2549 lines
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2549 lines
104 KiB
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{
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"Macei\u00f3":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city and seaport on the Atlantic in northeastern Brazil population 932,748":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccma-s\u0101-\u02c8\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113350",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Macgillicuddy's Reeks":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"mountain range in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland \u2014 see carrantuohill":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259-\u02c8gi-l\u0259-\u02cck\u0259-d\u0113z-\u02c8r\u0113ks"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090022",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Macgillivray's warbler":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a warbler ( Oporornis tolmiei ) of western North America that is similar and closely related to the eastern mourning warbler":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"after William MacGillivray \u20201852 Scottish naturalist":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259\u02c8gil\u0259\u02ccvr\u0101z-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005325",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Machiavellian":{
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"antonyms":[
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"ethical",
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"moral",
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"principled",
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"scrupulous"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a Machiavellian battle for control of the company",
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"yet another tale of a power-mad dictator with a Machiavellian plan to take over the world"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Niccolo Machiavelli":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8vel-y\u0259n",
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"\u02ccma-k\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8ve-l\u0113-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cutthroat",
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"immoral",
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"unconscionable",
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"unethical",
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"unprincipled",
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"unscrupulous"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162732",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mac":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": fellow":[
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"\u2014 used informally to address a man whose name is not known"
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],
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": macaroni":[
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"\u2014 commonly used in the compounds mac and cheese and mac 'n' cheese For those tired of seafood\u2014it happens\u2014a homey mac and cheese was the comfort food for the day. \u2014 Sam Gugino Dear Barbecue Joint: You make amazing mac 'n' cheese \u2026 but must you add crumbled bacon"
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],
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": mackintosh":[],
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"Maccabees":[],
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"Machabees":[],
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"military airlift command":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun (1)",
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"I'm glad the little nipper remembered his mac today, because it's supposed to rain."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1901, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1920, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"circa 1918, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Mac-, Mc- , patronymic prefix in Scottish and Irish surnames":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mak"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"mackintosh",
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"macintosh",
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"oilskin",
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"raincoat",
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"slicker",
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"waterproof"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113732",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"macabre":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": dwelling on the gruesome":[
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"a macabre presentation of a tragic story"
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],
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": having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death":[
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"The macabre dance included a procession of skeletons."
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],
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": tending to produce horror in a beholder":[
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"this macabre procession of starving peasants"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a macabre story of murder and madness",
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"Police discovered a macabre scene inside the house.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Smith fell in love with fashion while talking to McQueen, who shared Smith's macabre view of life, albeit from different backgrounds. \u2014 Lee Escobedo, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
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"The hate has become so vehement and depraved \u2014 one Depp fan painted a picture of Heard defecating on the actor\u2019s bed in a macabre interpretation of Depp\u2019s testimony \u2014 that both sides are accusing the other of having fake fan armies. \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022",
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"Beneath wall text describing B\u00e1thory\u2019s ghoulish crimes and her macabre punishment, bloody mannequins in nightshirts, one with its throat hideously cut, sprawl across a counterpane. \u2014 Sam Lipsyte, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Browder also describes a series of increasingly macabre court cases brought against him in Russia, including one in which a Moscow court tried Browder in absentia and Magnitsky posthumously. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Monday\u2019s testimony descended into ever more macabre terrain, as a nurse and doctor recounted in bloody detail the search for Depp\u2019s missing fingertip following a 2015 fight with Heard. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Throughout the month, Pot Roast\u2019s Mom grieved by making macabre jokes about the cat\u2019s last days. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"The deliciously macabre displays of taxidermy are a highlight, but the museum also manages to avoid feeling too fusty by bringing in contemporary artists to produce works in conversation with its collections, from Sterling Ruby to Jeff Koons. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"Often, if the viewer chose wrong, the characters would die in increasingly macabre ways. \u2014 Adam B. Vary, Variety , 14 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, from ( danse ) macabre dance of death, from Middle French ( danse de ) Macabr\u00e9":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-b\u0259r",
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"m\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4b",
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"-\u02c8k\u00e4-br\u0259",
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"-\u02c8k\u00e4br\u1d4a"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for macabre ghastly , grisly , gruesome , macabre , lurid mean horrifying and repellent in appearance or aspect. ghastly suggests the terrifying aspects of corpses and ghosts. a ghastly accident grisly and gruesome suggest additionally the results of extreme violence or cruelty. an unusually grisly murder suffered a gruesome death macabre implies a morbid preoccupation with the physical aspects of death. a macabre tale of premature burial lurid adds to gruesome the suggestion of shuddering fascination with violent death and especially with murder. the lurid details of a crime",
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"synonyms":[
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"appalling",
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"atrocious",
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"awful",
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"dreadful",
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"frightful",
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"ghastly",
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"grisly",
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"gruesome",
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"grewsome",
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"hideous",
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"horrendous",
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"horrible",
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"horrid",
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"horrific",
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"horrifying",
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"lurid",
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"monstrous",
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"nightmare",
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"nightmarish",
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"shocking",
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"terrible",
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"terrific"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065040",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"macaroni":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of a class of traveled young Englishmen of the late 18th and early 19th centuries who affected foreign ways":[],
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": an affected young man : fop":[],
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": macaroni penguin":[],
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": pasta made from semolina and shaped in the form of slender tubes":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the glitter rock of the 1970s seemed more about mascaraed macaronis than about music",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On Sunday, the Simply Giada star's 14-year-old daughter decided to treat her mom to a gourmet macaroni and cheese meal in honor of Mother's Day. \u2014 Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
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"The eatery has been in the park for several years, but this item is new: Melt serves up its signature macaroni and cheese with optional Montgomery Inn pulled pork and bacon. \u2014 cleveland , 11 May 2022",
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"The creamy macaroni comes doused in a cheesy sauce, with a side of steamed broccoli ($9). \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"This macaroni and cheese casserole is of the sliceable type, made with eggs, milk and a generous amount of sharp cheddar cheese. \u2014 USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"The signature fusion dish at Nice Day Chinese, mapo macaroni and cheese. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Cook the macaroni according to the directions on the package for al dente. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"Homemade macaroni and cheese, desserts, soda, and beer available separately. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Feb. 2022",
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"An English muffin with peanut butter on it will sate our starving boys for up to 25 minutes, enough time to boil up some macaroni and cheese or order a pizza. \u2014 Annabel Monaghan, The Week , 18 Nov. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from regional Italian, plural of macarone (Tuscan maccherone ) \"tubular pasta,\" earlier also \"stuffed pasta of various shapes,\" probably borrowed from Middle Greek makar\u1e53neia \"funeral hymn,\" later with the presumed meaning \"food served at a funeral banquet\" (whence Modern Greek dialect makar\u014dni\u00e1 in this sense), of uncertain origin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccma-k\u0259-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"beau",
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"Beau Brummell",
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"buck",
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"dandy",
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"dude",
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"fop",
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"gallant",
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"jay",
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"lounge lizard",
