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"send":{
"antonyms":[
"accept",
"receive"
],
"definitions":{
": delight , thrill":[],
": deliver":[
"sent a blow to the chin"
],
": drive":[
"sent the ball between the goalposts"
],
": emit":[
"sent out waves of perfume"
],
": the lift of a wave : scend":[],
": to cause or order to depart : dismiss":[],
": to cause to assume a specified state":[
"sent them into a rage"
],
": to cause to go: such as":[],
": to cause to happen":[
"whatever fate may send"
],
": to cause to issue: such as":[],
": to convey or cause to be conveyed or transmitted by an agent":[
"sent out invitations"
],
": to direct by advice or reference":[],
": to direct, order, or request to go":[],
": to dispatch a request or order":[
"\u2014 often used with away"
],
": to dispatch by a means of communication":[],
": to dispatch someone to convey a message or do an errand":[
"\u2014 often used with out send out for pizza"
],
": to force to go : drive away":[],
": to grow out (parts) in the course of development":[
"a plant sending forth shoots"
],
": to permit or enable to attend a term or session":[
"send a daughter to college"
],
": to pour out : discharge":[
"clouds sending forth rain"
],
": to propel or throw in a particular direction":[],
": to request by message to come : summon":[],
": to send off or dismiss roughly or in disgrace":[],
": to strike or thrust so as to impel violently":[
"sent him sprawling"
],
": transmit":[],
": utter":[
"send forth a cry"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Satellites receive signals in space and send them back to Earth.",
"When you write to him, please send him my very best wishes.",
"He became ill and was sent home from school.",
"She sent the kids to bed immediately after supper.",
"He was sent to prison for armed robbery.",
"The company sent me to the conference.",
"\u201cThere is a Ms. Jones here to see you.\u201d \u201c Send her in.\u201d",
"He was sent on a secret mission.",
"They sent a limo to pick her up at the airport.",
"He asked us to send a taxi for him.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"His letter came hours after Conservatives lost seats to the opposition Labour Party and Liberal Democrats in areas of the country where the defeats will send jitters through the Tories and renew questions about Johnson\u2019s leadership. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"And in this day of digital comms, taking the time to write and send a note really makes a standout impression. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Klukowski had previously worked with conservative California lawyer John Eastman, who was behind the theory that the vice president could reject states\u2019 electors or send results back to the states for more consideration. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Easily make phone calls, send texts, and stream music and podcasts right from your wrist with the watch that more than 22,000 Amazon shoppers have given a perfect rating. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"But their patients deserve more too\u2014to be listened to, to have a sense of agency over what happens to their body, to be seen as more than problem archetypes to avoid or walking conditions to diagnose and send home. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"Thunderstorms lashed the San Benito County area Wednesday evening, signalling that a monsoon had flowed in from the coast of Mexico \u2014which could possibly send ripples through the South Bay and Central Valley, one meteorologist said. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 June 2022",
"The justices could send the case back to the district court to get more facts -- such as how often people are denied concealed carry licenses in New York -- Chandler said, though noted that also seems unlikely. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 22 June 2022",
"Surgery may include removing sweat glands (typically done in the underarms) or cutting the nerves that send signals to sweat glands (typically done in the palms), per the AAD. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But one month after the tragedy, students, administrators and families came together for a proper send -off into life after high school. \u2014 Danya Perez, San Antonio Express-News , 25 June 2022",
"The daytime talk show was given an emotional send -off from Sherri Shepherd, who has been the main celebrity filling in for the original host this season. \u2014 Justine Browning, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"Blackmon had thrown Gonzalez out at the plate to end the fifth, an aggressive send by third-base coach Mark Hallberg on a flyball by Wilmer Flores, and Kapler was comfortable with it. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 June 2022",
"Such was the spirited send -off that greeted this year\u2019s batch of retiring NSO musicians \u2014 a slightly larger contingent and later celebration than usual because of delays caused by the pandemic. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"The evening concluded with a send -off for CEO and President Donald C. Fry, who has led the Greater Baltimore Committee for 19 years. \u2014 Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun , 26 May 2022",
"The Bombshell star then gave a heartfelt send -off to DeGeneres, whose two decades in daytime TV are coming to a close. \u2014 Justine Browning, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"On April 29, the couple headed from their San Diego second home to an Encinitas coffee shop for the official send -off. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
"His part in Logan was as perfect a send -off for the character as anyone could have imagined. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 7 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1726, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English sendan ; akin to Old High German sendan to send, Old English sith road, journey, Old Irish s\u00e9t path, way":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8send"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"consign",
"dispatch",
"pack (off)",
"ship",
"shoot",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"transport"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054959",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"send (out)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to cause (a signal) to go out":[
"The pilot sent out a distress signal."
],
": to cause (light, heat, etc.) to move outward from a source":[
"The coals sent out a reddish glow."
],
": to mail (something) to many different people or places":[
"Have you sent out the invitations yet"
],
": to produce (something) in the process of growing or developing":[
"The plant began to send out its shoots."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111926",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"send up":{
"antonyms":[
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"do",
"imitate",
"mimic",
"mock",
"parody",
"spoof",
"travesty"
],
"definitions":{
": parody , takeoff":[],
": to make fun of : parody":[],
": to send to jail":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the sitcom sends up the \u201ctrials and tribulations\u201d of the rich and famous"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1958, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8send-\u02cc\u0259p"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"parody",
"put-on",
"rib",
"spoof",
"takeoff",
"travesty"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100605",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"send-up":{
"antonyms":[
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"do",
"imitate",
"mimic",
"mock",
"parody",
"spoof",
"travesty"
],
"definitions":{
": parody , takeoff":[],
": to make fun of : parody":[],
": to send to jail":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the sitcom sends up the \u201ctrials and tribulations\u201d of the rich and famous"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1958, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8send-\u02cc\u0259p"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"parody",
"put-on",
"rib",
"spoof",
"takeoff",
"travesty"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052302",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"seneca snakeroot":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a milkwort ( Polygala senega ) of eastern North America having racemes of small white flowers":[
"\u2014 compare senega"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1739, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sen-i-k\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123417",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"senescent":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the growth phase in a plant or plant part (such as a leaf) from full maturity to death":[],
": the state of being old : the process of becoming old":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cellular senescence was discovered by Hayflick and Moorhead in 1961. \u2014 Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Your skin can be sent into the senescence phase in several different ways, including internal aggressors (hormonal changes, stress, illness) and external factors like pollution or overexposure to the sun. \u2014 ELLE , 6 Jan. 2022",
"The Mellon Longevity Science Programme helps fund the research of Professor Lynne Cox into the senescence of the human immune system. \u2014 Calum Chace, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The ingredient is said to prevent skin cells from becoming sluggish, which results in dull, tired-looking skin (the fancy word for this phase is senescence ). \u2014 ELLE , 6 Jan. 2022",
"In an era in which maturity is derided as senescence , good drinks offer a counternarrative. \u2014 Eric Felten, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"In both sexes, the grandparents benefit from the consequences of that energy allocation that slows senescence , especially those that are related to repair and maintenance. \u2014 Emily Willingham, Scientific American , 24 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s no dithering yet\u2014the senescence is almost undetectable. \u2014 Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Alaska trees and shrubs will soon be done with their senescence for 2021. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1695, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"senescent , from Latin senescent-, senescens , present participle of senescere to grow old, from sen-, senex old":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"si-\u02c8ne-s\u1d4an(t)s",
"si-\u02c8nes-\u1d4an(t)s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075033",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"senior":{
"antonyms":[
"aged",
"aging",
"ageing",
"ancient",
"elderly",
"geriatric",
"long-lived",
"old",
"older",
"over-the-hill",
"senescent",
"unyoung"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of a program of the Girl Scouts for girls in the 9th through 12th grades in school":[],
": a person older than another":[
"five years my senior"
],
": a person with higher standing or rank":[],
": a senior fellow of a college at an English university":[],
": a student in the year preceding graduation from a school of secondary or higher level":[],
": having a claim on corporate assets and income prior to other securities":[],
": higher ranking : superior":[
"senior officers"
],
": of prior birth, establishment, or enrollment":[
"\u2014 often used to distinguish a father with the same given name as his son"
],
": of, relating to, or intended for seniors":[
"a senior center"
],
": senior citizen":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"As his senior , she commanded quite a bit of respect.",
"She was his senior in rank.",
"high school juniors and seniors",
"Adjective",
"the senior vice president of marketing",
"She is a senior aide to the president.",
"a senior editor for the magazine",
"He recently became a senior partner in the accounting firm.",
"the men's senior baseball league",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"University of San Francisco\u2019s Jamaree Bouyea: A 6-1 22-year-old fifth-year senior who scored 36 points in this year\u2019s NCAA Tournament against Murray State, averaging 17.3 points this past season, at .367 on 3-pointers. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"Cano, a senior , was the Great Northwest Athletic Conference champion in the heptathlon in the spring. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022",
"The Cavaliers used the No. 14 pick of the 2022 NBA Draft on a senior in Kansas\u2019 Ochai Agbaji. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"Drafted as a senior by the Diamondbacks in the 8th round of the 2009 draft, Goldschmidt was on clubs\u2019 radar more because of his production than his tools. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Last season\u2019s team \u2014 without a senior on the roster \u2014 went 17-16 and lost to Ballard in the first round of the regional. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 19 June 2022",
"In Oxford, Madeline Johnson, 17, said she was compelled to march in honor of her friend Madisyn Baldwin, an Oxford senior killed in November's shooting. \u2014 Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
"Ryan Bagdasarian, a senior from Glastonbury, stroked a two-run single to put Eastern ahead to stay in the fifth inning of the clinching game. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
"That approach has failed older generations, said Alyssah Yater, 17, another senior who has advocated in favor of the clinic. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The coach was disciplined by MLB senior vice president Michael Hill for making contact with Eddings and what MLB termed unsportsmanlike conduct during the exchange of lineup cards before Wednesday\u2019s game at the Chicago White Sox. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 25 June 2022",
"David Moore has been senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Micron since 2021. \u2014 Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"The way out of the gas shortage is to allow gas stations to charge more, said Uwadiae Osadiaye, senior vice president, energy and industrials at FBNQuest Merchant Bank. \u2014 Chinedu Asadu, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"Alcoholic beverages producer Beam Suntory has appointed former Avangrid chief sustainability officer and senior vice president of corporate communications Zsoka McDonald as chief communications officer. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"During the conference, Rohit Prasad, senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa AI at Amazon, demonstrated one way to leverage the voice assistant by mimicking the voice of a dead relative. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"During the second-day keynote, Rohit Prasad, senior vice president and head scientist of Alexa AI at Amazon, showed off a feature being developed for Alexa. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
"All indications are that Indianapolis will see pre-pandemic numbers of tourists, said Chris Gahl, senior vice president of marketing and communications for Visit Indy. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"Before the assembly ends, Eric Rodriguez, a senior vice president at the Latinx advocacy nonprofit UnidosUS, delivers a plea for ballot access. \u2014 Nathan Heller, Vogue , 22 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin, from senior , adjective":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Latin, older, elder, comparative of sen-, senex old; akin to Goth sineigs old, Greek henos":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0113n-y\u0259r",
"\u02c8s\u0113-ny\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"elder"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203358",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"senior citizen":{
"antonyms":[
"youngster",
"youth"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Senior citizens qualify for a discount at the movie theater.",
"more and more senior citizens are living active, rewarding lives",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the first booster shot, just 68 percent of the senior citizen group got them. \u2014 Josh Fischman, Scientific American , 13 June 2022",
"Some tow truck drivers are even patrolling college towns, senior citizen complexes, neighborhoods populated by people of color and low-income communities in search of vehicles to take, Murray said. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The latest jab appeared on a billboard mimicking a Silver Alert, used when a senior citizen , especially one with dementia, is missing. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 11 May 2022",
"North End face a different set of challenges, including low-income populations, multiple housing types from single-family to senior citizen complexes and persistent biases. \u2014 Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant , 22 May 2022",
"And the fact that Clare has met Henry at various ages but never as a senior citizen suggests a premature end lies ahead. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 11 May 2022",
"Baldwin seemed to miss a conspicuous distinction between himself and his generational peers\u2014for he, too, is a senior citizen \u2014who live in the area: his wealth and his power to negotiate with space-industry players. \u2014 David Rompf, The New Yorker , 24 Apr. 2022",
"That's what a senior citizen , a former nursing assistant with a broken arm and other medical conditions, was left to sleep on. \u2014 Fox News , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The council also voted to allow any senior citizen to buy medical marijuana without a doctor\u2019s note. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"ancient",
"elder",
"geriatric",
"golden-ager",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064012",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"senior high school":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a school usually including grades 10 to 12":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Shanghai, officials announced on Thursday that students in junior and senior high school could return to in-person classes starting June 6. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 26 May 2022",
"At the senior high school artwork from students in grades 10-12 will be displayed throughout the lower level hallways, locker bays and 1400 wing art rooms. \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 26 Apr. 2022",
