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{
"micro":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": very small",
": microscopic",
": involving minute quantities or variations",
": microcomputer",
": microprocessor",
": very small",
": microscopic",
"involving minute quantities or variations"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u012b-(\u02cc)kr\u014d",
"\u02c8m\u012b-(\u02cc)kr\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Optimity does this by guiding users through micro routines designed to gradually improve their understanding of all forms of wellness, including financial health. \u2014 Bryan Pearson, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Michele worked with a set of micro mosaics, made between 1850 and 1870, to reference the rite\u2019s timeframe. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 16 June 2022",
"Cart Alley, Portland Monthly was first to report that the Moxy\u2019s micro restaurant row has welcomed a new wing concept from Anthony and Stephanie Brown of the currently on hiatus Mexican/Cajun fusion restaurant Nacheaux. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 June 2022",
"Hemlines range from free-flowing minis to relaxed maxis and a sea of pretty paisley prints, micro florals, and patchwork dominate the best options (as do design details like tassels and voluminous sleeves). \u2014 Nicole Kliest, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
"Not sure whether to invest in a classic essential like a white tank top or a more spotlight-stealing style from 2022's fashion roster, like a corset or micro mini skirt? \u2014 Irina Grechko, refinery29.com , 7 June 2022",
"Clearly, flared jeans and micro miniskirts weren't enough\u2014yoga pants also had to sit inches below your belly button. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 7 June 2022",
"On the menu is smoked whitefish with cornbread financier, boudin balls served with green tomatoes and charred corn relish and red pepper remoulade, charred oysters with chili oil picked okra, and micro collards. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
"The nonprofit Love, Linda Vista Inc. was created to reopen the market, which intentionally welcomes minority farmers, vendors from diverse backgrounds, and micro enterprises owned by local residents. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Then there are tardigrades, microscopic, eight-limbed micro -animals that also don\u2019t seem to care much about environmental conditions on Earth. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2022",
"Small and micro -businesses with less than 10 employees are seen as key change-makers for the industry, due to their agility and overall control over their operations. \u2014 Brooke Roberts-islam, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Stars such as Lady Gaga and Beyonc\u00e9 threw back to the ambition of \u201980s MTV while adding details and micro -moments designed for endless pause-and-replay analysis. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"The result was discoloration and color changes that can affect the paint's structural integrity, causing such defects as loss of transparency, brittleness, or micro -cracks. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"Use your face scrub two to three times per week (avoiding the eye area), sweeping it onto damp skin in circular motions with very light pressure to prevent irritation and micro -tears, the Beauty Lab recommends. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"Wilson says such injuries often involve muscle spasms and micro -tears in your ligaments. \u2014 Kendall K. Morgan, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
"Avoid phthalates, parabens, formaldehyde, petrolatum, synthetic or artificial dyes, artificial fragrance, DEA, PEGs, micro -beads, triclosan, TEA and silicones. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Micro-segments have their own micro -perimeters; that is, dedicated security policies, access permissions and perimeter protection such as firewalls, etc. \u2014 Steve Durbin, Forbes , 1 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1971, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183238"
},
"microminiature":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": microminiaturized":[],
": suitable for use with microminiaturized parts":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8mi-ni-\u02ccchu\u0307r",
"-\u02cctu\u0307r",
"-ch\u0259r",
"-\u02cctyu\u0307r",
"\u02ccm\u012b-kr\u014d-\u02c8mi-n\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r",
"-\u02c8min-y\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy"
],
"antonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a microminiature model of the city to be used for the movie's special effects"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1958, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164817"
},
"microscopic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": resembling a microscope especially in perception":[],
": invisible or indistinguishable without the use of a microscope":[],
": very small or fine or precise":[],
": of, relating to, or conducted with the microscope or microscopy":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccm\u012b-kr\u0259-\u02c8sk\u00e4-pik",
"\u02ccm\u012b-kr\u0259-\u02c8sk\u00e4p-ik"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy"
],
"antonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"At this point, the embryo is a microscopic clump of only 100 cells.",
"There is a microscopic crack in the diamond.",
"He has a microscopic attention span.",
"He recorded every aspect of his trip in microscopic detail.",
"a microscopic study of plant tissues",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The powerful motor provides impressive suction power, easily picking up hair, debris, and microscopic dust. \u2014 Annie Burdick, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"Selected as one of the best stick vacuums, the V15 conquered dirt and microscopic dust. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"However, Davis said there is no test or microscopic examination that can determine with scientific certainty that a baby was born alive. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"But in that case, using microscopic images should suffice. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 24 May 2022",
"The necropsy included gross examination of the body and internal organs, and specimen collection for microscopic examination, toxicology, drug testing, and genetic testing, with specimens also stored for possible future testing. \u2014 CBS News , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the United plane's engine failure but has said that microscopic examination supports early suspicions that wear and tear caused a fan blade to snap inside the engine. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Nereid is a device that takes microscopic images of water to detect contamination, Laalitya says. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer , 17 Mar. 2021",
"The microscopic examination also revealed that the ends of the bundles had been crushed and matted together, and some even had tooth marks still pressed into them. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 24 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220455"
},
"microscopical":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": resembling a microscope especially in perception":[],
": invisible or indistinguishable without the use of a microscope":[],
": very small or fine or precise":[],
": of, relating to, or conducted with the microscope or microscopy":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccm\u012b-kr\u0259-\u02c8sk\u00e4-pik",
"\u02ccm\u012b-kr\u0259-\u02c8sk\u00e4p-ik"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy"
],
"antonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"At this point, the embryo is a microscopic clump of only 100 cells.",
"There is a microscopic crack in the diamond.",
"He has a microscopic attention span.",
"He recorded every aspect of his trip in microscopic detail.",
"a microscopic study of plant tissues",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The powerful motor provides impressive suction power, easily picking up hair, debris, and microscopic dust. \u2014 Annie Burdick, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"Selected as one of the best stick vacuums, the V15 conquered dirt and microscopic dust. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"However, Davis said there is no test or microscopic examination that can determine with scientific certainty that a baby was born alive. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"But in that case, using microscopic images should suffice. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 24 May 2022",
"The necropsy included gross examination of the body and internal organs, and specimen collection for microscopic examination, toxicology, drug testing, and genetic testing, with specimens also stored for possible future testing. \u2014 CBS News , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the United plane's engine failure but has said that microscopic examination supports early suspicions that wear and tear caused a fan blade to snap inside the engine. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Nereid is a device that takes microscopic images of water to detect contamination, Laalitya says. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer , 17 Mar. 2021",
"The microscopic examination also revealed that the ends of the bundles had been crushed and matted together, and some even had tooth marks still pressed into them. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 24 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220535"
},
"middle":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": equally distant from the extremes : medial , central":[
"the middle house in the row"
],
": being at neither extreme : intermediate":[],
": constituting a division intermediate between those prior and later or upper and lower":[
"Middle Paleozoic"
],
": constituting a period of a language or literature intermediate between one called Old and one called New or Modern":[
"Middle Dutch"
],
": typically asserting that a person or thing both performs and is affected by the action represented":[],
": a middle part, point, or position":[],
": the central portion of the human body : waist":[],
": the position of being among or in the midst of something":[
"in the middle of the crowd"
],
": something intermediate between extremes : mean":[],
": an extremely remote and isolated place":[
"ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi-d\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"central",
"halfway",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"medial",
"median",
"mediate",
"medium",
"mid",
"midmost"
],
"antonyms":[
"golden mean",
"mean",
"medium",
"middle ground",
"midpoint"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"during the century's middle decades",
"High temperatures today should be in the middle 80s.",
"Franklin D. Roosevelt's middle initial stood for \u201cDelano.\u201d",
"Noun",
"A good essay will have a clear beginning, middle , and end.",
"He stood exactly in the middle of the room.",
"She opened the book to the middle and began to read.",
"The car stopped in the middle of the road.",
"The house should be finished by the middle of next summer.",
"The beginning and ending of the movie were good, but the middle was pretty boring.",
"She put her arms around his middle .",
"He tied the sash around his middle .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"With Victor\u2019s paychecks coming in smaller than expected, and the family\u2019s bills adding up higher, the Castellis eventually settle into a cozy apartment on the lower- middle -class side of town. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"But one of America's richest men somehow earns billions from speedy trades while paying a tax rate lower than many middle -class Americans. \u2014 Justin Elliott, ProPublica , 23 June 2022",
"Director Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n's Roma is an emotional tale of a live-in housekeeper to an upper middle -class family in Mexico City in 1971. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
"One of the Netherlands\u2019 most prolific and celebrated writers, Hermans was born in 1921 to a middle -class family in Amsterdam. \u2014 Francine Prose, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"This continues in the present, where even upper- middle -class Black women suffer worse maternal health outcomes than their White economic peers. \u2014 CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Among the middle -class families were a few garrulous groups of men with tattooed arms, roaring genially in dialect and dispatching huge plates of calamari with messy gusto. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"The school said in a statement that the new policy will provide financial relief to middle -class families. \u2014 Tre'vaughn Howard, CBS News , 20 June 2022",
"Her middle -class family was largely insulated from the violence. \u2014 Michael E. Miller And Regine Cabato, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For the third time this year, the teen sensation Emma Raducanu had to quit in the middle of the match because of an injury. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"Then one night, in the middle of a bad argument, the gentleman stormed out with most of his stuff. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 25 June 2022",
"Sure, there were times when a Diary Room soundbite would get cut in the middle of me saying something, leaving the viewer without a full explanation, but this is to be expected. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 25 June 2022",
"Fountain Theatre discussed the ruling across the footlights, right in the middle of a live show. \u2014 Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"The Portland Trail Blazers will be in the middle of a lot of rumors this summer. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
"There were a couple mallards in the water on Saturday morning, and two cranes of various sizes and colors were on the island in the middle of the pond. \u2014 Joseph Goodman, al , 25 June 2022",
"Tourist boats take visitors through churning waters to a set of stairs that lead to a viewing platform atop a tall rock in the middle of the falls. \u2014 Diane Daniel, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"That\u2019s partly because the country had an election in the middle of negotiations. \u2014 Anne Field, Forbes , 24 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English middel , from Old English; akin to Old English midde":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193743"
},
"middle ground":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a standpoint or area midway between extreme or opposing positions, options, or objectives":[],
": middle distance sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"golden mean",
"mean",
"medium",
"middle",
"midpoint"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The judge of the case chose a middle ground between harshness and leniency.",
"Both sides in this debate need to do more to establish some middle ground .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This all points to the fact that the average worker is looking for a middle ground . \u2014 David Morel, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"There's not much room for middle ground in the testimony thus far from Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in Depp's libel suit against his ex-wife. \u2014 Matthew Barakat, ajc , 7 May 2022",
"Find the middle ground between high-performance goals and mediocrity. \u2014 Nuala Walsh, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The same is true this season for NoHo Hank, Mr. Cousineau and Fuches, offering showcases for Carrigan\u2019s uniquely weird line-readings, Winkler\u2019s hangdog perfection and Root occupying the middle ground between the two. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Through Watari\u2019s mediation, and through the surprisingly wise advice of none other than Takatsuki, his wife\u2019s seducer, Kafuku is able to bring together the role and the life, to find the middle ground between Stanislavski\u2019s Method and his own. \u2014 Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The worst outcome for Mr. Starmer, Dr. Bale adds, may actually be a middle ground , where the police judge that the Labour leader acted unlawfully but decide not to fine him. \u2014 Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 June 2022",
"Hot Sauce is the perfect middle ground \u2014which makes sense, since the shade was pretty much engineered for my skin tone. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 17 May 2022",
"Situated between Miami and the larger cities in Palm Beach County, Hollywood offers a middle ground for commuters \u2014 Miami\u2019s about 20 miles south and Fort Lauderdale\u2019s just 10 miles north. \u2014 Amber Randall, Sun Sentinel , 21 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1752, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001139"
},
"middle-of-the-road":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun phrase"
],
"definitions":{
": a course of action or a standpoint midway between extremes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi-d\u1d4al-\u0259v-\u1e6fh\u0331\u0259-\u02c8r\u014dd"
],
"synonyms":[
"central",
"centrist",
"moderate"
],
"antonyms":[
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"ultra"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1894, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1891, in the meaning defined above":"Noun phrase"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225444"
},
"middle-of-the-roader":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun phrase"
],
"definitions":{
": a course of action or a standpoint midway between extremes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi-d\u1d4al-\u0259v-\u1e6fh\u0331\u0259-\u02c8r\u014dd"
],
"synonyms":[
"central",
"centrist",
"moderate"
],
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"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"ultra"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1894, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1891, in the meaning defined above":"Noun phrase"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202942"
},
"middlingly":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"of middle , medium, or moderate size, degree, or quality",
"mediocre , second-rate",
"of, relating to, or being a middle class",
"any of various commodities of intermediate size, quality, or position",
"a granular product of grain milling",
"a wheat milling by-product used in animal feeds"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8mid-li\u014b",
"synonyms":[
"average",
"intermediate",
"mean",
"median",
"medium",
"middle",
"midsize",
"midsized",
"moderate",
"modest"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"tired of the city but not particularly interested in small-town life, he moved to a suburb of middling size",
"was disappointed in the renowned historian's latest book, which is only middling",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"IndyCar results have been more middling than menacing, with no podium finishes in 17 career races. \u2014 Dan Gelston, Orlando Sentinel , 29 May 2022",
"IndyCar results have been more middling than menacing, with no podium finishes in 17 career races. \u2014 Dan Gelston, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"If not, and the result is closer to last season\u2019s middling 8-4, Fisher will be the butt of jokes for his blustery bark and lack of bite. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 24 May 2022",
"Besides the middling results on the field, Edwards is facing the NCAA investigation for alleged recruiting violations. \u2014 Scooby Axson, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Smith was the head coach of a middling South Dakota program at the time. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Despite his success with his curve, his inability to consistently place his fastball is why his results had been middling . \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"Of course, several outlets had tried to make such a platform work, with middling success. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 9 May 2022",
"Speaking of which, that 2019 Tytus Howard/Lonnie Johnson draft is looking pretty middling with only three players still on the roster. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 2 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"The Steelers are averaging a meager 301.8 yards and 16.8 points per game through the first month of the season, pitiful numbers that place them well behind even Denver\u2019s middling (353.8 YPG, 20.8 PPG) offensive attack. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
"The Pack's other walking wounded will also benefit from rest ahead of the stretch run, which includes a favorable schedule offering up middling -to-bad NFC North opponents. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Considering Chicago\u2019s banged-up, middling defense \u2014 No. 23 in overall efficiency, according to Football Outsiders \u2014 Bears coaches might feel the same way. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Back in Japan, Mr. Kishida was an ardent \u2014 although, by his own admission, middling \u2014 baseball player. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Oct. 2021",
"The death rate for counties with the highest Trump share since June 21 is 30% higher than for the counties with middling or lower Trump share. \u2014 Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Sep. 2021",
"The Portland Thorns are riding high at the top of the league table, even while missing several key players, and will face a Kansas City side down on their luck and middling at the bottom of the league table. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Aug. 2021",
"The game debuted to middling -to-poor reviews, and a 62 Metascore puts it as the 32nd highest rated PS5 release this year alone. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 31 May 2021",
"But reviews have generally remained fair to middling , and the brand has grown to seem more like an afterthought in recent years. \u2014 Tony Sachs, Robb Report , 24 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"midmost":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb or noun"
],
"definitions":{
": being in or near the exact middle":[],
": most intimate : innermost":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mid-\u02ccm\u014dst"
],
"synonyms":[
"central",
"halfway",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"medial",
"median",
"mediate",
"medium",
"mid",
"middle"
],
"antonyms":[
"extreme",
"farthest",
"farthermost",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"remotest",
"utmost"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the midmost subway car is usually the most crowded one in the train, so try to avoid it"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051844"
},
"midpoint":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a point at or near the center or middle"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mid-\u02ccp\u022fint",
"-\u02c8p\u022fint"
],
"synonyms":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Midterms take place two years after a presidential election, at the midpoint of a presidential term \u2014 hence the name. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"The agreement was at the midpoint of the $10.25 million Contreras asked for and the $9 million the Cubs offered when figures were exchanged March 22. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Midterms take place two years after a presidential election, at the midpoint of a presidential term \u2014 hence the name. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"The Celtics, coached by rookie bench leader Ime Udoka, are an ascension saga\u2014at the season\u2019s midpoint , the club was foundering at 20-21, only to meld into coherence and close with a 31-10 run. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 30 May 2022",
"Michigan worked Tampa Bay into a third-and-1 with 95 seconds remaining, but Washington picked up the first down to allow the Bandits to run out the clock and send the Panthers to their fourth loss in five games at the midpoint of the season. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 14 May 2022",
"At the midpoint of April, housing markets are reflecting a changing landscape, according to a new report by Realtor.com. \u2014 Brenda Richardson, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The per-year average of Means\u2019 deal, first reported by The Athletic, is slightly above the midpoint of those values. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 21 May 2022",
"The midpoint of Cisco\u2019s projection for the current quarter implied revenue of about $12.7 billion, some 8% shy of Wall Street\u2019s target. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 19 May 2022"
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"Perhaps the biggest competition in the midsize SUV space comes from the likes of the Genesis GV80, which boasts a luxurious interior, a stunning exterior, and powerful performance. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 9 June 2022",
"Choose from two sizes: The small version is designed for midsize trucks and accommodates five bikes and the large fits full-sized trucks and has room for seven bikes. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 8 June 2022",
"The Microsoft office in the Cincinnati suburb, a hyperscale cloud provider, is recognized as the midsize winner for Top Workplaces Cincinnati in 2022. \u2014 Terry Demio, The Enquirer , 8 June 2022",
"The list included five other midsize cities \u2014 Sacramento; Reno, Nev.; Louisville, Ky.; Tampa, Fla.; and Raleigh, N.C. \u2014 but no large cities. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"That started to change when the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers set up shop in this midsize city about 11 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles, quietly moving the housing goal posts higher and higher. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Feb. 2022",
"My takeaway is that Cleveland\u2019s travel industry recovery is on par with, if not a bit ahead of, other midsize cities. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 23 Dec. 2021",
"In the initial round of testing of seat belt reminder systems in 26 small and midsize SUVs, only two earned the top rating \u2013 the Ascent and Forester, both Subarus. \u2014 Tanya Mohn, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Small and midsize supermarkets will pay higher interchange fees on most rewards cards. \u2014 Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"Perhaps the biggest competition in the midsize SUV space comes from the likes of the Genesis GV80, which boasts a luxurious interior, a stunning exterior, and powerful performance. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 9 June 2022",
"Choose from two sizes: The small version is designed for midsize trucks and accommodates five bikes and the large fits full-sized trucks and has room for seven bikes. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 8 June 2022",
"The Microsoft office in the Cincinnati suburb, a hyperscale cloud provider, is recognized as the midsize winner for Top Workplaces Cincinnati in 2022. \u2014 Terry Demio, The Enquirer , 8 June 2022",
"The list included five other midsize cities \u2014 Sacramento; Reno, Nev.; Louisville, Ky.; Tampa, Fla.; and Raleigh, N.C. \u2014 but no large cities. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"That started to change when the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers set up shop in this midsize city about 11 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles, quietly moving the housing goal posts higher and higher. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Feb. 2022",
"My takeaway is that Cleveland\u2019s travel industry recovery is on par with, if not a bit ahead of, other midsize cities. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 23 Dec. 2021",
"In the initial round of testing of seat belt reminder systems in 26 small and midsize SUVs, only two earned the top rating \u2013 the Ascent and Forester, both Subarus. \u2014 Tanya Mohn, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Small and midsize supermarkets will pay higher interchange fees on most rewards cards. \u2014 Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"The committee members are trying mightily to capture the attention of the public with this reconsideration of the event of 17 months ago. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"In Car and Driver testing, a 2020 model with the V-8 ran to 60 mph in just 3.4 seconds, mightily impressive for a car weighing around 5000 pounds. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 6 June 2022",
"But the family\u2019s economic mismanagement and denial of festering problems have also contributed mightily . \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"James Buchanan and Franklin Pierce both contributed mightily to the nation\u2019s slide into the Civil War, and Andrew Johnson did enduring harm to Reconstruction in the war\u2019s aftermath. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Soaring energy prices, a response to the brisk economic recovery, contributed mightily to the runup in prices. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Red Sox defensive woes contributed mightily to a .363 batting average on balls in play against him \u2014 easily the worst mark in the majors. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Who would have imagined that an illiterate frontier teenager contributed so mightily to America\u2019s future? \u2014 Peter Cozzens, WSJ , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Just as the Sasser family contributed mightily to T.R. Miller\u2019s success so too has the family of this year\u2019s starting quarterback. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 1 Sep. 2021"
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"Your father and I are mighty proud of you.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This small but mighty tube makes just about any body of water drinkable thanks to its ability to remove over 99% of waterborne bacteria and protozoan parasites. \u2014 Jaimie Potters, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 June 2022",
"After five weeks in theaters, the Marvel movie has earned an impressive $388.7 million domestically and a mighty $909.4 million globally. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 5 June 2022",
"With the success of the brand, Parker also attributes her small but mighty team for its growth, which includes her husband, fellow actor Boris Kodjoe. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 4 June 2022",
"This small but mighty machine weighs only 3 pounds and scored best overall for handheld vacuums in our GH Cleaning Lab. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"The California federal court system experiences a new first, and a small but mighty creative team takes on the model minority myth. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"Stick one of these small (but mighty ) circles in any bird baths, ponds, plant trays or flood-prone areas up to 100 square feet to kill mosquito larvae for 30 days. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"Alpha Custom Yachts is adding another superyacht to its small but mighty fleet. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 23 May 2022",
"The range is small but mighty , with two skin-care products and five makeup products\u2014though most are a hybrid of the two\u2014all with a cult following. \u2014 Glamour , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The future is looking mighty bright for the Yellowstone franchise and its creator Taylor Sheridan. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 27 May 2022",
"The sprint to 60 mph is slightly behind that of the coupe, but a time of 3.6 seconds is still mighty impressive, and so too is the 208 mph top speed. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"Not to mention, the 36-year-old has been mighty busy these past few weeks. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 1 May 2022",
"And that even includes racists like Bob Ewell (Joey Collins) and his daughter Mayella (Arianna Gayle Stucki, who dives mighty deep into an immensely challenging role). \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"Food prices in particular have been skyrocketing, and corporations -- even ones as mighty as McDonald's -- can do only so much to insulate themselves. \u2014 Jordan Valinsky, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"The food might not be the best in the daylight, but once the moon is up and the drinks are down, a taco or two from this standby start to look mighty tasty. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 19 Sep. 2017",
"Until that infamous day at Hibbing High School, which looms mighty up on East 21st Street. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"These days, President Joe Biden must be mighty jealous of President George H.W. Bush. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 13 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Saturday\u2019s mild temperatures were just right for a trip down the pioneer trail to discover what life was like in the 1800s in Illinois. \u2014 Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"People heading outside to see the supermoon can also expect mild temperatures from the low to mid-50s, Murdock said. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 June 2022",
"Given the usually mild temperatures in the Pacific Northwest, many residents do not have air conditioning, although hundreds of thousands of new units have been added in recent years. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
"Take a moment to pay homage to Mother Nature, because mild temperatures are with us all week long. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"These forces spin the region\u2019s many power turbines and generate a bounty of electricity at a time of mild temperatures and relatively low energy demand. \u2014 Anna Blaustein, Scientific American , 6 May 2022",
"Here in the tropics, growing wheat\u2014a crop best suited to mild temperatures\u2014was once considered a crazy idea. \u2014 Samantha Pearson, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"After a minor watering Sunday, high pressure will bring a partly sunny sky and mild temperatures on Monday with highs in the 50s. \u2014 courant.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"While things will start out chilly, expect mild temperatures to return on Wednesday. \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Saturday\u2019s mild temperatures were just right for a trip down the pioneer trail to discover what life was like in the 1800s in Illinois. \u2014 Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"People heading outside to see the supermoon can also expect mild temperatures from the low to mid-50s, Murdock said. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 June 2022",
"Given the usually mild temperatures in the Pacific Northwest, many residents do not have air conditioning, although hundreds of thousands of new units have been added in recent years. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
"Take a moment to pay homage to Mother Nature, because mild temperatures are with us all week long. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"These forces spin the region\u2019s many power turbines and generate a bounty of electricity at a time of mild temperatures and relatively low energy demand. \u2014 Anna Blaustein, Scientific American , 6 May 2022",
"Here in the tropics, growing wheat\u2014a crop best suited to mild temperatures\u2014was once considered a crazy idea. \u2014 Samantha Pearson, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"After a minor watering Sunday, high pressure will bring a partly sunny sky and mild temperatures on Monday with highs in the 50s. \u2014 courant.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"While things will start out chilly, expect mild temperatures to return on Wednesday. \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Saturday\u2019s mild temperatures were just right for a trip down the pioneer trail to discover what life was like in the 1800s in Illinois. \u2014 Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"People heading outside to see the supermoon can also expect mild temperatures from the low to mid-50s, Murdock said. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 June 2022",
"Given the usually mild temperatures in the Pacific Northwest, many residents do not have air conditioning, although hundreds of thousands of new units have been added in recent years. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
"Take a moment to pay homage to Mother Nature, because mild temperatures are with us all week long. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"These forces spin the region\u2019s many power turbines and generate a bounty of electricity at a time of mild temperatures and relatively low energy demand. \u2014 Anna Blaustein, Scientific American , 6 May 2022",
"Here in the tropics, growing wheat\u2014a crop best suited to mild temperatures\u2014was once considered a crazy idea. \u2014 Samantha Pearson, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tests thus far indicate operating costs will be under \u2153 cent per mile . \u2014 B.c. George, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
"That would bump to $70 per sectional game and 50 cents per mile . \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"The high-speed trains now have the worst per- mile fatality rate in the country. \u2014 Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"Finally, also per AAA, the average maintenance cost of driving a medium sedan is about 10 cents per mile . \u2014 cleveland , 19 June 2022",
"North Lawndale\u2019s level of planting, for example, was 4.1 new trees per mile of streets, or just a seventh of Edgewater\u2019s rate. \u2014 Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Tesla has released data since 2018 claiming that Autopilot has a lower crash rate per mile than typical driving. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 15 June 2022",
"Beginning July 1, the Internal Revenue Service is pushing up its optional standard mileage rate for business use to 62.5 cents per mile . \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
"Adam Bryant is the current CEO of AxleHire, an expedited urban last- mile delivery service, providing same and next day delivery experience. \u2014 Adam Bryant, Forbes , 8 June 2022"
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"The company has gotten a lot of mileage out of a simple idea.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ascher gets more mileage out of references to Kubrick and an extended, appropriately spooky reference to The Miracle Worker. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"The US Air Force alone is responsible for more than half of those emissions, both because aircraft get terrible mileage and because emitting carbon at high altitude leads to warming up to four times as intense as emitting on the ground. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
"But the shirt-jacket is one of her most wearable takes on the trend, serving us fresh inspiration for how to get more mileage out of wardrobe staples like the classic button-down shirt. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Sharon Stone also gets mileage out of playing the wry, no nonsense counterpoint to Arnett\u2019s wild card, and even gets in a few solid jokes of her own. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Maguire said it\u2019s also important to have properly inflated tires to get your best possible mileage , and to get rid of anything unnecessary that may weigh down to your motor vehicle, like junk in the trunk or an unused cargo carrier. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Knowledge, especially in a game like Fortnite, gets far better mileage . \u2014 Tyler Gallagher, Rolling Stone , 28 Oct. 2021",
"So why not literally get more mileage out of my months of training and do another 26.2-mile race? \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 10 Oct. 2021",
"Just as the Hallmark Channel has its Christmas in July marathon, Shudder gets mileage out of a Halfway to Halloween promo in April, when Mr. Zimmerman opens his weekly one-hour phone line again. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 8 Oct. 2021"
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"examples":[
"the level of militance varied significantly among the abolitionist groups",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The flamboyance, militance , and violence of the 1960s left might not have worked right away, after all. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 6 Jan. 2022",
"The human relationship to fire on this specific piece of land was not always one of fear, anxiety, and militance . \u2014 Manjula Martin, The New Yorker , 30 Sep. 2021",
"As spring turned to summer and the pandemic seemed to be at its end, the Haredim reunited, bonded at first by impatience with public-health guidelines and then by a growing militance about the central government\u2019s response. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Nearly every artist had a go at exalting Zapata for his deep rootedness in native soil as well as for his dashing militance . \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2020",
"That militance was frowned upon by Isaacson and others who favored a civilized political approach. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Dec. 2019",
"Love shows up, even in power struggles where Queen\u2019s militance clashes with Slim\u2019s attempts at being level headed. \u2014 Jasmine Grant, Essence , 3 Dec. 2019",
"The Great Depression and America\u2019s 1941 entry into WWII posed some complicated challenges to this legacy, as labor militance took a back seat at times of national emergency. \u2014 Kim Kelly, The New Republic , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Those in safe districts, where Obamacare was especially unpopular, used their militance to highlight their die-hard opposition to the Affordable Care Act. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 22 Jan. 2018"
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"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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"nonaggressive",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for militant aggressive , militant , assertive , self-assertive mean obtrusively energetic especially in pursuing particular goals. aggressive implies a disposition to dominate often in disregard of others' rights or in determined and energetic pursuit of one's ends. aggressive in his business dealings militant also implies a fighting disposition but suggests not self-seeking but devotion to a cause, movement, or principle. militant protesters rallied against the new law assertive suggests bold self-confidence in expression of opinion. the more assertive speakers dominated the forum self-assertive connotes forwardness or brash self-confidence. a self-assertive young upstart",
"examples":[
"an angry and militant speech",
"political radicals with a militant unwillingness to compromise on any issue",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sweden and Finland agreed to end support for Kurdish militant groups and end restrictions on weapons sales to Turkey, meeting demands specified by the Turkish government since Mr. Erdogan first threatened to block the two countries\u2019 entry. \u2014 WSJ , 30 June 2022",
"Erdogan objected, unfairly accusing Sweden and Finland of supporting two Kurdish militant groups, the PKK and YPG. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Not Hate, who noted commonalities between Sutter and David Myatt in their use of aggressive far-right militant groups to advance their O9A beliefs \u2014 Combat 18 in Myatt\u2019s case, Atomwaffen Division in Sutter\u2019s. \u2014 Ali Winston, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
"Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups have threatened to retaliate if the march goes ahead as planned. \u2014 Atika Shubert, Abeer Salman And Lauren Izso, CNN , 23 May 2022",
"For one, the official said, the Taliban have not expressed an intention of attacking the United States, and other militant groups in Afghanistan do not control significant enclaves of territory from which to operate and plan. \u2014 Charlie Savage And Eric Schmitt, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"For one, the official said, the Taliban have not expressed an intention of attacking the United States, and other militant groups in Afghanistan do not control significant enclaves of territory from which to operate and plan. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022",
"Shiite Muslims, who are a minority in Afghanistan, are frequently attacked by Sunni militant groups, including ISIS. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The safe havens of militant groups in Afghanistan has raised concerns for Pakistan which earlier this month carried out air strikes inside Pakistan, killing at least 20 children, according to the United Nations education fund (UNICEF). \u2014 Kathy Gannon And Mohammad Shaob Amin, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun"
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"the military academy at West Point"
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"\u02c8mi-l\u0259-\u02ccter-\u0113"
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"martial",
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"armed forces",
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"troops"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He is being tried in a military court rather than in a civilian court.",
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"Noun",
"There were many military present but only a few civilians.",
"some would insist that the military's budget is still inadequate",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"He had been born in Hanover, Germany, in 1738, the son of an oboist who led that city\u2019s military band. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"However, this is categorically untrue, as Elvis went into military service because he was drafted, like many others at the time. \u2014 Morayo Ogunbayo, ajc , 27 June 2022",
"After the Revolutionary War, more than 3,000 Black people arrived in Nova Scotia, promised freedom and land by the British in exchange for their military service. \u2014 Natalie Preddie, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"The special laws allotted to the sports and the classical music and arts industries for mandatory military service must be extended to popular culture as well. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
"Prosecutors took into account Muhammad\u2019s past military service and history of abuse as a child. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
"The legislation would add 23 conditions related to burn pits and toxic exposure to the department's catalog of service presumptions, in which the department presumes that conditions were the result of a person's military service. \u2014 Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online , 17 June 2022",
"The ad highlights his military service and legislative record in Congress. \u2014 Alexandra Marquez, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"During his 20 years of military service, Kurpasi took part in three combat tours in Iraq and was awarded a Purple Heart, according to his service record provided to the Post. \u2014 Amy Cheng And Alex Horton, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Sweden brought back conscription in 2017, winding back a post-Cold War policy that had seen its military downsized. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"And this guy held the rank of General in our military . \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"During a virtual meeting with G-7 leaders on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told world leaders that his military needs more equipment. \u2014 Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"The California Air National Guard has held a longstanding partnership with Ukraine and has helped to train its military under a state program since the 1990s. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 27 June 2022",
"Not so Russia: in the absence of credible Western defenses, its military could move to occupy any number of neighboring countries from Moldova to Finland. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Its military has demonstrated its might in ways that have increasingly drawn rebuke and warnings from Washington and its allies. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"Germany\u2019s stringent pacifist streak has led to a dramatic deterioration of its military . \u2014 Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"Ukrainian officials brushed off such fears, voicing confidence that its military can hold out to stem the Russian advances and even launch a counterattack. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022"
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"Middle English, from Latin militaris , from milit-, miles soldier":"Adjective and Noun"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001521"
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"adjective"
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": weak , insipid"
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"\u02c8milk-\u0259n(d)-\u02c8w\u022f-t\u0259r",
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"banal",
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"1753, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191944"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"chicken",
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"1606, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 Oliver Teves"
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"\u02c8mil"
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"atomize",
"beat",
"bray",
"comminute",
"crush",
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"The crowd was milling outside the exit.",
"a demonstration of how dried kernels of corn were milled in colonial times"
],
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"Middle English mille , from Old English mylen , from Late Latin molina, molinum , from feminine and neuter of molinus of a mill, of a millstone, from Latin mola mill, millstone; akin to Latin molere to grind \u2014 more at meal":"Noun",
"Latin mille thousand":"Noun"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1786, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225817"
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"adjective or noun",
"adverb or adjective",
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": a very large number":[
"millions of cars on the road"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"They were built by the millions , so despite their appeal, a plentiful supply keeps prices reasonable. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 6 June 2020",
"Conversely, with lockdowns of months, if not years, life largely stops, short-term and long-term consequences are entirely unknown, and billions, not just millions , of lives may be eventually at stake. \u2014 John P.a. Ioannidis, STAT , 17 Mar. 2020",
"The plan was to create archives of all human knowledge that could last for millions , if not billions, of years, and to seed them across Earth and throughout the solar system. \u2014 Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED , 5 Aug. 2019",
"On Thursday, the S&P 500 fell 0.9% after millions more Americans applied for unemployment benefits in April, darkening the mood after a relatively strong April. \u2014 Jessica Menton, USA TODAY , 1 May 2020",
"That doesn\u2019t count the hundreds of millions of vaccinations administered annually. \u2014 Scott W. Atlas And H.r. Mcmaster, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Such measures are a step forward, but fall short of covering the tens of millions of unemployed workers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"McMaster's order comes after millions of other Americans are under orders from their local authorities to stay at home as part of an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus as the world fights the pandemic. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Apr. 2020",
"The situations with millions of nights already booked in hotels is extremely difficult to handle, and the international sports calendar for at least 33 Olympic sports would have to be adapted. \u2014 Tariq Panja, New York Times , 22 Mar. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English milioun , from Middle French milion , from Old Italian milione , augmentative of mille thousand, from Latin":""
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001846"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": an Englishman of noble or gentle birth"
],
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"mi-\u02c8l\u022fr(d)"
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"gentleman",
"grandee",
"lord",
"nobleman",
"peer"
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"a city that was a favorite stop for English milords on the grand tour"
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"1607, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215759"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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]
},
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"m\u0259-\u02c8me-tik",
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"m\u0259-\u02c8met-ik"
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"apish",
"canned",
"emulative",
"epigonic",
"epigonous",
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"mimic",
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"archetypal",
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"examples":[
"boys have a tendency toward mimetic behavior, often imitating their fathers at a fairly early age",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The team also plans to investigate if domestication shaped the mimetic muscles of other mammals, Burrows tells Newsweek. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In the study, researchers analyzed the anatomy of tiny muscles used to form facial expressions called mimetic muscles. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The building block of the internet is a referential, signifying, mimetic , poetics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The previous generation of Los Angeles rappers, from Ice Cube to Ice T and MC Eight, would have leaned into the realism, the mimetic blankness of the routine tragedy of Black death. \u2014 Will Dukes, Rolling Stone , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Thiel was particularly taken with Girard\u2019s concept of mimetic desire. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 Oct. 2021",
"At Stanford, he was heavily influenced by the French philosopher Ren\u00e9 Girard, whose theory of mimetic desire\u2014of people learning to want the same thing\u2014attempts to explain the origins of social conflict and violence. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
"At Stanford, he was heavily influenced by the French philosopher Ren\u00e9 Girard, whose theory of mimetic desire\u2014of people learning to want the same thing\u2014attempts to explain the origins of social conflict and violence. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
"At Stanford, he was heavily influenced by the French philosopher Ren\u00e9 Girard, whose theory of mimetic desire\u2014of people learning to want the same thing\u2014attempts to explain the origins of social conflict and violence. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021"
],
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"Late Latin mimeticus , from Greek mim\u0113tikos , from mimeisthai to imitate, from mimos mime":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1637, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055623"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
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": imitative",
": imitation , mock",
": of or relating to mime or mimicry",
": to imitate closely : ape",
": to ridicule by imitation",
": simulate",
": to resemble by biological mimicry",
": a person or animal that imitates something or someone",
": to imitate very closely",
": to make fun of by imitating",
": one that mimics",
": to imitate or resemble closely: as",
": to imitate the symptoms of",
": to produce an effect and especially a physiological effect similar to"
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"\u02c8mi-mik",
"\u02c8mi-mik",
"\u02c8mim-ik"
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"imitator",
"impersonator",
"impressionist",
"personator"
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"artificial",
"bogus",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
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"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Sophia is the story of David Hanson, founder of Hanson Robotics and inventor of Sophia, a robot designed either as a vehicle for artificial intelligence or as a mimic for human intelligence and human behavior. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
"And Myles Frost, who plays the adult Jackson, is an astonishing mimic . \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"O\u2019Day heard about a local Florida band whose lead singer, Jesse Gamble (then Jesse Bolt), was a good Presley mimic , and even already owned a blue jumpsuit. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Zaza was intelligent, irreverent, an ardent violin player and a great mimic , disobedient at school but conventional at home, passionately devout. \u2014 Lara Feigel, The New Republic , 26 Nov. 2021",
"She is said to be a gifted mimic , especially of Putin. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Oct. 2021",
"On my paternal side, Gargar (Marian, my very funny and brilliant mimic of a grandmother) taught me about Scotland and tea leaves from China. \u2014 Sarah Ferguson, Good Housekeeping , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Analogy aside, this is how a vaccine does its job: Each inoculation contains a harmless mimic of a pathogen that immune cells memorize. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Speaker Vos is a Donald Trump mimic , desperately trying to challenge the legitimacy of an election proven over and over again to be fair. \u2014 Scott Bauer, Star Tribune , 28 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Too many mimic divisive rhetoric to score cheap points or achieve short-term goals. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
"For a period of time the Cuyahoga was getting healthier, Hothem said, and in 2006 the sewer district caught its first mimic shiners in the river, but in recent years improvements have leveled off overall. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 13 May 2022",
"Calisthenics tend to be full-body exercises that mimic functional movements like pushing, pulling, and rotation, Delgado-Lugo explains. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 21 May 2022",
"This spoofing is carried out by transmitters on the ground which mimic satellites and broadcast fake signals to confuse navigation systems. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Monoclonal antibodies are compounds that mimic parts of the immune cells that SARS-CoV-2 infects. \u2014 Alice Park, Time , 20 Apr. 2022",
"These can look highly convincing and closely mimic real brands\u2019 websites. \u2014 Tony Pepper, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"An easy half-mile walk on the wide, sandy Latigo Trail enters the preserve\u2019s far west edge, passing under powerlines that curiously mimic look the long, slender stalks of native ocotillo cactus. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 25 Mar. 2022",
"By the end of the century, remixes could range from extended versions that mimic film scores to wacky reproductions that stray far away from the original to basic redos that simply tack on a guest verse. \u2014 Bianca Gracie, Billboard , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"More recently, companies like eToro and Public are creating engaging social+ finance products that mimic the experiences of traditional social networks and seamlessly integrate into the user experience. \u2014 Francesca Gargaglia, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Our next guest has spent a lot of time thinking about cells that mimic life. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"The family room of a Craftsman home designed by interior designer Lane McNab in Palo Alto, Calif. includes oak bookshelves that mimic the original woodwork. \u2014 Alina Dizik, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Guys may have heard about counterfeit sneakers that mimic some of the most in-demand items on the market. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"The everyday innocuous sounds that might mimic an air raid alert or rockets launching could plunge her into a state of turmoil. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"Complicating matters, the immune system can act in ways that mimic an infection. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Soy contains isoflavones, endocrine disruptors that mimic and interfere with human estrogen. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Celiac disease and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth are malabsorption syndromes that can sometimes mimic pure lactase deficiency. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 19 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among the richest of the novel\u2019s many pleasures are just such minor characters, including some irresistibly vain and grasping thespians and the minatory Appleby brothers, talent agents of sorts who shamelessly throw their considerable weight around. \u2014 Daniel Akst, WSJ , 15 Jan. 2021"
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"He read great literature to develop his mind .",
"It's important to keep your mind active as you grow older.",
"He went for a walk to help clear his mind .",
"the mysteries of the human mind",
"My mind is always open to new ideas.",
"You can't argue with him. His mind is closed.",
"I can't concentrate: my mind is always wandering and I can't keep it focused on anything.",
"The smell of pine sends my mind back to childhood.",
"The sound of her voice jerked my mind back to the present.",
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"Verb",
"It was raining, but I didn't mind .",
"I don't mind very much what happens.",
"\u201cWhy is he so angry?\u201d \u201cOh, don't mind him . He's always complaining about something.\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Fudd believes that carries over to their UConn team and is something to keep in mind for this upcoming season. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"For leather seats, wipe the seats with a leather cleaner manufactured with cars in mind . \u2014 Hearst Autos Research, Car and Driver , 24 June 2022",
"Wear and tear tends to happen faster with plastic bowls, but keep in mind that ceramic and even stainless steel are only scratch-resistant, not scratch-proof. \u2014 Lindsay Pevny, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
"The staff chose individuals based on their accomplishments in high school sports and beyond, trying to keep various sports in mind . \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"With all this in mind , below are 12 pregnancy-safe sunscreens for all your skincare woes. \u2014 ELLE , 24 June 2022",
"In order to have your voice rise above the din and reach your target market of listeners, new podcasters need to have a clear vision and niche in mind for the messaging. \u2014 Ginni Saraswati, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"With all that in mind , the breast is best message is harmful to new mothers and mothering folks for a number of reasons. \u2014 Allison Tsai, SELF , 23 June 2022",
"With families in mind , the organizers hope to spark conversations between young and old. \u2014 Lucia Cheng, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"At first glance, the shape of the super-perro Jurado constructs at his 4-month-old restaurant Selva in Long Beach calls to mind an enormous mouth stuffed with potato chips. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"After spending a few months in Florian\u00f3polis, and with the fading summer giving way to fall, the canyons came to mind again. \u2014 R.t. Watson, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"The design, by Coldefy & Associ\u00e9s, a firm based in Lille, France, brings to mind Oscar Niemeyer\u2019s Bras\u00edlia. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Never mind the uneven nature of their friendship: Selina has dutifully written to Julia over the years, while Julia can barely keep up with the goings-on of her friend\u2019s life. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"When your body and mind experience stress, levels of the hormone cortisol increase, which stimulates the skin\u2019s sebaceous glands to produce more oil. \u2014 Stacey Colino, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"For those that don\u2019t mind a hint of fruit flavoring to go along with their bitters, HOP WTR is worthy of exploration. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"For the California born-and-bred pro, shaggy fringe calls to mind the characters of a groovy Paul Thomas Anderson films while also nodding to Jane Birkin in the French Riviera circa summer 1973. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 20 June 2022",
"Pictures of her in scuba gear bring to mind a Bond girl, with a Ph.D. in the macroalgae of the Gulf of Mexico. \u2014 Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022"
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"An education grant from The Republic's Season for Sharing initiative makes the camp free to students, who are a mix of digitally minded and journalistically inclined juniors and seniors. \u2014 Stacy Sullivan, The Arizona Republic , 12 June 2022",
"This confident, open- minded and optimistic generation grew up steeped in technology. \u2014 Andrew Ellenberg, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The like- minded inside the convention mingled amicably, their gun-talk bonding interrupted only by the angry, sometimes obscene chants emanating from across the Avenida De Las Americas, and by journalists asking for their reactions. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"Cannes, known for being both high- minded and frivolous, has perhaps grown slightly more sober. \u2014 Jake Coyle, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"For the less conspiracy theory- minded , this particular collision of headlines is just one more tragic example of how little support this country provides for people raising children. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"For the space- minded , travel to Mars is the ultimate fantasy. \u2014 Jocelyn Yang, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 May 2022",
"Plus, for the budget- minded , the vacuum is still on the expensive side. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The advice repeated by seasonal employees and recruiters is to be open- minded and flexible. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"He read great literature to develop his mind .",
"It's important to keep your mind active as you grow older.",
"He went for a walk to help clear his mind .",
"the mysteries of the human mind",
"My mind is always open to new ideas.",
"You can't argue with him. His mind is closed.",
"I can't concentrate: my mind is always wandering and I can't keep it focused on anything.",
"The smell of pine sends my mind back to childhood.",
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"Verb",
"It was raining, but I didn't mind .",
"I don't mind very much what happens.",
"\u201cWhy is he so angry?\u201d \u201cOh, don't mind him . He's always complaining about something.\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Fudd believes that carries over to their UConn team and is something to keep in mind for this upcoming season. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"For leather seats, wipe the seats with a leather cleaner manufactured with cars in mind . \u2014 Hearst Autos Research, Car and Driver , 24 June 2022",
"Wear and tear tends to happen faster with plastic bowls, but keep in mind that ceramic and even stainless steel are only scratch-resistant, not scratch-proof. \u2014 Lindsay Pevny, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
"The staff chose individuals based on their accomplishments in high school sports and beyond, trying to keep various sports in mind . \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"With all this in mind , below are 12 pregnancy-safe sunscreens for all your skincare woes. \u2014 ELLE , 24 June 2022",
"In order to have your voice rise above the din and reach your target market of listeners, new podcasters need to have a clear vision and niche in mind for the messaging. \u2014 Ginni Saraswati, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"With all that in mind , the breast is best message is harmful to new mothers and mothering folks for a number of reasons. \u2014 Allison Tsai, SELF , 23 June 2022",
"With families in mind , the organizers hope to spark conversations between young and old. \u2014 Lucia Cheng, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"At first glance, the shape of the super-perro Jurado constructs at his 4-month-old restaurant Selva in Long Beach calls to mind an enormous mouth stuffed with potato chips. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"After spending a few months in Florian\u00f3polis, and with the fading summer giving way to fall, the canyons came to mind again. \u2014 R.t. Watson, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"The design, by Coldefy & Associ\u00e9s, a firm based in Lille, France, brings to mind Oscar Niemeyer\u2019s Bras\u00edlia. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Never mind the uneven nature of their friendship: Selina has dutifully written to Julia over the years, while Julia can barely keep up with the goings-on of her friend\u2019s life. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"When your body and mind experience stress, levels of the hormone cortisol increase, which stimulates the skin\u2019s sebaceous glands to produce more oil. \u2014 Stacey Colino, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"For those that don\u2019t mind a hint of fruit flavoring to go along with their bitters, HOP WTR is worthy of exploration. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"For the California born-and-bred pro, shaggy fringe calls to mind the characters of a groovy Paul Thomas Anderson films while also nodding to Jane Birkin in the French Riviera circa summer 1973. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 20 June 2022",
"Pictures of her in scuba gear bring to mind a Bond girl, with a Ph.D. in the macroalgae of the Gulf of Mexico. \u2014 Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022"
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"Jonathan Dean, an airport spokesman, urges passengers to be mindful of that when traveling over the Fourth of July weekend and the rest of the summer and consider taking morning flights if possible. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 30 June 2022",
"Any payment company operating internationally needs to be aware of different local payment methods, but with BNPL companies also need to be mindful of differences in expectations around checkout experiences and trust. \u2014 Daniel Webber, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"During the upcoming holiday, Townsend said visitors should be mindful of their neighbors, exercise patience and follow safety regulations. \u2014 Olivia Alexander, Arkansas Online , 27 June 2022",
"Please be mindful of what your co-workers may be feeling and, as always, treat each other with respect. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 24 June 2022",
"If out, be mindful of the potential for visibility to rapidly change. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Given the one-two punch of a bear market and record inflation, being mindful of spending is especially important, advisors say. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"Drive with an empty trunk when possible, and be mindful of vehicle modifications that would add extra weight to your ride. \u2014 J.j. Mccorvey And Veronica Dagher, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Taylor said also to be mindful of these weaknesses not just when thinking about the LGBTQ community but in being an ally with all people. \u2014 Ryan Bergeron, CNN , 17 June 2022"
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"fatuous",
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"lamebrained",
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"ultrasmart"
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"The article was a mindless piece of nonsense.",
"The movie has been criticized for its mindless violence.",
"a mindless waste of time",
"He seemed to be completely mindless of the danger he was facing.",
"She was mindless of her appearance.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With the emergence of artificial intelligence in the workplace, many mindless administrative tasks can be automated, enabling employees to focus on the more important tasks of their day. \u2014 Eric Sydell, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The result is something both cinema studies kids and mindless violent movie fans can agree to love. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 23 May 2022",
"Ring toss is the kind of mindless , repetitive game that (counter-intuitively) can keep people of all ages engaged for hours. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 21 May 2022",
"Instead of mindless consumption of content, try to work through it, take it apart, draw conclusions and form judgments. \u2014 Tatiana Melnichuk, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"So the Zombie Devil, for instance, turns people into its mindless zombie minions, while the Bat Devil devours humans for their blood like an oversized vampire bat. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"Also, focus your plan on making a good call to action with each release, not just throwing out mindless media. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Convenient payment options can sometimes lead to mindless spending. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Traditional command and control bosses barking out orders about processes and systems to an army of mindless drones are less marketable now. \u2014 Andrew Ellenberg, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215153"
},
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"verb"
],
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": to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix":[
"The story mingles fact with fiction."