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"pretty boy"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222556",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mace oil":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an essential oil obtained by distillation from mace and similar in properties to nutmeg oil":[],
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": nutmeg butter":[],
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": nutmeg oil":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200608",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"macellum":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, from Greek makellon enclosure, meat market, market, from Hebrew mikhal\u0101h enclosure, pen":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259\u02c8sel\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180234",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"macer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from mace + -er":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u0101s\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012322",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"maceral":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a fragment of plant debris in coal":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from Latin macer soft, weak + English -al":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6mas\u0259\u00a6ral"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063902",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"macerate":{
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"antonyms":[
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"wring (out)"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting":[],
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": to soften and wear away especially as a result of being wetted or steeped":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"garnished with cherries that had been macerated in liqueur",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Clairette, which is the more elegant of the two grapes, according to C\u00e9dric, is destemmed and crushed and then put in the ugni blanc juice to macerate for 24 hours at a cool temperature. \u2014 Per And Britt Karlsson, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"Since wildfire smoke tends to lodge in the skins of grapes, white wines \u2014 which, unlike reds, don\u2019t macerate with their skins during fermentation \u2014 are thought to be less susceptible to developing those ashtray-like flavors and aromas. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Aug. 2021",
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"The second step is to macerate the fruit, stirring everything together and letting the sugar pull all the juices out of the fruit. \u2014 Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times , 15 July 2021",
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"The cooks will then macerate the fruit with sugar for 24 hours to concentrate and sweeten the flavors. \u2014 Beth Graham, Saveur , 12 June 2019",
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"Ribolla Gialla white grapes, prized for winemaking in the region, are macerated and slowly allowed to ferment with their skins for a year. \u2014 Florence Fabricant, New York Times , 6 Apr. 2020",
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"Allow the ingredients to macerate in the bowl of the mortar for several minutes. \u2014 Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com , 30 Mar. 2020",
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"The '15 has more concentrated fruit - a smidgen macerated - with butterscotch and slightly stronger nose. \u2014 cleveland , 2 Feb. 2020",
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"Most ros\u00e9 wines are made from the juice of red grapes, which is briefly macerated with the pigment-laden skins. \u2014 The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post , 28 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1547, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin maceratus , past participle of macerare to soften, steep":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ma-s\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
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"\u02c8mas-\u0259-r\u0259t",
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"\u02c8mas-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"drench",
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"drown",
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"impregnate",
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"saturate",
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"soak",
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"sodden",
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"sop",
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"souse",
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"steep"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085132",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"macfarlane":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a heavy caped overcoat with slit sides":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"prob from the name MacFarlane":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259\u0307k\u02c8f\u00e4rl\u0259\u0307n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073214",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"machinate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to plan or plot especially to do harm":[],
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": to scheme or contrive to bring about : plot":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a trio of courtiers who were discovered to be machinating against the queen",
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"the hackers machinated a way to steal credit numbers from the company's website",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But Cleopatra, still machinating away in Alexandria, couldn\u2019t handle the thought of Herod gaining any further traction in Antony\u2019s affections. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 18 Dec. 2019",
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"Now a new scheme described by ProPublica and The Wall Street Journal involves families seemingly machinating to get an unfair leg up in paying for a coveted seat at a university. \u2014 Adam Harris, The Atlantic , 30 July 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1537, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin machinatus , past participle of machinari , from machina machine, contrivance":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ma-k\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
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"\u02c8ma-sh\u0259-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"collude",
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"compass",
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"connive",
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"conspire",
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"contrive",
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"intrigue",
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"plot",
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"put up",
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"scheme"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183333",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"machination":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some usually evil end":[
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"backstage machinations \u2026 that have dominated the film industry",
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"\u2014 Peter Bogdanovich"
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],
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": an act of machinating":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"incredibly complicated machinations to assassinate the president that inevitably failed",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And if the brand-new mother doesn\u2019t want to participate in the machination ",
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"Through some combination of machination , intrigue, and poor decision making, the famed gig initially went to Mike Richards, the white male Jeopardy! \u2014 Cynthia Greenlee, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 Sep. 2021",
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"But like so much else in this series so far, this all reads as too try-hard to believe \u2014 a plot machination set in place from above that isn\u2019t plausibly set in motion by the characters down on the ground. \u2014 Jessica Goldstein, Vulture , 22 July 2021",
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"The whole machination is pretty much based on a semblance of supply and demand. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2021",
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"Opening night also lacked the sense of danger that should hang over every machination . \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Nov. 2020",
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"The legal filing is the latest machination that may affect absentee voting this year, a process more than 3 million Michiganders are expected to use to cast their ballots this fall. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 25 Sep. 2020",
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"After weeks of hand wringing, private machination and public dysfunction, the league is ready to power its biggest revenue driver back up again. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 17 Sep. 2020",
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"The former Ambassador, Masha Yovanovitch, had been treated poorly, caught in a web of political machinations both in Kyiv and in Washington. \u2014 Stefan Becket, CBS News , 22 Oct. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02ccma-sh\u0259-",
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"\u02ccma-k\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for machination plot , intrigue , machination , conspiracy , cabal mean a plan secretly devised to accomplish an evil or treacherous end. plot implies careful foresight in planning a complex scheme. an assassination plot intrigue suggests secret underhanded maneuvering in an atmosphere of duplicity. backstairs intrigue machination implies a contriving of annoyances, injuries, or evils by indirect means. the machinations of a party boss conspiracy implies a secret agreement among several people usually involving treason or great treachery. a conspiracy to fix prices cabal typically applies to political intrigue involving persons of some eminence. a cabal among powerful senators",
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"conspiracy",
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"design",
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"intrigue",
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"plot",
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"scheme"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024002",
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]
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"machine":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a coin-operated device":[
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"a snack machine"
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],
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": a combination of persons acting together for a common end along with the agencies they use":[
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"The Homefront tells the fascinating story of how America transformed itself in the years 1941-45 from a society mired in depression into a war machine more powerful than any the world had yet known.",
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"\u2014 Stanley Marcus",
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"From the first months of the war, each nation's propaganda machine encouraged its citizens to lionize their aces\u2014those pilots having five or more victories.",
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"\u2014 Howard G. Fisher",
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"If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government , let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth \u2026",
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"\u2014 Henry David Thoreau"
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],
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": a constructed thing whether material or immaterial : structure":[
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"\u2026 those supporters and pillars, upon whom the frame and machine of the building was grounded \u2026",
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"\u2014 John Stow and Anthony Munday",
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"\u2026 with what beauty, art and contrivance, particular creatures are made, and how the several parts of this great machine are fitted to each other, and make a regular and uniform world \u2026",
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"\u2014 William Sherlock"
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],
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": a highly organized political group under the leadership of a boss (see boss entry 1 sense 2 ) or small group of individuals":[
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"a politician who challenged the local party machine"
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],
