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{
"Tartarean":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or resembling Tartarus : infernal":[
"were thrown headlong \u2026 into the Tartarean abyss",
"\u2014 Edward Gibbon"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1592, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin tartareus , from Greek tartareios , from Tartaros Tartarus":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u00e4r-\u02c8ter-\u0113-\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091227",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tar":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a dark brown or black bituminous usually odorous viscous liquid obtained by destructive distillation of organic material (such as wood, coal, or peat)":[],
": sailor":[],
": to cover with tar":[],
": to defile as if with tar":[
"least tarred by the scandal",
"\u2014 Newsweek"
],
": to mark or stain with the same fault or characteristic":[],
": to smear (a person) with tar and cover with feathers as a punishment or indignity":[],
": to urge to action":[
"\u2014 usually used with on"
],
"river 215 miles (346 kilometers) long in northeastern North Carolina \u2014 see pamlico":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a book about the adventurous lives of tars , skippers, and pirates of the 18th century"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English terr, tarr , from Old English teoru ; akin to Old English tr\u0113ow tree \u2014 more at tree entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English terren, tarren , from Old English tyrwan":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00e4r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"gob",
"hearty",
"jack",
"jack-tar",
"mariner",
"navigator",
"sailor",
"salt",
"sea dog",
"seafarer",
"seaman",
"shipman",
"swab",
"swabbie",
"swabby"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042011",
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"taradiddle":{
"antonyms":[
"truth"
],
"definitions":{
": fib":[],
": pretentious nonsense":[]
},
"examples":[
"his tales of adventure are peppered with tongue-in-cheek taradiddles and obvious fabrications",
"regards literary deconstruction as so much tenure-track taradiddle",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some are esoteric but still used\u2014like taradiddle , which the list notes was recently used by J.K. Rowling but saw more play in the work of Gilbert and Sullivan, Honor\u00e9 de Balzac and G.K. Chesterton. \u2014 Kat Eschner, Smithsonian , 28 Feb. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ter-\u0259-\u02ccdi-d\u1d4al",
"\u02c8ta-r\u0259-\u02ccdi-d\u1d4al",
"\u02ccter-\u0259-\u02c8di-d\u1d4al",
"\u02ccta-r\u0259-\u02c8di-d\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"story",
"tale",
"untruth",
"whopper"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023315",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tardily":{
"antonyms":[
"beforehand",
"early",
"inopportunely",
"precociously",
"prematurely",
"unseasonably"
],
"definitions":{
": at a slow pace":[],
": late":[]
},
"examples":[
"she submitted her scholarship application tardily , so she was not considered",
"the money that I had lent him for the CDs came tardily and only after I told him that if he didn't repay me, I was taking the CDs back",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Messer and Rokita tardily tried to remind voters that Braun was a former Democrat who had once (gasp!) voted for a gas-tax increase in the legislature. \u2014 Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer , 9 May 2018",
"These fluttered tardily through the migratory funnel that is Cape May, N.J., their iconic orange-and-black patterns splashing against the muted green of pines frosted by the season's first chill. \u2014 Joe Trezza, Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00e4r-d\u0259-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"belatedly",
"delinquently",
"late"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013405",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"tardy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": moving slowly : sluggish":[
"the tardy pace at which she was obliged to walk",
"\u2014 Charles Dickens"
],
": delayed beyond the expected or proper time : late":[
"a tardy arrival"
],
": an instance of being tardy (as to a class)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00e4r-d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"unhurried"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She was tardy to work.",
"They were tardy in filing the application.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The tardy response to an EV glitch is eerily similar to the Chevy Bolt saga at General Motors GM +2.6% (GM). \u2014 Jon Markman, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The plaintiffs allege that these documents are insufficient in light of what Section 220 demands\u2014and that its follow-up request for more documentation, filed in early April, was met with a tardy response, thus violating Delaware law. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022",
"The following month, Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan watchdog, filed a complaint about Fallon\u2019s report with the Office of Congressional Ethics, citing an article about the tardy disclosure published by Insider. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"People who miss the daily notification can post late, but such images are conspicuously marked for being tardy . \u2014 Carly Wanna, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Chives and scallions are routinely tardy , waiting to show up until the very end but leaving a lasting impression. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Yet over the past several weeks, in the wake of revelations about tardy disclosures by members and stock trading by Federal Reserve officials, Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate have proposed new legislation. \u2014 Steven T. Dennis, Bloomberg.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Covid, then reflation, then supply-chain inflation, then a tardy Fed, then war. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
"According to the presentation, failure to serve detention, being tardy or truant were the main reasons high school students were served in-school suspensions. \u2014 Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But why not grant one tardy statuette, just to mark the spot",
"This fall many of these same students as well as others are missing classes because of tardy or no-show buses and for other reasons. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Sep. 2014",
"Districts with fewer school nurses report higher rates of tardy and absentee students. \u2014 Laken Brooks, Forbes , 30 May 2021",
"The casting is, for the most part, quite good, if a little tardy in showcasing more marquee-worthy members. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 17 Dec. 2020",
"Three snaps later, on fourth-and-5, Garoppolo\u2019s tardy and off-target sideline throw toward Taylor, who was briefly open, meant a first down became a game-sealing pass breakup for cornerback Byron Murphy Jr. \u2014 Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com , 14 Sep. 2020",
"Online doors opened via Zoom promptly at 8 a.m., with a tardy recorded after 8:15 a.m. Students\u2019 presence was required for the duration with live classes, including physical education via Zoom and a social hour. \u2014 Rifat Malik, Dallas News , 1 July 2020",
"His tardy and limp comments about peaceful demonstrations came only after congressional resolutions and John McCain\u2019s Senate tongue-lashing for their absence. \u2014 Andrew Malcolm, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Jan. 2018",
"Shattered-bat grounder went to Xander Bogaerts, who was a fraction tardy in making the flip-feed, which cost Boston the double play. \u2014 Dennis Manoloff, cleveland.com , 27 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of earlier tardif , from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *tardivus , from Latin tardus":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1960, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142848"
},
"target":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a goal to be achieved":[],
": a mark to shoot at":[],
": a person against whom a federal prosecutor has substantial evidence of involvement in criminal activity and who the prosecutor believes is likely to be indicted by a grand jury":[
"The full extent of Iacobelli's ongoing cooperation is sealed in federal court, but prosecutors have identified additional targets and Iacobelli could spend less time in prison if his help proves substantial.",
"\u2014 Robert Snell"
],
": a small round shield":[],
": a target marked by shots fired at it":[],
": an object of ridicule or criticism":[],
": not valid : inaccurate":[],
": precisely correct or valid especially in interpreting or addressing a problem or vital issue":[],
": something or someone fired at or marked for attack":[],
": something or someone to be affected by an action or development":[],
": the metallic surface (as of platinum or tungsten) upon which the stream of electrons within an X-ray tube is focused and from which the X-rays are emitted":[],
": to direct or use toward a target":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Our target amount for the fund-raiser is $2,500.",
"They set a target date of May 31.",
"Planes struck at key military targets .",
"Tourists are often easy targets for thieves.",
"Verb",
"drugs that target cancer cells",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Plastics have long been a target of environmental groups. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Religious minority groups like the Sikhs have been a target for violence in the country. \u2014 Ehsan Popalzai And Irene Nasser, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"From here forward, any anti-choice group who closes their doors, and stops operating will no longer be a target . \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Buhle married Biden, who has been the target of conservative media for his financial dealings, in 1993, and divorced him in 2017. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"The current first lady was also the target of outrage. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 14 June 2022",
"Yet while Russia is the primary target of these hackers\u2019 cyber aggression, this is a dangerous precedent. \u2014 Ran Nahmias, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"The idea that contraceptives were always a target in the past may be still alive. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 12 June 2022",
"The incident comes after a pro-life Christian pregnancy center in Buffalo, New York was allegedly the target of an act of arson, according to police. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Despite all the uncertainties, the panel came down 19-2 in favor of redesigning booster shots to also target Omicron or its subvariants, rather than simply the original version of the virus. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
"The existing booster shots, from Pfizer and Moderna, target the original coronavirus strain identified in Wuhan, China, in late 2019 and thus have been a poor match for omicron and its growing family of subvariants. \u2014 Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News , 28 June 2022",
"Rather, residents can target certain trees to reduce the risk of fire spreading to a house and the rest of the neighborhood. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 23 June 2022",
"But the Greitens ad is a call to target those with differing political beliefs, potentially with violence. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Recovery is also found at the spa, where treatments target five different needs\u2014from beauty (with facials) to inner body (think, IV drips) to temperature therapy (infrared sauna combined with cryotherapy). \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"To that end, WME Sports will target brands and platforms looking to deepen their consumer engagement with a focus on multi-platform content in a diverse and multicultural world. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
"Reports later emerged that U.S. intelligence had helped identify, though not target , the Moskva. \u2014 Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 June 2022",
"Authorities also say Gendron traveled 200 miles from his home in Conklin, New York, specifically to target a Black neighborhood, having posted documents detailing his plans and white supremacist views online. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 3 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun",
"1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French targette, targuete , diminutive of targe light shield, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse targa shield":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00e4r-g\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"butt",
"mark",
"prey",
"sitting duck",
"victim"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182730",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tarnish":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to become tarnished":[],