],
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": to become mingled":[
"white and Douglas fir trees mingle with the pines",
"\u2014 Karen Thure"
],
": to come into contact : associate":[
"he mingles only with millionaires",
"\u2014 H. J. Laski"
],
": to move about (as in a group)":[
"mingled with the guests"
]
},
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"\u02c8mi\u014b-g\u0259l"
],
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"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"comingle",
"commingle",
"commix",
"composite",
"concrete",
"conflate",
"fuse",
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"immingle",
"immix",
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"integrate",
"interfuse",
"intermingle",
"intermix",
"meld",
"merge",
"mix"
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"break down",
"break up",
"separate",
"unmix"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mingle mix , mingle , commingle , blend , merge , coalesce , amalgamate , fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole. mix may or may not imply loss of each element's identity. mix the salad greens mix a drink mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active. fear mingled with anticipation in my mind commingle implies a closer or more thorough mingling. a sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her blend implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture. blended several teas to create a balanced flavor merge suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole. in his mind reality and fantasy merged coalesce implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity. telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait amalgamate implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities. refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community fuse stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product. a building in which modernism and classicism are fused",
"examples":[
"The story mingles fact and fiction.",
"Several flavors mingle in the stew.",
"It's a story in which fact mingles with fiction.",
"The host was too busy to mingle during the party.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Enjoy food truck flavors and the opportunity to mix and mingle with neighbors. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"Pieces of Jamaica, 4-7 p.m. June 23, Meet the artists mingle , showcase. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
"These fruits, much more than any others, mingle with and enhance that side of the beer in a beautiful way. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022",
"Eventually, these groups would mingle and settle in the Shire. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
"Entry-level jobs also give teens the opportunity to learn how to handle money and to mingle with colleagues and customers from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds. \u2014 Paul Wiseman And Mae Anderson, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Those looking to mingle with the chefs in attendance, for example, will be able to find them at the signature Barefoot BBQ and Beach Bash events. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
"To conclude Monday\u2019s event, a 21-gun salute was conducted by the Utah National Guard on the Capitol lawn, the smoke from each blast seeming to mingle with the gray clouds. \u2014 Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"There is space to mingle with friends as the Bridge is adjacent to Hopbrook Landing Park, which overlooks the Farmington River. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 26 May 2022"
],
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"Middle English menglen , frequentative of mengen to mix, from Old English mengan ; akin to Middle High German mengen to mix, Greek massein to knead":""
},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054551"
},
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"mean , stingy"
],
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"cheap",
"chintzy",
"close",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penny-pinching",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
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"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
],
"examples":[
"a mingy portion of food",
"the company's mingy Christmas bonuses haven't exactly helped sagging employee morale"
],
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps blend of mean entry 1 and stingy ",
"first_known_use":[
"1911, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"noun",
"prefix"
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": minicar":[],
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": smaller or briefer than usual, normal, or standard":[
"mini course",
"mini bus"
]
},
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"\u02c8mi-n\u0113"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"A few months ago, she was spotted wearing an Abercrombie & Fitch mini skirt with a thick grommeted belt. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 23 June 2022",
"Gamma Street and J Street mini parks have already been completed. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Kiermaier has persevered through two front office regimes and several mini -rebuilds with the Rays, and is about to complete an unprecedented feat. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, has the virus spread abated after a recent mini -surge in Cuyahoga County? \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"The mini reefs carry a potential eco-friendly solution toward cleaning up the water within the surrounding area. \u2014 al , 19 June 2022",
"This glass bath is shallow enough for birds of all sizes to splash and also includes a pleasant mini waterspout in the center. \u2014 Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 June 2022",
"Hold mini meet-up sessions about a specific topic each week to help employees connect, get to know and support each other as humans and friends, not just colleagues. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The Best Deals on Amazon Smart Home Devices Blink Outdoor Camera Kits ($60 to $130 off) Through June 16, save $65 to $130 on Blink camera kits and bundles, which are going for $115 for two to $250 for a five-camera kit with a Blink mini . \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The group filled boxes with nonperishable goods to give to First United Methodist Church of Oak Lawn for their mini -pantry program. \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"And that's led to a mini -boom in the construction industry. \u2014 Russell Flannery, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Princess Beatrice made three trips to the Royal Ascot this year, providing a mini -fashion fair of garden looks. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 June 2022",
"Moves like the world\u2019s greatest stretch, single-leg glute bridges, and monster walks with a mini -band can help prime your body for this routine, says Jamison. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 18 June 2022",
"Bieber's video came shortly after his wife Hailey Bieber, 25, was hospitalized after suffering a mini -stroke. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"For years, Cline has been able to do his artwork full time, creating sculptures for amusement parks, mini -golf courses and private collectors. \u2014 Kelly Kazek | Kkazek@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
"Rather than clamp directly onto a customer\u2019s satellite, the MRV will use a robotic arm developed by Darpa to attach a mini -fridge sized unit called a Mission Extension Pod (MEP) onto the spacecraft. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
"After Yang, have initiated a mini -trend, bringing new relevance to the title credits sequence as an art form. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"mini-":"Noun",
"miniature":"Combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1960, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1963, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174624"
},
"minimal":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": relating to or being a minimum : such as",
": the least possible",
": barely adequate",
": very small or slight",
": of, relating to, or being minimal art or minimalism",
": relating to or being a minimum : constituting the least possible with respect to size, number, degree, or certain stated conditions"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi-n\u0259-m\u0259l",
"\u02c8min-\u0259-m\u0259l"
],
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"fewest",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"minimum",
"minutest",
"slightest",
"smallest",
"tiniest"
],
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"biggest",
"full",
"greatest",
"hugest",
"largest",
"maximum",
"most",
"top",
"topmost",
"utmost"
],
"examples":[
"The storm caused minimal damage.",
"areas at minimal risk for flooding",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Monday, there was the first meeting in several weeks of Swedish, Finnish and Turkish officials under the auspices of NATO, but the results were minimal . \u2014 Steven Erlanger, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"Interactions were minimal , and most sites were simple and clunky, but the web\u2019s intrinsic freedom quickly attracted more and more users, compounded by the efforts of private and public entities to improve infrastructure and accessibility. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Morey, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Michael Sapir, chief executive of ProShares, said the disparity in performance between bitcoin and bitcoin futures has been minimal this year as the futures market has matured. \u2014 Vicky Ge Huang, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Near-shore values around 5 Celsius (~10 Fahrenheit) above normal are helping ensure that any cooling from hot air passing over water is minimal while probably harming marine life. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"My quality of life has been minimal , because of having to \u2018co-parent\u2019 with this man who raped me and having to see him and speak with him. \u2014 Daniella Silva, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"With the 2020 presidential election fostering a minimal amount of younger candidates in its early stages, voters are wondering what the ages are of their politicians. \u2014 Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"If the funds are distributed to you shortly after your sister\u2019s death, the tax consequences should be minimal . \u2014 Orlando Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Her hair was sleek, pulled behind her ears; her makeup was also minimal , with the exception of a deep pink lip. \u2014 Melody Leibner, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1666, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194213"
},
"minimize":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to reduce or keep to a minimum":[
"minimize costs",
"minimize delays"
],
": to underestimate intentionally : play down , soft-pedal":[
"minimizing losses in our own forces while maximizing those of the enemy"
],
": to replace (a window) on a computer display with a small button or icon which will restore the window when selected":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi-n\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz"
],
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"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"vilipend",
"write off"
],
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"acclaim",
"applaud",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"We need to minimize the chance of error.",
"The company will work to minimize costs.",
"I don't want to minimize the contributions he has made to the company.",
"During the interview, she minimized her weaknesses and emphasized her strengths.",
"Please minimize all open windows.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Use your data to make predictions, run scenarios, identify unnecessary resource consumption, respond faster to changes in demand and minimize the impact of internal and external shocks. \u2014 Shameek Ghosh, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"This in no way means to minimize racism's impact on Black people. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"Companies around the world are also doing their part to minimize their impact, and 4ocean, specifically, is on a mission to end the ocean plastic crisis through their extensive cleanup efforts. \u2014 Eva Thomas, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"Still, the truth is that there\u2019s still good reason to make efforts to minimize the climate impact of every private flight. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 21 May 2022",
"Paving and striping will take place between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. to minimize impact on motorists, said Jeff Miller, executive director of the West Virginia Parkways Authority. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"Under California law, any project that affects coastal resources must take measures to avoid or minimize its negative impact. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"Those firms can now draw on that Western expertise in advising Russian companies on how best to minimize the impact of sanctions. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
"China\u2019s President Xi has indicated a possible shift in the country\u2019s COVID-Zero strategy, in a bid to minimize the economic impact of anti-COVID measures. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 18 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022609"
},
"minimum":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": the least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible":[
"Keep expenses to a bare minimum .",
"He was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in prison."
],
": the lowest degree or amount of variation (as of temperature) reached or recorded":[],
": the lowest speed allowed on a highway":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi-n\u0259-m\u0259m",
"\u02c8min-\u0259-m\u0259m"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The league minimum is around $60,000, or what an NBA player would leave in the glove box of his Bentley. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
"Access to critical systems and data allows just the minimum required, bound by time and risk-adaptive rulesets. \u2014 Emil Sayegh, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"An Exhibit 10 deal is a non-guaranteed one-year deal worth the league minimum , often allowing an undrafted player to compete for the 17-man roster during the offseason and have their contract converted into a two-way deal for the regular season. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
"Both go 6-5/205, and both are restricted free agents who will get raises from the minimum . \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Washed up at 28 when the Warriors signed him for the veteran minimum . \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 June 2022",
"Just 108,000 of Oregon workers earned the minimum last year, 5.1% of the workforce, according to a new report by Anna Johnson, economist with the Oregon Employment Department. \u2014 Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 26 June 2022",
"Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u2019s allies used a parliamentary maneuver Wednesday to delay a vote on raising the minimum for speeding citations. \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"She was taken to jail, where she was found to have a blood-alcohol content of .001, well below the state minimum for drunk driving of .08. \u2014 cleveland , 22 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, neuter of minimus smallest; akin to Latin minor smaller \u2014 more at minor":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1646, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172953"
},
"minion":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a servile dependent, follower, or underling",
": one highly favored : idol",
": a subordinate (see subordinate entry 1 sense 1 ) or petty official"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8min-y\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"darling",
"fave",
"favorite",
"pet",
"preference",
"speed"
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"examples":[
"one of the boss's minions",
"most of the top appointments went to the new governor's personal minions and political cronies",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That only one visionary can bring a game into this world and everyone else that works on it is some kind of minion . \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
"These women often work with the movie's villain as their primary minion . \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Justified fans will certainly recall his season-six arc as Choo-Choo, the war vet and minion of one of that season\u2019s heels (of the non-wrestling variety). \u2014 Kimberly Potts, Vulture , 15 Aug. 2021",
"True fans of the original show will remember Nelly as Blair's academic rival turned minion . \u2014 Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen , 5 Aug. 2021",
"In one spot, gymnast Simone Biles - who just won her seventh national women's all-around title at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, the most wins by any American woman ever - instantly makes a fan out of one minion . \u2014 Jethro Nededog, EW.com , 10 June 2021",
"In the spot, Dressel gets the last laugh on a pesky minion . \u2014 Jethro Nededog, EW.com , 10 June 2021",
"Mal is led by this minion into Baghra's cave, where Tofin has already been murdered, and a fight breaks out. \u2014 Nick Schager, EW.com , 23 Apr. 2021",
"That includes overtly turning the towering, new-look villain Steppenwolf (voiced by Ciaran Hinds) into a minion of Darkseid, the Thanos-like conqueror of worlds created by the legendary writer-artist Jack Kirby. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 15 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French mignon darling",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172603"
},
"minister":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": agent":[
"the angels are ministers of the divine will",
"\u2014 H. P. Liddon"
],
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": a clergyman or clergywoman especially of a Protestant communion":[],
": the superior (see superior entry 2 sense 1 ) of one of several religious orders":[],
": the assistant to the rector or the bursar of a Jesuit house":[],
": a high officer of state entrusted with the management of a division of governmental activities":[
"the British Minister of Defence"
],
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": a diplomatic representative ranking below an ambassador":[],
": to function as a minister of religion":[],
": to give aid or service":[
"minister to the sick"
]
},
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"\u02c8mi-n\u0259-st\u0259r"
],
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"agent",
"ambassador",
"delegate",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"representative"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the British ministers at the international peace conference",
"our minister gives an interesting sermon every week",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, announced on Tuesday that her government wants to hold a nationwide referendum on independence from the United Kingdom. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 29 June 2022",
"Among her various engagements this week, the queen will attend a garden party with royal family members, honor various Scottish figures at a ceremony, and likely hold an audience with Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 June 2022",
"He was appointed, not elected, chief minister of the state of Gujarat. \u2014 Arundhati Roy, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Poland\u2019s minister of agriculture said that such a project, if details could be worked out, would take three to four months to complete. \u2014 Alistair Macdonald, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"Yves Montand plays G\u00e9rard, a figure based on Artur London, a former deputy minister of foreign affairs, one of the loyal Communists who complied with the trial-by-terror, so great was their loyalty to the Communist Party. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 15 June 2022",
"When Heemstede opened in 1971, the Dutch justice minister tried to shut it down, and women\u2019s groups routinely clashed with riot police officers just outside its gates. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
"Rodrigo Lara S\u00e1nchez, running mate to conservative Federico Guti\u00e9rrez, is the son of a justice minister who was killed by Pablo Escobar\u2019s hit men in 1984. \u2014 Diana Dur\u00e1n, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
"The rule-breaking has led to growing dissent in the ranks of Johnson\u2019s Conservative party, including the resignation of a junior justice minister . \u2014 Fortune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Some churches had to close when a priest died or retired, or were grouped together with other churches served by traveling priests who minister to multiple parishes. \u2014 Fox News , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The group, all of which have signed multi-year commitments to minister in Haiti included 12 adults ranging in age from 18 to 48, and five children, ages 8 months (at the time of the incident), 3, 6, 13 and 15 years old. \u2014 Amy L. Knapp, USA TODAY , 21 Dec. 2021",
"French armed forces minister Florence Parly said in September. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Dec. 2021",
"And now, my calling is primarily to minister at the Haven of Rest, Akron\u2019s Christian city mission. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 6 Dec. 2021",
"For Greene, a member of Grace Apostolic since 1984, participation in the ecumenical choir is another opportunity to minister to someone who may be in need. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, The Indianapolis Star , 4 July 2021",
"Borns returned to his South Dallas neighborhood and tried to minister to the homeless and downtrodden. \u2014 Jennifer Emily, Dallas News , 13 May 2021",
"The Archdiocese claims that its constitutional rights are being violated by not being able to minister to prisoners seeking services. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2021",
"Some are dramatic stories of recovery, starring nurses and first responders who minister to the victims, and starring those victims who manage to come back from the precipice. \u2014 Melissa Fay Greene, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ministre \"servant, ecclesiastic, priest, official serving a superior, agent,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin minister \"servant, ecclesiastic (short for De\u012b minister \"servant of god\"), agent, official,\" going back to Latin, \"servant, priest's attendant, agent,\" formed from minor-, minus \"less, lesser\" (with the suffix of location and opposition -ter ) after magister \"manager, master entry 1 \" \u2014 more at minus entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English ministren, borrowed from Anglo-French ministrer, borrowed from Latin ministr\u0101re \"to act as a servant, serve, supply\" (Late Latin, \"to serve as an ecclesiastic\"), derivative of minister \"servant, minister entry 1 \"":"Verb"
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175954"
},
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"type":[
"phrasal verb"
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"definitions":{
": to help or care for (someone or something)":[
"She devoted herself to ministering to the poor and sick.",
"The nurse ministered to his wounds."
]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163123"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of a minister or the ministry":[],
": being or having the characteristics of an act or duty prescribed by law as part of the duties of an administrative office":[],
": relating to or being an act done after ascertaining the existence of a specified state of facts in obedience to a legal order without exercise of personal judgment or discretion":[],
": acting or active as an agent":[]
},
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"\u02ccmi-n\u0259-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259l"
],
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"clerical",
"clerkly",
"pastoral",
"priestly",
"sacerdotal"
],
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"lay",
"nonclerical",
"secular",
"temporal"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"She holds a ministerial office.",
"They function in a ministerial capacity in the embassy.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Johnson\u2019s fine marked the first time a sitting British prime minister was sanctioned for breaking the law and he has been accused of reworking the ministerial code of conduct to stave off resigning for breaking the rules. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Issued in March, the directive prohibits spouses and children of ministerial -level officials from holding\u2014directly or indirectly\u2014any real estate abroad or shares in entities registered overseas, the people said. \u2014 Chun Han Wong, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"White House press secretary Jen Psaki clarified later in the day that Yellen was referring to ministerial -level meetings and that the United States would not boycott the summit in its entirety. \u2014 Fatima Hussein, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"According to the ministerial code, such an eventuality would normally lead to a resignation. \u2014 Luke Mcgee, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, arriving at NATO headquarters for ministerial talks that include U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, said his agenda was a simple one. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said the culture secretary had come to a decision and was now consulting with ministerial colleagues. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The ministerial trip to Paris set in motion an economic expansion and an integration with the rest of Europe that is open-ended and ongoing. \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Leaders from the world of economics are in town for the big International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings, with G-20 finance ministers gathering Wednesday in the first ministerial meeting of the global grouping since the invasion. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Medieval Latin ministeri\u0101lis \"serving in an office (manorial or ecclesiastical),\" going back to Late Latin, \"serving, performing a duty,\" from Latin ministerium \"activity of a servant, ministry \" + -\u0101lis -al entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020800"
},
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"type":"adjective",
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"inferior in importance, size, or degree comparatively unimportant",
"not having reached majority (see majority sense 2 )",
"having half steps between the second and third, the fifth and sixth, and sometimes the seventh and eighth degrees",
"based on a minor scale",
"less by a semitone than the corresponding major interval",
"having a minor third above the root",
"not serious or involving risk to life",
"of or relating to an academic subject requiring fewer courses than a major",
"a person who is not yet old enough to have the rights of an adult",
"a minor musical interval, scale, key, or mode",
"a minor academic subject",
"a student taking a specified minor",
"a determinant or matrix obtained from a given determinant or matrix by eliminating the row and column in which a given element lies",
"minor league baseball",
"to take courses in a minor subject",
"not great in size, importance, or seriousness",
"of or relating to a musical scale having the third tone lowered a half step",
"a person too young to have the full rights of an adult",
"not serious or involving risk to life",
"\u2014 compare major",
"a person of either sex under the age of legal qualification for adult rights and responsibilities that has traditionally been 21 in the United States but is now 18 in many states or sometimes less under certain circumstances (as marriage or pregnancy)",
"a person who has not yet reached the age of majority \u2014 compare adult , juvenile , major",
"being less important or serious",
"involving, relating to, or dealing with less important matters",
"having the status of a minor"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8m\u012b-n\u0259r",
"synonyms":[
"inferior",
"junior",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"smaller",
"subordinate"
],
"antonyms":[
"greater",
"higher",
"major",
"more",
"primary",
"prime",
"senior",
"superior",
"superordinate"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"Safran has made only minor aesthetic adjustments to the headrest design. \u2014 CNN , 22 June 2022",
"He gets injured in a minor accident, and his misery and paranoia increase when two of the other hikers abandon him without warning. \u2014 Francine Prose, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"However, while consuming cannabis flowers by smoking a joint has greater effects, using pipes and vaporizers has a minor impact on the feeling of relief from fatigue. \u2014 Dario Sabaghi, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Two other people suffered from minor burns and smoke inhalation, but both have been discharged, Hammond added. \u2014 Remington Miller, Arkansas Online , 22 June 2022",
"Officials initially said that the base in Syria had sustained rocket fire, injuring four service members who were treated for minor wounds and possible traumatic brain injuries. \u2014 Doha Madani, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"About half of farmworkers report living with minor children, according to the most recent National Agricultural Workers Survey, compared to a quarter of adults overall. \u2014 Laura Reiley, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Some Chinese e-commerce companies have found a way to outsource an unpleasant but critical task the settling of minor disputes, usually involving fraud, damage or refund claims between sellers and buyers. \u2014 Sha Hua, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"In addition to the hazing charges, the two University of Missouri-Columbia students are facing misdemeanor counts of supplying liquor to a minor or intoxicated person, PEOPLE confirms. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"According to a new complaint, the actor is being accused of grooming a minor from the age of 12. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 8 June 2022",
"Kucherov was given a four-minute double minor for high sticking. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Officials declined to say if the child was under 1 year old and too young to be vaccinated or an older minor . \u2014 Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"The Hurricanes scored the game\u2019s first goal with 84 seconds left in the first period, then added a second 3 14 into the second period, just 12 seconds after the Bruins had killed off a 4-minute double- minor on Taylor Hall for high sticking. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"Dean is charged with violation of nonparental custody order and harboring a minor . \u2014 Audrey Conklin, Fox News , 13 May 2022",
"Today, Beggs is a psychology major with a business minor and plans to get a doctorate degree in innovational psychology. \u2014 Erik Matuszewski, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Frock is charged with four counts of inducing a minor to produce child pornography and eight counts of possession of child pornography, among numerous other charges, according to a news release from the sheriff\u2019s office. \u2014 Cameron Goodnight, Baltimore Sun , 10 May 2022",
"Patrice Bergeron had a goal and two assists and drew a high-sticking double minor from Sebastian Aho at the end of the second period that gave the Bruins a 5-on-3 and left their captain with a black eye and several stitches. \u2014 Jimmy Golen, Hartford Courant , 8 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"Tens of thousands of times a year, hospitals charge enormously expensive trauma alert fees for injuries so minor the patient is never admitted. \u2014 Jay Hancock, CNN , 16 July 2021",
"In a news release, the school said students in the fall will be able to pursue a Bachelor of Arts or Science degree in public health and may also minor in public health. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 16 Mar. 2021",
"The weather map on Monday shows somewhat active weather across the Great Lakes and into the Northeast, where areas of rain will mix will minor snow accumulations. \u2014 Todd Nelson, Star Tribune , 28 Feb. 2021",
"Gardner, who is a strong catcher, plans to study business administration and hopes to minor in digital marketing. \u2014 Randy Mcroberts, baltimoresun.com , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Undergraduates now have two ways to pursue ethnic studies Students majoring in history and literature can focus on the subject, and students can minor in ethnicity, migration, rights. \u2014 Kate Taylor, New York Times , 2 Jan. 2020",
"Jake hasn\u2019t decided on a future career, but may minor in music in college. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 17 Feb. 2020",
"Volunteer doctors and nurses, some of them migrants themselves, tend to minor illnesses and injuries from a rudimentary open-air clinic operated by Global Response Management, a small aid group. \u2014 ExpressNews.com , 17 Nov. 2019",
"Zeigler, who minored in journalism at the University Alabama in the 1970s, administered the Facebook page. \u2014 al , 1 Sep. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1926, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"mint":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": a confection flavored with mint":[],
": a place where coins, medals, or tokens are made":[],
": a place where something is manufactured":[],
": a vast sum or amount":[
"worth a mint"
],
": to make (coins or money) out of metal : coin":[],
": create , produce":[],
": to cause to attain an indicated status":[
"newly minted doctors"
],
": unmarred as if fresh from a mint":[
"in mint condition"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mint"
],
"synonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"pristine",
"span-new",
"virgin",
"virginal"
],
"antonyms":[
"stale"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"coins that were minted before 1965",
"We mint coins out of copper.",
"Adjective",
"a mint baseball card that should be worth a lot to a collector"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English minte , from Old English, from Latin mentha, menta ; akin to Greek minth\u0113 mint":"Noun",
"Middle English mynt coin, money, from Old English mynet , from Latin moneta mint, coin, from Moneta , epithet of Juno; from the fact that the Romans coined money in the temple of Juno Moneta":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1520, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1902, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002040"
},
"minus":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"preposition"
],
"definitions":[
": diminished by : less",
": deprived of : without",
": a negative quantity",
": a negative quality",
": drawback",
": algebraically negative",
": having a negative quality",
": relating to or being a particular one of the two mating types that are required for successful fertilization in sexual reproduction in some lower plants (such as a fungus)",
": falling low in a specified range",
": with the subtraction of : less",
": without entry 1 sense 2",
": having a value that is below zero",
": located in the lower part of a range",
": relating to or being one of the two mating types required for successful fertilization in sexual reproduction in some lower plants (as a fungus) \u2014 compare plus"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u012b-n\u0259s",
"\u02c8m\u012b-n\u0259s",
"\u02c8m\u012b-n\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"absent",
"sans",
"wanting",
"without"
],
"antonyms":[
"debit",
"disadvantage",
"disbenefit",
"downside",
"drawback",
"handicap",
"incommodity",
"liability",
"negative",
"strike"
],
"examples":[
"Preposition",
"He left the restaurant minus his hat.",
"a fruit that looks like a peach, minus the fuzz",
"Noun",
"She decided that the pluses of owning a home outweighed the minuses .",
"Some employers see a lack of experience as a real minus .",
"Put the minus to the left of the number.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"The temperature in LaCrosse is forecast to drop to minus 17 overnight. \u2014 Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Wind chills are forecast to fall to minus 20 to minus 35 degrees. \u2014 Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Jan. 2022",
"With actual cash value, your insurer will only reimburse you for the value of possessions minus depreciation. \u2014 Ashley Kilroy, Robb Report , 3 Oct. 2021",
"Last year\u2019s team was good, but this year\u2019s team should be better in nearly every facet (maybe minus the kicking situation). \u2014 Hayden Grove, cleveland , 7 Sep. 2021",
"As the world is still adjusting to a new way of life, this year\u2019s festival is gong virtual for two weekends in a row \u2013 allowing for a similar experience minus the human interaction. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 28 June 2021",
"Ryan Coogler is back to direct, and much of the original cast will reportedly reprise their roles minus their leading man as Chadwick Boseman died in August 2020 from colon cancer at the age of 43. \u2014 Jason Lamphier, EW.com , 30 June 2021",
"Philo carved an affordable niche in the streaming space by offering more than 60 networks minus sports offerings, including Food Network, Animal Planet and TLC. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 25 May 2021",
"Last year's show had to scrap the Brooklyn venue due to the pandemic, and producers opted to film at various outdoor locations around the city minus an audience. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 8 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"By contrast, Georgetown University, which scored a B- minus , has a ratio of 0.64 based on most recent government data. \u2014 Emma Whitford, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"But the work on Saturday knocks the grade down a small bit down from an A- minus on Friday to a B-plus today. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 30 Apr. 2022",
"This writer graded each team and gave the Lions an A- minus for their Day 1 haul. \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 29 Apr. 2022",
"From 2010 through 2019 shale firms spent roughly $1.1 trillion, according to Deloitte LLP, while losing nearly $300 billion as measured in free cash flow, or income minus investments and routine expenses. \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"Clammers find their catch in intertidal areas during minus tides, or low tides, which only occur in daylight through September. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
"Single-game plus- minus can be misleading in the NBA. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Golden State did a respectable job against him this year, and the Grizzlies were minus-10 on the scoreboard with Morant in the game in three meetings (a minus in each game). \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Rob Rang gave the Walker pick a B- minus and Wyatt an A. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"On the minus side: getting there and distractions from colleagues. \u2014 WSJ , 14 Aug. 2021",
"By mid-April, the space looked like a real kitchen, minus counters. \u2014 Joan Elovitz Kazan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"They were barely outrebounded by Rutgers and Purdue (both minus -two), two of the most physical teams in the Big Ten in January. \u2014 Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Thomas is at minus -one, as is Collin Morikawa, who followed a 73 with a 70. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Start looking two or three hours before the low tide at minus levels. \u2014 Bill Monroe, oregonlive , 1 Apr. 2022",
"This was minus Chris Paul, who was out with a fractured right thumb, and Cam Johnson (quad). \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Huskies played their first four games with a full roster ( minus junior Aubrey Griffin) before getting hit with the injury/COVID bug. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Boston Public Schools closed Tuesday, as the city faced wind chills as low as minus 11 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the National Weather Service. \u2014 Omar Abdel-baqui, WSJ , 11 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Preposition",
"first_known_use":[
"Preposition",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1708, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1776, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200305"
},
"minuscule":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": very small":[
"minuscule amounts"
],
": written in or in the size or style of minuscules":[],
": a lowercase letter":[],
": one of several ancient and medieval writing styles developed from cursive and having simplified and small forms":[],
": a letter in this style":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"also mi-\u02c8n\u0259-",
"\u02c8mi-n\u0259-\u02ccsky\u00fcl"
],
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"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"miniature",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy"
],
"antonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"public health officials have claimed that the chemical is harmless in such minuscule amounts",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Globally, hydrogen is still a minuscule part of the global energy mix, with the sum total of hydrogen electrolyzers in operation last year producing roughly 1GW of power. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"Other analysts countered that the defense would be successful in only a minuscule number of cases and that there is a difference between extreme intoxication and extreme intoxication akin to automatism. \u2014 Amanda Coletta, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Nearly 200 years ago, a 13-year-old created a tiny book of poems in minuscule , print-like text and sewed it into a miniature book with needle and thread. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Opposing hitters are batting a minuscule .183 against him. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 16 Apr. 2022",
"There's beauty in the minuscule and mighty alike in Namibia \u2014 a photographer's paradise, even for amateurs. \u2014 Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The minuscule margins for error in the sport took Jacobellis time to process and accept. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The number of coronavirus infections in Xi\u2019an \u2014 an ancient Silk Road city known for the terra-cotta warriors \u2014 may seem minuscule compared with other countries: Xi\u2019an reported 155 new cases on Wednesday, bringing its total to over 1,100. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Chiles has performed 24 consecutive routines this year without a major mistake, an amazing accomplishment in events with minuscule margins for error. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In 2019, Ukraine sent roughly 200,000 tons of steel to the US, minuscule compared to the 26.3 million tons of steel that the US imported in total that year. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 9 May 2022",
"This finally revealed a Latin inscription written in cursive Carolingian minuscule . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Parents who were predisposed not to vaccinate their child tended to dismiss the threat of serious illness from Covid as minuscule , saying that children who became seriously ill most likely had underlying conditions. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Parents who were predisposed not to vaccinate their child tended to dismiss the threat of serious illness from COVID as minuscule , saying that children who became seriously ill most likely had underlying conditions. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Those injuries made their margin for error minuscule , and that would be the margin that decided their season. \u2014 Ben Cohen, WSJ , 21 June 2021",
"With follower counts ranging from minuscule to massive, choosing the right partnerships can significantly impact a brand. \u2014 Kelly Ehlers, Forbes , 2 June 2021",
"Better, but only by the most minuscule of margins. 192. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 13 May 2021",
"Dambrogio had noticed minuscule , apparently intentional cuts and creases in a number of historical documents and eventually guessed their purpose. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 21 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Latin minusculus rather small, diminutive of minor smaller":"Noun and Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
"1701, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164435"
},
"minute":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"the 60th part of an hour of time 60 seconds",
"the 60th part of a degree of angular measure",
"the distance one can traverse in a minute",
"a short space of time moment",
"a brief note (as of summary or recommendation)",
"memorandum , draft",
"the official record of the proceedings of a meeting",
"very small infinitesimal",
"of small importance trifling",
"marked by close attention to details",
"to make notes or a brief summary of",
"a unit of time equal to 60 seconds the 60th part of an hour",
"moment sense 1",
"one of 60 equal parts into which a degree can be divided for measuring angles",
"a brief record of what was said and done during a meeting",
"very small tiny",
"marked by or paying attention to small details",
"a 60th part of an hour of time or of a degree",
"a brief note (as of summary or recommendation)",
"memorandum sense 1",
"the official record of the proceedings of a meeting or court"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8mi-n\u0259t",
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"eyeblink",
"flash",
"heartbeat",
"instant",
"jiff",
"jiffy",
"moment",
"nanosecond",
"New York minute",
"second",
"shake",
"split second",
"trice",
"twinkle",
"twinkling",
"wink"
],
"antonyms":[
"blow-by-blow",
"circumstantial",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"full",
"particular",
"particularized",
"thorough"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"In the 59th minute , the Dynamo (5-3-7, 18 points) scored when Sebastian Ferreira headed a ball past keeper Pedro Gallese. \u2014 Mike Gramajo, Orlando Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"But that came at a cost when Christen Press, the team\u2019s leading offensive threat, left the field with a knee injury in the 66th minute . \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"Bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptos joined the meltdown (more on that in a minute ). \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"In the 31st minute , forward Santi Moar and King set up a great scoring opportunity. \u2014 Marlee Zanna Thompson, The Arizona Republic , 12 June 2022",
"Artem Dovbyk\u2019s header in the 84th minute looked destined for the corner of the net until it was pushed away by Hennessey\u2019s left hand. \u2014 Rob Harris, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"All Pulisic did was increase his leadership bona fides, contribute directly to two goals with an assist and a penalty-kick call earned, and added to his personal, all-time highlight reel on the opening goal in the 26th minute . \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
"Soccer fans on social media went crazy after Pulisic nailed a soft first touch and pass to forward Brenden Aaronson to get the scoring started in the 26th minute . \u2014 Sara Tidwell, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Brazil winger Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior applied a close-range finish in the 59th minute from Federico Valverde\u2019s drive across the face of goal, securing a win that gave Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti a record fourth European Cup title. \u2014 Steve Douglas, Chron , 28 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"Eating the food confirmed a heap of differences, which meant the models had become a kind of growing physical archive of Japanese cuisine, documenting minute regional differences with every new custom order. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"This is how minute the differences from one house to the other can feel throughout. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 20 Jan. 2022",
"While there was initial speculation that material released by Hunga Tonga could have a similar effect, some experts were quick to point to the magnitude of its release being simply too comparatively minute . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Jan. 2022",
"The awkwardness of their early interactions make up the beginnings of blood, which relishes the minute details of people getting to know one another. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
"That\u2019s crucial when multi- minute exposures could risk his life. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 25 Jan. 2019",
"The kind of faithful customers who knew the menu by heart, who knew when any alterations were made to a dish, no matter how minute . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Because judges are the arbiters of any restrictions, though, enormous resources are devoted to the minute scrutiny of irrelevant technicalities. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Her firm helps clients such as Target and Amazon measure consumer sentiment toward new products and concepts, including how the minute details of packaging design influence shoppers\u2019 thoughts and choices. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"Rosters change from hour to hour and minute to minute as players enter or leave the NBA\u2019s health and safety protocols. \u2014 Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times , 18 Dec. 2021",
"The first aspects of the Golden Door approach will be visible starting in January 2022 on SQ 37, the carrier\u2019s Los Angeles to Singapore 17 hour/50 minute nonstop, and progressively added to New York and San Francisco nonstops in the second quarter. \u2014 Laurie Werner, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Extremely disturbing is that many of these pesticides have active ingredients that are highly toxic to bees, and also to minute pirate bugs, lacewings and predatory mites or spiders that help us in our fight against this and other pests. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 July 2021",
"That kind of dynamism where people are making the decisions minute to minute whether to work simply does not exist in the traditional employment framework. \u2014 Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com , 11 July 2019",
"The turn of Slender-White\u2019s head or the flick of Burns\u2019 hand drew intense scrutiny, and the mind reeled at artists who would devote themselves to creating so minute a masterwork. \u2014 Claudia Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Dec. 2017",
"Hoffenheim came out the better in the second half and played some exceptional football in this match, however in the 62nd minute their good work was undone when defender Stefan Posch brought down Kagawa in the box, and Dortmund had a penalty. \u2014 SI.com , 16 Dec. 2017",
"It wasn't meant to be followed on a day to day, minute to minute basis. \u2014 Danielle Ofri, Slate Magazine , 19 Jan. 2017",
"A 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer took first prize overall at the annual event, winning top honors for its owner\u2019s dedication to minute details of authenticity and provenance. \u2014 Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com , 21 Aug. 2017"
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"Adjective",
"1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1601, in the meaning defined above"
],
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],
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": in a minute manner or degree":[
"a minutely detailed analysis"
],
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"-\u02c8ny\u00fct-",
"m\u0259-",
"\u02c8mi-n\u0259t-l\u0113",
"m\u012b-\u02c8n\u00fct-l\u0113"
],
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"completely",
"comprehensively",
"detailedly",
"exhaustively",
"fully",
"inside out",
"roundly",
"sweepingly",
"systematically",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally"
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"examples":[
"Adverb",
"a minutely detailed analysis of the series of glitches that resulted in the blackout",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Richard Branson\u2019s Virgin Atlantic, however, is taking plane weight loss to a whole new, minutely fastidious level: The airline recently piloted a redesign of its meal trays. \u2014 Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online , 26 June 2014",
"This news desertification has been minutely chronicled by Penny Abernathy, a reporter turned scholar, and recently lamented by The Washington Post Magazine. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Erskine and Konkle starred in every episode, wrote the majority of the scripts, and were minutely involved in post-production. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Fifteen years ago, Alessandro Vespignani, a physicist at Northeastern, developed a model that simulates all human movement around the globe in order to predict, as minutely as possible, how diseases might spread. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Like Kamali's Sleeping Bag Coat, the Diana Gown is a house staple\u2014one the designer first created in the 1970s and has only minutely adjusted in the years since. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The death toll is minutely lower than the record 1,002 tallied on Saturday, but shows the country continuing to struggle with the virus as vaccination rates remain low. \u2014 Jim Heintz, ajc , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Much of it is available to see online (and is minutely documented on a website dedicated to the Gazzarri Dancers, who brought Sunset Strip energy into the studio). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Oct. 2021",
"There\u2019s a fatal unbalance as Alex spins out, in a minutely detailed personal and professional crisis, over a character depicted in broad and not particularly artful strokes. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 17 Sep. 2021"
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"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
"circa 1616, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": the 60th part of a degree of angular measure":[
"Its latitude is 41 degrees 55 minute north."
