evangelize the Church of the Galactic Spirit across the Outer Reach. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 1 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"That scaremongering persists today, especially among the American evangelical Christians who establish churches and nonprofits across Haiti. \u2014 Nadege Green, The Atlantic , 29 June 2022",
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"Key evangelical leader Jerry Falwell, for example, spoke out against Brown v. Board of Education and fumed when the tax-exempt status of his segregated Christian school was threatened. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 23 June 2022",
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"An hour after the Jewish event, up the street outside the Supreme Court, about 150 antiabortion protesters rallied with evangelical worship leader and right-wing former congressional candidate Sean Feucht. \u2014 Ellie Silverman, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
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"Anyone who has spent time among white evangelical Christians has heard some of those phrases. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 4 June 2022",
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"There is a partisan gap \u2014 people who score high on the conspiracy scale tend more often to be Republicans and also tend to identify as evangelical Christians. \u2014 David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
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"Yes, Jews \u2014 the Joint Distribution Committee, Hadassah, various Israeli organizations \u2014 but also evangelical Christians, Muslims and Sikhs, to name but a few. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"It can be seen from Republican candidates\u2019 appeals for evangelical Christians\u2019 support to the outsized role Black church leaders and attendees play in Democratic politics in Northeast Ohio and around the state. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Today, the Republican Party is more than 80 percent white, with a large base of evangelical Christians. \u2014 Barbara F. Walter, The New Republic , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The couple had become close to Arolde de Oliveira, the owner of Flordelis\u2019s record label\u2014a prominent evangelical who was also a nine-term federal deputy. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 7 June 2021",
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"Michael Saylor\u2019s transformation into a corporate Bitcoin evangelical started prosaically enough. \u2014 Eben Shapiro, Time , 21 Mar. 2021",
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"There are some high-profile stories of resistance, like Billy Graham\u2019s granddaughter Jerushah Duford, an evangelical who calls herself pro-life and is voting for Mr. Biden. \u2014 Elizabeth Dias, New York Times , 30 Oct. 2020",
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"Prevo, an influential evangelical in Alaska for decades, led Anchorage Baptist Temple for 47 years before retiring in 2019. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
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"Falwell, a prominent evangelical , had been head of Liberty, one of the country\u2019s largest Christian schools, since his father died in 2007. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 25 Aug. 2020",
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"Jeanine A\u00f1ez, a far-right evangelical who had served as the Vice President of the Bolivian Senate, took over. \u2014 Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic , 30 July 2020",
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"So people who have been part of the big-tent religious institutions have been overrepresented in Congress relative to the evangelicals to this day. \u2014 Tara Isabella Burton, Vox , 5 Nov. 2018",
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"Consolidating support among evangelicals and other religious conservatives has been crucial for the president, and his attendance at the march comes as his re-election campaign is looking to rally supporters. \u2014 Jordan Fabian, Bloomberg.com , 7 May 2020"
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"In today\u2019s world, where software threats continue to rise, everyone in security must, ultimately, be an evangelist to developers. \u2014 Altaz Valani, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"As a teenaged church organist in New York City, then on the road accompanying evangelist singers. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
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"The Methodists trace their roots to 18th-century English evangelist John Wesley, whose followers split from the Church of England following his death. \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 5 June 2022",
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"And their voices have, slowly, begun to rise above crypto\u2019s evangelist din. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
|
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"An evangelist baptized people in a large galvanized stock tank on the corner of Riley Street and Jefferson Avenue. \u2014 Aaron Morrison, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
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"Jamie Casap, author and former chief education evangelist at Google, recently told me that personalized learning is essential to providing students with the skills needed to fill the jobs of the future. \u2014 Kevin P. Chavous, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Even the biggest hydrogen evangelist , Toyota, has faltered in its commitment. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
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"The evangelist Billy Graham was a friend and advisor to a procession of U.S. presidents. \u2014 Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022"
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|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
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|
"Developers that make community contributions are also incentivized to evangelize the OS project. \u2014 Arnav Sahu, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Not to evangelize to them, not to win them over, but to entertain them. \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"Even Pope Francis has acknowledged that despite all the ways that social media has been used to spread hate and encourage vanity, it can also be used to evangelize . \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"The only person on either team who was not Latino was Dalton Coach Matt Cheaves, who came here 28 years ago to evangelize soccer and found disciples in first-generation immigrants who were raised on the game. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This week, the Fluf team plans to evangelize its idea for an open metaverse at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference in Austin. \u2014 Karyn Gorman, Fortune , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Guillottes came to evangelize the team - and the sport. \u2014 Anne Branigin, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Guillottes came to evangelize the team \u2014 and the sport. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Laughland plays Brother Constant, a cheerful and confident claric whose job is to evangelize the Church of the Galactic Spirit across the Outer Reach. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 1 Feb. 2022"
