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918 lines
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{
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"paucity":{
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"antonyms":[
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"abundance",
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"adequacy",
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"amplitude",
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"opulence",
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"plenitude",
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"plenty",
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"sufficiency",
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"wealth"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": smallness of number : fewness":[],
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": smallness of quantity : dearth":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"If you had one of those Yugoslav names with a paucity of vowels, you might sprinkle in a few \u2026 \u2014 Calvin Trillin , Time , 22 May 2000",
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"For my part, I find increasingly that I miss the simplicity, the almost willful paucity , of the English way of doing things. \u2014 Bill Bryson , I'm a Stranger Here Myself , 1999",
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"This relative paucity of freeloaders and deadbeats means that rookie Americans, as a group, more than pay their way. \u2014 Jaclyn Fierman , Fortune , 9 Aug. 1993",
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"a paucity of useful answers to the problem of traffic congestion at rush hour",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Other countries have been quicker to embrace the practice, like Japan, with a rate of almost 100%, in part because of its high density and paucity of burial grounds. \u2014 Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Today, by contrast, there is an ominous paucity of available petroleum. \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
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"Lynch indicated the 49ers used their initial picks on a pass rusher, running back and wide receiver because there was a paucity of interior linemen who warranted being picked in that part of the draft. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 May 2022",
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"One trend likely here to stay for in the near-term is a paucity of available pilots for hire in the U.S. market. \u2014 Dan Carson, Chron , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"The paucity of foundational players on defense is reflected by the Cardinals' drop-off on defense after Watt suffered the shoulder injury that kept him out of the rest of the regular season. \u2014 Nicholas Mcgee, Forbes , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"Their paucity of space and equipment meant that activities typically done at home, like eating and socializing, would instead be conducted out on the street. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"The situation on other Tongan islands remains uncertain due to a paucity of information that stems from power blackouts and loss of communications. \u2014 Stephen Wright, WSJ , 16 Jan. 2022",
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"The influx of big releases, combined with some calendar catch-up, could mean the paucity of brand new 2022 hits may not last for much longer. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 11 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English paucite , from Latin paucitat-, paucitas , from paucus little \u2014 more at few":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022f-s\u0259-t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"crunch",
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"dearth",
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"deficiency",
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"deficit",
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"drought",
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"drouth",
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"failure",
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"famine",
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"inadequacy",
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"inadequateness",
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"insufficiency",
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"lack",
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"lacuna",
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"pinch",
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"poverty",
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"scantiness",
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"scarceness",
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"scarcity",
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"shortage",
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"undersupply",
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"want"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114123",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"paunch":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": potbelly":[],
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": rumen":[],
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": the belly and its contents":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He sat with his hands folded over his paunch .",
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"He used to be very thin but now he has a slight paunch .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The carefree, six-pack wild child of the late 1980s is now a reflective and sober man with a middle-aged paunch and gait. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 26 May 2022",
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"Not enough time to fall in love with gluten, grow a slight paunch , tame his golf swing, or find a wooden bench outside a tackle shop where everyone gossips and drinks sludge coffee. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"The bartender was a big, nasty-looking old guy with an enormous paunch , a flat-top haircut four inches high, and an unlit cigar turned backwards in his mouth. \u2014 Jamie Kitman, Car and Driver , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"Beavis, on the other hand, has just a slight paunch and a few wrinkles to go with his reading glasses. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 5 Jan. 2022",
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"The leader of all this non-action is the middle-aged Agent Garrick, a shambolic, avuncular presence with a paunch and a nervous cough. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"The portly patriarch of paunch persevered to pulverize the Baron of Beardonkadonk in the final match of #FatBearWeek 2021. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com , 7 Oct. 2021",
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"Raymond taught the Phanatic what became his signature moves: how to whomp his paunch , how to suction a plunger to the head of a bald man, how to stand at a distance and land rings on the plunger. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
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"Gone was the Bear, and in his place was a lean man, skinny even, though with a paunch that came with the years, nearly 73 at the time. \u2014 John Penner, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French *panche, pance , from Latin pantic-, pantex":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022fnch",
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"\u02c8p\u022fnch, \u02c8p\u00e4nch",
