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"Revels Office":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a former office in the English royal household of which the master of the revels was head and which had charge of court entertainment":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Reverend Mother":{
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"definitions":{
": a woman who is the head of a convent":[
"\u2014 often used as a form of address Good morning, Reverend Mother ."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054134",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rev (up)":{
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"definitions":{
": to become more active":[
"The campaign is revving up ."
],
": to make (someone or something) more active or effective":[
"Big business spending is revving up the economy.",
"The company is getting revved up for the launch of its new product line."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111921",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"rev up":{
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"definitions":{
": to become more active":[
"The campaign is revving up ."
],
": to make (someone or something) more active or effective":[
"Big business spending is revving up the economy.",
"The company is getting revved up for the launch of its new product line."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033957",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"revamp":{
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"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
],
"definitions":{
": remake , revise":[],
": renovate , reconstruct":[]
},
"examples":[
"The company has revamped the design of its best-selling car.",
"the automaker is revamping a number of its cars in an effort to make them more appealing to younger consumers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, Terry\u2019s central concern is steering Rutherford Falls through his ambitious plans to revamp the town center as a Colonial Williamsburg-style tourist destination. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
"Thankfully Home Depot is holding a major outdoor furniture sale right now to help revamp our setup just in time for summer. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 16 May 2022",
"The payments ended in December, and a one-year extension that had been included in Biden\u2019s domestic spending bill is in jeopardy as lawmakers look to revamp the package in order to secure the 50 Senate votes needed to pass it. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The late-night show had to scramble to revamp its most recent episode in December, after COVID concerns spiked in New York City. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 12 Jan. 2022",
"While the spacious layout of the rooms remains the same, the hotel enlisted French designers Gilles & Bossier to revamp the interiors in a French Colonial decor with a \u201970s vibe that wouldn\u2019t look out of place if it had been designed for Palm Beach. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The President will discuss the push for his twin economic proposals to rebuild the nation's crumbling infrastructure and revamp the US economy in the wake of the pandemic. \u2014 Kate Sullivan, CNN , 20 July 2021",
"JRTC Holdings is working with the late Jahn\u2019s firm on its plan to revamp a building, named for former Gov. James R. \u2014 Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The location, at 500 Old Town Road, is one of 30 restaurants the company has slated for remodeling this year as part of a three-year-plan to revamp every location. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 12 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"(\u02cc)r\u0113-\u02c8vamp"
],
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"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044038",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
],
"definitions":{
": remake , revise":[],
": renovate , reconstruct":[]
},
"examples":[
"The company has revamped the design of its best-selling car.",
"the automaker is revamping a number of its cars in an effort to make them more appealing to younger consumers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, Terry\u2019s central concern is steering Rutherford Falls through his ambitious plans to revamp the town center as a Colonial Williamsburg-style tourist destination. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
"Thankfully Home Depot is holding a major outdoor furniture sale right now to help revamp our setup just in time for summer. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 16 May 2022",
"The payments ended in December, and a one-year extension that had been included in Biden\u2019s domestic spending bill is in jeopardy as lawmakers look to revamp the package in order to secure the 50 Senate votes needed to pass it. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The late-night show had to scramble to revamp its most recent episode in December, after COVID concerns spiked in New York City. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 12 Jan. 2022",
"While the spacious layout of the rooms remains the same, the hotel enlisted French designers Gilles & Bossier to revamp the interiors in a French Colonial decor with a \u201970s vibe that wouldn\u2019t look out of place if it had been designed for Palm Beach. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The President will discuss the push for his twin economic proposals to rebuild the nation's crumbling infrastructure and revamp the US economy in the wake of the pandemic. \u2014 Kate Sullivan, CNN , 20 July 2021",
"JRTC Holdings is working with the late Jahn\u2019s firm on its plan to revamp a building, named for former Gov. James R. \u2014 Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The location, at 500 Old Town Road, is one of 30 restaurants the company has slated for remodeling this year as part of a three-year-plan to revamp every location. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 12 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"(\u02cc)r\u0113-\u02c8vamp"
],
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"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175339",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reveal":{
"antonyms":[
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"definitions":{
": the act or an instance of showing, revealing, or disclosing something (such as surprising information or a new product) for the first time":[
"Last year, in the fall and holiday after the reveal of the iPhone 7, Apple sold 78.29 million phones.",
"\u2014 Eric Limer",
"\u2026 it's tough to discuss the final volume of the series without acknowledging some of the big reveals of its predecessors.",
"\u2014 David Kamp",
"The big end reveal isn't just a shock; it's deeply upsetting, an emotional gut-punch.",
"\u2014 Matt Prigge",
"That fact will eventually become evident, no doubt \u2026 . That is the art of the slow reveal .",
"\u2014 Peter J. Boyer"
],
": to make (something secret or hidden) publicly or generally known":[
"reveal a secret"
],
": to make known through divine inspiration":[],
": to open up to view : display":[
"the uncurtained window revealed a cluttered room"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She would not reveal the secret.",
"The test revealed the true cause of death.",
"It was revealed that they stole over $1 million.",
"They revealed the plans for the new building.",
"The expression on his face revealed how he felt.",
"The curtain was lifted to reveal the grand prize.",
"Pulling up the carpeting revealed the home's beautiful hardwood floors.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Trainor took to social media on Tuesday (June 21) to reveal that the song will be arriving on Friday (June 24). \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 21 June 2022",
"The standout of the film is Hemsworth, a gifted comic actor who took years to really reveal the breadth of his talent, because he was originally pigeonholed by Hollywood as a heroic beefcake. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 June 2022",
"Cardone says being authentic is what empowers others to also be real and to grow in confidence, to reveal your own skills and talents to an audience that most of us do not always perceive as welcoming or supportive. \u2014 John Brandon, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Cadillac will reveal a show car version of the Celestiq in late July. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
"The two went on to reveal how complications during their fertility process led to hospitalizations. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 14 June 2022",
"Will the latest inflation figures, due out Friday, reveal a further easing of soaring consumer prices and signals of more declines in the months ahead",
"Members of the panel promised to reveal evidence in the days to come that would fundamentally change the public\u2019s understanding of the Jan. 6 attack and bring into clearer focus exactly who is to blame. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Scientists from France and India used computer simulations to reveal in full detail what happens in the microseconds after uncorking a bottle of champagne. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1596, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1688, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English revelen , from Anglo-French reveler , from Latin revelare to uncover, reveal, from re- + velare to cover, veil, from velum veil":"Verb",
"alteration of earlier revale , probably ultimately from Middle French ravaler to reduce the depth of (masonry or wood), literally, to take back down, from Old French, from re- + avaler to let fall \u2014 more at vail":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"ri-\u02c8v\u0113l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for reveal Verb reveal , disclose , divulge , tell , betray mean to make known what has been or should be concealed. reveal may apply to supernatural or inspired revelation of truths beyond the range of ordinary human vision or reason. divine will as revealed in sacred writings disclose may imply a discovering but more often an imparting of information previously kept secret. candidates must disclose their financial assets divulge implies a disclosure involving some impropriety or breach of confidence. refused to divulge an anonymous source tell implies an imparting of necessary or useful information. told them what he had overheard betray implies a divulging that represents a breach of faith or an involuntary or unconscious disclosure. a blush that betrayed her embarrassment",
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"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"spill",
"tell",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220931",
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revealing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"The book is a revealing account of being part of a gang.",
"Her comments about her childhood were revealing .",
"She wore a very revealing shirt.",
"That skirt is much too revealing .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But many of those offerings seem subordinate to revealing documentaries, tabloid-baiting lyrics, and oversharing TikToks. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"That could be bad for the C.I.A.\u2014and very revealing for the rest of us. \u2014 The New Yorker , 10 June 2022",
"The cut, meanwhile, is flirty but not too revealing . \u2014 Laura Galvan, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022",
"Spencer updated a dress code for his staff in the spring to include no revealing or tight clothes, no cleavage, no dresses or skirts above the knee, no bare backs, no halter tops, no open-toe shoes and no fragrances. \u2014 D. Kwas, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"Like all great artists, his works tell a story that is both captivating and revealing \u2014often about the relationship between predator and prey, man and beast, and ultimately, hints at our role as stewards. \u2014 Chris Dorsey, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"The Sojourner Truth Award seeks to recognize reporting that is revealing and impactful in tackling new subject matter. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2022",
"To Orefice, who runs the film and TV production division of the Time publishing company, the tape was raw and revealing , with extraordinary access to one of the most controversial figures in pop culture. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"The slow- revealing and vividly sorrowful two-hander boasts superb acting against the backdrop of the alluringly barren American heartland. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1925, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"ri-\u02c8v\u0113-li\u014b"
],
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"expressive",
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"meaningful",
"pregnant",
"revelatory",
"significant",
"suggestive"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094046",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"revel":{
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"fling",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"lark",
"ploy",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree"
],
"definitions":{
": a usually wild party or celebration":[],
": to take intense pleasure or satisfaction":[
"reveled in the quiet after everyone had gone"
],
": to take part in a revel : carouse":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work",
"Noun",
"in Finland, Midsummer Day ushers in a nationwide revel as the Finns celebrate the endless hours of sunlight with bonfires and parties",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Despite the 28-time Grammy winner sharing the major album update overnight, the Beyhive was buzzing and took to social media to revel in their excitement. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
"But Astley understands that people who will fill arenas on The Mixtape tour, headlined by New Kids on the Block and featuring En Vogue and Salt-N-Pepa as well has himself, want to revel in the familiar. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
"Vancouver is known for at Stanley Park or revel in the nightlife on Granville Street. \u2014 Sandra Macgregor, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Now that the episode has aired, Hart can finally show off the room's new additions and revel publicly in her victory. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Make a morning dash for the top of the 699-foot High Dune to beat the heat and revel in stunning views of the San Juan and Sangre De Cristo Mountains. \u2014 Outside Online , 15 June 2021",
"On the outskirts of Flagstaff \u2013 where tourists and locals revel in hiking and horseback riding trails, camping spots, and the vast expanse of cinder fields for off-road vehicle use \u2013 flames soared as high as 100 feet. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Ted Cruz, who appears to revel in browbeating social media executives as much as anyone, voted against Khan\u2019s confirmation. \u2014 Gilad Edelman, Wired , 19 June 2021",
"Others revel in the opportunity to explore niche knowledge that goes beyond the plays to their sources and afterlives. \u2014 Jeffrey R. Wilson, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Fans of the game revel in watching tour players launch moon balls that fly forever. \u2014 Dave Shedloski, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Many highlights along the track revel in the awesome beauty of the Serpentine and Ormiston Gorges and the astonishing immensity of Standley Chasm, seen from the Summit of Mount Sonder. \u2014 Anabel Dean, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"The honeymoon phase will be short-lived, so help your loved one revel in it. \u2014 Kris Frieswick, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Some who have lost a loved one revel in defying convention and remaining joyful. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The cast revel in this challenge, all working in concert to create the illusion of what isn't there. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Throughout this in vino veritas revel , every sip of Jack Daniels and every comestible gives the partiers sustenance. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Keep this amazing flavor combination going in your next baking session by making some revel bars or giving your chocolate chip cookies a peanut butter upgrade. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 1 Oct. 2020",
"This year, Mardi Gras was a harbinger: according to official counts, attendance at the revel , which spanned a week in late February, was down by about twenty per cent compared with 2019. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 28 Aug. 2020"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French reveler , literally, to rebel, from Latin rebellare":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8re-v\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"binge",
"birl",
"carouse",
"roister",
"wassail"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084017",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revel (in)":{
"antonyms":[],
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": to enjoy (something) very much":[
"She reveled in her success."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223101",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"revelatory":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to revelation : serving to reveal something":[]
},
"examples":[
"ended his tall tale with a revelatory wink that indicated that it had all been an elaborate put-on",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The facts that surfaced in Tuesday\u2019s special edition of the Jan. 6 committee hearings weren\u2019t necessarily revelatory . \u2014 Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"But what was quite revelatory for me was being with the writers in the writers' room. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
"What\u2019s most striking about the collection is how personally revelatory Lopez could be as a writer. \u2014 Jonathan Russell Clark, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
"Yes, Piers is referring to none other than Iona, and thus begins the absorbing, amusing \u2013 and often revelatory \u2013 perspective shifts that propel the novel. \u2014 Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 June 2022",
"In 2014, the Metropolitan Museum of Art mounted a large and revelatory survey of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, one of the leading sculptors of 19th-century Europe. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"The twice-yearly gatherings are touted as being prophetic and revelatory \u2014 must-see TV for Latter-day Saints the world over. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Given that the singer-songwriter has long provided glimpses, at least, of what any grander versions of his material might sound like, the additional elements felt more enriching than completely revelatory . \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 27 Feb. 2022",
"On an unseasonably warm day in the middle of February \u2014 the kind where the sun shines and the wind sighs and boring observations about pleasant weather feel revelatory \u2014 hundreds of spectators descend upon New York City\u2019s Washington Square Park. \u2014 Maria Sherman, SPIN , 2 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8re-v\u0259-l\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
"ri-\u02c8ve-l\u0259-"
],
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"expressive",
"meaning",
"meaningful",
"pregnant",
"revealing",
"significant",
"suggestive"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075658",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"fling",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"lark",
"ploy",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree"
],
"definitions":{
": a usually wild party or celebration":[],
": to take intense pleasure or satisfaction":[
"reveled in the quiet after everyone had gone"
],
": to take part in a revel : carouse":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work",
"Noun",
"in Finland, Midsummer Day ushers in a nationwide revel as the Finns celebrate the endless hours of sunlight with bonfires and parties",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Despite the 28-time Grammy winner sharing the major album update overnight, the Beyhive was buzzing and took to social media to revel in their excitement. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
"But Astley understands that people who will fill arenas on The Mixtape tour, headlined by New Kids on the Block and featuring En Vogue and Salt-N-Pepa as well has himself, want to revel in the familiar. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
"Vancouver is known for at Stanley Park or revel in the nightlife on Granville Street. \u2014 Sandra Macgregor, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Now that the episode has aired, Hart can finally show off the room's new additions and revel publicly in her victory. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Make a morning dash for the top of the 699-foot High Dune to beat the heat and revel in stunning views of the San Juan and Sangre De Cristo Mountains. \u2014 Outside Online , 15 June 2021",
"On the outskirts of Flagstaff \u2013 where tourists and locals revel in hiking and horseback riding trails, camping spots, and the vast expanse of cinder fields for off-road vehicle use \u2013 flames soared as high as 100 feet. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Ted Cruz, who appears to revel in browbeating social media executives as much as anyone, voted against Khan\u2019s confirmation. \u2014 Gilad Edelman, Wired , 19 June 2021",
"Others revel in the opportunity to explore niche knowledge that goes beyond the plays to their sources and afterlives. \u2014 Jeffrey R. Wilson, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Fans of the game revel in watching tour players launch moon balls that fly forever. \u2014 Dave Shedloski, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Many highlights along the track revel in the awesome beauty of the Serpentine and Ormiston Gorges and the astonishing immensity of Standley Chasm, seen from the Summit of Mount Sonder. \u2014 Anabel Dean, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"The honeymoon phase will be short-lived, so help your loved one revel in it. \u2014 Kris Frieswick, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Some who have lost a loved one revel in defying convention and remaining joyful. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The cast revel in this challenge, all working in concert to create the illusion of what isn't there. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Throughout this in vino veritas revel , every sip of Jack Daniels and every comestible gives the partiers sustenance. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Keep this amazing flavor combination going in your next baking session by making some revel bars or giving your chocolate chip cookies a peanut butter upgrade. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 1 Oct. 2020",
"This year, Mardi Gras was a harbinger: according to official counts, attendance at the revel , which spanned a week in late February, was down by about twenty per cent compared with 2019. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 28 Aug. 2020"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French reveler , literally, to rebel, from Latin rebellare":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8re-v\u0259l"
],
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"wassail"
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"verb"
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"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"lark",
"ploy",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree"
],
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": a usually wild party or celebration":[],
": to take intense pleasure or satisfaction":[
"reveled in the quiet after everyone had gone"
],
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},
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"Verb",
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work",
"Noun",
"in Finland, Midsummer Day ushers in a nationwide revel as the Finns celebrate the endless hours of sunlight with bonfires and parties",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Despite the 28-time Grammy winner sharing the major album update overnight, the Beyhive was buzzing and took to social media to revel in their excitement. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
"But Astley understands that people who will fill arenas on The Mixtape tour, headlined by New Kids on the Block and featuring En Vogue and Salt-N-Pepa as well has himself, want to revel in the familiar. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
"Vancouver is known for at Stanley Park or revel in the nightlife on Granville Street. \u2014 Sandra Macgregor, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Now that the episode has aired, Hart can finally show off the room's new additions and revel publicly in her victory. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Make a morning dash for the top of the 699-foot High Dune to beat the heat and revel in stunning views of the San Juan and Sangre De Cristo Mountains. \u2014 Outside Online , 15 June 2021",
"On the outskirts of Flagstaff \u2013 where tourists and locals revel in hiking and horseback riding trails, camping spots, and the vast expanse of cinder fields for off-road vehicle use \u2013 flames soared as high as 100 feet. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Ted Cruz, who appears to revel in browbeating social media executives as much as anyone, voted against Khan\u2019s confirmation. \u2014 Gilad Edelman, Wired , 19 June 2021",
"Others revel in the opportunity to explore niche knowledge that goes beyond the plays to their sources and afterlives. \u2014 Jeffrey R. Wilson, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Fans of the game revel in watching tour players launch moon balls that fly forever. \u2014 Dave Shedloski, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Many highlights along the track revel in the awesome beauty of the Serpentine and Ormiston Gorges and the astonishing immensity of Standley Chasm, seen from the Summit of Mount Sonder. \u2014 Anabel Dean, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"The honeymoon phase will be short-lived, so help your loved one revel in it. \u2014 Kris Frieswick, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Some who have lost a loved one revel in defying convention and remaining joyful. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The cast revel in this challenge, all working in concert to create the illusion of what isn't there. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Throughout this in vino veritas revel , every sip of Jack Daniels and every comestible gives the partiers sustenance. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Keep this amazing flavor combination going in your next baking session by making some revel bars or giving your chocolate chip cookies a peanut butter upgrade. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 1 Oct. 2020",
"This year, Mardi Gras was a harbinger: according to official counts, attendance at the revel , which spanned a week in late February, was down by about twenty per cent compared with 2019. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 28 Aug. 2020"
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"Each city has its own Carnival, but none, not even the revelry of Mardi Gras, is as spectacular as Brooklyn's. \u2014 Peter Noel , Village Voice , 6 Sept. 1994",
"Wassailing is an ancient English custom, part of the feasts and revelry of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, which have been revived in Colonial Williamsburg. \u2014 Joan P. Dutton , The Williamsburg Cookbook , 1975",
"The tall minister stood again at the altar. He waited for the song and the revelry to die. \u2014 Maya Angelou , I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings , 1969",
"The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fullness of their revelry , they fluttered, chirping and frolicking from bush to bush, and tree to tree \u2026 \u2014 Washington Irving , The Legend of Sleepy Hollow , 1820",
"the lottery winner was exhausted after a long night of revelry",
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"Here in Brookline, where the predictions of raucousness and rampant revelry haven\u2019t really come to pass, the spread-out galleries and set-back corporate tents diffusing the famous Boston fan base, Rory has been the one reliable guy to cause a stir. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"The Phoenix Open is a beer-fueled revelry that would not be out of place in the Yankee Stadium bleachers. \u2014 Jimmy Golen, Hartford Courant , 15 June 2022",
"Guests \u2014 whose revelry was captured by videographers Marcel Dios Herrera and Tammi Weed \u2014 enjoyed a wedding cake made by the groom's aunt Kay Hamilton, who has made each of the wedding cakes for the Bates family children. \u2014 Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
"For the ballet\u2019s second half, Ad\u00e8s abandons Lisztian revelry . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"Perched in front of the stage, Woods moved slowly in a circle as the camera captured the height of St. Patrick\u2019s Day revelry . \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"O\u2019Reilly\u2019s, which opened in 2006, is a longtime destination for St. Patrick\u2019s Day revelry . \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Sunday came as millions of Americans were heading back to public venues such as bars, restaurants and movie theaters and as the Chicago area was getting its first real taste of St. Patrick\u2019s Day revelry in two years. \u2014 William Lee, chicagotribune.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Even with globalization on hold \u2014 or unraveling or perfectly intact, depending on the view \u2014 the revelry in Davos continued after hours. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post , 26 May 2022"
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"Shirking death, Mara returns as an undead revenant , a Strigoi. \u2014 Jamie Lang, Variety , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Candyman\u2019s curse, eventually taking on the revenant \u2019s lingering wound and characteristic aura of swarming bees, harbingers of vengeance. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Whether the subject is abuse or apartheid, an individual or a nation, Rose maintains that what\u2019s hastily buried will rise up like a revenant . \u2014 Christine Smallwood, The New York Review of Books , 6 July 2021",
"Yet nothing seems to work, and as the requests rampage, the fatal day returns to the song like a revenant , one more time. \u2014 Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books , 19 June 2021",
"Petrie repeatedly refers to Elefantin as an apparition, a revenant , an illusion. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2021",
"On the political level, the second part of the Biden plan\u2014becoming president\u2014has made him a revenant . \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 7 Jan. 2020",
"Gyllenhaal makes him a haunting, hollow-eyed revenant \u2014he is changed in at least one respect, having learned all too well the fearsome power of fire. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 18 Oct. 2018",
"The Earp homestead is built on a bedrock of ammonite, which acts as a powerful revenant repellant. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 2 Oct. 2018"
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"The team is seeking revenge for the loss earlier in the season.",
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"Fleeing for his life, the boy vows revenge as well as to liberate his mother (Nicole Kidman), with dad having helpfully given him a pep talk about the importance of vengeance even before this act of fratricide cemented Amleth's destiny. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
"With Cassie and Nate\u2019s secret affair finally exposed, Maddy wishfully plots revenge against her ex-boyfriend and ex-best friend. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 14 Feb. 2022",
"At the back of the book, the index provides a space for reference\u2014and sometimes revenge . \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022",
"To save his own skin and revenge himself on Logan, Kendall has turned whistleblower. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Soon enough, the cost of fame is being measured in bribes as various underworld characters emerge, seeking payoffs or just revenge in the aftermath of tragedy. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 24 Nov. 2021",
"As travel rebounded this year, a number of different trends have emerged, from working remotely from hotels to revenge travel to trip stacking. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Years later that boy has grown up to be Nat Love (Jonathan Majors), who had dedicated his life to revenge . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 22 Oct. 2021",
"People with stressful jobs and who work long hours might also be prone to revenge bedtime procrastination. \u2014 Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping , 6 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Since signing with the Sky in February 2021, though, Parker has been on what some might refer to as a revenge tour. \u2014 Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune , 7 July 2022",
"Soldier Boy's revenge tour on Payback reached Mindstorm, who has Professor X-style telekinetic powers, and Hughie and Butcher (both Suped up on Temp-V, with potentially deadly side effects looming) were helping out. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 1 July 2022",
"Donald Trump's revenge tour faced a split-decision Tuesday in South Carolina, highlighting a busy primary night that belonged mainly to favorites in Nevada, Texas, Maine and North Dakota. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"Takeaways from the primary night in Texas and Georgia, part of Trump\u2019s revenge tour. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Had the stars aligned with the pitching schedule, this road trip could have been a Zac Gallen revenge tour, with starts against the Cardinals and Marlins, the two clubs that traded him early in his career. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 1 May 2022",
"This was supposed to be Virat Kohli\u2019s revenge tour. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Trump is using the January 6 Committee\u2019s blatant bias and Javert style to rile up his supporters in anticipation of a revenge -tour presidential run. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022",
"LeVert and his now second-seeded Cavaliers took to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday hoping to scoop a win in the headlining city of his revenge tour. \u2014 Joel Lorenzi, The Indianapolis Star , 12 Feb. 2022"
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"\u2014 editorial , The Boston Globe , 24 June 2015",
"In 2011, after a bitter break-up, her ex-boyfriend uploaded dozens of photos of her naked to a porn website, along with her contact details and the name of the school where she works. That made her one of a growing number of victims of \u201c revenge porn \u201d: the non-consensual publication online of explicit images, often by an ex-boyfriend seeking to wound.",
"\u2014 The Economist , 5 July 2014"
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"The club came back with wins over Heights Norhill and a revengeful victory over Post Oak on Sunday, but leaving the bases loaded three times is going to all but ruin any team\u2019s hopes for a big win. \u2014 Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle , 9 July 2019",