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"Cole\u2019s style of baseball evangelism predates the Bananas. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
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"On May 13, Hunt, who was the senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the North American Mission Board, the SBC\u2019s domestic missions agency, resigned from that post, said Kevin Ezell, the organization\u2019s president and CEO. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 26 May 2022",
|
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"On May 13, Hunt, who was the senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the North American Mission Board, the SBC\u2019s domestic missions agency, resigned from that post, said Kevin Ezell, the organization\u2019s president and CEO. \u2014 Deepa Bharath, Holly Meyer And David Crary, Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022",
|
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"On May 13, Hunt, who was the senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the North American Mission Board, the SBC\u2019s domestic missions agency, resigned from that post, said Kevin Ezell, the organization\u2019s president and CEO. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 26 May 2022",
|
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"On May 13, Hunt, who was the senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the North American Mission Board, the SBC's domestic missions agency, resigned from that post, said Kevin Ezell, the organization's president and CEO. \u2014 CBS News , 24 May 2022",
|
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"On May 13, Hunt, who was the senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the North American Mission Board, the SBC\u2019s domestic missions agency, resigned from that post, said Kevin Ezell, the organization\u2019s president and CEO. \u2014 Deepa Bharath, Holly Meyer And David Crary, Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"On May 13, Hunt, who was the senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the North American Mission Board, the SBC\u2019s domestic missions agency, resigned from that post, said Kevin Ezell, the organization\u2019s president and CEO. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 22 May 2022",
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"Tribalism, nationalism, fundamentalism, evangelism . \u2014 WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022"
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": the winning or revival of personal commitments to Christ":[],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Cole\u2019s style of baseball evangelism predates the Bananas. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
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"On May 13, Hunt, who was the senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the North American Mission Board, the SBC\u2019s domestic missions agency, resigned from that post, said Kevin Ezell, the organization\u2019s president and CEO. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 26 May 2022",
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"On May 13, Hunt, who was the senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the North American Mission Board, the SBC\u2019s domestic missions agency, resigned from that post, said Kevin Ezell, the organization\u2019s president and CEO. \u2014 Deepa Bharath, Holly Meyer And David Crary, Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022",
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"On May 13, Hunt, who was the senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the North American Mission Board, the SBC\u2019s domestic missions agency, resigned from that post, said Kevin Ezell, the organization\u2019s president and CEO. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 26 May 2022",
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"On May 13, Hunt, who was the senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the North American Mission Board, the SBC's domestic missions agency, resigned from that post, said Kevin Ezell, the organization's president and CEO. \u2014 CBS News , 24 May 2022",
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"On May 13, Hunt, who was the senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the North American Mission Board, the SBC\u2019s domestic missions agency, resigned from that post, said Kevin Ezell, the organization\u2019s president and CEO. \u2014 Deepa Bharath, Holly Meyer And David Crary, Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022",
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"On May 13, Hunt, who was the senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the North American Mission Board, the SBC\u2019s domestic missions agency, resigned from that post, said Kevin Ezell, the organization\u2019s president and CEO. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 22 May 2022",
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"Tribalism, nationalism, fundamentalism, evangelism . \u2014 WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"circa 1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-014933"
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"Evans":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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"Herbert McLean 1882\u20131971 American anatomist and embryologist":[],
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"Sir Martin (John) 1941\u2013 British geneticist":[],
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"Maurice 1901\u20131989 American (English-born) actor":[],
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"Rudolph 1878\u20131960 American sculptor":[],
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"Walker 1903\u20131975 American photographer":[]
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"\u02c8e-v\u0259nz"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-015214"
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"by folk etymology from avens":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-025154"
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},
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"type":[
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": a massive basic aluminum phosphate Al 3 (PO 4 )(OH) 6 .6H 2 O":[]
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"Brooke Evans \u20201862 English nickel refiner + English -ite":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-030156"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-033739"
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"city on the Bear River 5 miles (8 kilometers) east of the border with Utah in an oil and gas producing area in the southwestern corner of Wyoming population 12,359":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-033841"
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"city on the Ohio River in southwestern Indiana population 117,429":[]
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"\u02c8e-v\u0259nz-\u02ccvil"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-040406"