],
": the distance one can traverse in a minute":[
"Five minutes down the road is a gas station."
],
": a short space of time : moment":[
"Dinner will be ready in just a few minutes ."
],
": a brief note (as of summary or recommendation)":[
"He received a minute of instructions."
],
": memorandum , draft":[
"sent the president a minute explaining the problem"
],
": the official record of the proceedings of a meeting":[
"The secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting."
],
": very small : infinitesimal":[],
": of small importance : trifling":[],
": marked by close attention to details":[],
": to make notes or a brief summary of":[]
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"\u02c8mi-n\u0259t",
"m\u0259-",
"\u02c8min-\u0259t",
"m\u012b-\u02c8n\u00fct",
"-\u02c8ny\u00fct"
],
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"beat",
"eyeblink",
"flash",
"heartbeat",
"instant",
"jiff",
"jiffy",
"moment",
"nanosecond",
"New York minute",
"second",
"shake",
"split second",
"trice",
"twinkle",
"twinkling",
"wink"
],
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"blow-by-blow",
"circumstantial",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"full",
"particular",
"particularized",
"thorough"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for minute Adjective small , little , diminutive , minute , tiny , miniature mean noticeably below average in size. small and little are often interchangeable, but small applies more to relative size determined by capacity, value, number. a relatively small backyard little is more absolute in implication often carrying the idea of petiteness, pettiness, insignificance, or immaturity. your pathetic little smile diminutive implies abnormal smallness. diminutive bonsai plants minute implies extreme smallness. a minute amount of caffeine in the soda tiny is an informal equivalent to minute . tiny cracks formed in the painting miniature applies to an exactly proportioned reproduction on a very small scale. a dollhouse with miniature furnishings circumstantial , minute , particular , detailed mean dealing with a matter fully and usually point by point. circumstantial implies fullness of detail that fixes something described in time and space. a circumstantial account of our visit minute implies close and searching attention to the smallest details. a minute examination of a fossil particular implies a precise attention to every detail. a particular description of the scene of the crime detailed stresses abundance or completeness of detail. a detailed analysis of the event",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Bake the cake for 25\u201330 minutes .",
"We waited for several minutes , but no one came to the door.",
"I saw him a minute ago.",
"Dinner will be ready in just a few minutes .",
"One minute it was sunny, the next it was pouring rain.",
"My house is just a few minutes from here.",
"The secretary read the minutes of the last meeting.",
"Adjective",
"There were minute particles of dust in the air.",
"The test detected minute amounts of contamination.",
"The equipment is able to detect the minutest errors.",
"She told him what happened in minute detail.",
"a minute examination of the evidence",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Some of you may go on a last- minute trip, get asked to attend a live performance or event, find a new client or work opportunity, or even go on a few fun dates. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
"While the services affected represent only a small portion of the total, the last- minute cancellations add to the turmoil surrounding travel in Europe as staffing shortages upend timetables and labor unrest brews. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"Nearly 30 Phoenix-area restaurants earned As in inspections The Clean Elections Commission also did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the last- minute change in debate plans. \u2014 Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic , 29 June 2022",
"The last- minute public hearing featuring former Trump administration aide Cassidy Hutchinson\u2019s testimony to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection offered a well of material for late night television Tuesday. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 June 2022",
"In the Republican race for attorney general, Kim got a last- minute endorsement Monday from his onetime boss, former GOP Gov. Jim Edgar, who represents the moderate wing of the party that has been losing ground to conservatives. \u2014 Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"The relaxed ceremony in Reagan\u2019s office contrasted with emotional hearings in the Legislature and the governor\u2019s own last- minute reservations about the bill. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, Trump made a last- minute endorsement for Shelby\u2019s former chief of staff, Katie Britt, who defeated Brooks in last week\u2019s primary runoff. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 27 June 2022",
"At a recent intimate listening session for a new Bob Dylan record, there was a last- minute mention from someone in the control room of L.A.\u2019s Village Studios that attendees should have their phones off. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Located in Gloucester on the North Shore, this picturesque curved white-sandy stretch is a popular destination for those willing to make the 40-or-so minute drive from the Boston area. \u2014 Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The fumes, an effect of off-gassing (the emission of minute amounts of volatile organic compounds), will go away in a few days. \u2014 Patricia Marx, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Eating the food confirmed a heap of differences, which meant the models had become a kind of growing physical archive of Japanese cuisine, documenting minute regional differences with every new custom order. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"This is how minute the differences from one house to the other can feel throughout. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 20 Jan. 2022",
"While there was initial speculation that material released by Hunga Tonga could have a similar effect, some experts were quick to point to the magnitude of its release being simply too comparatively minute . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Jan. 2022",
"The awkwardness of their early interactions make up the beginnings of blood, which relishes the minute details of people getting to know one another. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
"That\u2019s crucial when multi- minute exposures could risk his life. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 25 Jan. 2019",
"The kind of faithful customers who knew the menu by heart, who knew when any alterations were made to a dish, no matter how minute . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Rosters change from hour to hour and minute to minute as players enter or leave the NBA\u2019s health and safety protocols. \u2014 Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times , 18 Dec. 2021",
"The first aspects of the Golden Door approach will be visible starting in January 2022 on SQ 37, the carrier\u2019s Los Angeles to Singapore 17 hour/50 minute nonstop, and progressively added to New York and San Francisco nonstops in the second quarter. \u2014 Laurie Werner, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Extremely disturbing is that many of these pesticides have active ingredients that are highly toxic to bees, and also to minute pirate bugs, lacewings and predatory mites or spiders that help us in our fight against this and other pests. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 July 2021",
"That kind of dynamism where people are making the decisions minute to minute whether to work simply does not exist in the traditional employment framework. \u2014 Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com , 11 July 2019",
"The turn of Slender-White\u2019s head or the flick of Burns\u2019 hand drew intense scrutiny, and the mind reeled at artists who would devote themselves to creating so minute a masterwork. \u2014 Claudia Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Dec. 2017",
"Hoffenheim came out the better in the second half and played some exceptional football in this match, however in the 62nd minute their good work was undone when defender Stefan Posch brought down Kagawa in the box, and Dortmund had a penalty. \u2014 SI.com , 16 Dec. 2017",
"It wasn't meant to be followed on a day to day, minute to minute basis. \u2014 Danielle Ofri, Slate Magazine , 19 Jan. 2017",
"A 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer took first prize overall at the annual event, winning top honors for its owner\u2019s dedication to minute details of authenticity and provenance. \u2014 Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com , 21 Aug. 2017"
],
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"Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin minuta , from Latin minutus small, from past participle of minuere to lessen \u2014 more at minor":"Noun and Verb",
"Latin minutus":"Adjective"
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1601, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193312"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": of the nature of a miracle : supernatural":[
"a miraculous event"
],
": suggesting a miracle : marvelous":[
"proof of a miraculous memory",
"\u2014 Time",
"He made a miraculous recovery after the accident."
],
": working or able to work miracles":[
"miraculous power"
]
},
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"m\u0259-\u02c8ra-ky\u0259-l\u0259s"
],
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"magical",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"superhuman",
"supernatural",
"supernormal",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"uncanny",
"unearthly"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"He made a miraculous recovery after the accident.",
"Her memory is nothing short of miraculous .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To have some preserved for more than 66 million years (the age of the last dinosaurs), that would be miraculous . \u2014 Darryn King, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The film recalls the miraculous events of the Bible through vignettes. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Set in a fishing community on a small island, the show centers on the miraculous and ominous events that take place after a young priest arrives to tend to the town\u2019s only church. \u2014 Matthew J. Cressler, The Atlantic , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Doug Canning made life better for thousands in ways that go unsung in the broader culture but are miraculous for those who have benefited. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"These days a scientifically rendered and miraculous reproduction hangs in its place. \u2014 Max Vadukul. Styled By Nicoletta Santoro., Town & Country , 12 June 2022",
"That miraculous visitation is sequestered within a complex street scene\u2014passages and staircases and terraces populated by groups of individuals\u2014that displays both Crivelli\u2019s dazzling mastery of perspective and his deliberate destabilization of it. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"Thousands of people attended a wake, funeral and prayer service held for Jimmy McGrath in the week following the stabbing, a show of support the McGrath family called miraculous . \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 3 June 2022",
"The composer described it as a miraculous setting that little by little, over the years, wound up being completely destroyed by developers. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English myraclous, borrowed from Middle French miraculeus, borrowed from Medieval Latin m\u012br\u0101cul\u014dsus, from Late Latin m\u012br\u0101culum miracle + Latin -\u014dsus -ose entry 1":""
},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002535"
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"mire":{
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)":[
"the mire is relieved only by small stretches of open dry forest",
"\u2014 Saturday Review"
],
": heavy often deep mud or slush":[
"The troops trudged onward through the mire ."
],
": a troublesome or intractable situation":[
"found themselves in a mire of debt"
],
": to cause to stick fast in or as if in mire":[
"The car was mired in the muck."
],
": to hamper or hold back as if by mire : entangle":[
"The company has been mired in legal problems."
],
": to cover or soil with mire":[
"his mired boots"
],
": to stick or sink in mire":[
"a road in which horses and wagons mired regularly",
"\u2014 Edmund Arnold"
]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u012b(\u0259)r",
"\u02c8m\u012br",
"\u02c8m\u012b(-\u0259)r"
],
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"guck",
"gook",
"muck",
"mud",
"ooze",
"slime",
"slop",
"sludge",
"slush"
],
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"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The troops marched onward through the muck and the mire .",
"played on a football field that was thick with mire",
"Verb",
"the sight of the standard, which had emerged from the battle mangled and mired , still stirred the soldiers' hearts",
"the case has been mired in probate court for years",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Great Black Swamp, a product of the excess of mire left over from the glacial melting of the Ice Age-era Lake Erie, and which covered much of Ohio and parts of Michigan and Indiana, inspired visceral revulsion. \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Moshfegh, in her fourth novel, thrives in the mire , a happy little worm sliding dirt down her gullet. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"The island is in the mire of an economic crisis brought on by ferocious U.S. sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed emigration to historic highs. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"Nasser now cast himself as someone who could elevate the campus from the mire of Falwell\u2019s misdeeds. \u2014 Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Kate and Toby could have gone on forever in a mire of unhappiness without making a change. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Even as Andrew fell deeper into the mire , he was called on more frequently to be the queen\u2019s plus-one. \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 13 Mar. 2022",
"That most recent racial reckoning has been just one aspect of the deepening mire of controversy in which Tesla has found itself in recent months. \u2014 Time , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Redesigned for 2022, the Hyundai Tucson rises from the mire of compact-crossover mediocrity with its exterior design, rich features set, and polished demeanor. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The United States has eased pandemic precautions almost entirely; the FDA\u2019s coming deliberations could reflect that attitude, and mire pediatric shots in dillydallying muck. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 29 Mar. 2022",
"But even minor tinkering by the new mayor could further mire the plan in delays. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"Middle English, from Old Norse m\u0233rr ; akin to Old English m\u014ds marsh \u2014 more at moss":"Noun and Verb"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The left side of the building is a mirror image of the right.",
"looking at the idealistic intern, the elderly physician could not help but see the mirror image of himself 40 years earlier",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a city where 73 percent of public school students are Black and 17 percent white, Atlanta Classical Academy is the mirror image : 17 percent Black and 71 percent white, according to a 2020 state report. \u2014 Stephanie Saul, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
"In a city where 73 percent of public school students are Black and 17 percent white, Atlanta Classical Academy is the mirror image : 17 percent Black and 71 percent white, according to a 2020 state report. \u2014 Stephanie Saul, New York Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
"This number has grown somewhat since just six weeks ago \u2014 a mirror image of other Americans, seven in 10 of whom want Congress to investigate. \u2014 Kabir Khanna, CBS News , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Their mirror image , the Progressive Left, is a significantly smaller group, only about 6% of Americans and 12% of Democrats. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The mirror image of the Marlins, a club with a well above average offense and one of the worst run prevention units in the game. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Of course, b-schools circa 2022 are hardly a mirror image of business schools in the 1950s. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 1 June 2022",
"Principled skeptics gather in a mirror image of churchlike devotion that lacks many of the essential moving parts of actual religious observance. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 3 Nov. 2021",
"After that stark outcome, Democrats now hold 47 of the 50 Senate seats in the 25 states that voted for Biden; Republicans, in mirror image , hold 47 of the 50 Senate seats in the 25 states that voted for Trump. \u2014 Ronald Brownstein, CNN , 5 Oct. 2021"
],
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"1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter":[
"His clumsy attempt at dancing caused much mirth ."
]
},
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"\u02c8m\u0259rth"
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"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"jocundity",
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"merriment",
"merriness",
"mirthfulness"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Her clumsy attempt to cut the cake was the cause of much mirth .",
"as charming as your mutual mirth is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And that darker-than-dark capper doesn\u2019t do anything to erase the material along the way that does have some mirth to it. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022",
"But embedded in the mirth is a wholesale indictment of this toxic brew of unfettered capitalism and greed that frustrated the pandemic response at every turn. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Some of the entertainers who filled the McBride home with music and mirth included Cahal Dunne, Tony Kenny, Phil Coulter, Red Hurley, Finbar Furey, Andy Cooney and the Celtic Willoughby Brothers. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Smith\u2019s background includes The Thick of It and Veep, which may promise more mirth than Slow Horses delivers, but both shows are illustrative of the kind of workplace Slough House offers. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
"But such mirth and mayhem are not Mainstream Sellout\u2018s goal. \u2014 Charles Aaron, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
"This is the season of mirth and milestones, and one of Mobile\u2019s legacy krewes celebrated accordingly to mark its 40th anniversary. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Unlike the best breads that still go stale, every single day of Mardi Gras, through the pendulum\u2019s last swing on Fat Tuesday, is going to be as sweet as the first, as mirth and misrule replenish themselves with each new sunrise. \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022",
"The clash between prurient mirth and more socially empathetic discomfort is at the heart of Hulu\u2019s new limited series Pam & Tommy. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
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"Middle English, from Old English myrgth , from myrge merry \u2014 more at merry":""
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234017"
},
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"noun",
"verb"
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"the mire is relieved only by small stretches of open dry forest",
"\u2014 Saturday Review"
],
": heavy often deep mud or slush":[
"The troops trudged onward through the mire ."
],
": a troublesome or intractable situation":[
"found themselves in a mire of debt"
],
": to cause to stick fast in or as if in mire":[
"The car was mired in the muck."
],
": to hamper or hold back as if by mire : entangle":[
"The company has been mired in legal problems."
],
": to cover or soil with mire":[
"his mired boots"
],
": to stick or sink in mire":[
"a road in which horses and wagons mired regularly",
"\u2014 Edmund Arnold"
]
},
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"\u02c8m\u012b(\u0259)r",
"\u02c8m\u012br",
"\u02c8m\u012b(-\u0259)r"
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"muck",
"mud",
"ooze",
"slime",
"slop",
"sludge",
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"Noun",
"The troops marched onward through the muck and the mire .",
"played on a football field that was thick with mire",
"Verb",
"the sight of the standard, which had emerged from the battle mangled and mired , still stirred the soldiers' hearts",
"the case has been mired in probate court for years",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Great Black Swamp, a product of the excess of mire left over from the glacial melting of the Ice Age-era Lake Erie, and which covered much of Ohio and parts of Michigan and Indiana, inspired visceral revulsion. \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Moshfegh, in her fourth novel, thrives in the mire , a happy little worm sliding dirt down her gullet. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"The island is in the mire of an economic crisis brought on by ferocious U.S. sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed emigration to historic highs. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"Nasser now cast himself as someone who could elevate the campus from the mire of Falwell\u2019s misdeeds. \u2014 Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Kate and Toby could have gone on forever in a mire of unhappiness without making a change. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Even as Andrew fell deeper into the mire , he was called on more frequently to be the queen\u2019s plus-one. \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 13 Mar. 2022",
"That most recent racial reckoning has been just one aspect of the deepening mire of controversy in which Tesla has found itself in recent months. \u2014 Time , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Redesigned for 2022, the Hyundai Tucson rises from the mire of compact-crossover mediocrity with its exterior design, rich features set, and polished demeanor. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The United States has eased pandemic precautions almost entirely; the FDA\u2019s coming deliberations could reflect that attitude, and mire pediatric shots in dillydallying muck. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 29 Mar. 2022",
"But even minor tinkering by the new mayor could further mire the plan in delays. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But several issues would mire the road to reopening in the museum, including issues with the building\u2019s roof and fire safety. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"Middle English, from Old Norse m\u0233rr ; akin to Old English m\u014ds marsh \u2014 more at moss":"Noun and Verb"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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"They recognized deer, bears, and wolves and misapplied European names to buffalo and robins, but strange animals, plants, geography, and weather needed new words.",
"\u2014 Jack Weatherford"
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"\u2014 Suzanne Russell"
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"\u02ccmi-s\u0259-\u02c8pl\u012b",
"\u02ccmis-\u0259-\u02c8pl\u012b"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"(\u02cc)mis-\u02cca-pri-\u02c8hend"
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"mistake",
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"examples":[
"unfortunately, the message that the artist was trying to convey has been misapprehended by many museum patrons",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some people misapprehend it and think of as imitation. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
"But to call him a \u2018man of the Right\u2019 is to misapprehend his own words and actions. \u2014 John Hirschauer, National Review , 25 Feb. 2020",
"Traditionally, that's led to things like snakes on stage and misapprehended awards speeches. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 20 Aug. 2018",
"This isn\u2019t just shooting your mouth off on the stump\u2014this is the nation\u2019s top lawyer completely misapprehending what judges do and what states are. \u2014 Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine , 20 Apr. 2017",
"Yet by the same logic, giving Washington and Jefferson a pass for being slaveholders misapprehends a moral problem embedded in our nation at its conception. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 25 Aug. 2017",
"This is a silly parlor game that misapprehends James\u2019s gifts, which have never been those of a pure scorer. \u2014 Michael Powell, New York Times , 10 June 2017"
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"1628, in the meaning defined above":""
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"transitive verb",
"verb"
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": to appropriate wrongly (as by theft or embezzlement)":[]
},
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"\u02ccmi-s\u0259-\u02c8pr\u014d-pr\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
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"appropriate",
"boost",
"filch",
"heist",
"hook",
"lift",
"nick",
"nip",
"pilfer",
"pinch",
"pocket",
"purloin",
"rip off",
"snitch",
"steal",
"swipe",
"thieve"
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"examples":[
"They accused him of misappropriating town funds.",
"a financial manager misappropriating funds from her clients' accounts",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The deaf quadriplegic man later died at a care facility, and Murdaugh is accused of using his prestige and reputation as a lawyer to secretly misappropriate settlement funds for his personal use, including to pay back loans. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 5 May 2022",
"One of the indictments alleges the ex-banker conspired to misappropriate to Murdaugh $309,581.46 in funds Laffitte held in trust as conservator for Hakeem L. Pinckney and his estate at Palmetto State Bank. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 5 May 2022",
"Realizing this, Aram hacks into the GreyLock system and destroys the main source code, ensuring that no one will ever misappropriate his work again. \u2014 Laura Sirikul, EW.com , 23 Apr. 2022",
"An investigation revealed that McNabney had allowed his Chief Operating Officer, who was his wife Elisa, to misappropriate money from the firm\u2019s client trust account. \u2014 Joseph Rhee, ABC News , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Jason Schrock, a co-creator of the now-defunct A3 charter school network, pleaded guilty in February to one count of conspiracy to misappropriate public funds and one count of conflict of interest. \u2014 Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Walsh is not the only GOP lawmaker to misappropriate the Star of David. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 1 July 2021",
"The assistant might then interpret the request as a demand to misappropriate a dose, Vian explained. \u2014 Laura J. Nelson, oregonlive , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Google makes several voluntary commitments, including a promise not to misappropriate content from rivals\u2019 websites. \u2014 Brent Kendall And Valentina Pop, WSJ , 20 Oct. 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1825, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"type":[
"verb"
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},
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"\u02ccmis-bi-\u02c8k\u0259m"
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"first_known_use":{
"1530, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200742"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": unlawfully conceived : born to parents not married to each other":[
"a misbegotten child"
],
": having a disreputable or improper origin : ill-conceived":[
"antiquated and misbegotten tax laws",
"\u2014 R. M. Blough"
],
": contemptible":[
"a misbegotten scoundrel"
],
": deformed":[
"The road brought you to a desert place among ruins, where was a door in a hillside, and hard by the door a misbegotten pine.",
"\u2014 Robert Louis Stevenson"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-bi-\u02c8g\u00e4-t\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"baseborn",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"natural",
"spurious",
"supposititious",
"unfathered"
],
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"legitimate"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a misbegotten child who never knew his father",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This episode of What\u2019s Ahead lays out why the move is utterly misbegotten . \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"This places a mark on the back of anyone who doesn\u2019t fit their narrow, misbegotten notions of who belongs in America \u2014 which is, increasingly, to their fear and chagrin, most of us. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"The story of these misbegotten investments was, at times, surreal. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2022",
"The state is now embroiled in a lawsuit over the costs of undoing the misbegotten arrangement. \u2014 Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"This misbegotten attempt to revisit that project proves that the opposite is just as true in equal measures. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The Supreme Court created a legal mess with its misbegotten 5-4 McGirt ruling in 2020, and the complications keep coming. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Each signature victory is of the stripe that can redeem any misbegotten season. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The pregnant woman on the stretcher has become one of the most memorable images from the misbegotten Ukraine war. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162724"
},
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"type":[
"noun,",
"verb"
],
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": to conduct (oneself) badly or improperly":[
"students who frequently misbehave themselves in class"
],
": to behave with poor manners or a lack of courtesy":[
"He worried about the decline of family discipline, about the fact that local youth went out walking after dark, wasted time in levity, misbehaved in church.",
"\u2014 Tracy Kidder"
],
": to behave with disregard for accepted moral standards especially in sexual matters":[
"known for misbehaving with numerous women"
],
": to behave before or in the presence of the enemy in a way that does not conform to military standards or practice":[
"\u2026 has been charged with desertion and misbehaving before the enemy \u2026",
"\u2014 Dan Lamothe"
],
": to behave in an unexpected or unwelcome way":[
"After five floods in four years, people in Liberty County are used to seeing the Trinity River misbehave .",
"\u2014 Adam Nossiter"
]
},
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"\u02ccmis-bi-\u02c8h\u0101v",
"-b\u0113-"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a mistake in calculation : wrong calculation"
],
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"\u02ccmis-\u02cckal-ky\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1653, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182029"
},
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"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a collection of miscellaneous (see miscellaneous sense 1 ) objects or writings"
],
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"\u02ccmi-s\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259",
"-ny\u0259"
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"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
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"history_and_etymology":"Latin, from neuter plural of miscellaneus ",
"first_known_use":[
"1571, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224010"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": separate writings collected in one volume":[],
": a collection of writings on various subjects":[],
": a mixture of various things":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi-s\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101-n\u0113",
"chiefly British mi-\u02c8se-l\u0259-n\u0113"
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"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
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"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
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"examples":[
"a miscellany of old toys",
"the box from the attic contained a miscellany of old records, family photo albums, and long-forgotten love letters",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What better portal into the world of Pablo than through the miscellany preserved by his family? \u2014 Amy Verner, Vogue , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Without mandates, shot uptake depends on the miscellany of motivation. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 18 Mar. 2022",
"But how well does such a delightful miscellany translate into an everyday politics? \u2014 Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Of course, if the challenge was just about clothes, women like me could have kept subsisting on the ill-fitting miscellany of Lane Bryant. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Not a guide to gynocentric plot-building\u2014more of a roaming miscellany of heroines across the ages. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 4 Aug. 2021",
"Despite its homage to happenstance, a consistent design runs through this miscellany . \u2014 Boyd Tonkin, WSJ , 11 June 2021",
"Diamond\u2019s aesthetic, rather, rests on a miscellany of references, some of which converge and most that contradict. \u2014 Allie Holloway; Styling By Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 Apr. 2021",
"For the rest, a miscellany of pieces struggling to squeeze into dubious themes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2021"
],
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"probably modification of French miscellan\u00e9es , plural, from Latin miscellanea":""
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"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": harmful , injurious":[
"mischievous gossip"
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"mischievous behavior"
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"\u02c8mish-",
"mish-",
"\u02c8mis-ch\u0259-v\u0259s",
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"arch",
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"espi\u00e8gle",
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"leprechaunish",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"pixieish",
"prankish",
"puckish",
"rascally",
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"scampish",
"sly",
"tricksy",
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"wicked"
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"examples":[
"In passing the test of killing itself if infected, cancerous or genetically mischievous , a cell by definition dies. \u2014 Matt Ridley , Genome , 1999",
"\u2026 Pedro Martinez, could be found in the dugout, usually wearing sneakers instead of spikes, his tongue flying about as fiercely as one of his mischievous fastballs. \u2014 Tom Verducci , Sports Illustrated , 11 Oct. 1999",
"Setsu grew, too, from a mischievous , laughing little girl into a gay, willful, pretty girl. \u2014 Pearl S. Buck , The Big Wave , 1947",
"the children had been so mischievous that we had to pay the babysitter extra and then clean up the mess",
"punished for their mischievous tricks on the neighbors",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Disney Not only is the drawing style on these Mickey Mouse episodes more playful than in traditional Disney shorts, the characters have a much more mischievous energy, too \u2014 almost more similar to Ren and Stimpy than Mickey Mouse shorts of old. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 July 2022",
"The protagonist version of Loki is intent on avoiding the fight and escaping the hideout, picking his way through the brawl with a mischievous slink. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 29 June 2022",
"So, pay careful attention and plan the delivery to decide if a serious, playful, loving, mischievous , scared, authoritative or some other style is needed. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The mischievous Mary-Kate and Ashley must find a magic moonstone come Halloween night to beat their evil aunt and save their home. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 22 June 2022",
"Ostensibly a game for organization freaks, A Little to the Left asks players to tidy up by arranging books, game cartridges, spoons, lampshades, and more into nice, neat arrangements, all while a mischievous cat tries to mess things up again. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 18 June 2022",
"His mischievous narratives, teeming with demons and dybbuks and false messiahs, soon migrated from the pages of small magazines like Partisan Review and Commentary to glossier outlets like Playboy, Esquire and the New Yorker. \u2014 Benjamin Balint, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"But her new home has its own cast of characters, including Ferrell\u2019s notoriously mischievous grandsons. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Trapped at home by the Franco-Prussian War, Mariette oversees a rehearsal of the work, with friends, servants, soldiers, and two mischievous children joining in. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022"
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"noun"
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"\u02c8mish-",
"mish-",
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"nonstandard mis-\u02c8ch\u0113-v\u0113-\u0259s"
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"arch",
"devilish",
"elvish",
"espi\u00e8gle",
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"leprechaunish",
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"prankish",
"puckish",
"rascally",
"roguish",
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"In passing the test of killing itself if infected, cancerous or genetically mischievous , a cell by definition dies. \u2014 Matt Ridley , Genome , 1999",
"\u2026 Pedro Martinez, could be found in the dugout, usually wearing sneakers instead of spikes, his tongue flying about as fiercely as one of his mischievous fastballs. \u2014 Tom Verducci , Sports Illustrated , 11 Oct. 1999",
"Setsu grew, too, from a mischievous , laughing little girl into a gay, willful, pretty girl. \u2014 Pearl S. Buck , The Big Wave , 1947",
"the children had been so mischievous that we had to pay the babysitter extra and then clean up the mess",
"punished for their mischievous tricks on the neighbors",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Disney Not only is the drawing style on these Mickey Mouse episodes more playful than in traditional Disney shorts, the characters have a much more mischievous energy, too \u2014 almost more similar to Ren and Stimpy than Mickey Mouse shorts of old. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 July 2022",
"The protagonist version of Loki is intent on avoiding the fight and escaping the hideout, picking his way through the brawl with a mischievous slink. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 29 June 2022",
"So, pay careful attention and plan the delivery to decide if a serious, playful, loving, mischievous , scared, authoritative or some other style is needed. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The mischievous Mary-Kate and Ashley must find a magic moonstone come Halloween night to beat their evil aunt and save their home. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 22 June 2022",
"Ostensibly a game for organization freaks, A Little to the Left asks players to tidy up by arranging books, game cartridges, spoons, lampshades, and more into nice, neat arrangements, all while a mischievous cat tries to mess things up again. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 18 June 2022",
"His mischievous narratives, teeming with demons and dybbuks and false messiahs, soon migrated from the pages of small magazines like Partisan Review and Commentary to glossier outlets like Playboy, Esquire and the New Yorker. \u2014 Benjamin Balint, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"But her new home has its own cast of characters, including Ferrell\u2019s notoriously mischievous grandsons. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Trapped at home by the Franco-Prussian War, Mariette oversees a rehearsal of the work, with friends, servants, soldiers, and two mischievous children joining in. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Mark Jonathan Harris",
"\u2026 I thought I had misconceived their true characters \u2026",
"\u2014 Herman Melville"
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052536"
},
"miscreant":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": unbelieving , heretical":[
"miscreant pagans"
],
": depraved , villainous":[
"miscreant behavior",
"miscreant gangs"
],
": infidel , heretic":[],
": one who behaves criminally or viciously":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mis-kr\u0113-\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddie",
"baddy",
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He supports tough penalties against corporate miscreants .",
"halt, vile miscreant , and face justice!",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In contrast, the editorial points to Detroit police as being appropriately aggressive in stopping miscreant drivers. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 15 Feb. 2022",
"SkySafe, a San Diego startup that makes technology to protect airspace around airports, stadiums and critical infrastructure from miscreant drones, has raised $30 million in a second round of venture capital funding. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Dec. 2021",
"In fact, Whitman\u2019s imaginary westerner, a patriot who repudiated party politics and miscreant politicians, differed sharply from the actual Lincoln, who was a politician to his marrow. \u2014 Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books , 29 Apr. 2021",
"In fact, Whitman\u2019s imaginary westerner, a patriot who repudiated party politics and miscreant politicians, differed sharply from the actual Lincoln, who was a politician to his marrow. \u2014 Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books , 29 Apr. 2021",
"In fact, Whitman\u2019s imaginary westerner, a patriot who repudiated party politics and miscreant politicians, differed sharply from the actual Lincoln, who was a politician to his marrow. \u2014 Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books , 29 Apr. 2021",
"In fact, Whitman\u2019s imaginary westerner, a patriot who repudiated party politics and miscreant politicians, differed sharply from the actual Lincoln, who was a politician to his marrow. \u2014 Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books , 29 Apr. 2021",
"In fact, Whitman\u2019s imaginary westerner, a patriot who repudiated party politics and miscreant politicians, differed sharply from the actual Lincoln, who was a politician to his marrow. \u2014 Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books , 29 Apr. 2021",
"Fred is dead, his headless body hanging on the wall where miscreant handmaids were hung. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"One miscreant falls, another rises, and the song remains the same. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The driver doesn\u2019t like the driving antics of this upcoming miscreant . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
"Three months in, his captors threw into his cell a Long Island miscreant named Matthew Schrier, who had done time in the United States and come to Syria as a photojournalist. \u2014 Graeme Wood, The Atlantic , 5 Apr. 2021",
"Attempting to quell conspiracy theories, his chief of police proclaimed that the government had not poisoned the drinking water\u2014but that miscreants may have done so. \u2014 Maurice Samuels, Time , 15 May 2020",
"Mr Duterte\u2019s hard line on drug dealers and other miscreants was at the core of his election campaign. \u2014 The Economist , 20 Feb. 2020",
"The plot turns on whether Mickey will prevail against an assortment of competitors and miscreants who want to relieve him of his profits. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2020",
"Mr Moro convicted Lula, the most prominent of the Lava Jato miscreants . \u2014 The Economist , 23 Nov. 2019",
"With big data to crunch and nowhere for miscreants to hide, perhaps top-down rule can at last be made to work. \u2014 The Economist , 2 Nov. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English miscreaunt , from Anglo-French mescreant , present participle of mescreire to disbelieve, from mes- + creire to believe, from Latin credere \u2014 more at creed":"Adjective and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021421"
},
"misdoing":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the act or an instance of misbehaving : misconduct":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8d\u00fc-i\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"breach",
"crime",
"debt",
"error",
"lawbreaking",
"malefaction",
"misdeed",
"offense",
"offence",
"sin",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation",
"wrongdoing"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncrime"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the sordid misdoings of the city councilman were exposed as a result of an intense investigation by the local newspaper",
"kept a watchful eye for any misdoing by the members of the clergy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Certainly in the reign of J. Edgar Hoover, the role of the bureaucracy, and Hoover\u2019s role actually, was more often to aid Presidents in their misdoings , amid some of his own. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 25 Sep. 2019",
"An American journalist seeking to write about the rich celebrities instead learns about financial, political and treasonous misdoings \u2013 even murder. \u2014 Carole Goldberg, courant.com , 3 July 2019",
"Yet, the very reality of 2018 is that Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s Supreme Court Justice nomination pushed the seemingly consequence-free misdoings of those attending the country\u2019s elite prep schools into the news cycle. \u2014 Veronica Walsingham, Teen Vogue , 5 Oct. 2018",
"This is not the first time Facebook has had to publicly increase previous estimates of misdoings on its platform. \u2014 Issie Lapowsky, WIRED , 4 Apr. 2018",
"South Korean politicians accused of misdoing often apologize for causing trouble while still denying wrongdoing. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Mar. 2018",
"There is no box that defines and confines who has the capability of perpetrating these misdoings . \u2014 Kirsten King, Teen Vogue , 16 Jan. 2018",
"All of the angst could have been avoided if not for some political misdoings . \u2014 Joe Haakenson, Daily Pilot , 21 Dec. 2017",
"Reports about financial misdoings , the possible collapse of venerable institutions, rising unemployment caused by advanced technology \u2014 all of these affected the psychology of spending. \u2014 Robert J. Shiller, New York Times , 29 Apr. 2016"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174250"
},
"misdoubt":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": doubt":[],
": suspect , fear":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8dau\u0307t"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect"
],
"antonyms":[
"trust"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"unexpectedly elevated to the throne, the new king acknowledged that many misdoubted his ability to lead his people"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012336"
},
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the arrangement of actors and scenery on a stage for a theatrical production":[],
": stage setting":[],
": the physical setting of an action (as of a narrative or a motion picture) : context":[
"this ordinary house that became the mise-en-sc\u00e8ne of an extraordinary drama",
"\u2014 E. M. Lustgarten"
],
": environment , milieu":[
"enjoyed the mise-en-sc\u00e8ne of suburban Miami"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccm\u0113-\u02ccz\u00e4\u207f-\u02c8sen",
"-\u02c8s\u0101n"
],
"synonyms":[
"decor",
"d\u00e9cor",
"scene",
"scenery",
"set"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mise-en-sc\u00e8ne background , setting , environment , milieu , mise-en-sc\u00e8ne mean the place, time, and circumstances in which something occurs. background often refers to the circumstances or events that precede a phenomenon or development. the shocking decision was part of the background of the riots setting suggests looking at real-life situations in literary or dramatic terms. a militant reformer who was born into an unlikely social setting environment applies to all the external factors that have a formative influence on one's physical, mental, or moral development. the kind of environment that produces juvenile delinquents milieu applies especially to the physical and social surroundings of a person or group of persons. an intellectual milieu conducive to artistic experimentation mise-en-sc\u00e8ne strongly suggests the use of properties to achieve a particular atmosphere or theatrical effect. a gothic thriller with a carefully crafted mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French mise en sc\u00e8ne":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062724"
},
"misemploy":{
"type":[
"noun,",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to use (something) in a wrong or harmful way":[
"The series also tells the story of the fantastic scientific achievements of the time, achievements which would later be misemployed by Hitler's war machine.",
"\u2014 Continental Choice"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-im-\u02c8pl\u022fi",
"-em-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1594, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031043"
},
"miserable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": being in a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness (as from want or shame)":[
"miserable refugees"
],
": wretchedly inadequate or meager (see meager sense 2 )":[
"a miserable hovel"
],
": causing extreme discomfort or unhappiness":[
"a miserable situation",
"miserable weather",
"his miserable childhood"
],
": being likely to discredit or shame":[
"his miserable neglect of his wife",
"had a miserable , snide contempt for our country",
"\u2014 Joyce Winslow"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8miz-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8mi-z\u0259-r\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8mi-z\u0259-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8mi-z\u0259r-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"He had a miserable childhood.",
"My boss is making my life thoroughly miserable with her constant demands and criticism.",
"He felt lonely and miserable after his divorce.",
"I've had a miserable cold for the past week.",
"He lived in a miserable little shack.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If a software makes users' lives miserable , adoption rates will be understandably low. \u2014 Joe Oprosko, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Most dedicated to the mission of making Macron miserable is the NUPES, or New Ecological and Social People's Union -- the oddball left-wing coalition cobbled together by Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"But according to a new ranking, Michigan\u2019s flagship airport is one of the better airports at making the experience a little less miserable . \u2014 Pavithra Rajesh, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022",
"Having staked his reputation on improving the schools, the notorious micromanager might have made his superintendents\u2019 lives miserable . \u2014 Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Child services eventually show up at his house and Loquareeous now heads to live with a white lesbian couple, which makes life absolutely miserable . \u2014 Michael Saponara, Billboard , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Protesters engaged in blockades are making life miserable for truckers who are still working. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Last New Year\u2019s Day, Smith made his life miserable . \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Journal Editorial Report: The social media giant's role in making girls miserable . \u2014 Stuart Taylor Jr. And Edward Yingling, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin miserabilis wretched, pitiable, from miserari to pity, from miser":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165018"
},
"miserableness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": being in a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness (as from want or shame)":[
"miserable refugees"
],
": wretchedly inadequate or meager (see meager sense 2 )":[
"a miserable hovel"
],
": causing extreme discomfort or unhappiness":[
"a miserable situation",
"miserable weather",
"his miserable childhood"
],
": being likely to discredit or shame":[
"his miserable neglect of his wife",
"had a miserable , snide contempt for our country",
"\u2014 Joyce Winslow"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8miz-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8mi-z\u0259-r\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8mi-z\u0259-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8mi-z\u0259r-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"He had a miserable childhood.",
"My boss is making my life thoroughly miserable with her constant demands and criticism.",
"He felt lonely and miserable after his divorce.",
"I've had a miserable cold for the past week.",
"He lived in a miserable little shack.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If a software makes users' lives miserable , adoption rates will be understandably low. \u2014 Joe Oprosko, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Most dedicated to the mission of making Macron miserable is the NUPES, or New Ecological and Social People's Union -- the oddball left-wing coalition cobbled together by Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"But according to a new ranking, Michigan\u2019s flagship airport is one of the better airports at making the experience a little less miserable . \u2014 Pavithra Rajesh, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022",
"Having staked his reputation on improving the schools, the notorious micromanager might have made his superintendents\u2019 lives miserable . \u2014 Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Child services eventually show up at his house and Loquareeous now heads to live with a white lesbian couple, which makes life absolutely miserable . \u2014 Michael Saponara, Billboard , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Protesters engaged in blockades are making life miserable for truckers who are still working. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Last New Year\u2019s Day, Smith made his life miserable . \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Journal Editorial Report: The social media giant's role in making girls miserable . \u2014 Stuart Taylor Jr. And Edward Yingling, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin miserabilis wretched, pitiable, from miserari to pity, from miser":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011440"
},
"miserere":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the 50th Psalm in the Vulgate",
": misericord",
": a vocal complaint or lament"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmi-z\u0259-\u02c8rir-\u0113",
"-\u02c8rer-",
"\u02ccm\u0113-z\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-(\u02cc)r\u0101"
],
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"beef",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"complaint",
"fuss",
"grievance",
"gripe",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"grumble",
"holler",
"kvetch",
"lament",
"moan",
"murmur",
"plaint",
"squawk",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an essay that is essentially a long miserere about the decline of good manners in our society"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin, be merciful, from misereri to be merciful, from miser wretched; from the first word of the Psalm",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215925"
},
"miserliness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u012b-z\u0259r-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"chintzy",
"close",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"mingy",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penny-pinching",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for miserly stingy , close , niggardly , parsimonious , penurious , miserly mean being unwilling or showing unwillingness to share with others. stingy implies a marked lack of generosity. a stingy child, not given to sharing close suggests keeping a tight grip on one's money and possessions. folks who are very close when charity calls niggardly implies giving or spending the very smallest amount possible. the niggardly amount budgeted for the town library parsimonious suggests a frugality so extreme as to lead to stinginess. a parsimonious lifestyle notably lacking in luxuries penurious implies niggardliness that gives an appearance of actual poverty. the penurious eccentric bequeathed a fortune miserly suggests a sordid avariciousness and a morbid pleasure in hoarding. a miserly couple devoid of social conscience",
"examples":[
"He was given a miserly raise.",
"my brother, who is notoriously miserly , surprised us when he offered to pick up the tab",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Public funding is miserly \u2014 putting in only about $1,500 a year per child under the age 5 (by comparison, average per-child expenditure in public schools is over $13,000). \u2014 Elliot Haspel, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"And while other wealthy countries spend an average of $14,000 each year per child on early-childhood care, the U.S. spends a miserly $500. \u2014 Kendra Hurley, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"California\u2019s latest water emergency is forcing residents to dial back their lawn sprinklers, shorten their showers and make other water- miserly changes in their routines. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"Mileage- miserly Japanese cars got a firm foothold in the American market. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Germany has blocked arms exports to Ukraine from a NATO ally and offered Kyiv a miserly 5,000 helmets. \u2014 Adam O\u2019neal, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The deal Potter offered George Bailey, $20,000 a year for three years, was extraordinarily generous, unthinkable from miserly Ebenezer, an employer who begrudged his clerk a lump of coal. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 19 Dec. 2021",