": to bring disgrace on : sully":[
"the scandal has tarnished his reputation"
],
": to detract from the good quality of : vitiate":[
"his fine dreams now slightly tarnished"
],
": to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil , stain":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Some foods will tarnish silver.",
"The scandal tarnished his reputation.",
"Noun",
"a polish that removes tarnish",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The brand boasts that their pieces don\u2019t tarnish and are long-lasting. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 16 June 2022",
"Be careful with plated jewelry, as plating can wear off, and what\u2019s left underneath can tarnish over time. \u2014 Vogue , 5 June 2022",
"Crypto\u2019s challenges could also tarnish some of the entities who\u2019ve aligned with them. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Steven Zeitchik, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"For those who knew Harwood, the Four Seasons affair wasn\u2019t enough to tarnish his legacy. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Hitting Jeddah ahead of the sporting event could tarnish the image the country is looking to develop as a business and leisure destination, and highlights the risks of a continuation of the Yemen war. \u2014 Anthony Di Paola, Bloomberg.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"On Saturday, Mark Magsayo will try to tarnish that legacy with his own fists. \u2014 Josh Katzowitz, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Crypto\u2019s challenges could also tarnish some of the entities who\u2019ve aligned with them. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Steven Zeitchik, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"Crypto\u2019s challenges could also tarnish some of the entities who\u2019ve aligned with them. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"To clean away the tarnish , make this safe, nontoxic cleaning solution: squeeze the juice of one lemon into a small bowl. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 16 Feb. 2022",
"If there's still some residual tarnish , repeat the poultice treatment. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The combination of bright copper with patches of tarnish is far less attractive than copper with a more even patina. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022",
"So when one journalist or outlet makes questionable choices, the tarnish can easily spread to others. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 10 Aug. 2021",
"His father did not know about all these eyes, all over the world, seeing the laminate wood grain of his dresser top, the cloudy tarnish on the silver cross. \u2014 Sarah Braunstei, The New Yorker , 2 Aug. 2021",
"The sheen, easy application and no- tarnish factor contribute to a pewter-type finish. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 20 May 2021",
"And if that only took a little of the luster off Nolan\u2019s legacy, his tiff with Jon Daniels applied the tarnish . \u2014 Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News , 11 May 2021",
"The final question is whether these efforts to be more accessible can shine off the tarnish that is on the Royal brand. \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 6 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1684, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ternysshen , from Middle French terniss- , stem of ternir , probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German tarnan to hide":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00e4r-nish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"darken",
"mar",
"poison",
"spoil",
"stain",
"taint",
"touch",
"vitiate"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184251",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tarnished plant bug":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a common hemipterous brownish bug ( Lygus lineolaris ) of eastern North America that causes injury to plants especially by sucking sap from buds, leaves, and fruits":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Other possible causes include frost injury to flowers and young fruits or tarnished plant bug injury. \u2014 Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com , 18 June 2021",
"Attacks of tarnished plant bugs show up as black joints or brown, sunken areas. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1902, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130725",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tarradiddle":{
"antonyms":[
"truth"
],
"definitions":{
": fib":[],
": pretentious nonsense":[]
},
"examples":[
"his tales of adventure are peppered with tongue-in-cheek taradiddles and obvious fabrications",
"regards literary deconstruction as so much tenure-track taradiddle",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some are esoteric but still used\u2014like taradiddle , which the list notes was recently used by J.K. Rowling but saw more play in the work of Gilbert and Sullivan, Honor\u00e9 de Balzac and G.K. Chesterton. \u2014 Kat Eschner, Smithsonian , 28 Feb. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ter-\u0259-\u02ccdi-d\u1d4al",
"\u02c8ta-r\u0259-\u02ccdi-d\u1d4al",
"\u02ccter-\u0259-\u02c8di-d\u1d4al",
"\u02ccta-r\u0259-\u02c8di-d\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"story",
"tale",
"untruth",
"whopper"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050116",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tarry":{
"antonyms":[
"sojourn",
"stay",
"visit"
],
"definitions":{
": of, resembling, or covered with tar":[],
": stay , sojourn":[],
": to abide or stay in or at a place":[],
": to delay or be tardy in acting or doing":[],
": to linger in expectation : wait":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Tarry with us a while.",
"upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain",
"Noun",
"a fable about the tarry of two Americans in a Scottish village that every century magically comes into existence for a day",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Democrats cannot afford to tarry too long, clinging to a thin sliver of hope that Biden\u2019s legislative agenda might still pass in some form. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 15 Jan. 2022",
"This unusual travel guide does not tarry with the practical needs of a typical tourist. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Ladies and gentlemen, do not tarry , for this is your opportunity to waltz your way into high society, make use of those dance cards, and find somebody to burn for. \u2014 Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country , 28 June 2021",
"Other sea monster tales are less cosmic and more practical, acting as warnings to sailors or to people who tarry too close to the sea. \u2014 Regina Hansen, WSJ , 24 June 2021",
"But while the shah tarried in Egypt and Morocco, an Iranian mob briefly seized the American Embassy in February. \u2014 David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times , 29 Dec. 2019",
"There was no time to tarry ; the Pistons were scheduled to take off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport at 11 p.m., headed for Miami \u2014 which would allow for an acceptable bedtime before playing the Heat on Tuesday night. \u2014 Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press , 13 Nov. 2019",
"God save you if the steak in question tarried on the grill a second after the timer bell went off. \u2014 Bill Daley, chicagotribune.com , 14 June 2018",
"The banks, however, along with the governments that protected their interests, jealously guarded their domains, so Gevers tarried for two years in search of an agreeable regulatory environment for his venture. \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, WIRED , 18 June 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As the plane nears its descent, the cabin fills with a tarry stench. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Nov. 2021",
"On Sunday, tarry globs washed ashore and tides pushed oil into fragile wetlands that provide habitat for 90 species of birds and other wildlife. \u2014 Janet Wilson, USA TODAY , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Further in, the aromas grow more pungent, oily and fragrantly smoky; like going fishing, with background aromas of tarry rope and boat engine. \u2014 Karla Alindahao, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"European oil-spill experts in contact with the Israeli authorities said the tarry nature of the oil suggested it could have been exposed to the elements for some time. \u2014 Felicia Schwartz, WSJ , 23 Feb. 2021",
"That such beauty could be found on a tarry two-lane road among farm fields in Ohio proved that God was everywhere. \u2014 Ian Frazier, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Behind the shop, in a long yard where hens peck and honey bees buzz, Zeringue manages a stable of cypress smokers, all stained a gleaming, tarry black from the constant, meaty smoke rising through them. \u2014 Ian Mcnulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 9 Nov. 2020",
"Over time, Zumthor had revised the building\u2019s color from tarry black, which was controversial, to mild beige. \u2014 Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker , 5 Oct. 2020",
"After decades of extraction, pumping California\u2019s increasingly tarry reserves became tougher. \u2014 ProPublica , 18 Sep. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Often, Petite Sirah produces a wine that is too tarry , too dense, too chewy. \u2014 Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com , 1 Sep. 2020",
"Ingestion of sago palm leaves, seeds or other plant parts causes liver failure, usually signaled by drooling, vomiting, diarrhea or a tarry black stool, depression, appetite loss, abdominal pain, lethargy and jaundice. \u2014 Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee , 14 Mar. 2018",
"A sprig from a creosote bush infuses the steam in our shower stall with notes of the western Grand Canyon: tarry , resinous, bitter but rich. \u2014 Michael Engelhard, Alaska Dispatch News , 1 July 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"1552, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English tarien":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00e4r-\u0113",
"\u02c8ta-r\u0113",
"\u02c8ter-\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104805",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tart":{
"antonyms":[
"bawd",
"call girl",
"cocotte",
"courtesan",
"drab",
"hooker",
"hustler",
"prostitute",
"sex worker",
"streetwalker",
"whore"
],
"definitions":{
": a dish baked in a pastry shell : pie : such as":[],
": a promiscuous woman : a woman who has many sexual partners":[],
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"The tart -sweet glaze on these meatballs is an excellent way to begin eating. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2021",
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"Enter: rhubarb and red onion agrodolce, the tart and savory-sweet condiment where rhubarb shines without being dessertified or laden with sugar. \u2014 Christian Reynoso, Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 May 2022",
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"My top pick would be rich and not-really- tart mascarpone, such as in this recipe that includes a honeyed mascarpone cream. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2021",
"An apple tart with vanilla ice cream ($14) was, one evening, a tad soggy. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Since this quiche uses a generous amount of filling for the final bake, any shrinkage would render the tart too shallow to hold it all. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Dessert includes the choice of a chocolate mint tart , french toast bread pudding, carrot cake, a cereal milk panna cotta, toffee cheese cake, cr\u00e8me brul\u00e9e, or an ice cream sundae. \u2014 Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Porch Light is packed with aromas and flavors of white peaches, white flowers and a Granny Smith apple tart . \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
"This salsa might become your new favorite condiment, as its spicy-sweet- tart flavor and chunky texture can make any dish shine. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Ludivine loves the croissants and pear amandine tart . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 May 2022"
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"This salsa might become your new favorite condiment, as its spicy-sweet- tart flavor and chunky texture can make any dish shine. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Ludivine loves the croissants and pear amandine tart . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"Dessert, choice of one, warm flourless chocolate cake, vanilla cr\u00e8me br\u00fbl\u00e9e, pistachio macaron cake, key lime tart . \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"Michigan's beloved cherry season is upon us and there is no better way to celebrate those sweet or tart summer gems than with the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 30 June 2022",