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"\u02c8p\u00e4nch"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bay window",
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"beer belly",
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"belly",
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"corporation",
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"gut",
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"pot",
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"potbelly"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085803",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"paunch mat":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a thick mat of strands of rope that prevents the yard or rigging from chafing":[]
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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":"20220708-112827",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pauper":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a very poor person":[
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"you'll end up a pauper on skid row",
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"\u2014 Robert Bixby"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"De Le\u00f3n noted that when Villaraigosa beat incumbent Hahn in 2005, Hahn was a pauper compared with Caruso. \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
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"Touching on the completely unhinged nature of the privileged and the pauper when pushed to the brink, social structures are called into question, the elite and working-class each struggling to avoid collateral damage. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"Miles, the eldest, is a top lawyer and yuppie who becomes a drug addict and pauper , then turns his life around and becomes a state senator. \u2014 Mark Greif, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"No one was charged with Randolph\u2019s murder and his body was buried in an unmarked grave in the pauper \u2019s cemetery of the local almshouse. \u2014 Clint Smith, The Atlantic , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"If the ashes are not picked up, the county buries them together in a single pauper \u2019s grave. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
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"If the ashes are not picked up, the county buries them together in a single pauper \u2019s grave. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
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"Poe was a pauper in his lifetime, but now that his work is out of copyright and anyone can reprint it for free, his popularity is flourishing as never before. \u2014 Catherine Baab-muguira, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2021",
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"Synonyms for beggar include hobo, pauper , tramp, vagrant, derelict, mendicant, bum, supplicant, deadbeat, borrower. \u2014 Stephen Miller, WSJ , 11 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1516, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, poor \u2014 more at poor":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022f-p\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171905",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pauperism":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a very poor person":[
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"you'll end up a pauper on skid row",
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"\u2014 Robert Bixby"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"De Le\u00f3n noted that when Villaraigosa beat incumbent Hahn in 2005, Hahn was a pauper compared with Caruso. \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
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"Touching on the completely unhinged nature of the privileged and the pauper when pushed to the brink, social structures are called into question, the elite and working-class each struggling to avoid collateral damage. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"Miles, the eldest, is a top lawyer and yuppie who becomes a drug addict and pauper , then turns his life around and becomes a state senator. \u2014 Mark Greif, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"No one was charged with Randolph\u2019s murder and his body was buried in an unmarked grave in the pauper \u2019s cemetery of the local almshouse. \u2014 Clint Smith, The Atlantic , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"If the ashes are not picked up, the county buries them together in a single pauper \u2019s grave. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
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"If the ashes are not picked up, the county buries them together in a single pauper \u2019s grave. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
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"Poe was a pauper in his lifetime, but now that his work is out of copyright and anyone can reprint it for free, his popularity is flourishing as never before. \u2014 Catherine Baab-muguira, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2021",
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"Synonyms for beggar include hobo, pauper , tramp, vagrant, derelict, mendicant, bum, supplicant, deadbeat, borrower. \u2014 Stephen Miller, WSJ , 11 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1516, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, poor \u2014 more at poor":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022f-p\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171406",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pauperized":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to reduce to poverty":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Ironically, in Cuba, a country pauperized by a Marxist model for the past 61 years, there is a growing public cry demanding change. \u2014 Otto Reich, National Review , 8 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1806, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022f-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073258",
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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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"pause":{
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"antonyms":[
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"break"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a break in a verse":[],
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": a brief suspension of the voice to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts":[],
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": a function of an electronic device that pauses a recording":[],
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": a mark (such as a period or comma) used in writing or printing to indicate or correspond to a pause of voice":[],
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": a reason or cause for pausing (as to reconsider)":[
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"a thought that should give one pause"
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],
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": a temporary stop":[],
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": temporary inaction especially as caused by uncertainty : hesitation":[],
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": the sign denoting a fermata":[],
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": to cause to pause : stop":[],
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": to linger for a time":[],
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": to stop temporarily":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"There was a brief pause in the conversation.",