"The heartwarming tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge\u2019s Christmas morning redemption with the help of three time-traveling ghosts has remained a one of the most enduring and popular subjects for holiday entertainment for more than a century. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Players Theatre is also taking a fresh crack at the redemptive ghost story of miserly moneylender Ebenezer Scrooge. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1593, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221709"
},
"miserly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u012b-z\u0259r-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"chintzy",
"close",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"mingy",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penny-pinching",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for miserly stingy , close , niggardly , parsimonious , penurious , miserly mean being unwilling or showing unwillingness to share with others. stingy implies a marked lack of generosity. a stingy child, not given to sharing close suggests keeping a tight grip on one's money and possessions. folks who are very close when charity calls niggardly implies giving or spending the very smallest amount possible. the niggardly amount budgeted for the town library parsimonious suggests a frugality so extreme as to lead to stinginess. a parsimonious lifestyle notably lacking in luxuries penurious implies niggardliness that gives an appearance of actual poverty. the penurious eccentric bequeathed a fortune miserly suggests a sordid avariciousness and a morbid pleasure in hoarding. a miserly couple devoid of social conscience",
"examples":[
"He was given a miserly raise.",
"my brother, who is notoriously miserly , surprised us when he offered to pick up the tab",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Public funding is miserly \u2014 putting in only about $1,500 a year per child under the age 5 (by comparison, average per-child expenditure in public schools is over $13,000). \u2014 Elliot Haspel, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"And while other wealthy countries spend an average of $14,000 each year per child on early-childhood care, the U.S. spends a miserly $500. \u2014 Kendra Hurley, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"California\u2019s latest water emergency is forcing residents to dial back their lawn sprinklers, shorten their showers and make other water- miserly changes in their routines. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"Mileage- miserly Japanese cars got a firm foothold in the American market. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Germany has blocked arms exports to Ukraine from a NATO ally and offered Kyiv a miserly 5,000 helmets. \u2014 Adam O\u2019neal, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The deal Potter offered George Bailey, $20,000 a year for three years, was extraordinarily generous, unthinkable from miserly Ebenezer, an employer who begrudged his clerk a lump of coal. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 19 Dec. 2021",
"The heartwarming tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge\u2019s Christmas morning redemption with the help of three time-traveling ghosts has remained a one of the most enduring and popular subjects for holiday entertainment for more than a century. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Players Theatre is also taking a fresh crack at the redemptive ghost story of miserly moneylender Ebenezer Scrooge. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1593, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053445"
},
"misery":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a state of suffering and want that is the result of poverty or affliction",
": a circumstance, thing, or place that causes suffering or discomfort",
": a state of great unhappiness and emotional distress",
": great suffering or unhappiness"
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"\u02c8mi-z\u0259-r\u0113",
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"\u02c8miz-r\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The state of the streets, including many of the major commercial ones, remains heartbreaking, an open-air stage of human misery defined by homelessness, mental illness and drugs. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
"The federal government created a perfect storm in which private labs can earn huge profits during a time of human misery at the expense of taxpayers, employers and workers. \u2014 Tim Halliday, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
"Mariupol has come to symbolize the human misery inflicted by the war. \u2014 Cara Anna And Yesica Fisch, Chicago Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"Caelainn Hogan speaks to several people caught up in Ireland\u2019s inhumane asylum system, which sees a small number of companies profit from human misery . \u2014 Clare Egan, Longreads , 18 Mar. 2022",
"This in turn raises the likelihood of yet more heart-rending footage of human misery in the weeks to come. \u2014 Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Ironically, opprobrium towards Johnson has been triggered not by the enfeebling of the UK economy, or the human misery and death toll brought on by the coronavirus, but by a drinks party(ies). \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
"But the policies of the US and other Western powers have done the opposite, instead delivering isolation, economic mayhem and human misery . \u2014 David Miliband, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Rosenberg has forged a career plumbing the depths of human misery by drawing defendants in high-profile trials. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 6 Dec. 2021"
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"He reopens one of the epic disputes of the cold war, namely whether the C.I.A. misestimated Soviet military and economic strength in the 1970's \u2026",
"\u2014 Philip Taubman"
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"1809, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174535"
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"noun",
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": to have the explosive or propulsive charge fail to ignite at the proper time",
": to fail to fire",
": to miss an intended effect or objective",
": a failure (as of a cartridge or firearm) to fire",
": something that misfires"
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"\u02ccmis-\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r",
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r",
"\u02c8mis-\u02ccf\u012b(-\u0259)r"
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"miscarry"
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"Verb",
"their scheme to rob the bank misfired disastrously and landed them all in jail",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Later, it was revealed that Starliner's internal clock was off by 11 hours, which caused the spacecraft to misfire and stumble off course, NASA and Boeing officials told reporters. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"The error caused the thrusters onboard the capsule to misfire , knocking it off course, and officials decided to bring the spacecraft back home rather than continue the mission. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"Houston created more scoring chances in the first half, only to misfire a few times. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 May 2022",
"One of the greatest putters in golf history continues to misfire from 8-15 feet and as a result, he's lost ground on the field midway through Sunday's final round. \u2014 USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2022",
"All that machinery can often misfire , elevating stories that don\u2019t deserve such treatment. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
"And yet, the ads that misfire or even insult potential employees or customers are increasingly at risk of serving as an entry point to expose a company\u2019s hypocrisy. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Torreys have won 17 straight and are 13-0 at home La Jolla Country Day, the No. 2 seed in the Open Division of the state regional playoffs, picked a really bad night to misfire from the free-throw line. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Being successful in business has often meant understanding what\u2019s been successful throughout its history, but this can misfire . \u2014 Kimberly A. Whitler, Forbes , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Nerve cells misfire , leading to headache and nausea\u2014the first signs of heat exhaustion. \u2014 Aryn Baker, Time , 26 May 2022",
"Given its big studio distribution, the hit-making expertise of Blumhouse, and the usually reliable popularity of King\u2019s characters, Firestarter\u2019s misfire is striking. \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 16 May 2022",
"Some check-engine light warnings are temporary\u2014like the aforementioned loose fuel-filler cap or a rare engine misfire . \u2014 Nick Kurczewski, Car and Driver , 13 May 2022",
"The Fantastic Four would be the first of four misfire attempts to bring the group, created by the legendary Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics in 1961, to the big screen. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
"But the film was never able to recover \u2014 among Oscar voters \u2014 from being branded a box office misfire . \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"That comes in the film\u2019s opening scene, as the modest farmhouse that Irka shares her her husband Tolik (Sergey Shadrin) falls prey to a mortar misfire \u2014 decimating one exterior wall, and leaving the interior a wreckage site of dust and debris. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 29 Jan. 2022",
"The researchers think this causes neurons in the insular cortex to misfire , reactivating an immunologic memory and triggering a misguided immune response. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, Scientific American , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Russia\u2019s missile attack Sunday on a Ukrainian training facility, just miles from the border of NATO member Poland, illustrated the risk that a misfire in Ukraine could force NATO to react. \u2014 Liz Sly And Emily Rauhala, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"Noun",
"1789, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"noun"
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": a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event",
": a feeling of distrust or doubt especially about what is going to happen"
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"\u02ccmis-\u02c8gi-vi\u014b",
"mis-\u02c8gi-vi\u014b"
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"distrust",
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"dubitation",
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"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
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"query",
"reservation",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainty"
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"assurance",
"belief",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"sureness",
"surety",
"trust"
],
"examples":[
"I felt some misgiving about his ability to do the job.",
"They regarded the plan with misgiving .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"No amount of atonement or misgiving makes any difference. \u2014 Greg Jackson, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021",
"Despite any nostalgic misgivings , however, the TrackMan system seems a natural next step in the evolution of sports and technology. \u2014 Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Aug. 2019",
"Despite any misgivings about Cruise as an actor and a person, the trailer certainly sets up some pretty spectacular shots. \u2014 Andrew Liptak, The Verge , 18 July 2019",
"Some of us who would otherwise be reluctant to vote for Mr. Trump and Republican enablers in Congress see the over-the-top Democratic and media response to him as reason enough to cast ballots for the GOP despite any misgivings . \u2014 WSJ , 2 Nov. 2018",
"Barton's attorney, Fred Duchardt Jr., said last week that three jurors involved in Barton's 2006 trial now express misgivings based on the blood spatter evidence. \u2014 Erin Donaghue, CBS News , 19 May 2020",
"Any misgivings have also been tempered by a feeling the state should be taking stronger measures to control the outbreak. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2020",
"The company expressed misgivings about participating, but also believed that backing out might prompt an angry response from Trump. \u2014 Jordan Fabian, Bloomberg.com , 15 Apr. 2020",
"Majeed's misgivings about being asked to spy on his own community are heightened when his devout father begins frequenting the mosque, bringing both his son and granddaughter back into the fold after years of relatively secular detachment. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 Mar. 2020"
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"first_known_use":[
"1582, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221837"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to lead astray : misdirect"
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"\u02ccmis-\u02c8g\u012bd"
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"bamboozle",
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"buffalo",
"burn",
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"deceive",
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"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
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"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
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"undeceive"
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"examples":[
"we were misguided by the flashy advertisements for what turned out to be pretty lousy pizza",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This creates a bias in the overall Covid-19 data that has ramifications for everyone, as this skew in the Covid-19 national estimates can misguide response efforts. \u2014 Bonnielin Swenor, STAT , 12 June 2020",
"And any comparison to the system used by Iowa Democrats is misguided , says Bea Covington, executive director of King Conservation District. \u2014 Kartikay Mehrotra, Bloomberg.com , 8 May 2020",
"This is the second round of payments APS is making following an Arizona Republic report last year that showed the company misguided thousands of customers regarding the cheapest rate plan. \u2014 Ryan Randazzo, azcentral , 6 May 2020",
"An American hero has died and Russians are attempting to misguide , but first: a cartoon about shopping convenience. \u2014 Alex Baker-whitcomb, Wired , 24 Feb. 2020",
"Another concept misguiding some voters is the move to use MaxPreps for seeding all tournaments beginning in 2021. \u2014 Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Feb. 2020",
"Whoever was charged with making the day\u2019s allotment of guacamole was also misguided in the amount of salt used. \u2014 Lindsey Mcclave, The Courier-Journal , 15 Jan. 2020",
"Some Republicans don\u2019t believe the ban goes far enough: Colorado Right to Life calls the measure misguided . \u2014 Saja Hindi, The Denver Post , 23 Dec. 2019",
"But to start comparing one group's pain to the other is misguided . \u2014 NBC News , 24 Nov. 2019"
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"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173230"
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"type":[
"verb"
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": to treat roughly : maltreat":[],
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"(\u02cc)mis-\u02c8han-d\u1d4al"
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"abuse",
"brutalize",
"bully",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"kick around",
"maltreat",
"manhandle",
"mess over",
"mistreat",
"misuse"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The police mishandled the investigation.",
"Apples are easily bruised when they are mishandled .",
"The shortstop mishandled the throw.",
"The quarterback fumbled when he mishandled the snap.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Details on the film are scant, but Gawande\u2019s book explores the concepts of death and aging and how the medical profession tends to mishandle both. \u2014 Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 Apr. 2022",
"But there\u2019s another way to avoid dealing with the lost baggage headache\u2014knowing which airlines are most likely to mishandle your luggage and understanding their lost and damaged baggage policies just in case. \u2014 cleveland , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Logline details for Mortal are being kept in the casket, but the book explores the concepts of death and aging and how the medical profession tends to mishandle both. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, regional airline Envoy Air was most likely to lose or mishandle a bag. \u2014 Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure , 23 Sep. 2021",
"But models tend to mishandle the negative feedback of more sun-blocking clouds that has worked since creation. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2021",
"Some of the uptick in bear nuisance reports is caused by campers who mishandle their food. \u2014 Bob Timmons, Star Tribune , 3 Aug. 2020",
"Yet many in Japan are inclined to blame China for mishandling the early stages of the outbreak and Abe for not blocking visitors from China sooner. \u2014 Isabel Reynolds, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
"Crozier\u2019s abrupt firing by acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly ultimately cost Modly his job as well for mishandling the relief of command and for his subsequent tirade delivered to the crew of the ship. \u2014 Jamie Mcintyre, Washington Examiner , 15 Apr. 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184504"
},
"misinform":{
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"verb"
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"That small, self-serving cabal managed to misinform generations of Americans with malicious myths that misshaped history.",
"\u2014 Dana D. Kelley",
"\"Pardon me,\" interrupted Alfred Inglethorp, \"you have been misinformed . I had no quarrel with my dear wife. \u2026 \"",
"\u2014 Agatha Christie"
],
"\u2014 see also misinformed":[
"That small, self-serving cabal managed to misinform generations of Americans with malicious myths that misshaped history.",
"\u2014 Dana D. Kelley",
"\"Pardon me,\" interrupted Alfred Inglethorp, \"you have been misinformed . I had no quarrel with my dear wife. \u2026 \"",
"\u2014 Agatha Christie"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Forrester\u2019s Consumer Technographics\u00ae Technology, Media, And Telecom Topic Insights Survey, 2020, US online adults were asked about their response to news stories and videos created to misinform and deceive readers on social media platforms. \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"This is the inevitable result of a concerted, bad faith effort to misinform the public about the Covid-19 vaccine. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Advances in computing technology have leapfrogged from lab settings into the real world, allowing criminals to deceive, misinform and defraud by impersonating others. \u2014 Erik Schatzker, Bloomberg.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The prevalence of amateur videos, crowdsourced content and difficult to discern satellite imagery can confuse or perhaps misinform even seasoned journalists. \u2014 Ramishah Maruf, CNN , 20 Feb. 2022",
"In Week 1472, The Style Invitational continued its decades-long campaign to misinform innocent newspaper readers, this time with bogus trivia about money and finance. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Feb. 2022",
"What Fox has repeatedly done \u2014 on pretty much every major topic \u2014 is to misinform ... \u2014 Oliver Darcy, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The bad news is that the same platforms that are used to inform can also be used by others with their own agendas to misinform and thereby lengthen or worsen the crisis. \u2014 Edward Segal, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Other internet searches reveal that the infamous scare tactics intended to misinform people about COVID-19 are bleeding into the influenza world, as well. \u2014 Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Sep. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213255"
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"misinterpret":{
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"verb"
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": to explain wrongly":[
"His comment on the speech misinterprets the speaker's meaning."
],
": to understand wrongly":[
"Her silence should not be misinterpreted as consent."
]
},
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"-p\u0259t",
"\u02ccmi-s\u1d4an-\u02c8t\u0259r-pr\u0259t"
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"bend",
"color",
"cook",
"distort",
"falsify",
"fudge",
"garble",
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"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"slant",
"twist",
"warp"
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"examples":[
"He claims that his statements have been misinterpreted by the media.",
"Her silence should not be misinterpreted as consent.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Green then responded to a post from Skip Bayless, who seemed to misinterpret a quote from Green on his podcast. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 June 2022",
"Cases abound in which officers misinterpret traffic laws or simply fail to talk to witnesses who may be able to back up the victim. \u2014 Outside Online , 4 May 2020",
"Through it all, Saleh is careful not to tarnish the faith, suggesting that Islam itself is not to blame for the ways that certain people misinterpret and abuse it. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 20 May 2022",
"Over time, though, organizations can move further away from the original concept with implementations that misinterpret the original meaning. \u2014 Pieter Danhieux, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"To make any sweeping judgments about any one mindset present in the film is to misinterpret it, to see it from a narrow perspective instead of the big picture, when in fact, no one is right and no one is wrong. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 9 Mar. 2022",
"White played Rose, a gentle, dim widow who managed to misinterpret most situations. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 1 Jan. 2022",
"White played Rose, a gentle, dim widow who managed to misinterpret most situations. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 1 Jan. 2022",
"By sending military supplies to Ukraine, by deploying troops to Eastern Europe, by preparing sanctions, the Biden administration has orchestrated a set of signals that even Mr. Putin can\u2019t misinterpret . \u2014 WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063106"
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"\u02ccmis-\u02c8j\u0259j",
"mis-\u02c8j\u0259j"
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"miscalculate",
"misconceive",
"misdeem",
"misestimate",
"misgauge",
"mismeasure",
"mistake"
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"examples":[
"I can see that I've completely misjudged you. I apologize.",
"The outfielder misjudged the fly ball and it went over his head.",
"The pilot misjudged the landing.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One side can misjudge its (or its opponent\u2019s) strength, the potential response of the international community, the courage of an enemy\u2019s leaders, or the willingness of one\u2019s own people to sacrifice for victory. \u2014 Michael S. Neiberg, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Those with good intentions may misjudge or not know the recipient well enough. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"When doctors overvalue intuition Doctors routinely misjudge the accuracy of their instincts and the relevance of past experiences with patients. \u2014 Robert Pearl, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"As a result, the radio altimeters and automated landing controls can misjudge distances when operating under 2,500 feet and cause a plane crash. \u2014 Geoff Whitmore, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Wentz lost two yards in the air on the Colts next possession, and Nyheim Hines had a bad third-down drop on the following possession, appearing to misjudge the ball in the rain, forcing a three-and-out. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 25 Oct. 2021",
"People often misjudge life expectancies, which over time have lengthened considerably. \u2014 Liz Weston, oregonlive , 4 Sep. 2021",
"The move has left most people in Washington scratching their heads: How did an Administration led by a president with deep foreign-policy experience misjudge the situation so badly? \u2014 Time , 17 Aug. 2021",
"But even experienced swimmers can misjudge water conditions and their own abilities, with harrowing consequences. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 July 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203455"
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"mislay":{
"type":[
"verb"
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"definitions":{
": to put in an unremembered place : lose":[
"he mislaid his car keys"
]
},
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"mis-\u02c8l\u0101",
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8l\u0101"
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"lose",
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"examples":[
"I'm always mislaying my bus pass.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to a survey of workers in America and the U.K., the loss in productivity from forgetting or mislaying passwords comes to at least U.S. $420 per employee annually. \u2014 Marie Kondo, Marie Claire , 6 Apr. 2020",
"What counts is the manner of slaughter, and\u2014this being the most courteous of films\u2014the vital importance of never mislaying one\u2019s cool. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2019",
"It\u2019s not mislaid soup spoons or white shoes after Labor Day unsettling me. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2019",
"But this wasn\u2019t abandoned property; it was mislaid property. \u2014 New York Times , 16 July 2019",
"In the same incident, Riplinger was charged with theft of mislaid property in the 300 block of South Rand Road. \u2014 Phil Rockrohr, chicagotribune.com , 12 July 2019",
"For those who picked up cash and kept it for themselves, charges could include theft of lost or mislaid property and could be a felony or misdemeanor, depending on the amount. \u2014 Amanda Watts, CNN , 10 July 2019",
"Muhammad Faraz, 36, of the 3700 block of Salem Walk, Northbrook, was charged on May 30 with theft of lost or mislaid property after an investigation in the 1700 block of Milwaukee Avenue. \u2014 Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com , 5 June 2018",
"In a related action, Donnailla Dismukes, 32, and James Gaston, 29, both of Sauk Village, were charged with stealing lost or mislaid property after each drove the vehicle upon which Jimerson had loaded the generators, police said. \u2014 Staff Report, Daily Southtown , 3 July 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1614, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233820"
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"mislead":{
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"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to lead in a wrong direction or into a mistaken action or belief often by deliberate deceit":[
"His comments were a deliberate attempt to mislead the public."
],
": to lead astray : give a wrong impression":[
"exciting as they are, they mislead",
"\u2014 E. M. Forster"
]
},
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"mis-\u02c8l\u0113d",
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8l\u0113d"
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"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
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"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mislead deceive , mislead , delude , beguile mean to lead astray or frustrate usually by underhandedness. deceive implies imposing a false idea or belief that causes ignorance, bewilderment, or helplessness. tried to deceive me about the cost mislead implies a leading astray that may or may not be intentional. I was misled by the confusing sign delude implies deceiving so thoroughly as to obscure the truth. we were deluded into thinking we were safe beguile stresses the use of charm and persuasion in deceiving. was beguiled by false promises",
"examples":[
"We believe that her comments were deliberately meant to mislead the public.",
"We believe that her comments were deliberately meant to mislead .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The number of details that can be processed seems infinite, but seeing only limited parts of data can mislead teams into making wrong decisions. \u2014 Rohit Amarnath, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"That Telegram very rarely removes or blocks content \u2014 whether for being offensive, explicit or intentionally designed to mislead people \u2014 is by design. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Words that, at best, are meant to mislead the people of Minneapolis, and at worst are quite simply lies aimed at portraying Amir as a criminal. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 5 Feb. 2022",
"The state said that drug manufacturers collaborated to mislead people and downplay the serious risks of opioid addiction, and that drug distributors skirted systems meant to limit orders for painkillers. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, chicagotribune.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
"The state and counties said that drug manufacturers collaborated to mislead people and downplay the serious risks of opioid addiction, and that drug distributors skirted systems meant to limit orders for painkillers. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, ajc , 30 Dec. 2021",
"So that factor can mislead users of that metric as to how much inflation fear there is among real investors (as opposed to central bankers, who buy these bonds as a policy instrument, not an investment). \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 10 Apr. 2021",
"Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said local police did not mislead anyone. \u2014 Fox News , 31 May 2022",
"Some bedding brands get carried away with their marketing claims, which can mislead to shoppers buying sheets for the wrong reasons. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to arrange or order incorrectly":[
"\u2026 a photo caption accompanying an article about the TV show \"Duck Dynasty\" misordered the names of the Robertson family members pictured.",
"\u2014 The Los Angeles Times"
],
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"Many retailers have items such as appliances and plumbing fixtures that they sell at sizable discounts because they are slightly blemished, have minor scratches or are in the store because someone misordered them.",
"\u2014 Paul Bianchina"
],
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"\u2026 as also to see the difference of things confounded or misordered by the ignorance of corruption \u2026",
"\u2014 Francis Rous"
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"\u2026 the total number of customers actually affected by the misorders was only about 5,000.",
"\u2014 Lori Santos"
],
": bad or disorderly conduct":[
"Never foreign power could yet hurt, or in any part prevail in this realm, but by disobedience and misorder within ourselves.",
"\u2014 Edmund Bonner"
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"\u02ccmis-\u02c8\u022fr-d\u0259r"
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213527"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
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"\u2026 until recently, experts have paid the placebo effect only grudging respect, some insisting that people who experience it must have simply misperceived either their illness or their recovery.",
"\u2014 Ted Kaptchuk et al."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021425"
},
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"noun",
"verb"
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"misplace a comma"
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"his trust had been misplaced"
]
},
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"mis-\u02c8pl\u0101s",
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"lose",
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"examples":[
"I seem to have misplaced my keys.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tuesday\u2019s arctic air will leave Connecticut Wednesday morning, but don\u2019t misplace the jackets, hats, gloves, and scarves as more arctic air will be arriving for the start of the weekend. \u2014 courant.com , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Russo recused herself from the case and appointed a private investigator, who found that Tiedjen and his attorneys did not misplace them but could not locate the photographs or determine who had lost them. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 23 June 2021",
"It\u2019s not unusual to misplace your car keys or reading glasses (which are on your head). \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 8 May 2021",
"Does your dad always misplace his phone, wallet, keys, AirPods, wedding band, and other super important items? \u2014 Rebecca Norris, USA TODAY , 12 May 2021",
"There are many other episodes in which bitcoin accounts have been hacked by cyberthieves or lost when their owners misplace their access codes, which can\u2019t be replicated. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Each dumbbell has a base that holds any unused weight, so there are no plates to trip over and no clamps to misplace . \u2014 Claire Zillman, Fortune , 18 Apr. 2021",
"The honor is so fresh that Monk hasn\u2019t had a chance to misplace it yet. \u2014 al , 22 Feb. 2021",
"These little Bluetooth trackers are a huge boon for any giftee who tends to misplace their keys, bags, or smartphone, and the Tile Mate can be had for a very giftable price. \u2014 Lee Neikirk, USA TODAY , 25 Sep. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182927"
},
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"totally misread the lesson of history",
"\u2014 Christopher Hollis"
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"mis-\u02c8r\u0113d",
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8r\u0113d"
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"misconstrue",
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"misknow",
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"mistake",
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"apprehend",
"catch",
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"conceive",
"fathom",
"get",
"grasp",
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"know",
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"penetrate",
"perceive",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"take in",
"understand"
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"examples":[
"I guess I misread the instructions.",
"They have misread the lessons of the past.",
"Politicians may have misread the mood of the public.",
"I badly misread the situation.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thomas, though, misread its slicing action, allowing the ball to trickle to the wall untouched for a double. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
"Clary, however, may have developed enough of a friendship with and loyalty to Braunizer to sacrifice his objectivity and misread his interview subject and Schr\u00f6dinger both. \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"In interviews, several said Judge Mizelle badly misread the law. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Opposition parties have also tried to pick apart Orban\u2019s message of being a guarantor of Hungary\u2019s security after the government misread the threat Russia posed and did a U-turn on the deployment of NATO troops in Hungary. \u2014 Zoltan Simon, Bloomberg.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"But Disney leadership badly misread the situation in Florida in ways that continue to have ripple effects. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Certainly, Macron did not entirely misread the concern of French voters over Russian atrocities in Ukraine. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Sometimes, Pentagon assessors simply misread the allegations, leading to the dismissal of a report. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Apr. 2016",
"Their exits have solidified the reign of Chief Executive Officer Emmett Shear, whose engineering-first focus has led the company to misread what the streaming community wants, these people say. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Bloomberg.com , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1658, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190802"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
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"definitions":[
": to relate badly or wrongly : to give an erroneous or inaccurate account of"
],
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"\u02ccmis-ri-\u02c8l\u0101t"
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"first_known_use":[
"1621, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183829"
},
"misrepresent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
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": to give a false or misleading representation of usually with an intent to deceive or be unfair":[
"misrepresented the facts"
],
": to serve badly or improperly as a representative of":[]
},
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"(\u02cc)mis-\u02ccre-pri-\u02c8zent",
"\u02ccmis-\u02ccre-pri-\u02c8zent",
"mis-\u02ccre-pri-\u02c8zent"
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"bend",
"color",
"cook",
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"falsify",
"fudge",
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"misrelate",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"slant",
"twist",
"warp"
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"examples":[
"The company is accused of misrepresenting its earnings.",
"The movie deliberately misrepresents the facts about her life.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The guidelines also prohibit influencers from hyping sensitive or trending social issues, and ban them from using technologies like deep-fake and face-swapping software to misrepresent the state, Party leaders, or China\u2018s history. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 24 June 2022",
"An immigration judge, who is a Justice Department employee, concluded Patel intended to misrepresent his status for the purpose of getting his license, even though Georgia law entitled a noncitizen in Patel\u2019s situation to a license to drive. \u2014 Mark Sherman, ajc , 16 May 2022",
"And as Trump\u2019s record shows, people who are prepared to misrepresent the truth as a means to \u2013 or excuse for \u2013 abusing their power once will almost certainly do so again. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 12 May 2022",
"Gasc\u00f3n would not discuss the specific allegations in the lawsuits but said prosecutors are continuing to misrepresent his policies and their intent in court. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"In other words, the purpose is not to misrepresent the facts. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 2 May 2022",
"More worrying is the tendency of firms, entire industries, and/or governments to misuse or misrepresent these approaches as an alternative to actual action, as a way to minimize the urgency to act or as a cover for slow-walk initiatives. \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Usually, that boils down to clickbait articles that mislead people or misrepresent a story. \u2014 Hazey Taughtme, Rolling Stone , 3 Mar. 2022",
"For some Black women in the Bay Area, partisan attempts to misrepresent Jackson\u2019s record reminded them of their own experiences being undermined in the workplace. \u2014 Shwanika Narayan, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174606"
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"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":{
": to fail to hit, reach, or contact":[
"miss the target"
],
": to fail to perform or attend":[
"had to miss school for a week"
],
": to leave out : omit":[
"in such a hurry that he missed his breakfast"
],
": to discover or feel the absence of":[
"missed his wallet as soon as he entered the store"
],
": to fail to comprehend, sense, or experience":[
"missed the point of the speech"
],
": escape , avoid":[
"just missed hitting the other car"
],
": to fail to obtain":[
"ignorance misses the best things in this life",
"\u2014 W. R. Inge"
],
": to fail to hit something":[
"took another cut at the ball but missed again"
],
": to be unsuccessful":[
"such a fine prospect that he can't miss"
],
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": to fail to get, reach, or do something":[],
": to deviate from regular smooth performance":[
"the company changed ownership without missing a beat"
],
": to lose a good opportunity for":[
"missed out on a better job"
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": to fail to take advantage of an opportunity":[],
": a failure to hit":[],
": a failure to attain a desired result":[],
": disadvantage or regret resulting from loss":[
"we know the miss of you, and even hunger \u2026 to see you",
"\u2014 Samuel Richardson"
],
": young lady":[
"\u2014 used without a name as a conventional term of address to a young woman"
],
": a young unmarried woman or girl":[],
": a clothing size for women of average height and build":[],
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"\u02c8mis"
],
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"blow off",
"cut",
"skip"
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"attend",
"show up (for)"
],
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"Verb",
"He swung and missed the ball completely.",
"The shot missed the goal by inches.",
"The batter swung and missed .",
"She took three shots and missed every time.",
"I would hate to miss this opportunity.",
"She could have joined us, but she missed her chance.",
"They missed a payment on their car loan.",
"He was in such a hurry that he missed breakfast."
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English missan ; akin to Old High German missan to miss":"Verb",
"short for mistress":"Noun"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
"1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170038"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
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"definitions":{
": to shape (something) badly : to give an unnatural shape or form to":[
"\u2026 cutting back the young trees and brush of other varieties so they won't crowd out or misshape the firs.",
"\u2014 Terry Todd"
]
},
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"\u02ccmis-\u02c8sh\u0101p"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013650"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": having an ugly or deformed shape":[
"It is, in fact, a homely and misshapen little gray airplane that looks like it was cobbled together in someone's garage.",
"\u2014 Patricia Trenner"
],
": morally or intellectually deformed or distorted":[
"misshapen ideas of justice"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8sh\u0101-p\u0259n",
"mis-\u02c8sh\u0101-p\u0259n"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021843"
},
"mission":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": a specific task with which a person or a group is charged":[
"Their mission was to help victims of the disaster."
],
": a definite military, naval, or aerospace task":[
"a bombing mission",
"a space mission"
],
": a flight operation of an aircraft or spacecraft in the performance of a mission":[
"a mission to Mars"
],
": a preestablished and often self-imposed objective or purpose":[
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"Her mission was to be a teacher."
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": a group sent to a foreign country to conduct diplomatic or political negotiations":[
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": a team of specialists or cultural leaders sent to a foreign country":[
"served on a mission to improve agricultural methods"
],
": a ministry commissioned by a religious organization to propagate (see propagate sense 3b ) its faith or carry on humanitarian work":[
"\u2026 there was a little port called Quinchang, where the fathers of the mission usually landed from Macao, on their progress to teach the Christian religion to the Chinese \u2026",
"\u2014 Daniel Defoe"
],
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": a local church or parish dependent on a larger religious organization for direction or financial support":[
"Spanish missions in California"
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"a preaching mission"
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"city near the Rio Grande in southern Texas population 77,058":[],
"municipality on the Fraser River in southwestern British Columbia, Canada population 36,426":[],
": to send on or entrust with a mission":[],
": to carry on a religious mission among or in":[],
": of or relating to a style used in the early Spanish missions of the southwestern U.S.":[
"mission architecture"
],
": of, relating to, or having the characteristic of a style of plain heavy usually oak furniture originating in the U.S. in the early part of the 20th century":[]
},
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"\u02c8mi-sh\u0259n"
],
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"assignment",
"brief",
"business",
"charge",
"detail",
"job",
"operation",
"post"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"Our mission was to recover the stolen plans.",
"By patient negotiation she succeeded in her mission of averting a strike.",
"a mission to the moon",
"a member of a trade mission",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The kids in Hawkins suit up to go back to the Upside Down on an assassination mission . \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 2 July 2022",
"The team will use the next two years to work on 3D simulations, a robot prototype, develop strategies that help the robot avoid risk, and test out ReachBot in a realistic mission environment -- likely a cave site in New Mexico or California. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 1 July 2022",
"Just last week, Luxembourg\u2019s Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, came to the cities of Toronto and Montreal as part of an economic mission organized by the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in close cooperation with the Ministry of the Economy. \u2014 Karl Moore, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Told in reverse, the movie stars Guy Pearce as a man whose mission to track down his wife's killer is complicated by his inability to form new memories. \u2014 Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country , 30 June 2022",
"Since 2007, thousands of families, friends, co-workers, neighbors, and communities have walked together to support the national organization\u2019s mission to improve the lives of people affected by Huntington\u2019s Disease and their families. \u2014 Alexis Oatman, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
"With the ability to now facilitate SBA 504 loans in Utah, the organization plans to increase their impact and further their mission to foster the economic growth of diverse small businesses. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"Through either mission trips or vacations, Martin has traveled to 25 or 26 countries including China, Russia, India, Peru, Haiti and Guatemala. \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 30 June 2022",
"Highlighting the contributions of the aforementioned individuals such as Coltrane, Tupac, and Afeni Shakur are only a small part of Onwusa\u2019s mission . \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"It\u2019s the most powerful operational rocket active, although both the Artemis I mission using the Space Launch System and SpaceX\u2019s in-the-works Starship with Super Heavy rockets will exceed that. \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 2 May 2022",
"Promoted to mission commander of the shuttle Columbia in 1999, and the Discovery in 2005, Collins found the position involved less fun and more responsibility. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Next, the stage will be refurbished as needed and shipped to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the launch of the Artemis I mission . \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 19 Mar. 2021",
"The extra precision of the Gaia system will help mission controllers home in precisely on their targets. \u2014 Joshua Sokol, Science | AAAS , 24 Nov. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Two were suicides and two were non- mission , accidental firearm discharges. \u2014 Priscilla Alvarez, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The scene now zooms down to the character to emphasize her mid- mission request. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Future techniques might include using gravity to tug asteroids out of orbit, zapping them with lasers, or even moving them with tractor beams, said NASA planetary defense officer Lindley Johnson said in a pre- mission news conference. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Nov. 2021",
"The Air Force once vaguely entertained the notion of replacing the RC-135s with a new 767-based multi- mission place called the E-10. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Andrew Wood, a Marine Corps spokesperson, said the updates include additional inspections for watertight integrity and stricter requirements for what material discrepancies would render a vehicle non- mission capable. \u2014 Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Their conclusions, published in Science magazine and presented at the 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, were reached by using cross- mission data from the agency's Planetary Data System (PDS). \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 18 Mar. 2021",
"The Constellation ships are multi- mission ships that are capable of anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare (anti-ship and land attack), and anti-air warfare (anti-aircraft, anti-missile, and now anti-drone) missions. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Travis Air Force Base ordered non- mission -essential personnel to evacuate. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Aug. 2020"
],
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"New Latin, Medieval Latin, & Latin; New Latin mission-, missio religious mission, from Medieval Latin, task assigned, from Latin, act of sending, from mittere to send":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 5":"Noun",
"1692, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015652"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to spend wrongly : squander":[
"a misspent life"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8spend"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fiddle away",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"lose",
"run through",
"spend",
"squander",
"throw away",
"trifle (away)",
"waste"
],
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"conserve"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Several government officials have been accused of misspending public money.",
"warned that a childhood spent playing video games was a misspent youth indeed",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Utah leaders misspend public funds, abandon Utah\u2019s youth for fossil fuels. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Sep. 2021",
"But the risks are that industrial policies can misspend dollars that would be better directed by the private sector. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 18 May 2021",
"But the risks are that industrial policies can misspend dollars that would be better directed by the private sector. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 18 May 2021",
"But the risks are that industrial policies can misspend dollars that would be better directed by the private sector. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 18 May 2021",
"But the risks are that industrial policies can misspend dollars that would be better directed by the private sector. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 18 May 2021",
"But the risks are that industrial policies can misspend dollars that would be better directed by the private sector. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 18 May 2021",
"But the risks are that industrial policies can misspend dollars that would be better directed by the private sector. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 18 May 2021",
"But the risks are that industrial policies can misspend dollars that would be better directed by the private sector. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 18 May 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055347"
},
"mist":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": water in the form of particles floating or falling in the atmosphere at or near the surface of the earth and approaching the form of rain":[],
": something that obscures understanding":[
"mists of antiquity"
],
": a film before the eyes":[],
": a cloud of small particles or objects suggestive of a mist":[],
": a suspension of a finely divided liquid in a gas":[],
": a fine spray":[],
": a drink of liquor served over cracked ice":[],
": to be or become misty":[],
": to become moist or blurred":[],
": to cover or spray with or convert to mist":[]
},
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"\u02c8mist"
],
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"drizzle",
"mizzle",
"sprinkle"
],
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"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"blacken",
"blear",
"blur",
"cloud",
"darken",
"dim",
"dislimn",
"fog",
"fuzz (up)",
"haze",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overcloud",
"overshadow",
"shadow",
"shroud"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"We could barely see the shore through the mist .",
"The hills were veiled in a fine mist .",
"an issue clouded by mists of confusion",
"Verb",
"The plant should be misted regularly.",
"It was misting when we arrived.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Mountains, trees and rivers were still present, but their shapes were only hinted at, rendered in gentle lines and indistinct forms as if a mist had descended over the vista. \u2014 CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Seeing Bush, who trained in contemporary dance, twirl and wave her arms through a spectral white mist in a floaty batwing dress, her eyes wide with urgency, I was mesmerized. \u2014 Vogue , 30 May 2022",
"The missiles scatter a flammable mist or powder that is then ignited and burns in the air. \u2014 Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"The professional option \u2014 which includes a mist and the leave-in mask \u2014 may not be as intuitive as other standalone treatments, though. \u2014 Kirbie Johnson, Allure , 8 Apr. 2022",
"In the comics, Kamala is an Inhuman whose powers are activated when a mysterious mist spreads through the city. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Spritzing a saline mist into your nose can help moisten your nasal passages and clear out allergens that could be lurking in there, Dr. Tolliver says. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
"When administered through a fine mist , this harmless viral vector stimulates IgA production in nasal mucus and supports systemic immunity throughout the respiratory system. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Fat raindrops started falling, a mist rose from the sea, and lightning flashed over the distant shadow of Corfu. \u2014 Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This resort also just launched a series of wellness retreats that focus on reconnecting with nature\u2014think meditating with wellness experts as the whales mist the air above the waves. \u2014 Diana Spechler, Robb Report , 22 Mar. 2022",
"For maximum volume that lasts all day, mist your style with K\u00e9rastase Laque Noire Hair Spray. \u2014 ELLE , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Lightly mist your hair with TRESemm\u00e9 Flawless Curls Refresher Spray to activate your curls. \u2014 Natasha Silva-jelly, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Lift sections of your hair, then mist the spray upwards from below the section and use your fingers to tease a bit of volume near the crown. \u2014 Elle Turner, Allure , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Prepare the grout as the package recommends, and mist the tiles with water if the directions say to do so. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Lift sections of your hair, then mist the spray upward from below the section and use your fingers to tease a bit of volume near the crown. \u2014 Elle Turner, Glamour , 29 Oct. 2021",
"And then, in a tragedy foreshadowed by Erik Wilson\u2019s swaying, sentimental camerawork in which golden lens flares have the tendency to mist over the image like unfallen tears, the kooky crumbles when Emily is diagnosed with terminal cancer. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Line a sheet pan with aluminum foil and mist it with cooking spray. Toss the peppers and onion with the reserved 1/4 cup marinade and spread them evenly on the prepared pan. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Sep. 2021"
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"Noun",
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"There must be some mistake .",
"The manuscript contains numerous spelling mistakes .",
"There's a mistake in the schedule.",
"\u201cWhen does the movie start?\u201d \u201cAt 8:00. No, wait\u2014 my mistake \u2014it starts at 8:30.\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Don\u2019t mistake ignorance for perspective when seeking to understand the logical connection between ideas. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"This specific variant has been noted to cause upper respiratory issues that some may easily mistake for seasonal allergies; early symptoms often include scratchy or sore throat, sneezing, or a runny nose. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 21 May 2022",
"Don\u2019t mistake these for your average shoe trend, however\u2014mules have been around forever. \u2014 Tchesmeni Leonard, Glamour , 9 May 2022",