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},
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"adjective"
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0113\u02c8-",
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8vap(\u0259)r\u0259b\u0259l"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-040927"
|
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
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": to deposit (a substance, such as a metal) in the form of a film by sublimation":[],
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|
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": expel":[
|
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"evaporate electrons from a hot wire"
|
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],
|
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": to pass off in vapor or in minute particles":[],
|
|
": to pass off or away : disappear":[
|
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"her ardor evaporated"
|
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],
|
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": to diminish quickly":[],
|
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": to give forth vapor":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02c8va-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
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"i-\u02c8va-p(\u0259-)\u02ccr\u0101t"
|
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],
|
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|
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"dematerialize",
|
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"disappear",
|
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"dissolve",
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"evanesce",
|
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"fade",
|
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"flee",
|
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"fly",
|
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"melt",
|
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"sink",
|
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"vanish"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
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"materialize"
|
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"examples":[
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"Let the liquid start to evaporate .",
|
|
"The heat evaporated the water.",
|
|
"The opportunity evaporated before he could act on it.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And for the second time in as many starts, Diamondbacks right-hander Zac Gallen played a part in the unraveling of a potential win over the Rockies, watching another otherwise solid performance evaporate in one lousy inning. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 8 July 2022",
|
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"Because of how much moisture in the air, sweating doesn\u2019t work as intended, since the sweat can\u2019t evaporate and remove heat from the human body. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 7 July 2022",
|
|
"With dry soil conditions and an uptick in moisture that does not evaporate , the sun\u2019s energy is able to directly heat the ground and the surrounding air. \u2014 Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Some soap varieties may contain ingredients known to affect LCD screens and a sudsy mix is not only too wet, but won't evaporate quickly enough to safely be used on a laptop screen. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Melting the butter at a low temperature so the water doesn\u2019t completely evaporate helps emulsify the sauce. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"As the corn grows, there will be less water to evaporate into the atmosphere \u2014 and a smaller yield when the corn stops growing. \u2014 Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"But if the perspiration isn't able to evaporate , the body cannot regulate its temperature. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"In recent days, though, that confidence began to evaporate as Mbapp\u00e9 delayed on putting pen to paper. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"Middle English, from Latin evaporatus , past participle of evaporare , from e- + vapor steam, vapor":""
|
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|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-041047"
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},
|
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"evasively":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": tending or intended to evade : equivocal":[
|
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"evasive answers"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"i-\u02c8v\u0101-siv, -ziv",
|
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"-ziv",
|
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"\u0113-",
|
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"i-\u02c8v\u0101-siv"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"elusive",
|
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"fugitive",
|
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"slippery"
|
|
],
|
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|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"She gave an evasive answer.",
|
|
"They took evasive action to avoid capture.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Immunity will wane and a more evasive variant could cut into people\u2019s residual protection against severe disease. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Immunity will wane and a more evasive variant could cut into people\u2019s residual protection against severe disease. \u2014 Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The film's previously seen snowy locale is now a mess of surface-to-air missiles, with pilots requiring evasive maneuvers like a tight roll beneath a stone trestle bridge. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
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"And don\u2019t engage in evasive or obstructionist behavior during an IRS audit. \u2014 Robert W. Wood, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"When asked about the social boycott, elders in Bilawar Kalan were not evasive or apologetic at all. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Publications have offered more critical takes of Facebook\u2019s response framing it as evasive , deflection of blame and absent of an apology for the users impacted. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 21 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The Trump years consisted of lies, sometimes leavened by mere bad faith and evasive behavior. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"The extended and incisive questioning of these representatives of power and moneyed interests yields copious answers, but those answers prove, in their generous fullness, nonetheless evasive . \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022"
|
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"1637, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-041817"
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}
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