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1738 lines
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{
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"MIRV":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to arm one's forces with MIRVs":[],
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": to equip with MIRV warheads":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1967, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1968, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"m ultiple i ndependently targeted r eentry v ehicle":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u0259rv"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111525",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"Mirach":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a red giant star of the second magnitude that is seen in the constellation Andromeda":[
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"NGC 404 is the nearest example of a lenticular galaxy, and therefore of great interest. But it lies hidden in the glare from a red giant star called Mirach .",
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"\u2014 Space Daily , 3 Nov. 2008"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1835, 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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"\u02c8m\u012b-\u02ccrak"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022607",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Mirounga":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of Phocidae consisting of the elephant seal":[]
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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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"New Latin, from Australian miouroung elephant seal":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259\u0307\u02c8rau\u0307\u014bg\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112424",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Mirren":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Dame Helen 1945\u2013 originally Helen Lydia Mironoff British actress":[]
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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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"\u02c8mir-\u0259n",
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"\u02c8mi-r\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192544",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Mirrlees":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Sir James Alexander 1936\u20132018 British economist":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u0259r-\u02ccl\u0113z"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-064848"
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},
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"Mirzapur-Vindhyachal":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India on the Ganges River southwest of Varanasi population 235,000":[]
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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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"\u02c8mir-z\u0259-\u02ccpu\u0307r-\u02c8vin-dy\u00e4-\u02ccch\u00e4l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000754",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"mirabilite":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a mineral Na 2 SO 4 .10H 2 O consisting of hydrous sodium sulfate occurring as a deposit from saline lakes, playas, and springs and as an efflorescence":[]
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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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"German mirabilit , from New Latin mirabile (in sal mirabile Glauber's salt, literally, wonderful salt) (from Latin, neuter of mirabilis wonderful) + German -it -ite":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259\u0307\u02c8rab\u0259\u02ccl\u012bt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112235",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mirable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": wonderful":[]
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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, from Latin mirabilis":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180640",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"miracidium":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the free-swimming ciliated first larva of a digenetic trematode that seeks out and penetrates a suitable snail intermediate host in which it develops into a sporocyst":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek meirak-, meirax youth, stripling + New Latin -idium":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccmir-\u0259-\u02c8sid-\u0113-\u0259m",
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"\u02ccm\u012b-r\u0259-",
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"\u02ccmir-\u0259-\u02c8si-d\u0113-\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072543",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"miracle":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a divinely natural phenomenon experienced humanly as the fulfillment of spiritual law":[],
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": an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs":[
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"the healing miracles described in the Gospels"
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],
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": an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment":[
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"The bridge is a miracle of engineering."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She believed that God had given her the power to work miracles .",
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"It would take a miracle for this team to win.",
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"the miracle of his recovery",
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"These days, thanks to the miracle of television , we can watch events happening on the other side of the world.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"That\u2019s the challenge of this week\u2019s Window Shop episode on the minor miracle that is YouTube. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 30 June 2022",
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"Gilliam built an international career from a home base in Washington, another small miracle of his extraordinary life. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
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"This cream cleanser surprisingly packed the power to remove an entire day of makeup off in one wash\u2014a miracle in my book. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 28 June 2022",
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"Because to call this career somehow preordained\u2014a miracle \u2014would be to diminish Pratt\u2019s work ethic. \u2014 Mickey Rapkin, Men's Health , 28 June 2022",
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"Today, instead of replicating the barefoot doctor miracle , these two factors can be made extremely affordable through recent technological innovations. \u2014 Shaoshan Liu, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
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"Ole Miss baseball completed its miracle turnaround Sunday, beating Oklahoma 4-2 in the College World Series finals to secure the first national championship in program history. \u2014 Nick Suss, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
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"The miracle ended with a loss to the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Championship Series, and La Russa was fired in 1986 \u2014 only to return 34 years later. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
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"The miracle was that Bob came back after five weeks. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Late Latin m\u012br\u0101culum, going back to Latin, \"something amazing, marvel,\" from m\u012br\u0101r\u012b \"to be surprised, look with wonder at\" + -culum, suffix of instrument (going back to Indo-European *-tlom ) \u2014 more at admire":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mir-i-k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"caution",
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"flash",
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"marvel",
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"phenomenon",
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"portent",
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"prodigy",
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"sensation",
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"splendor",
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"wonder"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231455",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"miracle drug":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a drug usually newly discovered that elicits a dramatic response in a patient's condition : wonder drug":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Their chief product is Joy, a miracle drug that also contains the T-virus, which is what turns the infected into monsters. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 6 June 2022",
