dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/sch_MW.json
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"Arnold Franz Walter 1874\u20131951 American (Austrian-born) composer":[]
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"\u02c8sh\u0259n-\u02ccb\u0259rg",
"\u02c8sh\u0259rn-\u02ccb\u0259rg",
"\u02c8sh\u0153n-\u02ccberk"
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": s level":[]
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"1947, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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]
},
"School Sister of Notre Dame":{
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": a member of a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in France by St. Peter Fourier in 1597 and devoted chiefly to education":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French Notre Dame Our Lady (the Virgin Mary)":""
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"-\u02ccn\u014dt\u0259(r)\u02c8d\u0101m",
"-\u014d\u2027tr\u0259\u02c8d- also -d\u00e4m or -d\u0227m sometimes -dam or -daa(\u0259)m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114146",
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"noun"
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"schedule":{
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"catalog",
"catalogue",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"enter",
"index",
"inscribe",
"list",
"put down",
"record",
"register",
"slate"
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": a body of items to be dealt with : agenda":[],
": a governmental list of drugs all subject to the same legal restrictions and controls":[
"\u2014 usually used with a Roman numeral I to V indicating decreasing potential for abuse or addiction"
],
": a statement of supplementary details appended to a legal or legislative document":[],
": a written document":[],
": to appoint, assign, or designate for a fixed time":[],
": to make a schedule of":[],
": to place in a schedule":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I have a hectic schedule this week.",
"Students are planning their class schedules for next year.",
"Sorting the mail is part of her daily schedule .",
"I lost my class schedule .",
"Verb",
"We scheduled a meeting for next week.",
"I need to schedule a doctor's appointment.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"My husband is a capable dad with a somewhat flexible work schedule . \u2014 Lindsey Stanberry, Fortune , 29 June 2022",
"But that wouldn\u2019t have been the case with your spread-out shooting schedule . \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"Bassett Fernandes worries about families that cannot afford the $240 a year the district charges to ride the bus, and about those that can\u2019t balance daily work commutes with the school day schedule . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"That new route will operate on weekends throughout the summer with a similar schedule planned for next year. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 21 June 2022",
"So reliever Will Vest, whose locker is to the right of Greene's, walked him around a pillar in the middle of the clubhouse and pointed to the TV with schedule on it, detailing the timeline for stretching, infield practice and batting practice. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 18 June 2022",
"Here\u2019s a look at Saturday\u2019s super regionals scores, along with the schedule for the rest of the weekend. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
"The biggest obstacle to the pope\u2019s abdication, though, has nothing to do with his schedule . \u2014 Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"But that\u2019ll change this year as OSU holds off until June 24 where 18 of the 30 players with official visits schedule will take place. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Those visits rebounded beginning in April 2020, but less so for Black and Hispanic mothers, who were more likely to cancel doctor\u2019s visits or fail to schedule them. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
"Determine what works and schedule it on your calendar. \u2014 Caroline Castrillon, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Her doctor recommended hysterectomy and tried to schedule it the same day. \u2014 al , 20 June 2022",
"Judge Penny Azcarate could decide to hear arguments on the motion immediately or schedule them for a later time. \u2014 Sonia Moghe, CNN , 3 May 2022",
"Another simple way to reduce emissions is to schedule more games between neighboring teams. \u2014 Seth Wynes, Scientific American , 16 Feb. 2022",
"So people who have to run a complex program might schedule it to run overnight, says Kurtis Heimerl, a computer scientist at the University of Washington who wasn\u2019t involved in the proposal. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 31 Jan. 2022",
"If possible, try to schedule yourself with some break times in between shifts to catch up on sleep. \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Munson said some teachers will schedule her for visits as an incentive for students, or during special celebrations. \u2014 Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star , 3 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b":"Noun",
"1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Medieval Latin scedula slip, page, charter, from Late Latin schedula slip of paper, diminutive of Latin *scheda strip of papyrus, probably back-formation from Latin schedium impromptu speech, from Greek schedion , from neuter of schedios casual; akin to Greek schedon near at hand, echein to seize, have":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ske-j\u00fcl esp Brit \u02c8she-dy\u00fcl",
"\u02c8ske-(\u02cc)j\u00fcl",
"Canadian also \u02c8she-",
"\u02c8ske-j\u00fcl",
"\u02c8skej-(\u02cc)\u00fc(\u0259)l, \u02c8skej-\u0259l, Canadian also \u02c8shej-, British usually \u02c8shed-(\u02cc)y\u00fc(\u0259)l",
"-j\u0259l",
"British usually \u02c8she-(\u02cc)dy\u00fcl"
],
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"synonyms":[
"agenda",
"calendar",
"docket",
"program",
"timetable"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172042",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"scheduled":{
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"catalog",
"catalogue",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"enter",
"index",
"inscribe",
"list",
"put down",
"record",
"register",
"slate"
],
"definitions":{
": a body of items to be dealt with : agenda":[],
": a governmental list of drugs all subject to the same legal restrictions and controls":[
"\u2014 usually used with a Roman numeral I to V indicating decreasing potential for abuse or addiction"
],
": a statement of supplementary details appended to a legal or legislative document":[],
": a written document":[],
": to appoint, assign, or designate for a fixed time":[],
": to make a schedule of":[],
": to place in a schedule":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I have a hectic schedule this week.",
"Students are planning their class schedules for next year.",
"Sorting the mail is part of her daily schedule .",
"I lost my class schedule .",
"Verb",
"We scheduled a meeting for next week.",
"I need to schedule a doctor's appointment.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"My husband is a capable dad with a somewhat flexible work schedule . \u2014 Lindsey Stanberry, Fortune , 29 June 2022",
"But that wouldn\u2019t have been the case with your spread-out shooting schedule . \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"Bassett Fernandes worries about families that cannot afford the $240 a year the district charges to ride the bus, and about those that can\u2019t balance daily work commutes with the school day schedule . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"That new route will operate on weekends throughout the summer with a similar schedule planned for next year. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 21 June 2022",
"So reliever Will Vest, whose locker is to the right of Greene's, walked him around a pillar in the middle of the clubhouse and pointed to the TV with schedule on it, detailing the timeline for stretching, infield practice and batting practice. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 18 June 2022",
"Here\u2019s a look at Saturday\u2019s super regionals scores, along with the schedule for the rest of the weekend. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
"The biggest obstacle to the pope\u2019s abdication, though, has nothing to do with his schedule . \u2014 Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"But that\u2019ll change this year as OSU holds off until June 24 where 18 of the 30 players with official visits schedule will take place. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Those visits rebounded beginning in April 2020, but less so for Black and Hispanic mothers, who were more likely to cancel doctor\u2019s visits or fail to schedule them. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
"Determine what works and schedule it on your calendar. \u2014 Caroline Castrillon, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Her doctor recommended hysterectomy and tried to schedule it the same day. \u2014 al , 20 June 2022",
"Judge Penny Azcarate could decide to hear arguments on the motion immediately or schedule them for a later time. \u2014 Sonia Moghe, CNN , 3 May 2022",
"Another simple way to reduce emissions is to schedule more games between neighboring teams. \u2014 Seth Wynes, Scientific American , 16 Feb. 2022",
"So people who have to run a complex program might schedule it to run overnight, says Kurtis Heimerl, a computer scientist at the University of Washington who wasn\u2019t involved in the proposal. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 31 Jan. 2022",
"If possible, try to schedule yourself with some break times in between shifts to catch up on sleep. \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Munson said some teachers will schedule her for visits as an incentive for students, or during special celebrations. \u2014 Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star , 3 Jan. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b":"Noun",
"1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Medieval Latin scedula slip, page, charter, from Late Latin schedula slip of paper, diminutive of Latin *scheda strip of papyrus, probably back-formation from Latin schedium impromptu speech, from Greek schedion , from neuter of schedios casual; akin to Greek schedon near at hand, echein to seize, have":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8skej-(\u02cc)\u00fc(\u0259)l, \u02c8skej-\u0259l, Canadian also \u02c8shej-, British usually \u02c8shed-(\u02cc)y\u00fc(\u0259)l",
"British usually \u02c8she-(\u02cc)dy\u00fcl",
"\u02c8ske-(\u02cc)j\u00fcl",
"-j\u0259l",
"\u02c8ske-j\u00fcl esp Brit \u02c8she-dy\u00fcl",
"\u02c8ske-j\u00fcl",
"Canadian also \u02c8she-"
],
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"agenda",
"calendar",
"docket",
"program",
"timetable"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105444",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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},
"scheme":{
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"collude",
"compass",
"connive",
"conspire",
"contrive",
"intrigue",
"machinate",
"plot",
"put up"
],
"definitions":{
": a concise statement or table : epitome":[],
": a graphic sketch or outline":[],
": a mathematical or astronomical diagram":[],
": a representation of the astrological aspects of the planets at a particular time":[],
": a systematic or organized configuration : design":[
"color scheme"
],
": to form a scheme for":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a scheme to cheat people out of their money",
"The company has a new scheme for insurance coverage.",