"Pink Lady apples are sweet and tart , bursting with flavor and nutrition. \u2014 Good Housekeeping , 28 June 2022",
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"The soft texture is balanced by the staccato of the salty nuts, which compliment the sweet and tart flavors of the orange frosting that offers a lingering brightness with every bite. \u2014 Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic , 3 June 2022",
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"The tart -sweet glaze on these meatballs is an excellent way to begin eating. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2021",
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"This salsa might become your new favorite condiment, as its spicy-sweet- tart flavor and chunky texture can make any dish shine. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Moreover, clinical researchers have confirmed that patients who are able to remain on antipsychotic medication commonly develop cerebral atrophy and tardive dyskinesia , an involuntary movement disorder. \u2014 Richard J. Mcnally, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Antipsychotic drugs such as haloperidol and aripiprazole are approved for use in Tourette, but have the potential to cause long-term side effects, such as the movement disorder tardive dyskinesia . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 31 May 2021",
"The previous three include a drug for tardive dyskinesia , a movement disorder that\u2019s a side effect of antipsychotics, as well as medications for endometriosis and uterine fibroids, painful female reproductive tract disorders. \u2014 Jonathan Wosen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Sep. 2020",
"As a whole, typical antipsychotics tend to cause more serious long-term side effects, like the movement disorder tardive dyskinesia , which can prompt uncontrollable muscle movements, often around the mouth. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 7 Dec. 2018",
"One odd potential side effect of typical antipsychotics is something known as tardive dyskinesia , a condition characterized by repetitive involuntary movements that usually occur in the face, neck, and tongue. \u2014 Kimberly Truong, SELF , 7 Dec. 2018",
"The most serious potential complication is a disorder called tardive dyskinesia (TD) that can cause involuntary movement of the eyes, face, and hands, facial grimacing, rapid eye blinking, and piano playing-like finger movement. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 7 Dec. 2018",
"Antipsychotics may also cause side effects such as tardive dyskinesia (a disorder that induces repetitive and involuntary movements), although newer ones generally come with fewer serious side reactions, the Mayo Clinic notes. \u2014 Nina Bahadur, SELF , 15 Sep. 2018",
"And yet, in high doses and over the long term, patients often experienced tardive dyskinesia , which includes tongue thrusting, lip smacking, restlessness, involuntary movements of arms and legs, which become twisted like pretzels. \u2014 Maggie Jones, New York Times , 3 Apr. 2018"
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"For total immersion, lessons are conducted in the target language and feature interactive real-life scenarios and pronunciation feedback. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The project is a way to build reading confidence through simple texts in the target language . \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 26 Oct. 2020",
"In dual-language classes, half the children are native speakers of the target language . \u2014 Leslie Brody, WSJ , 3 May 2018",
"In dual-language classes, students receive instruction together in English and the target language . \u2014 Leslie Brody, WSJ , 3 May 2018",
"The results assume that the student was a native speaker of English with no prior knowledge of the target language . \u2014 Mike Glenn, Houston Chronicle , 26 Feb. 2018",
"The Fluent Forever process centers around digital flashcards for the 625 most common words in the target language . \u2014 Macklin Levine, chicagotribune.com , 24 Oct. 2017",
"In language-immersion programs, either all or a portion of all core subjects -- for example, math, science, history -- are taught in the target language , according to the MCPS World Language Immersion Program website. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Sep. 2017"
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"In his hotel room 007 escapes an attempt to kill him with a tarantula in his bed. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a tarantula creeping up the mesh door of our tent. \u2014 Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online , 10 Mar. 2020",
"In this animated film, a wolf, python, shark, piranha and tarantula set out to rehab their images and walk the straight and narrow instead. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022",
"In other news, scientists have identified a tarantula -killing worm and named it for a very different personality: actor Jeff Daniels. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Chomphuphuang then embarked on a field trip, with Sippawat and fellow arachnologist Chaowalit Songsangchote, to confirm that the tarantula was previously undiscovered. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The team named the new tarantula after Thai king Taksin the Great, who governed Tak province in the 18th century, according to George Dvorsky for Gizmodo. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Dillman said a tarantula infected with jeffdanielsi could take months to die of starvation, but that the infection was lethal. \u2014 Jeevan Ravindran, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Shanahan said participants get to watch a variety of different animals being fed including a rabbit, snakes, turtles, a toad and bearded dragon, as well as a tarantula and fish. \u2014 David Sharos, chicagotribune.com , 15 Jan. 2022"
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"At first, the researchers didn't even notice the tardigrade was trapped in the piece of amber. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The third-ever tardigrade fossil on record has been found within a piece of 16-million-year-old Dominican amber. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 9 Oct. 2021",
"One of the new CG ghosts, Muncher, took cues from a tardigrade (microscopic water bear) and glass frogs for translucency. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Jan. 2022",
"By detailing how the tardigrade 's move, the study could help scientists design small nano-robots that scoot to deliver drugs around the human body or carry cargo to hard-to-reach areas, per Gizmodo. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Close observational analysis helped the researchers determine where the new species belongs on the tardigrade family tree. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The squid tissue will be frozen on the station and returned to Earth later, preserving the molecular timeline of which genes turned off and on for the squid, similar to the tardigrade experiment. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 26 May 2021",
"Mosses which house many microscopic organisms, including the famous tardigrade , or water bear. \u2014 Deboki Chakravarti, Scientific American , 13 Aug. 2021",
"However, some parts of a meteorite impacting Earth or Mars would experience lower shock pressures that a tardigrade could live through, Traspas says. \u2014 Jonathan O'callaghan, Science | AAAS , 18 May 2021"
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"Friday marked seven weeks since Ball\u2019s surgery, but the Bulls still don\u2019t have a target date for his return to contact \u2014 or the court. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
"And establishing a target date for all unsafe schools to be repurposed, retrofitted or demolished. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The target date for launch of the new website is late June or early July, DeVincentis said. \u2014 cleveland , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Green tweeted his target date to return is Monday against the Wizards. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The country is expected to reach 1200 GW of total wind and solar capacity in 2026, four years sooner than its target date . \u2014 Kara Fox, CNN , 1 Dec. 2021",
"More countries also set 2050 as their target date to achieve net-zero carbon, meaning that any emissions after that date would be offset by technology. \u2014 Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Nov. 2021",
"The tentative target date for opening the museum in Irvine is late next year. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Mar. 2022",
"If the dress rehearsal goes to plan, NASA will roll the rocket stack back into the Vehicle Assembly Building for final checks and\u2014finally\u2014set an official target date for the launch of Artemis-1. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tarantella, the name of an Italian folk dance, derives from tarantism , a form of hysteria marked by compulsive movement that swept the country\u2019s southern region starting in the 15th century. \u2014 Brian Schaefer, New York Times , 26 Apr. 2018"
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"And, near Costa Rica, additional tubers, such as cassava and taro roots, are added aside from the yam. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
"Delivered to my room was an extraordinary burger topped with bacon jam and the bar menu\u2019s take on chips and dip\u2014cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche and trout roe with taro chips. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"For example, the seed library soon will add taro seeds, at the request of the Pacific Islander community. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"In Samoa, crewmembers traveled to the grave of Robert Louis Stevenson and collected specimens, and the captain spent time in a village with new and old friends from previous visits, enjoying roast pig, taro , breadfruit and fresh pineapple. \u2014 Kimberly Bowker, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Mar. 2022",
"There is also taro , so there are many different variations. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Jars of tapioca pudding come in flavors like black sesame, taro and peach. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Island staples such as taro and cassava are now imported, and rising seas have contaminated fresh groundwater supplies, making Tuvalu directly reliant on rainwater. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Mogomogo \u2014 mashed taro or plantains fortified with lashings of pork lard \u2014 tasted of the Caribbean. \u2014 Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure , 28 Oct. 2021"
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"And for brands and advertisers, this inventory is addressable and targetable with very high-intent signals. \u2014 David Doty, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"His opposition gained a targetable face with the emergence of Larry Elder, a conservative talk-show host, as a front-runner. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Aug. 2021",
"Facebook also warns that customers who opt out of tracking will be excluded from specific targetable audiences, which will result in a decrease in audience sizes. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 29 Apr. 2021",
"Use keyword tools to find popular keywords with high search volume and low keyword difficulty (KD) when searching for related and targetable keywords. \u2014 Jay Bae, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are certainly targetable ; as Dana Carvey showed us with George H.W. Bush, the right comic can find absurdity in even the more boring presidents. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 25 Jan. 2021",
"These areas are now controlled by Russia and the Bashar al-Assad regime, foreclosing our ability to act on targetable information. \u2014 Brett Mcgurk, The Denver Post , 28 Oct. 2019",
"Yury Dolgoruky carries 16 Bulava missiles, each of which has a payload of six independently targetable 150 kiloton nuclear warheads. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 10 Jan. 2018",
"By aggregating the supporters from several of the world's top charities, Charity Miles can offer sponsors a very large, demographically targetable audience. \u2014 Abby Cuffey, Woman's Day , 15 June 2012"
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"In the finale, the musicians whipped up plenty of excitement, but also exuded comic cheer in the tarantella , a folksy dance from southern Italy. \u2014 Tim Diovanni, Dallas News , 24 Sep. 2021",
"The shop offers sacred figures as well as ones inspired by local culture, such as a dancer doing the pizzica (Lecce\u2019s version of the tarantella ). \u2014 Alexander Pohl, National Geographic , 4 Nov. 2019",
"After match point against Wozniacki, as Sergio did a tarantella in the stands, Camila stood beaming on the court. \u2014 Jon Wertheim, SI.com , 10 Jan. 2014",
"Mozart\u2019s concerto remains aurally aloof from such politics; even the seemingly Sicilian-appropriate tarantella -like rhythms of the finale are, in all likelihood, coincidental. \u2014 Matthew Guerrieri, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2018",