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": a literary device or contrivance (such as a supernatural being or event) introduced for dramatic effect":[],
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": a living organism or one of its functional systems":[
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"If fame means parading the inevitable ravages that time and excess wreak on the human machine , I'd just as soon do that in private.",
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"\u2014 Stanley Bing"
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],
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": a mechanically, electrically, or electronically operated device for performing a task":[
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"an espresso machine",
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"The store sold treadmills and other exercise machines .",
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"\u2026 manufactures machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals \u2026",
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"\u2014 Rosie Fitzmaurice"
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],
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": a military engine (such as a catapult )":[],
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": an assemblage (see assemblage sense 1 ) of parts that transmit forces, motion, and energy one to another in a predetermined manner":[],
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": an instrument (such as a lever ) designed to transmit or modify the application of power, force, or motion":[],
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": any of various apparatuses formerly used to produce stage effects":[],
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": someone or something that resembles a machine (as in being methodical, tireless, or consistently productive)":[
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"\u2026 a gifted publicist and quote machine \u2026",
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"\u2014 John Lancaster",
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"Dan Reeves's Falcons weren't given much of a chance against the Vikings, the top scoring machine of all time.",
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"\u2014 Paul Zimmerman"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Shovels are tools; bulldozers are machines .",
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"Do you know how to operate this machine ",
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"The machine is working properly.",
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"He was bragging about his new machine .",
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"The coach turned the team into a scoring machine .",
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"My younger brother is an eating machine .",
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"a politician who dared to challenge the local party machine",
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"Their army is a well-oiled machine .",
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"Verb",
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"The parts of the engine have been precisely machined .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"De Niro said the film\u2019s accuracy extended as far as being trained by professionals to shoot live machine guns. \u2014 Antonio Ferme, Variety , 18 June 2022",
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"Behind him was a percussive beat of a battle about 10 miles into the forests south of the city, punctuated by the sustained bursts of machine guns from helicopter gunships. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
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"This is a larger and heavier gun than coaxial machine guns on older tanks, which typically mount a 7.62-millimeter machine gun. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 14 June 2022",
|
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"The soundtrack of the warfare\u2014 the bangs of artillery, the guttural whoosh of rockets launched in rapid succession, the snare-drum beat of heavy machine guns \u2014 signals fresh destruction to both cities. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
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"During the First World War, the use of machine guns epitomized this approach. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
|
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"For example, machine guns have been federally regulated for nearly 90 years. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 June 2022",
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"The release said the gun dealers resold the machine guns at a significant profit, in some instances for five or six times the purchase price. \u2014 Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
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"Collectors spend large sums on machine guns, which can run in the tens of thousands of dollars, and ammunition to feed into them. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"How will machine learning be operationalized for the first model and for all those to follow",
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"Advanced manufacturing students were needed to machine some of the parts and build the plaques. \u2014 John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
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"It was once considered modern to architect this chaos into order, to machine the wet muck of existence into clean lines and hard edges. \u2014 Matthew Schneier, Curbed , 14 Sep. 2021",
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"The ferrule is fully machined , and the Anix Blade Locking System keeps the blades secure at all times. \u2014 Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream , 9 Jan. 2020",
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"Check out those wheels, looking like they were machined from a solid chunk of attitudinum. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 30 Mar. 2020",
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"The gun is guaranteed sub-MOA with match ammunition, features in-house machined and matched upper and lower receivers. \u2014 John Haughey, Outdoor Life , 10 Apr. 2019",
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"The SRC-11\u2014with upper and lower receivers machined from billet 7075-T6 aluminum\u2014chambered in the 6.5 Grendel is ideally suited to big-game hunting. \u2014 Richard Mann, Field & Stream , 17 Sep. 2019",
|
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"The Geneva concept has a carbon-fiber center console machined from a solid block made from 280 individual layers of composite material, something that requires 90 hours on a five-axis milling machine. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 24 Feb. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1853, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"circa 1545, in the meaning defined at sense 4a":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French, from Latin machina , from Greek m\u0113chan\u0113 (Doric dialect machana ), from m\u0113chos means, expedient \u2014 more at may entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"m\u0259-\u02c8sh\u0113n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"engine",
|
|
"motor"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212347",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"machine operator":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a worker assigned to or skilled in the operation of a particular kind or class of industrial machine":[
|
|
"\u2014 sometimes distinguished from machinist"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130624",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"machine pistol":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small submachine gun with a pistol grip":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Deputies also allegedly found a MAC-10 machine pistol and a 9 mm handgun under the passenger seat. \u2014 Jason Green, The Mercury News , 19 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Among the guns seized from Cleveland\u2019s home was a Glock Model 19, 9mm fully-automatic machine pistol with what\u2019s called a drum magazine, according to Sax. \u2014 oregonlive.com , 11 July 2019"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215616",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"machine rest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a fixed support for holding a firearm while it is fired (as for determining the accuracy of the weapon or checking ammunition loadings)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183228",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"machine rifle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": automatic rifle":[]
|
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},
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"examples":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211837",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"machine room":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a printing pressroom":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044316",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"machine screw":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a screw with slotted head or socket head used for holding metal parts together":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223406",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"machine shop":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a workshop in which work is machined to size and assembled":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"There are administrators from local colleges, an optometrist, machine shop workers, a bank president, truck drivers, ranchers and service industry workers. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"The pair got to talking about robots, a subject that had long interested DeGray, who grew up around his family\u2019s machine shop . \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Kress said the two parcels previously included houses, as well as industrial uses, including a filling station, a machine shop and a plastics research laboratory. \u2014 La Risa R. Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Another shared a photo of its patriarch standing in front of his sewing machine shop in Harput in the Ottoman Empire, in a region of modern-day Turkey. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Avalon: Avalon Precision Castings is closing its manufacturing facility in Brook Park and its machine shop in North Royalton, which will lead to 55 people losing their jobs, reports Sean McDonnell. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"By his twentieth birthday, having discovered that he wasn\u2019t cut out for the back-breaking life of a longshoreman or stevedore, P.J. tried his hand as a brass finisher at an East Boston machine shop . \u2014 Neal Thompson, Town & Country , 22 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"That plastic male flycatcher was created with the help of Greg Shipman at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute\u2019s machine shop . \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Dalton had brought Shapiro an original Hartford hook, forged as early as the 1920s in the department\u2019s original machine shop behind their Main Street fire station. \u2014 Rebecca Lurye, courant.com , 9 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053911",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"machine steel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": steel of a grade suitable for the working parts of machines":[
|
|
"\u2014 distinguished from tool steel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120356",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"machine-readable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": directly usable by a computer":[
|
|
"machine-readable text"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1958, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"m\u0259-\u02c8sh\u0113n-\u02c8r\u0113-d\u0259-b\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112022",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"machinery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": machines in general or as a functioning unit":[],
|
|
": the means or system by which something is kept in action or a desired result is obtained":[
|
|
"the machinery of government"
|
|
],
|
|
": the working parts of a machine":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Some of the mill's machinery was damaged in the fire.",
|
|
"a piece of farm machinery",
|
|
"Something was clogging the machinery .",
|
|