"With that defeat still fresh, the Lady Deer were very much in a revengeful mood. \u2014 Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle , 3 Jan. 2018"
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"For example, over Q3, subscription revenue accounted for close to 39% of total sales, up from just 19% a year ago. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Instead of limiting supply to maximize revenue for oil producers, as a cartel does, Biden is trying to minimize how much one particular seller \u2014 Moscow \u2014 reaps from each barrel. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Ernst & Young is the world\u2019s third-largest accounting firm and reported a global revenue of $40 billion in its last financial year, which ended in June 2021. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"But the company began hosting in-person events again in October, and is on track to exceed its prepandemic revenue total this year, the spokesman added. \u2014 Patrick Coffee, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"Despite the sanctions imposed so far, Russian oil revenue has grown this year along with soaring fuel prices, while consumers around the world have faced mounting pain at the gasoline pump. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"GE Aviation posted revenue of 5.6 billion, up 12% from the same period in 2021. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
"During the shutdown, advertisement revenue dried up, and the shops where the paper was normally distributed were now closed. \u2014 Anuz Thapa, NBC News , 27 June 2022",
"Europe and the United States have barred the import of Russian oil to cut off a crucial revenue source for the Kremlin. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 27 June 2022"
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"the pastor's reverberant voice could be heard all over the cemetery as he read the final prayers for the deceased",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Everything coexists in what feels like a physical acoustic space \u2014 rich and reverberant , but also distant, held at a remove, seen through a dense fog. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"The new track is an adrenaline rush from start to finish, with the 39-year-old rap queen spitting both fast and slow over an eerie, reverberant vocal sample. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 25 Mar. 2022",
"This makes the case material important: with higher material density, gold (in particular rose gold) and even titanium are more reverberant than platinum, which gives a softer and more muffled chime. \u2014 Tim Barber, Wired , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Meaning coalesces not only through reams of dialogue but also through expressive glances, reverberant silences and many atmospheric shots of Kafuku\u2019s car rolling down roads and highways. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Nov. 2021",
"While breathtakingly sophisticated in their content, their tone recalls the best and most beloved children's books: playful but gentle, earnest without being naive, reverberant with ontological wonder. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 9 Sep. 2021",
"For example, a scene that finds Norman in a shallow pool of water requires an understanding of this reverberant space, with feet splashing through the area. \u2014 Aaron Neuwirth, Variety , 16 Aug. 2021",
"For extra credit, belt out a reverberant grito. Aced it",
"In the car that day Ruiz played Gregorian chants, reverberant voices that harken to a Catholic monastery. \u2014 Chris Kenning, courier-journal.com , 20 Aug. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The first hint that the activities at 329 Pacific St. might reverberate beyond a Brooklyn courtroom appeared in the April 22 edition of the Lyons Den, the eponymous daily column penned by Leonard Lyons of the New York Post. \u2014 James Kirchick, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"But the shooting in the church in Laguna Woods, Calif., stood out in its own way, a variation on American tragedy that seemed to show how faraway conflicts, even those in the distant past, can reverberate in the gun culture of the United States. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
"By the time the drums begin to reverberate through the floorboards, ushers have to help latecomers find seats. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 June 2022",
"Lane and Meadows both played guitar with open tunings, a technique that allows the strings to reverberate more. \u2014 Tom Roland, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
"GMA3\u2032s McKenzie notes that such diverse booking decisions reverberate beyond individual shows. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"The outcome is certain to reverberate beyond the immediate investigation of Donald Trump's unfounded efforts to overturn Joe Biden's presidential election victory. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"News of Mater\u2019s arrest is also starting to reverberate in the international film community. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Ten days later, the implications of the incident continue to reverberate across medicine, at a time when tensions are already running high due to the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022"
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"The first hint that the activities at 329 Pacific St. might reverberate beyond a Brooklyn courtroom appeared in the April 22 edition of the Lyons Den, the eponymous daily column penned by Leonard Lyons of the New York Post. \u2014 James Kirchick, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"But the shooting in the church in Laguna Woods, Calif., stood out in its own way, a variation on American tragedy that seemed to show how faraway conflicts, even those in the distant past, can reverberate in the gun culture of the United States. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
"By the time the drums begin to reverberate through the floorboards, ushers have to help latecomers find seats. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 June 2022",
"Lane and Meadows both played guitar with open tunings, a technique that allows the strings to reverberate more. \u2014 Tom Roland, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
"GMA3\u2032s McKenzie notes that such diverse booking decisions reverberate beyond individual shows. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"The outcome is certain to reverberate beyond the immediate investigation of Donald Trump's unfounded efforts to overturn Joe Biden's presidential election victory. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"News of Mater\u2019s arrest is also starting to reverberate in the international film community. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Ten days later, the implications of the incident continue to reverberate across medicine, at a time when tensions are already running high due to the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022"
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"the reverberative sounds of the pipe organ filled every corner of the majestic Gothic cathedral"
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"Verb",
"The family reveres old traditions.",
"in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"People largely revere the Avengers, the saviors of the planet. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 13 June 2022",
"Dutiful sons often revere their fathers for their instruction in the ways of the world\u2014by direction and indirection, sterling example and train wreck. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"Baseball reveres Jackie Robinson, but Robinson didn\u2019t revere baseball. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The compound also is the holiest site for Jews, who call it the Temple Mount and revere it as the home of the biblical Temples. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 29 May 2022",
"Muslims call it the Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) and revere it as the third holiest site in Islam. \u2014 Zeena Saifi, CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Using the handle to revere an automobile, abode, or aperitif implies a sense of refinement and elegance. \u2014 Chip Bell, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Chapek already faced heavy skepticism among a Hollywood crowd that had come to revere his predecessor Bob Iger as one of the great entertainment chief executives, if not a full-blown Mouse messiah. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"His teammates revere his machinations on the mound, and the skill required to effectively pull them off. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"While Pollock is among the artists the Gutai revere , Steir takes their agenda a step further, leaving more space for the paint itself to surface. \u2014 Kelsey Ables, Washington Post , 23 Jan. 2020"
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"\u2026 Vince Carter, a member of the U. S. basketball team and still a state hero after having been a star on the University of North Carolina's revered hoops team.",
"\u2014 Erin Whalen",
"Here are some of their greatest monasteries and the remains of their most revered saints.",
"\u2014 Janine Di Giovanni",
"\u2026 because [Doina] Melinte was the 1984 Olympic gold medalist at 800 meters, she remains one of Romania's most revered citizens.",
"\u2014 Merrell Noden"
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"1661, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Noun",
"The national pickle dish, kimchi, is held in such reverence that Seoul boasts a museum devoted entirely to its 160 different varieties. \u2014 The Encyclopedia of Herbs, Spices, & Flavorings , 1992",
"Reverence for or worship of the dead is found in all societies, because belief in life after death is universal. \u2014 World Religions , 1983",
"He took the command of this small party at once\u2014the little girl and the little boy following him about with great reverence at such times as he condescended to sport with them. \u2014 William Makepeace Thackeray , Vanity Fair , 1848",
"Her poems are treated with reverence by other poets.",
"Their religion has a deep reverence for nature.",
"Verb",
"Only acquaintance with the great models of antiquity moves men to love and reverence the great authors of their own time \u2026 \u2014 John Clive , Not By Fact Alone , 1989",
"It is our most fundamental political document, reverenced by all, the supposed cement of our society, yet it is read by few and understood by fewer still. \u2014 David M. Kennedy , New York Times Book Review , 14 Sept. 1986",
"None of us like mediocrity, but we all reverence perfection. \u2014 Mark Twain , A Tramp Abroad , 1880",
"devotees coming to reverence their god",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As with the previous four elections, the upcoming vote promises to be another referendum on Netanyahu, who is adored with cult-like reverence by his admirers and reviled with equal strength by his opponents. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 30 June 2022",
"My generation of Millennials was taught this pious reverence to bread by our grandparents who survived the 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine -- known as the Holodomor. \u2014 Daria Mattingly, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"The level of talent (and comic timing) at The Hollywood Reporter\u2018s Reality Emmy Roundtable was in no short supply, but there was still a moment of giddy reverence when one particular participant entered the chat. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"In this vibrant memoir, the journalist daughter of the art critic Peter Schjeldahl explores the life of the poet Frank O\u2019Hara and her father\u2019s reverence for his work. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Beyond that dissonance, the animatronic heads on the trees were at odds tonally with the reverence expressed elsewhere. \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"There were also more than a few near the front who literally bowed to show reverence for the mean queen. \u2014 Graham Berry, Billboard , 1 June 2022",
"In a culture steeped in irony and cynicism, Verrier\u2019s earnest reverence for food begins to feel almost radical. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 June 2022",
"This cultural reverence was made apparent in 2019, Sesepasara said, when indigenous elders protesting a billion-dollar telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea mountain called on Hawaii\u2019s mahu community to join them. \u2014 Anne Branigin, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"At the time they were made, Scandinavian societies were moving from Sun worship to reverence for gods associated with animals. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Jan. 2022",
"A life cut short by unexpected catastrophe is reverenced . \u2014 Christopher Knight, latimes.com , 6 May 2017"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for reverence Noun honor , homage , reverence , deference mean respect and esteem shown to another. honor may apply to the recognition of one's right to great respect or to any expression of such recognition. the nomination is an honor homage adds the implication of accompanying praise. paying homage to Shakespeare reverence implies profound respect mingled with love, devotion, or awe. great reverence for my father deference implies a yielding or submitting to another's judgment or preference out of respect or reverence. showed no deference to their elders Verb revere , reverence , venerate , worship , adore mean to honor and admire profoundly and respectfully. revere stresses deference and tenderness of feeling. a professor revered by her students reverence presupposes an intrinsic merit and inviolability in the one honored and a similar depth of feeling in the one honoring. reverenced the academy's code of honor venerate implies a holding as holy or sacrosanct because of character, association, or age. heroes still venerated worship implies homage usually expressed in words or ceremony. worships their memory adore implies love and stresses the notion of an individual and personal attachment. we adored our doctor",
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"deacon",
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"dominie",
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"minister",
"preacher",
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"our reverend elders should be accorded a special place of honor at the ceremonies",
"Noun",
"called their reverend and asked if he could marry them next June",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"There before the reverend mother and God, the police (wielding rifles) and the butchers (wielding a cow trailer) managed to corral two of the steers. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Dickens was a great admirer of a reverend philosopher of that name, often carrying around a copy of Smith's Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Tuesday's winner will face off with Democratic candidate Will Boyd, a reverend and previous Senate hopeful, in November. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
"In the wake of the shooting, Eugene Chang, the youngest son of the reverend , worked with several other adult children of churchgoers to organize a GoFundMe page to raise money for the victims and their families. \u2014 Claire Wang, NBC News , 17 May 2022",
"The reverend and her team came up with the idea of the spiritual care cart. \u2014 Byalex Stone, ABC News , 13 May 2022",
"Someone from the town\u2019s board of trustees spoke, then a local reverend , then a gas-station owner, then the town president\u2019s wife, then another gas-station owner, then a representative from the Rev. Jesse Jackson\u2019s Rainbow PUSH coalition. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Toward the end of the sermon, the reverend looked again toward the sky as the rain had begun. \u2014 Alex Putterman, Hartford Courant , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Brown has a ball with his peacocking reverend , but Hall brings real pain and pathos to the film (which also premiered at Sundance, and is due in theaters this September) as a loyal church wife whose faith will be severely tested. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The family's reverend , Marilyn Miller, also spoke at the event and said Thomas was a good person, who had flaws just like everyone else. \u2014 Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Mandy Moore made her leading role debut in the 2002 romance film as Jamie Sullivan, the ostracized teenage daughter of a reverend . \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 25 Jan. 2022"
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},
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"a reverent crowd of worshippers",
"a reverent tone of voice",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now, finally, all of these amazing books collected throughout Pat Williams\u2019 amazing life are housed in one reverent spot. \u2014 Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel , 4 June 2022",
"Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022",
"Staff and students at the Washington, D.C. university had long traded reverent whispers about the dress, which was reportedly gifted to Father Gilbert Hartke, then-head of the school\u2019s drama department, by actress Mercedes McCambridge in 1973. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"Orchids, beautiful but a bit tricky to maintain, hold a reverent beauty to them that ought to be kept. \u2014 Alex Wagner, SPIN , 12 May 2022",
"Dyer lives in Venice Beach, fittingly somehow: a Brit stationed at the last, least reverent remnant of the ever-dissolving empire. \u2014 Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Golden-Coners, mostly gay men and straight women, hustled from gossipy panel discussions to raucous trivia games and reverent autograph signings. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"Idle and an enormous clown did with Simon\u2019s music on the least reverent side of the spectrum, that may be something best left to be discovered on its own when the show airs at a time TBD later this year. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In 1999, Tony embodied a particular strain of American masculinity: resistant to change, and reverent towards the mythically confident western heroes of Hollywood\u2019s Golden Age. \u2014 Ben Rosenstock, Time , 22 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For most of the 20th century, historians and biographers adopted a reverential tone toward the American Founders. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"The Daniels explained the film's music and sound must be both reverential to various artists and genres, as the movie is to various film types, and unique. \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Reports from Boston and nearby towns often described the smallpox vaccine in reverential terms. \u2014 Jess Mchugh, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2021",
"This reverential approach has inspired some other writers of color. \u2014 WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Alana Uriell speaks of the Aviara Golf Club in near reverential tones. \u2014 Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
"It is entrenched in the racist and colonialist notion of Manifest Destiny, in the reverential landscape paintings of Frederic Church, and in our ostensible handbook, the Holy Scriptures. \u2014 Brett Berk, Outside Online , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Brussels sprouts with fish sauce and miso \u2014 brought so many of L.A.\u2019s flavors under one roof in a way that felt reverential and connective. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"The whole process felt pragmatic yet reverential to me. \u2014 Mallory Mcduff, Wired , 2 Jan. 2022"
],
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"I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Readers who give themselves over fully to Yuknavitch\u2019s aqueous story will catch strains of Jeanette Winterson and David Mitchell, but there\u2019s nothing derivative about her insightful reverie . \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Reegan Ray plays Mary Ann as a devoted friend who plays along with Ginger\u2019s delusions and occasionally slips into the island reverie . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Her reverie was interrupted when her radio buzzed in her pocket. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"The throaty roar of a nearby lion startled me out of my reverie . \u2014 Christine Chitnis, ELLE , 24 May 2022",
"In an echo of the Salonen, the movement quickened and tightened into a racing reverie that burst like a firework. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"As my mind wanders and contemplates the awesomeness of the environment, my local mountain guide, Marco Maganzini, snaps me out of my reverie with another story of year-round derring do that unwittingly answers my question. \u2014 Duncan Madden, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"But like Bugsy's reverie , the dream took concrete shape, and Esther's Kitchen is today an institution, luring a crowd of fashionable locals, many of them performers. \u2014 Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Kidman losing herself in the reverie of a childhood photograph, eyes glazing over with fireworks that have long since burned out). \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1654, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"French r\u00eaverie , from Middle French, delirium, from resver, rever to wander, be delirious":""
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"a surprising reversal in the value of the stock",
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"In a reversal of roles , he is now taking care of his mother.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The study, released Wednesday, didn\u2019t determine the exact reasons for the reversal but pointed to several potential factors. \u2014 Jennifer Calfas, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"In another case, a hypoglycemic resident began experiencing seizures, but could not be treated because Homestead failed to ensure medication for the reversal of low blood sugar was available, the report says. \u2014 Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star , 26 May 2022",
"The Chinese ride-hailing giant did not give a reason for the reversal , and did not respond to a request for comment. \u2014 Michelle Toh, CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Neither Agrawal or Musk give a reason for the reversal . \u2014 Fortune , 20 Apr. 2022",
"In California, Democratic leaders are considering more than a dozen bills this year to prepare for a Roe reversal . \u2014 CBS News , 4 Apr. 2022",
"But some experts are growing increasingly nervous that the positive trends may be slowing down or even headed for reversal . \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The Area Director did not provide any explanation for the reversal of the Settlement Officer's judgement. \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
"For decades, Betsie Norris, founder and executive director of Adoption Network Cleveland, led the fight for reversal of the law. \u2014 Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer , 27 Jan. 2022"
],
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"ri-\u02c8v\u0259r-s\u0259l"
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"Lift one of the dumbbells off the ground and straight out to the side like a reverse fly, keeping your arm fully extended. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 23 June 2022",
"The reverse -psychology strategy is especially visible in the state's Senate Republican primary. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 23 June 2022",
"At Calgary, Hedberg earned 10s from six of seven judges on his reverse 3 \u00bd somersault tuck off 10-meter. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 17 June 2022",
"Other basic strategies include adjusting the lighting, or ordering a reverse casket if the wound is only visible from the right side of the face. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"Lowell police used the reverse 911 system to notify residents in the area, and authorities are asking anyone who has seen Harry or has information on his whereabouts to contact police by calling 911 or the Lowell Police Department at 978-937-3200. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Those with cash can use a reverse cash machine to convert cash into a prepaid card; the machines are available on the festival grounds. \u2014 Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
"Chicago then scored eight of the next 10 points to take an 85-84 lead on Meesseman\u2019s reverse layup with 48.5 seconds remaining. \u2014 Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"The tint remains until another round of voltage triggers a reverse reaction that extracts the electrons and ions, thus turning the window transparent once again. \u2014 Brittney J. Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Growing recession fears may mean that the Federal Reserve, which has begun to aggressively hike interest rates to fight inflation, could reverse course by the end of 2023 and cut rates again in order to deal with a slowing economy. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"The video clip shows that the driver gets about halfway through the line before needing to reverse and unstick a pesky motorcycle before charging back down to finish the job. \u2014 Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver , 22 June 2022",
"Housing advocates had lobbied aggressively in the last several weeks for the board to reverse course and support a rent freeze or rollback. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"Niles voters will consider, in the June 28 election, whether to reverse the results of a previous referendum and allow the village mayor to appoint people to vacant trustee positions on the Village Board. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Advocates play a critical role in convincing lawmakers and health leaders to reverse policies and allocate resources to fund treatment advancements for SCD patients globally. \u2014 Wunmi Bakare, Essence , 17 June 2022",
"So instead of cutting rates to encourage growth, the Fed is now trying to reverse course and cool the economy. \u2014 Hamza Shaban, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
"Take 3 to 4 more steps, then reverse and side step back to the cable stack. \u2014 Jen Murphy, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Biden campaigned for office promising to reverse many of the Trump administration\u2019s border-control measures and establish a system that would be orderly and humane. \u2014 Nick Miroff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The woman then put the car in reverse , knocking the officer to the ground. \u2014 Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"In reverse , identifying the right retail partner or pop-up location can help digitally native DTC brands acquire new consumers. \u2014 Patrick Bousquet-chavanne, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Uzeyman\u2019s heady, hallucinatory images are enhanced by slo-mo, dissolves and even running the film in reverse . \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Benny was cycling the Camino de Santiago in reverse , toward his home in Belgium, finishing a charity ride in honor of his late wife. \u2014 Patty Hodapp, Outside Online , 8 June 2022",
"And then there is module that Kazantsev says kind of runs that semantic parser in reverse to make the auto-complete suggestions. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"But for many hours on our surprising Saturday, the heat index seemed to run in reverse . \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
"In September, an ascending escalator malfunctioned at the Back Bay Station and suddenly plummeted in reverse , causing a bloody pileup of people at the bottom. \u2014 Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"So very much like a 13 going on 30, situation but in reverse . \u2014 James Brown, USA TODAY , 29 May 2022"
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"In some senses, this is just a reversion to the historic mean. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 19 June 2022",
"Yet the threat of a reversion to curbs remains as long as China persists with its Covid Zero approach. \u2014 Time , 31 May 2022",
"On June 28, 1997 \u2013 three days before Hong Kong\u2019s reversion to China \u2013 Lin recalls being at a rally with 60,000 people outside Taipei\u2019s World Trade Center. \u2014 Deepa Bharath, ajc , 19 May 2022",
"This implies little-to-no reversion in wallet share from durable goods. \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"The reversion to lockdown is the latest reminder that despite the easing of restrictions, the government's zero-Covid policy -- comprised of mass testing, extensive quarantine and snap lockdowns -- will continue to dominate everyday life. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 3 June 2022",
"According to her suit, UMPG paid Wilson nearly $32 million for his songwriter share, and another $19 million for his reversion rights. \u2014 Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The stock is also below its 200-week simple moving average or reversion to the mean at $52.85. \u2014 Richard Henry Suttmeier, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Those monkeys were reproductively normal, but in one, researchers found evidence of reversion . \u2014 Stephen S. Hall, Wired , 11 Mar. 2021"
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"after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The other solution is to declare remote working over and revert to the status quo ante. \u2014 Robert Sher, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The company started requiring face coverings in those areas in December, but will now revert to their previous policy of allowing people to go maskless. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Pritzker had harsh words for the judge's decision and quickly urged the state's attorney general's office to appeal, suggesting the ruling could spark another surge in the virus and force schools to close their doors and revert to online classes. \u2014 Val Pearon, Arkansas Online , 6 Feb. 2022",
"The cycle ends when the next period starts and would revert to 28 days within a month or two. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Facing rising infections and a new COVID-19 variant, colleges across the U.S. are starting to require booster shots, extend mask mandates, limit social gatherings and even revert to online classes. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 16 Dec. 2021",
"But those who are thinking about becoming pregnant need to eliminate high-protein food from their diets, monitor their intake of fruits, vegetables and pasta, and revert to drinking a medical formula. \u2014 Frances Stead Sellers, Anchorage Daily News , 3 June 2022",
"But those who are thinking about becoming pregnant need to eliminate high-protein food from their diets, monitor their intake of fruits, vegetables and pasta, and revert to drinking a medical formula. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"One of the stock market's few certainties is that its drivers eventually revert to the traditional norms and ratios, or close to them, governed by such forces as overall economic growth and competition that imposes a cap on profitability. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 1 June 2022"
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"I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late.",
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"Readers who give themselves over fully to Yuknavitch\u2019s aqueous story will catch strains of Jeanette Winterson and David Mitchell, but there\u2019s nothing derivative about her insightful reverie . \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Reegan Ray plays Mary Ann as a devoted friend who plays along with Ginger\u2019s delusions and occasionally slips into the island reverie . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Her reverie was interrupted when her radio buzzed in her pocket. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"The throaty roar of a nearby lion startled me out of my reverie . \u2014 Christine Chitnis, ELLE , 24 May 2022",
"In an echo of the Salonen, the movement quickened and tightened into a racing reverie that burst like a firework. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"As my mind wanders and contemplates the awesomeness of the environment, my local mountain guide, Marco Maganzini, snaps me out of my reverie with another story of year-round derring do that unwittingly answers my question. \u2014 Duncan Madden, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"But like Bugsy's reverie , the dream took concrete shape, and Esther's Kitchen is today an institution, luring a crowd of fashionable locals, many of them performers. \u2014 Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Kidman losing herself in the reverie of a childhood photograph, eyes glazing over with fireworks that have long since burned out). \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"The educational software was sent to teachers for review .",
"Verb",
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"I need time to review the situation.",
"The ruling will be reviewed by the Supreme Court.",
"The committee reviewed the applications.",
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"She reviewed her notes for the speech.",
"The television show will review last year's major events.",
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"Critics have not yet reviewed the movie.",
"The book was reviewed in this magazine.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The review issued Sunday by the Food and Drug Administration is a key step toward a decision on vaccinations for the 18 million babies, toddlers and preschoolers in the U.S. among the only group not currently eligible for vaccination. \u2014 Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 June 2022",
"The review was positive, raising no new safety issues or concerns about trial data, most of which had been previously released by the companies. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Beijing's cybersecurity review of Didi was about to wrap up. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"The review is ongoing and the DPS preliminary findings have not been made public. \u2014 Melissa Gaffney, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
"Garland said the review would be comprehensive, transparent and independent. \u2014 Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"Members of the public can submit comments, and there\u2019s likely to be a public hearing within the next several months once the review is complete. \u2014 Erica E. Phillips, Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
"Once the review is complete, a final report will be released. \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 8 June 2022",
"Garland said the review would be comprehensive, transparent and independent. \u2014 Michael Balsamo, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Meanwhile, after turning over the encrypted drive, Theranos had ordered the physical server housing the database be dismantled so the government never ultimately was able to review the material. \u2014 Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"But the decision could have far broader implications for other laws because the high court is changing the standard used to review such laws. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"During deliberations, the jury will have the opportunity to review thousands of pages of text messages between Doughty and Wilson from the days and hours leading up to the fatal stabbing. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
"Last August, the state Supreme Court refused to review Dunn\u2019s case, seemingly confirming its support for the Lincoln decision. \u2014 Chris Pomorski, The New Republic , 23 June 2022",