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"However, this weight loss shot isn\u2019t meant as a miracle drug . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Coming off the days of miracle drug promotion and speculation on disinfectant injections or shining a bright light to fight Covid-19 from the Trump administration, Biden insisted that the doctors and scientists be out front on the pandemic. \u2014 Edward-isaac Dovere, CNN , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"Still, says Seyfried, there\u2019s probably never going to be one miracle drug that cures every neurodegenerative disease in every patient. \u2014 Sara Harrison, Wired , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"Testimonials like these make up the majority of posts in dozens of Facebook groups, set up and overseen by BOO sellers, with hundreds of thousands of collective members, where BOO is heralded as a miracle drug . \u2014 NBC News , 2 Dec. 2021",
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"As the first successful chemical treatment of an infectious disease, quinine gained an understandable but inaccurate reputation as a miracle drug . \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Nov. 2021",
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"Suppose a pharmaceutical company comes up with a new miracle drug that can cure some terrible ailment. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
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"Thorazine, initially touted as a miracle drug , soon proved to have serious side effects. \u2014 Alisa Roth, The Atlantic , 25 May 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1944, 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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"\u02c8mir-\u0259-k\u0259l-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041819",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"miracle fruit":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1964, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001439",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"miracle man":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one who works or seems to work miracles":[]
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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":"20220706-192555",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"miracle play":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a medieval drama based on episodes from the life of a saint or martyr":[],
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": mystery play":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The saint\u2019s play, also called the miracle play , was a popular form of religious drama in the European Middle Ages. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Nov. 2021",
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"Ryan lofted a high throw, trying to allow Jones a chance for a miracle play . \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2018",
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"Even the New Orleans Saints, which lost on a miracle play to the Vikings in the divisional round two weekends ago, sported a top-10 scoring defense this season. \u2014 Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press , 23 Jan. 2018",
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"Then came the miracle play , the one NFL watchers will remember for years. \u2014 USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1602, 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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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203432",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"miracular":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": relating to or of the nature of a miracle":[]
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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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"Latin miracul um miracle + English -ar":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259\u0307\u02c8raky\u0259l\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130946",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"miraculous":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of the nature of a miracle : supernatural":[
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"a miraculous event"
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],
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": suggesting a miracle : marvelous":[
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"proof of a miraculous memory",
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"\u2014 Time",
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"He made a miraculous recovery after the accident."
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],
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": working or able to work miracles":[
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"miraculous power"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He made a miraculous recovery after the accident.",
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"Her memory is nothing short of miraculous .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"To have some preserved for more than 66 million years (the age of the last dinosaurs), that would be miraculous . \u2014 Darryn King, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
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"The film recalls the miraculous events of the Bible through vignettes. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"Set in a fishing community on a small island, the show centers on the miraculous and ominous events that take place after a young priest arrives to tend to the town\u2019s only church. \u2014 Matthew J. Cressler, The Atlantic , 25 Oct. 2021",
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"Doug Canning made life better for thousands in ways that go unsung in the broader culture but are miraculous for those who have benefited. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
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"These days a scientifically rendered and miraculous reproduction hangs in its place. \u2014 Max Vadukul. Styled By Nicoletta Santoro., Town & Country , 12 June 2022",
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"That miraculous visitation is sequestered within a complex street scene\u2014passages and staircases and terraces populated by groups of individuals\u2014that displays both Crivelli\u2019s dazzling mastery of perspective and his deliberate destabilization of it. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
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"Thousands of people attended a wake, funeral and prayer service held for Jimmy McGrath in the week following the stabbing, a show of support the McGrath family called miraculous . \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 3 June 2022",
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"The composer described it as a miraculous setting that little by little, over the years, wound up being completely destroyed by developers. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English myraclous, borrowed from Middle French miraculeus, borrowed from Medieval Latin m\u012br\u0101cul\u014dsus, from Late Latin m\u012br\u0101culum miracle + Latin -\u014dsus -ose entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259-\u02c8ra-ky\u0259-l\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"magical",
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"phenomenal",
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"preternatural",
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"superhuman",
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"supernatural",
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"supernormal",
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"transcendent",
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"transcendental",
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"uncanny",
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"unearthly"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002535",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mire":{
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"antonyms":[
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"befoul",
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"begrime",
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"bemire",
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"besmirch",
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"blacken",
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"daub",
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"dirty",
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"distain",
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"foul",
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"gaum",
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"grime",
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"muck",
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"muddy",
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"smirch",
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"smudge",
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"soil",
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"stain",
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"sully"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a troublesome or intractable situation":[
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"found themselves in a mire of debt"
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],
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": heavy often deep mud or slush":[
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"The troops trudged onward through the mire ."
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],
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": to cause to stick fast in or as if in mire":[
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"The car was mired in the muck."