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"After a pause the teacher continued the lesson.",
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"He hit pause on the player and explained the significance of the song's lyrics.",
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"Please hit the pause button on the remote control.",
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"Verb",
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"She paused for a few seconds before crossing the street.",
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"We paused briefly to look at the scenery.",
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"He talked for over an hour without pausing .",
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"He picked up the remote control and paused the movie.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Excluding the student loan payment pause , Biden has canceled more than $25 billion of student loans. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"President Biden weighs canceling student debt ahead of the end of the repayment pause on Aug 31. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
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"Managing the length of the pause is a balancing act. \u2014 Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 June 2022",
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"An extension of the federal student loan payment pause through Aug. 31, 2022. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
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"But someday the student loan pause will end, just like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s rent moratorium. \u2014 Arit Johnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
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"Initially, like everything, there was a brief moment of pause back in the spring of 2020. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
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"The Biden administration has extended the federal student loan payment pause , which fixes interest rates at 0% through at least August 31. \u2014 Sarah Ewall-wice, CBS News , 17 May 2022",
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"Federal student-loan payments are suspended through Aug. 31, with some betting the Biden administration will extend the payment pause until after the November midterm election. \u2014 Anne Tergesen, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In a note to clients Tuesday, Ian Shepherdson, the chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, a research group, said that while at least one more 0.5 percent rate hike is likely for June, the Fed may pause in July. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 11 May 2022",
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"Let\u2019s pause for a moment to appreciate this achievement. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
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"Drop to a squat, with your thighs parallel with the ground (or slightly lower), then rise a quarter of the way back up, pause , go back to parallel, then rise all the way back up. \u2014 Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
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"The idea of receivership for the schools gives me pause for many reasons, but hubris is high on the list. \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
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"If \u2014 and this a big unknown \u2014 economic growth or inflation end up slowing down more than expected, Adams said, there's a possibility that the Fed could pause a bit in September. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
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"The joystick-style controller can be used to adjust volume levels, pause the music, skip tracks or replay that tune that\u2019s begging to be heard again. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
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"Giants like Meta, Salesforce, and Microsoft have had to slow and pause hiring in some parts of the businesses, while others such as Robinhood, Netflix, and Tesla have laid workers off. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
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"Some analysts had thought the policymakers might then even pause their rate hikes altogether after comments by Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, had seemed to suggest as much. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 13 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Latin pausa , from Greek pausis , from pauein to stop":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022fz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"break",
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"breath",
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"breather",
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"interruption",
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"lull",
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"recess"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114631",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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},
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"Pauli exclusion principle":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": exclusion principle":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pau\u0307-l\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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Wolfgang Pauli":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143045"
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},
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"paughty":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": haughty , highfalutin":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022fti",
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"\u02c8p\u0227\u1e35-"
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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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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155415"
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},
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"pauseless":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having no pauses : ceaseless , continuous":[
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"swung up and veered and kept a pauseless speed",
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"\u2014 William Alfred"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-zl\u0259\u0307s"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173949"
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},
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"pauses":{
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"type":[
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": a brief suspension of the voice to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts":[],
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": temporary inaction especially as caused by uncertainty : hesitation":[],
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": the sign denoting a fermata":[],
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": a mark (such as a period or comma) used in writing or printing to indicate or correspond to a pause of voice":[],
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": a reason or cause for pausing (as to reconsider)":[
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"a thought that should give one pause"
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],