"Around him, the kitchen was a tarantella of activity: four cooks grilled rack of lamb, another rinsed lettuce and yet another arranged grilled vegetables on a platter. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 24 Apr. 2018",
"Joseph Society Pre-Parade Party was in full swing Italian flags flew while young ladies -- maids -- danced the tarantella accompanied with music sung by Lena Prima and society President Peter Gilberti. \u2014 Sue Strachan, NOLA.com , 6 Mar. 2018",
"A small sampling of those that, with profound regret, had to be left by the wayside, may indicate the scale and manic scope of this tarantella of travel writing: A former cult member tries to bicycle around the world. \u2014 Simon Winchester, New York Times , 1 June 2016",
"Just last week, One Direction star turned solo adventurer Harry Styles teased some new music and the world danced a mad and gleeful tarantella . \u2014 Richard Lawson, Vanities , 6 Apr. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Because the fossil indicates that the tarsier and anthropoid primate groups split before that era, the anthropoid lineage is also at least that old, says Beard. \u2014 Sid Perkins, Scientific American , 5 June 2013",
"By analyzing almost 1,200 morphological aspects of the fossil and comparing them to those of 156 other extant and extinct mammals, the team put the ancient primate near the base of the tarsier family tree. \u2014 Sid Perkins, Scientific American , 5 June 2013",
"Sulawesi is home to species found nowhere else, including vibrant hornbills, miniature water buffalo, tusked deer-pigs and some tarsiers , a small, nocturnal primate. \u2014 Ian Morse, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Sulawesi is home to species found nowhere else, including vibrant hornbills, miniature water buffalo, tusked deer-pigs and some tarsiers , a small, nocturnal primate. \u2014 Ian Morse, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Sulawesi is home to species found nowhere else, including vibrant hornbills, miniature water buffalo, tusked deer-pigs and some tarsiers , a small, nocturnal primate. \u2014 Ian Morse, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Sulawesi is home to species found nowhere else, including vibrant hornbills, miniature water buffalo, tusked deer-pigs and some tarsiers , a small, nocturnal primate. \u2014 Ian Morse, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Sulawesi is home to species found nowhere else, including vibrant hornbills, miniature water buffalo, tusked deer-pigs and some tarsiers , a small, nocturnal primate. \u2014 Ian Morse, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Sulawesi is home to species found nowhere else, including vibrant hornbills, miniature water buffalo, tusked deer-pigs and some tarsiers , a small, nocturnal primate. \u2014 Ian Morse, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Nov. 2019"
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"The family strung a tarpaulin across the terrace and moved upstairs. \u2014 Sadiq Naqvi, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Down in Kultorvet, meanwhile, the owner of Peter\u2019s Polser was carefully placing a tarpaulin over his wagon\u2019s motor. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"For now, the only thing on the site apart from the ruins of an old cottage is a small sign planted out in the bog, covered in a flapping blue tarpaulin , waiting to be unveiled. \u2014 James Hookway, WSJ , 22 Jan. 2022",
"At night in the refugee camps, with only a thin tarpaulin wall as protection, Mohammed waits for the men to come and kill him. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Its large and well-protected interior can hold enough gear for a weekend of activity and keep everything protected thanks to its weather-resistant tarpaulin exterior. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 7 Nov. 2021",
"This is made from heavy tarpaulin and fabric-guarded, coated zippers for 100% waterproof protection. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 11 June 2021",
"For those who enjoy the outdoors in rainy or damp environments, consider putting waterproof qualities ahead of all other factors when shopping for a tarpaulin . \u2014 Field & Stream , 22 Feb. 2021",
"In anticipation of Biden\u2019s Inauguration, bleachers had been erected there, and the sides of the scaffolding were wrapped in ripstop tarpaulin . \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 15 Jan. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That same year, a two-room tar paper shack with no insulation or plumbing cost $60 a month (about $730 today). \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 26 June 2022",
"Halfway between them was a shack made of pinewood and tar paper , where foremen presided by day and watchmen by night, protecting bricks, lumber, reinforcing rods, nails, wood screws, and double-point staples from thieves who would come to take them. \u2014 John Mcphee, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Ripping shingles, tar paper and timbers from the roofs of houses, uprooting trees and demoralizing traffic, a miniature tornado swept through the city at midnight last night. \u2014 Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Apr. 2021",
"The county had built several freestanding buildings of plywood and tar paper in an attempt to hold the overflowing students. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 21 Dec. 2020",
"Roofers working at a Chula Vista strip mall Thursday morning accidentally set some tar paper on fire while working with a tarring hot mop on the roof, officials said. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Dec. 2020",
"In the early years, many lived crammed into tar paper shacks and ragged teepees in the area around Great Falls. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Feb. 2020",
"The dirt includes chunks of tar paper , cinder blocks and pieces of metal. \u2014 Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post , 5 Nov. 2019",
"The texture of the strips of wood that held the tar paper intact, the crawl space underneath the barrack ... all those memories came back. \u2014 Nina Li Coomes, The Atlantic , 2 Sep. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of those spills, a 2010 release of more than 1 million gallons of sludgy tar sand soil into a Michigan creek polluted a nearly 40-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River. \u2014 Dylan Lovan, Star Tribune , 12 Mar. 2021",
"The $8 billion pipeline would carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, through Nebraska and ultimately to refineries in Texas. \u2014 Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY , 18 May 2020",
"Instead of lubricating profits, however, Canada\u2019s tar sands are bunged-up with protests against new pipelines. \u2014 The Economist , 27 Feb. 2020",
"The company made a number of oil-intensive investments, such as extraction in the Alberta, Canada, tar sands , that would have been dramatically less profitable if calculated with a high cost of carbon. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 22 Oct. 2019",
"This financing\u2014which has included supporting the most extreme oil and gas projects, like the huge pipelines planned in Canada\u2019s uniquely filthy tar sands complex\u2014is perhaps the single least defensible part of the fossil fuel enterprise. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New York Review of Books , 25 Feb. 2020",
"All of the tar sands oil that flows to the U.S. from Canada via the Keystone XL pipeline will be exempt from tariffs under the USMCA. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 17 Jan. 2020",
"The spill comes as the company seeks to build the $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada to refineries in Texas. \u2014 SFChronicle.com , 2 Nov. 2019",
"Zenith has previously raised controversy in Portland because tar sands crude oil from Canada is transported by train through Portland neighborhoods to the firm\u2019s terminal on the Willamette. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Nov. 2019"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-114754"
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"\u2014 P. E. Deutschman"
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"t\u00e4r-\u02c8dy\u0259r",
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"Russian, from Kyrgyz":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-135716"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the middle ground has become a tar pit in Washington. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Donald sailed by guard Quinton Spain, who looked as if he were stuck in a tar pit . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Stagg is usually accompanied by Sapphire and aide-de-camp Java (a super-strong Neanderthal that Stagg found preserved in a tar pit and somehow restored to life, who is also in love with Sapphire). \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Jan. 2021",
"The amoeba shape encroached on the tar pit , which is an active excavation site, and the director of the natural-history museum objected. \u2014 Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker , 5 Oct. 2020",
"And like Sabbath, these guys get that channeling a trudge through the tar pits can yield much heavier results than playing fast. \u2014 Ed Masley, azcentral , 5 Mar. 2020",
"They were mesmerized by the mammoth in the tar pits . \u2014 Dorany Pinedastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 Aug. 2019",
"The adjacent Los Angeles County Museum of Art, just west of the tar pits , is expected to break ground next year on a new building. \u2014 Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com , 6 June 2019",
"Lindsey said there are about a dozen known fossilized tar pits in the world: the western part of the Americas, the Caribbean, Trinidad, Cuba, Venezuela, southern Ecuador and northern Peru, and some less well studied in Asia. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 11 Oct. 2019"
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"Ida Minerva 1857\u20131944 American author":[]
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"\u00a6t\u00e4rd\u1d4an\u00a6\u022fizh\u0259n",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-145636"
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"definitions":{
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"\u02cct\u00e4rs\u0259\u02c8nem\u0259\u02ccd\u0113",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-164122"
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"Some foods will tarnish silver.",
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"Noun",
"a polish that removes tarnish",
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"The brand boasts that their pieces don\u2019t tarnish and are long-lasting. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 16 June 2022",
"Be careful with plated jewelry, as plating can wear off, and what\u2019s left underneath can tarnish over time. \u2014 Vogue , 5 June 2022",
"Crypto\u2019s challenges could also tarnish some of the entities who\u2019ve aligned with them. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Steven Zeitchik, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"For those who knew Harwood, the Four Seasons affair wasn\u2019t enough to tarnish his legacy. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Hitting Jeddah ahead of the sporting event could tarnish the image the country is looking to develop as a business and leisure destination, and highlights the risks of a continuation of the Yemen war. \u2014 Anthony Di Paola, Bloomberg.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"On Saturday, Mark Magsayo will try to tarnish that legacy with his own fists. \u2014 Josh Katzowitz, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Crypto\u2019s challenges could also tarnish some of the entities who\u2019ve aligned with them. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Steven Zeitchik, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"Crypto\u2019s challenges could also tarnish some of the entities who\u2019ve aligned with them. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"To clean away the tarnish , make this safe, nontoxic cleaning solution: squeeze the juice of one lemon into a small bowl. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 16 Feb. 2022",
"If there's still some residual tarnish , repeat the poultice treatment. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The combination of bright copper with patches of tarnish is far less attractive than copper with a more even patina. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022",
"So when one journalist or outlet makes questionable choices, the tarnish can easily spread to others. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 10 Aug. 2021",
"His father did not know about all these eyes, all over the world, seeing the laminate wood grain of his dresser top, the cloudy tarnish on the silver cross. \u2014 Sarah Braunstei, The New Yorker , 2 Aug. 2021",
"The sheen, easy application and no- tarnish factor contribute to a pewter-type finish. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 20 May 2021",
"And if that only took a little of the luster off Nolan\u2019s legacy, his tiff with Jon Daniels applied the tarnish . \u2014 Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News , 11 May 2021",