"While not offering the same speed and elusiveness as Harris, Marburger is an accomplished runner, picking up 1,177 yards and 26 touchdowns during his senior high school season. \u2014 Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News , 10 May 2022",
"Smith said the district has posted the senior high school principal position both within and outside of the district. \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The third-place prizes are $100 for the senior high school division, $50 for middle school, and $25 for elementary school. \u2014 cleveland , 17 Dec. 2021",
"A year ago, Mozzicato was getting ready for his senior high school season, having lost his junior year in Connecticut due to COVID with no idea what was coming. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Alum Walt Lunsford has pledged a matching grant of $20,000 to be used to upgrade the baseball complex adjacent to Creekside Middle School \u2013 once used as the senior high school . \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Boynton Beach resident and senior high school student Harrison Calder has participated in the sports broadcasting program since his freshman year. \u2014 Alex Kushel, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123622",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sensate":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": preoccupied with things that can be experienced through a sense modality":[],
": relating to or apprehending or apprehended through the senses":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The show seems to organize itself around at least two themes: the sensate body and the rigors of geometry. Exemplifying the former are three works by the venerable Barbara Hammer, a pioneer in representing lesbian sensuality, who died this year. \u2014 Sharon Mizota, Los Angeles Times , 16 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English sensat , from Medieval Latin sensatus , from Late Latin, endowed with sense, from Latin sensus sense":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sen-\u02ccs\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064845",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"sensation":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mental process (such as seeing, hearing, or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a sense organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the sensory process \u2014 compare perception":[],
": a state of consciousness due to internal bodily changes":[
"a sensation of hunger"
],
": a state of excited interest or feeling":[
"their elopement caused a sensation"
],
": an indefinite bodily feeling":[
"a sensation of buoyancy"
],
": awareness (as of heat or pain) due to stimulation of a sense organ":[],
": something (such as a physical stimulus, sense-datum, or afterimage) that causes or is the object of sensation":[]
},
"examples":[
"I experienced a stinging sensation in my arm.",
"She felt a burning sensation in her throat.",
"She craved new experiences and sensations .",
"She had the strange sensation that someone was watching her.",
"I couldn't quite shake the sensation that I'd been fooled.",
"Her injury left her with no sensation in her legs.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The second-year NASCAR Cup Series team co-owned by Justin Marks and global sensation , Pitbull, has been the feel-good story of 2022. \u2014 Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic , 25 June 2022",
"Neuroscience teaches that the human capacity to experience feeling or sensation requires consciousness,, which develops between 24 and 28 weeks gestation. \u2014 Nancy S. Jecker, The Conversation , 23 June 2022",
"The actress, comedian and internet sensation will star in Church Girls, a comedy pilot that is inspired by her true-life experience. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"Weinshanker argues that Lurhmann zeroes in on the cross-cultural innovations that made Presley a sensation . \u2014 Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Inside the G League Ignite\u2019s home base stood more revered prep stars -- Australian sensation Dyson Daniels, Jaden Hardy, Michael Foster Jr., Fanbo Zeng and Scoot Henderson. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"Now, almost 30 years after making Cheung an arthouse sensation with Irma Vep, Assayas has delivered Vikander one of the best roles of her career. \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 20 June 2022",
"More recently, Marvel\u2019s sensation Black Panther, which grossed over $1.3 billion, evoked universal pride among the Black community. \u2014 Nyeema C. Harris, Scientific American , 17 June 2022",
"After the 2021 season, Bird was second, only behind second-year sensation Sabrina Ionescu in jersey sales. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 16 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin sensation-, sensatio , from Late Latin, understanding, idea, from Latin sensus":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259n-",
"sen-\u02c8s\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"sen-\u02c8s\u0101-sh\u0259n, s\u0259n-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"feel",
"feeling",
"sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182546",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sensation level":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a measure in decibels of the intensity of an auditory stimulus that is above an individual's threshold":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180331",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sensation-monger":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a purveyor of the sensational (as in literature)":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182142",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sensational":{
"antonyms":[
"nonsensational"
],
"definitions":{
": arousing or tending to arouse (as by lurid details) a quick, intense, and usually superficial interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction":[
"sensational tabloid news"
],
": exceedingly or unexpectedly excellent or great":[
"a sensational talent"
],
": of or relating to sensation or the senses":[]
},
"examples":[
"She looked sensational in her new dress.",
"the sensational news story caused a stir, but after a few days everyone forgot about it",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Seydoux is sensational , an intensely sensual presence who has turned her past profession as a trauma surgeon into a passionate art form. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"Made hungry by his shortcoming and confident by his comeback, Chen\u2019s performances across the team event and through the men\u2019s singles were sensational , even record-setting. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Feb. 2022",
"In what became one of the most sensational \u2014 and controversial \u2014 murder cases in recent memory, Knox, then 20, was arrested in connection with Kercher's death along with her boyfriend at the time, Raffaele Sollecito. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 23 Nov. 2021",
"The true story, which Rosenbloom recounts in Dark Archives, is less sensational and more ambiguous, though not without its monsters. Continue reading for just $1 an issue. \u2014 Mike Jay, The New York Review of Books , 5 Nov. 2020",
"Books on Plath fell into two camps: the personal \u2014 even sensational \u2014 and the academic. \u2014 Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2020",
"Yankees left fielder Tim Locastro, recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before the game, made a sensational diving catch in the sixth on a ball hit to left-center by Mancini. \u2014 Noah Trister, Hartford Courant , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Britney Spears\u2019 sensational career and topsy-turvy life story could be retold by\u2026Britney Spears. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Pumphrey passes former Wisconsin star Ron Dayne\u2019s mark of 6,397 yards on a 15-yard run early in the fourth quarter and wraps up his sensational career in his Nevada hometown with 6,405 yards. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021"
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"With its bland and faux-universal life lessons that cheaply ethicalize expensive sensationalism , the film comes off as a sickly cynical feature-length directorial pitch reel for a Marvel movie. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"Historians have worked hard in recent decades to ground these women\u2019s reputations in fact rather than sensationalism . \u2014 Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"And yet the couple still had to navigate a show that, for all its supposed idealism, was working hard to sensationalize their different backgrounds. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"Using online tools to sensationalize his terror, and to invite participation and emulation, the 18-year-old broadcast his strike on the live-streaming service Twitch, using a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet. \u2014 Drew Harwell, Washington Post , 15 May 2022",
"Using online tools to sensationalize his terror, and to invite participation and emulation, the gunman broadcast his attack on the live-streaming service Twitch, using a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet. \u2014 Isaac Stanley-becker And Drew Harwell, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"Kay had reservations about the movie, fearful that Hollywood would sensationalize his story \u2014 a fear that wasn't totally unfounded \u2014 but Steven grew excited at the idea and wanted to move forward. \u2014 Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Would this script, written by Zach Baylin, authentically capture the Williams patriarch or further sensationalize the narrative that his larger-than-life personality had garnered in the press",
"Like our example above, scammers will sensationalize their messages with eye-catching topical issues designed to evoke an immediate response. \u2014 Ryan Shopp, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Tresch has painted a full landscape of the journalism of the time, describing the conflicts between writers who made serious scientific observations and those eager to sensationalize or misrepresent new discoveries. \u2014 Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 Aug. 2021",
"The tragic reason why RFK\u2019s campaign ended is well known, and this show doesn\u2019t sensationalize it at all. \u2014 courant.com , 23 Sep. 2020"
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"There is an unnerving sense now that technology is driving the culture rather than the reverse. Machines and sites and software are breeding at an exponential clip, and we hapless humans race around trying to adapt. \u2014 Steven Johnson , Discover , July 2006",
"The caricature of neurotic nuns who specialized in corporal punishment and guilt crumbles before the countless examples of women religious who made the difference in determining that a child would eat, or be safe, or have any sense of dignity at all. \u2014 Luke Timothy Johnson , Commonweal , 22 Sept. 2006",
"Because Updike shrinks from giving any real credence to the ideology that drives his plot (in both senses of that word), the book becomes a temporarily enthralling, but ultimately empty shaggy dog story. \u2014 Jonathan Raban , New York Review of Books , 13 July 2006",
"Less distinguished people experience a similar tangling of the senses , some reporting that they can taste the words they speak or see the colors of certain words or numbers. This confounding of perception\u2014called synesthesia\u2014was thought to affect at most about 4 percent of the population, but University College London psychologist Jamie Ward has uncovered the best evidence yet that we may all have a bit of synesthesia. \u2014 Kathryn Garfield , Discover , December 2006",
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"With very little provocation, magic might have been flying back and forth in an unpleasant and damaging manner. Sensing the danger, Kate stepped between them and raised her hands. \"Let us have no more of this. There is a confusion to be cleared up, and I cannot do that in the middle of a brannigan,\" she said. \u2014 John Morressy , Fantasy & Science Fiction , October/November 2004",
"In Pecnik, he had instantly sensed a kindred spirit. As a boy Pecnik had strapped homemade parachutes to hamsters and tossed them (without harm) from his sixth-story bedroom window; by the time he joined the Croatian national team he was making his own jumpsuits. \u2014 William Speed Weed , Popular Science , July 2003",
"She immediately sensed my dislike.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With no sense of what the future might bring, Sirad remains gripped by the past. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Gay people, bikers, rednecks\u2014basically angry people with a good sense of humor. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
"But opponents in Hong Kong say the Hong Kong Palace Museum is also a propaganda tool, designed to counter the localist streak inherent to Hong Kong identity and instill Hong Kongers with a sense of Chinese national pride. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Mireya is smart, direct with a great sense of humor. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 29 June 2022",
"Just watching Sam explore with an honest and radical sense of self. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
"Providing customers with a sense of ease and security encourages them to keep coming back. \u2014 Chris Shipferling, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"And like SpongeBob, the 24-year-old Gonzalez approaches life with an admirable sense of joy. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
"One Auburn 2023 target recently left his official visit from Jordan-Hare with a sense of wonder. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 25 June 2022",
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"Human skin is soft and stretchy and has millions of nerve endings that sense heat and touch. \u2014 Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American , 30 June 2022",
"The researchers then tested whether each of these compounds could trigger a nerve impulse from the mosquitoes\u2019 antennae to their brains, indicating that mosquitoes can sense the chemical. \u2014 Sam Zlotnik, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 June 2022",
"Here\u2019s what happens: Your skin has special receptors that sense the cold and send messages to your brain telling you it\u2019s time to warm up. \u2014 Julie Stewart, Men's Health , 29 June 2022",
"Could church leaders somehow sense the divine feminine reawakening",
"Any critique of the role religion plays in justifying barbarism and oppression, however, is muddled by the fact that those who can sense the ruling class\u2019s worldliness and corruption hardly come off better. \u2014 Jess Bergman, The New Republic , 22 June 2022",
"But today's consumer craves authenticity and can sense a stock photo with frightening accuracy. \u2014 Patrick Nycz, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Instead, an Umwelt is specifically the part of those surroundings that an animal can sense and experience\u2014its perceptual world. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"But how could Reva herself not ever sense this or worry that she was being played like a fiddle"
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"Like so many others, I am heartbroken by the senseless gun violence that has taken the lives of innocent victims in recent weeks. \u2014 Timothy Dolan, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"There is no justification for this senseless gun violence. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
"Unspeakable and commonplace; another senseless tragedy, another news cycle in the United States. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
"The massacre of 19 children and two teachers Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas, hit close to home and left both coaches searching for meaning from another senseless tragedy. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
"Social-emotional strategies, including anti-bullying initiatives, also do not appear to forestall senseless tragedy. \u2014 Dana Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"The deadliest shooting since a gunman killed 20 children and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, the Uvalde massacre will be remembered for the innocent lives lost to senseless violence. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 27 May 2022",
"So the subject of school-age children again falling victim to senseless gun violence resonates with Barnes personally. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"My heart goes out to everyone harmed by this senseless violence, directly or indirectly. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022"
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"Like so many others, I am heartbroken by the senseless gun violence that has taken the lives of innocent victims in recent weeks. \u2014 Timothy Dolan, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"There is no justification for this senseless gun violence. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
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"The massacre of 19 children and two teachers Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas, hit close to home and left both coaches searching for meaning from another senseless tragedy. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
"Social-emotional strategies, including anti-bullying initiatives, also do not appear to forestall senseless tragedy. \u2014 Dana Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"The deadliest shooting since a gunman killed 20 children and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, the Uvalde massacre will be remembered for the innocent lives lost to senseless violence. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 27 May 2022",
"So the subject of school-age children again falling victim to senseless gun violence resonates with Barnes personally. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"My heart goes out to everyone harmed by this senseless violence, directly or indirectly. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022"