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": a function of an electronic device that pauses a recording":[],
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": to stop temporarily":[],
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": to linger for a time":[],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022fz"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"break",
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"breath",
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"breather",
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"interruption",
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"lull",
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"recess"
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"antonyms":[
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"break"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"There was a brief pause in the conversation.",
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"After a pause the teacher continued the lesson.",
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"He hit pause on the player and explained the significance of the song's lyrics.",
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"Please hit the pause button on the remote control.",
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"Verb",
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"She paused for a few seconds before crossing the street.",
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"We paused briefly to look at the scenery.",
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"He talked for over an hour without pausing .",
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"He picked up the remote control and paused the movie.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Excluding the student loan payment pause , Biden has canceled more than $25 billion of student loans. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"President Biden weighs canceling student debt ahead of the end of the repayment pause on Aug 31. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
|
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"Managing the length of the pause is a balancing act. \u2014 Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 June 2022",
|
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"An extension of the federal student loan payment pause through Aug. 31, 2022. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
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"But someday the student loan pause will end, just like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s rent moratorium. \u2014 Arit Johnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
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"Initially, like everything, there was a brief moment of pause back in the spring of 2020. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
|
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"The Biden administration has extended the federal student loan payment pause , which fixes interest rates at 0% through at least August 31. \u2014 Sarah Ewall-wice, CBS News , 17 May 2022",
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"Federal student-loan payments are suspended through Aug. 31, with some betting the Biden administration will extend the payment pause until after the November midterm election. \u2014 Anne Tergesen, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In a note to clients Tuesday, Ian Shepherdson, the chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, a research group, said that while at least one more 0.5 percent rate hike is likely for June, the Fed may pause in July. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 11 May 2022",
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"Let\u2019s pause for a moment to appreciate this achievement. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
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"Drop to a squat, with your thighs parallel with the ground (or slightly lower), then rise a quarter of the way back up, pause , go back to parallel, then rise all the way back up. \u2014 Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
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"The idea of receivership for the schools gives me pause for many reasons, but hubris is high on the list. \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
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"If \u2014 and this a big unknown \u2014 economic growth or inflation end up slowing down more than expected, Adams said, there's a possibility that the Fed could pause a bit in September. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
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"The joystick-style controller can be used to adjust volume levels, pause the music, skip tracks or replay that tune that\u2019s begging to be heard again. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
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"Giants like Meta, Salesforce, and Microsoft have had to slow and pause hiring in some parts of the businesses, while others such as Robinhood, Netflix, and Tesla have laid workers off. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
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"Some analysts had thought the policymakers might then even pause their rate hikes altogether after comments by Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, had seemed to suggest as much. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 13 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Latin pausa , from Greek pausis , from pauein to stop":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174217"
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},
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"pauselessly":{
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": without pause : ceaselessly":[]
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214031"
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},
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"paucis verbis":{
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"type":[
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"Latin phrase"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": in a few words":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccpau\u0307-\u02cck\u0113s-\u02c8wer-\u02ccb\u0113s"
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214332"
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},
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"Paulician":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of a dualistic Christian sect originating in Armenia in the 7th century, influencing the rise of the Bogomils, becoming nearly extinct in the 12th century, and characterized by the belief that matter is evil and that the creator of the material universe is an evil demiurge to be distinguished from the heavenly God who created and rules souls, by denial of the Incarnation, and by rejection of the Old Testament, the cross, and all images \u2014 see thondraki":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"p\u022f\u02c8lish\u0259n"
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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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"Medieval Latin Pauliciani , plural, from Middle Greek Paulikianoi":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215047"
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},
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"paunchy":{
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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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": having a potbelly":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022fn-ch\u0113",