"a scheme to improve the economy",
"the color scheme of a room",
"Verb",
"He felt that the other men were scheming against him.",
"He was betrayed by a scheming friend.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This nefarious scheme , however, belongs to another drama. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"All the decor should tie into your biggest statement piece, whether that's a related color scheme or motif that fits in seamlessly. \u2014 Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 27 June 2022",
"Ferretti says this color scheme helps highlight the yacht\u2019s impressive size. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 23 June 2022",
"Starting in 2003, when Congress enacted this particular scheme , HHS declined to conduct a survey and relied on option two to figure out reimbursement costs. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 20 June 2022",
"However, in unleashing this scheme , Julia may have just made the perfect match as Malcolm seems smitten with Selina who, for her part, has second thoughts. \u2014 Jenelle Riley, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"Now, now Fitzpatrick had pled guilty to conspiracy in this scheme where Johnson was saying Patrick was working for him, paying him $1,200 a month, and then Johnson. Got the money. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
"But as cryptocurrency values fell in the last week, this scheme started to unravel. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"Being an old softy, Gracie agrees, but Angus can see through this scheme . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Reich\u2019s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Reich\u2019s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Reich\u2019s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Meanwhile, Bakary keeps trying to get them out of there, teaming up with a fellow tirailleur, Salif (Bamar Kane), to scheme and steal his way to freedom. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"Reich\u2019s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Reich\u2019s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Kudrow costarred in the 1997 comedy opposite Mira Sorvino, playing a pair of charming but vapid best friends who scheme to dominate their high school reunion ten years after graduating. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Reich\u2019s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1749, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"circa 1595, in the meaning defined at sense 4b(1)":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin schemat-, schema arrangement, figure, from Greek sch\u0113mat-, sch\u0113ma , from echein to have, hold, be in (such) a condition; akin to Old English sige victory, Sanskrit sahate he prevails":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u0113m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scheme Noun plan , design , plot , scheme , project mean a method devised for making or doing something or achieving an end. plan always implies mental formulation and sometimes graphic representation. plans for a house design often suggests a particular pattern and some degree of achieved order or harmony. a design for a new dress plot implies a laying out in clearly distinguished sections with attention to their relations and proportions. the plot of the play scheme stresses calculation of the end in view and may apply to a plan motivated by craftiness and self-interest. a scheme to defraud the government project often stresses imaginative scope and vision. a project to develop the waterfront",
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"artifice",
"device",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"flimflam",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"ruse",
"shenanigan",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110629",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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},
"scheme (out)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"to work out the details of (something) in advance the campaign operatives schemed out a plan for dealing with bombshells about the candidate's past indiscretions"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142558",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scheming":{
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"the novel is about an elderly man and his scheming son who is impatient to inherit the family fortune",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The shortage has sparked outrage, dismay and more than a little scheming on social media accounts. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 17 June 2022",
"Spying swordtails, wily ravens and scheming mongooses are just three examples of the means by which animals make their power plays. \u2014 Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American , 15 Apr. 2022",
"In Zellweger\u2019s hands, Pam at least has a scheming interiority, wheels that are spinning in ways that the show unveils at a glacial pace. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Fellowes recycles too many of his favorite archetypes, from the closeted gay couple to the scheming servant. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The story unfolds around him with the returning cast, more original characters from the films (Thomas Griffith as the scheming Terry Silver) and new additions to the teenage crew (like Dallas Dupree Young\u2018s Kenny). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
"After unsuccessfully trying to sell the tape to pornography distributors, the scheming duo of Gathier and Miltie decide to make a website and sell the tape themselves. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Expect Season 4 to involve more scheming for power, struggles for land, vows of revenge and assorted dramatics, all taking place amid the spectacular Montana scenery. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Rick is lured into exploitation and murder by a gaunt and scheming videographer played by Jake Gyllenhaal in the movie. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 20 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1741, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u0113-mi\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201030",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"schism":{
"antonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"concord",
"concordance",
"harmony",
"peace"
],
"definitions":{
": formal division in or separation from a church or religious body":[],
": the offense of promoting schism":[]
},
"examples":[
"a schism between leading members of the party",
"The church was divided by schism .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This sets up a schism possibly between the federal and the state courts. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"Lawmakers in Jerusalem are deadlocked on renewing the arrangement in a schism that could dissolve the unusual two-tiered legal system and subject the West Bank\u2019s Israelis to the same martial law as their Palestinian neighbors. \u2014 Shira Rubin, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"Bettag believes the response to the Jan. 6 hearings will likely be a mirror of the country\u2019s current political schism . \u2014 Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Within Ukraine, the war has formalized a long-brewing schism within the Orthodox church. \u2014 Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"The two religious leaders had previously worked together to bridge a 1,000-year-old schism between the Christian churches of the East and West. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
"At least eight candidates for county or state office attended, highlighting a schism within the Republican Party in Northern Kentucky. \u2014 Rachel Berry, The Enquirer , 18 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s also the root of a schism between her and the other workers her age, young women with more conservative views. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"The rise of small-launch companies in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain has prompted something of a schism in European policy toward rockets. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 6 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English scisme, sisme, cisme \"division in the church, dissension in belief, civil strife,\" borrowed from Anglo-French scisme, borrowed from Late Latin scisma, schisma \"division of opinion, dissension in the church,\" borrowed from Greek schismat-, sch\u00edsma \"cleft, division, (New Testament) division of opinion,\" from schid-, stem of sch\u00edzein \"to split, separate\" + -smat-, -sma, resultative noun suffix \u2014 more at shed entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8si-z\u0259m",
"among clergy usually \u02c8si-",
"also \u02c8shi-",
"\u02c8ski-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"conflict",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"discordance",
"discordancy",
"disharmony",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"dissonance",
"disunion",
"disunity",
"division",
"friction",
"infighting",
"inharmony",
"strife",
"variance",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082630",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"schlock":{
"antonyms":[
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
],
"definitions":{
": of low quality or value":[]
},
"examples":[
"a tourist trap selling schlock souvenirs"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from Yiddish shlak evil, nuisance, literally, blow":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8shl\u00e4k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bargain-basement",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"poor",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071915",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"schlocky":{
"antonyms":[
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
],
"definitions":{
": of low quality or value":[]
},
"examples":[
"a tourist trap selling schlock souvenirs"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from Yiddish shlak evil, nuisance, literally, blow":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8shl\u00e4k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bad",
"bargain-basement",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"poor",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014559",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"schlub":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"definitions":{
": a stupid, worthless, or unattractive person":[]
},
"examples":[
"you're a complete schlub \u2014you should do great around here",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But there\u2019s almost too much to explain, beginning with the idea that someone like Kat, even in the throes of heartache, would marry a schlub like Charlie without a prenup. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022",
"This schlub look has resonated with the fashion industry. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Her greatest achievement so far is making a star out of Jordan Van Draanen (Peyton Meyer), a former schlub who is now her video-star boyfriend. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 27 Aug. 2021",
"It's rumpled in the dolce far niente way, not in the I'm-a- schlub manner. \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 19 June 2021",
"In the show, he\u2019s played by Ray Romano as more of a tender-hearted schlub than a true-blue curmudgeon. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 4 May 2021",
"The rotting remains of some schlub 's prediction the Vikings would finish 9-7 and make the playoffs. \u2014 Mark Craig, Star Tribune , 20 Oct. 2020",
"Kevin James has made a career out of playing lovable schlubs . \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 7 May 2020",