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"Likewise, its visual grammar privileges an off-kilter sensibility that keys us into the sense that something is always slightly off. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Underneath the brutality, a gothic sensibility informs this allegory gone awry. \u2014 Hanif Abdurraqib, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"There is also a feeling or mood or sensibility that is beyond food-specific. \u2014 Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"The stretch includes an outpost of the no-frills regional chain grocer Market Basket and a smattering of businesses that capture Union Square\u2019s indie sensibility . \u2014 Liza Weisstuch, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"With two teenage children, the couple had previously lived downtown in lofts and were eager to bring their minimal sensibility uptown. \u2014 Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"Arnold's sensibility mixes classic influences from his upbringing in London with the relaxed and laid-back energy of his current home in Los Angeles\u2014and design instincts that resemble plain good fashion sense. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 May 2022",
"The show, after all, has a distinct personality and sensibility . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Raimi\u2019s visual sensibility there is manifested in wide-eyed, candidly inflected closeups that convey his own attentive fascination at the strangeness of simultaneously existing multiple worlds and characters\u2019 multiple identities. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 10 May 2022"
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"The writer is remembered most for his sensibility .",
"She's a woman of poetic sensibility .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Likewise, its visual grammar privileges an off-kilter sensibility that keys us into the sense that something is always slightly off. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Underneath the brutality, a gothic sensibility informs this allegory gone awry. \u2014 Hanif Abdurraqib, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"There is also a feeling or mood or sensibility that is beyond food-specific. \u2014 Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"The stretch includes an outpost of the no-frills regional chain grocer Market Basket and a smattering of businesses that capture Union Square\u2019s indie sensibility . \u2014 Liza Weisstuch, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"With two teenage children, the couple had previously lived downtown in lofts and were eager to bring their minimal sensibility uptown. \u2014 Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"Arnold's sensibility mixes classic influences from his upbringing in London with the relaxed and laid-back energy of his current home in Los Angeles\u2014and design instincts that resemble plain good fashion sense. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 May 2022",
"The show, after all, has a distinct personality and sensibility . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Raimi\u2019s visual sensibility there is manifested in wide-eyed, candidly inflected closeups that convey his own attentive fascination at the strangeness of simultaneously existing multiple worlds and characters\u2019 multiple identities. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 10 May 2022"
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"\u02ccsen-s\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02ccsen(t)-s\u0259-\u02c8bil-\u0259t-\u0113",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Many sensible policies\u2014say, mask mandates that toggle on in grocery stores, public transport, and other essential spaces when community transmission is high\u2014seem unlikely in this political climate. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 27 June 2022",
"Folding the rear seat back to turn the Yaris into a two-seater with a useful amount of cargo space is sensible , considering that nobody would be very happy in that back seat anyway. \u2014 Dan Carney, Ars Technica , 22 June 2022",
"The sensible thing is to get both desserts and share. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"To many, her stoicism embodies the British instinct to get on with it, and her sensible manner reflects the sang-froid that many Britons admire. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"And politicians who do nothing to pass sensible gun laws have blood on their hands for every single mass shooting since Sandy Hook. \u2014 Christina Prignano, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"For all that, the goal of implementing sensible gun-control laws is not hopeless\u2014most Americans favor restrictions such as universal background checks. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 22 May 2022",
"There are all sorts of designations that depart from what might seem sensible . \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"But though the abstention may appear sensible \u2014why take sides in a far-off conflict",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When a Bernie Sanders supporter and MSNBC aficionado nearly killed Rep. Steve Scalise at a baseball practice in 2017, no one sensible blamed the anti-Republican rhetoric of Mr. Sanders or MSNBC for the gun violence. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"Those settling in America in the 17th century thought idleness was sinful, and a six-day workweek sensible . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The final text adopted by the two chambers of Congress incorporates most of Gillibrand\u2019s ideas for a Pentagon UFO office, which range from the sensible to the fantastical. \u2014 Jason Colavito, The New Republic , 14 Dec. 2021",
"And there may be larger market forces at work that make a single-source contractor for HLS sensible . \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Is the Lamborghini Hurac\u00e1n paddle-shift-into-gear sensible ",
"But if the jury is still out, things would need to change on several fronts in order to make retaining Locadia sensible and feasible. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 27 May 2021",
"This decision, while sensible given the popular stigma surrounding psychedelics, may also increase the business challenges facing MindMed and Compass. \u2014 Jeff John Roberts, Fortune , 18 Feb. 2021",
"Since late November, tens of thousands of farmers have camped on Delhi\u2019s borders to protest sensible but politically risky new laws that give the private sector a bigger role in agriculture. \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 28 Dec. 2020"
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"She wore a sensible coat.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Many sensible policies\u2014say, mask mandates that toggle on in grocery stores, public transport, and other essential spaces when community transmission is high\u2014seem unlikely in this political climate. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 27 June 2022",
"Folding the rear seat back to turn the Yaris into a two-seater with a useful amount of cargo space is sensible , considering that nobody would be very happy in that back seat anyway. \u2014 Dan Carney, Ars Technica , 22 June 2022",
"The sensible thing is to get both desserts and share. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"To many, her stoicism embodies the British instinct to get on with it, and her sensible manner reflects the sang-froid that many Britons admire. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"And politicians who do nothing to pass sensible gun laws have blood on their hands for every single mass shooting since Sandy Hook. \u2014 Christina Prignano, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"For all that, the goal of implementing sensible gun-control laws is not hopeless\u2014most Americans favor restrictions such as universal background checks. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 22 May 2022",
"There are all sorts of designations that depart from what might seem sensible . \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"But though the abstention may appear sensible \u2014why take sides in a far-off conflict",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When a Bernie Sanders supporter and MSNBC aficionado nearly killed Rep. Steve Scalise at a baseball practice in 2017, no one sensible blamed the anti-Republican rhetoric of Mr. Sanders or MSNBC for the gun violence. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"Those settling in America in the 17th century thought idleness was sinful, and a six-day workweek sensible . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The final text adopted by the two chambers of Congress incorporates most of Gillibrand\u2019s ideas for a Pentagon UFO office, which range from the sensible to the fantastical. \u2014 Jason Colavito, The New Republic , 14 Dec. 2021",
"And there may be larger market forces at work that make a single-source contractor for HLS sensible . \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Is the Lamborghini Hurac\u00e1n paddle-shift-into-gear sensible ",
"But if the jury is still out, things would need to change on several fronts in order to make retaining Locadia sensible and feasible. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 27 May 2021",
"This decision, while sensible given the popular stigma surrounding psychedelics, may also increase the business challenges facing MindMed and Compass. \u2014 Jeff John Roberts, Fortune , 18 Feb. 2021",
"Since late November, tens of thousands of farmers have camped on Delhi\u2019s borders to protest sensible but politically risky new laws that give the private sector a bigger role in agriculture. \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 28 Dec. 2020"
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"He acts like a tough guy, but he's really very sensitive to criticism.",
"I found him to be a sensitive and caring person.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Although hyaluronic acid is extremely gently on the skin, some serums are made with tons of additional ingredients in order to maximize the benefits, which may end up irritating sensitive skin. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 29 June 2022",
"But a dime-size amount after cleansing delivered smooth results\u2014a stubborn dry patch on my nose was swiftly eradicated\u2014and didn\u2019t irritate my sensitive skin the way some scrubs do. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 28 June 2022",
"Don't use any bleach, fabric softener, or any other chemicals that can be harmful to sensitive skin. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"Monte is also often captured trotting around the farm in a bright pink mask and matching boots, which Ruggles calls fly gear, to protect his sensitive skin from fly bites. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 27 June 2022",
"Now, watch Sydney Sweeney's 10-minute beauty routine for sensitive skin: Our bad! \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 21 June 2022",
"For sensitive skin: Choose gentle body washes that contain no fragrance, masking fragrance or irritants. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 20 June 2022",
"Sensitive skin: Those with sensitive skin should try soothing ingredients like colloidal oatmeal, vitamin E, or aloe vera, and stay away from harsher options. \u2014 Nikhita Mahtani, SELF , 14 June 2022",
"If your dad or partner has sensitive skin, consider gifting him this popular luxe and soothing moisturizer from the experts at Augustinus Bader. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As a result, Faucher said, job losses are more likely to be concentrated in areas like housing and other durable goods that are interest-rate sensitive , as opposed to services consumption. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 4 May 2022",
"Just as impressive as Smit-McPhee\u2019s sensitive , moving performance\u2014which earned him a best supporting actor nod at the Oscars this weekend\u2014has been his sartorial flair on the red carpet. \u2014 Vogue , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In particular, investors should avoid those bonds that are considered interest-rate sensitive . \u2014 Brian Menickella, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021"
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"1807, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
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"\u02c8sen-s\u0259-tiv",
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"Image sensors are used in digital cameras.",
"Infrared sensors can track an object's movement.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Tuesday test had been delayed for several days due to a problem with an oxidizer tank sensor . \u2014 Dasl Yoon, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Each press of an OmniPoint 2.0 switch sends a magnet down the switch's stem, bringing it closer to a Hall effect sensor at the base. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
"The camcorder itself has a CMOS sensor that can record videos in ultra-HD at 30 FPS and 1080p at 60 FPS. \u2014 Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics , 19 June 2022",
"Forensic engineering firm Quest Engineering & Failure Analysis found in April that a seat sensor had been manually adjusted to allow the ride to operate with a greater opening between the seat and the safety harness. \u2014 Lindsey Bever, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"To refresh your memory, the Series 7 performs 20% faster than the previous Apple Watch models and has a blood oxygen sensor . \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
"The quad camera array is completed with a 48 megapixel ultra wide sensor and a 5x periscope zoom camera. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Designed for kids ages 4 and up, the animatronic figure is equipped with a sensor that activates 45 light, sound and movement combinations in three play modes. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
"In fact, some higher-end models from the likes of Audi and BMW have a sensor that can tell if gasoline is premium or regular, according to Jil McIntosh at Autotrader, and adjust the engine accordingly. \u2014 Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022"
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"the art installation combines light and sound effects to create a unique sensorial experience",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Of course, Cohen makes pants, knits, jumpsuits, and even suits\u2014but the sensorial floral dresses have become key to his lexicon. \u2014 Kristen Bateman, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"Those with a sensorial craving for sweets will love the creamy, mouthwatering Vanilla Sugarcane Fragrance. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 27 May 2022",
"Try one today for a truly sensorial shaving experience. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Beyond sensorial gratification, facial steaming's skin-care benefits are actually quite bountiful. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 14 Feb. 2022",
"With the push of a button on the aluminum-zinc handle, the ultra-precise razor activates and delivers instant soothing warmth for a more comfortable shave and sensorial experience. \u2014 Scott Kramer, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"French helmer Bertrand Mandico has achieved a cult following for his gender-bending sensorial surrealist visions, with more than 20 short films and two feature films completed to date. \u2014 Martin Dale, Variety , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The salve\u2019s soothing effects are compounded by the lavender and eucalyptus essential oils, giving you a dreamy sensorial experience. \u2014 Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online , 29 Oct. 2020",
"These large-scale works \u2014 from mirror works to programmed color changes throughout the exhibition \u2014 will transform the space into one that complements the artwork to provide a sensorial experience for all viewers. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 7 Jan. 2022"
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"sen-\u02c8s\u014dr-\u0113-\u0259l, -\u02c8s\u022fr-",
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"\u02ccsen(t)s-(\u0259-)r\u0113-\u02c8m\u014dt-\u0259r",
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"\u02ccsen(t)s-r\u0113-\u02c8nu\u0307r-\u0259l",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Exposure to loud noise is a common cause of another kind of hearing loss, sensorineural . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Nico was born in March 2020 and was diagnosed with Down syndrome and profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
"The majority of patients (75%) received steroids, which is standard treatment for sudden sensorineural hearing loss. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 23 May 2021",
"The condition in question is known as sudden sensorineural hearing loss, or SSNHL. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2021",
"And shares of Frequency Therapeutics plunged 78% on March 23 after the company found its lead drug aimed at treating sensorineural hearing loss didn\u2019t lead to any hearing benefit when given in a four-dose schedule. \u2014 Karen Langley, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2021",
"Shortly after birth, Caruso was diagnosed with bilateral moderate to moderately severe sensorineural hearing loss, a common type of permanent hearing loss that stems from damage to the inner ear. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 19 July 2019",
"Frequency is targeting sensorineural hearing loss, the most common form of hearing loss. \u2014 Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com , 17 July 2019",
"Shortly after birth, Caruso was diagnosed with bilateral moderate to moderately severe sensorineural hearing loss, a common type of permanent hearing loss that stems from damage to the inner ear. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 19 July 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the ways Egan re-creates the sensorium of the internet is through huge, almost comical time jumps that reflect the bizarre processes of reconnection that digital life facilitates. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
"At times, this disorientation recreates the sensorium of misinformation that has defined this conflict. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Living Mountain prescribes a philosophy of bodily thinking, in which the body is a sensorium and the senses are avenues to knowledge. \u2014 Connor Goodwin, The Atlantic , 11 Apr. 2020",
"But the new sensorium allowed an exploration of the ocean\u2019s depths that became crucial to science and commerce. \u2014 The Economist , 10 Mar. 2018",