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"\u02c8p\u00e4n-"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beer-bellied",
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"potbellied"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"not surprisingly, the new Hollywood biopic casts a young, athetically trim actor in the role of the paunchy , balding artist",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Unlike castrati of the 17th and 18th centuries \u2014 always beardless, and typically tall and paunchy \u2014 Mari\u00f1o is short and lithe, and was already sporting a five o\u2019clock shadow on a recent afternoon walk with Leia, his Cavalier King Charles spaniel. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
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"The father, Alexei Shostakov (played by David Harbour), is now a bearded and paunchy Soviet-era superhero known as Red Guardian, the counterpart of Captain America. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 July 2021",
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"One recent late afternoon, a group of paunchy middle-aged men seated in plastic chairs on the sidewalk debated measures to fight the virus. \u2014 Renata Brito, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2020",
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"The puzzled batter swings at the next pitch, grounds it to short, and is astonished to see the paunchy second-base umpire shifting to his right to field the ball, while the shortstop tries to coach his footwork. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 4 Apr. 2020",
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"If coolness denotes \u2014 or once denoted \u2014 a certain indifference to what people think, then these middle-aged mothers with their silly, adorable shtick and their paunchy husbands are perhaps the only cool people left on our try-hard planet. \u2014 Carina Chocano, New York Times , 20 Nov. 2019",
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"In the decades when the Congress party dominated politics, paunchy politicians moved into colonial-era bungalows and travelled first class. \u2014 The Economist , 24 Oct. 2019",
|
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"Underestimate his pale, paunchy dad-ness at your own peril. \u2014 John Wenzel, The Know , 22 Oct. 2019",
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"Since then, fame and riches have come quickly for the paunchy kid with the killer punch from the border town of Imperial. \u2014 Tim Arango, New York Times , 16 June 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224005"
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},
|
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"paup":{
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"type":[
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"intransitive verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to walk about aimlessly":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022fp"
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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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"probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse paufa to walk slowly, walk stealthily; akin to Old English potian to push, butt, goad":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232625"
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},
|
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"pausation":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the act of pausing : pause":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"p\u022f\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n"
|
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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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"Late Latin pausation-, pausatio , from pausatus (past participle of pausare to halt, pause, from Latin pausa pause) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233422"
|
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},
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"paulopost":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8p\u022fl\u0259\u02ccp\u014dst"
|
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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 paulo post a little after":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234242"
|
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},
|
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"pauser":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one that pauses or holds back":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-z\u0259(r)"
|
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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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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003212"
|
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},
|
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"paullinia":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of chiefly tropical American woody vines (family Sapindaceae) with compound leaves, irregular flowers, and pyriform capsules \u2014 see guarana , supplejack":[],
|
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": any vine of the genus Paullinia":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"p\u022f\u02c8lin\u0113\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Simon Paulli \u20201680 Danish botanist + Latin -inus -ine + New Latin -ia":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005056"
|
|
},
|
|
"paucispiral":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": spiral with few turns":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6p\u022fs\u0113+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"pauci- + spiral":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013128"
|
|
},
|
|
"Pauserna":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a division of the Chiriguano people":[],
|
|
": a member of the Pauserna people":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"pau\u0307\u02c8sern\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Portuguese Pau Cerne , from pau cerne heartwood; from the Pauserna living on the upper Guapor\u00e9 river where heartwood is abundant":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025540"
|
|
},
|
|
"pau santo":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Brazilian tree ( Kielmeyera coriacea ) of the family Guttiferae having bark that is similar to cork and used for insulation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6pau\u0307\u02c8san(\u02cc)t\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Portuguese, literally, holy wood":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053609"
|
|
},
|
|
"pausingly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": with hesitation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061401"
|
|
},
|
|
"pausing":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a temporary stop":[],
|
|
": a break in a verse":[],
|
|
": a brief suspension of the voice to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts":[],
|
|
": temporary inaction especially as caused by uncertainty : hesitation":[],
|
|
": the sign denoting a fermata":[],
|
|
": a mark (such as a period or comma) used in writing or printing to indicate or correspond to a pause of voice":[],
|
|
": a reason or cause for pausing (as to reconsider)":[
|
|
"a thought that should give one pause"
|
|
],
|
|
": a function of an electronic device that pauses a recording":[],
|
|
": to stop temporarily":[],
|
|
": to linger for a time":[],
|
|
": to cause to pause : stop":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8p\u022fz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"breather",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"recess"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"There was a brief pause in the conversation.",