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],
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": to cover or soil with mire":[
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"his mired boots"
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],
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": to hamper or hold back as if by mire : entangle":[
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"The company has been mired in legal problems."
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],
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": to stick or sink in mire":[
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"a road in which horses and wagons mired regularly",
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"\u2014 Edmund Arnold"
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],
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": wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)":[
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"the mire is relieved only by small stretches of open dry forest",
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"\u2014 Saturday Review"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The troops marched onward through the muck and the mire .",
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"played on a football field that was thick with mire",
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"Verb",
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"the sight of the standard, which had emerged from the battle mangled and mired , still stirred the soldiers' hearts",
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"the case has been mired in probate court for years",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The Great Black Swamp, a product of the excess of mire left over from the glacial melting of the Ice Age-era Lake Erie, and which covered much of Ohio and parts of Michigan and Indiana, inspired visceral revulsion. \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
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"Moshfegh, in her fourth novel, thrives in the mire , a happy little worm sliding dirt down her gullet. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
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"The island is in the mire of an economic crisis brought on by ferocious U.S. sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed emigration to historic highs. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
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"Nasser now cast himself as someone who could elevate the campus from the mire of Falwell\u2019s misdeeds. \u2014 Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Kate and Toby could have gone on forever in a mire of unhappiness without making a change. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Even as Andrew fell deeper into the mire , he was called on more frequently to be the queen\u2019s plus-one. \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 13 Mar. 2022",
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"That most recent racial reckoning has been just one aspect of the deepening mire of controversy in which Tesla has found itself in recent months. \u2014 Time , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"Redesigned for 2022, the Hyundai Tucson rises from the mire of compact-crossover mediocrity with its exterior design, rich features set, and polished demeanor. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 22 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The United States has eased pandemic precautions almost entirely; the FDA\u2019s coming deliberations could reflect that attitude, and mire pediatric shots in dillydallying muck. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"But even minor tinkering by the new mayor could further mire the plan in delays. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
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"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
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"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
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"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
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"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
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"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"Middle English, from Old Norse m\u0233rr ; akin to Old English m\u014ds marsh \u2014 more at moss":"Noun and Verb"
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"breaking a mirror is supposed to bring seven years of bad luck",
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"The building was mirrored in the lake.",
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"the still waters of the pond mirroring the cloudless sky above",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"However, she's been captured in one since then, even taking a mirror selfie with her hairstylist Andreas Anastasis \u2014 the man behind her famous bob haircut \u2014 which the New York Times published earlier this year. \u2014 Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
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"Armas looks into the mirror and gives the kind of smile and laugh that could easily be mistaken for the real thing. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
|
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"The elephant was part of a 2006 study published in the journal Science that described her ability to recognize herself in a mirror as evidence of human-like self-awareness. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
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"The cosmetics mogul shared a mirror selfie video today on her Instagram Stories during her workout. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 June 2022",
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"Chloe Bailey promoted merch for her hit single with this cheeky mirror selfie. \u2014 Seventeen Editors, Seventeen , 7 June 2022",
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"She was hooked the first time her grandmother showed her how to put on lipstick without looking in a mirror . \u2014 Douglas Belkin, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
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"In another post, which has since been deleted, Alabama posed for a mirror selfie with Kourtney, Atiana, and Penelope. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 22 May 2022",
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"More Than Ever opens with the protagonist, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne (Vicky Krieps), staring at herself in a mirror . \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Dimon\u2019s remarks mirror similar comments made by BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in his annual letter to corporate America published in January. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
|
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"Saul actually has a house full of LW equipment, including an Orchid Bed and a Breakfaster Chair, gurgling technological appliances that mirror organic forms to anticipate pain and adjust the body accordingly. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
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"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, addressing the conference by video, echoed Michel in saying that funds for Ukraine mirror the Marshall Plan and repeated the hope that Ukraine could join the EU. \u2014 Vanessa Gera, ajc , 5 May 2022",
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"The findings roughly mirror polling by Gallup since 1989. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
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"At 6-2 and 191 pounds, Elam antagonizes wide receivers with his physicality at the line of scrimmage and his fluidity to mirror routes. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Because our professional purchasing habits have changed to mirror those of our personal ones. \u2014 Mike Dickerson, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
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"Couples in love often start to mirror one another, whether by finishing each other\u2019s sentences, or adopting similar mannerisms. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 31 May 2022",
|
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"Also hailing from \u201894 is a 911 Turbo (993) that has been fitted with a full GT2-style body kit to mirror the famed homologation special. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 27 May 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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},