"Already there are people trying to embed new senses\u2014and make no mistake of it, GPS is already an addition to the human sensorium , albeit still in an external device\u2014directly into our minds and bodies. \u2014 Tim O'reilly, The Atlantic , 27 Oct. 2017",
"For isolated American audiences, the sprawling circus collapsed the entire globe into a pungent, thrilling, educational sensorium of sound, smell and color, right outside their doorsteps. \u2014 Janet M. Davis, Smithsonian , 22 Mar. 2017",
"For isolated American audiences, the sprawling circus collapsed the entire globe into a pungent, thrilling, educational sensorium of sound, smell and color, right outside their doorsteps. \u2014 Janet M. Davis, Smithsonian , 22 Mar. 2017"
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"1613, in the meaning defined above":""
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"sen-\u02c8s\u014dr-\u0113-\u0259m, -\u02c8s\u022fr-",
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"A study was conducted on sensory stimulation and its effects on the brain.",
"trying to listen to music while watching the TV and eating dinner caused a sort of sensory overload",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The exhibition is a multi- sensory immersive experience. \u2014 Chloe Mcgowan, The Indianapolis Star , 30 June 2022",
"Turn even the plainest shower into a full-on sensory spa experience with these TikTok favorite products. \u2014 Seventeen , 22 June 2022",
"Join Jason of Whisper Shifter for a relaxed sensory experience on a forest therapy walk. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"The multi- sensory experience kicked off in NYC in March. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"Holleran, like his narrator, dwells less on causes than feelings \u2014 impending death as a sensory experience. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"There is no head, no fingers, no toes, no eyes, no sensory organs. \u2014 Extra Spicy Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 May 2022",
"Spiders use their incredibly strong and complex silk as a kind of extension of their sensory organs, gathering information about the world, and their prey, through vibration. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The worms form posterior segments with buds (or gametes) that can develop features like eyes and sensory organs. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 28 Jan. 2022"
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"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8sen(t)-s\u0259-r\u0113",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The construction will soon offer a new space dedicated for parents and caregivers, as well as a quiet sensory area for campers. \u2014 Jessika Harkay, courant.com , 18 Aug. 2021",
"The playground has rubberized footing, a sensory area , adaptive playground equipment, a picnicking area, areas divided for the younger and older children and a spray park. \u2014 Brandi Addison, Dallas News , 30 June 2021",
"The event will have children\u2019s activities, a sensory area , and resources for families. \u2014 Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com , 3 Apr. 2021",
"Quiet rooms, low- sensory areas , and noise-canceling headphones will also be available if someone is experiencing sensory overload. \u2014 Erin Mccarthy, Philly.com , 14 Apr. 2018",
"The park also offers low sensory areas , noise-cancelling headphones and officials have developed a pre-visit sensory guide to help families plan activities that suits their child\u2019s needs. \u2014 Char Adams, PEOPLE.com , 4 Apr. 2018"
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"1849, in the meaning defined above":""
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"The sensuous sounds of soul music created a warm atmosphere.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lempicka was a painter who fled the Russian Revolution and built an international career in bohemian Paris with her sensuous paintings. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"At the other end of the day, the village could be seen embroiled in long, sensuous , burning sunsets whose atmospheres and shades of passion passed one after another over the mesmerized faces of the houses, while our own house sat in prim shadow. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Page after page, Walker writes some of the best prose in the genre, attending to both human relationships and the texture of everyday life with a sensuous appreciation. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Lyon traded chairs with Espy, and her violin soared above the group with a sensuous cantabile in these numbers. \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"The scene is joyful and sensuous \u2014a young person exploring and becoming aware of their own body. \u2014 Seemab Gul, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
"His interactions with Biba come to us in fits and starts, these tender, sensuous moments frequently interrupted by abrupt shifts in perspective. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"But Langr\u00e9e held the tempo at a steady, stubborn and sensuous plod \u2014 allowing everything to brighten and bask. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"This central theme flows through the hotel\u2019s design, gastronomy, and personality, all bathed in a sensuous Prussian blue. \u2014 Laura Parker, Forbes , 18 May 2022"
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"\u2014 E. W. Count"
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"He is serving a 10-year sentence for armed robbery.",
"Verb",
"The defendant was sentenced and fined.",
"the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If convicted, both face a life sentence in federal prison, where parole is not an option. \u2014 Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2022",
"Khalil faces a mandatory minimum term of seven years in prison and a potential life sentence , according to federal prosecutors. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"He was convicted of second degree murder in Suffolk Superior Court on March 21, 1975, and paroled from a life sentence in 1989, according to court records. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"The charges against both men could result in a life sentence or the death penalty. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
"If one juror opposes death, the former Stoneman Douglas student will receive a life sentence . \u2014 Terry Spencer, ajc , 29 June 2022",
"There, his reporting freed two innocent people from incarceration, including one man who was 20 years into a life sentence and one facing life. \u2014 Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2022",
"Holder, a Rollin 60s Crip gang member who last lived in Long Beach, faces a de facto life sentence if convicted of murder and attempted murder for killing Hussle and wounding two other men. \u2014 James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Conviction on one of the homicide charges is punishable by a life sentence plus five years. \u2014 Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As part of his plea deal, a federal judge will likely sentence him to 21 years in prison. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
"Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Joy Malek Oldfield will sentence Deel on June 10. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
"Judge Susan Baker Ross is scheduled to sentence Allen in the next two months. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Chris Wagner will sentence him today. \u2014 Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022",
"Gary Kamen agreed to plead guilty during a Wednesday hearing before Judge Daniel Shanes, who is scheduled to sentence Kamen next month. \u2014 Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"The London court is set to sentence Glencore on June 21, the SFO said. \u2014 Dave Michaels, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"The plea deal will sentence Chauvin to between 20 and 25 years in prison for violating Floyd's civil rights, per the Post. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 5 May 2022",
"Judges sentence people under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, a strict formula that dictates the number of months in prison a person will get. \u2014 Walter Pavlo, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin sententia feeling, opinion, from *sentent-, *sentens , irregular present participle of sentire to feel \u2014 more at sense":"Noun"
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": a word, phrase, or clause that usually has in speech the intonation of a sentence but lacks the grammatical structure usually found in the sentences of formal and especially written composition":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His final version ends on a sentence fragment \u2014a dramatic reminder that arcadias may well be unfinishable. \u2014 Tess Taylor, WSJ , 7 May 2021",
"Roger is partial to sentence fragments ; Antonia has to supply the rest. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Manuscript Writer constructs an introduction, for example, by pulling sentences and sentence fragments from a set of open-access references and laying them out in what appears to be no particular order. \u2014 Daniel Engber, Slate Magazine , 12 Dec. 2017",
"Even the emoluments clause, little more than a sentence fragment , gets more notice nowadays. \u2014 James W. Lucas, National Review , 8 Dec. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1947, in the meaning defined above":""
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": to officially order (someone) to be killed as punishment for a crime":[
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"\u2014 often used as (be) sentenced/condemned She was convicted of murder and sentenced/condemned to death ."
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"a handbook of sententiae and advice for those about to enter the state of matrimony"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1917, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin, literally, feeling, opinion":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181242",
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"Medieval Latin sententiarius theological candidate studying the Sentences of Peter Lombard 12th century theologian, from Latin sententiae sentences":""
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"a smug and sententious writer",
"a sententious crank who has written countless letters to the editor about the decline in family values",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead each event\u2014from lethal accidents to vicious murders to Category 5 hurricanes\u2014is immediately sorted into its prelabeled moral narrative file, each one full of similarly useful sententious parables. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 30 May 2022",
"Dialogue is rendered in the pseudo-profound pronouncements that have become the sententious lingua franca of the hero\u2019s quest. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 21 Apr. 2022",
"This melodramatic narrative fits right into American indie filmmaker Kelly Reichardt\u2019s domain, but Francis Lee is a less sententious proselytizer for gay life. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 13 Nov. 2020",
"These are the sententious keynote presentations, used to dazzle investors or recruit employees, that try to get a startup to seem like a holy mission. \u2014 Wired , 22 Oct. 2019",
"What\u2019s more, Charles\u2019s sententious interpretation of noblesse oblige leaves him open to the charge of overstepping the constitutional boundaries of his position. \u2014 Zo\u00eb Heller, The New Yorker , 31 Mar. 2017"
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"1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"a smug and sententious writer",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead each event\u2014from lethal accidents to vicious murders to Category 5 hurricanes\u2014is immediately sorted into its prelabeled moral narrative file, each one full of similarly useful sententious parables. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 30 May 2022",
"Dialogue is rendered in the pseudo-profound pronouncements that have become the sententious lingua franca of the hero\u2019s quest. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 21 Apr. 2022",
"This melodramatic narrative fits right into American indie filmmaker Kelly Reichardt\u2019s domain, but Francis Lee is a less sententious proselytizer for gay life. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 13 Nov. 2020",
"These are the sententious keynote presentations, used to dazzle investors or recruit employees, that try to get a startup to seem like a holy mission. \u2014 Wired , 22 Oct. 2019",
"What\u2019s more, Charles\u2019s sententious interpretation of noblesse oblige leaves him open to the charge of overstepping the constitutional boundaries of his position. \u2014 Zo\u00eb Heller, The New Yorker , 31 Mar. 2017"
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"\u02c8sen-t\u0113-\u0259n(t)s",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nonetheless, the episode does raise thorny questions about what would qualify as sentience . \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 30 June 2022",
"Lemoine\u2019s idea of sentience is rooted in an expansive definition of person-hood. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"Blake Lemoine maintains that the bot has achieved sentience . \u2014 Longreads , 16 June 2022",
"In essence, people are assigning human-like sentience to today\u2019s AI, despite the undeniable and inarguable fact that no such AI exists as yet. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"But Google is not the only one that pushed back on Lemoine's tale of sentience . \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"In essence, people are assigning human-like sentience to today\u2019s AI, despite the undeniable and inarguable fact that no such AI exists as yet. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"In essence, people are assigning human-like sentience to today\u2019s AI, despite the undeniable and inarguable fact that no such AI exists as yet. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"In essence, people are assigning human-like sentience to today\u2019s AI, despite the undeniable and inarguable fact that no such AI exists as yet. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022"
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"Snowy and Crash are among the Legion of Zoom, a team of sentient vehicles brought to computerized life by Badcomputer, the new ultimate computer of the DC Universe. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"Players traverse surreal worlds and duke it out with sentient poker chips, demonic clowns and boxing frogs across elaborate, multistage boss battles. \u2014 Alyse Stanley, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"The idea of forcing someone to embark on a challenge as emotionally, financially, and physically draining as parenting strikes me as beyond monstrous \u2014 certainly, far more so than opting for the death of a cluster of non- sentient cells. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022",
"This new, seemingly sentient Qai Qai could lip-sync to viral videos like a TikTok star and wave from an F. A. O. Schwarz toy convertible like a mini influencer. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Wise has been canny about framing his current case around a single elephant\u2014not all elephants or all sentient animals. \u2014 Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"There are more than 20 million sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don\u2019t choose to be a racist. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"There are more than 20 million sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don\u2019t choose to be a racist. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"Some of those ideas being: hot-dog fingers, a raccoon voiced by Randy Newman, a fanny pack used as a lethal weapon, sentient boulders and Curtis playing an IRS agent. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"The shift in sentiment has helped to drive the MSCI China Index, the broadest measure of China stocks on mainland and offshore markets, up more than 20% since March 15. \u2014 Clay Chandler, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"The group also recently performed at the Grammys, headlined a residency in Las Vegas, and visited the White House to discuss the rise in anti-Asian sentiment in the United States. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
"The big question is whether this decline in sentiment will lead to a drop in actual purchases of goods and services. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 22 June 2022",
"Andrea Harvey of Chicago echoes a similar sentiment . \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"This may have led to an increase in anti-Western sentiment in other regions outside Francophone west Africa. \u2014 Tom Collins, Quartz , 6 June 2022",
"The uptick in pro-choice identification can largely be attributed to an increase in the sentiment among younger adults and women, the polling organization said. \u2014 Kelsey Butler, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"For now, the stock market has narrowly avoided falling into a bear market, typically defined as a 20 percent decline from a recent high that signifies a severe downturn in sentiment about the market and the economy. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"The recent changes in shareholder sentiment will likely cause companies and their audit committees to consider switching auditors, said Jonathan Shipman, associate professor of accounting at the University of Arkansas. \u2014 Mark Maurer, WSJ , 31 May 2022"
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"Kenley Jansen was also facing his former team this weekend, though the sight of the Dodgers no longer seems so sentimental for the first-year Braves closer. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Kate also wears sentimental accessories in the painting. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 25 June 2022",
"The breezy, sentimental collaboration with the BTS superstar comes off Puth\u2019s forthcoming album Charlie, scheduled for release some time this year. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