"Federal prosecutors have also asked the judge for a delay, citing their need to review committee transcripts before trial. \u2014 Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"On Tuesday, a CAQ spokesman declined to comment, saying the organization is waiting to review the text of the rule, which hasn\u2019t yet been released. \u2014 Mark Maurer, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Mid-year is the perfect time to review , reset or revise your goals, as there\u2019s still plenty of time to turn a ship around or accelerate speed to surpass your original projections. \u2014 Hao Lam, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Gregg Polsky, a University of Georgia law professor and former corporate tax lawyer who was retained by ProPublica to review Susquehanna\u2019s tax records, said the tax agency may have more to scrutinize. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022"
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"Goodman phoned back to revise and extend his remarks. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 6 Jan. 2022",
"As the calendar rolls forward into 2022, this is the perfect time to revisit, revise , and improve rules and policies around stablecoins. \u2014 Sean Stein Smith, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"City officials are pushing to open those neighborhoods up for facilities with up to 12 children, as well as revise where larger child care centers can operate in other areas. \u2014 Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Dynamic goals need to be accessible and team members need to be able to revisit, revise , and review their priorities. \u2014 Sesil Pir, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Associate Principal Norman Bell went on to elaborate that students are encouraged to retake/ revise tests, quizzes, papers, projects and have a 10-day window to do so from the date the grade is posted. \u2014 Fox News , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Coppola\u2019s continued mission to recut, revise , and rerelease his previous films suggests a dissatisfaction that might be either a personal eccentricity or related to the discontent that characterizes our current Walpurgisnacht. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Refresh emergency contact lists based on where staff is located, revise floor plans and share important safety information in new places \u2014 both in offices and digitally. \u2014 Todd Piett, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Muldrow does what Black artists have always done uniquely well \u2014 signify upon, revise and refigure a theme, expanding an existing form through a clever new one. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Employers now have the opportunity to revise and update their policies to be more inclusive to all workers and their needs. \u2014 Danielle Abril, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Legislators correctly anticipated that the court\u2019s conservative majority could use it to revise or overturn Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022",
"In New York, lawmakers passed legislation this week to revise its red flag laws and raise the age to buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21. \u2014 ABC News , 5 June 2022",
"The agency officials will take public comment on the proposal over the next 60 days, with plans to revise and finalize the rule after getting that feedback by the spring of next year. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"The agency officials will take public comment on the proposal over the next 60 days, with plans to revise and finalize the rule after getting that feedback by the spring of next year. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"After being dealt a setback at the Alabama Supreme Court, the state this month asked a Jefferson County Circuit Court judge to revise or throw out part of the 2001 agreement between the state and the Birmingham Water Works Board. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 24 Apr. 2022",
"This meant that liberal Christians were willing to revise or jettison cherished Christian beliefs, such as the bodily resurrection of Jesus, if such beliefs could not be explained against the bar of human reason. \u2014 Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"And on Friday, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the two lawsuits challenging Ohio\u2019s congressional map on technical grounds, while signaling voting-rights groups and Democrats can revise and refile them. \u2014 Staff Reports, cleveland , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"Over the last three months, the consensus earnings estimate for full-year 2022 has decreased 2.3% from $3.655 to $3.570 per share, based on one upward and one downward revision . \u2014 Charles Rotblut, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"But their long truce came to a shattering end last week, when a state court imposed a significant revision on New York\u2019s congressional map. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"More intense treatment options include dermabrasion, corticosteroid injections, laser treatment, cryotherapy, dermal fillers or scar- revision surgery. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"The 5th District was drawn by the Florida Supreme Court in 2015 and left largely intact by state legislators in this year\u2019s once-a-decade map revision . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Biden's remarks from the White House come after the Treasury Department updated estimates this week to project that the U.S. deficit will fall by over $1.5 trillion this year, a revision from the $1.3 trillion projected in Biden's budget. \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 4 May 2022",
"The years-in-the-making software revision \u2014referred to as the Merge, targeted for later this year\u2014is supposed to dramatically cut energy use, eventually boost performance and possibly returns on what is arguably the most important blockchain network. \u2014 Fortune , 15 Apr. 2022",
"But this week, House Republicans quickly moved the bill forward without room for debate or revision , and put the bill ahead of hundreds of others before lawmakers adjourned for spring break. \u2014 al , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Wells, a local freelance photographer, submitted three maps before working with Weddleton on a map revision , incorporating public feedback to come up with the map draft that the Assembly chose Tuesday. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"Before Depp's defamation trial against Heard resumes May 16 in Virginia, revisit key moments from the courtroom so far. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
"The new filing now indicates that Sussmann's case will likely revisit some of this history. \u2014 Marshall Cohen, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Washington will star as Boy Willie opposite Brooks who is playing Berniece, both halves of the feuding sibling-duo who must revisit their past to move forward into the future. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Rediscover these two Balboa Park gems, and then revisit old favorites all over the park. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"See Barrymore\u2019s Instagram photos here, and revisit the Ever After trailer below. \u2014 Katie Atkinson, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
"An encounter between the elderly Tom and Patrick spurs them to revisit their love affair 40 years prior. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 June 2022",
"Each will pledge to remain outside the EU and its economic zone; to stay hawkish in their support for Ukraine; and to revisit the Northern Ireland protocol that is the rot underlying Britain\u2019s troubled relationship with Europe. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 6 June 2022",
"Before Watson arrived at Westwood Country Club, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski was asked if the latest lawsuit causes the organization to revisit with the quarterback about his legal situation. \u2014 CBS News , 6 June 2022",
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"Not only was the revisit time important, TROPICS will be operating in a portion of the microwave spectrum (90 to 205 gigahertz) that provide valuable information on ice and cloud properties, according to NASA. \u2014 Marshall Shepherd, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"In the dream, the two revisit the breakdown of their union, tracing some of the lingering scars. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 June 2022",
"Several things, though hardly news, jump out in this rich revisit . \u2014 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"In between, Greenspan delivers a plethora of cakes, cookies (including a revisit of her renowned World Peace cookies), pies, cobblers and more. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Jan. 2022",
"And whose often-startling filmography is worth a revisit . \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
"These include aerial drones capturing full-motion video, as well as high orbit satellites offering global revisit rates of only 10 seconds. \u2014 Devaki Raj, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
"This decades-later revisit builds upon the notion that neither the humans nor the machines were entirely good or evil, with the machines mostly keeping their pledge to release folks who wanted out of the simulation. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The style highlights are definitely worth a revisit . \u2014 Christian Allair, Vogue , 10 Sep. 2021"
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"The program was designed to help revitalize Greece\u2019s second-largest island, which was hit by a devastating series of wildfires last summer. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"Airlines and travel groups have been lobbying the White House to drop the COVID test requirements for inbound travelers to help revitalize international travel. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
"So applying a self-tanner or going to a tanning salon specializing in spray tanning, not to be confused with a tanning bed, can help revitalize the skin again. Self-tanning and getting spray-tanned does more than just bronze up the skin. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 3 June 2022",
"Similar agreements with zoos around the world have helped revitalize the giant panda population. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The third pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, Mobley has helped revitalize a franchise that won 60 total games the previous three seasons. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Then Hom started a real estate business and helped revitalize downtown San Diego, becoming the founding president of the Gaslamp Quarter Association in 1982. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Austin and her team have proven their creativity and willingness to experiment over the past few years, and that has really helped to revitalize what was once kind of an overlooked and uninspiring brand. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Under a plan to revitalize the Riegart Square strip center in downtown Fairfield, curb cuts would be reduced from 14 to four on the east side of Pleasant Avenue. \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 29 May 2022"
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"The program was designed to help revitalize Greece\u2019s second-largest island, which was hit by a devastating series of wildfires last summer. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"Airlines and travel groups have been lobbying the White House to drop the COVID test requirements for inbound travelers to help revitalize international travel. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
"So applying a self-tanner or going to a tanning salon specializing in spray tanning, not to be confused with a tanning bed, can help revitalize the skin again. Self-tanning and getting spray-tanned does more than just bronze up the skin. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 3 June 2022",
"Similar agreements with zoos around the world have helped revitalize the giant panda population. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The third pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, Mobley has helped revitalize a franchise that won 60 total games the previous three seasons. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Then Hom started a real estate business and helped revitalize downtown San Diego, becoming the founding president of the Gaslamp Quarter Association in 1982. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Austin and her team have proven their creativity and willingness to experiment over the past few years, and that has really helped to revitalize what was once kind of an overlooked and uninspiring brand. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Under a plan to revitalize the Riegart Square strip center in downtown Fairfield, curb cuts would be reduced from 14 to four on the east side of Pleasant Avenue. \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 29 May 2022"
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"The opera company is staging a revival of Verdi's Don Carlos .",
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"Criticism of such trips has mounted abroad, particularly in 2019 following a brief revival of Western tourism and the ensuing flood of videos and blogs by travel influencers. \u2014 Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"While always consistently popular, Conan had a revival in the 1970s helped by book editions that had covers by influential fantasy artist Frank Frazetta and Conan\u2019s first comics series published by Marvel, which ran from 1970 to 1993. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"Maverick doing blockbuster business and Lightyear bringing Pixar back to theaters after a long hiatus, audiences are gifting a summer revival to the industry, but at a very risky time. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Hiddleston and Ashton met while co-starring in a play on London's West End in 2019, a revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
"Garland's order came after Justice presided over a dramatic revival of federal executions during the prior administration, which featured 13 executions between July 2020 and January 2021. \u2014 Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"On Thursday, Bloomberg said Chinese regulators have started early stage discussions on a potential revival of Ant Group's IPO, citing people familiar with the matter. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"The musical ran from 2005 to 2008, with a revival that ran from 2015 through early 2017. \u2014 Michael Gioia, PEOPLE.com , 12 June 2022",
"Three hours passed in a veritable instant as a superb lead cast and lavish Lincoln Center Theater production combined in a revival to remember, a thoroughly charming re-telling of the classic directed by Bartlett Sher. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 10 June 2022"
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"By the Eighties, an era that saw a growth of Christian revivalism in Nigeria, heavily influenced by the Moral Majority movement in the United States, rock music gained a bad rep in the country. \u2014 Ama Udofa, Rolling Stone , 19 June 2022",
"If this is the future of riot grrrl revivalism , the future is bright. \u2014 Maria Sherman, SPIN , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Walk Through the Fire \u2014 the door opens to critiques of revivalism , that the artist is imitating the past rather than moving the needle. \u2014 Justin Curto, Vulture , 4 Aug. 2021",
"The revivalism , which arose in New England and the mid-Atlantic colonies and then spread to the South and West, helped lead to explosive growth for the church. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 4 Mar. 2021",
"The Baguette is once again wildly popular, riding a fashion wave of early-aughts Gen Z revivalism that Jones himself helped fuel with his revamp of the Dior Saddle bag three years ago. \u2014 Harper's BAZAAR , 23 Feb. 2021",
"Historian Brett Grainger has argued that evangelicals, through revivalism , formed a mystical relationship with nature. \u2014 Jeffrey Wheatley, The Conversation , 10 June 2020",
"Even Alberta Ferretti, with her unapologetic ode to \u201980s and \u201990s revivalism in the form of shoulder pads! and high-waist pleated leather pants! and gold chains \u00e0 go-go! \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2020",
"The worst of religious conservatism is on cable news imputing to Trump an almost-Constantinian prestige, uniting nationalist fervor with religious revivalism . \u2014 Andrew T. Walker, National Review , 10 Feb. 2020"
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"It\u2019s John\u2019s inheritance from his recently deceased father, an original mod revivalist who, in his salad days, once led a bikers\u2019 protest against Margaret Thatcher on the streets of Brighton. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 17 Nov. 2021",
"At this point an old-time revivalist movement began to sweep through the land, the kind that arises when a society is forced, like an individual, to face its own deepest conflicts retreats into the mindlessness of unreason. \u2014 Vivian Gornick, The New York Review of Books , 5 Nov. 2020",
"The preacher rose over the decades from tent revivalist to running a world-wide ministry with his namesake from what would be a vast home base in suburban Akron. \u2014 Bill Lubinger, cleveland , 7 May 2021",
"As played by the skillful Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Widows), the student leader-turned-fire-breathing revolutionary is a selfless dreamer with the charisma of a tent revivalist . \u2014 Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner , 1 Apr. 2021",
"Even his mythical settings had a philosophical as much as a German- revivalist rationale. \u2014 Barnaby Crowcroft, National Review , 26 Dec. 2020",
"Powell played in legendary Cajun revivalist Dewey Balfa\u2019s band and married his daughter, Christine Balfa. \u2014 NOLA.com , 7 Sep. 2020",
"One key revivalist is Bella Hadid, who often puts a more experimental spin on retro fashions. \u2014 Vogue , 25 Sep. 2019",
"There are myriad of enthusiast types: vinyl diehards, streamers, ironic tape cassette revivalists , and more. \u2014 Popular Science , 29 Jan. 2020"
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"The city is showing signs of revival .",
"There are three musical revivals on Broadway this season.",
"The opera company is staging a revival of Verdi's Don Carlos .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Criticism of such trips has mounted abroad, particularly in 2019 following a brief revival of Western tourism and the ensuing flood of videos and blogs by travel influencers. \u2014 Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"While always consistently popular, Conan had a revival in the 1970s helped by book editions that had covers by influential fantasy artist Frank Frazetta and Conan\u2019s first comics series published by Marvel, which ran from 1970 to 1993. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"Maverick doing blockbuster business and Lightyear bringing Pixar back to theaters after a long hiatus, audiences are gifting a summer revival to the industry, but at a very risky time. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Hiddleston and Ashton met while co-starring in a play on London's West End in 2019, a revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
"Garland's order came after Justice presided over a dramatic revival of federal executions during the prior administration, which featured 13 executions between July 2020 and January 2021. \u2014 Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"On Thursday, Bloomberg said Chinese regulators have started early stage discussions on a potential revival of Ant Group's IPO, citing people familiar with the matter. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"The musical ran from 2005 to 2008, with a revival that ran from 2015 through early 2017. \u2014 Michael Gioia, PEOPLE.com , 12 June 2022",
"Three hours passed in a veritable instant as a superb lead cast and lavish Lincoln Center Theater production combined in a revival to remember, a thoroughly charming re-telling of the classic directed by Bartlett Sher. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 10 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Winifred says in the teaser, after a pair of high schoolers accidentally revive the Sandersons. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 29 June 2022",
"The intention is to revive the glamour that once made Wilshire Boulevard the pinnacle of upmarket Beverly Hills shopping. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"By forcing the studios to keep their movies in cinemas longer, Franceschini hopes to revive the local industry. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"But framing a developing Alexa capability as a way to revive a connection to late family members is a giant, unrealistic, problematic leap. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
"Russia is also part of the talks Iran is holding with world powers to revive its 2015 nuclear agreement. \u2014 Hadas Gold, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Founded in 2007, the Coral Restoration Foundation has been working to revive Florida\u2019s Coral Reef, a barrier reef stretching from north of Miami to Key Largo and the only in the continental U.S. \u2014 Melissa Hart, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
"The White House and congressional Democrats are in talks on legislation that aims to fight inflation, rein in the deficit and revive parts of Biden\u2019s agenda. \u2014 Josh Wingrove, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"The cofounders of Zilingo\u2014Dhruv Kapoor and Ankiti Bose\u2014have proposed to buyout the troubled fashion startup as the duo aims to restructure and revive the company\u2019s operations amid prospects of liquidation. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 20 June 2022"
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"The success of the movie has revived her career.",
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"Our spirits were revived by his enthusiasm.",
"The store's business is beginning to revive .",
"The family is trying to revive an old custom.",
"He has decided to revive Moli\u00e8re's Tartuffe .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In May, in a bid to revive the country's flagging auto market, China's central government reduced tax rates on sales of small-engine vehicles, which will cut its own tax revenue by $9 billion. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 4 July 2022",
"The legislation, which has yet to take effect, is a bid to revive Italy\u2019s sickly cinema sector, which is nowhere near a COVID-recovery bounceback. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"With daily infections now falling to low double digits, the government has launched an urgent effort to revive factories, companies and supply lines vital to China\u2019s sagging economy. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"Two months ago, ExxonMobil also lost a bid to revive a lawsuit claiming that both Massachusetts and New York\u2019s attorneys general had political motivations for opening such investigations into the company. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
"Magic City\u2019s latest bid to revive the game is Battle Court, a new league launched last month. \u2014 Arian Campo-flores, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
"In 2010, Orton and a team of researchers started working on the Jersey Tomato Project in an effort to revive the Rutgers variety, which was believed to be lost to history. \u2014 Jeff Quattrone, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Amid a national effort to revive domestic semiconductor manufacturing, a new effort seeks to make Oregon more hospitable to the industry. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Mayor Gianfilippo Mignogna chose to offer up the homes in a bid to revive the ailing town, which has seen its population dwindle over the years as numerous residents left to find work in Italy's cities or in other countries. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 2 Dec. 2021"
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"Emergencies remind us that people admire selflessness and enjoy demands on their generosity, and that the community as a whole is revivified by such demands. \u2014 Marilynne Robinson, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2020",
"Few films express as well as this one how an immigrant\u2019s sadness at leaving one\u2019s homeland is countered by the prospect of a revivifying renewal. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 May 2020",
"Left for dead by some original participants, Facebook\u2019s Libra digital currency project is revivifying . \u2014 Aaron Pressman, Fortune , 17 Apr. 2020",
"But the robustness of the entries as a whole was revivifying . \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020",
"Chanin was able to revivify her hometown and create new jobs. \u2014 Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books , 11 Feb. 2020",
"Over the years, various schemes for revivifying it have been floated, from a church to storage space. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 25 Sep. 2019",
"The celebrated British photojournalist\u2019s 1950s images and memorabilia revivify Laika, the first dog to embark on the journey into the cosmos, and her successors, who paved the way for human astronauts during the U.S.-Soviet space race. \u2014 New York Times , 19 July 2019",
"Louis barely remembers Alexandre, but, nearing retirement, divorced and in a slump, he is revivified by the attention, and spurred to reconsider his past life. \u2014 Judith Thurman, The New Yorker , 3 Sep. 2019"
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"Emergencies remind us that people admire selflessness and enjoy demands on their generosity, and that the community as a whole is revivified by such demands. \u2014 Marilynne Robinson, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2020",
"Few films express as well as this one how an immigrant\u2019s sadness at leaving one\u2019s homeland is countered by the prospect of a revivifying renewal. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 May 2020",
"Left for dead by some original participants, Facebook\u2019s Libra digital currency project is revivifying . \u2014 Aaron Pressman, Fortune , 17 Apr. 2020",
"But the robustness of the entries as a whole was revivifying . \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020",
"Chanin was able to revivify her hometown and create new jobs. \u2014 Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books , 11 Feb. 2020",
"Over the years, various schemes for revivifying it have been floated, from a church to storage space. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 25 Sep. 2019",
"The celebrated British photojournalist\u2019s 1950s images and memorabilia revivify Laika, the first dog to embark on the journey into the cosmos, and her successors, who paved the way for human astronauts during the U.S.-Soviet space race. \u2014 New York Times , 19 July 2019",
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"He has decided to revive Moli\u00e8re's Tartuffe .",
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"Winifred says in the teaser, after a pair of high schoolers accidentally revive the Sandersons. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 29 June 2022",
"The intention is to revive the glamour that once made Wilshire Boulevard the pinnacle of upmarket Beverly Hills shopping. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"By forcing the studios to keep their movies in cinemas longer, Franceschini hopes to revive the local industry. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"But framing a developing Alexa capability as a way to revive a connection to late family members is a giant, unrealistic, problematic leap. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
"Russia is also part of the talks Iran is holding with world powers to revive its 2015 nuclear agreement. \u2014 Hadas Gold, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Founded in 2007, the Coral Restoration Foundation has been working to revive Florida\u2019s Coral Reef, a barrier reef stretching from north of Miami to Key Largo and the only in the continental U.S. \u2014 Melissa Hart, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
"The White House and congressional Democrats are in talks on legislation that aims to fight inflation, rein in the deficit and revive parts of Biden\u2019s agenda. \u2014 Josh Wingrove, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"The cofounders of Zilingo\u2014Dhruv Kapoor and Ankiti Bose\u2014have proposed to buyout the troubled fashion startup as the duo aims to restructure and revive the company\u2019s operations amid prospects of liquidation. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 20 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Someone recommended using a revocable trust for them. \u2014 Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Whatever the case, there are two types of trust funds: irrevocable and revocable (or living). \u2014 Q.ai - Make Genius Money Moves, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Living trusts are considered revocable when they are created, meaning the creators can make changes during their lifetimes. \u2014 Liz Weston, oregonlive , 26 Feb. 2022",
"However, attorney Simasko thinks a revocable trust is the best option to bequeath property. \u2014 Tanisha A. Sykes, USA TODAY , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The criminal charges relate to four victims, plus a revocable trust created by one of the victims, who later died. \u2014 Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Oct. 2021",
"The law goes even further regarding for revocable trust. \u2014 Dallas News , 22 Aug. 2021",
"That immigration reform would give them lasting legal status, rather than the temporary \u2013 and revocable \u2013 relief from deportation offered by DACA. \u2014 Kevin Johnson, The Conversation , 22 July 2021",
"Those payments were made by checks from Donald Trump's account signed by Trump himself, and later from the Donald J. Trump revocable trust, the indictment said. \u2014 Erica Orden, CNN , 1 July 2021"
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"threatened the revocation of his son's driving privileges",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Violations of rules are subject to the revocation of swimming privileges. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 19 June 2022",
"Ziegler has consistently supported the option of permanent revocation . \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 May 2022",
"Yes, the town\u2019s oldest tree was cut down, in 1960, a victim of Dutch Elm disease, and odor complaints finally led to the revocation of the license for the town\u2019s last remaining piggery. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker , 1 May 2022",
"The state Banking department was not dissuaded and opened an audit of Alliance in 2018, which led to revocation of its surety bond. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The Cliburn has also taken steps to ensure some degree of political conformity, warning competitors that any statements in support of Putin or the invasion of Ukraine could result in disqualification or the revocation of awards. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on Monday, says the revocation of the man\u2019s job offer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. \u2014 Jennifer Calfas, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Other disciplinary action includes a public or private reprimand, temporary or permanent privilege to participate in Academy events, temporary or permanent loss of award eligibility and also possible revocation of an Academy award. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Some sanction of Smith is likely to come \u2014 perhaps the suspension of his Academy membership, as many Academy members are calling for, but not the revocation of his best actor Oscar, as others would like to see. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"The judge revoked her driver's license.",
"Their work permits were revoked .",
"Their privileges were revoked after they misbehaved.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"However, the village is within its rights to revoke the license, Dalton said. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
"Briana Robbins, deputy prosecutor, filed the motion to revoke Peterson's probation. \u2014 Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In the incident last month, a Garner police officer responded to a restaurant in Wake County, North Carolina, around 5 a.m. and found Grant in his vehicle, according to the motion to revoke his release. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 19 Jan. 2022",
"After so much dysfunction, the General Assembly more than 350 miles away in Richmond has taken the unusual step of voting to revoke the town\u2019s charter over the objections of its residents. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"On a cold winter day three weeks after his arrest for murder and kidnapping, Fotis Dulos was ordered to court for an emergency hearing on whether to revoke his bond. \u2014 Erin Moriarty, CBS News , 21 May 2022",
"Gableman recommended in March that the state Legislature revoke the state's electoral votes for Biden even though his attorney and other experts have said that's legally impossible. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
"In response, the Planning Commission appointed a committee to investigate whether the city should make changes or even revoke the conditional use permit granted to the nonprofit. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"No device, user or application is safe, and every user requires express authorization to access any resource\u2014which an identity management system can then revoke . \u2014 Nick Dearden, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
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"Georgetown's Black Law Students' Association, in a letter published on Friday, demanded that the university revoke Shapiro's employment and condemn his statements. \u2014 Nadine El-bawab, ABC News , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The Justice Department will take additional steps to crack down on gun trafficking and revoke licenses for gun dealers who willfully violate federal law. \u2014 WSJ , 23 June 2021",
"First, revoke privileges upon user termination to make sure departing employees are no longer in the game. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 26 May 2021",
"The final release of Android 11 then delivered additional features related to Auto revoke permission. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 21 Apr. 2021",
"This session may also see the state revoke riot immunity for police and restore voting rights to prisoners. \u2014 Tim Gruver, Washington Examiner , 26 Feb. 2021",
"The president has long demanded that Congress revoke Section 230, a liability waiver social media companies depend upon to allow relatively unfettered speech on their platforms. \u2014 Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online , 11 Jan. 2021",
"The most extreme end of the six steps could have the commission revoke PG&E\u2019s operating license, and if that happens, the state of California may seize control of the company. \u2014 J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com , 25 Nov. 2020",
"On Monday, the acting head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (and Rick Bright's replacement), Gary Disbrow, requested that the FDA revoke the Emergency Use Authorization. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 15 June 2020"
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"Noun",
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"The leader of the group called for revolt .",