"The final question is whether these efforts to be more accessible can shine off the tarnish that is on the Royal brand. \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 6 May 2021"
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"Middle English ternysshen , from Middle French terniss- , stem of ternir , probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German tarnan to hide":"Verb"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What in the wide tarnation is better on a winter\u2019s day than the smell of something sweet baking in your oven? \u2014 James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com , 13 Dec. 2017",
"The last thing Iowa needs is for its defense to run all over tarnation for 30 minutes while the offense stumbles. \u2014 Scott Dochterman, ajc , 15 Sep. 2017"
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"alteration of darnation , euphemism for damnation":""
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"noun"
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"noun"
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"city in southern Turkey near the Cilician Gates population 187,508":[]
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"\u02c8t\u00e4r-s\u0259s"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, wing length showed a mean increase of 1.3%, with the species showing the fastest declines in tarsus length also showing the most rapid gains in wing length. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 4 Dec. 2019",
"The scientists measured the birds\u2019 overall body size, body mass, wingspan and the length of a lower leg bone known as the tarsus , which shrank by 2.4 percent across species. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Dec. 2019",
"In particular, the length of the tarsus or lower leg bone, shrank by 2.4%. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 4 Dec. 2019"
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"New Latin, from Greek tarsos wickerwork mat, flat of the foot, ankle, edge of the eyelid; akin to Greek tersesthai to become dry \u2014 more at thirst":""
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"noun"
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"\u02c8ta-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8ter-\u0259-\u02ccg\u00e4n",
"also -g\u0259n"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Midpalate of dark chocolate, tarragon and black pepper. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Divide the tarragon into four equal amounts and place it inside the fish. \u2014 Ann Maloney, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"The faint anise flavor of the tarragon is an unexpected note in this chutney-like relish. \u2014 Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
"From Beno\u00eet Trocard, this 70/25/5 Merlot/Cabernet Franc/Cabernet Sauvignon blend has hefty sweet aromas of red fruit, some tarragon , beef, cumin and licorice. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"The bar's cocktails include one called Point Beach Break (pear brandy, Benedictine, K\u00fcmmel caraway liqueur, salted agave, lemon and tarragon oil, $13). \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Dill, tarragon , basil, parsley, sage, and thyme are all wonderful in this dish. \u2014 Lynne Sherwin, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
"In a food processor, pur\u00e9e a generous handful of arugula with other fresh herbs (such as parsley, basil, chives, tarragon ) with \u00bd cup each sour cream and mayonnaise. \u2014 Ian Knauer, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Stir in the chopped egg whites, parsley, tarragon and 3 tablespoons of the oil from the skillet. \u2014 Christopher Kimball, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"Some foods will tarnish silver.",
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"Noun",
"a polish that removes tarnish",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The brand boasts that their pieces don\u2019t tarnish and are long-lasting. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 16 June 2022",
"Be careful with plated jewelry, as plating can wear off, and what\u2019s left underneath can tarnish over time. \u2014 Vogue , 5 June 2022",
"Crypto\u2019s challenges could also tarnish some of the entities who\u2019ve aligned with them. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Steven Zeitchik, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"For those who knew Harwood, the Four Seasons affair wasn\u2019t enough to tarnish his legacy. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Hitting Jeddah ahead of the sporting event could tarnish the image the country is looking to develop as a business and leisure destination, and highlights the risks of a continuation of the Yemen war. \u2014 Anthony Di Paola, Bloomberg.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"On Saturday, Mark Magsayo will try to tarnish that legacy with his own fists. \u2014 Josh Katzowitz, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Crypto\u2019s challenges could also tarnish some of the entities who\u2019ve aligned with them. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Steven Zeitchik, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"Crypto\u2019s challenges could also tarnish some of the entities who\u2019ve aligned with them. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"To clean away the tarnish , make this safe, nontoxic cleaning solution: squeeze the juice of one lemon into a small bowl. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 16 Feb. 2022",
"If there's still some residual tarnish , repeat the poultice treatment. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The combination of bright copper with patches of tarnish is far less attractive than copper with a more even patina. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022",
"So when one journalist or outlet makes questionable choices, the tarnish can easily spread to others. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 10 Aug. 2021",
"His father did not know about all these eyes, all over the world, seeing the laminate wood grain of his dresser top, the cloudy tarnish on the silver cross. \u2014 Sarah Braunstei, The New Yorker , 2 Aug. 2021",
"The sheen, easy application and no- tarnish factor contribute to a pewter-type finish. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 20 May 2021",
"And if that only took a little of the luster off Nolan\u2019s legacy, his tiff with Jon Daniels applied the tarnish . \u2014 Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News , 11 May 2021",
"The final question is whether these efforts to be more accessible can shine off the tarnish that is on the Royal brand. \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 6 May 2021"
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"Middle English ternysshen , from Middle French terniss- , stem of ternir , probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German tarnan to hide":"Verb"
},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1684, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-235244"
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"Tarsipes":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of marsupial mammals (family Phalangeridae) consisting of the honey possum":[]
},
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"\u02c8t\u00e4rs\u0259\u02ccp\u0113z"
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"New Latin Tarsiped-, Tarsipes , from tarsus + Latin ped-, pes foot":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-000627"
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"geographical name",
"noun"
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": the distal part of the limb of an arthropod":[],
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"city in southern Turkey near the Cilician Gates population 187,508":[]
},
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"\u02c8t\u00e4r-s\u0259s"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, wing length showed a mean increase of 1.3%, with the species showing the fastest declines in tarsus length also showing the most rapid gains in wing length. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 4 Dec. 2019",
"The scientists measured the birds\u2019 overall body size, body mass, wingspan and the length of a lower leg bone known as the tarsus , which shrank by 2.4 percent across species. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Dec. 2019",
"In particular, the length of the tarsus or lower leg bone, shrank by 2.4%. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 4 Dec. 2019"
],
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"New Latin, from Greek tarsos wickerwork mat, flat of the foot, ankle, edge of the eyelid; akin to Greek tersesthai to become dry \u2014 more at thirst":""
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"circa 1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"type":[
"adverb",
"adverb,"
],
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": damned":[
"\u2014 used as a mild imprecation paid a tarnal high price for it \u2014 C. G. Loomis fire is a cruel, tarnal thing \u2014 Conrad Richter"
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},
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"\u02c8t\u0227n-",
"\u02c8t\u00e4rn\u1d4al"
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"alteration of eternal":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-012120"
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"Tarn":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a small steep-banked mountain lake or pool":[],
"river 233 miles (375 kilometers) long in southern France flowing west into the Garonne River":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00e4rn"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lake, a glacial tarn called Roopkund, was more than sixteen thousand feet above sea level, an arduous five-day trek from human habitation, in a mountain cirque surrounded by snowfields and battered by storms. \u2014 Douglas Preston, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Follow the winding trail toward the base of O'Malley Peak to a striking, dark tarn called Deep Lake. \u2014 Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2018",
"In 1951, some 885 square miles of Cumbrian hills and tarns (mountain pools) were designated as a national park, Britain\u2019s largest and, with 18 million annual visitors, its most popular. \u2014 Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian , 20 Apr. 2018"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English terne, tarne , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse tj\u01ebrn small lake":""
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-023836"
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"target rod":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a leveling rod that has an adjustable target":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-033252"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to the Tarsonemidae":[],
": a mite of the family Tarsonemidae":[]
},
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"\u00a6t\u00e4rs\u0259\u00a6n\u0113m\u0259\u0307d",
"\""
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"New Latin Tarsonemidae":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-045045"
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"tarsal":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": of or relating to the tarsus":[],
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": a tarsal part (such as a bone or cartilage)":[]
},
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"\u02c8t\u00e4r-s\u0259l",
"\u02c8tar-s\u0259l"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The posterior tibial nerve is most susceptible in the tarsal tunnel, just behind the inside ankle bone. \u2014 Jordan Duncan, Outside Online , 12 May 2021",
"Tarsal tunnel syndrome is a condition in which a nerve known as the posterior tibial compresses while traveling through the tarsal tunnel, reports Johns Hopkins Medicine. \u2014 Sarah Fielding, Health.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
"After recovering from the third tear, McLeod began to suffer from tarsal tunnel syndrome, a compression of a nerve at the back of her ankle that can cause complete loss of feeling in the foot. \u2014 Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Play off that and set a mix of buck urine and/or tarsal near your stand. \u2014 Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life , 16 Oct. 2019",
"Nico #Schulz has suffered a partial ligament tear to a tarsal in his left foot and will not be available for #NIRGER on Monday. \u2014 SI.com , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Nico #Schulz has suffered a partial ligament tear to a tarsal in his left foot and will not be available for #NIRGER on Monday. \u2014 SI.com , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Try doctoring old scrapes with both estrus and tarsal as a challenge to other bucks. \u2014 Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life , 4 Dec. 2019",