"The item with the most sentimental value was his grandmother's Ray-Ban aviators. \u2014 Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"An army of literary artists supplied sentimental prose and poetry. \u2014 Charles Austin Beard, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Trying to return bookmarks to their rightful owners For sentimental items, such as pictures and letters, or financial items like bills, checks and cash, Maddox said the library will attempt to contact the last patron who checked out the book. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"Yet his virtuosity comes with a strangely sentimental , self-regarding air; the entire film is tinged with a cloying glaze that seeps into the interstices of the drama and limits his characters\u2019 range of motion. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"For a sentimental spin on graduation gifting, look no further than this retro reel viewer. \u2014 Lauren Gray, Popular Mechanics , 16 June 2022"
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"The whole effectively functions as a scrapbook, but without the nostalgia or sentimentalism . \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Feb. 2022",
"This is no sentimentalism : Americans have long defined themselves as a family. \u2014 Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Now, the difficulty is compassion can often lead a biographer or a historian into a sloppy sentimentalism , sometimes even into maybe what is worse, and that is a kind of guilty empathy and sympathy with your subject. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Much sentimentalism has attached itself to Ashley\u2019s sack and the poetry of Ruth\u2019s embroidered inscription, but the sack was originally an emergency kit, born out of despairing necessity. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2021",
"Nixon critics tend to associate his name not just with lying and abuse of power, but also with maudlin sentimentalism and elaborate excuse-making. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 4 Sep. 2020",
"The trouble is that, mixed up in all this, there is a heartfelt sentimentalism (understandable, given the circumstances) and political opportunism. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 14 Apr. 2020",
"With the rise of the middle class in the 17th and 18th centuries, sentimentalism became a movement that emphasized compassion as a desirable character trait, causing an increase in the expressions of sentiment. \u2014 cleveland , 10 Feb. 2020",
"The sentimentalism was mitigated by regular doses of bawdy humor, the targets of which were no doubt the envy of quite a number of spectators of both sexes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 July 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The second act stumbles rather drippily into sentimentality , with Buddy\u2019s troubled relationship to his daughter (Shoshana Bean, in excellent voice) dragging things down. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"Emotion is everywhere in this story, and Darby and I discussed how that can sometimes spill into sentimentality . \u2014 Brendan O'meara, Longreads , 6 Apr. 2022",
"This is one of the keys to the two movies\u2019 appeal, how their worship of speed and noise gives them cover to wallow in macho sentimentality . \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"The current brand is about joy and uplift, with a dash of sentimentality , all being presented by an upbeat and occasionally self-deprecating host who wants to ensure that everyone, audience and guest alike, has a little fun. \u2014 Mychal Denzel Smith, Men's Health , 3 June 2022",
"Into his 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond, Angell wrote with joy and enthusiasm\u2014and never sentimentality , which editor William Shawn warned him about all those years ago. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Bresson\u2019s film was, among other things, a rejection of on-screen sentimentality . \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"In Alys\u2019s hands, the inventiveness of children, sometimes in dangerous environments, arouses more than just sentimentality . \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"First-time feature director Matthew Saville largely stays away from sentimentality to highlight black humor instead. \u2014 Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"The movie sentimentalizes the past.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those who forget the past may be condemned to repeat it, but those who sentimentalize the past are rewarded with best-seller status. \u2014 Carlos Lozada, The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Keeping both feet firmly on the ground and refusing to sentimentalize an essentially unlikeable character, Brown triumphs as Charley\u2019s flinty mother. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 3 Nov. 2021",
"This extinction engine does not sentimentalize or aestheticize the materials of the world. \u2014 Anne Boyer, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Unlike many Holocaust films that sentimentalize individual heroism, Caught by Night doesn\u2019t seek to inspire so much as to bear witness. \u2014 Jeremy Lybarger, The New York Review of Books , 20 Apr. 2020",
"Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician, Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician, Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Tattoo of Revenge > Little Women Juli\u00e1n Hernandez\u2019s film noir turns male\u2013female empathy into a constantly inventive spectacle while Greta Gerwig\u2019s literary adaptation sentimentalizes bourgeois privilege as a woman\u2019s right. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 3 Jan. 2020",
"Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician, Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims\u2019 togetherness or their poverty. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The red, white and blue sentinel stands at attention amid an array of Fourth of July yard art that encircles the one-story house. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 4 July 2022",
"One individual can act as a sentinel , watching out for hawks and other predators while others forage or watch the nest. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 26 June 2022",
"The sentinel posted at 37th Street and Whitehaven provided evidence for more than 17,000 photo tickets since March 2020, according to a D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles response to a public-information request from The Post. \u2014 Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"The palace, though scarred, was one of the few still standing, a refuge, a sentinel in a town that, like many others, had hoped cruelty would not visit and fresh graves would not be dug. \u2014 Nabih Bulosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Two enormous palm trees stand sentinel on either end of the pool, bare and brown. \u2014 Justin Torres, Los Angeles Times , 15 Dec. 2021",
"To my back was an outrageous view of the Sphinx, a massive granite sentinel that towers ominously over the entire valley. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 24 Feb. 2021",
"Today, its imposing black walls and gray, tiered roofs stand sentinel over a bottle-green perimeter moat in the heart of Matsue's old quarter. \u2014 CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Like a sentinel , the church has witnessed the evolution of its community from atop a hill. \u2014 Syra Ortiz- Blanes, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"However, on the wall there is only an enormous and exceedingly bad painting, in a heavy wooden frame, done primarily in weary shades of brown, depicting a Tuscan landscape with dim saints and sentinel cypresses and an unidentifiable bird on a bough. \u2014 John Banville, The New York Review of Books , 6 Apr. 2022",
"This clinical strategy relies both on infected individuals coming to sentinel hospitals and medical authorities who are influential and persistent enough to raise the alarm. \u2014 Maureen Miller, The Conversation , 1 June 2021",
"Expanding Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sentinel surveillance programs and other surveillance programs to offer tests not only to those who ask but also to those who may not know to ask is also on Biden's Plan to Combat Coronavirus. \u2014 USA Today , 2 Nov. 2020",
"And there are certain types of events or sentinel events that require a deeper dive before continuing to ensure the safety of current and future participants. \u2014 Adrian Hernandez, STAT , 14 Oct. 2020",
"Auburn continues to rely on self-reporting and sentinel testing to keep track of its numbers. \u2014 Giana Han, al , 22 Sep. 2020",
"It has been guarded every hour of every day since 1937 by elite Tomb Guard sentinels . \u2014 Jesse Ryan, USA TODAY , 29 May 2017",
"When Chinese leaders gaze out toward the Pacific, their panorama is obstructed by a string of military airfields, naval anchorages, radar emplacements and listening posts sentineled by U.S. forces and their allies. \u2014 Andrew Browne, WSJ , 14 Mar. 2017"
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"While the two-story house once stood like a sentry overlooking acres of cow pasture, the neighborhood is now replete with luxury housing, four-lane roads and a bustle worthy of a community just seven miles from downtown. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Just inside, standing sentry , are two life-size Madame Tussauds\u2013style figures of stereotypical twentieth-century flashers, replete with trench coats and veiny organs that jut from their trouser flies. \u2014 Sam Lipsyte, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"One full-time staff member works in development, funded by a two-year grant; the other three on payroll work part-time, including director Wil Brant, a Navy vet who watches over the library\u2019s operations with the quiet intensity of a sentry . \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"At least four homes on a patch of land between Tanager and Warbler courts burned all the way through the basements, cars stuck inside garages, brick chimneys standing sentry , the ubiquitous, eerie landmarks of the West\u2019s post-fire landscapes. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Standing sentry outside the doors to the thick stone walled Great Room \u2014 said to be the former sugar boiling room \u2014 is a majestic weeping fig tree that, with its gnarled stature, appears far older than its mere 56 years. \u2014 Jeanine Barone, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Getting back to Ultron, all these sentry sightings do send a clear message. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"These are teenagers and senioritis is a real thing, for some, but there can be many explanations for a poor spring term. \u2014 Brennan Barnard, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"For people who aren\u2019t overjoyed about returning to pre-pandemic life, the darker side of senioritis might feel more applicable. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 15 Apr. 2021",
"This time of year normally finds high school seniors exhibiting signs of senioritis , with prom, graduation and the end of their secondary education on the horizon. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 6 May 2020",
"And XiuLi seems to be suffering from a particularly acute case of senioritis these days that is leading to trouble. \u2014 Steve Trumpeter, chicagotribune.com , 20 July 2019",
"Savvy Professors For most professors teaching senior classes, this isn\u2019t their first rodeo, and observing seniors with senioritis is nothing new. \u2014 Erin Nicole Celletti, Teen Vogue , 11 Jan. 2018"
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"Brown spots: Basil is a sensitive plant so always protect it against frost and colder temperatures. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 28 June 2022",
"The council wants the project to assess and collect seeds from the reservation\u2019s most sensitive plant populations. \u2014 Kylie Mohr, Wired , 23 Oct. 2021",
"For her, the chance to save one of Utah\u2019s approximately 300 sensitive plant species is worth it. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Oct. 2020",
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"Last week, Victor Cooper, a former forest ranger in northern Australia, lit a wad of shaggy bark to demonstrate the type of fire that burns at temperatures low enough to avoid damage to sensitive plants that are crucial food for animals. \u2014 Thomas Fuller, New York Times , 16 Jan. 2020",
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"Heart failure, cardiac arrest and senility are all garbage codes. \u2014 USA Today , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The age question isn\u2019t just an issue of senility , but also representation. \u2014 Max Ufberg, Fortune , 4 Nov. 2021",
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"She\u2019s been taken in by Mrs. Keyes (Mckenna Grace) a very young Wife who rules the roost at this farmhouse now that her husband has devolved into senility . \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Former President Donald Trump, only three years younger than Biden and also subject to similar claims of senility by opponents, used his challenger\u2019s health as an attack line on the campaign trail. \u2014 Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner , 3 Apr. 2021",
"Trump has repeatedly flipped the conversation about mental deterioration onto his opponent, who many have claimed also shows signs of senility . \u2014 Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker , 26 Oct. 2020",
"Viewers got to see Crowder, decked out in a red, white, and blue boxing outfit, joke with Cruz about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden\u2019s supposed senility , often after watching pre-roll ads. \u2014 Mark Bergen, Bloomberg.com , 12 Oct. 2020",
"Most strikingly, Biden, like Reagan, needs to dispel the notion \u2014 propounded relentlessly by Trump and his supporters \u2014 that at 77, the former vice president has descended into senility . \u2014 Doyle Mcmanus Los Angeles Times (tns), Star Tribune , 29 Sep. 2020"
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"The nursery grows more than 650 varieties including many different kinds of haworthia, kalanchoe, senecio , aeonium and sedum. \u2014 Debbie Arrington, sacbee , 15 Dec. 2017",
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"Alcoholic beverages producer Beam Suntory has appointed former Avangrid chief sustainability officer and senior vice president of corporate communications Zsoka McDonald as chief communications officer. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"During the conference, Rohit Prasad, senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa AI at Amazon, demonstrated one way to leverage the voice assistant by mimicking the voice of a dead relative. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"During the second-day keynote, Rohit Prasad, senior vice president and head scientist of Alexa AI at Amazon, showed off a feature being developed for Alexa. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
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"The air force senior master sergeant died by suicide in July while in military custody. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Oct. 2021",
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"Other recent blooms include a native grass called needle grama, brittle creosote, desert senna , Acton encelia or brittlebush, and big galleta grass. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Parts of the desert basin received enough rain in July and August that some spring perennials such as desert senna and Acton encelia, or brittlebush, may have a second bloom. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Metoclopramide, bisacodyl, polyethylene glycol, lactulose and senna leaf extract to treat digestive issues. \u2014 USA Today , 14 Mar. 2021",
"In reality, nearly all of these teas contain a herb called senna , which is a natural laxative. \u2014 Emma Grey Ellis, Wired , 6 Mar. 2020",
"Made with ingredients such as alma oil, senna leaf extract and cupuacu butter, the mask is used in-shower after shampooing your hair. \u2014 Atlanta Life, ajc , 18 July 2017",
"The fitness star quotes a description of Flat Tummy Tea\u2019s main ingredients, including senna , a plant that can have laxative effects (and appears in the brand's Cleanse Tea). \u2014 Sarah Klein, Health.com , 2 Aug. 2017",
"The fitness star quotes a description of Flat Tummy Tea\u2019s main ingredients, including senna , a plant that can have laxative effects (and appears in the brand\u2019s Cleanse Tea). \u2014 Sarah Klein, PEOPLE.com , 2 Aug. 2017",
"And some of the excitement was because of the new ingredient in the formula, Indian senna seed, which is a natural alternative to hyaluronic acid. \u2014 Emily Barth Isler, Allure , 18 July 2017"
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"Patients with vascular dementia had the highest risk of contracting COVID-19 \u2014 with odds more than three times higher \u2014 followed by patients with presenile dementia, senile dementia , Alzheimer\u2019s disease and post-traumatic dementia. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 3 Mar. 2021",
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"Cellular senescence \u2013 the zombie state in which cells forget to die \u2013 is one of the nine hallmarks of aging: targeting and eliminating these cells is thought to have potential for Longevity benefits in humans. \u2014 Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
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"The Mellon Longevity Science Programme helps fund the research of Professor Lynne Cox into the senescence of the human immune system. \u2014 Calum Chace, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The ingredient is said to prevent skin cells from becoming sluggish, which results in dull, tired-looking skin (the fancy word for this phase is senescence ). \u2014 ELLE , 6 Jan. 2022",
"In an era in which maturity is derided as senescence , good drinks offer a counternarrative. \u2014 Eric Felten, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"In both sexes, the grandparents benefit from the consequences of that energy allocation that slows senescence , especially those that are related to repair and maintenance. \u2014 Emily Willingham, Scientific American , 24 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s no dithering yet\u2014the senescence is almost undetectable. \u2014 Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic , 14 Nov. 2021"
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"Every time I got a government job, I always felt obligated to tell the authorities that I had this mother who had probably been a Communist. It was an annoying piece of baggage. Then eventually she became senile and forgot about politics and actually became very benign. \u2014 Larissa MacFarquhar , New Yorker , 10 Dec. 2001",