"Consumers are in revolt against high prices.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If Russia ever calls NATO\u2019s bluff and invades a member state, the American public may revolt at the prospect of sending troops to die in places that do not threaten the country\u2019s security. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
"There is no evidence that these officials are opposed to the overall plan, or would revolt against Putin's orders, two of the sources said. \u2014 Natasha Bertrand, Jim Sciutto And Katie Bo Lillis, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
"At least a dozen Democrats threatened to revolt and paraded in and out of Pelosi's office throughout Wednesday morning and into the afternoon, some noticeably upset and trying to avoid talking to the press. \u2014 Melanie Zanona, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Students revolt while the dean (Brenneman) tries to manage the situation as current and former students (Numrich, Scott and Millan) get caught up in the storm. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Assuredly, some drivers would abide, while many others would revolt . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"D'Arezzo and others warn that shoppers tied to Dollar Tree's $1 image could revolt and a competitor like Dollar General may move to undercut Dollar Tree by selling more stuff for a buck. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Eat too much, and your gut may revolt , sending you to the roadside (or trailside) privy. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 24 July 2020",
"Some have dubbed this worker revolt the Great Resignation; others, Striketober. \u2014 Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Again, look no further than Disney: The leaders didn\u2019t speak out until their silence triggered a revolt among employees. \u2014 Paul Polman, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
"The attack began nearly a week ago with suicide bombings and a revolt among Islamic State members inside the prison. \u2014 Jared Malsin, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
"There was a mini- revolt among GOP senators this week in support of Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, who had committed the cardinal sin of pointing out the truth that Biden actually won the 2020 election. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 14 Jan. 2022",
"That\u2019s despite an open revolt among Hollywood assistants starting as far back as fall 2019, when #PayUpHollywood took off in an effort to improve pay and working conditions. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2021",
"Much of England will swap lockdown for less stringent coronavirus restrictions, after Parliament approved new rules on Tuesday despite a substantial revolt among lawmakers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s Conservative Party. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Dec. 2020",
"The chief executive of Disney, Bob Chapek, tried not to take a side at first, at least not publicly, which prompted an employee revolt . \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Pearl Jam\u2019s revolt is informed by generosity and almost naive idealism; the band is staking its future on a battle to reform the entertainment ticketing industry that, it is hoped, would make concerts more affordable and accessible. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"The latter firestorm led to a near staff revolt and a brutal standoff with Gov. Ron DeSantis that could cost Disney the right to essentially self-govern the area around their theme parks in the state. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1539, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"borrowed from Middle French revolte, noun derivative of revolter, as reflexive se revolter \"to turn about, change sides, turn away (from a belief, adherence), rebel\" \u2014 more at revolt entry 1":"Noun",
"borrowed from Middle French revolter, as reflexive se revolter \"to turn about, change sides, turn away (from a belief, adherence), rebel,\" borrowed from Italian revoltare, revottare (later rivoltare ) \"to turn over, turn inside out, cause to rebel, disgust,\" from re- re- + voltare \"to turn,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *volvit\u0101re, iterative of Latin volvere \"to set in a circular course, cause to roll, bring round\" \u2014 more at wallow entry 1":"Verb"
},
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"also -\u02c8v\u022flt",
"ri-\u02c8v\u014dlt"
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"nauseate",
"put off",
"repel",
"repulse",
"sicken",
"turn off"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223026",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"rebellion",
"revolution",
"rising",
"uprising"
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": to experience disgust or shock":[],
": to renounce allegiance or subjection (as to a government) : rebel":[],
": to turn away with disgust":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The group threatened to revolt .",
"All the violence revolted me.",
"Noun",
"the revolt of the slaves",
"The peasants' revolt was crushed by the king.",
"The leader of the group called for revolt .",
"Consumers are in revolt against high prices.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If Russia ever calls NATO\u2019s bluff and invades a member state, the American public may revolt at the prospect of sending troops to die in places that do not threaten the country\u2019s security. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
"There is no evidence that these officials are opposed to the overall plan, or would revolt against Putin's orders, two of the sources said. \u2014 Natasha Bertrand, Jim Sciutto And Katie Bo Lillis, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
"At least a dozen Democrats threatened to revolt and paraded in and out of Pelosi's office throughout Wednesday morning and into the afternoon, some noticeably upset and trying to avoid talking to the press. \u2014 Melanie Zanona, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Students revolt while the dean (Brenneman) tries to manage the situation as current and former students (Numrich, Scott and Millan) get caught up in the storm. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Assuredly, some drivers would abide, while many others would revolt . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"D'Arezzo and others warn that shoppers tied to Dollar Tree's $1 image could revolt and a competitor like Dollar General may move to undercut Dollar Tree by selling more stuff for a buck. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Eat too much, and your gut may revolt , sending you to the roadside (or trailside) privy. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 24 July 2020",
"Some have dubbed this worker revolt the Great Resignation; others, Striketober. \u2014 Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Again, look no further than Disney: The leaders didn\u2019t speak out until their silence triggered a revolt among employees. \u2014 Paul Polman, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
"The attack began nearly a week ago with suicide bombings and a revolt among Islamic State members inside the prison. \u2014 Jared Malsin, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
"There was a mini- revolt among GOP senators this week in support of Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, who had committed the cardinal sin of pointing out the truth that Biden actually won the 2020 election. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 14 Jan. 2022",
"That\u2019s despite an open revolt among Hollywood assistants starting as far back as fall 2019, when #PayUpHollywood took off in an effort to improve pay and working conditions. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2021",
"Much of England will swap lockdown for less stringent coronavirus restrictions, after Parliament approved new rules on Tuesday despite a substantial revolt among lawmakers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s Conservative Party. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Dec. 2020",
"The chief executive of Disney, Bob Chapek, tried not to take a side at first, at least not publicly, which prompted an employee revolt . \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Pearl Jam\u2019s revolt is informed by generosity and almost naive idealism; the band is staking its future on a battle to reform the entertainment ticketing industry that, it is hoped, would make concerts more affordable and accessible. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"The latter firestorm led to a near staff revolt and a brutal standoff with Gov. Ron DeSantis that could cost Disney the right to essentially self-govern the area around their theme parks in the state. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1539, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"borrowed from Middle French revolte, noun derivative of revolter, as reflexive se revolter \"to turn about, change sides, turn away (from a belief, adherence), rebel\" \u2014 more at revolt entry 1":"Noun",
"borrowed from Middle French revolter, as reflexive se revolter \"to turn about, change sides, turn away (from a belief, adherence), rebel,\" borrowed from Italian revoltare, revottare (later rivoltare ) \"to turn over, turn inside out, cause to rebel, disgust,\" from re- re- + voltare \"to turn,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *volvit\u0101re, iterative of Latin volvere \"to set in a circular course, cause to roll, bring round\" \u2014 more at wallow entry 1":"Verb"
},
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"also -\u02c8v\u022flt",
"ri-\u02c8v\u014dlt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for revolt Noun rebellion , revolution , uprising , revolt , insurrection , mutiny mean an outbreak against authority. rebellion implies an open formidable resistance that is often unsuccessful. open rebellion against the officers revolution applies to a successful rebellion resulting in a major change (as in government). a political revolution that toppled the monarchy uprising implies a brief, limited, and often immediately ineffective rebellion. quickly put down the uprising revolt and insurrection imply an armed uprising that quickly fails or succeeds. a revolt by the Young Turks that surprised party leaders an insurrection of oppressed laborers mutiny applies to group insubordination or insurrection especially against naval authority. a mutiny led by the ship's cook",
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"disgust",
"gross out",
"nauseate",
"put off",
"repel",
"repulse",
"sicken",
"turn off"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094901",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"rebellion",
"revolution",
"rising",
"uprising"
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": to cause to turn away or shrink with disgust or abhorrence":[],
": to experience disgust or shock":[],
": to renounce allegiance or subjection (as to a government) : rebel":[],
": to turn away with disgust":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The group threatened to revolt .",
"All the violence revolted me.",
"Noun",
"the revolt of the slaves",
"The peasants' revolt was crushed by the king.",
"The leader of the group called for revolt .",
"Consumers are in revolt against high prices.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If Russia ever calls NATO\u2019s bluff and invades a member state, the American public may revolt at the prospect of sending troops to die in places that do not threaten the country\u2019s security. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
"There is no evidence that these officials are opposed to the overall plan, or would revolt against Putin's orders, two of the sources said. \u2014 Natasha Bertrand, Jim Sciutto And Katie Bo Lillis, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
"At least a dozen Democrats threatened to revolt and paraded in and out of Pelosi's office throughout Wednesday morning and into the afternoon, some noticeably upset and trying to avoid talking to the press. \u2014 Melanie Zanona, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Students revolt while the dean (Brenneman) tries to manage the situation as current and former students (Numrich, Scott and Millan) get caught up in the storm. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Assuredly, some drivers would abide, while many others would revolt . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"D'Arezzo and others warn that shoppers tied to Dollar Tree's $1 image could revolt and a competitor like Dollar General may move to undercut Dollar Tree by selling more stuff for a buck. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Eat too much, and your gut may revolt , sending you to the roadside (or trailside) privy. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 24 July 2020",
"Some have dubbed this worker revolt the Great Resignation; others, Striketober. \u2014 Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Again, look no further than Disney: The leaders didn\u2019t speak out until their silence triggered a revolt among employees. \u2014 Paul Polman, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
"The attack began nearly a week ago with suicide bombings and a revolt among Islamic State members inside the prison. \u2014 Jared Malsin, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
"There was a mini- revolt among GOP senators this week in support of Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, who had committed the cardinal sin of pointing out the truth that Biden actually won the 2020 election. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 14 Jan. 2022",
"That\u2019s despite an open revolt among Hollywood assistants starting as far back as fall 2019, when #PayUpHollywood took off in an effort to improve pay and working conditions. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2021",
"Much of England will swap lockdown for less stringent coronavirus restrictions, after Parliament approved new rules on Tuesday despite a substantial revolt among lawmakers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s Conservative Party. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Dec. 2020",
"The chief executive of Disney, Bob Chapek, tried not to take a side at first, at least not publicly, which prompted an employee revolt . \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Pearl Jam\u2019s revolt is informed by generosity and almost naive idealism; the band is staking its future on a battle to reform the entertainment ticketing industry that, it is hoped, would make concerts more affordable and accessible. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"The latter firestorm led to a near staff revolt and a brutal standoff with Gov. Ron DeSantis that could cost Disney the right to essentially self-govern the area around their theme parks in the state. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1539, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"borrowed from Middle French revolte, noun derivative of revolter, as reflexive se revolter \"to turn about, change sides, turn away (from a belief, adherence), rebel\" \u2014 more at revolt entry 1":"Noun",
"borrowed from Middle French revolter, as reflexive se revolter \"to turn about, change sides, turn away (from a belief, adherence), rebel,\" borrowed from Italian revoltare, revottare (later rivoltare ) \"to turn over, turn inside out, cause to rebel, disgust,\" from re- re- + voltare \"to turn,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *volvit\u0101re, iterative of Latin volvere \"to set in a circular course, cause to roll, bring round\" \u2014 more at wallow entry 1":"Verb"
},
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"also -\u02c8v\u022flt",
"ri-\u02c8v\u014dlt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for revolt Noun rebellion , revolution , uprising , revolt , insurrection , mutiny mean an outbreak against authority. rebellion implies an open formidable resistance that is often unsuccessful. open rebellion against the officers revolution applies to a successful rebellion resulting in a major change (as in government). a political revolution that toppled the monarchy uprising implies a brief, limited, and often immediately ineffective rebellion. quickly put down the uprising revolt and insurrection imply an armed uprising that quickly fails or succeeds. a revolt by the Young Turks that surprised party leaders an insurrection of oppressed laborers mutiny applies to group insubordination or insurrection especially against naval authority. a mutiny led by the ship's cook",
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"gross out",
"nauseate",
"put off",
"repel",
"repulse",
"sicken",
"turn off"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020127",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revolting":{
"antonyms":[
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
"definitions":{
": extremely offensive":[
"revolting behavior",
"a revolting odor"
]
},
"examples":[
"The bloody scenes in the movie were positively revolting .",
"the revolting sight of animals being slaughtered for no good reason",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The hundreds of true-crime podcasts are even more revolting . \u2014 Aron Ravin, National Review , 15 Aug. 2021",
"If in future years the sport is slightly more sanitary and dugouts less revolting after games, great. \u2014 Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com , 20 May 2020",
"There is just a lot of spitting; a dugout after a game is truly revolting . \u2014 Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com , 1 Apr. 2020",
"The moldy Whopper may look revolting , but Restaurant Brands International (QSR), which owns Burger King, is betting customers are craving healthier, organic ingredients. \u2014 Chauncey Alcorn, CNN , 19 Feb. 2020",
"More of a study in anthropology than anything else, this eccentric museum displays some of the most revolting , cringeworthy food and drink from cultures around the world. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Jan. 2020",
"Wade Miley\u2019s revolting end to the regular season only simplified the decision. \u2014 Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle , 26 Oct. 2019",
"That worms like nematodes are, to human sensibilities, revolting creatures with revolting lives is surely the result of millions of years of co-evolution that has favoured avoiding any contact with them. \u2014 The Economist , 21 Nov. 2019",
"In a variation of that revolting ritual in which young parents assume other people's reproductive choices are their business, curious women assail Jen at a party, amplifying her unease. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Oct. 2019"
],
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"1806, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from present participle of revolt entry 1":""
},
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"also -\u02c8v\u022fl-",
"ri-\u02c8v\u014dl-ti\u014b"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"foul",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"rancid",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011433",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"revolution":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a changeover in use or preference especially in technology":[
"the computer revolution",
"the foreign car revolution"
],
": a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something : a change of paradigm":[
"the Copernican revolution"
],
": a progressive motion of a body around an axis so that any line of the body parallel to the axis returns to its initial position while remaining parallel to the axis in transit and usually at a constant distance from it":[],
": a sudden, radical, or complete change":[],
": activity or movement designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation":[],
": motion of any figure about a center or axis":[
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": rotation sense 1b":[],
": the rotation of a celestial body on its axis":[],
": the time taken by a celestial body to make a complete round in its orbit":[]
},
"examples":[
"The group started a revolution .",
"The king knew that there was a threat of revolution .",
"This new theory could cause a revolution in elementary education.",
"the revolution of the Earth around the Sun",
"The period of revolution of the Earth around the Sun is equal to one year.",
"The Earth makes one revolution on its axis in about 24 hours.",
"This motor operates at a speed of 5,000 revolutions per minute .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His work often delights, and that, too, has been a source of criticism, one of the perverse legacies of the 20th-century belief in art as social provocation and revolution . \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"Then came Japan\u2019s brutal invasion and occupation of China, the deprivations of World War II, and the chaos of civil war and revolution \u2014and, with those upheavals, the family\u2019s exile from their garden paradise and their descent into poverty. \u2014 Diane Cole, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Assimilation rather than revolution is the telos toward which Secret City strives. \u2014 Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic , 8 June 2022",
"This battle between revolution and convention is the central tension within and without Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
"Alex despised capitalism, embracing societal revolution and the gift economy, where goods and services are not bought or sold, but freely given. \u2014 Larry Light, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Without a Cat, an essay-film about revolution and counterrevolution in the Sixties, is almost as long as The Sorrow and the Pity but denser and more fast-moving. \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"The area\u2019s music scene, a historical haven for punk, has changed, beyond just reggae \u2014 priced and digitized out by a revolution in home-recording technology and a skyrocketing cost of living. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
"It is no longer possessed by an ideology that demands universal revolution and compulsory atheism. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 6 Apr. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English revolucioun \"rotation of the heavenly spheres around the earth, cyclical recurrence, completed motion around an axis, change of fortune,\" borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French revolucion \"return of a celestial body to its point of departure, recurrence,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin revol\u016bti\u014dn-, revol\u016bti\u014d, going back to Late Latin, \"a rolling back, return, recurrence,\" from Latin revol\u016b-, variant stem of revolvere \"to roll back to a starting point, (passive) travel in a circular course, return to a starting point\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at revolve":""
},
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"\u02ccre-v\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for revolution rebellion , revolution , uprising , revolt , insurrection , mutiny mean an outbreak against authority. rebellion implies an open formidable resistance that is often unsuccessful. open rebellion against the officers revolution applies to a successful rebellion resulting in a major change (as in government). a political revolution that toppled the monarchy uprising implies a brief, limited, and often immediately ineffective rebellion. quickly put down the uprising revolt and insurrection imply an armed uprising that quickly fails or succeeds. a revolt by the Young Turks that surprised party leaders an insurrection of oppressed laborers mutiny applies to group insubordination or insurrection especially against naval authority. a mutiny led by the ship's cook",
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"gyration",
"pirouette",
"reel",
"roll",
"rotation",
"spin",
"twirl",
"wheel",
"whirl"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185718",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revolutionary":{
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"crazy",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionist"
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": constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change":[
"a revolutionary new product"
],
": of or relating to the American Revolution or to the period in which it occurred":[],
": of, relating to, or constituting a revolution":[
"revolutionary war"
],
": one engaged in a revolution":[],
": tending to or promoting revolution":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a candidate with a lot of crazy, revolutionary ideas that no one seems to be going for",
"revolutionary forces that were soundly defeated before reaching the capital",
"Noun",
"after the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the moderate socialists briefly governed until being overthrown by the Bolshevik revolutionaries",
"at first the government was not worried about this small band of unarmed revolutionaries",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Maddox: So with that context, Magic Johnson did something kind of revolutionary . \u2014 Matt Brennantelevision Editor, Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2022",
"His work on Batman, Green Lantern, and many more was revolutionary . \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2022",
"But the concept of being real on social media isn\u2019t revolutionary . \u2014 Grace Mccarty, Glamour , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In 1961, The Oregon Journal had said the Levacar was revolutionary . \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Apr. 2022",
"When it was introduced in 1965, almost everything about the Fulvia was revolutionary . \u2014 Brendan Mcaleer, Car and Driver , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The other change is more subtle, but no less revolutionary . \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"That split leaves the youthful Mr. Boric walking a perilous tightrope, balancing between sustaining the hopes that propelled him into office and tamping down expectations \u2013 and fears \u2013 of quick and revolutionary change, some political analysts say. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 May 2022",
"Pistol covers the band\u2019s chaotic, revolutionary , and wildly brief three-year rise and fall. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The former guerrilla fighter, who today preaches reconciliation and an end to violence, has framed his campaign around whether Colombia is ready to elect a revolutionary . \u2014 Stefano Pozzebon, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"In 1976, the artist travels to Tehran to take Polaroids of the Shah of Iran\u2019s wife but encounters a young revolutionary . \u2014 Doug George, chicagotribune.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Long Walk to Freedom which chronicles the anti-apartheid revolutionary and former South African president\u2019s life from childhood. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Mar. 2022",
"This musicial blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway to tell the story of Alexander Hamilton, an American revolutionary , statesman and Founding Father of the United States. \u2014 Yaa Bofah, Good Housekeeping , 6 May 2022",
"But in a lengthy interview with NBC News, progressive state party chair Judith Whitmer didn\u2019t sound like a revolutionary attempting to upend Harry Reid\u2019s legacy. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Song of Arirang was written not in Kim\u2019s native Korean or fluent Japanese or Chinese, but in English, and not by Kim himself but by Helen Foster Snow, an American woman who had been close to Chairman Mao Zedong in his early days as a revolutionary . \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New York Review of Books , 17 Dec. 2020",
"Brazilian filmmaker\u2019s Hector Babenco\u2019s award-winning adaptation of Manuel Puig\u2019s novel cast Hurt as a homosexual window dresser named Luis who\u2019s been imprisoned in a South American jail; his cellmate, Raul Julia, is a political revolutionary . \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 13 Mar. 2022",
"In that bruising character study pitting self-delusion against political idealism, Hurt and Ra\u00fal Juli\u00e1 played reluctant cellmates in a Brazilian prison, the former a gay fantasist, the latter a hardline leftist revolutionary . \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1718, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"revolution + -ary entry 1 , after French r\u00e9volutionnaire":"Noun",
"revolution + -ary entry 2":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02ccre-v\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"after a long series of weak leaders, the people were ready for a revolutionist who promised to bring sweeping change to the nation",
"historically, revolutionists have generally been young men willing to risk everything, even their lives, in the pursuit of their cause",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On the second episode of Broken Bread this season, Choi talks to farm-to-table revolutionist Alice Waters about the importance of slow food. \u2014 Andy Wang, Robb Report , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The red flag of the revolutionist in Lower California floats from the mast of the Mexican custom house in the Mexican town, the result of by far the most desperate and sanguinary battle yet fought on the Mexican peninsula. \u2014 sandiegouniontribune.com , 9 May 2018",
"From the early days of Silicon Valley\u2019s Internet-era revolution, as engineers, designers, and financiers began to recognize the potential of their inventions, sanctimony was a distinct feature of the revolutionists . \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2018",
"The red flag of the revolutionist in Lower California floats from the mast of the Mexican custom house in the Mexican town, the result of by far the most desperate and sanguinary battle yet fought on the Mexican peninsula. \u2014 sandiegouniontribune.com , 9 May 2018",
"Around and about Soho at the time could be found dissidents and revolutionists from half the countries of Europe \u2014 Louis Blanc, Karl Marx, Giuseppe Mazzini, Lajos Kossuth and Alexander Herzen. \u2014 Geoffrey Wheatcroft, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2018",
"From the early days of Silicon Valley\u2019s Internet-era revolution, as engineers, designers, and financiers began to recognize the potential of their inventions, sanctimony was a distinct feature of the revolutionists . \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2018",
"The man with the jingle of money in his pocket who married the girl a year later would always cherish an abiding distrust, an animosity, toward the leisure class\u2014not the conviction of a revolutionist but the smoldering hatred of a peasant. \u2014 F. Scott Fitzgerald, Esquire , 7 Mar. 2017",
"Horizon's coming season celebrates strong heroines, with 2.5 Minute Ride by Lisa Kron (directed by Elaina Di Monaco) The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson (MacMillan directs), and Peter and the Starcatcher (Decker directs). \u2014 Philly.com , 29 Aug. 2017"
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"The invention of the airplane revolutionized travel.",
"This new drug may revolutionize cancer treatment.",
"This discovery has revolutionized our understanding of how the human brain works.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ombr\u00e9 Men\u2019s President and Co-Founder, Justin Tarin, announced several initiatives his company is taking to revolutionize the industry around men\u2019s personal care that has been criticized in the past for its high plastic usage. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"Nicolas Gaume, co-founder and CEO of Space Cargo Unlimited, said the proceeds of the sale will allow the company to continue working on Mission WISE, six experiments in space that aim to revolutionize agriculture. \u2014 CNN , 5 May 2021",
"Like competitor TuSimple, which went public last week, Aurora aims to revolutionize the trucking industry. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Michael Mann helped revolutionize television in the Eighties with his work on Miami Vice. \u2014 Tim Chan, Rolling Stone , 4 Apr. 2022",
"During his time at the helm of Fidelity, Johnson helped revolutionize the way Americans save and plan for retirement by making Wall Street more accessible to all investors. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Autonomous vehicles provide an incredible opportunity to revolutionize the way people and goods are transported, improve road safety and ease congestion on our busy roads. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"When it was announced people called it an historic deal that would revolutionize media and the internet itself. \u2014 Esther Choy, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Now here's the trick that will seriously revolutionize your ice cream game. \u2014 Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living , 21 May 2021"
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"1797, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"As the gear revolves , it turns the other gears.",
"The Earth revolves on its axis.",
"The software allows you to revolve images.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But in the meantime, not everyone may know about the existing avatar function on Facebook and Instagram since both social media platforms revolve around real-life photos and videos of people. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 17 June 2022",
"In Wednesday's hearing, senators disagreed on how much legislation should revolve around mental health services versus stricter gun control. \u2014 Katherine Swartz, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Even better for banks, cardholders now are allowing more of those balances to revolve and incur interest charges instead of paying them off monthly. \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"But after this juicy setup from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, a common complaint among critics is that Dominion makes the bizarre decision to have its main conflict revolve not so much around dinosaurs but instead around \u2026 insects. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 10 June 2022",
"Instead, the daily rituals many of us tend to adopt revolve around fueling up with caffeine and going to work, and then winding down after work with the latest show (and likely some alcohol). \u2014 Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
"Experts said such a case would revolve around whether the officers had a duty to act in that moment and whether the failure to do so amounted to deliberate indifference. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 June 2022",
"Del Bosque is one of the many Latino farmers and workers whose lives revolve around California's agriculture industry and who have been forced to make difficult decisions due to the ongoing water crisis. \u2014 Nicole Chavez, CNN , 4 June 2022",
"Experts said such a case would revolve around whether the officers had a duty to act in that moment and whether the failure to do so amounted to deliberate indifference. \u2014 Mike Baker, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022"
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"Middle English revolven \"to pass (of time), wind round, roll,\" borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French revolver \"to turn, turn over (in the mind),\" borrowed from Latin revolvere \"to roll back to a starting point, bring back round, (passive) travel in a circular course, return to a starting point,\" from re- re- + volvere \"to set in a circular course, cause to roll, bring round\" \u2014 more at wallow entry 1":""
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"-\u02c8v\u022flv",
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"The discussion revolved around the question of repairing the roads.",
"His life revolves around playing basketball.",
"He thinks the world revolves around him."