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"Middle English mirour \"object with a reflective surface, reflection, model of conduct,\" borrowed from Anglo-French mirur, mireour, from mirer \"to look at\" (going back to Latin m\u012br\u0101r\u012b \"to be surprised, look with wonder at\") + -ur, -eour -or entry 1 \u2014 more at admire":"Noun",
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"looking glass"
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": a musical canon (see canon entry 1 sense 6 ) that can be performed in inversion (see inversion sense 2d(3) ) as if read from a mirror placed below the staff":[],
|
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": a musical canon (see canon entry 1 sense 6 ) that can be performed in retrograde (see retrograde entry 2 sense 2 ) as if read from a mirror placed at the end of the staff":[]
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"1952, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074304",
|
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|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
": a musical fugue (see fugue entry 1 sense 1b ) that can be performed in retrograde (see retrograde entry 2 sense 2 ) as if read from a mirror placed at the end of the staff":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"1931, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010001",
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|
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]
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},
|
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|
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|
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|
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": image sense 4":[],
|
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": something that has its parts reversely arranged in comparison with another similar thing or that is reversed with reference to an intervening axis or plane":[],
|
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|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The left side of the building is a mirror image of the right.",
|
|
"looking at the idealistic intern, the elderly physician could not help but see the mirror image of himself 40 years earlier",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In a city where 73 percent of public school students are Black and 17 percent white, Atlanta Classical Academy is the mirror image : 17 percent Black and 71 percent white, according to a 2020 state report. \u2014 Stephanie Saul, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In a city where 73 percent of public school students are Black and 17 percent white, Atlanta Classical Academy is the mirror image : 17 percent Black and 71 percent white, according to a 2020 state report. \u2014 Stephanie Saul, New York Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This number has grown somewhat since just six weeks ago \u2014 a mirror image of other Americans, seven in 10 of whom want Congress to investigate. \u2014 Kabir Khanna, CBS News , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Their mirror image , the Progressive Left, is a significantly smaller group, only about 6% of Americans and 12% of Democrats. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The mirror image of the Marlins, a club with a well above average offense and one of the worst run prevention units in the game. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Of course, b-schools circa 2022 are hardly a mirror image of business schools in the 1950s. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Principled skeptics gather in a mirror image of churchlike devotion that lacks many of the essential moving parts of actual religious observance. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 3 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"After that stark outcome, Democrats now hold 47 of the 50 Senate seats in the 25 states that voted for Biden; Republicans, in mirror image , hold 47 of the 50 Senate seats in the 25 states that voted for Trump. \u2014 Ronald Brownstein, CNN , 5 Oct. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter ego",
|
|
"carbon",
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"counterpart",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"duplication",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"look-alike",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spitting image",
|
|
"twin"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115139",
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
": flat glass suitable for making mirrors":[]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mirror-image relationship":{
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130247",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mirrorscope":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an apparatus resembling a camera used in rapid field sketching or painting":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"mirror + -scope":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mir\u0259(r)\u02ccsk\u014dp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071917",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mirrory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or resembling a mirror":[]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053719",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mirth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter":[
|
|
"His clumsy attempt at dancing caused much mirth ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her clumsy attempt to cut the cake was the cause of much mirth .",
|
|
"as charming as your mutual mirth is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And that darker-than-dark capper doesn\u2019t do anything to erase the material along the way that does have some mirth to it. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But embedded in the mirth is a wholesale indictment of this toxic brew of unfettered capitalism and greed that frustrated the pandemic response at every turn. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Some of the entertainers who filled the McBride home with music and mirth included Cahal Dunne, Tony Kenny, Phil Coulter, Red Hurley, Finbar Furey, Andy Cooney and the Celtic Willoughby Brothers. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Smith\u2019s background includes The Thick of It and Veep, which may promise more mirth than Slow Horses delivers, but both shows are illustrative of the kind of workplace Slough House offers. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But such mirth and mayhem are not Mainstream Sellout\u2018s goal. \u2014 Charles Aaron, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"This is the season of mirth and milestones, and one of Mobile\u2019s legacy krewes celebrated accordingly to mark its 40th anniversary. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Unlike the best breads that still go stale, every single day of Mardi Gras, through the pendulum\u2019s last swing on Fat Tuesday, is going to be as sweet as the first, as mirth and misrule replenish themselves with each new sunrise. \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The clash between prurient mirth and more socially empathetic discomfort is at the heart of Hulu\u2019s new limited series Pam & Tommy. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"Middle English, from Old English myrgth , from myrge merry \u2014 more at merry":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8m\u0259rth"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merriness",
|
|
"mirthfulness"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090826",
|
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|
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|
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"adverb",
|
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|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
"mirthful":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
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|
|
": gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter":[
|
|
"His clumsy attempt at dancing caused much mirth ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Her clumsy attempt to cut the cake was the cause of much mirth .",
|
|