"Ten years from now, all the schlubs and nobodies who got a chance to play under Kerr this season will throw a big reunion, to thank Kerr and his staff for treating them like real NBA players, with dignity, and for really coaching their asses. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 19 Mar. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Savett stands 5-foot-7 and was unhappy with athletic shorts, designed for taller men, that hung beneath his knee, making him look like a schlump . \u2014 Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com , 10 May 2018"
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"\u2014 Elton John",
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"\u2014 ReadWriteWeb (online)",
"\"Doin' It\" is both ridiculous schmaltz and a luscious rap song that sounds like a 5:45 p.m. sunset over Gotham City.",
"\u2014 Pete Tosiello"
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"\u2014 Melissa Clark",
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"\u2014 Stan Zimmerman",
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"\u2014 Rolling Stone (online)",
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"\u2014 Patrick Mulkern",
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"the love song was a typical example of overproduced schmaltz",
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"Starker never wanted a moment of schmaltz , and Seb\u0151k never wanted to show off. \u2014 Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Other than a forest fire, Audrey Hepburn as an angel and a golden schmaltz that might be Spielberg\u2019s most egregious case of phoning it in. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Reviewers in Dickens\u2019s time generally did not complain about what modern readers find hard to process: the melodrama, the rhetorical overkill, the staggering load of schmaltz . \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"It is rendered just so by a particular butcher, such that Ms. Rodsky\u2019s mother-in-law swears by his schmaltz . \u2014 New York Times , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Just as Evan covers trauma with a new trauma, so does this glossily made, blandly designed 137-minute movie cover trauma with schmaltz . \u2014 Mary Sollosi, EW.com , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Put on your rom-com goggles and behold the schmaltz from Modern Love\u2019s second season, which most prominently features Kit Harington and Tobias Menzies in different stories across the pond inspired by the New York Times column. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 15 July 2021",
"At its smoothest and most over-the-top, Mr. Thomas\u2019s music could border on schmaltz . \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2021",
"Excepting the heaps of schmaltz , this is a restrained film, made with wistfulness by a comedy great. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Star Tribune , 5 May 2021"
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"\u2014 Pete Tosiello"
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"\u2014 Stan Zimmerman",
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"\u2014 John Kessler"
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"\u2014 Louise T. Guinthe",
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"\u2014 Rolling Stone (online)",
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"\u2014 Patrick Mulkern",
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"\u2014 Brian Truitt"
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"the love song was a typical example of overproduced schmaltz",
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"Starker never wanted a moment of schmaltz , and Seb\u0151k never wanted to show off. \u2014 Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Other than a forest fire, Audrey Hepburn as an angel and a golden schmaltz that might be Spielberg\u2019s most egregious case of phoning it in. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Reviewers in Dickens\u2019s time generally did not complain about what modern readers find hard to process: the melodrama, the rhetorical overkill, the staggering load of schmaltz . \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"It is rendered just so by a particular butcher, such that Ms. Rodsky\u2019s mother-in-law swears by his schmaltz . \u2014 New York Times , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Just as Evan covers trauma with a new trauma, so does this glossily made, blandly designed 137-minute movie cover trauma with schmaltz . \u2014 Mary Sollosi, EW.com , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Put on your rom-com goggles and behold the schmaltz from Modern Love\u2019s second season, which most prominently features Kit Harington and Tobias Menzies in different stories across the pond inspired by the New York Times column. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 15 July 2021",
"At its smoothest and most over-the-top, Mr. Thomas\u2019s music could border on schmaltz . \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2021",
"Excepting the heaps of schmaltz , this is a restrained film, made with wistfulness by a comedy great. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Star Tribune , 5 May 2021"
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"\u2014 Stan Zimmerman",
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"\u2014 John Kessler"
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"\u2014 Rolling Stone (online)",
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"\u2014 Patrick Mulkern",
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"\u2014 Brian Truitt"
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"The movie has too much schmaltz for me.",
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"Starker never wanted a moment of schmaltz , and Seb\u0151k never wanted to show off. \u2014 Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Other than a forest fire, Audrey Hepburn as an angel and a golden schmaltz that might be Spielberg\u2019s most egregious case of phoning it in. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Reviewers in Dickens\u2019s time generally did not complain about what modern readers find hard to process: the melodrama, the rhetorical overkill, the staggering load of schmaltz . \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"It is rendered just so by a particular butcher, such that Ms. Rodsky\u2019s mother-in-law swears by his schmaltz . \u2014 New York Times , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Just as Evan covers trauma with a new trauma, so does this glossily made, blandly designed 137-minute movie cover trauma with schmaltz . \u2014 Mary Sollosi, EW.com , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Put on your rom-com goggles and behold the schmaltz from Modern Love\u2019s second season, which most prominently features Kit Harington and Tobias Menzies in different stories across the pond inspired by the New York Times column. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 15 July 2021",
"At its smoothest and most over-the-top, Mr. Thomas\u2019s music could border on schmaltz . \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2021",
"Excepting the heaps of schmaltz , this is a restrained film, made with wistfulness by a comedy great. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Star Tribune , 5 May 2021"
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"spent every spare minute of the conference schmoozing with the industry's power players",
"Noun",
"had to master the art of the schmooze if she wanted to get ahead in the business",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Hundreds of competitors and customers stopped by to sit and schmooze and laugh with Jack. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"On a very rare occasion, the vas deferens (the tubes that chauffeur sperm from the testicles to the urethra) can spontaneously reconnect, allowing sperm to schmooze with the semen again. \u2014 Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"Typically, attendees who escape to the lobby bars schmooze over wine and popcorn, paying little attention to the show. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"As soon as a commercial break began, stars moved to schmooze as much as possible before the two-minute time span ran out. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 14 Mar. 2022",
"In living rooms across America, Larry King was as comfortable a guest as a favorite uncle dropping by to schmooze with the family. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Was everyone there to schmooze , to revolutionize the global financial system or just to get rich",
"The front lawn, meanwhile, will metamorphose into one of the world\u2019s most glamorous outdoor lounges for artists to schmooze (at a distance) and pose for the cameras. \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Blinken was, for instance, unable to make an in-person appearance at the annual Munich Security Conference, a forum staged virtually last week for American and European elites to speak, schmooze , strategize and affirm trans-Atlantic bonds. \u2014 Michael Crowley, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Feb. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The nerd prom is back in all its overly earnest, celebrity-studded, schmooze -or-lose glory. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Institutions that put on awards ceremonies, concerts, film festivals and high-profile schmooze events are considering postponement, cancellation or going virtual as the Covid-19 variant sweeps through the U.S. \u2014 Anne Steele, WSJ , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The pair schmooze on a Fifth Avenue double-decker bus, in Central Park, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Guests are invited to come schmooze with the clergy and staff, explore the sacred spaces, learn about Judaic art installations or the Beth El Mausoleum. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com , 23 July 2021",
"And the elimination of middlemen encourages artists to elevate one another rather than schmooze insiders at cocktail parties. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2021",
"During that weekend, job candidates would lead a service, deliver a sermon, meet with the preschoolers, teach a class, maybe have lunch with staff and schmooze with congregants during kiddush on Shabbat. \u2014 Stewart Ain, sun-sentinel.com , 29 Dec. 2020",
"The bulk of that is from commercial payments facilitated by the WeChat super-app, where a billion Chinese schmooze , shop, and share cabs. \u2014 Zheping Huang, Bloomberg.com , 12 Nov. 2020",
"The 2020 Annual Meeting & Celebration kicks off at 6:45 p.m. with a pre-program community schmooze . \u2014 courant.com , 4 Sep. 2020"
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"\u2014 Ryan Carlyle",
"\u2026 his realization that he's \u2026 like the rest of us, just an average schmuck who makes mistakes and tries to fix them.",
"\u2014 Maureen Ryan",
"\u2026 cursing under your breath as some other schmuck wins all the Bingo prizes \u2026",
"\u2014 PortlandMercury.com",
"\u2026 the phenomenon known as road rage, in which aggressive schmucks attack other people who get in the way of their four-by-fours.",
"\u2014 Stanley Bing",
"In the very early days, we used to do all sorts of stuff that no one would have suspected of us, so that when we did get to the level of \"The Ed Sullivan Show,\" we were real and not just some little schmucks from out of town.",
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"I can't believe what a schmuck that guy is.",