"Nico #Schulz has suffered a partial ligament tear to a tarsal in his left foot and will not be available for #NIRGER on Monday. \u2014 SI.com , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Nico #Schulz has suffered a partial ligament tear to a tarsal in his left foot and will not be available for #NIRGER on Monday. \u2014 SI.com , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Nico #Schulz has suffered a partial ligament tear to a tarsal in his left foot and will not be available for #NIRGER on Monday. \u2014 SI.com , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Nico #Schulz has suffered a partial ligament tear to a tarsal in his left foot and will not be available for #NIRGER on Monday. \u2014 SI.com , 27 Sep. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1881, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-051057"
},
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"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a suborder or lesser division of primate mammals comprising the tarsier and extinct related mammals that are often placed with the lemurs in Prosimii":[]
},
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"\u02cct\u00e4rs\u0113\u02c8\u022fid\u0113\u0259"
],
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"New Latin, from Tarsius + -oidea":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-072433"
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"Tarquinian":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to the legendary Tarquin kings of ancient Rome noted especially for their tyranny":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)t\u00e4r\u00a6kwin\u0113\u0259n"
],
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"Latin tarquini us (from Tarquinius Tarquin, any one of a succession of legendary Roman kings of the 6th and 5th centuries b.c. probably from Tarquinii Tarquinia, ancient Roman town in central Italy that was the birthplace of the first Tarquin king) + English -an":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-075459"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": consisting of or resembling tartar":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0113-\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin tartareus , from Medieval Latin tartarum tartar + Latin -eus -eous":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-085200"
},
"Tarragona":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"province of northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean Sea area 2426 square miles (6283 square kilometers), population 810,178":[],
"commune and port on the Mediterranean Sea in northeastern Spain, southwest of Barcelona population 133,545":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cct\u00e4r-\u00e4-\u02c8g\u014d-n\u00e4",
"\u02cctar-\u0259-\u02c8g\u014d-n\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-093709"
},
"tarsal arch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": either of two arterial loops:":[],
": a superior loop near the free margin of the upper or lower eyelid":[],
": an inferior loop in this region":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-094254"
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"target spot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a disease (as early blight of tomato and potato) characterized by lesions having concentric markings resembling a target":[],
": a target-spot lesion":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-094940"
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"tarragon oil":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an aromatic essential oil obtained from tarragon and used chiefly as a flavoring material":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095332"
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"tar base":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of the organic bases (as aniline, pyridine, or quinoline) obtained especially from coal tar or ammonia liquor \u2014 compare pyridine base":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111656"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an incrustation on the teeth consisting of plaque that has become hardened by the deposition of mineral salts (such as calcium carbonate)":[],
": a native or inhabitant of Tartary":[],
": tatar sense 2":[],
": a person of irritable or violent temper":[],
": one that proves to be unexpectedly formidable":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00e4r-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8t\u00e4rt-\u0259r"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin tartarum":"Noun",
"Middle English Tartre , from Middle French Tartare , probably from Medieval Latin Tartarus , modification of Persian T\u0101t\u0101r \u2014 more at tatar":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124006"
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"type":[],
"definitions":{
"\u2014 see tars-":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124819"
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"tarok":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an old and popular card game of central Europe played with a pack containing the 22 tarots plus 40, 52, or 56 cards equivalent to modern playing cards":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"obsolete Italian tarocco (now tarocchi , plural of obsolete tarocco ), from Old Italian":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-125406"
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"tarbrush":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a brush for applying tar":[],
": black or nonwhite":[
"has a dash of the tarbrush in her"
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"tar entry 1 + brush":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-132118"
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"tarot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a set of usually 78 playing cards including 22 pictorial cards used for fortune-telling":[]
},
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"\u02c8ta-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
"\u02c8ter-(\u02cc)\u014d"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Ghanaian-Australian influencer gives outfit checks, hauls, occasional tarot readings, pop culture reviews, and her tips for proper social etiquette today. \u2014 Christine Jean-baptiste, refinery29.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"For much of her life, Selma Blair has consulted tarot -card readers, mediums, fortune tellers, numerologists and astrologers. \u2014 Joanne Kaufman, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"Book a clairvoyant reading with House of Intuition\u2019s healer, Ryan Trinh, who uses tarot , I Ching and bone reading in his sessions, according to HOI\u2019s website. \u2014 Julissa James, Los Angeles Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The World, The Lovers, The Devil, and The High Priestess \u2014 just to name a few \u2014 are some of the most recognizable parts of tarot card decks. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 5 Sep. 2021",
"Upstairs, a tarot card reader caught attendees by surprise for an impromptu reading. \u2014 Elise\u00e9 Browchuk, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
"Last year, TikToker Paige MarieParker, a tarot card reader with over 174,000 followers, posted a video repeating a rumor about traffickers in North Carolina placing car seats in parking lots as bait. \u2014 ELLE , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Inside, the Roman trifecta\u2014plants, candles, music\u2014was in effect, and some sage sticks sat alongside a tarot deck on the coffee table. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021",
"More recently, her spring 2021 haute couture season was a gloriously intensive study of the tarot deck. \u2014 Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 Nov. 2021"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French, from Italian tarocchi (plural)":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-134024"
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"tartar sauce":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a sauce made principally of mayonnaise and chopped pickles":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00e4r-t\u0259r-"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Start with cod cakes and a dab of lobster tartar sauce , or the Crunchy French Toast with fresh strawberry, slivered almonds, and vanilla mascarpone cream. \u2014 Brad Johnson, Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 July 2022",
"Or tuck them between two slices of French bread with a slice of juicy red tomato and a smear of tartar sauce or r\u00e9moulade. \u2014 Ann Maloney, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Best served with no condiments\u2014although a spicy tartar sauce is OK\u2014and a Bloody Mary rimmed with Old Bay. \u2014 Tim Neville, Outside Online , 8 July 2021",
"The natural condiment with fried fish is tartar sauce ; nothing else gives a satisfyingly sharp pop of contrasting creaminess to fried fish. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Yolks can be used for mayonnaise, tartar sauce , Caesar salad dressing or hollandaise. \u2014 Lynne Sherwin, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Typically served with tartar sauce , they can be enjoyed on their own or as a clam roll in a hot dog-style bun. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"Serve hot with tartar sauce and fresh lemon, if desired. \u2014 Erin Cavoto, Country Living , 12 May 2022",
"The love for Frisch's tartar sauce runs deep, with the restaurant even behind creating and celebrating National Tartar Sauce Day on the first Friday of Lent, and Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval proclaiming March 4 as Frisch's Big Boy Day. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 1 Apr. 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French sauce tartare":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135100"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil , stain":[],
": to detract from the good quality of : vitiate":[
"his fine dreams now slightly tarnished"
],
": to bring disgrace on : sully":[
"the scandal has tarnished his reputation"
],
": to become tarnished":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00e4r-nish"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"darken",
"mar",
"poison",
"spoil",
"stain",
"taint",
"touch",
"vitiate"
],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"Some foods will tarnish silver.",
"The scandal tarnished his reputation.",
"Noun",
"a polish that removes tarnish",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The brand boasts that their pieces don\u2019t tarnish and are long-lasting. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 16 June 2022",
"Be careful with plated jewelry, as plating can wear off, and what\u2019s left underneath can tarnish over time. \u2014 Vogue , 5 June 2022",
"Crypto\u2019s challenges could also tarnish some of the entities who\u2019ve aligned with them. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Steven Zeitchik, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"For those who knew Harwood, the Four Seasons affair wasn\u2019t enough to tarnish his legacy. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Hitting Jeddah ahead of the sporting event could tarnish the image the country is looking to develop as a business and leisure destination, and highlights the risks of a continuation of the Yemen war. \u2014 Anthony Di Paola, Bloomberg.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"On Saturday, Mark Magsayo will try to tarnish that legacy with his own fists. \u2014 Josh Katzowitz, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Crypto\u2019s challenges could also tarnish some of the entities who\u2019ve aligned with them. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Steven Zeitchik, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"Crypto\u2019s challenges could also tarnish some of the entities who\u2019ve aligned with them. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"To clean away the tarnish , make this safe, nontoxic cleaning solution: squeeze the juice of one lemon into a small bowl. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 16 Feb. 2022",
"If there's still some residual tarnish , repeat the poultice treatment. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The combination of bright copper with patches of tarnish is far less attractive than copper with a more even patina. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022",
"So when one journalist or outlet makes questionable choices, the tarnish can easily spread to others. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 10 Aug. 2021",
"His father did not know about all these eyes, all over the world, seeing the laminate wood grain of his dresser top, the cloudy tarnish on the silver cross. \u2014 Sarah Braunstei, The New Yorker , 2 Aug. 2021",
"The sheen, easy application and no- tarnish factor contribute to a pewter-type finish. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 20 May 2021",
"And if that only took a little of the luster off Nolan\u2019s legacy, his tiff with Jon Daniels applied the tarnish . \u2014 Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News , 11 May 2021",