"The United Nations has set up machinery for mediation.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Aurora is also a great protector of the people consumed so efficiently by the machinery of capitalism. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"The machinery of the European Commission has often been criticized for its bureaucracy and inefficiency. \u2014 Chris Smith, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The result is often a scramble of elites pressuring one another directly, as many senior Republicans and White House aides did throughout Jan. 6, or through public statements aimed at the thousands of officials operating the machinery of government. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"And then the catalytic machinery of the ribosome takes the amino acids from the tRNA, and assembles them into a growing peptide chain. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"As if to prove the lie, a week later Elon Musk used the machinery of capitalism to buy Twitter, the very medium Benioff used to make his premature pronouncement. \u2014 Iain Murray, National Review , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The full machinery of the state was being unleashed, which suggested that people in high places had much to lose if Consuelo Porras was no longer at the helm. \u2014 Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Turning an existing machine, and the machinery of war, into something far more powerful. \u2014 Katie Hafner, Scientific American , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But the machinery of the Las Vegas tourism machine is already cranking to life. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 22 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1687, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"m\u0259-\u02c8sh\u0113-n\u0259-r\u0113",
|
|
"-\u02c8sh\u0113n-r\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agency",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"instrumentality",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"ministry",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"vehicle"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175423",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"macintosh":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a lightweight waterproof fabric originally of rubberized cotton":[],
|
|
": raincoat":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be sure to wear a mackintosh while hiking over the misty mountains of England's Lake District",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Another mackintosh was hardly recognizable as clothing. \u2014 Sam Kean, Science | AAAS , 2 July 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Charles Macintosh \u20201843 Scottish chemist & inventor":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ma-k\u0259n-\u02cct\u00e4sh"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mac",
|
|
"mack",
|
|
"oilskin",
|
|
"raincoat",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"waterproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071809",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mack":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": mackintosh":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225305",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"mackintosh":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a lightweight waterproof fabric originally of rubberized cotton":[],
|
|
": raincoat":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be sure to wear a mackintosh while hiking over the misty mountains of England's Lake District",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Another mackintosh was hardly recognizable as clothing. \u2014 Sam Kean, Science | AAAS , 2 July 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Charles Macintosh \u20201843 Scottish chemist & inventor":""
|
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},
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"mac",
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"mack",
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"oilskin",
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"raincoat",
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"slicker",
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"waterproof"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003215",
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"examples":[
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"a quirky secondhand bookstore with a mac\u00e9doine of out-of-print titles",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"It was surrounded by a classic macedoine of strawberries with basil. \u2014 Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com , 20 June 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"French, from Mac\u00e9doine Macedonia; perhaps from the mixture of ethnic groups in Macedonia":""
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"\u02ccma-s\u0259-\u02c8dw\u00e4n"
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],
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"agglomerate",
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"agglomeration",
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"alphabet soup",
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"assortment",
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"botch",
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"clutter",
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"collage",
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"crazy quilt",
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"farrago",
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"gallimaufry",
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"grab bag",
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"gumbo",
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"hash",
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"hodgepodge",
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"hotchpotch",
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"jambalaya",
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"jumble",
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"jungle",
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"litter",
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"medley",
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"m\u00e9lange",
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"menagerie",
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"miscellanea",
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"miscellany",
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"mishmash",
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"mixed bag",
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"montage",
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"motley",
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"muddle",
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"olio",
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"olla podrida",
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"omnium-gatherum",
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"pastiche",
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"patchwork",
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"patchwork quilt",
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"potpourri",
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"ragbag",
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"ragout",
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"rummage",
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"salad",
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"salmagundi",
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"scramble",
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"shuffle",
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"smorgasbord",
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"stew",
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"tumble",
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"variety",
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"welter"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182821",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"macroscopic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": observable by the naked eye":[],
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": involving large units or elements":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccmak-r\u0259-\u02c8sk\u00e4p-ik",
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"\u02ccma-kr\u0259-\u02c8sk\u00e4-pik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On a somewhat macroscopic scale, there is an expressed concern that the rise of AI Ethics is a shield or cover for something even grander. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"Advances in designing ever-more-precise optical atomic clocks are allowing scientists to glimpse the intersection between the microscopic world of quantum physics and the macroscopic world of gravitational physics. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"That actually is the macroscopic instantiation of the same phenomena. \u2014 Robin Pomeroy, Scientific American , 14 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Humans, with our immense capacity for microscopic and macroscopic cruelty, will not be OK. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 12 Feb. 2022",
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"Another possible future study would involve linking the microscopic interactions among cells, the flipping probabilities of the mesoscopic skin scales, and the macroscopic skin color patterns. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 Feb. 2022",
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"Throughout the 19th and much of the 20th century, physicists gained a greater appreciation for complicated microscopic and macroscopic systems full of random motion and disorder. \u2014 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American , 7 Oct. 2021",
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"By bringing quantum effects into the macroscopic realm\u2014or, put another way, returning classical objects to their true quantum selves\u2014Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4 hopes to investigate quantum gravity. \u2014 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American , 6 May 2021",
|
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"Thus, understanding the cell gives us further insight into the microscopic processes that drive macroscopic events. \u2014 Anna Powers, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"macro- + -scopic (in microscopic )":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1872, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171624"
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},
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"macromolecule":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a very large molecule (as of a protein or rubber)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccma-kr\u014d-\u02c8m\u00e4-li-\u02ccky\u00fc(\u0259)l",
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"\u02ccmak-r\u014d-\u02c8m\u00e4l-i-\u02ccky\u00fc(\u0259)l"
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Last year, the Curiosity rover identified two sites flush with complex organic macromolecules that resemble the goopy building blocks of oil on Earth. \u2014 Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS , 21 Nov. 2019",
|
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"Quantum theory works extremely well at the scale of photons, electrons, atoms, molecules, even macromolecules . \u2014 Wired , 9 Dec. 2018",
|
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"Quantum theory works extremely well at the scale of photons, electrons, atoms, molecules, even macromolecules . \u2014 Wired , 9 Dec. 2018",
|
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"Quantum theory works extremely well at the scale of photons, electrons, atoms, molecules, even macromolecules . \u2014 Wired , 9 Dec. 2018",
|
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"Quantum theory works extremely well at the scale of photons, electrons, atoms, molecules, even macromolecules . \u2014 Wired , 9 Dec. 2018",
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"Quantum theory works extremely well at the scale of photons, electrons, atoms, molecules, even macromolecules . \u2014 Wired , 9 Dec. 2018",
|
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"Quantum theory works extremely well at the scale of photons, electrons, atoms, molecules, even macromolecules . \u2014 Wired , 9 Dec. 2018",
|
|
"Last year, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given in part to Frances H. Arnold, who for decades has been studying macromolecules known as enzymes. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 2 Aug. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from German Makromolekel (later Makromolek\u00fcl ), from makro- macro- + Molekel, Molek\u00fcl molecule":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180116"
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},
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"macula":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an anatomical structure having the form of a spot differentiated from surrounding tissues":[],
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": a small yellowish area lying slightly lateral to the center of the retina that is made up mostly of cones (see cone entry 1 sense 3a ), plays a key role in visual acuity, and has the fovea at its center":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8mak-y\u0259-l\u0259",
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"\u02c8ma-ky\u0259-l\u0259"
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The macula is central to reading, driving and seeing fine details. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The smear across his macula was the injury and inflammation caused by the infection. \u2014 Lisa Sanders, New York Times , 16 June 2021",
|