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"type":[
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": a handgun with a cylinder of several chambers brought successively into line with the barrel and discharged with the same hammer":[],
": one that revolves":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Holder left the store parking lot and returned nine minutes later with a semiautomatic handgun and a revolver . \u2014 James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"On March 30, 1981, Hinckley, then 25, brought a .22 caliber revolver to the Washington Hilton, where President Reagan was addressing union members. \u2014 Major Garrett, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"After a brief conversation, Beckwith pulled out a revolver and fired twice as Shakier reversed away down the dead-end street, the records show; Beckwith then fired another four rounds, striking Shakier once in the head. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"The prosecutor also displayed several photos and another video that revealed different angles of Holder shooting Hussle and fleeing the scene, wearing a red shirt and bandana while carrying a semiautomatic gun and a revolver . \u2014 Jonathan Landrum Jr., USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"During the skirmish, Harvey pulled a revolver from her purse and fired multiple rounds at officers, the state agency said. \u2014 Henri Hollis, ajc , 28 May 2022",
"Police claimed that Tuttle was armed with a .357-magnum revolver and shot first. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"When the neighbor turned around, Nguyen pointed a black revolver at his face and pulled the trigger twice, the affidavit alleges. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 5 May 2022",
"The footage was taken from the movie set on the day Mr. Baldwin discharged a live round from a revolver , killing Halyna Hutchins, the 42-year-old cinematographer for the low-budget Western. \u2014 Katherine Sayre, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
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"circa 1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"also -\u02c8v\u00e4-v\u0259r",
"or -\u02c8v\u022f-v\u0259r",
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"ri-\u02c8v\u00e4l-vi\u014b",
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"The band played on a revolving stage.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After the shows, the foursome held an all-night party atop the hotel, at the revolving restaurant La Ronde. \u2014 Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"This followed a statement on Friday which revealed that Alameda Research, a quant trading shop founded by Bankman-Fried, had offered crypto broker Voyager Digital a revolving line of credit. \u2014 Taylor Locke, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Caught in the double bind of toxic masculinity and a racist revolving -door carceral system, where does the buck stop",
"The boxes come with a revolving lineup of fruits and vegetables from Flamingo Estate\u2019s own garden, as well as from farms across California. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Nov. 2021",
"From old-guard athletes such as Oscar Mercado and Bradley Zimmer who have yet to find big-league consistency, to fresh new faces like Steven Kwan, the corner spots could both turn into revolving doors on either side of Straw by September. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Since Sam Knight began writing for The New Yorker from London, in 2014, he has been blessed (or cursed) with any number of revolving scandals, public-health crises, and political fiascoes to cover. \u2014 The New Yorker , 1 May 2022",
"The weather in Australia is ruled by the multiyear revolving patterns of El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a \u2014 the former hot and dry with long droughts and wildfires, the latter cool and rainy with cyclones and flooding. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The weather in Australia is ruled by the multiyear revolving patterns of El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a - the former hot and dry with long droughts and wildfires, the latter cool and rainy with cyclones and flooding. \u2014 Frances Vinall, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"from present participle of revolve":""
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"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a fund set up for specified purposes with the proviso that repayments to the fund may be used again for these purposes":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Logistics of the bill create a revolving fund , provided by the medical marijuana authority, that sets aside an annual $5 million for county sheriffs to dedicate an officer for one year to the medical marijuana authority. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"Once a homeowner sells, transfers or refinances their house, according to the program\u2019s outline, the owner would pay back to the revolving fund an amount equal to 17% of the home\u2019s current value \u2014 even if the amount is larger than the initial loan. \u2014 Hannah Wileystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Those funds will also be allocated by ADEM through the existing state revolving fund , and LeFleur said ADEM expects the funds to be available by September or October. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 13 Apr. 2022",
"That may include economic incentives, special financing or a pot of money like a revolving fund . \u2014 Nina Ignaczak, Detroit Free Press , 24 Oct. 2021",
"If approved, the legislation would start a revolving fund similar to the water infrastructure fund that lawmakers launched in 2013. \u2014 Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News , 3 May 2021",
"Madison-Morgan Conservancy of Madison, Ga. received $20,000 for the creation of a sustainable technologies revolving fund . \u2014 courant.com , 2 Apr. 2021",
"The task force is asking for an annual $20 million revolving fund for the next 20 years to maintain and remove dams. \u2014 Anna Liz Nichols, Star Tribune , 3 Feb. 2021",
"To fund actual bail payments for inmates, the Bail Project uses a national revolving fund . \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 9 Nov. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115932",
"type":[
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a revolving-door system or process":[],
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"revolving-door governments"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the meantime, the Dodgers\u2019 revolving door will continue to whirl. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"The revolving door to the office of the head of Google Pay is welcoming another new executive with Google\u2019s appointment of former PayPal executive Arnold Goldberg. \u2014 Ron Shevlin, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Underwood, who has been at the CBS daytime show for more than 10 years, has seen a revolving door of co-hosts pass through the studio. \u2014 Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The memo indicated that Sony Pictures Television will resume the search for a permanent host to join Bialik in his absence, and that a revolving door of guest hosts would return to rotation when production resumes. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
"The revolving door leading to the Milwaukee Brewers\u2019 major-league roster already had been spinning often this season, but COVID-19 increased that turnover over the past week. \u2014 Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Aug. 2021",
"That revolving door , in turn, makes retaining faculty of color even more difficult. \u2014 Kalley Huang, Dallas News , 15 July 2021",
"Her departure was part of a revolving door of leadership at the housing authority, which has seen six interim or official executive directors in the past 3\u00bd years. \u2014 Tess Vrbin, Arkansas Online , 7 May 2022",
"Ball\u2019s injury was a core part of the revolving door of starting guards for the Bulls, who swapped four different players into the starting point guard role the last two months. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 10 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1895, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1973, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"or -\u02c8v\u022f-vi\u014b-",
"-\u02c8v\u022fl-",
"also -\u02c8v\u00e4-vi\u014b-",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140055",
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"noun"
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": the act or process of voting again":[
"The board ordered/held/scheduled a revote .",
"A coalition of human rights groups called for a revote , saying there were thousands of complaints of violations at the polls \u2026",
"\u2014 Kareem Fahim and Mayy El Sheikh",
"He won the revote .",
"The Senate voted on the tax bill Tuesday night before it went back to the House for a revote \u2026",
"\u2014 John Siciliano and Josh Siegel"
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"first_known_use":{
"1807, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113927",
"type":[
"noun",
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]
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"definitions":{
": a theatrical production consisting typically of brief loosely connected often satirical skits, songs, and dances":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thierry Mugler did a musical revue with all his costumes, too. \u2014 Nadja Sayej, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Also on hand were past contestants and stars of the Vegas revue including Derrick Barry, Kahanna Montrese, and Alexis Mateo. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Kelley Faulkner directed and choreographed this refreshing revue , which continues through May 1 at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's Stackner Cabaret, 108 E. Wells St. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The Harlequin and Alamo City Arts are presenting a song-and-dance revue of recent hits by artists such as Taylor Swift, Beyonc\u00e9, Aerosmith Prince and Lady Gage. \u2014 Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The live revue began in earnest last October when Lizzie No called Holly G after a performer dropped off a gig. \u2014 Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone , 17 Feb. 2022",
"This homegrown revue was created by Matthew Byron Cassi and Darrin Newhardt specifically for The Public Theater of San Antonio. \u2014 Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Nov. 2021",
"This evocatively titled musical revue written by Joanna Murray-Smith features music made famous by the likes of Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf and Maria Callas. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney attend a Broadway musical revue in this sketch, with Majors joining Boen Yang and Cecily Strong to deliver some salty banter and singing. \u2014 Megan Thomas, CNN , 14 Nov. 2021"
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"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
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"French, from Middle French reveue review \u2014 more at review":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a writer of revues":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French revuiste , from revue + -iste -ist":""
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"-\u00fc\u0259\u0307st"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024636",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": affected with or having undergone revulsion":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The maid cried out in revulsed pleasure for the woman to stop, ah please stop, but Mrs. Gerson did not stop. \u2014 Adam O\u2019fallon Price, Harper's magazine , 10 June 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170254",
"type":[
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": a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal":[],
": a sudden or strong reaction or change":[]
},
"examples":[
"She was struck with revulsion at the sight of the dead animal.",
"a growing revulsion to war",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Louise, a former nurse, has stoutly decided to care for Edward to the end without reproach or revulsion for the monstrous thing that is happening to him. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Like a Rorschach test, the dramatic images of that day evoke horror and revulsion in some, indifference or even approval in others. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Since 2017, a surge of global concern\u2014much of it triggered by revulsion at President Trump and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change\u2019s 1.5 Celsius report\u2014signaled a new era of climate action. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 11 May 2022",
"Which raises a grating question: How long will the revulsion last\u2014not only in Germany but in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia, even eternally neutral Switzerland, which has joined in",
"The shock and revulsion reflected in their words and deeds present a stark contrast to today\u2019s party line, which essentially amounts to move along, nothing to see here. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Crucially, Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has led to revulsion along both sides of the political spectrum in the United States. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The photos and video from Bucha have set off a new wave of global condemnation and revulsion . \u2014 Amanda Seitz And Arijeta Lajka, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"But Gunther\u2019s surprise hit points to a different genesis: the anti-fascism of the \u201930s and widespread revulsion at the dehumanizing horrors of World War II. \u2014 Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Latin revulsion-, revulsio act of tearing away, from revellere to pluck away, from re- + vellere to pluck \u2014 more at vulnerable":""
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"ri-\u02c8v\u0259l-sh\u0259n"
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"horror",
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"repugnance",
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"Most residents took buyouts and moved, but Guillen stayed on, taking a reverse mortgage on the property. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"These include working longer, buying annuities from an insurance company, taking out a reverse mortgage and generating income from rental properties, noted Steve Vernon, a consulting research scholar at the Stanford Center on Longevity. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 27 Feb. 2022",
"The retiree who is a homeowner can add a HECM reverse mortgage to the plan and draw a credit line which can be drawn on for any purpose. \u2014 Jack Guttentag, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The way to protect the retiree member against the hazard of over-paying is to act as the client\u2019s agent, selecting the best terms on both the annuity and reverse mortgage . \u2014 Jack Guttentag, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"If paying back the money would be a hardship, a reverse mortgage might be an option. \u2014 Liz Weston, oregonlive , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Some elderly homeowners who have taken out a reverse mortgage may also qualify. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 14 Aug. 2021",
"The reverse mortgage business has cleaned itself up quite a bit following bad press and Congressional initiatives in the 1980s. \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Yet fewer than 1% of eligible households have taken out a reverse mortgage , according to a Brookings Institution report. \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021"
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"He has decided to revive Moli\u00e8re's Tartuffe .",
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"Winifred says in the teaser, after a pair of high schoolers accidentally revive the Sandersons. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 29 June 2022",
"The intention is to revive the glamour that once made Wilshire Boulevard the pinnacle of upmarket Beverly Hills shopping. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"By forcing the studios to keep their movies in cinemas longer, Franceschini hopes to revive the local industry. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"But framing a developing Alexa capability as a way to revive a connection to late family members is a giant, unrealistic, problematic leap. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
"Russia is also part of the talks Iran is holding with world powers to revive its 2015 nuclear agreement. \u2014 Hadas Gold, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Founded in 2007, the Coral Restoration Foundation has been working to revive Florida\u2019s Coral Reef, a barrier reef stretching from north of Miami to Key Largo and the only in the continental U.S. \u2014 Melissa Hart, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
"The White House and congressional Democrats are in talks on legislation that aims to fight inflation, rein in the deficit and revive parts of Biden\u2019s agenda. \u2014 Josh Wingrove, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"The cofounders of Zilingo\u2014Dhruv Kapoor and Ankiti Bose\u2014have proposed to buyout the troubled fashion startup as the duo aims to restructure and revive the company\u2019s operations amid prospects of liquidation. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 20 June 2022"
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"The success of the movie has revived her career.",
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"Our spirits were revived by his enthusiasm.",
"The store's business is beginning to revive .",
"The family is trying to revive an old custom.",
"He has decided to revive Moli\u00e8re's Tartuffe .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Winifred says in the teaser, after a pair of high schoolers accidentally revive the Sandersons. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 29 June 2022",
"The intention is to revive the glamour that once made Wilshire Boulevard the pinnacle of upmarket Beverly Hills shopping. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"By forcing the studios to keep their movies in cinemas longer, Franceschini hopes to revive the local industry. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"But framing a developing Alexa capability as a way to revive a connection to late family members is a giant, unrealistic, problematic leap. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
"Russia is also part of the talks Iran is holding with world powers to revive its 2015 nuclear agreement. \u2014 Hadas Gold, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Founded in 2007, the Coral Restoration Foundation has been working to revive Florida\u2019s Coral Reef, a barrier reef stretching from north of Miami to Key Largo and the only in the continental U.S. \u2014 Melissa Hart, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
"The White House and congressional Democrats are in talks on legislation that aims to fight inflation, rein in the deficit and revive parts of Biden\u2019s agenda. \u2014 Josh Wingrove, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"The cofounders of Zilingo\u2014Dhruv Kapoor and Ankiti Bose\u2014have proposed to buyout the troubled fashion startup as the duo aims to restructure and revive the company\u2019s operations amid prospects of liquidation. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 20 June 2022"
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"The project was funded through a variety of fees, including passenger and car rental fees and general airport revenue bond proceeds. \u2014 Sarah Freishtat, chicagotribune.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The municipality is already requesting $600 million from the Legislature and approved a $165 million revenue bond earlier this month, according to Young. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The project is funded through a variety of fees, including passenger and car rental fees and general airport revenue bond proceeds. \u2014 Sarah Freishtat, chicagotribune.com , 2 Nov. 2021",
"The state has not passed a tuition revenue bond package funding higher education construction since 2015. \u2014 Kate Mcgee, San Antonio Express-News , 18 May 2021",
"Before 2015, the state hadn\u2019t passed a tuition revenue bond bill since 2006. \u2014 Kate Mcgee, San Antonio Express-News , 18 May 2021",
"With a lone stream of cash reserved to pay off revenue bond debt, investors see revenue bonds as riskier. \u2014 Diego Mendoza-moyers, ExpressNews.com , 13 Jan. 2021",
"The university\u2019s most recent financial statement, for the 2018-19 fiscal year, states the university in that year paid about $14.5 million in principal and interest in debt service for five athletic facilities revenue bond issues. \u2014 Jaime Adame, Arkansas Online , 8 Sep. 2020",
"Funding would come from a revenue bond that would be repaid over time through school energy bill savings, according to the coalition. \u2014 Danielle Echeverria, SFChronicle.com , 18 Aug. 2020"
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"The captain of an inbound steamer, the Ewing, a revenue cutter approaching the bay, gave this account to The Sun of the quake\u2019s strike. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Tape also read a ship log from a U.S. revenue cutter that was anchored in Kodiak harbor on Oct. 9, 1900. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Mar. 2021",
"On this date in: The U.S. Coast Guard had its beginnings as President George Washington signed a measure authorizing a group of revenue cutters to enforce tariff and trade laws and prevent smuggling. \u2014 Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com , 4 Aug. 2019",
"In 1790, the Coast Guard had its beginnings as President Washington signed a measure authorizing a group of revenue cutters to enforce tariff and trade laws and prevent smuggling. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Aug. 2019",
"The Coast Guard's presence in New York has evolved considerably from the original revenue cutters . \u2014 CBS News , 26 May 2018"
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"Adjective",
"Fortunately, the damage is reversible .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"However, this one is a great choice since it\u2019s basically two belts in one \u2014 black and brown \u2014 thanks to the reversible design. \u2014 Marie Lodi, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
"This makes the operation of the constructor different from the operation of the dynamical laws of motion describing the movements of the bricks, which are reversible . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"Coast Recycled Camp Blanket is reversible and made from 100% natural materials. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"Despite their different names, both The Mat and The Reversible Mat from Lululemon are reversible . \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 17 May 2022",
"Plus, the hammock is reversible , with stripes on one side and a solid color on the other. \u2014 Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health , 16 May 2022",
"The cushions are reversible and have ties in back to secure them to furniture, but the covers aren\u2019t removable and need to be spot cleaned. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 16 May 2022",
"But studies have found that these side effects\u2014and puberty delay itself\u2014are reversible , Safer says. \u2014 Heather Boerner, Scientific American , 12 May 2022",
"The damage is not reversible but symptoms can be managed by staying active, maintaining a healthy weight and receiving treatment. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"REI Co-Op Campwell Tablecloth and Bench Covers ($45 and $40) Upgrade any picnic table with this reversible tablecloth and cushioned bench-cover set. \u2014 Kelly Bastone, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"In particular, everything that happens to the system plus environment is in principle reversible , just as is implied by the standard mathematical formulation of how a quantum system evolves in time. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"Researchers, including Frank, have worked on ballistic reversible computing for decades. \u2014 Philip Ball, Scientific American , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Consider the Pem America Diana six-piece twin reversible comforter collection, which is now selling for $29.99 from its regular price of $100. \u2014 Christine Persaud, USA TODAY , 4 June 2021",
"Throw this fun leopard print rash guard over a bralette, tankini, or sports bra to keep the sun off your shoulders, and pair it with an ultra high-waist reversible print bottom. \u2014 Ashlea Halpern, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 18 May 2021",
"Our favorite is the Lululemon reversible mat, which has more than 3,000 reviews on the site. \u2014 Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY , 21 May 2021",
"Making a gift reversible , if the tax becomes retroactive, involves using Irrevocable Trusts. \u2014 Matthew Erskine, Forbes , 9 Mar. 2021",
"KAlwyn Home reversible Microfiber Queen Comforter ($27.12, regularly $209.99; wayfair.com) Need a bedding overhaul"
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"Can you say the alphabet in reverse order",
"The drug is used to lower blood pressure but may have the reverse effect in some patients.",
"Verb",
"The runners reversed their direction on the track.",
"There is no way to reverse the aging process.",
"Can anything reverse the trend toward higher prices",
"Reverse the \u201ci\u201d and \u201ce\u201d in \u201crecieve\u201d to spell \u201creceive\u201d correctly.",
"My mother and I reversed our roles. Now I'm taking care of her.",
"We're going to reverse our usual order and start with Z.",
"Noun",
"The building appears on the reverse of the coin.",
"Please sign your name on the reverse .",
"I put the car in reverse and backed out of the garage.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The reverse side uses more elegant colors and designs for evening wear. \u2014 Anthony Demarco, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The reverse side of this towel is completely white, which may stain more quickly when used repeatedly on sand or grass. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Lift one of the dumbbells off the ground and straight out to the side like a reverse fly, keeping your arm fully extended. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 23 June 2022",
"The reverse -psychology strategy is especially visible in the state's Senate Republican primary. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 23 June 2022",
"At Calgary, Hedberg earned 10s from six of seven judges on his reverse 3 \u00bd somersault tuck off 10-meter. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 17 June 2022",
"Other basic strategies include adjusting the lighting, or ordering a reverse casket if the wound is only visible from the right side of the face. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"Lowell police used the reverse 911 system to notify residents in the area, and authorities are asking anyone who has seen Harry or has information on his whereabouts to contact police by calling 911 or the Lowell Police Department at 978-937-3200. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Those with cash can use a reverse cash machine to convert cash into a prepaid card; the machines are available on the festival grounds. \u2014 Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In his sixth visit as president, Biden looked to personally reverse that electoral tide, touting the rule to help multi-company pensions as one of the most significant efforts to support union workers\u2019 retirement funds in the past 50 years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 July 2022",
"The Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe, far from settling the matter, instead has launched court and political battles across the states likely to go on for years. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
"These regulations will reverse many changes brought in by former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. \u2014 Edward Conroy, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Start by going 10 steps per side, then reverse the movement and move backwards. \u2014 Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health , 29 June 2022",
"Gas prices could be headed for a third weekly drop, but any abrupt changes to supply could quickly reverse the downward trend, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, cautioned. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"And this cystinosis treatment won\u2019t reverse the damage that the disease has already done to patients\u2019 bodies. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 27 June 2022",
"The Covid-19 pandemic, however, has started to reverse that, with white people now living on average five years longer than Black people. \u2014 Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News , 27 June 2022",
"The trio of nettle, ginger root and oleanolic acid help to reduce, counter and reverse DHT damage, respectively. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 26 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The woman then put the car in reverse , knocking the officer to the ground. \u2014 Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"In reverse , identifying the right retail partner or pop-up location can help digitally native DTC brands acquire new consumers. \u2014 Patrick Bousquet-chavanne, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Uzeyman\u2019s heady, hallucinatory images are enhanced by slo-mo, dissolves and even running the film in reverse . \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Benny was cycling the Camino de Santiago in reverse , toward his home in Belgium, finishing a charity ride in honor of his late wife. \u2014 Patty Hodapp, Outside Online , 8 June 2022",
"And then there is module that Kazantsev says kind of runs that semantic parser in reverse to make the auto-complete suggestions. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"But for many hours on our surprising Saturday, the heat index seemed to run in reverse . \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
"In September, an ascending escalator malfunctioned at the Back Bay Station and suddenly plummeted in reverse , causing a bloody pileup of people at the bottom. \u2014 Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"So very much like a 13 going on 30, situation but in reverse . \u2014 James Brown, USA TODAY , 29 May 2022"
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"Can you say the alphabet in reverse order",
"The drug is used to lower blood pressure but may have the reverse effect in some patients.",
"Verb",
"The runners reversed their direction on the track.",
"There is no way to reverse the aging process.",
"Can anything reverse the trend toward higher prices",
"Reverse the \u201ci\u201d and \u201ce\u201d in \u201crecieve\u201d to spell \u201creceive\u201d correctly.",
"My mother and I reversed our roles. Now I'm taking care of her.",
"We're going to reverse our usual order and start with Z.",
"Noun",
"The building appears on the reverse of the coin.",
"Please sign your name on the reverse .",
"I put the car in reverse and backed out of the garage.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The reverse side uses more elegant colors and designs for evening wear. \u2014 Anthony Demarco, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The reverse side of this towel is completely white, which may stain more quickly when used repeatedly on sand or grass. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Lift one of the dumbbells off the ground and straight out to the side like a reverse fly, keeping your arm fully extended. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 23 June 2022",
"The reverse -psychology strategy is especially visible in the state's Senate Republican primary. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 23 June 2022",
"At Calgary, Hedberg earned 10s from six of seven judges on his reverse 3 \u00bd somersault tuck off 10-meter. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 17 June 2022",
"Other basic strategies include adjusting the lighting, or ordering a reverse casket if the wound is only visible from the right side of the face. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"Lowell police used the reverse 911 system to notify residents in the area, and authorities are asking anyone who has seen Harry or has information on his whereabouts to contact police by calling 911 or the Lowell Police Department at 978-937-3200. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Those with cash can use a reverse cash machine to convert cash into a prepaid card; the machines are available on the festival grounds. \u2014 Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In his sixth visit as president, Biden looked to personally reverse that electoral tide, touting the rule to help multi-company pensions as one of the most significant efforts to support union workers\u2019 retirement funds in the past 50 years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 July 2022",