"The final question is whether these efforts to be more accessible can shine off the tarnish that is on the Royal brand. \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 6 May 2021"
],
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"Middle English ternysshen , from Middle French terniss- , stem of ternir , probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German tarnan to hide":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1684, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135748"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"\u02c8t\u00e4r-(\u02cc)s\u014d-\u02c8me-t\u0259-\u02cct\u00e4r-s\u0259s"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Researchers study owl fossils by looking at the shapes of their bones, including their tarsometatarsus , Smith said in an interview with LiveScience. \u2014 Fox News , 4 Aug. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"John Callion, 33, a Marathon tarpon guide, saw the tragedy unfold from his boat and sprang into action to try to save the family, according to the Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office 911 call log. \u2014 al , 1 June 2022",
"This string of tropical islands has scenic beaches and absolutely massive (and very photogenic) permit, tarpon , and bonefish. \u2014 Outside Online , 20 June 2021",
"Fish, especially species like trout, smallmouth bass and tarpon , tend to live in beautiful places. \u2014 Outside Online , 9 May 2022",
"Skilled anglers can land massive tarpon among the park\u2019s seven islands from land or by private vessel. \u2014 Outside Online , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Campeche native Raul Castaneda learned there were other riches here \u2014 large populations of juvenile tarpon . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Sometimes those predators - speckled trout, redfish, black drum, pompano, even the occasional tarpon and king mackerel - plow into the congregations of forage. \u2014 Shannon Tompkins, Chron , 11 June 2021",
"Don\u2019t just sit there and get bummed out when someone pulls in next to you and starts casting at the tarpon coming down the line. \u2014 Monte Burke, Forbes , 24 May 2021",
"Sharks live there along with the glory species: tuna, redfish, tarpon , and red snapper. \u2014 Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life , 19 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And travelers weren't delayed just by airlines and on the tarmac , but at many passenger security checkpoints at U.S. airports. \u2014 Peter Greenberg, CBS News , 5 July 2022",
"That year, some aircraft circled overhead or sat on the tarmac for more than an hour and a half, waiting for the airspace and runway to clear. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"Making his first trip abroad since the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24, Putin visited Tajikistan, where he was embraced on the tarmac by its president, Emomali Rahmon. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Delays and cancellations can push up fuel consumption and costs as aircraft idle on the tarmac waiting for a spot to open up for either takeoff or deplaning. \u2014 Tom Stalnaker, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Bowers had greeted Trump on the tarmac when Air Force One arrived in Phoenix in mid-February 2020, and later that day proudly bounded onto the stage at a reelection rally for the president. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 21 June 2022",
"As Top Gun: Maverick continues to soar at the box office, legal troubles await Paramount on the tarmac . \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 7 June 2022",
"Get inspired by the looks of 8 women below who nail just-0ff-the- tarmac chic. \u2014 Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 June 2022",
"Think of a jetliner hitting the tarmac smoothly, or at least with an impact no more jarring than a bump that causes a few bags to tumble from overhead bins. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022"
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"t\u00e4r-\u02c8kw\u0113-ny\u0259",
"-\u02c8kwi-"
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"The lake, a glacial tarn called Roopkund, was more than sixteen thousand feet above sea level, an arduous five-day trek from human habitation, in a mountain cirque surrounded by snowfields and battered by storms. \u2014 Douglas Preston, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Follow the winding trail toward the base of O'Malley Peak to a striking, dark tarn called Deep Lake. \u2014 Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2018",
"In 1951, some 885 square miles of Cumbrian hills and tarns (mountain pools) were designated as a national park, Britain\u2019s largest and, with 18 million annual visitors, its most popular. \u2014 Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian , 20 Apr. 2018"
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"Middle English terne, tarne , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse tj\u01ebrn small lake":""
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"\u2014 Matt Potts",
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"\u2014 Katya Reno"
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"And my search for a tarp in a truck bed, for scavenger hunt purposes, led me to Drew Gearheart\u2019s truck. \u2014 The Indianapolis Star , 29 May 2022",
"As Russia invaded Ukraine, JR was inspired to create Valeriia, an image of a five-year-old Ukrainian refugee on a 148-foot-long tarp that was held by hundreds of people in the city of Lviv. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"During negotiations The Virgin Mother was covered with a net tarp . \u2014 Mary Childs, Town & Country , 26 Apr. 2022",
"If it will be stored outside in a deck or shed, consider storing the rug in plastic or under a tarp . \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 May 2022",
"Months after the family tried to move back in, living under a tarp and using a piece of plywood to cover the gaping hole where the back door had been, Hurricane Delta filled the place with water. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Not long after that discovery, Butch found his mother\u2019s body under a tarp in front of the garage. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The last bungalow from the Hotel Bora Bora is a pile of boards, stacked under a tarp where the property starts. \u2014 Jay Cheshes, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Under a tarp next to the city's bus terminal, these guys fry up the best barbacoa and mixiotes in town. \u2014 Kylie Madry, Travel + Leisure , 7 Jan. 2022"
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"a kilt in the clan's tartan",
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"My spacious room was outfitted in leather and tartan , and had an enormous four-poster bed. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 16 June 2022",
"Decked out in coordinating red and black tartan outfits, the girls showcased their signature precision choreography. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 19 May 2022",
"In 2006, Browne registered a proprietary tartan in the official Scottish register. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Naturally, Jamie claims the tartan and is sentenced to ten lashes. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Cozy knits, chic velvets, and perhaps a good tartan coat are classic additions to the roster. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 30 Nov. 2021",
"In the shot, Cloud and Apatow, 24, are dressed in coordinating tartan looks from Thom Browne. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"In the shot, Cloud and Apatow, 24, were dressed in stylish coordinating tartan looks from Thom Browne. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
"In a video shared by the royal family on Instagram, Princess Madeleine (sporting a festive red tartan skirt) takes the lead while holding hands with 3-year-old daughter Princess Adrienne. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 20 Dec. 2021"
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"perhaps from Middle French tiretaine linsey-woolsey":""
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"definitions":{
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"\u02c8tar\u0259-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Toiles are traditionally cut from off-white muslin, but for garments that were going to be black Balenciaga cut toiles from black percale, twill, or tarlatan . \u2014 Laura Jacobs, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And travelers weren't delayed just by airlines and on the tarmac , but at many passenger security checkpoints at U.S. airports. \u2014 Peter Greenberg, CBS News , 5 July 2022",
"That year, some aircraft circled overhead or sat on the tarmac for more than an hour and a half, waiting for the airspace and runway to clear. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"Making his first trip abroad since the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24, Putin visited Tajikistan, where he was embraced on the tarmac by its president, Emomali Rahmon. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Delays and cancellations can push up fuel consumption and costs as aircraft idle on the tarmac waiting for a spot to open up for either takeoff or deplaning. \u2014 Tom Stalnaker, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Bowers had greeted Trump on the tarmac when Air Force One arrived in Phoenix in mid-February 2020, and later that day proudly bounded onto the stage at a reelection rally for the president. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 21 June 2022",
"As Top Gun: Maverick continues to soar at the box office, legal troubles await Paramount on the tarmac . \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 7 June 2022",
"Get inspired by the looks of 8 women below who nail just-0ff-the- tarmac chic. \u2014 Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 June 2022",
"Think of a jetliner hitting the tarmac smoothly, or at least with an impact no more jarring than a bump that causes a few bags to tumble from overhead bins. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022"
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": sacred baboon":[]
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"(\u02c8)t\u00e4r\u00a6tarik (\u02c8)t\u0227\u00a6t-",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to Miller\u2019s research, the earliest mention of red drink on the mainland dates to the 1870s South, where Black Americans colored lemonade red with strawberries, sumac or tartaric acid . \u2014 Sahar Khan, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2022",
"The most common types of AHAs are glycolic acid, lactic acid, and mandelic acid, but there are others including tartaric acid , citric acid, and malic acid. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 18 May 2022",
"The two ingredients work well together to prevent signs of aging, alongside squalane for moisture and tartaric acid which helps the skin absorb product more easily. \u2014 Akili King, Vogue , 1 Apr. 2021",
"Bartley was able to replicate the crucial fruit by adding citric, malic, and tartaric acid plus lime oil to a blend of tequila, agave, and distilled water. \u2014 Larissa Zimberoff, Wired , 17 Dec. 2020",
"O\u2019Keefe said people might have turned to cream of tartar as a home remedy for migraines because dihydroergotamine, a treatment for migraines, has tartaric acid in its structure. \u2014 Donnelle Eller, USA TODAY , 5 Sep. 2020",
"Chef Verner uses cacha\u00e7a in a spritz type cocktail with chardonnay, club soda, tartaric acid , and optional eucalyptus smoke. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 20 Aug. 2020",
"And the sourness in tamarind comes primarily from tartaric acid , which is also used to produce cream of tartar, an ingredient in baking. \u2014 Nik Sharma, New York Times , 7 Aug. 2020",
"Further innovation came 10 years later, when baking powder, a mixture of a carbonate or bicarbonate and a weak acid (like tartaric acid , for instance), became available. \u2014 Robin Mather, chicagotribune.com , 16 July 2019"
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"Osmanli & Jagatai Tarchan , from Old Turkish Tarkan , a privileged class":""
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"t\u00e4r\u02c8k\u00e4n\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-003256"
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"definitions":{
": a crystalline acetylenic fatty acid CH 3 (CH 2 ) 10 C\u2261C(CH 2 ) 4 COOH that is isomeric with linoleic acid and occurs as a glyceride in the oil of the seeds of several plants of the genus Picramnia":[]
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"International Scientific Vocabulary tariri- (from New Latin Tariri , from American Spanish tariri , a plant of the genus Picramnia , of American Indian origin) + -ic":""
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"noun"
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": the Sufi path of spiritual development involving stages of meditation and contemplation leading to intimate communion with the deity":[]
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": the European siskin":[]
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"French, probably of imitative origin":""
