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72 lines
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{
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"eke":{
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": also":[],
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": increase , lengthen":[],
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": to get with great difficulty":[
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"\u2014 usually used with out eke out a living"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0113k"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"scrape (up ",
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"scrounge",
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"squeeze",
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"wrest",
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"wring"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Woe to the fools sent to eke a victory out of this. \u2014 Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
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"Those early pioneers figured out how to harness water to eke a living out of the inhospitable, arid West. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"Restaurants operate with razor-thin profit margins in normal times, so they\u2019re built to eke their way into the black, not reinvent themselves wholesale. \u2014 Saahil Desai, The Atlantic , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"And yet amid the obvious standstill, a coterie of lawmakers including Greene continues to eke political mileage out of seeming perpetually on the verge of making Silicon Valley pay. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
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"Just as optimism began to eke its way into the minds of corporate leaders, a wave of uncertainty reared its ugly head. \u2014 Brian Peccarelli, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
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"So Gilmer looks for ways to eke more power out of the lines where congestion is a big problem. \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"To get to the Final Four in the first of back-to-back seasons, the Badgers had to eke past top-seeded Arizona in the Elite Eight, with a 64-63 thriller in overtime. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Nov. 2021",
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"And lots and lots of redwoods. Northern California is a treasure trove of memorable adventures for travelers hoping to eke every bit of enjoyment out of summer. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English \u0113ac ; akin to Old High German ouh also, Latin aut or, Greek au again":"Adverb",
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"Middle English, from Old English \u012becan, \u0113can ; akin to Old High German ouhh\u014dn to add, Latin aug\u0113re to increase, Greek auxein":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063858"
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},
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"eke out":{
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"type":[
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to make up for the deficiencies of : supplement":[
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"eked out his income by getting a second job"
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],
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": to make (a supply) last by economy":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0113k-\u02c8au\u0307t"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"eked out a living from the family's small farm"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223719"
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}
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} |