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"All of that is hard for this schmuck to process \u2014 that people believe, or pretend to believe, because that\u2019s what others do. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Bilzerian has dressed the likes of Madonna, Carly Simon, and David Bowie, but still takes time to show a schmuck like me a couple of smart summer-weight jackets. \u2014 Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
"Yes, Kendall did pass out in the pool, but Comfry apparently rescued him, because the schmuck can\u2019t even manage to have a dramatic death, rather than another reason for the rest of the family to look down on him. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Even a schmuck like Manners can read some Stanislavsky, bring it clumsily into rehearsals, and, unwittingly, spark the beginnings of a revolution. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Chris Sullivan is a surprise standout as Joe, a cranky addict who keeps relapsing\u2014a schmuck with a streak of pathos. \u2014 Anthony Lan, The New Yorker , 8 Aug. 2021",
"As for Blake\u2026 Yep, the poor schmuck left his key in the room. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 29 June 2021",
"With all due respect to Osmosis Jones, few filmographies have aged worse than the Farrelly brothers\u2019, to whom the pinnacle of comedy is located at roughly the same height as some schmuck \u2019s scrotum stuck in a zipper. \u2014 Elle Carroll, Vulture , 20 May 2021",
"That holds true for Oscar-winning astronauts with boxes full of Super Bowl rings, let alone schmucks like the rest of us. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 22 Feb. 2020"
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"don't be a schnook and just stand there while your mother needs help",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sosa has hired someone, a poor schnook named Julian Martinez, to carry his boombox from city to city, clubhouse to clubhouse. \u2014 Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com , 3 May 2018"
],
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"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
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"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
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"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
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"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
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"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
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"goon",
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"idiot",
"ignoramus",
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"meathead",
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"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
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": nose":[
"Sneezing is a natural reflex designed to clear virus particles from your schnozz .",
"\u2014 Jeff Keough",
"\u2014 used especially of a large nose \u2026 a swordsman with the soul of a poet and the schnoz of Pinocchio. \u2014 Tim Appelo et al. My former girlfriend Carrie was an aspiring actress who often contemplated a nose job. But with her high cheekbones and beautiful, wide mouth, her substantial schnoz looked just right. \u2014 Josh Mooney Bruins forward Rob DiMaio has the NHL's most spectacular schnozz . Lumpy and brightly scarred at its bridge, the DiMaio proboscis possesses an angular inconsistency that would befuddle a geometrician. \u2014 Kostya Kennedy Woolright goes over and pinches C.D.'s big schnozzola . \u2014 Amiri Baraka"
]
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"another smart remark like that and you'll get a bop on the schnoz",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wright, who cast Peter Dinklage in the title role, traded a big schnoz for small stature as his hero\u2019s signature weakness, a fine idea, but not enough to make up for the general corniness. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Derwin James has the best football schnoz in the business. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Sep. 2021",
"But a 48-year-old Australian man needed an entirely different kind of nugget mined from his schnoz . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 31 Oct. 2019",
"The 2019 Sierra is larger overall, has a bolder schnoz and uses new lighting technology to dramatic effect. \u2014 Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle , 7 Apr. 2018",
"Isn\u2019t a sudden change in fuel-economy standards a sucker punch in the schnoz of engineers toiling late into the Ambien hours to invent yet more efficient internal-combustion engines",
"The 2019 Sierra is larger overall, has a bolder schnoz and uses new lighting technology to dramatic effect. \u2014 Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle , 7 Apr. 2018",
"In Paskhover\u2019s office in New York, new patients would plop down, hand over their phone, and complain about how their schnoz looked in selfies. \u2014 Carolyn Crist, WIRED , 31 Mar. 2018",
"Isn\u2019t a sudden change in fuel-economy standards a sucker punch in the schnoz of engineers toiling late into the Ambien hours to invent yet more efficient internal-combustion engines"
],
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"1930, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8shn\u00e4z"
],
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"conk",
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"smeller",
"snoot",
"snout"
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"type":[
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": nose":[
"Sneezing is a natural reflex designed to clear virus particles from your schnozz .",
"\u2014 Jeff Keough",
"\u2014 used especially of a large nose \u2026 a swordsman with the soul of a poet and the schnoz of Pinocchio. \u2014 Tim Appelo et al. My former girlfriend Carrie was an aspiring actress who often contemplated a nose job. But with her high cheekbones and beautiful, wide mouth, her substantial schnoz looked just right. \u2014 Josh Mooney Bruins forward Rob DiMaio has the NHL's most spectacular schnozz . Lumpy and brightly scarred at its bridge, the DiMaio proboscis possesses an angular inconsistency that would befuddle a geometrician. \u2014 Kostya Kennedy Woolright goes over and pinches C.D.'s big schnozzola . \u2014 Amiri Baraka"
]
},
"examples":[
"another smart remark like that and you'll get a bop on the schnoz",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wright, who cast Peter Dinklage in the title role, traded a big schnoz for small stature as his hero\u2019s signature weakness, a fine idea, but not enough to make up for the general corniness. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Derwin James has the best football schnoz in the business. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Sep. 2021",
"But a 48-year-old Australian man needed an entirely different kind of nugget mined from his schnoz . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 31 Oct. 2019",
"The 2019 Sierra is larger overall, has a bolder schnoz and uses new lighting technology to dramatic effect. \u2014 Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle , 7 Apr. 2018",
"Isn\u2019t a sudden change in fuel-economy standards a sucker punch in the schnoz of engineers toiling late into the Ambien hours to invent yet more efficient internal-combustion engines",
"The 2019 Sierra is larger overall, has a bolder schnoz and uses new lighting technology to dramatic effect. \u2014 Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle , 7 Apr. 2018",
"In Paskhover\u2019s office in New York, new patients would plop down, hand over their phone, and complain about how their schnoz looked in selfies. \u2014 Carolyn Crist, WIRED , 31 Mar. 2018",
"Isn\u2019t a sudden change in fuel-economy standards a sucker punch in the schnoz of engineers toiling late into the Ambien hours to invent yet more efficient internal-combustion engines"
],
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"1930, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8shn\u00e4z"
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"conk",
"honker",
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"nose",
"nozzle",
"proboscis",
"schnozzle",
"smeller",
"snoot",
"snout"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035317",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": schnoz":[]
},
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"endowed with a schnozzle as big as his talent, the comedian Jimmy Durante was affectionately dubbed \u201cthe Schnozzola\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet, at a superficial level, the Tully Monster recalls more ancient Cambrian enigmas such as the controversial Nectocaris, the soft-bodied Vetustovermis, or, possibly, the schnozzle -faced aberration Opabinia. \u2014 Brian Switek, WIRED , 17 Aug. 2012"
],
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"probably modification of Yiddish shnoitsl , diminutive of shnoits snout":""
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"\u02c8shn\u00e4-z\u0259l"
],
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"beak",
"conk",
"honker",
"neb",
"nose",
"nozzle",
"proboscis",
"schnoz",
"schnozz",
"smeller",
"snoot",
"snout"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170358",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": a Neolithic pottery decorated by imprints of string or cord":[]
},
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"German, from schnur string, cord (from Old High German snuor ) + keramik ceramics, from French c\u00e9ramique":""
},
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},
"examples":[
"She's a renowned scholar of African-American history.",
"scholars have long debated whether there is ever such a thing as a truly selfless act",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to her deanship, Lewis was widely hailed as an accomplished legal scholar , attorney, author and mentor. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 8 June 2022",
"Tribes in this situation are typically at a disadvantage, said Jane Anderson, an associate professor of anthropology and a legal scholar at New York University. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"Kate Klonick, a legal scholar whose work has informed many discussions about content moderation, argued that Twitter\u2019s current norms and rules were, like the wings of birds, the result of an evolutionary process that has balanced competing demands. \u2014 Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker , 13 May 2022",
"Some, such as Harvard legal scholar Laurence Tribe, argue U.S. law already allows the president to use any seized or frozen asset as reparations. \u2014 Paul B. Stephan, The Conversation , 3 May 2022",
"The murder of the prominent legal scholar in his garage in broad daylight transfixed the Tallahassee community. \u2014 Grace Pateras, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The initial application and the appeal are part of a project by legal scholar Stephen Thaler to test the boundaries of intellectual property law in the age of A.I. in different jurisdictions worldwide. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"But there are legal reasons to name the president and others; the relevant procedural rules require it, according to Steve Vladeck, a University of Texas legal scholar . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"In a 2020 lecture on black women in the civil rights movement, Jackson did describe the work of legal scholar Derrick Bell and The New York Times\u2019s 1619 Project. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English scoler , from Old English scolere & Anglo-French escoler , from Medieval Latin scholaris , from Late Latin, of a school, from Latin schola school":""
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"\u02c8sk\u00e4-l\u0259r"
],
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"pundit",
"sage",
"savant"
],