"as charming as your mutual mirth is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And that darker-than-dark capper doesn\u2019t do anything to erase the material along the way that does have some mirth to it. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But embedded in the mirth is a wholesale indictment of this toxic brew of unfettered capitalism and greed that frustrated the pandemic response at every turn. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Some of the entertainers who filled the McBride home with music and mirth included Cahal Dunne, Tony Kenny, Phil Coulter, Red Hurley, Finbar Furey, Andy Cooney and the Celtic Willoughby Brothers. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Smith\u2019s background includes The Thick of It and Veep, which may promise more mirth than Slow Horses delivers, but both shows are illustrative of the kind of workplace Slough House offers. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But such mirth and mayhem are not Mainstream Sellout\u2018s goal. \u2014 Charles Aaron, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"This is the season of mirth and milestones, and one of Mobile\u2019s legacy krewes celebrated accordingly to mark its 40th anniversary. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Unlike the best breads that still go stale, every single day of Mardi Gras, through the pendulum\u2019s last swing on Fat Tuesday, is going to be as sweet as the first, as mirth and misrule replenish themselves with each new sunrise. \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The clash between prurient mirth and more socially empathetic discomfort is at the heart of Hulu\u2019s new limited series Pam & Tommy. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022"
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
"Middle English, from Old English myrgth , from myrge merry \u2014 more at merry":""
|
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|
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|
|
"\u02c8m\u0259rth"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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"cheerfulness",
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"gayety",
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"gayness",
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"glee",
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"hilarity",
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"merriment",
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": gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter":[
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"His clumsy attempt at dancing caused much mirth ."
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"examples":[
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"Her clumsy attempt to cut the cake was the cause of much mirth .",
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"as charming as your mutual mirth is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And that darker-than-dark capper doesn\u2019t do anything to erase the material along the way that does have some mirth to it. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"But embedded in the mirth is a wholesale indictment of this toxic brew of unfettered capitalism and greed that frustrated the pandemic response at every turn. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Some of the entertainers who filled the McBride home with music and mirth included Cahal Dunne, Tony Kenny, Phil Coulter, Red Hurley, Finbar Furey, Andy Cooney and the Celtic Willoughby Brothers. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Smith\u2019s background includes The Thick of It and Veep, which may promise more mirth than Slow Horses delivers, but both shows are illustrative of the kind of workplace Slough House offers. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"But such mirth and mayhem are not Mainstream Sellout\u2018s goal. \u2014 Charles Aaron, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"This is the season of mirth and milestones, and one of Mobile\u2019s legacy krewes celebrated accordingly to mark its 40th anniversary. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"Unlike the best breads that still go stale, every single day of Mardi Gras, through the pendulum\u2019s last swing on Fat Tuesday, is going to be as sweet as the first, as mirth and misrule replenish themselves with each new sunrise. \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"The clash between prurient mirth and more socially empathetic discomfort is at the heart of Hulu\u2019s new limited series Pam & Tommy. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English myrgth , from myrge merry \u2014 more at merry":""
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},
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"\u02c8m\u0259rth"
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"examples":[
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"Her clumsy attempt to cut the cake was the cause of much mirth .",
|
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"as charming as your mutual mirth is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And that darker-than-dark capper doesn\u2019t do anything to erase the material along the way that does have some mirth to it. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But embedded in the mirth is a wholesale indictment of this toxic brew of unfettered capitalism and greed that frustrated the pandemic response at every turn. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Some of the entertainers who filled the McBride home with music and mirth included Cahal Dunne, Tony Kenny, Phil Coulter, Red Hurley, Finbar Furey, Andy Cooney and the Celtic Willoughby Brothers. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Smith\u2019s background includes The Thick of It and Veep, which may promise more mirth than Slow Horses delivers, but both shows are illustrative of the kind of workplace Slough House offers. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But such mirth and mayhem are not Mainstream Sellout\u2018s goal. \u2014 Charles Aaron, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"This is the season of mirth and milestones, and one of Mobile\u2019s legacy krewes celebrated accordingly to mark its 40th anniversary. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Unlike the best breads that still go stale, every single day of Mardi Gras, through the pendulum\u2019s last swing on Fat Tuesday, is going to be as sweet as the first, as mirth and misrule replenish themselves with each new sunrise. \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The clash between prurient mirth and more socially empathetic discomfort is at the heart of Hulu\u2019s new limited series Pam & Tommy. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022"
|
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"Middle English, from Old English myrgth , from myrge merry \u2014 more at merry":""
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},
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"merriment",
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"merriness",
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"definitions":{
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"A vague mirthless grin contracted Liff Hyatt's face \u2026",
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|
"\u2014 Edith Wharton",
|
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"Voldemort turned his scarlet eyes upon Harry, laughing a high, cold, mirthless laugh.",
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"\u2014 J. K. Rowling"
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]
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English myrtheles, from myrthe mirth + -les -less":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8m\u0259rth-l\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045048",
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|
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"befoul",
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"begrime",
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"bemire",
|
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"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"distain",
|
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"foul",
|
|
"gaum",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"smirch",
|
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"smudge",
|
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"soil",
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"stain",
|
|
"sully"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a troublesome or intractable situation":[
|
|
"found themselves in a mire of debt"
|
|
],
|
|
": heavy often deep mud or slush":[
|
|
"The troops trudged onward through the mire ."