"And please don't mistake silence for a lack of love. \u2014 Don Yaeger, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Health officials say the chance of a false positive with a PCR test is extremely low, and the test cannot mistake COVID-19 for influenza. \u2014 Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"But despite occasional pieces referencing the filmmaker\u2019s Catholic boyhood, no one would ever mistake Waters for a choir boy. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Checking out the mountain With a 750-foot vertical drop, no one would mistake Seven Springs for a major resort out West or East. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 3 Feb. 2022",
"When legislation gets hung up on procedures like the filibuster, Americans often mistake the inability to act on the president. \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Avoid that costly mistake by proactively discussing the project deliverables during the kickoff meeting. \u2014 Dana Brownlee, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Business has no choice but to act, but doing so too early in a fluid situation may prove to be a mistake . \u2014 Vinit Patel, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"Not taking advantage of any fuel-savings programs at all is a mistake , according to GasBuddy analyst Patrick DeHaan. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"Contreras, who is represented by Octagon, hopefully won\u2019t make that same mistake . \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"The account was eventually restored, and Meta said in a statement to Mother Jones that the removal was a mistake . \u2014 Ben Goggin, NBC News , 27 June 2022",
"But others were concerned that splitting up the company could be a mistake . \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Biden\u2019s intervention comes as elements of the mainstream are beginning to acknowledge that all this might be a mistake , or at least that there\u2019s a debate over it. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 21 June 2022",
"The court majority said Tuesday that was a mistake . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022"
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"Noun",
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"There must be some mistake .",
"The manuscript contains numerous spelling mistakes .",
"There's a mistake in the schedule.",
"\u201cWhen does the movie start?\u201d \u201cAt 8:00. No, wait\u2014 my mistake \u2014it starts at 8:30.\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Don\u2019t mistake ignorance for perspective when seeking to understand the logical connection between ideas. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"This specific variant has been noted to cause upper respiratory issues that some may easily mistake for seasonal allergies; early symptoms often include scratchy or sore throat, sneezing, or a runny nose. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 21 May 2022",
"Don\u2019t mistake these for your average shoe trend, however\u2014mules have been around forever. \u2014 Tchesmeni Leonard, Glamour , 9 May 2022",
"And please don't mistake silence for a lack of love. \u2014 Don Yaeger, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Health officials say the chance of a false positive with a PCR test is extremely low, and the test cannot mistake COVID-19 for influenza. \u2014 Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"But despite occasional pieces referencing the filmmaker\u2019s Catholic boyhood, no one would ever mistake Waters for a choir boy. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Checking out the mountain With a 750-foot vertical drop, no one would mistake Seven Springs for a major resort out West or East. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 3 Feb. 2022",
"When legislation gets hung up on procedures like the filibuster, Americans often mistake the inability to act on the president. \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Avoid that costly mistake by proactively discussing the project deliverables during the kickoff meeting. \u2014 Dana Brownlee, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Business has no choice but to act, but doing so too early in a fluid situation may prove to be a mistake . \u2014 Vinit Patel, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"Not taking advantage of any fuel-savings programs at all is a mistake , according to GasBuddy analyst Patrick DeHaan. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"Contreras, who is represented by Octagon, hopefully won\u2019t make that same mistake . \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"The account was eventually restored, and Meta said in a statement to Mother Jones that the removal was a mistake . \u2014 Ben Goggin, NBC News , 27 June 2022",
"But others were concerned that splitting up the company could be a mistake . \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Biden\u2019s intervention comes as elements of the mainstream are beginning to acknowledge that all this might be a mistake , or at least that there\u2019s a debate over it. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 21 June 2022",
"The court majority said Tuesday that was a mistake . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022"
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"examples":[
"They accuse him of mistreating his wife.",
"She claimed she had been mistreated by the police.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And there is a widespread sense that officers still mistreat people with impunity. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"In traditional Asian households, you\u2019re often taught to hold your feelings inside, especially when people mistreat you. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"And how Frances does really mistreat her in many ways, without realizing she\u2019s hurting her. \u2014 ELLE , 19 Apr. 2022",
"People often assume that abusive people mistreat everyone, but some discriminate in their abuse. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Often, it\u2019s one or more abusive managers or employees that have been allowed free rein to belittle and mistreat others. \u2014 Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Jan. 2022",
"There are honest, hard-working breeders who would never mistreat an animal or cheat anyone. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Court records and emails reviewed by The Times, along with nearly two dozen accounts from former partners and colleagues, portray Manson as someone who used his reputation as a transgressive artist to mistreat and isolate women. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Nov. 2021",
"James\u2019 attorney Ashlie Case Sletvold wrote in the lawsuit that jail officers routinely mistreat mentally-ill inmates and use excessive force. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 15 Oct. 2021"
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": a woman who possesses, owns, or controls something",
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": a woman of the Scottish nobility having a status comparable to that of a master (see master sense 3b )",
": a female teacher or tutor",
": a woman who has achieved mastery in some field",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Newspapers had also uncovered a mistress and illegitimate daughter. \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Also, Jalal sometimes stops off for a quickie with his younger mistress (Shaden Kanboura), a secret Waleed now feels complicit keeping. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 May 2022",
"This mordant novel takes the form of a diary, with sections named for the women who have most profoundly shaped the narrator\u2019s life: his mistress , his girlfriend, his sister-in-law, his sister, and his mother. \u2014 The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Her ex-husband Kevin Hunter also recently announced his engagement to his alleged long-term mistress Sharina Hunter amid Williams\u2019 health crisis. \u2014 Essence , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Built in 1910 in Greenwich, Connecticut, Petit Trianon Deux is a faithful copy of the original Petit Trianon, built between 1762 and 1768 by King Louis XV for his long-term mistress , Madame de Pompadour. \u2014 Regina Cole, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"According to some reports, the royal family sought to avoid scandal and seal his will after discovering the prince had left valuable emeralds to his mistress , the Countess of Kilmorey. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Sep. 2021",
"The last one to do so was Charles Sebastian, a former police commissioner who stepped down in 1916 after a newspaper published his love letters to his mistress . \u2014 David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2021",
"Sadly, Beverly Hills is too cruel a mistress to allow bacon dog vendors around the perimeter of the fair. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Feb. 2022"
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"She has a strong mistrust of politicians.",
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"Verb",
"I was starting to mistrust my own judgment.",
"a recluse who mistrusts her neighbors and stays in her house all day",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Put another way, Meta may be harkening back to its Facebook past to secure its short-term future, even as the mistrust sown by that past continues to be a drag on the company\u2019s public image. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Yet the leading social-media giants have earned the public\u2019s mistrust through politically biased and often arbitrary and inconsistent use of their power to censor or promote content on their platforms. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 3 June 2022",
"The mistrust stems, in part, from racist and anti-Muslim emails Joe Ricketts sent to family friends and others over several years that were leaked in 2019. \u2014 Justin Birnbaum, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"But Moffitt said her own research suggests mistrust may be at the core of hesitancy and resistance. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The board also must find a happy medium in addressing the mistrust in the library's hiring practices, noting a need of support for diversity and inclusion efforts from as many staff as possible. \u2014 Amelia Pak-harvey, The Indianapolis Star , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The deep mistrust between Russian invaders and Ukrainians has been exacerbated as civilian evacuation routes agreed upon by the two sides were shelled by Russian troops. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The mistrust has led to spiraling tensions between hospitals and families of covid patients, particularly surrounding ivermectin. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Underscoring the mistrust , European officials and diplomats are pursuing a dual track of diplomacy and deterrence, discussing the potential for refugees and other contingencies such as alternatives to Russian gas supplies. \u2014 Alan Crawford, Bloomberg.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"When a movie refuses to vary its pace, the audience subconsciously starts to mistrust the information and the exertions on the screen. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"That brand of asymmetry helps explain why many people mistrust CNN. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2021",
"But as soon as scientific truth becomes inherently associated with one political creed, people who have conflicting political sympathies will be predisposed to mistrust it. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Most Americans already mistrust the press, and making journalists more dependent on government will compound the suspicion of bias. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2021",
"That experience cemented his credibility with many older voters of color, some of whom mistrust the police while also worrying about crime. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
"At one end are environmentalists who deeply mistrust big utilities and think regular people have a right to generate their own power. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
"They are conditioned to attack and mistrust one another. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Within a decade, however, divisions emerged as many Muslims began to mistrust Indian rule and demanded the territory be united either under Pakistani rule or as an independent country. \u2014 Aijaz Hussain, ajc , 20 Oct. 2021"
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"Noun",
"She has a strong mistrust of politicians.",
"had an unfortunate mistrust of doctors, so her medical condition was allowed to worsen",
"Verb",
"I was starting to mistrust my own judgment.",
"a recluse who mistrusts her neighbors and stays in her house all day",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Is Fox News an exception to your mistrust of corporations? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Put another way, Meta may be harkening back to its Facebook past to secure its short-term future, even as the mistrust sown by that past continues to be a drag on the company\u2019s public image. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Yet the leading social-media giants have earned the public\u2019s mistrust through politically biased and often arbitrary and inconsistent use of their power to censor or promote content on their platforms. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 3 June 2022",
"The mistrust stems, in part, from racist and anti-Muslim emails Joe Ricketts sent to family friends and others over several years that were leaked in 2019. \u2014 Justin Birnbaum, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"But Moffitt said her own research suggests mistrust may be at the core of hesitancy and resistance. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The board also must find a happy medium in addressing the mistrust in the library's hiring practices, noting a need of support for diversity and inclusion efforts from as many staff as possible. \u2014 Amelia Pak-harvey, The Indianapolis Star , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The deep mistrust between Russian invaders and Ukrainians has been exacerbated as civilian evacuation routes agreed upon by the two sides were shelled by Russian troops. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The mistrust has led to spiraling tensions between hospitals and families of covid patients, particularly surrounding ivermectin. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"When a movie refuses to vary its pace, the audience subconsciously starts to mistrust the information and the exertions on the screen. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"That brand of asymmetry helps explain why many people mistrust CNN. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2021",
"But as soon as scientific truth becomes inherently associated with one political creed, people who have conflicting political sympathies will be predisposed to mistrust it. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Most Americans already mistrust the press, and making journalists more dependent on government will compound the suspicion of bias. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2021",
"That experience cemented his credibility with many older voters of color, some of whom mistrust the police while also worrying about crime. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
"At one end are environmentalists who deeply mistrust big utilities and think regular people have a right to generate their own power. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
"They are conditioned to attack and mistrust one another. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Within a decade, however, divisions emerged as many Muslims began to mistrust Indian rule and demanded the territory be united either under Pakistani rule or as an independent country. \u2014 Aijaz Hussain, ajc , 20 Oct. 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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": consisting of or marked by mist",
": indistinct",
": vague , confused",
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"\u02c8mi-st\u0113"
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"befogged",
"brumous",
"clouded",
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"gauzy",
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"smoggy",
"soupy"
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"limpid",
"pellucid",
"unclouded"
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"examples":[
"enjoyed the misty view of the thunderous falls from the deck of the sightseeing boat",
"I've a misty understanding of the issue but not so much that I could vote intelligently.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On a misty -gray afternoon in May, four people wade into the Hudson River. \u2014 Lela Nargi, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"The misty mountains provide elegant symmetry with the rocky coastline and crashing waves that close the film. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"The Scottish Highlands\u2019 misty weather and high peaks are a frequent setting for this phenomenon. \u2014 Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online , 14 May 2022",
"Tom Rockwell will dig trenches in the misty spa region of the Czech Republic. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"On her way \u2014 unofficially by herself \u2014 to a No. 3 pop hit, Gladys Knight sings out all that misty dissonance. \u2014 Danyel Smith, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Although most of the rain was out of here by sunrise, the morning remained misty and cool. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Waves become a metronome, whimsical whims of misty fog accompanied by sultry yet thunderous booms of sound. \u2014 Alex Wagner, SPIN , 6 Apr. 2022",
"On a clear day, the views seem to go on forever from Alila Ventana Big Sur; other times, misty clouds surround the 59-room resort\u2019s 160-acre ridgetop location overlooking the Pacific Ocean. \u2014 Kathy A. Mcdonald, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224111"
},
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"\u02ccmis-\u02cc\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02c8stand",
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"misconstrue",
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"misknow",
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"misread",
"miss",
"mistake"
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"apprehend",
"catch",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"fathom",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"know",
"make out",
"penetrate",
"perceive",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"take in",
"understand"
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"examples":[
"Don't misunderstand me\u2014I'm not criticizing your decision.",
"He feels that the critics have completely misunderstood his movies.",
"She expressed herself in clear terms that no one could misunderstand .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In an initial police statement, officials said that the boy had a learning disability and might misunderstand their search efforts as a game, per CNN. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Where Miller was poised and confident, the girl seemed distrustful, shrinking in her chair, covering her face with her brown hair and occasionally appearing to misunderstand the questions she was being asked. \u2014 Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
"Don\u2019t misunderstand this to be a naive suggestion that all violent images or video automatically begets real-life violence. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 27 May 2022",
"Many drivers misunderstand the limits of technology already on the road today. \u2014 David Ingram, NBC News , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Both dramatically misunderstand the situation, in terms of both how woke Ukraine truly is and why Ukraine is receiving support. \u2014 Anthony Constantini, National Review , 6 Apr. 2022",
"These moves also misunderstand how opposition and responsibility work in an authoritarian society. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 7 Mar. 2022",
"But Cristol said Youngkin appeared to misunderstand the specifics of the bill. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The higher-ed lobby fought this effort hard, feigning again and again to misunderstand what the law required, despite having the resources to hire the best legal minds in the United States to figure it out. \u2014 Robert S. Eitel, National Review , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030343"
},
"misuse":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to use incorrectly : misapply":[
"misused his talents",
"a word that is frequently misused"
],
": abuse , mistreat":[
"misused his servants"
],
": incorrect or improper use : misapplication":[]
},
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"\u02ccmis-\u02c8y\u00fcz",
"mis-\u02c8y\u00fcs",
"mis-\u02c8y\u00fcz",
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8y\u00fcs"
],
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"abuse",
"misapply",
"misemploy",
"pervert",
"profane",
"prostitute"
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"abuse",
"misapplication",
"misemployment",
"misusage",
"misutilization",
"perversion"
],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"She's charged with misusing company funds.",
"a word that is frequently misused",
"Noun",
"No refunds will be offered on products damaged by misuse .",
"the warranty for this dryer is null and void if you subject the product to deliberate misuse",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The vCashCards are spun up (minted), funded as needed and disconnected from the primary card account to reduce risk and exposure to misuse . \u2014 Eric Solis, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The technological issues are only buttressed by the people who design or misuse them. \u2014 Jessica Maddox, The Conversation , 3 May 2022",
"While passwords and other credentials are prone to theft or misuse , facial recognition remains with a person, enhancing security and privacy. \u2014 Tina D'agostin, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"More worrying is the tendency of firms, entire industries, and/or governments to misuse or misrepresent these approaches as an alternative to actual action, as a way to minimize the urgency to act or as a cover for slow-walk initiatives. \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Employers may also misuse such comparisons to compel employees to accept certain risks on the job, which is not exactly a choice. \u2014 Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, Scientific American , 19 Apr. 2022",
"At a news conference in 1987, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry lambasted residents who seemed to misuse and overburden the 911 emergency response system to address more routine health problems. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Otherwise, there isn\u2019t really a way to misuse or overuse the treatment. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In October 2020, Amazon issued a short letter to the committee saying its probe concluded that its private-label team didn\u2019t misuse third-party seller data. \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"What can be done to detect insider threats, credential misuse , supply chain compromises and zero-day vulnerabilities that may be targeting our core infrastructure and workloads? \u2014 Sameer Malhotra, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Incidents like this raise a host of questions about how authorities might use, or misuse , fetal personhood laws. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"Family and friends may notice an increase in risky behavior, withdrawal from others, misuse of drugs or alcohol, or decreased motivation and interest in appearance. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 19 May 2022",
"Jay Peak is now under receivership in connection with the misuse of immigration funds that cheated foreign nationals and elsewhere out of millions of dollars. \u2014 Russell Flannery, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"One camp wants to confront the misuse of their research head-on. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 24 May 2022",
"The White House also has explored a potential new executive order that aims to improve the government\u2019s ability to combat identity theft and protect federal funds from misuse . \u2014 Tony Romm And Yeganeh Torbati, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"On another occasion, Leon was reprimanded for inflicting visible injuries on one of his horses through misuse of the whip, according to the Courier Journal. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
"He has also been sanctioned for presenting false and altered documents from a physical examination to West Virginia stewards and for inflicting visible injuries on one of his mounts through misuse of the whip. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, partly from mis- + usen to use; partly from Middle French mesuser to abuse, from Old French, from mes- + user to use":"Verb and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224444"
},
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": a very little : bit":[],
": a very small object or creature":[],
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"could be that I am a mite prejudiced",
"\u2014 John Fischer"
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"\u02c8m\u012bt"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English m\u012bte ; akin to Middle Dutch mite mite, small copper coin":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Middle French or Middle Dutch; Middle French, small Flemish copper coin, from Middle Dutch":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234700"
},
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify",
": to make less severe or painful : alleviate",
": extenuate",
": to make less severe or painful",
": to lessen or minimize the severity of",
"\u2014 see also mitigation of damages sense 1 \u2014 compare aggravate",
": to lessen or minimize the severity of one's losses or damage"
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"\u02c8mi-t\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
"\u02c8mit-\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
"\u02c8mi-t\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t"
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"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"ease",
"help",
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"relieve",
"soothe"
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"aggravate",
"exacerbate"
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"examples":[
"At the far end of the room is a sliding glass door, taped with an X to mitigate shattering. The framing is flimsy, and rattles from mortar rounds even a half mile away. \u2014 William Langewiesche , Atlantic , May 2005",
"\u2026 a genre novel whose inevitable cinematic ending doesn't mitigate the visceral and emotional power of what has come before. It lingers in the memory like a very bad dream. \u2014 Joyce Carol Oates , New York Review of Books , 14 Aug. 2003",
"For 65 holes Norman dominated the classic rolling fairways and small, subtle greens of Olympic \u2026 with driving and iron play so solid that it mitigated mediocre putting. \u2014 Jaime Diaz , Sports Illustrated , 8 Nov. 1993",
"Emergency funds are being provided to help mitigate the effects of the disaster.",
"medicines used to mitigate a patient's suffering",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But in the second half, Nye is back to demonstrate how science, technology and green innovations will hopefully help mitigate or prevent such environmental crises in the future. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"There are always issues that are not initially considered in the original decision-making process, but seeking out potential negative impacts will help mitigate those potential negative outcomes. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"If being afraid is interfering significantly with your lives, consider some of the following interventions to help mitigate your anxiety, or your family\u2019s apprehension. \u2014 John Duffy, CNN , 17 May 2022",
"These restrictions help mitigate the risk of new fires starting in Arizona by controlling campfires and smoking. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"There are also the question about how the current COVID tracking infrastructure can help mitigate the effects of new, unknown pathogens that may appear in the future. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Oakland is among several districts opting to close schools to help mitigate the costs of operating schools that are less than half full. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Regardless of the market conditions, there are steps that can be taken to mitigate these challenges and navigate these tough economic times, such as: 1. \u2014 Wayne Lonstein, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"But, Deloitte also provides the counter balance: if economies get their act together to mitigate climate change and achieve Net Zero by 2050, the global economy could gain $43 trillion in value. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 25 May 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"verb"
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],
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],
": to produce (a sound recording) by electronically combining or adjusting sounds from more than one source":[],
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"\u2014 often used with up mixes things up in his eagerness to speak out \u2014 Irving Howe"
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"\u2014 London Times"
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"blend",
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"composite",
"concrete",
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"intermingle",
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"merge",
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"admixture",
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"amalgamation",
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"combination",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mix Verb mix , mingle , commingle , blend , merge , coalesce , amalgamate , fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole. mix may or may not imply loss of each element's identity. mix the salad greens mix a drink mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active. fear mingled with anticipation in my mind commingle implies a closer or more thorough mingling. a sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her blend implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture. blended several teas to create a balanced flavor merge suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole. in his mind reality and fantasy merged coalesce implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity. telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait amalgamate implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities. refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community fuse stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product. a building in which modernism and classicism are fused",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"To make frosting for the cake, mix powdered sugar with a little milk and vanilla.",
"You can make purple by mixing the colors red and blue.",
"Mix some water with the flour to make a paste.",
"Noun",
"a new brand of soup mixes",
"We bought two boxes of muffin mix .",
"a snack mix containing pretzels, nuts, and raisins",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Give the rhubarb a few more good stirs to mix in any sugar that collected at the bottom of the bowl. \u2014 Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
"Drivers should expect some of the worst delays this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon, as commuters leave work early and mix with holiday travelers. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"Challenged to find qualified developers, engineers and analysts, enterprises may opt to mix third-party partners with internal staff. \u2014 Sean Mcdermott, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Add black beans and coriander, season well with salt and pepper, then mix together until thoroughly combined. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"In a bowl, mix flour, remaining sugar, baking powder, salt and milk until just combined. \u2014 Deesha Philyaw, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
"While oil is heating (365 degrees is the target), mix flour, baking soda and beer. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"Rutherford said that on one hand, if most people think the pandemic is over and mix with a lot more people with a low rate of vaccination boosters, that increases the probability of a surge. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Fruit is the opposite of cake, and never the twain shall mix . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The rookery was mainly populated by adults, with a few youngsters in the mix . \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Mars entering Taurus on the 5th pulls you into a practical mindset and with Jupiter in your sign and in the mix on the 9th, new options are opening up. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 1 July 2022",
"So yes, a lot of money gets all intertwined, particularly when lending is in the mix . \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"With so many unknowns in the mix , Trump has become the sturdiest foundation on which to build all this way-too-early analysis. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
"The 6-5 Nassir Little will also be in the mix at small forward. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 June 2022",
"At least one of the Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers are in the mix for each player set to announce. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 29 June 2022",
"Social policy \u2014 the legal principles that separate red states from blue \u2014 is just one in the mix . \u2014 Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"But others, having seen a new way, are still keeping FaceTimes in the mix . \u2014 Lora Kelley, The Atlantic , 29 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, back-formation from mixte mixed, from Anglo-French, from Latin mixtus , past participle of misc\u0113re to mix; akin to Greek mignynai to mix":"Verb"
},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)":"Verb",
"circa 1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044706"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a state or instance of confusion",
": mixture",
": conflict , fight",
": an instance of confusion"
],
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"\u02c8miks-\u02cc\u0259p",
"\u02c8miks-\u02cc\u0259p"
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"foul-up"
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"1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202604"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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"a mixed audience",
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],
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"mixed company"
],
": including or accompanied by inconsistent, incompatible, or contrary elements":[
"mixed emotions",
"received mixed reviews",
"a mixed blessing"
],
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"people of mixed race",
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]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mikst"
],
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"cold-blooded",
"coldblood",
"cross",
"crossbred",
"hybrid",
"mongrel"
],
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"blooded",
"full-blood",
"full-blooded",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a can of mixed nuts",
"We ate salads of mixed greens.",
"They live in a mixed neighborhood.",
"She's of mixed African and European ancestry.",
"people of mixed racial origin",
"His decision got a mixed reaction from the family.",
"The experiment got mixed results.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the context of his solo career, John Mayer can be a showboating hotshot guitarist, but his leads with Dead & Company were mixed to be part of the patchwork of the arrangement, rather than stand out and above it. \u2014 Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
"The ban has been met with mixed reactions on tour, both publicly and privately, but Swiatek, after much deliberation, can see Wimbledon\u2019s perspective. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"Isaiah Martinez, who followed Pizzeria DOP\u2019s Maselli from San Francisco to Eugene, branched out on his own during the pandemic, launching a food cart devoted to the Caribbean dishes of his mixed Puerto Rican and Grenadan heritage. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 July 2022",
"DeLawter played mixed doubles with his sister, Danielle, in the postseason, and the two won their second straight 2A state championship. \u2014 Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun , 1 July 2022",
"Hybrid policies like that of Google, which has offices in Chicago and New York, have received mixed reception. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"Or, the men\u2019s relaxed fit colorblocked shirt in mixed print detailing Colombian and Miami-esque vibes for $89. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Former President Donald Trump, who has a mixed record as kingmaker in this year's midterms, has not issued an endorsement. \u2014 Caroline Linton, CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"Amid all this, many Delhi residents are leaving mixed -population areas for the city\u2019s Muslim enclaves, which often lack basic amenities and are broadly stigmatized as lawless or unclean. \u2014 Tarushi Aswani, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 June 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a miscellaneous collection : assortment",
": one having both positive and negative qualities or aspects"
],
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"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
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"examples":[
"His performance was a mixed bag .",
"a mixed bag of professional astronomers and amateur enthusiasts attended the conference",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Derrick White\u2019s performance has been a mixed bag so far. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Everybody Gym & Wellness Gyms can be a mixed bag , especially when factoring in who and which kinds of bodies are made to feel welcomed or alienated. \u2014 Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Big tech companies served up a mixed bag of earnings reports last week, helping send the major stock indexes swinging sharply. \u2014 Karen Langley, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"Early midterm poll accuracy: A review of gubernatorial and Senate polls since 1998 by FiveThirtyEight has a mixed bag of news of those hoping to forecast the future. \u2014 Harry Enten, CNN , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The redevelopment of Sorrento Valley and Sorrento Mesa brings a mixed bag of emotions for the small businesses in the thick of it. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Mar. 2022",
"While the match presented a mixed bag of performances and moments, there were definitely some aspects of the contest FCC will try to replicate. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 13 Mar. 2022",
"The data show crime locally is a mixed bag , with increases in many categories that nonetheless reach nowhere near historic highs. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"The Cowboys\u2019 draft weekend was very much a mixed bag . \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1919, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183022"
},
"mixture":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the state of being mixed":[],
": a product of mixing : combination : such as":[],
": a portion of matter consisting of two or more components in varying proportions that retain their own properties":[],
": a fabric woven of variously colored threads":[],
": a combination of several different kinds":[]
},
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"\u02c8miks-ch\u0259r"
],
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"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"cocktail",
"combination",
"composite",
"compound",
"conflation",
"emulsion",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"meld",
"mix",
"synthesis"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Stir the sugar and butter until the mixture is light and fluffy.",
"Now add eggs to the mixture .",
"Pour the cake mixture into a well-greased pan and bake.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a large bowl, combine the ground pretzels, melted butter, sugar and salt and mix with a flexible spatula (or your hands) until the butter and sugar are fully incorporated and the mixture is the consistency of wet sand. \u2014 Jessie Sheehan, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Add the honey and whisk again until the mixture is consistent. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Break up any clumps so mixture is completely smooth. \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Turn heat to low and cook, stirring regularly, until mixture is dry. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The palette is a mixture of dark gray and ebony with warm wood and white walls. \u2014 Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"What emerges is a mixture of incompetence and venality, but the incompetence caused as much damage and hurt as the venality, and the maliciousness is beyond explanation. \u2014 R. Albert Mohler, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"There is a mixture of studies looking at the impact of financial regulation disclosure since the 1933 and 1934 securities acts that led to the eventual formation of the SEC. \u2014 Diane Hoskins, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"Eccrine is an odorless sweat that is a mixture of water and salt. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin mixtura , from mixtus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055754"
},
"Mickey Mouse":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"too easy, small, ineffective, or unimportant to be taken seriously",
"being or performing insipid or corny popular music",
"annoyingly petty"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8mi-k\u0113-\u02c8mau\u0307s",
"synonyms":[
"fiddling",
"foolish",
"frivolous",
"incidental",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"minute",
"negligible",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
],
"examples":[
"The company is just a Mickey Mouse operation.",
"a woman who at town meetings insists on airing every little Mickey Mouse concern she has"
],
"history_and_etymology":" Mickey Mouse , cartoon character created by Walt Disney",
"first_known_use":[
"1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"middling":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of middle , medium, or moderate size, degree, or quality":[],
": mediocre , second-rate":[],
": of, relating to, or being a middle class":[],
": any of various commodities of intermediate size, quality, or position":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0259n",
"\u02c8mid-li\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"average",
"intermediate",
"mean",
"median",
"medium",
"middle",
"midsize",
"midsized",
"moderate",
"modest"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"tired of the city but not particularly interested in small-town life, he moved to a suburb of middling size",
"was disappointed in the renowned historian's latest book, which is only middling",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Another bogey on the 18th put me at 91 \u2014 very respectable at Tetherow for a golfer of my middling ability. \u2014 Chris Santella, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Dax Harwood almost singlehandedly took this from a somewhat middling match to an excellent match. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Normally, there\u2019s no reason to chill the Dom Perignon after losing a series at home to cap a middling run of 4-6 in the last 10 games. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"The southpaw has had a middling season on the mound with a 4.35 ERA, but has struggled to pitch deep into games, only finishing six innings twice. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"Along the way, MicroStrategy transformed itself from a middling software company into a stock-trader vehicle to speculate on the future value of bitcoin. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 14 June 2022",
"IndyCar results have been more middling than menacing, with no podium finishes in 17 career races. \u2014 Dan Gelston, Orlando Sentinel , 29 May 2022",
"By the same token, a middling rookie season doesn't necessarily mean bad news for the rest of a career. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 26 May 2022",
"Oz is trying to capture some of the same magic from Trump's backing that propelled author J.D. Vance from his middling showing in polls to winning a crowded race for Ohio's GOP Senate primary. \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Pinto, however, believes that higher borrowing costs will cause a middling rather than catastrophic drop in the ranks of purchasers. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
"The Steelers are averaging a meager 301.8 yards and 16.8 points per game through the first month of the season, pitiful numbers that place them well behind even Denver\u2019s middling (353.8 YPG, 20.8 PPG) offensive attack. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
"The Pack's other walking wounded will also benefit from rest ahead of the stretch run, which includes a favorable schedule offering up middling -to-bad NFC North opponents. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Considering Chicago\u2019s banged-up, middling defense \u2014 No. 23 in overall efficiency, according to Football Outsiders \u2014 Bears coaches might feel the same way. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Back in Japan, Mr. Kishida was an ardent \u2014 although, by his own admission, middling \u2014 baseball player. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Oct. 2021",
"The death rate for counties with the highest Trump share since June 21 is 30% higher than for the counties with middling or lower Trump share. \u2014 Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Sep. 2021",
"The Portland Thorns are riding high at the top of the league table, even while missing several key players, and will face a Kansas City side down on their luck and middling at the bottom of the league table. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Aug. 2021",
"The game debuted to middling -to-poor reviews, and a 62 Metascore puts it as the 32nd highest rated PS5 release this year alone. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 31 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030307"
},
"mindless":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by a lack of mind or consciousness",
": marked by or displaying no use of the powers of the intellect",
": requiring little attention or thought",
": not intellectually challenging or stimulating",
": not mindful : heedless",
": using or requiring little attention or thought"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u012bn(d)-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8m\u012bnd-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
],
"examples":[
"The article was a mindless piece of nonsense.",
"The movie has been criticized for its mindless violence.",
"a mindless waste of time",
"He seemed to be completely mindless of the danger he was facing.",
"She was mindless of her appearance.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"TikTok videos are dross \u2013 mindless nonsense or worse. \u2014 Ryan Craig, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"But all the mindless Instagram scrolling that comes with feeling the big sads was good for one thing. \u2014 Alaina Demopoulos, Allure , 19 May 2022",
"In order to save time from mindless scrolling and to keep things current, Stacker offers a look at five films produced by and streaming on Netflix that have been released in April 2022. \u2014 Stacker.com, cleveland , 6 May 2022",
"With the emergence of artificial intelligence in the workplace, many mindless administrative tasks can be automated, enabling employees to focus on the more important tasks of their day. \u2014 Eric Sydell, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The result is something both cinema studies kids and mindless violent movie fans can agree to love. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 23 May 2022",
"Ring toss is the kind of mindless , repetitive game that (counter-intuitively) can keep people of all ages engaged for hours. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 21 May 2022",
"Instead of mindless consumption of content, try to work through it, take it apart, draw conclusions and form judgments. \u2014 Tatiana Melnichuk, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"So the Zombie Devil, for instance, turns people into its mindless zombie minions, while the Bat Devil devours humans for their blood like an oversized vampire bat. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 16 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-143043"
},
"miniature":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a copy on a much reduced scale":[
"The designer displayed a miniature of the Washington, D.C. Mall."
],
": something small of its kind":[
"The little boy looked like his father in miniature ."
],
": a painting in an illuminated (see illuminate entry 1 sense 4 ) book or manuscript":[],
": the art of painting miniatures":[
"The artist excelled in miniature ."
],
": a very small portrait or other painting (as on ivory or metal)":[
"The lady wore a locket containing a miniature of her mother."
],
": in a greatly diminished size, form, or scale":[],
": being or represented on a small scale":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi-n\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r",
"-\u02cctu\u0307r",
"-ch\u0259r",
"\u02c8min-y\u0259-",
"\u02c8mi-ni-\u02ccchu\u0307r",
"-\u02cctyu\u0307r"
],
"synonyms":[
"model"
],
"antonyms":[
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for miniature Adjective small , little , diminutive , minute , tiny , miniature mean noticeably below average in size. small and little are often interchangeable, but small applies more to relative size determined by capacity, value, number. a relatively small backyard little is more absolute in implication often carrying the idea of petiteness, pettiness, insignificance, or immaturity. your pathetic little smile diminutive implies abnormal smallness. diminutive bonsai plants minute implies extreme smallness. a minute amount of caffeine in the soda tiny is an informal equivalent to minute . tiny cracks formed in the painting miniature applies to an exactly proportioned reproduction on a very small scale. a dollhouse with miniature furnishings",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a diorama filled with miniatures of town buildings as they looked in the 19th century",
"Adjective",
"a collection of miniature books",
"The little boy looks like a miniature version of his father.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The San Francisco stew is in some respects a miniature of the complex situation nationally: genuine grassroots discontent, Democratic divisions and an aggressive new push from conservatives. \u2014 Ronald Brownstein, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Public records and real estate databases tell the story in miniature : The owners listed it for $338,500 in the summer of 2021. \u2014 Lance Lambert, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"Here in miniature is the condition of the jungle, where the umbrella\u2014symbol of civilized life, the elegant invention that shields humankind from the elements\u2014has been reduced to tatters by the island\u2019s relentless downpours. \u2014 Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"In a way, a bonsai tree is an artistic effort to mimic nature, the grandness of a full-grown tree, in miniature . \u2014 al , 13 May 2022",
"Along the brilliant blue and gold embroidered runner sat eight miniature feathered and sequined lion figurines amid branches of kumquats, which were sourced from Tarsadia Organic Farms in nearby Riverside. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"One looks like a credit card that has both a touchscreen keypad and a miniature , Kindle-style electronic ink display. \u2014 Gilad Edelman, Wired , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The first Faberge egg contained a diamond miniature of the crown and a tiny ruby egg. \u2014 CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Portraits have always been a medium of intimate communication; Henry VIII wooed Anne Boleyn by sending her a miniature of himself. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The company is also already plotting its next vehicle, with plans for something even smaller than the already miniature Sp\u00e9irling. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
"Two miniature people crawl under the door, laughing psychotically. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Instead, his fiancee, Jessica Jaramillo, planned a miniature ceremony, inviting friends and family and delivering a commencement speech herself. \u2014 Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"Leaders of some colleges have said the DeVos rules are too prescriptive and force them to turn campus discipline systems into miniature courtrooms. \u2014 Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Among the keepsakes are her baptism water, a tiny pink-and-white knit beanie, final photos, and a card listing Everleigh\u2019s birth details, ink-stamped with her miniature footprints. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Bring your family and friends out to the Lester Rail Trail for train rides around a miniature railroad and station house. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"For more than 15 years, the 90-year-old Shaffer has spent countless hours sitting at her kitchen table creating miniature hats for newborn babies at UPMC Western Maryland. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 July 2021",
"This summer, Charlevoix will also see the grand opening of Hungry Ducks Farm, a petting zoo where families can feed baby ducks, meet miniature goats, fluffy chickens and water buffalo. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian miniatura art of illuminating a manuscript, from Medieval Latin, from Latin miniatus , past participle of miniare to color with minium, from minium red lead":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1714, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000746"
},
"misconception":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a wrong or inaccurate idea or conception"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-k\u0259n-\u02c8sep-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"delusion",
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"misbelief",
"myth",
"old wives' tale",
"untruth"
],
"antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Military leaders also note that there can be a common misconception about the holiday's meaning compared to Veterans Day, in November. \u2014 Adisa Hargett-robinson, ABC News , 30 May 2022",
"The belief that Indian food is and has always been laden with spices is a common misconception . \u2014 Misbaah Mansuri, Chron , 25 Mar. 2022",
"This is a common misconception : A 1031 exchange does not equate to tax-free gains. \u2014 Catherine Kuo, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"But, experts said, the belief that certain foods and carbonated or acidic beverages can cause or worsen ulcers is a common misconception . \u2014 Washington Post , 26 May 2021",
"The most common misconception about hyaluronic acid is that HA equals hydration. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Another misconception is that corporations withdrawing from Russia will help galvanize public opposition to the Ukraine war, Babina said. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Maternal health experts say a common misconception is that active labor is the only risky part of pregnancy. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Another popular misconception is that gender affirming care only involves hormone therapy or surgery. \u2014 Jocelyn Solis-moreira, Health.com , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1614, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-184254"
},
"misjudging":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to be mistaken in judgment":[],
": to estimate wrongly":[],
": to have an unjust opinion of":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8j\u0259j",
"mis-\u02c8j\u0259j"
],
"synonyms":[
"miscalculate",
"misconceive",
"misdeem",
"misestimate",
"misgauge",
"mismeasure",
"mistake"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"I can see that I've completely misjudged you. I apologize.",
"The outfielder misjudged the fly ball and it went over his head.",
"The pilot misjudged the landing.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One side can misjudge its (or its opponent\u2019s) strength, the potential response of the international community, the courage of an enemy\u2019s leaders, or the willingness of one\u2019s own people to sacrifice for victory. \u2014 Michael S. Neiberg, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Those with good intentions may misjudge or not know the recipient well enough. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"When doctors overvalue intuition Doctors routinely misjudge the accuracy of their instincts and the relevance of past experiences with patients. \u2014 Robert Pearl, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"As a result, the radio altimeters and automated landing controls can misjudge distances when operating under 2,500 feet and cause a plane crash. \u2014 Geoff Whitmore, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Wentz lost two yards in the air on the Colts next possession, and Nyheim Hines had a bad third-down drop on the following possession, appearing to misjudge the ball in the rain, forcing a three-and-out. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 25 Oct. 2021",
"People often misjudge life expectancies, which over time have lengthened considerably. \u2014 Liz Weston, oregonlive , 4 Sep. 2021",
"The move has left most people in Washington scratching their heads: How did an Administration led by a president with deep foreign-policy experience misjudge the situation so badly? \u2014 Time , 17 Aug. 2021",
"But even experienced swimmers can misjudge water conditions and their own abilities, with harrowing consequences. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001350"
},
"mistakenly":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to blunder in the choice of":[
"mistook her way in the dark"
],
": to misunderstand the meaning or intention of : misinterpret":[
"don't mistake me, I mean exactly what I said"
],
": to make a wrong judgment of the character or ability of":[
"The army's leaders mistook the strength of the enemy."