"There appears to be little common ground between those who see the paintings [Willem de Kooning's late works] in question as a sublime achievement, a late style comparable to the cut-paper masterpieces of the aging Matisse, and those who describe them as the senile doodlings of a once great artist whose reputation is being damaged for the sake of commercial exploitation. \u2014 Calvin Tomkins , New Yorker , 10 Feb. 1997",
"Franco himself, during the final months of his life, had become a senile , quaking octogenarian. \u2014 John A. Crow , Spain: The Root and the Flower , (1963) 1985",
"a senile man in his eighties",
"Her mother is becoming senile .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The issue is about more than just the heightened risk of a sudden death tilting the balance of power, or a senile leader making important decisions. \u2014 Charlotte Alter, Time , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Cherry angiomas are sometimes referred to as senile angiomas\u2014that's because they are commonly associated with getting older, usually popping up after age 30, per Mount Sinai. \u2014 Sarah Fielding, Health.com , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Graham and Trump would prefer to use it to push a larger narrative, that the media and the Democrats conspired to contain the truth so that Joe Biden, a weak and possibly senile candidate, would win the election. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 13 June 2021",
"As a woman struggling to communicate with her senile father, Colman wears exasperation and sorrow on her face without losing her composure. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2021",
"Their simple, repetitive language is translated literally in the subtitles making them seem very primitive and perhaps a little senile . \u2014 Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Nov. 2019",
"The cause was senile degeneration of the brain, said a son, Peter Siebentritt. \u2014 Benjamin Gordon, Washington Post , 25 Aug. 2019",
"Iacocca had to overcome the doubts of Chairman Henry Ford II, grandson of the auto pioneer, who had taken over the company's reins from his senile grandfather during World War II. \u2014 Donald Woutat, latimes.com , 2 July 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Census data to needed inform new state representative and senatorial district lines is expected to be released in August, due to pandemic related delays. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Only candidates who garner 15% of the vote statewide or in state senatorial districts will get any of the at-large or district delegates \u2014 198 of Texas\u2019 total of 261 delegates. \u2014 Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News , 1 Mar. 2020",
"Delegates are awarded proportionally through state senatorial districts and at-large. \u2014 Dallas News , 12 Jan. 2020",
"Buttigieg, who was just endorsed by DISD School Trustee Miguel Solis, is organizing in each of Texas\u2019 senatorial districts . \u2014 Dallas News , 12 Jan. 2020",
"Cannabis dispensaries, where qualified patients can actually purchase cannabis, are limited to two per state senatorial district , and the two licenses for Carroll County were announced back in 2016. \u2014 Jon Kelvey, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 10 July 2019",
"State law allows for two dispensaries in each of Maryland\u2019s 47 senatorial districts . \u2014 The Aegis , 13 June 2018",
"Under state law, two dispensaries can be located within each of the 47 state senatorial districts . \u2014 Erika Butler, The Aegis , 27 Apr. 2018",
"Ohio's 9th senatorial district covers much of Cincinnati and communities such as St. Bernard, Elmwood Place, Norwood, Golf Manor, Columbia Township, Silverton, Wyoming and Springfield Township. \u2014 Monroe Trombly, Cincinnati.com , 2 Feb. 2018"
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"-\u02ccd\u00e4-",
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"first_known_use":{
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"I was surprised by her extreme sensitivity about even the smallest suggestions that we made.",
"This is a matter of great political sensitivity .",
"He handled the situation with great sensitivity .",
"Her decision shows a lack of sensitivity .",
"I would have appreciated a little more sensitivity from you.",
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"My trajectory has been an arc of increasing awareness, sensitivity , and education. \u2014 Bill Frist, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"One potentially life-threatening example is meningitis, which can cause chills with or without a fever along with symptoms like a stiff neck, sensitivity to light and sound, and lethargy. \u2014 Julie Stewart, Men's Health , 29 June 2022",
"Nine years of pro hockey had left Carcillo suffering from light sensitivity , headaches, insomnia, anxiety, depression, slurred speech, suicidal ideation, and more. \u2014 Steve Volk, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
"So finding a balance between sensitivity (related to true positives) and specificity (related to the number of true negatives) is paramount. \u2014 Matt Ford, Ars Technica , 22 June 2022",
"The first is sensitivity , which refers to how accurately a test identifies people who have the markers of a disease (accurately identifying someone with Lyme disease). \u2014 Carley Millhone, SELF , 17 June 2022",
"So there\u2019s a different sensitivity here to the reality of Elvis Presley, whereas Gatsby was based on a novel. \u2014 Todd Plummer, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 June 2022",
"These slippers feature massage buttons that act as pressure points to help improve blood circulation, nerve sensitivity , and general tension. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 June 2022",
"Among the initiatives Lasry is calling for, investing in training for police officers, including around diversity, cultural sensitivity , use of force and passage of the George Floyd policing act to create structural change in policing. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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": a region of a silver halide crystal that increases the photographic sensitivity of the crystal : a region at which latent image material forms or is concentrated":[]
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": horizon sense 1b(3)":[]
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"There is an unnerving sense now that technology is driving the culture rather than the reverse. Machines and sites and software are breeding at an exponential clip, and we hapless humans race around trying to adapt. \u2014 Steven Johnson , Discover , July 2006",
"The caricature of neurotic nuns who specialized in corporal punishment and guilt crumbles before the countless examples of women religious who made the difference in determining that a child would eat, or be safe, or have any sense of dignity at all. \u2014 Luke Timothy Johnson , Commonweal , 22 Sept. 2006",
"Because Updike shrinks from giving any real credence to the ideology that drives his plot (in both senses of that word), the book becomes a temporarily enthralling, but ultimately empty shaggy dog story. \u2014 Jonathan Raban , New York Review of Books , 13 July 2006",
"Less distinguished people experience a similar tangling of the senses , some reporting that they can taste the words they speak or see the colors of certain words or numbers. This confounding of perception\u2014called synesthesia\u2014was thought to affect at most about 4 percent of the population, but University College London psychologist Jamie Ward has uncovered the best evidence yet that we may all have a bit of synesthesia. \u2014 Kathryn Garfield , Discover , December 2006",
"All of my senses were on the alert for danger.",
"We had a sense that something wasn't quite right.",
"His senses were clear despite his illness.",
"Verb",
"The latest feature on air conditioners is a big new plug to help prevent fires. The plug shuts down power when it senses that the air conditioner cord is damaged. \u2014 Consumer Reports , July 2005",
"With very little provocation, magic might have been flying back and forth in an unpleasant and damaging manner. Sensing the danger, Kate stepped between them and raised her hands. \"Let us have no more of this. There is a confusion to be cleared up, and I cannot do that in the middle of a brannigan,\" she said. \u2014 John Morressy , Fantasy & Science Fiction , October/November 2004",
"In Pecnik, he had instantly sensed a kindred spirit. As a boy Pecnik had strapped homemade parachutes to hamsters and tossed them (without harm) from his sixth-story bedroom window; by the time he joined the Croatian national team he was making his own jumpsuits. \u2014 William Speed Weed , Popular Science , July 2003",
"She immediately sensed my dislike.",
"A motion detector can sense movement.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With no sense of what the future might bring, Sirad remains gripped by the past. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Gay people, bikers, rednecks\u2014basically angry people with a good sense of humor. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
"But opponents in Hong Kong say the Hong Kong Palace Museum is also a propaganda tool, designed to counter the localist streak inherent to Hong Kong identity and instill Hong Kongers with a sense of Chinese national pride. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Mireya is smart, direct with a great sense of humor. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 29 June 2022",
"Just watching Sam explore with an honest and radical sense of self. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
"Providing customers with a sense of ease and security encourages them to keep coming back. \u2014 Chris Shipferling, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"And like SpongeBob, the 24-year-old Gonzalez approaches life with an admirable sense of joy. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
"One Auburn 2023 target recently left his official visit from Jordan-Hare with a sense of wonder. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 25 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Human skin is soft and stretchy and has millions of nerve endings that sense heat and touch. \u2014 Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American , 30 June 2022",
"The researchers then tested whether each of these compounds could trigger a nerve impulse from the mosquitoes\u2019 antennae to their brains, indicating that mosquitoes can sense the chemical. \u2014 Sam Zlotnik, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 June 2022",
"Here\u2019s what happens: Your skin has special receptors that sense the cold and send messages to your brain telling you it\u2019s time to warm up. \u2014 Julie Stewart, Men's Health , 29 June 2022",
"Could church leaders somehow sense the divine feminine reawakening? \u2014 Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone , 28 June 2022",
"Any critique of the role religion plays in justifying barbarism and oppression, however, is muddled by the fact that those who can sense the ruling class\u2019s worldliness and corruption hardly come off better. \u2014 Jess Bergman, The New Republic , 22 June 2022",
"But today's consumer craves authenticity and can sense a stock photo with frightening accuracy. \u2014 Patrick Nycz, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Instead, an Umwelt is specifically the part of those surroundings that an animal can sense and experience\u2014its perceptual world. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"But how could Reva herself not ever sense this or worry that she was being played like a fiddle? \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 15 June 2022"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French sen, sens sensation, feeling, mechanism of perception, meaning, from Latin sensus , from sentire to perceive, feel; perhaps akin to Old High German sinnan to go, strive, Old English sith journey \u2014 more at send":"Noun and Verb"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So too, for that matter, have Republican senatorial candidates Blake Masters and J.D. Vance. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 17 May 2022",
"Marquee races like the Ohio senatorial and gubernatorial races get top billing, but there were a handful of other notable results from last night as well. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 4 May 2022",
"Any exuberance must be tempered, however, by the fact that Georgia's Republican voters also selected US senatorial candidate Herschel Walker, a Trump political creation who has yet to acknowledge Biden's election victory. \u2014 Norman Eisen And Dennis Aftergut, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"Days before Tuesday's Republican primary election in Pennsylvania, senatorial candidate Dr. Oz said during an interview Saturday that a comment made by one of his primary opponents, Kathy Barnette, should disqualify her from contention. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 15 May 2022",
"That's what Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas did in their famous series of joint appearances leading up to the 1858 senatorial election in Illinois. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 15 Apr. 2022",
"As critical race theory continues to spark debate in the lead-up to the 2022 midterm elections, some on social media claim a recent campaign ad showing a conservative Ohio senatorial candidate with Black Marines was doctored. \u2014 Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In a statement emailed shorty after 7 on a Saturday night, Trump announced his support for senatorial candidateDr. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 17 Apr. 2022",
"This outbreak of senatorial clarity and brevity, however, proved fleeting. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"1740, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-064333"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-070426"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This style is a men\u2019s summer formal hat made of stiff sennit straw. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 5 Apr. 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
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"circa 1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": voluptuous":[]
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"\u02c8sen(t)-sh(\u0259-)w\u0259l",
"\u02c8sen-sh\u0259-w\u0259l",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sensual carnal , fleshly , sensual , animal mean having a relation to the body. carnal may mean only this but more often connotes derogatorily an action or manifestation of a person's lower nature. gave in to carnal desires fleshly is less derogatory than carnal . a saint who had experienced fleshly temptations sensual may apply to any gratification of a bodily desire or pleasure but commonly implies sexual appetite with absence of the spiritual or intellectual. fleshpots providing sensual delights animal stresses the physical as distinguished from the rational nature of a person. led a mindless animal existence sensuous , sensual , luxurious , voluptuous mean relating to or providing pleasure through gratification of the senses. sensuous implies gratification of the senses for the sake of aesthetic pleasure. the sensuous delights of great music sensual tends to imply the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of the physical appetites as ends in themselves. a life devoted to sensual pleasures luxurious suggests the indulgence of sensuous pleasure inducing bodily ease and languor. a luxurious hotel voluptuous implies more strongly an abandonment especially to sensual pleasure. a voluptuous feast",
"examples":[
"A sharp observer with a pleasing eye for sensual detail, Jaffrey weaves a richly textured story in which she effortlessly mingles quotidian dramas with historic events including the partition of India. \u2014 Michelle Green , People , 6 Nov. 2006",
"And Rousseau, in his Confessions, wrote of the sensual pleasure he found in simple meals of peasant cheeses and breads. \u2014 Andrea Lee , Gourmet , May 2004",
"Certain fragrances apparently heighten sensual experiences.",
"the sensual feel of a velvet shirt against the skin",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The duo alternates between listless poses and precise bursts of synchronized movement: folkish prancing, slapstick pratfalls, belligerent lunges and swipes, moments of sensual embrace that slip away. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"How does the North Node of Destiny in Taurus play into this sensual vibe? \u2014 Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com , 24 June 2022",
"Bringing to life its sensual beat, the song is about the crazy chemistry two people continue to have despite being distant. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 24 June 2022",
"There are also some nice surprises, including sensual small oil paintings of nighttime neighborhood food stands, glowing as modest havens of sustenance in the inky midnight blackness, by Joe Pen\u0303a, a Texas artist new to me. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"The smoky and rich composition of exotic smoky woods like rare oud, sandalwood, and rosewood combine with eastern spices like Chinese pepper, cardamom, and the ever- sensual amber to really make the oud\u2019s bold scent noticed. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"The romper isn\u2019t the only sensual knit to consider adding to your basket this season. \u2014 Alice Cary, Vogue , 30 Mar. 2021",
"But even though the indoors were warmer than the June night outside, the hot temperature was a fitting clime for an artist whose sensual songs conjure feelings of body heat and slick skin. \u2014 Chris Kelly, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"In Sternberg\u2019s vision (the most sensual and spiritual in Hollywood history), politics are seen as a test of morality. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 8 June 2022"
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"Middle English, from Late Latin sensualis , from Latin sensus sense":""
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-082828"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a custom of the U.S. Senate of refusing to confirm a presidential appointment of an official in or from a state when the appointment is opposed by the senators or senior senator of the president's party from that state":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The two slip rule, critically, remained in effect as long as Democrats controlled the Senate even once Barack Obama took over as president \u2014 with Democrats choosing to uphold a senatorial courtesy over partisan advantage. \u2014 Matthew Yglesias, Vox , 3 July 2018",