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"While there\u2019s currently no treatment for macular degeneration, eating healthy diet high in antioxidants (like vitamin C) and quitting smoking both help to support the cells of the macula , according to the American Macular Degeneration Foundation. \u2014 Meghan Rabbitt, Good Housekeeping , 14 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"This type is caused by abnormal blood vessels that leak fluid and/or blood into the center part of the retina called the macula , Eichenbaum explains. \u2014 Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com , 11 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"The macula can be sensitive to blue light, which is emitted from electronic devices such as cellphones, computer monitors and TVs. \u2014 Star Tribune , 29 June 2021",
|
|
"But beneath that, Eliott could see another worrisome finding \u2014 under the very center of the macula was a small cluster of abnormal blood vessels. \u2014 Lisa Sanders, New York Times , 16 June 2021",
|
|
"Second, in the macula , where most of the seeing takes place, the normally darker red of the vision center was obscured by a smear of yellow-gray material. \u2014 Lisa Sanders, New York Times , 16 June 2021",
|
|
"Another region on the retina, called the macula , is where most of the visual receptors are located. \u2014 Lisa Sanders, New York Times , 28 Oct. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, borrowed from Latin, \"stain, spot, blemish, one of the interstices of a net,\" of uncertain origin":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181422"
|
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},
|
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"maculacy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a smirched, unclean, bespotted state":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8maky\u0259l\u0259s\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
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|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"maculate + -cy":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200953"
|
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},
|
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"macromesentery":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": protocneme":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6makr\u014d+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"macr- + mesentery":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214912"
|
|
},
|
|
"machine washable":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": able to be washed in a washing machine without getting damaged or ruined":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223503"
|
|
},
|
|
"machinism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": preoccupation with or dependence on machines (as in economics or politics)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"m\u0259\u02c8sh\u0113\u02ccniz\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"machine entry 1 + -ism":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230901"
|
|
},
|
|
"macul-":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": spot : blotch":[
|
|
"macul ation",
|
|
"maculi form"
|
|
],
|
|
": spotted and : macular and":[
|
|
"maculo petechial lesions",
|
|
"maculo anesthetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English macul- , from Latin, from macula":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235651"
|
|
},
|
|
"macromere":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a large blastomere \u2014 see blastula illustration":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ma-kr\u0259-\u02ccmir",
|
|
"\u02c8mak-r\u014d-\u02ccmi(\u0259)r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"macro- + -mere (in blastomere )":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000332"
|
|
},
|
|
"machinist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a worker who fabricates, assembles, or repairs machinery":[],
|
|
": a craftsman skilled in the use of machine tools":[],
|
|
": one who operates a machine":[],
|
|
": a person in charge of the mechanical aspects of a theatrical production":[],
|
|
": a warrant officer who supervises machinery and engine operation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"m\u0259-\u02c8sh\u0113-nist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He is a machinist at the factory.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"One of Esquivel's co-workers told police Esquivel was a machinist . \u2014 Julie E. Greene, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"From 1910-12 while based in Little Rock, Buis worked stints as a pipefitter, a machinist and a steam engine mechanic in the U.S. Canal Zone in Panama. \u2014 Celia Storey, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"And in another case, federal agents intercepted three silencers shipped from China to the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, home that Joseph P. Berger, 33, a machinist and Navy veteran, shared with his parents. \u2014 Joshua Eaton, NBC News , 13 May 2022",
|
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"Born in Connecticut, Sienda rambled around the country working on boats in Louisiana and as a machinist before driving a van to Alaska more than 20 years ago to settle. \u2014 Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"Laurent, Victoria, Giulia, and Colin are all on their way their way to becoming an engineer, machinist , nurse, and teacher. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Anne-Marie Baker, the daughter of James Charles Baker Jr., a Lockheed-Martin machinist , and his wife, Shirley Baker, a Sinai Hospital payroll worker, was born in Baltimore and raised on Greenwood Avenue in Overlea. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Her father, Ernesto Pasco, was a machinist and her mother, Raquel Cordova Pasco, worked in data entry at Wells Fargo. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Three years ago, Darian Perez had a job as a machinist and an apartment in Phoenix. \u2014 Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic , 26 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000503"
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},
|
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"macuca":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of several South American tinamous (especially Tinamus major )":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"m\u0259\u02c8k\u00fck\u0259"
|
|
],
|
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Portuguese, from Tupi":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010605"
|
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},
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"macrology":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": pleonasm sense 1":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"ma\u02c8kr\u00e4l\u0259j\u0113"
|
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin macrologia , from Greek makrologia , from makrologein to use many words, from makr- macr- + -logein (from logos word, speech) + -ia -y":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011734"
|
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},
|
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"machine translation":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": automatic translation from one language to another":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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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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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013631"
|
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},
|
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"macro-":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"combining form",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": being large, thick, or exceptionally prominent":[],
|
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": of, involving, or intended for use with relatively large quantities or on a large scale":[],
|
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": of or relating to macroeconomics":[],
|
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": gross sense 1b":[],
|
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": of or relating to a macro lens or to close-up photography":[],
|
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": a single computer instruction that stands for a sequence of operations":[],
|
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": large : on a large scale":[
|
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"macro fossil",
|
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"macro molecule",
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"macro scopic",
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"\u2014 often used in compounds with a corresponding compound formed with micro-"
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]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8mak-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
|
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"\u02c8ma-(\u02cc)kr\u014d"
|
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
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"Agencies have a macro view of the marketing landscape, which is critical as the digital marketing ecosystem can be a lot for one person or a small team to stay on top of. \u2014 Justin Turner, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Still, the details about party switchers present a dire warning for Democrats who were already concerned about the macro effects shaping the political landscape this fall. \u2014 Steve Peoples And Aaron Kessler, Chron , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"The first thing that Matt did was give Brent a detailed nutrition breakdown with specific macro splits that changed on a weekly basis to reflect his progress. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 26 June 2022",
|
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"Hear from the top minds in technology as the program focuses on macro and micro issues. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"And now, my chat with macro economists, Julia Coronado. \u2014 James Brown, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The macro environment didn\u2019t stop a group of Boston executives from joining some 17,000 people at Consensus 2022, one of the largest crypto conferences, last week. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
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"The plot, on a macro level, is simple: America's intelligence apparatus is devouring itself. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
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"Our industry is in a very challenging macro environment -- right now. \u2014 Clare Duffy And Catherine Thorbecke, CNN , 19 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"This is not his usual macro -history but a slim volume, fewer than two hundred pages, outlining both the virtues and the major critiques of liberalism, and suggesting principles for its preservation. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
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"In addition to macro , Shopify faces high investment costs for the Shopify Fulfillment Network (SFN) coupled with the unknowns around the company\u2019s growth rate now that the economy is reopened. \u2014 Beth Kindig, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
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"That is part of my goal and part of my role in editing \u2014 to take both the macro and the micro view of fairness and to look at the story in its totality. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"These include coming up with go-to meals that enable him to hit his macro and calorie targets, going for a 30-minute morning walk, carving out 30 minutes each evening for a workout, and trying to get a minimum of 7 hours of sleep. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 7 June 2022",
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"So the company had been charged in January in Lakewood muni court with a failure to secure a proper permit and macro pleaded, no contest in April. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
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"Equities, global macro and multi-strategy were the only strategies to record net inflows, with multi-strategy funds bringing in the most at $1.3 billion in net inflows. \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
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"One-touch access to things like switching scenes, adjusting volume levels, or launching media or a gaming macro can be a lifesaver in the stressful world of live video, and the laptop even makes the controls usable if the clamshell is shut. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
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"Different departments within the Chinese government are sending varied messages about the state of the tech crackdown, says Bruce Pang, head of macro and strategy research at China Renaissance Securities. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 6 May 2022"
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"independent use of macro-":"Adjective",
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"short for macroinstruction, from macro- + instruction":"Noun",
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"borrowed from Greek makro-, combining form of makr\u00f3s \"long, tall, high, large\" \u2014 more at meager":"Combining form"
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"1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014225"
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"definitions":{