],
": to identify wrongly : confuse with another":[
"I mistook him for his brother"
],
": to be wrong":[
"you mistook when you thought I laughed at you",
"\u2014 Thomas Hardy"
],
": a wrong judgment : misunderstanding":[],
": a wrong action or statement proceeding from faulty judgment, inadequate knowledge, or inattention":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"m\u0259-\u02c8st\u0101k"
],
"synonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misknow",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"miss",
"misunderstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"misjudging",
"misjudgment",
"misstep",
"slip",
"slipup"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mistake Noun error , mistake , blunder , slip , lapse mean a departure from what is true, right, or proper. error suggests the existence of a standard or guide and a straying from the right course through failure to make effective use of this. procedural errors mistake implies misconception or inadvertence and usually expresses less criticism than error . dialed the wrong number by mistake blunder regularly imputes stupidity or ignorance as a cause and connotes some degree of blame. diplomatic blunders slip stresses inadvertence or accident and applies especially to trivial but embarrassing mistakes. a slip of the tongue lapse stresses forgetfulness, weakness, or inattention as a cause. a lapse in judgment",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the auctioneer mistook my nod for a bid, and I ended up buying a painting I don't even like",
"you seriously mistake me if you think I scare so easily",
"Noun",
"It would be a mistake to assume that we can rely on their help.",
"There must be some mistake .",
"The manuscript contains numerous spelling mistakes .",
"There's a mistake in the schedule.",
"\u201cWhen does the movie start?\u201d \u201cAt 8:00. No, wait\u2014 my mistake \u2014it starts at 8:30.\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Don\u2019t mistake ignorance for perspective when seeking to understand the logical connection between ideas. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"This specific variant has been noted to cause upper respiratory issues that some may easily mistake for seasonal allergies; early symptoms often include scratchy or sore throat, sneezing, or a runny nose. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 21 May 2022",
"Don\u2019t mistake these for your average shoe trend, however\u2014mules have been around forever. \u2014 Tchesmeni Leonard, Glamour , 9 May 2022",
"And please don't mistake silence for a lack of love. \u2014 Don Yaeger, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Health officials say the chance of a false positive with a PCR test is extremely low, and the test cannot mistake COVID-19 for influenza. \u2014 Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"But despite occasional pieces referencing the filmmaker\u2019s Catholic boyhood, no one would ever mistake Waters for a choir boy. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Checking out the mountain With a 750-foot vertical drop, no one would mistake Seven Springs for a major resort out West or East. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 3 Feb. 2022",
"When legislation gets hung up on procedures like the filibuster, Americans often mistake the inability to act on the president. \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Avoid that costly mistake by proactively discussing the project deliverables during the kickoff meeting. \u2014 Dana Brownlee, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Business has no choice but to act, but doing so too early in a fluid situation may prove to be a mistake . \u2014 Vinit Patel, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"Not taking advantage of any fuel-savings programs at all is a mistake , according to GasBuddy analyst Patrick DeHaan. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"Contreras, who is represented by Octagon, hopefully won\u2019t make that same mistake . \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"The account was eventually restored, and Meta said in a statement to Mother Jones that the removal was a mistake . \u2014 Ben Goggin, NBC News , 27 June 2022",
"But others were concerned that splitting up the company could be a mistake . \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Biden\u2019s intervention comes as elements of the mainstream are beginning to acknowledge that all this might be a mistake , or at least that there\u2019s a debate over it. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 21 June 2022",
"The court majority said Tuesday that was a mistake . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English":"Verb and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205922"
},
"mid":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"adverb",
"preposition"
],
"definitions":{
": being the part in the middle or midst":[
"in mid ocean",
"\u2014 often used in combination mid -August"
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": articulated with the arch of the tongue midway between its highest and its lowest elevation":[],
": amid":[]
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"\u02c8mid"
],
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"central",
"halfway",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"medial",
"median",
"mediate",
"medium",
"middle",
"midmost"
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"amid",
"amidst",
"among",
"amongst",
"midst",
"through"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the mid to late 1700s",
"her mid molar will have to be extracted and replaced by a bridge",
"Preposition",
"mid a tangle of weeds grew a perfect rose",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"However, the company-wide sales are expected to see a mid -single-digit decline y-o-y, partly due to a lower contribution from the Covid-19 vaccine administration. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Boston can sign a player using its $6.3 million taxpayer\u2019s mid -level exception, a modest figure that should still be enough to attract a strong bench piece. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"Alone\u2019s exclusive Sartoria Carrara models, Cavour\u2019s summery mid -blue Fox Brothers option and Ring Jacket\u2019s in-house balloon fabric. \u2014 Alexander Freeling, Robb Report , 28 June 2022",
"The Lakers enter free agency Wednesday with just the taxpayer mid -level (worth about $6 million) and minimum contracts to fill out their roster around LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Westbrook. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"The device will feature a mid -range chip, according to recent reports. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 28 June 2022",
"Tucker, who had pushed for the third year to be guaranteed, is believed to be seeking the Heat\u2019s $10.3 million mid -level exception, which would result in a package worth $33 million over the three years. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"The ring appeared to be a simple band made of mid -sized diamonds. \u2014 Caitlyn Hitt, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"Yeah, that\u2019s a great book, although my favorite part is the beginning, when Karnazes orders a pizza to be delivered to him mid -run near Petaluma, California, oh and also a cheesecake, thanks. \u2014 Brendan Leonard, Outside Online , 27 June 2022"
],
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"Middle English, from Old English midde ; akin to Old High German mitti middle, Latin medius , Greek mesos":"Adjective"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030324"
},
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"type":[
"noun,",
"verb"
],
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": to measure (something) badly or incorrectly : to make a mistake in measuring"
],
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"\u02ccmis-\u02c8me-zh\u0259r",
"-\u02c8m\u0101-"
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"1743, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-000251"
},
"mishmash":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": hodgepodge , jumble"
],
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"\u02c8mish-\u02ccmash",
"-\u02ccm\u00e4sh"
],
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"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
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"examples":[
"the painting was just a mishmash of colors and abstract shapes as far as we could tell",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What had been a mishmash of tables and chairs at the corner of Washington Street and Chicago Avenue, however, will get a fresh new look now that the Naperville City Council has approved a measure allowing The Lantern to serve alcohol outdoors. \u2014 Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"Another major point of discussion is finding a global standard for verifying vaccination status and cleaning up the confusing paperwork and mishmash of requirements haphazardly put in place from different countries. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Indeed the 26-piece collection brings together a mishmash of references that could only be culled from personal experience. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In one there is a mishmash of Bernsteinian flair with two singers and pianist on stage, the mood, the method and energy always varied. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Balenciaga has been involved with the organization since 2018, when the brand released a $750 hoodie emblazoned with the WFP logo\u2014causing a brief stir over the piece\u2019s mishmash of luxury and altruism. \u2014 Rory Satran, WSJ , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Painter describes the show as unlike any other Cirque show before it: a mishmash of acrobatics, music, dance, comedy and magic that celebrates New York City. \u2014 Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The result is a swirling temporal mishmash : nothing else seems quite as real as Shylock. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"As engrossing as building a Pok\u00e9dex in Legends is, having an all-new generation of Pok\u00e9mon to discover would have been more fun than catching a mostly familiar mishmash of Sinnoh-region creatures. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English & Yiddish; Middle English mysse masche , perhaps reduplication of mash mash; Yiddish mish-mash , perhaps reduplication of mishn to mix",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-002028"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a wrong deed : offense":[]
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"mis-\u02c8d\u0113d",
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8d\u0113d"
],
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"breach",
"crime",
"debt",
"error",
"lawbreaking",
"malefaction",
"misdoing",
"offense",
"offence",
"sin",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation",
"wrongdoing"
],
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"noncrime"
],
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"examples":[
"She threatened to expose to the public the misdeeds he had committed.",
"punished for her misdeeds by the church elders",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Inside a box atop a table in the Orioles\u2019 clubhouse, the little slips of paper hold the charges of each misdeed , awaiting judgement from the court \u2014 the Kangaroo Court. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 29 May 2022",
"When their children were young, Ann Bowden would ask her husband to discipline them for some misdeed committed while he was gone. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Aug. 2021",
"Corporate chieftains and politicians frequently bow deeply to the news cameras to apologize for this corporate scandal or that political misdeed . \u2014 New York Times , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Camps are regimented with multiple counting of inmates each day, security rounds to assure there are no misdeed afoot (drinking alcohol, smoking marijuana, talking on cell phones ... \u2014 Walter Pavlo, Forbes , 7 June 2021",
"With the Press-Register and other media willing to give credence to any other possibility, like police theories Donald had been involved in a drug transaction or some other misdeed , black leaders were driven to start their own paper, The New Times. \u2014 al , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Yet his reputation is under fire after an investigation into one of his studies found evidence of manipulation\u2014and elaborate efforts to cover up the misdeed . \u2014 Hristio Boytchev, Science | AAAS , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Social media is a cruel world, where one misdeed can fuel fiery waves of misconception. \u2014 David Hinojosa, ExpressNews.com , 5 Dec. 2020",
"Onel de Guzman, now 43, was widely believed to have committed the misdeed as a computer-science student in Manila 20 years ago. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 16 Sep. 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052304"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": being in a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness (as from want or shame)":[
"miserable refugees"
],
": wretchedly inadequate or meager (see meager sense 2 )":[
"a miserable hovel"
],
": causing extreme discomfort or unhappiness":[
"a miserable situation",
"miserable weather",
"his miserable childhood"
],
": being likely to discredit or shame":[
"his miserable neglect of his wife",
"had a miserable , snide contempt for our country",
"\u2014 Joyce Winslow"
]
},
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"\u02c8miz-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8mi-z\u0259-r\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8mi-z\u0259-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8mi-z\u0259r-b\u0259l"
],
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"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
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"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"He had a miserable childhood.",
"My boss is making my life thoroughly miserable with her constant demands and criticism.",
"He felt lonely and miserable after his divorce.",
"I've had a miserable cold for the past week.",
"He lived in a miserable little shack.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If a software makes users' lives miserable , adoption rates will be understandably low. \u2014 Joe Oprosko, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Most dedicated to the mission of making Macron miserable is the NUPES, or New Ecological and Social People's Union -- the oddball left-wing coalition cobbled together by Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"But according to a new ranking, Michigan\u2019s flagship airport is one of the better airports at making the experience a little less miserable . \u2014 Pavithra Rajesh, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022",
"Having staked his reputation on improving the schools, the notorious micromanager might have made his superintendents\u2019 lives miserable . \u2014 Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Child services eventually show up at his house and Loquareeous now heads to live with a white lesbian couple, which makes life absolutely miserable . \u2014 Michael Saponara, Billboard , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Protesters engaged in blockades are making life miserable for truckers who are still working. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Last New Year\u2019s Day, Smith made his life miserable . \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Journal Editorial Report: The social media giant's role in making girls miserable . \u2014 Stuart Taylor Jr. And Edward Yingling, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin miserabilis wretched, pitiable, from miserari to pity, from miser":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040844"
},
"mirthful":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter":[
"His clumsy attempt at dancing caused much mirth ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u0259rth"
],
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"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"jocundity",
"joviality",
"merriment",
"merriness",
"mirthfulness"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Her clumsy attempt to cut the cake was the cause of much mirth .",
"as charming as your mutual mirth is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And that darker-than-dark capper doesn\u2019t do anything to erase the material along the way that does have some mirth to it. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022",
"But embedded in the mirth is a wholesale indictment of this toxic brew of unfettered capitalism and greed that frustrated the pandemic response at every turn. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Some of the entertainers who filled the McBride home with music and mirth included Cahal Dunne, Tony Kenny, Phil Coulter, Red Hurley, Finbar Furey, Andy Cooney and the Celtic Willoughby Brothers. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Smith\u2019s background includes The Thick of It and Veep, which may promise more mirth than Slow Horses delivers, but both shows are illustrative of the kind of workplace Slough House offers. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
"But such mirth and mayhem are not Mainstream Sellout\u2018s goal. \u2014 Charles Aaron, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
"This is the season of mirth and milestones, and one of Mobile\u2019s legacy krewes celebrated accordingly to mark its 40th anniversary. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Unlike the best breads that still go stale, every single day of Mardi Gras, through the pendulum\u2019s last swing on Fat Tuesday, is going to be as sweet as the first, as mirth and misrule replenish themselves with each new sunrise. \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022",
"The clash between prurient mirth and more socially empathetic discomfort is at the heart of Hulu\u2019s new limited series Pam & Tommy. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English myrgth , from myrge merry \u2014 more at merry":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235406"
},
"mix-up":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a state or instance of confusion":[],
": mixture":[],
": conflict , fight":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8miks-\u02cc\u0259p"
],
"synonyms":[
"foul-up"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171625"
},
"misemployment":{
"type":[
"noun,",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to use (something) in a wrong or harmful way":[
"The series also tells the story of the fantastic scientific achievements of the time, achievements which would later be misemployed by Hitler's war machine.",
"\u2014 Continental Choice"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-im-\u02c8pl\u022fi",
"-em-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1594, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185708"
},
"mislike":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": displease":[],
": dislike":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8l\u012bk"
],
"synonyms":[
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"disrelish"
],
"antonyms":[
"adore",
"cotton (to)",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"as Shakespeare's Othello famously pleaded, \u201c Mislike me not for my complexion\u201d",
"he's such a polite, friendly, and kind young man, it's hard to see how any prospective father-in-law could mislike him"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215528"
},
"misprision":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": neglect or wrong performance of official duty":[],
": concealment of treason or felony by one who is not a participant in the treason or felony":[],
": seditious conduct against the government or the courts":[],
": misunderstanding , misinterpretation":[],
": contempt , scorn":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)mis-\u02c8pri-zh\u0259n",
"mis-\u02c8pri-zh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French mesprisun error, wrongdoing, from mesprendre to take by mistake, from mes- mis- + prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to seize \u2014 more at get":"Noun",
"misprize":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1592, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161804"
},
"miscellaneousness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous":[],
": having various traits":[],
": dealing with or interested in diverse subjects":[
"as a writer I was too miscellaneous",
"\u2014 George Santayana"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-ny\u0259s",
"\u02ccmi-s\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"eclectic",
"heterogeneous",
"indiscriminate",
"kitchen-sink",
"magpie",
"mixed",
"motley",
"patchwork",
"piebald",
"promiscuous",
"raggle-taggle",
"ragtag",
"varied"
],
"antonyms":[
"homogeneous"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The coyotes, in other words, also munched rabbits, woodchucks, meadow mice, deer mice, jumping mice, and freelance miscellaneous booty like frogs and fallen apples and muskrats, \u2026 \u2014 Edward Hoagland , Harper's , June 2007",
"The sandhogs' word for a miscellaneous happening in which a sandhog is injured is mishap. \u2014 Alec Wilkinson , Double Take , Summer 2001",
"\u2026 we came upon what must have been his camp, a rather elaborate shelter made of lashed saplings and covered with plastic sheeting; empty Clorox bottles were scattered around, along with rope, canned goods, and what Huck Finn would have called his traps\u2014the miscellaneous pots, clothing, and whatnot that you lug around through life. \u2014 Franklin Burroughs , The River Home , 1992",
"a miscellaneous collection of tools",
"the bottom of the drawer was always a miscellaneous accumulation of odds and ends",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An adjacent room features art, wall hangings, housewares, china, glassware, miscellaneous items and jewelry. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"The woman also discovered a bag containing miscellaneous items in their garage. \u2014 Veronica Fulton, NBC News , 12 May 2022",
"Animal- miscellaneous : Meadowhill Lane Police knocked repeatedly at a home on the afternoon of March 2 but could not locate the residents, including the dog that was the subject of an animal-at-large complaint. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Enter the world of miscellaneous beauty accessories, those supplemental gadgets or applicators that can enhance or simplify your beauty routine. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"Included are unpublished photos of Gendron, personal anecdotes, photos of the author\u2019s weapons and other miscellaneous content. \u2014 Ben Goggin, NBC News , 17 May 2022",
"In addition to the tentpole features, Apple also announced miscellaneous new ones like Siri Pause Time, which forces Siri to wait before responding to queries or commands. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"The backpacks from your youth were probably on the bulkier side, holding all of your textbooks and miscellaneous school supplies. \u2014 Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day , 5 May 2022",
"The first day of the event will include miscellaneous items from ALDOT offices across the state, including computers, monitors, printers, generators, tools, office furniture, laptops, trailers, golf carts, lawnmowers and more. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin miscellaneus , from miscellus mixed":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1637, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180605"
},
"milieu":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8y\u0259",
"m\u0113l-\u02c8y\u00fc",
"-\u02c8y\u00fc; \u02c8m\u0113l-\u02ccy\u00fc",
"m\u0113-ly\u0153\u0305",
"\u02c8m\u0113l-\u02ccy\u00fc",
"m\u0113l-\u02c8y\u0259(r)",
"-\u02c8y\u0153",
"-\u02c8y\u0259r"
],
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"ambient",
"atmosphere",
"climate",
"clime",
"context",
"contexture",
"environment",
"environs",
"medium",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"setting",
"surround",
"surroundings",
"terrain"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for milieu background , setting , environment , milieu , mise-en-sc\u00e8ne mean the place, time, and circumstances in which something occurs. background often refers to the circumstances or events that precede a phenomenon or development. the shocking decision was part of the background of the riots setting suggests looking at real-life situations in literary or dramatic terms. a militant reformer who was born into an unlikely social setting environment applies to all the external factors that have a formative influence on one's physical, mental, or moral development. the kind of environment that produces juvenile delinquents milieu applies especially to the physical and social surroundings of a person or group of persons. an intellectual milieu conducive to artistic experimentation mise-en-sc\u00e8ne strongly suggests the use of properties to achieve a particular atmosphere or theatrical effect. a gothic thriller with a carefully crafted mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"examples":[
"Theirs was a bohemian milieu in which people often played romantic musical chairs. \u2014 Edmund White , New York Review of Books , 12 Feb. 2009",
"People in France admire the United States, and much of what passes for anti-Americanism is limited to the intellectual milieu of Paris. \u2014 Jonathan Alter et al. , Newsweek , 29 May 2000",
"She might stay home, might marry and live as a housewife. And if her milieu does not sanction such a solution, there are, she knows, milieux which do. \u2014 David Mamet , Jafsie and John Henry: Essays , 1999",
"Certainly there are very few American milieus today in which having read the latest work of Joyce Carol Oates or Richard Ford is more valuable, as social currency, than having caught the latest John Travolta movie or knowing how to navigate the Web. \u2014 Jonathan Franzen , Harper's , April 1996",
"They're caught in their own hazy milieu \u2014working, smoking, talking, drinking. \u2014 Gerri Hirshey , Rolling Stone , 12 Nov. 1992",
"young, innovative artists thrive in the freewheeling milieu that a big city offers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The transplanted stories are fun (who doesn\u2019t love an Austen adaptation?) and also revealing, as this particular milieu is rife with unspoken expectations about what station in life the young protagonists are meant to attain. \u2014 Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"There was also a milieu of New Age healers offering exorcisms. \u2014 Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
"Ted Danson is Michael \u2014 a famous angel name, though the milieu is essentially secular \u2014 who manages and also designed the portion of it where Eleanor has been assigned to spend eternity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Art meets life in A Bigger Splash, Jack Hazan\u2019s fascinating portrait of the artist David Hockney and his social milieu in 1970s London. \u2014 Marley Marius, Vogue , 4 June 2022",
"Gray is a fanatical observer of the details of his milieu , and his cast incarnates the gestures, the accents, the inflections, the very air of the place and time with a fervent precision to match. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 19 May 2022",
"It\u2019s part of the famous Selvaggio Blu, a long-distance hiking route established in 1987 in a truly wild Mediterranean milieu . \u2014 Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Pfeiffer is acting in a different milieu altogether. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"The entire milieu feels lived in and of the moment, as well-meaning young people parse cultural sensitivities and their own occasionally contradictory desires. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Old French, midst, from mi middle (from Latin medius ) + lieu place, from Latin locus \u2014 more at mid , stall":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1854, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062543"
},
"miscellaneous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous",
": having various traits",
": dealing with or interested in diverse subjects",
": consisting of many things of different sorts"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmi-s\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259s",
"-ny\u0259s",
"\u02ccmi-s\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259s",
"-ny\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"eclectic",
"heterogeneous",
"indiscriminate",
"kitchen-sink",
"magpie",
"mixed",
"motley",
"patchwork",
"piebald",
"promiscuous",
"raggle-taggle",
"ragtag",
"varied"
],
"antonyms":[
"homogeneous"
],
"examples":[
"The coyotes, in other words, also munched rabbits, woodchucks, meadow mice, deer mice, jumping mice, and freelance miscellaneous booty like frogs and fallen apples and muskrats, \u2026 \u2014 Edward Hoagland , Harper's , June 2007",
"The sandhogs' word for a miscellaneous happening in which a sandhog is injured is mishap. \u2014 Alec Wilkinson , Double Take , Summer 2001",
"\u2026 we came upon what must have been his camp, a rather elaborate shelter made of lashed saplings and covered with plastic sheeting; empty Clorox bottles were scattered around, along with rope, canned goods, and what Huck Finn would have called his traps\u2014the miscellaneous pots, clothing, and whatnot that you lug around through life. \u2014 Franklin Burroughs , The River Home , 1992",
"a miscellaneous collection of tools",
"the bottom of the drawer was always a miscellaneous accumulation of odds and ends",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An adjacent room features art, wall hangings, housewares, china, glassware, miscellaneous items and jewelry. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"The woman also discovered a bag containing miscellaneous items in their garage. \u2014 Veronica Fulton, NBC News , 12 May 2022",
"Animal- miscellaneous : Meadowhill Lane Police knocked repeatedly at a home on the afternoon of March 2 but could not locate the residents, including the dog that was the subject of an animal-at-large complaint. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Enter the world of miscellaneous beauty accessories, those supplemental gadgets or applicators that can enhance or simplify your beauty routine. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"Included are unpublished photos of Gendron, personal anecdotes, photos of the author\u2019s weapons and other miscellaneous content. \u2014 Ben Goggin, NBC News , 17 May 2022",
"In addition to the tentpole features, Apple also announced miscellaneous new ones like Siri Pause Time, which forces Siri to wait before responding to queries or commands. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"The backpacks from your youth were probably on the bulkier side, holding all of your textbooks and miscellaneous school supplies. \u2014 Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day , 5 May 2022",
"The first day of the event will include miscellaneous items from ALDOT offices across the state, including computers, monitors, printers, generators, tools, office furniture, laptops, trailers, golf carts, lawnmowers and more. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin miscellaneus , from miscellus mixed",
"first_known_use":[
"1637, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-141915"
},
"mine":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"pronoun",
"pronoun, singular or plural in construction",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": my",
": that which belongs to me",
": a pit or excavation in the earth from which mineral substances are taken",
": an ore deposit",
": a subterranean passage under an enemy position",
": an encased explosive that is placed in the ground or in water and set to explode when disturbed",
": a rich source of supply",
": to dig under to gain access or cause the collapse of (an enemy position)",
": undermine",
": to get (something, such as ore) from the earth",
": to extract from a source",
": to burrow beneath the surface of",
": to place military mines in, on, or under",
": to dig into for ore or metal",
": to process for obtaining a natural constituent",
": to seek valuable material in",
": to create or obtain more units of (a cryptocurrency) through a cryptographic process",
": to dig a mine",
": that which belongs to me",
": a pit or tunnel from which minerals (as coal, gold, or diamonds) are taken",
": an explosive device placed in the ground or water and set to explode when disturbed (as by an enemy soldier, vehicle, or ship)",
": a rich source of supply",
": to dig or work in a mine",
": to obtain from a mine",
": to place explosive mines in or under"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u012bn",
"\u02c8m\u012bn"
],
"synonyms":[
"argosy",
"cornucopia",
"gold mine",
"mother lode",
"treasure trove",
"wellspring"
],
"antonyms":[
"booby-trap"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Two months later, his coal firm Coalstar won an auction to buy the Bogatyr coal mine in southern Siberia for $44 million. \u2014 Giacomo Tognini, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Off the northern coast, the navy debuted new mine -laying craft as two small warships fired live ammunition. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"The mine workings straddle the hydrological divide separating the Price River and San Rafael River drainages. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"The Archives opened their first FRC in a mine in 1997, historian Jessie Kratz wrote in a 2016 article. \u2014 Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Netflix is using its recent comedy festival to mine specials featuring Pete Davidson Monday, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda Tuesday and Snoop Dogg Thursday. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 12 June 2022",
"In 2014, Topacio Reynoso Pacheco, 16, opposed a silver mine planned to operate near her hometown about 50 miles southeast of Guatemala\u2019s capital in Mataquescuintla, Jalapa. \u2014 Shahrazad Encinias, refinery29.com , 8 June 2022",
"In 1934, the order moved to a sprawling Hollywood estate that had belonged to copper- mine owner Joseph Giroux. \u2014 Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Tom has to encroach on a family rival\u2019s estate to uncover clues to find his father before also venturing into a mine with Zenzi to unearth a capsule piece. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"China has turned some of that attention towards space, previously disclosing plans to mine asteroids for resources worth potentially trillions of dollars. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
"Cambridge's estimate does not include energy used to mine other cryptocurrencies. \u2014 Amy Beth Hanson, Chron , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Cambridge\u2019s estimate does not include energy used to mine other cryptocurrencies. \u2014 Amy Beth Hanson, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In the film Don\u2019t Look Up (spoiler alert), the world ends because a tech tycoon played by Mark Rylance wants to mine a comet set to collide with Planet Earth. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 25 Feb. 2022",
"As coastal communities in the global south, places like Xolobeni and Segidi are particularly vulnerable to climate change brought on, in part, by the use of fossil fuels like those Shell hopes to mine off the South African coast. \u2014 Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Mel Tucker continues to mine the transfer portal for talent. \u2014 Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The plan to mine Bristol Bay was scuttled years ago under the Obama administration, then found new life under the Trump administration. \u2014 Coral Davenport, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
"Sony, meanwhile, continues to look for ways to mine its IP library. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Pronoun, singular or plural in construction",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Pronoun, singular or plural in construction",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-144006"
},
"misfortune":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an event or conjunction of events that causes an unfortunate or distressing result : bad luck":[
"by misfortune he fell into bad company",
"had the misfortune to break his leg"
],
": an unhappy situation":[
"always ready to help people in misfortune"
],
": a distressing or unfortunate incident or event":[
"misfortunes never come singly"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259n",
"mis-\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversity",
"ill",
"knock",
"misadventure",
"mischance",
"mishap",
"tragedy"
],
"antonyms":[
"fortune",
"luck",
"serendipity"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for misfortune misfortune , mischance , adversity , mishap mean adverse fortune or an instance of this. misfortune may apply to either the incident or conjunction of events that is the cause of an unhappy change of fortune or to the ensuing state of distress. never lost hope even in the depths of misfortune mischance applies especially to a situation involving no more than slight inconvenience or minor annoyance. took the wrong road by mischance adversity applies to a state of grave or persistent misfortune. had never experienced great adversity mishap applies to an often trivial instance of bad luck. the usual mishaps of a family vacation",
"examples":[
"a victim of economic misfortune",
"She endured her misfortune without complaint.",
"It was my misfortune to be chosen first.",
"Her injury was a great misfortune .",
"He blamed the party's misfortunes on poor leadership.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Hartmanns of Arlington \u2014 quite a generational crew, and now heavy in their hearts over Brian\u2019s misfortune . \u2014 Star Tribune , 31 Oct. 2020",
"Vincent, 51, was an All-American who had the misfortune on playing on UW teams that rarely won. \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
"Visited upon multiple characters, the mounting misfortune that ensues stems from the timely subject of society\u2019s patriarchal tendency to disbelieve women, or to grant certain female archetypes more credibility than others. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"The Orlando Magic know as well as any other team the luck and misfortune that can come with the NBA\u2019s draft lottery. \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
"Some have suffered bizarre mishaps and misfortune and five men have died. \u2014 CBS News , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Starring Affleck as a single father whose first wife (Lopez) dies giving birth to their daughter, Jersey Girl had the misfortune of arriving in theaters just over six months after Gigli \u2014 and two months after Affleck and Lopez called it quits. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Last August, Eduardo da Silva, a 22-year-old inmate in a prison in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in southwestern Brazil, had the misfortune to face all these conditions at once. \u2014 Sofia Moutinho, Scientific American , 14 May 2022",
"As the episode\u2019s championship game approaches, Burns tempts the wrath of the softball gods by declaring there\u2019s no way misfortune could simultaneously befall all his ringers. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004528"
},
"misadventure":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": misfortune , mishap":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmi-s\u0259d-\u02c8ven-ch\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversity",
"ill",
"knock",
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"mishap",
"tragedy"
],
"antonyms":[
"fortune",
"luck",
"serendipity"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"His vacation turned into a series of misadventures .",
"a string of financial misadventures eventually left him broke",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On page or screen, Harry Potter was a fantasy of adolescence, filtering all the milestones of growing up through a prism of magical misadventure . \u2014 A.a. Dowd, The Week , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Another misadventure , involved manufacturing exploding cigarettes, one of which surprised a grim Polish general at an embassy function. \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Mar. 2022",
"As for his misadventure while putting on the final hole, Scheffler took it in stride. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
"And his now infamous misadventure in Ukraine offers a cautionary tale about lionizing Americans who are pulling up stakes and seeking to insert themselves into a war zone. \u2014 Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone , 20 Mar. 2022",
"In ten years, Beijing may see this not as a masterstroke but a misadventure . \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The pair ended up dodging angry investors, employees and authorities while on the run for months, in a misadventure that ended with police locating them thanks to a non-vegan Domino\u2019s pizza order. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The encounter with Peters, whom Cooper plays as a volcanic font of macho posturing and horniness, is the movie\u2019s highlight, a misadventure involving a waterbed delivery, a gas shortage, and some wondrous timing. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Elisa Zuritsky said that her own personal experience with a flash period inspired Charlotte's latest misadventure . \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 1 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English mesaventure , from Anglo-French, from mesavenir to turn out badly, from mes- mis- + avenir to happen, from Latin advenire \u2014 more at adventure":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192839"
},
"minority":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the period before attainment of majority (see majority sense 2 )",
": the state of being a legal minor",
": the smaller in number of two groups constituting a whole",
": a group having less than the number of votes necessary for control",
": a part of a population differing from others in some characteristics and often subjected to differential treatment",
": a member of a minority group",
": the state of not being old enough to have the full rights of an adult",
": a number less than half of a total",
": a group that makes up a smaller part of a larger group",
": a part of a population that is in some ways (as in race or religion) different from others",
": the period before attainment of majority",
": the state of being a minor",
": the smaller of two groups constituting a whole: as",
": a group (as in a legislative body) having less than the number of votes necessary for control",
": a group of judges among those hearing an appeal who disagree with the majority's judgment : dissent sense 3",
": a group of jurisdictions taking a less widespread approach to or view of a legal question, issue, or problem",
": a part of a population differing especially from the dominant group in some characteristics (as race, sex, or national origin) and often subject to differential treatment",
": a member of a minority"
],
"pronounciation":[
"m\u0259-\u02c8n\u022fr-\u0259-t\u0113",
"m\u012b-",
"-\u02c8n\u00e4r-",
"m\u0259-\u02c8n\u022fr-\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"adolescence",
"nonage"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The proposal is opposed by a minority of voters.",
"The Republicans are now the minority in the Senate.",
"The group is becoming an influential minority in the community.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"London & Capital will retain a significant minority stake. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Story3 Capital Partners, which has backed Recover since 2020, will retain a minority stake. \u2014 Kevin Dowd, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Fortiche, in which Riot Games has a minority stake, has studios in Paris, Montpellier and the Canary Islands. \u2014 Martin Dale, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"James sold a minority stake in SpringHill in October that valued the company at $725 million. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Joe Lacob had to sell his minority stake in the Celtics to buy the Warriors in 2010. \u2014 Ben Cohen, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
"Great Point Studios will build, own and operate the 12 acre film and TV studio complex in New Jersey, while Lionsgate takes a minority stake and has naming rights on the facility. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
"Avionord, which has taken a minority stake in Manta, has agreed to buy up to 15 ANN aircraft. \u2014 J. George Gorant, Robb Report , 16 May 2022",
"Policing in schools is being debated across the country in a racial re-examination and as data show the disparate treatment of minority students. \u2014 Char Adams, NBC News , 31 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191256"
},
"mishap":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an unfortunate accident":[
"The fire was a tragic mishap that could have been prevented."
],
": bad luck : misfortune":[
"The ceremony proceeded without mishap ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mis-\u02cchap",
"mis-\u02c8hap"
],
"synonyms":[
"accident",
"casualty",
"mischance"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mishap misfortune , mischance , adversity , mishap mean adverse fortune or an instance of this. misfortune may apply to either the incident or conjunction of events that is the cause of an unhappy change of fortune or to the ensuing state of distress. never lost hope even in the depths of misfortune mischance applies especially to a situation involving no more than slight inconvenience or minor annoyance. took the wrong road by mischance adversity applies to a state of grave or persistent misfortune. had never experienced great adversity mishap applies to an often trivial instance of bad luck. the usual mishaps of a family vacation",
"examples":[
"We experienced the usual mishaps of a family vacation.",
"The ceremony proceeded without mishap .",
"The fire was a tragic mishap that could have been prevented.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the month leading up to launch, the telescope suffered another mishap when a crucial clamp unexpectedly released, sending tremors through the observatory. \u2014 Nadia Drake, Science , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Hugh Grant and not Firth ends up soaked in this boating mishap \u2014although the pair do have a scuffle in a water fountain in the sequel. \u2014 Emma Fraser, Town & Country , 10 Apr. 2022",
"That mishap made San Diego High\u2019s Charlize James the leading qualifier with her lifetime best of 13.67 seconds. \u2014 Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"The interaction feels cosmically charged, a technological mishap of great consequence, but what\u2019s the point of it? \u2014 Sophie Haigney, The New Republic , 23 May 2022",
"Therefore, there was high confidence going into earnings yet management delivered a sizable revenue miss due to a product mishap . \u2014 Beth Kindig, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"The stretchy fabric makes sitting for long periods of time comfortable, while moisture-wicking construction keeps you dry and clean through every type of weather or beverage mishap . \u2014 Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure , 13 May 2022",
"To top it off, Canonero\u2019s nightmare trip to Louisville included multiple planes with mechanical issues, a quarantine paperwork mishap in Miami and a van ride to Louisville. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"Not as dirty as a rectal palpitation mishap , mind you, but dirty nonetheless. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161854"
},
"militarize":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to give a military character to":[],
": to equip with military forces and defenses":[],
": to adapt for military use":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi-l\u0259-t\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"militarize a country's foreign policy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In recent years, China has disavowed a UN tribunal ruling dismissing its vast territorial claims in the South China Sea, while continuing to militarize its positions there and harass other claimants. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
"This is Trump suggesting, again, that the Biden administration should militarize our southern border. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Smarter-than-human A.I. and the need to militarize A.I. are being proselytized as inevitable. \u2014 Wendell Wallach, Fortune , 18 Feb. 2022",
"In 1960, after seven years set at two-minutes to midnight at the height of the Cold War, the Doomsday Clock was set back one minute, in part thanks to the Antarctic Treaty, which saw twelve nations agree not to militarize the southern continent. \u2014 Michael Del Castillo, Forbes , 26 Dec. 2021",
"In recent years, Beijing has moved to militarize a number of manmade islands throughout the vast waterway in an effort to consolidate its claims, which overlap with several other nations, including the Philippines and Vietnam. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Ukrainian authorities say massive construction projects launched by Russia in Crimea seek to militarize the peninsula. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Aug. 2021",
"Ukrainian authorities say massive construction projects launched by Russia in Crimea seek to militarize the peninsula. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, ajc , 22 Aug. 2021",
"For all his martial rhetoric, Kennedy was no more willing to militarize space than Eisenhower had been. \u2014 Jeff Shesol, WSJ , 29 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165542"
},
"mischief":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent":[
"the polished floor \u2026 often causes mischiefs \u2014bruises, sprains, dislocations",
"\u2014 Herbert Spencer"
],
": action that annoys or irritates":[
"Halloween mischiefs"
],
": the quality or state of being mischievous : mischievousness":[
"had mischief in his eyes"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mish-",
"\u02c8mis-ch\u0259f"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilishness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"hob",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"shenanigan(s)",
"waggery",
"waggishness",
"wickedness"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"It's hard to keep him out of mischief .",
"the children claimed that setting off a firecracker was harmless mischief , but they got a lecture anyway",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Several of Bochner\u2019s works crib from the New Math directly, making mischief with class assignments. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"But there are still plenty of hours left in the day for policy mischief directed at other countries, too. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"Blessed with a cast that seems positively delighted to indulge in risible stage mischief , director Raymond O. Caldwell works the levers of Bioh\u2019s satire with rewarding dexterity. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"There was nothing to do after school, so teen-agers found mischief . \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Barron had been in custody since June for one charge of unauthorized entry of motor vehicle and criminal mischief , officials said. \u2014 Hannah Brock, The Indianapolis Star , 20 June 2022",
"Ware was on probation at the time after pleading guilty to residential burglary and criminal mischief convictions for kicking down Nelson's door at her previous residence in July 2016, tearing up the home and punching her in the face several times. \u2014 John Lynch, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"Hughes and Corsi were both arrested on charges of damage to property \u2014 criminal mischief . \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"Metro Jail records indicate Dean was released on his own recognizance on the criminal mischief charge. \u2014 al , 15 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English meschief , from Anglo-French, misfortune, hardship, from Old French meschever to come out badly, mes- + chief head, end \u2014 more at chief":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194212"
},
"misunderstanding":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a failure to understand : misinterpretation":[
"The instructions were carefully written to prevent misunderstanding ."
],
": quarrel , disagreement":[
"an unfortunate misunderstanding between two old friends"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-\u02cc\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02c8stan-di\u014b",
"(\u02cc)mi-\u02ccs\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02c8stan-di\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"incomprehension",
"misapprehension",
"misconstruction",
"misconstruing",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misknowledge",
"misreading"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The instructions are carefully written in order to avoid misunderstanding .",
"Her comments reflect a misunderstanding of the basic problem.",
"using clear language to avoid misunderstandings",
"an unfortunate misunderstanding between old friends",
"We had our little misunderstandings in the past but we managed to clear them up long ago.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mad Cow Theatre executive director Mitzi Maxwell said the dispute is a misunderstanding , and the theater removed only what was permitted under its agreement with the city to vacate the space at 54 W. Church St. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
"Senators maintained there was a misunderstanding and that the reservoir wasn\u2019t being given less priority. \u2014 News Service Of Florida, sun-sentinel.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The use of the emergency bid list for demolition was an issue, due to what Diamantis insisted was a misunderstanding . \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, courant.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
"So that\u2019s one misunderstanding : that this was anything less than an almost-coup. \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
"Sometimes the officer who responded doesn\u2019t identify a hate crime as such, either through clerical error or a misunderstanding of the offender\u2019s motivation. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"In the case of India, that\u2019s a fatal misunderstanding . \u2014 Doyle Mcmanuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
"But these demographic delusions are also rooted in a misunderstanding of how American politics works. \u2014 Katherine Stewart, The New Republic , 11 May 2022",
"The misunderstanding comes on the heels of two deadly mass shootings in as many weeks in the U.S. \u2014 Fox News , 29 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215853"
},
"miscalculate":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to calculate wrongly : to make a miscalculation":[
"This fall, publishers badly miscalculated the public's appetite for celebrity tell-alls.",
"\u2014 Patrick M. Reilly",
"\u2026 the bosses simply weren't ready when it turned out they had miscalculated badly.",
"\u2014 Kevin Drum"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"mis-\u02c8kal-ky\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8kal-ky\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1633, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204430"
},
"misleading":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to lead in a wrong direction or into a mistaken action or belief often by deliberate deceit":[
"His comments were a deliberate attempt to mislead the public."