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"noun"
]
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"-\u0259\u0307li",
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"-)lin-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183241",
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"noun"
]
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"benighted",
"dark",
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"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlearned",
"unlettered",
"unscholarly"
],
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": of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned , academic":[]
},
"examples":[
"His writings have been recently given scholarly attention.",
"She has a scholarly interest in music.",
"a scholarly study of words and their origins",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Startup companies that aren\u2019t in the business of conducting scholarly research typically end up handling the nitty gritty of turning those cutting-edge ideas into, for example, commercial power plants. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 6 June 2022",
"Using scholarly research and stories of people living today, Smith\u2019s book talks about the legacy and history of slavery throughout the United States. \u2014 Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant , 4 June 2022",
"It was released late Friday to two scholarly websites. \u2014 Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com , 31 Oct. 2020",
"The four-day engagement has been the subject of multiple books, movies, museum exhibits and scholarly conferences that examine every facet of the battle\u2019s planning, execution and aftermath. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"In all, opera is treated as an act of liberation \u2014 a fitting debut for Mena Mark Hanna, the festival\u2019s new general director, who comes from a scholarly background that involved interrogating colonialism\u2019s legacy in classical music. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"Collectively, these pieces represent an important body of scholarly work on various themes. \u2014 Phil Clark, Quartz , 30 May 2022",
"Animal control was able to safely remove the scholarly reptile and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries relocated it back into the wild. \u2014 Fox News , 18 May 2022",
"But the book\u2019s Cree-Ojibwe editor, Sara Sinclair, uses that scholarly context to demonstrate how injustice and indifference toward Native people for generations led to profoundly similar accounts of tragedy and resilience. \u2014 The Atlantic , 16 May 2022"
],
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"1583, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8sk\u00e4-l\u0259r-l\u0113"
],
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"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"lettered",
"literate",
"well-read"
],
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]
},
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},
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"She got a scholarship to Yale University.",
"The organization is offering five $5,000 scholarships .",
"The essay is a work of serious scholarship .",
"The book is about his life and scholarship .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To make that possible, the camp offers a financial aid scholarship program. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"Stronger Together Initiative in partnership with Gamesa Cookies, to raise awareness of their creative arts scholarship program. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 23 June 2022",
"In 2020, the high court ruled 5-4 that states must give religious schools the same access to public funding that other private schools receive, preserving a Montana scholarship program that had largely benefited students at religious institutions. \u2014 Mark Sherman, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 June 2022",
"In 2020, the high court ruled 5-4 that states must give religious schools the same access to public funding that other private schools receive, preserving a Montana scholarship program that had largely benefited students at religious institutions. \u2014 Mark Sherman, ajc , 21 June 2022",
"In 2020, the high court ruled 5-4 that states must give religious schools the same access to public funding that other private schools receive, preserving a Montana scholarship program that had largely benefited students at religious institutions. \u2014 Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"In 2020, the high court ruled 5-4 that states must give religious schools the same access to public funding that other private schools receive, preserving a Montana scholarship program that had largely benefited students at religious institutions. \u2014 Fox News , 21 June 2022",
"Roberts wrote for a 5-4 majority then that a Montana scholarship program could not exclude religious schools. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"The $15,000 scholarship program is part of more than $60,000 that the Rotary club donates to community programs each year. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 14 June 2022"
],
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"circa 1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8sk\u00e4-l\u0259r-\u02ccship"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scholarship knowledge , learning , erudition , scholarship mean what is or can be known by an individual or by humankind. knowledge applies to facts or ideas acquired by study, investigation, observation, or experience. rich in the knowledge of human nature learning applies to knowledge acquired especially through formal, often advanced, schooling. a book that demonstrates vast learning erudition strongly implies the acquiring of profound, recondite, or bookish learning. an erudition unusual even in a scholar scholarship implies the possession of learning characteristic of the advanced scholar in a specialized field of study or investigation. a work of first-rate literary scholarship",
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"learning",
"literacy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075325",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": a pedantic or academic expression":[]
},
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"from scholastic entry 1 , after such pairs as English enthusiastic : enthusiasm":""
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"\u02c8sk\u014d\u02cclaz\u0259m"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064321",
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"noun"
]
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"noneducational",
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"unscholarly"
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": a person who adopts academic or traditional methods in art":[],
": a student in a scholasticate":[],
": of or relating to Scholasticism":[
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"dull scholastic reports"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a college that gives a higher priority to scholastic endeavors than to athletic pursuits",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"A decade before Title IX was enacted, fundamentally changing girls and women's sports at the scholastic and collegiate level, Billy Joe reached out to the KHSAA and applied for a license on Laura's behalf. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2022",
"Waggoner is in the conversation for one of the best athletes in school history with her combination of work ethic, scholastic achievement, athletic skill and uplifting positive attitude. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 27 May 2022",
"After completing his scholastic career at Hamden Hall he is headed for the University of Virginia in the fall. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
"Up next for Hough is the scholastic and athletic challenge that awaits in East Lansing, Michigan, home of the Spartans. \u2014 Douglas Clark Usa Today Ventures Events, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Keegan Bradley, the 2011 PGA Championship winner, finished his scholastic career at Hopkinton High, and Jon Curran, a 12-year pro and Hopkinton native, has started two majors, including the 2010 US Open. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2021",
"Melbourne, at that Senate presentation In May 2021, Laura Stargel wrote on opinion piece published in the Orlando Sentinel against Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 support of the ban on transgender females participating in women\u2019s and girl\u2019s scholastic sports. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
"In open session, the board heard several hours of comments from parents and teachers about statements made April 11 by Superintendent Cheryl James-Ward referencing scholastic achievements of different ethnic groups. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Membership is determined by a student\u2019s scholastic achievement, attendance, deportment, participation in career-technical student organizations and teacher recommendations. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"All- scholastics Davy Appleton Portsmouth Abbey | Sophomore The Eastern Independent League MVP with a 24-5 record, the junior from Mattapoisett placed third at 160 pounds at the New England Prep tournament. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2018",
"All- scholastics Antonio Anastasiades Anastasiades won the Division 1 100 breaststroke (57.69) and the North sectional 200 IM 1:57.49), joining his brother, Chris, as the only top five finishers for Lynnfield/Wakefield. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2019",
"All- scholastics Malia Amuan North Andover | Freshman The freshman won two titles at the Division 1 state championship, setting a meet record in each. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2019",
"All- scholastics Colin Babineau Braintree | Senior The senior was fifth overall at the state championship with 43.5 points, including a second-place finish on pommel horse (7.2). \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2019",
"All- scholastics Margot Appleton Portsmouth Abbey | Sophomore The two-time Eastern Independent League MVP from Mattapoisett matched her older brother, Davy, with first-place finishes at the EIL and New England Prep Division 3 races. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2019",
"Interviews and scholastics make up the other 50 percent. \u2014 Michael Dumas, al.com , 29 June 2019",
"There are about 16,000 Jesuit priests, brothers, scholastics and novices worldwide, according to the Society of Jesus website. \u2014 Andrew Clark, Indianapolis Star , 20 June 2019",
"All- scholastics Brian Brennan St. John\u2019s Prep | Senior Brennan, a senior midfielder, earned All-New England honors after leading the Eagles to the Division 1 semifinals and a North sectional title. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2018"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin scholasticus of the schoolmen, from Latin, of a school, from Greek scholastikos , from scholazein to keep a school, from schol\u0113 school":"Adjective"
},
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"sk\u0259-\u02c8la-stik"
],
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"intellectual",
"scholarly"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164339",
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]
},
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": one of the four faculties of a medieval university":[],
": the process of teaching or learning especially at a school":[],
": to discipline or habituate to something":[
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],
": to educate in an institution of learning":[
"The child was schooled at great cost to her family."