"The Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe, far from settling the matter, instead has launched court and political battles across the states likely to go on for years. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
"These regulations will reverse many changes brought in by former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. \u2014 Edward Conroy, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Start by going 10 steps per side, then reverse the movement and move backwards. \u2014 Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health , 29 June 2022",
"Gas prices could be headed for a third weekly drop, but any abrupt changes to supply could quickly reverse the downward trend, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, cautioned. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"And this cystinosis treatment won\u2019t reverse the damage that the disease has already done to patients\u2019 bodies. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 27 June 2022",
"The Covid-19 pandemic, however, has started to reverse that, with white people now living on average five years longer than Black people. \u2014 Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News , 27 June 2022",
"The trio of nettle, ginger root and oleanolic acid help to reduce, counter and reverse DHT damage, respectively. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 26 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The woman then put the car in reverse , knocking the officer to the ground. \u2014 Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"In reverse , identifying the right retail partner or pop-up location can help digitally native DTC brands acquire new consumers. \u2014 Patrick Bousquet-chavanne, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Uzeyman\u2019s heady, hallucinatory images are enhanced by slo-mo, dissolves and even running the film in reverse . \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Benny was cycling the Camino de Santiago in reverse , toward his home in Belgium, finishing a charity ride in honor of his late wife. \u2014 Patty Hodapp, Outside Online , 8 June 2022",
"And then there is module that Kazantsev says kind of runs that semantic parser in reverse to make the auto-complete suggestions. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"But for many hours on our surprising Saturday, the heat index seemed to run in reverse . \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
"In September, an ascending escalator malfunctioned at the Back Bay Station and suddenly plummeted in reverse , causing a bloody pileup of people at the bottom. \u2014 Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"So very much like a 13 going on 30, situation but in reverse . \u2014 James Brown, USA TODAY , 29 May 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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": the movement of fresh water through a semipermeable membrane when pressure is applied to a solution (such as seawater) on one side of it":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pipeline would prevent concentrated waste generated by the East County project\u2019s reverse osmosis filtration system from entering into the city\u2019s own $5 billion Pure Water sewage recycling project now under construction. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"Desalination works by separating water molecules from salty seawater through reverse osmosis . \u2014 Stephanie Elam, CNN , 12 May 2022",
"The primary difference is that most reverse osmosis water filters use multiple filter types to remove more contaminants than carbon filters alone. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 3 May 2022",
"However, some reverse osmosis systems also remove minerals that some may prefer to leave in. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 3 May 2022",
"That allows for suction that is powerful enough to overcome reverse osmosis . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 29 Apr. 2022",
"But the new wines coming out are made through the regular winemaking process and then the alcohol is removed with reverse osmosis . \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Her family still uses a private well, with reverse osmosis filtration, as her water was deemed to be safe. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In a reverse osmosis system, water is pushed through a filter membrane with small pores, according to the DHS. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Feb. 2022"
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"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
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"examples":[
"They reverse engineered the software.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One job ad the indictment points to calls for someone who is an experienced reverse engineer and knows the coding language C++. \u2014 Matt Burgess, Wired , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The effort involves an attempt to reverse engineer the vaccine from bits of publicly available information. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Further, the team managed to reverse engineer whole Bloch wave functions from those same polarization measurements. \u2014 Karmela Padavic-callaghan, Scientific American , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Think about the end goal and reverse engineer each part of the buying journey with that in mind. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Of course, users still need to update their phones to have that safety, especially because news of a new zero day might inspire more hackers to reverse engineer how to get into any phone that\u2019s running an older version of their operating system. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Sep. 2021",
"That information, in turn, might allow researchers to reverse engineer the parts of spike that trigger production of these antibodies. \u2014 Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS , 18 Aug. 2021",
"The Pentagon is, of course, likely to develop its own offensive capabilities to reverse engineer , poison, and subvert adversaries\u2019 AI systems, Lohn says. \u2014 Will Knight, Wired , 19 July 2021",
"In his new book, Decoding Greatness, social psychologist Dr. Ron Friedman teaches various ways to reverse engineer everything from a chocolate chip cookie recipe to the personal computer. \u2014 Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes , 6 July 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1973, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222649"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a list (as an index or glossary) in which items are arranged alphabetically under their final element":[]
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"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010304"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Honda has given the Civic Si a rev -matching system, previously only available on the Civic Type R, as well. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 12 May 2022",
"One of the notable additions to the new Si is a rev -matching system, which was previously available only on the Civic Type R. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 30 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s also the Civic Type R\u2019s rev -matching feature on tap. \u2014 Derek Powell, Car and Driver , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Honda is attempting to justify the Si's higher base price by including more standard equipment including a premium audio system, a rev -matching feature for the transmission, and additional drive-mode customization options. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 2 Nov. 2021",
"There is also a red button that engages an automatic rev -matching function for the transmission. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 7 Sep. 2021",
"For drivers still perfecting their craft, the Mach 1 features rev -matching downshifts\u2014purists will be happy to know it can be shut off. \u2014 Nelson Ireson, Car and Driver , 6 Apr. 2021",
"Listing the top DeFi assets will generate revenue for exchanges in the form of trading fees, listing fees, net interest margin (for DeFi lending products), staking rev -share, and other new product lines. \u2014 Leeor Shimron, Forbes , 1 Mar. 2021",
"Preuninger's team has listened to customers very closely, and as a result, the manual's rev -match system can be turned off entirely. \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 25 Nov. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Now, distributors want to rev up excitement on their major shows, including big theatrical plays. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"But as the Mercury\u2019s stingy defense would have it, the Dream\u2019s hot shooting wasn\u2019t able to rev back up again as the team missed its last shot when the clock expired. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 10 June 2022",
"The question is, will Beijing manage to deploy the right tools to rev up its economy",
"The driver continued to rev the engine and travel at a high rate of speed from traffic light to traffic light, according to a police report. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 22 May 2022",
"Foods with lean protein and high fiber help to rev up your metabolism and maintain a healthful weight. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 7 May 2022",
"The driver can then rev the engine to different speeds and try to make the noise occur. \u2014 Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Now, fresh off an awards run after starring in Best Picture winner CODA, his next project, The Valet, is ready to rev its way into hearts. \u2014 Yolanda Machado, EW.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Refiners are already showing their willingness to rev up rates. \u2014 Barbara J Powell, Bloomberg.com , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"circa 1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1920, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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"noun"
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"examples":[
"He claimed that reverse discrimination was to blame for his unemployment.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This spurred decades of dueling lawsuits between Black and white firefighters and applicants claiming racial bias and reverse discrimination . \u2014 William Lee, chicagotribune.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Some Republican senators have subtly suggested that Mr. Biden\u2019s nomination amounted to reverse discrimination . \u2014 New York Times , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Pointed questions are swirling over the swift termination of Larry Scirotto, an outsider from Pittsburgh fired amid allegations of reverse discrimination after just six months as chief of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. \u2014 Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com , 5 Mar. 2022",
"So there\u2019s the potential for reverse discrimination , and other things like that to also be called into play. \u2014 Whitney Friedlander, Variety , 28 Feb. 2022",
"As far back as the early 1990s, reverse discrimination lawsuits have been filed against law enforcement agencies across the country that have implemented affirmative action initiatives. \u2014 Christina Carrega And Emma Tucker, CNN , 31 Dec. 2021",
"This nationwide injunction, the first of its kind, followed a slew of lawsuits filed by white farmers in Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming under the guise of reverse discrimination against white farmers. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 7 Sep. 2021",
"But a judge has put the money on hold in the face of lawsuits filed by white farmers claiming that the program is unfair \u2013 reverse discrimination . \u2014 Roxana Hegeman And Allen G. Breed, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Sep. 2021",
"But a judge has put the money on hold in the face of lawsuits filed by White farmers claiming that the program is unfair \u2014 reverse discrimination . \u2014 CBS News , 1 Sep. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1964, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014914"
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"phrasal verb"
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"My blood pressure has reverted to normal .",
"After playing badly in the last two games, he seems to have reverted to (is previous) form ."
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": to be given to (a former owner or a former owner's heir)":[
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"definitions":{
": a photographic process in which the reverse of the image formed by direct development is obtained (as by destroying the primary developed negative image with a bleach and developing the residual silver halide to form the reversed image)":[]
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"noun"
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"transitive verb"
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"definitions":{
": the process of synthesizing DNA using RNA as a template and reverse transcriptase as a catalyst":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Following reverse transcription \u2013polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing and genomic sequencing of the samples, each family member was found to be infected by the Omicron variant of COVID-19. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, Health.com , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The data presented by Moderna Thursday limited the analysis only to cases confirmed positive by sensitive reverse transcription -polymerase chain reaction tests. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"But experts say the PCR test isn't the best one for every situation. PCR -- or reverse transcription -polymerase chain reaction -- tests can detect small amounts of the coronavirus' genetic material in a specimen collected from a human. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"Those tests are known as: reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests, viral cultures, or immunofluorescence assays, the CDC says. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, Health.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Scientists distinguish variants using a process called quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, ABC News , 23 June 2021",
"Researchers can amplify the genetic material and study it in greater detail, through a process known as quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. \u2014 NBC News , 21 June 2021",
"In both cases, labs analyze the samples using quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction tests, which can detect genetic material from SARS-CoV-2 and quantify the number of viral particles in each milliliter of sample. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 13 Jan. 2021"
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"The medications target a unique enzyme in HIV called reverse transcriptase , which then prevents the virus from replicating and infecting cells in the body, Alan explains. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The enzyme, reverse transcriptase , is encoded by LINE-1 elements, sequences that litter 17% of the human genome and represent artifacts of ancient infections by retroviruses. \u2014 Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS , 6 May 2021",
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"Viral Detection To determine whether a nasopharyngeal sample is positive for the coronavirus, biotechnicians use a technique known as reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, or RT-PCR. \u2014 Jim Daley, Scientific American , 27 Mar. 2020",
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"At a lab, a technician performs a test often used for flu \u2013 a RT-PCR, or reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. \u2014 Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal , 24 Mar. 2020",
"At a lab, a technician performs a test often used for flu \u2013 a RT-PCR, or reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. \u2014 Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal , 24 Mar. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The third route through the revolving door : starting your own shop. \u2014 Eric Fan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Navarro passed through a revolving door of party allegiances, alternately identifying himself as Republican, Democrat and independent. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Contrast dye is the latest shortage in a revolving door of supply issues, prompting an all-too familiar dance of conservation and prioritization that hospitals have perfected throughout the pandemic. \u2014 Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"How many coaches keep coming through the revolving door in all sports. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"Few people have taken as many trips through the revolving door at the Indiana Statehouse as Matthew Whetstone. \u2014 Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In the meantime, the Dodgers\u2019 revolving door will continue to whirl. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"The revolving door to the office of the head of Google Pay is welcoming another new executive with Google\u2019s appointment of former PayPal executive Arnold Goldberg. \u2014 Ron Shevlin, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Underwood, who has been at the CBS daytime show for more than 10 years, has seen a revolving door of co-hosts pass through the studio. \u2014 Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com , 18 Jan. 2022"
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"Most of the performances were mixed really well and the live vocals sounded crisp, unlike the cavernous reverb that was going on at the ACM Awards a couple weeks ago. \u2014 Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The sound from this reverb is very natural and creates realistic-sounding room space around your tracks with ease. \u2014 Popular Science , 27 Oct. 2020",
"The album feels otherworldly: the sound engineers have sprinkled several songs with dub, distinct space-age effects that echo, reverb , and swirl. \u2014 The New Yorker , 27 Mar. 2020",
"But the group's first full-length album was actually recorded in a single night three years before that \u2014 then shelved when Dennis Flemion was dissatisfied with the reverb on the recordings. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Space Is Only Noise captured that elusive nexus between the cerebral and visceral, massaging deceptively simple rhythms, intimate vocals and bleeding reverb into the negative space surrounding them. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 26 Nov. 2019",
"The combination of lo-fi production, synth pads, and an exaggerated reverb effect creates a menacing, claustrophobic quality. \u2014 Rosy Cordero, EW.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
"Jones' guitar expanded from droning washes to thunderous reverb . \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Nov. 2019",
"There was heavy reverb on his electric violin, there was some hard rock distortion and funk-inspired strumming, and principal percussionist Chris Williams even took up a driving rhythm on the drum set. \u2014 Elizabeth Nonemaker, baltimoresun.com , 28 Sep. 2019"
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"Goodman phoned back to revise and extend his remarks. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 6 Jan. 2022",
"As the calendar rolls forward into 2022, this is the perfect time to revisit, revise , and improve rules and policies around stablecoins. \u2014 Sean Stein Smith, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"City officials are pushing to open those neighborhoods up for facilities with up to 12 children, as well as revise where larger child care centers can operate in other areas. \u2014 Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Dynamic goals need to be accessible and team members need to be able to revisit, revise , and review their priorities. \u2014 Sesil Pir, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Associate Principal Norman Bell went on to elaborate that students are encouraged to retake/ revise tests, quizzes, papers, projects and have a 10-day window to do so from the date the grade is posted. \u2014 Fox News , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Coppola\u2019s continued mission to recut, revise , and rerelease his previous films suggests a dissatisfaction that might be either a personal eccentricity or related to the discontent that characterizes our current Walpurgisnacht. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Refresh emergency contact lists based on where staff is located, revise floor plans and share important safety information in new places \u2014 both in offices and digitally. \u2014 Todd Piett, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Muldrow does what Black artists have always done uniquely well \u2014 signify upon, revise and refigure a theme, expanding an existing form through a clever new one. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Employers now have the opportunity to revise and update their policies to be more inclusive to all workers and their needs. \u2014 Danielle Abril, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Legislators correctly anticipated that the court\u2019s conservative majority could use it to revise or overturn Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022",
"In New York, lawmakers passed legislation this week to revise its red flag laws and raise the age to buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21. \u2014 ABC News , 5 June 2022",
"The agency officials will take public comment on the proposal over the next 60 days, with plans to revise and finalize the rule after getting that feedback by the spring of next year. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"The agency officials will take public comment on the proposal over the next 60 days, with plans to revise and finalize the rule after getting that feedback by the spring of next year. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"After being dealt a setback at the Alabama Supreme Court, the state this month asked a Jefferson County Circuit Court judge to revise or throw out part of the 2001 agreement between the state and the Birmingham Water Works Board. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 24 Apr. 2022",
"This meant that liberal Christians were willing to revise or jettison cherished Christian beliefs, such as the bodily resurrection of Jesus, if such beliefs could not be explained against the bar of human reason. \u2014 Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"And on Friday, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the two lawsuits challenging Ohio\u2019s congressional map on technical grounds, while signaling voting-rights groups and Democrats can revise and refile them. \u2014 Staff Reports, cleveland , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"In response to this revelation , many publishers began recruiting Black editors into their education divisions, and a few of these editors later moved to the companies\u2019 general trade-book divisions as well. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"This brings us to an unexpected revelation about Wakanda Forever. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 6 Apr. 2022",
"After a little more pondering, our small working group came to an unexpected revelation . \u2014 Chris Martin, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Thanks to this revelation , his story once more surfaced in the press, one last round of accolades. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Following Monday's tell-all episode, Echard reacted to Wright's revelation on Twitter with a playfully skeptical response, asking her to expose the message. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Late last season, when his role on offense started to expand after T.J. Hockenson opted for season-ending thumb surgery, Detroit Lions fullback Jason Cabinda came to an important revelation about himself and his future. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The road to Damascus isn\u2019t as well marked as the road to revelation . \u2014 Elena Ferrante, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Alarms go off when Freddy enters the reserve under false pretenses and sets off a chain of events that leads to a surprise revelation . \u2014 Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022"
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"\u02c8r\u0113-\u02ccv\u012bz"
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"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
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"remodel",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for revise Verb correct , rectify , emend , remedy , redress , amend , reform , revise mean to make right what is wrong. correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects. correct your spelling rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed. rectify a misguided policy emend specifically implies correction of a text or manuscript. emend a text remedy implies removing or making harmless a cause of trouble, harm, or evil. set out to remedy the evils of the world redress implies making compensation or reparation for an unfairness, injustice, or imbalance. redress past social injustices amend , reform , revise imply an improving by making corrective changes, amend usually suggesting slight changes amend a law , reform implying drastic change plans to reform the court system , and revise suggesting a careful examination of something and the making of necessary changes. revise the schedule",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"that paper needs one more revise , and then I think it's ready to turn in",
"Verb",
"We have to revise our plans because of the delays.",
"I would like to revise my estimate.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Goodman phoned back to revise and extend his remarks. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 6 Jan. 2022",
"As the calendar rolls forward into 2022, this is the perfect time to revisit, revise , and improve rules and policies around stablecoins. \u2014 Sean Stein Smith, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"City officials are pushing to open those neighborhoods up for facilities with up to 12 children, as well as revise where larger child care centers can operate in other areas. \u2014 Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Dynamic goals need to be accessible and team members need to be able to revisit, revise , and review their priorities. \u2014 Sesil Pir, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Associate Principal Norman Bell went on to elaborate that students are encouraged to retake/ revise tests, quizzes, papers, projects and have a 10-day window to do so from the date the grade is posted. \u2014 Fox News , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Coppola\u2019s continued mission to recut, revise , and rerelease his previous films suggests a dissatisfaction that might be either a personal eccentricity or related to the discontent that characterizes our current Walpurgisnacht. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Refresh emergency contact lists based on where staff is located, revise floor plans and share important safety information in new places \u2014 both in offices and digitally. \u2014 Todd Piett, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Muldrow does what Black artists have always done uniquely well \u2014 signify upon, revise and refigure a theme, expanding an existing form through a clever new one. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Employers now have the opportunity to revise and update their policies to be more inclusive to all workers and their needs. \u2014 Danielle Abril, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Legislators correctly anticipated that the court\u2019s conservative majority could use it to revise or overturn Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022",
"In New York, lawmakers passed legislation this week to revise its red flag laws and raise the age to buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21. \u2014 ABC News , 5 June 2022",
"The agency officials will take public comment on the proposal over the next 60 days, with plans to revise and finalize the rule after getting that feedback by the spring of next year. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"The agency officials will take public comment on the proposal over the next 60 days, with plans to revise and finalize the rule after getting that feedback by the spring of next year. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"After being dealt a setback at the Alabama Supreme Court, the state this month asked a Jefferson County Circuit Court judge to revise or throw out part of the 2001 agreement between the state and the Birmingham Water Works Board. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 24 Apr. 2022",
"This meant that liberal Christians were willing to revise or jettison cherished Christian beliefs, such as the bodily resurrection of Jesus, if such beliefs could not be explained against the bar of human reason. \u2014 Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"And on Friday, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the two lawsuits challenging Ohio\u2019s congressional map on technical grounds, while signaling voting-rights groups and Democrats can revise and refile them. \u2014 Staff Reports, cleveland , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Middle French reviser , from Latin revisere to look at again, frequentative of revid\u0113re to see again, from re- + vid\u0113re to see \u2014 more at wit":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1545, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222352"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": provided with a revenue":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230345"
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"prophets who claim divine inspiration for their message \u2026 as a revelational religion",
"\u2014 E. A. Nida"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233842"
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"verb"
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": reinstate , reinvest":[]
},
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"\u02ccr\u0113-\u02c8vest",
"(\u02cc)r\u0113-\u02c8vest"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And even if did, revesting Flo & Eddie with rights would be problematic. \u2014 Eriq Gardner, Billboard , 26 Oct. 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1561, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235424"
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"a reverse layup"
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"had his vasectomy reversed"
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"the count's waltzing \u2026 consisted \u2026 of reversing at top speed",
"\u2014 Agatha Christie"
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": in an opposite manner or direction":[]
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"ri-\u02c8v\u0259rs"
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"switch"
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"lapse",
"reversal",
"setback"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for reverse Verb reverse , transpose , invert mean to change to the opposite position. reverse is the most general term and may imply change in order, side, direction, meaning. reversed his position on the trade agreement transpose implies a change in order or relative position of units often through exchange of position. transposed the letters to form an anagram invert applies chiefly to turning upside down or inside out. the number 9 looks like an inverted 6",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Can you say the alphabet in reverse order",
"The drug is used to lower blood pressure but may have the reverse effect in some patients.",
"Verb",
"The runners reversed their direction on the track.",
"There is no way to reverse the aging process.",
"Can anything reverse the trend toward higher prices",
"Reverse the \u201ci\u201d and \u201ce\u201d in \u201crecieve\u201d to spell \u201creceive\u201d correctly.",
"My mother and I reversed our roles. Now I'm taking care of her.",
"We're going to reverse our usual order and start with Z.",
"Noun",
"The building appears on the reverse of the coin.",
"Please sign your name on the reverse .",