|
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],
|
|
": to cause to stick fast in or as if in mire":[
|
|
"The car was mired in the muck."
|
|
],
|
|
": to cover or soil with mire":[
|
|
"his mired boots"
|
|
],
|
|
": to hamper or hold back as if by mire : entangle":[
|
|
"The company has been mired in legal problems."
|
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],
|
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": to stick or sink in mire":[
|
|
"a road in which horses and wagons mired regularly",
|
|
"\u2014 Edmund Arnold"
|
|
],
|
|
": wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)":[
|
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"the mire is relieved only by small stretches of open dry forest",
|
|
"\u2014 Saturday Review"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
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"The troops marched onward through the muck and the mire .",
|
|
"played on a football field that was thick with mire",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"the sight of the standard, which had emerged from the battle mangled and mired , still stirred the soldiers' hearts",
|
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"the case has been mired in probate court for years",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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|
"The Great Black Swamp, a product of the excess of mire left over from the glacial melting of the Ice Age-era Lake Erie, and which covered much of Ohio and parts of Michigan and Indiana, inspired visceral revulsion. \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
|
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"Moshfegh, in her fourth novel, thrives in the mire , a happy little worm sliding dirt down her gullet. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The island is in the mire of an economic crisis brought on by ferocious U.S. sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed emigration to historic highs. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"Nasser now cast himself as someone who could elevate the campus from the mire of Falwell\u2019s misdeeds. \u2014 Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Kate and Toby could have gone on forever in a mire of unhappiness without making a change. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Even as Andrew fell deeper into the mire , he was called on more frequently to be the queen\u2019s plus-one. \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"That most recent racial reckoning has been just one aspect of the deepening mire of controversy in which Tesla has found itself in recent months. \u2014 Time , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Redesigned for 2022, the Hyundai Tucson rises from the mire of compact-crossover mediocrity with its exterior design, rich features set, and polished demeanor. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 22 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"The United States has eased pandemic precautions almost entirely; the FDA\u2019s coming deliberations could reflect that attitude, and mire pediatric shots in dillydallying muck. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
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"But even minor tinkering by the new mayor could further mire the plan in delays. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old Norse m\u0233rr ; akin to Old English m\u014ds marsh \u2014 more at moss":"Noun and Verb"
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},
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|
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"\u02c8m\u012b(\u0259)r",
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],
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"gook",
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"mud",
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"ooze",
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"slop",
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"slush"
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"definitions":{
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": a common title of honor in Persia prefixed to the surname of a person of distinction":[]
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"Persian m\u012brz\u0101, mirz\u0101 , literally, son of a lord, from m\u012br lord, chief + z\u0101 born, son, from z\u0101d, z\u0101da , from z\u0101dan to be born, from Middle Persian z\u0101tan ; akin to Avestan z\u0101ta- born, Latin gignere to beget":""
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"type":[
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"noun plural",
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the legal rights of an arrested person to have an attorney and to refuse to answer questions":[]
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],
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": of, relating to, or being the legal rights of an arrested person to have an attorney and to remain silent so as to avoid self-incrimination":[
|
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"Miranda warnings"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"m\u0259-\u02c8ran-d\u0259"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"from Miranda v. Arizona , the U.S. Supreme Court ruling establishing such rights":""
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224906"
|
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|
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],
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": a statement telling an arrested person about his or her Miranda rights (the legal rights to have an attorney and to refuse to answer questions)":[
|
|
"The suspect was given a Miranda warning ."