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": the study of phenomena connected in any way with language":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"macr- + linguistics":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014612"
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},
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"Macri":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Mauricio 1959\u2013 president of Argentina (2015\u20132019)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u00e4-kr\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022750"
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"macrosegment":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a continuum of speech between two perceptible pauses":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6makr\u014d+"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030704"
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},
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a large heavy knife used for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8shet",
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"-\u02c8che-",
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"m\u0259-\u02c8she-t\u0113"
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"So, a lot of it is almost, like, taking your machete and cutting through the brush. \u2014 CBS News , 19 June 2022",
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"Chicago police have arrested Andre Gonzalez, 35, in connection to a string of Northwest Side armed robberies in which the robber used the threat of a machete to scare victims into handing over their belongings, police Supt. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
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"The leaves of the plant are sharp enough to draw blood, and the slip of a machete can lead to permanent injury. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Oct. 2021",
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"Portillo\u2019s father would beat him relentlessly, sometimes with his belt, other times with tree branches or the flat side of a machete , according to Portillo\u2019s court petition. \u2014 USA Today , 16 Apr. 2021",
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"The victim in that case was struck with the dull side of a machete . \u2014 Mark Pratt, Star Tribune , 18 Mar. 2021",
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"The fishermen dragged the pair into the forest, investigators said, and hacked the bodies into pieces with a machete . \u2014 Luciana Magalhaes, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
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"Florida deputies shot and killed a suspect who allegedly stabbed another man with a machete . \u2014 Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
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"The man continues approaching the officer, who then unholsters her handgun and points it at the man while ordering him to drop the machete . \u2014 Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1575, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044704"
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},
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"macula lutea":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": macula sense 2b":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8l\u00fc-t\u0113-\u0259",
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"-\u02c8l\u00fct-\u0113-\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin macula l\u016btea, literally, \"yellow spot\"":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1848, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045032"
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},
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"macrosclereid":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": one of the columnar sclereids that often form an outer layer in various fruits and seeds and occur also in the stems of some xerophytes":[
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"\u2014 compare osteosclereid"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6makr\u014d+"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"macr- + sclereid":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054253"
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},
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"mackerel shark":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mak-(\u0259-)r\u0259l-"
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Megalodon was a colossal species of mackerel shark that stalked the oceans 3.6 to 23 million years ago. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2022",
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"Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon researchers produced a skillful ten-year cod forecast, ecologists found that the age of a lobster can be determined by its DNA, and paleontologists sought to determine why so few species of mackerel shark are alive today. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
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"Orange Beach, with the nickname Mako \u2013 a large mackerel shark \u2013 will start its varsity football existence in Class 2A, Region 1. \u2014 al , 12 Aug. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1819, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064127"
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},
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"mackerel scale":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of the somewhat angular cloudlets forming one variety of mackerel sky":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075255"
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},
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"macrocosm":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the great world : universe":[],
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": a complex that is a large-scale reproduction of one of its constituents":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ma-kr\u0259-\u02cck\u00e4-z\u0259m"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"cosmos",
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"creation",
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"nature",
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"universe",
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"world"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"almost the entirety of the vast macrocosm remains beyond our reach",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The social slippage that has led the world to become a macrocosm of the Swap Shop \u2014 so many of us free-diving for usable ephemera, pooling our limited resources with one another \u2014 is not something to celebrate. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
|
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"But the flower choker holds a unique place in the macrocosm of the early aughts revival. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
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"In the macrocosm of white patriarchy and supremacy, Yendry understands that opposing standards hardly shields us from a world functioning from the very prejudices that impact Black and brown communities around the globe. \u2014 Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
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"In other words, the macrocosm of the cosmos is reflected in the microcosm of individual experience. \u2014 Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure , 6 Jan. 2020",
|
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"In other words, the macrocosm of the cosmos is reflected in the microcosm of individual experience. \u2014 Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure , 6 Jan. 2020",
|
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"In other words, the macrocosm of the cosmos is reflected in the microcosm of individual experience. \u2014 Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure , 6 Jan. 2020",
|
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"In other words, the macrocosm of the cosmos is reflected in the microcosm of individual experience. \u2014 Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure , 6 Jan. 2020",
|
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"In other words, the macrocosm of the cosmos is reflected in the microcosm of individual experience. \u2014 Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure , 6 Jan. 2020"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French & Medieval Latin; French macrocosme, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Medieval Latin macrocosmus, from macro- macro- + -cosmus, in microcosmus microcosm":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082340"
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},
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"machines":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a mechanically, electrically, or electronically operated device for performing a task":[
|
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"an espresso machine",
|
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"The store sold treadmills and other exercise machines .",
|
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"\u2026 manufactures machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Rosie Fitzmaurice"
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],
|
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": a coin-operated device":[
|
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"a snack machine"
|
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],
|
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": an assemblage (see assemblage sense 1 ) of parts that transmit forces, motion, and energy one to another in a predetermined manner":[],
|
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": an instrument (such as a lever ) designed to transmit or modify the application of power, force, or motion":[],
|
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": any of various apparatuses formerly used to produce stage effects":[],
|
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": someone or something that resembles a machine (as in being methodical, tireless, or consistently productive)":[
|
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"\u2026 a gifted publicist and quote machine \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 John Lancaster",
|
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"Dan Reeves's Falcons weren't given much of a chance against the Vikings, the top scoring machine of all time.",
|
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"\u2014 Paul Zimmerman"
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],
|
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": a combination of persons acting together for a common end along with the agencies they use":[
|
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"The Homefront tells the fascinating story of how America transformed itself in the years 1941-45 from a society mired in depression into a war machine more powerful than any the world had yet known.",
|
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"\u2014 Stanley Marcus",
|
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"From the first months of the war, each nation's propaganda machine encouraged its citizens to lionize their aces\u2014those pilots having five or more victories.",
|
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"\u2014 Howard G. Fisher",
|
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"If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government , let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Henry David Thoreau"
|
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],
|
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": a highly organized political group under the leadership of a boss (see boss entry 1 sense 2 ) or small group of individuals":[
|
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"a politician who challenged the local party machine"
|
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],
|
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": a living organism or one of its functional systems":[
|
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"If fame means parading the inevitable ravages that time and excess wreak on the human machine , I'd just as soon do that in private.",
|
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"\u2014 Stanley Bing"
|
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],
|
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": a literary device or contrivance (such as a supernatural being or event) introduced for dramatic effect":[],
|
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": a constructed thing whether material or immaterial : structure":[
|
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"\u2026 those supporters and pillars, upon whom the frame and machine of the building was grounded \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 John Stow and Anthony Munday",
|
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"\u2026 with what beauty, art and contrivance, particular creatures are made, and how the several parts of this great machine are fitted to each other, and make a regular and uniform world \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 William Sherlock"
|
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],
|
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": a military engine (such as a catapult )":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"m\u0259-\u02c8sh\u0113n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"engine",