"I put the car in reverse and backed out of the garage.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The reverse side uses more elegant colors and designs for evening wear. \u2014 Anthony Demarco, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The reverse side of this towel is completely white, which may stain more quickly when used repeatedly on sand or grass. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Lift one of the dumbbells off the ground and straight out to the side like a reverse fly, keeping your arm fully extended. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 23 June 2022",
"The reverse -psychology strategy is especially visible in the state's Senate Republican primary. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 23 June 2022",
"At Calgary, Hedberg earned 10s from six of seven judges on his reverse 3 \u00bd somersault tuck off 10-meter. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 17 June 2022",
"Other basic strategies include adjusting the lighting, or ordering a reverse casket if the wound is only visible from the right side of the face. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"Lowell police used the reverse 911 system to notify residents in the area, and authorities are asking anyone who has seen Harry or has information on his whereabouts to contact police by calling 911 or the Lowell Police Department at 978-937-3200. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Those with cash can use a reverse cash machine to convert cash into a prepaid card; the machines are available on the festival grounds. \u2014 Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In his sixth visit as president, Biden looked to personally reverse that electoral tide, touting the rule to help multi-company pensions as one of the most significant efforts to support union workers\u2019 retirement funds in the past 50 years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 July 2022",
"The Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe, far from settling the matter, instead has launched court and political battles across the states likely to go on for years. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
"These regulations will reverse many changes brought in by former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. \u2014 Edward Conroy, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Start by going 10 steps per side, then reverse the movement and move backwards. \u2014 Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health , 29 June 2022",
"Gas prices could be headed for a third weekly drop, but any abrupt changes to supply could quickly reverse the downward trend, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, cautioned. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"And this cystinosis treatment won\u2019t reverse the damage that the disease has already done to patients\u2019 bodies. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 27 June 2022",
"The Covid-19 pandemic, however, has started to reverse that, with white people now living on average five years longer than Black people. \u2014 Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News , 27 June 2022",
"The trio of nettle, ginger root and oleanolic acid help to reduce, counter and reverse DHT damage, respectively. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 26 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Told in reverse , the movie stars Guy Pearce as a man whose mission to track down his wife's killer is complicated by his inability to form new memories. \u2014 Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country , 30 June 2022",
"When police arrived, the Jetta\u2019s engine was running, the car was in reverse and the driver\u2019s door was open. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
"The load may also block your backup camera, so make sure your head is on a swivel when in reverse . \u2014 Collin Morgan, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022",
"The puzzle or challenge requires some serious thinking and problem-solving skills, such as reverse -engineering. \u2014 Domini Clark, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
"The woman then put the car in reverse , knocking the officer to the ground. \u2014 Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"In reverse , identifying the right retail partner or pop-up location can help digitally native DTC brands acquire new consumers. \u2014 Patrick Bousquet-chavanne, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Uzeyman\u2019s heady, hallucinatory images are enhanced by slo-mo, dissolves and even running the film in reverse . \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Benny was cycling the Camino de Santiago in reverse , toward his home in Belgium, finishing a charity ride in honor of his late wife. \u2014 Patty Hodapp, Outside Online , 8 June 2022"
],
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"Middle English revers , from Anglo-French, from Latin reversus , past participle of revertere to turn back \u2014 more at revert":"Adjective"
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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": propeller blade pitch in which the thrust produced is opposite to that normally obtained":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013337"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013415"
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"\u2014 contrasted with capital expenditure"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013418"
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"noun"
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": a printing proof that incorporates changes marked in a previous proof":[],
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"revise a manuscript"
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"ri-\u02c8v\u012bz",
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"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation"
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"change",
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"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"rework",
"vary"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for revise Verb correct , rectify , emend , remedy , redress , amend , reform , revise mean to make right what is wrong. correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects. correct your spelling rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed. rectify a misguided policy emend specifically implies correction of a text or manuscript. emend a text remedy implies removing or making harmless a cause of trouble, harm, or evil. set out to remedy the evils of the world redress implies making compensation or reparation for an unfairness, injustice, or imbalance. redress past social injustices amend , reform , revise imply an improving by making corrective changes, amend usually suggesting slight changes amend a law , reform implying drastic change plans to reform the court system , and revise suggesting a careful examination of something and the making of necessary changes. revise the schedule",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"that paper needs one more revise , and then I think it's ready to turn in",
"Verb",
"We have to revise our plans because of the delays.",
"I would like to revise my estimate.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Goodman phoned back to revise and extend his remarks. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 6 Jan. 2022",
"As the calendar rolls forward into 2022, this is the perfect time to revisit, revise , and improve rules and policies around stablecoins. \u2014 Sean Stein Smith, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"City officials are pushing to open those neighborhoods up for facilities with up to 12 children, as well as revise where larger child care centers can operate in other areas. \u2014 Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Dynamic goals need to be accessible and team members need to be able to revisit, revise , and review their priorities. \u2014 Sesil Pir, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Associate Principal Norman Bell went on to elaborate that students are encouraged to retake/ revise tests, quizzes, papers, projects and have a 10-day window to do so from the date the grade is posted. \u2014 Fox News , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Coppola\u2019s continued mission to recut, revise , and rerelease his previous films suggests a dissatisfaction that might be either a personal eccentricity or related to the discontent that characterizes our current Walpurgisnacht. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Refresh emergency contact lists based on where staff is located, revise floor plans and share important safety information in new places \u2014 both in offices and digitally. \u2014 Todd Piett, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Muldrow does what Black artists have always done uniquely well \u2014 signify upon, revise and refigure a theme, expanding an existing form through a clever new one. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Employers now have the opportunity to revise and update their policies to be more inclusive to all workers and their needs. \u2014 Danielle Abril, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Legislators correctly anticipated that the court\u2019s conservative majority could use it to revise or overturn Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022",
"In New York, lawmakers passed legislation this week to revise its red flag laws and raise the age to buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21. \u2014 ABC News , 5 June 2022",
"The agency officials will take public comment on the proposal over the next 60 days, with plans to revise and finalize the rule after getting that feedback by the spring of next year. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"The agency officials will take public comment on the proposal over the next 60 days, with plans to revise and finalize the rule after getting that feedback by the spring of next year. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"After being dealt a setback at the Alabama Supreme Court, the state this month asked a Jefferson County Circuit Court judge to revise or throw out part of the 2001 agreement between the state and the Birmingham Water Works Board. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 24 Apr. 2022",
"This meant that liberal Christians were willing to revise or jettison cherished Christian beliefs, such as the bodily resurrection of Jesus, if such beliefs could not be explained against the bar of human reason. \u2014 Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"And on Friday, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the two lawsuits challenging Ohio\u2019s congressional map on technical grounds, while signaling voting-rights groups and Democrats can revise and refile them. \u2014 Staff Reports, cleveland , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Middle French reviser , from Latin revisere to look at again, frequentative of revid\u0113re to see again, from re- + vid\u0113re to see \u2014 more at wit":"Verb"
},
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"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1545, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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": a system of representing mathematical and logical operations in which the operands precede the operator and which does not require the use of parentheses":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044722"
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"transitive verb",
"verb"
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": to cause to take an opposite point of view":[
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": to change to the contrary":[
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"had his vasectomy reversed"
],
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"\u2014 Agatha Christie"
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": in an opposite manner or direction":[]
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"switch"
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"lapse",
"reversal",
"setback"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Can you say the alphabet in reverse order?",
"The drug is used to lower blood pressure but may have the reverse effect in some patients.",
"Verb",
"The runners reversed their direction on the track.",
"There is no way to reverse the aging process.",
"Can anything reverse the trend toward higher prices?",
"Reverse the \u201ci\u201d and \u201ce\u201d in \u201crecieve\u201d to spell \u201creceive\u201d correctly.",
"My mother and I reversed our roles. Now I'm taking care of her.",
"We're going to reverse our usual order and start with Z.",
"Noun",
"The building appears on the reverse of the coin.",
"Please sign your name on the reverse .",
"I put the car in reverse and backed out of the garage.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The reverse side uses more elegant colors and designs for evening wear. \u2014 Anthony Demarco, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The reverse side of this towel is completely white, which may stain more quickly when used repeatedly on sand or grass. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Lift one of the dumbbells off the ground and straight out to the side like a reverse fly, keeping your arm fully extended. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 23 June 2022",
"The reverse -psychology strategy is especially visible in the state's Senate Republican primary. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 23 June 2022",
"At Calgary, Hedberg earned 10s from six of seven judges on his reverse 3 \u00bd somersault tuck off 10-meter. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 17 June 2022",
"Other basic strategies include adjusting the lighting, or ordering a reverse casket if the wound is only visible from the right side of the face. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"Lowell police used the reverse 911 system to notify residents in the area, and authorities are asking anyone who has seen Harry or has information on his whereabouts to contact police by calling 911 or the Lowell Police Department at 978-937-3200. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Those with cash can use a reverse cash machine to convert cash into a prepaid card; the machines are available on the festival grounds. \u2014 Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In his sixth visit as president, Biden looked to personally reverse that electoral tide, touting the rule to help multi-company pensions as one of the most significant efforts to support union workers\u2019 retirement funds in the past 50 years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 July 2022",
"The Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe, far from settling the matter, instead has launched court and political battles across the states likely to go on for years. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
"These regulations will reverse many changes brought in by former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. \u2014 Edward Conroy, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Start by going 10 steps per side, then reverse the movement and move backwards. \u2014 Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health , 29 June 2022",
"Gas prices could be headed for a third weekly drop, but any abrupt changes to supply could quickly reverse the downward trend, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, cautioned. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"And this cystinosis treatment won\u2019t reverse the damage that the disease has already done to patients\u2019 bodies. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 27 June 2022",
"The Covid-19 pandemic, however, has started to reverse that, with white people now living on average five years longer than Black people. \u2014 Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News , 27 June 2022",
"The trio of nettle, ginger root and oleanolic acid help to reduce, counter and reverse DHT damage, respectively. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 26 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Told in reverse , the movie stars Guy Pearce as a man whose mission to track down his wife's killer is complicated by his inability to form new memories. \u2014 Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country , 30 June 2022",
"When police arrived, the Jetta\u2019s engine was running, the car was in reverse and the driver\u2019s door was open. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
"The load may also block your backup camera, so make sure your head is on a swivel when in reverse . \u2014 Collin Morgan, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022",
"The puzzle or challenge requires some serious thinking and problem-solving skills, such as reverse -engineering. \u2014 Domini Clark, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
"The woman then put the car in reverse , knocking the officer to the ground. \u2014 Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"In reverse , identifying the right retail partner or pop-up location can help digitally native DTC brands acquire new consumers. \u2014 Patrick Bousquet-chavanne, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Uzeyman\u2019s heady, hallucinatory images are enhanced by slo-mo, dissolves and even running the film in reverse . \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Benny was cycling the Camino de Santiago in reverse , toward his home in Belgium, finishing a charity ride in honor of his late wife. \u2014 Patty Hodapp, Outside Online , 8 June 2022"
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"Some viewers bristled at its preachy revisionism while others simply couldn't be bothered to turn out for what was, by one count, the fourth attempt to reboot James Cameron's franchise. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 1 June 2022",
"Holocaust revisionism became an obsession later in life. \u2014 James Mcauley, The New Yorker , 22 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s the second breakout sequel of 2022, the second from Paramount no less following Scream (which partially played on 11 years of post-theatrical critical revisionism for Scream 4) in January. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The Marcoses\u2019 online revisionism project dates back to the 2000s through the family\u2019s presence on Friendster, Flickr and other now defunct websites, researchers found. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Medinsky directed major state funding toward projects of his choosing, amassing significant control over TV programs, movies and theater productions, and had ample opportunity for historical revisionism . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"The brazen, mind-boggling Republican revisionism regarding Jan. 6 never ends. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
"This mass radicalization is driven at various levels\u2014through social media, divisive political messaging, a craven mainstream news media (at times compared with Radio Rwanda), and historical revisionism , increasingly through cinema. \u2014 Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Now, Russia's geopolitical revisionism and Putin's dramatic shift in post-Soviet ambitions will surely drive an uneasy Turkey closer toward the West. \u2014 Galip Dalay, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fort Sam Houston Museum Director Jacqueline Davis noted that as early as the 1840s, armed forces used a drum roll with reveille after sunrise and retreat at sunset to gather the troops for roll call. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com , 5 Feb. 2020",
"Inmates in Theresienstadt are forced to stand in the freezing November cold during morning reveille : The camp commandant wants to test out a little theory he\u2019s developed about the effects of hypothermia. \u2014 Toby Lichtig, WSJ , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Two hundred and forty-one marines, most of them asleep because reveille was still eight minutes away, were killed. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 23 Oct. 2019",
"Her command is also a reveille , though, summoning the age-old Disney work ethic. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 19 July 2019",
"Those rehearsals have been, in good reveille fashion, in full swing by 7:30 in the morning. \u2014 Steve Hendrix, Washington Post , 11 June 2018",
"Codie Williams has been a bugler at the barracks, the only Marine post in the country to still blow a live horn for the daily calls of reveille , church, chow, etc. \u2014 Steve Hendrix, Washington Post , 11 June 2018",
"April 23 - Caught sleeping after reveille & put on report. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 28 May 2018",
"Young Maurice took up the bugle, playing reveille at scout camps. \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, New York Times , 4 Jan. 2018"
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"modification of French r\u00e9veillez , imperative plural of r\u00e9veiller to awaken, from Middle French reveiller , from re- + eveiller to awaken, from Vulgar Latin *exvigilare , from Latin ex- + vigilare to keep watch, stay awake \u2014 more at vigilant":""
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"after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The other solution is to declare remote working over and revert to the status quo ante. \u2014 Robert Sher, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The company started requiring face coverings in those areas in December, but will now revert to their previous policy of allowing people to go maskless. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Pritzker had harsh words for the judge's decision and quickly urged the state's attorney general's office to appeal, suggesting the ruling could spark another surge in the virus and force schools to close their doors and revert to online classes. \u2014 Val Pearon, Arkansas Online , 6 Feb. 2022",
"The cycle ends when the next period starts and would revert to 28 days within a month or two. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Facing rising infections and a new COVID-19 variant, colleges across the U.S. are starting to require booster shots, extend mask mandates, limit social gatherings and even revert to online classes. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 16 Dec. 2021",
"But those who are thinking about becoming pregnant need to eliminate high-protein food from their diets, monitor their intake of fruits, vegetables and pasta, and revert to drinking a medical formula. \u2014 Frances Stead Sellers, Anchorage Daily News , 3 June 2022",
"But those who are thinking about becoming pregnant need to eliminate high-protein food from their diets, monitor their intake of fruits, vegetables and pasta, and revert to drinking a medical formula. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"One of the stock market's few certainties is that its drivers eventually revert to the traditional norms and ratios, or close to them, governed by such forces as overall economic growth and competition that imposes a cap on profitability. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 1 June 2022"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French revertir , from Latin revertere , transitive verb, \"to turn back\" & reverti , intransitive verb, \"to return, come back,\" from re- + vertere, verti \"to turn\" \u2014 more at worth":""
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": a British revision of the King James Version of the Bible published in 1881 and 1885":[
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"Many people reviled him for his callous behavior.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These parties openly revile minority Shiite Muslims as heretics and on occasion bring thousands on to the street to defend their hardline interpretation of Islam. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Critics continue to revile the criminal justice system as incapable of fairly representing people of color and the underserved \u2014 and Black women in general. \u2014 Dallas News , 6 Oct. 2020",
"People kind of revile him, but everybody knows him. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 3 Sep. 2020",
"Twenty years later, she was reviled for the same decision and called an enabler. \u2014 Elizabeth Toohey, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 May 2020",
"The statue to Marshal Ivan Konev, who led Red Army forces during World War II that drove Nazi troops from Czechoslovakia, was reviled by some in Prague as a symbol of the decades of Communist rule that followed. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Apr. 2020",
"Gamal Mubarak, in particular, was reviled more widely than his father during the last years of Mr. Mubarak\u2019s reign. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2020",
"Chardonnay \u2014 no grape on the planet is so revered and so reviled at the same time. \u2014 Dave Eckert, kansascity.com , 24 May 2017"
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"Although the room was very big, her voice could be heard with little reverberation .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Following the rollout of background noise supression in late 2020, Teams is now getting echo cancellation and reverberation suppression. \u2014 Mark Knapp, PCMAG , 13 June 2022",
"This requiem creates a sacred space without words, using layer upon layer of reverberation and delay to build an infinitely large cathedral around the music. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"In this case, the acoustics of Symphony Hall, with its almost ideal reverberation times, became the secret ingredient of the BSO\u2019s unforced elegance. \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
"The goal was not some clandestine reupholstering but rather to discover the first modern scientific formula for calculating reverberation . \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
"But more than a high-fashion reverberation , the see-through shirt speaks to a personal willingness, even a desire, to show off one\u2019s physique. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"When his wrists travel up and down the keyboard in roaring glissandos, the reverberation becomes the soul-filling and soul-thrilling sound of tectonic plates colliding. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Authorities imposed a two-stage lockdown on China\u2019s most populous city on Monday, the latest reverberation from the country\u2019s zero-tolerance Covid-19 strategy that is facing its toughest test yet from the highly contagious Omicron variant. \u2014 Yoko Kubota, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"For example, a user having a larger ear canal may result in an echo having a longer reverberation time than a user having a smaller ear canal. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 27 Jan. 2022"
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"noun"
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"\u2014 Eric Limer",
"\u2026 it's tough to discuss the final volume of the series without acknowledging some of the big reveals of its predecessors.",
"\u2014 David Kamp",
"The big end reveal isn't just a shock; it's deeply upsetting, an emotional gut-punch.",
"\u2014 Matt Prigge",
"That fact will eventually become evident, no doubt \u2026 . That is the art of the slow reveal .",
"\u2014 Peter J. Boyer"
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"discover",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
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"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
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"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"shroud",
"veil"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"She would not reveal the secret.",
"The test revealed the true cause of death.",
"It was revealed that they stole over $1 million.",
"They revealed the plans for the new building.",
"The expression on his face revealed how he felt.",
"The curtain was lifted to reveal the grand prize.",
"Pulling up the carpeting revealed the home's beautiful hardwood floors.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Although this may sound bleak, their findings reveal that the belief in supernatural punishment can produce positive outcomes for society. \u2014 Mark Travers, Forbes , 4 July 2022",
"The Rudolphs had set up a survivor\u2019s trust for the life insurance, policy documents reveal \u2014 less than six months before Bianca\u2019s death. \u2014 Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone , 2 July 2022",
"These sketchy intrusions reveal lower levels of contrasting paint that suggest unreachable, unknowable depths. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"More than two years later, federal court records reveal how the kidnapping was linked to a deadly drug network operating from inside Tennessee's state prisons, right under the noses of corrections staff. \u2014 Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2022",
"The corrections department\u2019s reports reveal at least seven overdose deaths in 2021, three of which officials classified as natural deaths. \u2014 al , 29 June 2022",
"Taken together, these selections reveal our heroic history, industrial achievement and natural beauty that, woven together, tell the story of our American nation. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome. \u2014 Staff And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022"
],
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"Middle English revelen , from Anglo-French reveler , from Latin revelare to uncover, reveal, from re- + velare to cover, veil, from velum veil":"Verb",
"alteration of earlier revale , probably ultimately from Middle French ravaler to reduce the depth of (masonry or wood), literally, to take back down, from Old French, from re- + avaler to let fall \u2014 more at vail":"Noun"
},
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"1596, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1688, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"\u02c8re-v\u0259-\u02ccn\u00fc-\u0259r",
"-\u02ccny\u00fc-"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During Prohibition, moonshiners lit its clear-burning wood to avoid detection from revenuers . \u2014 Robert Langellier, National Geographic , 24 June 2019",
"Viewed through the lens of history, there's way more to it than hillbillies with shotguns, long beards, and a distrust for government revenuers . \u2014 Alan Ashe, CNN , 7 June 2018",
"During Prohibition, moonshiners lit its clear-burning wood to avoid detection from revenuers . \u2014 Robert Langellier, National Geographic , 24 June 2019",
"Viewed through the lens of history, there's way more to it than hillbillies with shotguns, long beards, and a distrust for government revenuers . \u2014 Alan Ashe, CNN , 7 June 2018"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-005331"
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"noun"
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"revestry":{
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"noun"
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"-tr\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, modification (influenced by vestrie vestry) of Middle French revestiarie , from Medieval Latin revestiarium , from re- + vestiarium vestry":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-021321"
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"noun"
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": a planform configuration in which the chord of the wing of an airplane increases with distance outboard from the root":[]
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"noun"
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": something that is an apparent contradiction or inverted application":[
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"\u2014 Richard Wilbur"
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},
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"French rev\u00eatir , literally, to clothe, put on, from Old French revestir , from Latin revestire , from re- + vestire to clothe \u2014 more at vest entry 2":""
},
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"1812, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-042107"
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"French phrase"
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": let us return to our sheep : let's get back to the subject":[]
},
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"adverb"
],
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": in a revealed manner : with or as if with revelation":[]
},
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"-\u0113l\u0259\u0307dl\u0113",
"-ld-"
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"noun"
],
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": a facing (as of stone or concrete) to sustain an embankment":[]
},