|
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]
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},
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|
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],
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|
"city south-southwest of Fort Lauderdale in southeastern Florida population 122,041":[]
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003643"
|
|
},
|
|
"Mirandize":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to recite the Miranda warnings to (a person under arrest)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"m\u0259-\u02c8ran-\u02ccd\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-090711"
|
|
},
|
|
"mirage":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an optical (see optical sense 2a ) effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or over a hot pavement, that may have the appearance of a pool of water or a mirror in which distant objects are seen inverted, and that is caused by the bending or reflection of rays of light by a layer of heated air of varying density":[],
|
|
": something illusory and unattainable like a mirage":[
|
|
"A peaceful solution proved to be a mirage ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"m\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4zh"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mirage delusion , illusion , hallucination , mirage mean something that is believed to be true or real but that is actually false or unreal. delusion implies an inability to distinguish between what is real and what only seems to be real, often as the result of a disordered state of mind. delusions of persecution illusion implies a false ascribing of reality based on what one sees or imagines. an illusion of safety hallucination implies impressions that are the product of disordered senses, as because of mental illness or drugs. suffered from terrifying hallucinations mirage in its extended sense applies to an illusory vision, dream, hope, or aim. claimed a balanced budget is a mirage",
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"examples":[
|
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"A peaceful solution proved to be a mirage .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"From a mirrored installation that mimics a mirage to a labyrinth town made from adobe walls, the first five pieces will dot a 25-square-mile area dubbed Wadi AlFann, which means Valley of the Arts, according to Saudi cultural authorities. \u2014 Kelly Crow, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Hope can be the ultimate mood elevator or simply offer a shimmering mirage . \u2014 Ron Winters, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"The Celtics are good enough, smiting naysayers and nonbelievers who initially weren\u2019t sure whether the turnaround was a mirage (raises hand). \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"If Russia\u2019s military parades are any guide, the Russian Army\u2019s modernization is little more than an overhyped mirage . \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"The derailment made my morning experience feel like a bit of a mirage . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Or suggesting the Eiffel Tower on Las Vegas Boulevard is some sort of mirage . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"As the rejections came \u2014 for a summer internship, a Metpro class and the rare job opening \u2014 those views from the passenger seat window became less of a reminder and more of a mirage . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2021",
|
|
"That\u2019s bad news for Hollywood, but honestly the last several years of Chinese breakouts was something of a mirage anyway. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 12 Mar. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from French, from mirer \"to look at, gaze at\" (going back to Old French, going back to Latin m\u012br\u0101r\u012b \"to be surprised, look with wonder at\") + -age -age \u2014 more at admire":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-114513"
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},
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"mirthlessness":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": containing no gaiety or joy":[
|
|
"A vague mirthless grin contracted Liff Hyatt's face \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Edith Wharton",
|
|
"Voldemort turned his scarlet eyes upon Harry, laughing a high, cold, mirthless laugh.",
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"\u2014 J. K. Rowling"
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]
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},
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"\u02c8m\u0259rth-l\u0259s"
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"Middle English myrtheles, from myrthe mirth + -les -less":""
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},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-194026"
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a saut\u00e9ed mixture of diced vegetables (such as carrots, celery, and onions), herbs, and sometimes ham or bacon used especially as a basis for soups, stews, and sauces":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"mir-\u02c8pw\u00e4"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Most times, Canora likes to keep things simple by pairing his bones with a basic mirepoix \u2014a mix of carrots, celery, onion, bay leaves, peppercorns, and sometimes tomato. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 26 Feb. 2022",
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"Figure roughly 1 pound mirepoix for every 5 pounds of bones. \u2014 James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com , 25 Sep. 2020",
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"The classic components of the mirepoix \u2014 carrot, onion and celery \u2014 are rich in flavor molecules waiting to be unleashed. \u2014 Nik Sharma, Washington Post , 8 May 2020",
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"Add the mirepoix to the remaining fat and cook until onion is translucent. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 21 Apr. 2020",
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"It will be added to a veggie stock with the mung beans, mirepoix and more miso, and then topped with fried oyster mushrooms. \u2014 Amanda Albee, Dallas News , 6 Mar. 2020",
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"Add to large rondeau with water, add salt, mirepoix , wine and bring to simmer for 20 min. \u2014 CBS News , 3 Aug. 2019",
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"Well, Canora recommends sticking with a basic mirepoix , which is a combination of carrots, onions, and celery. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 18 July 2018",
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"One of three members, along with carrots and onions, in classic mirepoix , saut\u00e9ed celery rounds out the flavor of soups, stews and sauces. \u2014 Ashleigh Spitza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, probably from Charles de L\u00e9vis, duc de Mirepoix \u20201757 French general, or one of his successors":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-015616"
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},
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"mirador":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a turret, window, or balcony designed to command an extensive outlook":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mir-\u0259-\u02ccd\u022fr",
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"\u02ccmir-\u0259-\u02c8d\u022fr"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"M\u00e9xico Perhaps the most popular lookout point in all of San Miguel de Allende, this mirador offers unbeatable views of the centro down below. \u2014 Kylie Madry, Travel + Leisure , 7 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Spanish, borrowed from Catalan, from mirar \"to look at\" (going back to Latin m\u012br\u0101r\u012b \"to be surprised, look with wonder at\") + -ador (going back to Latin -\u0101t\u014drium, from -\u0101-, verb stem formative + -t\u014drium, suffix of place, from neuter of -t\u014drius, adjective derivative of -tor, agent suffix)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1672, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-030553"
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},
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"Miranya":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an Indian people of the Putumayo River region of Brazil and Colombia":[
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"\u2014 often used to designate any little known people of the region"
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]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-045242"
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},
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"miresnipe":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the common European snipe ( Capella gallinago )":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u012b(\u0259)r\u02ccsn\u012bp"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-050619"