|
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"motor"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
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"Shovels are tools; bulldozers are machines .",
|
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"Do you know how to operate this machine ",
|
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"The machine is working properly.",
|
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"He was bragging about his new machine .",
|
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"The coach turned the team into a scoring machine .",
|
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"My younger brother is an eating machine .",
|
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"a politician who dared to challenge the local party machine",
|
|
"Their army is a well-oiled machine .",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"The parts of the engine have been precisely machined .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"The tools that enable change, like artificial intelligence or machine learning, for personalizing premiums or quicker claims resolution. \u2014 Ahmed Sheikh, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
|
|
"In terms of a machine learning challenge, Lavella says that the neuron firing patterns associated with scents are actually far easier for software to pick out than many tasks involving computer vision, such as object recognition. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
|
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"This laptop has a 16GB RAM, a 1TB solid-state drive (SSD), a 10-core CPU and a 16-core graphics card \u2014 which all add up to 3.7 times faster performance and up to 11 times faster machine learning capability. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 June 2022",
|
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"University of Chicago researchers used machine learning tools to demonstrate that Black patients are more than twice as likely as white patients to have at least one negative descriptor in their EHR. \u2014 Kim Gallon, STAT , 28 June 2022",
|
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"Lead study author Fritz Obermeyer had come to the Broad Institute from Uber AI, where researchers had developed a programming language and a software framework that uses machine learning to model probabilities and apply them to large datasets. \u2014 Sara Reardon, Scientific American , 28 June 2022",
|
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"One Liberty tool uses a combination of aerial imagery and machine learning to define buildings\u2019 footprints and give a more accurate impression of risk, which then can be shared with clients to help shore up their defenses. \u2014 Richard Vanderford, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
|
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"IKEA Kreativ is built on machine learning and spatial imaging technologies developed by Geomagical Labs, an AI company acquired by IKEA's holding company, Ingka Group. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
|
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"The ecommerce giant showed off the new technology Wednesday at its re:MARS conference, Amazon\u2019s global artificial-intelligence event for machine learning, automation, robotics and space. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 23 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"How will machine learning be operationalized for the first model and for all those to follow",
|
|
"Advanced manufacturing students were needed to machine some of the parts and build the plaques. \u2014 John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"It was once considered modern to architect this chaos into order, to machine the wet muck of existence into clean lines and hard edges. \u2014 Matthew Schneier, Curbed , 14 Sep. 2021",
|
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"The ferrule is fully machined , and the Anix Blade Locking System keeps the blades secure at all times. \u2014 Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream , 9 Jan. 2020",
|
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"Check out those wheels, looking like they were machined from a solid chunk of attitudinum. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 30 Mar. 2020",
|
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"The gun is guaranteed sub-MOA with match ammunition, features in-house machined and matched upper and lower receivers. \u2014 John Haughey, Outdoor Life , 10 Apr. 2019",
|
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"The SRC-11\u2014with upper and lower receivers machined from billet 7075-T6 aluminum\u2014chambered in the 6.5 Grendel is ideally suited to big-game hunting. \u2014 Richard Mann, Field & Stream , 17 Sep. 2019",
|
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"The Geneva concept has a carbon-fiber center console machined from a solid block made from 280 individual layers of composite material, something that requires 90 hours on a five-axis milling machine. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 24 Feb. 2020"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French, from Latin machina , from Greek m\u0113chan\u0113 (Doric dialect machana ), from m\u0113chos means, expedient \u2014 more at may entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1545, in the meaning defined at sense 4a":"Noun",
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"1853, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090437"
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},
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"macroconjugant":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": the larger member of a pair of conjugating protozoans of unequal size":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"macr- + conjugant":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094103"
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},
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"Mac\u00fa":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a Puinavean people of northwestern Amazonas, Brazil":[],
|
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": a member of such people":[],
|
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": the language of the Mac\u00fa people":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Portuguese, of American Indian origin":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095329"
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},
|
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"machine language":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": the set of symbolic instruction codes usually in binary form that is used to represent operations and data in a machine (such as a computer)":[],
|
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": assembly language":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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",
|
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"Assembly language is a low-level intermediary format that is converted to machine language that can then be run directly by the computer. \u2014 Andrew Hudson, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"As digital transformation gains traction, organizations are exploring sophisticated technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine language (ML) to improve and expedite critical functions. \u2014 Sameer Maskey, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021",
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"Sophisticated programming tools were still years away, so Dr. Rosenbluth programmed in machine language , the strings of 1\u2019s and 0\u2019s a computer understands. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2021",
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"But humans need to be kept in the loop, and both human and machine language expertise needs to be invested in during calmer times so that it can be used effectively in a crisis. \u2014 Gretchen Mcculloch, Wired , 31 May 2020",
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"The worst case came when the editors decided to print your platform's code that month as machine language , which made the whole process almost eye-stabbingly horrible. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 25 Nov. 2018",
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"The 18-year-old Clark had experience disassembling Xbox games\u2014reverse-engineering their code from machine language into a programming language. \u2014 Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED , 17 Apr. 2018",
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"Reply will probably be an extension of this API but with single-tap machine language input instead of with a voice or keyboard. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 14 Feb. 2018",
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"For the machine language of computers this was no longer true. \u2014 George Dyson, WSJ , 21 July 2017"
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"As AppleInsider noted, VMWare has also issued a private beta of VMware Fusion, allowing its virtual- machine tool to run Windows 11 on top of an M1 Mac without official support. \u2014 Mark Hachman, PCWorld , 14 Sep. 2021",
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"The team owner signed machine tool maker Cincinnati Inc. and truck manufacturer Freightliner \u2014 existing Hendrick Motorsports partners \u2014 to sponsor a pair of races each right before the season. \u2014 Jenna Fryer, Star Tribune , 24 June 2021",
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"So when Gupta \u2014 who also helped design code for the ESPN trade machine tool that lets fans concoct their own hypothetical deals \u2014 learned the Wolves had the No. 1 pick, his mind began racing. \u2014 Chris Hine, Star Tribune , 7 Nov. 2020",
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"Japanese manufacturers are major suppliers to Chinese companies, sending them everything from precision machine tools to components for smartphones and cars. \u2014 Ben Dooley, New York Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
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"Critics point to past incidents where tight regulation pushed American industries offshore \u2014 including machine tool makers in the 1990s, and commercial satellites in the 2000s. \u2014 David Mccabe, New York Times , 16 Feb. 2020",
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"As a young adult, Marquez also worked at the base \u2014 as a machine tool operator for an aircraft-engine maintenance and repair company at Port San Antonio, which some old-timers still refer to as Kelly. \u2014 Greg Jefferson, ExpressNews.com , 14 Feb. 2020",
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"Hang Time has placed men in jobs including janitorial services, car washes, solar installation, roofing, machine tool and die, driving trucks and more. \u2014 Alix Boyle, courant.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
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"Japan\u2019s machine tool orders fell 35.1% in the September quarter, the fourth straight decline and the largest in over a decade. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Oct. 2019"
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"This is certainly true of another of his award-winning shots, which shows a racehorse silhouetted against a stunning mackerel sky . \u2014 Ben Church, CNN , 5 Dec. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There are three cameras on the back: a 64MP main lens, a monochrome camera, and a macro lens . \u2014 Sascha Segan, PCMAG , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"The 108 megapixel main camera is there, but the 8 megapixel ultrawide camera and the 5 megapixel macro lens are slightly smaller than the Mi 11. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"Xu\u2019s drawings and sculptural paintings are not literal, but do sometimes resemble phenomena that might be spied through a macro lens . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2021",
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"Up close, when captured with a camera using a macro lens , the animals can appear to loom as large as wild animals on a safari \u2014 a safari on another planet. \u2014 Erik Olsen New York Times, Star Tribune , 15 Apr. 2021",
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"Subjects close to the camera are better served with an interchangeable macro lens , a feature on some cameras that shortens focus to within three feet. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2021",
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"From a macro lens for pictures of objects up close with tremendous detail, to a super wide lens to capture an entire mountain range, to a super telephoto to zoom in ridiculous distances; all is possible with a DSLR. \u2014 Kai Burkhardt, CNN Underscored , 20 Nov. 2020",
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"Just clip on the wide angle or macro lens to your phone to get high-quality photos on your next adventure \u2014 no heavy camera equipment required. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 15 Sep. 2020",
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"All six phones also have dual, triple- and quad-camera systems with ultra-wide, depth, and macro lenses , big screens, and larger batteries to keep them powered all day. \u2014 Michael Simon, PCWorld , 9 Apr. 2020"
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"\u2014 distinguished from microclimate"