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"ri-\u02c8vet-m\u0259nt"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Also, the property owners should be required to mitigate for beach sand lost because of the revetment . \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"In doing the revetment (fortification) project, crews brought in additional stone to help secure the pumping station from strong waves, officials explained. \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Also, structures such as the revetment have been shown to reduce the amount of sand on the beach. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
"To make sure the wall preserves access to traditional activities, engineers are designing the revetment with access points such as walkways and openings for boat launches. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Dec. 2021",
"No seawalls or devices such as a rock revetment to protect the building from the ocean will be allowed on the property, which Krammer said was some satisfaction. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Crashing waves undermined a protective stone revetment . \u2014 Mario Koran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Dec. 2021",
"For now, engineers are continuing to design the first segment of the revetment stretching from the airport, planning the height and composition of the wall. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Other improvements include adding to the existing revetment ; installing a stormwater and drainage system; and building stairs from the public parking area to the walkway. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Sep. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-060821"
},
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"Revillagigedo Island":{
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"island of southeastern Alaska in southeastern Alexander Archipelago east of Prince of Wales Island":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8ge-",
"ri-\u02ccvi-l\u0259-g\u0259-\u02c8g\u0113-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
],
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"Revised Standard Version":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a revision of the American Standard Version of the Bible published in 1946 and 1952":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-070847"
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"revindicate":{
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"noun",
"transitive verb"
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"(\u02c8)r\u0113+"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"re- + vindicate":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-072801"
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"reverberated":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
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": reflect":[],
": repel":[],
": echo":[],
": to become driven back":[],
": to become reflected":[],
": to continue in or as if in a series of echoes : resound":[
"a historic event that still reverberates today"
],
": reverberant":[]
},
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"ri-\u02c8v\u0259r-b(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
"ri-\u02c8v\u0259r-b\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
],
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"echo",
"reecho",
"resonate",
"resound",
"sound"
],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"the sound of thunder reverberated from one end of the mountain pass to the other",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The collapse of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) indicates that the ramifications of this year's cryptocurrency market slump continue to reverberate , JPMorgan (JPM) said in a report Wednesday. \u2014 Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"VeeKay\u2019s results In the coming weeks will no doubt reverberate around the paddock. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 29 June 2022",
"The effects reverberate widely, spreading terror and driving people to flee. \u2014 Annie Sparrow, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"This action by the government will reverberate across all industries, as companies will follow the government in adopting the zero-trust approach. \u2014 Michael Mehlberg, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Global disruptions stemming from Russia's war in Ukraine or from COVID-19 shutdowns in China could also reverberate in the U.S., raising the odds of a downturn. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 19 May 2022",
"And echoes of Nina Simone's iconic, pearl-laden updo subtly reverberate when Cash wears an orange-red topknot dotted with tiny diamonds. \u2014 Jihan Forbes, Allure , 19 May 2022",
"Old stone walls reverberate with the gentle murmur of conversations in Arabic, Syriac, Armenian, Kurdish, Torani, Turkish and Aramaic, an ancient Semitic language once believed to have been used by Jesus. \u2014 Lisa Morrow, CNN , 10 May 2022",
"These bursts reverberate off of the encircling material and zip across the universe into awaiting instruments. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 6 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin reverberatus , past participle of reverberare , from re- + verberare to lash, from verber rod \u2014 more at vervain":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1603, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-073817"
},
"reverse half nelson":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a half nelson applied (as from a cross-body ride) with the arm under the opponent's opposite rather than corresponding arm \u2014 see guillotine sense 7":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-082958"
},
"reviewless":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": receiving or meriting no review":[
"reviewless paperbacks"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-y\u00fcl\u0259\u0307s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-094655"
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"revictimize":{
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"noun,",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to victimize (someone) again : to make a victim of (someone) again":[
"\"This scam revictimized families who were already suffering from the collapse of the housing market.\"",
"\u2014 Eric Schneiderman"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)r\u0113-\u02c8vik-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-102930"
},
"revelationist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one who makes a revelation":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-122317"
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"rev\u00eatement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": revetment":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"r\u0259\u0307\u02c8vetm\u00e4\u207f"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Middle French revestement , from Old French revestir to clothe again + -ment":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-123600"
},
"reviewer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"ri-\u02c8vy\u00fc-\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"critic",
"pundit"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"many reviewers were unhappy with the movie's cryptic ending",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Also, Oprah Winfrey herself is a back cover reviewer \u2014 an immediate yes for me. \u2014 Khortlyn Cole, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 July 2022",
"Another infectious rising country star, Jessie James Decker, was reviewer Lauren Keene's favorite of Weekend 2, who treated a small crowd like a packed Fiserv Forum. \u2014 Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel , 4 July 2022",
"The \u201870s references, and the relentless assault of \u201870s needle drops, are fun, to a point, but the movie itself is a hallucinatory, cacophonous fever dream of nonsensical subplots and Minion gibberish, our reviewer writes. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"Here are the best cat litters that the Good Housekeeping Institute recommends based on top-performing brands, home testing and online reviewer favorites. \u2014 Ali Kessler, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
"The company must share details with the DOJ and an independent reviewer before implementing changes. \u2014 ProPublica , 22 June 2022",
"While the pants can protect your legs from bug bites, sharp rocks, and thorny branches, for one reviewer , the pants came in handy during a scary run-in with a rattlesnake while hiking their favorite trail. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 15 June 2022",
"For one reviewer , the Bedsure Dog Bed serves as a doggy-sized dupe for their own orthopedic mattress, which their dogs tend to stubbornly take over. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, PEOPLE.com , 27 July 2021",
"One Amazon reviewer , who is an avid traveler, enthused about their 15-year relationship with this dryer. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1651, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124046"
},
"rev\u00eate":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": revet":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"r\u0259\u0307\u02c8vet"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French rev\u00eatir":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145338"
},
"reviling":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate":[],
": to use abusive language : rail":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ri-\u02c8v\u012bl",
"ri-\u02c8v\u012b(-\u0259)l"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for revile scold , upbraid , berate , rail , revile , vituperate mean to reproach angrily and abusively. scold implies rebuking in irritation or ill temper justly or unjustly. angrily scolding the children upbraid implies censuring on definite and usually justifiable grounds. upbraided her assistants for poor research berate suggests prolonged and often abusive scolding. berated continually by an overbearing boss rail ( at or against ) stresses an unrestrained berating. railed loudly at their insolence revile implies a scurrilous, abusive attack prompted by anger or hatred. an alleged killer reviled in the press vituperate suggests a violent reviling. was vituperated for betraying his friends",
"examples":[
"Many people reviled him for his callous behavior.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These parties openly revile minority Shiite Muslims as heretics and on occasion bring thousands on to the street to defend their hardline interpretation of Islam. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Critics continue to revile the criminal justice system as incapable of fairly representing people of color and the underserved \u2014 and Black women in general. \u2014 Dallas News , 6 Oct. 2020",
"People kind of revile him, but everybody knows him. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 3 Sep. 2020",
"Twenty years later, she was reviled for the same decision and called an enabler. \u2014 Elizabeth Toohey, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 May 2020",
"The statue to Marshal Ivan Konev, who led Red Army forces during World War II that drove Nazi troops from Czechoslovakia, was reviled by some in Prague as a symbol of the decades of Communist rule that followed. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Apr. 2020",
"Gamal Mubarak, in particular, was reviled more widely than his father during the last years of Mr. Mubarak\u2019s reign. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2020",
"Chardonnay \u2014 no grape on the planet is so revered and so reviled at the same time. \u2014 Dave Eckert, kansascity.com , 24 May 2017"
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"The Masked Observer awarded a Mellow MoonPie to the couple who completed a his-and-hers skid, and to the reveler who dropped to his knees to remove his date\u2019s garter with the appropriate amount of enthusiasm. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Video shows the officer dancing to a few beats with another reveler before disappearing into the crowd. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 20 Feb. 2022",
"In lieu of a tableau, the Explorers and their guests got down to business: food, flair and fun, in whatever order suited the reveler . \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 18 Feb. 2022",
"In a video posted to social media, a number of people could be seen standing on top of a bus, with at least one reveler holding up a Rams sign. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
"As the 2022 new moon will bring in the Year of the Tiger, beloved character Tigger will be a leading reveler at the festival. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The other is his fellow reveler , Skeet Ulrich's Billy Loomis. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Eve Babitz, the Hollywood bard, muse and reveler who with warmth and candor chronicled the excesses of her native world in the 1960s and 1970s and became a cult figure to generations of readers, has died. \u2014 Hillel Italie, ajc , 18 Dec. 2021",
"And Dostoyevsky, with the infernal reveler ejected, is relieved that second of his hemorrhoids, his gambling habit, his seizures, his fevers, his depression, his hypochondria, his appalling futuristic intuitions and obsessions. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 19 Oct. 2021"
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"I need time to review the situation.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In his Season 2 review , Variety\u2019s chief television critic Daniel D'Addario calls Selena Gomez\u2019s work the best of her career. \u2014 Amber Dowling, Variety , 5 July 2022",
"Marlborough fifth-grader Giuliana received second place in the grade 5 category for her book review on The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. \u2014 Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant , 1 July 2022",
"Not long after, TikTok user @tiana_thelawyer gave her own review of the brow-tint-slash-lip-lining experience. \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 1 July 2022",
"The board has until the end of the year to finish their review of the social studies curriculum, Davis said. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
"The commission plans to finish its review of every law enforcement officer in the state by July 2024, as the process resets every three years. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"Rail Operations Control Center Director Edward Donaldson launched his own review , safety commission officials said, and found discrepancies that prompted him to put all controllers through training and tests required for recertification. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"The Army Corps is only now beginning its permit review . \u2014 Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica , 28 June 2022",
"In a statement, the N.T.S.B. said its review of the available evidence had given it no reason to look into Boeing\u2019s production practices. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Congressional staffers can now only review those records in-person and cannot make copies. \u2014 Catherine Herridge, CBS News , 7 July 2022",
"Overmanagement of your fulfillment process will ensure your customers will review , refer and become loyal, repeat buyers. \u2014 Jeff Giagnocavo, Forbes , 7 July 2022",
"Campgrounds and trails may have pet-specific rules, so review any in advance, and ensure that pets can adventure with you. \u2014 Erin E. Williams, Washington Post , 7 July 2022",
"The court will review Brooks\u2019 records, including criminal, medical, mental health and employment. \u2014 Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel , 4 July 2022",
"Have legal counsel review the draft rule change to prevent legal problems. \u2014 Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 July 2022",
"The death appeared accidental and the Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office will review the case. \u2014 Ray Sanchez, CNN , 2 July 2022",
"If a student is physically restrained or secluded 10 times during a school year, a school system must review the case to determine if the public or private school could explore alternatives. \u2014 Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun , 1 July 2022",
"NOAA Fisheries will review the complete ban in future assessments to determine the next steps. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In his Season 2 review , Variety\u2019s chief television critic Daniel D'Addario calls Selena Gomez\u2019s work the best of her career. \u2014 Amber Dowling, Variety , 5 July 2022",
"Marlborough fifth-grader Giuliana received second place in the grade 5 category for her book review on The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. \u2014 Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant , 1 July 2022",
"Not long after, TikTok user @tiana_thelawyer gave her own review of the brow-tint-slash-lip-lining experience. \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 1 July 2022",
"The board has until the end of the year to finish their review of the social studies curriculum, Davis said. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
"The commission plans to finish its review of every law enforcement officer in the state by July 2024, as the process resets every three years. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"Rail Operations Control Center Director Edward Donaldson launched his own review , safety commission officials said, and found discrepancies that prompted him to put all controllers through training and tests required for recertification. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"The Army Corps is only now beginning its permit review . \u2014 Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica , 28 June 2022",
"In a statement, the N.T.S.B. said its review of the available evidence had given it no reason to look into Boeing\u2019s production practices. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
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"Congressional staffers can now only review those records in-person and cannot make copies. \u2014 Catherine Herridge, CBS News , 7 July 2022",
"Overmanagement of your fulfillment process will ensure your customers will review , refer and become loyal, repeat buyers. \u2014 Jeff Giagnocavo, Forbes , 7 July 2022",
"Campgrounds and trails may have pet-specific rules, so review any in advance, and ensure that pets can adventure with you. \u2014 Erin E. Williams, Washington Post , 7 July 2022",
"The court will review Brooks\u2019 records, including criminal, medical, mental health and employment. \u2014 Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel , 4 July 2022",
"Have legal counsel review the draft rule change to prevent legal problems. \u2014 Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 July 2022",
"The death appeared accidental and the Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office will review the case. \u2014 Ray Sanchez, CNN , 2 July 2022",
"If a student is physically restrained or secluded 10 times during a school year, a school system must review the case to determine if the public or private school could explore alternatives. \u2014 Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun , 1 July 2022",
"NOAA Fisheries will review the complete ban in future assessments to determine the next steps. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022"
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"The Masked Observer awarded a Mellow MoonPie to the couple who completed a his-and-hers skid, and to the reveler who dropped to his knees to remove his date\u2019s garter with the appropriate amount of enthusiasm. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Video shows the officer dancing to a few beats with another reveler before disappearing into the crowd. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 20 Feb. 2022",
"In lieu of a tableau, the Explorers and their guests got down to business: food, flair and fun, in whatever order suited the reveler . \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 18 Feb. 2022",
"In a video posted to social media, a number of people could be seen standing on top of a bus, with at least one reveler holding up a Rams sign. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
"As the 2022 new moon will bring in the Year of the Tiger, beloved character Tigger will be a leading reveler at the festival. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 28 Dec. 2021",
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"Eve Babitz, the Hollywood bard, muse and reveler who with warmth and candor chronicled the excesses of her native world in the 1960s and 1970s and became a cult figure to generations of readers, has died. \u2014 Hillel Italie, ajc , 18 Dec. 2021",
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"Jervois has pledged to backfill and seal off the underground tunnels, reclaim as many roads as possible, and revegetate the site with native plants. \u2014 Michael Holtz, The Atlantic , 24 Jan. 2022",
"That includes removing infrastructure like picnic tables, fire rings, water pumps and vault toilets from the campgrounds, and putting up barricades at entrances to prevent people from driving through while the sites revegetate . \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Other trail sections with heavy erosion will stabilize and revegetate over time, Kogan told the board. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Aug. 2021",
"Pueblo West, which was supposed to revegetate with native shortgrass, instead subdivided it into 40-acre parcels. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Jan. 2021",
"But Norgaard-Larsen said the leveling of the surrounding desert was not what was promised to residents, and that the promises to revegetate native plants ring hollow. \u2014 Lorraine Longhi, The Arizona Republic , 29 Sep. 2020",
"Maybe, Wangchuk thinks, irrigation water from stupas could help revegetate hillsides to soak up rain. \u2014 National Geographic , 16 June 2020",
"Metro\u2019s plan is to remove and dispose of the steel framing, concrete abutments and footers and regrade and revegetate the area, Ashe said. \u2014 Luz Lazo, Washington Post , 1 June 2018",
"To revegetate the earth, Sinclair's corporation decides to DROP BOMBS IN VOLCANOES. \u2014 Justin Kirkland, Esquire , 26 Jan. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Reduced inflammation, in turn, allows for the revascularization of cells, enabling the body to heal itself. \u2014 Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle , 19 Oct. 2020",
"And Black women are 20 times less likely to get a revascularization , or unblocking of the vessels, according to public and proprietary data. \u2014 Joe Carlson, Star Tribune , 14 Sep. 2020",
"For the purposes of this study, researchers defined cardiovascular disease as the first instance of a heart attack, undergoing a revascularization procedure (such as a coronary artery bypass) or having a fatal or nonfatal stroke. \u2014 Ryan Prior, CNN , 13 May 2020",
"These patients were eligible for revascularization and chose to make these comprehensive lifestyle changes instead. \u2014 Dean Ornish, Scientific American , 15 Nov. 2019",
"This could range from various medications to revascularization similar to procedures used on arteries that feed the heart muscle, including bypass surgery, or inserting a stent (a brace to expand the diameter of the artery). \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 21 Dec. 2017"
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"She was struck with revulsion at the sight of the dead animal.",
"a growing revulsion to war",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Louise, a former nurse, has stoutly decided to care for Edward to the end without reproach or revulsion for the monstrous thing that is happening to him. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Like a Rorschach test, the dramatic images of that day evoke horror and revulsion in some, indifference or even approval in others. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Since 2017, a surge of global concern\u2014much of it triggered by revulsion at President Trump and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change\u2019s 1.5 Celsius report\u2014signaled a new era of climate action. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 11 May 2022",
"Which raises a grating question: How long will the revulsion last\u2014not only in Germany but in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia, even eternally neutral Switzerland, which has joined in? \u2014 Josef Joffe, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The shock and revulsion reflected in their words and deeds present a stark contrast to today\u2019s party line, which essentially amounts to move along, nothing to see here. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Crucially, Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has led to revulsion along both sides of the political spectrum in the United States. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The photos and video from Bucha have set off a new wave of global condemnation and revulsion . \u2014 Amanda Seitz And Arijeta Lajka, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"But Gunther\u2019s surprise hit points to a different genesis: the anti-fascism of the \u201930s and widespread revulsion at the dehumanizing horrors of World War II. \u2014 Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"In eastern and South-Eastern Europe today, one man's courageous defender of national self-determination is another's nostalgic revanchist .",
"\u2014 Tony Judt",
"Later in 2007, Pelosi plans to rewrite the laws on pork-barrel spending. She promises that the overall effect of her reforms will be \"to break the link between lobbyists and legislation\" in Washington. Who will win the coming battle between reformers and revanchists ?",
"\u2014 Massimo Calabresi"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Of particular interest to Beijing will be how quickly and decisively European powers have moved to sever economic ties to a revanchist Russia. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 20 May 2022",
"But many Europeans are no longer interested in being sensitive to a figure like Putin or tolerating his revanchist resentments and neo-imperial ambitions. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022",
"That commitment has been welcomed by allied nations, which want Germany to rearm and help counter a revanchist Russia \u2014 a stunning historical reversal. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Putting a significant part of your energy-supply system in the hands of an aggressive, revanchist state like Russia is to offer a potent geopolitical lever. \u2014 Jordan Mcgillis, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
"While never producing evidence for his claim, Putin cited his need to defend them \u2014 underpinned by his revanchist view that much of Ukraine exists on territory that is historically Russia\u2019s. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Instead of being forced to reckon with the ashes of empire, a revanchist dictator has throttled Russia\u2019s politics, and turned his sights on now carving his neighbors. \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"As at its end, a European country \u2014 then Yugoslavia, now Ukraine \u2014 is being torn apart by a revanchist dictator. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Meanwhile, Republican leaders strained to articulate an alternative policy to counter Russia\u2019s revanchist campaign - at once insisting on more severe measures and opposing the deployment of U.S. forces, which Biden has said is not an option. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Putin also openly stated his revanchist , imperialist goals, declaring that Ukraine was not a real country and making the ahistorical suggestion that it should be subsumed back into mother Russia. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
"President Vladimir Putin compared himself to Peter the Great, the emperor who led Russia\u2019s 18th-century territorial expansion, in a speech that underscored his revanchist ambitions. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Alarmed by the danger posed by a revanchist Russia, Finland is now ready to join the Atlantic Alliance. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 13 May 2022",
"On March 2, the Monitor described how the invasion is dividing Europe between NATO on one side and a revanchist Moscow on the other. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The treaty led to an embittered and revanchist Germany and dissatisfied victors in Italy and Japan. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Liberal democracy now faces a fearsome challenge, not just from a revanchist Russia but from a rising, authoritarian super power in China. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 24 Feb. 2022",
"He has been widely characterized as a revanchist who seeks to restore the Soviet or czarist empires. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Feb. 2022",
"On many levels, the challenge Mr. Putin\u2019s revanchist Russia presents to the West is different. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He is considered a prophet, seer and revelator who leads the church - along with two top counselors and members of the Quorum - through divine revelation from God. \u2014 CBS News , 31 Mar. 2018",
"He is considered a prophet, seer and revelator who leads the church \u2014 along with two top counselors and members of the Quorum \u2014 through divine revelation from God. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2018"
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"\u2014 Eric Limer",
"\u2026 it's tough to discuss the final volume of the series without acknowledging some of the big reveals of its predecessors.",
"\u2014 David Kamp",
"The big end reveal isn't just a shock; it's deeply upsetting, an emotional gut-punch.",
"\u2014 Matt Prigge",
"That fact will eventually become evident, no doubt \u2026 . That is the art of the slow reveal .",
"\u2014 Peter J. Boyer"
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"shroud",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for reveal Verb reveal , disclose , divulge , tell , betray mean to make known what has been or should be concealed. reveal may apply to supernatural or inspired revelation of truths beyond the range of ordinary human vision or reason. divine will as revealed in sacred writings disclose may imply a discovering but more often an imparting of information previously kept secret. candidates must disclose their financial assets divulge implies a disclosure involving some impropriety or breach of confidence. refused to divulge an anonymous source tell implies an imparting of necessary or useful information. told them what he had overheard betray implies a divulging that represents a breach of faith or an involuntary or unconscious disclosure. a blush that betrayed her embarrassment",
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"Verb",
"She would not reveal the secret.",
"The test revealed the true cause of death.",
"It was revealed that they stole over $1 million.",
"They revealed the plans for the new building.",
"The expression on his face revealed how he felt.",
"The curtain was lifted to reveal the grand prize.",
"Pulling up the carpeting revealed the home's beautiful hardwood floors.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Although this may sound bleak, their findings reveal that the belief in supernatural punishment can produce positive outcomes for society. \u2014 Mark Travers, Forbes , 4 July 2022",
"The Rudolphs had set up a survivor\u2019s trust for the life insurance, policy documents reveal \u2014 less than six months before Bianca\u2019s death. \u2014 Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone , 2 July 2022",
"These sketchy intrusions reveal lower levels of contrasting paint that suggest unreachable, unknowable depths. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"More than two years later, federal court records reveal how the kidnapping was linked to a deadly drug network operating from inside Tennessee's state prisons, right under the noses of corrections staff. \u2014 Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2022",
"The corrections department\u2019s reports reveal at least seven overdose deaths in 2021, three of which officials classified as natural deaths. \u2014 al , 29 June 2022",
"Taken together, these selections reveal our heroic history, industrial achievement and natural beauty that, woven together, tell the story of our American nation. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome. \u2014 Staff And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022"
],
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"Middle English revelen , from Anglo-French reveler , from Latin revelare to uncover, reveal, from re- + velare to cover, veil, from velum veil":"Verb",
"alteration of earlier revale , probably ultimately from Middle French ravaler to reduce the depth of (masonry or wood), literally, to take back down, from Old French, from re- + avaler to let fall \u2014 more at vail":"Noun"
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