],
": to swim or feed in a school":[
"bluefish are schooling"
],
": to teach or drill in a specific knowledge or skill":[
"well schooled in languages"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1597, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c(1)":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English scole , from Middle Dutch schole ; akin to Old English scolu multitude and probably to Old English scylian to separate \u2014 more at skill entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English scole , from Old English sc\u014dl , from Latin schola , from Greek schol\u0113 leisure, discussion, lecture, school; perhaps akin to Greek echein to hold \u2014 more at scheme entry 1":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8sk\u00fcl"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030822",
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"verb"
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},
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"She was inspired by a character of the same name, a schoolgirl with pigtails, who appeared on the covers of Korean textbooks in the \u201970s and \u201980s. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
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"The Taliban refer to their government as the Islamic Emirate. Upon hearing the news, a schoolgirl in Kabul broke down in tears on live television. \u2014 Margherita Stancati, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
"In 2016, an Indonesian court sentenced to death the leader of a gang of men and boys who raped and murdered a schoolgirl in a case that prompted President Joko Widodo to impose harsher punishments for attacks on children. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Feb. 2022",
"In 1984, 15-year-old schoolgirl Ann Lovett died after giving birth to a baby boy in a grotto in Granard, County Longford. \u2014 Clare Egan, Longreads , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The talented teen also hit all the notes in composer and lyricist Tim Minchin's award-winning score, and was costumed to look just like the precocious schoolgirl at the center of Roald Dahl's 1988 children's novel of which the musical is based upon. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The pleated mini isn\u2019t only for schoolgirl uniforms anymore. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Underneath, to complete the contradictions, lay a gray schoolgirl \u2019s skirt and colorful leather sneakers. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 7 Mar. 2022"
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"The biggest of which has been home- schooling instead of attending a brick-and-mortar school. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
"As a result of the COVID-19 shutdown, many parents lost their jobs and many mothers left work to accommodate home- schooling after schools closed. \u2014 Jennifer Chen, SELF , 10 May 2022",
"That includes families who left public schools for private schools and home schooling , and families whose migration from California was precipitated by the pandemic, Lafortune said. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Among the speakers was Heidi St. John, a home- schooling advocate running for Congress in Washington State. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The online launch event hosted by DeVos featured parents who\u2019ve opted out of the public schools, choosing home- schooling and online classes instead. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Some may be dealing with personal health concerns while others may have young children who require additional support while home- schooling . \u2014 Albert Galarza, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Whether due to layoffs, needing to step back for caretaking responsibilities or home- schooling , or dealing with other unexpected commitments, many spent months out of work. \u2014 Karin Kimbrough For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"Her father, a former schoolteacher , walked the girls to school every day and taught them to read. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"Miller is a Sunday school and Vacation Bible schoolteacher who often touts her support for child protection issues. \u2014 Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Swenson reports that Christina Seal, a 41-year-old schoolteacher in Slidell, Louisiana, is struggling to make ends meet because inflation has played havoc with her household budget. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"My mom was my third-grade schoolteacher who took me home with her and adopted me and my younger brother. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 7 May 2022",
"The rest of the exhibition consists of dozens of photographs of early residents, including Pastor Taylor and Annie M. Smith, the town\u2019s first Black schoolteacher , who was married to Ford\u2019s grandson. \u2014 Jill Abramson, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The narrator is a German schoolteacher named K., who, stranded in Rome, has been sent by Church officials to collect Pollak, now in his mid-70s, and bring him to the Vatican, where he will be given asylum. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022",
"One month later, in June 2021, a British schoolteacher in Dubai, Sioned Taylor, posted an image of herself and the princess traveling through Madrid\u2019s international airport. \u2014 Joshua Hammer, Town & Country , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Robert\u2019s maternal grandmother was well read and educated, and his mother became a schoolteacher , working for more than 35 years in small rural schools. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The schoolmaster was tall and thin with a hunched back and a deep scowl on his gaunt face. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"The former soldier and schoolmaster is presented here as careless, petty, monomaniacal, vainglorious, technophobic and, worst of all, bored by the lovely people and landscapes of Tibet. \u2014 Michael O\u2019donnell, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Bertie\u2019s stint as assistant schoolmaster under a family friend suited him better but ended when the school closed; another round of trials as apprentice pharmacist, draper, and trainee teacher followed. \u2014 Stephanie Burt, The New Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
"In addition, the theater has given Pugh an absolutely marvelous arena in which to recount the tale of eccentric schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and the biggest fright of his life. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Oct. 2021",
"However, instead of a schoolmaster , Crane (Johnny Depp) is a New York City police constable investigating several murders in Sleepy Hollow. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
"His father, a schoolmaster , had died while his mother was still pregnant. \u2014 Thomas Chatterton Williams, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021",
"Gordonstoun School was founded by Kurt Hahn (1886\u20131974), a charismatic German-Jewish schoolmaster who was expelled from his homeland for his early and fierce criticism of Adolf Hitler. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 9 Apr. 2021",
"The schoolmaster , a white Englishman named Charles C. Andrews, brought with him from his home country the Lancasterian system to help one or a handful of teachers instruct a class of 500 boys. \u2014 Bryan Greene, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Feb. 2021"
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"The attacker, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia , was sentenced Friday to compulsory psychiatric care. \u2014 Maria Sanminiatelli, Karl Ritter, Anchorage Daily News , 25 June 2022",
"Exposure to influenza, rubella, and other pathogens in the womb has been associated with schizophrenia . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"In the helmer\u2019s previous feature, Eternal Beauty, starring Hawkins as a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia , self-acceptance was inextricable from rebellion against convention. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
"Julian had been previously diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager. \u2014 Julie Wernau, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
"De Jesus Santos\u2019s wife, Maria Fabiana dos Santos, told G1 that her husband had been living with schizophrenia for two decades but was never violent. \u2014 Miriam Berger, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"The Independent also noted that at the time of his arrest in April, a representative for Lazenby said he\u2019d been diagnosed with schizophrenia . \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 24 May 2022",
"His defense attorney, Darin Thompson, said during the hearing his client was diagnosed as a teenager with depression and anxiety, and, more recently, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia . \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
"The program is designed to attenuate the agoraphobia, or fear of entering spaces from which escape might be difficult, that individuals with schizophrenia often feel. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"District leaders will bring their own recommendations and implementation plan to the school committee this fall, a spokesperson says. \u2014 Kelly Field, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 June 2022",
"Her review found how the school district, school committee , and even the police failed to protect students from harm. \u2014 Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Under the schedule the school committee approved last year, Newton North and South high school students start class at 9 a.m. and are released at 3:45 p.m. four days a week, with an early dismissal on Tuesdays. \u2014 Seamus Webster, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Thomas resigned in June 2021, after about 30 years as a teacher and basketball coach in North Kingstown, after the school committee voted to terminate him in February 2021. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"The school committee voted in April to lift its mandate on May 9, but before the new rules went into effect, Superintendent Almi G. Abeyta announced Friday that masks will continue to be required in schools until further notice. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"The president of the Newton Teachers Association, Mike Zilles, indicated that there may, indeed, be resistance if the school committee chose to make masking voluntary. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The school committee has hastily called for a non-public meeting on Saturday at 9 a.m., amid the public outcry over the revelations of the allegations against Thomas. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Grebien said the school committee has not yet decided whether the Jacqueline Walsh School for the Arts would also be consolidated into the new high school. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Dec. 2021"
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"As a schoolchild , Inna lived with her mother in a brutalist high-rise in Saltivka, a neighborhood dominated by such behemoths. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Last September, Russian President Vladimir Putin was given a history lesson from a schoolchild . \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"As every English schoolchild knows, Alfred, King of Wessex, resists the Danes, gets whipped, regroups from his marshy redoubt, and unites Wessex to beat the Vikings at the Battle of Edington in 878. \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Ukrainka is often reduced to her youthful patriotic verses, which every schoolchild in Ukraine reads. \u2014 Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Every Catholic schoolchild knew the consequences: Mortal sin without absolution meant eternal damnation! \u2014 New York Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Every schoolchild recognizes the Marvel story's protagonists: Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men. \u2014 EW.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Dixon said he was brought as a schoolchild to the park where the Lee statue stood. \u2014 Sarah Rankin, ajc , 11 July 2021",
"Dixon said he was brought as a schoolchild to the park where the Lee statue stood. \u2014 Sarah Rankin, ajc , 11 July 2021"
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"On hand to enforce the rules is an electronic schoolmarm called Lana, who resembles a Google Home under the influence of HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 16 Apr. 2020",
"The October 2019 cover of Harper\u2019s Bazaar featured Demi Moore dressed in Victorian schoolmarm wear, replete with knotted collar and wire-rimmed glasses. \u2014 Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books , 11 Feb. 2020",
"These disingenuous characterizations \u2014 the zealous youngster and the wise schoolmarm \u2014 are trite. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Nov. 2019",