],
": to lead astray : give a wrong impression":[
"exciting as they are, they mislead",
"\u2014 E. M. Forster"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"mis-\u02c8l\u0113d",
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8l\u0113d"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mislead deceive , mislead , delude , beguile mean to lead astray or frustrate usually by underhandedness. deceive implies imposing a false idea or belief that causes ignorance, bewilderment, or helplessness. tried to deceive me about the cost mislead implies a leading astray that may or may not be intentional. I was misled by the confusing sign delude implies deceiving so thoroughly as to obscure the truth. we were deluded into thinking we were safe beguile stresses the use of charm and persuasion in deceiving. was beguiled by false promises",
"examples":[
"We believe that her comments were deliberately meant to mislead the public.",
"We believe that her comments were deliberately meant to mislead .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The number of details that can be processed seems infinite, but seeing only limited parts of data can mislead teams into making wrong decisions. \u2014 Rohit Amarnath, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"That Telegram very rarely removes or blocks content \u2014 whether for being offensive, explicit or intentionally designed to mislead people \u2014 is by design. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Words that, at best, are meant to mislead the people of Minneapolis, and at worst are quite simply lies aimed at portraying Amir as a criminal. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 5 Feb. 2022",
"The state said that drug manufacturers collaborated to mislead people and downplay the serious risks of opioid addiction, and that drug distributors skirted systems meant to limit orders for painkillers. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, chicagotribune.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
"The state and counties said that drug manufacturers collaborated to mislead people and downplay the serious risks of opioid addiction, and that drug distributors skirted systems meant to limit orders for painkillers. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, ajc , 30 Dec. 2021",
"So that factor can mislead users of that metric as to how much inflation fear there is among real investors (as opposed to central bankers, who buy these bonds as a policy instrument, not an investment). \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 10 Apr. 2021",
"Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said local police did not mislead anyone. \u2014 Fox News , 31 May 2022",
"Some bedding brands get carried away with their marketing claims, which can mislead to shoppers buying sheets for the wrong reasons. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020539"
},
"miser":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a mean grasping person",
": one who is extremely stingy with money",
": a stingy person who lives poorly in order to store away money"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u012b-z\u0259r",
"\u02c8m\u012b-z\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapskate",
"churl",
"hunks",
"niggard",
"penny-pincher",
"piker",
"scrooge",
"skinflint",
"tightwad"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the miser liked to sit and play with his money",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Matt Daniels will portray Charles Dickens' famed fictional miser in the 2022 production Nov. 29-Dec. 24, the Rep announced Monday. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"Michael Caine plays the miser Ebenezer Scrooge in this family-friendly and heart-felt 1992 adaptation of Dickens\u2019 holiday fable. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Whitford gives the famous miser a richly layered and complex shading, giving him a wry and knowing sensibility even in his most curmudgeonly moments. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The key is, like the miser , to be the first out of the cab and the last into the pub. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
"As Atlanta audiences revisit the story of the miser who learned to keep Christmas best of all, Bell will be doing the same thing. \u2014 Bo Emerson, ajc , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Alastair Sim stars in the 1951 retelling of Charles Dickens\u2019s classic novel about Ebenezer Scrooge, a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Comfort has been handed out by a miser this year, but on SOUL LADY, Yukika was generous in her warmth and familiarity. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 23 Dec. 2020",
"The famed novella, originally published in 1843, centers around the unforgettable miser Ebenezer Scrooge along with Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come as Scrooge learns a valuable lesson in finding joy. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living , 22 Dec. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin miser miserable",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1560, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-231845"
},
"midst":{
"type":[
"noun",
"preposition"
],
"definitions":{
": the interior or central part or point : middle":[
"in the midst of the forest"
],
": a position of proximity to the members of a group":[
"a traitor in our midst"
],
": the condition of being surrounded or beset":[
"in the midst of his troubles"
],
": a period of time about the middle of a continuing act or condition":[
"in the midst of a meal"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mitst",
"\u02c8midst"
],
"synonyms":[
"center",
"core",
"middle",
"midpoint"
],
"antonyms":[
"perimeter",
"periphery"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The river passes through the midst of the city.",
"a bustling city in the midst of the desert",
"We are in the midst of a terrible war.",
"They were in the midst of remodeling their house.",
"The region is currently in the midst of a terrible drought.",
"We never gave up hope in the midst of our troubles.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the midst of the mayhem, an NBC News producer had a cellphone knocked out of her hands. \u2014 Corky Siemaszko, NBC News , 25 June 2022",
"Ko, a two-time major winner who has yet to win the Women's PGA, is in the midst of four consecutive starts. \u2014 Beth Ann Nichols, USA TODAY , 25 June 2022",
"California\u2019s highest-in-the nation gas prices remain a volatile political issue in the midst of an election year. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"The Guardians are in the midst of playing 18 games in 16 days. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 25 June 2022",
"Hundreds of Latina women were asked to sign papers consenting to tubal ligation in the midst of labor. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 25 June 2022",
"During the pandemic, in the midst of quarantine and social distancing, Arlekin Players Theatre, a theater company made of immigrant actors from the former Soviet Union, created a production, State vs Natasha Banina. \u2014 Jeryl Brunner, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Netflix is in the midst of a reset, expanding its content purview and its core business model in ways that would have been unthinkable just a couple of years ago. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
"The slugging outfielder is in the midst of perhaps his best season, batting .304 with a major league-leading 27 homers and 53 RBIs in 68 games entering Friday, with New York off to a historic 52-18 start. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English middest , alteration of middes , short for amiddes amid":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040805"
},
"mizzle":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to rain in very fine drops : drizzle":[],
": to depart suddenly":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi-z\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English misellen ; akin to Dutch dialect mizzelen to drizzle, Middle Dutch mist fog, mist":"Verb",
"origin unknown":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1781, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030806"
},
"miscarry":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to come to harm",
": to suffer miscarriage of a fetus",
": to fail to achieve the intended purpose : go wrong or amiss",
": to fail to reach the intended destination",
": to go wrong : fail",
": to suffer miscarriage of a fetus",
"\u2014 compare abort"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8ker-\u0113",
"-\u02c8ka-r\u0113",
"\u02c8mis-\u02ccker-\u0113",
"-\u02ccka-r\u0113",
"mis-\u02c8ker-\u0113",
"(\u02c8)mis-\u02c8kar-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"misfire"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the scheme to save the stranded dolphins miscarried , and all were lost",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But experts and advocates fear repercussions could reach even further, affecting care for women who miscarry , couples seeking fertility treatments and access to some forms of contraception. \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst And Lindsey Tanner, Anchorage Daily News , 24 May 2022",
"And as my colleague Melissa Gira Grant has noted, there is already a movement afoot in some jurisdictions for law-enforcement agencies to scrutinize pregnant women who miscarry or give birth to stillborn children even while Roe is intact. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 9 May 2022",
"Many people who develop Asherman's cannot conceive, and those who do often miscarry . \u2014 Sarah N. Lynch, Health.com , 15 Oct. 2021",
"This is largely because many livestock ranchers don\u2019t want the competition for space and grass, and are worried about the spread of brucellosis, a disease that can cause livestock, as well as deer, elk, and other wildlife, to miscarry their fetuses. \u2014 Louise Johns, Wired , 12 June 2021",
"This is largely because many livestock ranchers don\u2019t want the competition for space and grass, and are worried about the spread of brucellosis, a disease that can cause livestock, as well as deer, elk, and other wildlife, to miscarry their fetuses. \u2014 Louise Johns, Wired , 12 June 2021",
"This is largely because many livestock ranchers don\u2019t want the competition for space and grass, and are worried about the spread of brucellosis, a disease that can cause livestock, as well as deer, elk, and other wildlife, to miscarry their fetuses. \u2014 Louise Johns, Wired , 12 June 2021",
"The process used to come up with the 82% figure ignores any women who were vaccinated in the first and second trimester and didn't miscarry , data thathas not yet been released. \u2014 Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY , 25 July 2021",
"This is largely because many livestock ranchers don\u2019t want the competition for space and grass, and are worried about the spread of brucellosis, a disease that can cause livestock, as well as deer, elk, and other wildlife, to miscarry their fetuses. \u2014 Louise Johns, Wired , 12 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-021737"
},
"misconstrue":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret":[
"misconstrued her words/meaning/silence",
"He does not want his real name used in the newspaper because even the most innocent statement could be misconstrued here and lead to trouble, he says.",
"\u2014 Lynne Duke",
"I instantly turned away, lest he should see and misconstrue my emotion.",
"\u2014 Anne Bront\u00eb"
],
": to misinterpret the meaning, intention, or character of (someone)":[
"\u2026 it is the post-Vietnam revisionists who have most ironically misconstrued [Herman] Melville.",
"\u2014 Frederick Crews",
"\u2026 a sad sack whom no one would misconstrue as charming.",
"\u2014 Karen Karbo"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-k\u0259n-\u02c8str\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misinterpret",
"misknow",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"miss",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"apprehend",
"catch",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"fathom",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"know",
"make out",
"penetrate",
"perceive",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"take in",
"understand"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Emoji can be easy to misconstrue , but words are a little more direct. \u2014 Chandra Steele, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"Policy makers may misconstrue this lack of self-harm as decreasing the urgency for authentic structural change in mental health care. \u2014 Steven C. Schlozman, STAT , 24 May 2022",
"Herman said Illinois sales tax laws are complex, and that complexity creates an environment for retailers to potentially misconstrue the application of the laws to their sales activity. \u2014 Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"His allies say the NSBA and its affiliates allowed conservative activists who oppose public schools to misconstrue the letter as an attack on parents in an effort to silence a strong national voice. \u2014 Laura Meckler, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Pope tweeted about the incident a few minutes later: Pope later tweeted another message that was difficult to misconstrue . \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 26 Sep. 2021",
"As Snopes reported at the time, the chain message appeared to misconstrue the 2007 kidnapping of 23 South Korean missionaries in Afghanistan. \u2014 Daniel Funke, USA TODAY , 20 Aug. 2021",
"The other women appeared to deliberately misconstrue Williams\u2019 need to make sure none of them were aligned with white supremacy. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 17 Aug. 2021",
"Reis also worries that some of the more aggressive social media fights against antisemitism may string together individual events to misconstrue the nature of anti-Jewish hate. \u2014 Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com , 16 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231513"
},
"minx":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pert girl":[],
": a wanton woman":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi\u014b(k)s"
],
"synonyms":[
"chippie",
"chippy",
"doxy",
"doxie",
"fancy woman",
"floozy",
"floozie",
"hoochie",
"hussy",
"Jezebel",
"quean",
"tramp",
"trollop",
"wench"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a blond actress who was usually typecast as the minx in melodramas",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Herman pointed to cases of animals like minx and lions around the world that were severely affected by COVID-19. \u2014 Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 July 2021",
"The Survivor minx is a tired and true stereotype as attractive female contestants are often portrayed on the show as using their feminine wiles to get ahead in the game. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 14 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191714"
},
"misreading":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to read incorrectly",
": to misinterpret in or as if in reading",
": to incorrectly pronounce or understand something written",
": misunderstand"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8r\u0113d",
"mis-\u02c8r\u0113d"
],
"synonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misknow",
"misperceive",
"miss",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"apprehend",
"catch",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"fathom",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"know",
"make out",
"penetrate",
"perceive",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"take in",
"understand"
],
"examples":[
"I guess I misread the instructions.",
"They have misread the lessons of the past.",
"Politicians may have misread the mood of the public.",
"I badly misread the situation.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thomas, though, misread its slicing action, allowing the ball to trickle to the wall untouched for a double. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
"Clary, however, may have developed enough of a friendship with and loyalty to Braunizer to sacrifice his objectivity and misread his interview subject and Schr\u00f6dinger both. \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"In interviews, several said Judge Mizelle badly misread the law. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Opposition parties have also tried to pick apart Orban\u2019s message of being a guarantor of Hungary\u2019s security after the government misread the threat Russia posed and did a U-turn on the deployment of NATO troops in Hungary. \u2014 Zoltan Simon, Bloomberg.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"But Disney leadership badly misread the situation in Florida in ways that continue to have ripple effects. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Certainly, Macron did not entirely misread the concern of French voters over Russian atrocities in Ukraine. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Sometimes, Pentagon assessors simply misread the allegations, leading to the dismissal of a report. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Apr. 2016",
"Their exits have solidified the reign of Chief Executive Officer Emmett Shear, whose engineering-first focus has led the company to misread what the streaming community wants, these people say. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Bloomberg.com , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1658, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-131523"
},
"might":{
"type":[
"auxiliary verb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the power, authority, or resources wielded (as by an individual or group)":[],
": bodily strength":[],
": the power, energy, or intensity of which one is capable":[
"ran with all her might",
"striving with might and main"
],
": a great deal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[
"energy",
"firepower",
"force",
"horsepower",
"muscle",
"potence",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength",
"vigor"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for might Noun power , force , energy , strength , might mean the ability to exert effort. power may imply latent or exerted physical, mental, or spiritual ability to act or be acted upon. the awesome power of flowing water force implies the actual effective exercise of power. used enough force to push the door open energy applies to power expended or capable of being transformed into work. a worker with boundless energy strength applies to the quality or property of a person or thing that makes possible the exertion of force or the withstanding of strain, pressure, or attack. use weight training to build your strength might implies great or overwhelming power or strength. the belief that might makes right",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"an impressive display of military might",
"the legal might of the government",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Auxiliary verb",
"Many planning tools, such as life estate deeds, living trusts, joint tenancy, and wills, might work best for your family. \u2014 Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
"Many times, the best way currently is to put up a fight \u2014 and even that might not work. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 30 June 2022",
"As so often seems to be the case with the hero\u2019s journey of famous groups, Eurythmics\u2019 first hit might have been its last chance. \u2014 Allison Stewart, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Shaw went on to speculate about where Allison might be when the sequel takes place. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
"The hurdy-gurdy man Donald Heller\u2019s hurdy-gurdy might be the quintessential street performer\u2019s instrument, given its long associations with itinerant musicians in Europe. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"And for those two to increase their market share at the expense of other cartel members might be a tough sell. \u2014 Cathy Busswitz, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"Alabama\u2019s 2017 class, which might be the best in history, retained 97 percent of its signees for a second year, 83 percent for a third year and had 55 percent for a fourth year when six were already playing in the NFL. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 30 June 2022",
"So consider too how ERGs at your company might work best in conjunction with your leave programs. \u2014 Cara Mccarty, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The leagues, long tied to one another through the Rose Bowl and urgently searching for a check on the SEC\u2019s swelling might , even joined forces with the Atlantic Coast Conference, another Power Five league, on some issues. \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022",
"Leo attends one of Remi\u2019s flute recitals, but feels uncomfortable when his buddy shows up at hockey practice, waiting in the stands the way a girlfriend might . \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"Russian victory, on the other hand, would mark the victory of might over right, of brute tyranny over the rule of law. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"Revving the monetary engine with much of the economy in partial lockdown might , rather than helping revive real activity, simply blow asset bubbles or encourage more capital to flee the country. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"An idea that isn\u2019t buoyed by significant market knowledge might , depending on the market, be considered too unwieldy or confusing (think: too many bells and whistles). \u2014 Olivier Chateau, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"After Russia's military troops invaded Ukraine nearly 40 days ago, the larger army's might has been repeatedly stalled by Ukraine's military determination and will to save their homeland, resulting in a slowed attack and severe losses for Russia. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"For all Russia\u2019s might , its battlefield position is something that can be influenced by Ukraine\u2019s actions\u2014and ours. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Refinery utilization on the Gulf Coast, the largest concentration of U.S. refining might , was 94.3%, the highest since Jan. 2020. \u2014 Barbara J Powell, Bloomberg.com , 30 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English meahte, mihte ; akin to Old High German mahta, mohta could":"Auxiliary verb",
"Middle English, from Old English miht ; akin to Old High German maht might, magan to be able \u2014 more at may entry 1":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Auxiliary verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051011"
},
"middleman":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi-d\u1d4al-\u02ccman"
],
"synonyms":[
"broker",
"buffer",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"honest broker",
"interceder",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"interposer",
"mediator",
"peacemaker"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The Internet helps consumers save money by buying products directly from companies and eliminating the middleman .",
"We've cut out the middleman and can reduce prices for our customers.",
"He acted as the middleman in the talks between labor and management.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Think of this online marketplace as the middleman between you and vetted shops and galleries around the world. \u2014 ELLE , 25 June 2022",
"Khoury, the middleman , and Ernst all played tennis at Brown, and the deal came together while the three of them were at a reunion at the Providence, R.I., school, prosecutors said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Khoury, the middleman and Ernst all played tennis at Brown, and the deal came together while the three of them were at a reunion at the Providence, Rhode Island, school, prosecutors said. \u2014 CBS News , 16 June 2022",
"Banks play a vital role in the markets, serving as the middleman between buyers and sellers of securities and lending money to businesses. \u2014 David Benoit, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"The Surin family, from the city of Lucknow, recently paid more than $1,400 to a middleman for six doses of remdesivir. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2021",
"Live Nation, through Ticketmaster or a middleman such as StubHub, takes your payment. \u2014 Gideon Kimbrell, Rolling Stone , 18 May 2022",
"Moreover, a hospital donated more than 100 cases on Tuesday after hearing of his newfound role as a formula middleman . \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"And, Quince cuts out the middleman by selling directly to consumers from its factories to keep costs more affordable than the competition. \u2014 Olivia O'bryon, Forbes , 14 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1677, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"understand"
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"unfortunately, the message that the artist was trying to convey has been misapprehended by many museum patrons",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some people misapprehend it and think of as imitation. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
"But to call him a \u2018man of the Right\u2019 is to misapprehend his own words and actions. \u2014 John Hirschauer, National Review , 25 Feb. 2020",
"Traditionally, that's led to things like snakes on stage and misapprehended awards speeches. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 20 Aug. 2018",
"This isn\u2019t just shooting your mouth off on the stump\u2014this is the nation\u2019s top lawyer completely misapprehending what judges do and what states are. \u2014 Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine , 20 Apr. 2017",
"Yet by the same logic, giving Washington and Jefferson a pass for being slaveholders misapprehends a moral problem embedded in our nation at its conception. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 25 Aug. 2017",
"This is a silly parlor game that misapprehends James\u2019s gifts, which have never been those of a pure scorer. \u2014 Michael Powell, New York Times , 10 June 2017"
],
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"1628, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105043"
},
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"noun"
],
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": incorrect or improper utilization : misuse":[
"misutilization of public funds"
]
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"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195107"
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"verb"
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": to behave with poor manners or a lack of courtesy",
": to behave with disregard for accepted moral standards especially in sexual matters",
": to behave before or in the presence of the enemy in a way that does not conform to military standards or practice",
": to behave in an unexpected or unwelcome way",
": to behave badly"
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"-b\u0113-",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-112911"
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"\u02c8mif"
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"umbrage"
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"Noun",
"\u201cNo one asked you!\u201d she retorted, with some miff",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Others were miffed by the obvious double standards. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 28 Jan. 2020",
"Ankara is also miffed that Washington is backing Turkey\u2019s rivals in a natural gas dispute with Cyprus and in other regional conflicts. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2019",
"President Trump was reportedly miffed by Mulvaney's admission, and even the Justice Department distanced itself from Mulvaney's statement. \u2014 Doug Criss, CNN , 18 Oct. 2019",
"York\u2019s report at the Examiner examined documents sent by State Department inspector general Steve Linick to Congress, responding to members miffed by a presidential visit to the Turnberry Resort. \u2014 John Hirschauer, National Review , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Scouts were miffed that Alabama\u2019s Quinnen Williams, seen by some of the top talent in the draft, wasn\u2019t even slightly under consideration by Lynch and Shanahan. \u2014 Jon Becker, The Mercury News , 25 July 2019",
"Both were rejected for San Francisco\u2019s pilot program; city officials were miffed by their abrupt rollout of numerous scooters a year ago without permission. \u2014 Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com , 12 June 2019",
"Owens was inducted into the Hall, but won\u2019t be attending the ceremony, which has miffed the game\u2019s establishment. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 26 July 2018",
"One of OnePlus\u2019s greatest strengths is catering to Android enthusiasts on a budget, so some buyers are going to be miffed by this decision. \u2014 Michael Simon, PCWorld , 13 Sep. 2018"
],
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"Noun",
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"Verb",
"1811, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-114341"
},
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"noun"
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],
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"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"ear",
"eye",
"heed",
"knowledge",
"note",
"notice",
"observance",
"observation"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gain control through mindfulness , bringing presentness to each moment and trying to sip in the beauty all around you. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
"The same elements hold true regarding mindfulness in the adult world of parents and business. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"There's so much focus on presence, on mindfulness , and on awareness of doing things very deliberately, taking time, and reveling in the experience of life. \u2014 Owen Myers, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
"So in addition to his grueling training and work schedule, Horton found time to add in mindfulness , too. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 21 June 2022",
"While the mindfulness aspect is more about seeing what arises, the embodiment aspect is about moving it: energetic expression and emotional catharsis. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 14 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a reason why people have been turning to mindfulness . \u2014 Kiersten Willis, ajc , 13 June 2022",
"The groups, now spread across the country, meet virtually and host mindfulness workshops, group discussions, and community building exercises. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
"There will be a mindfulness and stretch break led by Scripps fitness instructor, followed by a discussion on nutrition and fitness for wellness. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022"
],
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"circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000110"
},
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"noun",
"verb"
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},
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"\u02ccmis-\u02c8st\u0101t"
],
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"bend",
"color",
"cook",
"distort",
"falsify",
"fudge",
"garble",
"misinterpret",
"misrelate",
"misrepresent",
"pervert",
"slant",
"twist",
"warp"
],
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"examples":[
"The company misstated its profits.",
"An article in yesterday's paper misstated the name of the district attorney.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"History has taught us that people don\u2019t typically fudge numbers unless there are compelling reasons\u2013and there are plenty of compelling reasons to misstate ESG efforts. \u2014 Fortune , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The Facebook post examined here as well as several others misstate the victim's name and age. \u2014 Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2021",
"These claims misstate and misinterpret the court's decision. \u2014 Star Tribune , 1 Apr. 2021",
"Trump continues to misstate or overstate the increase in defense spending by NATO countries during his time in office. \u2014 Jamie Mcintyre, Washington Examiner , 23 Oct. 2020",
"Aside from failing to mention the storage fee, Aubrey appeared to misstate the amount of the loan Johnson would receive. \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 30 July 2020",
"An article in Monday editions misstated the name of the trail in one instance. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 June 2020",
"An earlier version of this post misstated New Jersey's secretary of state. \u2014 NBC News , 2 May 2020",
"An earlier version of this article misstated some changes in New Hampshire\u2019s rules for absentee ballots. \u2014 David Cole, The New York Review of Books , 30 Apr. 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1643, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025230"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": bad luck":[],
": a piece of bad luck : mishap":[]
},
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"\u02ccmis-\u02c8chan(t)s"
],
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"accident",
"casualty",
"mishap"
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"examples":[
"two enemies brought together by mischance",
"the smallest mischance could spell disaster for our plan",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Timothy Naftali, New York University historian But mischance and error plagued the U.S. effort to divert the missile crisis. \u2014 Glenn Garvin, miamiherald , 18 Oct. 2015"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English mischaunce , from Anglo-French meschance , from mes- mis- + chance chance":""
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170558"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
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"misconstrued her words/meaning/silence",
"He does not want his real name used in the newspaper because even the most innocent statement could be misconstrued here and lead to trouble, he says.",
"\u2014 Lynne Duke",
"I instantly turned away, lest he should see and misconstrue my emotion.",
"\u2014 Anne Bront\u00eb"
],
": to misinterpret the meaning, intention, or character of (someone)":[
"\u2026 it is the post-Vietnam revisionists who have most ironically misconstrued [Herman] Melville.",
"\u2014 Frederick Crews",
"\u2026 a sad sack whom no one would misconstrue as charming.",
"\u2014 Karen Karbo"
]
},
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"\u02ccmis-k\u0259n-\u02c8str\u00fc"
],
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"misapprehend",
"misinterpret",
"misknow",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"miss",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
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"apprehend",
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"comprehend",
"conceive",
"fathom",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"know",
"make out",
"penetrate",
"perceive",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"take in",
"understand"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Emoji can be easy to misconstrue , but words are a little more direct. \u2014 Chandra Steele, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"Policy makers may misconstrue this lack of self-harm as decreasing the urgency for authentic structural change in mental health care. \u2014 Steven C. Schlozman, STAT , 24 May 2022",
"Herman said Illinois sales tax laws are complex, and that complexity creates an environment for retailers to potentially misconstrue the application of the laws to their sales activity. \u2014 Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"His allies say the NSBA and its affiliates allowed conservative activists who oppose public schools to misconstrue the letter as an attack on parents in an effort to silence a strong national voice. \u2014 Laura Meckler, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Pope tweeted about the incident a few minutes later: Pope later tweeted another message that was difficult to misconstrue . \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 26 Sep. 2021",
"As Snopes reported at the time, the chain message appeared to misconstrue the 2007 kidnapping of 23 South Korean missionaries in Afghanistan. \u2014 Daniel Funke, USA TODAY , 20 Aug. 2021",
"The other women appeared to deliberately misconstrue Williams\u2019 need to make sure none of them were aligned with white supremacy. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 17 Aug. 2021",
"Reis also worries that some of the more aggressive social media fights against antisemitism may string together individual events to misconstrue the nature of anti-Jewish hate. \u2014 Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com , 16 June 2021"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193322"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": bad treatment : abuse",
": wrong or improper use (as of words)"
],
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"\u02ccmis-\u02c8y\u00fc-sij",
"\u02ccmish-",
"-zij"
],
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"abuse",
"misapplication",
"misemployment",
"misuse",
"misutilization",
"perversion"
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"examples":[
"the teacher was appalled by the new student's misusage of some basic scientific terms"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-020257"
},
"mincemeat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": minced meat",
": a finely chopped mixture (as of raisins, apples, and spices) sometimes with meat that is often used as pie filling",
": a state of destruction or annihilation",
": a finely chopped mixture (as of raisins, apples, spices, and sometimes meat) that is especially used in pies"
],
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"\u02c8min(t)s-\u02ccm\u0113t",
"\u02c8mins-\u02ccm\u0113t"
],
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"annihilation",
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"desolation",
"destruction",
"devastation",
"extermination",
"extinction",
"havoc",
"loss",
"obliteration",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"wastage",
"wreckage"
],
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"building",
"construction",
"erection",
"raising"
],
"examples":[
"the artillery quickly made mincemeat of the enemy's fortifications",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kyle O\u2019Reilly\u2019s chest after this match looked like mincemeat . \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, former Gator great Billy Horschel made mincemeat of Jack Nicklaus\u2019 demanding setup to earn a 4-shot win at the Memorial Tournament and set the table for a big summer for Florida\u2019s volunteer assistant coach. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Podcasts, Orlando Sentinel , 7 June 2022",
"Modern drinking has made a mincemeat of the old ways. \u2014 Jordan Michelman, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The burly four-wheeler has a unibody chassis, which means the frame and the body are built as one piece, along with massive 35-inch tires designed to make mincemeat of unforgiving terrain. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 8 Dec. 2021",
"For a special treat, slather your mincemeat in some aspic. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Nonetheless, the fruits of their labors were enjoyed by all once Megoulas served giant Cuore di Bue tomatoes stuffed with rice, pine nuts and capers alongside potatoes, rather than the traditional Athenian mincemeat . \u2014 New York Times , 13 Oct. 2021",
"There are umpteen apple cakes (Dutch, French, Mecklenburg, Dorset, whole-meal, mincemeat , polenta, caraway) and pages of marmalades. \u2014 Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker , 15 June 2021",
"Rory McIlroy watched Tiger Woods make mincemeat of the par 5s at Bay Hill on his way to a record eight wins at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 4 Mar. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-030104"
},
"mistrustfulness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to have no trust or confidence in : suspect":[
"mistrusted his neighbors"
],
": to doubt the truth, validity, or effectiveness of":[
"mistrusted his own judgment"
],
": surmise":[
"your mind mistrusted there was something wrong",
"\u2014 Robert Frost"
],
": to be suspicious":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"mis-\u02c8tr\u0259st",
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8tr\u0259st"
],
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"distrust",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"dubiety",
"dubitation",
"incertitude",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrustfulness",
"query",
"reservation",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainty"
],
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"distrust",
"doubt",
"misdoubt",
"question",
"suspect"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mistrust Noun uncertainty , doubt , dubiety , skepticism , suspicion , mistrust mean lack of sureness about someone or something. uncertainty may range from a falling short of certainty to an almost complete lack of conviction or knowledge especially about an outcome or result. assumed the role of manager without hesitation or uncertainty doubt suggests both uncertainty and inability to make a decision. plagued by doubts as to what to do dubiety stresses a wavering between conclusions. felt some dubiety about its practicality skepticism implies unwillingness to believe without conclusive evidence. an economic forecast greeted with skepticism suspicion stresses lack of faith in the truth, reality, fairness, or reliability of something or someone. regarded the stranger with suspicion mistrust implies a genuine doubt based upon suspicion. had a great mistrust of doctors",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She has a strong mistrust of politicians.",
"had an unfortunate mistrust of doctors, so her medical condition was allowed to worsen",
"Verb",
"I was starting to mistrust my own judgment.",
"a recluse who mistrusts her neighbors and stays in her house all day",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Is Fox News an exception to your mistrust of corporations? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Put another way, Meta may be harkening back to its Facebook past to secure its short-term future, even as the mistrust sown by that past continues to be a drag on the company\u2019s public image. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Yet the leading social-media giants have earned the public\u2019s mistrust through politically biased and often arbitrary and inconsistent use of their power to censor or promote content on their platforms. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 3 June 2022",
"The mistrust stems, in part, from racist and anti-Muslim emails Joe Ricketts sent to family friends and others over several years that were leaked in 2019. \u2014 Justin Birnbaum, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"But Moffitt said her own research suggests mistrust may be at the core of hesitancy and resistance. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The board also must find a happy medium in addressing the mistrust in the library's hiring practices, noting a need of support for diversity and inclusion efforts from as many staff as possible. \u2014 Amelia Pak-harvey, The Indianapolis Star , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The deep mistrust between Russian invaders and Ukrainians has been exacerbated as civilian evacuation routes agreed upon by the two sides were shelled by Russian troops. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The mistrust has led to spiraling tensions between hospitals and families of covid patients, particularly surrounding ivermectin. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"When a movie refuses to vary its pace, the audience subconsciously starts to mistrust the information and the exertions on the screen. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"That brand of asymmetry helps explain why many people mistrust CNN. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2021",
"But as soon as scientific truth becomes inherently associated with one political creed, people who have conflicting political sympathies will be predisposed to mistrust it. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Most Americans already mistrust the press, and making journalists more dependent on government will compound the suspicion of bias. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2021",
"That experience cemented his credibility with many older voters of color, some of whom mistrust the police while also worrying about crime. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
"At one end are environmentalists who deeply mistrust big utilities and think regular people have a right to generate their own power. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
"They are conditioned to attack and mistrust one another. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Within a decade, however, divisions emerged as many Muslims began to mistrust Indian rule and demanded the territory be united either under Pakistani rule or as an independent country. \u2014 Aijaz Hussain, ajc , 20 Oct. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222238"
},
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"noun"
],
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},
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"\u02ccmi-sim-\u02c8pre-sh\u0259n"
],
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"incomprehension",
"misapprehension",
"misconstruction",
"misconstruing",
"misinterpretation",
"misknowledge",
"misreading",
"misunderstanding"
],
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"examples":[
"she was under the misimpression that the class was for beginners, but it was actually for advanced students",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s given a misimpression about West Side Story, which is that the Jets and the Sharks are the Capulets and the Montagues. \u2014 Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping , 27 Mar. 2022",
"City special narcotics prosecutor Bridget Brennan also has expressed reservations in the past, saying the facilities could risk legal problems, neighborhood tension and giving a misimpression that drug use is safe. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, ajc , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Eli Nicolosi, the Republican chairman in Winnebago County, which includes Rockford, had the misimpression that the bill was full of social policies that had nothing to do with infrastructure, some of which are in the reconciliation bill. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Nov. 2021",
"This is a common misimpression among the Military History gang. \u2014 Noam Cohen, Wired , 7 Sep. 2021",
"Another significant misimpression from the article relates to a reference about an instructor who spoke against vaccination. \u2014 Letter Writers, Twin Cities , 18 Nov. 2019",
"People have a misimpression \u2014 marketing doesn\u2019t mean advertising. \u2014 Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post , 3 Nov. 2019",
"The narrative is based on innuendo, half-truths, misimpressions and mischaracterizations. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Sep. 2019",
"This terrible misimpression grieves Ken Cuccinelli. \u2014 Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com , 3 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1670, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015254"
},
"misknow":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": misunderstand":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8n\u014d"
],
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"misapprehend",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"miss",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
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"get",
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"know",
"make out",
"penetrate",
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"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"take in",
"understand"
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"examples":[
"so often, for all of our presumption, we misknow the hearts of others"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022714"
},
"misbelief":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": erroneous or false belief : heresy":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113f"
],
"synonyms":[
"delusion",
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"misconception",
"myth",
"old wives' tale",
"untruth"
],
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"truth",
"verity"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the common misbelief that the Great Wall of China is visible from the moon",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lilith Fair also helped contribute to the misbelief that music made by women had to be personal, had to be polite, and had to include an acoustic guitar. \u2014 Peter Rubin, Longreads , 1 July 2022",
"His research focuses on the psychology of human misbelief , particularly false beliefs people hold about themselves. \u2014 Carmen Sanchez, Scientific American , 15 Oct. 2021",
"So prevalence turbocharges false news, and echo chambers then turn into self-perpetuating whirlwinds of misbelief . \u2014 Monique Brouillette, National Geographic , 18 Sep. 2020",
"This six-part series, which begins on Sunday on Showtime, isn\u2019t easy to climb aboard, especially for American viewers steeped in the misbelief that the passions of the Vietnam War era were exclusive to the United States. \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, New York Times , 13 Apr. 2017"
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"the militancy of the radical organization made the authorities a little nervous",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jewish energies have been invested largely in individual and family advancement, not group advancement via militancy and street politics. \u2014 Elliot Kaufman, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"Given your descriptions of Putin\u2014his nationalism, his militancy \u2014how should people be thinking about ways to end this conflict, or off-ramps for him? \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The challenge to Khan\u2019s power began to gain traction last year amid friction between his party and the military establishment and comes amid expanding militancy after the Taliban\u2019s takeover of neighboring Afghanistan in August. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Unusually, Sasha mixed the unionist/progressive leftism common to most folk-punk Woody Guthrie fetishists with a radical militancy . \u2014 Franz Nicolay, SPIN , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The same holds in Uganda, which receives almost a billion dollars in American aid and is a key Western ally in the fight against regional militancy . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"For the District, the issue was a perfect illustration of the tension between moderation and militancy . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"If low wages and inflation worries fueled workers\u2019 militancy , the pandemic turbocharged grocery workers\u2019 anger. \u2014 Margot Rooseveltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Rana, from the Pakistani militancy monitoring group, said IS likely aims to stir up tensions between Islamabad and Kabul. \u2014 Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"Her clumsy attempt to cut the cake was the cause of much mirth .",
"as charming as your mutual mirth is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And that darker-than-dark capper doesn\u2019t do anything to erase the material along the way that does have some mirth to it. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022",
"But embedded in the mirth is a wholesale indictment of this toxic brew of unfettered capitalism and greed that frustrated the pandemic response at every turn. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Some of the entertainers who filled the McBride home with music and mirth included Cahal Dunne, Tony Kenny, Phil Coulter, Red Hurley, Finbar Furey, Andy Cooney and the Celtic Willoughby Brothers. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Smith\u2019s background includes The Thick of It and Veep, which may promise more mirth than Slow Horses delivers, but both shows are illustrative of the kind of workplace Slough House offers. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
"But such mirth and mayhem are not Mainstream Sellout\u2018s goal. \u2014 Charles Aaron, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
"This is the season of mirth and milestones, and one of Mobile\u2019s legacy krewes celebrated accordingly to mark its 40th anniversary. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Unlike the best breads that still go stale, every single day of Mardi Gras, through the pendulum\u2019s last swing on Fat Tuesday, is going to be as sweet as the first, as mirth and misrule replenish themselves with each new sunrise. \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022",
"The clash between prurient mirth and more socially empathetic discomfort is at the heart of Hulu\u2019s new limited series Pam & Tommy. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022"
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"Noun",
"the slightest miscue could make the trapeze artist lose his grip and fall to the mat below",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The situation grew even more intense when Fitzpatrick followed with a major miscue . \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"Staley said Herbert\u2019s response to that miscue was key. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2021",
"But the Dodgers jumped on left-hander Madison Bumgarner in the fifth on Monday while taking advantage of a defensive miscue behind him. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
"After allowing Bosco to score on its first four possessions of the game, Los Alamitos forced the Braves into their first punt of the night, but couldn\u2019t take advantage of a rare miscue from the Bosco offense. \u2014 Devin Ugland, Los Angeles Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Instead, the Wildcats pounced on the miscue , scoring four runs in the first inning. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 28 May 2022",
"So much so, the broadcaster took to social media to reflect on the miscue . \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 9 May 2022",
"Shortstop Javier B\u00e1ez dashed into the outfield, trying to salvage Castro's miscue , but couldn't complete the sliding, over-the-head catch. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 7 May 2022",
"Rollin led off the second with a line drive shot of her own, then back-to-back singles and a fielder\u2019s choice miscue by Kliethermes set the stage for what ballooned into a four-run frame. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Miami also had its first-half scoring drive assisted by an opponent\u2019s special teams miscue . \u2014 David Furones, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Oct. 2021",
"Perhaps a Rams special teams miscue opens the door for a narrow defeat. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The Cougars capitalized on another Plantation special teams miscue as junior Davari Morris made a diving catch of a 7-yard scoring toss from Daniels to make it 27-7 with 3:12 left in the third quarter. \u2014 Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com , 18 Sep. 2021",
"The series was extended by another Chargers miscue on special teams when Quenton Meeks went offside on a field-goal attempt, giving Miami a first down at the Chargers\u2019 five-yard line. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 15 Nov. 2020"
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"by midday the sun and heat were unbearable",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With thousands of ballots left to tally, Oz, who was endorsed by Trump, led McCormick by 1,092 votes, or 0.08 percentage points, out of 1,338,399 ballots counted as of midday Friday. \u2014 Marc Levy, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Since the summit early last year, ARK has fallen to $82.45 as of midday on Jan. 10, a drop of 46%. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 12 Jan. 2022",
"JPMorgan shares were up about 7% midday , while the KBW Nasdaq Bank Index rose 4%. \u2014 David Benoit, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"The company\u2019s stock was down as much as 37% midday Wednesday. \u2014 Michael Liedtke, chicagotribune.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"High pressure will bring some morning sunshine, then cloudiness will be lowering and thickening midday and in the afternoon on Tuesday with high temperatures in the 50s. \u2014 courant.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"On the docket for next week: The United Chambers of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley Region will host Bass, Feuer, Buscaino, De Le\u00f3n and Mel Wilson for a mayoral forum midday on Monday. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"At one point midday Sunday, Doppler radar showed strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Turner near Salem to West Linn. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Oct. 2021",
"The extent of the damage was unknown when Mr. Henkel first got the call about the spill midday on Oct. 2, a Saturday. \u2014 Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor , 19 Oct. 2021"
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"noun"
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"\u2014 Richard A. Kerr",
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"\u2014 Kendra Bean"
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"noun"
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"verb"
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"\u2014 Hodding Carter III"
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"noun"
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"noun"
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": the act or an instance of applying something incorrectly or improperly":[
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"herbicide misapplication"
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"\u2014 Stanley S. Arkin"
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"\u02c8m\u012bm",
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"Noun",
"an actor with a gift for mime",
"a performance done in mime",
"an actor who is a talented mime",
"Verb",
"He mimed playing a guitar.",
"She mimed picking up the phone and dialing a number.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The children\u2019s summer reading kickoff with comic mime Robert Rivest will take place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 25, at Mary Cheney Library. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
"The popular comedy incorporates music, dance and mime , in a story about a humble sardine seller and his love for the most glamorous courtesan in Kyoto. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 May 2022",
"Martin had grown up in Portland, Maine, and was obsessed with the circus, even training with the influential mime teacher Jacques Lecoq. \u2014 Zachary Pincus-roth, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"Hoffberger dropped out of high school to study mime in Paris with the legendary Marcel Marceau. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Her family would laugh watching a young girl mime the actions of a much more mature woman, but the punchline would later become Clayton's career. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Some scenes will also feature the actors in mime -like masks. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022",
"In 2020, the company produced its first truly international feature: Resistance, starring Jesse Eisenberg as mime Marcel Marceau, in the true story of his fight with the French Resistance against the Nazis. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Feb. 2022",
"This led him to a class with the renowned mime and master teacher Jacques Lecoq, whose pioneering training was rooted in clowning, improvisation and mask work. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The last pair at the prom are Gia and Electric Metric, who mime out a winning little skit. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 10 Dec. 2021",
"At first, the double, always seen with his back to the camera, would simply mime Mackie\u2019s readings. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 May 2021",
"Within days, Rae posted herself and her mother reacting to the video, which quickly racked up 10 million views and in turn caused thousands of other users to mime themselves singing along to the clip. \u2014 Andrew R. Chow, Time , 6 May 2021",
"Among his favorite bits is miming Nadal's penchant for longer shorts, rolling up his sleeves and crouching prior to receiving a serve. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 12 July 2019",
"Watching the wild ending again, Liz thinks back to Ron miming shooting all the kids, who gleefully play dead. \u2014 David Gordon, Harper's magazine , 6 Jan. 2020",
"As one actor mimes a camel ride, the kids laugh raucously. \u2014 Lily Altavena, azcentral , 5 Jan. 2020",
"Some movements were big, like Greenlee\u2019s, who crouched and mimed turning the wheel of a car. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2019",
"In February, Gucci issued an apology and pulled a wool balaclava jumper that retailed for $890 from its shelves after online critics accused the turtleneck of miming blackface. \u2014 Katie Mettler, Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2019"
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"Latin mimus , from Greek mimos":"Noun"
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"1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202337"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": engaged in warfare or combat : fighting",
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"\u02c8mi-l\u0259-t\u0259nt"
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"agonistic",
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"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"warlike"
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"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
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"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"unbelligerent",
"uncombative",
"uncontentious"
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"examples":[
"an angry and militant speech",
"political radicals with a militant unwillingness to compromise on any issue",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These militant organizations recruited people from around the country for weeks before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, relying heavily on social media platforms to stir their emotions and plan the attack on Congress. \u2014 Michael Posner, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"As well as being his home city, it is named after Peter the Great, the 18th-century modernizing but militant czar to whom Putin favorably compared himself earlier this month. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"True, politicians are increasingly breaking the norms of decency, ideologues are increasingly uncivil, protesters are increasingly militant , and increasing numbers of Americans are unwilling to accept the outcomes of elections. \u2014 Verlan Lewis And Hyrum Lewis, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Emir Suljagi\u0107, the director of the Memorial Center, who had family members who were killed at Srebrenica, told me that the center is often targeted by militant denialists. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Turkey has been battling the militant Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK and considered a terrorist group by the U.S., since the 1980s. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"However, some critics charge that there were limits on how far Garland was willing to dig into the backstory of the attack, and into contacts McVeigh had with organized far-right militant factions. \u2014 Mark Hosenball, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
"The first movements in the 1950s provided emotional, social, and legal support for gay men and lesbians, but by June 1969, things became more militant . \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"Chile\u2019s most militant leftists agitated for a sweeping transformation of society. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
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"miscut keys"
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"\u2014 Gene Hamilton and Katie Hamilton"
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"\u2026 nail and screw holes or miscuts are closed with a compound filler such as Bondo.",
"\u2014 Mike McClintock",
"The Plexiglas sheets were miscuts and smaller pieces that Multiplastics in Mount Pleasant couldn't use.",
"\u2014 Adam Parker"
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"\u2014 Eric J. Littleton",
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"\u2014 Brian Kramer"
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"adjective"
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": of or belonging to a culture in southern New Mexico characterized by dominant Anasazi traits introduced into the Mogollon culture":[]
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"Mimbres river, southwestern New Mexico":""
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": an incorrect joinder of claims or parties in a legal action",
": an impermissible joinder of criminal charges or defendants \u2014 compare duplicity , multifarious , multiplicity"
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"\u02ccmis-\u02c8j\u022fin-d\u0259r",
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"examples":[
"College loans can quickly become a millstone for students.",
"The scandal has become a political millstone .",
"The scandal has been a millstone around her neck .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Washington swing has been Hart\u2019s touchstone, but never a millstone that kept him from mastering another approach. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Britons were taught\u2014and many still believe\u2014that slavery had never been a foundation of their country\u2019s commercial prosperity but was a millstone that needed to be removed so capitalism could truly flourish. \u2014 Howard W. French, The New York Review of Books , 10 Apr. 2021",
"The case brought by Talonya Adams remains a political millstone for Hobbs, who in 2015 was the state Senate Democratic leader and is now running for governor. \u2014 Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Yet those same high prices can be a political millstone . \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The overall student debt in the US has now built up to a staggering $1.57 trillion, acting as a financial millstone to an entire generation. \u2014 Mike Swigunski, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"That deal proved a millstone that helped push Detroit off the rebuild cliff. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"His American assets were suddenly a millstone around his neck. \u2014 Casey Michel, Rolling Stone , 8 Oct. 2021",
"McAuliffe, a former political fundraiser and Democratic National Committee chairman, has his own presidential millstone in Biden\u2019s sinking approval ratings. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2021"
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"retained"
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"examples":[
"The new director has provided the missing ingredient that was needed for the show's success.",
"the missing socks turned up in the dog's special hiding place",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The area where Phillips and Pereira went missing has seen violent conflicts between fishermen, poachers, and government agents. \u2014 D\u00c9bora \u00c1lvares, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Williams went missing under suspicious circumstances from a recreational cabin on Lake Loma in July 1981, officials said. \u2014 Fox News , 18 June 2022",
"The area where Phillips and Pereira went missing has seen violent conflicts between fishermen, poachers, and government agents. \u2014 D\u00c9bora \u00c1lvares, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"Kelleher was not reported missing and a ground search was limited due to hot weather. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Ford is recalling almost 3 million vehicles because of a damaged or missing part that could prevent the automobiles from shifting into the gear intended by the driver. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 16 June 2022",
"Ellie Barone will be Veronica, who\u2019s mysteriously gone missing and becomes Jackie\u2019s latest obsession. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"According to Logan, Fretwell was discovered missing during a 5 p.m. check. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 12 June 2022",
"Instead, lose the fear and guilt about going after what\u2019s missing and start to explore. \u2014 Amy Blaschka, Forbes , 10 June 2022"
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": a front-engine, single-seat, open-wheel racing car smaller and of less engine displacement than standard cars of the type",
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"\u02c8mi-j\u0259t",
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"a breed that is the midget of the horse world"
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"She looked at herself in the mirror ."