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},
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"mire duck":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": mallard":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-073014"
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},
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"mire-drum":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the European bittern ( Botaurus stellaris )":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u012b(\u0259)r\u02ccdr\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"so called from its booming cry":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-113201"
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},
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"mire crow":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": black-headed gull":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152932"
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},
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"miraculous fruit":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": either of two tropical African fruits that have a lingering sweetish aftertaste that causes indifferent or acid foods eaten after them to taste sweet":[],
|
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": a plant yielding miraculous fruit:":[],
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": a small shrubby tree ( Synsepalum dulcificum ) of the family Sapotaceae having a fruit that is a fleshy single-seeded berry":[],
|
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": an herb ( Thaumatococcus daniellii ) of the family Marantaceae whose edible fruit is the jellylike aril surrounding the seeds":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-174002"
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},
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"mirate":{
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"type":[
|
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"intransitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": to feel or express surprise or admiration":[
|
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"\u2014 used with about, at, on, over mirated at the size of the potatoes"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8m\u012b\u02ccr\u0101t"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably back-formation from miration":""
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},
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-234141"
|
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},
|
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"miration":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the act of mirating":[
|
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"made a great miration about the fish he caught"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"m\u012b\u02c8r\u0101sh\u0259n"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably short for admiration":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010947"
|
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},
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"mirbane oil":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": nitrobenzene":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"origin unknown":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-040724"
|
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},
|
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"mird":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": to make amorous advances usually in a light or trifling manner":[],
|
|
": attempt":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mird"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"origin unknown":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053943"
|
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},
|
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"mirex":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an organochlorine insecticide C 10 Cl 12 formerly used especially against ants":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8m\u012b-\u02ccreks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"origin unknown":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-061318"
|
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},
|
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"mir":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a village community in czarist Russia in which land was owned jointly but cultivated by individual families":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mir"
|
|
],
|
|
"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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"If, as Patriarch Kirill and other Russian churchmen insist, Russian Orthodoxy holds a monopoly on the heritage of the Baptism of Rus\u2019, then Ukraine is and must be part of the Russkiy mir . \u2014 George Weigel, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Russian":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1856, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-190614"
|
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},
|
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"Mira":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a variable binary star system that is seen in the constellation Cetus":[
|
|
"To see a star that varies intrinsically in brightness, we have to wait until late summer and fall. Mira , in the constellation Cetus the Whale, is the sky's best slowly varying red giant. Mira climbs from invisibility (at 9th magnitude) to 4th magnitude and then fades again roughly every 330 days.",
|
|
"\u2014 Alister Ling , Astronomy , January 1992"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8m\u012b-r\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1831, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-224847"
|
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},
|
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"Mirabeau":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
"Comte de 1749\u20131791 Honor\u00e9-Gabriel Riqueti French orator and revolutionary":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mir-\u0259-\u02ccb\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-233313"
|
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},
|
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"Mirabel":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"city in southern Quebec, Canada population 41,957":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccm\u0113-r\u00e4-\u02c8bel"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-001854"
|
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},
|
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"mirabelle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small hardy European plum tree ( Prunus domestica syriaca ) with finely toothed leaves and small cherry-shaped fruit":[],
|
|
": the fruit of the mirabelle tree used especially for preserves and for making a liqueur":[],
|
|
": a usually colorless brandy distilled from the fermented juice of mirabelle plum":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6mir\u0259\u00a6bel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-003906"
|
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},
|
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"mirabile dictu":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"Latin phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": wonderful to relate":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"m\u0259-\u02ccr\u00e4-b\u0259-l\u0113-\u02c8dik-(\u02cc)t\u00fc"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1804, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-025236"
|
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},
|
|
"mirabile visu":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"Latin phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": wonderful to behold \u2014 compare mirabile dictu":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"mi-\u02ccr\u00e4-bi-l\u0101-\u02c8w\u0113-s\u00fc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-030310"
|
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},
|
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"mirabilia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"Latin noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": wonders : marvels":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccmir-\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-031839"
|
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},
|
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"Mirabilis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a genus of American perennial herbs (family Nyctaginaceae) having a tubular-campanulate brightly colored calyx subtended by an involucre that resembles a calyx \u2014 see four-o'clock":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"m\u0259\u0307\u02c8rab\u0259l\u0259\u0307s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Latin, wonderful":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-032507"
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}
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