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"vast arid depression enclosed by the Tian Shan, Pamir, Kunlun, and Altun mountain ranges in Xinjiang Uygur, western China":[]
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"-\u02c8pen-d\u0113"
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"river 1250 miles (2012 kilometers) long in the Xinjiang Uygur region, western China, flowing east and southeast in the Taklimakan into a marshy depression":[]
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"\u02c8t\u00e4-",
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"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"city in southern Bolivia population 192,500":[]
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"t\u00e4-\u02c8r\u0113-h\u00e4"
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"definitions":{
": a rate or scale of custom duties designed to check the flow of imports":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-040744"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of various California resinous glandular plants especially of the genera Madia and Grindelia":[],
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": fiddle-neck sense 2":[]
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"tar entry 1 + weed ; from their stickiness and heavy smell":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a cold infusion of tar in water formerly regarded as a cure-all":[]
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a viscid surfacing and binding material for roads that is made from coal tar":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": either of two sea breams (family Sparidae):":[],
": silver bream sense 1":[],
": a closely related fish ( Rhabdosargus australis )":[]
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"origin unknown":""
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": a duty or rate of duty imposed in such a schedule":[],
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": price , charge":[],
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"\u02c8tar-\u0259f",
"\u02c8ta-r\u0259f",
"\u02c8ter-\u0259f"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"New pricing model for electricity users being challenged CenterPoint\u2019s new EDG tariff is being challenged by multiple groups \u2014 including Olson\u2019s and the state\u2019s consumer protection agency. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 29 June 2022",
"The draft indicates the G-7 leaders are also mulling using tariff revenue to help fund their support of Ukraine, according to the outlet. \u2014 Carlie Porterfield, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Other economists argue that tariff relief is unlikely to have much long-term effect on inflation, which would require either increasing supply or reducing demand. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"Well, President Biden is reviewing tariff policy toward China. \u2014 ABC News , 19 June 2022",
"National security and economic aides are in the process of completing a review of the U.S. tariff policy and making recommendations to the president. \u2014 Aamer Madhani, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"At the center of that agreement is zero- tariff , zero quotas trade between the U.K. and the EU. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"The holdup largely stems from a Commerce Department investigation into alleged tariff -dodging by Chinese manufacturers. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"The tariff discussion comes at a precarious time for the economy. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But Trump\u2019s main strategy for obtaining better trade deals has been to tariff other countries into submission. \u2014 Tom Benning, Dallas News , 3 Apr. 2020",
"In public, Chinese officials call Mr Trump\u2019s tariffs self-defeating and stress their country\u2019s economic resilience. \u2014 The Economist , 2 Jan. 2020",
"If Trump continues to tariff Chinese goods, the real losers will be the American consumers, manufacturers and farmers who will bear the costs. \u2014 Leo Hindery Jr. For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 11 Sep. 2019",
"Thus, American retailers and consumers will likely not get stuck with the extra cost for those goods tariffed in December. \u2014 James D. Schultz For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 15 Aug. 2019",
"Chief Executive Officer Martin Wong said his company, a rival to Inventec, has also shifted some notebook lines to Taiwan and was considering investing more in Vietnam should tariff -conflicts persist. \u2014 Katherine Dunn, Fortune , 13 Aug. 2019",
"Fifty-three-foot shipping containers are essential for trucking and rail transportation, and big companies like J.B Hunt and CSX said that tariffing them would make all kinds of freight shipments more expensive. \u2014 Lydia Depillis, ProPublica , 22 Aug. 2019",
"The Buffalo plant may be the latest indicator that tariffs on steel imports imposed by President Donald Trump are giving a lending hand to the U.S. steel industry. \u2014 Erin Douglas, Houston Chronicle , 23 July 2019",
"Which means the primary beneficiary of the Trump administration\u2019s proposal to tariff Chinese tennis balls will likely be \u2026 a Chinese company. \u2014 Catherine Rampell, The Denver Post , 30 June 2019"
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"\u00a6tar\u0259\u00a6m\u00e4"
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"adjective"
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"tart entry 2":""
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"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-041919"
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"definitions":{
": a New Zealand silver pine ( Dacrydium colensoi ) of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches":[]
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"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 Weston La Barre"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-042336"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-042347"
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": a specialist in the Targums":[]
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": an Aramaic translation or paraphrase of a portion of the Old Testament":[]
},
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043011"
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"noun"
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": a crystalline hydroxy acid HOCH(COOH) 2 obtained by reducing mesoxalic acid and by hydrolysis of bromo-malonic acid; hydroxy-malonic acid":[]
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": derived from tartar":[],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That idea was reinforced in the late 1930s with the publication of a paper on the use of ergotamine tartrate , an alkaloid that was known to constrict blood vessels. \u2014 David Noonan, Scientific American , 1 Dec. 2015",
"The drug with the most frequent clawbacks was zolpidem tartrate \u2014 generic Ambien, a drug used to treat insomnia. \u2014 Sydney Lupkin, latimes.com , 14 Mar. 2018",
"The drug with the most frequent clawbacks was zolpidem tartrate \u2014 generic Ambien, a drug used to treat insomnia. \u2014 Sydney Lupkin, latimes.com , 14 Mar. 2018",
"The drug with the most frequent clawbacks was zolpidem tartrate \u2014 generic Ambien, a drug used to treat insomnia. \u2014 Sydney Lupkin, latimes.com , 14 Mar. 2018",
"The drug with the most frequent clawbacks was zolpidem tartrate \u2014 generic Ambien, a drug used to treat insomnia. \u2014 Sydney Lupkin, latimes.com , 14 Mar. 2018",
"The drug with the most frequent clawbacks was zolpidem tartrate \u2014 generic Ambien, a drug used to treat insomnia. \u2014 Sydney Lupkin, latimes.com , 14 Mar. 2018",
"The drug with the most frequent clawbacks was zolpidem tartrate \u2014 generic Ambien, a drug used to treat insomnia. \u2014 Sydney Lupkin, latimes.com , 14 Mar. 2018",
"The drug with the most frequent clawbacks was zolpidem tartrate \u2014 generic Ambien, a drug used to treat insomnia. \u2014 Sydney Lupkin, latimes.com , 14 Mar. 2018"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, from French tartre tartar, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin tartarum":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043249"
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": a crystalline compound H 2 NCO(CHOH) 2 CONH 2 made by the action of alcoholic ammonia on a tartaric ester : the amide of tartaric acid":[]
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"\u02c8t\u00e4r\u2027tr\u0259\u02ccm\u012bd",
"-m\u0259\u0307d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043258"
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": a syrupy acid HOOC(CHOH) 2 CONH 2 made by the action of aqueous ammonia on a tartaric ester : the half amide of tartaric acid":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043441"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Filling the first half of the tartlet would be frangipane baked with blueberries. \u2014 Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun , 28 June 2022",
"Dom P\u00e9rignon Blanc Vintage 2010, Pl\u00e9nitude Deuxi\u00e8me P2 Vintage 2002, and Ros\u00e9 Vintage 2006 are served by the glass (a rarity for the famed French maison) and accompany dishes like poached lobster and strawberry tartlet with Champagne caviar. \u2014 Nicole Trilivas, Forbes , 6 May 2021",
"This is a great food pairing wine and is versatile enough to enjoy with everything from a tomato tartlet to a rich risotto. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 6 Nov. 2020",
"Phyllo dough can be turned into a base for tartlets , too. \u2014 Becky Krystal, Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Phyllo dough can be turned into a base for tartlets , too. \u2014 Becky Krystal, Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Phyllo dough can be turned into a base for tartlets , too. \u2014 Becky Krystal, Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Phyllo dough can be turned into a base for tartlets , too. \u2014 Becky Krystal, Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Phyllo dough can be turned into a base for tartlets , too. \u2014 Becky Krystal, Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2019"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043604"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043625"
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"type":[
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": a caramelized apple tart that is baked with pastry on top and then inverted for serving":[]
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"\u02cct\u00e4r(t)-t\u00e4-\u02c8tan"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fuji apples go into a tarte tatin with cultured cream, while the last of the season\u2019s satsuma mandarins were juiced for a creamiscle pie. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Here\u2019s the spot to find a lighter-than-usual chocolate souffle, a seductive tarte tatin and a dessert that Maupillier had his colleague create to honor the owner\u2019s mother, stuck in France for the past two years and a fan of pears Belle Helene. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Three favorite desserts are the apple tarte tatin sundae, the floating island and the pistachio cr\u00e8me br\u00fbl\u00e9e (rave-worthy). \u2014 New York Eateries, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"The tarte tatin \u2014Granny Smith apples baked with caramel on a puff pastry served with Chantilly\u2014is as good as any in Paris or Normandy. \u2014 New York Eateries, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"That list includes French standards such as steak tartare, foie gras, salade Lyonnaise, onion soup, duck magret, pear tarte tatin and scallops with beurre noisette. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Halved or left whole, they can be roasted, braised, pickled, creamed, glazed, confited, or used to crown a stunning tarte tatin . \u2014 Alex Delany, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 May 2021",
"My stuffing starts with duck fat and is studded with Toulouse sausage and confit turkey gizzards; my apple pie is a tarte tatin . \u2014 Daniel Boulud As Told To Michele Humes, ELLE Decor , 26 Oct. 2020",
"Candace, the apples in your tarte tatin weren\u2019t uniform. \u2014 Taryn Englehart, The New Yorker , 30 Sep. 2020"
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"French, Tatin tart, after the Tatin sisters of Lamotte-Beuvron, France":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043650"
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"ancient kingdom on the southwestern coast of the Spanish peninsula \u2014 see tarshish":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043731"
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"ancient maritime country referred to in the Bible, located by some in southern Spain and identified with Tartessus":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043737"
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"\"",
"-esh\u0259n",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043753"
}
}
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