|
|
"After a pause the teacher continued the lesson.",
|
|
"He hit pause on the player and explained the significance of the song's lyrics.",
|
|
"Please hit the pause button on the remote control.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"She paused for a few seconds before crossing the street.",
|
|
"We paused briefly to look at the scenery.",
|
|
"He talked for over an hour without pausing .",
|
|
"He picked up the remote control and paused the movie.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Excluding the student loan payment pause , Biden has canceled more than $25 billion of student loans. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"President Biden weighs canceling student debt ahead of the end of the repayment pause on Aug 31. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Managing the length of the pause is a balancing act. \u2014 Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"An extension of the federal student loan payment pause through Aug. 31, 2022. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"But someday the student loan pause will end, just like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s rent moratorium. \u2014 Arit Johnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"Initially, like everything, there was a brief moment of pause back in the spring of 2020. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"The Biden administration has extended the federal student loan payment pause , which fixes interest rates at 0% through at least August 31. \u2014 Sarah Ewall-wice, CBS News , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Federal student-loan payments are suspended through Aug. 31, with some betting the Biden administration will extend the payment pause until after the November midterm election. \u2014 Anne Tergesen, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"In a note to clients Tuesday, Ian Shepherdson, the chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, a research group, said that while at least one more 0.5 percent rate hike is likely for June, the Fed may pause in July. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Let\u2019s pause for a moment to appreciate this achievement. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Drop to a squat, with your thighs parallel with the ground (or slightly lower), then rise a quarter of the way back up, pause , go back to parallel, then rise all the way back up. \u2014 Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The idea of receivership for the schools gives me pause for many reasons, but hubris is high on the list. \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"If \u2014 and this a big unknown \u2014 economic growth or inflation end up slowing down more than expected, Adams said, there's a possibility that the Fed could pause a bit in September. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"The joystick-style controller can be used to adjust volume levels, pause the music, skip tracks or replay that tune that\u2019s begging to be heard again. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Giants like Meta, Salesforce, and Microsoft have had to slow and pause hiring in some parts of the businesses, while others such as Robinhood, Netflix, and Tesla have laid workers off. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Some analysts had thought the policymakers might then even pause their rate hikes altogether after comments by Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, had seemed to suggest as much. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 13 June 2022"
|
|
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Latin pausa , from Greek pausis , from pauein to stop":"Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092642"
|
|
},
|
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"paukpan":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": the bast fiber of the sola":[],
|
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": sola":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8p\u022fk\u02ccpan"
|
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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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"Burmese":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140330"
|
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},
|
|
"Pausanias":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"flourished a.d. 143\u2013176 Greek historian and geographer":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"p\u022f-\u02c8s\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145204"
|
|
},
|
|
"paulospore":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a specialized growth or development serving as a resting stage in the life of a fungus":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8p\u022fl\u0259\u02ccsp\u014d(\u0259)r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Greek paula rest + English spore":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160657"
|
|
},
|
|
"pausal":{
|
|
"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or occurring at a pause (as at the end of a clause or sentence)":[],
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": of, relating to, or constituting the form taken by a word or vowel before a pause (as in Hebrew)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022fz\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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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171124"
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},
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"Paulianist":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a follower of the dynamic Monarchian Paul of Samosata who denied a distinction of persons in God and maintained that Christ was a mere man raised above other men by the indwelling Logos":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022fl\u0113\u0259n\u0259\u0307st"
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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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"obsolete English paulian Paulianist (from Paul of Samosata fl a.d. 260 bishop of Antioch + English -ian ) + English -ist":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193011"
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},
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"paulin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": tarpaulin":[
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"waterproof material for paulins and ponchos",
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"\u2014 Howell Walker"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022fl\u0259\u0307n"
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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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"by shortening":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201301"
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},
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"Pauli":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"1754\u20131801 emperor of Russia (1796\u20131801)":[],
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"1901\u20131964 king of Greece (1947\u201364)":[],
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"Wolfgang 1900\u20131958 American (Austrian-born) physicist":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pau\u0307-l\u0113",
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"\u02c8p\u022fl"
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210637"
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}
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} |