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"Noun",
"breaking a mirror is supposed to bring seven years of bad luck",
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"The building was mirrored in the lake.",
"the still waters of the pond mirroring the cloudless sky above",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"However, she's been captured in one since then, even taking a mirror selfie with her hairstylist Andreas Anastasis \u2014 the man behind her famous bob haircut \u2014 which the New York Times published earlier this year. \u2014 Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"Armas looks into the mirror and gives the kind of smile and laugh that could easily be mistaken for the real thing. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
"The elephant was part of a 2006 study published in the journal Science that described her ability to recognize herself in a mirror as evidence of human-like self-awareness. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"The cosmetics mogul shared a mirror selfie video today on her Instagram Stories during her workout. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 June 2022",
"Chloe Bailey promoted merch for her hit single with this cheeky mirror selfie. \u2014 Seventeen Editors, Seventeen , 7 June 2022",
"She was hooked the first time her grandmother showed her how to put on lipstick without looking in a mirror . \u2014 Douglas Belkin, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"In another post, which has since been deleted, Alabama posed for a mirror selfie with Kourtney, Atiana, and Penelope. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 22 May 2022",
"More Than Ever opens with the protagonist, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne (Vicky Krieps), staring at herself in a mirror . \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Dimon\u2019s remarks mirror similar comments made by BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in his annual letter to corporate America published in January. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Saul actually has a house full of LW equipment, including an Orchid Bed and a Breakfaster Chair, gurgling technological appliances that mirror organic forms to anticipate pain and adjust the body accordingly. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, addressing the conference by video, echoed Michel in saying that funds for Ukraine mirror the Marshall Plan and repeated the hope that Ukraine could join the EU. \u2014 Vanessa Gera, ajc , 5 May 2022",
"The findings roughly mirror polling by Gallup since 1989. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"At 6-2 and 191 pounds, Elam antagonizes wide receivers with his physicality at the line of scrimmage and his fluidity to mirror routes. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Because our professional purchasing habits have changed to mirror those of our personal ones. \u2014 Mike Dickerson, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Couples in love often start to mirror one another, whether by finishing each other\u2019s sentences, or adopting similar mannerisms. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 31 May 2022",
"Also hailing from \u201894 is a 911 Turbo (993) that has been fitted with a full GT2-style body kit to mirror the famed homologation special. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 27 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The authors of that USC paper acknowledged that rent control is a blunt tool that can misallocate capital in housing. \u2014 Star Tribune , 3 July 2021",
"Industrial policy of this sort would misallocate capital in a way that would slow the economy\u2019s transition to a post-virus new normal. \u2014 Glenn Hubbard, WSJ , 8 Dec. 2020",
"Without collaboration, companies may fail to fully consider partner capabilities and incentives in investments and so may misallocate resources. \u2014 Daniel Pellathy And Ted Stank, WSJ , 9 July 2020",
"This will drastically misallocate necessary funding for services such as public health and education, harming those most vulnerable. \u2014 Adam Eichen, The New Republic , 27 June 2019",
"LaMore, who was executive director of the organization, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah A.L. Merriam to conspiring to misallocate federal funds to pay his salary and to inflating invoices to obtain additional cash for himself. \u2014 David Owens, courant.com , 16 Mar. 2018",
"This is not a place that can afford to misallocate hundreds of millions of dollars in educational funds. \u2014 Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer , 1 Mar. 2018"
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],
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"Verb",
"The recipe says that you should mince the onions.",
"minced some garlic and added it to the stew",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Whatever the dangers, Dr. Fortun makes no effort to mince her words. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"Serebrennikov does not mince words in his defense of the oligarch. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Gillman takes care in rendering her characters\u2019 exploration of their identities and takes young readers seriously enough not to mince important topics. \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 3 Apr. 2020",
"Jocelyn Alo doesn\u2019t mince words, and the Sooners\u2019 ever-candid slugger wasn\u2019t going to hold back in the wake of top-seeded Oklahoma routing Texas in Game 1 of the Women\u2019s College World Series finals Wednesday night. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 9 June 2022",
"Herrington doesn\u2019t mince words in talking about Stewart. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022",
"Jonah Williams didn't mince words about protecting Joe Burrow Think about it. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022",
"Another favorite of Jeon's, Fenty Beauty doesn't mince on quality. \u2014 ELLE , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Stallings didn't mince words about the current state of college football. \u2014 Nick Kelly, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"According to Omega, this model can produce nut milks and butters, grind coffee beans, make frozen desserts and mince herbs and garlic. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"Cut 8 thin slices from cut sides of fresh lemon halves, then mince lemon slices. \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"Rahna Epting, the executive director of MoveOn, which organizes progressive activists, didn\u2019t mince words in an interview with NBC News' Benjy Sarlin. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Kirill Petrenko, conductor, The Berliner Philharmonic\u2019s Russian-Austrian maestro didn\u2019t mince words in his criticism of the Russian attack. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 2 Mar. 2022",
"And in the opinion published 50 years ago Friday, Wright didn\u2019t mince words. \u2014 John Myers, Los Angeles Times , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Mike Woodson didn\u2019t mince words Tuesday night in explaining his decision to suspend five players for the Hoosiers\u2019 loss at Northwestern. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Feb. 2022",
"On the eve of National Signing Day, Lane Kiffin didn\u2019t mince words when talking about the state of recruiting. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Dressing Instructions: In a food processor mince the garlic, anchovy, salt, and black pepper. \u2014 Benjamin Liong Setiawan, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French mincer , from Vulgar Latin *minutiare , from Latin minutia smallness \u2014 more at minutia":"Verb and Noun"
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"noun"
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": an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs":[
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],
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},
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"examples":[
"She believed that God had given her the power to work miracles .",
"It would take a miracle for this team to win.",
"the miracle of his recovery",
"These days, thanks to the miracle of television , we can watch events happening on the other side of the world.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s the challenge of this week\u2019s Window Shop episode on the minor miracle that is YouTube. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 30 June 2022",
"Gilliam built an international career from a home base in Washington, another small miracle of his extraordinary life. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"This cream cleanser surprisingly packed the power to remove an entire day of makeup off in one wash\u2014a miracle in my book. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 28 June 2022",
"Because to call this career somehow preordained\u2014a miracle \u2014would be to diminish Pratt\u2019s work ethic. \u2014 Mickey Rapkin, Men's Health , 28 June 2022",
"Today, instead of replicating the barefoot doctor miracle , these two factors can be made extremely affordable through recent technological innovations. \u2014 Shaoshan Liu, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Ole Miss baseball completed its miracle turnaround Sunday, beating Oklahoma 4-2 in the College World Series finals to secure the first national championship in program history. \u2014 Nick Suss, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
"The miracle ended with a loss to the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Championship Series, and La Russa was fired in 1986 \u2014 only to return 34 years later. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"The miracle was that Bob came back after five weeks. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022"
],
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"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Late Latin m\u012br\u0101culum, going back to Latin, \"something amazing, marvel,\" from m\u012br\u0101r\u012b \"to be surprised, look with wonder at\" + -culum, suffix of instrument (going back to Indo-European *-tlom ) \u2014 more at admire":""
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},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their chief product is Joy, a miracle drug that also contains the T-virus, which is what turns the infected into monsters. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 6 June 2022",
"However, this weight loss shot isn\u2019t meant as a miracle drug . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Coming off the days of miracle drug promotion and speculation on disinfectant injections or shining a bright light to fight Covid-19 from the Trump administration, Biden insisted that the doctors and scientists be out front on the pandemic. \u2014 Edward-isaac Dovere, CNN , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Still, says Seyfried, there\u2019s probably never going to be one miracle drug that cures every neurodegenerative disease in every patient. \u2014 Sara Harrison, Wired , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Testimonials like these make up the majority of posts in dozens of Facebook groups, set up and overseen by BOO sellers, with hundreds of thousands of collective members, where BOO is heralded as a miracle drug . \u2014 NBC News , 2 Dec. 2021",
"As the first successful chemical treatment of an infectious disease, quinine gained an understandable but inaccurate reputation as a miracle drug . \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Nov. 2021",
"Suppose a pharmaceutical company comes up with a new miracle drug that can cure some terrible ailment. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Thorazine, initially touted as a miracle drug , soon proved to have serious side effects. \u2014 Alisa Roth, The Atlantic , 25 May 2021"
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"Her clumsy attempt to cut the cake was the cause of much mirth .",
"as charming as your mutual mirth is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And that darker-than-dark capper doesn\u2019t do anything to erase the material along the way that does have some mirth to it. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022",
"But embedded in the mirth is a wholesale indictment of this toxic brew of unfettered capitalism and greed that frustrated the pandemic response at every turn. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Some of the entertainers who filled the McBride home with music and mirth included Cahal Dunne, Tony Kenny, Phil Coulter, Red Hurley, Finbar Furey, Andy Cooney and the Celtic Willoughby Brothers. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Smith\u2019s background includes The Thick of It and Veep, which may promise more mirth than Slow Horses delivers, but both shows are illustrative of the kind of workplace Slough House offers. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
"But such mirth and mayhem are not Mainstream Sellout\u2018s goal. \u2014 Charles Aaron, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
"This is the season of mirth and milestones, and one of Mobile\u2019s legacy krewes celebrated accordingly to mark its 40th anniversary. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Unlike the best breads that still go stale, every single day of Mardi Gras, through the pendulum\u2019s last swing on Fat Tuesday, is going to be as sweet as the first, as mirth and misrule replenish themselves with each new sunrise. \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022",
"The clash between prurient mirth and more socially empathetic discomfort is at the heart of Hulu\u2019s new limited series Pam & Tommy. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s a gleeful misanthropy that runs throughout your music. \u2014 Andy O'connor, SPIN , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Reading in a public place is not an act of misanthropy , an in-your-face screw you to the people around us. \u2014 John Warner, chicagotribune.com , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Perhaps the best, most unpleasant variant here is Jostein, whose misanthropy emerges on a bender that tallies, at a rough count, 10 beers, six J\u00e4germeisters, four glasses of wine, two vodka Red Bulls, two gin and tonics and a whiskey. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Sep. 2021",
"The autumnal melancholy one expects in a solitary rambler is instead a wintry misanthropy , leading not to observational insight but to sneers. \u2014 Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Her fiction, full of misanthropy , madness and murder, tends to be viewed through the lens of her personal torments and, more generally, of the misogyny of the age. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 9 July 2021",
"Perfect for budding ornithologists or the misanthropy -curious, this midsize guano-and-stone property boasts the wildlife of a birdhouse and the night life of a lighthouse. \u2014 Simon Webster, The New Yorker , 14 May 2021",
"Under conditions like these, Highsmith could protect her misanthropy , indulge her alcoholism and homosexuality; her creature, Ripley, can move into a new, better identity altogether. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2021",
"His manner was one of friendly imperiousness and skepticism, with a hint of misanthropy . \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 22 Feb. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Conversations held after mass shootings typically tend to focus on background checks, but, given that mass shooters almost always pass those checks, this represents a chronic misallocation of effort. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 27 May 2022",
"The improper figures resulted in a misallocation of $9.8 million in state and local funding throughout 2016 to 2021. \u2014 Lillian Reed, Baltimore Sun , 21 Apr. 2022",
"But forcing insurance companies to pay up to 20 times the retail rate for tests creates a sizable moral hazard problem and misallocation of resources that should not be ignored. \u2014 Cameron Kaplan, WSJ , 3 Feb. 2022",
"In the meantime, reorganizing energy supplies around technologies that are not yet ready for primetime continues to be a massive misallocation of capital, with consequences that are bad for consumers, business, and our geopolitical interests. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022",
"With the passage of Obamacare, the misallocation got even worse. \u2014 John C. Goodman, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"More important, though, this misallocation of resources will hurt everyday Americans who buy stocks such as Nikola. \u2014 Sean-michael Pigeon, National Review , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Thirteen percent of recall proponents cited business closures as their motivation; 12 percent cited the misallocation of state unemployment payments; and 10 percent said Newsom\u2019s attendance at a party during the lockdown cinched their recall vote. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Aug. 2021",
"So there is naturally going to be a misallocation of capital away from companies that may need financing. \u2014 Sean-michael Pigeon, National Review , 2 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rice, who normally sends weekly memos to staff celebrating all things Disney, sent his final missive to the company Thursday. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"His latest hip-hop missive leaned on vulnerability, real-life issues, and more. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 24 May 2022",
"His missive afforded her a window into the horrors faced by African refugees seeking a Mediterranean route to Europe. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"So there is usefulness in a recent White House missive to Congress\u2014which in a few short pages neatly sums up the dishonesty and malpractice of today\u2019s Beltway. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The missive , which has not been made public, purportedly relays a State Department assessment that Pakistan-U.S. relations have deteriorated under Khan and that a restoration of cordial ties would depend on his removal. \u2014 Hasan Ali / Islamabad, Time , 1 Apr. 2022",
"In a new missive from his personal site, Young lambastes the Swedish tech executive for Spotify\u2019s alleged practices of underpaying artists and allowing top podcaster Joe Rogan to promote vaccine misinformation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Feb. 2022",
"This insidious cycle will carry on and I will be forced to cut and paste this entire missive all over again. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"The missive to McMullen expands Icahn's bid to end the use of gestation stalls that prevent breeding pigs from turning around, with Icahn last month also launching a potential fight with McDonald's over the issue. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"In my mind's eye , and in my father's absence, Sidney epitomized what a man should be: unflappable and courageous, eloquent and proud, charming and handsome. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Picture a calm and peaceful spot in your mind's eye and fill it with specific objects, colors and sounds. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 13 Mar. 2022",
"In my mind's eye , and in my father's absence, Sidney epitomized what a man should be: unflappable and courageous, eloquent and proud, charming and handsome. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Jan. 2022",
"In my mind's eye , and in my father's absence, Sidney epitomized what a man should be: unflappable and courageous, eloquent and proud, charming and handsome. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Jan. 2022",
"In my mind's eye , and in my father's absence, Sidney epitomized what a man should be: unflappable and courageous, eloquent and proud, charming and handsome. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Jan. 2022",
"In my mind's eye , and in my father's absence, Sidney epitomized what a man should be: unflappable and courageous, eloquent and proud, charming and handsome. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Jan. 2022",
"In my mind's eye , and in my father's absence, Sidney epitomized what a man should be: unflappable and courageous, eloquent and proud, charming and handsome. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Jan. 2022",
"In my mind's eye , and in my father's absence, Sidney epitomized what a man should be: unflappable and courageous, eloquent and proud, charming and handsome. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Jan. 2022"
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"I seem to have misplaced my keys.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tuesday\u2019s arctic air will leave Connecticut Wednesday morning, but don\u2019t misplace the jackets, hats, gloves, and scarves as more arctic air will be arriving for the start of the weekend. \u2014 courant.com , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Russo recused herself from the case and appointed a private investigator, who found that Tiedjen and his attorneys did not misplace them but could not locate the photographs or determine who had lost them. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 23 June 2021",
"It\u2019s not unusual to misplace your car keys or reading glasses (which are on your head). \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 8 May 2021",
"Does your dad always misplace his phone, wallet, keys, AirPods, wedding band, and other super important items? \u2014 Rebecca Norris, USA TODAY , 12 May 2021",
"There are many other episodes in which bitcoin accounts have been hacked by cyberthieves or lost when their owners misplace their access codes, which can\u2019t be replicated. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Each dumbbell has a base that holds any unused weight, so there are no plates to trip over and no clamps to misplace . \u2014 Claire Zillman, Fortune , 18 Apr. 2021",
"The honor is so fresh that Monk hasn\u2019t had a chance to misplace it yet. \u2014 al , 22 Feb. 2021",
"These little Bluetooth trackers are a huge boon for any giftee who tends to misplace their keys, bags, or smartphone, and the Tile Mate can be had for a very giftable price. \u2014 Lee Neikirk, USA TODAY , 25 Sep. 2020"
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"\u2014 Robert A. Harris"
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"I'm always mislaying my bus pass.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to a survey of workers in America and the U.K., the loss in productivity from forgetting or mislaying passwords comes to at least U.S. $420 per employee annually. \u2014 Marie Kondo, Marie Claire , 6 Apr. 2020",
"What counts is the manner of slaughter, and\u2014this being the most courteous of films\u2014the vital importance of never mislaying one\u2019s cool. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2019",
"It\u2019s not mislaid soup spoons or white shoes after Labor Day unsettling me. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2019",
"But this wasn\u2019t abandoned property; it was mislaid property. \u2014 New York Times , 16 July 2019",
"In the same incident, Riplinger was charged with theft of mislaid property in the 300 block of South Rand Road. \u2014 Phil Rockrohr, chicagotribune.com , 12 July 2019",
"For those who picked up cash and kept it for themselves, charges could include theft of lost or mislaid property and could be a felony or misdemeanor, depending on the amount. \u2014 Amanda Watts, CNN , 10 July 2019",
"Muhammad Faraz, 36, of the 3700 block of Salem Walk, Northbrook, was charged on May 30 with theft of lost or mislaid property after an investigation in the 1700 block of Milwaukee Avenue. \u2014 Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com , 5 June 2018",
"In a related action, Donnailla Dismukes, 32, and James Gaston, 29, both of Sauk Village, were charged with stealing lost or mislaid property after each drove the vehicle upon which Jimerson had loaded the generators, police said. \u2014 Staff Report, Daily Southtown , 3 July 2018"
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"1614, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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"\u2014 Helen Eustis",
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"\u2014 Dixon Wecter"
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"I seem to have misplaced my keys.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tuesday\u2019s arctic air will leave Connecticut Wednesday morning, but don\u2019t misplace the jackets, hats, gloves, and scarves as more arctic air will be arriving for the start of the weekend. \u2014 courant.com , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Russo recused herself from the case and appointed a private investigator, who found that Tiedjen and his attorneys did not misplace them but could not locate the photographs or determine who had lost them. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 23 June 2021",
"It\u2019s not unusual to misplace your car keys or reading glasses (which are on your head). \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 8 May 2021",
"Does your dad always misplace his phone, wallet, keys, AirPods, wedding band, and other super important items? \u2014 Rebecca Norris, USA TODAY , 12 May 2021",
"There are many other episodes in which bitcoin accounts have been hacked by cyberthieves or lost when their owners misplace their access codes, which can\u2019t be replicated. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Each dumbbell has a base that holds any unused weight, so there are no plates to trip over and no clamps to misplace . \u2014 Claire Zillman, Fortune , 18 Apr. 2021",
"The honor is so fresh that Monk hasn\u2019t had a chance to misplace it yet. \u2014 al , 22 Feb. 2021",
"These little Bluetooth trackers are a huge boon for any giftee who tends to misplace their keys, bags, or smartphone, and the Tile Mate can be had for a very giftable price. \u2014 Lee Neikirk, USA TODAY , 25 Sep. 2020"
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"Noun",
"cheese made from sheep's milk",
"a glass of low-fat milk",
"Verb",
"greedy landlords milking their tenants of all their money",
"unscrupulous people trying to milk the welfare system for all it's worth",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"First held in 1970 \u2013 when 1,500 hippies got free milk in exchange for their \u00a31 entrance fee \u2013 the festival has developed into a national and international institution, as much a part of the traditional British summer as Wimbledon. \u2014 Mark Sutherland, Variety , 24 June 2022",
"But a few days before the shoot, someone dropped out and Diaz suddenly found himself with a bigger role, driving around with Spears and pouring milk on himself. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 20 June 2022",
"Savannah, who just finished first grade, and Avery, who completed kindergarten, can now help out with the quintuplets by bringing someone to the bathroom, setting the table or grabbing milk for a younger sibling. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Stroller-friendly transportation, a space at work to pump milk , and available, high-quality child care all enable families to be more independent, not less. \u2014 Kendra Hurley, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"Australia offers oat milk , and salads are still on the menu in countries such as Italy and the Netherlands. \u2014 Leslie Patton And Bloomberg, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"According to the lawsuit and a police report that became part of the case record, the girl had been running after her sister because the sister, also a student, spilled milk on her. \u2014 Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica , 26 May 2022",
"Milk banks can often provide additional milk for families. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 25 May 2022",
"Along with creative scoops like cereal milk Oreo, raspberry tres leches and pistachio baklava, guests can customize their orders with colorful cones in flavors like red velvet and matcha. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The kids would wake up in the morning, milk the cows, go to school, come back to help on their farm, and sometimes the neighboring ones. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"The sequel joins a bevy of live-action attempts by HBO to milk the Game of Thrones cash cow for years to come. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
"Both Freedomworks and Musk now appear to have joined a growing segment of the American right looking to ESG as another convenient three-letter acronym to milk for political gain. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 23 May 2022",
"Pap and panada were common supplements or substitutes to milk in early modern Europe. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"Prices for food purchased to eat at home rose 11.9%, the largest 12-month increase since 1979, with eggs up 32.2%, milk up 15.9% and poultry up 16.6%. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"Bennett\u2019s success through the air opened things up for Georgia\u2019s run game in the second half, as the Bulldogs were able to largely milk the clock down the stretch. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Belichick\u2019s position maintained that when the game clock is in play, strategy on offense, defense and special teams reflect such \u2013 including, perhaps, a team\u2019s attempt to milk the clock. \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Kwan and Scheinert aren\u2019t afraid to milk her for screwball laughs, poking fun at her anxiety, her grumpiness and her creative bungling of the English language. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The beer was cold and good, the local sheep\u2019s milk cheese pungent and delicious. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Nov. 2019",
"The protein Perfect Day uses may not come from cow milk, but it\u2019s still technically milk protein\u2014and that\u2019s what\u2019s printed on the ingredients list, because that\u2019s how the US Food and Drug Administration regulates product labeling. \u2014 Chase Purdy, Quartz , 11 July 2019",
"Some of the farm groups cite Canada\u2019s dairy system as an example of how milk supply management, coupled with price controls, has kept small farms in business. \u2014 Rick Barrett, USA TODAY , 1 May 2018",
"Some of the farm groups cite Canada\u2019s dairy system as an example of how milk supply management, coupled with price controls, has kept small farms in business. \u2014 Rick Barrett, USA TODAY , 1 May 2018",
"Some of the farm groups cite Canada\u2019s dairy system as an example of how milk supply management, coupled with price controls, has kept small farms in business. \u2014 Rick Barrett, USA TODAY , 1 May 2018",
"Some of the farm groups cite Canada\u2019s dairy system as an example of how milk supply management, coupled with price controls, has kept small farms in business. \u2014 Rick Barrett, USA TODAY , 1 May 2018",
"Some of the farm groups cite Canada\u2019s dairy system as an example of how milk supply management, coupled with price controls, has kept small farms in business. \u2014 Rick Barrett, USA TODAY , 1 May 2018",
"Some of the farm groups cite Canada\u2019s dairy system as an example of how milk supply management, coupled with price controls, has kept small farms in business. \u2014 Rick Barrett, USA TODAY , 1 May 2018"
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"Farber set the tragedy in a bleak Scottish no man\u2019s land, where a mournful cello underscores a doleful marital misalliance . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Ultimately, Malinowski concludes, the relationship between nobles and Nazis was a misalliance in which attraction prevailed over repulsion. \u2014 Christopher R. Browning, The New York Review of Books , 15 June 2021",
"Clare was the unfortunate evidence of that misalliance . \u2014 Hilton Als, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2021"
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"He has the mien of an ancient warrior.",
"the stern mien of the librarian suggested that she was not one to put up with any nonsense",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Every funnyman has his calling card, and Sam Richardson\u2019s is a mien of indefatigable bafflement. \u2014 The New Yorker , 29 May 2022",
"His Mickey is pleasantly mumbly, with a hangdog mien that\u2019s often crosscut with a don\u2019t-underestimate-me swagger. \u2014 Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Their rabbi, Samuel Rosenblatt, had a scholarly mien and a formal manner. \u2014 Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The worst-case scenario, according to a SAGA official named Berit (Ane Skumsvoll), who has the mien of a concerned high-school principal, is that Norway\u2019s entire Western coast will be devastated. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 22 Feb. 2022",
"With his deadpan mien and dark eyes that shift fluidly between blank and befuddled, Scott is a superb fit for Severance's central everyman. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
"The Forester's unhurried mien recalls an old Land Rover Discovery or an FJ80 Land Cruiser in a lot of ways\u2014tall and upright, great outward visibility, nicely appointed cabin, deliberate in its responses. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 16 Dec. 2021",
"With its slate-and-zinc exterior and no-nonsense mien , the building was designed to be durable, functional, accessible to everyone \u2014 and sternly beautiful, too. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 11 Dec. 2021",
"None comes in for more continual critique than brother Carlton, whom Wesley Snipes very effectively imbues with a long-suffering mien and a sense of perpetual calculation. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 24 Nov. 2021"
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"\u2014 The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle"
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"\u2014 Nico Lang",
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"\u2014 Washington Square News: New York University"
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"According to a survey of workers in America and the U.K., the loss in productivity from forgetting or mislaying passwords comes to at least U.S. $420 per employee annually. \u2014 Marie Kondo, Marie Claire , 6 Apr. 2020",
"What counts is the manner of slaughter, and\u2014this being the most courteous of films\u2014the vital importance of never mislaying one\u2019s cool. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2019",
"It\u2019s not mislaid soup spoons or white shoes after Labor Day unsettling me. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2019",
"But this wasn\u2019t abandoned property; it was mislaid property. \u2014 New York Times , 16 July 2019",
"In the same incident, Riplinger was charged with theft of mislaid property in the 300 block of South Rand Road. \u2014 Phil Rockrohr, chicagotribune.com , 12 July 2019",
"For those who picked up cash and kept it for themselves, charges could include theft of lost or mislaid property and could be a felony or misdemeanor, depending on the amount. \u2014 Amanda Watts, CNN , 10 July 2019",
"Muhammad Faraz, 36, of the 3700 block of Salem Walk, Northbrook, was charged on May 30 with theft of lost or mislaid property after an investigation in the 1700 block of Milwaukee Avenue. \u2014 Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com , 5 June 2018",
"In a related action, Donnailla Dismukes, 32, and James Gaston, 29, both of Sauk Village, were charged with stealing lost or mislaid property after each drove the vehicle upon which Jimerson had loaded the generators, police said. \u2014 Staff Report, Daily Southtown , 3 July 2018"
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"The very pious Francis Scott Key \u2026 felt that the nation was weak militarily , politically divided, and moving toward a dangerous secularism. \u2014 Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 July 2022",
"Also participating will be Sweden and Finland, close NATO partners who remained officially militarily nonaligned until Russia\u2019s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine pushed them ever-closer to the alliance. \u2014 Loveday Morris, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"Today, Russian hegemony over its old empire is being challenged not just militarily in places such as Ukraine, but everywhere, and across politics, religion, and technology. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 18 June 2022",
"Thursday morning speech came during a week in which relations between the two countries were roiled by President Biden\u2019s comment about defending Taiwan militarily , made during his first trip to Asia since becoming president. \u2014 Courtney Mcbride, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"President Biden said Monday that the U.S. would defend Taiwan if China attacked militarily . \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 25 May 2022",
"China is different now\u2014more self-confident, more intransigent, and probably more militarily competent as well. \u2014 David Rieff, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Any invasion across the Taiwan Strait would be militarily complex. \u2014 Meredith Oyen, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
"Russia, said Mikk Marran, director general of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, is losing in Ukraine militarily , politically and morally. \u2014 Dan Lamothe, Ellen Nakashima And Alex Horton, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022"
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"Their decision to relocate the company was a major misstep .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The show\u2019s biggest misstep might have been relegating the best traditional pop album category to the pre-telecast, robbing Lady Gaga of the chance to give a galvanizing speech in honor of the absent Bennett in prime time. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Give another chance if there\u2019s a misstep or problem. \u2014 Shep Hyken, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Each misstep , each momentary lapse in focus, earned a fresh reproach from the sous chef or, before long, a fellow intern. \u2014 Caitlin Raux Gunther, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Greene\u2019s misstep sparked delight among her critics and thousands of jokes on social media. \u2014 Rick Rouan, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
"As if to drive home Hanyu\u2019s extraordinary misstep , though, Uno was next on the ice and performed flawlessly. \u2014 Bernie Wilson, courant.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
"As if to drive home Mr. Hanyu\u2019s extraordinary misstep , though, Mr. Uno was next on the ice and performed flawlessly. \u2014 Dave Skretta, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The lack of cruise control is also a misstep by Suzuki. \u2014 Peter Jackson, Robb Report , 5 Apr. 2022",
"While everyone longs for a restoration of pre-Covid life, a return to business as usual would be a misstep for nursing and for U.S. health care. \u2014 Lynda Benton, STAT , 22 Aug. 2021"
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"I can see that I've completely misjudged you. I apologize.",
"The outfielder misjudged the fly ball and it went over his head.",
"The pilot misjudged the landing.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One side can misjudge its (or its opponent\u2019s) strength, the potential response of the international community, the courage of an enemy\u2019s leaders, or the willingness of one\u2019s own people to sacrifice for victory. \u2014 Michael S. Neiberg, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Those with good intentions may misjudge or not know the recipient well enough. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"When doctors overvalue intuition Doctors routinely misjudge the accuracy of their instincts and the relevance of past experiences with patients. \u2014 Robert Pearl, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"As a result, the radio altimeters and automated landing controls can misjudge distances when operating under 2,500 feet and cause a plane crash. \u2014 Geoff Whitmore, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Wentz lost two yards in the air on the Colts next possession, and Nyheim Hines had a bad third-down drop on the following possession, appearing to misjudge the ball in the rain, forcing a three-and-out. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 25 Oct. 2021",
"People often misjudge life expectancies, which over time have lengthened considerably. \u2014 Liz Weston, oregonlive , 4 Sep. 2021",
"The move has left most people in Washington scratching their heads: How did an Administration led by a president with deep foreign-policy experience misjudge the situation so badly? \u2014 Time , 17 Aug. 2021",
"But even experienced swimmers can misjudge water conditions and their own abilities, with harrowing consequences. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 July 2021"
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"\u2014 Shelby L. Stanton",
"\u2014 often used figuratively for someone or something notably or unexpectedly missing, absent, or inactive Most readers expect an encyclopedia to give the judgment of scholars\u2014a group largely missing in action here. \u2014 Julia Vitullo-Martin The movie itself has just resurfaced after having been missing in action for some time. \u2014 Video Review But lots of hair had turned gray (my own included); lots more was missing in action . \u2014 Joseph Epstein"
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"The administration has been criticized for the militarism of its foreign policy.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Against them stand the restrainers, who urge a fundamental rethinking of the U.S. approach to foreign policy, away from militarism and toward peaceful forms of international engagement. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"What makes The Twilight World unique is Onoda himself, since his mad exertions arose from the very specific historical context of Japanese militarism . \u2014 Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"Or because militarism , like capitalism, has become a permanent part of our culture. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Some fighters who train at Akhmat MMA also moonlight as soldiers, blurring lines between athleticism and militarism . \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"But those numbers suggest there's a not-insignificant constituency for old-fashioned militarism in the United States, that could lead to electoral gold. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 16 Mar. 2022",
"But perhaps there is simply a need for greater coordination between the French way of diplomacy and the heavy tread of American militarism . \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
"The intended impact of some of those ideas \u2014 involving militarism , class, profiteering and Big Pharma \u2014 grows muddled, though, as the film shifts into a second half driven by action set pieces. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Music scenes are not often incubators for open patriotism and militarism , but these dire circumstances changed that. \u2014 Franz Nicolay, SPIN , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"The company said more than 40% of its workforce will see a pay increase midyear , Sean McDonnell reports. \u2014 cleveland , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Yet, this robust and flexible financial instrument may just be the missing link to your financial portfolio. \u2014 Carson Porter, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"Improving strength with multi-joint strength movements is a missing link in training for runners. \u2014 Eric Bach, Outside Online , 19 Mar. 2014",
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"The Masters remains the only missing link on his majors resume. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"Even so, Thompson passed a milepost of sorts in Thursday night\u2019s loss in Milwaukee. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Jan. 2022"
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"Men is indeed an anxious, even misanthropic film, rapturous in its vision of solitude and quick to remind the viewer of how fragile and fleeting that solitude can be. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"Nicholson would win his third Oscar for playing a misanthropic , misogynistic author who forges an unlikely friendship with a waitress and an artist. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 22 Apr. 2022",
"But that is misanthropic \u2014maybe, at its core, inhumane. \u2014 Latria Graham, Outside Online , 21 Sep. 2020",
"Helen Mirren plays a single mother who develops a relationship with a misanthropic author (Jack Nicholson) in James L. Brook\u2019s winning dramedy. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"The scrutiny wreaks havoc on the misanthropic Jones, who would rather hide out at her local bar, drinking away past traumas. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Is there anything more misanthropic and sociopathic in our national politics? \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 12 Oct. 2021"
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"Many members of the contemporary movie audience, only marginally socialized, would have made a misanthrope of Gandhi; they undermine every argument for intelligent design in the universe. \u2014 James Morris , Wilson Quarterly , Autumn 2005",
"It is perhaps not the healthiest tendency for a man who is already if not a hermit at least a part-time misanthrope . \u2014 Edmund White , Vanity Fair , September 1996",
"Rather she is the genuine article, a misanthrope so pure she can't understand \"why solitary confinement is considered punishment.\" \u2014 Lewis Burke Frumkes , New York Times Book Review , 10 May 1992",
"The young people thought him a gloomy misanthrope , because he never joined in their sports\u2014the old men thought still more hardly of him, because he followed no trade, \u2026 \u2014 Washington Irving , Salmagundi , November 24, 1807 , in History, Tales, and Sketches , 1977",
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"For all its rage and grotesquerie, that book was ultimately a conversion story about a depressive misanthrope who learns to live again, aided by psychopharmaceuticals and a brush with mass tragedy. \u2014 Jess Bergman, The New Republic , 22 June 2022",
"From the far side of the door, Frank seemed like a misanthrope who maybe didn\u2019t like his brother very much. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 30 Dec. 2021",
"My favorite early-20th-century humor writer was Stephen Leacock, a joyful misanthrope who found much to lampoon in human behavior, particularly the overheated prose in Victorian drama. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Anyway, Padgett's target is Cameron Kweller (Cobra Kai's Tanner Buchanan), a moody misanthrope with a passion for photography. \u2014 Mary Sollosi, EW.com , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Tyler remains the lonely misanthrope that arguably changed the face of rap \u2014 just a lot wealthier and wiser. \u2014 Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone , 30 June 2021",
"In the book, Hazel\u2019s father, Herb, is a misanthrope covered in wispy white hair. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 4 May 2021",
"Van Name, who had grown up in a family of Yale scholars, was a lifelong bachelor and confirmed misanthrope , preferring the company of trees and birds to that of people. \u2014 Melissa Groo, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021",
"The author is a bit of a misanthrope , but his misanthropy is central to the text and explains some of its appeal. \u2014 Christian Alejandro Gonzalez, National Review , 21 Feb. 2021"
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"The midge issue is hardly unique to the waters surrounding the Back River plant, which is operated by the Baltimore City government and located in Baltimore County. \u2014 Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The virus that causes EHD is carried by a biting gnat known as a midge and is both contagious and fatal. \u2014 Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Calabrese noted that a day in the life of an adult midge can be very stressful. \u2014 Alexis Oatman, cleveland , 14 May 2021",
"Unfortunately, this midge is likely to continue to be a problem through the years. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 May 2021",
"The midge itself, however, lives as far away as the northern United States, where it and related insects are called no-see-ums, suggesting the virus could spread beyond South America. \u2014 Daniel Grossman, Science | AAAS , 29 Apr. 2021",
"In 2007, the bluetongue virus\u2014a disease spread by midge bites\u2014began to sweep through herds of sheep and cattle across Europe. \u2014 Popular Science , 20 May 2020",
"People can think that because of their small size, midges are baby mayflies. \u2014 Emily Bamforth, cleveland , 19 May 2020",
"The riverbottom is home to huge numbers of scuds and larvae from midges , caddis, stones, and mayflies. \u2014 John B. Snow, Outdoor Life , 28 Apr. 2020"
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"That\u2019s how many Ukrainian soldiers are likely to have surrendered at the Azovstal steel plant, the ministry said. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
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"It should be noted here that Liandrin brushes aside a lock of Moiraine\u2019s hair in a way that suggests her ostensible misandry may be twinned with an attraction to other women, or at least to Moiraine herself. \u2014 Sean T. Collins, Vulture , 3 Dec. 2021"
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"Every Gavin Lux misplay seems to lead to a bunch of unearned runs. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"While Nevin\u2019s misplay in the second helped the Royals get on the board, his RBI single in the fifth made up for it, plating Ur\u00edas and creating enough of a cushion for the bullpen to close out. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 9 May 2022",
"In the bottom half, Garcia made up for the misplay with a drive over the left-field fence to tie it. \u2014 Lary Bump, Chron , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In the second frame, Rodriguez worked around a fielding error by shortstop Willi Castro and a misplay in center by Greene, which allowed Justin Williams' hit to drop in for a single. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Kyle Schwarber had some fun with his misplay and subsequent recovery. \u2014 Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Staley called the misplay a learning opportunity for Kelley. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Not exactly a pretty play, Drew got to the front of the net, took advantage of a misplay by Reign defensemen Jacob Maverare and slipped the puck in for his third goal of the season. \u2014 Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Xander Bogaerts, on second after a one-out walk and single by Rafael Devers, immediately read the misplay and scored on Altuve\u2019s error. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Oct. 2021"
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"\u2014 Bruck Clarke",
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"\u2014 Hanoch Teller"
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"Jim Ryun, the first prep sub-four miler , set world records and earned an Olympic silver medal as a student-athlete in the late 1960s. \u2014 Johanna Gretschel, Outside Online , 3 July 2019",
"Until last month, Vaughn was known in running circles primarily as a miler and a 1,500-meter runner. \u2014 Molly Hanson, Outside Online , 28 Jan. 2022",
"But less than three seconds behind him was an American miler leaving his own mark on the record books\u2014Johnny Gregorek, who ran 3:49.98 to just narrowly miss Bernard Lagat\u2019s U.S. indoor record. \u2014 Johanna Gretschel, Outside Online , 22 Mar. 2019",
"Almost 20 years later, a former collegiate miler revisits that old feeling once again \u2014 and walks away with an appreciation for the most honest event. \u2014 Chris Foster, Outside Online , 8 July 2021",
"Bedard\u2019s goal is to become Butler\u2019s third sub-4-minute miler and represent France in the European Championships and Olympic Games. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Since 2012, Veatch is the fifth sub-4-minute miler coached by Helmer. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Coogan is an Olympic Marathoner with incredible range, from the first sub 4-minute miler in the State of Massachusetts to a 2:13 marathon PR. \u2014 Timothy J. Moore, Outside Online , 15 Mar. 2021",
"Nonetheless, Spence started as a miler , like so many others, and won the state of Pennsylvania high school 1600-meter title in 1980 with a 4:12. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 5 Feb. 2021"
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": the free-swimming ciliated first larva of a digenetic trematode that seeks out and penetrates a suitable snail intermediate host in which it develops into a sporocyst",
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"The administration has been criticized for the militarism of its foreign policy.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Against them stand the restrainers, who urge a fundamental rethinking of the U.S. approach to foreign policy, away from militarism and toward peaceful forms of international engagement. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"What makes The Twilight World unique is Onoda himself, since his mad exertions arose from the very specific historical context of Japanese militarism . \u2014 Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"Or because militarism , like capitalism, has become a permanent part of our culture. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Some fighters who train at Akhmat MMA also moonlight as soldiers, blurring lines between athleticism and militarism . \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"But those numbers suggest there's a not-insignificant constituency for old-fashioned militarism in the United States, that could lead to electoral gold. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 16 Mar. 2022",
"But perhaps there is simply a need for greater coordination between the French way of diplomacy and the heavy tread of American militarism . \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"The update marks a major milestone for the agency, which has been hampered by a massive backlog since the coronavirus pandemic began more than two years ago, leaving taxpayers waiting months to receive tax refunds from taxes filed last year. \u2014 Sarah Ewall-wice, CBS News , 21 June 2022",
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"She was hospitalized on Day 31, developed a lung infection and septic shock on Day 36 and had a ministroke on Day 40. \u2014 John Fauber And Coulter Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Aug. 2021",
"But strokes and ministrokes (also called transient ischemic attacks) can occur in people as young as 45 and are rising in people between the ages of 50 and 65, according to the Texas Medical Center. \u2014 Julie Garcia, Houston Chronicle , 22 July 2019",
"After suffering a ministroke , Siete decided to retire from his courthouse job in 2005, his wife said. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 17 May 2017"
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"The specimens were lost during World War II and relocated in 2011, when researchers returned to the midden and found another two graves. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 June 2021",
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"For a variety of reasons, rat middens make excellent stockpiles of ancient DNA. \u2014 Marion Renault, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2020",
"The site, known as Par-Tee, boasted a shell midden \u2014or sizable heap of shells, bones, utensils and other miscellaneous objects\u2014that contained some 7,000 tools dated to between 100 and 800 A.D. Few of these relics have ever been studied. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 21 Dec. 2019",
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"Along with a slew of other A-listers, the supermodel attended ELLE and Dolce & Gabbana's 2022 Women in Music event wearing a metallic minidress designed by Peter Dundas. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 June 2022",
"Seemingly taken during the reception, the sweet photo sees the two women leaning in, with Spears in a short red minidress and Madonna, 63, rocking a rainbow frock. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"Between house-hunting with fianc\u00e9 Ben Affleck and eating green lollipops on camera for the fans, Lopez made time for both her girlies and the Saint Laurent minidress of our dreams. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 25 Apr. 2022",
"For a night out in Lisbon, Lipa wore a warm-toned minidress , patterned with palm trees and sandy beaches, layering a black lace thong under the sheer piece. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 June 2022",
"The Poosh founder wore a minidress , stiletto heels, and a veil whereas the Blink 182 drummer was in all black. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 16 May 2022",
"This week, Kelly wore a flattering minidress by Balmain. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 10 May 2022",
"On Monday, the Marry Me actress again wore another brightly patterned outfit, this time a red, white, and blue minidress from Valentino. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 May 2022",
"Kourtney Kardashian's 'epic' Vegas wedding ceremony with Travis Barker For that ceremony, Kardashian chose a white strappy minidress with a red heart adorning the bodice and a traditional veil. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Terry Pindell",
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"\u2014 Rishabh Jain"
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"Mexican immigration authorities on Saturday successfully disbanded a migrant caravan traveling from southern Mexico toward the U.S. border. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 12 June 2022",
"The meeting of regional leaders comes as several thousand migrants on Tuesday walked through southern Mexico \u2014 the largest migrant caravan of the year \u2014 with local authorities showing no signs yet of trying to stop them. \u2014 Elliot Spagat, ajc , 8 June 2022",
"The perpetrator blamed Jews for a migrant caravan that was then moving through Mexico. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 15 May 2022",
"The day after the 2018 midterms, as darkness fell over Washington\u2019s leafy Kent neighborhood, members of a local antifa group appeared outside Mr. Carlson\u2019s home to protest his coverage of the migrant caravan. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Authorities transport the body of Rosario Yanira Giron de Orellana, a 41-year-old migrant from El Salvador who died before she could be reunited with her 15-year-old daughter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 July 2021",
"Eduardo Colmenares P\u00e9rez, a Venezuelan migrant who crossed the gap with his son and pregnant wife, said bandits had stolen all their belongings. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"The border also includes the Bug River, and at least one migrant has already drowned trying to cross it. \u2014 Vanessa Gera, ajc , 9 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each session was part ministration , part duel, part dance. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 21 May 2021",
"But are Neva\u2019s affectionate murmurings, fleshly ministrations and feats of surrender sincere? \u2014 Jen Mcdonald, New York Times , 18 Feb. 2020",
"The prized seats are the 12 spaces at the graphite-and-walnut sushi bar, with their up-close views of Park\u2019s ministrations , and five two-seat tables a few feet away. \u2014 Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Gin\u2019ral Government and the ministration are going in cahoot to undermine and overrule the undertakings of the free People of Georgia. \u2014 Ben Zimmer, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2020",
"While Louis\u2019 piety and ministrations to the poor and lepers earned him sainthood, his reputation as a military leader is decidedly mixed. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 26 June 2019",
"Here goes: Paradoxically, Italy has benefited the most and the least from Mr. Draghi\u2019s ministrations , which include ultralow interest rates and direct lending subsidies alongside QE\u2019s asset purchases. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 3 Jan. 2019",
"This is especially true in the current monetary cycle because of the Fed\u2019s post-2008 ministrations . \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 18 Oct. 2018",
"Evelyn Hockstein/the Washington Post via Getty Images Despite the ministrations of on-site medics, Heydari was blinded for an hour. \u2014 Zack Beauchamp, Vox , 10 Aug. 2018"
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"To be clear, milia aren't dangerous or harmful, but some people might choose to get rid of them. \u2014 Amanda Chan, Teen Vogue , 8 Oct. 2017",
"The good doctor uses a needle or small scalpel to create an opening in each milium , followed by tweezers to squeeze each one out \u2014 but that's not always enough. \u2014 Marci Robin, Good Housekeeping , 19 Oct. 2017",
"While milia do indeed look like whiteheads, that's where most of the comparisons come to a halt. \u2014 Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure , 19 Oct. 2017",
"Those are caused by cell overgrowth from the sweat glands \u2014 and not milia , like originally expected. \u2014 Amanda Chan, Teen Vogue , 8 Oct. 2017",
"In older children and adults, milia can clear within a few months. \u2014 Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com , 4 May 2017",
"In older children and adults, milia are typically associated with skin damage, including blistering, burns, skin resurfacing procedures, long-term use of steroidal creams/ointments and long-term sun damage. \u2014 Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com , 4 May 2017"
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"definitions":{
": a small decorative case for carrying small articles (such as cosmetics or jewelry)":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Karl Lagerfeld + ModelCo is available at nordstrom.com, karl.com and modelco.com and ranges in price from $10 for collectible puffer stickers to $195 for a minaudiere with mini lip kit. \u2014 Meg Hemphill, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 May 2018",
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"The United States on Friday complied with a federal court order and released a former Afghan militiaman from detention in Guant\u00e1namo Bay, in a case that reflects the changing political realities of Afghanistan. \u2014 Carol Rosenberg, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"Fan-favorite militiaman ghost Captain Isaac Higgintoot (Brandon Scott Jones) finally expressed his feelings for his one-time Revolutionary War rival Lt. Col. Nigel Chessum (John Hartman). \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Two couples hoping to escape to Canada, a stranger who inadvertently complicates matters, and an Afghan war vet turned right-wing militiaman kept prisoner in a nearby barn. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Photographs from a bridge across the Tigris River in Baghdad show the militiaman \u2019s supporters hugging and kissing him after his release. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 June 2021",
"That attack killed one militiaman , and the fighting is raising fears about a possible retaliatory back-and-forth similar to the one that resulted in the drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. \u2014 Mike Brest, Washington Examiner , 3 Mar. 2021",
"The dusty construction guy made common cause with the lawyer licking his paws and the bearded militiaman with a maggot in his brainstem. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 20 Jan. 2021",
"Ammon Bundy, the cowboy hat-wearing militiaman who was arrested Tuesday at the Idaho State Capitol for trespassing, has been released on bail. \u2014 Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News , 26 Aug. 2020"
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"The inaugural three-day mixer takes place Friday-Sunday at Le M\u00e9ridien Dania Beach hotel, featuring rare mezcal brands, workshops, food pairings, dinners, entertainment and a cigar lounge. \u2014 Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
"According to Karol Urban, a rerecording mixer and president of the Cinema Audio Society, some of this year\u2019s winners may hold their trophies upside-down onstage as a form of silent protest. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The La Mesa Chamber of Commerce hosts an open house/ mixer for Plates, Tags & More, a business that provides DMV services, vehicle tags, mobile notary service and more. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Cutting one further in half would mean there is so little dough that your stand mixer would have almost nothing to grab onto. \u2014 Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon App\u00e9tit , 6 May 2022",
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"While some of the 26 inland lakes at Sleeping Bear Dunes now host invasive species such as zebra mussels and Eurasian milfoil , surprisingly, many lakes do not. \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 28 May 2022",
"Hug said there was milfoil , an invasive type of aquatic plant, that was about four feet long growing in the back seat of the Dodge. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
"The first was a vast milfoil field in about 6 feet of water just outside the tourney's take-off site. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 May 2021",
"The first was a vast milfoil field just outside the take-off site at Goose Pond. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 26 May 2021",
"Look for areas of thick, healthy milfoil on contour changes. \u2014 Hal Schramm, Field & Stream , 26 Feb. 2020",
"That group focuses on all invasives, including animals like the Asian carp and zebra mussel, and aquatic plants such as milfoil . \u2014 Bob Shaw, Twin Cities , 2 Dec. 2019",
"The diverse habitat, filled with brush piles, chunk rock points, milfoil and shallow coves offers a variety of presentation opportunities for anglers. \u2014 Tyler Mahoney, kansascity , 16 Mar. 2018",
"Davis said most of his fish came from one 20-yard near-shore stretch of milfoil surrounded by hydrilla. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, AL.com , 15 Oct. 2017"
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"Eventually, the movie descends into the thorny question of what really happened to Maxim's first missus , her relationship to the oily Jack Favell (Sam Riley), and the new bride's determination to stand by her man, no matter the consequences. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 21 Oct. 2020",
"Much of the story is set in a Tuscan convent, where a manservant (Dave Franco) is on the run from a vengeful lord (Nick Offerman) and the lord's bored wife (Lauren Weedman) after the servant's dalliances with the missus come to light. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 12 July 2017",
"For one, the miss is now a missus after the BYU student married Nick Austin; former Miss Fountain Valley Aimee Le is now in medical school; and the organization that presents the pageant finally has its nonprofit status. \u2014 Greg Mellen, Orange County Register , 23 Feb. 2017"
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"Once reduced to a misdemeanor , Robinson could then apply for a visa. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 20 June 2022",
"In one case, prosecutors sought a month in prison for California bartender Kevin Cordon, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor . \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, in August 2021, a man from the Wilkes-Barre area pleaded guilty to a third-degree misdemeanor \u2014 not for voting fraudulently but for filing an absentee ballot application in the name of his late mother. \u2014 Lou Jacobson And Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
"Two days after the operation, Cleveland City Council voted to increase the offense to a first-degree misdemeanor and stiffened the fines to $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"But under a plea deal Burts struck with a Superior Court judge, the charge would be reduced to a misdemeanor if Burts completed a 52-week program for batterers. \u2014 Christopher Goffardstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"The Idaho Department of Fish and Game said in a press release that Rex Baum, 79, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in connection with the female grizzly's death last year. \u2014 CBS News , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The Idaho Department of Fish and Game said in a press release that Rex Baum, 79, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in connection with the female grizzly\u2019s death last year. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Currently, Ponsetto faces up to four years in prison but can plead down to a misdemeanor after abiding by the terms of her probation in a separate case in California for the next two years. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The new passengers: Sian Proctor, a community college educator in Tempe, Arizona, and Chris Sembroski, a former Air Force missileman from Everett, Washington. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, orlandosentinel.com , 30 Mar. 2021"
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},
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"\u02c8mi-n\u0113-\u02cck\u022frs"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140801"
},
"Mississippian":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to Mississippi , its people, or the Mississippi River":[],
": of, relating to, or being the period of the Paleozoic era in North America following the Devonian and preceding the Pennsylvanian or the corresponding system of rocks \u2014 see Geologic Time Table":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmi-s\u0259-\u02c8si-p\u0113-\u0259n",
"(\u02cc)mis-\u02c8si-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Mississippi River":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140908"
},
"mispraise":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": dispraise":[],
": to praise wrongly":[],
": to give expression to improper or unwise praise":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English mispraisen , from mis- entry 1 + praisen to praise":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141357"
},
"misact":{
"type":[
"noun,",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to act or behave in an improper or incorrect manner":[
"In football, you get a 15-yard penalty if you do something like gouge an unsuspecting running back in the eyes. \u2026 In soccer, if you misact , they hand out little cards, which I think say, \"Don't do that again or we'll give you another little card.\"",
"\u2014 Jim Brewer"
],
": to perform a part or role in a poor or unsuitable manner":[
"Actors and managers have not always penetration enough to dive into the truth of character and are therefore content to receive it from tradition and misact it \u2026",
"\u2014 William Popple"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccmis-\u02c8akt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161920"
}
}
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