"In its defense, the blue slip is a bow in the direction of both bipartisanship and senatorial courtesy . \u2014 Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review , 11 Sep. 2017"
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 often used in capitalized form as the shortened name of a specific senate The bill passed in both the House and the Senate . Senate Republicans This article contends that most issues related to Senate reform in Canada have been addressed in Australia. \u2014 Howard Cody"
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": the hall or chamber in which a senate meets":[],
": a governing body of some universities charged with maintaining academic standards and regulations and usually composed of the principal or representative members of the faculty":[]
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"The Senate approved the bill.",
"The Senate voted to repeal the tax cut.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The measure passed the Florida senate earlier this week and is expected to be signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who supports the bill. \u2014 CBS News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The academic senate of Cal State East Bay passed a resolution calling for caste protections, and other campuses followed. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 30 Jan. 2022",
"This all feels like a philosopher king increasing his grip on the U.S. senate . \u2014 Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Others, like John and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple that rose to fame after pointing guns at racial justice protesters outside their home last year, capitalized on the trial\u2019s media blitz to fundraise for a U.S. senate run in Missouri. \u2014 Madison Muller, Rolling Stone , 19 Nov. 2021",
"At the same time, the French senate had just voted to prohibit women under 18 from wearing hijabs in public, and President Macron\u2019s LREM political party had pulled support from candidate Sarah Zemmahi for wearing a hijab in a campaign ad. \u2014 Jonathan Cohn, Wired , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Richard, a former French defense minister, previously visited Taiwan in 2015 and 2018, according to Taiwan's semi-official Central News Agency, and heads the Taiwan Friendship group in the French senate . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Then, of course, there was Pacquiao, who parlayed his fame as a champion in eight separate weight categories into a seat in the Philippines senate . \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 3 Aug. 2021",
"The same California senate bill that required police and sheriff\u2019s departments to implement mandatory duty-to-intervene and duty-to-report policies also required agencies to implement de-escalation policies. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 May 2021"
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"Middle English senat , from Anglo-French, from Latin senatus , from sen-, senex old, old man \u2014 more at senior":""
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100306"
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"\u02ccsen(t)s-t\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the processes that allows pain to move from acute to chronic is the development of central sensitization . \u2014 Jessica Dulong, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"Generally, sensitization \u2014or the process by which an allergy develops\u2014to mosquito bites happens over the course of multiple bites. \u2014 Eleesha Lockett, SELF , 8 June 2022",
"Headaches can also crop up in the early stages, likely due to sensitization in certain neurons and cell receptors, as well as a release of chemicals associated with head pain, according to a 2021 study published in the journal BioRxiv. \u2014 Carly Vandergriendt, SELF , 17 May 2022",
"Some ailments, like rheumatoid arthritis, can exhibit both peripheral pathology and central sensitization . \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Another factor may be what is called central sensitization syndrome, which occurs when the brain is more reactive, Dr. Hurt says. \u2014 Sumathi Reddy, WSJ , 21 Dec. 2021",
"As a starting point, diversity training and sensitization programs have helped to address bias. \u2014 Ritu Anand, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Candidates are prioritized on the waitlist by placing them into categories, including blood type and antibody sensitization . \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 13 July 2021",
"Many scientists believe this sensitization involves oxytocin, a hormone made in the hypothalamus. \u2014 Dina Litovsky, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-103341"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": any of various trailing prickly perennial herbs constituting the genus Schrankia (family Leguminosae) and having twice pinnate leaves which exhibit irritomotility and are divided into numerous leaflets, procumbent stems, and small rosy flowers in round axillary heads":[]
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": periwinkle entry 1 sense 1a":[]
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"Middle English singrene , from Old English singr\u0113ne , from singr\u0113ne evergreen, from sin- one, always (akin to Latin sem- one) + gr\u0113ne green":""
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": anaphylactin":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-115804"
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"\u02c8sen(t)-s\u0259t-iv, \u02c8sen(t)-stiv",
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He acts like a tough guy, but he's really very sensitive to criticism.",
"I found him to be a sensitive and caring person.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Although hyaluronic acid is extremely gently on the skin, some serums are made with tons of additional ingredients in order to maximize the benefits, which may end up irritating sensitive skin. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 29 June 2022",
"But a dime-size amount after cleansing delivered smooth results\u2014a stubborn dry patch on my nose was swiftly eradicated\u2014and didn\u2019t irritate my sensitive skin the way some scrubs do. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 28 June 2022",
"Don't use any bleach, fabric softener, or any other chemicals that can be harmful to sensitive skin. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"Monte is also often captured trotting around the farm in a bright pink mask and matching boots, which Ruggles calls fly gear, to protect his sensitive skin from fly bites. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 27 June 2022",
"Now, watch Sydney Sweeney's 10-minute beauty routine for sensitive skin: Our bad! \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 21 June 2022",
"For sensitive skin: Choose gentle body washes that contain no fragrance, masking fragrance or irritants. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 20 June 2022",
"Sensitive skin: Those with sensitive skin should try soothing ingredients like colloidal oatmeal, vitamin E, or aloe vera, and stay away from harsher options. \u2014 Nikhita Mahtani, SELF , 14 June 2022",
"If your dad or partner has sensitive skin, consider gifting him this popular luxe and soothing moisturizer from the experts at Augustinus Bader. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As a result, Faucher said, job losses are more likely to be concentrated in areas like housing and other durable goods that are interest-rate sensitive , as opposed to services consumption. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 4 May 2022",
"Just as impressive as Smit-McPhee\u2019s sensitive , moving performance\u2014which earned him a best supporting actor nod at the Oscars this weekend\u2014has been his sartorial flair on the red carpet. \u2014 Vogue , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In particular, investors should avoid those bonds that are considered interest-rate sensitive . \u2014 Brian Menickella, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin sensitivus , probably alteration of sensativus , from sensatus sensate":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133331"
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"type":[
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],
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": to banish from a place":[
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"definitions":{
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"senior entry 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140653"
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"sengierite":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a mineral Cu(UO 2 )(VO 4 )(OH).4H 2 O(?) consisting of a hydrous basic vanadate of copper and uranyl":[]
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"Edgard Sengier , 20th century Belgian mine official + English -ite":""
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"type":[
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"transitive verb",
"verb"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Growing up in a violent neighborhood or household, or even being bullied in school can sensitize us to trauma. \u2014 Jessica Dulong, CNN , 27 June 2022",
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"Francis did an about-face and apologized, and convened the presidents of every national bishops conference in 2019 to try to sensitize them to the importance of the issue for the church's credibility. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 Sep. 2021",
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"There, the bits of genetic material cause cells to produce proteins that cannot cause disease but can sensitize and educate the immune system. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 15 May 2020"
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"Francis did an about-face and apologized, and convened the presidents of every national bishops conference in 2019 to try to sensitize them to the importance of the issue for the church's credibility. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 Sep. 2021",
"Francis did an about-face and apologized, and convened the presidents of every national bishops conference in 2019 to try to sensitize them to the importance of the issue for the church\u2019s credibility. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Nonhuman primate studies showed that the technique did not harm the eye, and also helped the researchers establish the proper dose of Chrimson4 to sensitize the retinal cells. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 24 May 2021",
"Meanwhile, a groundbreaking effort has been launched to help sensitize police to antisemitic crimes in the former East German state of Saxony. \u2014 Toby Axelrod, sun-sentinel.com , 5 May 2021",
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"There, the bits of genetic material cause cells to produce proteins that cannot cause disease but can sensitize and educate the immune system. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 15 May 2020"
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"In a 1971 performance artwork, now in the Whitney and Museum of Modern Art\u2019s collections as a video, Chris Burden had a friend shoot him at a gallery to re- sensitize the public to the brutality of guns. \u2014 Kelsey Ables, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Francis did an about-face and apologized, and convened the presidents of every national bishops conference in 2019 to try to sensitize them to the importance of the issue for the church's credibility. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 Sep. 2021",
"Francis did an about-face and apologized, and convened the presidents of every national bishops conference in 2019 to try to sensitize them to the importance of the issue for the church\u2019s credibility. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Nonhuman primate studies showed that the technique did not harm the eye, and also helped the researchers establish the proper dose of Chrimson4 to sensitize the retinal cells. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 24 May 2021",
"Meanwhile, a groundbreaking effort has been launched to help sensitize police to antisemitic crimes in the former East German state of Saxony. \u2014 Toby Axelrod, sun-sentinel.com , 5 May 2021",
"As Imam Meyer helped sensitize officials to budding religious extremism, the Ministry of Justice in the German state of Hesse started hiring more Muslim chaplains. \u2014 Isabelle De Pommereau, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Mar. 2021",
"There, the bits of genetic material cause cells to produce proteins that cannot cause disease but can sensitize and educate the immune system. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 15 May 2020"
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"\u02c8sen(t)-sh(\u0259-)w\u0259l",
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"A sharp observer with a pleasing eye for sensual detail, Jaffrey weaves a richly textured story in which she effortlessly mingles quotidian dramas with historic events including the partition of India. \u2014 Michelle Green , People , 6 Nov. 2006",
"And Rousseau, in his Confessions, wrote of the sensual pleasure he found in simple meals of peasant cheeses and breads. \u2014 Andrea Lee , Gourmet , May 2004",
"Certain fragrances apparently heighten sensual experiences.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The duo alternates between listless poses and precise bursts of synchronized movement: folkish prancing, slapstick pratfalls, belligerent lunges and swipes, moments of sensual embrace that slip away. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"How does the North Node of Destiny in Taurus play into this sensual vibe? \u2014 Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com , 24 June 2022",
"Bringing to life its sensual beat, the song is about the crazy chemistry two people continue to have despite being distant. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 24 June 2022",
"There are also some nice surprises, including sensual small oil paintings of nighttime neighborhood food stands, glowing as modest havens of sustenance in the inky midnight blackness, by Joe Pen\u0303a, a Texas artist new to me. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"The smoky and rich composition of exotic smoky woods like rare oud, sandalwood, and rosewood combine with eastern spices like Chinese pepper, cardamom, and the ever- sensual amber to really make the oud\u2019s bold scent noticed. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"The romper isn\u2019t the only sensual knit to consider adding to your basket this season. \u2014 Alice Cary, Vogue , 30 Mar. 2021",
"But even though the indoors were warmer than the June night outside, the hot temperature was a fitting clime for an artist whose sensual songs conjure feelings of body heat and slick skin. \u2014 Chris Kelly, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"In Sternberg\u2019s vision (the most sensual and spiritual in Hollywood history), politics are seen as a test of morality. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 8 June 2022"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Only one senator , Republican George F. Lang of West Chester, and one representative, Republican Sarah Arthur Fowler of Ashtabula, voted against it. \u2014 Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer , 1 July 2022",
"In 2009, Egan was appointed to the state Senate, after the Obama administration hired away Juneau\u2019s sitting senator , Kim Elton. \u2014 Jeremy Hsieh, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
"Representatives from McConnell's office did not immediately provide a comment on behalf of the senator , who was set to speak Tuesday afternoon at an event in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 28 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a long, long history between Clinton \u2014 the former secretary of state, unsuccessful 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, and former U.S. senator from New York \u2014 and Moskowitz. \u2014 Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"Connect with your senator , member of congress, or sign a petition to expand the courts here. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Glamour , 24 June 2022",
"Oklahoma's other senator , Republican James Lankford, is up for re-election this cycle, and faces one main primary challenger. \u2014 Alexandra Marquez, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
"Bayh was always a humble man who never wanted those around him to call him senator , just Birch, said Berman. \u2014 IndyStar , 22 June 2022",
"But a dug-in minority, most of them going against the will of their constituents on these matters\u2014along with one Democratic senator , Joe Manchin, whose feelings were hurt by a White House statement\u2014made their passage impossible. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 20 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Love the artwork on your book cover, with the dangerous looking senorita along with freaky birds and trees you're known for. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 19 Dec. 2019",
"Football managers reared their boogie heads once again this term when a video surfaced of Pep Guardiola doing his best at courting the attentions of a Spanish senorita . \u2014 SI.com , 6 June 2019",
"The cakes are filled with margarita butter cream and covered with vanilla butter cream and decorated like a pretty Mexican senorita \u2019s skirt. \u2014 Erica Boniface, The Know , 2 May 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Although hyaluronic acid is extremely gently on the skin, some serums are made with tons of additional ingredients in order to maximize the benefits, which may end up irritating sensitive skin. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 29 June 2022",
"But a dime-size amount after cleansing delivered smooth results\u2014a stubborn dry patch on my nose was swiftly eradicated\u2014and didn\u2019t irritate my sensitive skin the way some scrubs do. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 28 June 2022",
"Don't use any bleach, fabric softener, or any other chemicals that can be harmful to sensitive skin. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"Monte is also often captured trotting around the farm in a bright pink mask and matching boots, which Ruggles calls fly gear, to protect his sensitive skin from fly bites. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 27 June 2022",