"All the the things people criticize her for \u2014 schoolmarm -ish, lecturing, dour, droning \u2014 are music to your ears. \u2014 Jim Geraghty, National Review , 23 Sep. 2019",
"The sometimes austere looks at times summoned images or elements of puritans, nuns, and schoolmarms \u2014 all with a subversive fashion edge. \u2014 Colleen Barry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Sep. 2019",
"At other times, Warren can summon a bit too fiercely \u2014 almost comically \u2014 her disapproving inner schoolmarm . \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 21 Aug. 2019",
"Her company doled out Fitbits \u2014 those digital schoolmarms that ceaselessly track their wearer\u2019s every move \u2014 to teams of employees who competed against each other. \u2014 Bina Venkataraman, Time , 23 Aug. 2019",
"In guises ranging from draconian schoolmarm to misanthropic homeless man (complete with scratchy voice and scraggly beard), Blanchett performs self-serious monologues assembled from excerpts of artistic manifestoes. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 26 July 2019"
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"Although an amazing feat for its time, yesterday\u2019s electrical grid was a unidirectional schema generating and delivering power from central power stations to homes and businesses. \u2014 Christine Boles, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Just make sure to pay attention to the US sizing schema , which is slightly different, and pick whichever color suits you! \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
"An accident, in this schema , is what happens when the holes in several layers of cheese line up perfectly: an aperture of atrocity. \u2014 Rhoda Feng, The New Republic , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Even more intriguing is that Apple may implement this new design schema on the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro models. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Under the gentle-parenting schema , a child\u2019s every act must be seen through a lens of anxiety and threat-detection\u2014which heightens the parent\u2019s dual role of child psychologist and emotional-security guard. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2022",
"This can create governance and privacy issues, as well as technical complexities involved with creating systems that are able to ingest data in a myriad of schema and formats. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"His team talked through its data plan, but refused to release the schema for her team to review. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 July 2021",
"Unfortunately, the pandemic has underscored how sensitive that schema is. \u2014 Gary Goldberg, Rolling Stone , 7 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The attacker, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia , was sentenced Friday to compulsory psychiatric care. \u2014 Maria Sanminiatelli, Karl Ritter, Anchorage Daily News , 25 June 2022",
"Exposure to influenza, rubella, and other pathogens in the womb has been associated with schizophrenia . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"In the helmer\u2019s previous feature, Eternal Beauty, starring Hawkins as a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia , self-acceptance was inextricable from rebellion against convention. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
"Julian had been previously diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager. \u2014 Julie Wernau, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
"De Jesus Santos\u2019s wife, Maria Fabiana dos Santos, told G1 that her husband had been living with schizophrenia for two decades but was never violent. \u2014 Miriam Berger, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"The Independent also noted that at the time of his arrest in April, a representative for Lazenby said he\u2019d been diagnosed with schizophrenia . \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 24 May 2022",
"His defense attorney, Darin Thompson, said during the hearing his client was diagnosed as a teenager with depression and anxiety, and, more recently, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia . \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
"The program is designed to attenuate the agoraphobia, or fear of entering spaces from which escape might be difficult, that individuals with schizophrenia often feel. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022"
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"But while the intergenerational dynamics can also sometimes feel schematic , the characters are crisply defined, and there is an undeniable pleasure in watching the tensions in this unusual family surge and subside. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
"Uh, schematic in the, in the law department at city hall that showed one of those ancient [00:16:00] views of what the lakefront can be. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
"Hamilton is a joker-piece defender who can line up all over the formation, giving defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio plenty of schematic options. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Apr. 2022",
"On the schematic side of things, the Pacers defense didn\u2019t have any obvious issues. \u2014 Tony East, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Alongside Adrian Amos and Darnell Savage, Cine would give defensive coordinator Joe Barry plenty of schematic options. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"There's too much uncertainty about the schematic direction of the franchise to draft based on coaching preferences. \u2014 Stephanie Stradley, Chron , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy felt his team didn\u2019t properly adjust to defenses\u2019 increase in schematic variety. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Create a simple, schematic version of a future product that allows a simple and practical test of a product idea. \u2014 Alex Kreger, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021",
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"But, to get back to the older iPhone 14 Pro rumor, this schematic seems to confirm claims that the more expensive phones will be slightly taller than the more affordable models. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Project documentation signed by Nokia personnel included a schematic of the network that depicted how data and phone traffic should flow to SORM. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Reconnecting the wire didn\u2019t solve the problem, however, because the schematic for the box was wrong. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Oct. 2021",
"By minute two of the slide-laden presentation, Tesla AI director Andrej Karpathy was deep into the sort of talk usually confined to university classrooms and corporate conference rooms, and had displayed a schematic of a neural net on screen. \u2014 Aarian Marshall, Wired , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Some grocery chains with pharmacies inside their facilities are also addressing the need for mental health services and are considering their place in the schematic . \u2014 Dorothy Dworkin, sun-sentinel.com , 11 June 2021",
"Such firearms don\u2019t have serial numbers, and buying the schematic for the assembly of ghost guns doesn\u2019t require a background check. \u2014 Sarah Westwood, Washington Examiner , 30 Apr. 2021",
"Sadly, the schematic in question isn\u2019t that of a sinister microchip, but rather, something arguably even more evil: a totally bitchin\u2019 Boss Metal Zone MT-2 guitar pedal, meant for shredders summoning the sounds of the devil from their six-strings. \u2014 Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics , 5 Jan. 2021",
"Luckily, last month, the electronics repair firm iFixit started working to fill in the gaps by creating its own repository for ventilator schematics and repair manuals. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 16 Apr. 2020"
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"Scic has a fleet of classic ketch yachts with modern schooner rigging and sails with a surface area of around 4,300 square feet. \u2014 Ann Abel, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"While small parts of the two-masted wooden schooner have been brought to the surface, researchers have found that most of the ship \u2014 including the pen that was used to imprison the captives \u2014 remains intact on the river bottom. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"While small parts of the two-masted wooden schooner have been brought to the surface, researchers have found that most of the ship \u2014 including the pen that was used to imprison the captives \u2014 remains intact on the river bottom. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"The 101-foot staysail schooner is a whispering storybook from the 1930s when luminaries like Ernest Hemingway and Cole Porter rubbed shoulders out at sea. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 27 May 2022",
"While small parts of the two-masted wooden schooner have been brought to the surface, researchers have found that most of the ship \u2014 including the pen that was used to imprison the captives \u2014 remains intact on the river bottom. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"While small parts of the two-masted wooden schooner have been brought to the surface, researchers have found that most of the ship \u2014 including the pen that was used to imprison the captives \u2014 remains intact on the river bottom. \u2014 CBS News , 1 May 2022",
"Most of the passengers \u2014 none of whom would have reboarded the steamer anyway \u2014 hired a whaling schooner to take them to St. Michael. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"The document established a commission to investigate the burning of the British schooner HMS Gaspee by colonists in Narraganset Bay in June 1772. \u2014 CBS News , 11 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Parents have voiced similar views at school board meetings in Arizona and beyond, igniting heated confrontations throughout many traditionally nonpartisan government bodies. \u2014 Kyle Stucker, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"In an era of fractious school board meetings, those who supervise curriculum can potentially land in the community crosshairs. \u2014 George Castle, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"The school board in February voted to retire the current mascots at Hall and Conard \u2014 the Warriors and Chieftains, respectively \u2014 at the end of the school year. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
"The school board instead approved a plan on Feb. 1 to soften that cut to 42 positions for the 2022-23 school year to avoid laying teachers off. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"And early this year, the majority school board hastily passed a resolution to close three schools for this year, the 2022 school year. \u2014 Bynadine El-bawab, ABC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The group publicly called on Oxford's school board to: Immediately hire an independent school safety expert to examine the district's security shortfalls and recommend improvements before next school year. \u2014 Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Unified\u2019s school board voted in February to close, merge or reduce the grade levels offered at 11 schools over the summer and through the next school year, prompting protests, a weeks-long hunger strike and even demonstrations at officials\u2019 homes. \u2014 Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Apr. 2022",
"While Glencoe School District 35 will suspend assessing student fees next school year, the cost to ride the school bus will go up, after the school board agreed to a transportation fee increase at its recent meeting. \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"noun"
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"Afrikaans skaapsteker , from skaap sheep (from Dutch schaap , from Middle Dutch schaep ) + steker one that stings or pricks, from Dutch, from steken to sting, prick + -er ; akin to Old High German stehhan to sting, prick":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My grandfather was both a school bus driver and a farmer, who farmed corn and soybeans. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 14 June 2022",
"Venelope Gil, a school bus driver, was torn about sending her daughter, a kindergartener, into Sandy Hook Elementary School that morning. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
"White is the sole provider for her children, working as a school bus driver and moonlighting at a funeral home. \u2014 Malik Rainey For Cnn, CNN , 23 May 2022",
"Born on July 27, 1951, in Taunton, Kathleen Morin was the oldest of four children and the only daughter of May Brown Morin, a school bus driver, and Arthur Morin. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 May 2022",
"The first yellow school bus arrived at the Cache County Event Center about a quarter past noon. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Lydia Luce\u2019s great-grandfather built the oldest surviving school bus . \u2014 WSJ , 12 June 2022",