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"\u2026 machine-gunned a marauding gang of terrorists outside the U.S. embassy \u2026",
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"\u2014 Terry Eagleton",
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"A few years later someone machine-gunned to death the prosecutor who wanted to try the group for killing the soldiers.",
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"\u2014 Paul Berman"
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"They heard the sound of machine-gun fire.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"About 18,000 Marines stormed the atoll, which had been fortified by the Japanese, but their landing craft hit reefs far from shore, and the Marines had to wade in through withering machine gun fire. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
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"Obregon yanked a grenade from his belt and threw it into the knot of North Korean soldiers, just as he was hit with machine gun fire. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
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"Seen first in the new film shuffling Bond (Daniel Craig) and love interest Madeleine Swann (L\u00e9a Seydoux) around Matera, Italy, the DB5\u2019s bucolic retirement comes to an abrupt halt with a barrage of machine gun fire from incoming Spectre agents. \u2014 Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics , 8 Oct. 2021",
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"And when an assassin with a machine gun crashes into his apartment, a weaponless Bourne knows how to subdue the guy with a ballpoint pen. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
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"The maximum penalty for possession of a machine gun is 10 years in prison. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 26 May 2022",
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"Salam Aldeen, 39, swings open the front door, yelling hello to the soldiers guarding the barricades, ignoring the machine gun poking out from beneath camouflage netting. \u2014 Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"San Francisco police have arrested three current and former officers for allegedly destroying evidence and illegally possessing a machine gun . \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Authorities plan to charge him with being a felon in possession of a handgun and carrying a machine gun that night. \u2014 Fox News , 16 Apr. 2022"
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"In a wildlife detective story, park scientists used the new technology to trace the elk decline to the introduction of non-native mackinaw trout that feed on native cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake. \u2014 Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Jan. 2018"
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"\u02c8ma-kr\u014d-\u02ccle-p\u0259-\u02c8d\u00e4p-t\u0259-r\u0259"
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"the machinizing of party politics"
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"m\u0259\u02c8sh\u0113\u02ccn\u012bz"
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"machine entry 1 + -ize":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214048"
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"combining form",
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"noun"
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": being large, thick, or exceptionally prominent":[],
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": of, involving, or intended for use with relatively large quantities or on a large scale":[],
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": of or relating to macroeconomics":[],
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": gross sense 1b":[],
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": of or relating to a macro lens or to close-up photography":[],
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": a single computer instruction that stands for a sequence of operations":[],
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": large : on a large scale":[
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"macro fossil",
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"macro molecule",
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"macro scopic",
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"\u2014 often used in compounds with a corresponding compound formed with micro-"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mak-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
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"\u02c8ma-(\u02cc)kr\u014d"
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],
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Agencies have a macro view of the marketing landscape, which is critical as the digital marketing ecosystem can be a lot for one person or a small team to stay on top of. \u2014 Justin Turner, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
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"Still, the details about party switchers present a dire warning for Democrats who were already concerned about the macro effects shaping the political landscape this fall. \u2014 Steve Peoples And Aaron Kessler, Chron , 27 June 2022",
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"The first thing that Matt did was give Brent a detailed nutrition breakdown with specific macro splits that changed on a weekly basis to reflect his progress. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 26 June 2022",
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"Hear from the top minds in technology as the program focuses on macro and micro issues. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
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"And now, my chat with macro economists, Julia Coronado. \u2014 James Brown, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"The macro environment didn\u2019t stop a group of Boston executives from joining some 17,000 people at Consensus 2022, one of the largest crypto conferences, last week. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
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"The plot, on a macro level, is simple: America's intelligence apparatus is devouring itself. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
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"Our industry is in a very challenging macro environment -- right now. \u2014 Clare Duffy And Catherine Thorbecke, CNN , 19 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"This is not his usual macro -history but a slim volume, fewer than two hundred pages, outlining both the virtues and the major critiques of liberalism, and suggesting principles for its preservation. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
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"In addition to macro , Shopify faces high investment costs for the Shopify Fulfillment Network (SFN) coupled with the unknowns around the company\u2019s growth rate now that the economy is reopened. \u2014 Beth Kindig, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
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"That is part of my goal and part of my role in editing \u2014 to take both the macro and the micro view of fairness and to look at the story in its totality. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"These include coming up with go-to meals that enable him to hit his macro and calorie targets, going for a 30-minute morning walk, carving out 30 minutes each evening for a workout, and trying to get a minimum of 7 hours of sleep. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 7 June 2022",
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"So the company had been charged in January in Lakewood muni court with a failure to secure a proper permit and macro pleaded, no contest in April. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
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"Equities, global macro and multi-strategy were the only strategies to record net inflows, with multi-strategy funds bringing in the most at $1.3 billion in net inflows. \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
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"One-touch access to things like switching scenes, adjusting volume levels, or launching media or a gaming macro can be a lifesaver in the stressful world of live video, and the laptop even makes the controls usable if the clamshell is shut. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
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"Different departments within the Chinese government are sending varied messages about the state of the tech crackdown, says Bruce Pang, head of macro and strategy research at China Renaissance Securities. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 6 May 2022"
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"independent use of macro-":"Adjective",
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"short for macroinstruction, from macro- + instruction":"Noun",
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"borrowed from Greek makro-, combining form of makr\u00f3s \"long, tall, high, large\" \u2014 more at meager":"Combining form"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214517"
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": made or finished with or as if with a machine tool : finely and precisely finished or shaped":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214743"
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"macrocinematography":{
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],
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"definitions":{
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": photomacrography in which the product is a motion picture":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+"
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"noun"
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": a mark \u2212 placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is long or placed over a syllable or used alone to indicate a stressed or long syllable in a metrical foot":[],
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"Emmanuel (Jean-Michel Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric) 1977\u2013 president of France (2017\u2013 )":[]
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"-kr\u0259n",
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"m\u00e4-\u02c8kr\u014d\u207f",
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"\u02c8m\u0101-\u02cckr\u00e4n"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Greek makr\u00f3n, neuter of makr\u00f3s \"long (in time)\" \u2014 more at macro-":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220414"
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"definitions":{
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": a widely distributed family of marine clams (suborder Tellinacea) that have closely fitting or slightly gapping shells with two cardinal teeth in each valve and fused ensheathed siphons of equal length and that comprise the surf clams \u2014 compare lutraria , mactra , spisula":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225514"
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"\u2014 abbreviation M.F."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235222"
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|
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|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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|
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|
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"macr- + invertebrate":""
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|
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"1956, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001645"
|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a seismograph specially adapted for recording large earthquakes":[]
|
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|
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|
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|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"macroseism + -o- + -graph":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011938"
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"Macroscelididae":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a family of African insectivores comprising the elephant shrews and constituting sometimes with the addition of the Tupaiidae a suborder (Menotyphla) of Insectivora":[]
|
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|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccmakr\u014ds\u0259\u02c8lid\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
|
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|
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"New Latin, from Macroscelides , type genus (from macr- + scel- + Latin -ides , patronymic suffix) + -idae":""
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012533"
|
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|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": consisting of or having crystals large enough to be determined by the eye or a simple lens":[]
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013147"
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"\u02ccma-kr\u014d-in-\u02c8str\u0259k-sh\u0259n"
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044531"
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