"Now, watch Sydney Sweeney's 10-minute beauty routine for sensitive skin: Our bad! \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 21 June 2022",
"For sensitive skin: Choose gentle body washes that contain no fragrance, masking fragrance or irritants. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 20 June 2022",
"Sensitive skin: Those with sensitive skin should try soothing ingredients like colloidal oatmeal, vitamin E, or aloe vera, and stay away from harsher options. \u2014 Nikhita Mahtani, SELF , 14 June 2022",
"If your dad or partner has sensitive skin, consider gifting him this popular luxe and soothing moisturizer from the experts at Augustinus Bader. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As a result, Faucher said, job losses are more likely to be concentrated in areas like housing and other durable goods that are interest-rate sensitive , as opposed to services consumption. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 4 May 2022",
"Just as impressive as Smit-McPhee\u2019s sensitive , moving performance\u2014which earned him a best supporting actor nod at the Oscars this weekend\u2014has been his sartorial flair on the red carpet. \u2014 Vogue , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In particular, investors should avoid those bonds that are considered interest-rate sensitive . \u2014 Brian Menickella, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Rodriguez said the free streaming plan would be an ideal way to reach his target audience, which is young, tech savvy and price sensitive . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The construction is the same -- three lines, 17 syllables, with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line and five syllables on the third line -- but the tone and subject matter of a senryu is different. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 19 Nov. 2020",
"The event is open to anyone interested in learning about the modern haiku, senryu and haibun types of poetry, focusing on contemporary free verse forms, not the familiar five-seven-five-syllable structure. \u2014 Carole Goldberg, courant.com , 7 Aug. 2019"
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"Protesters set ablaze a sentry box in front of the U.S. embassy building in Baghdad on Dec. 31, 2019. \u2014 Time , 31 Dec. 2019",
"Grab a map at the entrance and wander around the site, being sure to check out the lighthouse, the sentry boxes and the variety of views from the six-level fortification. \u2014 Sara Clemence, WSJ , 26 Dec. 2018"
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"noun"
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"after George B. Sennett \u20201900 American ornithologist":""
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": an expression that contains one or more variables and becomes a declarative sentence when constants are substituted for the variables":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the person to whom something is sent":[]
},
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"(\u02c8)sen\u00a6d\u0113"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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"\u2014 D. W. S. Lidderdale"
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": the office of a seneschal":[]
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"-si"
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"Middle English seneschalcie , from Middle French, from Medieval Latin senescalcia , from senescalcus seneschal (from Old High German senescalh ) + Latin -ia -y":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The new footage shows the Eagle Fang sensei in Mexico with his own son, Robby (Tanner Buchanan) \u2014 who is none too pleased that his dad tricked him into helping find his nemesis. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 6 May 2022",
"Heeding one of their longtime friends, a skateboarding sensei and promoter, will Hawk\u2019s buddies intervene and save Hawk from himself? \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Their fortunes are reversed in the TV series, where Lawrence is a divorced, often out-of-work handyman and former sensei of the ruthless dojo Cobra Kai. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Based on the teaser clip, Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny (William Zabka) aren't going to have an easy time blending their two very different sensei styles. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 25 Sep. 2021",
"As co-founder of the Cobra Kai dojo along with John Kreese (Martin Kove), Silver quickly went from Daniel LaRusso\u2019s (Ralph Maccio) sensei to his opponent in 1989\u2019s Karate Kid III. \u2014 Cydney Lee, Vulture , 5 Aug. 2021",
"It was run by Luis Ruiz, who remains Wasowicz\u2019s sensei , or coach. \u2014 New York Times , 16 July 2021",
"The phone call from my sensei guide confirmed that impression. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Starting his replacement - 18-year-old Ilaix Moriba - has not been ruled out, however, and the La Masia graduate earned plaudits for his humility when publicly thanking Koeman for his assist-generating cameo like a uchi-deshi to his sensei . \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 1 Mar. 2021"
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"1874, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u0259l\u0113"
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"city on the Yonne River in northeast central France population 24,883":[]
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"-n(t)s\u0259\u0307l",
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"Latin sensilis , from sensus (past participle of sentire to feel, perceive) + -ilis -ile":""
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": a signal call on a trumpet or cornet for entrance or exit on the stage":[]
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"probably alteration of obsolete signet signal":""
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},
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"sen-\u02c8ten(t)-sh\u0259l"
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"first_known_use":{
"1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-154658"
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"noun"
],
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": propositional calculus":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-165708"
},
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"noun"
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": connective sense d":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172034"
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"send in":{
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"verb"
],
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"send in a letter of complaint"
],
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": to send (a player) into an athletic contest":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-173631"
},
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"abbreviation",
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
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"a traditional monetary subunit of the yen \u2014 see yen at Money Table":[],
"Amartya Kumar 1933\u2013 British (Indian-born) economist":[],
"a monetary subunit of the dollar (Brunei), ringgit, and rupiah \u2014 see dollar, ringgit, rupiah at Money Table":[],
"a monetary subunit of the riel \u2014 see riel at Money Table":[],
"senate; senator":[],
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},
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"\u02c8sen"
],
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"Japanese":"Noun",
"Malay, probably from English cent":"Noun",
"Khmer sein , probably from French century , abbreviation of centime centime":"Noun"
},
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1952, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1964, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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},
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"noun"
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": a simple epithelial sense organ of an invertebrate (such as an insect) usually in the form of a spine, plate, rod, cone, or peg that is composed of one or a few cells with a nerve connection":[]
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"sen-\u02c8si-l\u0259m"
],
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"examples":[],
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"New Latin sensillum , diminutive of Medieval Latin sensus sense organ, from Latin, sense":""
},
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"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-182010"
},
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"biographical name",
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"a traditional monetary subunit of the yen \u2014 see yen at Money Table":[],
"Amartya Kumar 1933\u2013 British (Indian-born) economist":[],
"a monetary subunit of the dollar (Brunei), ringgit, and rupiah \u2014 see dollar, ringgit, rupiah at Money Table":[],
"a monetary subunit of the riel \u2014 see riel at Money Table":[],
"senate; senator":[],
"senior":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sen"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Japanese":"Noun",
"Malay, probably from English cent":"Noun",
"Khmer sein , probably from French century , abbreviation of centime centime":"Noun"
},
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1952, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1964, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-185012"
},
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"noun"
],
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": a platform for a sentry outside the gangway":[],
": a board hung near a sentry post for posting instructions and orders":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"sentry entry 2":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-190142"
},
"sennegrass":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a widely distributed sedge ( Carex vesicaria ) with grasslike leaves that is used by arctic and antarctic explorers as insulating material":[]
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"partial translation of Norwegian sennegress":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-201017"
},
"senna tree":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tropical American tree ( Cassia emarginata ) with showy axillary clusters of yellow flowers":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"senna":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210746"
},
"Sennar":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"region of southeastern Sudan chiefly between the White Nile and Blue Nile rivers that was an ancient kingdom":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4r"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-223553"
},
"sente":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
"a monetary subunit of the loti \u2014 see loti at Money Table":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sen-t\u0113"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Sesotho, from English cent":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-091808"
},
"sentd":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
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"definitions":{
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-091811"
},
"sent":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
"a former monetary subunit equal to \u00b9/\u2081\u2080\u2080 kroon":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sent"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The sudden death of the popular 27-year-old sent shock waves through Major League Baseball. \u2014 Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The 23-year-old sent reliever Tyler Zuber's fastball 394 feet to left-center field in the third inning, driving in three runs after walks to Byron Buxton and Nelson Cruz. \u2014 Megan Ryan, Star Tribune , 30 Apr. 2021",
"But on this night, the message on the back of the jerseys was the only one sent . \u2014 Rod Walker, NOLA.com , 16 Oct. 2020",
"The July 29 letter from Thomas J. Marshall, USPS general counsel and executive vice president, follows another sent on May 29 explaining delivery processes. \u2014 Michael Hamad, courant.com , 14 Aug. 2020",
"Responses range from the signing of an executive order to cover sick leave for child care workers in Colorado to a two-page letter urging child care services to stay open sent to providers in Idaho. \u2014 Lillian Mongeau, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2020",
"His shots are flat and a little odd\u2014one moment soft and angled, the next sent hard to the back of the court. \u2014 Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2019",
"Investigators in California scrutinized a package sent to Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris, her office said, and one sent to Tom Steyer, a billionaire businessman who has campaigned for months for Trump\u2019s impeachment. \u2014 Colleen Long, The Seattle Times , 26 Oct. 2018",
"State Department officials disputed that account, however, saying that no such offer was ever contemplated and that the final proposal shared with the Kremlin was the non-paper sent on July 6 \u2013 one day before Trump met with Putin in Hamburg. \u2014 Author: Greg Miller, Greg Jaffe, Philip Rucker, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Dec. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Estonian (partitive singular senti ), probably from French centime or English cent":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1930, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-091814"
},
"sentenced":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
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": a word, clause, or phrase or a group of clauses or phrases forming a syntactic unit which expresses an assertion, a question, a command, a wish, an exclamation, or the performance of an action, that in writing usually begins with a capital letter and concludes with appropriate end punctuation, and that in speaking is distinguished by characteristic patterns of stress, pitch, and pauses":[],
": a mathematical or logical statement (such as an equation or a proposition) in words or symbols":[],
": the punishment so imposed":[
"serve out a sentence"
],
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": maxim , saw":[],
": to impose a sentence on":[],
": to cause to suffer something":[
"sentenced these most primitive cultures to extinction",
"\u2014 E. W. Count"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sen-t\u1d4an(t)s",
"\u02c8sen-t\u1d4ans",
"\u02c8sent-\u1d4ans, -\u1d4anz",
"-t\u1d4anz"
],
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"doom",
"finding",
"holding",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"ruling"
],
"antonyms":[
"condemn",
"damn",
"doom"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He is serving a 10-year sentence for armed robbery.",
"Verb",
"The defendant was sentenced and fined.",
"the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Casey White is being held by the Alabama Department of Corrections and is serving a 75-year sentence from previous convictions, Connolly said in the statement. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 12 July 2022",
"Norris was serving a 10-year sentence for a 2014 conviction out of Tallapoosa County. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 11 July 2022",
"In the end, the prisoner trade the White House made for Reed was the same one Richardson had been advocating for: releasing Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot serving a U.S. prison sentence for drug smuggling. \u2014 Patrick Reevell, ABC News , 9 July 2022",
"In a prisoner exchange with the United States in April, Moscow swapped former Marine Trevor Reed for Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot serving a 20-year prison sentence in Connecticut for drug trafficking. \u2014 Robyn Dixon, Washington Post , 7 July 2022",
"Chauvin was also convicted in a separate case on state charges of murder and manslaughter and is already serving a 22 1/2-year state sentence . \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 6 July 2022",
"Chauvin was also convicted on state charges of murder and manslaughter and is already serving a 22 1/2-year state sentence . \u2014 Amy Forliti, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The girl\u2019s mother had recently left prison, after serving a short sentence for conspiracy. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
"Ferguson\u2019s attorneys, Kevin Spellacy and Erin Hanson, argued that being a victim of a shooting proves nothing about gang activity, and that Ferguson paid for his crimes by serving a prison sentence and stayed out of trouble since. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As part of his plea deal, a federal judge will likely sentence him to 21 years in prison. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
"Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Joy Malek Oldfield will sentence Deel on June 10. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
"Judge Susan Baker Ross is scheduled to sentence Allen in the next two months. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Chris Wagner will sentence him today. \u2014 Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022",
"Gary Kamen agreed to plead guilty during a Wednesday hearing before Judge Daniel Shanes, who is scheduled to sentence Kamen next month. \u2014 Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"The London court is set to sentence Glencore on June 21, the SFO said. \u2014 Dave Michaels, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"The plea deal will sentence Chauvin to between 20 and 25 years in prison for violating Floyd's civil rights, per the Post. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 5 May 2022",
"Judges sentence people under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, a strict formula that dictates the number of months in prison a person will get. \u2014 Walter Pavlo, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin sententia feeling, opinion, from *sentent-, *sentens , irregular present participle of sentire to feel \u2014 more at sense":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5":"Noun",
"1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-091818"
}
}
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