"The mother and daughter from Senda De Vida, along with other migrants deemed eligible to cross that day, were tested for the coronavirus, then directed to a school bus , which would take them to the pedestrian bridge. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"One school bus packed with riot gear was locked and couldn\u2019t be opened by frenzied officers, an investigation later disclosed. \u2014 Tom Jackman, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
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"ski-\u02c8z\u00e4-g\u0259-n\u0113",
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"Comedian Jaboukie Young-White plays Francois Boom, Shawna\u2019s former schoolmate who produces for a rapper who recently blew up, Reina Reign. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 June 2022",
"Participants include Quandallis Perry-Fisher, a 15-year-old schoolmate of Laela's at Denby High. \u2014 Corey Williams, ajc , 22 Mar. 2022",
"In one funny scene, Stan tries to explain the Kubrick film\u2019s ending to a schoolmate , who glazes over and bolts. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Her schoolmate Emiliano Damian, 17, learned how to choose a credit card, how to earn credit card rewards points, and how to build a good credit score by paying off his credit card on time. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Her schoolmate Stella Holtsclaw, a third grader, especially enjoys games during tutoring, like preposition bingo, and earning extra recess time. \u2014 Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Marie-Claire Chevalier was a 16-year-old high school student in France when she was raped in 1971 by a schoolmate . \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Pavel's university portals eventually caught the attention of Vyacheslav Mirilashvili, a former schoolmate . \u2014 Darren Loucaides, Wired , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Fogg\u2019s former schoolmate , fellow Reform Club member, and bully. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021"
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"The inspiration for Jean Brodie was a charismatic schoolmistress called Christina Kay. \u2014 Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books , 28 July 2020",
"The home above was empty, except for the small cry of a little girl (who had just received a good-night kiss but didn\u2019t want to go to sleep), and the shadow of a hoop skirt, like a black devil in a perverse schoolmistress \u2019s ankle boots. \u2014 Silvina Ocampo, The New Yorker , 11 July 2019",
"Usually, one schoolmistress declares her love to another and is rebuffed. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 16 Feb. 2018",
"FacebookTwitterPinterest 1/12On a walk with school-mates and a schoolmistress , London, 1957.From Bettmann/Getty Images. \u2014 Vanity Fair, Vanities , 28 Mar. 2017"
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"From Bass Harbor, on MDI\u2019s southwestern edge, the state ferry reaches Frenchboro, with its one-room schoolhouse , cluster of homes around the harbor, and spectacular Frenchboro Preserve, protected and stewarded by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust. \u2014 Will Grunewald, Outside Online , 18 June 2020",
"On Tuesday morning, parents dropped their children off at Robb Elementary, a cheerful brick schoolhouse near the edge of Uvalde where everyone was preparing for summer break. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"This self-sufficient town used many elements of West African law, including having tribal leaders; retained their own regional language and customs; and started their own schoolhouse . \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
"During the pandemic, some of the summer residents came early, and the one-room schoolhouse , whose sole student graduated in 2019, saw an influx of eight students for the 2020-21 school year. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"In one of their projects, the housing authority is working to demolish a dilapidated former schoolhouse and build three new duplexes. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022",
"This nation cannot prevent the next schoolhouse massacre. \u2014 Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel , 29 May 2022",
"For a weekend room under $250, your chances are better at the Hummingbird Inn, the Lavender Inn B&B (a converted 1874 schoolhouse ) or one of Ojai\u2019s retreat centers, which stress quiet and contemplation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"On top of the usual egg hunt, this year's event will feature a schoolhouse activity area, reading nook, talent show and picture day. \u2014 CBS News , 15 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And that manuscript\u2014lost for years and only recently rediscovered inside a 19th-century schoolbook \u2014just sold for $1.25 million, Barrons\u2019 Josh Nathan-Kazis reports. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Chanty\u2019s schoolbook and her purse were also found in the same area. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Marguerite Culley, a practical nurse, and Elizabeth Beatty, a retired secretary, began making deliveries of food, medicine and schoolbooks to the sick. \u2014 Roger Naylor, azcentral , 11 May 2020",
"They were mixed in together with other schoolbooks and papers like camouflage. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Many things in Macedonia will have to change, from passports to government letterhead to schoolbooks . \u2014 Konstantin Testorides, The Seattle Times , 28 Jan. 2019",
"In early May a Dayton mine manager and a local druggist (the latter also part-time chairman of the schoolbook committee) met with John Scopes, a young high school science teacher, to discuss resistance. \u2014 Chris Stirewalt, Fox News , 10 July 2018",
"The tale, lauding the First Lady\u2019s quick thinking in a moment of crisis, eventually found its way into American folklore through schoolbooks , monographs, and artwork. \u2014 Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post , 7 June 2018",
"And thanks to the size of the Texas schoolbook market, the state board of education has a disproportionate influence on the textbooks used in American schools. \u2014 Kevin O\u2019kelly, The Christian Science Monitor , 19 Apr. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While so many of his contemporaries seem content to schematize Big Ideas by populating narrow, transparent stage worlds with one-dimensional characters, Harris trades in compelling, aggravating ambiguity. \u2014 Justin Hayford, Chicago Reader , 13 Mar. 2018"
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"Erwin Schr\u00f6dinger":""
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Use attachment straps to hang this zip-up, schoolbag -size kitchen organizer from a tree or cabin post. \u2014 Evan Green, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Ann took the scissors out of her schoolbag , leaving the bag near the entrance. \u2014 Clare Egan, Longreads , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Cross-border students basically don't bring anything other than books, stationery and snacks, so their schoolbags usually look lean. \u2014 Julie Zaugg, CNN , 13 Oct. 2019",
"Videos posted online showed thousands of students in school uniforms, with schoolbags on their backs, marching Tuesday in the streets of Khartoum and other places. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2019",
"Venturi, who has two children and lives for part of the year in Rome, finds that many Italian moms mist their children\u2019s clothing with perfume, and Roos says parents in France might also lightly spray the inside of a schoolbag . \u2014 Kari Molvar, Vogue , 11 May 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His journey from schoolboy to Army officer and champion of the charity trail blazed by his mother is chronicled in the latest issue of PEOPLE Royals. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"She was often seen alongside Cheol-su, a cherubic schoolboy with a bowl cut who, in the disturbing world of the show, is sure to be just as bloodthirsty as his partner. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
"As Sam starts digging, we are transported back to 1964, where febrile schoolboy crushes abound and students are enraptured by one particularly charismatic teacher. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"And then a schoolboy with mean little eyes who tries to cajole her, menacingly, into a game of hide-and-seek. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 20 May 2022",
"In the big blowout, Lacy scored 74 points, then a Maryland schoolboy record. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 19 May 2022",
"Queens, James Gray\u2019s semi-autobiographical saga sees Banks Repeta take on the role of a schoolboy who has a run-in with the Trump family. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 16 May 2022",
"And generations of Clintonians \u2014 like me \u2014 can close their eyes and easily conjure up images of old schoolboy glory \u2014 or of ignominious defeat \u2014 that played out here. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"One of whom is sleeping with his gorgeous English teacher in a sick, felonious liaison that is treated here merely as a quirky, titillating romance to snicker about, a sort of silly schoolboy crush. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"play",
"ploy",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for scheme Noun plan , design , plot , scheme , project mean a method devised for making or doing something or achieving an end. plan always implies mental formulation and sometimes graphic representation. plans for a house design often suggests a particular pattern and some degree of achieved order or harmony. a design for a new dress plot implies a laying out in clearly distinguished sections with attention to their relations and proportions. the plot of the play scheme stresses calculation of the end in view and may apply to a plan motivated by craftiness and self-interest. a scheme to defraud the government project often stresses imaginative scope and vision. a project to develop the waterfront",
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"Noun",
"a scheme to cheat people out of their money",
"The company has a new scheme for insurance coverage.",
"a scheme to improve the economy",
"the color scheme of a room",
"Verb",
"He felt that the other men were scheming against him.",
"He was betrayed by a scheming friend.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This nefarious scheme , however, belongs to another drama. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"All the decor should tie into your biggest statement piece, whether that's a related color scheme or motif that fits in seamlessly. \u2014 Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 27 June 2022",
"Ferretti says this color scheme helps highlight the yacht\u2019s impressive size. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 23 June 2022",
"Starting in 2003, when Congress enacted this particular scheme , HHS declined to conduct a survey and relied on option two to figure out reimbursement costs. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 20 June 2022",
"However, in unleashing this scheme , Julia may have just made the perfect match as Malcolm seems smitten with Selina who, for her part, has second thoughts. \u2014 Jenelle Riley, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"Now, now Fitzpatrick had pled guilty to conspiracy in this scheme where Johnson was saying Patrick was working for him, paying him $1,200 a month, and then Johnson. Got the money. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
"But as cryptocurrency values fell in the last week, this scheme started to unravel. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"Being an old softy, Gracie agrees, but Angus can see through this scheme . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Reich\u2019s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Reich\u2019s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Reich\u2019s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Meanwhile, Bakary keeps trying to get them out of there, teaming up with a fellow tirailleur, Salif (Bamar Kane), to scheme and steal his way to freedom. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"Reich\u2019s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Reich\u2019s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Kudrow costarred in the 1997 comedy opposite Mira Sorvino, playing a pair of charming but vapid best friends who scheme to dominate their high school reunion ten years after graduating. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Reich\u2019s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin schemat-, schema arrangement, figure, from Greek sch\u0113mat-, sch\u0113ma , from echein to have, hold, be in (such) a condition; akin to Old English sige victory, Sanskrit sahate he prevails":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1595, in the meaning defined at sense 4b(1)":"Noun",
"1749, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044228"
}
}